#sonic 2 hd

[sonicfangamebot]

'Sonic 2 HD' (2017) by @sonic2hd (Demo) A High Resolution remake of 'Sonic 2'. https://sonic2hd.com/

[valley-foods]

Bootleg sonic movie headphones that use the sonic 2 HD logo spotted in mall in mexico

[sophbun]

man fuck this fish

[weblena-for-life]

This truly is the best timeline for video games. Even with all the garbage going on it's truly such a time to be alive. We get the Mario movie,with a sequel confirmed to be a few years down the road. We get 3 Sonic movies,with Shadow Reeves. We get remakes/remasters of some of the best Mario games from when I was a kid,& even when I was a little kid who didn't know about video games,like Super Mario RPG,Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door,& Luigi's Mansion 2. We get a remaster of Sonic Generations,not only one of the best Sonic games but with an entirely new story for Shadow,who has largely been ignored the good part of two decades. We get The Year of Shadow,& it looks very promising. We get actual footage of Metroid Prime 4,confirming it actually exists after being teased 7 YEARS AGO,confirmed to be releasing next year. The Mario & Luigi series is confirmed to be alive & even better than ever after it supposedly died 9 YEARS AGO! There's a new Zelda in the same style as the Link's Awakening remaster but with Zelda as the main character for the first time in years. Truly what a time to be alive. I've never been hyped for this many things at the same time but it keeps getting better. Thank you Nintendo & Sega. You captured my mind,imagination,& heart all those years ago when I was a kid,& even through all the ups & down,you still manage to keep going strong & provide incredible experiences.

[cobaltcable]

I’m an early 2000’s kid and it really shows. All my favorite iterations of my favorite stuff either was invented in the 2000’s or was a remake of something in the 2000’s and I can’t help it.

Send help. This ain’t even all the examples I can think of…

[fenrislokisson]

Started playing Ōkami the other day and got inspired to finally draw Himi as Amaterasu. Been wanting to do it for a while, finally got a reason to do so.

I love how she turned out, and might be using the outfit as a canonical alt outfit for her. Have done some more art of her, will post later

- Fenris

[fishing-for-blood]

Broke out my old GameCube that I bought for myself to bring to college and ordered several games that I had lost over the years off of eBay as an early birthday present to myself.

I was honestly scared that my memory was clouded by the nostalgia factor and the games would not hold up but no this is all I'm going to be doing for the next few weeks at least

[cosmicsponge2004]

I personally have never played the HD version of Unleashed and Wentos isn't in the Wii one. Good thing I don't vote in my own polls, that would be bias.

[nat0rii]

i guess we doin circles now 🟣⬜️✨

[sonicfangamebot]

'Sonic 2 HD' (2017) by @sonic2hd (Demo) A High Resolution remake of 'Sonic 2'. https://sonic2hd.com/

[autisticshadowthehedgehog]

listen making this a new post but if the sonic heroes remake rumors are true. 1) very excited to see metal sonic dragon in hd, 2) oh my fucking GOD you guys need to change amy's script. holy hell

[thankskenpenders]

There have been some interesting bits of Sonic-related news lately! This is the post where I comment on them.

Sonic Superstars

Finally! A new Sonic sidescroller! It's been too long.

Admittedly, in a perfect world, I would've wanted a Sonic Mania 2, but I'll take a 2.5D game with all new zones for sure, especially when the art direction for it looks this nice. And four-player co-op with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles AND Amy playable? Hell yeah. Also Fang is back, and there's a new funny little guy designed by Naoto Ohshima! Wow!

There's been some concern over how this will play, particularly after it was discovered it's being co-developed by Ohshima's company Arzest. They're perhaps best known for some mediocre Nintendo games like Yoshi's New Island, Hey! Pikmin, and the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic 2016, as well as, of course... co-production on Balan Wonderworld. The thing is, Arzest is very much one of those "silent collaborator" type companies. They're hired gun developers who do the grunt work on projects for other studios without being put in the spotlight. The quality of their games isn't really up to Arzest, who are presumably just doing whatever they're directed to do with whatever resources they're allotted. It's up to their publishers.

Based on the side-by-side physics comparisons that have been going around Twitter, it seems clear that SOMEONE on this project is invested in making Superstars play just like the classic games. I'm admittedly no Sonic physics purist, but the extended gameplay footage (with placeholder music from Sonic 4 Episode 2) looks spot on to me. Christian Whitehead also seems to know things about the game, stating that "the Mania physics were indeed fully translated to modern 3D." It seems that at the very least they consulted his previous work on this, regardless of whether or not he's actually involved.

But even if this ends up not being true, honestly, I'll take a new Sonic sidescroller that's "just okay" if it has all new zones, nice art direction, and good music. If Sonic 4 had checked those three boxes but played exactly the same, I would've been way more into it.

