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The other party are actual super villains and the Dems still try really hard to make themselves profoundly unlikable.

Well, unfortunately we have three different Mecha Sonics to contend with, and while I'm sure Zylo had meant the third one, let's have some fun with the others.

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(This is actually official artwork)

Mecha Sonic Mk. 0 aka Silver Sonic
First Appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Game Gear)

I love this goofy little bastard Sonic copy.

This Mecha Sonic is canonically the first one and he is just a dumb looking silver sonic robot with a goofy visor and little blue booties and a yellow stomach. He just looks so stupid. Oh and he's got a jet pack and a grabber hand.

This is from the Game Gear version so you can't expect much, but he's legitimately awful to the point I actually find him endearing. One of his moves is extending his little grabber hand and his jet booties make him fly across the screen. Occasionally he'll curl into a ball and attack too.

You might remember him more from the Metal Sonic battle in Sonic Mania though where he sends out a bunch of them and you need to hit them into Metal Sonic himself.

Overally, this is such an ugly robotic version of Sonic, but I kinda like how much of a hodgepodge disaster it is.

Rank: E

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Mecha Sonic Mk. 1
First Appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Alright, now we're in business with Mecha Sonics!

This thing looks pretty badass. As a menacing clone robot of Sonic, it has everything it needs. It's just grey with red boots and spikes that rotate like a saw and then I only discovered this pretty recently, but the red eye is actually a singular eye rather than two eyes.

This one feels a lot better to face off against. I love how it actually looks evil and tough and how Eggman is watching the whole fight play out. I think it's pretty basic, but leading the entire game to facing a fake hedgehog like this at the end is really cool.

Ultimately, that's all there really is to it. Solid boss.

Rank: D

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Mecha Sonic Mk. 2
First Appearance: Sonic & Knuckles

Yo, let's just discuss this Mecha Sonic because it is an incredible version of a robot Sonic.

This is a lot more of a robotic version of Sonic. Like it's cold and uncaring and legitimately looks like a murder bot. It's blue like regular Sonic, but the coloring makes it seem like a much more metallic blue. It has a singular eye as well, and it's just imposing to face off against.

I love the design of it, and even though it's not as challenging in Sonic's run of Sonic & Knuckles, it's Knuckles' where it shines.

In Sonic's story, you face it during Sky Sanctuary, the penultimate zone, and after he's defeated, he uses the last of his strength to destroy the rest of Sky Sanctuary, forcing Sonic to speed away up the top as it falls to it's supposed doom.

However, when Knuckles is captured by the Egg Robo you've been chasing the entire time in the Sky Sanctuary after this, Knuckles manages to escape it's grasp just in time for Mecha Sonic to come out of nowhere and destroy it. And then the fight goes on as normal and when you think it's defeated, it speeds backwards and then hops on the Master Emerald and becomes Super Mecha Sonic! This moment was so god damn cool and it really makes it stand out as it gains so many more powers including chest lasers and whatnot. After Knuckles beats it this time, it actually does blow into bits.

A revelation that made it so much cooler to me is when I found out that Mecha Sonic also has a single eye, and it's actually more like a power core. Because in it's animations when it takes the Master Emerald's power and when it fires the big ball lasers out of it's chest, it actually breaks open and exposes that the core goes through it's eye and chest. I'll show off the visual below, but it's really an awesome design and we deserve more Mecha Sonic from this game.

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Rank: B

https://youtu.be/WxAMHdalv9E

Hah! Got the Doomsday Zone theme in here yet!

https://twitter.com/SonicDepressed/status/1545585104998776833?t=Rz1V3v06nQ_P29mCbTLwaw&s=19

Yeah, if this was released in China it may have surpassed the rest of Marvel.

They absolutely fucking love Tom Cruise in China and advertise every movie with his name in giant letters and the title below it. I don't know why China loves him so much. I'm actually very glad they didn't censor the movie for China.

Man, this finale sucked. I'm pretty disappointed because I had high hopes.

