It's the money, stupid. And enough gamers buy crappy Sonic games for Sega not to care, according to an anonymous Sega employee. Boss Rush was an anonymous blog, currently deleted, run by someone who actually turned out to be Sonic Europe employee Ben Andac (who is no longer with the company).
In an interview, SEGA Sound Team lead composer Tomoya Ohtani revealed that Sonic’s global music success didn’t come from chasing trends overseas.
I think this is how Japanese devs need to think. Catering to the west is a terrible idea. I personally, seek out Japanese developed games because they bring a unique experience to gaming. They just stand out more that way.
What do you mean when you say this is how they 'need to think'. I understand the idea of wanting to do them without worrying about Western sensibilities but I also think a Japanese dev can do whatever the hell they want. They don't have to 'think' the way some westerner in a forum says they have to think. You think you are giving someone a compliment but you are really being weird. Its not about who you are but what you do. Last year's GOTY was a western studio that made a JRPG. You didn't see any Japanese people claim that a studio in a Western company had to think a certain way. And yes, I do understand thats not what you were saying but I think we should always challenge our own viewpoints. Personally I have love the unique experiences that devs in Japan bring and I agree they don't need to cater to Western sensibilities. I only take issue with you saying how they need to think. Thats dangerous.
What he’s referring to is when a company like Atlus does a game and one of the characters per se ; call one of the other kids a retard , they shouldn’t have to censor the final product because of snowflakes all the way in America that are constantly ranting on twitter . None of these folks are real fans and only look for stuff to cry about . If you start pandering too much they end up taking more than a leg and an arm . Japanese humour is so funny but I hate when it’s censored because of “ western sensibilities “
Everyone understood the meaning behind the message but you. “I think” you need to go to the mirror, look yourself in the eyes call yourself an idiot sandwich.
The sonic music is iconic the mega drive games were some of the best on the system but i wouldn't say they were free of western influence especially since 3 was composed in part by Michael Jackson
But honestly most of the crush 40 soundtrack music lives in my head rent free
Uhhh that's a strange thing for him to say. Even in the interview he admits to listening to a lot of western music.
I think its strange that the topic of Western catering comes up with Sonic at all. Sometimes things just are what they are.
Sonic Unleashed on PC? The Sonic community managed to do just that with with the fan project "Sonic Unleashed Recompiled."
Actually the torrent is up and you do not need to own the 360 version of the game. Also it will never be taken down.
Nice, I found it on 1337x! I actually liked many parts of this game, but some parts are also shitty. Its uneven, but overall a decent game.
1337x is one of my favorite ever since the real RARBG went down. I usually only get from FitGirl or DODI.
u gotta give the hardcore fans credit, they are committed to fix segas 3d sonic games ha.
The Outerhaven writes: My Arcade debuts the Sonic the Hedgehog arcade mini-cabs, the mighty player and joystick player at CES 2025.
... we already knew Sega didnt give a **** (hoot) about Sonic, or it's fans.
The best Sonics were Sonic 1, Sonic 2, and Sonic CD. After that, it went downhill.
I still really hope for Sega going back to 2d sprite-based Sonic PLATFORMER (not a 2D racer that's boring as hell, Sega!), but I doubt it will ever happen. We'll probably have to make do with unofficial 2D Sonic platformers.
(BTW, that site gives me an annoying pop-up about firefox or something, while I'm not even browsing with firefox...)
look at the wiiiiiiiiii...retarded azz games for the stupid to buy...
wii sports 40 million . what a fkn joke in gaming history and the yahoos at yahoo is proud writing a story like that...fkn idiots . i have never seen any kids play that game just retarded azz adults showing off "" hey look am playing videogames " oh s.t.f.u.
To think about is Sonic games are primarily aimed at a younger demographic than most of us on here belong to, so what we see as bad or good that age range isnt probably even aware of.
Now that doesnt mean they cant satisfy both groups at once, but there simply is no need to include features or bells and whistles that most people playing the game wont even appreciate.
*sigh...*
Sonic was one of the major flagship mascots for Sega back when they were in the console business and to me they are only disrespecting Sonic's legacy by continuing to churn out less than stellar Sonic games.
I was never a Sonic fan and I've only played a few Sonic games that were on the Sega Genesis, but I think that Sega should take the Sonic series back to the Sonic Adventure roots. I remember I watched a friend play Sonic Adventure on his Dreamcast many years ago and it looked really fun. And on top of that, Sonic Adventure got good review scores.
If Sega was still in the Console business, I think that they would actually care about the Sonic franchise, but since they aren't, it's like Sonic is just a money train... that's just sad.