In Defense of Sonic 2006's Princess Elise: The Blunders of Ambition

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Designing For

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Published on July 27, 2023 7:02:35 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oXg6i3XjuE

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Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Duration: 22:29

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Designing For is a series which looks at one specific level, character, or idea in gaming and breaks down the central theme to that element to figure out what it's, well, designing for! In this episode, I CAN EXPLAIN. We look over the disaster that was the release of Sonic 2006, and break down its failures in storyetlling, while also trying to capture what it was attempting to do with its central character: Princess Elise. We look over all of the ambitious efforts this character arc tried to go for, and what about Sonic's writing makes it so special, but so potentially volatile, to see what we can learn from the ultimate failure of this much-maligned game.

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