Sonic Team is the game developer within Sega that makes the sonic games. I doubt they had to reassure themselves of the gender of a character THEY invented.
But I think your sentence makes more sense if you were calling people in this thread the “sonic team” for some inane reason. In that case, nobody had to or tried to reassure anybody. I was just trying to point out the absolute idiocy of the claims that Tails was a girl by supporting it by presenting irrefutable evidence of Tails’ manhood. My message was intended for Seraphim Ephyon as a way to show him concrete evidence that he was wrong, not “reassure anybody”. I’m sure everybody else’s intentions were similar.
Now just what the hell is that supposed to mean? :enguard: (J/K)
I thought Tails was a girl because I grew up watching the series in which Sonic repeatedly called him “little sister”, they must have fucked it up in the dub (Which is likely, since the translation of “Tails” has a female connotation). I get it, I was wrong, you were right, I am slightly offended about the use of the phrase “absolute idiocy” but there’s no point in prolonging the argument.
That’s probably due to the different gameplays. You have a standard, albeit great, platformer in Mario, but then you have a speed obsessed platformer in the form of Sonic. With 3D levels, it’s just hard to capture the whole “rolling around at the speed of sound” while trying to mix a little exploration in. If you want a game that truly reminds me of a 3D Sonic, I suggest NiGHTS. Sure it’s railed, but I think a railed 3D Sonic game would’ve worked better.
Look, kiddies! Today, Hiryuu is showing us all how to completely miss the point. It was a joke, Hiryuu, you really don’t need to go defensive and start throwing out insults seemingly at random.
Now, about the ‘inane reason’ comment… VOCABULARY TIME! Inane means ‘One that lacks sense or substance.’ Calling you the sonic team doesn’t really fit that. The sense behind it is that, theoretically, you are arguing as a team, and arguing for sonic. Hence, sonic team. I intentionally did not capitalize it to avoid anyone mistaking it with something properly named ‘The Sonic Team’. As for substance, it contained about as much as any two word title for a group of people in an argument over video-game characters can.
That aside, I think you might be on to something, 984, however I don’t like railed games in general, so it’s safe to say I wouldn’t like a railed Sonic game too much either.
I hope you’re not telling me what the word “inane” means. Christ, you act like I’m some sort of blithering idiot or something. Calling me (and whoever else) the “sonic team” does lack sense, especially considering the existence of the real Sonic Team (making your terminology confusing… I had to re-read your post 3 or 4 times before I understood what you were trying to say), and the fact that I’m in no way associated with Sonic the Hedgehog, and I am not part of any team associated with anything, much less Sonic. I’m not arguing on behalf of Sonic or Mario, I’m merely correcting errors as I see them, because I am extremely bothered when misinformation is spread on the internet. Additionally, due to the fact that half the people on the internet don’t capitalize ANYTHING, I can’t be expected to judge the usage of any terms based on capitalization or lack thereof. You are apparently of the ilk that does put great emphasis on capitalization. I will try to remember that for the future.
And I wasn’t defensive or throwing insults or anything (really, you only seem to have been bothered by the use of the word inane, which I hope I was able to justify in this post…it wasn’t meant as an insult, despite how much you seem to think it was). I’m sorry if you were offended, but that’s just the way I talk, and that word seemed (and still seems, to me) appropriate in the context I was using it.
But if it makes you feel better, I rescind the word “inane”, because it was merely a minor adjective, and by no means the focus of my post (now who’s missing the point?).
But was there anything that offended you other than the word “inane”? You seem extremely upset, and I’m racking my brain trying to figure out why. You stated that I started “throwing out insults at random”, but I read and re-read my post and couldn’t find a single one. Except possibly toward Seraphim, which I will address in the next paragraph. The majority of my post was explaining my motives for correcting Tails’ gender, because you seemed to be confused as to them.
The ONLY person, who SHOULD be offended by my previous post was Seraphim, and I apologize for using the words “absolute idiocy”. But I’m glad I was able to convince you that Tails is indeed a guy.
The least impressive thing to bring into an online argument is how bad a person’s vocabulary prowess is. You are in essence, avoiding the subject for lack of a better argument. So please, evolve from mannerisms that may have garnered some bit of respect on forums like Gamefaqs.
((edit: because this appeared after other posts came up, i’d like to state that not only is this meant for everyone, but was geared towards Arac))
((edit edit: I meant vocabulary, not gramatical. See? I’m not perfect but one of you will probably bring that into argument… lol))
Actually, my main point was that it was a joke and he was missing the point, which I, in fact, did say. Therefore, I didn’t avoid the subject, as the two things I was arguing against were that he had missed the joke and that my response wasn’t inane. The main way to prove that what I said wasn’t inane is to show what inane means, just in case, and then point out that the post doesn’t fit, which is what I did. So, if a word is the subject of an argument, arguing against the use of the word isn’t really avoiding the subject. Also, for the record, I never joined the GameFaqs forums, and anything they tell you about stolen, cannibalized infants is a damn, dirty, lie.
