Blog:Sonic's Fungi Frenzy (Fake Game Collab)

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Sonic's Fungi Frenzy is a platforming game developed by Fantasy Factory with the collaboration of Hanna Barbera released in 1994. It was a licensing deal with Sega and Philips and many have considered the game to be the worst Sonic game in existence and possibly worse than Sonic 06 and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. Sonic has a flamethrower in order to defeat the mushrooms. Other segments include a more traditional Sonic platforming segment as well as segments involving Tails.

Plot
Sonic and Tails notice mushrooms are growing in Sonic's world which happens to be hazardous to the environment. Tails suggests that he is the only one who can save the world from those mushrooms.

Why Sonic Must Put A Stop To This

 * 1) One of the game's creators is Hanna Barbera which is not even a video game company in the first place.
 * 2) The cutscenes in the game are incredibly low quality. It looks like a generic low budget version of a Hanna Barbera cartoon. The colors look sick and the character animation looks laughable. Since Hanna Barbera contributed to the project, it's literally Hanna Barbera at its worst. Even Hanna Barbera did a good job with their cartoons they made in the past like The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Johnny Quest, The Jetsons, etc.
 * 3) *Another issue is that the cutscenes come off as cheesy and weird with its dialogue like when Sonic said "This chili dog is just so chili, I got to warm it up" or when Tails said "Ok shroomer".
 * 4) The voice acting is poor. Sonic's voice; while it does fit Sonic well, it feels barely lively. It sounds like the voice actor for Sonic didn't want to be in this game.
 * 5) *Tails' voice is the biggest offender compared to Sonic as it doesn't fit Tails well. Tails sounds too deep to be Tails when he's supposed to be a child. Tails' voice is also inconsistent because his normal voice is deep but in some cases, he has his voice becoming drastically different. Not only that, but his happy voice sounds like a deeper version of Donkey from Shrek which also doesn't fit Tails well. To be fair, Shrek came out after this game.
 * 6) Repetitive gameplay. In the Mushroom Massacre segment, it's only Sonic just having to ignite all of the mushrooms that block his path. Not only that, but Sonic in this segment moves so slow. Ironic since Sonic IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FASTEST THING ALIVE.
 * 7) *The platforming classic segment is not any better. Sonic's speed is back there, but his speed is so insane that he can be harder to control when sprinting. Sure, it does capture the spirit of the Sonic 2D platforming games, but this game here just feels like a downgrade.
 * 8) **Both the Mushroom Massacre segment and the platforming segment won't let Sonic turn around which is unacceptable for a platforming game at its time.
 * 9) *Tails' segment is the most annoying segment. The segment is basically him flying and avoiding obstacles. Not only that, but it feels like a clone of those generic shooters that copy off Galaga or Gradius. The enemies keep respawning and they are too many of them. How unfair.
 * 10) The controls are clunky. Sonic's jump feels delayed at certain moments, Sonic's speed is slippery. Tails moves like a heavy helicopter. Sometimes it can lead you to cheap death.
 * 11) Tails suffers from two flanderizations. The first one would be him feeling like a plot device who states the obvious to Sonic every time he's neutral. When Tails expresses other expressions like happy or sad, he not only sounds weird as mentioned earlier, but he becomes this idiot who tries too hard to be hip with the younger crowd including his slang. It's like Tails has a split personality.
 * 12) *Dr. Robotnik became a generic "I want to take over the world because I'm evil" villain. The game never mentions why he planted a lot of mushrooms in the first place. He's also incompetent and stupid in this game to the point of not being funny. Speaking of his motivations, would he even count as a villain just for causing trouble for no reason?
 * 13) The upgrades on Sonic's and Tails' flamethrowers can be annoying to obtain. For instance, upgrading a flamethrower to one that shoots a fireball projectile costs like a whopping 500 rings. You can't just upgrade Sonic's and Tails' weapons at the same time as they can be upgraded separately by having to pay with a large number of rings.
 * 14) *The only way to get more lives is by having to pay with rings. The cost of the lives is unfair as they cost like only 400 rings to get extra lives.
 * 15) The how to play presentation seems to only talk about a Philips CD-I controller which only has three buttons when for some reason the developers seem to not be aware that other controllers for the CD-i exist in the first place.
 * 16) *During the Mushroom Massacre segment, the instructions state that you can increase your horizontal velocity when Sonic still moves pretty slow.
 * 17) Really generic plot that makes you want to feel insane. The entire story feels more like a wasted enviromental message that never makes any sense due to its cheesy tone.
