Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24145744-20140321205722/@comment-24145744-20140322093754

Genesjs wrote:

Daylight Shadow wrote:

If I had to choose one, I'd scrap Omochao. He's the worst guide ever and doesn't help you at all! His voice is annoying, the informations he gives to you are point- and useless because you already know them even if you never played a Sonic game before and the loading-screens serve something better. None of the Sonic-Fans out there like him/it but SEGA keeps putting him into the games. Why, SEGA? '''WHY??? '''

So, what's your opinion? Your claim that the information Omochao gives the players, even the ones that (these are your words, bear that in mind) "never played a Sonic game before", is useless and already privy to said players is, with all due respect, preposterous. There are plenty of things I, personally, wouldn't have known about Sonic Heroes if Omochao (our Exposition Fairy) hadn't mentioned them, such as menu and gameplay features I didn't notice/understand at first -- unless you're willing to present evidence to the contrary. There's also the problem with your claim that basically no Sonic fan out there likes the character. If I were to claim that I liked Omachao, would that, by your logic, denounce me as a Sonic fan? In regards to both this claim and your previous one -- don't try speaking for people on such a large scale, otherwise it'll make you look arrogant, if not also ignorant.

At any rate, I will concede that Omochao can at times be a bit grating because of it's no-indoor-voice, especially if it goes on for a while, but then again that is my personal opinion.

Also, "Why, Sega? WHY???" should become a meme if it hasn't already, considering how often such a response it uttered around the Internet. On a final note, I would not scrape any characters from the series, even the few that I have trouble liking myself. There really isn't a good enough reason I can think of to scrap anyone. Okay, I got to admit that saying none of the Sonic fans like Omochao was very exaggerated, I'll take it back and just say that some fans don't like him. But it's okay if anybody else likes him. I didn't wanted to look arrogant nor ignorant and I'm really sorry if I offended anyone who now feels like he/she can't be considered a fan of Sonic anymore just because he/she likes Omochao. I really apologize and now that I look at my statement again, I was pretty harsh. I'll simply take it back and say that I don't like Omochao, he wasn't helpful for me (whether he's helpful or not depends on the player,IMO) and since some fans don't like him, I would scrap him. Is that a better statement?