#sega pass

[doamarierose-honoka]

Axel, one of Crazy Taxi’s iconic cabbie drivers, makes his way to Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble as part of the SEGA Pass DLC.Axel joins AiAi and friends, causing chaos along the way!

Axel will be playable across both Adventure Mode and Battle Mode, with unique stats to help him on the courses. Plus, for Axel only, all in-game bananas will switch to coins in homage to the franchise so you can rack up some insane money.

The SEGA Pass is included with the Digital Deluxe Edition of Banana Rumble and will also be available as a separate bundle to purchase. Individual characters will also be available a la carte. All content is scheduled to be released over the coming months.

Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble launches exclusively for the Nintendo Switch family of systems June 25, 2024. Pre-order your copy here!

[pika-blur]

kewl brushes man also happy blob day

[polling-sonic-fans]

Can Metal Sonic pass "i'm not a robot" captchas?

Yes

No

Thanks for the poll anon!

Polls for the Sonic fandom on just about anything. Share polls you like to get more data. Asks and submissions always open.

[gingeremo]

I found these gems in attic. They all still work :)

[official-sonic-team]

this is silly but i genuinely hope they never age up sonic like even a year i really like 15 as an age for him it’s really good solid great. also incredibly funny imagining so many of the games taking place in one year.

[ninashiki]

i feel like almost everything in utena has sort of already been extensively discussed in the last two (almost three) decades of utena's existence (not that there aren't new interpretations to be made, there always are) besides black rose arc (mikage+mamiya+tokiko). which is why they're so much fun to think about. i think the need to read between the lines makes it unfortunately easy to misunderstand or look past obvious stuff if you don't pay attention, but to me it's always been really obvious that mikage's arc is a literal representation of the erasure of queerness in ohtori (society?) by akio/everything he represents. and that's so fucking tragic! nemuro was never able to find a name for his desires. he lived and died as a puppet in the shadows.

[spruzu]

SONIC CENTRAL I LOVE YOU

HES SO COOOOOOOOOOOL

WHATTTTT AIGKUSDFJHS CHAOS ARE BACK IM SO SsHADSGJKHDFGK

IM SOBBING SAHDOWS BAD WIFI IS SO FUNNY TO ME AND sOMGOMG SUPER LEGO SHADOW TO

WHATTTTTTT I NEEEED ITTTTTTTT

DC COMICS IN 2025 OMGOMGOMG STIOP SEGA IM GOING TI IMPLODE WITH IAN FLYNN I CANT. sonic as the flash works but he looks cooler as superman OH WELL IT WORKS. AND MERCH?? 2025 IS MY YEARRRRR CHAT. AND THEYRE CARRYING IT TO 2026 STOP SEGAAAAAAA

AND WE BREIFLY SAW SHADOW GEN. MARIA?? SHE LOOKS SO COOL STOP WITH THE MARIA SEGA I CANT HANDLE IT.

ROUGE LOOKS SO COOL IN DARK BEGININGS WHATTTT SHES SO PRETTY

[theknucklehead]

I had no idea that Starbomb released a new album.

I assumed that TryForce was gonna be their last album, but surprise they have a new one, and they've also released a bunch of music videos for their songs.

Sonic's Last Ring which is funny just for the sheer amount of characters they actually reference.

Nintendo Online's Greatest Announcement which I surprisingly can't stop listening to.

And Pokemon Smash or Pass which is just hilarious.

[dark-falz]

"PSO remake" is nails on a chalkboard to me tbh. Or someone chewing with their mouth open.

Yeah, it'd be hella cool, but PSO2's global release has largely (if not completely) to do with their partnership with Microsoft in 2019. THEY WOULDNT DO THAT TO PSO2.

PSO has gained a following more-so over the recent years, but there's private servers. SEGA would NEVER make ANOTHER PSO server.

We're gonna be lucky if they don't shoot themselves in the foot with JSRF.

And again, the original series deserves it way more. PSO is already still a gorgeous game.

They already gave PSO attention. We have NGS now instead, and 10+ years after the original PSO2 was launched.

