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/sthg/ #835 - Creepy Fish Edition
>Link CompilationDrawfag/Writefag Idea WallsSonic News< Many Details of Mania Revealed at SDCC: Animated Intro, Special Stages, Story, etc. www.tssznews.com/2017/07/22/sdcc-2017-special-stage-in-sonic-mania-revealed-story-details/
>sonic 1 fish >sonic 3&k spheres >sonic cd formula >sonic 2 emphasis on ring count
Zachary Butler
Those special stages are going to have psychedelic backgrounds just like CD. Those fish are from the background of the Sonic 1 special stage.
Anthony Allen
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Owen Johnson
Why do people have such a hateboner for Sonic Chronicles? The gameplay was a little on the shallow side yet fun, the story, while not perfect was enjoyable and entertaining, the POW moves and Chao boosts were nice mechanics that also made for good fanservice, the characterization was some of the best in the series, and in general it just felt like a really solid first approach at a Sonic RPG, with plenty of worldbuilding to go around aswell. The main bad parts are the crappy soundtrack and sound effects, as well as the fact that the game very clearly feels kind of incomplete due to lacking content.
It's one of those games I thought was a perfectly enjoyable experience, but general longetivity and content was nil because it clearly suffered from the devs' cornercutting, unlike Boom or 06, which were not enjoyable to me at their core and the cornercutting just worsened things even further.
Jeremiah Sanchez
>the comics are coming back >sonic mania and forces coming up
Oh my God is that official art? Don't tell me it's Penders. Holy fuck that so bad it looks like a parody.
Dominic Edwards
>Penders drew Andrew WK
Brayden Foster
I didn't realize the Steam page for Sonic Mania mentions a competitive multiplayer mode. I'm surprised they didn't show or mention anything about that, online play is a stretch but I'd love to race people here.
Asher Cox
Why do you care if a big green rock gets cucked?
Luis Lewis
opps meant for
Julian Wright
that should be bump doing it to sage
Brody Edwards
It's just comparing times against other people's times. Like in Generations.
Robert Davis
No, that's Chris Allan's art, but Penders writing
Carter Richardson
That shit's hilarious looking, they look like dudes with kigurumi on.
Luke Lopez
>Don't tell me it's Penders can someone post an actual page from archie's sonic comic that was draw by ken penders? i wanna see what his art looked like before lara su chronicles
Hunter Harris
>Oh my God is that official art? Don't tell me it's Penders. Holy fuck that so bad it looks like a parody. >they look like dudes with kigurumi on.
i dont think it looks bad
Daniel Campbell
Look in the background, the more you notice the worse it is Here you go. I don't get how anyone could say Penders was ever good
Sebastian Parker
>I don't get how anyone could say Penders was ever good
He did kinda decent traces of Star Trek DS9 photos back int he day.
Adrian Lopez
He's a good inker and letterer.
Jack Bailey
Maybe they were that big so you could actually see them on the screen dumbass.
Christopher Cox
I've seen some really shit lettering from him in the past. Inking sure I guess, it's adequate. But adequate for Penders is a fucking milestone
Jack Taylor
mina looks ok to me, the other characters i dont really mind or care, they are background characters anyways, then the background itself...i guess you could argue the people on the grandstands of the stadium look like purple bushes...but yet again, are we valuating sonic art based on what random crowds look from far away?
Carter Thompson
>He doesn't know about issue 113
Mason Mitchell
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Blake Phillips
Oh, I made a mistake. I thought you were talking about , that's what I was talking about
Camden Gonzalez
oh i get what u ment, yeah that one looks bad
Jace Cooper
thanks, you are a good mate, user
Oliver Cook
Issue 92 will always hold a place in my memory because to forget about it, I'd need the same drugs Higgins was on when he drew the damn thing...well, the half of the issue that wasn't shamelessly traced and hacked out from previous artists' work. That was the start of the Dark Ages for me.
Alexander Gomez
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Owen Brooks
So hold up. For all intents and purposes, the Archiverse is done, right?
There will be more comics, but they're judt going to start from scratch most likely, right?
Jack Adams
LEWD!! God, I wish I had my reactions folder at hand.
