Talk:Sonic 2006 - Episode of Mephiles/@comment-13739329-20130802011408/@comment-423760-20130802021052

Thanks! :D

I originally intended it to be much shorter, but I felt that some parts needed a bit of a build up, and the fact the the narrator (or I guess Fictional!Me) trails off occassionally on a tanget reflects that they are speaking with you more casually, and recording the event as an odd happening rather than just some demonic possessed hacked disc or something.

I based it loosely on some strange things my own system and discs have done before, and I do indeed have two copies of the game, one of which was a launch copy scratched horribly when the console was knocked over by my cats, and the other one being a re-release edition.

I've also actually have been to conventions and asked the Sega reps and comic people about Mephiles' later inclusions, and if you poke around on the web deep enough, you'll find my posts on other sites about them. That, and the fact that Mephiles did eventually get minor cameos in the referenced subjects.

Also, the game itself does happen to have some severe bugs that causes strange things to happen, like the results screens crashing (very hard to trigger though), the AI not working (again, hard to trigger), character controls going nuts (actually not too uncommon), and in the case of my scratched disc... the game's audio sometimes cuts out or triggers at the wrong moments. I've even triggered a glitch a couple times (still haven't pinpointed how I did it) where Mephiles in the boss fight actually refuses to fight back, probably because it didn't register that he had been hit to start with...

I also decided against the actual inclusion of blood and gore, as the game itself was meant to have a minute amount apparently, but wasn't implimented due to lack of development time. It's notable that it was meant to when the Princess is appalled that Sonic's arm was hurt, bandages it up with some cloth she tore from her dress, saying that it was her fault... but there wasn't a mark on him. Or the camera focusing on Sonic clutching his chest after being impaled by an energy beam, then the strange focus on his hand dropping limply, palmside up. So blood in any amount would seem totally unrealistic to begin with...

Also, making sure the game didn't start out going nuts.

But yeah, I agree with you... this did feel more like a fanfiction to me by the end of it. ^^;

Still... an 8 out of 10? That's something to grin at. :D