Knuckles may have looked bad in 2013 by giving up so much to Celes, but at the time, Sonic was at, in my opinion, the lowest point it had ever been at. You can make an argument that Sonic 06 was rock bottom, but keep in mind that between 06 and 2013, Sonic really put out nothing significant to redeem itself. The franchise hit rock bottom and kept on tunneling. With shovel claws.
Sonic Lost World was the culmination of the fanbase and franchise kind of stagnating at the bottom of that pit. Now, in the age of ironic shitposting, Sonic has risen from the grave with an equally ironic official Twitter and a fanbase reinvigorated by bad memes. The Sonic franchise generates its own memes and buzz, which is something other companies would kill for. The Twitter barely has to do any work.
Also, there were some actual good Sonic games recently, which helped. Probably a lot.
What has Zidane done lately? Uhhhh Dissidia I guess. World of Final Fantasy? Was he in that? I guess theres a Switch port that isnt out yet, wow. Zidane aint no Vivi.
My next point: Check the results of this Board 8 poll:
You may say that 50 votes is a small sample size, but when votals are suspected to be at an all time low, 50 votes is basically a tenth of the fucking site at this point. If you cant get Board 8 to support an FF character over a Sonic character, what chance will Zidane have on the main page?
Also of note: When the Doki Doki Literature Club rally comes knocking, who are they going to vote for? The anime monkey boy that represents the franchise every casual thinks is dominant on this site, or Knuckles the Echidna, the beloved true mascot of the Sonic franchise?
Knuckles wins this one, and Im going to be that guy who says that he wins it fairly comfortably.
Knuckles with 58.61%
someone please respond to my write-up with Ill make you eat those words thnx
Crew Consensus: Another split! This time the Crew slightly favors Zidane.
Zen with the AMAZING writeup. WOW. Makes me want to both vote for Knuckles and go for him in Oracle ---
