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Message: [QUOTE="Ikagura, post: 196015, member: 6930"] That was an era where japanese and western release had varied lore but I don't mind the bits being in material outside of the game. Sonic is still more popular in the west so the Japanese side taking over the lore kinda felt weird and jarring for US players back when SA1 came out. There wouldn't have been any issues if they kept calling the planet Sonic & Co lived in Mobius. Some people criticized that Sonic went a bit too hard with having a darker story (and maybe too many characters as well). I cannot blame them for making games like Colours more like a self contained, lighthearted story that doesn't try to have the doctor having to wake up a monster (who would end up betraying him anyway) and having Sonic turning Super right at the end of the game (I understand the difficulty to make Super Sonic working in 3D but it was almost a post-game bonus and reward for the best characters, not a big plot device). Colours finally added Super in normal gameplay which is great. Perhaps Forces also tried too hard with making the story darker and Shadow would've been fine if he didn't appear again post-SA2. The US tried a humorous approach. But while I see some popularity the Sonic series wasn't aimed mainly for a western audience? Especially with his rebellious attitude of the 90's. [/QUOTE]

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