Thread 11925106

What were your favorite Sonic sprites?

Sonic 3's sprite is the pinnacle of the series.

I'd always do this lean inwards animation on the Act 2 capsules because it was cute

1 > 2 > 3
He can be blue without being oversaturated or looking like plastic

The sequel to Sonic CD: Sonic Chaos

>>11925110
I hate that all the retro fan shit uses the Sonic 1 sprite. Sonic 3 looks great. Fuck Sonic 1 and CD.

>>11925198
Fuck you

>>11925194
It's rare to see someone who also has the Sonic CD sprite as their favorite, despite it being a perfect sprite and I don't get why it's not more popular, but it's even more rare to see someone who appreciates Sonic Chaos as the handheld Sonic CD for it's big focus on exploration for the sake of 100% completion, I personally find the execution in Sonic CD better, but Sonic Chaos is good.

The cancelled Sonic Xtreme had some pretty cool ones

>>11925330
I'm what you would call a fellow Classic Sonic connoiseur.
Indeed rare to find a likeminded individual around these parts.

>>11925106 (OP)
I'll never get the obsession for pre-3 sprites
>programmer art as fuck
>washed out colors in 1/CD
>red everywhere, detail applied in places not needed
>lighting is flat as fuck
>shoes are too pointy
>pitch black eyes for a design that barely display rubberhose characterisms beyond the peelouts
and fast forward to the 32X, Gens, and the Retro Engine games, where this ugly sprite is at the pedestal because it was the first.

>but he looks so tude and menacing
If you think like this, you're not any better than all the spergs that watched the tv show or prefer the Adventures.

>>11925178
>looking like plastic
You mean something that isn't a clay golem.
This is basically Ultimate vs Smash 4 artstyles but retro and in reverse.

>>11925106 (OP)
Not 3.
>>11925178
This
>>11925110
>>11925198
>>11925569
Fuck off

>>11925338
That looks awful, why not this? Did they delete the SGI files for it at STI?

>>11925575
>HOW DARE YOU LIFT A FINGER AT OUR SAPPHIRE CALF!!
autism, not even once.

>>11925106 (OP)
I'm a big fan of the peel-out sprites from Sonic CD. Kind of a shame that they were never reused for the other Genesis games

>>11925198
>I hate that all the retro fan shit uses the Sonic 1 sprite.
Fucking this. I also hate how everyone got upgraded in Mania but Genesis Sonic has to look up his first appearance due to SEGA paying well attention to the fan clout for it.

It's Mega Man 2 all over again. Fuck this shit.

>>11925605
Mania's Sonic was based on the Sonic 2 sprite

>>11925605
complain about his moveset, not his sprite. he was always going to look like the nes sprite (which at the time, was the right choice imo, but now i wouldn't mind if he looked like his 11 design), but that doesn't mean he had to have only moves from 2 except rush coil.

>>11925605
Everyone knows what a Mega Man is. Only turbonerds what a Proto Man and Rush is. Mega Man 2 exists on a level of quality and popularity that the most of the franchise could never hope to resemble.

Mega Man 2 is the 21st best selling Capcom game of all time, circa 2010. The next best selling Mega Man game is in the 40s, and it's X1, not any of the NES games. You'll notice that they sometimes reference things from Mega Man 3, sometimes, but almost never anything from 4 through 6. This is because 3 is the 3rd best selling Mega Man game.

Every Mega Man game ever made other than 2, 3, and X? Didn't even sell a million copies world wide. They killed this series for a reason. Almost every Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Dino Crisis, Monster Hunter, and Onimusha game has outsold any of the Mega Man games, including 2.

>>11925106 (OP)
It's hard to choose. They are all so good.

>>11925605
>I also hate how everyone got upgraded in Mania
>but Genesis Sonic has to look up his first appearance
Retarded as always, antiMM2-schizo.

>Knuckles sprite is a fusion between S3 and Chaotix
>Tails is the same sprite from S2
>Mighty is the same sprite from Chaotix, colored closer to SegaSonic

The CD special stage ones where you could run around in 3D were always very special to me

I don't understand the hate for the Sonic 3 sprites but Sonic 2's are the most classic for me.

