User blog comment:FlashStrike/Why are you a Sonic fan?/@comment-4802891-20120409102809

I'm a fan because the main character is cool and have a nice personnality (and that's why I don't like Mario but that's not the point here). He's a bit of a big mouth and show-off since the Dreamcast era (but he was already like that before, it was not just as pronounced because he didn't talk back at the time). I like his world, the antithesis between nature and technology (rather than mushrooms and turtles... off-topic sorry), the crazy environment with unpratical landscapes and highways... Sonic's world is awesome, and HE is awesome lol!

About the game design, it's fun, fast and over-the-top! I don't particularly like going fast IRL because that's dangerous and frightening but here... adrenaline without risks !! - I'm mainly talking about the 3D games/Advance games because I actually never finished a pre-Dreamcast 2D Sonic games (well, one of them actually), even though I love them all... espcially S3&K which introduces my all-time favourite character besides Sonic himself : KNUCKLES :D

This guy is the thing! He's tough, he's badass and I don't really like what they did to him recently... I like dumb characters when they're actually beasts-in-disguise (somewhat) but after the Dreamcast era, thanks to the new "rival figure for Sonic"; he was changed into that comic-relief with no use to the series whatsoever (akin to Yamcha with Vegeta's creation -_-) which is sad. BUT STILL Knuckles will always be the better rival in my hear :p

So to sum it up, I'm a Sonic fan because of Sonic's personnality and universe, speed without dangers and Knuckles the Echidna!