[emptylotfiasco]

theyre gonna add kaito to judgment its called the 'lost kaito files' look it up it scomes with the sega battlepass

[rocketboots564]

So I listened to Wrapped in Black from the Sonic Rush ost, and it got me thinking about a Blaze design for a super (technically hyper) form.

I call it Blazing Black

This form would act almost as her own version of Hyper Sonic from Sonic 3 & Knuckles, activating with enhanced Super Sol Emeralds (a name I think is much cooler than the Super Chaos Emeralds… probably because of alliteration)

Her coat would be sharper and longer, with a slightly exaggerated popped collar. The coat would be jet black, with the magenta/hot pink highlights carrying throughout the collar, sleeves, and ends of the coat.

Her gloves would be sharper, almost like claws (If you’ve ever seen the 2004 Batman animated series, it’s like those gloves). The sharp tufts of purple hair on her ponytail and tail, the ones that highlight her more lavender color fur, would be longer and also have a magenta/hot pink color, but darker. Speaking of her fur, it would be slightly more pinkish in color.

Her eyeliner would be paired with a deep black eyeshadow, with two long, dagger-like points going downwards (to further the more punk/goth aesthetic) and the flames that she produces would deep red slightly pinkish color. The gem on her forehead (which I believe is a Bindi from south Asian culture… which is awesome btw. I vibe HEAVILY with South Asian Blaze) would become more pronounced and start glowing (probably with the same flames from her hands… as a sort of flaming aura)

Anyway the idea of the cool, calculated, and elegant Blaze, Princess and guardian protector of Sol Emeralds, having a super form (or rather hyper form) that’s reflective of their inner, more wild and raging side.

I think it’s especially cool if it had hints of that dark, almost goth/punk vibe I explained earlier.

Anyway, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the idea of this Blazing Black form.

[thereasonsimbroke]

ICYMI: Sega is considering launching its own subscription service to compete with Xbox #GamePass and PlayStation Plus.

President #ShujiUtsumi called the idea "very interesting" and mentioned ongoing discussions, although details are undisclosed. This service could enhance #Sega's global presence and attract fans, but critics caution it may increase costs for gamers managing multiple subscriptions. Insiders also worry about Sega titles being removed from current platforms.

Utsumi aims to "make Sega shiny again" as part of a strategy to modernize and reclaim its #1990s reputation.

[polling-sonic-fans]

Polling Sonic Fans for their opinions on all manner of things. Share good questions to indicate what you want asked. Submissions open.

[true-blue-sonic]

Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I am somewhat bothered by IDW’s sudden insistence that Silver cannot control his time travel and randomly finds himself in the past with no prior warning and without even knowing why he is there.Two reasons for that:

1. It is entirely unexplained why this is, how it works, what force is behind it, etc. My dislike for this ties in with the fact that apparently his future becomes good after his actions in the past make it so, but then it turns bad again before his very eyes. Again: how does this work? Time travel already makes no sense, but this makes even less sense to me than Silver simply arriving in a new bad future and going back in time again to undo the responsible disaster. Of course, there also wasn’t much explanation to how Silver travelled back to the past when it was still clear he was in control of it himself, except for the Sonic Channel drawing stating he does it with Chaos Control. But the idea that Silver himself is responsible for it, either through his PK or the Emeralds, seems a lot more plausible to me than an unexplained and unknown force being the cause of it.

2. To me, it removes a large bit of agency from Silver, and it does his character a great disservice. What I find admirable about Silver is that he chooses to save the world, every single time again. He chooses to go back in time to rescue his era through undoing a disaster in the past, and he chooses to go back to yet another future, find it in ruins, go back to the past again to undo it, in an endless cycle with the hope that one day the future will be a good one keeping him going. So for him to suddenly find himself in the past with no prior warning to solve a calamity he knows nothing about... I figure that also here he chooses to do something about it instead of idly sitting by, but tied in with the fact that it’s unexplained how 'Silver randomly finds himself in the past with no prior warning’ works in the first place, I simply can’t help but feel like it removes a powerful part of Silver’s character: being able to go face a bad world again and again, because he wants to bring things to a good end so badly. This might sound silly, but it makes him more like a play ball of fate being flung around than someone who works to actively defy said fate.

