@@lemonboi_project i think it makes more sense if an actual player said that, i mean lets face it gamers or people in general tend to be curious and discover new things. If the chaos emeralds are supossed to be difficult to obtain people will assume there's a good reward for getting them but if it was easy, the magic for getting them all would be gone.
wow sonic is wise man i watched sonic sez and when someone tries to touch my body then its not good but if its a hot woman then its ok as long as its only on places were i am comfortable with them touching me there like on my head and my right shoulder
Knuckles isn't an echidna knuckles is an Australian anteater an Australian anteater is anin echidna so there you go knuckles isn't an echidna but he's in echidna
I think it’s funny how some fans refuse to call Eggman “Eggman” and only refer to him as his “true” name “Ivo Robotnik” even though his creators called him Eggman from the beginning
In case nobody has ever tried this, if you type "Dr. Robotnik" in Google Translate and translate it from English to Japanese, you can see that it translates directly to:「ドクターエッグマン」or Dr. Eggman if you will.
Because apparently "Dr. Ivo Robotnik" sounds more "evil" and "edgier". It's funny because they totally missed the whole point of Dr. Eggman. He is an evil scientist who captures Sonic's animal friends to make his own troops, effectively (or not) turning them against Sonic, and is apparently not as edgy as they all think. In all honesty, you can blame SEGA of America for burning the name to some of their faithful followers.
I refuse to use the name Eggman because Robotnik it the only name I knew for him and I grew up with Sonic games in this era as it was only japan who had the name Eggman at the time and to be honest the name Eggman sounds silly. I only found out the name Eggman from Sonic Adventure. Also I always wondered what that EG text on Wing Fortress meant for years and sonic Adventure explained what it was and why Robotnik is called Eggman being egg shaped and all.
I just replayed Sonic Adventure and noticed something. In this game, Sonic and his friends use the name Eggman a lot as a joke, but the man himself insists his name is Dr. Robotnik. It is very funny and I wish they had kept that.
It's interesting how the Adventures tried to smooth out the transition from Robotnik to Eggman. First time he's called "Eggman" he appears to be upset by that, and still calls himself Robotnik, but freely calls his creations Egg-somethings. On Adventure 2 he is now full-Eggman but then it slams the shit out of you by naming his grandfather "Gerald Robotnik", thus making the Robotnik name officially part of the Japanese canon.
Yeah I always love how they did it. Things were called Egg Something even before he got the name, so you could say part of the reason Sonic calls him that is his apparent love of the things, that might be why he kept the name too. Also I saw someone else point out how his name also then becomes a parallel to Tails. One birth name that one group in dev preferred, one nickname that's more used that another group in dev preferred, both for our rival super geniuses.
Similar thing happened to Mario but in a more subtle way. JP called 2 characters Princess Peach and King Koopa while Americans called them Princess Toadstool and Bowser By Mario 64 toadstool became Peaches last name while Bowser was always known as King of the Koopas so you can also call him King Koopa or “King Bowser Koopa” Most people universally knows Marios princess as Peach but the name “Bowser” still hasnt caught on in Japan
@@trevortuominen8233You have that backwards. King Koopa is the japanese name, Bowser is the american one... well, the one used in game manuals and such. The cartoons used King Koopa.
The Japanese sonic box art looks so nice and timeless, it could be released today and would be perceived as modern-looking. They really had a sense for iconic and aesthetically appealing design.
@@TiberianFiend This has nothing to do with "remembering the 90s", it would still look modern and appealing today, while the other one looks, well... dated, to say the least. That's the thing about timeless art. Many album covers from the 60s and 70s completely fit into the style of these decades, but still look timeless and "not dated" on their own. They fit into the aesthetics oft their time but could also be released today. In my opinion, the same goes for the Japenese Sonic box design.
I never got why SoA tried to make Eggman look scary- he's not supposed to LOOK intimidating, it's everything else surrounding him that makes him a threat. His jolly, wide-smile appearance juxtaposes how horrible he is and THAT'S what MAKES him scary.
“Don’t just sit there and waste your precious time. When you want to do something, do it right away. Do it when you can. It’s the only way to live a life without regrets.” - Sonic the Hedgehog
For those of you who miss Sonic's Mohawk-spines, it should be noted that Jet the Hawk's hair does resemble a Mohawk, which also brings up the subtle idea that he's an “evil Sonic”.
That's awesome. Most sonic antagonists parallel him in some way whix i found really cool. Except Infinite but I dont feel like he's a sonic antagonists, more like the players/ created character's.
The Japanese art is so timeless that’s it is still the primary style being used to this day for Origins and Mania. It’s *beautiful.* It gives me that feeling of the better looking 1990’s cartoons, and I’m glad that they’re fully embracing that with some animations. It’s a good call back to Sonic CD as well, which basically did the same thing.
I didn’t realize how great Sonic’s character design was until the beautiful hand drawn cutscenes of Sonic CD. The difference was so great that I never tried to draw western Sonic again after playing that game. They tried to hard to inject western Sonic with “cool and rad” that they actually managed to hide how cool his original design was.
AstonishingREDD you are completely right the Japanese Sonic was so much better then the American making him look cocky a little but fun and kinda serious when he needed to be but one thing I would give to the Americans is that they did really well making him look cocky and know it all and I actually really respect that about them
Eracity to bad the quote about “think not what others can do for you, but what you can do for others” is stolen from John F. Kennedy except he said “think not what your country and do for you, but what you can do for your country”
“And Sonic’s goal in life was to be an olympic runner” Ohhhhh so that explains the Mario and Sonic Olympic Games Because Sonic always wanted to do his goal in life with his video game enemy *_VeRy LeGiT_*
I wouldn’t say they’re enemies, it’s like apple and Samsung. While on the surface they may appear to be enemies Samsung makes a lot of the chips for apple
Guys, "Kintobor" = "Robotnik" spelled backwards. The sickness of 'original Sonic characters' was there before his first game even hit the shelves. It truly is a curse.