Eli Long
Most likely, yeah
Carter Kelly
>For all intents and purposes, the Archiverse is done, right?
we dont know
idw comics may or may not pick up from were archie left off
we know nothing beyond the fact that idw will be publishing them now
Matthew Hill
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Anthony Lewis
Basically. I don't know what everyone is so hyped about. "The Comic" is still canceled. All Sega is saying is that "this is not the end of sonic in comics" which essentially means there will be a new comic line that has a different unrelated story. So this really isn't a victory for anyone that wanted to save the archie story.
Ian Flores
fixed
Jordan Davis
What is up with Sonic's quills
Chase Jones
this
Camden Bennett
>All Sega is saying is that "this is not the end of sonic in comics" which essentially means there will be a new comic line that has a different unrelated story. So this really isn't a victory for anyone that wanted to save the archie story.
nobody said idw comics wont continue from archie's last issue
we dont know
Christian Barnes
What should I buy with my the rest of my paycheck? I already spent $700 on Tails art commissions, and I have about $500 left.
Josiah Smith
believing it will just pick up where archie left off is extremely wishful thinking, on top of, you know, commercially stupid.
Jayden Turner
/v/ keeps talking about a Sakura Synagogue as a stage for Mania and it sounds like total bullshit other than a Japanese-themed level is soft-confirmed by the Hard-Boiled Heavy silhouette
And leaks out here?
Jacob Sanchez
So is the little Sonic supposed to be Sonic's stand?
Jose Green
there is no official announcement that states wheter or not idw's comics will continue from archie's last issue or not
Andrew Wood
buying the trades of the comic as they will be getting rarer
Colton Barnes
was that a jojo reference?
Kayden Green
Fuck Tails' Marble Garden boss fight.
Ethan Adams
Ok, I'll put it plainly, user. It is far more likely than not that it's a new unrelated comic story. I doubt the freedom fighters will even be in it.
Zachary Brooks
Hey guys, TF fag from /toy/ here. Excited for Sonic to come to IDW, but will we be seeing Sally and the rest of the comic characters, or just Sonic, Knuckles, etc?
Ethan Reed
are you really not understanding how stupid you sound by just repeating that over and over?
nobody said the idw comic isn't going to feature uncensored penetrative sex between klonoa and amy rose.
we don't know
Lincoln White
>tfw like long quills but hate bad art So torn It was the one thing I liked about 06 tho
Bentley Jackson
i can respect your opinions and speculations, yes but please have in mind that nothing is certain yet
we dont know
Zachary Jackson
>Hey guys, TF fag from /toy/ here. Excited for Sonic to come to IDW, but will we be seeing Sally and the rest of the comic characters, or just Sonic, Knuckles, etc? TECHNICALLY there is a chance you will see Sally and the gang but I would say it's less than a 5% chance. It's far more likely that the new comics will be 100% game characters only.
Mason Cruz
Huh, turns out I can import the PC LE from America, and it's cheaper than the console versions.
Nathan Collins
Fine
Brayden Jones
>will we be seeing Sally and the rest of the comic characters, or just Sonic, Knuckles, etc?
we dont know, nothing was confirmed about that yet
Lincoln Moore
Basically what says. Nothing is official, but based on Sega's wording and the fact that they cut ties with archie because of how much of a headache it all was with the character and property rights, I would be my entire life savings you will never see freedom fighters or any other archie OCs in official Sonic material ever again.
And to be honest, maybe it's for the best. I love the comic. I've read through it several times and it's a huge part of my childhood, even the wierd alien time skip shit, but at this point I don't want to keep remnants of it suffering on life support. Just let it be at piece. Characters will survive in the community and through art.
Isaiah Reed
>Why do people have such a hateboner for Sonic Chronicles?
Terrible music which we all know is a cardinal sin, difficulty spike that forces you to grind early on, POW moves can get unfairly difficult and tiring to pull off perfectly, subparoverworld models, uninteresting villain, and it ended on a cliffhanger that never got resolved.
I say this as someone who still likes it, though mostly because of the character interactions.
Bentley Morales
>are you really not understanding how stupid you sound by just repeating that over and over? >nobody said the idw comic isn't going to feature uncensored penetrative sex between klonoa and amy rose. >we don't know
you seem to be rather mad, but consider the following:
random anons that are not following the last threads come by and ask this kind of questions every now and then,
what am i supposed to say to them? i cant assure one thing or the other when there is no official source backing up such information, that would be incorrect and i dont want to help incorrent info spread through the rest of the internet
if idw or sega say something along the lines of "new Continuity from now on" or "freedom fighters wont come back" then fine, but until that happens we have to wait, we cant take anything from granted wheter it is more likely or not
>Why do people have such a hateboner for Sonic Chronicles?
