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Link79

@ tendoboy1984
I also quite enjoyed Sonic Rush and colors. They felt very much like the Sonic of the old days.
The Advance series wasn't half bad either.
I didn't hate the 3D games but that was definitely the low point for me anyway.

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Link79 wrote:

@ tendoboy1984
I also quite enjoyed Sonic Rush and colors. They felt very much like the Sonic of the old days.
The Advance series wasn't half bad either.
I didn't hate the 3D games but that was definitely the low point for me anyway.

Go play Sonic Generations on PS3 or Xbox 360. It's amazing. Genesis-era Classic Sonic meets Sonic Unleashed/Colors-era Modern Sonic.

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GameLord08

Did this somehow turn into the Sonic fan thread now?

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FonistofCruxis

Being a fanboy is okay as long as you're not such a blind fanboy that you can't acknowledge the things that whatever you're a fanboy of does wrong.

fpssoviet

zezhyrule wrote:

I think you all need to look up the definition of "fanboy".

It's not someone who prefers one thing over another, not that simple :3

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LzWinky

The way I use the terms is as follows:

Fan - you like something
Diehard fan - you like something so much that you love it whether it's successful or not
Fanboy - you like something so much that the competition sux

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shingi_70

mariofanatic128 wrote:

Being a fanboy is okay as long as you're not such a blind fanboy that you can't acknowledge the things that whatever you're a fanboy of does wrong.

The problem with this is you described what a fanboy is while telling why its okay to be one.

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Fanboy - [fan boi] n.
1. Technological racist

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grumblebuzzz

I don't think it's bad to be a fan of something at all, but to love something blindly and think that it has no flaws and can do no wrong in the face of competition isn't so great.

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LordJumpMad

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If this makes you mad, your a fanboy
If not, you pass my test

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LzWinky

LordJumpMad wrote:

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If this makes you mad, your a fanboy
If not, you pass my test

It makes me sad

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grumblebuzzz

Also, I think its easy for a lot of people to be fanboy-ish of Nintendo because of their nostalgia of growing up with them and the fact that many Xbox and PS fans take bashing them to really ugly, extreme and often times immature levels on forums and messageboards.

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shingi_70

grumblebuzzz wrote:

Also, I think its easy for a lot of people to be fanboy-ish of Nintendo because of their nostalgia of growing up with them and the fact that many Xbox and PS fans take bashing them to really ugly, extreme and often times immature levels on forums and messageboards.

People say other fans bash nintendo. With the expecton of a few most of the "bashing" i see are reasonable complaints about nintendo and their games.

The Most Nintendo Bashing i've seen was last year about the 3Ds. I couldn't walk into a nintendo topic about the 3DS on neogaf without getting some type of doomed, or anger about MH4.

but that seems to have transfered to the vita now.

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Fanboys don't exist.
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They're just a myth, so don't believe in the internet.

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LordTendoboy

WaveBoy wrote:

tendoboy1984 wrote:

Link79 wrote:

@ tendoboy1984
I also quite enjoyed Sonic Rush and colors. They felt very much like the Sonic of the old days.
The Advance series wasn't half bad either.
I didn't hate the 3D games but that was definitely the low point for me anyway.

Go play Sonic Generations on PS3 or Xbox 360. It's amazing. Genesis-era Classic Sonic meets Sonic Unleashed/Colors-era Modern Sonic.

I'm not a big fan at all of Sonic, but Generations for the PS3/XBOX 360 'graphically' looks pretty damn amazing. The scope, attention to detail and pure mass of the backdrops is incredibly beautiful and immersive by the looks of it. Is there a demo for download on the PS3? It will most likely be the last PS3 title I play around with before i sell the thing and get a bluray player instead.

Sell your PS3? Blasphemy! Are you going to sell your Wii too?

Yes there is a demo, it lets you play as both Classic and Modern Sonics in Green Hill Zone. Also, I highly suggest you try out Sonic Colors for the Wii.

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Haywired wrote:

It's great to be a fan, but yes, I would say it is bad to be a fanboy. Being a fanboy is a really unhealthy mentality to have and it's a shame that so many gamers get sucked into it. Thankfully they're only a (very) vocal minority, but still, fanboys are one of the worst aspects of the video games industry. They are absolutely insufferable. It's like dealing with militant religious extremists, I wish they would get a grip. They're obnoxious and smug when "their" company is winning the console wars and they're whiny and jealous with a massive persecution complex when "their" company is losing the console wars.

Fanboys are toadying sycophants who have no real opinions, they just tow the company line whatever it may be at the time, even if they completely contradict themselves. For example, when a console is about graphics (N64, 3DS) then "graphics are incredibly important!", yet when it isn't about graphics (Wii) then "graphics mean nothing and anyone who thinks overwise is a shallow graphics whore!" When a console doesn't sell well (GC) then "the casual masses are idiots who know nothing about real games and it's review scores that matter!", but when a console does sell well (Wii) then "casual gamers are where it's at, their tastes are way more important than yours you hardcore elitist snob!"

Fanboys are a constant embarrassment for normal fans.

Oh God, I'm nowhere near that bad... But you definitely said what I was thinking about this whole "console war" nonsense.

How come there isn't this heated competition between car enthusiasts? For example: "Ford pwns all, Toyota sux cuz itz from Japan!!!11!!!1 Americans know how to make REAL cars!"

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LordJumpMad wrote:

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If not, you pass my test

I love that. Where did you find it?

I had no idea people could draw that well in MS Paint using only a mouse and keyboard.

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Ryno

Is it bad to be a fanboy?

It is bad when your fandom transforms you into a negative video game crazed Mr. Hyde.

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chronicler

Okay, listen. You don't owe any allegience to any company. They make the products for YOU to enjoy, and nothing more. And if you find multiple companies' products entertaining, then purchase and enjoy them to your hearts content. It would not be wise to limit oneself to just a fixed medium of entertainment because of one really great experience. It's fine to like a company, in face I'm rather fond of Nintendo myself (granted I'm on a Nintendo-only site), but that doesn't hinder me from playing games on my Playstation 3; I can play whatever I desire. It's like saying you like trains, and therefore you won't drive a car: totally unrealistic and biased.

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