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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 9:44:32 PM
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Should have only been Hyper Sonic.

Super Sonic is too similar to Super Saiyan, both in design and name famalam.

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SSJKirby
05/15/24 9:44:47 PM
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almost like that was the point

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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 9:45:41 PM
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SSJKirby posted...
almost like that was the point

Ripping off is bad even intentional

Hyper Sonic is less blatant

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CRON
05/15/24 9:45:43 PM
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SSJKirby posted...
almost like that was the point


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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 9:45:56 PM
#5:


Scotty_Rogers posted...
Ripping off is bad even intentional

Hyper Sonic is less blatant


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dameon_reaper
05/15/24 9:46:41 PM
#6:


Wasn't Super Sonic based on Super Saiyan?
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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 9:47:23 PM
#7:


Yawn

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DementedDurian
05/15/24 9:52:18 PM
#8:


But Metal Sonic is okay? Didn't Flash Gordon have a robot doppelganger?

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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 9:52:47 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/11862526.jpg
"Doesn't this look exactly like DBZ"
"Yeah but that's the point"
"Wouldn't it be better to come up with a more subtle, less blatant homage"
"Nah it's better to be lazy and rip them off straight up"

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Dakimakura
05/15/24 9:53:40 PM
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They were a good team for awhile in the 90s

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Paragon21XX
05/15/24 9:54:12 PM
#11:


Who did it better?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/313e7fe0.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3dc3c3b8.jpg
or
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b1e99328.jpg

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rideshort
05/15/24 9:57:21 PM
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SSJKirby posted...
almost like that was the point

This.

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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 9:59:28 PM
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It's totally arbitrary for Super Sonic to be yellow when the Chaos Emeralds are a variety of colors, too. Not only would Sonic's transformation look less like a DBZ ripoff it was multicolored, but it'd make more sense with the Chaos Emeralds, which are used for him to transform.

It doesn't have to literally be flashing different colors like Hyper Sonic in S3&K, either:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4908c926.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/389b3972.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f2637346.jpg

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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 10:08:08 PM
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I think I read somewhere that Super Sonic was originally gonna be multicolored in Sonic 2 like Hyper Sonic in Sonic 3K but due to technological limitations they had to make him one color

If he had to be one color at first then he should have been either white or light blue

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SydnieStarlight
05/15/24 10:09:17 PM
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Yeah, but "supersonic" is a more recognizable term than "hypersonic". Like, if you have a character named Sonic, whose entire gimmick is speed, and he has a powered up or "super" form, and the term "supersonic" is right there, are you really gonna just not do it?

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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 10:12:56 PM
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SydnieStarlight posted...
Yeah, but "supersonic" is a more recognizable term than "hypersonic".

Both are recognizable terms LOL

Also, you realize that "Super" isn't the only thing that means "greater", right? There's also stuff like "mega" and "ultra".

SydnieStarlight posted...
Like, if you have a character named Sonic, whose entire gimmick is speed, and he has a powered up or "super" form, and the term "supersonic" is right there, are you really gonna just not do it?

Supersonic: Greater than the speed of sound.
Hypersonic: More than five times greater than the speed of sound.

Hyper is greater.

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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 10:25:00 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/768a6744.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1a3b40c4.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ec037026.jpg

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ooger
05/15/24 10:50:39 PM
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SSJKirby posted...
almost like that was the point


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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 10:53:23 PM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/11862526.jpg
"Doesn't this look exactly like DBZ"
"Yeah but that's the point"
"Wouldn't it be better to come up with a more subtle, less blatant homage"
"Nah it's better to be lazy and rip them off straight up"

XD

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Hornswoggled
05/15/24 10:56:34 PM
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Super Sonic is too op.
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Scotty_Rogers
05/15/24 10:56:50 PM
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Hornswoggled posted...
Super Sonic is too op.

Hyper Sonic stronger

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Kim_Seong-a
05/15/24 10:59:35 PM
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I mean Super Sonic might be ripping off Dragonball. but Dragonball was just ripping off Secret of NIMH

:P

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/31fd1a88.jpg

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Baphometa
05/15/24 11:05:31 PM
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What was that manga/anime that looked like Cyborg 009 that predated Super Saiyan?

Oh, look what comes up: https://www.neoseeker.com/forums/88/t2411759-super-saiyan-inspired-by-locke-superman/

There's also Astro Boy:
https://twitter.com/CamKerkau/status/1763986411441557894

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Scotty_Rogers
05/16/24 4:36:56 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a49f2b81.jpg
Super Sonic concept art and Super Saiyan Goku's debut.

It was obviously inspired by Super Saiyan lol. If it just had a different name than Super and used a different color than yellow, then it would have at least been less blatant. There would be fewer people pointing out the similarities.

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The_Korey
05/16/24 4:58:42 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
XD

Did you just quote yourself... to laugh at your own joke?

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Scotty_Rogers
05/16/24 5:01:47 AM
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If y'all are just gonna spam quote SSJKirby then yeah lol


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Scotty_Rogers
05/16/24 5:03:04 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/11862526.jpg
"Doesn't this look exactly like DBZ"
"Yeah but that's the point"
"Wouldn't it be better to come up with a more subtle, less blatant homage"
"Nah it's better to be lazy and rip them off straight up"

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/5/AAfdaFAAElJL.jpg

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Supersonic_Pain
05/16/24 5:16:52 AM
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What'd I do to you, pal

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Scotty_Rogers
05/16/24 5:21:39 AM
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Supersonic_Pain posted...
What'd I do to you, pal

Shoulda named yourself Hypersonic_Pain

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RedGenki
05/16/24 5:31:02 AM
#30:


Well, in that case Ultra Instinct Goku ripped off Hyper Sonic.
So they're even.
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Bloodmoon77
05/16/24 5:35:01 AM
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My favorite part is when teen sonic uses the chaos emeralds to defeat cell

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LinkDaLunatic
05/16/24 5:38:33 AM
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Bloodmoon77 posted...
My favorite part is when teen sonic uses the chaos emeralds to defeat cell
Dude that shit was siiiiiick. Cell stomped on Chaos Gamma and you knew shit was about to get real when Live and Learn suddenly kicks in.