As for the inane comment, Hiryuu, that didn’t upset me. I’m just a word geek and tend to ramble about that kind of thing ::sweatdrop::. However, I did consider ‘inane’ and ‘idiocy’ insults, and those two were thrown out slightly at random. I wasn’t offended, however that was the basis for my insult comment.
As for the ‘sonic team’ thing, I agree I probably could have worded that better, and it also wasn’t really meant at you. I was just making a joke about how many of those arguing for sonic were goign and looking up Tails’ gender, because it struck me as funny. Considering those it was meant for, I stand by the fact that it had sense, even if it was bizarre, twisted sense. Also, I’m going on fourdays with no sleep, so I’m really more just happy I could still spell the word team… it is e-a, right?
I don’t see why you all are taking sidekicks and villains and such into account. The original poll was Sonic versus Mario. Let me just say though that Shadow’s rocket skates are awesome, and Eggman just has self-esteem problems.
On the main topic, I’ve always liked Sonic more than Mario. Don’t ask why, I guess he just has that special something. Plus he does buzzsaws and has extreme ramp action. Mario jumps, flies around, and rides on the back of a green sentient male animal thing. Yeaaah. Sonic plz.
Ugh…I cannot stand Sonic. His face and countenance reek of egotism, and after watching an episode of the Sonic the Hedgehog television programme, my guesses about his character were confirmed. I have wanted to give him a good smack for a long time.
Mario is not a ‘fat-ass plumber’. Mario is a plump and hearty Italian plumber. I love the fact that he is jolly in a stereotypical Italian way and I have always enjoyed reading short comics about him. And he loves pasta, like most Italians.
And so, I cast my vote for Mario. As for Sonic, I say: Ch’il riccio soffria nel circo d’Inferno fatto per bastardi arroganti!
Ugh…I cannot stand Sonic. His face and countenance reek of egotism, and after watching an episode of the Sonic the Hedgehog television programme, my guesses about his character were confirmed. I have wanted to give him a good smack for a long time.
Mario is not a ‘fat-ass plumber’. Mario is a plump and hearty Italian plumber. I love the fact that he is jolly in a stereotypical Italian way and I have always enjoyed reading short comics about him. And he loves pasta, like most Italians.
And so, I cast my vote for Mario. As for Sonic, I say: Ch’il riccio soffria nel circolo d’Inferno fatto per bastardi arroganti!
They’re both cool. I grew up with Mario from my childhood, but only because I couldn’t afford whatever Sega offered. Sonic got this teenager attitude that simply mark him out of the competition, and having roleplayer the character for more than three years, I can confirm being marked -the- hero of Mobius does give you a big head. Sonic usually can keep it in check.
Mario, on the other hand, is everything you can expect from the plumber. Jolly-no-good-two-shoes that lose his time in mini-games with his friends. A proof he’s not taking anything seriously. That double my esteem of the guy.
Well, not only is red better than blue, but mario has more games, and gives a nice salute whenever he jumps. Sonic was created by Naoto Oshima as an amalgamation of the art of Walt Disney, Max Fleischer, and the godfather of japanese animation Osamu Teshima (Astro Boy, Felix the Cat, Mickey Mouse) to create a character that would appeal to everyone, because in the beginning, and to the end Sonic was created out of a need to beat Nintendo’s much more popular and appealing Mario, who was bought from a seriously terrible game format, and has risen despite being combated by business icons like Sonic. Sonic the hedgehog’s face is a myriad of competative childishness, which obviously became his character in the cartoon series, and mario, while still competative, (all three mario kart games) he only does so when the situation calls for it, not just to prove that he is some kind of legendary superlative. Sonic RPG count: Zero Mario RPG count: Three (one of which was made by the best video game developer on the planet, at the time, Squaresoft)Don’t quote me on this, i do not know of ALL the japanese titles made for both so i could be wrong. Mario can use equipment and put on suits, whereas sonic normally has to crack open what looks like a computer monitor to get his items, but the argument of graphics is a whole other topic. In short, Mario was cool before he became popular, whereas Sonic was manufactured to appeal to the senses to seem familiar and draw you in with his elitist attitude. Wow, long and boring, but true, or so it would seem, though i am not against sonic, i have my sega master system, genesis model one through three, including 32x, and CD, Saturn, and Dreamcast, and the majority of the sonic games, so don’t think me anti-sonic or anti-sega, just UBER pro mario.