Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.17.37.94-20130113160010/@comment-1942179-20130911031800

I personally believe Eggman was at his best in the Sonic Adventure series. It was around Sonic Heroes when he suffered villain decay, and became more of a joke villain than an ACTUAL villain. Even if he wasn't the final boss of either adventure games, being betrayed by/tricked into unleashing the true threat, he was still treated as a respectable villain who was plenty dangerous in his own right. In Adventure 1, his ego shined through his hammy acting, and came dangerously close to winning after collecting 6 chaos emeralds.

In Adventure 2, he was scheming and cunning, and also came dangerously close to winning. Not only did he blow up half the moon, pull a fast one to get Tails to reveal the fake Chaos Emerald AND almost succeed in killing Sonic off, but he Got All 7 Chaos Emeralds. If the whole Eclipse Cannon thing wasn't a trap, that may have been the closest Eggman's ever gotten to winning. I only don't say that he would have won because Sonic managed to blow it up anyway. Still, I'm sure there would be something Eggman could have done as a plan B, considering he still had all 7 emeralds.

Once Sonic Heroes came along, Eggman stopped being a threat. He was still out there being evil, but he didn't pose nearly as serious a threat as he used to. He kinda changed that in Sonic Unleashed, Colors and Generations, but in between that and Heroes, he was pretty bleh. And even then, he still didn't get as much respect. And Mike Pollock didn't help, either. He sounds more like the type of villain Eggman's become than the villain he was. It's hard to take him seriously. Deem Bristow could not only sound hammy and hilarious, but he could be pretty intimidating when he needed to be. (R.I.P, Deem.)

So yeah, that's how I feel about Eggman. And this is why I'm aiming to make him as threatening and cunning as possible in Splice The Hedgehog. He is definitely one of my favorite villains.