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Azubah
Jun 5, 2007


That could work, make it battle network wily.

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TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer
This week, we learn Espio has great hacker skills



But can't be bothered to credit his teacher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHGC_kbP2U

A shameful ninja.

Simsmagic
Aug 3, 2011

im beautiful



TwoPair posted:

This week, we learn Espio has great hacker skills



But can't be bothered to credit his teacher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHGC_kbP2U

A shameful ninja.

loving owns

acetcx
Jul 21, 2011

81 was decent, nothing in particular to note but I just really liked the vibes. I'm interested in finding out more about Lunar's deal and feeling optimistic that the road to 100 is going to be epic.

Agent Rush
Aug 30, 2008

You looked, Junker!
Yeah, I'd agree with that assessment.

Rouge's alternate fits have all been on point in IDW, I very much appreciate that. :swoon:

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017
Lol, Shadow couldn't even be assed wearing a mask.

Though to be fair I'm pretty sure if he did he'd be absolutely swamped with fangirls. He could pull it off.

Digamma-F-Wau
Mar 22, 2016

I swear, you people see PINK and YELLOW and think, oh, a FRIEND!!
Being a friend doesn't make them YOURS! Those teeth, they BITE!
https://bsky.app/profile/idwpublishing.com/post/3lynytpjflk2k

This one-shot's gonna be a Rashomon type story (with a "different artist for each telling of what happened" gimmick), written by the guy who wrote Scrapnik Island (speaking off, said writer has a kickstarter going on to launch an independent series that also involves other IDW Sonic creatives)

acetcx
Jul 21, 2011

Looks like we get a new villain in the Chaotix special with a cool Egyptian themed jackal design. Hope we see more of them since we're so short on interesting antagonists right now.

I also enjoyed the flashback pages all being done in different styles. Really liked this one.

Her Dryer
Oct 14, 2012
I agree I thought it was cute and the villian was cool.

I binged these a couple weeks ago and really enjoy the series, and will especially kill for more Tangle who is my favourite.

Also I went in thinking "Hehe cute funny sonic comics with some fun character interactions and dialogue and the new OCs seem nice" and was so entirely unprepaped for how hard the Metal Virus arc went jesus christ

Her Dryer fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Oct 23, 2025

acetcx
Jul 21, 2011

Her Dryer posted:

I agree I thought it was cute and the villian was cool.

I binged these a couple weeks ago and really enjoy the series, and will especially kill for more Tangle who is my favourite.

Also I went in thinking "Hehe cute funny sonic comics with som fun character interactions and dialogue and the new OCs seem nice" and was so entirely unrepaped for how hard the Metal Virus arc went jesus christ

Yeah that arc was something else. I never thought I'd get choked up reading these stories holy poo poo Cream :cry:. I'm still chasing that high hoping they'll do another one like it. By far my favourite story in the entire franchise.

And yeah Tangle is awesome indeed.

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer

acetcx posted:

Looks like we get a new villain in the Chaotix special with a cool Egyptian themed jackal design. Hope we see more of them since we're so short on interesting antagonists right now.

I also enjoyed the flashback pages all being done in different styles. Really liked this one.

I like that for a change the Chaotix appear actually competent. Or like, secretly competent. It seems like usually they just get played for laughs, which I get, because they're good at it, but it's nice to see that occasionally they can do stuff besides just kinda fall into Sonic's plot.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017
Chaotix have been played for cheap comic relief, or at least something vaguely shaped like comic relief, for a bit too long that it can be easy to forget they can actually accomplish things. Mainly through being stubborn enough that they'll keep grinding away at a case until something gives.

The Columbo riff is also fitting given his whole deal is looking like a bumbling schlub until he goes 'Just one more thing...'

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

MAV Tactics
Didn't they just add a completely different jewel thief elsewhere, in addition to Rogue the Bat already existing? It seems weird they've overloaded that specific archetype.

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer
They seemed to be gearing up for some sort of twist with that other one though since the thief didn't seem to remember doing it. Megani/Enigma definitely seems to be more the Rouge type of knowing exactly what they're doing.

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.
plentiful very good amy faces in the chaotix special

and also columbo reference

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

ImpAtom posted:

Didn't they just add a completely different jewel thief elsewhere, in addition to Rogue the Bat already existing? It seems weird they've overloaded that specific archetype.

Rouge steals jewels, looks like this one steals ancient artifacts, totally different specialties.

Rand Brittain
Mar 24, 2013

"Go on until you're stopped."
I finally figured out how to buy the IDW comics and get them on my device in a readable format, but it looks like Kobo's files are much smaller than the size Amazon claims for theirs. It is what it is, I guess.

Digamma-F-Wau
Mar 22, 2016

I swear, you people see PINK and YELLOW and think, oh, a FRIEND!!
Being a friend doesn't make them YOURS! Those teeth, they BITE!
The first volume of Ian Flynn and Adam Bryce Thomas' new indie graphic novel series Drogune is out
https://bsky.app/profile/ianflynnbkc.bsky.social/post/3m5bvzsu7xk26

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

MAV Tactics

Digamma-F-Wau posted:

The first volume of Ian Flynn and Adam Bryce Thomas' new indie graphic novel series Drogune is out
https://bsky.app/profile/ianflynnbkc.bsky.social/post/3m5bvzsu7xk26

Man, that is absolutely a design I would have expected to see coming from IndiCreates.