@@nanight2353 bad future, that means its supposed to be bad, while others songs like palmtree panic (present) is pretty good, while you can put the entire american ost on a sonic.exe fan game and you wont even notice
The one thing that Cybershell failed to point out in this video were the lore inconsistencies between the JP Sonic lore and the U.S. Sonic lore. The games followed the Japanese lore, which you can read in the manuals of the games. To make things short, the JP lore had a mythological feel to it, mentioning gods pulling the strings, ancient events causing the events of the games, a Shonen vibe to the series, and the games taking place on an alternate reality of Earth. Meanwhile, America had its own version of the lore, focusing on freeing a world from Dr. Robotnik, with it being inspired by American cartoons, and the setting was another planet called Mobius. By _Sonic Adventure,_ SEGA decided to make the Japanese lore canon, yet they didn't tell Americans what the lore was about! It felt jarring for American Sonic fans to see attributes that were only seen in the Japanese lore, such as Sonic having a more laidback personality, (and he wasn't eating chili dogs until _Sonic Advance 3,_ as stated in the manual,) Tails being the mechanic, replacing Rotor Walrus, and the fact that Sally was nowhere to be seen in the games. Honestly, I'll blame poor communication between two branches that were separated by sea. The thing I like about _Freedom Planet_ is that Galaxytrail was smart enough to keep their brains in one spot, allowing for the lore to be consistent across any region.
Poor communication WILDLY understates the situation inside Sega at the time. Part of Sega Japan had basically declared war on Sega America and was doing everything in their power to sabotage them because they were worried Sega America would become the main branch due to the wild success of the Genesis in America vs the faceplant of a release it had in Japan.
Here’s one thing I never got, Japanese Classic Sonic’s different more turquoise shade (and is used for the Classic Sonic in generations and forces) while American Classic Sonic was the same shade of blue used for Modern Sonic today
4:00 186000 miles per second is actually 99.8% the speed of light, for reference. I know that they probably did that on accident, but it's nice to know that they're following cosmic speed limits with this fictional hedgehog
seeing the European covers being brought up was so nostalgic, as a kid I always liked Sonic one for being cute and cartoony, but Sonic 2 for being "cool" but was a little confused with the giant Robotnik and 2, never had Sonic 3 but had Sonic and Knuckles which used the black US one as a base went on for years thinking Sonic and Knuckles was Sonic 3 itself, and that they were so cool to add the ability to have Knuckles in Sonic 2!
Fun fact: The in-game model for Classic Sonic in Sonic Generations and Forces is different from the one in the promotional renders, staying completely true to the Japanese design
me too, i think the american design has a lot more personality shown through it. plus it’s what i grew up with lol so nostalgia obv. always loved how much attitude was put into it
Japan's rather odd with motivational methods like that, I remember the old Dragon Quest games had the goddess or God of that game talking to you the player, not the character in the game about what motivates you and how you view the world, and tells you to try to be positive and not blame others for your own insistence that everything is negative.. I mean jesus 30 something year old game.
@@TYR1139 thats the problem he wouldn't have. he was spoiled by his parents if his behavior and how he treats viewers is anything to sau, and if his story about demanding an X-Men toy was accurate they were too cowardly to severely punish him.
Sega OF Japan: Sonic lives on Eart- Sega Of America: SONIC LIVES ON A PLANET CALLED MOBUIS FULL OF PEOPLE LIKE HIM. Sega Of Japan: Eggman is fat and it makes him look like an e- Sega Of America: HIS NAME WAS OVI KINTOBOR BUT EGGS AND CHAOS EMERALD ENERGY TURNED HIM INTO IVO ROBOTNIK.
Yea... but Sega got its start in the US in Hawaii and was founded by an American. The innovation for games from both countries is really surprising when you actually take a look at what was done.
The English paragraph thing also continues with the JP NiGHTS cover: "As you wander through the nightmare world, you recall all of your exciting experiences. You remember floating freely, smiling as you drifted through fantastic and beautiful lands. But you also recall fleeing in terror from the nightmare master... NiGHTS is an unfolding stage, a breathtaking adventure through fantastic but dangerous places. Courage and skill determine the outcome of your incredible dream."
I was so mad as a teenager spending my hard earned money on Sonic Racing to get that happy go lucky soundtrack and a lackluster racing game. Only time I regretted buying something Sonic.
Why is a surprise to you that a character and franchise as popular as Sonic has die hard fans? I would be more surprised if it was the other way around
Absolutely! I'm so happy people other than me still care about him dearly cause everyone around me just despises him for no reason. Love the spikey blue boy
it warms your heart that a series that practically kept sega afloat for like 30 years is still popular? thats like saying its incredible that Mario games still come out to this day.
In general I really disliked the American story and designs for Sonic. The whole “planet Mobius, Conehead Robotnik, Mohawk sonic, etc” I’m really glad that Sega ditched a lot of that stuff as the series went on
Same, even worse with Mobius and the fact that it came from a mistranslation when Sonic 2 came out, it always felt so off to me and i grew with American Sonic, i just always preferred Japanese one since it wasn't so extremely tryhard or cringy, i mean "Christmas Island"? Sonic being from Nebraska? Mobius? Ivo Kintobor and so on? It felt so boring and souless to me, almost as if they thought i was so stupid i would be happy with anything regardless the quality or logic, meanwhile Japanese lore of Sonic was more consistente and interesting (too bad that's barely the case nowdays) but yeah, Japanese lore it's just infinitely better to me
Sonic Team ditched the Japanese backstory of Sonic, because none of them read the manuals. *Sonic Adventure does not even take place in the Genesis continuity, according to Iizuka.*
@@etherealhatred The Japanese lore is less consistent. Sonic Team never read the genesis manuals. They always hired writers that never played the games since the 1990s.
I loooove the original Japanese design of Sonic. The way they brought it back with a couple minor tweaks for Generations was great though. I hope they make future games with that design.
I've never understood why they changed Sonic's design on the box art in America. His original design already looks American as hell, with how it reminds of old American cartoons like Felix the Cat, yet they felt the need to change it????? Plus I think his American design looks worse. Also, I did notice the bigger eyebrows and the brow furrow of Classic Sonic in Generations! Though the brow furrow seems to only appear when he does certain expressions.
