02-01-2013, 05:28 AM
I grew up with Sonic (Sonic 1 being the first game I ever really played). Then when we also got a SNES, I really liked Mario as well, but Sonic was still the cool favourite. But then: Sonic stopped. The Saturn not having a Sonic game was just really really dumb. Mario 64 was just so damn awesome and by the time Sonic Adventure came out, Sonic had lost the game. Adventure was fine for it's time. It looked cool, sounded cool and had some nice ideas but it wasn't in the same league as Mario any more. It didn't amaze me and Sonic's universe got saturated with crappy characters and a Shadow storyline so stupid it was embarrassing to like him after SA2.
But I always had this sense that Sonic could come back, have a cool looking 2D game to take advantage of a genre Mario had left behind (this was before NSMB). Sure his GBA efforts were fine but it just wasn't the same thing. And then Sonic Heroes happened. And that was that, Sonic was a has-been. He wasn't the star of games that were celebrated by critics and gamers alike. He was the cool dude for kids while those that knew him in his prime looked back in sadness. The Sonic Heroes intro (song and video) actually still make me angry. "Come get me Sonic Heroes!"
But I always had this sense that Sonic could come back, have a cool looking 2D game to take advantage of a genre Mario had left behind (this was before NSMB). Sure his GBA efforts were fine but it just wasn't the same thing. And then Sonic Heroes happened. And that was that, Sonic was a has-been. He wasn't the star of games that were celebrated by critics and gamers alike. He was the cool dude for kids while those that knew him in his prime looked back in sadness. The Sonic Heroes intro (song and video) actually still make me angry. "Come get me Sonic Heroes!"