I think what would solve my dislike for it by quite a bit already is by having the comics (or the games, preferably even) explain just how in the world this works, and most of all who is responsible for just throwing Silver around in time like that. To me, it’s too significant a change of previously-established characterisations (because Silver has been clear multiple times he actively came from the future to the past by his own choice) to just randomly introduce in the way it has been done now, without any further information behind it.

[wereh0gz]

Every time someone says 06 isn't canon it makes me wanna bash my head into a wall

[plangentlyre]

thinking thoughts about sakimizu/mizusaki diner au wherein mizuki, local absentee of their school and a lover of all cute things, finds themself frequenting a particular diner a couple blocks away when they discover their idol, minori hanasato, was working there part time.

Too nervous to speak up to them and ask her for a picture, Mizuki accidentally bumps into another waitress, Saki Tenma, and gets spilled on by ice cold water. Saki startles at this and profusely apologizes to them to which Mizuki brushes her off with "it's okay, it's okay," admitting that it was also their fault for not paying attention as well.

This only seems to worsen the waitress's worried state as Saki nearly devolves into a meltdown which is where Mizuki decides to compliment her hair and comments how cute her hairstyle and pink dye was. Their diversion works as Saki jumps to say that Mizuki's hair looks even cuter, saying how the shade of their pink is so pretty to asking where they bought their clothes from so that she could wear it.

Just as Mizuki is about to say they were handmade, someone who they recognize to be Airi Momoi calls out to Saki for another order to deliver. Saki blushes when she realizes her negligence and promptly excuses herself, rushing off to the other side of the diner in a speed of light.

Dumbfounded but intrigued, Mizuki visits the diner again in hopes of attaining their idol's attention without coming off as too rude and creepy. This time, they pick out a nice table and orders for a simple burger and smoothie. Instead of Minori, however, Saki was the one who came up to them, carrying a notepad while sporting a rather cute gobsmacked expression when she notices Mizuki.

She tells them how sorry she was the other day and says that she'll even bring her an extra dish as compensation. Mizuki simply laughs at the girl's offer and stubbornness to continue apologizing and declines seeing as it was only an accident. Saki, this time, calms down and asks for their name. Realizing that they haven't properly introduced themselves, Mizuki tells her and redirects the question back to which she exclaims with a cheerful tone.

It was at this point that Mizuki notices a familiar figure running around the diner, seemingly getting chased at by a small dog. It was Minori, they conclude as soon as the girl turns toward their direction. Saki watches Mizuki's gaze glitter in that same awed manner as she does with her own idol and asks, "Oh! Are you by chance a fan?"

Mizuki becomes embarrassed at the question and fumbles to form a response before Saki giggles, also confessing that she, too, is a fan of Airi who's also in the same group as Minori. She also says that she was one of the reasons she decided to work here. "If you want, I can ask her to come over! She doesn't mind spending time with her fans. After all, she's very cool!"

Mizuki panics, flustered as they stop her. "There's no need! I feel like it would be more appropriate for me to ask her myself anyway. But at the same time... I..."

Saki smiles encouragingly at them, understanding of their predicament. "Alright! I'm sure you'll gather enough courage to come up to her!" She clears her throat. "Then, shall I take your order?"

It eventually becomes a routine. Mizuki wakes up, skips school whenever they want and comes into the diner, hyping themself up to talk to Minori before backpedaling at the last second. If not to uselessly waste their time staring longingly at the other girl, Saki would often come up to them for a nice chat. They would even pair up together to admire their respective idols.

Basing off from their previous meetings, Mizuki quickly learns how similar the two of them were. From their incredible taste of fashion to their obsession with cute things, it is an undeniable fact that Mizuki enjoys being with Saki. It's almost as if they were close friends.

