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Post by Eleonora B.M on Jun 12, 2010 22:11:51 GMT
oh, com'on! you can't say that! She is the female character leed, she has a main role in games but not as Tails and Knuckles because she's a pink girl with piko piko hammer... and she wouldn't be as intertaining
oh good heavens, I hope not! It's hard to see something worse than that game!
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Post by lordgazza on Jun 12, 2010 22:18:58 GMT
Ah now in fairness i'd have to agree with our learned friend here about Amy's status as a main character or lack there of. She can hardly be seen as a main character more of a side line character as she is only of any major importance in a few games. True in the comics she could be seen as the female lead but the games are a different story altogether. I could however see her becoming a true main character in the series if sega could manage to make her character abit more playable in the sense they improve how she is controled and plays.
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Post by Retro on Jun 12, 2010 23:02:41 GMT
Or indeed make her anything but irritating...
Really, the Sonic games have no female lead character. They have two lead characters in Sonic and Robotnik. Anything else is just a supporting cast. Hell, one might even call Robotnik supporting cast now-a-days...
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Post by lordgazza on Jun 12, 2010 23:04:11 GMT
You do have a point and I was thinking that myself. The question is does it really need anymore?
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Post by Emilybee on Jun 12, 2010 23:28:29 GMT
Why on Earth is anyone considering Amy to be 'one of the main cast'. Sure, she was around even before Tails, but she's never had a main appearance in a game, save maybe Sonic Adventure. These days, she's just as much a leading cast member as Blaze and Rouge is. BEcause she is the only one who often appears with the other main two Tails and Knuckles. The rest vary per game, but Amy is almost always there. as part of the cast. The same can't be said for Rogue and even less for Blaze. When you look at how many games she appeared in, she is beaten only by Tails and Knuckles, and more then doubles the others if you don't count unlockables. Rogue and Blaze are just "also runs" who may or may not show up. Edit: She is playable in Chronicles, Riders, Zero-G, bits of 06', at least most of the advance games... The Mario and Sonic at the Omlypics + sequel... Erm... Was part of tem Rose in Heroes... this outside of Adventure... Yeah... And was the Lady of the lake in black knight (important character to story). Though to be fair, didn't need to be in Unleashed rarely...Though she did give birth to my favourite Sonic moment when she mistook the werehog for Sonic (ultimately getting it right for the first time ever) and walking away afterwards. The reaction from Sonic was solid...
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Jun 13, 2010 8:22:01 GMT
Until either A) Sega/Sonic Team makes a good game with multiple characters or B) Amy actually gets a good gameplay mode. She is no more a main character than Mighty. THAN MIGHTY!
Her Sonic Adventure gameplay bits weren't that bad, needed a bit of refining. (Like most of the game) In Advance she was bad. Then just became Sonic. Hammercopter was quite cool in Heroes. Then Sonic 06 happened. Where she nicks Espio's power and get the lamest double jump ever. And sometimes gets into the Jesus pose.
In whatever Sega decide to vomit out and decide to call it a story, she is only ever the woman that gets kidnapped or appears whenever there is a male hedgehog in the vicinity thinking its Sonic. It was once a good theory Amy but not any more.
She needs to do something that isn't what she normally does in the games. I want Amy to be good, because she is here to stay, so make her a bit less annoying. I mean you dont have to go the full on STC style, but give her something that isn't always wow Sonic is here so I'll go there too!
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Post by Baron Canier on Jun 13, 2010 10:49:12 GMT
Ah, she was okay in Sonic Advance; I was always under the impression she was meant to be a self-imposed "hard mode". Come to think of it, I need to get around to playing Advance 3.
Amy being regarded as a 'main' character likely stems from her being one of the oldest (isn't she one of the original four?) and her more frequent appearances than other folks who aren't Tails and Knuckles.
In regards to SegaAmy being annoying - which I agree with - she's meant to embody that whole "cute, crazy fangirl" stereotype, which Sega probably think is funny. Ergo they won't be changing it any time soon.
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Post by Nam on Jun 13, 2010 11:36:02 GMT
Amy's considered main cast as she, along with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Robotnik, were the only cast who were around before Sonic Adventure who stuck around after. She's been in many games, though no main games until Sonic Adventure. Plus, she's had a prominent role in both comics, and she features rather heavily even in games where she's not playable. It's the seniority, her role in other canon's, and the fact that she actually has an alarmingly large fanbase (most of whom are the ones who ship her with Sonic and/or Shadow), that makes her show up, and thus makes her main cast, even though her playable appearances are negligable, and she serves primarily an NPC role in most games she's appeared in.
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Post by Emilybee on Jun 13, 2010 22:59:19 GMT
Amy was also intendign to be a main character from her first appearance, but SEGA also had to focus on other games and elements so CD was heronly big appearance prior to Adventure. There were other characters that made appearances from time to time, Mighty, Ray, etc, etc, but notwere intending to be major characters. Amy was. She was meant to act as a sort of love interest (though its shape seemed to not really take form until Adventure).
