Ah sonic the hedgehog… My beloved franchise, long since brutally treated by both consumers and the company that owns them. For something that was at one point just as big as Mario, it’s crazy how much insane history and drama has happened to it. I hold out hope I’ll get to see the Sonic SatAM and Sonic the Comic cast again in something, but I highly doubt it. At least the IDW comics seem to be doing pretty well (although the fans get really weird and parasocial about Ian Flynn and Evan Stanley)

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kridsdale1 a day ago | parent | next [-]

I recall reading web fiction in the mid 90s (I was like 10) about the Sonic Comics characters. Parasocial is a super polite way to put it.

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jerf a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Is there anything else that has both risen and fallen as far? It's not like every (mainline) Mario game is blasting it out of the park, but he has certainly been more consistent overall. I've lost track of the number of times Sonic is over... and then he comes back with some modest amount of success... and then fades... and then comes back. And who would have guessed perhaps the first truly successful video game movie franchise, of all things?

	▲	valorzard a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		To be fair, I hold the somewhat controversial opinion Sonic has always been better as a TV Show or Comic than as an actual video game franchise. I feel like the Sonic TV Shows always usually are good. Even the worst ones, like Sonic X, still end up having an amazing third season that redeem the rest of the show. Theres a reason Cosmo still gets referenced here and there all these years later.
	▲	RGamma 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This is sort of an allegory of Sonic itself. As long as you have a single coin you get to try again.