Natok the Watok I know Spyro was forced to have a redesign to be cuter for Japanese box art, because Insomniac made him too edgy looking for the target demographic/Culture. I think Japan did the same thing for America, making Sonic’s design more grittier and suitable for American culture at the time.
It just kept cycling between a few Sonic Riders and Shadow the Hedgehog tracks. There was also that part where Sonic himself answered questions people had been asking about him. Meanwhile, Fang the Sniper was listed as a major character and one of Sonic's arch enemies, alongside Shadow.
2:57 It’s probably just me but I feel more creeped out by Japanese Dr.Robotnik than the US version It’s his grin and overall charming appearance that makes me think of characters such as the millennium Earl from D. Gray man But I see eyeless robotnik and think “yo dude you ok? Did you lose your cane and wander from the retirement home? I can walk you back if you want.”
You know, for the longest time before I really got into Sonic, I always thought of Eggman as a joke villain and completely unintimidating. Like, at least Bowser is some giant turtle demon... thing. Then I played Sonic CD. Oh boy, the Bad Future levels really showed me how Eggman actually seems quite competent at turning the world into a hazardous polluted shithole if Sonic isn't around to stop him. EDIT: I actually appreciate this a lot. I like how Eggman outwardly gives off this goofy appearance and demeanor, but is still a genuine threat to the world.
@@LonelySpaceDetective Not to mention, the goofy look is easier to fall for than the demon look. It's easy to understand why Knuckles was tricked by Eggman, but stupid to believe King Acorn would trust Julian Kintobor due to the fact that he looks like an evil mustached version of Heavy Weapons Guy, who already looks intimidating. Also, Julian Robotnik's black & red glowing eyes and angry scowl? Not scary. Eggman's silhouette rising from the wreckage of the two mechs after his & Starline's battle where all we see of Eggman in the silhouette is his smiling teeth & the lenses of his glasses? WHY ELSE ARE WE TERRIFIED OF CLOWNS?!!! THAT SMILE ON HIS FACE IS HORRIFYING!!!
*Sonic I 1:1-3* 1 Don't just sit there and waste your precious time. 2 When you want to do something, do it right away. 3 It's the only way to live a life without regrets.
@@Eichro Sez 2:1-4 1 If someone tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable thats no good 2 Its your body no one has the right to touch you if you dont want them to 3 First you say no then you get out of there 4 Most importantly you gotta tell someone you trust like your parent, a teacher or a police officer
I recently learned Sonic isn’t that popular in Japan compared to the US and Europe. His best selling game there is Adventure for Dreamcast which sold 400k. To put this into perspective, the first Sonic sold 7 million in the US alone
I adore the Aosth Robotnik. Unironically as well as ironically, he is the funniest portrayal of the mad doctor. He has this very very skewed views on morality. Claiming openly to do bad things, and that he's the villain, and he expects the world to love and respect him. He's absolutely hilarious as a result. Long John Baldry did such a fantastic job making a cartoonishly evil villain. also. i'd like to think even in america robotnik is wearing goggles or sunglasses.
Unlike that only scene in the one episode of Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog, Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik actually said Pingas as he said to Scratch and Grounder “SnooPINGAS usual I see”
"Don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let it into your heart and then you can start to make it better" -Sonic the Hedgehog
"We chose to collect all the 7 Chaos emeralds. Not Because it is easy but because it is hard." - Sonic
I think he was fucking drunk when he said that.
@@lemonboi_project i think it makes more sense if an actual player said that, i mean lets face it gamers or people in general tend to be curious and discover new things. If the chaos emeralds are supossed to be difficult to obtain people will assume there's a good reward for getting them but if it was easy, the magic for getting them all would be gone.
@@mirko7767 true dat
@@lemonboi_project Glad we got to a understanding my man, always wholesome when this happens
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"Taking a candy from a baby is seen as a bad thing but it's actually good because candies are bad for babies"
-Shadow
Now we wait for 14 year olds to go "OmG tHiS iS sO dEeP yOu GuYs"
PaperClip Studios I’m 14 but I don’t agree because I have more emotions than “depresso espresso” but I also do agree because again... well y’know 😂
Omg this is so deep you guys
This is SOOoOoOooooOooOoOO deep
No no,he’s got a point
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
- Miles "Tails" Prower
Your name describes exactly how I'm feeling about this
I appreciate that your name still has not changed so this joke remains
@Miles Tails Prower The Fox sure.....
@Miles Tails Prower The Fox You also don't remember what the FBI found at Amy's dress, right "Tails"...
ROFLMAO!!!!
In this context the "Tails" seems so passive-aggressive
"Do not waste time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." -- Knuckles the Echidna
This one it's actually a pretty damn cool and useful quote
@@etherealhatred It was written by Emperor Marcus Aurelius
@Dylan Ogega become trans
@Dylan Ogega "don't argue, accept it"
-society to every woman before the 21st century
My favourite knuckles quote comes from te Bible
"Oh no"
-Knuckles in Psalms 19:94
"A Single Death is a Tragedy; a Million Deaths is a Statistic"
-Sonic The Hedgehog
Hey, hello, hi uh yes you're the second jojo dude here. Just would like to point that out
wow sonic is wise man i watched sonic sez and when someone tries to touch my body then its not good but if its a hot woman then its ok as long as its only on places were i am comfortable with them touching me there like on my head and my right shoulder
Joseph Stalin
It would make more sense if Knuckles was saying it because he is red.
Floops 6 Million
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Sonic
That would be more something Robotnik would say.
@@AgentExeider I agree with that.
America westernized the western-based japanese character
yes
It worked
@@bramble6584 *freedom 100*
Only with SEGA, folks.
How can anyone get more ironic as Western boxart Sonic?
@@bramble6584 upgraded his voting rights.
"Make me a sandwich woman" - Knuckles the Echidna
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"
Sally Acorn
"Remember, no Russian."
