Vectorman

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Back when the Sega Saturn and the Playstation were just about to hit the market a game came out for the Sega Genesis called Vectorman. Shortly before the release of Vectorman and the next wave of consoles Nintendo released Donkey Kong Country boasting 2.5D graphics using graphical tricks such as pre-rendered spites that the SNES couldn’t normally do. Sega’s answer to it was Vectorman which used a program called Vector Piece Software which gave off the 2.5D look and allowed the spheres that make up Vectorman’s body.

Anyways I’m pretty sure you already heard the awesome gameplay and the defeat of Warhead. The whole point of this blog was to point out how Vectorman could have been a better mascot for Sega than Sonic.

Sonic was used to combat Mario back in the 1980s. He was more edgier, more cool looking, and a furry animal which worked at the time. But nowadays you can definitely tell that Sonic was from the 1980s, whereas Mario not so much, making him outdated and not cool anymore. The awful game releases that have been coming out lately and the platforming genre being outdated doesn’t help improve Sonic’s image either.

Vectorman on the other hand is quite futuristic and different than the other mascots out there. He could have definitely could have survived out of the 1990s if promoted to the mascot position. Not to mention he would have been perfect for a 3rd person shooter making him fit in with the modern games of today’s world.

P.S.

Now I know what you’re saying. But they did try and make a new Vectorman that was a 3rd person shooter! And it was canceled for the PS2! It was canceled because of the criticism it was getting. They went way off of the original material which is why it could not get any positive criticism. They changed Vectorman’s look to make him more robotic and they also made him use guns which is not what Vectorman uses and lessens the cool factor of Vectorman. Had they stuck to the original spheres look of Vectorman and made him use his hands rather than guns the game probably could have been made.

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