frostcat wrote in version_zero ammused but annoyed

What does Nintendo and Sega have in common?

Answer: Starting to become a big loss of faith in the video gaming world.

For Nintendo sure, the DS is cool for games like Wario Ware touched for it's non-stop activity. Along with Star Fox Assult (I haven't played it yet, but if it's Star Fox it has to be good), Metroid, and the "self proclaimed" Next Generation and "soon to be out (next year)" Link game. But the rest is kiddy crap -nyo. For me, what's the point in buying a system just because it has the one or two characters I follow and care the most. Sonic the Hedgehog and Klonoa the Dream Traveler. Mario is always the same. Princess captured by Koopa. Mario have super mushrooms, stars, leafs, hammer, friends, Yoshi, and everything else. Mario saves the day. Now it's just let's add some sports to make it more fun! So, Mario cart (cool) Mario Golf(zzz...) Mario Tennis (haven't played but not bad) Mario Double Dash (awesome) Super Smash Borther (Best-Idea-Ever) and of course, Mario party (I wouldn't be suprised if they made it up to 10). But it's so many mario titles it's rediculous.
And now......S....E....G....A..... They had the gaming industry right in the palm of thier hands.....both hands!!! (In case they messed up they can recover without recalling that fact) From the Hard Drive, to Genesis, to CD(1st CD system), to Game Gear, to 32x(1st 32-bit), to Saturn(1st with internal memory) and that where the first fault happened. PS one was too powerful and had a lot of game titles. It's understandable that Sony got the upper hand in the VGing world. Then came Dreamcast. PERFECT RECOVERY!!! Sonic adventure, Power Stone, Shemune, first to have VMUs, Internet connection, Fighting game that started the 2D revolution again. Street fighter 3. King of Fighters, Marvel vs. Capcom series (And I hope there would be a third one out one day), and the coupe de craci, Sonic Adventure 2. The dream team have arch rivals. Tails - Eggman, Knuckles - Rouge, and Sonic - Shadow. Then came PS2 and Sega came crashing down somehow. I don't know weather it's budget problems, bad titles, or a virus that other video gaming systems created and planted Metal Gear Solid style. I don't care, but it died. Now they are trying to regain thier name by making cool games for other systems. Only with a few mistakes that keeps building up. ONE, Sonic is on gamecube. WTF-N! TWO, A lot of titles that I never heard of before that I don't trust. If they have MORE old titles (Ex: Penzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio, Lotus) , I'll be alright say like oh-I-don't-know.....NIGHTS INTO DREAMS.....MAYBE!!! and now for the third thing that involves not only all the other names of game creators but it especially focuses on Sege indefinately. It starts with one question.
Is it me, or to video game title series seem to screw up the most kick as of characters because they're too damn good? I got plenty of names that I like to mention and if any fellow fur out there would like to add, feel free. Let's start with an old true blue robot who recently and finally recovered from his latest series. Megaman! In the orignal series of the Nintendo 8-bit days, no voice. Just run around, avoiding spikes, listening to cool music for each stage and kicking Dr Wily's ass!!! When the US cartoon came around (Megaman and Captain N), Megaman is megaman. Once the Playstation and Saturn came out, Megaman is Megagirl. "Bass stop fighting." "It's over Wily." "Oh no, Rush!!!" ugh! Same with X. The X series is the same thing on the SNES. Difference, More power up enhancements, and kicking Sigma's ass. PS1 and Saturn, X is a slightly older girl. "Time to get serious!" "Zero, what if I become a maverick?" " You have to take care of me." GOD!!! On X6, It's all in japanese, but Megaman X Is finally a guy!!! Now there's only one problem with that. "I must destory to bring peace. Why? Why must I fight?" good greif -nyo!!! Plus HE CAN'T ACT TO SAVE HIS LIFE!!!! But as soon as Megaman X :mission Command and Megaman X8 came about, he back to the ol' kick ass additude we once was.
Next, Zero. Poor poor zero. Zero was the ultimate bad ass and still is. But like Wolveriene, Cyclops, Felicia (over exaggerating but I'm a cat.), and all other capcom characters, they toned him down. On Megaman X4, I can pull off so many combos that you think THIS Zero and NOT THE ONE ON GAMEBOY ADVANCE would be in a crossover series. Hell, even on X8 I can pull some insane combos off. That took care a good five more there. Now back to......S....E...........G...............A
Jacky from Virtua Fighter, and I know I've say this a lot to all of my LAFF members and furriends but just because I can puff off all five hits from his Lightning Kick combo ver. 2 IN MID-AIR, DOESN'T give them the right to take that move away on "Evolution" But there is yet an added flaw to thier name. I know it's good to have the Ultimate Lifeform who took the Badass title away from Knuckles and officialy showed as a true character in the Sonic (Sat. Morning version) Comics. But you did two things wrong. One on Sonic Heros, it's good to have him as a slelctable character. But to have him as a clone? Along with the "....trapped in this machiene..." And as good as that sounds, it's nowhere near as awesome as his theme song and White Jungle music. NO! And now the ultimate downer.....As if all of the characters I've mentioned wern't bad enough, SEGA of all people did this..... http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/shadowthehedgehog/ They have transformed Shadow into a speedy E-102!!!! The OLNY ways that Sega can redeem themselves as well as my loyalty to them is that the gameplay is the game, the plot makes sense, nothing bad will happen to him like dying at the end of the game, the music is the same kick ass style as Sonic Adventure 2, and any and I mean ANY of it, yes including the gun which I hate to see. But if they have it on the comic book, I'll be alright with it in the long run.