The people not reading the question provided an unintentional additional source of amusement for me and others.
Anyway, in answering the question I felt Sonic had more of a fascistic vibe to it, Mario being more fantasy but also at the same time more grounded in reality. Another good and previously oft-overlooked game is MOTHER, which the creator Itoi Shigesato based on his impressions of America; the sequel game EarthBound as it became released in the West expanded on this a little bit, but I find the original game to have more “charm” in capturing the perception of America from the outsider’s view—note too that Itoi was not famous as a game developer, but as a copywriter who had notoriety even before becoming involved in game development.
Now I’m not one of these undergraduate liberal arts students (not anymore!) that will say there was an intentional volkisch allegory put into the games, but the pure and pastoral world set versus the mechanic and industrial Robotnik (as he was then known), I feel like parallels can be drawn to the Third Reich and its caricature of modernity and of the Jewish. Again, to say this would be some kind of intentional narrative set up by the SEGA development team I think would border on crazy, so I don’t think that.
That was sickOne Sonic level that really unnerved me was the oil ocean zone.
The smooth music.
The enslaved animals.
The civilization running on a literal ocean of dead ancestors.
The hot baking sun, where the future would only grow hotter.
Only one spark would be needed to set the world on fire.
And yet it felt futile.
Sorry blue guy.
Unlike Barry Allen, this can't be fixed by running faster.
It made me sad.
Oh yes, the actual plotline of the Sonic games is often ecological/cosmic horror.Kaitzilla said:One Sonic level that really unnerved me was the oil ocean zone.
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The smooth music.
The enslaved animals.
The civilization running on a literal ocean of dead ancestors.
The hot baking sun, where the future would only grow hotter.
Only one spark would be needed to set the world on fire.
And yet it felt futile.
You should see the bad futures of Sonic CD. Blackened skies, sludge filled water, no wildlife, plantlife slowly dying from parasitic machines, but from the music it sounds like a rave is happening (but not in North America).One Sonic level that really unnerved me was the oil ocean zone.
The smooth music.
The enslaved animals.
The civilization running on a literal ocean of dead ancestors.
The hot baking sun, where the future would only grow hotter.
Only one spark would be needed to set the world on fire.
And yet it felt futile.
Sorry blue guy.
Unlike Barry Allen, this can't be fixed by running faster.
It made me sad.
That sounds cool. But what does “not in North America” mean?You should see the bad futures of Sonic CD. Blackened skies, sludge filled water, no wildlife, plantlife slowly dying from parasitic machines, but from the music it sounds like a rave is happening (but not in North America).
SEGA of America decided that the house and techno inspired soundtrack wouldn't work for the North American market so decided to record a new soundtrack with their own musicians.That sounds cool. But what does “not in North America” mean?
You’re a waffen ss fanboy?No questions asked, it's Mario for me.
Back in the day I was a fanatical nintendo fan boy and would never betray my loyalties to sega. Never!!!
Although don't tell anyone, but today I'm a 100% playstation fanboy.
You’re a waffen ss fanboy?
You didn't read the thread's subtitle?
Oh I see that now. Yes I didn't notice before.You didn't read the thread's subtitle?
You didn't read the thread's subtitle?
The Sega Mega Drive sold 6.8 million in Western Europe, second to Brazil and larger than the rest of the world combined. It's less than the NES, which sold 7.26 million in Europe but the Master System had the lead in the UK, where its main competetion was the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum.Did Sega ever sell well in Europe?