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Vector the Crocodile
First Appearance: Knuckles' Chaotix

Vector's pretty good. As leader of Team Chaotix, I find him to be effective for that role. But it's... I dunno, confusing to me. I'll get into it.

But first, his original appearance I actually like a lot more, where he's a tall and slender crocodile with headphones, a cassette player (lol fuck so old) and was often dancing and jamming out in a lot of his animations. However, when he appeared back in Sonic Heroes, he turned into a big and burly crocodile dude with headphones and a gold chain now.

So alright, I always liked his look in Knuckles' Chaotix a lot more than his updated look. There was something about his sprites that stood out so much more than literally every other Sonic character. He was taller, thinner, and he would turn into a big circle with a hole in the middle when he jumped. He had a cool attitude about him.

And then in Sonic Heroes he comes back and he's a power character, he's big and burly, and he doesn't really stand out as much, and his attire stands out far less than before. And he still has headphones now? His appearance doesn't seem like it matches his role as the leader of a detective agency. I don't think it really comes up or anything either.

All of that aside, Vector is equal parts kind of annoying but also great. As leader of the Chaotix I think he does a great job in that role. Team Chaotix as a whole is a great concept for this world that, when used, is actually legitimately good stuff. They find good excuses to bring them in, even in the spin-off games.

Vector doesn't have his shit together by any stretch either, and he's constantly shit on. I like that part of him that he's a dopey detective and nobody gives him the time of day--except they usually make him shockingly good and competent. He gets shit done even if he's clowned on most of the time, and he actually is involved in revelations that his team figures out.

At the same time, like I said, sometimes it's entirely too hammed up with this guy and I can't tell if it's just Charmy being overly annoying or not and it kind of rubbing off on him. It's hard to be too bothered by him most of the time though, because every character plays off on him rather well.

Gimme more Vector, even if I'm a bit conflicted on him. His good aspects absolutely outweigh his negative ones. So long as he has a purpose, he's fun.

Rank: B

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