Spoilers for Season 4:

Black Noir is confirmed dead and the actor will be playing an entirely new character that will be in the Black Noir costume.

I will gladly take "It's better than nothing at all" because at least it's something to at least PRESENT an idea that Dems are actually willing to fight for anything and aren't the completely helpless losers they usually seem to be.

To the people saying "Guys the president is doing all he can. He can't do anymore. He's helpless to the system". No, he can do more. Because after yelling about how we want him to do something, he's finally done something. Good on Biden and his team. Keep yelling about them when they aren't doing something because they literally always can.

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1545447455558406145?t=z5NUyhQHEseWjb2nLjsVAA&s=19

You should be mad you settled for McDonald's in the first place.

Sonic Forces? He does! He comes back to the past because Eggman took over the world and shit up his future again. Or something.

IfGodCouldDie posted...

Have some patience. Holy shit. . We didn't even get a tease of Thanos until the Avengers movie came out and like I just said, it was a tease that at the time wasn't even meant to reveal a bigger threat. So the fact that we got a tease of the villain or were introduced to a version of him in the very phase 4 project means we are already moving faster than phase 1

Dude did you just quote post the same post I made in two separate posts to say the same thing in both? Lol

colliding posted...

the problems in phase 4 are manifold.

first, they're suffering from raised expectations due to how good the past phases were. I liked parts of MoM but I haven't been impressed by any of the films - they're just standard superhero fare. This is only a problem because several films in the MCU have transcended this benchmark in the past.

second, the glut of Marvel products via more movies and constant Disney Plus shows is creating brand fatigue/backlash.

third, the universe has begun to feel disconnected. there's no nick fury/avengers build-up to manage hype.

They need to go ahead and pull the ripcord on Young Avengers/Kang/FF/X-Men and really start the next major phase. Right now it kind of feels like they're stuck in a filler arc.

I think the focus on the multiverse stuff is incredibly messy too. I was excited for Kang because I thought after Endgame he would be like "You guys fucked with the timeline and natural order and I'm putting a stop to your bullshit!" But instead he seems pretty chill about the timeline being completely fucked with, and things feel like they matter a lot less because of it. Why is Kang only in Loki so far? Why is he not popping up other places and teasing he's going to be the next big bad?

I can't believe they haven't done a Thunderbolts movie while there seems like there's been NO Avengers team in sight. It's the perfect opportunity for it around this time because they is not a crumb of an Avengers team around, or any other super team for that matter. At least tease us with the existence of Fantastic Four and X-Men! But they aren't even really doing that!

IfGodCouldDie posted...

That's exactly what they are in. After mostly clearing the board after endgame they have to rebuild the board and setup pieces again.

But we have no clue what they're setting up aside from Young Avengers, eventually. And Kang, somewhere. We got the Avengers line immediately. And then Thanos after that. They haven't hinted at much of anything definitively.

LinkMarioSamus posted...

I meant more in terms of how the MCU stuff in general is now getting criticism for starting with a promising idea before falling into the same old habits. So far the only Phase 4 installment where that particularly bothered me was Black Widow.

I feel like I'm caught somewhat off-guard by all the negativity surrounding Phase 4 but maybe I shouldn't be surprised considering a lot the backlash has been politicized in similar fashion to Star Wars

The moment my eyes rolled back into my head and up around the bottom.

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Silver the Hedgehog
First Appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

IT'S NO USE!

Silver is a silver-furred hedgehog with a more futuristic vibe with "hair" coming out in five points from his forehead. I actually like the design a lot, but I feel like if he were literally any other animal, it would be a better design to adopt and change around.

That's sort of where a lot of my issues land with Silver: he was created as the bastard third playable hedgehog in the very bad Sonic 2006 with a completely different playstyle where you just toss boxes around mostly. Havok Engine yay. Thematically, I think the psychic concept is fine but holy hell was it ever jank in Sonic 2006, and trying to put him on equal footing with Sonic and Shadow was a mistake too when his combat is so much more different.

