![Your Move, Haters The release of Eddie Lebron’s Sonic fan film has been met in some circles with rather intense and arguably over-the-top negative criticism. But at least one person […]](http://www.tssznews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/yuji_naka_header.jpg "Yuji Naka Watches Sonic Fan Film–And Likes It")
Your Move, Haters
The release of Eddie Lebron’s Sonic fan film has been met in some circles with rather intense and arguably over-the-top negative criticism. But at least one person likes the short live-action/CGI hybrid, and his opinion may count the most.
It’s that of Yuji Naka, one of the core creators behind Sonic. Mr. Naka talked about the film via his Facebook and Twitter pages earlier today, and called the work “Awesome.” In Japanese, a loose translation appear to indicate he didn’t find the work “too terrible” as some have made it out to be and appeared to even write, “Hey, looks like you made Sonic in Hollywood.”
By the way, as of this article’s publication, the film has been viewed more than 140,000 times on Youtube, with a like to dislike ratio of about five to one.
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@DannyBee When you were talking about Yuji Naka not being at fault for Sonic 06.
I don’t care how many views it has, how many likes it has, how many people like it, or whoever likes it. I still don’t like it. I thought it was hilarious, poor CGI, average acting, and average story.
Yes it is a fan thing. But that does not mean it’s immune to criticism.
@Hmph-Censored Edition, a.k.a. the cunt up on his high horse bitching that commenters on a Sonic site are in a debate about the quality major fan film project
So we should be ashamed that we’re expressing our opinions about a film whose quality is the subject to controversial debates? Maybe you think we should, but I’m sure as fuck not, and I don’t care who knows. Kindly take your condescending jerkass-ness somewhere else.
I didn’t see the movie yet. But wow, how bad it can be guys when you say things like that?
But based on the things you’ve said, that it is being serious and you don’t like the story, that’s probably the reason I am gonna love it. Most of the Sonic community wants to have Sonic as cheesy and as silly and wacky as he can get.
The time he shows a serious look on his face, he is immediately brooding emo while the story suddenly turns over-dramatic.
But maybe you are right, I am going to see it for my own soon…
Hmph:
“Dannybee92: “I’m calling others names, like a mature person!”
I despise you people- you, MM2, anyone arguing about this, but most of all (how could I possibly forget) the “objective” article writer who started this shit flinging.
Congratulations, you’ve reached Kotaku level journalism! You should be fired but of course you’re not going to be.
All of you, without exception, should feel ashamed of yourselves.”
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>act high and mighty like you have any intelligent point to prove
>entire post is anything but trying to be mature
Pot, meet the kettle,
@SonicWarrior
I’m not sure what you mean, though. My argument is that Sonic ’06 would have been a damn good game, if it was allowed the proper time to be produced. It’s shitiness is due to being rushed, which isn’t Mr. Naka’s fault. I’m confused what you’re debating me about.
@Charlotte
It had “average acting” and an “average story”, but you thought it was hilarious…? I don’t follow.
@Dannybee92: “My argument is that Sonic ’06 would have been a damn good game, if it was allowed the proper time to be produced. It’s shitiness is due to being rushed,”
That, and the crappy story and the terrible design choices that plague almost every gameplay segment…
@Amuro
Again, the design is a result of being rushed, I think. And I’m one of the guys who actually liked the plot. It had a lot of holes and needed some fine-tuning, definitely. But, I liked what they were TRYING to do.
@Dannybee92 Basically, what Amuro said…
Actually, it doesn’t really matter if it was rushed or not, the ideas weren’t really that good to begin with. This game wasn’t really going anywhere, and every idea that came after the other brought it down even more and more. And when it came the release day, and they were being rushed, they knew it was not fit for all the bad gameplay decisions, glitches, terrible story, etc. I’m saying it was Naka’s fault for invisioning 06 to be the reboot Sonic needed, or that Sonic needed a reboot in general. And I’m saying a whole grand scheme of development time can’t be ruined by just by the result of being rushed. There was definitely more to it than that.
