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Nostalgia 😊

Oh, that nostalgia

Where the fuck did 5 years go?

i was saying "wait for it" when he got Super Tails ,i knew it was coming

I had a feeling you'd be sooner or later

Thanks man.

I’mma just be the first to say it and get it out of the way, since your here “Hoo ba dooba!” Anyways have a good day

I grew up with the sonic zombies videos man thanks for the content

Might want Somecallmejohnny to be careful of repeating that joke too much though, he could get banned from attending GDQ for saying that iconic and most amusing "Waoow!" impression a little too much, as Bonesaw found out the hard way! ;)

Naka blamed Westerners for bad reviews of his prope studios games. He probably blames Westerners for bad Balan WonderWorld reviews too

@@guyanesegal3166 not surprising

@@guyanesegal3166 I mean, I like both the wii and wii u versions of Rodea the Sky Soldier…

@@pokejoseph Wii U version was rough. The 3ds had an excuse for being a handheld.

@@helloguy8934 nah not really tbh

And now he's in prison.

😂

@@coreylineberry8557 Yep. He is a asshole.

Robotnik’s Diabolical Traps!

that was great!

_WHAT?_

nani!?

Super unexpected but it made me laugh wayyyy too hard!

I loved that too

Somebody’s gonna make it into a 3AIR mod for sure

i would love a 10 hour loop

Cool

Man, I remember I wore out my copy of the comic with Knuckles' first appearance. And I remember drawing that logo so many times...

Nitro Rad are you gonna do the Tak and the Power of Juju trilogy? Tak and the Power of Juju, Tak 2 the Staff of Dreams and Tak the Great Juju Challenge? There great games you will not be disappointed there fantastic 3D platformers

Same with me, but in Germany. Games already then made the world smaller. I loved that Sonic & Knuckles Logo and for some reason, I didn’t have Sonic 3 or 2 but Sonic and then Sonic & Knuckles. Great times for Sega Fans with Mega Bomberman, Earthworm Jim, Aladdin, Lion King etc.

Exactly

Same

My favourite genre of KZfaq lately has been "put a microphone in front of someone and hear them gush about their favourite thing". Food for the soul 😌

@Villiam Hofgaard featuring knuckles from the knuckles and knuckles series

I understood that reference.

Quoting that show just works with anything

Sega rushing games out cause of a deal with another company has been happening since the 1990's lol

that damn ronald

Thats what happen when you are given a close deadline

Hahahaha Nice

Step Knuckles

Why you little...... Dr. Eggman - 2008

I swear to god whoever chose to use that as the advertisement for the 32X add-on needs to get sued. Their target audience would’ve been kids for crying out loud! Before you call me out, I’m making a dang joke.

They did it for the 32x too

U would think mugimikey would get a heart from Johnny

Random question but do you need hyper sonic to beat sonic 3k with the best ending

Kouch Kid. No. U don't have to. Only Super Sonic can unlocked the true ending.

@@J_TheDevious06 I'm guessing he's not a fan.

I agree with you 💯👍

fLiCKy aRMy oF dEATH

Johnny in his sonic mania review: And tails, where's your FLICKY ARMY OF DEATH?!

dissapointed you aren't

He said it Let's goooo

Congratulations you called it

@@ZoomToMalware What does it being canon have to do with it? even if it's not canon in 3 or mania I still feel like it should have been added since super tails is playable in mania

I mean tails becoming Turbo Tails

They should have brought back the Super Emeralds for Encore Mode. They made seven extra difficult Special Stages just for that mode, but the reward is the same. And it's not as if they forgot about the Super Emeralds, or that those emeralds are "not canon." They showed the powered down Super Emeralds in Mania as a level prop for the Heavy King boss fight.

@@ZoomToMalware - Mania gave everyone a Super form, even Tails, who previously needed Super Emeralds to transform. Whether or not they are "canon," doesn't matter. They exist in the game. The Super Emeralds have appeared at least twice since S3&K. They just haven't had them relevant to gameplay. Mania would have been the perfect opportunity to bring back Hyper forms, since the DLC added seven additional Special Stages. Since the Encore Mode takes place after the original campaign, they could have even used the Super Emeralds to explain why you could go Super anymore. Just take the emeralds away, and make them Super again. But nope. They chose not to.

