The Sonic series always got a lot of female fans since the early 1990s.
The question is not on whether or not the games should become more 'serious'.
But on whether or not it should have more female appeal to the games, and the rest of the series.
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...56#post8530556
While we could start from the beginning in 1991,
some of the early games are a bit too ambiguous to be on whether they are boy games or girl games.
Let us just start from 1998's Sonic Adventure,
since that it is basically the first BIG Sonic chick game.
(Not counting 1993's Sonic the Hedgehog CD):
* 1998's Sonic Adventure.
* 2000's Sonic Shuffle.
* The Sonic Rush series (2005;2007).
* 2006's Sonic the Hedgehog.
* The Olympic Games series (2008;2010;2012;2014).
* 2008/9's Sonic World Adventure / Sonic Unleashed.
* 2010's Sonic Colors (Japanese version, especially the Nintendo DS version).
* 2013's Sonic Lost World (Nintendo 3DS version).
As we can see, there does not to seem a change at all in the LAST decade.
And this seems to include that 'sequel'/'remake' to 2006's Sonic the Hedgehog,
that was originally meant to be released in 2011, or 2013, or what ever.
(The partner to Phantasy Star Online 2, that seems to be currently stuck in Japan)
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...n-Landing-quot
If we are willing to include more stuff on what could be defined as a 'Chick Game', then...:
* 2001's Sonic Adventure 2. (http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...=1#post8161697)
* 2005's Shadow the Hedgehog. (http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...=1#post8528424)
* The Storybook series (2007;2009).
* The Sonic Riders series (2006;2007), including 2010's Sonic Free Riders (Japanese version).
* 2008/9's Sonic Chronicle: The Dark Brotherhood, kind of...
Obviously that somehow, someone had turned the whole Sonic the Hedgehog series
into a girl oriented series, disguised as a boy oriented series.
Fortunately though, the series is not as confused as some other series (Ahem, F).
Where is our exported Sonic Kitty? http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...12490;ル
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While the Sonic series was set up as a 'Shounen'/'Boy' (as ) series.
The Puyo Puyo series had already been fully converted into a 'Shoujo'/'Girl' series,
with its conversion started with 2003/4's Puyo Puyo Fever,
that includes its Amy Rose derived Amitie and her rival Raffine (No Sonic games version for a decade).
<- The non confused F. It went after girls.
Then there is that rejected design for Elise, Andoh Ringo.
We need more chicks though in the Sonic series, that is for sure.
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...24746;魔
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...78#post8058278
Okay. Here are some of the definitions that were used to define the games above as a 'Chick Game'.
* Having a Heroine does not necessary make a game into a 'Chick Game'.
1996's Sonic X-Treme was excluded from the list not because it was cancelled
(along with the 1996 SEGA Saturn version of 'Sonic _R_PG'/'Sonic Adventure'),
also not because it was pre-1998's Sonic Adventure where the current modern Sonic series started.
But because it does not have enough elements to be a 'Chick Game'.
The Sonic Rush was included not because of Blaze (another cat girl),
but because of the interpersonal social relationships between the characters in the game.
The so called 'Soap Opera' elements... http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...61#post7701161
And no, 1996's Sonic the Fighters (that includes the Cat version of Honey) is NOT a 'Chick Game'.
However in retrospect, its final version does look more like a 'Chick Game',
especially in comparison of various video games these days.
Out of the three cat girls (Tiara, Honey, and Blaze),
The Cat version of Honey has the heroine elements of both a 'Chick Game' and a 'Girlie Game'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=794WOLw4RN4
* The 'Soap Opera' mood.
Much like a 'Chick Flick' is a movie considered to be meant for female consumption.
A 'Chick Game' also had many similar elements, including its 'Soap Opera' mood.
It is though not primary about 'shocking' stuff and romantic affairs,
but instead it is about the social relationships the characters had toward each other.
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...61#post7701161
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...cs-(for-Sonic)
1998's Sonic Adventure focused on the following things:
* Tails' desire to emulate Sonic and also his other desire to be his own person.
* Amy's relationship with the Blue Flicky and the Blue Flicky's family.
* Gamma (the Pink Flicky) that desires to be reunited with the Flicky family.
2000's Sonic Shuffle focused on Illumina's internal conflicts,
along with her stubborn unwillingness to accept her 'dark side'.
It caused her to be split into Lumina, Void, and the Precious Stones.
Shadow is basically Sonic remodified into a 'Chick Game' character,
or maybe to be precise, Sonic being built from the ground up to become a 'Chick Game' character.
In 2006's Sonic the Hedgehog, he was supposed to be paired with 'Elise the Hedgehog',
and their relationship resulted in Silver the Hedgehog, their son.
Suffice to say, it did not happen. But the Plan continues on...
http://shining-world.jp/ark/chara/ar...e/arice_03.mp3
The Solaris laboratory incident though definetly was patterned after that scene in Sailor Moon S.
* Heroine and Heroes.
Well, there are many types of heroines and heroes in a 'Chick Game'.
A lot can be said, but the Puyo Puyo series already got various types of them,
and it seems that the series was set up as a test lab series for the Sonic series.
A 'Girlie Game'/'美少女ゲーム' heroine can also be a 'Chick Game'/'少女ゲーム' heroine or vice versa.
The same can also be said toward the heroes too. It is a matter of presentation.
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...12426;っ
Make no mistake though, Phantasy Star Online 2 is mostly a 'Girlie Game'.
<- Heroine(s)? Hero(es)?
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.ph...12515;ー
And no amount of sad melodrama talks about one's childhood dragon friend will change that.
<- A 'scandalous' scene.