Aaay, you got your big video out! Nicely done. Though as you know I’m not really a connoisseur of the Sonic series. I get what you mean that everyone has their own opinion but shouldn’t bash something if you haven’t tried it just because it’s popular. On a completely different note, the prevalence of furry Pokémon gets more and more each game, just accept it at this point 😂
@@NokaiGaming The problem with Modern Sonic is that his creator Yuki Naka left Sega during the making of Sonic 06. To make matters worse Sega also lost the people who made Sonic Unleashed. So without Sonic founding fathers, Sonic Team has hard time maintaining consistency. That the inconsistency has caused Sonic haters to just say that Sonic is never good, because it's the easy answer. Sadly the answer to Sonic's decline is not easy to solve.
I find it ironic considering how hypocritical the internet as a whole is. They really have no right to say that Sonic is a "joke" or a punching bag when the gaming community itself is a clown show.
Sonic is severely underrated. Like it’s not even funny. People put heart and love into this franchise, and it’s brushed aside like people use sonic as a example of a bad series. Which is untrue. Sonic needs more appreciation.
I mean, they're not entirely wrong; Sonic as a series STRUGGLES to keep a consistant and good game line up since as early as the mid 90s with games like labyrinth or 3d blast. Even nowdays games like SCU, Origins and arguably Frontiers are below average games or in case of SCU downright terrible. If you look at other series like Mario, they don't have a game like 06 or Sonic Boom (not counting those obscure educational or CDI games) and aside from a couple of mediocre spin offs like the new paper mario games Mario just remains pretty consistant to this very day. Now if you compare that to Sonic we had the Classic era where most of the mainline games were solid, but the majority of spin offs were ok at best, the Adventure era which was half great half bad and the Meta era, which was even worse then the adventure era consistency and content wise. Sonic's just a franchise that has broken the good will of the public so many times that some way you can't really blame people for thinking Sonic is a bad franchise, even tho there are some genuinely great games it has to offer.
Fun facts: Shadow is written the way he is because of SEGA’s characters mandates, not because of Ian Flynn. Hopefully with this new upcoming game, maybe SEGA could have a change of heart and let Ian Flynn write properly. And SammyClassicSonicFan was apparently a troll from the start, and was making fun of fanboys. Not to say he wasn’t a Sonic fan, but rather just poking fun at insane commenters.
Yall keep throwing that word around yet dont even know what ian meant by mandates. Its more of guidelines; Sega of japan and America have NO mandate set in stone for sonic and the other characters, just basic guidelines. The way Ian writes Shadow now is how he wants to write Shadow, how he sees shadow as a character, and we just have to accept that Shadow is a malleable character given his circumstance
@@CrustiiDustii alright, then… I guess we just change the words to guidelines. Though, to be fair, there have been complaints before about characters and their writing (all the way back in the day too), so if the mandates/guidelines weren’t strict it’d surprise me. I thought there was a mandate in regards to Shadow being never able to tell jokes. Regardless, Ian Flynn still does have a part in writing Shadow the way he is (with Shadow not being able to tell jokes, the joke became that Shadow is always an edgy douchebag). It is hard to streamline such a huge franchise but if Sonic 3 (the movie) writes Shadow incredibly right, then they might bring his personality from the movies into the games. We’ll see, though.
@@CrustiiDustii like there are some moments where shadow almost shows feelings but sega just like keeps his personality locked behind a safe like this is all sega's fault from the start really like they needed to have some restrictions with sonic from the start it's because of that we got like sonic foot fetish porn done by the old archie writer who won't be named
@@dangerousdoings8066 Yes there is a bs Sega mandate how certain characters are supposed to act for years Sonic wasn't able to show much emotions like he can't cry can't show fear but Frontiers I think Sega is slowly moving past the bs mandates. And Shadow wasn't always a edgy douchebag til Sonic boom to Sonic forces he cared about his friends slash teammates as much as people overly hate on Sonic 06 look at how he acts in that game hell even towards the end of Sonic adventure 2.
It’s kinda funny how everyone used Sammy as leverage against the Sonic fan base when he’s actually been shown to be a really chill dude, and he’s stated on multiple occasions that he purposely overexaggerated those videos.
Same, stumbled upon a gem here, funny, well worded, and insightful all at the same time. Always glad to find a a quality nugget when browsing randomly, will be checking out the rest of the channel.
@@NokaiGaming As a Sonic fan myself, it's very hard to find a "Sonic" game that has the right balance, in terms of character, gameplay, and storytelling. Loved the Classic Games, Rise of Lyric, Fire & Ice, Adventure 1 & 2, Lost World, Mania and Generations, because Sonic is invested in his own story, and his friends sometimes help. I hate the rest of the games, mostly because Sonic's friends don't play a major role, or that Sonic doesn't care about the situation he's in. I feel the people who are being meanspirited to Sonic were doing this, because SEGA is being meanspirited on their writing. Apathy is a toxic thing to use on a good story. I don't hate Sonic games, because he exists (like Arin Henson does, for claiming Sonic is bad from the start, and no "good" Sonic game exists); I turn against bad Sonic games (and to a lesser extent, Show or Movie), because there's no heart. And BTW, about the "Treasure Hunting" Stages from Adventure 2, I think they were complaining about it, because of how the Radar was nerfed; which can also be a big issue when playing the "Security Hall" Stage, if you have very limited lives, and you want to be more accustomed to the stage's hiding spots, but can't, because you have a limited time limit, caused by Rouge herself, BTW, because she went with 5 minutes instead of 10 that Eggman mentioned (10 minutes can work, because it's the same time limit for a normal 2D Sonic stage; 5 minutes doesn't, because SEGA expects you to be a Speedrunning God, which, unfortunately, not everyone can pull that off). Now, that's not to say I HATE Sonic Adventure 2 because of it; far from it; I just think it felt backwards to have a nerfed radar, when Adventure 1 gave you three possible routes all at once to help speed things up; and if they want to have 5 minutes on Security Hall, a Nerfed Radar would not help for beginners, and not everyone will succeed on the first deathless attempt. And BTW, I hope you can respect my decision on hating on people who give false witness, because that is a commandment that shouldn't be broken; heck I hate MatPat for that same reason. I didn't think MatPat is a good guy, because he was earning his revenue through lying.
I’m glad after the movies, show announcements, and ofc newfound hype for Frontiers, Sonic is coming back to the limelight. He was dangerously close to becoming the Nickleback of the gaming world
Did you watch the intro to the video? He is. Most of his games are good to decent with only a couple outliers. Yet we all decided to hate this franchise. I’m not a huge fan but yes yes he is the nickleback of the gaming scene.
@@AnimatedTerror i disagree, because Nickleback never made a comeback, they just died down to all but their most hardcore fans. Had it not been for recent media however I might have agreed with you.
The idea of Sonic controlling bad has always been stupid, just because it's unique doesn't mean it's bad. People say Sonic controls great in Frontiers simply because he can do a 360 spin quickly yet he controlled great in the boost games, just because it's not the typical platformer controls doesn't mean it's bad.
I think we can all agree that no matter how badly the sonic franchise bungles it the music his games has is pretty alright, and I think that's about as good as we can ask for
Just found this in my recommended about 40 minutes ago and this was a very well constructed video. In the time you gave yourself, you covered quite a lot, and quite well at that. The editing was definitely a highlight as well, though you could maybe cut down on the pauses taken when a new music track starts. If a few more videos in a similar style can be expected down the pipeline, I'd be happy to check them out.
I remember in middle school I was playing Sonic 2 on mobile and my friend was like “ewww you’re playing Sonic? Those games suck, just look at those graphics!” I said “bruh have you even played a Sonic game before…?” “No.”