- Miles "Tails" Prower
@@paultheboba hahahaa
"I'm going to piss on the moon!" - Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
Knuckles isn't an echidna knuckles is an Australian anteater an Australian anteater is anin echidna so there you go knuckles isn't an echidna but he's in echidna
I went outside this morning and the sun was laughing at me.
Rusty Nickels sounds like a personal problem
sounds like a personal problem
sounds like a personal problem.
Sounds like a personal problem
sounds like a personal problem.
I think it’s funny how some fans refuse to call Eggman “Eggman” and only refer to him as his “true” name “Ivo Robotnik” even though his creators called him Eggman from the beginning
In case nobody has ever tried this, if you type "Dr. Robotnik" in Google Translate and translate it from English to Japanese, you can see that it translates directly to:「ドクターエッグマン」or Dr. Eggman if you will.
Because apparently "Dr. Ivo Robotnik" sounds more "evil" and "edgier". It's funny because they totally missed the whole point of Dr. Eggman. He is an evil scientist who captures Sonic's animal friends to make his own troops, effectively (or not) turning them against Sonic, and is apparently not as edgy as they all think. In all honesty, you can blame SEGA of America for burning the name to some of their faithful followers.
I refuse to use the name Eggman because Robotnik it the only name I knew for him and I grew up with Sonic games in this era as it was only japan who had the name Eggman at the time and to be honest the name Eggman sounds silly. I only found out the name Eggman from Sonic Adventure. Also I always wondered what that EG text on Wing Fortress meant for years and sonic Adventure explained what it was and why Robotnik is called Eggman being egg shaped and all.
I call him Dr Robotnik. I'm just used to that name.
I just replayed Sonic Adventure and noticed something. In this game, Sonic and his friends use the name Eggman a lot as a joke, but the man himself insists his name is Dr. Robotnik. It is very funny and I wish they had kept that.
I can’t take the name “The sonic bible” seriously.
Bible in this context just means "Detailed reference material" Adventure Time and Friendship is magic had a bible as well as most shows with a plot.
"Either Sonic is a god or could kill god and I do not care if there's a difference!"
@@mushroomshrub TiMe To PeRiSh
@@phoebeaurum7113 so did Fallout
@@NoreoeroN the sonic perish meme is not funny. FIGHT ME.
It's interesting how the Adventures tried to smooth out the transition from Robotnik to Eggman. First time he's called "Eggman" he appears to be upset by that, and still calls himself Robotnik, but freely calls his creations Egg-somethings. On Adventure 2 he is now full-Eggman but then it slams the shit out of you by naming his grandfather "Gerald Robotnik", thus making the Robotnik name officially part of the Japanese canon.
Yeah I always love how they did it.
Things were called Egg Something even before he got the name, so you could say part of the reason Sonic calls him that is his apparent love of the things, that might be why he kept the name too.
Also I saw someone else point out how his name also then becomes a parallel to Tails. One birth name that one group in dev preferred, one nickname that's more used that another group in dev preferred, both for our rival super geniuses.
Similar thing happened to Mario but in a more subtle way.
JP called 2 characters Princess Peach and King Koopa while Americans called them Princess Toadstool and Bowser
By Mario 64 toadstool became Peaches last name while Bowser was always known as King of the Koopas so you can also call him King Koopa or “King Bowser Koopa”
Most people universally knows Marios princess as Peach but the name “Bowser” still hasnt caught on in Japan
@@revolvingworld2676Bowser was called that in Japan, and King Koopa in the US.
@@trevortuominen8233You have that backwards. King Koopa is the japanese name, Bowser is the american one... well, the one used in game manuals and such. The cartoons used King Koopa.
@@CptJistuce I stand corrected then.
The Japanese sonic box art looks so nice and timeless, it could be released today and would be perceived as modern-looking. They really had a sense for iconic and aesthetically appealing design.
That cover art style is extremely 90s post-modernism. You must be too young to remember the 90s.
@@TiberianFiend This has nothing to do with "remembering the 90s", it would still look modern and appealing today, while the other one looks, well... dated, to say the least.
That's the thing about timeless art. Many album covers from the 60s and 70s completely fit into the style of these decades, but still look timeless and "not dated" on their own. They fit into the aesthetics oft their time but could also be released today.
In my opinion, the same goes for the Japenese Sonic box design.
@@aheendwhz1 correct! :D
Same goes for the FF boxarts just being the logos
there's a reason the ui for the whitehead remasters are themed around these covers
Sonic is from Nebraska.
_It's canon, you guys._
Market it naooooww!!!
No ,Sonic Born in Japan
A) That went unused in the American manual,
B) The American continuity was (almost) completely killed once Sonic Adventure got made.
No, First Sonic is born in Japan
Born to what I wonder? Do not bother googling that, DeviantArt stalks you!
I never got why SoA tried to make Eggman look scary- he's not supposed to LOOK intimidating, it's everything else surrounding him that makes him a threat. His jolly, wide-smile appearance juxtaposes how horrible he is and THAT'S what MAKES him scary.
Nah
@@Quinhala11 I respect and appreciate your "Thog don't care" level response
Yeah, I agree. Similar to Sonic in the US, he just looks forcefully evil.
@@Quinhala11 yes
Western adaptations of Japanese media was very questionable in the 90s, it was until mid-late 2000s that the differences weren’t that big
"Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever." - Tails
Lmao.
Should have correctly attributed the quote to it's true origin: Knuckles the Red Commander
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"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves." ---Knuckles
That actually made me laugh a lot!
jvirgreen
Tell that to liberals
CMP A Will people like you stop bringing up politics
Very bad hombres"
-Amy Rose
Nat20 Damage you tried
I wish I knew about the Japanese box art quotes years ago they’ve would’ve been so perfect for my senior quote
“Don’t just sit there and waste your precious time. When you want to do something, do it right away. Do it when you can. It’s the only way to live a life without regrets.” - Sonic the Hedgehog
Imma do that. I'm only 12 but Imma do it. Or not. Depends if I remember
@@ApolloIVtv1 I’m in High School, pretty sure I can do it for you.
would have been kind of cringe
@@BastianTheGreatestCreatorEver if you had seen the quote i had put out, comparatively you would’ve thought otherwise
For those of you who miss Sonic's Mohawk-spines, it should be noted that Jet the Hawk's hair does resemble a Mohawk, which also brings up the subtle idea that he's an “evil Sonic”.