>>11925569
>but he looks so tude and menacing
That's 3 though
Sonic 1 was the most expressive

>>11925575
The truth must be known. Sonic 3 is the best sprite. The mohawk of 1 and 2 looks fucking retarded and you are a lesser life form for not seeing that.

>>11925678
This is the only person in this thread who actually likes Sonic.

>>11925198
i hope you die in your sleep

>>11925106 (OP)
sprites?
lol

>>11927441
Peak Sonic

>>11925549
Indeed, my fellow anon of culture.

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER

Probably not a popular take, but I love the look of the 3D Blast sprites.

>>11931363
I'm a spinball man myself, but nothing wrong with 3d blast. Great game

>>11925569
>shoes are too pointy
>pitch black eyes
That's just what his design was back then

>>11925110
i dont get why people hate this look. its almost perfect for sonic. cartoony enough, but still retro. are you guys afraid of him looking happy? lol

>>11926375
>That's 3 though
3 doesn't look 'tude at all, you are blind
>Sonic 1 was the most expressive
Bro doesn't even have a mouth, literal generic stoic expression.

>>11925894
Because Sonic fans caught the same pop-obsession virus Mega Man did with their games.

>>11927687
Spotted the Adventure fan

>>11925198
That explains why most Classic-inspried Sonic fangames all got shitty level design: they keep basing it off on CD's giant cluttered Rounds.

>>11933208
>That's just what his design was back then
The middle art is concept art sketch as fuck, the left and right art are fine.
It's sad they got it so right by the 3rd game, but all the newer producers and directors think this ULTRA SUPER HYPER early final design and his first appearance is how the classical Sonic should look like.

A fucking fired artist got so right too, if only they weren't unprofessional and Brazilian.

>>11925671
>someone makes a XL mod featuring Amy
>immediately gets deleted off GameBanana as someone nagged about her age to mods
Lol

>>11925625
His 11 appearance is basically a critical take on his Smash adaptation, it's so much better, it's not even funny.

>>11925641
What a shitty midwit take, makes you wonder why MM2 superfans are undeniably cultist as fuck. Anyone can take a good guess why that piece of shit 3 still sold a lot of money, it's like asking why Melee still sold a lot of Smash money despite it's direction towards sweaties.
>Didn't even sell a million copies world wide. They killed this series for a reason.
They stop selling because Crapcom kept shitting them out with disregard on the waning interest, that was only when Inafaggot had some influence and then took charge. Notice how most games don't sell as great on their fucking debut but for SOME REASON the worse Battle Network game (4) was one the best selling MM game at the time.
Even Inafaggot admitted he got super cocky and assumed they could throw anything and will sell millions with Mega Man. The best part? He still tried that with Mighty No. Poo. The fucker never learns.

>>11925872
You will never get a real boogeyman, you fucking autist.

>>11925605
there is no MM2 boogeyman, both MM1 and 3 are equally represented, if anything is 4-6 that are ignored.

Also way to vindicate the fact 2fags are so religiously entwined with their game and the pop culture surrounding it, any different opinion for it is basically the Great Satan to them to the point they're calling others who think it's overblown hype "anti-MM2".

This is why i respect X1 spergs a tad bit, even though i also have beef with them.

>>11935686
>both MM1 and 3 are equally represented,
and yet the only reason he based on the sprite was due to 2's popularity.
I doubt he'll get any rep from later games at this rate, may as well just add Protoman and Bass as the excuse and call it a day. (Not happening)

>>11935592
how is right any different from middle besides the color choices

Oh cool someone saved my art ref sheet of just Sonic 1 manual grabs
I made another set of just the common style of Sonic 2 ones but I don't think I ever posted it

i always like this sewer rat gremlin piece of shit from sonic spinball. his death sprite is especially great.

for me it's mi ni ikuzo hedgehog

>>11925110
The retarded crosseyed version

>>11935112
Not fond of his super sprite.
The green eyes aren't done well, it just looks like a weird hole

>>11936181
It actually has more than one expression other than being mouthless and empty stares

>>11938882
Tryhard post