Idk if this is so much the case nowadays but back then, there were so many people just going off the opinions of TH-camrs claiming “Sonic is bad!” When they’ve never even touched a Sonic game in their lives…
First time coming by this channel and well You did great man, I completely stand by your ideas. the sonic fandom continues to grow and i hope people will realize someday that its ok to like something. Keep running sonic ✊
The funniest thing is that since Frontiers is getting a ton of positive press, there are creators actively scrambling to try and bash on the game in a reasonable manner. It's funny seeing how desperate they can be. Also, on the ProJared thing you mentioned, it's more or less his business at this point, since he had the receipts for the more major things people tried to cancel him for. Everything else is more his private life. I just love how blunt you were right in the beginning, good shit lmao
I've recently started reading the Archie comics, and the early Sonic Universe releases depict Shadow incredibly well. There's a lot more allowed for him beyond brooding edgelord in these - he has this tentative friendly side to him as well, which was refreshing. Some small moments of sensitivity while still trying to be stoic. Honestly, it's better than any version of post-SA2 Shadow seen anywhere else. Checked who penned these and it was Ian Flynn. Idk what happened that saw his Shadow in IDW turn out more one dimensional, but I've at least seen proof that Ian is capable of writing an excellent take on Shadow.
@@thefastcommenter7774 ? I don't have a problem with it but its ok if you have an opinion because by the end of the day you can still do it with jumping even though it's wrong
This video is freaking awesome and I'm glad it got recommended to me. I personally got into Sonic in 2017, right after Mania came out. I wasn't into the series purely due to lack of interest (my only interests were... very mainstream) but Sonic is what sparked the era of me broadening my horizons and led to me getting into a bunch of stuff like Mario and a lot of the indie stuff coming out at the time. Sonic is kind of a representative of keeping an open mind in my eyes--it's not always gonna be the same. One bad game doesn't make all of them bad after all. I've experienced fandom toxicity first hand, but it never muddied my perception of what they're fans of. I honestly just wish people could develop their own opinions for these sorts of things instead of making their judgements based on like... children screaming about something they enjoy. You can be passionate about something even if there's a loud minority screwing things up for other people.
Sonic is making a big comeback in 2022 like the comics got a good rep so does the two movies, and he’s getting a show and another sequel plus frontiers looks very promising from footage seems like sonic team/SEGA are trying again which I’m glad hopefully it stays this way for our favorite blue blur
Man, this video hit pretty hard. It's so weird how a fanbase can change an outsider's perspective on a franchise. Like, enjoying something with a weird fanbase doesn't automaticly turn you into the same kind of person, enjoy things the way YOU want to! I'll surely remember this video for a while, keep up the great work dude!
@@NokaiGaming I think it already is healing! Sega's output with Sonic media has been pretty good these last few years and people have been more positive in general about Sonic, so that's something!
The reason I rag on sonic so much is because I know he has the potential to be something truly great. We see this potential fan games such as sonic utopia and robo blast. It's like the smart kid in school that just slacks off, like you could be so much better but you choose to slack off. That being said I am actually excited for the future of sonic, sonic frontiers laid out a great blue print for sonic team to improve on.
HOLY SHIT! I KNOW THAT GUY AT 11:02!!! That Dark Sonic guy was an absolute ass during the days of the Forces hype cycle, even when nobody was attacking him and merely said some mild criticism. There's also this Monkey D. Luffy guy who was also always causing problems, but he's harder to track down for obvious reasons.
I don’t care what people say sonic is still a good franchise even though he had a lot of stressful things in the past but now in the present It looks like he’s doing good now. Frontiers is coming out next month and his movies broke records. More and more sonic fans are getting into the series heck some Mario fans are getting tired of Nintendo and half of them are getting into sonic. It’s like sonic is a cool dude with a rad personality and I think that’s what is good with this franchise. And as a sonic fan I can confirm that your video makes a lot of sense. Everyone fandom aside from sonic has to nick-pick on videos that came in years ago and try to bring them up to present day and that’s the annoying part.
I think this video helps me a lot, because before I was a Sonic fan for 2 years, I was an Thomas and friends Fan for 15 years at the age of 4, and besides now this fandom of ttte Was Toxic and having Slanders from tv shows, and the company who owns the brand, and yes I get the feeling why Sonic has been through a lot from a lot of drama from manchilds, and I want to avoid anything from it. Your video helped me a lot man,
great video! i’m glad someone’s finally made a video like this, sonic has some fantastic games and other media and i always hate it when people hate on it for no reason other than “youtube guy told me thing is bad so now i will think thing bad”. for a while i actually pretended i didn’t like sonic around my friends because of all the bad stigma around him and i was afraid of being made fun of. anyway you earned a sub.
Thank you! I actually had a similar instance a long time ago, but then when I found my real friends we all agree what each of us likes is cool. One of em loves pikmin, but I've never played it so I can't say I like it. For him, it's the same way with Sonic. Both of us agree that the different series have their highs and lows, But are overall good. Ya just gotta find the right people. Thanks for the support! :)
My favorite thing about Sonic is how the franchise is quite literally a lolcow factory. So many wonderful sickos have spawned from this franchise. You have Chris Chan (and we all know what he did), Richard Kita (the diaper man), Dillin Thomas (I used to binge watch his videos talking about Chris Chan and different lolcows before he became one himself😂), Ken Penders (even the people who officially worked on Sonic are weirdos. I LOVE how the only reason he won his baseless court case was because Sega were somehow even more incompetent than he was), and so many more. It’s so weird how other than people like Movie Bob you basically never see this from Mario despite the fact their demographic appeal overlaps a lot. Let’s just say regardless of the quality of the games there’s a reason Sonic has the reputation it does.
CWC was also a diehard pokemon and nintendo fanboy to be honest, and nowadays there are way more wierdos in other fandoms, are we going to ignore the pedophiles of the smash comunity? The steven universe fans whom almost made a person kill herself? Id say the sonic fandom is very chill in comparison, just never give your opinion on a set game and you should be fine 🤣
@Can't Read As someone who really likes Halo I can confirm that the Halo community is unfortunately the Sonic fandom of fps games. They just don’t appear nearly as cancerous since they’re not obsessing over a cartoon blue hedgehog. There are so many parallels between the two fanbases. Thankfully I don’t engage in the autism. I just like to watch it from a distance.
Iirc, SammyClassic has even said that those videos he made as a kid were an attempt to play a character like the AVGN. He seems to make fun of himself for it nowadays but it’s cool seeing him all grown up
As a sonic fan I always get bullied in school but it doesn't stop me because I have a small group of friends to keep me company and happy who also really enjoy sonic and get bullied... that last one there isn't that great but when we get home we hop on a discord call together and play sonic with each other even without online play except for sonic robo blast 2 we hop on and we have so much frickin fun.
@@leonardoalvarenga7572 Ah yes because getting bullied for liking a game series is totally okay and not wrong at all. if you seriously think that somebody getting bullied for liking Sonic The Hedgehog is okay, I think you need to get some help and log off the internet.
As a huge Sonic fan I loved this video. More of this please! Your knowledge of the series is awesome to see and I’d love to see your opinions on other parts of the series as well. Happy I came by this video, you got a new sub :)
Hey! Sorry for not commenting on the subject of the video directly, but I just wanted to pop in and say that the sheer volume of the few moments that used loud sounds to accentuate a joke is a bit too much. I'm really glad I was watching this on speaker, because it might have actually hurt my ears otherwise. Please consider slightly more even audio mixing in the future, thank you. Aside from that I enjoyed the video and you've made some excellent points, I'll be sticking around for more I think.
How dare you approach a video regarding Sonic the Hedgehog with common sense. We only complain and post cringe. We will accept nothing more! Seriously tho, great video.
Yo this video is incredible even though you definitely could've made it longer I feel like it's at a could length now and if you want to keep making these types of videos you definitely should since this was fantastic
this is the true struggle of any content creator. the things you put the least effort in usually always blow up the fastest. probably due to timing. you've earned a sub from me. i relate to this shit so hard. hope to see you grow as a channel.
How Ian Flynn writes Shadow is cause the Sega mandates I love Ian Flynn's writing I hope Sega will please get rid of the bs Sega mandates these mandates are the biggest reasons that's been holding the franchise back since Sonic colors.