@@ZoomToMalware You say that, but Mania contradicts you. Not only can Tails and Knuckles go Super in Mania, but so can Mighty and Ray. And the fact that Super Emeralds appear in Mania makes their lack of relevance confusing. The reason Super Emeralds exist in the first place is because locking Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckled together results in a double length game. Mania's DLC also doubled the length of the game, although they were separated by different modes. So while it wasn't necessary to have Super Emeralds, it would have been nice to collect them instead of Chaos Emeralds.

*F L I C K Y A R M Y O F D E A T H*

i was waiting for him to say that

Why? It's not that hard.

@@Hynotama i agree

@@Hynotama Maybe because you have to be precise with the mini game. Also Chaos Emeralds.

@@Hynotama it gets harder especially with the super emeralds especially when it speeds up

I'll still take blue sphere over the half-pipe for the umpteenth time.

Don't forget about Blue Sphere if you put in Sonic 1 or something. A nice little distraction that can help prepare you for those special stages in S3&K in case you suck. XD

@@OfficialBulldozerStudios That's what he meant by Sonic 1 & Knuckles xd

It was dlc:)

I miss Elliott, what happened to him?

​@@chillplayer1234 he's still in Philly with his fiance (now ex-wife). Johnny moved to Georgia recently

@@esmooth919 good to know they're still doing ol

Personally, I prefer Sonic 3K to Mania, simply because all the levels in S3K are original. The two are pretty close I think.

How could you say something so controversial yet so brave?

Between S3&K and Mania (as well as the Advanced/Rush games), I honestly believe Dimps could've made Sonic 4 epic if they were allowed to develop the game without continuous corporate interference imo.

@@Outta-hz1ej That's fair. It's the one legit sticking point with Mania. While nearly every returning stage is greatly revamped (in 1 act at least) and is mostly better than their original versions, they're still old stages. Most of the truly new stuff outclasses it significantly too so it feels like It would've been an even stronger package as a proper sequel to the classics instead of being 2/3rds of a "best of" collection.

Sonic adventure 2 : am I a joke to you ?

wasnt sega meddling who froced mani team to cut on plot in order to tie it with steaming shit i mean forces?

Tbf the Maina team had to work with some brutal restrictions e.g: only four original stages allowed, no super emeralds/hyper forms allowed, being forced to tie-in the game with Forces and who knows what other restrictions that were placed on them. I loved Mania but I can't help but wonder what kind of game we would've gotten if Chris Whitehead and the Maina team were allowed to stick to their original vision of the game?

I love how everyone cares more about story than gameplay in a Sonic game

Sonic 3 is the only Mega Drive Sonic game I still like. Sonic 1 I don't care for, and Sonic 2 I only play the first few levels and stop there nowadays. I can play pretty much any level in Sonic 3 and come out saying "that was pretty alright". Not my favourite Sonic game anymore, that belongs to Sonic Adventure 2, but still a solid package to revisit.

I still do like Mania though, It's a pretty fun game. And yeah I personally do care about the story a fair bit. Sonic's personality is what drew me to him in the first place after all. And I'm guessing quite a few other people feel the same ^-^

Shit, I constantly forget he started that

@@superfighter064 Wait he did?

@@arnahunas4048 Johnny is modest about it, but yeah he basically kickstarted it.

Fuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Cuckles

It's so weird to think he's constantly being indirectly referenced by official media when they reference & Knuckles.

Noticing it throughout the entire franchise's soundtrack always left such an amazing impression too. That's some high level continuity.

Yep. I actually prefer this kind of clear music than Sonic 1 & 2's.

I remember hearing the Act Clear theme while playing Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for the very first time. As a kid it sort of took me by surprise to hear it in it's 16-Bit form I was basically like: "Oooooh so that's where it came from. "

That sounds like a nice tradition

Is it egg robo or eggman?

@@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 I think it's EggRobo... except on the Flying Battery major boss battle, where apparently it's Eggman.