That's awesome. Most sonic antagonists parallel him in some way whix i found really cool. Except Infinite but I dont feel like he's a sonic antagonists, more like the players/ created character's.
I don't think anyone should miss it
Jet isn't evil, just a criminal.
he's an evil sonic, therefore he's a cock.
Green "evil Sonic."
I see what they did there. :)
The Japanese art is so timeless that’s it is still the primary style being used to this day for Origins and Mania. It’s *beautiful.* It gives me that feeling of the better looking 1990’s cartoons, and I’m glad that they’re fully embracing that with some animations. It’s a good call back to Sonic CD as well, which basically did the same thing.
5:17 looks like a clickbait youtube thumbnail
AT LAST! THE ORIGIN OF SONIC!
@the epic retro gamer 09 who
@@soniasavi28 where
Just add the, "😱" and you're set!
@@JazzyGD878 *insert Sanctuary Guardian theme*
I didn’t realize how great Sonic’s character design was until the beautiful hand drawn cutscenes of Sonic CD. The difference was so great that I never tried to draw western Sonic again after playing that game. They tried to hard to inject western Sonic with “cool and rad” that they actually managed to hide how cool his original design was.
I guess in your case you're turning Japanese huh
3DPOOLL: VR No not at all.
@@AstonishingRed oh don't take any offense to that I was just making a reference to a song from the 80s
3DPOOLL: VR None taken, no worries
AstonishingREDD you are completely right the Japanese Sonic was so much better then the American making him look cocky a little but fun and kinda serious when he needed to be but one thing I would give to the Americans is that they did really well making him look cocky and know it all and I actually really respect that about them
Do yourself a favor
DON'T try to imagine sonic without his quills
Welp, thanks for giving me nightmares...
I told my brother this and he said "It's just a ball"
Thanks
why would you do this to me
I hate you~
>=(
"In summary, I made this video just to show everyone the funny English text in the Japanese box art."
I admire your honesty.
holy shit those inspirational quotes are so great
*Insert one of the quotes here* & Knuckles
Eracity to bad the quote about “think not what others can do for you, but what you can do for others” is stolen from John F. Kennedy except he said “think not what your country and do for you, but what you can do for your country”
*+FurySoul _* I like Sonic's quote better.
Yeah, Sonic quote is less political and more of a way to live life.
Better to steal from JFK than Bill Clinton. "I did not have sex with that woman." - Sonic
“And Sonic’s goal in life was to be an olympic runner”
Ohhhhh so that explains the Mario and Sonic Olympic Games
Because Sonic always wanted to do his goal in life with his video game enemy
*_VeRy LeGiT_*
I wouldn’t say they’re enemies, it’s like apple and Samsung. While on the surface they may appear to be enemies Samsung makes a lot of the chips for apple
@@dipie197 hold up
*wAt*
@@possibly_ben yea apple uses technology from samsung. So whatever apple puts out, it orignally came from Samsung
*l i j i t*
@田力の子 no u
"Don't make the sun laugh at you." These words will haunt me for the rest of my life...
That would explain why Uncle “Chuck” Charles calls him Sonnie in the SatAm and Sonic Underground cartoons
When I was about 7 I thought he called him Jonny for some reason and always got so annoyed.
“I did not have sex with that woman” -tails
underrated
"Don't chuckle" -Knuckles
Who's your daddy Shadow?? -Tails 2019
“We need to build a wall around Mexico”
-Knuckles
Lol
Guys, "Kintobor" = "Robotnik" spelled backwards. The sickness of 'original Sonic characters' was there before his first game even hit the shelves.
It truly is a curse.
brackonstudios oh neptune
brackonstudios yeah, they did that on purpose.
Cinos, that’s SONIC spelled BACKWARDS
No shit, Sherlock
Lawl nice Troll 2 reference
The idea of a “Sonic Bible” is just insanely hilarious to me
Any intellectual property calls a a booklet of rules to follow a “design bible”. Lurk more fgt
American sonic looks like something I would find in a dumpster in New York
Sonic the hedgehog 5: the Great Depression
@@minenetchamipon1427 or just sonic 4
@@dashady1367 sonic 4 already exists
@@bluemike1215 the Great Depression works for that game
@@reillymcwriting sonic 4 is not bad :/
Oh my God, I never knew about the motivational text on the Japanese boxes! I am now enlightened. Thank you, Cyber Shell.
Neither did I. I'm embarrassed at myself.
like sonic and knuckles
dont make the sun laugh at you
Also in sonic cd, in the American version the soundtrack sounds like a horror game while in Japan it sounds happy and encouraging
thats just only the boss themes, the US soundtrack is actually more atmospheric for the levels lol
@@hydrorobot6610 AND THAT GAME OVER SCREEN
@@nd_4726 oh yeah, forgot about that one lol
"In Japan it sounds happy and encouraging"
JP Bad Future themes (especially Palmtree Panic and Wacky Workbench): I am joke to you?
@@nanight2353 bad future, that means its supposed to be bad, while others songs like palmtree panic (present) is pretty good, while you can put the entire american ost on a sonic.exe fan game and you wont even notice
“Dont make the sun laugh at you” LMAO
time stamp: 9:14
The one thing that Cybershell failed to point out in this video were the lore inconsistencies between the JP Sonic lore and the U.S. Sonic lore. The games followed the Japanese lore, which you can read in the manuals of the games. To make things short, the JP lore had a mythological feel to it, mentioning gods pulling the strings, ancient events causing the events of the games, a Shonen vibe to the series, and the games taking place on an alternate reality of Earth. Meanwhile, America had its own version of the lore, focusing on freeing a world from Dr. Robotnik, with it being inspired by American cartoons, and the setting was another planet called Mobius. By _Sonic Adventure,_ SEGA decided to make the Japanese lore canon, yet they didn't tell Americans what the lore was about! It felt jarring for American Sonic fans to see attributes that were only seen in the Japanese lore, such as Sonic having a more laidback personality, (and he wasn't eating chili dogs until _Sonic Advance 3,_ as stated in the manual,) Tails being the mechanic, replacing Rotor Walrus, and the fact that Sally was nowhere to be seen in the games. Honestly, I'll blame poor communication between two branches that were separated by sea. The thing I like about _Freedom Planet_ is that Galaxytrail was smart enough to keep their brains in one spot, allowing for the lore to be consistent across any region.