I'm someone who's willing to enjoy the Sonic games that I enjoy. I know that there will be people who dislike both episodes of Sonic 4, and that's fine. But I'll always still enjoy those games myself. Sonic has stuck with me for my entire life and I genuinely want the series to do really well. While I haven't seen the Sonic movies, I'm happy that they're doing well regardless and I'm hoping Frontiers turns out great too.
Found this video in my recommended, as someone who’s been in and outta the fanbase since about Unleashed (I think that’s roughly the time I got into sonic) I always found people pokin’ fun at sonic and kinda treating the franchise like a punching bag. Which- yes, sonic has a few bad games but it’s kind of become the Internet’s dead horse. I think this is the first video I saw from you and I found it really enjoyable! I like how ya went over the different parts of the fanbase and specified how ya don’t hate any of the creators from the clips shown for the fact they’re not very keen on Sonic. Can’t wait to see your thoughts on Frontiers, it looks super promising and Vandalize is probably one of my favorite songs from the franchise.
IGN has been one of frontiers biggest supports since the ign footage suprisely. I mean they have have multiple exclusive video's on frontiers and positive impression videos
That's the best way for a real Sonic fan to be, after my days in the Sonic forums I learned to just enjoy Sonic by myself maybe the last time I reached out to Sonic fans the first thing the asked me after checking to see if I was a fan is if I like the Sonic series "sexually" needless to say I bailed out faster than Super Sonic could move.
To be honest I believe the Sonic community should be more healthier and more civilized and be less judgmental A more accepting instead of act like a 12 year old children who cry all the time
This has the be the best video about sonic that I’ve ever seen. Like honestly, there was so many good points to be made and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it. And congrats on graduating! Keep on shining bright young one ✨
Great video, the rep that sonic had once led to me being somebody who took a long time to actually appreciate the good that has come out of the series, and enjoy many of the games. One criticism I have of the video is the bass boosted parts are a little loud, my ears didn't enjoy those
sonic isnt the worse fanbase id argue genshin is worse but sonics been around longer and getting the internet to change their punching bags is next to impossible.
This is actually my first time I ever found your channel. That’s an instant like and a sub from me. Sonic is a series that many times over the years has been the subject of much scrutiny from people, and for a variety of different reasons. And in many cases, it’s because of how commonly misunderstood we are. often times, when people see a few bad apples, they judge the entire bunch just off of the few that they’ve seen without giving them a chance. And it makes me glad to see that I’m not the only one who saw how much this was happening over time and that more people are now speaking up about it. And hey, no need to feel bad about how much time the video took to get out, life happens, you really get busy sometimes, and sometimes you don’t have all the time you want to get what you want to done, I think what’s even better is that you were able to upload it to begin with. Overall, really good job on the video, I’m interested in seeing what you decide to upload and do in the future!
Wait, a video talking about fan projects and it does not talk about Sonic and Tails R!? A show that, unlike Ian Flynn, actually writes Shadow correctly, and gives him his best vocal performance in English - Kōji Yusa is the GOAT for Shadow voices - in well over a decade? Not to mention gives Tails back a lot of credibility and self respect after Forces. Hell, he even does more in the first 30 seconds of the first episode than he does in the entirety of Forces.
@@Fuyu_Arashi99 You mean for Frontiers? I expect it to be more of the same. Tails sat on the bench - along with Amy and Knuckles - unable to do anything, besides play cheerleader to Sonic, given that I hear the only playable character in it is Sonic. Therefore Sonic will be the only person who can actually do anything, as it has been since the Meta Era to which I ask: why? Its been sixteen years since the last time we got to play as Sonic's friends and I really do what's the point of having them around in the games if they don't do anything!? But of course some would say... Something something they don't fit the narrative. Something something additional playable characters is box ticking. Something something they need to get Sonic right first. Also I'm more interested in the Japanese script, given that I play with the Japanese dub, and I do hope that we get accurate subtitles for it. Because if I wanted to read the English script then I would play with the English dub. And I don't want to read "big oof!" When Jun'ichi clearly never said such a thing, due to him not being shy in throwing out random Engrish lines mixed with his native Japanese.
I think my biggest gripe with when the game grumps playing sonic is that they’ll just make fun of the game relentlessly, so much that they don’t even pay attention to the good parts of the gameplay or story, I get that they’re not playing it for any of those reasons but they really act like it’s the games fault they don’t know what’s going on
That lopunny joke is pretty funny. Honestly, lopunny is really causing some people to act up in the fanbase nowadays. Even more so than Sally at least these days.
This is a really great video!! I personally disagree with the idea of it being stupid to not like minor design choices, I like hearing what people's preferences are! But when people are saying "Oh you're just complaining for the sake of complaining" like that just sucks. So do people who are super hostile of their ideal Sonics of course. I just wish people could discuss their Sonic design preferences without getting bullied for being a "nitpicker" or "just looking for things to complain about" it's just super toxic to me. Obviously no hate to you or anything but you saying people discussing Sonic's design is just garbage just kinda shuts down such an interesting topic for discussion in such a lame way to me. There's bad people who will force their ideal Sonic on you but some people just wanna say "Yeah I prefer Sonic's darker color fur" I think that's more than fine! Atleast I like talking about it and hearing people talk about it :'33. So sorry this comment is so long, I tend to get rambly on topics I'm passionate about. Again excellent video, just personally disagree with the idea of "every fan who discusses their preferences on minor changes to Sonic's design is dumb!!". Sorry if I completely misunderstood what you meant but that's what I got out of the sentence "All of that garbage" in reference of people discussing their preferences for how Sonic's designed.
Glad ya liked it. And when I said "all that garbage", I just meant all of the arguments in general. I think it's great to have preferences and stuff. Just my way of talking lol
@@NokaiGaming ah no worries then! My bad for misunderstanding. Thank you for reading my comment! It really does mean alot to me. Interested in seeing more of your stuff! Keep up the great work!!
YO? 12:43 SONIC FAN? NO! HES DIFFERENT NOW!!! I SWEAR!!!! * CRYING * WAHHHHHH MY FRIEND SENT ME THIS VIDEO PLEASE IM SORRY HES DIFFEREN HOW DID U EVEN GET THAT DRAWING I POSTED THAT ON THE- ON THE SRB2 MB??? WHAT????
Nice video dude! I'm subbing for more videos like this. However there was abit too much earape and the last 10 minutes of the video was too much ranting. It was almost long enough to be it's own video. Overall I think you had some good points and I'm glad your having fun making videos.
All this happens and literally nobody gives respect for archie and fleetway. Like there is a lot of disrepect for those series by laughing at out of context images and nobody seems to care and in turn won't give those series a chance
people love fleetway and archie. I personally don't like some of the older archie, mainly penders stuff, and fleetway can be a bit weird at times, but they both have a generally large fanbase overall. Ya just gotta know where to look
@@NokaiGaming it just is really disheartening how most of the Fandom just thinks of the series, especially archie, as only non canon when it is definitely much more then that and their good outways the bad tenfold
12:16 what do you mean? That right there is real art, its so beautiful and mesmerizing. This piece was so great it inspired me to kick-start my art career and become a famous Italian painter again- *loon at me now, mom!*
It's disappointing to me when fronteirs came out and everyone was bashing it for how it looks. Meanwhile I heard nothing but praise when the newer pokemon game was releasing. Even though that game actually looks like vomit
great video!! i had done a very similar video topic recently myself as someone who's very passionate about sonic and feels like i have a bit of a more positive outlook on some aspects, i do not think the fanbase is that bad all things considered the only main issue ive ever had with the fanbase was the positive people getting attacked for liking something from the franchise, and the people who arent looking forward to a sonic thing are also getting attacked and i want the fanbase to finally understand that its not just the defenders who attack, there are negative people that do just as much LOL and it's because of that that i sometimes hide how excited i am for a mostly negatively looked at aspect, like frontiers' cyberspace i love sonic and i always will, no other franchise has appealed to me quite as much as sonic has and no matter the bad moments, i still manage to find fun in a game
I agree with this video, people give the franchise way too much hate for producing a minority of games that aren't even really that bad. Although I will admit I still hate the fanbase, but for totally different reasons
Loved the video and you made a lot of good points. One point of criticism tho: Cut down on the earrape. It’s painful to try to listen carefully and then have my ears blasted by loud sounds. Try more subtle comedic moments and not just “loud = funny”
Haven't seen your other videos so I don't know if all your vids are like this, but the padding on this is quite insane. Some of the points could have been explained a bit faster. Otherwise, this is an amazing video, if it werent for the length, I would definently send this to people who make fun of sonic too much
Thank you, your criticism is very helpful. I'll take that into account. I guess it's like that because it was supposed to be longer, but idk lol. This is my first video like this, so I definitely have room to grow.
