Sega Does What Nintendon't
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I dunno. Sega All Stars Racing didn't seem to be lacking in available characters...
But then again, I do believe there's a Sonic Amiibo, so... You know. XD
But then again, I do believe there's a Sonic Amiibo, so... You know. XD
I love the fight breaking out in the first panel. :3
Also I literally know a hundred people who flip right the fuck out over the use of the word "literally".
Also I literally know a hundred people who flip right the fuck out over the use of the word "literally".
The joke is that the only recognizable Sega characters - if Sega were to start making Amiibo-like figures - would all be Sonic characters.SweetShark said:
*Reads blurb* Gahdammit, guys.
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Not since Capcom has a company been so dedicated to effectively not using the tons of IPs at their disposal to make games. It's sad really. We give Ninty a lot of crap for sticking to their established franchises to make games, but jeez at least they're using them. Whatever happened to that Billy Hatcher kid?
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Not since Capcom has a company been so dedicated to effectively not using the tons of IPs at their disposal to make games. It's sad really. We give Ninty a lot of crap for sticking to their established franchises to make games, but jeez at least they're using them. Whatever happened to that Billy Hatcher kid?
Not true. Sonic characters is the only well-known franchise which milk all the time. Sega have many recognizable games.RJ 17 said:
Shinobi, Shenmue, Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, Virtual Fighters, etc.
Also another problem is like the Playstation All Stars games, Sega doesn't care to create a cross-over game which all the character are visually represented with a specific style.
Btw, doesn't Nintendo use already MANY Super Mario characters? Like, I think if I count correctly, 7 characters? Why not a Sega game?
The real question should be: "how many ulcers can a human handle in his sole stomach?".
Let's find out.
An erin amiibo should be a MEME. LITERAlLY.
Let's find out.
An erin amiibo should be a MEME. LITERAlLY.
To be fair to Sega, a lot of their best IPs are now owned by 2kgames.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_video_game_franchises
Bayonetta
Panzer Dragoon
Um...
Ok, I think I started out trying to make a point of my own and only ended up proving these guys right. While Sega did have some great franchizes they didn't really focus on recognizable or recurring protagonists in most of their games. I mean, I loved Panzer Dragoon and Valkyrie Chronicles but a recognizable character? not really.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_video_game_franchises
Bayonetta
Panzer Dragoon
Um...
Ok, I think I started out trying to make a point of my own and only ended up proving these guys right. While Sega did have some great franchizes they didn't really focus on recognizable or recurring protagonists in most of their games. I mean, I loved Panzer Dragoon and Valkyrie Chronicles but a recognizable character? not really.
Sega would probably have more recognizable characters if they didn't spend the mid 90s shooting themselves in the feet every time the US and Japanese offices met (and that's not the only reason). It is hard to keep everyone besides Sonic in the public eye while your 5th gen console goes almost unnoticed in the west and you have to release your 6th gen early, then watch its success fade as three juggernauts loom over the horizon. Of course a few year later, they became like most other 3rd party publishers, picking up franchises here and there but not looking for another mascot like Mario & Co. or Sonic & Co.
Add a Craxy Taxi kart and Vectorman in there as well. Maybe even the mine carts from Gunstar Heroes.Grouchy Imp said:
TBH I may have bought SEGA initially for Sonic (well my parents bought it...) But what made me love it wasn't the characters, it was the games. Shadowrun, Castlevania: Bloodlines, Wolverine Adamantium Rage, X-Men/X-Men 2, Shenmue, UFC (Dreamcast version was the best technical fighting game to date IMO), Crazy Taxi... I can keep listing games SEGA made me love over Nintendo, despite being a huge Nintendo fan and cut my teeth on the NES. Its only when the Saturn came out that I lost faith, Dreamcast was amazing and so criminally underrated (I'll stop there because we've heard all the arguments I'm sure by this point why Dreamcast had so much potential to whip the PS2's ass).Lightknight said:
'Sega Couldn't Scrape Up Enough Characters For A Semi-Decent Kart Racer'
I... I don't get this part. Both Sonic & All Stars racing games have a decent selection of characters. Sure, they do have a fair chuck of Sonic characters in both instalments, yet in Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing they managed to represent 14 of their series. Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed did fail to represent a few of these series, but they also had playable characters representing 4 more Sega series (and even more in the Sega version). They managed to bring together a decent selection of characters for both of their racing games.
I would also question the part about semi-decent, but that definitely falls into the realm of personal opinion, with mine being that the Sonic & All-Stars series are the best racing games of all.
I... I don't get this part. Both Sonic & All Stars racing games have a decent selection of characters. Sure, they do have a fair chuck of Sonic characters in both instalments, yet in Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing they managed to represent 14 of their series. Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed did fail to represent a few of these series, but they also had playable characters representing 4 more Sega series (and even more in the Sega version). They managed to bring together a decent selection of characters for both of their racing games.
I would also question the part about semi-decent, but that definitely falls into the realm of personal opinion, with mine being that the Sonic & All-Stars series are the best racing games of all.