User blog comment:Kagimizu/Oh F*** No.../@comment-878100-20110427144949/@comment-1669199-20110428154918

Rainbow: Then here's a simple question for you: If every single game after Sonic Adventure 2 has become completely dull to you, then why haven't you left the series? And I'm sorry, do you know what I want when it comes to Sonic games? Do you know that I too wish Shadow the Hedgehog was never made? You don't, so stop acting like you're speaking for everyone here. And I think its real mature of you to look down upon people just because they like something you don't, which is such a nice way to respect other peoples' opinions. I'm tempted to just ignore any further input from you already because of this. And is that all people ever see in a Sonic game? Speed? What about platforming? I want you to play Sonic 1 and say it right to my face that there was no platforming elements of any kind in it, I dare you. Sonic was never just about speed, and the fact that a lot of people don't seem to realize this just shocks me (like I said, the fans are gonna be the downfall of the series if nothing else beings it down).

Also, are you familiar with what I call "nostalgia nods"? That's when a game in a certain series is made and released that has several references to titles which came before it, and that's what Sega tried to do with Sonic 4, because the older fans wanted that nostalgic feeling in a modern-day Sonic title. So I wouldn't be doing any criticsms on that because its what the fans asked for to begin with. And why are you complaining that Sonic is just #8 in the list of best video game franchises in the world? Its still in the top ten, amongst the hundreds of other gaming series out there, but you're acting as though it being uprooted by other gaming series should've never happened (which is rather foolish in my opinion because nothing stays on top forever. Something can only beat the averages for so long before the averages beat it). As for Sonic disappearing, I'm sorry but you're just being incredibly biased now. What proof do you have that Sonic is actually going to just "disappear"? His target audience (young children) still loves him and plays his games, which still generate a fair amount of sales despite what reviewers say about him and his games. Why? Because Sonic is just too lovable a character to disappear just because a few games generate too much nostalgia rage from a bunch of reviewers who people look to as God-sent messangers instead of forming their own damn opinions of the games, and don't even give some titles a chance just because they offer a little gimmick. And for your information, SEGA has been listening to the fans, like I mentioned earlier with Sonic 4. They've been trying to appeal to all the fans, and yet people still whined to them over minor and stupid things. And Mario has been trying new ideas and gimmicks just like Sonic has been (The Paper Mario and RPG series being my prime examples), and they've been more or less good as recent Sonic tiles have been, but the point is that Mario is also doing new things but almost no one is complaining about the changes that are made to Mario's games today. The current Mario games are moving away from its original, traditional formula, and the Mario fans are still praising it. But Sonic is doing the same things too, and the company that makes those games has been listening to their fans for a while now. So what the hell is some of the Sonic fans' problems?

And you're just being nitpicky now, so I'm not going to continue arguing with you. I've already said what I needed to say, and if some fans don't think that the Sonic games can be allowed to try a whole range of new ideas like other series (Mario, especially) can, then that's their problem.