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Amy Rose
First Appearance: Sonic CD

I think Amy is a character with a lot of potential that they just kind of squander. At first she's just girl hedgehog, pseudo-love interest in Sonic CD and that's all fine and well. From there she evolves, but I'm not sure it's better?

But her appearance, first. As Girl-Sonic, she's fine. I don't actually love her Sonic CD appearance too much, but I think they found a much better look in Sonic Adventure. I think it can definitely use some kind of an upgrade, honestly. She hasn't been nominated, so I won't talk too much about her, but the Sonic Boom Amy's look is a lot better I think. The hammer is great and makes her stand out a lot though, and I'm glad she has that.

Now there's not much to say about Amy in Sonic CD. She's fine. It's Sonic Adventure where they give her a personality. I'll say, first, the thing I think is the dirt worst about Amy is her obsession with Sonic and her being entirely too in love with him. It's never funny, it's never interesting, and if she's just crushing on him or bubbly around him, that's one thing. But her just being in love with him and chasing him all the time just makes her so much less cool of a character. And the joke of her thinking every other character is Sonic is also not great either. I just don't think any of it lands.

Where Amy is better is her being a moral compass for a lot of characters. She's a great foil for that, and I think I'd take it more seriously if she didn't have the Sonic obsession. But in Sonic Adventure 1 with E-102 Gamma, she's great. In Sonic Adventure 2 with Shadow, she's great. And even Sonic 2006, she's great with Silver. It's just everything else... well, she's not as great. If she's used more in that encouraging gentle-hearted role I think she works out great.

I do like her kind of bratty personality as well. I think you see it most in Sonic Heroes and other games, but I kinda like her short fuse and no matter how cute and innocent she may be, you don't want to mess with her.

I just think that aside from these moments with Gamma, Shadow, and Silver... she's not tremendous? I think she has potential to be a lot more fun and a better character. And there's a lot I do like about her, but hopefully Sonic Frontiers gives us something better from her. She can stand to hit the reset button on her too. Hell, I'll even say it. Take more inspiration from Sonic Boom's Amy for the character. I think they'd be better off.

Rank: C

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