Not to mention his character is batty. He's from a destroyed future? And I guess his story is that when something big happens in the present it fucks up his future, so he has to come back and... man, they need to figure out something with this dude that isn't just popping back and forth through time. Like just have him be locked out from the future and instead just trying to live in the past and trying to figure a way to the future again. I dunno. Time travel gets weird.

That's basically all of his appearances though, starting from Sonic 2006 onward. He comes across at kind of whiny sometimes and incredibly naive, the latter of which is fine. It's just that he doesn't seem like he fits sometimes which sucks since he does bring something different to the franchise. I like that there's some kind of psychic weirdo forever chucking boxes. But it doesn't give him a lot of excuse to be around.

What I do like, however, is that they've kind of leaned into treating Silver like an absolute fucking dork. Because he is, and he's best played as one. Everyone should be dunking on him and teasing him, mostly in a good-natured way. Because he's this fish out of water weirdo who mostly just wants to do what's right and is relatively jovial, but he's just... not from this world. It works. I hope they keep leaning into that.

I don't know that we need to see his gameplay again unless they can really think of a way to make it work, but I like the idea of him being a buddy who can help out. I like seeing Silver, overall, even with his kind of dopey entrance into the franchise. I'll gladly take more of him if they can figure out how to make him work.

Rank: C

https://youtu.be/c4zwIGF0mFQ

My favorite part was when they said "Hey please help us go home. You're so great, we love you!" And then the son goes "Hey, she says she is worried it's dangerous and wants to think things over." "WELL THEN LET'S JUST FUCKING KILL HER. WE'RE DONE WAITING!"

Why were you deceptive for like no time at all only to drop it suddenly? She doesn't even tell you NO. She dead ass tells you she wants to do this safely and to hold up. These people went aggro over a TEXT MESSAGE. If you're going to just decide to kill her on a whim, why didn't you just do it then?

How did nobody give a once over on this script and see the issues here?

Yeah, Ms. Marvel is just a terrible show. Even my girlfriend turned the corner on it and she was pretty into it until Kamala ends up being the one to save her grandmother. And then she was gone when the Clandestine leader just abruptly changed her mind and sacrificed herself to stop the poorly described McGuffin.

I don't get how they screwed this one up so much. I'm basically just holding out hope that Captain Marvel is portrayed well in this to not call it a total wash.

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Is Ms. Marvel degenerating into the same old stuff? Oh boy.

i can't even begin to decipher what this could possibly mean

Listen if they get another actor who plays Bullseye that rocks, I'm on board. I have just wanted a straight Bullseye in live action that's great for a while. He's always been my favorite comic book villain and the Daredevil TV show was so close to everything I wanted.

GuessMyUserName posted...

Cox & D'Onofrio returning together in Echo

Thank God. I knew they couldn't possibly kill off Kingpin like that. He's too damn good.

I need them to just straight up announce a Daredevil series though.

And also confirm Bullseye please god give me a legitimate Bullseye.

If anyone wants the deep lore dive on Final Hazard and why it sucks:

https://twitter.com/semifreqsonic/status/1545037420969619456?s=20&t=wBV3Yu9lVtfiiUmfMcqEvQ

https://twitter.com/semifreqsonic/status/1544675032672133121?s=20&t=FjPvAx8x0u7f8lJm-sE2RA

In particular, my girlfriend has really been interested in the Partition stuff since it's such a big deal to India/Pakistan culture and she talked to me a lot more about it. But I just don't think it's been integrated into this show well at all. I haven't seen the newest episode so that may change, but it seems like such an unnecessary diversion to simply include something so significant to their culture. But I just got left on the cliffhanger of the last episode where she's in the middle of it and I'm just like... why are we here and why is this the end of the episode and why aren't we back with all of the characters we got to know in the first three episodes?

Like we wasted a few minutes sitting by a campfire and eating in that episode with nothing of any significance happening. How was this not cut from the episode?

I really don't understand how this Ms. Marvel script got greenlit and wasn't streamlined in some way. I cannot understand how the entirety of the plot in Pakistan wasn't resolved in one episode. This needed a much tighter script, and a lot of the dialogue in the show needed sprucing up too (the fight between Kamala and Red Dagger as a for instance).