@@NokaiGaming I really, really mean it. I get what you're saying towards the end of the video specifically far too well also awesome video in general by the way
I’ll be honest, the main reason I love Sonic is because of Sonic 3 and the Archie Comic series. In fact the reason I’m pumped for frontiers is because I’m hoping there is some tie-in to the IDW comic series. Through all that, I still hate when people hate on Sonic lol
The only one of those clips I mind is the Game Grumps one since Arin actively mocks and antagonizes people for liking those games. At least Projared explained WHY he thinks the game is bad. Arin “died to a clam” Hanson on the other hand couldn’t critically analyze a box of oatmeal if the nutrition facts were literally read to him.
I actually followed the hatred for a long time as I only played a lot of Mario games, not sonic games, it wasn’t until I was in middle school when I picked up sonic mania and loved every bit of it. Now I play more sonic games than Mario I’ll even get superstars when it comes out
I don’t hate him (honestly, Hating him is just stupid), but I think he’s overrated. I despise the way he writes sonic (by the way, Ian was given the most creative freedom writing sonic (I’ve also heard some things about him that he would insult his own customers/supporters, but I could be wrong). My main problem with Ian Flynn is the worship/dickriding around him. People hate ken penders (I don’t like ken at all, Ian is better compared to him), and because of this, they act like Ian is a god. In my personal opinion, I’m not going to judge Ian as a person because I don’t know what he’s like, however I do not like his writing. I believe from what I’ve heard (I could be wrong) he made up most of the mandates. I want to research into this more to find out, but that’s what I’ve heard and seen some things of (like i said, I could be wrong). In all honesty, I don’t think Ian is the worst person ever, he has some flaws like any other person. The problem around Ian Flynn isn’t really Ian himself, it’s the worshipers that are the problem. Some of the fans seem to have parasocial relationship with Ian, however at the same time, I can somewhat understand. Sonic fans have been begging for some new sonic media since they were left with the mess that was forces, and so when someone comes in with a comic with a slightly better (in my opinion- my opinion is not fact) storyline, of course some fans with worship him. It’s honestly a complicated topic and Ian Flynn worshipers need to calm down, however the people who hate him to the point of wanting him dead need to calm down too. In the end, people should be able to enjoy a story as long as it doesn’t harm anyone. Some people like IDW sonic comics, some people don’t.
Jared was right about the minimal platforming bit. SA2 speed stages really don't have much in the way of jumping from platform to platform. Navigating through the stages is done mostly by running, grinding, using homing attack chains, and letting heavily scripted springs take you precisely where you're supposed to go. Tiny bits of hopping on platforms are few and far between. Not saying that's a bad thing, as that itch is more than scratched by the mech stages, but it certainly is a thing and deflecting by saying "nuh uh, he a platformer the box says so" is pretty dumb.
Understandable. Honestly, that part is meant to be played off more as a joke than deflection lol. I see what ya mean tho. At heart, Sonic really is a platformer, so that's what I was getting at.
Aaay, you got your big video out! Nicely done. Though as you know I’m not really a connoisseur of the Sonic series. I get what you mean that everyone has their own opinion but shouldn’t bash something if you haven’t tried it just because it’s popular. On a completely different note, the prevalence of furry Pokémon gets more and more each game, just accept it at this point 😂
Thank you sir. There's no way Pokemon doesn't know what they're doing lol. As long as they get more attention I guess.😂
@@NokaiGaming The problem with Modern Sonic is that his creator Yuki Naka left Sega during the making of Sonic 06. To make matters worse Sega also lost the people who made Sonic Unleashed. So without Sonic founding fathers, Sonic Team has hard time maintaining consistency. That the inconsistency has caused Sonic haters to just say that Sonic is never good, because it's the easy answer. Sadly the answer to Sonic's decline is not easy to solve.
I find it ironic considering how hypocritical the internet as a whole is.
They really have no right to say that Sonic is a "joke" or a punching bag when the gaming community itself is a clown show.
Sonic is severely underrated. Like it’s not even funny. People put heart and love into this franchise, and it’s brushed aside like people use sonic as a example of a bad series. Which is untrue. Sonic needs more appreciation.
I mean, they're not entirely wrong; Sonic as a series STRUGGLES to keep a consistant and good game line up since as early as the mid 90s with games like labyrinth or 3d blast. Even nowdays games like SCU, Origins and arguably Frontiers are below average games or in case of SCU downright terrible. If you look at other series like Mario, they don't have a game like 06 or Sonic Boom (not counting those obscure educational or CDI games) and aside from a couple of mediocre spin offs like the new paper mario games Mario just remains pretty consistant to this very day. Now if you compare that to Sonic we had the Classic era where most of the mainline games were solid, but the majority of spin offs were ok at best, the Adventure era which was half great half bad and the Meta era, which was even worse then the adventure era consistency and content wise. Sonic's just a franchise that has broken the good will of the public so many times that some way you can't really blame people for thinking Sonic is a bad franchise, even tho there are some genuinely great games it has to offer.
Bro sonic is one of the biggest gaming franchises and a pop culture icon bro is NOT underrated
@@moosesues8887 yes, but he’s literally treated poorly by Sega themselves. It only took them years to get a game where they have a good writing
@@JDxY-2 sonic still makes a fuckton of money and is known by everyone
I think "underappreciated" is a better term, but I agree. I'm just glad the series and community are finally making a serious comeback.
Fun facts: Shadow is written the way he is because of SEGA’s characters mandates, not because of Ian Flynn. Hopefully with this new upcoming game, maybe SEGA could have a change of heart and let Ian Flynn write properly.
And SammyClassicSonicFan was apparently a troll from the start, and was making fun of fanboys. Not to say he wasn’t a Sonic fan, but rather just poking fun at insane commenters.
Yall keep throwing that word around yet dont even know what ian meant by mandates. Its more of guidelines; Sega of japan and America have NO mandate set in stone for sonic and the other characters, just basic guidelines. The way Ian writes Shadow now is how he wants to write Shadow, how he sees shadow as a character, and we just have to accept that Shadow is a malleable character given his circumstance
@@CrustiiDustii alright, then… I guess we just change the words to guidelines. Though, to be fair, there have been complaints before about characters and their writing (all the way back in the day too), so if the mandates/guidelines weren’t strict it’d surprise me. I thought there was a mandate in regards to Shadow being never able to tell jokes. Regardless, Ian Flynn still does have a part in writing Shadow the way he is (with Shadow not being able to tell jokes, the joke became that Shadow is always an edgy douchebag). It is hard to streamline such a huge franchise but if Sonic 3 (the movie) writes Shadow incredibly right, then they might bring his personality from the movies into the games. We’ll see, though.
