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Genesjs wrote:

Mu365 wrote: I REALLY don't want them to keep these TERRIBLE NEW REDESIGNS! I can feel this interfering with my childhood in SO many ways. What is the point of giving Dr.Eggman a redesign where he isn't overweight? Why does Sonic still call him Eggman? Why are all of the characters suddenly wearing clothes? Why is Knuckles a foot taller and entirely unproportional to the rest of the characters? I don't know! I personally liked Sonic 06, but I hope that Sonic Boom, as a Television Series, and as a Video Game, fail more miserabely than Sonic 06 & Sonic 3D Blast COMBINED, forcing Sega to return the characters back to there former glory. I am bias about this, because I am a long time Sonic fan, but I hope that there are more out there who agree with me. If you don't agree with me, please don't reply to this! Thank You!

"I fail to see how something happening in the present is "interfering with [your] childhood in SO many ways." As for your other questions:

"What is the point of giving Dr.Eggman a redesign where he isn't overweight?"


 * Why does he have to be "overweight?" The designers could give him an egg-shaped head and still be able to make a visual pun on his name -- they don't need to make him fat in order to do that.

"Why does Sonic still call him Eggman?"


 * "Still?" If you've done your research, "Eggman" has always been the character's name in Japan and other regions ever since the series' inception. "Dr. Robotnik" was a name created by SEGA of America when they localized the games for Western audiences. So, technically, "Eggman" and "Robotnik" are both the correct names for him, and both have been around ever since the beginning -- although if you wanna get more technical, "Eggman" was the name that came first since the first game was originally made first in Japan -- so I suppose what one could be asking in this situation is this: "Why do some people still call him Robotnik"?

"Why are all of the characters suddenly wearing clothes?"


 * Allow me to answer your question with questions of my own: Why have only some of the characters worn clothes while others didn't in the first place? So all of the characters shown thus far are wearing clothes -- why is this an issue? And while we're on the issue of character designs, allow me to bring up this old gem: Why are Sonic's eyes still green?

"Why is Knuckles a foot taller and entirely unproportional to the rest of the characters? I don't know!"


 * First of all, I think the word you were looking for was "disproportionate". Second of all, think about it: Knuckles is a character that's known for his strength and large hands/knuckles, the latter trait having been made to visually emphasize his superior strength when compared to most of his peers. Perhaps the designers of Sonic Boom wanted to take things a step further and increase his overall size/anatomy in order to put further emphasize on the physical characteristics that are supposed to show that Knuckles is a physically strong character.

"I personally liked Sonic 06, but I hope that Sonic Boom, as a Television Series, and as a Video Game, fail more miserabely than Sonic 06 & Sonic 3D Blast COMBINED, forcing Sega to return the characters back to there former glory."


 * You're hoping that a show that hasn't even been aired/released yet fails because of different character designs than what you're used to. Don't you think that's a rather inane reason to start lighting up the torches and demanding for this show's blood? Maybe I'm only speaking for myself, but showing a little open-mindedness would probably make this whole thing less stressful for you.

"I am bias about this, because I am a long time Sonic fan, but I hope that there are more out there who agree with me. If you don't agree with me, please don't reply to this! Thank You!"


 * Why shouldn't anyone who has a differing opinion from you not be allowed to share their thoughts and make their own arguments? Again, this new show hasn't even had its first episode aired yet, and we have only so much to go on right now -- we shouldn't act like this thing is an affront to our childhoods and the future of Sonic the Hedgehog over tiny, insignificant details which we have only so much knowledge about at present. In my case, I'm offering arguments to your own because I feel it necessary to point out several details to you that I feel you're overreacting towards -- in other words, to better help you understand the object(s) of your frustration while hoping I'd make you more broad-minded about this whole issue in the process. I'm not throwing my two cents here just because I disagree with you -- if that were the case, I could've simply said something along the lines of, "I disagree with your line of reasoning, I think that the redesigns look cool", and leave it at that. It doesn't help that the title of this particular discussion says "Sonic Boom Redesigns" and not "Who Hates the Sonic Boom Redesigns?" People who will see this will probably think we're having a general, open-minded discussion regarding our thoughts to the character redesigns for Sonic Boom, and when they see that you actually only wanted a more specific audience they're likely to get annoyed with you because you aren't giving anyone with a differing opinion any room to speak. At any rate, just try to be a little more broad-minded about this, okay? We don't have to focus on only the negatives."

Hello, thank you for being polite about conveying your opinion, unlike myself and Liberty700, who's comment has been deleted for its hypocrisy and redundancy. To answer all of those statements, [1] When I say it is interfering with my childhood, I mean it as a hyperbole to get my opinion through, because obviously I didn't do that with the rest of the comment (Sarcasm). [2] When I say Eggman should remain overweight, I mean it not to continue to reference his egg shape (Well, not partially at least, see [3]), but being overweight is one of his key characteristics, like Batman's cape or Mario's 'M' on his hat. It just feels a little out of place. [3] I know he's always been Eggman, and I've always refered to him with both names and acknowledge the fact that both are acceptable. I meant that due to him losing his egg shape calling him Eggman doesn't feel right. [4] The clothes thing still does bother me a bit, but as long as I can play japanese SEGA games without the clothes, I'm fine. If I can't, it doesn't really affect the gameplay at all anyway, so it doesn't matter. [5] Knuckles always seemed to be the lone gaurdian, he doesn't want the strength and responsibility that he has, but he does. Big Knuckles's design is just boasting his muscles all about. I think most people agree with me there. [6] I wanted it to fail only under the circumstances that SEGA goes back to the old ways, which was before I knew it was seperate canon. I looked up whether or not it was canon before posting this, but at the time there was no news. [7] Yes, I should have been more specific in the title, I believe this is my first thread. However, when I said "please don't reply to this", I didn't mean it in a rude way, but I wanted to have a discussion with people who agreed with me, which at the time seemed like a good idea.

Overall, stress medication and time have allowed me to look at how foolish I look and how badly I communicated this. Again, thanks for not being rude like some people are (Liberty700), and I hope I have done the same. As for my remarks about the show, I think that if its humour is going in the directions of Sonic Colours & Generations, I won't like it, and in my opinion, the trailer was not very appealing.