Really, it's the music that has me most concerned. Obviously we all love Jun Senoue, but hearing he's trying to do "classic-style" music again makes me worry that he's gonna bust out the fake Genesis synths. I'm actually a weirdo who likes the Classic Sonic stage themes in Forces, but those weren't by Senoue, whose otherwise very strong compositions were really hurt by the sound palette chosen for Sonic 4. Like many others, I'd prefer it if Superstars went for the new jack swing sound of Sonic Mania - and considering Tee Lopes is contributing, hopefully he's allowed to tap into that sound a little. But I'd be open to other styles, too. I just really don't think a game with HD visuals should be going for a fake 16-bit sound.

But yeah, overall, I'm looking forward to Superstars. I think we've needed something like this for a long time, and I'm glad they're finally doing it.

Sega union update

We don't have many details on this, but the newly forming Sega of America union, AEGIS-CWA, is facing resistance from management. Apparently some form of "anti-union campaign" (their wording) is underway, also described more worryingly as "relentless attempts at union busting." We unfortunately don't have more details right now, and it seems like no news outlets are doing anything with this story.

This behavior is unfortunately not surprising, even from a company that purports progressive values like Sega. Remember kids: corporations are not your friends.

In the face of this, the members of AEGIS-CWA are still trying to convince management to stay neutral with the help of their fan petition that raised over 4300 signatures. At the time of writing this, their first union election is also underway. I continue to wish them luck in their efforts. We're currently seeing a wave of unionization attempts the likes of which we've never seen before, and I have to hope that at least some of them stick. We need real change in the game industry, an industry where if you're able to stick around longer than ten years without burning out then you're one of the lucky ones.

Okay now time for the thing y'all really wanted me to comment on

Penders says he's leaving Twitter

Earlier this month, Penders announced: "Since Twitter is promoting anti-trans nonsense, I can’t in good conscience continue to be associated with it much longer."

He's certainly not wrong. Elon's been doubling down on his transphobic fearmongering, and Twitter's already weak moderation of hate speech has only gotten even weaker. (They quietly removed their rule against intentional misgendering in April.) But based on the date he tweeted this, I assume Ken was referring specifically to Elon promoting Matt Walsh's shit ass transphobic documentary, which Elon personally allowed to be hosted on Twitter in its entirety. I'd quit the site myself if it didn't feel necessary to promote my work and stay connected with my peers. (Both the furry community and the gamedev sphere are very much centered on Twitter.) Assuming Ken does actually leave in protest, hey, good on him.

There's been some surprise over the fact that he's apparently a trans ally, but for all his many flaws, Penders has always been your average baby boomer Democrat. Half his tweets are about hoping Trump goes to jail. He has many outdated views that he refuses to unpack (I am not going to devolve this post into a catalog of stupid shit he's tweeted), but he at least understands that "progressive" is a thing you should try to be. He's that uncle who you wouldn't go to for a nuanced view on queer identity, but like, he knows trans people exist and are discriminated against and that that's bad.

Of course, instead of just leaving Twitter, he's announced that he intends to leave by September 30th, after which point people will have to contact him via his website. The idea of someone scheduling a date four months in the future on which they're going to leave a social media platform in protest is very, very funny to me. I wonder if he has something planned for September that needs to happen first - like, you know, maybe finally releasing at least a portion of The Lara-Su Chronicles?

Lord knows when the hell we'll be able to read the first part of the comic, but in the near future you WILL be able to buy THIS on a t-shirt!

Wait did he change that one character from Anthony Mackie to Ernie Hudson???

Anyway, my one hope is just that even if he does leave Twitter, he doesn't delete his account. His tweets have long been one of my most important sources for behind the scenes info on Archie Sonic, even if you do have to take some of it with a grain of salt. Gallagher and Bollers are simply not going on Twitter and talking about this stuff on a regular basis like Ken does. With so many old forums and fan sites now gone, only partially preserved by the Wayback Machine, Ken deleting his Twitter would truly be the burning of the library of Alexandria for old Archie Sonic behind the scenes drama.

You know, assuming he actually does leave Twitter.

...

Aaaand that about does it for Sonic-related news lately, I think? Okay, back to my hiatus. I would still like to get back to updating sometime this year, but I'm still in recovery mode following SLARPG's launch, so I can't promise when that'll be. I appreciate everyone's continued patience!

[domrom]

TOP 15 FAVORITE ARCHIE SONIC COMIC COVERS

Something fun for a change.

These are my favorites- not a single one on here do I not think about constantly. Be it for it's composition, artmaking, or iconic status.

I used this site to find the HD covers.

#15-10:

#9-5:

#5-2:

#1:

[dirtcupz]

[fenrislokisson]

Started playing Ōkami the other day and got inspired to finally draw Himi as Amaterasu. Been wanting to do it for a while, finally got a reason to do so.

I love how she turned out, and might be using the outfit as a canonical alt outfit for her. Have done some more art of her, will post later

- Fenris