Poor communication WILDLY understates the situation inside Sega at the time. Part of Sega Japan had basically declared war on Sega America and was doing everything in their power to sabotage them because they were worried Sega America would become the main branch due to the wild success of the Genesis in America vs the faceplant of a release it had in Japan.
8:04 Thanos’ origin story leaked
yes sgsghdjd
Lol
@@waluigi7331 wah Luigi
Did you Want to be in smash
@@guillermogazanol1729 yes
@@waluigi7331 ok
Go and talk with Sakurai
“RRRRRG, I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!!!!!!!” - Dr Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik
pingas
sagniP
Snooping as usual I see.
PPINESS IS
I HOG THAT HATE HEDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here’s one thing I never got, Japanese Classic Sonic’s different more turquoise shade (and is used for the Classic Sonic in generations and forces) while American Classic Sonic was the same shade of blue used for Modern Sonic today
America took over at the end, one year later I know
you got it the other way around.
His fore head is SO weird it’s like, two lumps on a blob?
And eggman is a fucking pizza slice on a pokeball!
3:20 ah yes I'm religiously *S* *O* *N* *I* *C*
Pray for our lord S O N I C
@@EpicGamer-69
XD
Thats why its genesis
@@Pytatoon lol nice
@@dashady1367 haha
I'm printing out the Japanese game covers and taping them on my wall, so I can look at those quotes every morning as I drink my coffee.
That's a good idea.
Then you can bring someone over, so they spit out their coffee from laughing so hard.
And then the sun will make fun of them.
then you take your face out on the window to see the sun laughing at you :v
Those quotes are very inspirational i might wanna print them out but i dont have a printer
4:00 186000 miles per second is actually 99.8% the speed of light, for reference. I know that they probably did that on accident, but it's nice to know that they're following cosmic speed limits with this fictional hedgehog
it`s 100% Hyper Sonic speed
@@SoBloxRetroCrYA-UAhyper sonic and super sonics flies in an unlimited speed
seeing the European covers being brought up was so nostalgic, as a kid I always liked Sonic one for being cute and cartoony, but Sonic 2 for being "cool" but was a little confused with the giant Robotnik and 2, never had Sonic 3 but had Sonic and Knuckles which used the black US one as a base
went on for years thinking Sonic and Knuckles was Sonic 3 itself, and that they were so cool to add the ability to have Knuckles in Sonic 2!
don't make the sun laugh at you
Ruben how do we make the sun not laugh at us? I know! SCREAM AT THE SUN TO NOT LAUGH AT US!!!!
Then the sun will scream back
^_🌝🌚
XxGiovanni because why? Lozano like a nothingxX heck
Fun fact: The in-game model for Classic Sonic in Sonic Generations and Forces is different from the one in the promotional renders, staying completely true to the Japanese design
That fact was very fun
This fact is no fun
You're no fun
Fun is no good
Fun is fact of good fun shart
"I live my life a quarter mile at a time ..." -Sonic the Hedgehog
I always called “mohawk sonic” “shark sonic” as a kid. And honestly, I’m one of the “few people” willing to defend it. I love the design soooo much.
me too, i think the american design has a lot more personality shown through it. plus it’s what i grew up with lol so nostalgia obv. always loved how much attitude was put into it
as much as i hate the american sonic redesign, its nowhere near as atrocious as the megaman one
some of your patrons got the best names lol
bocodamondo CyberShellMakesMeHard and Seabass's Sea Ass X3
yeah the mega man one was hilariously bad
pikachu master Who cares about Seabass's sea ass, name the dynamic duo.
CyberShellMakesMeHard and CyberShellMakesMeWet.
perpl _ that one, iirc, was done at the last minute by an artist that had no real knowledge of the game.
Are you talking about the obese ugly one?
Japan's rather odd with motivational methods like that, I remember the old Dragon Quest games had the goddess or God of that game talking to you the player, not the character in the game about what motivates you and how you view the world, and tells you to try to be positive and not blame others for your own insistence that everything is negative.. I mean jesus 30 something year old game.
Only in the Super Famicom version of Dragon Quest III.
Imagine if DSP would have taken that advice
@@TYR1139 thats the problem he wouldn't have. he was spoiled by his parents if his behavior and how he treats viewers is anything to sau, and if his story about demanding an X-Men toy was accurate they were too cowardly to severely punish him.
you made me appreciate the japanese artwork
American Sonic: If sOmEonE tOuCHeS YoU aNd YoU doN'T wANt ThAt SaY nO AnD RuN aWaY
Japanese Sonic: What is the sense of life?
"Look at this dude"
"Look at the top of his head!"
“If you wanna do something, do it now, NOW, NOOOOOOOOOOWWWW” sonic
Redditor
Sega OF Japan: Sonic lives on Eart-
Sega Of America: SONIC LIVES ON A PLANET CALLED MOBUIS FULL OF PEOPLE LIKE HIM.
Sega Of Japan: Eggman is fat and it makes him look like an e-
Sega Of America: HIS NAME WAS OVI KINTOBOR BUT EGGS AND CHAOS EMERALD ENERGY TURNED HIM INTO IVO ROBOTNIK.
Sega Of Japan: BRO I'M TIRED OF YOUR BULLSHIT I'M RELEASING SONIC ADVENTURE. IT WILL DEBUNK THE TRASH YOU PRODUCED.
Sega Of America: YO BRO WTF-
Lmao
when i hear sega of japan I keep mishearing the one from the PETA sonic VHS tape
Paramount: Sonic comes from Mobius and Robotnik is a corrupt military contractor.
