PSU takes a good look at the Sonic franchise and talks about the problems and mis-steps Sega took that is bringing Sonic to a shadowy fate. PSU talks about what Sega can do to revive this poor mascot and how to bring it back to the glimmering franchise it once was.
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.
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they never did transform well from 2D and 3D....and they never try to fix it afterwards...
I think its because they tried to add a story to it while playing.
the 3d versions had dialogs that were corny..most of the time.
the 2d games never had dialogs whatso ever it was just about running and collecting those emeralds.
You can only have so many 2D side scrollers, doing the exact same thing (collecting rings,destroy bad guy, repeat), before they start to get monotonous. You gotta think, Sega pumped out 3 Sonic games, a Sonic and Knuckles game and a couple of other Sonic ripoffs (Sonic Pinball), all of which were 2d side scrollers. Then they got progressively worse as they went to 3d, though I still back Sonic Adventure for Dreamcast as a pretty solid game.
Sega went wrong with sonic when they took his speed away all sonic games of the past have been about fast gameplay and that what works now they added guns cars and all that extra not needed crap
Sonic was awesome. I even bought Sonic Adventure on the dreamcast. I haven't bought or rented one since then but they do need to make him faster. SEGA should just make a new Sonic game with Blast Processing. Now that would be sweet.