 * 18) *Not only is the plot generic, but it's inaccurate. The game portrays mushrooms as harmful to the ecosystem when mushrooms can improve the quality of the soil.
 * 19) Plot holes exist in this game.
 * 20) *What kind of "harmful" mushrooms did Dr. Robotnik used to harm the environment when mushrooms don't harm them?
 * 21) *When Tails decides to eat a mushroom (thinking it was a regular mushroom), he goes to a state of a psychedelic acid trip yet Tails somehow survives. How can Tails even survive from eating a poisonous mushroom?
 * 22) *Why would a ghost town be a level when there's no one in this place.
 * 23) *When Sonic and Tails got thrown off by Robotnik through a cliff. Why can't Tails even fly and how did Sonic and Tails survive?
 * 24) *If the mushrooms are blocking Sonic's path, why can't Sonic just jump over them?
 * 25) *How can Dr. Robotnik even plant all those mushrooms without anyone noticing? He can't just do it in one night and he must've used a robot to help him out. Yet the game never explains.
 * 26) The bosses are frustrating to beat. There isn't a health bar that indicates how much health does the boss takes. Not to mention that a few of these bosses here are rehashed from other Sonic games. Were the game developers too lazy to make new bosses?
 * 27) As mentioned earlier, Tails eats a mushroom that gives him an acid trip. It's a major red flag for a game made for children as it gives out vibes to taking drugs.
 * 28) While we do get to see new worlds, the world-building comes off as either generic or too unfitting for a Sonic game. Some generic worlds include Hedgehog Sanctuary which is just a generic Machu Picchu-like world or a generic factory owned by Robotnik. Some of the most bizarre choices for a Sonic world include a ghost town that feels more like it belongs to a horror game or a place that somehow resembles the stone age while ripping off The Flintstones.
 * 29) *There's even a black and white world resembling Casablanca.
 * 30) Annoying soundtrack. Even for Sonic standards. Some songs can be ear-piercing to generic. Oh come on Sonic, you got better songs than that.
 * 31) The sound effects come off as grainy to listen too like when you use the flamethrower of when Sonic or Tails dies.
 * 32) The level design comes off as very dreaded. This is notable on the Mushroom Massacre segment. It looks more like a generic platforming.
 * 33) The gameplay for the Classic Platforming segment feels outdated and downgraded compared to other Classic Sonic titles. Sonic for some reason can't even spin dash in the game despite being introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 2
 * 34) Nostalgia pandering: It reuses Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog in the first level. Were the developers too lazy to come up with another world?
 * 35) False advertising: Knuckles the Echidna is seen on the front cover thinking that he would be a prominent character. In the game, however, he barely appears in the game and he's not even playable.
 * 36) The levels feel like they drag on too much. It's has gone to the point where even children can get tired and just want to know when it will end. The Mushroom Massacre segments are a good example of this.
 * 37) There are zero checkpoints. When you die, you have to start all over again on the same level. Wow, so much for all that hard work.
 * 38) The game does not tell you how many lives Sonic and Tails have. It can cause players to lose count on how many lives they got left. It gets worse when you get more lives.
 * 39) Sonic's in-game sprite looks unfaithful to the cutscenes. The sprite gave Sonic blue arms for some reason.
 * 40) The final boss battle between Dr. Robotnik is by far one of the worst final bosses in the Sonic series. It's so frustrating to defeat so you need to be very patient about having to defeat Dr. Robotnik. You can't just defeat him right away as it takes way too long to defeat him. How unfair.
 * 41) *The second phase of the boss fight is just pathetic. You just need to beat him up repeatedly. That sounds very disappointing despite Robotnik being the main villain. Adding more fuel to the fire, the only way to beat Robotnik in one hit would require Sonic to upgrade his flamethrower in its final upgrade.
 * 42) The instruction manual is a joke in this game. The manual tells gamers to learn more about the game just by playing it. Nothing else. Were they too lazy to make a manual?
 * 43) In the French dub, Robotnik is pronounced as Rabutnok.
 * 44) For some reason, some sound effects are copied from various Hanna Barbera cartoons which don't fit Sonic well. Not helping the fact that Hanna Barbera did help with the game somehow.
 * 45) The infamous scene where Dr. Robotnik raps. It's so ridiculous that it can be comparable to Porky Pig's rap in Space Jam: A New Legacy. Worst part is that You can't skip this scene. Worst part about it is that if you try to skip this scene, your game will either freeze, glitch out, or reset the entire game.
 * 46) The special edition barely does anything to improve the game. Instead, it adds Hanna Barbera characters to the cutscenes just to add more characters for Sonic and Tails to talk to as well as expanding the already bad story. Also, keep in mind that the original did originally want HB characters there, but that's a bad excuse of a game.