0:54 so that's why I drew American sonic giving birth.
@@ick29 oh...uh yea probably be best if you ignore that....
wh. _what_
because it’s JAPAN
Mic Clank little ass bitch
Yea... but Sega got its start in the US in Hawaii and was founded by an American. The innovation for games from both countries is really surprising when you actually take a look at what was done.
Raceest
You spell racist like incest... 0.o
Mic Clank+ And Japan doesn't make stuff worse.
The English paragraph thing also continues with the JP NiGHTS cover:
"As you wander through the nightmare world, you recall all of your exciting experiences. You remember floating freely, smiling as you drifted through fantastic and beautiful lands. But you also recall fleeing in terror from the nightmare master...
NiGHTS is an unfolding stage, a breathtaking adventure through fantastic but dangerous places. Courage and skill determine the outcome of your incredible dream."
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." - Knuckles The Echidna
"if you kill a killer, the number doesn't go down, if you kill several killers the numbers start to dwindle" - eggman nega
Eggman.
*EGGMAN NEGA*
9:25 After hearing that i can understand where they got "can you feel the sunshine" from
I was so mad as a teenager spending my hard earned money on Sonic Racing to get that happy go lucky soundtrack and a lackluster racing game. Only time I regretted buying something Sonic.
It warms my heart that there’s die hard Sonic fans out there....I still play all of them to this day
I’m one of them!
Why is a surprise to you that a character and franchise as popular as Sonic has die hard fans? I would be more surprised if it was the other way around
Absolutely! I'm so happy people other than me still care about him dearly cause everyone around me just despises him for no reason. Love the spikey blue boy
it warms your heart that a series that practically kept sega afloat for like 30 years is still popular? thats like saying its incredible that Mario games still come out to this day.
@@HumeAnn the people that hate sonic hate how lazy and terrible Sega is at making sonic games. you've got it all wrong lmao.
In general I really disliked the American story and designs for Sonic. The whole “planet Mobius, Conehead Robotnik, Mohawk sonic, etc”
I’m really glad that Sega ditched a lot of that stuff as the series went on
Was there any of it you liked?
I liked the name Mobius. I liked Robotnik being intimidating. Beyond that I agree.
Same, even worse with Mobius and the fact that it came from a mistranslation when Sonic 2 came out, it always felt so off to me and i grew with American Sonic, i just always preferred Japanese one since it wasn't so extremely tryhard or cringy, i mean "Christmas Island"? Sonic being from Nebraska? Mobius? Ivo Kintobor and so on? It felt so boring and souless to me, almost as if they thought i was so stupid i would be happy with anything regardless the quality or logic, meanwhile Japanese lore of Sonic was more consistente and interesting (too bad that's barely the case nowdays) but yeah, Japanese lore it's just infinitely better to me
Sonic Team ditched the Japanese backstory of Sonic, because none of them read the manuals. *Sonic Adventure does not even take place in the Genesis continuity, according to Iizuka.*
@@etherealhatred The Japanese lore is less consistent. Sonic Team never read the genesis manuals. They always hired writers that never played the games since the 1990s.
"You can't change your past but you can still fuck up your future."
-Sonic The Hedgehog
8:20 Kinda gives a new meaning to Sonic jumping off-screen and immediately Game Over when standing still for three minutes, no?
you can still jump off-screen after some steps, if you stay still for other 3 mins
Cyber god has given us another gift from the heavens
Pixels256 you done goofed knucklehead
Pixels256 sonic mania?
I loooove the original Japanese design of Sonic. The way they brought it back with a couple minor tweaks for Generations was great though. I hope they make future games with that design.
literally just classic sonic vs Jaleel white sonic
I too was horrified by Robotnik's empty eyes as a small lad.
unixunited Weren't we all?
“No one ever liked ol’ Baldy McNosehair” - Sonic The Hedgehog
Rest In Peace Gregory James Martin (Greg Martin) one of my favorite artist of all time
*on the back of sonic cd basically sonic is saying "don't ask what people can do for you ask what you can do for them"*
Uhhh yeah, that’s pretty obvious. The reason it’s funny is because it’s a play on a famous quote by JFK being attributed to Sonic the Hedgehog
This video is great, that's all I have to say. Remember, don't make the sun laugh at you
I've never understood why they changed Sonic's design on the box art in America. His original design already looks American as hell, with how it reminds of old American cartoons like Felix the Cat, yet they felt the need to change it????? Plus I think his American design looks worse.
Also, I did notice the bigger eyebrows and the brow furrow of Classic Sonic in Generations! Though the brow furrow seems to only appear when he does certain expressions.
Natok the Watok I know Spyro was forced to have a redesign to be cuter for Japanese box art, because Insomniac made him too edgy looking for the target demographic/Culture. I think Japan did the same thing for America, making Sonic’s design more grittier and suitable for American culture at the time.
I think that while the Japanese design looked Western, it didn't look _90s_ Western.
10:02
*looks at top right*
*nodding in approval*
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
-Robotnik
ＳＡＮＩＫＫＵ
Gosha Rubchinskiy fuck you
how did you do that?
chris chan had a baby
wut
NANI?
I wonder why so many american game publishers feel the need to spend time and money redesigning box art to be worse.
homunyan idk
NA box art is better, JP box art looks like a random confetti explosion.
@@jimtooter9813 true
Not every American box art was worse. For example, I think the American Kirby Air Riders looks better.
JimTooter But everything looks so greasy!
I love how you can hear him holding back his laughter while reading the first bible draft
As a small Japan boy back then, I liked the American version of sonic when I was a kid
Agreed
I would really like to see you talk about the old sonic central website and all the cool stuff that used to be there.
KnuclesFan I'm gonna hit you, at Sonic Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed~
*rock-influenced techno starts playing*
Oh holy shit I thought I suppressed my memories of that place.
It just kept cycling between a few Sonic Riders and Shadow the Hedgehog tracks. There was also that part where Sonic himself answered questions people had been asking about him. Meanwhile, Fang the Sniper was listed as a major character and one of Sonic's arch enemies, alongside Shadow.
