Need a... Bizarre Primer on Who Fang Is? SEGA asked YouTuber Cybershell To Do Just That

He's classic rogue the bat.

29 minutes ago, A super No.1 washedupgamer said:

He's classic rogue the bat.

Without the tiddies.

To me, it feels like Sega admitting classic era characters like Fang have little depth, and I feel like this wouldn't be an issue if they weren't stuck in that time period and were allowed the same level of exploration as some modern characters.

Ya know... I would make the "I was not expecting that" joke, but I did that in a previous post so...

Kind of interesting that the real world scenarios of his creation and naming, even Sonic X-treme gets explicit mention in this video, but not once is the naming discrepency between regions properly acknowledged (beyond the lore retcon the prequel comic has gone for) or explained.

(I only learned it recently myself - he was always meant to be Nack, but the developers thought it sounded too similar to Knuckles in Japanese, so they changed it to Fang, which as said came from the magazine competition.  Somehow the american localisation were aware of his original name (or unaware of the name change) and didn't have any issue, so Nack happened for us English speakers anyway.)

Considering he was only in like...4 games total (? I think they were Triple Trouble, Sonic Drift 2, Fighters, and a cameo in Mania), there definitely are a lot of people who are like "who?". Especially considering the name difference that has now been retroactively removed. And who better to talk about an obscure Sonic thing than cybershell? Some nice little tidbits in there too, like the Sonic X-treme mention.

Haven’t seen the video yet, but this is only a good thing in my eyes between them inviting SomeCallMeJohnny to do pre release events for the second Sonic Movie, and Frontiers, and now this. SEGA are actually bothering to get people who are known for doing videos about the franchise and actually enjoy the franchise. It’s night and day compared to the utter nonsense we had with Arin (Egoraptor) getting these promotional deals, and frankly, especially sweeter considering how downright salty and petty Arin was following being cut off from the promotion stuff.

Aaron Webber may have done some fun stuff for game promotion, but the whole shit with Egoraptor was one of the most boneheaded moves he did, and I’m happy it’s clearly over and SEGA have finally got people who like the franchise to do these promotions.

3 hours ago, A super No.1 washedupgamer said:

He's classic rogue the bat.

he's more like a classic Shadow cuz he's classic sonic's rival,in a way(i know classic knux is technically his rival but Fang fits better to me)

Aww. As cool as the video is, I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get a mention. I helped provide a cameo for Fang in Sonic and the Black Knight after all. (The Fan Art Contest that occurred globally.) That was years before Mania.

But I seriously didn't expect to be mentioned. (Though I would've lost my s**t if I was.) It's like the only interesting thing I've added towards the Sonic fandom. I kinda wish I didn't misplace the original file of my drawing. It was of Sonic Drift 2 if anyone was wondering.

Being a bit more of a modern era sonic fan I appreciate the little preamble stuff before superstars comes out for the classic era I missed. However, they really chose the most deadpan delivery of it. Credit where credit is due though being at least it wasn't a tiktok/short of a robotic dub over for the games he's been in.

10 hours ago, Kuzu said:

Without the tiddies.

No comment

This is great and all, but I'm still waiting for that Sonic 2 bonus video.

This is also not the first time he talked about good ol' Fang, since all the way back in Sonic Mania.

1. Why would Sonic ever associate with a known criminal (as if Fang would ever abide by not selling the emeralds for a much larger profit)?

2. While not as bad as ProJared or Egoraptor, there are so many better Sonic YouTubers to collab with: Game Apologist, Geek Critique, JebTube, J's Reviews, Ruby of Blue, Eldarin, even SomeCallMeJohnny.

21 hours ago, Polkadi~☆ said:

This is great and all, but I'm still waiting for that Sonic 2 bonus video.

This is also not the first time he talked about good ol' Fang, since all the way back in Sonic Mania.

Can't tell if you're joking about the sonic 2 bonus video he already made

18 hours ago, Johnny2071 said:

1. Why would Sonic ever associate with a known criminal (as if Fang would ever abide by not selling the emeralds for a much larger profit)?

2. While not as bad as ProJared or Egoraptor, there are so many better Sonic YouTubers to collab with: Game Apologist, Geek Critique, JebTube, J's Reviews, Ruby of Blue, Eldarin, even SomeCallMeJohnny.

I feel like they're playing the "Sonic gives second chances!" card which has infinite redemptions. Hopefully it doesn't hinge on that plot beat as IDW has ran it into the ground.

I'll even throw Radical soda into that mix but I don't think Sega likes him that much

5 hours ago, TangleTangerine said:

I feel like they're playing the "Sonic gives second chances!" card which has infinite redemptions. Hopefully it doesn't hinge on that plot beat as IDW has ran it into the ground.

 

I'll even throw Radical soda into that mix but I don't think Sega likes him that much

Forgot to mention True Sonic Spirit