By Rob Bricken in
Nerdery, Video Games
Thursday, Feb. 4 2010 @ 9:05AM
Not College Humor's best, but I still got a chuckle out of Sonic trying desperately to tell Mario about his recent slate of games. Also: "I knew a guy... who had a Dreamcast."
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jeffers said:
Loved Sonics breakdown at the end. Mind you though, it's funny that this gets put up just as Sonic the Hedgehog 4 was announced. If that does well then I want to see Sonic start talking down to Mario instead!
Yeah, well... considering Sonic's most successful game in the past fifteen years or so has had 'and Mario at the Olympics' at the end of the title, while Mario's going to pass the sales of Modern Warfare 2 at some point in the next three months, I think it's safe to say that's pretty freaking unlikely.
Seriously, calling a new game Sonic 4 being Sega's big idea to get the series back is about as pathetic as it gets. Mind you, it did work for Capcom and Mega Man with the 'pretend all those shitty games starring Zero never happened' revival that was Mega Man 9... maybe if Sega kills all the furry fanfic bait during the opening credits, people might give the game a shot.
[no, creepy Sonic fans, no one outside your weird little club cares about Amy Rose.]
jeffers replied to Geoff:
True, although I suppose I can still hope that Sega will actually listen to the sonic fans
Deacon Blues replied to Geoff:
Mega Man 9 didn't ignore the previous continuity at all: the "shitty games starring Zero" are a different series set hundreds of years after the (actually fun) original series, and they're still continuing those with animu Pokemon styled bullshit on the DS.
Geoff replied to Deacon Blues:
I meant more in terms of the 'improved' 'more advanced' gameplay of the later games. Capcom just tossed all that out the window and got back to basics.
AfterGlow said:
It felt kind of Seth MacFarlaneish.
Crash made me laugh, obnoxious game character becomes obnoxious waiter.
frankenpc said:
Crash is dead on the outside as well.
do4m said:
Who is this "Crash" that you people are talking about?
dnwilliams replied to do4m:
Bandicoot.
McQ said:
This was funny, but College Humor's done almost the exact same sketch (only better) with Transformers and Go-Bots.
Geoff said:
Other waiters at that restaurant - Bubsy, Zero, Aero, Bonk... it's like that Retronauts episode where they tried to play A to Z with failed mascot characters.
It's continually amusing just how badly Sega screwed up their marquee title... although I guess the games still sell enough to little kids that the franchise makes money. But if you told someone today who didn't know the history that, at one point, Sonic was far more popular than Mario, they'd look at you like you'd grown two heads.
rickicker said:
when a once-cool company mascot gets toppled by a moron with a creepy mustache and fakey italian accent, i can't help but feel as if i've fallen through a reality altering scheme devised by a certain satan-analogue dude in red spandex and cape.
dnwilliams said:
I still think Sonic's cooler than Mario.
demoncat said:
i would have the roles reversed with Mario being the waiter and having to suck up to sonic though love how sonic sucked up and broke down then got fired by Robotnic the shame and how far sonic has fallen.
Loren said:
Is it just me, or is this set in Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag, from the Simpsons episode where Bart sold his soul?