Top 10 Sonic anime battles
(Edit: Cybershell isnt back yet :[)
Number 1 sonic vs water Sonic X
seba Fernan Number 1 would be the Sonic vs. Metal fight in the 96/ 99 OVA.
Hokuto No Chaos Emeralds
2:57
It’s probably just me but I feel more creeped out by Japanese Dr.Robotnik than the US version
It’s his grin and overall charming appearance that makes me think of characters such as the millennium Earl from D. Gray man
But I see eyeless robotnik and think “yo dude you ok? Did you lose your cane and wander from the retirement home? I can walk you back if you want.”
You know, for the longest time before I really got into Sonic, I always thought of Eggman as a joke villain and completely unintimidating. Like, at least Bowser is some giant turtle demon... thing.
Then I played Sonic CD. Oh boy, the Bad Future levels really showed me how Eggman actually seems quite competent at turning the world into a hazardous polluted shithole if Sonic isn't around to stop him.
EDIT: I actually appreciate this a lot. I like how Eggman outwardly gives off this goofy appearance and demeanor, but is still a genuine threat to the world.
@@LonelySpaceDetective Not to mention, the goofy look is easier to fall for than the demon look. It's easy to understand why Knuckles was tricked by Eggman, but stupid to believe King Acorn would trust Julian Kintobor due to the fact that he looks like an evil mustached version of Heavy Weapons Guy, who already looks intimidating. Also, Julian Robotnik's black & red glowing eyes and angry scowl? Not scary. Eggman's silhouette rising from the wreckage of the two mechs after his & Starline's battle where all we see of Eggman in the silhouette is his smiling teeth & the lenses of his glasses? WHY ELSE ARE WE TERRIFIED OF CLOWNS?!!! THAT SMILE ON HIS FACE IS HORRIFYING!!!
''We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey''
-Sonic the Hedgehog
THERES A FUCKING SONIC BIBLE
I was so confused when he said sonic bible
insert bible genesis joke
Have you never heard of the Book of Megadrive?
maskofthedragon
Well, I certainly haven't.
the fuck is it
Oogi Boogi duh the bible starts with The Book Of Genesis
Sonic is god confirmed.
That stupid mowhawk edit just broke the US Sonic for me. Now his head has become a separately visible element from his quills.
It kind of resembles a saw blade. It made sense to me considering he destroyed stuff by spinning into it.
Why they even change it when it was designed for Western audiences, Sonic looks way to 'springy'
I hate how American media in the nineties gave him that Mohawk, or made Eggman look like a gay cone-headed demon.
@@Laiser Honestly, I prefer "cueball head" as the phrase of insult.
This has become my fave YT channel for the week. Thank you for the sonic content!!
informing us about the text on the japanese covers was a gift you have given us, especially in 2021. subscribed sir. haveth a great day
Sonic has a bible?!
This is my new religion.
Ispguy same
Bible means book in greek. The first language the old testament was translated was greek
*Sonic I 1:1-3*
1 Don't just sit there and waste your precious time. 2 When you want to do something, do it right away. 3 It's the only way to live a life without regrets.
@@Eichro Sez 2:1-4
1 If someone tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable thats no good 2 Its your body no one has the right to touch you if you dont want them to 3 First you say no then you get out of there 4 Most importantly you gotta tell someone you trust like your parent, a teacher or a police officer
Yep
Girls in church : reading the Bible
Boy’s in church : *THE SONIC BIBLE*
GreenVoltline the ok the Bible the sonic yes
i hate the bible joke >:(
This is underrated 😂
Ohh that’s funny 🤣
p3kittyopa ok Christian
I was born in 1986. I absolutely love the Sonic 2 American art.
I recently learned Sonic isn’t that popular in Japan compared to the US and Europe. His best selling game there is Adventure for Dreamcast which sold 400k. To put this into perspective, the first Sonic sold 7 million in the US alone
Cybershell I fucking love your videos.
i fucking love he's videos to.
I want to fuck Cybershell
i want everything to happen between me and cybershell
ay 420 likes
eer4000 he is one of the BEST sonic the hedgehog youtubers
You should have looked at the UK comics too!
Larry Bundy Jr can I stop seeing you for once in the comment section
Larry Bundy Jr OMG yes he looks like a goddammed pineapple
Is sonic popular in japan?
Jesus Christ The Top Of His Head Looks Like A Blue Pineapple With A Face
He did...
"Fast Go Gotta"
-Cinos the Gohegdeh
Legit thought his name was in Spanish.
As a relative recent Sonic fan (I'm fan since 2016) i have to say, The Classic American Sonic is my favourite design of Sonic)
King. Hes not the best, but definetly an awesome one.
@@cainlawlor3311 MY favourite, not the best
@@cainlawlor3311 Add the green eyes and blue arms and he's the best.
I adore the Aosth Robotnik. Unironically as well as ironically, he is the funniest portrayal of the mad doctor.
He has this very very skewed views on morality. Claiming openly to do bad things, and that he's the villain, and he expects the world to love and respect him.
He's absolutely hilarious as a result. Long John Baldry did such a fantastic job making a cartoonishly evil villain.
also. i'd like to think even in america robotnik is wearing goggles or sunglasses.
Honestly, I like Sonic Mania Adventures' portrayal of Eggman better. He's funny and somewhat clumsy, with the looks to back him up.
Unlike that only scene in the one episode of Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog, Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik actually said Pingas as he said to Scratch and Grounder “SnooPINGAS usual I see”
That's different than the SatAM, who was downright terrifying by comparison.
@@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254 It was actually "Snooping as usual I see" but it sounds like "Snoopingas usual I see."
Without Eggman's version of The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, then there would be no "PINGAS".
Also damn those quotes are inspiring, I miss the creativity of 90s Sonic.
It's thanks to this video that I put the quote from Sonic 1&2's box art as my senior quote in my year book.
"Don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let it into your heart and then you can start to make it better"
-Sonic the Hedgehog