12/22/2023 0 Comments Amy team sonic racing overdriveLooks like springtime’s come early!”) (Sonic Lost World, 2013) After beating Eggman and the Deadly Six, Sonic was quite pleased to see her once again (“Hey, Amy. Amy almost died, and Sonic felt quite lonely for the half hour or so he thought this happened for real.Some say it’s been officially confirmed as out of character for Sonic to act like that. ![]() The fandom always considered this a little too rude, and its canonicity has been up for debate ever since. Things started… rather rocky with some of this weird stuff right here.Legendary Sonic Team writers such as Shiro Maekawa and Kiyoko Yoshimura (I always like to reference this post), both of which set the tone for some of the most famous “SonAmy moments” during the 2000s, were no longer at SEGA by 2010, so what happened after their departure? So, by 2010 there was quite some work to do to “fix” the way Sonic and Amy interacted with each other, even if some today say there was nothing to be fixed to begin with. ![]() Also, the prevalence of other forms of Sonic media with their own canons (mainly Archie Sonic) didn’t help so much, especially in Amy’s case. This way of interacting, while not malicious in its japanese-rooted nature, got pretty much blasted negatively by quite a lot of the western fandom, mainly due to questionable localization efforts and cultural differences. The 2000s were the years this dynamic of “Amy says something silly - Sonic runs away” got established. ![]() The 2010s are coming to a close and I thought it would be nice to report what happened between our two lovely hedgehogs during this decade.
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