>>538811256
People didn't complain about the characters "being useless" (they weren't btw), they complained about the characters EXISTING, or in some cases being playable (the most effective way to be relevant in a game). You're claiming Shadow was useful, but he was one of the most hated by the people who pushed the shitty friends nonsense. You're not directing your attacks at the right issues

>>535513016
Fuck you. I never asked for that. The shitty friends "people" can all die in a fucking fire. Remember Project Needlemouse? Sonic 4 coming out and being shit was fucking glorious because, oh wow, it turns out that the extended cast had fuck all to do with Sonic Team being shit at making video games. Fancy fucking that!

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>>535375065
And then Sonic 4 came out, and it turns out the problem was that Sonic Team is just bad at making games. That meme is dead as shit, and I will happily dance on it's fucking grave at any opportunity.

>>532176046
Nah. It was the "shitty friends" crowd who somehow deluded themselves into believing that the large cast was what made the games bad. This is why I will always be thankful for Sonic 4 existing, cause it being shit despite being Sonic and Eggman only shut those people up.

But yes, there are also people who give the series shit for daring to take its own story seriously. Those idiots are just hating for the sake of it. Sega should stop fucking listening to them.

This anti-OC crying is just repackaged "shitty friends". It's also stupid as hell, since Sonic himself is also a shitty OC. He's just Felix the Cat but a saiyan.

Sonic 4 definitively proved that the rest of the cast existing was not the problem. Sonic Team just sucks at making video games. You lost.