After Freedom Planet 2 is released, will we be expecting a Freedom Planet 3 & Knuckles?

Neera's a tank, man. And not gaming-MMO tank. She's a literal tank. Takes a beating, moves like one, and HITS like one. Her down smash and her up special are INCREDIBLY powerful. Then again I've been a fanboy since her bossfight. She was a badass.

3/10 not called Free-er Planet

I always enjoyed Milla's murder-cubes.

Sooo....Lilac for Smash?

Ooooo, nice haircut, Lilac.

So this is a true sequel? I'm so used to characters never aging so this is refreshing

Indie games are now the better way to play new games. Plus with Sonic Mania coming soon, old school games are now the way to have fun.

Strife, the main game designer of GalaxyTrail, just posted that Version 1.0.1 of the demo will improve upon many criticisms, for example Lilac has her downward tornado again from FP1, Neera's hit detection will be improved, some collision bugfixes etc. It's nice that the developer responds to fan feedback so quickly!

First Sonic Mania and now this... The HYPE is REAL!!!!!

Couple neat things you might not have noticed: - As Carol, if you throw the disc while on the bike, the bike goes away. Using the guard button to jump to your disc will let you get back on your bike/keep the bike out if you want to disc jump without putting it away. - As Lilac, pressing the special button mid boost let's you cancel it with an attack. This saves special meter, and also her double jump no longer consumes special. - As Milla, pressing the special button with a large cube let's you shoot out a lot of small cubes like rapid fire, although the range isn't very good. I kind of agree that Neera feels a tad unwieldy right now, and I'm not sure if maybe it's because I suck with her, or if she needs a bit more work. I feel like her special attack (not the giant vertical laser) is a tad underwhelming, and maybe it shouldn't use the entire gauge.

Lilac can stop her Dragon Boost while she is boosting, which causes an explosion. Just press the Dragon Boost button while in a boost. Milla can do a bullet attack. Summon a cube, then keep pressing the shield button. All characters have a block button (Y for Xbox 360). For Milla it blocks attacks and summons a cube.

Sonic Rush looks different from what I remember...

Is it wrong to say that I enjoy Freedom Planet more than any other Sonic games? Even more than Classic favourites Sonic 3 & Knuckles, modern favourites SA2, and my favorite Sonic Generations?

Freedom planet= Sonic, Ristar, and Vector man.

This demo was TIGHT. I enjoyed the hell out of playing, recording and editing vids out of this myself. It was totally worth staying up till 2 am on a work night. I've gone back and replayed it several times already with some feedback on things I missed. :D That's fantastically engaging for a demo!

Fun fact: One of the Characters is voiced by Lindsay Jones of RoosterTeeth Fame. Specifically their Achievement Hunter Channel and RWBY as the voice of Ruby Rose.

Lilac's design is so much better in this game.

Carol was actually my least favorite from the previous game. No bike? Half the fun is gone. I think if she started each stage on her bike (like jade creek), I would've like that more. I didn't like that pounce of hers either. I counted many times I landed in an area I didn't want to go because I forgot that it wasn't a double jump. Glad she at least has a double jump/chain hook move now. Loved Milla in FP1. Can't wait to break crap with her again. :3 I actually like the redesigns. Looks pretty good in game.

1:53 How can you say it makes them look more mature? Making characters look more mature requires bandages and a scarf! I don't see any of that on anyone here. Sad!

3 years? Aw man, I hope this does not turn into an "What happuned" episode...

I haven't even gotten to the first Freedom Planet, which I've been wanting to get to for the longest time.

Kamehameha?? Johnny...that was clearly Heat Dome Attack...

Just finished playing the sample version myself and there's a few things I want to point out a few things I found out. 1. Carol can roll into a ball and it will do damage. 2. you can dismount of Carol's bike with the jump disc ability. 3. You can get back on the bike by using jump disc and then pressing the guard button. 4. After you summon the cube while playing as Milla if you tap the barrier action you will shoot out small cubes instead of the small laser. 5. Milla can sniff the ground while your crouching and by repeatedly pressing the crane combo button she will dig. 6. with Neera if you hold down the Ice staff button and start firing you can still jump left and right and stay facing the direction you started shooting in.

