I agree to disagree brother AYO, while you can dislike the ultimate lifeform I want to clear the air about some misconceptions
Knuckles decline started IN SA2…he went from scattered brained dope to sidekick status, hell even his theme in SA1 is a contradiction, knux had the appeal of the rebel circa sonic 3. The guardian of a Master emerald and last of an ancient warrior race who was tricked by robotnik for believing sonic wanted to steal the master emerald which is understandable since knux didnt know who the fuck sonic was at the time so he was allowed to take a L on that one… HOWEVER the series then turned that into a running gag for the next few games until eventually he fell into sidekick goofball status (WHO THE FUCK IS WATCHING THE MASTA EMERALD THO).
in regards to shadow, damn it was instant favorite character, unexpected Genetic experiment prototype hedgehog with the ability to warp using the OP chaos control on bitch ass niggas… AND he had badass roller hover skates (HE HOVERED IN CUTSCENES BUT NOT THE GAME? DAFAQ!!!) his edgy and brought the sonic series to another darker level even eggman got a character development boost since he nearly killed sonic… but what did sonic do though? he used an ability that Shadow orginated since he had a connection with the emeralds he was the only one to use which makes some sense… then comes memory amnesia kill all humans government agent angst shadow…
in regards to silver… his world got murked by some damn fire demon thing so all his peoples where killed (insert blaze somewhere in there) and he traveled to the past to stop it from…wait a minute…
One thing I never got about SA2 story was: How did they mistake Shadow for Sonic? One is like 95% blue and 5% white, and the other is like 90% Black, 5% red and 5% white with his spikes facing upwards and downwards.
I like Shadow, but he send off in Adventure 2 was great, very honorable and pretty serious in a Sonic game. Idk how things would be if they left him dead. Didn’t they bring him back due to fan demand and popularity?
Definitely a part of it. He was the second most popular character in the series for awhile. I like what they did with him personally after ShtH and in the comics. It would have given himself more time to shed his amnesia and angsty image he had going.
Shadow was badass in Sonic Adventure 2. He had this sort of ‘James Bond villain’ thing going at first, then he had his past presented over time, and then he ‘died’ as this fully-developed three-dimensional character . . . then they ruined it with Sonic Heroes, killed him with Shadow the Hedgehog, raped his corpse with Sonic '06 . . .
then revived him with the dragon balls in Sonic Generations. He was a really cool sideboss in that game, which is what he should’ve been all along.
, it was someone with similar speed and appearance who was working with eggman as a military weapon developed by an insane doctor who wants revenge because they killed his grandaughter
the design was new and fresh at the time, but I do get what you are saying there wasnt enough chemistry between the two warrant a proper rivalry
Knuckles had potential but you know what happened with that…
Knuckles has a friendly rivalry with Sonic and that’s perfectly fine. Since Knuckles isn’t a villain I like the chemistry they currently have. Metal Sonic is the only character whom Sonic has a proper rivalry with.
That was a case of mistaken identify. Every character in that game thought that Shadow was Sonic for some dumb reason. It wasn’t intentional on Shadow’s end.
My only issue is it seems Knuckles was pushed aside to make way for EXTREME Sanic, aka Shadow, who chugged mountain dew while shooting off caps and saying fuck the police. Knuckles became a running gag in SA2, coincidentally when Shadow first appeared. Now Shadow is also a joke, sitting alongside Knuckles doing jack shit.
Despite his swole look for Boom I hope it helps to redeem Knuckles. He was cool before: Pissed off last of his kind character who protected a powerful weapon. He made mistakes he helped fix, and while not Sanic’s buddy like Tails was considered an ally/rival to be relied upon.
Although I am sure he’ll still be a comedy act, which irks me but whatever.
No but he was clearly aware of it and let it slide.
It was still shit, just less shit. Same problem, old things done worse and with no soul.
I do wish they’d make the rivals rivals again too.
That being Said Sonic Boom is supposed to be comedic on par with shows like Spongebob not to mention it isn’t the mainline Sonic and won’t release in Japan initially (so I think).
I think one of these days, I’m gonna step up to the plate and A rank every single fucking mission in SA2. I’ve never seen the hidden Green Hill Zone stage before on my own screen, and I just miss that game in general. Plus it’d be cool to get the alternate costumes. And I really miss chao gardens, good lord…at one point the Chao Garden was more important to me than even playing the actual game. I even had that weird Dreamcast extension you could get where you can load your Chao on it and watch it grow from how many steps you take with it.
You know, now that I think about more, I don’t get why people say we’ve had straight booty Sanik games since after the glory days of the Genesis. We got SA1&2, Colors, Generations, Sonic Rush, Sonic Advance’s 1-3, Sonic 4 (Episode 2), Heroes, Lost World…
