The Year of Luigi was truly one of the years of all time.

2022 was definitely the best "year of Sonic" in my opinion

A part of me dies whenever I see something like a kid looking at Shadow and then saying, "Is that Sonic.exe!?"

2022: - Best performing videogame film of all time that made almost half a billion - An immensely successful TV show - Banger short films and web shows - IDW continuing their streak of banger comics - Good year for ongoing games such as Sonic Speed Simulator and Sonic Forces: Speed Battle - Sonic Origins - Sonic Frontiers, most successful mainline Sonic release ever since SA2 and Heroes - General skyrocket of popularity in a good way It was definitely his year this time around.

21:40 bro that kid saying "is that sonic.exe?" killed me

If there was one company that would milk the "year of _____" marketing strategy, I'm not surprised it's SEGA. I'm glad that the most recent use of this was well recieved both financially and critically.

I feel like it should be mentioned that in 2022 the IDW comics went hard. Imposter syndrome and issue 50 were really good with issue 50 having some of my favourite moments. Not to mention scrapnik island which bypassed some of the dreaded mandates and brought back mecha sonic mk 2. Personally I prefer metal sonic but I am so happy with how they treated mecha sonic mk 2. The comics did not need to go that hard and should be acknowledged with the other sonic successes of 2022. Edit: while the mandates aren't as bad as everyone says they are. That doesn't change the fact this is the first time in a while sonic was allowed to be so expressive. Even if it was technically mecha sonic mk 2's tears. And I just think its nice writers are getting more creative freedom with these characters than they had before.

I feel bad for Sticks the Badger being doomed to obscurity cause of the Boom series.

to this day i find kinda funny that the european release of sonic heroes has a speed bug because when they optimized it for pal framerates they accidentally used both types of optimization which were "speeding up everything by 20%" and "making sure the game doesn't slow down"

I’m so damn thankful we even have years of Sonic nowadays. And a goddamn fantastic one in 2022.

The Year of Luigi was actually pretty good. Luigi's Mansion 2 was a nice return to the franchise, Mario and Luigi Dream Team was a solid entry, New Luigi U was fantastic and one of the best New Super Mario Bros games, and Dr. Luigi is just Dr. Mario, so it was automatically good.

22:56 It's less about understanding it and more about coming to terms with it. Genral opinions on a certain piece of media change with time. It could be because a new thing comes out that does something differently from the other thing before it so now the thing from before gets panned. Or people become more preceptive to certain flaws overtime and then proceed to blow them out of proportion. Even positive opinions can come with time with nostalgia allowing people to raise up something that was panned in the past, leading to over usage of the word "underrated". The consensus always seems to shift drastically for something after a couple of years for both good and bad reasons.

23:37 So true, they definitely should’ve used Cream instead of Rouge to make the boy to girl ratio limit and get Cream to appear in something for once

YES! Sonic Boom IS 100% my favourite Sonic show! Top tier content as always king. Also I am noticing your accent is starting to skew a little more American. Looks like your travels are starting to show!

I think what Sonic is really learning in Prime is not to take his friends for granted. He always expected them to be fighting right beside him but now they aren't and he has to figure out how to work with that.

The Year of LS Mark was my favorite.

I think 2006 was also named a year of sonic but I could be wrong. I remember Sega really prepping up sonic 06 as a massive event for sonics 15th anniversary and sonic riders as another big thing. But I faintly recall hearing and remembering 06 being a “year of sonic” event

I realise that this video is more about the big companies marketing pushing for the whole "Year of Sonic" campaigning, but I also see a lot of similar hype being generated naturally on the consumer end as well. In all my time with this franchise, the fans have always been super quick to jump on whatever new content is coming out and claim that it's gonna be Sonic's "big return to form." Although the franchise is rather plentiful in content output, the fanbase is unusually hungry for new material despite the Sonic series being alive and well (as opposed to, say, Metroid or NiGHTS. Those fandoms get nowhere near as much attention from their franchises) Every time I hear a fan in specific say that a new product is gonna be the start of "Sonic's comeback", I just flash back to Sonic Forces and how almost EVERYBODY was coming off the Mania high and claiming the game to be Sonic's return to more serious storytelling. I mean, they weren't _wrong_, but we ended up with Sonic Forces. I dunno. It's just a weird thing I've noticed. 25:12 - For a moment I thought I had just witnessed the start of the official SplashDash ARG lmao

I loved frontiers and really enjoyed the 2nd movie, I'm happy with that.