Gameplay was too slow for a sonic game. Period.
Colton Watson
Is there any better moment to highlight them not giving a fuck about canon anymore?
Gavin Perez
check last thread
Wyatt Davis
This is literally exactly how I feel. Evee since the reboot I've said basically "ok, fine. I'm glad it still exists, but if this hapoens again, just let it go next time."
It's really like losing an old freind but then you realize he really hasn't been that person you knew as a kid for some time anyway, so that makes it easier to let go. I think if the reboot had never happened, a lot of people would be taking this news much harder, but because the comic already kind of ended in 252, this is much easier to deal with. That's not to say I'm glad it's ended. Quite the contrary, I love the reboot era art and think some arcs like fighters are great. I'm just saying that nothing lasts forever and the fact that we already had a sort of ending for the events that statted at issue one back at issue 251 makes this news of an ultimate final cancellation easier to swallow.
David Jenkins
How many times has he had to rebuild that thing anyway.
Evan Allen
I hate this bonus stage so much. Worst ring turnout and does nothing but steal your rings.
Jose Sanders
I hope Tails gets his planes back in Forces and Mania.
Christian Martin
They haven't cared for over a decade. This is just insult to injury. Nothing new.
For the record, in my headcanon it's atill Tails' plane.
Christopher Barnes
still*
Cooper Sanchez
is this finished or is it still ment to be updated sometime in the future?
Gavin Wood
>temples of gaia L M A O
Robert Fisher
jesus fuck turn off that hideous filter on your emulator
Nathan Foster
What am I missing here?
Julian Jones
>filters
Jaxon Wright
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS WITH TAILS NOT SOME LITERALLY WHO CHARACTER OF THE WEEK
Landon Lee
There are a handful of differences between Sonic 3 and Sonic 3& Knuckles that I think merit a playthrough of Sonic 3, but is there any reason to play Sonic & Knuckles by itself?
Ethan Miller
i'd like to see more work put on the stages, if not a layout or graphics edit maybe different palletes at least
different music wouldnt hurth tho
Owen Bennett
sonic & knuckles is a good one-sitting run
Camden Flores
sorry guys i play it that way because it makes the borders round, forgot to turn it off for the rest of you
Jacob Lee
>Like 3D and 2D Sonic, though I like 2D more. >Hyped for Mania AND Forces >Realize that both the above makes me an enemy of a good chunk of the Sanic community, including pretty much all of Sonic Retro.
Isaac Smith
I don't believe there are any updates planned, but he did leave the source code if anyone else wants to.
Robert Sanchez
I love low poly Sonic
Liam Peterson
Tornado is Sonic's plane. Tornado 2 is Tails'
YOU LOVE CHIP HE GOOD FRIEND SONIC Unleashed kinda feels really weak if you don't like Chip. It sucks, takes away so much from the game
I prefer the Sonic & Knuckles levels/level music over 3
Jordan Davis
Chip is so much more enjoyable to bully than Tails.
Landon Wright
dont be so over dramatic
Gavin Cox
That and the Tornado should be destroyed and replaced by the Tornado 2 or the Cyclone anyway. He's specifying 1, even though 2 and Cyclone apparently don't exist anymore.
David Rogers
I thought Mania is great for the classic feel?
Logan Stewart
Okay so I just dropped by neogaf to see what they thought of Infinite's theme and hoooly shiiet that was a bad idea. Those fucks are bigger dicks to sonic than /v/.
Chase Howard
Retro loves Mania but hates Forces.
Jackson Johnson
Why do people hate so much on Lost World? I haven't played it yet, but the gameplay looks way better than the Boost garbage and it has the coolest cutscenes since 2006 (if we don't count the very first cutscene in Unleashed, but I'm referring more to the interactions between characters and what they say). I don't really like the Zetis but that's about it.
Liam Adams
NeoGaf impressively have bigger faggots than /v/ does, but considering what it takes to get an account on that website I'm not surprised everyone has huge as fuck heads