@@CrustiiDustii like there are some moments where shadow almost shows feelings but sega just like keeps his personality locked behind a safe like this is all sega's fault from the start really like they needed to have some restrictions with sonic from the start it's because of that we got like sonic foot fetish porn done by the old archie writer who won't be named
@@dangerousdoings8066 Yes there is a bs Sega mandate how certain characters are supposed to act for years Sonic wasn't able to show much emotions like he can't cry can't show fear but Frontiers I think Sega is slowly moving past the bs mandates. And Shadow wasn't always a edgy douchebag til Sonic boom to Sonic forces he cared about his friends slash teammates as much as people overly hate on Sonic 06 look at how he acts in that game hell even towards the end of Sonic adventure 2.
@@MadSociety-uy6zgHe's been an edgelord ever since Shadow the Hedgehog™ (the game) came out
It’s kinda funny how everyone used Sammy as leverage against the Sonic fan base when he’s actually been shown to be a really chill dude, and he’s stated on multiple occasions that he purposely overexaggerated those videos.
As much as he exaggerated and acted he was 100% right about the state of the franchise
So lucky to have this on my recommended, it kinda annoys me that the Sonic fanbase has such a bad rep. Thanks for making a really insightful video 👍
Of course! Thank you for watching!
Same, stumbled upon a gem here, funny, well worded, and insightful all at the same time.
Always glad to find a a quality nugget when browsing randomly, will be checking out the rest of the channel.
@@NokaiGaming As a Sonic fan myself, it's very hard to find a "Sonic" game that has the right balance, in terms of character, gameplay, and storytelling. Loved the Classic Games, Rise of Lyric, Fire & Ice, Adventure 1 & 2, Lost World, Mania and Generations, because Sonic is invested in his own story, and his friends sometimes help. I hate the rest of the games, mostly because Sonic's friends don't play a major role, or that Sonic doesn't care about the situation he's in. I feel the people who are being meanspirited to Sonic were doing this, because SEGA is being meanspirited on their writing. Apathy is a toxic thing to use on a good story. I don't hate Sonic games, because he exists (like Arin Henson does, for claiming Sonic is bad from the start, and no "good" Sonic game exists); I turn against bad Sonic games (and to a lesser extent, Show or Movie), because there's no heart.
And BTW, about the "Treasure Hunting" Stages from Adventure 2, I think they were complaining about it, because of how the Radar was nerfed; which can also be a big issue when playing the "Security Hall" Stage, if you have very limited lives, and you want to be more accustomed to the stage's hiding spots, but can't, because you have a limited time limit, caused by Rouge herself, BTW, because she went with 5 minutes instead of 10 that Eggman mentioned (10 minutes can work, because it's the same time limit for a normal 2D Sonic stage; 5 minutes doesn't, because SEGA expects you to be a Speedrunning God, which, unfortunately, not everyone can pull that off). Now, that's not to say I HATE Sonic Adventure 2 because of it; far from it; I just think it felt backwards to have a nerfed radar, when Adventure 1 gave you three possible routes all at once to help speed things up; and if they want to have 5 minutes on Security Hall, a Nerfed Radar would not help for beginners, and not everyone will succeed on the first deathless attempt.
And BTW, I hope you can respect my decision on hating on people who give false witness, because that is a commandment that shouldn't be broken; heck I hate MatPat for that same reason. I didn't think MatPat is a good guy, because he was earning his revenue through lying.
@@NokaiGaming 0:22 I think Sonic The HEDGEHOG is a porcupine.
I’m glad after the movies, show announcements, and ofc newfound hype for Frontiers, Sonic is coming back to the limelight. He was dangerously close to becoming the Nickleback of the gaming world
Did you watch the intro to the video? He is.
Most of his games are good to decent with only a couple outliers.
Yet we all decided to hate this franchise.
I’m not a huge fan but yes yes he is the nickleback of the gaming scene.
@@AnimatedTerror i disagree, because Nickleback never made a comeback, they just died down to all but their most hardcore fans. Had it not been for recent media however I might have agreed with you.
"What's the first sonic game?" "Sonic Cd" will always piss me off
This is extremely high quality for a channel with 4.8k subs. You deserve more!
The idea of Sonic controlling bad has always been stupid, just because it's unique doesn't mean it's bad. People say Sonic controls great in Frontiers simply because he can do a 360 spin quickly yet he controlled great in the boost games, just because it's not the typical platformer controls doesn't mean it's bad.
I think we can all agree that no matter how badly the sonic franchise bungles it the music his games has is pretty alright, and I think that's about as good as we can ask for
“Pretty alright” I hope you edit this comment
Just found this in my recommended about 40 minutes ago and this was a very well constructed video. In the time you gave yourself, you covered quite a lot, and quite well at that. The editing was definitely a highlight as well, though you could maybe cut down on the pauses taken when a new music track starts. If a few more videos in a similar style can be expected down the pipeline, I'd be happy to check them out.
That is very helpful, thank you very much! More videos like this are for sure coming!
I remember in middle school I was playing Sonic 2 on mobile and my friend was like “ewww you’re playing Sonic? Those games suck, just look at those graphics!” I said “bruh have you even played a Sonic game before…?” “No.”
Idk if this is so much the case nowadays but back then, there were so many people just going off the opinions of TH-camrs claiming “Sonic is bad!” When they’ve never even touched a Sonic game in their lives…
First time coming by this channel and well You did great man, I completely stand by your ideas. the sonic fandom continues to grow and i hope people will realize someday that its ok to like something. Keep running sonic ✊
Thank you! There will always be people that look down on us, but as long as we grow and move forward, we'll be ok.👍👍
The funniest thing is that since Frontiers is getting a ton of positive press, there are creators actively scrambling to try and bash on the game in a reasonable manner. It's funny seeing how desperate they can be.
Also, on the ProJared thing you mentioned, it's more or less his business at this point, since he had the receipts for the more major things people tried to cancel him for. Everything else is more his private life.
I just love how blunt you were right in the beginning, good shit lmao
@@errorstudioz Pretty much every journalist and mainstream content creator
@@MasterAlpha1000 Average sonic hater
A random internet voice: "Sonic was never good"
Sonic fans: "Any last words?"
I've recently started reading the Archie comics, and the early Sonic Universe releases depict Shadow incredibly well. There's a lot more allowed for him beyond brooding edgelord in these - he has this tentative friendly side to him as well, which was refreshing. Some small moments of sensitivity while still trying to be stoic. Honestly, it's better than any version of post-SA2 Shadow seen anywhere else. Checked who penned these and it was Ian Flynn.
Idk what happened that saw his Shadow in IDW turn out more one dimensional, but I've at least seen proof that Ian is capable of writing an excellent take on Shadow.
Yeah. Sega gave mandates on how characters are written nowadays, so they basically want Shadow to be an edgelord. It's pretty sad
People will hate anything just like they hate the fact you can homing attack without jumping
I don't really like that though. Doesn't feel right
@@thefastcommenter7774 ? I don't have a problem with it but its ok if you have an opinion because by the end of the day you can still do it with jumping
even though it's wrong
This video is freaking awesome and I'm glad it got recommended to me. I personally got into Sonic in 2017, right after Mania came out. I wasn't into the series purely due to lack of interest (my only interests were... very mainstream) but Sonic is what sparked the era of me broadening my horizons and led to me getting into a bunch of stuff like Mario and a lot of the indie stuff coming out at the time. Sonic is kind of a representative of keeping an open mind in my eyes--it's not always gonna be the same. One bad game doesn't make all of them bad after all.
I've experienced fandom toxicity first hand, but it never muddied my perception of what they're fans of. I honestly just wish people could develop their own opinions for these sorts of things instead of making their judgements based on like... children screaming about something they enjoy. You can be passionate about something even if there's a loud minority screwing things up for other people.
Thank you! Very well said. The fan base can be very rough when you first join, but it doesn't take long to find good in it.
"Sonic was never good"..
Shadow in the background: That does it! I'm gonna kill again!
0:07 this is true, except for kingdom hearts.
