Sonic Isn't cute

Dat second line tho.

Read this to get the full meaning of the meme:
"2. Sonic isn’t cute.

Look at some of the most popular Japanese game companies and tell me which of their mascots isn’t cute? You’d be hardpressed to find even one. The Japanese love cute shit. Hello Kitty, Hatsune Miku, Pokemon, you name it. It’s rare that anything with gore or edginess appeals to the Japanese. Even Mario is considered cute in some ways.

Sonic was marketed as an “edgy” character, one that would appeal to the West more than it would to the Japanese. Is it any wonder why Sonic’s never been big over there? Look at Sega’s last 3 Mascot choices. A monkey in a jumpsuit, a blond kid (the Japanese LOVE blonds), and some space ship with wings and eyeballs. They’re all ridiculous, but all designed with desire to appeal to the Japanese. No one in the west would even guess that these were candidates for Mascots for reasons beyond their obscurity. The cuteness was already apparent, but none of them became famous. Sonic isn’t cute. Period. His origins were steeped in way past cool. He was the epitome of coolness, and hip. He called every cute gaming mascot a bitch and was able to get away with it.

This probably didn’t sit well with SOJ considering Sonic’s later incarnations started becoming campy as fuck. We could point to Sonic Heroes/Colors/Generations, whatever. The point is Sonic’s entire world crumbled the moment SOJ gained full control of all Sega branches. With that, SOJ seems hell-bent on cute-ifying his ass up to mortifying levels. cuteness appeals to Japan, and SOJ seems more and more dead set on appeasing Japanese audiences. But in order to do that, they have to start with their mascot who is the embodiment of the edginess. I guess if they can’t have their Alex Kidd, we can’t have our Sonic being a bad ass and instead, have him as a Mary Sue. Sucks for us.

Hmm, maybe best not have Chao put back in either…"

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