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Scotty_Rogers
05/16/24 5:39:36 AM
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RedGenki posted...
Well, in that case Ultra Instinct Goku ripped off Hyper Sonic.
So they're even.

Nah, UI is silver. Hyper Sonic is a bunch of flashing colors in Sonic 3K, which was his only appearance.
https://imgur.com/5e6K0XK
It's long been alleged that those flashing colors cause seizures but there's never been any evidence that anyone got seizures over Hyper Sonic. But this flashing colors are pretty annoying to look at. Him being multicolored without flashing like in those fanarts would have been better (but in Sonic 3K, he could slowly change colors instead of flashing them).

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Karovorak
05/16/24 5:47:56 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
Both are recognizable terms LOL

Also, you realize that "Super" isn't the only thing that means "greater", right? There's also stuff like "mega" and "ultra".

Supersonic: Greater than the speed of sound.
Hypersonic: More than five times greater than the speed of sound.


Now ask 100 people about the definition of Supersonic and about the definition of Hypersonic, and check how recognizable each of them is.

And I don't think the result was better in 1992.


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Scotty_Rogers
05/16/24 5:49:45 AM
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Karovorak posted...
Now ask 100 people about the definition of Supersonic and about the definition of Hypersonic, and check how recognizable each of them is.

They're basically interchangeable terms lol

To the average person, they just means "beyond the speed of sound" or "above sonic"

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ooger
05/16/24 8:42:42 AM
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What would a supersonic of this look like?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3911ef6f.jpg

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RetuenOfDevsman
05/16/24 8:47:47 AM
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Kim_Seong-a posted...
I mean Super Sonic might be ripping off Dragonball. but Dragonball was just ripping off Secret of NIMH

:P

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/31fd1a88.jpg
In the end, everything out of Japan ultimately rips off Gundam, Godzilla or Yojimbo.

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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
05/16/24 8:53:25 AM
#38:


For those wondering, SSJ debuted in 1991. Feel old. The first Super Sonic was 1992. So yes, all the joking about Sonic copying Dragon Ball works.

To feel better, have a classic song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGnL9Lk_4pk


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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
05/16/24 9:25:45 AM
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Also I just discovered this exists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO4jWC2vTQo


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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
05/16/24 9:27:38 AM
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I got a weird bug just now where it said this topic didn't exist. But it clearly does. Anyone else get that before?


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Jupiter
05/16/24 10:21:02 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
Both are recognizable terms LOL
To be honest, I have literally never heard the term hypersonic outside of it being a Sonic form and didn't know it was a thing until this topic. I've definitely heard supersonic my entire life though.

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RetuenOfDevsman
05/16/24 10:23:52 AM
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Jupiter posted...
To be honest, I have literally never heard the term hypersonic outside of it being a Sonic form and didn't know it was a thing until this topic. I've definitely heard supersonic my entire life though.
I did hear it once as a kid, in a documentary on the Concord jets. Remember those?

But I always assumed the documentary made it up. It was something like "If a normal jet is supersonic, a concord is hypersonic!"

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TyVulpine
05/16/24 10:27:43 AM
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I actually liked that episode...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2cUQEq22Oo

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Paragon21XX
05/16/24 10:30:59 AM
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RetuenOfDevsman posted...
I did hear it once as a kid, in a documentary on the Concord jets. Remember those?

But I always assumed the documentary made it up. It was something like "If a normal jet is supersonic, a concord is hypersonic!"
Except the Concorde couldn't fly at Mach 5 which is the velocity definition of hypersonic (Concorde is just over Mach 2). Perhaps you saw a documentary on ramjets instead.

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RetuenOfDevsman
05/16/24 10:32:47 AM
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Paragon21XX posted...
Except the Concorde couldn't fly at Mach 5 which is the velocity definition of hypersonic (Concorde is just over Mach 2). Perhaps you saw a documentary on ramjets instead.
It was a long time ago, so maybe.

Anyway, that's the only time I ever remember hearing it.

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Scotty_Rogers
05/18/24 2:28:32 AM
#46:


At the end of the day, "Hyper Sonic" sounds less like "Super Saiyan" than "Super Sonic" does. It's not like "Super Sonic" needed a different name to avoid comparisons to Super Saiyan; just changing the color from yellow to anything else would have been enough, but the less similarities to Super Saiyan, the better.

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Scotty_Rogers
05/19/24 10:08:47 PM
#47:


https://imgur.com/j96XN2A
https://imgur.com/sMJavv9
https://imgur.com/GZEg03F

Yeah, I think Hyper Sonic should have been light, whitish blue with a rainbow-ish aura.

But it'd have been fine for the games to flip-flop between his fur being light, whitish blue and rainbow-ish white.

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ooger
05/19/24 10:09:24 PM
#48:


Scotty_Rogers posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/83228fef.jpg

ooger posted...
What would a supersonic of this look like?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3911ef6f.jpg


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Scotty_Rogers
05/19/24 10:12:43 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b9e9c8d1.jpg

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ooger
05/19/24 10:15:53 PM
#50:


LMAOooo

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