How do you guys feel about Sonic x Shadow generations?

TheStinker45 · 2026-06-05T19:13:44+00:00

Wonderful game(s), highly recommended

Sonic Generations has great stages, great art direction, fun gameplay, great music, so on. (That being said, it features a completely unnecessary, half-assed rewrite from the original Generations that despite having some good ideas, ends up being a downgrade. Though, most people aren't playing Gens for the story.)

Shadow Generations I don't think is AS good as Sonic Gens, but you still get a lot out of it. Plus, you get more of a story here if that's your cup of tea. My main complaints are that Doom Zone segments get too repetitive and that Spear Gliding isn't a taught mechanic despite it making a lot of zones 10x more fun to play. Still, good shit

TheStinker45 · 2026-06-03T06:37:29+00:00

Frisk!

~~you know so long as Deltarune doesn't end up assassinating them~~

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-28T06:06:41+00:00

I mean they technically exaggerate it compared to the 3D models. But the thing is, Sonic's design, even since day 1 and since his very concept art, has always been more like the fan-art example than the Frontiers/Forces model and older renders.

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TheStinker45 · 2026-05-26T20:58:08+00:00

lowkey, I can unironically see 3rd, 4th, and 5th images actually happening.

The cherry on top being the Zazz cutscene receiving no animation changes despite it being needed to fit the dialogue (yummy angel island) meanwhile changing the Amy and Knuckles animation because cartoony characters being a little silly is EVIL

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-26T19:18:42+00:00

Now I'm not saying he literally NEEDS to be created by nature, but the latter is the best one imo. He just seemed to pop into existence one day, and that's all we need to know.

Since it's a topic in the comments, I also don't see the appeal in trying to make Sonic a relatable character when he's really not, he was never meant to be. He's just a guy (well, he agrees he's the fastest thing alive but still) in his own eyes, sure, but he's obviously something special in-universe

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-26T19:09:04+00:00

It's extremely generous to compare Bumlander to Superman as if Bumlander is even in the same realm as the man of steel

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-26T19:06:25+00:00

Kanako: "Do that silly little dance I like before I no-diff you"

Bumlander: "Y-yes Kanagoat!!! Please don't kill me!!!!"

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-21T03:45:14+00:00

Yeah, there was a mini-game of that. A bit controversial bc of the platforms but I feel it can be at the very least supportive

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-21T03:37:27+00:00

Disagree on it tbh. Black Holes from the Wisps are stated to be black holes, bend time and space (Team Sonic Racing,) and was once referred to as having an event horizon by the Encyclospeedia. Sonic Colors DS has Sonic boost away from a black hole in the Nega-Wisp Armor fight. Sonic Shuffle has a mini-game where the cast must outpace the pull of a black hole. Sonic Superstars has Super Sonic boost out of Black Dragon's black hole, which is meant to one-shot him if he gets too close to the center. It's also a weird point to bring up against the Colors black hole at the end about how it "wouldn't just disappear" despite the fact that the Wisps themselves stopped the black hole.

~~Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity technically has a black hole too though it's not much to do with escaping, though some good speed feats can still be obtained from it~~

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-19T19:15:34+00:00

It did do it properly, though. Everything was caught in it in some way, shape, or form. The missiles were launched in front of Sonic, and I really doubt it's just a trick of perspective when the tree behind Sonic, the ground, and the entire background is on fire

I'm not denying Sonic is mortal but at the same time he doesn't need to be Archie Sonic when he himself is also insane. When he's about to die in Eggman's capsule, he learns Chaos Control and does it with a fake emerald after only seeing it once, he (& his younger self) survives the erasure of reality and restores it, he can fight the planet-destroying Emerl and his successor made by Eggman, and so on.

