What? No Floatie?
Well, are you one of the lucky few who caught it? Are you a Sonic freak with
wits as quick as the hedgehog hero you idolize? Or are you a sad little wannabe who would get
beaten up on sight by the real Sonic-philes? Or did you end up here by a stray link and
are now hitting the back button to return to the hentai site you were viewing a second ago? No
matter which one it is, you're in the right place. And if you've read this far, I guess you
care about the "contest" results. Here it is again: take a good look at the piece of old,
official art below, ripped from the Japanese Sonic 2 manual:
Caught it? Although many people pointed out that Sonic only has four fingers
(an anime taboo), and a few mentioned that Sonic's short one spine (which is not really
incorrect; that was his character model at the time), the flaw that I was looking for isn't in
the illustration itself, but in what it represents. Take another look at it. Every Sonic fan
worth his weight in Badnik poo-poo (do Badniks poo?) knows that Sonic can't swim. It's his one
major weakness, as pointed out in the Sonic Jam character profiles (the only 100% official
stats ever shown). And now for the rewards! All the Drano you can consume on your night alone
with Midori in the GHZ Luv Suite for the following quick-witted GHZers: Blair Foxx, D-H Master,
Timestones, Popcorn, Dan, Astal, Manuel Audain, David...The Lurker!, Sonic381, Kulock, Gex42,
Pepperidge, Trystan G. Poe, CVSGAPC, Zamuel, Dreamcaster, Sonsonic, Blue Gibbon!, Shou, Martin
Braid, Jtanner405, Nicho, and Dark Gibbon! Enjoy your nights alone with Midori, fellas, but
remember: everything below the belt and above the knees is off-limits to everyone but me! She
will report any violators to me, and then you can forget about ever having Drano again
plus you'll be forced to move in with Gilbert Lyle who sticks boogers under the table (and God
knows where else).
Well, now that we've got that all clear... Check this out: Sega of America's
opened their Samba de Amigo page
right here. It includes a few
character profiles in which we find things we'd probably rather not have known (Linda's favorite
food is tofu steak?!), but it also includes a Sambariffic contest where you can win a domestic
copy of the game AND a set of maracas (a $120 value), as well as a short interview with the minds
behind the madness: Shun Nakamura (director), Yoshitaka Kawabata (programmer), and Satoshi Okano
(character designer). Most interestingly, when asked about their current project, Samba de
Amigo Ver.2000, the fellas stated that they hope to release the game here in the states. I
wasn't sure what to make of it at first, but I bet that if we all go out and buy our copies of
Samba (and at least two sets of maracas, if you can get 'em) come the 18th like good little
trained monkeys, then our sometimes stubborn buddies at SoA'll be more than happy to let us have
Samba 2K without the hassle of importing. In short: if Samba sells, Samba 2K's on the way! "Who
wouldn't want to dance with a monkey?"
Ah yes, and just because I'm a nice guy, I've gone ahead and added the
letter D into the alphabet. Oh yes, a little
something I missed over in the B list, pointed out
by Rlan: under the "Bomb" listing, I neglected to include info on their appearance in Sonic
CD, in Metallic Madness. That's been fixed, because I'm a nice guy. Love me. One last
thing of note...IGN DC's added a few new movies of
Sonic Shuffle. Love them. But not as much as you love me.
-- Green Gibbon!
"Now you know why ninjas lived before cell phones." -- Possessed Spam
(Ringing phones shatter the atmosphere of Tenchu 2)
You can blame this page on Jared "Green
Gibbon!" Matte. The GHZ isn't affiliated in any way with
Sonic Team, but how we wish we were. Hosting provided by
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