The Year of Sonic ain't got nothing on the Year of Luigi

I think 2022 was definitely a redemption year for Sonic

damn Boom is so slept on that its the only non video game thing here to not have a copyright avoidance filter lmao

I think its pretty funny that the Boom cartoon and comics found mild success. It shows western children weren't even opposed to this iteration of the character but SEGA just screwed the main game so badly.

Great topic, I never knew 2003 was considered such a big year for Sonic. But I guess it's really true, both X and Heroes were my first exposures to the franchise as well and I've been a fan ever since!

21:40 the kid who said "IS THAT SONIC.EXE" is not a real sonic fan

I love the year of Luigi like my own child.

25:13 to 25:15 has some weird audio glitch where it cuts out for 2 seconds and the screen glitches a tiny bit. But overall its a great video. Keep up the good work

I'm glad splash dash commented on the mario movie vs sonic movies debate. It really is just 2 fanbases fighting over which movie has more references instead which movie is actually good. The mario movie isn't even out yet so we don't know how it'll turn out but it really goes to show that when it comes to adaptations all people really care about is how much of the source material is referenced whether it's relevant to the story or not. Seeing somebody try to justify that the original live action mario is better than the first sonic movie because it has more game elements just shows how much people really care about that stuff over getting an actually solid film.

21:41 IS THAT SONIC.E- *clip ends*

You and Prem should do a collab on why you like sonic heroes so much, cos I still don’t understand why

I feel like Sega was just gonna keep announcing "the year of Sonic" until they finally got it right.

21:41 kid wondering if that is Sonic.exe is both hilarious, and sad at the same time.

6:39 splash dash predicted the new TailsTube?!?

Personally my favourite Year of Sonic is the Bababooey year 😌

21:42 That one kid really yelled “Is that Sonic.EXE?!” 💀💀💀

2003/4 really was their magnum opus no doubt

I love how each of these years take around ten years apart, yay I can’t wait for 2034 for the next “year of sonic”

LMAO BRO REALLY USED THE SONIC OMENS CHRIS DEATH 😂😭

My favorite year is when he had a rough transition into 3d

21:41 BRO SOMEONE SAID “Is that’s sonic.exe” this is the world we live in

2003: best year of sonic in my opinion i think heroes is one of the best games in the series and i loved sonic x 2014: yeah its the weakest one however a played some of rise of lyric and didn't think it was that bad but i think that because 06 is my favorite sonic game and that show i can handle a few glitches i used to hate the boom tv show but i grown to like though its nowhere near my favorite sonic show. 2022: i really loved what the year had to offer i loved frontiers and i enjoyed the sonic movie 2 and prime i'm looking forward to see what the series has in store for the future.

It’s weird, I’m not a sonic player but I still find myself watching these

I played Sonic Heroes and I ended up not liking the game because of the controls. The controls were very frustrating which made the game more difficult to control the characters properly. It seemed like they didn't have time to work on it anymore.

"My buddy LS Mark-" Good to know I'm not the only one that's my own best friend

The lego sonic set was also a really cool part.about last year as well.

21:41 "is that sonic.exe?" made me laugh

21:41 Did that kid REALLY say what I thought they were gonna say?

2022 was definitely a good year for Sonic with a successful movie, a good video game that gave character rerailment, and a decent TV series on Netflix.