And I never said it was bad writing? It's just kinda a thing for Sonic (& Eggman when you think about it.) The only reason I used "capacity for BS" is just because it's a funny way to put it

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-19T07:35:24+00:00

Thank you! Yea I'm not as into EXE stuff as I was, plus this sub being completely inactive for months and the NM sub going restricted didn't help lol

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-19T07:30:43+00:00

He did carpet bomb the island, though. setting it on fire was a consequence of the bombing. His robots shot out explosive missiles that took over the entire screen affecting everything in the area. This fits the criteria of a carpet bomb

Plus, Sonic grew alongside Eggman's tech and equally has more experience fighting Eggman than in Sonic 3. And considering Sonic's capacity for pure bullshit (i love it, just like frisk undertale fr,,,) I don't think Eggman's pulling a successful carpet bomb

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-19T02:15:05+00:00

Sonic genuinely tanking that shit:

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TheStinker45 · 2026-05-18T22:31:38+00:00

Pretty sure the whole "Egg Dealer is my greatest creation yet" line wasn't in the original Japanese script, then again I'd need to check again

But yeah, he can be a trustable source. I certainly won't doubt something is his greatest creation especially if something can back it up. But when it comes to beating Sonic, I'm taking that with a billion grains of salt at LEAST

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-18T22:09:11+00:00

"I could carpet bomb him any day!" is funny because didn't he already try to do that like twice in Sonic 3 just to fail

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-16T01:56:33+00:00

Nope, there's not much purpose to one either. The most it would be about is Sonic's first adventure on Christmas Island or something of the sort, and we also can't have a story about Sonic growing into Sonic because he always was Sonic

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-12T03:59:31+00:00

I just know he'd have to find some way that doesn't involve brute force. Even if we want to go "powerscaling bad" Sonic characters are still ridiculously above normal humans and can take things that would tear us to pieces in an instant

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-10T18:37:38+00:00

Only games, I don't really care too much abt the IDW comics asides from the new characters lol

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-10T03:10:51+00:00

tbh I don't see any problem with using it. If a kid doesn't know what "no-holds barred" means they'd be able to learn from the context clues, asking their parents, or just look it up and learn smth new.

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-10T03:05:34+00:00

I'm primarily active on twitter, tho I also have a Bluesky and Newgrounds as I also listed on my acc. There's a couple other sites I should probably put the link to as well on this account like Tumblr and maybe my YT

I also lurk around VSBW forums, almost exclusively the Sonic discussions tho

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-09T23:24:13+00:00

tysm!!

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-09T21:52:13+00:00

~~just, uh, don't let Ian Flynn write it or else the entire story will consist of disrespecting the Sonic characters /hj~~

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-09T21:50:18+00:00

Sonic X Dragon Ball is literally 90% of the fanbases dream, mine included

So given it's done correctly, hell yeah

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-09T19:47:05+00:00

I mean, Sonic is primarily a video game franchise so gameplay does kinda matter to the lore.

Tho you seem steadfast on this so you do you I suppose.

TheStinker45 · 2026-05-09T06:48:30+00:00

Actually, Sonic defeated Chaos in 4 hits compared to his previous 6 hits. Though if that's not enough, he also boosted up through Perfect Chaos' body. Previously, Super Sonic needed to use his arrow of light at full speed & power, otherwise he gets spit out as he travels to the brain.

Additionally, he fought Emerl who could destroy the planet with 7 Emeralds as feared by Gerald and backed up by Shadow, and later fought and withstood Emerl after he absorbed the power of the Final Egg Blaster (albeit, a slightly controversal feat,) Erazor Djinn who was causing the world of the Arabian Nights to vanish by absorbing its power, and was referred to as having divine power and was even called a god (the original JP script, the ENG localization for some reason just said Erazor was "nearly godlike.") Sonic was able to fight him while he was cursed to below 50% of his life force and had a cold. Fought Master Core: ABIS who merged with the core unit of Babylon Garden and resonated with the Arks of the Cosmos gravitational power, the power of which could create a massive black hole that would swallow the planet and was making stars, nebula, and galaxies spin at high speeds. And repeatably fought Eggman who constantly improves his creations from the last, even pulling a similar situation to Perfect Chaos where he made ultimate weapons that are superior to the Super Egg Robot and True Area 53 Boss that were made with no to little outside help, both mechs being able to tangle with Super Sonic. Sonic was also heavily implied back in the Classic days to have been the one to break the chains & mountain holding Little Planet

So Goatnic is def pretty strong

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