The fact that you chose to play Sonic Mania when being sponsored by Nintendo is literally the funniest thing you could have ever done

I'm sorry, after being sponsored by Nintendo, after so many years, but you choose to play SONIC Mania, is the most chad shit I've ever seen.

"Im gonna do it the right way this time i promise" immediately fucks up the first square of the blue spheres 💀

Love how the totally not Sonic channel has actually been sponsored by Nintendo themselves!

my man decided to play SONIC MANIA when being sponsored by NINTENDO. literally a chad move

There are 2 chaos emeralds in each act. You can still become super by the end of chemical plant. There are 2 boxes at the end of each level hidden in the ground that will always spawn if the sign lands on a certain spot, not random.

To quote Agent Stone: HE’S BAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!

22:40 You somehow managed to literally play the first 3 notes of Megalovania. By PURE CHANCE.

16:19 Yes, they are in specific spots, both in Sonic 3 and Sonic Mania, in Sonic 3, if you beat Angel Island Zone Act 1 mini-boss when he's in the right corner, if you let the sign fall where he was defeated, you'll always get a bubble shield, and both Angel Island Act 1 in Sonic 3 and Green Hill Act 1 in Sonic Mania have specific things on the background in the boss room to indicate where the items are at (for example: flowers, trees, bushes...), also according to some people, all the levels hide the items in the exact same spots (at least for Sonic 3) And I'm not sure about Superstars, idk if it's just like the others where there's specific items always in specific spots or if they're RNG for items and/or locations

When talking about your diverse taste in games, and drawing a line straight from Bayonetta to Miitopia, that got a genuine chuckle here lol

17:59 I argue for Hydro-City because the ancient Echidna used to live on Angel Island. They'd live in a Hydro-City, not a Hydrocity.

55:47 yea, thats how all super forms worked since forever minus tails' flickies. archie sonic gaslit people into thinking knuckles was specifically turning pink, rather than his fur turning lighter

8:23 Fun fact: when choc said he didn’t know what “hornet” was a reference to on the side of the van in studiopolis zone it’s actually a reference to the sega game in both arcade and the Dreamcast called Daytona 500 and the car also made a cameo in sonic and sega all star’s racing transformed

Choc: Grape is the worst flavor Also Choc: I like classic grape jelly

The item boxes that pop up at the end of Act 1 are always hidden in two specific spots in the ground - if it hits one of the hidden boxes, the sign bounces back up and you can try to find the second one. The Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation releases have an achievement/trophy pop if you're able to get both item boxes in one go.

Wow… 3/4ths to 1mil… I remember subbing when you had under 100k and now you’re being sponsored by NINTENDO THEMSELVES. It’s really cool seeing how far you’ve come. Here’s to 1mil soon!

Choc CANNOT drag Grape Dimetapp’s name through the mud like that. I would’ve OD’d on that stuff as a kid and died happy

Video Ideas: Shantae and the pirates curse Donkey kong Country Tropical Freeze Banjo Kazooie Banjo-tooie Sonic Rumble (Releases Soon) More Super Smash bros and Mario Kart

So on Chaotix; it's just Vector, Espio and Charmy now. Sega has said that in Sonic Heroes the idea was to reintroduce them as characters.

3:28 "I'll do it the right way, I promise". Proceeds to immediately do it the wrong way.

"Blue Raspberry" Ick. "Green Apple" Less ick. "And then there's grape" Finally a good- "...which is at the bottom tier of medicine flavors." ... I'm sorry, what? That's the _only_ good medicine flavor! Unless Alka-Seltzer counts, then we have discount Sprite.

I am a little bummed that you skipped the actual emerald collection process. You just went "Okay, I went back and got all of them" and I'm like "Yeah, isn't that what we're here to SEE?"

Choc, I wonder how it is when people confuse you for a sonic channel and not a shadow channel lmao.

Nintendo sent 57 hitmen after you for choosing a Sonic game.