I think Sega also at one point said 2021 was gonna be the Year of Sonic and if that was gonna be the case then they didn’t even try, all we got for actual content was Colors Ultimate which I was able to enjoy enough since I hadn’t played the original but it was still hated, aside from that we only had the Sonic Symphony which was great but still

Happy year of shadow that sega for some reason decided to make one after 4 months

Im glad Frontiers did well Roger finally got some good direction (glad u liked it to SD)

Damn not even bringing up the absolute GOLD IDW was pumping out all 2022 and still 2022 comes out on top

I loved the sonic 2 movie just cause it’s super cute and wholesome I mean I’d love a more edgy sonic and knuckles- sonic adventure 2 trilogy or something crazy but I’m just happy it’s a wholesome movie Though I get sick of pop songs in movies 😂

21:41 “Is that Sonic.EXE?” Had me dieing

THE KID SAYING "SONIC.EXE" KILLED ME

I don’t think the Mario movie will be better than the first Sonic movie and maybe even the second Sonic movie because of “LOL REFERENCES”, I think it’ll be better because it doesn’t just look like a generic glorified buddy cop film or have constant unnecessary pop-culture references and shitty pop songs like most Hollywood schlock and actually utilizes more characters from the Mario franchise outside of just Mario and Bowser like how the first Sonic movie only uses Sonic and Robotnik as the only pre-existing Sonic characters. The Mario movie also looks like an actual epic adventure while the first two Sonic movies (ESPECIALLY the first Sonic movie) don’t feel nearly as epic in terms of scope or adventure. I’m just saying most people who are saying that they already like the Mario movie more than the Sonic movies most likely have way more reasons for liking it more than just “MUH REFERENCES”. I especially hate how you make the Mario fans look like the bad guys when Sonic fans almost ALWAYS start it. I still remember back near the end of 2021 when Sonic fans were being extremely obnoxious and gloating about how “amazing” the Sonic Movie 2 was going to be and how “awful” and “soulless” the Mario Movie was going to be even though we hadn’t even seen a fucking SCREENSHOT of the Mario Movie yet. I’m just saying that Sonic fans are not always the innocent ones and you shouldn’t act like they’re always the victim.

Getting a lot of LS Mark Vibes from Splash dash

21:42 IS THAT SONIC.E- I need a gun NOW

SPLASHY IS BACK

21:41 "IS THAT SONIC.E-"💀

Also the IDW comics had some excellent issues this year especially issue #50 which was amazing. I feel like IDW is slept on a lot it’s really good

21:41 “IS THAT SONIC DOT EXE?!”

Thank you, kid, who said, "Is that sonic.exe?" We salute you

Was that kid at the theater saying "IS THAT SONIC.EXE" ???

I feel like 2003 would have made a much more appropriate "Year of Sonic" if Sonic Mega Collection was released that year. Unfortunately, the GC version came out in late 2002, while the Plus version came out in late 2004. The MC was the best Sonic game of the 6th generation. Prove me wrong.

21:41 "Is that Sonic.exe!?"

21:41 “IS THAT SONIC.EX-“

When Mark- I MEAN…Splash Dash started talking about Sonic Boom, I always wanted to see a Rank Video of all the Sonic Boom Episodes

"is that sonic.exe?" You poor child

21:40 "IS THAT SONIC.E-

You are right about ‘92 not being “year of sonic” I’m 99% sure people are mistaking it for Sonic 2sday, which is what SEGA was marketing the release date for sonic 2 (which happened to be on a Tuesday) as

Another Heroes aficionado 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Oh bless that kid who said "is that Sonic.exe?"

6:32 I thought more about how much more repetitive the game would be if they had put more than 4 teams when that is already a main complaint with the base game.

This was a year ago!? Holy shit time is fucking flying

I can think of so many ways to make the Mario movie interesting besides putting references in there, because I really love Mario, but we all know that there is only a small chance that illumination will actually do that

In traditional cultures it's considered auspicious if a child is born during a Sonic year.

