What went wrong?

Lack of eye separation.

You could get away with that shit in the 90s. Not anymore Sega.

>>354272127
Western art

>>354272127
That reminds me of the bar scene from Inglorious Bastards.

>>354272127
His quills in the American version are bolted in instead of flowing smoothly with the contour of his head. Also, he looks like he's made of metal.

he's a fat guy

>>354272489
>His quills in the American version are bolted in instead of flowing smoothly with the contour of his head.

That's how spines work.

Why does American Sonic have a pussy between his eyes?

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>>354272127
>tfw everyone in this pic is dead

what went wrong, indeed.

>>354272127
he looks like he's got that cereal box art style

>>354272582
>Japanese Sonic with American Robotnik
>American Sonic with Japanese Eggman
This really bothers me.

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>>354272596
>everyone
Now that's just wrong.

>>354272582
I'm glad that changing Eggman to "Robotnik" in cover art didn't go past Spinball on Game Gear.

I still think Robotnik is a more creative name, though.

>>354272582
The Sonic on the left is pretty good. Why didn't they just use that design from the beginning?

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>>354272596
We're here to save Sonic, m8.

>>354272582
what the fuck

sonic has five fingers on the gear gear box but robotnik still has four

>>354274975
>Sega hires a bunch of people who did romhacks and fangames to work in Sonic Mania
>Nintendo goes buttmad because some Huehue did a remake of Metroid 2 and takes it down
This is weird.

>>354272127
Japan never liked Sonic to begin with. The games over their sold like shit.

>>354274975
This man dresses to impress

>>354276974
Nintendo is proud of their series while Sega doesn't give a fuck about sonic anymore. they don't care if Sonic gets raped anymore or not.

>>354277074
Taxman is just that based.

>>354272298
>stylistic choices only exist in the 90's
Maybe just the good ones.

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>>354277136
Please get informed.

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>>354274975
They look like fucking retards.

>>354273805
Considering "Robotnik" was canonized even in Japan, it seems they agree to some degree.

>>354277306
About what? Nintendo doesn't autic noboadies messing with their IPs. Same reason Disney shuts down fan made star war film.. Some companies have respect for the things they create. Sega doesn't. Which is the reason why>>354277046.

>>354277472
Try reading the image next time.

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>>354277136
>Nintendo
>proud of their series

Hence why they turned mainline metroid into a cartoon party game

>>354277136
Which is why Nintendo only digs up their franchises to try them with a new shitty gimmick instead of make proper sequels that people want, right?

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>>354277570
>>354277857

Nintendo always creates new games instead of doing the same shit over and over again. They already made 2D Metroid games, there's nothing more to do with it. They are tired of doing stuff like that so they went in the direction of Federation Force. Nintendo is above nostalgia pandering.

>>354277960
>Nintendo always creates new games instead of doing the same shit over and over again
You were doing so good too, why did you have to give it away like that.

>>354277570
Nintendo does this with all of their popular series. I'm not sure why Metroidfags think they're so oppressed.

>>354277960
A corporation doesn't get to be "tired" of making things that their customers want. If they're so "tired" they should shutter their studios.

>>354277960
I know this is ironic, but the sad thing is that there are retards who actually think this.

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>>354277960
>Nintendo is above nostalgia pandering

Alright anon, very funny. You can stop joking now.

>>354278053
Maybe that's why Nintendo is selling like shit.

>>354277960
>Nintendo always creates new games instead of doing the same shit over and over again

Thanks for killing my sides.

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>>354277857
The best thing a company can do or artists for that matter is to NOT listen to fans. Fans are fucking idiots who don't know what's good for them.

>>354278179
Right, that's why DmC and paper Mario color splash were stellar games everyone loved and were definitely not forever condemned to mediocrity

>>354278179
Normally I'd agree with you. But sometimes the right path is the obvious one. Like making more of what works. At least until the sales slow down.

>>354278096
The developers at Nintendo are visionaries not filthy jews trying to make a quick buck. This isn't EA or Ubisoft.

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>>354278383
>The developers at Nintendo are visionaries not filthy jews trying to make a quick buck.

>>354277960
1/10

>>354277960
>there's nothing more to do with it
This.

>>354272127
>Inglourious Basterds.png

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>>354278383
>Nintendo
>Not jews

>>354278179
If fans are fucking idiots, how come a fan made a better Metroid game then all the previous 2D games?

>>354278132
Case in point:>>354278493

>>354274803
>Why didn't they just use that design from the beginning?

because some faggot's kid needed a job. The localization industry, to this fucking day, is a nepotistic shithole filled with unqualified friend of a friend's kid or family member's relatives. It's a fucking travesty.

>>354272478
kek

>>354272127
Sega was the opposite nintendo.
Anything deemed "too cute for america" was either altered to be more edgy or not published.

>>354272582
Isn't Robotnik his last name and Eggman is a nickname?

>>354279097
Canonically, now, yes. But old cartoon Robotnik has never been known as Eggman at all. Even if he flew around in the Egg Mobile and used egg references.