Saki was too much of a great friend to have and though Mizuki has other friends who have known them since their darkest moments, something about the excitable and cute waitress has drawn them in with her charm. If not for their classmates' offhand comment about them smiling and laughing a lot lately, especially since they never come into school that often, Mizuki fails to stop that odd, bubbly feeling burning in their chest at the prospect of feeling welcomed and noticed. Unknowingly, that feeling continues to grow.

"You mean, you're also familiar with Shizuku Hinomori? I really envy you now, Saki-chan. How does it feel to be so lucky..." It was evening and Mizuki insisted on helping out Saki with cleaning the leftovers from the tables. They were, once more, chatting about idols most specifically the ones that they admire.

"Ehehe~ My brother is much more familiar with her but I do know her sister! We're childhood friends so that's probably why... We also attend the same school and I see her often too." Saki clinks two stacks of glasses together, carrying them gracefully to the kitchen with ease. When she returns, she sees Mizuki arranging the different sauces on the table.

She bursts into a smile. "I really appreciate you for helping me out, Mizuki! Airi-senpai would usually stay back for closing time to help me but it seems that they have an urgent meeting today, so-"

"Saki..." Mizuki cuts her off, their expression turning slightly sour. "How do you know if you admire someone?"

"Admire... someone?" Saki tilts her head, pondering. "Well, I can't really explain it well. But in Emu-chan's words, your heart would be all, "Wow!!!" and "Sparkly, sparkly!" when you're around them. And that, you also feel really really happy just being around in their presence! Like they're a very special person to you. Why do you ask?"

It was silent but then: "Do you... perhaps admire someone, Saki-chan?"

"Um, well... You know how I usually am when I talk about Airi-senpai ahaha. She is, after all, the one who made me really happy while I was still in the hospital. Even as her kouhai, she's still so amazing and very reliable whenever I'm in trouble. I really aspire to spread happiness like her someday..." Saki clutches the end of her skirt tightly, fighting off the urge to smile too giddily in front of Mizuki.

Saki dearly treasures her friends, and among them was Airi who she was fortunate to befriend at school. It was her that made her realize how precious it was to have so many people supporting her and Saki was all the more grateful to have them in her life. Even though at times, several things may be difficult with her condition, Saki fully intends on smiling through them and enjoying her youth to the fullest.

Besides, she sneaks a bashful peek at her pink-haired friend, it seems that she was experiencing another type of admiration. But she can't bear to admit it. Mizuki liked Minori, after all.

Unbeknownst to Saki's inner monologue, Mizuki deflates, a familiar feeling of pain twisting within them. "Ah... I see. Thank you for sharing to me, Saki."

The odd tone within their voice strikes Saki and before she can ask if there was something bothering them, Mizuki swings their bag over their shoulder and rushes out to the door. The sound of the bell rings across the silent diner, leaving a shocked Saki standing amidst its emptiness.

Mizuki doesn't visit the diner the next day nor did they come to another. Two days became four and soon a week has already passed since Saki had their fight. At least, that was what she believed it to be as Mizuki seems intent on ignoring her phone calls. Airi notices her distress and lack of energy, carefully asking her if everything's alright. Saki shakes her head and explains the situation to her.

Like a reliable senpai, Airi immediately catches on to the problem and tells Saki that there might have been a misunderstanding.

"They asked you if you admired someone, right?"

Saki forlornly wipes the grease off the counter with a frown. "That's right... they even looked a bit serious too..."

"I see, then when you answered, they seemed sad?"

"I guess," Saki purses her lips. "I-I don't understand, what are you implying, Airi-senpai?"

Airi looks at her patiently, "I don't want to assume... but it's likely that they mean a different type of admiration, you know..."

"You mean...?!" Saki widens her eyes with shock, her voice getting stuck in her throat.

It can't be true. Saki has seen the way Mizuki stares at her coworker. Obviously the glittery yearn in their eyes weren't hers to claim. And even if Mizuki told her she was cute, idols were much more cuter than some random waitress still trying to find her feet in the world.

She chews on her lips anxiously. "No way..."

Mizuki... likes me?