Sonic is making a big comeback in 2022 like the comics got a good rep so does the two movies, and he’s getting a show and another sequel plus frontiers looks very promising from footage seems like sonic team/SEGA are trying again which I’m glad hopefully it stays this way for our favorite blue blur
First time seeing this channel but I can already tell this will blow up
People who hate on a series without giving it a fair shot just because it’s popular to do so. Literally the most annoying thing ever I swear. Lol
Man, this video hit pretty hard. It's so weird how a fanbase can change an outsider's perspective on a franchise. Like, enjoying something with a weird fanbase doesn't automaticly turn you into the same kind of person, enjoy things the way YOU want to! I'll surely remember this video for a while, keep up the great work dude!
Glad you liked it! Maybe someday the fanbase will heal. Here’s hoping!
@@NokaiGaming I think it already is healing! Sega's output with Sonic media has been pretty good these last few years and people have been more positive in general about Sonic, so that's something!
The reason I rag on sonic so much is because I know he has the potential to be something truly great. We see this potential fan games such as sonic utopia and robo blast. It's like the smart kid in school that just slacks off, like you could be so much better but you choose to slack off. That being said I am actually excited for the future of sonic, sonic frontiers laid out a great blue print for sonic team to improve on.
Just played Sonic Adventure for the first time 2 days ago. It is a dang gem.
Maybe you can do a part 2 someday so your script doesn't go to waste I would love to see a part 2 from you on this topic again. Great video.
HOLY SHIT! I KNOW THAT GUY AT 11:02!!! That Dark Sonic guy was an absolute ass during the days of the Forces hype cycle, even when nobody was attacking him and merely said some mild criticism.
There's also this Monkey D. Luffy guy who was also always causing problems, but he's harder to track down for obvious reasons.
I don’t care what people say sonic is still a good franchise even though he had a lot of stressful things in the past but now in the present
It looks like he’s doing good now.
Frontiers is coming out next month and his movies broke records.
More and more sonic fans are getting into the series heck some Mario fans are getting tired of Nintendo and half of them are getting into sonic. It’s like sonic is a cool dude with a rad personality and I think that’s what is good with this franchise.
And as a sonic fan I can confirm that your video makes a lot of sense.
Everyone fandom aside from sonic has to nick-pick on videos that came in years ago and try to bring them up to present day and that’s the annoying part.
I think this video helps me a lot, because before I was a Sonic fan for 2 years, I was an Thomas and friends Fan for 15 years at the age of 4, and besides now this fandom of ttte Was Toxic and having Slanders from tv shows, and the company who owns the brand, and yes I get the feeling why Sonic has been through a lot from a lot of drama from manchilds, and I want to avoid anything from it.
Your video helped me a lot man,
He's might get knocked around but Sonic has learned to roll with the punches.
Glad I'm not the only who can never get into the Zelda series
I fricking adore the lore tho
Same bro
great video! i’m glad someone’s finally made a video like this, sonic has some fantastic games and other media and i always hate it when people hate on it for no reason other than “youtube guy told me thing is bad so now i will think thing bad”. for a while i actually pretended i didn’t like sonic around my friends because of all the bad stigma around him and i was afraid of being made fun of. anyway you earned a sub.
Thank you! I actually had a similar instance a long time ago, but then when I found my real friends we all agree what each of us likes is cool. One of em loves pikmin, but I've never played it so I can't say I like it. For him, it's the same way with Sonic. Both of us agree that the different series have their highs and lows, But are overall good. Ya just gotta find the right people. Thanks for the support! :)
The Era of TH-cam rage reviewers really poisoned internet opinion content for years.
My favorite thing about Sonic is how the franchise is quite literally a lolcow factory. So many wonderful sickos have spawned from this franchise. You have Chris Chan (and we all know what he did), Richard Kita (the diaper man), Dillin Thomas (I used to binge watch his videos talking about Chris Chan and different lolcows before he became one himself😂), Ken Penders (even the people who officially worked on Sonic are weirdos. I LOVE how the only reason he won his baseless court case was because Sega were somehow even more incompetent than he was), and so many more. It’s so weird how other than people like Movie Bob you basically never see this from Mario despite the fact their demographic appeal overlaps a lot. Let’s just say regardless of the quality of the games there’s a reason Sonic has the reputation it does.
CWC was also a diehard pokemon and nintendo fanboy to be honest, and nowadays there are way more wierdos in other fandoms, are we going to ignore the pedophiles of the smash comunity? The steven universe fans whom almost made a person kill herself? Id say the sonic fandom is very chill in comparison, just never give your opinion on a set game and you should be fine 🤣
Not Sega, Archie is the reason Ken ponders got any leverage
@@cnk9822 or the Halo fandom just simply existing. They are hate their franchise.
@Can't Read As someone who really likes Halo I can confirm that the Halo community is unfortunately the Sonic fandom of fps games. They just don’t appear nearly as cancerous since they’re not obsessing over a cartoon blue hedgehog. There are so many parallels between the two fanbases. Thankfully I don’t engage in the autism. I just like to watch it from a distance.
Iirc, SammyClassic has even said that those videos he made as a kid were an attempt to play a character like the AVGN. He seems to make fun of himself for it nowadays but it’s cool seeing him all grown up
As a sonic fan I always get bullied in school but it doesn't stop me because I have a small group of friends to keep me company and happy who also really enjoy sonic and get bullied... that last one there isn't that great but when we get home we hop on a discord call together and play sonic with each other even without online play except for sonic robo blast 2 we hop on and we have so much frickin fun.
You are bullied for good reason.
@@leonardoalvarenga7572 Anyone from a shit hole like Brazil doesn't get to talk
If they are physically bullying you then punch them/shove them back
@@leonardoalvarenga7572 Ah yes because getting bullied for liking a game series is totally okay and not wrong at all.
if you seriously think that somebody getting bullied for liking Sonic The Hedgehog is okay, I think you need to get some help and log off the internet.
@@leonardoalvarenga7572 The fuck is wrong with you bro
Hey man keep it up! I love videos like these that are able to keep your attention, you are gonna fly high man.
Thank you so much! I love making stuff like this, so that would be a dream come true!
As a huge Sonic fan I loved this video. More of this please! Your knowledge of the series is awesome to see and I’d love to see your opinions on other parts of the series as well. Happy I came by this video, you got a new sub :)
Hey! Sorry for not commenting on the subject of the video directly, but I just wanted to pop in and say that the sheer volume of the few moments that used loud sounds to accentuate a joke is a bit too much. I'm really glad I was watching this on speaker, because it might have actually hurt my ears otherwise. Please consider slightly more even audio mixing in the future, thank you.
Aside from that I enjoyed the video and you've made some excellent points, I'll be sticking around for more I think.
Thanks for the advice. I'm working on more stuff right now, so that's definitely helpful stuff to hear. I'm glad you enjoyed it otherwise. :)
Arin, the guy who loves tearing this franchise a new asshole.
How dare you approach a video regarding Sonic the Hedgehog with common sense. We only complain and post cringe. We will accept nothing more! Seriously tho, great video.
i didn't even know that animated short existed thank god i got recommend this video
Yo this video is incredible even though you definitely could've made it longer I feel like it's at a could length now and if you want to keep making these types of videos you definitely should since this was fantastic
Thanks! I definitely plan to make more and have several videos working right now. :)
this is the true struggle of any content creator. the things you put the least effort in usually always blow up the fastest. probably due to timing. you've earned a sub from me. i relate to this shit so hard. hope to see you grow as a channel.
How Ian Flynn writes Shadow is cause the Sega mandates I love Ian Flynn's writing I hope Sega will please get rid of the bs Sega mandates these mandates are the biggest reasons that's been holding the franchise back since Sonic colors.
Amazing video! Got this on my recommended!
For such a small video you managed to incorporate a lot aspects of the sonic fanbase in it 👏👏
I'm someone who's willing to enjoy the Sonic games that I enjoy. I know that there will be people who dislike both episodes of Sonic 4, and that's fine. But I'll always still enjoy those games myself. Sonic has stuck with me for my entire life and I genuinely want the series to do really well. While I haven't seen the Sonic movies, I'm happy that they're doing well regardless and I'm hoping Frontiers turns out great too.
