why does modern sonic boost?

[Healing_Emerald.]

its a game mechanic, that has bee nstapled into our minds. and sure maybe it was used for 1 game to make the game playable in that sense(some areas u die without boosting) but why does he boost?

what allowed sonic to boost? need sum info SEGA. is it just an ability to go faster that he learnt over the years? why does he feel the need to do it now, and whats the excuse with colors? and he couldnt boost in black knight...

but if that boost is somewhat canon- does that mean he could boost from secret rings?(jump dash thingy) and if thats also true, does thatm ean the automated annoying as hell sections of 2006 was when he first learnt to go mach speed i.e boost, which would mean that he learnt this move in order to make another game mechanic section in sonic 2006.

tl;dr.

did boost originate in sonic 2006?

[xellos667]

Do you really search for a "logical" explanation on how Sonic learn to boost??? Really? And I mean REALLY????? I have difficulties finding joke topic on this forum, as many of what seems to be joke topic are in fact pretty much serious. I hope this is a joke topic.

Then how's that? How come Sonic learn to Spin Dash in Sonic 2? He sure didnt know how to do it in Sonic 1...

How come Sonic knows how to do Homing Attack in Sonic Adventure? Is it an evolution from his shield power in Sonic 3?

All those questions, and only one answer: who cares??? There never was any explanation for any new gameplay mechanic inserted. It's there to enhance gameplay, to add more fun, to enjoy. Not to be think about. Let me guess, you must be the type who follow the story in a Sonic game no? Anyway, Sonic boost, and that's pretty much it. No explanation given or needed.

[E-25]

why does he feel the need to do it now, and whats the excuse with colors? and he couldn't boost in black knight...

He could in SBK, people just never learn the game mechanics.

[Muffimon]

Hedgehogs gain these abilities after puberty.

[Chaoszshadow]

Sonic Rush started this boosting stuff i think

[Healing_Emerald.]

Do you really search for a "logical" explanation on how Sonic learn to boost??? Really? And I mean REALLY????? I have difficulties finding joke topic on this forum, as many of what seems to be joke topic are in fact pretty much serious. I hope this is a joke topic.

Then how's that? How come Sonic learn to Spin Dash in Sonic 2? He sure didnt know how to do it in Sonic 1...

How come Sonic knows how to do Homing Attack in Sonic Adventure? Is it an evolution from his shield power in Sonic 3?

All those questions, and only one answer: who cares??? There never was any explanation for any new gameplay mechanic inserted. It's there to enhance gameplay, to add more fun, to enjoy. Not to be think about. Let me guess, you must be the type who follow the story in a Sonic game no? Anyway, Sonic boost, and that's pretty much it. No explanation given or needed.

its curiosity, i want some answers. who the hell r u to judge? idc whether u care or not. the point is i want to know, and i kinda want to know what other people think. if ruby came in here told me my answer and locked the thread. id be happy.

black knight that soul surge thing, it just seems liek a chaos control game mech to me, more than a boost since u had hardly any control over it.(more of a skip the level than speed up the level type of dealio)

[Healing_Emerald.]

Sonic Rush started this boosting stuff i think

oh word! i wanna know why.

[KnucklesTheEchinda]

Hedgehogs gain these abilities after puberty.
Yeah because Sonic did in 06 with his voice sounding bad and then he got hairy in Unleashed.

[SONICNiGHTStar]

oh word! i wanna know why.

Realistically why or some BS story based reason.

[xellos667]

And I gave you the answer to your question. There's no official answer, nor will there ever be one.

[Healing_Emerald.]

Realistically why or some BS story based reason.

to be honest... story BS reason :D

[Healing_Emerald.]

And I gave you the answer to your question. There's no official answer, nor will there ever be one.

sonic cant swim cause yuji messed up, sonic does a spin attack because they decided sonic was going to hurt enemies with spine. he learnt the spin dash to speed up the gameplay and access new areas and to have more control over pinball physcis and momentum, he learnt the homing attack to better navigate in a 3d playing field. he learnt the light speed attack to have even more speedy gameplay sections,cool effects and to show just how fast sonic can go when he really needs to(this was implemented in the first 3d sonic adventure game) all quote from Lizuka himself sonic adventure interview. summersault was a 1 time thing, so was all those random attack in 2006.

So tell me why he learnt the boost. thats all i wanna know.

[t.k. the hedgehog]

he boosts because whiney sonic fans lied to sega and said that sonic doesn't feel FAST -_- as a result we're STUCK with unleashed 3D style gameplay that is virtually UNPLAYABLE.

[Healing_Emerald.]

he boosts because whiney sonic fans lied to sega and said that sonic doesn't feel FAST -_- as a result we're STUCK with unleashed 3D style gameplay that is virtually UNPLAYABLE.

if the big man says so im satisfied. but it makes sense so far.

/waits for confirmation

[Chaoszshadow]

oh word! i wanna know why.

Sonic's trademark is being fast so they made a game where he boosts. Said game was really popular so they decided to keep the boost(at least thats my guess)

and what T.K said

[HedgehogTheSonic]

From Sonic CD - Super Peel Out.

[lockdown2.0]

so he can go faster obviously/ :)

[cazetta]

Boost is a manner of express a distorced vision of what Sonic is about.

Sonic was never only about speed. Sonic is a very plataforming game, with 3, 4, kinds of "difficult levels" in a single zone, with puzzles, challenges and etc.

Here we have a good exemple:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKQwkoXeKZw

Look how labirintic this zone is. Sonic can be fast only when the stage allows it, and that's the secret.

The Unleashed-Day engine is very good in a technical way. Still, is very linear, without multiple routes... and we have Boost to automate almost everything.

Sega must know that this is not the only way to do some kind of sucess with a Sonic game. Sonic Colors, for exemple, has almost the same properties of Unleashed, but Sonic is a little more controllable, a less fast, and thats a good manner to things work well.

[SONICNiGHTStar]

to be honest... story BS reason :D
Well one day eggman noticed that sonic had a jonesing for chilli dogs so he developed a super friction reducer chemical that...... well does just that and disguises himself as a chilli dog vender and sneak it in the chili thinking if sonic couldn't control his speed he would would be able to stop his evil plans.


Why does sonic not notice it's Eggman?

PLOT HOLE

But unfortunately sonic gained of this power and became able to go as fast as he wants as long as he has some rings or energy from badniks.


Why did that happen, why does eggman not just remove all the rings from his potential takeover spots and powers his robots with energy that sonic an use??????



PLOT HOLE

[Healing_Emerald.]

<_<... a legit BS reason.