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msgundam2



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:15 am Reply with quote
Poor Sonic. All of his games have been failures since he went 3D. He has to insurance to pay the expenses from releasing bad games that did not sell.
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Capella





PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:33 am Reply with quote
msgundam2 wrote:
Poor Sonic. All of his games have been failures since he went 3D. He has to insurance to pay the expenses from releasing bad games that did not sell.


All of his games? I'm not a fan of majority of the games that have been released since the Sonic games for the Dreamcast but Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations, while not amazing, are considered to be good games. Same with some of the DS games.
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:42 am Reply with quote
msgundam2 wrote:
Poor Sonic. All of his games have been failures since he went 3D. He has to insurance to pay the expenses from releasing bad games that did not sell.


His return to platforming, Sonic 4, is quite good, though.
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R315r4z0r



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:11 am Reply with quote
I loved Adventure 2: Battle. I sunk so much time into that game it isn't even funny. I could even do some of the levels with my eyes closed... and I'm not exaggerating.
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Lord Geo



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:49 am Reply with quote
msgundam2 wrote:
Poor Sonic. All of his games have been failures since he went 3D. He has to insurance to pay the expenses from releasing bad games that did not sell.


You have no idea what you're talking about. No matter the quality of Sonic's games from the past decade, they've always become best-sellers, at least the "main series" entires... Hell, even the buggy and unfinished mess that was Sonic 2006 sold well.

Also, Sonic's last two 3D games, Colors & Generations, are both excellent games. As for this commericial, it was entertaining enough, and I liked how they used the invicibility and 1-up tunes from Sonic 3 in it.
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Cutiebunny



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:55 pm Reply with quote
Am I the only one who was surprised that Sonic's rates were so low?
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Jozoiscute



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:22 pm Reply with quote
Not quite sure what to say about this.....
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LuckyAstei



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:31 pm Reply with quote
Lord Geo wrote:
As for this commericial, it was entertaining enough, and I liked how they used the invicibility and 1-up tunes from Sonic 3 in it.


The first music I think isn't from sonic 3 I know the effect they used when sonic saw his rates was the Chaos Emerald Get music from Sonic 3

Edit: the first music is the inviciblity music from Sonic 3D blast


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PetrifiedJello



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:32 pm Reply with quote
Flo.

Sonic.

The internet.

This doesn't look good.
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ninjaclown



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:29 pm Reply with quote
No, it really is the invincibility music from Sonic 3. All of it is.
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:38 pm Reply with quote
Poor Sonic, just when you thought he couldn't fall any further lol.

PetrifiedJello wrote:
Flo.

Sonic.

The internet.

This doesn't look good.


Oh dear lord, I smell the pencils touching the paper now. D:


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ninjaclown



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:48 pm Reply with quote
You act like he's never been in commercials before. Remember Cheerios, or McDonald's? It just means he's regained enough star power to become notable again.
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LuckyAstei



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:07 pm Reply with quote
ninjaclown wrote:
No, it really is the invincibility music from Sonic 3. All of it is.


huh...I thought that was the Sonic 3D blast the theme they sound too similar but I am pretty sure that last bit is the Chaos Emerald get sound
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Aura Ichadora



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:18 pm Reply with quote
My reaction: Okay, that's pretty darn cool! Anime hyper
My brother's reaction: WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS ON TV!?

To me, a majority of the Progressive commercials are enjoyable - as far as commercials actually go - so adding Sonic to the mix was just a touch of genius. I wonder who was the video game fan that helped come up with that. Anime hyper
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Mr. sickVisionz



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:19 pm Reply with quote
LuckyAstei wrote:
Lord Geo wrote:
As for this commericial, it was entertaining enough, and I liked how they used the invicibility and 1-up tunes from Sonic 3 in it.


The first music I think isn't from sonic 3 I know the effect they used when sonic saw his rates was the Chaos Emerald Get music from Sonic 3

Edit: the first music is the inviciblity music from Sonic 3D blast


Nah, Geo was right. This is all from Sonic 3. They might have used it in other games too but Sonic 3 was the first appearance of it.

No shock that the best Sonic game is the one they used music from!
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