>made with Unity "Hello, you rainbow-colored Sonic fan characters, I'm Jim Sterling and this is a demo for Freedom Planet 2"

Longer limps, more spikey hair, and older appearance. This game is pulling a Sonic the Hedgehog.

More 2D Sonic games need to pan out the camera when he goes fast.

So... We've moved into giant enemy crab territory now?

Looking at this sample I am now even more hyped for Freedom planet 2. Also I did not know you can play as Neera. I found her annoying in the first game.

This game has inspired me to create my own games

9:18 Lilac was able to roll into a ball in the Freedom Planet 1 demo, but that got removed in the release.

I just played through the demo myself as all four characters and hot damn did I enjoy it!

I freakin' love this channel. Johnny is like the big brother I never had. If I did have one, I'd want him to be just like Johnny tho.

Ah yes, Neera, my least favorite boss becomes playable. Time to make my enemies as mad at me as I was at Neera in the OG Freedom Planet

No, you know what? I think Carol's "Navi" is more like Sparx from Spyro, as in it takes hits for you. At least, that's what it looked like.

"Why are there ying-yang symbols falling out of my ass?" Such are the deep existential questions from the mouth of Johnny, my dear internet.

I really like the way this sequel looks. The sprites and animation remind me a lot of Megaman Zero, which I love. Maybe I'll pick up the full version when it comes out.

YES! it looks like you can go faster than you do in the last game. I'm getting really excited just from just watching this alone. Also, I am loving the new designs from Tyson Tan. His predilection towards Chinese fashion really really fits these characters like a gloves.

Game’s finally out Johnny! Hallelujah! You probably already know, I just have a need tell everyone.

Why does Lilac have a face of a cat instead of having a dragon's muzzle/snout? Why doesn't she have a tail, like dragons all have? Lilac looks nothing like a dragon at all.

A few things you missed: Lilac is now able to cancel out of her dragon boost into a sort of burst attack by hitting Special again. When Milla has her cube deployed, her shield burst will fire bits of it as projectiles. You did this briefly in the video, but didn't seem to notice it. When Carol is on her bike, her Special will throw it instead of one of her jump discs. In doing so, she "puts away" her bike to re-summon at her leisure (you will see a wheel icon next to the health bar if the bike is available). To re-mount the bike, jump to one of her discs using Guard instead of Special.

Holy cow, Johnny, you didn't even try Milla's new DBZ-cube blast skill (which basically turns her giant cube into an ammo crate of 10 mini-cubes which fire like ki blasts in DBZ). If you're curious on how to do it, press the Shield button while the cube is up. You get ten shots, and pressing the Guard button reloads the cube at any point in time. Also, you can do it mid-air if you want. Basically, Milla effectively becomes Megaman X with a side of railgun shooter (you get the default short-range shield if you don't have the cube up). You can choose to fire the whole cube at once (like you were doing) or fire it off in small intervals (which you can reload at any time).

I have to say, I haven't watched any of your non Johnny Vs. videos before, and I find you just as entertaining playing something like this blind. Great video!

I've been waiting for this game for what feels like forever

I just tried out Neera. Tip, holding down attack and jumping to move around makes the boss way easier as you can keep some distance.

I'm not sure if you found this out after recording this, but there actually is a new projectile move for Milla. When a cube is in play, the tiny shield shoots a projectile after you let go of the button, and the move lasts until you drain the larger cube of its power. It doesn't do a whole lot of damage, but it does make up for her more risky close range attacks.

I just finished trying out the demo this morning and, I have to say, I wasn't disappointed at all. I was a bit skeptical about the new character sprites at first (the official character arts, however, are amazing) but, after playing the demo, they grew on me tremendously Lilac and Carol are pretty much unchanged except Lilac can now cancel her Dragon Boost in mid-air and Carol's new special attack, the Jump Disc, is much better than what she had in FP1. Milla has been improved in some way. She now has melee attacks like everyone else and making her Murder Cubes something more like a power-up is a nice idea IMO. Neera isn't bad...but I don't like her as much as I like the the other characters. Though I will admit finishing a Boss Fight with her downward stab is very satisfying. I also like that there's a block/dodge button now even though I sometime tend to forget it exists. Then again, to be fair, it's something that is my fault because I have the exact same issue with the 3DS Kirby games

Just a few things you missed: 1. Carol can throw her motorcycle like the Jump Disc. Holding Shield+Special lets you get it back. 2. When Milla has a Phantom Block, the barrier will also fire smaller blocks. 3. Neera has directional special attacks with her Frost Arts. I did massive damage to the boss with her upwards Frost Arts. 4. Apparently there's a way to revive immediately after dying, while staying in the same spot you were before. Still uses one life, though.