@@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 Egg Robo

Also with a bit of effort using the ride on spinners you can access the Sonic boss from Marble Garden Act 2 with Knuckles.

I actually found this out by taking the upper route from the beginning of the stage. Lol

And I appreciate you for tuning in. Thanks.

As an older fan, I appreciate watching him review Sonic 3 in something better than 480p.

I'm honestly shocked that to this day Johnny has never reviewed a Donkey Kong game.

Donkey Kong Country is a must

@@jacobmonks3722 I could’ve sworn he reviewed Tropical Freeze

Banjo and Kazooie too.

Same here. It's also has more charm and more detailed into it than the rest. Too bad Sonic Mania turn it back into Sonic 1's & 2's sprite. But at least it looks better than 1's & 2's.

@@jaretco6423 I think Sonic Mania's sprite animations were the best we've gotten so far though, very fluid and expressively animated, so much so to the point I don't think I can even say I'm disappointed they went back to the 1 and 2 sprite.

I never really cared for 3&K's sprites. I dunno, the 3D-esque design just rubs me the wrong way.

@@jaretco6423 but they made Knuckles look hokey as all fuck! Nah, give me Sonic 3 sprites any day!

@@yourfairyking except for the fact that their sprites were always 3D-esque. You can see the detail as early as Sonic 1.

Same with Yoshi

How about the other Rareware games?

And BlazBlue, especially since he said he liked BlazBlue in the Street Fighter vid, but that would definitely take a long time, so I’m not too mad.

@@xenobestx8423 he did liked BlazBlue? I don’t remember...

I'm bitter he never made an Uncharted marathon after he teased a possible review in his Sonic Generations video, it's been nearly a decade Johnny

Sonic 3 is a solid game, easily the best of the Mega Drive games, but the days of it being my favourite were long gone. That torch has now been passed to Sonic Adventure 2.

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 adventure 2 is garbage compared to the classic Trilogy

@idgafaboutyourlife You gotta love being unable to save your progress, not be rewarded for achieving high scores, and suddenly coming to a stop just when you're about to fly off a hill. Critically speaking, I dislike Sonic 1, and feel apathetic towards Sonic 2. The days of archaic design choices just to replicate the Arcade experience at home in anyway has since become a test of endurance. Not much fun. Then again, I didn't grow up in the 90s despite being born at the end of it, so I guess I'm just too ignorant to see the spark.

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 You gotta love overall linear level design, the treasure hunting stages being terrible, the mech stages going on for too long with clunky controls to boot, really atrocious enemy placement and a story filled with plot holes. There's no way in hell Adventure 2 is any better than Sonic 3. I know there's some backlash to the "66% of the game is bad" for Adventure 2, but it is true. If you're being generous, there's maybe a level here and there in the mech and treasure hunting stages that aren't completely bad (Pumpkin Hill and Cosmic Wall being the only candidates), but they completety butchered those gameplay styles from Adventure 1 instead of actually improving them.

@@okagron imo the Treasure Stages are much better in SA2. In SA1 they gave you Tikal, which directly pointed to the emerald shards. Not much of a treasure hunt. Sure the stages could be too big or have bad mechanics (Mad Space, Aquatic Mine), but overall it's more enjoyable than the too brief Knuckles stages. Even if flawed. The hints actually had a purpose and you could loop around the stages really quickly without using them if you wanted, though more risky due to RNG. Tails/Eggman stages are fun if you know the level design and know how to play, just like Sonic 2. I agree with Irrelevant Nobody. Sonic 2 has severe issues with pacing and enemies that hit you too quickly. Even in Emerald Hill Zone, the one spring in the first half launches you directly into Coconuts and it's nearly impossible to avoid getting hurt. I just jump over it now, but that's bad level design. The game is filled with instances like this. I just recently beat Sonic 2 with all the Emeralds...and tippy toeing in the levels and backtracking to get to checkpoints was very tedious. SA2 is guilty of this in Mech stages yes with the enemies that pot shot you. But the Sonic/Shadow stages are still pretty fun, even if the glitches can cause issues from time to time. It's a fun but flawed game, where going after 100% feels worth it due to how much better you learn the stages. The linear progression sure can be annoying to those that want to explore more, but the levels still offer a more fast pace and focused design than SA1's Casino, Ice Cap, Windy Valley Tornado, and the tons of times where you just charge up the Spin Dash. Though the B button issues in SA2 are still annoying. You can like a game and acknowledge its flaws. I like SA2 a ton and I wish they returned to it and polished it. But we got Heroes...which is fun in segments but underbaked and then you know the rest...

