User blog:WaterKirby1994/The Politics of the Sonic Series

The Fanbase is extremely divided these days. This blog hopes to explain the 3 Main Divisions of the Sonic Fanbase, which I like to refer to as "Political Parties". I don't think the fanbase realizes just how divided it is or how that causes problems for the series. Everything that people don't like about Forces was the result of how complicated the fanbase is, keep in mind we the fans asked for the different aspects that went into the game.

Now 1st off we have the Classicists or the fans of the Classic Games notably 3K. These are the fans who wanted Sonic Mania & seem to hate Forces the most. They also seem to be the strongest of the 3 Divisions, although there is further division among the fans of this party. Some seem to just prefer 2D platforming & enjoy the Advance series as well. Others Classicists are obsessed with the appearance of the Genesis games & prefer that above all else. There are other mindsets among the members of this party as well.

2nd we have the Dreamcastians, the party I belong to. We are huge fans of Sonic Adventure & it's Sequel, & strongly desire Sonic Adventure 3 someday. We weren't really represented that well by Sonic Generations, as we desire strong storytelling from the Sonic Series, & generally prefer several playable characters. We want Chao raising to return & know that the series isn't supposed to focus on just Sonic. Many of us are fans of other games, however the Adventure formula we find to be our favorite. We are probably the division that hated Forces the least, although we are also the weakest of the 3 Divisions.

Lastly we have the Boostians, these are the kids who favor the Boost Formula games above all else. Many are huge fans of Unleashed for the Daytime Stages, & heavily praise Sonic Generations. Unfortunately I don't know that much about this party at all, although it would seem likely that they may overlap with other fans for certain games.

Unfortunately this isn't always easy to understand, & things such as level length divide the fans even more & serve to further confuse Sonic Team as to what we want. We need to find more common ground, otherwise the Sonic series is doomed to fail in general. We need to better understand the wants of the different groups of fans if Sonic Team is ever to have any chance at understanding our wants for Future games.