Reedeeming Qualities

 * 1) The game itself is so bad that it is unintentionally funny due to its nature (that depends on your view)
 * 2) Knuckles, the HB characters (who appear in the special edition) and Robotnik (despite the former barely appearing) are the only characters who have passible voice acting. Especially Robotnik.
 * 3) *Despite Sonic's voice sounding dull, it still surprisingly fits him, and at least is not cringey to listen to.
 * 4) Sonic and Knuckles are still pretty likable. Even the Hanna Barbera characters who appear in the special edition are still likable.
 * 5) *Despite Eggman being flanderized, he does have some funny and clever moments.
 * 6) You can easily save your progress and its saving mechanic is better compared to the CD-i Zelda games.
 * 7) Unlike the Zelda CD-i Games or Hotel Mario, the ending here is pretty satisfying to watch.
 * 8) In the special edition version of the game, Knuckles gets more screentime despite not being playable.

Reception
It's one of those Sonic games that have gotten a massive amount of bad reviews due to how poor the game is. Many have considered it to be just as bad or worse than Sonic 06 or Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. Hanna Barbera and Sega regret making the game and called it an embarrassment. It's often compared to the likes of Hotel Mario and the CD-i Zelda games.

Trivia

 * 1) Has spawned a ton of memes that are highly used in a lot of YouTube Poops like "Turn up the spedishly speedy sonic boom my hedgehog man", "Now here's how you get two and frow in this wickety wack forest", Tails on an acid trip, Dr. Robotnik rapping, "WHYYYYYYYYYYYY", "Chill out and have a chili dog instead", "I'm callin' the fuzzy piggy cops on ya", "press the 1 button to increase your magnitude and vertical velocity", etc.
 * 2) Got an abridged/fandub series.
 * 3) Hanna Barbera intended to have cameos of some Hanna Barbera characters like Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Fred Jones, Velma Dinkley, Daphne Blake, Peneope Pitstop, Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, George Jetson, Yogi Bear, Magilla Gorilla, Snagglepuss, The Funky Phantom, Huckleberry Hound, Wally Gator, The Cattanooga Cats, Mildew Wolf, Pixie & Dixie, Jabberjaw, Captain Caveman, Gloop and Gleep, Top Cat, Atom Ant, Space Ghost, The Great Gazoo, Johnny Quest and Hadji, The Banana Splits, Augie Doggie & Doggie Daddy, Quickdraw and Baba Looey, Peter Potamus, Squiddly Diddly, Winsome Witch, Shazzan, Touche Turtle, Granny Sweet, Yakky Doodle, Hokey Wolf, and the Great Grape Ape. However it was cut for an unknown reason, but every audio and cutscene files were found and was used in the special edition version. Even those cutscenes were used for the abridged/fandub series and YTPs.
 * 4) By using a cheat code, you can somehow play the original Puyo Puyo game in this.

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