4:39 I haven't watched Sonic X in years, so I don't remember Shadow sounding like that lol Griffith still the goat though

So, what I'm hearing is, every time there's a "year of Sonic" we get a TV show

YES ANOTHER LS MA- i mean... Splash dash video

Year of Luigi never ends

I still have that Year of Luigi Coin I got from Club Nintendo back then

"IS THAT SONIC DOT E-"

21:40 "is that sonic.exe???" 😂😂😂😂

21:42 "is that sonic.exe"

22:04 - Opinion: I feel that the Mario movie will be a good if not alright standalone movie. The reason they have to fit so many references into this one movie are because 1, people like watching movies that include callbacks so that it still feels like your watching a movie that takes place in the world you are familiar with and 2, to make a Mario movie is a hard task considering that most Mario games are pretty light on story. Along with the story they have, they fit this pile of references to give the world and movie more layers. With the Sonic movie, there are very few physical references that it didn’t even feel like a Sonic The Hedgehog Movie, but instead a boring stereotypical road trip movie with a supersonic talkative blue hedgehog included to get butts in seats. I do understand where you are coming from and your point is valid, buuuuuuttt I respectfully have a different opinion: The Mario movie will be good without references as they’re not only JUST trying to appeal to one target audience(Mario fans), but to new ones, as I feel that Nintendo is trying to make an legit movie out of the things they have: Mario gets more character(cocky, hotheaded, etc.), old themes such as brotherly love get expanded upon, Bowser gets a heavy metal “I’m going to win” personality, the koopa troop feels like a legit soldier troop now with their spears and armor, and adding more ways to how this world works(Coins have value, power-ups have new effects, the world/map layout,monkey go karting, etc.), and even adding changing up things(how Mario meets donkey Kong, Mario and Luigi’s origin story, etc). I can see Sonic catching up -no pun intended- tho. We got Tails, Knuckles, the chaos emeralds are exposed now, the máster emerald and chaos emeralds are now separate things, project SHADOW, etc. All they need is a good excuse for Rouge, Amy, and Big To be on Earth.

I like that this video has audio that implies that Mark is actually drowning in years of sonic.

8:03 Sonic Heroes didn't sell nearly 6 million, but 3.41 million. It's why Frontiers has now been declared the best selling 3D Sonic game as it's hit 3.5 million.

Rip that kid who thought shadow was Sonic.exe

Funny, Sonic X is one of my favorite pieces of Sonic media while I find Heroes to be both incredibly slippery and dull in its moment-to-moment gameplay.

say what you want, but I definitely think 2023 will be the Year of Splash Dash

i hope splash dash pumps out the sonic toys video soon, im very interested in that.

Spark 3 came out in 2022.

god i hunger for some flesh

I personally don't buy the fact that Sonic Boom was intended to be nothing more than a side-franchise. I think Sega wanted to go all in and have it be the new look for Sonic. My main reason for this is all the stuff you shown and a little obscure fact I know. Apparently for a while when Sonic Boom was beginning, Sega started to call Mondern Sonic "legacy Sonic" which was a major red flag. Not to mention we barely gotten anything between Sonic Boom and Sonic Forces relating to modern Sonic and (supposedly) Sonic Forces had the same development length as Sonic Frontiers and Forces was significantly inferior in both the quality and quantity department. Sonic Boom has to be one of the biggest failed risks in gaming history.

Sonic origins is goated

Truly one of the years of all time

Not only was origins let down by the price, but sega made the random decision to remove all paid versions of the classic games like on steam (unless already owned) AND for some reason removing all access to sonic games from ps plus or streaming it also on playstation

A:"Splash Dash, as golden bolt pointed out, heroes meant to be the capstone to that year! B:"could one of your future videos explore ideal New regulars for filling Sonic and co's shoes?

10:56 No immediate difference...? *war flashbacks to blarms* "Don't call anybody!!" *plane bomb noise* Edit: you talk about the chris chan insert but dont bring up blarms?