BumbleKast Q&A for June 28th, 2021

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PRIORITY Q&A

Somebody (KoFi)

Hi Ian, I got caught up on IDW Sonic and I enjoy what you're doing with the Deadly Six and think they have a neat roll as villains in the series and want to know what your mindset was when writing them. As now they have some kind of depth to them now thanks to you.

Scruffymatt

Hey fellas, hope you're both having an excellent day!

So how about that Sonic Symphony? It made my heart so happy! What were the highlights for each of you? Was there any music you were hoping for that was overlooked?

Happytimes (KoFi)

So nice to finally see Mighty, Ray, and the Hooligans again! Writing for the characters of the classic series, did you learn anything about how Sega wants to portray them that differs from their Archie selves, like how Fang uses his original name instead of Nack?

N'Oni

So I've been re-playing Sonic Generations, and looking at old Archie comics for....reasons.

Anywho, an implication has brought me pause. When someone gets their Time Energy (?) sapped out of them, they turn into some sort of statue, but their consciousness is still awake and aware in a state where it's like "floating without a body in a black limbo." But it's also been shown that said statue can be shattered into bits.

So here's my question: The statue breaking part, does that instantly, fully kill them, or is their mind still stuck in the void with the knowledge if time was returned, they'd instantly die?

Andrew D.

What happened to the Shadow Androids after they killed those Diamond Cutters members?

Digamma

I'm asking this before it comes out but by the time you record the next bumblekast (let alone release it) it'll already have been out:

Can you just talk generally about your experiences writing the 30th Anniversary Special? Any fun behind the scenes facts?

AWF

So, now that Sonic Revo has come and gone, what did you think about it? It was my first "convention", even if it was digital, but I had a blast. I honestly haven't seen so much positivity for the fandom in one place before, so it was a deep breath of fresh air. Did you have fun? Anything/one you wanted see but didn't? Anything you wanted to share that you didn't have a chance to?

Feed (KoFi)

Hey guys I got another crossover question for you. If you were given complete creative freedom to crossover Sonic with the Rabbids what would you do. Don’t be afraid to go crazy.

Scurvy Piratehog (KoFi)

In issue 41 of IDW Sonic. Out of curiosity..How many people die? Like..it seems to imply that the Zeti killed some of the people like that Doctor tending Zavok, and with how Zomom has threatend people to eat people at times, did he actually EAT Some of the people here?

And Speaking of the Zeti...It seems like all they want to do is just "Destroy" things, and Zavok's plan was more or less...just destroy the towns we tried to destroy during the Metal Virus saga...So...is Zavok just not clever when it comes to creating Evil plans of his own? is that the difference between Zavok and Eggman? Eggman got the Master plan while Zavok does not? Just trying to understand the character a bit.

SonicSonicsSonic

Dose tails even own anything in his workshop since no political system means no legal system or can someone just go and take it. Oh and how can police exist without a political system Since they where mentioned by night the owl. If there is a village chief in windmill village how dose that work if there is no political system involved Since there is no political system in sonics world. How do city’s in sonics world function without a political system Can you ask saga to Explain these things if you do not know the answers.

Fionan M.

they travel between the two worlds through giant secret rings From bumblekast Agust 10th ,2020 Dose saga still consider it to be two planets in two sperate dimensions Or just two planets in one dimension. Since giant rings are used to enter the special stages dose that mean the characters travel in the special stages to get to the two worlds or is it like that giant ring in sonic 3 and knuckles witch transported sonic straight to the master emerald shrine. And how do the chaos emeralds travel between the two worlds

Hero of Light 13

I’ve been filling the wait between Sonic announcements/releases by marathoning other franchises and the Legend of Zelda series has really been captivating me so far. So Ian, my question to you is if you were given the chance to write a Legend of Zelda comic series, how would you handle it? Would you try to adopt and weave the different stories and timelines together in some more cohesive fashion? If so which story would you want to start with first? Or would you want to tell a new story that’s inspired by what came before? I know timelines can be an aggravating subject for you, but I absolutely love stuff like that so I’m really curious how you’d handle something like that. Also Legend of Sonic crossover event WHEN!?

Diane W.

What kind of pizza toppings would each Sonic character have on their pizza? Would Eggman have egg on his? And who likes pineapple on their pizza and who doesn’t? I always have pizza at my house every Friday so I thought this would be a nice question to ask about what the Sonic cast would like. And no, this didn't come about because of your joke about Shadow opening a Pizza shop.

Speed Weed

So, with Metroid Dread on the horizon and metroid's 35th anniversary is just about a month or so away, I'm reminded of the expansive world the franchise has what with the Prime Trilogy and Fusion building onto it, so I must ask:

For Ian: With so many "Bounty Hunters" we have to choose from in the Prime games - from Sylux to Weavel, Rundus and Gandrayda, and everyone else in-between, which one would you like to see fleshed out the most in either a future metroid installment or even future metroid media?

For Kyle: with the vast distinction between Metroid soundtracks and music, what would you like to see potentially remastered, if at all?

And for both, and probably the most important question of all: What's your favorite suit?

STANDARD Q&A

Lucas R.

Does sonic have a resistance to having his speed stolen? Is he completely immune to having his speed stolen?

xbloodywhalex

Hypothetically, could Mephiles be infected with the Metal Virus in his crystal form?

Tony C.

Since the Sonic Boom brand is officially over, I feel this is the right time to ask. In the old Archie Sonic verse, the writers gave the characters more backstory, incluiding tie-in previously unrelated material (like Hope looking like Maria, or Silver travelling to the past with the Time Stones). Sonic and the main cast never had a backstory in Boom, much less Shadow who hates Sonic for no known reason. Do you have a headcanon of sorts of what backstory the characters may had?

Miles_T_Prower

I have a question regarding a particular character that rarely gets talked about, T-Pup.

He appeared in the pre-reboot and survived the character transition (yay), and he was in the post-reboot, however, if i recall correctly all the elements from the post-reboot belong to Archie, my question would end there but... In IDW, we see that Tails has a lab/house (don't remember) that is modeled after T-Pup.

My question is: Is he off-limits? Or can he still be used? I still think he's a great concept that is begging to be part of the games

Daniel H.

I recently reread the Archie Megaman comics and near the end of the series the idea of robot being decommissioned from Megaman 9 and the robot museum for Megaman 7 started being set up and linked together. My question is by the time that you guys reach MM7 would Light's original 8 robot master all have been decommissioned since Gutsman in the museum in MM7? Also are Megaman, Roll and Quake Woman excluded from the decommission process due to them being considered their creators children?

P. L-Martin

It was mentioned by Regina the Iron Queen that she wasn't sure if there were other Technomages in the Overland, I've been curious if there were any Technomages other than the Iron Queen left on Mobius Prime. In general they seemed like benign people that were just marked by overzealous Overlanders that feared the concept of people controlling machines.