Why was street sharks not as commercially successful with autists as Sonic? -

[RI 360]

All children are autistic for sharks (and/or dinosaurs), why didn't this series have staying power?

JAWESOME

I love how their superpower is just causing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to both public and private property.

 

[ZehnBoat]

they were TOO autistic

 

[RI 360]

they were TOO autistic

When I first posted this I kinda forgot that they teamed the anthropomorphic sharks up with anthropomorphic dinosaurs.

so you may be on to something.

 

[Chicken Nugget Scoon]

They required much more skill to draw than Sonic, and their facial expressions were less simple. Just a guess.

 

[Trombonista]

Those look hideous. Sonic doesn't.

 

[Chicken Nugget Scoon]

They required much more skill to draw than Sonic, and their facial expressions were less simple. Just a guess.

OH! Adding onto that, it didn't have a long running comic series which, for the majority of it's run, consisted of a Furry Soap Opera with characters all based upon an interchangeable Sonic template which again, was easy for a child, or an autistic child, to latch onto and imitate to create their own super special OC.

 

[RI 360]

Those look hideous. Sonic doesn't.

I think they're cool looking, but one of them is supposed to be a whale shark (the reddish brown one I'd otherwise assume was a bull shark) but is still depicted as having rows of sharp teeth.

I got through maybe five minutes of the last video I posted, it was by far the most autistic thing I've watched in months. DORSALATIMUS DUDE!

@Chicken Nugget Scoon , that makes a lot of sense. I don't think there was really any opportunity for emotional bonding to these characters who were just insults and violence at all times. Which is still pretty fun.

 

[Damocles_Sword]

They were too violent. I think a lot of the sanic autismo didn't come from the games so much as they came from the first sanic cartoon, which was focus tested for maximum autistic appeal.

 

[LagoonaBlue]

Those are fucking weird looking. That's probably why.

 

[omori]

The designs are definitely far more irregular for the average sperg to draw, whereas if you can draw one Sonic character you can draw them all (and your OC to boot!).

 

[Bogs]

I have a friend who worked on a Street Sharks video game. I'll ask him

 

[ZehnBoat]

whereas if you can draw one Sonic character you can draw them all (and your OC to boot!).

it's why MLP caught on so easily
if you can draw one pony, you can draw all ponies, you can draw OCs

 

[Brandobaris]

But they were

 

[Coldgrip]

Street Sharks, Biker Mice from Mars, Tiny Toons, Tail Spin, Darkwing Duck, Captain Buckey O'Hare...

Shit there was a lot of furry cartoons. No wonder so many kids turned into fur-fags.

 

[Dunsparce]

This is actually completely accurate, including the hatred of pizza as a take that to TMNT

 

[RI 360]

This is actually completely accurate, including the hatred of pizza as a take that to TMNT

lol I forgot about them interjecting about how much they hated pizza, which would be appropriate in today because people sperg about their love of pizza (bacon, and cats as well) as a substitute for having a personality.


I'm playing another video and the theme song is really cracking me up:

Half shark. Half man. Fighting evil, that’s the plan.
They bite. They fight. They stand for everything right.
They bite. They fight. Chewing up evil with all of their might.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

There's like zero garbage anime/video game cliches. Reta.rds love those!

 

[MrTroll]

Sharks are cool and autists only like shitty gay talking animals like hedgehogs and ponies.

 

[The Lawgiver]

I had the black robot one as a kid, and I'm pretty sure it was like the only one I actually owned. I used it to maul my lesser action figures with it's spring loaded jaw gimmick. It also had like a drill hand if I remember.
So many small toys were sacrificed to the black god of shark death.

 

[RI 360]

I had the black robot one as a kid, and I'm pretty sure it was like the only one I actually owned. I used it to maul my lesser action figures with it's spring loaded jaw gimmick. It also had like a drill hand if I remember.
So many small toys were sacrificed to the black god of shark death.

I had the great white one.