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[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 0 points 1 week ago
[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

Still not as bad as some of the zones that got cut from the game.

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 0 points 1 week ago

We do not talk about

what the fuck was sega thinkingGenocide City Zone

[-] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I guess they were thinking that they were going hard on selling Robotnik's characterization as an evil overlord, LOL. I mean, the whole plot of the game was that he was genociding all the animals by turning them into cyborg slaves, after all.

"Sega does what Nintendon't," indeed!

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

I feel like it might've been a translation issue. Had the level actually made it into the game, someone probably would've realized that the name was a bit much for a video game about a blue hedgehog taking on an egg themed villain.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Hmm... maybe it's my 2025 perspective talking, but as someone who played Sonic games as a kid I think they should've gone for it. As a name for a level conceived as a mix of Metropolis Zone and The Machine from Sonic Spinball, the name seems entirely descriptive and appropriate.

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago

The word "Genocide" has been watered down a lot lately and that's not a good thing. Calling everything genocide has an effect of normalizing it. Using it in a video game played by children, after those children grow up they hear the word and have the vibe of a video game level and don't feel like genocide is anything important.

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