>>354272582
an improvemend d e s u

>>354279531
Eh, I never saw the cartoon, sorry. I just remembered him being called "Robotnik" in the instruction manual for Sonic 2 (since 1's manual got lost) and seeing the ship called "Eggman-01."
Was the cartoon any good? The closest I got to it was a picture book based on it.

>>354280030
There were 3 cartoons back in the day. And it depends on your tastes.

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is a Bugs Bunny style slapstick show. And hit some real high notes. Robotnik is the real star.

Sonic (the Saturday Morning show) was about Freedom Fighters fighting a Robotnik who already took over the planet, and had undertones of nature vs. industry. It was OK at times.

And Sonic Underground wanted to be a Hanna Barbera cartoon, with the cast being in a band complete with musical numbers, and was all around shit.

>>354274975
I understand the "le retro gamers" thing but couldn't they make the sprites in HD?

>>354280363
Well then. I never heard of these, but then again we didn't have many channels where I lived.
I'll have a look at the 1st one, Robotnik is my favorite character in the games (although my favorite design is the "classic" Robotnik with the round head and pince-nez glasses).

>>354280618
>I understand the "le retro gamers" thing

No you don't, the retro style was done purely to cut on time and resources while still retaining a content rich product.

>>354272127
Who cares?
Sonic games have always been shit from day 1.

>>354272478
This guy gets it.

>>354280618

1. You need to have the right kind of talent to do HD sprites, even if you use shortcuts such as tweening
2. Pixel based sprites have more appeal than HD ones, especially in a game like Mania.

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>>354280710
The Robotnik in AoSTH is very different than you might expect, just a fair warning. But Long John Baldry knocks his delivery out of the park.

>>354280890
ESPECIALLY especially in a franchise like Sonic, where fans were disenchanted with the direction of the series after the Genesis titles. This is a grab for all the fans they've lost.

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>>354280926
Mhm, assuming this is the one where "PINGAS" came from?

I think I'll enjoy it anyway, he's likeable in most incarnations and it sounds like this one is no exception.

>>354281173
>assuming this is the one where "PINGAS" came from?
Oh yes. AoSTH was dissected a million times for Youtubepoops. If all that memery bothers you, try to remember it's really not the show's fault.

>>354272127

Nothing, burger sanic looks better

>>354281324
Nope, doesn't bother me in the slightest, it was mildly amusing when it was introduced.

Just recognized the style of the Robotnik in that pic.

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>>354278317
>>354278325
>>354278659

A fan is smart. Fans are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.

>>354281750
So by default, any decision you make in direct opposition to what fans say they want is the right one? Sorry K, that just ain't the case.

>>354272478
Damn, nice catch

I love that movie, bonjorno

>>354281750
You're just not strong enough.

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>tfw you realize Robotnik should've won

>>354283731
why is he jacked
also he always should win, why he didn't fumigate or set basic poison traps instead of using amazing machines on the vermin made no sense

>>354284038

He has a Chaos Emerald.

As for the critters, he needs them alive to power his Badniks. The same rule probably applies to Sonic and co.

Metallic blue

>>354284263
Ah. I would've thought he'd put it into a bot or done more than make himself muscular

Well I'm sure he could just gas the general area and there would still be an ample supply of living batteries in other places. In addition he could probably capture some and make a breeding farm to supply his less advanced models that need the living batteries.

>>354272127
White washed

>>354277960

>They already made 2D Metroid games, there's nothing more to do with it

t. someone who never touched AM2R, or the billions of Metroid romhacks.

Sonic himself went wrong

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>>354277960
>Nintendo is above nostalgia pandering.
>post Star Fox, latest release was yet another wank to the first game
and don't get me started on Other M attempt to court Superfags and Primefags

>What went wrong?
>Sonic 1
Always a terrible fucking trial and error series. It's no surprise the best of the best at Sega can't get this fucking series to work in 3D almost 20 years later, because it's a fundamentally flawed piece of shit. Kill yourselves.

ITT: reverse falseflag

>>354288316
0/10, but I'll bite just for shits and giggles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UWYHg9vWgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnJJQ7c7kTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8qHEfJMkSw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo7UqPikpJo

>>354289309
so how many years of his life did he burn up to play like this again

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>>354277960
>Nintendo is above nostalgia pandering.

>>354289412
I most likely played Sonic CD for an accumulation of a few days before learning to play it better than the guy in the video plays the first game. Git gud, faggot.

>>354277960
>Nintendo is above nostalgia pandering
Funniest thing I've read on /v/ all week.

Nintendo wrote the book on nostalgia pandering.

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>>354272127

>>354277960
>Nintendo is above nostalgia pandering.
The most recent Pokemon games have been just that.

>>354273805

Eggman made sense because of his shape and the fact that he's one giant reference to the Beatles song, including looking like a walrus.

Robotnik is simply a product of the 90's where mad scientists had to have a name pun.

>>354280363

Underground was actually done several years after Sat AM ended.

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Nigga Chuckles.

>>354272127
They tried to make him "cool" although the original art is fine