Flee From Killer Whales in Sonic Generations

first? sonic speed

Edit: drat. closer to tails speed i suppose.

Fish ninja

fish sticks

Dat money shot.

I think the weirdest this is the 85%! that showed up.

Looks cool. When the PC version is discounted (read: €10 or less), I'll probably grab it. But I can't help thinking of modern Sonic as a sort of Duke Nukem: a decadent figure that tries just too hard to stay "cool". But with less mysoginy.

@JoeyRavn: I think you're mistaking Sonic for Sega as a whole, but yeah. Hopefully PSO 2 doesn't suck!

I agree, i'll buy it at less than 10$

The killer whale section of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog game was fairly notorious, though maybe not as notorious as the human/hedgehog romance or several other unwise decisions that game made. Still, I'm kind of surprised Sega felt the need to replicate any part of that disaster.

To all the people here who won't buy the game at $10 or more, then nothing will sway you. If you didn't care about Sonic at full price, a price cut won't do anything for you either. Any game seems good at $10 or less. Even Duke Nukem Forever was fun at a $10 cost.

Allow me this pleasure... Flee Willy!

for some reason whenever a game says something along the lines of "infamous bosses" and there all people ive never heard of it my mind goes to that lonely island song throw it on the ground " like this and this and even this"

@RetroVirus: It's like they think 85% is a decent score and something to feel good about! (*psst* It is)

@Mento: aren't you forgetting Sonic Adventure?

It says something about the state of the Sonic franchise that even with a handful of good reviews i'm still deeply suspicious of this game...

@Karandras: A handful? There's a lot more than a handful.

People are looking to be negative. Get over it.

Looking nice^^

I loved that scene in SA1 :)

Good ol' Dreamcast...sigh..

@itsjoncharles said:

@Karandras: A handful? There's a lot more than a handful.

People are looking to be negative. Get over it.

Yeah, this is basically the third game in a row that got progressively better. Even Unleashed was half-good already.

@paulunga said:

@itsjoncharles said:

@Karandras: A handful? There's a lot more than a handful.

People are looking to be negative. Get over it.

Yeah, this is basically the third game in a row that got progressively better. Even Unleashed was half-good already.

The "handful" statement was specifically aimed at the 3DS iteration of this title, sorry, I should have been more clear (I'm generally more hopeful of the handheld Sonic games than the home console releases).

@Karandras: So was I tbh. The 3DS version is not the greatest.

@RetroVirus said:

I think the weirdest this is the 85%! that showed up.

Yah I think they know how Sonic is received so to get an official 85% from the Nintendo Magazine no less is quite an accomplishment.

I JUST WANT THAT MUSIC

@Mento said:

The killer whale section of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog game was fairly notorious, though maybe not as notorious as the human/hedgehog romance or several other unwise decisions that game made. Still, I'm kind of surprised Sega felt the need to replicate any part of that disaster.

notorious? what are you talking about?

tried looking it up on the internet, nothing really came up, please elaborate.

@Jethuty said:

@Mento said:

The killer whale section of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog game was fairly notorious, though maybe not as notorious as the human/hedgehog romance or several other unwise decisions that game made. Still, I'm kind of surprised Sega felt the need to replicate any part of that disaster.

notorious? what are you talking about?

tried looking it up on the internet, nothing really came up, please elaborate.

I think he's actually talking about the killer whale section from Sonic Adventure. I played the abomination that was Sonic 2006 and don't really remember a killer whale in that.

@Ace829 said:

@Jethuty said:

@Mento said:

The killer whale section of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog game was fairly notorious, though maybe not as notorious as the human/hedgehog romance or several other unwise decisions that game made. Still, I'm kind of surprised Sega felt the need to replicate any part of that disaster.

notorious? what are you talking about?

tried looking it up on the internet, nothing really came up, please elaborate.

I think he's actually talking about the killer whale section from Sonic Adventure. I played the abomination that was Sonic 2006 and don't really remember a killer whale in that.

yeah, i know, thats the one im asking about. Anything paticular about that whale section?

Poor Sega, when the best review quote they can put in a trailer is 85%, you know it's a harsh time for them.

SEGA let Sonic have a respectful and peaceful retirement.

@Jethuty: Just gave me flashbacks to that insane LP a bunch of goons did. The whale jumping was the first section of that game where you had almost no control over what was going on because of its crazy camera and lack of information about what to press and when, so the dudes playing it died constantly and lost their progress after discovering there was no auto-save. A portent of the horrors to come.

I do recall it being in Sonic Adventure too, though. So maybe it's just a thing they bust out every now and again as a trademark? "They liked it the first time the whale showed up, so let's just put it into every other Sonic game from now on"?

@Jethuty: @Ace829 said:

@Jethuty said:

@Mento said:

The killer whale section of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog game was fairly notorious, though maybe not as notorious as the human/hedgehog romance or several other unwise decisions that game made. Still, I'm kind of surprised Sega felt the need to replicate any part of that disaster.

notorious? what are you talking about?

tried looking it up on the internet, nothing really came up, please elaborate.

I think he's actually talking about the killer whale section from Sonic Adventure. I played the abomination that was Sonic 2006 and don't really remember a killer whale in that.

See for yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EMQEm1nV1s&feature=BFa&list=SPCD0663D3E68BDDE4

Haven´t I all ready played this game?

I hope in the next Sonic game Big the Cat marries a whale. That would finally validate all my ecchi fan fiction.

To me this game looks gorgeous and I wish I had a 3DS. Waiting for that built-in-dual-analog+extended battery model!

So SEGA is happy with an 85% review for the game? No developers are going to get fired or lose any bonuses because of a low Metacritic rating?

Huzzah! Some people aren't idiots!

I thinking on getting one of the console versions soon.

@Humanity said:

@RetroVirus said:

I think the weirdest this is the 85%! that showed up.

Yah I think they know how Sonic is received so to get an official 85% from the Nintendo Magazine no less is quite an accomplishment.

It's completely bizarre though, Why even show it? 85% isn't something you scream from the hilltops, there are plenty of organizations that are soft on marks that you can quote. The people who love sonic are going to buy this and 85% isn't going to convince anyone that generally doesn't care about him.

There a little to proud of that one 85%.