Found this video in my recommended, as someone who’s been in and outta the fanbase since about Unleashed (I think that’s roughly the time I got into sonic) I always found people pokin’ fun at sonic and kinda treating the franchise like a punching bag. Which- yes, sonic has a few bad games but it’s kind of become the Internet’s dead horse.
I think this is the first video I saw from you and I found it really enjoyable! I like how ya went over the different parts of the fanbase and specified how ya don’t hate any of the creators from the clips shown for the fact they’re not very keen on Sonic.
Can’t wait to see your thoughts on Frontiers, it looks super promising and Vandalize is probably one of my favorite songs from the franchise.
I actually joined around a similar time lol. I'm really glad you liked it! Hopefully I'll get a Frontiers video out in a timely fashion.😅
Instant like and subbed. You speak the truth; we must unite and stay strong when IGN inevitably gives Sonic Frontiers a 6 because reasons.
Thank you! I really appreciate it! At this point, I'm prepared for anything IGN does 😂
IGN has been one of frontiers biggest supports since the ign footage suprisely. I mean they have have multiple exclusive video's on frontiers and positive impression videos
@@chaomasterzero4610 Yeah, you're probably right. Them having an exclusive to then only bash on it; not even IGN has that kind of cajones.
@@Antonio_Ortiz Ign actually gave pocket adventure a 10/10. Trust me not every journalist there hates sonic
@@MasterAlpha1000 how is it mid if if you haven’t played it yet
Maybe I'll get bullied for this, but I really hope to be one of those fans one day, like Tyson Hesse or some of the animators or artists
Hey man, there's no reason to be bullied for something like that. I'm sure if you work as hard as them, you'll get there in no time. :)
As a sonic fan myself, I just stay to myself and enjoy Sonic stuff
That's the best way for a real Sonic fan to be, after my days in the Sonic forums I learned to just enjoy Sonic by myself maybe the last time I reached out to Sonic fans the first thing the asked me after checking to see if I was a fan is if I like the Sonic series "sexually" needless to say I bailed out faster than Super Sonic could move.
To be honest I believe the Sonic community should be more healthier and more civilized and be less judgmental A more accepting instead of act like a 12 year old children who cry all the time
@@MasterAlpha1000 I don't see you coming up with anything 😑
@@MasterAlpha1000 hm
This has the be the best video about sonic that I’ve ever seen. Like honestly, there was so many good points to be made and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it. And congrats on graduating! Keep on shining bright young one ✨
Thank you very much! Here's hoping life isn't a trainwreck 😅
Great video, the rep that sonic had once led to me being somebody who took a long time to actually appreciate the good that has come out of the series, and enjoy many of the games. One criticism I have of the video is the bass boosted parts are a little loud, my ears didn't enjoy those
sonic isnt the worse fanbase id argue genshin is worse but sonics been around longer and getting the internet to change their punching bags is next to impossible.
Nice vid, if this is your stepping stone into your new style of content then your already making leaps and bounds! Good luck
Thank you!
Lucky you, I think a lot of new people just found your channel through this video now, including me. Good job man!
Thank you!
This is actually my first time I ever found your channel. That’s an instant like and a sub from me.
Sonic is a series that many times over the years has been the subject of much scrutiny from people, and for a variety of different reasons. And in many cases, it’s because of how commonly misunderstood we are. often times, when people see a few bad apples, they judge the entire bunch just off of the few that they’ve seen without giving them a chance.
And it makes me glad to see that I’m not the only one who saw how much this was happening over time and that more people are now speaking up about it.
And hey, no need to feel bad about how much time the video took to get out, life happens, you really get busy sometimes, and sometimes you don’t have all the time you want to get what you want to done, I think what’s even better is that you were able to upload it to begin with.
Overall, really good job on the video, I’m interested in seeing what you decide to upload and do in the future!
Wait, a video talking about fan projects and it does not talk about Sonic and Tails R!? A show that, unlike Ian Flynn, actually writes Shadow correctly, and gives him his best vocal performance in English - Kōji Yusa is the GOAT for Shadow voices - in well over a decade? Not to mention gives Tails back a lot of credibility and self respect after Forces. Hell, he even does more in the first 30 seconds of the first episode than he does in the entirety of Forces.
I just hope that Flynn can save Tails because he's already wrote Sonic well so far.
O shoot, you're right. I forgot to mention Sonic R lol. I love that series! Thanks for reminding me! 😅😅
@@Fuyu_Arashi99 You mean for Frontiers? I expect it to be more of the same. Tails sat on the bench - along with Amy and Knuckles - unable to do anything, besides play cheerleader to Sonic, given that I hear the only playable character in it is Sonic. Therefore Sonic will be the only person who can actually do anything, as it has been since the Meta Era to which I ask: why? Its been sixteen years since the last time we got to play as Sonic's friends and I really do what's the point of having them around in the games if they don't do anything!? But of course some would say...
Something something they don't fit the narrative.
Something something additional playable characters is box ticking.
Something something they need to get Sonic right first.
Also I'm more interested in the Japanese script, given that I play with the Japanese dub, and I do hope that we get accurate subtitles for it. Because if I wanted to read the English script then I would play with the English dub. And I don't want to read "big oof!" When Jun'ichi clearly never said such a thing, due to him not being shy in throwing out random Engrish lines mixed with his native Japanese.
@@DemonDethchase I just hope Tails gets a playable appearance sometime in the future.
I think my biggest gripe with when the game grumps playing sonic is that they’ll just make fun of the game relentlessly, so much that they don’t even pay attention to the good parts of the gameplay or story, I get that they’re not playing it for any of those reasons but they really act like it’s the games fault they don’t know what’s going on
That lopunny joke is pretty funny. Honestly, lopunny is really causing some people to act up in the fanbase nowadays.
Even more so than Sally at least these days.
This is a really great video!!
I personally disagree with the idea of it being stupid to not like minor design choices, I like hearing what people's preferences are! But when people are saying "Oh you're just complaining for the sake of complaining" like that just sucks. So do people who are super hostile of their ideal Sonics of course. I just wish people could discuss their Sonic design preferences without getting bullied for being a "nitpicker" or "just looking for things to complain about" it's just super toxic to me.
Obviously no hate to you or anything but you saying people discussing Sonic's design is just garbage just kinda shuts down such an interesting topic for discussion in such a lame way to me. There's bad people who will force their ideal Sonic on you but some people just wanna say "Yeah I prefer Sonic's darker color fur" I think that's more than fine! Atleast I like talking about it and hearing people talk about it :'33. So sorry this comment is so long, I tend to get rambly on topics I'm passionate about.
Again excellent video, just personally disagree with the idea of "every fan who discusses their preferences on minor changes to Sonic's design is dumb!!". Sorry if I completely misunderstood what you meant but that's what I got out of the sentence "All of that garbage" in reference of people discussing their preferences for how Sonic's designed.
Glad ya liked it. And when I said "all that garbage", I just meant all of the arguments in general. I think it's great to have preferences and stuff. Just my way of talking lol
@@NokaiGaming ah no worries then! My bad for misunderstanding. Thank you for reading my comment! It really does mean alot to me. Interested in seeing more of your stuff! Keep up the great work!!
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SONIC FAN? NO! HES DIFFERENT NOW!!! I SWEAR!!!! * CRYING * WAHHHHHH
MY FRIEND SENT ME THIS VIDEO PLEASE IM SORRY HES DIFFEREN
HOW DID U EVEN GET THAT DRAWING I POSTED THAT ON THE- ON THE SRB2 MB??? WHAT????
IT'S OK LOL I JUST FOUND IT ON GOOGLE IT'S OKKKKK!
@@NokaiGaming W O W O K L M A O -
but yeah that's mine-
it's so crazy how- he's just T H E R E
@@huskobusko the past will always be there to jump scare us
Nice video dude! I'm subbing for more videos like this. However there was abit too much earape and the last 10 minutes of the video was too much ranting. It was almost long enough to be it's own video. Overall I think you had some good points and I'm glad your having fun making videos.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and that is exactly the kind of feedback I wanted to see! I really appreciate it!