I wish this was so much better, but it's just not. I mentioned my girlfriend is Indian, and she's absolutely loving the show and is a bit surprised I just don't like it very much. It's clear that the cultural aspect is the best part, but nothing else really seems to match up with that and I find myself questioning why something is happening more than I am just enjoying the show.

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Classic Sonic aka Santiago the Hedgehog
First Appearance: Sonic Generations

I seriously don't get Classic Sonic. It's a fun idea, but I just don't know how well it works, especially when it's used in anything but Sonic Generations.

Classic Sonic looks like Sonic... but cute?

And that's where a lot of my problem is with Classic Sonic. He's a wide-eyed innocent looking hedgehog without any of the attitude we saw in the games. Like Sonic absolutely had a personality in the original games, just looking at the sprite where he had a more aggressive expression, a cocky grin as he waggles his finger on the title screen. There's just nothing that makes sense with Classic Sonic when he seems much pudgier too.

I'm not going to dump on it too much, provided they keep it separate for the most part, but then this Classic Sonic is also the one in Sonic Mania and then Sonic Forces. Why is he in Sonic Forces? You couldn't figure out something else to do platforming with? I don't know what you'd do, but including Classic Sonic again is just lazy and another issue with the game filled with issues.

There's a reason the Santiago the Hedgehog meme caught on, because this Classic Sonic isn't anything like the Classic Sonic we once knew. I'm okay with it more as a difference with, say, the different versions of Mario. Like regular Mario and Paper Mario. I just don't find Classic Sonic that interesting as a character, even if the design is pretty alright as cute Sonic.

I don't really need to see him again though. I think people got tired of him in Sonic Forces, so I don't think that'll be an issue now. Figure out something else for 2D if you're going to do that format again (which it seems like they will not if Sonic Frontiers is anything to go by).

Rank: D

https://youtu.be/mxaT6WDTkgg

Upholding the women's right to travel.

Thanks for that Joe.

Another shooting just happened in Gary, Indiana. 10 shot, 3 dead. Third one in 24 hours. Can we please get more aggressive on gun control yet?

https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1544337666468155394

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

I have been waiting for this for so long! I was starting to lose hope! I love this game and can't wait! Day 1 purchase for me. This game is just has so much charm to it.

Terrible situation.

https://twitter.com/Hoont/status/1544073819358461955?t=CpV3mHY7LqIUI4GflSD2aw&s=19

Vice City gonna hit you in the feels

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Infinite
First Appearance: Sonic Forces

Jesus I am always so split on this dude.

So Infinite is a jacakl with the edgiest mask ever and the rest of his appearance is actually pretty solid with his ruby on his chest too. It's actually teetering the line of being unbearably cringe and sorta cool.

Basically, Infinite used to be a mercenary trying to defend Eggman's base with a bunch of other merc friends and Shadow kicks his shit in and threw a fit over it. Eggman then gave him a Phantom Ruby to give him INFINITE power. Infinite got his revenge on Shadow later and trapped him in... virtual reality. Then he fights Sonic and friends and mostly has the power and ability to easily beat anyone, notably Silver. Oh, and at some point he makes your Avatar piss themselves, which is cool, but the Avatar stands up for themselves.

And he'll take them into NULL SPACE and tries to drop VIRTUAL SUNS on people, and it weakened him so Sonic and Avatar could beat Infinite and he died from a corny ass line from Sonic. Jk he actually just gets shot back into Eggman's reactor and is consumed by it. Pretty sure he's dead idk.

So alright, there's aspects of Infinite that are good, but aspects of him that are complete shit. Like I don't even know how you balance them. He's just a mercenary heavy with incredible power that's so strong that Sonic can only beat him when he's weakened and then he is... I guess killed dead? He's a dark, edgy dude who feels a little out of place. Like Shadow is the same kind of dark and edgy, but it feels like they tried to push even those boundaries and it comes across as... weird.