If nobody's already told you and you haven't noticed yet, if you have your cube out with Milla and use your normal shield, it allows her to drain the cube's energy and fire little cube bullets out of her shield which she can aim. Gives her some ranged potential.

Just a note for anyone who has a Mac. This demo seems to work just fine using Wine on a Mac. There are some issues with text overlapping not seen when played natively on Windows but overwise it seems to run just fine for me.

19:47 The guard button (Which summons the cube) can block any attack, but you gotta time it right. Mila's sheild can only block projectiles, but she can also reflect them back and do so pretty much as much as she likes. Fun fact: Using the shiled button with a cube makes her shot mini cubes in rapid fire. Also: Some characters do additonal actions when using the guard button (For example Carol can use it to toggle to have a bike or not when either throwing the bike or her disk)

@ 11:25 I noticed some graphical errors when Carol is on a shimmy bar with the bike, her hands are above the bar

I think it's worth mentioning they added another option to Milla's cube if you rapid press her shield she will rapid fire smaller cubes with less damage but more range

I like how the menu music is channeling the spirit of Gunstar Heroes as hard as it can.

Man You're lucky I'm always up late

I'm pissed Johnny didn't realize Milla had rapid fire projectiles while she had the cube out! they showed it off in the trailer! and even how the beam Milla shoots DOES give her a massive speed boost

i'm truly sad i haven't watched this until i remembered it's releasing in 3 days

Man, so much negativity in the comments, makes me a sad boy. *Sees Milla* MOE PUPPY!!!!! AWWWW!!! owo

The change in Milla's playstyle makes sense. Going bu=y the why the characters look now, it's probably been a few years since the last game, and either Lilac or Carol has most likely spent that time training Milla to defend herself.

4 years and we got an indie in Duke Nukem Forever development

You know how with Milla, when you mash her green shield button, she does a close-ranged blast? Apparently, when you have the block out, that instead fires _projectiles_ which is pretty neat.

Milla looks a lot more fun to play this time, not that she was boring before. The added mobility when holding a block just is a big help.

Wow, the first game was already impressive and really fun to play, and it definitely seems like they improved it even more!

Milla's block is mainly used for ranged enemies, as it reflects their projectiles back.

Ey, game's out now. Talk about it.

Hey Johnny, when you have the cube up from your guard, if you use the shield and then let go, she'll fire a cube projectile, and as you keep firing them, the cube will get smaller and smaller

Thanks a lot. I was contemplating replaying the original before this one comes out.

Carol is literally Bubsy with a claw attack. They both run fast, can do a dive, and they're wildcats.

Not really a fan of the human proportions of the characters in this one but I'll still be buying this when it comes out. At least Neera doesn't have a stupid haircut anymore.

Wow, this popped up in my notifications box right after I re-watched Johnny's review on the first Freedom Planet. Ain't that something.

The way the boss explodes is just like how mini-bosses explode in Mischief Makers on N64.

With Milla's Cube out Johnny when you use the Shield you can shoot mini cubes

Tbh I STILL haven't played the 1st game yet......I should....though I'm super hyped for this game! >_

Just as I finished trying the Dreamcast Lightning and Conversion mods for SADX you upload this. It looks really solid and dig the new designs on the characters.

I've missed Spotlights..always good for chilling with a cup of coffee..

Here's how to revive in the Freedom Planet 2 Demo: When you're defeated, repeatedly mash the Attack, Guard, and Special Attack buttons quickly before the screen fades to black! As you revive, you'll be invulnerable for a short time. WARNING: 1. Reviving costs 1 life for each use! 2. Your health will still be critically low (without petals), unless you have Strong Revival equipped in the Custom difficulty!

