Sonic Advance 2

[OB1]

I picked up the game a few days ago at Circuit City for only $24, and so far I can safely say that's it a lot better than the previous game. The level design is better, the music is better, and it's longer and more challenging. I still don't think like it as much as the Genesis/Sega CD Sonic games, but if developer Dimps continues to improve the series with each installment we may have something as good as Sonic Team's efforts very soon.

New to the game is the character Cream, who is quite possibly the lamest video game character I've ever seen. She's even lamer than Amy (who unfortunately has returned for this sequel), but she does have some cool abilities so it's alright.

This is definitely the best original platformer for the GBA, so you guys should buy it while it's so cheap at CC. If only Nintendo would make some original GBA Mario games.

[Dark Jaguar]

"Lame" is debating what weird animal character is lame! They are all talking animals, and are thus equally lame! Besides, why would you want her removed as a playable character? How does removing a feature make the game MORE fun? You never HAD to use her before, so why on Earth would you remove it?

[OB1]

All I said was that the character was lame. But I also said that she has cool moves, so it's okay.

Just try and tell me that this isn't one of the worst video game character designs you've ever seen:

[Dark Jaguar]

What? She's a cute little bunny rabbit! Everyone loves bunny rabbits!

[OB1]

Her name is Cream the Rabbit.

[Dark Jaguar]

She looks like peaches and cream, at least her color scheme, so makes sense. I guess the name doesn't sound that bad since my grandmother owns a cat named Peaches and Cream, but I suppose it had to be shortened here.

[OB1]

...


Her name is Cream, and she's a weird-looking rabbit.

This is a Sonic game.

[Dark Jaguar]

Exactly!

[A Black Falcon]

Yeah, Sonic games always have strange characters...

Now all Sega has to do is remember that Robotnik should be called Robotnik and I'll be happy... though announcing Sonic Adventure 3 for NGC would be great too. :)

[OB1]

Sega isn't kind enough to Nintendo to release Sonic Adv. 3 exclusively for that system. I expect it to be a multi-console release, unfortunately. It's unfortunate because just about all multi-console games have to be made with the PS2's limitations in mind. Just look at Turok Evolution, MK: DA, Time Splitters 2, and Enter the Matrix for example.

[Dark Jaguar]

Eggman is his Japanese name, but at least they seem to have invented a have arsed explanation for the rest of us who prefer consistency over any accuracy they should have stuck with in the first place. Eggman is just a nickname, yeah, that's the ticket!

[A Black Falcon]

Eggman is a dumb name. Robotnik is a good name for a evil mad scientist type. I really don't see why they changed it... like NIntendo, changing Princess Toadstool to Peach... sure it makes it the same as the Japanese name, but the US one was better!

[OB1]

Less syllables.

[Dark Jaguar]

Peach is her first name, Toadstool is her last. Not that hard to deal with, is it?

Eggman is a dumb name, of course it is, but it's also hilarious! I mean, the fat guy is egg shaped, so it's perfect, and it's all nerdy! Like "Hey, what's your name new fat kid with dorky glasses? Eggman! I know who's getting HIS arse kicked every single day for 12 years!". And that's when he turned evil...

*suddenly, a street fight breaks out for no raison*

Okay, let's put this behind us. I'll take the little guy, you take the giant 14 armed monster!

[A Black Falcon]

But when's the last time she was called Toadstool? I think it was that 'letter' in the beginning of SM64...

[OB1]

She signed the letter as Peach...

Is that what you were trying to say?

[Dark Jaguar]

Yes, Princess Toadstool...Peach! And then the first name was at last revealed.

[OB1]

Right, right. You know, when I first played that game I thought that "Peach" at the end was just a saying like "bye!" or something.

[Dark Jaguar]

How could you possibly think that? When have you heard someone use it like that?

I myself at first thought it was some other person who was with her.

[OB1]

I thought it was a British thing or something like that.

[Dark Jaguar]

A British thing? It's a Japanese game, which is something I've known since the NES days when I first beat an NES game and saw the credits.

[OB1]

I thought that it might have been a localization thing since it was a European copy.

[big guy]

OB1: i know what you mean, while i never really bothered to formulate a theory about what "peach" meant at the end of her note, i never knew it was her name until months later.

[Dark Jaguar]

I figured out it was Peach very quickly after my mistake. I soon realized that since only Toadstool and the toadies were kidnapped, that I must have totally forgotten that last names sometimes go first when signing letters.