YES! I’m so glad you like the Picross S series! Such a great series that has over 10 entires. One of which has a Genesis character edition. Also fun fact the company that made those games are the same guys that made Pokémon Picross for the 3DS.

Just want to say congrats on getting Nintendo to sponsor your video! Been watching since your smash bros ultimate days, its awesome to see how far youve come!!

Been binging a lot of your series lately, and it genuinely has been such a good watch on my brain. I love seeing the longer form compilations, and just getting to relive my love for sonic again. As a S̶o̶n̶i̶c̶ Nostalgia content creator, truly, thank you for your channel. I love understanding all the references and playing games I couldn't get to when I was younger. I hope to see more soon! also...maybe we could do Sonic and the black knight? it gives me similar vibes to sonic unleashed, if you haven't played it, I feel you might like it! 💖

Kinda Funny that this came out a few days after it came on Mobile! Cant wait to watch!

13:30 it's even funnier when you consider the fact that Eggman doesn't actually recruit members to the Eggman Empire, he builds his own

Hey Choctopus. I hope you enjoyed this game. I have probably more than 1000 hours clocked in on Sonic Mania across both Steam and the Nintendo Switch. It's definitely up there as one of my favorite games of all time.

I wish SEGA updates sonic mania plus and the update is that sonic can get the phantom ruby and his powers would be a double jump and the dash that hyper sonic uses to wipe out all enemies on screen

the guy who created hydro city said its hydro city when asked on twitter

If you ever play this again, i do recommend playing as Sonic and Tails. His assist is really fun to use. (Hold up and press A twice. Once tails starts flying, jump onto him with sonic and mash A to start flying. You can even move around with the two!)

I can see why Nintendo wanted to sponsor one of the biggest Sonic channels on the platform

New choc video, I gotta binge it here and now…at work

19:53 "this video is sponsored by Nintendo" Choctopus:"plays sonic game"