Sally Acorn's appearnce is actually loosely based on some of Amy's early designs (I presume the one I saw of her with simulair hair), I'm not 100% but Amy wasn't orginally called "Amy" anyway. Plus, Sonic was meant to have a female blond woman anyway to begin with... I suppose SEGA thinks Amy is the most mutal approach to Sonic and love, since Sonic isn't suppose to display any emotions or at least wasn't for a very long time...
Mighty's pretty much retired, before that, I'd have gone so far to suggest he was also main, since he appeared in 3 games at least I know of and an additonal sprite appeared in another. At the time, that was more then Amy, though part of Amy's lack of appearances, it just it took a long time for SEGA to finalize parts of her. She has appeared in almost every game since Adventure though, with a few exceptions. Though they do keep suggesting they may bring Mighty back... I've yet to see it happen.
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Post by Arch on Jun 14, 2010 13:45:24 GMT
Mighty's pretty much retired, before that, I'd have gone so far to suggest he was also main, since he appeared in 3 games at least I know 2. Chaotix and Arcade. He's never coming back.
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Post by ShayMay on Jun 14, 2010 14:27:16 GMT
2. Chaotix and Arcade. He's never coming back. That would be one Hell of a fanservice. Imagine if they announced him to be in a game at E3.
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Post by Emilybee on Jun 14, 2010 15:03:06 GMT
I thought he was in fighters, couldn't remember though. His sprite appears in adriving game though. And no, SEGA has thought about it... It al depends on if they WANT to bring him back. But take note, they suggested they might several years back and if we haven't seen him since that, I'm doubting we'll ever see him again.
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Post by Beeth on Jun 14, 2010 15:43:01 GMT
I once thought Mighty was in Fighters as well, weird that. I believe if they were going to bring the character back, there'd have been action before now.
Mind you, given the development of 4 seems to be based largely on listening to the fans desires, I suppose anything could arise at this stage in the proceedings.
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Post by Nam on Jun 14, 2010 17:02:37 GMT
Amy was also intendign to be a main character from her first appearance, but SEGA also had to focus on other games and elements so CD was heronly big appearance prior to Adventure. There were other characters that made appearances from time to time, Mighty, Ray, etc, etc, but notwere intending to be major characters. Amy was. She was meant to act as a sort of love interest (though its shape seemed to not really take form until Adventure). Amy was playable in both Sonic Drift's, Sonic R, Sonic the Fighters, and was non-playable in first appearance in Sonic CD. That's five games, more than most other characters at the end of that era.
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Post by madhair60 on Jun 14, 2010 19:32:24 GMT
Once.
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Post by Emilybee on Jun 14, 2010 20:58:03 GMT
I always forget about Drift (it was crap) and Sonic R (variable levels of crap). And as I said about Mighty, I can barely remember the roaster of Fighters...
Still igt only proves Amy is certainly a lot more "main" then a lot of the other cast and shouldn't be classified as "secondary". The only difference between her and the boys is, the boys they merchandise these days, Amy rarely does. Why? Because right now theres a retro Sonic thing going on at least, so Sonic - Sonic 3 are in heavy promotion. Amy wasn't in those 3 games... >_<'
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Post by Eleonora B.M on Jun 14, 2010 22:28:25 GMT
true. She was one of the main character also in the japanese manga Shogaku Yonensei (literally "fourth-year student") ,her first real apparence, as "Amy, the girlfriend of nickey" the main character that could transform himsels into sonic the hedgehog. and she looked like she does in the picture. Attachments:
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Post by Adamis on Jun 14, 2010 23:51:20 GMT
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Post by ShayMay on Jun 15, 2010 0:13:31 GMT
This... looks absolutely lush. I am rather looking forward to this now. I'm liking the star-filled sky immensely, and the burgers look very Rayman.
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Post by Arch_one_zero_one on Jun 15, 2010 1:54:52 GMT
It does look pretty good. Shame the version that's in those pictures is only on Wii though - no matter how good it is, I won't be buying a Wii for it.
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Post by Emilybee on Jun 15, 2010 8:40:33 GMT
For some reason I'm getting a Zool vibe from the cake and sweetie level... Its because the first level of Zool was a sweet-based level. '
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Post by Adamis on Jun 15, 2010 9:10:37 GMT
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Post by Baron Canier on Jun 15, 2010 9:15:51 GMT
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Post by madhair60 on Jun 15, 2010 9:49:19 GMT
Ignoring the prettiness for a sec, look at that, it's just a long line with a spring at the end leading to another long line. Grind rail, that means just sitting there pressing the boost button. Granted, this is gorgeous, but it really does look like it's just Unleashed again. You know, lovely cutscenes that you just happen to press some buttons during. Same exact level design problems.
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Post by Retro on Jun 15, 2010 12:47:12 GMT
Urgh. Sega. One does not release 10 seconds of a trailer at a time and have the gall to call it new trailers.
Show a full trailer or just let us wait until you have one.
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