Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24270839-20131212055952/@comment-24252369-20131220041406

Myself 123 wrote: Am I Mr. Grumpy?

Anyway, Sonic did have a birthday party, but his official aged has not been revealed as of the events of Generations and the only official source for Sonic's age, Sonic Channel, still lists his age as 15, so the assumption is that he's still 15. Oh screw Sonic Channel. I've given up on them at this point. Their versions of the characters' ages are completely unsuitible anyway, and were only referenced from the Sonic Heroes instruction manual (with the exception of the few characters who weren't in that game who are listed on that website.)

The point is that Sonic was officially given a birthday in one of the canon games, therefore he has aged from whatever age he was before. This is why I don't consider Sonic Central to be reliable with detailed in-depth character information; because they never consider or acknowledge any of the events like these that happen in the canon games that prove their statements to be false or outdated. In this case, the ages. They even use imges from the old GBA games instruction manuals for some of the characters. That's pretty darn outdated if you ask this wolf.

Now before enyone tries to murder me with a table spoon, here me out - I'm not saying that Sonic Central should change the characters' ages to make them litterally as old as the games. I'm not saying that they should change all of their ages. This would only result in them eventually becoming elderly.

What I'm saying is that they should pay more attention to events like this and accomadate for them. Add a year or two to Sonic's age. Make some of the characters' ages more appropriate for the way they act. All withSega's approval, of course. Heck, maybe that's the problem; that Sega won't allow them. Why doesn't Sega have their ages on their website?

My biggest question is: Why the heck should the fans be forced to go to a Japanese-only website to get this kind of simple information that they haven't touched in years? It's messed up. It doesn't make any sense.

I treat Sonic Central with what I like to call the "Other M Dissaproval". This originates from Metroid: Other M. This game was filled with flaws that didn't make sense, and if they did then there is overwhelming evidence that the events of the previous Metroid games could not have happened. The problem was that Nintendo made the game canon. Because of this mess that would contradict everything that had previouly happened in the Metroid series, many long-term Metroid fans consider that game non-canon and refuse to believe that its story even exists in the series, even though it supposedly is and does.

Sonic Central gets the "Other M treatment" from me in the case of the characters' ages, because they simply do not make sense. I do belive have discussed this before.

Sorry about the rant. I just expect the story of such a popular game series to be well-looked after and respected by those who make it.

I need some cake...