09-28-2008, 12:20 PM
Thats my point, they bring in characters to serve the point but they keep them long after that. And the reason Mario can get away with lots of characters is that;
You don't need to play as them, unless for party games.
They don't have irritating voices.
They are either background or story characters that don't get in the way of the actual game.
For example, in Galaxy we had Rosalina's story which was an extra and really she just appeared to say, hey look you are collecting stars, now if it was a Sonic game, the story would be forced upon you, you would hear her talk to you during levels and at some point she will either be in a level or you play as her.
In Sonic Rush Adventure, what they did with Marine was good, she was there, she served as purpose in the plot, and she hasn't returned to the series.
Where as, Shadow, is a prime example of how wrong the writing staff are when it comes to games. He is a great part of the story and he dies, this is not just a good twist but emotional side to Sonic. Its a "hey look Sonic is not just for kids" and then... he comes back to the story with a half assed story to explain why he survived, and then they change his story around, and show that no matter how good the characters are Sonic Team can still muck them up.
You don't need to play as them, unless for party games.
They don't have irritating voices.
They are either background or story characters that don't get in the way of the actual game.
For example, in Galaxy we had Rosalina's story which was an extra and really she just appeared to say, hey look you are collecting stars, now if it was a Sonic game, the story would be forced upon you, you would hear her talk to you during levels and at some point she will either be in a level or you play as her.
In Sonic Rush Adventure, what they did with Marine was good, she was there, she served as purpose in the plot, and she hasn't returned to the series.
Where as, Shadow, is a prime example of how wrong the writing staff are when it comes to games. He is a great part of the story and he dies, this is not just a good twist but emotional side to Sonic. Its a "hey look Sonic is not just for kids" and then... he comes back to the story with a half assed story to explain why he survived, and then they change his story around, and show that no matter how good the characters are Sonic Team can still muck them up.