Some silly explanations about the game here: 1. The name of the Heavies are: Heavy King (the big one with a cape and a scepter, he's the leader), Heavy Gunner (the policeman), Heavy Shinobi (the ninja), Heavy Rider (the one who rides a Motobug) and Heavy Magician (the magician who transforms into Fang, Bean and Bark) 2. Heavy Magician and Heavy Rider are both considered females in Sonic Mania's manual, and Heavy Rider's motobug is called "Jimmy" (as a homage to the creator of the hackrom Motobug in Sonic 1 which you can play as a Motobug, the badnik from Green Hill, in Sonic 1, which the creator's name was Jimmy who sadly passed out) 3. In Mania Mode if you play as Knuckles, some things on his playthrough will be different from a regular playthrough as Sonic & Tails, Sonic, Tails, Mighty or Ray, he'll have a different starting cutscene than the rest, he'll start in a different location in Green Hill Act 1, he'll have his own act in Mirage Saloon Act 1, since at the start of Sonic's act you can see Heavy Magician knocking Knuckles out of the Tornado, he'll fall into the canyon area and you'll have to use his abilities such as his glide and climb, and Knuckles will also have his own boss in Lava Reef Act 2 and his own transition cutscene beetween Lava Reef Act 2 and Metallic Madness Act 1 4. Mirage Saloon Act 1 is the only stage in Encore Mode where it is practically 100% original in that mode, since you play as all the characters you don't have anyone to pilot the Tornado like it happens in Mania Mode, so you play in Knuckles section of Mirage Saloon, with the music of his act and all, but it has an almost 100% original level design so you don't have to rely only on Knuckles' abilities, you'll not always have him because of how Encore Mode works, and the mini-boss of that act is also Knuckles' version of Mirage Saloon Act 1's boss, but in a different arena 5. You can play as Mighty and Ray in Mania Mode, but it will be just like any other character's playthrough aside from Knuckles which has his own little things, but at the end is almost the exact same too 6. That metallic sphere in a chain at the ending animation in Mania Mode isn't the Death Egg, but rather Little Planet from Sonic CD, in Sonic Mania's story, Eggman built Titanic Monarch inside of Little Planet and just like he did in CD, he covered Little Planet in a metallic shell and chained it into Sonic's World, that's why in Lava Reef's transition into Metallic Madness the character you're playing as look behind into a giant metallic sphere in the sky, that's Little Planet, and then you go into Metallic Madness since that's the last level in Sonic CD, which takes place in Little Planet, so they go from Angel Island to inside of Little Planet, and the transition from Metallic Madness to Titanic Monarch is your character looking at the giant robot at the background of Metallic Madness 7. The true ending animated cutscene after Egg Reverie in Mania Mode, basically shows Classic Sonic going into Sonic Forces, after Sonic defeats Eggman and the Phantom King (Heavy King's final form), he goes into Sonic Forces thanks to the Phantom Ruby to help Modern Sonic and the others in the war against Eggman and Infinite, and then at the end of Sonic Forces he goes back into his own time and his comeback are the events of Sonic Mania Plus (or Sonic Mania Adventures, I guess), that's why Mania Plus starts with Classic Sonic coming out of a portal created by the Phantom Ruby and he's back at Angel Island, and in Mania Plus the animation starts with Sonic waving because that's the last thing he does in Forces, wave to Modern Tails before being teleported back home 8. Explaining how Encore Mode and the monitors of this mode works: The monitor with the characters icon, as you may have discovered on your own, determines which character you'll add to your "party", it will roullete beetween the ones you don't have and the one you get will be added next to the life icons in the bottom left corner The monitor with 2 arrows, one blue and one orange, will switch the character you're currently playing as, to the next on the list, that means you'll always switch the character you're playing to the character that corresponds to the letter close to your companion's life icon, and it will go in that order, so imagine it is something like this: Sonic life icon (you) Tails life icon (your partner) K (representing Knuckles) M (representing Mighty) R (representing Ray) If you get that monitor, you'll change Sonic into Knuckles, Sonic will go to the end of the list, and Tails will stay right where he's at, so it would be something like: Knuckles life icon (you) Tails life icon (your partner) M (representing Mighty) R (representing Ray) S (representing Sonic) The next monitor you get will replace Knuckles for Mighty, the next will replace Mighty for Ray, and then it'll come in a full circle replacing Ray for Sonic again The question mark monitor will switch both your current characters randomly, so if you're playing as Mighty and Ray, you could switch to Knuckles and Tails for example, or any random combination 9. Mighty never was part of Team Chaotix (at least not in the games), during the events of Knuckles' Chaotix, as explained, Mighty just was in the wrong place in the wrong time, being someone who loves to go out in trips and adventures he went to visit Newtrogic High Zone when Eggman was conquering it, same with Knuckles, Knuckles is not part of Team Chaotix, he was just checking the island since it appeared out of nowhere, but both Mighty and Knuckles teamed up with the Chaotix, and after that adventure Mighty returned to his adventures and Knuckles returned into Angel Island to protect the Master Emerald Mighty just ever became a Chaotix in the Archie comics, where because of Knuckles' Chaotix depicting him and Knuckles teaming up with the Chaotix, Archie just made so they were all officially part of the team in the comics and that was the complete Team Chaotix, later on Ray was also added and considered to be part of the Chaotix since both Mighty and Ray were big friends in there simillar to the games Mighty in the games is just a big friend of everyone, Sonic, Knuckles, the Chaotix, and after Mania, Tails too, but he and Ray are especially best friends, they both were introduced in SEGASonic the Hedgehog for the Arcade, and so they're both considered close friends, that's why excluding in Knuckles' Chaotix itself, where Mighty was shown without Ray's company, both before Chaotix (in SEGASonic) and after Chaotix (with Generations, Mania Plus, Mania Adventures and the IDW Comics) Mighty is always seen hanging out with Ray

Finally my favorite Sonic Channel dropping a Mania video

I find it insane how Nintendo themselves sponsored you. Their games may be expensive, but I'll never give up being a Nintendo fan. And every single day, I'm still somehow blown away there are hardcore fans like me. I mean, i might not be very hardcore, but at least I know there are those who really are.

