wholesoeme (art by risziarts)

You’re a child

yeah but i mean little kids
like, 7 year olds

My little sister (18) and older sister (24) both play Pokémon and are obsessed with it.

pokemon is commonly known to have dark-ish lore and consistent gameplay

That’s why Sonic is cool. It rocks in multiple genres. Even Call of Duty doesn’t do that.

althoughhh that could be a good and bad thing, because it has tried lots of different gameplay styles, and it doesn't always work out. people complain that anytime sonic team finds a good formula, they switch it up again

It’s better than ending up like Far Cry where every game since Far Cry 3 is a reiteration of the same game with a new coat of paint and setting.

Also just because it has “dark lore” doesn’t make it not a kids’ game. It’s the same franchise that has Eevee and Pikachu.

yeah but often times just because it's full of 'happy stories and bright colors' it's a kids' game, or maybe I'm just paranoid that the kids in my class think so
either way, the whole 'baldy mcnosehair' pretty much solidified the 2010s era for sonic as the 'overbearingly trying to cater towards children'

I can't exactly call Sonic Frontiers a kids' game. Maybe Forces is, I've never played it.

yeah SFR not really
but sonic forces tries to be darker, but ultimately fails.

I can see the movies are definitely for kids. It’s like the Alvin and the Chipmunks of this decade.

yeah
altho sonic is/was inherently designed to be for all ages but not to be only for kids
(those're some goofy pronouns)