What a great video! Definitely earned a subscriber. I look forward to seeing what else you make.
Lookin forward to see how you grow my dude.
Thanks! Here's hoping
All this happens and literally nobody gives respect for archie and fleetway. Like there is a lot of disrepect for those series by laughing at out of context images and nobody seems to care and in turn won't give those series a chance
people love fleetway and archie. I personally don't like some of the older archie, mainly penders stuff, and fleetway can be a bit weird at times, but they both have a generally large fanbase overall. Ya just gotta know where to look
@@NokaiGaming it just is really disheartening how most of the Fandom just thinks of the series, especially archie, as only non canon when it is definitely much more then that and their good outways the bad tenfold
Yeah sonic fans aren’t the worst… vapeoreon…
You have a lot of valid points. Honestly, I like how much thought and care you put into things.
Got this recommended to me this morning and it's really good i subscribed 😎👍
Holy crap its him. THE sonic community.
12:16 what do you mean? That right there is real art, its so beautiful and mesmerizing. This piece was so great it inspired me to kick-start my art career and become a famous Italian painter again- *loon at me now, mom!*
It's disappointing to me when fronteirs came out and everyone was bashing it for how it looks. Meanwhile I heard nothing but praise when the newer pokemon game was releasing. Even though that game actually looks like vomit
people hate sonic because he is too cool and that terrifies them.
As a Sonic fan myself, that's not the reason.
@@thefastcommenter7774 it was joke moment
@@piranhalettuce You think I didn't know that?
great video!! i had done a very similar video topic recently myself
as someone who's very passionate about sonic and feels like i have a bit of a more positive outlook on some aspects, i do not think the fanbase is that bad all things considered
the only main issue ive ever had with the fanbase was the positive people getting attacked for liking something from the franchise, and the people who arent looking forward to a sonic thing are also getting attacked and i want the fanbase to finally understand that its not just the defenders who attack, there are negative people that do just as much LOL and it's because of that that i sometimes hide how excited i am for a mostly negatively looked at aspect, like frontiers' cyberspace
i love sonic and i always will, no other franchise has appealed to me quite as much as sonic has and no matter the bad moments, i still manage to find fun in a game
Thank you! Very well said
The reason why they hate Sonic is because they think it's cool to hate Sonic as a whole
I agree with this video, people give the franchise way too much hate for producing a minority of games that aren't even really that bad. Although I will admit I still hate the fanbase, but for totally different reasons
Really well made video but the beginning did drag a bit. You stated the point of the video 10 minutes in and it made me double take the length lmao
That's the kinda feedback I want! Thank you!
Loved the video and you made a lot of good points. One point of criticism tho:
Cut down on the earrape. It’s painful to try to listen carefully and then have my ears blasted by loud sounds. Try more subtle comedic moments and not just “loud = funny”
Good points. Thank you very much! I'm learning a lot, so any helpful criticisms are welcome. :)
Dude great video also Ian flynn didn't have a say in the matter of writing shadow sega forced him to write shadow terribly
Thanks. :) And don't worry. I know.
I found your channel through this video and now i'm subscribing btw
Haven't seen your other videos so I don't know if all your vids are like this, but the padding on this is quite insane. Some of the points could have been explained a bit faster. Otherwise, this is an amazing video, if it werent for the length, I would definently send this to people who make fun of sonic too much
Thank you, your criticism is very helpful. I'll take that into account. I guess it's like that because it was supposed to be longer, but idk lol. This is my first video like this, so I definitely have room to grow.
Good luck man, I hope you achieve all your ambitions
Thank you very much!
@@NokaiGaming I really, really mean it. I get what you're saying towards the end of the video specifically far too well
also awesome video in general by the way
Great video! Very well written and delivered, keep it up!
I really hope this video gets the same views as the Sonic Prime one.
This is the type of video I want to see
yes the sonic fanbase is bad, but the Pokémon, Undertale and my hero accademia fanbases are more toxic and worse
also the smash fanbase is toxic AF
yeah, those can be pretty bad too. I love most of those(except mha lol) a lot, so it sucks to see what their fanbases have turned into.
I’ll be honest, the main reason I love Sonic is because of Sonic 3 and the Archie Comic series. In fact the reason I’m pumped for frontiers is because I’m hoping there is some tie-in to the IDW comic series. Through all that, I still hate when people hate on Sonic lol
The only one of those clips I mind is the Game Grumps one since Arin actively mocks and antagonizes people for liking those games.
At least Projared explained WHY he thinks the game is bad. Arin “died to a clam” Hanson on the other hand couldn’t critically analyze a box of oatmeal if the nutrition facts were literally read to him.
Game Scoop: Professionally Unprofessional when Sonic is brought up
I actually followed the hatred for a long time as I only played a lot of Mario games, not sonic games, it wasn’t until I was in middle school when I picked up sonic mania and loved every bit of it. Now I play more sonic games than Mario I’ll even get superstars when it comes out
Wait… people hate Ian Flynn?
I don’t hate him (honestly, Hating him is just stupid), but I think he’s overrated. I despise the way he writes sonic (by the way, Ian was given the most creative freedom writing sonic (I’ve also heard some things about him that he would insult his own customers/supporters, but I could be wrong). My main problem with Ian Flynn is the worship/dickriding around him. People hate ken penders (I don’t like ken at all, Ian is better compared to him), and because of this, they act like Ian is a god. In my personal opinion, I’m not going to judge Ian as a person because I don’t know what he’s like, however I do not like his writing. I believe from what I’ve heard (I could be wrong) he made up most of the mandates. I want to research into this more to find out, but that’s what I’ve heard and seen some things of (like i said, I could be wrong). In all honesty, I don’t think Ian is the worst person ever, he has some flaws like any other person. The problem around Ian Flynn isn’t really Ian himself, it’s the worshipers that are the problem. Some of the fans seem to have parasocial relationship with Ian, however at the same time, I can somewhat understand. Sonic fans have been begging for some new sonic media since they were left with the mess that was forces, and so when someone comes in with a comic with a slightly better (in my opinion- my opinion is not fact) storyline, of course some fans with worship him. It’s honestly a complicated topic and Ian Flynn worshipers need to calm down, however the people who hate him to the point of wanting him dead need to calm down too. In the end, people should be able to enjoy a story as long as it doesn’t harm anyone. Some people like IDW sonic comics, some people don’t.
cool shoes, where'd you get 'em?
Arbys
The one thing about the sonic fanbase is the shipping and boy goes nuts lucky I'm used to seeing and Reding
I was actually gonna mention shipping, but kept it out as I feel that could be a whole future video lol
@@NokaiGaming it's crazy I ship but I don't get as crazy the sonamy shippers are relly crazy and dam there scare me
Nokai: Sonic, gaming's punching bag
Chris Pratt: Allow me to introduce myself
Great video though, I really enjoyed it!!! 🤣
lol, that's true! 😂and thanks!
My parents don’t even like sonic and they don’t even play the games. But I think sonic is pretty cool.
Jared was right about the minimal platforming bit. SA2 speed stages really don't have much in the way of jumping from platform to platform. Navigating through the stages is done mostly by running, grinding, using homing attack chains, and letting heavily scripted springs take you precisely where you're supposed to go. Tiny bits of hopping on platforms are few and far between.
Not saying that's a bad thing, as that itch is more than scratched by the mech stages, but it certainly is a thing and deflecting by saying "nuh uh, he a platformer the box says so" is pretty dumb.
Understandable. Honestly, that part is meant to be played off more as a joke than deflection lol. I see what ya mean tho. At heart, Sonic really is a platformer, so that's what I was getting at.
MY BOY, Great Video! I'm still hyped for Frontiers!!!
MY BOY, thanketh thee. Same here. Frontiers sweep!
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