*facepalm*
Guys, I’m sure 06 would’ve been betternif it wasn’t rushed. At least halfway decent. Despite the weird story, it did have some pretty good ideas, they just failed to execute them properly.
@SonicGenesis …..Did you read ANYTHING I said…?
I did, I’m just throwing in my own opinion. If it wasn’t for the thousands of glitches and overall weird areas of the game, I’m sure we would of had a lot more fun with it.
@SonicWarrior
I liked that Sonic, Shadow, and Silver were the main characters of their own stories, but had “Amigos” that would assist them at various points in their stages. That would’ve been great, if it was given the time to be developed properly. I liked that they brought the Hub world back. That would’ve been great, if it was given the time to be developed properly. I liked how Silver had psychic powers. That mechanic could’ve have been awesome, if it was given the time to be developed properly. Seeing a pattern here?
A lot of the ideas that went into Sonic ’06 were actually pretty damn good (in my opinion). They just weren’t given the time and intimate care to be executed to their fullest potential. It was rushed as all hell. That was 90% of the game’s problem.
As far as the plot’s concerned, I’m not sure why everyone says ’06’s plot is TERRIBLE. Sonic Adventure 2’s isn’t any better, and no one complains about it. And why does everyone whine about Sonic and Elise? Shadow and Maria’s back-story certainly gave off a tragic romance vibe (minus a 2-second peck on the lips), yet nothing’s ever really said about that. Also, Sara (in the Sonic OVA) gives Knuckles a kiss on the cheek and blushes really hard, yet most fans really seem to like that movie. I don’t get it.
There are certainly holes in the plot. But, “terrible”? Half the damn complaints levied against the story are nitpicks (big surprise there).
@Dannybee92: What’s glitchy or rushed about Silver’s stupid billiard ball puzzle in Dusty Desert? Speaking of Silver, why was he even needed? Silver ends up being a useless addition to the cast in the game he was introduced in, which is pathetic. If you want a full, in-depth review of Sonic 2006, go look up ClementJ642 on YouTube. He did a seven part review going into every detail as to why Sonic 2006 is bad.
And you know why I think people don’t bring up Shadow and Maria? They shared a sibling relationship. Maria saw Shadow as a brother, and Shadow saw Maria as a sister. Sonic and Elise was full-on teen love. As for Sara, she’s just there for sexual “humor”. You know anime, gotta have fanservice. Besides, people like the OVA, but not many people like Sara. One character shouldn’t have a lot of bearing on your opinion of an OVA.
@ Amuro
I’ll concede on the Elise-argument. But, as far as the rest of the plot is concerned, I don’t view as any better or worse than the Sonic Adventure 1 & 2’s.
And if you consider Silver useless in Sonic ’06, then you’d have to consider Shadow useless in Sonic Adventure 2. Sonic already had a doppelganger: Metal Sonic. And Shadow played no differently from Sonic in that game. He was merely around for plot purposes, much like Silver.
@Dannybee92: I don’t mean Silver is useless as him being a Rival or his abilities, he was useless in terms of his plot in 2006.
Silver wanted to change the future, Mephiles “gave” him a chance to. Mephiles sent him back in time with the mission of killing Sonic, and he fails to do so twice. Then, Mephiles turns around and kills Sonic himself in Last Story. …so what was the point of introducing Silver? He literally served no use, since his motivation for getting involved in anything is shot in the ass due to the fact that Mephiles can time travel and is even more capable of killing Sonic than Silver. Silver was a pointless addition to the already massive cast of characters, and in a way, he kinda still is.
And as for Shadow, he was fine because he was a clone of Sonic gameplay-wise. The moment they tried differentiating him in the way they did (guns, swearing, alien heritage, etc.) was the moment he began to suck. Then again, Shadow coming back after SA2 at all was kinda stupid, but he got popular, so ehh.