Indeed true. The history behind the production, supervision, and creation is something else. Still amazing after all these years

The music thanks to the MJ contribution is awesome. The other games have awesome music too but this one has the best of the original 3 i think.

Yeah he said it in his video with Razorfist

The most obvious Michael Jackson song in this game is Carnival Night Zone. The drums sound remarkably similar to In The Closet

And then there's the staff roll song that has the same chord progressions as Stranger In Moscow

It's like when Megamind mispronounces Metro City.

I loved FTA's response in the first Mania LP. "Hydrocity is a zone I didnt expect" "ITS HYDRO CITY YOU DAMN FOOL"

Greatest period!

Wasn't expecting to see you here lol.

@@GreeneBeau Oh yeah I've been watching Johnny for nearly 10 years, one of my biggest inspirations for my early game review videos!

Bravo 👏

I fully completely S3&K on the PC version of Sonic mega collection (looking back at it I don't know how I did it tbh).

If they did not split the game, Sega execs would of rushed it. Sega does not like long development schedules with Sonic. So, the chances of Sega splitting a game again to simulate years of development are...

I would pay to see him doing it again

i cant wait for that

At least the games were good back then. Now they're just shit

Even Generations (one of the most popular games in the franchise) was rushed. I believe Sonic Unleashed was the last "major project" Sonic game e.g: big budget/production values, a large development team, wasn't rushed (within reason), good time management and didn't use nostalgia as a crutch.

@@Bung-ms9jc or worse, so bland you can't even say they are s*it because that would be something worth talking about...

@Lynx Fresh Sonic Unleashed was rushed. At least half of its development time was spent making the engine, and the rest was making a game with a huge variety of content. As such there are some cut corners, such as the very slippery handling.

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 Hence why I said "wasn't rushed (within reason)" unfortunately for Sega standards Unleashed wasn't "that bad" in terms of being rushed. Like Unleashed spent half it's development time on a new engine in contrast to Forces that spent three quarters of it's development time on a lighting engine and all of sudden Unleashed cutting corners doesn't seem so bad. Ofc getting rushed Sonic games should NEVER be the norm but Sega rarely learns lol!

I Was Wondering If Anyone Else Caught That 😂🤣

I can’t stop rewatching it! Send help! 🤣😂🤣😂

I can agree to that.

Sonic 3 is a good game, but I wouldn't call it the peak of the series. I still dislike the screen crunch, and the designers got really carried away with automated speed sections in this one. Something that was addressed in the Sonic Adventure games, especially 2.

@@TARDISES I can hear the swanky guitar of speed highway already Also, that Satori as your pfp?

@@TARDISES ok

The series definitely did not peak with Sonic 3k

Y-yeah.... 👀

That makes sense. Cool!

By the way your still appears on KZfaq?

Either that or the 4 fingers means that he’s also counting Sonic CD.

Wait what !? There was Cowboy Bebop reference here ?

Infinite Millennium Yep, (20:18)

@@QuasiTheChemist thanks dude

All the way down to Lava Reef Zone

18:15

Indeed! Or perhaps Celine ran into the room saying, Celine: Hey human, put down the game controller and feed me! or I'll cut the controller cable with my claws

What was the original reference?

@@chillplayer1234 check out the SGB review for Sonic 3 and go to the 6:39 mark of the video. That’s the original reference.

Yeah. Though Adventure 1 did have the main Trio concepts back and did work out well. Just an shame we also have to deal with the 3 newer ones. Though I'm the minority that doesn't think they're all that bad. But not as good as the main trio.

@Lynx Fresh Especially when it comes to Knuckles. SEGA did him really dirty.

That because it was a glitch