I know alot of fans are probably going to dis on me for say this but oh well. This game series surely does remind me of Sonic's Classic and retro games, but it truly reminds me of the games that are under the Konami mascot Goemon! The characters in the goemon franchise all play different with their own pros and cons. Not to mention that the Max Life Up reminds me of lucky cat statues you find in the mystical ninja(horribly westernized title)/ganbare goemon series that increases your heart count by one. If anyone remembers the Goemon series 1 up this comment!

All the characters in the game are SO adorable!!

Seeing Neera Reminds me of your X-Men Legends review. Lilac: You'll be in charge of chasing down the armadillo-crab monster Carol: You'll be combat lead Milla: You'll be backup Neera: You're on ice bridge watch... Ice Bridges... Make it so.

So this is what the Dreamcast to FP's Saturn is shaping up to be! And just long enough later for me to forget about it, this was a great thing to see!

15:00 Huh? Looks like Milla's learned some Tae kwon do. SWEET! Just cute and badass.

Lilac gained the ability to jump-cancel the dragon boost to save meter. it causes a little blue spark and saves you from burning all your meter on ill-advised Dragon boost attempts, and essentially gives Lilac a triple jump that requires next to no meter thanks to the fact that Dragon Cyclone no longer costs Lilac meter either.

Game looking even better than the first, finally I can play as the ice cop too! Hope this game comes out this year

I know it's almost been a year since the FP2 demo came out, but I just noticed something: One of Lilac's attacks is a rising punch, most commonly called a "Shoryuken". And what does that translate to? *_Rising Dragon Fist._*

In Milla's trailer, she was able to shoot her cubes. I guess that's an ability you didn't figure out while playing. And Neera, yeah I have the feeling you really have to get used to her controls before you can be really good with her. Carol and Lilac seem more beginners-friendly.

11:26 Animation error spotted! When Carol is hanging on the wires, holding her bike with her legs, her sprite's hands are a bit above where the wire is, instead of holding the wire as they should be.

the new boss theme as the giant crab dance movements got me beat😂😂😂💀

I have the first freedom planet game yeah, so I am excited for freedom planet 2

Ice to see you again, Neera. Cool to witness she's a playable character now!

The addition of the Insta-Shield (the guard button) is so amazing to me. The only thing about Sonic Mania I don't like is the replacement of the Insta-Shield for the...Drop Dash. I would be fine with the Drop Dash it hadn't replaced one of the most versatile and satisfying abilities of any Sonic game.

Freedom Planet is still one of the best series ever...the first game...i have never seen a game with such a fun story, challenging boss fights, good sense of gameplay and character diversity and all for such a decent price...you can get the game so cheap as well. 4 playable characters, great music, great levels, great bosses, the story and cutscenes even change for each character and if you aren't big on that you can skip them/ speed them up. i'm not saynig it is perfect..no game is...but it is far better than a lot of retro classics...effort and devotion was put into this game and i can feel the same with the sequel.

I really like this updated art style. The finer detail, greater emphasis on far eastern influences here and there, and adjusted proportions give this game a much more distinct visual identity. The sample version is great and all the characters feel distinct and fun. Really looking forward to this! Also, since this is coming to Switch iirc...physical release? Maybe Freedom Planet 1 and 2, like what happened with Azure Striker Gunvolt? Please?

I also got the demo for Freedom Planet 2 and I can't stop playing it! I absolutely love it. =)

My issue from the first game is the wonky physics and even though enemies don't do touch damage half the time when you get them on screen they'll already be attacking by then so you'll still end up getting hit anyway

Would you perhaps consider reviewing the Spark the Electric Jester 3 demo that just released? You did a Spotlight of the first game and never got around to making a full review of it. Now it has two 3D sequels, and the most recent one appears to be *extremely* polished.

It's cool because you already did a review on the first one.

with Neera you can freeze enemies with her special attack and use them as platforms.

It's nice to see this looks like it plays great and looks as gorgeous as the first game.

i like how milla is just akira from virtua fighter, kung fu master and hard as fuck to play right. makes sense if this is not sonic for her to be not virtua fighter

Hey maybe in ten years Carol might turn into a werelynx