Based Choc playing Sonic Mania while being sponsored by Nintendo. Also Sonic Mania is a Top 3 Classic Sonic game for me and favorite zone here is Studiopolis and least favorite is Oil Ocean too

Oh my God thank you for playing Sonic Mania I've been wanting this for ages

on the subject of jelly: blackberry. got tired of pb&js and eating them a lot as kid but blackberry jam brought it back for me.

Fun Fact: If you get all the gold medallions in the Blue Sphere special stages, you indefinitely earn pinball as a special stage in Mania Mode.

holy crap this true ending is so wholesome, ty choco for the best gameplay by the best sonic youtuber 🙏

Might has always been one of my favorite Sonic characters, but I actually grew fond of him through the archie comics. I was interested in the comics, so I went looking for them, and I stumbled across Sonic Universe Issues 48 & 49. These were the ending to a whole arc the Chaotix had where they were trying to find Mighty and Ray, and turns out Mighty went where he did because he found his little sister. This is one of my favorite Sonic stories, and I found myself relating heavily to Might because I'm an older sibling, too. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves the Chaotix, Mighty, and to people who love stories about family bonds

Sonic mania will forever be THE. BEST. SONIC. GAME. PERIOD. :D ty 4 uploading Chock, I missed your vids bro

Man I love sonic mania and I love the remade and new music and levels.

52:30 This actually something I just noticed on my most recent play through, but only the second act actually takes place inside the robot. At the end of Act 1, you can see the Titanic Monarch’s face taking up the background before you go into the boss fight

"I know one of the three grape enjoyers are gonna come at me" Me, the 1 of the 3 grape enjoyers: wait more exist?

choc super saiyan screaming at 32:07 was so unexpected but so hype

This is an oddly fitting time to play this game being that Sega just released Sonic Mania for mobile

As far as I know, at least in the classic games, the signpost giving items depended on where on the ground it hit. There were actually points where you could just barely see the tvs in the ground.

I love how he just started planing his lunch mid gameplay 😂 I like blueberry jam btw

7:06 I love grape

The reason that you haven't played as Mighty since Knuckles' Chaotix is because Knuckles' Chaotix was the last time Mighty was (officially) playable before Sonic Mania Plus came out in 2018.

12:12 Choc there's a special stage available, Choc? Choc! Go back! 😭 24:59 He did it again! 26:12 Is that the Death Star?

16:23 Pretty sure the item boxes are located in specific spots of the map, and that they'll be in the same spots every time. At least, it was in S3&K.

Since Mighty is an armadillo, his hard shell makes him invulnerable to damage from spikes and enemies. Only if your in ball form or just in a crouch position.

7:04 As a grape flavor enjoyer, I also have a nice cold glass of Buckley's Cough Syrup with every meal.

I never thought you would comeback to this game!

You wanna know something, I got stuck on flying battery zone act one FOR 2 YEARS! IM NOT JOKING, I was stuck there FOR 2 YEARS! STUPID!

This brings back memories of being 14 and playing this game nonstop on my very poor laptop. I must have 100% completed this game 20 times already. Pizza Tower kind of reminded me of this as well because i used to replay that game over and over too. 100%-ing it 4 or 5 times at this point

HydroCity is a pun because it combines two English words, Hydrocity is a pun that combines English word pronunciations. These are Japanese devs that worked on Sonic 3 and pronunciations in Japanese are different than in English.

