Woooah, I never noticed that, that's awesome! :D

Its already a bit old but advance 3 has something similar. In both advance 1 and 3 will Tails while ideling point the player to move forward. But in adv 1 is Tails really shy about it. Where as in adv 3 Tails first scouts ahead and than points with confidence.

I wouldn't really say Sonic 4 needs to be better than the classics anyway (which is a tall order that even Mania arguably doesn't accomplish just because of how good 3K is). If it's a great 2D Sonic game that actually builds on the previous 2D Sonic games then it's Sonic 4 imo.

>Sonic Mania >Modernized Lmao it has the same gay 70s graphics that the original games had on the NES.

@@shupasopni Honestly I think mania is better than 3&K in pure gameplay alone

@@papermario6856 Then you're wrong

But Sonic advance is actually a good game,Amy gameplay aside

Hell yeah

Aw yea this is happening.

But where is Samus Returns?

I wondered when he'd do this one.

Vlad Segundo

Abundantly clear, unlike the screen.

I definitely agree.

Me too

Me 5th

Vlad Segundo

Vlad Segundo

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Eyyy OG GBA squad

@@arbi9506 AA batteries squad. (One time they ran out when I was about to 100% a stage in Yoshi's Island, dearly...)

OG GBA had the worse screen for sure, but the form factor is like 10x better than the SP. The SP was uncomfortable even when I was 10.

Vlad Segundo

I've always thought that, overall, the original GBA is a nicer, more comfortable design. It's just a huge shame about the lack of lighting. Although it does lose coolness points for not looking like a tiny laptop, which made the SP the absolute coolest thing in the world at the time of its release!

@@Montymole_360 I was also very into the novelty, even at the cost of comfy shoulder buttons and the headphone jack.

I really want to learn how to mod systems because I want to mod a backlight into an original gba just because I prefer it's form factor over the sp so much, and dear god not even the melee pad's triggers can compare to the gba's shoulder buttons

1upjlt10 it’s actually super easy to mod an original. I’ve done it 3 times now

@@RedmoonStudiosYT oh nice, the hardest part now is finding an original gba for a good price. I used to have one but I traded it in for an sp

its rough and coarse and it slows the momentum down

Dimps: *Say sike right now*

Bumping this

Vlad Segundo

Yep

Haha, I'm pretty sure I got a Game Boy Player just to play this on the TV. And yeah, it was awesome to finally have a game like this. Glad you enjoyed it!

illuminati?

@@WreckItRolfe It redesigns them almost completely Green Hill is the only one even close and it's like 3x as big as the original

Nah, like it or not Sonic 4 is Sonic 4. Part 2 is playable. Decent in parts even. A game doesn't need to be better than it's predecessors in order to be an official sequel. The real question is: when will we get Sonic 5 and will they let Christian Whitehead be lead developer for it?

@@WreckItRolfe Direct sequel to Sonic 3K, classic 2D gameplay and physics, direct evolution in mechanics, graphics, modernized for new technology. It is basically Sonic 4 in all but name

Am I missing something or was sonic 4 episode one just a reuse of levels also

Sonic Mania is Sonic Mania, just as Sonic 4 is Sonic 4.

Saaaame

Vlad Segundo

I feel you.

@@shupasopni same (were not counting sonic colors (ds)

@@cubeman9766 how about we do a whole episode on the rush games counting sonic colors ds and then never do sonic colors on wii because that game's fucking shit

@@arbi9506 Both Sonic Colors games are good, in my opinion.

@@arbi9506 Will you explain why sonic colors wii is shit or can I just treat your comment as shitposting?

You got it! :D Thanks!

Screens in all original horizontal GBA are identical, there exists only one screen model custom made by SHARP. SP existed in two models with different types of screens. The common model uses a screen that is almost identical to the one used in GBA, but with front-light unit added and flatflex changes, the actual screen matrix is identical. The less common model released during sunset of the GBA had a backlit screen, and of course Gameboy Micro is also a kind of GBA that reused a mass-produced camera screen, backlit and smaller. The front-light unit was actually inspired by aftermarket accessories brought out by some inventive startups. Screen manufacturers weren't offering such technology at the time. Playing GBA outdoors is the best case scenario. I find it runs pretty well in direct sunlight, you just have to avoid a couple angles, but it does better on slightly overcast days where you don't have to fight the sun reflection and your own shadow quite as much at the same time as trying to collect a decent amount of light. I built myself a horizontal GBA recently from a pile of broken GBA parts and a fresh enclosure i got from China for $5 - the enclosure feels like a pull from an original but somewhat worn-out mould, the battery door feels entirely fake, but i was able to fix it up to my satisfaction by applying some gentle heat (soldering iron at 160°C and heating the lock hinge with the side of the iron), the buttons/d-pad aren't quite perfect so it's better to use original ones. The enclosure came with a plastic lens, so that's coming off and getting replaced with a glass one eventually (soon). I gave it a $10 fake Supercard MiniSD flashcart (of which now a microSD version exists since a couple months, with same software flaws but much more convenient) and while it's not perfect, it's better than nothing. I now wish i went for a better flash cart, but i can still do that eventually. Also i want to try making my own frontlight unit (polycarbonate + LOCA) or order one or retrofit a frontlit GBA SP screen, not sure which. Backlit GBA SP screen is not an option for me, because i need the system specifically to operate in sunlight, and backlit does not. Other things to make would be USB linker cable of some sort, maybe try to rewrite the Supercard software to be a less flimsy piece of shit, experiment with speedhacks for the Supercard. The PC application that patches the ROMs carries a lot of functional weight of the unit and exposes a lot of its inner workings, so in a way i'm happy i bought this piece of shit, i have learned a lot from it. Oh the MiniSD Supercard doesn't sit very well in the cartridge slot, because the knockoffs got the wrong type of miniSD socket. I protected the board temporarily with tape and filed down a protruding bit at the bottom of the miniSD socket, which exposed a tiny coil spring, which i epoxied back into place. Puh. And CRTs are kinda awesome, flawed but awesome. They're flickery but they're super fast, they have geometric issues but they have excellent colour and contrast. Depending on construction, they can have a pretty remarkable punchy brightness. In the later years and high-end models, a lot of progress was made with ARASC anti-reflection coating, it could almost completely remove light sources, reducing them mostly to a barely noticeable purple blob. I mostly had Diamondtron monitors that used to cost thousands, made by Mitsubishi-NEC and Iiyama.

The Lamer Gamer Its my favorite Metroid game. Yep, better than Super Metroid.

If anyone tells you otherwise, pull up all the historical accounts showing that pink, tight, high heels, wigs and makeup all started as masculine fashions lol

Yeah, and that's more than an Easter egg! It's so you can receive single-cart link data without taking out your cartridge.

Why not? This game is freakin great!!!

@@Cloud971 Sonic 3 Complete is probably the definitive experience, but then again Sonic 3 A.I.R. exists now

@@symphomaniac sonic 3 AIR had his problems

@@framedthunder6436 True, but that widescreen though

@@symphomaniac But for example sonic 3 complete has corrected super sonic sprite and offer a ton of options

Haha, indeed it was. The closest thing we'd have now would be Mario appearing on an Xbox or PlayStation, which would probably be even more surreal, but not *quite* in the same way. Mario wasn't created to rival those companies, and Nintendo hasn't been competing quite so directly against them in a long time.

I fell you dude. Golden Sun is awesome.

Sonic Advance 1 was the first of the Advance series I've played. It's not my favourite of the trilogy though (that would be nostalgia talking), that goes to Advance 3.