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Top Story (archive): Newsgroup bashes Ultra Gameplayers for biased review of Sonic R
"Turbo Tails" sparks 2-3 week argument



Top Story:
Archie Criticisms II
If you have read the Archie Sonic comic, or have read the "Turbo Tails" article, some of us aren't too happy about the comic, to say the least.  After "Endgame" (ish #'s 47-50), where Dr. Robotnik was destroyed (I don't think so!), the comic plotlines have been noticably getting worse.

Here's a good example: #52.  What was that comic all about? All that was done in this comic was that Sonic goes into a zone, dresses up like Humphrey Bogart, and goes into a plotline that is an imitation of a bad 1940s private eye movie.

Other Sonic fans all over the world are digusted too.  Here are a few examples of gripes from other Sonic fans:

#55: Monkey Khan upstages Sonic for the spotlight. Not a good idea
     when it says "Sonic the Hedgehog" on the cover.

#56: Too much blabbering from Mammoth Mogul, some of the colors are
     wrong, and what's with the name "Turbo Tails"?!  Going against
     SEGA in every degree, Archie renames the ultimate (?) form of
     Tails, and sparks a two-week gripe-fest on the mailing lists,
     the newsgroup (alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog), and on IRC (#sonic).

#57: Sonic and Tails leave Freedom Fighters.  'Nuff said.

#60: Archie saves the best for last: The Sonic part of the comic was
     pretty lame, but the Princess Sally part of the comic was great!
     Now if Archie can do well in both parts...

And even though the Letters Page says that the majority of Archie STC's audience (according to market research, the Power Ranger set, ages 8-11) think the comic is excellent, most of the fans, young and those...er, not so young, think that the comic is advancing pretty close to being on life support.

If only there was a way to get our ideas across, Archie may actually take the wax out of their ears and get going on some real plotlines.  Has anybody found a way, besides petitioning? Tell us!

Hurry, or if Archie is not careful, Sonic comics may get destroyed
along with Robotnik's empire.



Top Story Archive:
Newsgroup bashes Ultra GamePlayers for biased review of Sonic R

Newsgroup users (including me) were really steamed when we found out what the ratings were for Sonic R, the 3D racing type game for the Sega Saturn: 30%, according to Ultra GamePlayers (UGP). But to make matters worse, when we newsgroup users complained to UGP because of their reviewers' comments, they got flamed back--from the editor of UGP.  The newsgroup was ticked off, to say the least.  This resulted in a massive flaming on UGP, and partially on the newsgroup.  We have yet to hear about UGP again, but this was the rating for Sonic Jam, the game that preceded Sonic R: 65%.



News Archive:
"Turbo Tails" sparks 2-3 week argument
Ever heard of Turbo Tails? Neither do some Sonic game players-- except if you got Archie's STC #56: "Immortality is Forever...Life is Finite." (Duh!) Featured in this comic was the return of the Chaos-Emerald powered forms of Sonic & Knuckles--Super Sonic & Hyper Knuckles.  Nothing new.  But something else was: the Chaos-Emerald powered form of Tails, Turbo Tails. ERROR! Little did Archie know that in the Sonic video games, this powered form of Tails is called "Super Tails"!  Failing to consult SEGA about this, they went with Turbo Tails anyway-- and paid a price for it: NG'ers mouthed off about this topic AND to Archie-- for about 3 weeks.  And the argument is still going! Will Archie correct this? Time will tell...


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