There are times in which Infinite is legitimately cool, and times where it just feels like they're trying too hard and it backfires. I personally don't enjoy Infinite all too much, and I think they could have done something with this character to make him fit and work better. Just scaling down his power works a lot. Not making him this uber powerful goon. He's just not interesting enough for that and it becomes his whole character.

I mean, he's a complete afterthought by the end. It's just difficult to care about Infinite, and I don't necessarily need to see him back when there's much better options for Eggman's sidekicks.

Rank: D

https://youtu.be/LDu9AY15fQI

Chaos always makes me happy to fight because it feels like a huge journey to get there and they build him up perfectly. You fight his screwy lesser versions, you have to fight over these emeralds the whole game, and then it just destroys the whole damn city you've been jumping around in.

And there's something satisfying about just trying to sprint headlong into it and exploding out of it as Super Sonic. I like it far more than the other creature of the week fights in the 3D games.

It's also an awesome physical design. Love how that thing looks.

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Top 5 Final Bosses

I didn't know how to go about this, be it visual design, gameplay, or what. I ultimately went with a mix of all of that.

1. Chaos (Sonic Adventure 1)
2. Death Egg Robot (Sonic 2)
3. Nega-Wisp Armor (Sonic Colors)
4. Metal Overlord (Sonic Heroes)
5. Phantom King & Klepto Mobile (Sonic Mania)

It's a decent opportunity to talk about the final bosses as a whole, I guess. I think sometimes they miss the mark, especially when they branch out from Eggman. For instance, you might notice that Sonic Adventure 2 isn't on the list because that final boss, while the moment is cool and it's pretty fun, it's actually the dumbest. Final Hazard is the shits. You cannot convince me that stupid lizard attached to a space station is cool, even if it's fucking rad to fight and Live & Learn really carries it.

I think Eggman creations are really good. There were some of them that got bumped off the list that I actually enjoy, but aren't as satisfying to play against. And I like a lot of the near-final bosses too from Eggman. But when you get to stuff like Solaris and Dark Gaia, they just completely blow. A couple of the handheld bosses fall off of this too because they just aren't as fun to play against? I mean, they're final for a big final boss feel, but it's just not as fun.

Overall, final bosses in the Sonic games are pretty hit or miss. Give me Eggman robots and mechs and such and I'll usually be happy though.

https://youtu.be/x4L4TSrDB4M

I have a feeling everyone will be a lot more careful about safety saves now after the Sunshine run. lol

Huh, SM64 120 star has a much different route than when I last saw it.

I know! But we don't need a Chinese government official telling our president that under his impotent tweets!

Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/potus/status/1543263229006254080?s=21&t=QuaWS23QHRhlSOyS631x5Q

LMFAO

Theyre quaking in their boots

Sequel

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1543357519896031233?s=20&t=8neDkBNwj2lrq7ib4GtdQQ

This Kaizo Super Metroid is absolutely absurd.

https://youtu.be/4wt6UZTo7Ao

GDQ has consumed my free time--but I will pick this up still!

It's crazy how much they can do with Super Mario World. I couldn't even imagine everything they've done in all of these so far. Mode 7 was definitely the highlight though.

Gdi I hate when the schedule has a time and then they start it 30 minutes early. I missed the start of this Super Mario World relay because of it.

But for real, this Ocarina of Time Beta Showcase is incredible and so interesting. Go out of your way to watch it.

Beta Running Man is legit

Iirc not so much people here celebrating her because we're a little more plugged in, but there were a distinct number of left-leaning folks yas queening over her and talking about her timbs and how she was a cool VP.

Remember when everyone was celebrating Kamala Harris being VP?

https://twitter.com/Charalanahzard/status/1542998737248694273?t=6zTd0KwS7WL6edeeWmH_Lw&s=19

I also Kickstarted Sea of Stars! I was super bummed to see it delayed too, but it looks great so I don't mind.

Maybe Sonic Frontiers will suck after all

Sonic got them feeling bold.

Good!