Her Dryer
Oct 14, 2012
Tangle and Whisper got announced for Crossroads, really cool to see them in a (non-mobile) Sonic game

Larryb
Oct 5, 2010

Digamma-F-Wau posted:

The first volume of Ian Flynn and Adam Bryce Thomas' new indie graphic novel series Drogune is out
https://bsky.app/profile/ianflynnbkc.bsky.social/post/3m5bvzsu7xk26

Interesting, how is it?

Her Dryer posted:

Tangle and Whisper got announced for Crossroads, really cool to see them in a (non-mobile) Sonic game

Yup, this February to be exact (though I doubt they’ll have any voice acting)

RubricMarine
Feb 14, 2012

Rand Brittain posted:

I finally figured out how to buy the IDW comics and get them on my device in a readable format, but it looks like Kobo's files are much smaller than the size Amazon claims for theirs. It is what it is, I guess.

How do you get comics? I binged all of the comic last month, and when the 30th Chaotix issue came out, I realized I had no idea how to actually get the new comic issue and their own website wasn't very elucidating about that on a cursory search.

Larryb
Oct 5, 2010

RubricMarine posted:

How do you get comics? I binged all of the comic last month, and when the 30th Chaotix issue came out, I realized I had no idea how to actually get the new comic issue and their own website wasn't very elucidating about that on a cursory search.

I just use Amazon personally

acetcx
Jul 21, 2011

I used to buy them digitally from the IDW website but I stopped because it was the same price as physical unless you waited a month or two for it to be reduced. I didn't want to wait anymore and it seemed dumb to pay full price for digital so I found a local comic book shop and "subscribed" with them which means they hold a copy for me each time one comes out. I also order the collected volumes from a local bookstore for future rereading but those are so far behind I wouldn't keep up that way.

Looks like the digital store on IDW now redirects me to an app but that might be because I'm on mobile right now.

Digamma-F-Wau
Mar 22, 2016

I swear, you people see PINK and YELLOW and think, oh, a FRIEND!!
Being a friend doesn't make them YOURS! Those teeth, they BITE!

Larryb posted:

Interesting, how is it?

I'd say it's pretty good; a bit brisker paced than the original webcomic version

Rand Brittain
Mar 24, 2013

"Go on until you're stopped."

RubricMarine posted:

How do you get comics? I binged all of the comic last month, and when the 30th Chaotix issue came out, I realized I had no idea how to actually get the new comic issue and their own website wasn't very elucidating about that on a cursory search.

Like I said; I've been picking up the volumes on Kobo. As for the most recent issues, I have no idea.

Larryb
Oct 5, 2010

Digamma-F-Wau posted:

I'd say it's pretty good; a bit brisker paced than the original webcomic version

Huh, never heard of it but I agree the designs look like something Inti Creates would churn out. Is the original webcomic still available?

Digamma-F-Wau
Mar 22, 2016

I swear, you people see PINK and YELLOW and think, oh, a FRIEND!!
Being a friend doesn't make them YOURS! Those teeth, they BITE!

Larryb posted:

Huh, never heard of it but I agree the designs look like something Inti Creates would churn out. Is the original webcomic still available?

you gotta wayback machine for it (after the webcomic was taken down they used to have a pdf of it available but that also got taken down once the new book came out)

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer

Larryb posted:

Interesting, how is it?

Yup, this February to be exact (though I doubt they’ll have any voice acting)

None of the DLC/post-launch characters have any voice acting. Which is stupid, because Sega claimed they didn't want to do as being some rights issue? But like, after Spongebob shows up I don't think it's gonna drastically change things or break the bank to have a voice line there. I mean the drat Werehog doesn't have a voice, and they own that! Really it just strikes me as lazy, which I don't like to lob at game studios since making games is hard work, but it just feels like "we don't wanna" and puts a bad taste in my mouth.

Crossworlds is fun though....

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

MAV Tactics

TwoPair posted:

None of the DLC/post-launch characters have any voice acting. Which is stupid, because Sega claimed they didn't want to do as being some rights issue? But like, after Spongebob shows up I don't think it's gonna drastically change things or break the bank to have a voice line there. I mean the drat Werehog doesn't have a voice, and they own that! Really it just strikes me as lazy, which I don't like to lob at game studios since making games is hard work, but it just feels like "we don't wanna" and puts a bad taste in my mouth.

Crossworlds is fun though....

They explicitly explained that it would be an issue including voice acting with any DLC character because it involves everyone involved in DLC having to go sign off on stuff. There is no reason to assume they are lying about this especially since Nick is infamously crazy about voice acting. Like we don't have the contacts in front of us but odds are pretty good that all voice acting or no voice acting was a requirement for the contracts because one or more contract holder is aware how weird it would look if only thier characters were unvoiced.

Voice acting licensing and crossover stuff is bonkers.

ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Nov 13, 2025

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TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer

ImpAtom posted:

They explicitly explained that it would be an issue including voice acting with any DLC character because it involves everyone involved in DLC having to go sign off on stuff. There is no reason to assume they are lying about this especially since Nick is infamously crazy about voice acting. Like we don't have the contacts in front of us but odds are pretty good that all voice acting or no voice acting was a requirement for the contracts because one or more contract holder is aware how weird it would look if only thier characters were unvoiced.

Voice acting licensing and crossover stuff is bonkers.

Huh, I would have thought voice rights would come part and parcel with the character appearances, guess I learned something today.

Still doesn't make sense for the ones that they definitely own outright.

TwoPair fucked around with this message at 07:16 on Nov 13, 2025

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