1:11 shovel knight is in my heart

So Mighty and Ray's connection with Team Chaotix is explained in one of the IDW comics I'm pretty sure, and it's explained that they're a sister branch of Chaotix Detective Agency stationed in some middle of nowhere dessert

Daaaaaaaaamn u played sonic mania i got all the chaos emeralds as every character in mania

Boutta watch this. Im exited

I will admit I suck at sonic games so it’s satisfying to see you play this. I’m curious on if you have at all played DK Jungle Beat?

Just a reminder for anyone who hasn't to watch the Sonic Mania official short videos because they are adorable and awesome

33:26 tmi: you can actually hear a little bit of 'Fist Bump' rhythm during this final boss theme, ultimately teasing Sonic Forces..

Remember that the guys who made Sonic 3 are not native English speakers, so Hydro means water and City means city, a pun (Hydrocity=Hydro+Velocity) was never in mind, just a happy accident

People are saying that he picked Sonic Mania, but I like the fact that bro got sponsored by Nintendo. Nice!

It’s my birthday tomorrow and sonic mania plus is my favorite game ever (with sonic cd) so this is like an early birthday present thanks

The fact your sponsored by Nintendo is goated. Congrats!!!

i've played mania and I love it having the PRIDE to play sonic instead of a nintendo game is gutsy

"Why is the water purple?" he asks in a stage called 'Chemical Plant'. Also, grapes are great. And so is Oil Ocean. By the way, in case you didn't know, Heavy Rider and Heavy Magician are both female.

The NINTENDO SPONSOR!!! Congrats dude!!

48:06 pour one out for all of us who play support/utility/fun builds in DnD. Many times we find ourselves surrounded by power-gamers while we can shoot confetti out of our hands.

I've never met a man so PASSIONATE about Mighty before, but I'm here for it 🤣

As someone who likes challenging himself to get all the Chaos Emeralds before Press Garden using No Save Mode (and Mighty cuz he’s the best character), yes. You can get multiple Emeralds per zone.

This is the content i subbed for!!!

3:27 "I'll do it the right way," he says as he's doing it the wrong way.

I like how when bro asked who's counting for how many losses he had in the special stage I thought to myself well you could have 4K off emeralds by now but okay who's keeping track

He says he isn’t a sonic channel And he’s playing sonic mania while being sponsored by Nintendo lol Just ACCEPT IT LOL

ur a huge inspo choc, i truly hope you get to 1 mil. keep it up!!

Gotta love how he sponsored Nintendo and he chose to play Sonic mania of all games. This man may be the greatest gaming KZfaqr of all time.

Choosing to play Sonic Mania when Nintendo sponsors you is THE power move of the century.

I can respect not enjoying Grape like I do, but saying it’s worse than Green Apple is an absolute crime.

"The Argument", huh? I'm on the "all one word" team myself.

My favorite zone in this game is press garden zone, act 2 especially is beautiful with the aesthetic and the gimmicks and the bosses are cool and the worst one is titanic monarch because act 1 is okay and act 2 is terrible

12:50 even to this day, the spider boss is really difficult i'm super impatient so I keep getting ricocheted into spikes or crushed don't feel too bad if you die, failure can teach you to do better next time ❤

“Because no one likes grape flavored things” Me: that’s what I’m saying!

i remember literally banging my head against a wall after failing the last chaos emerald stage 8 times in a row

Why do people say Titanic Monarch is a bad Zone, it's not bad, it's difficult. The bad thing is having to play the entire zone to face the secret final boss

I love Sonic Mania dearly I beat it not to long ago, but you're exactly right. This game can hard as shit at some parts

Choctopus: I’M NOT A SONIC TUBER Fans: sure buddy….

Nah, i busted out laughing when you said you were sponsered by nintendo

Speaking of puzzles. The puzzlegame that I play a lot is the Portal and Portal 2 nintendo Switch port

"No way they they killed me wit-" *statefarm ad plays*

15:25 Nah, it's totally "hey, get good, Choc."