Finally, I talked about Sonic Rush! Are you happy? Thoughts on the Trilogy? Let me know below! Thank you all for the support & see you on the next one! ~
This was a great video and I agree the Rush games are considered some of my favorite games in Sonic's handheld even though they are flawed. I also think a Blaze spin off focusing her on the Sol dimension would be a neat idea
Ahh Sonic Rush one of the first Sonic Games I played the DS version of Colors was my first Sonic experince seeing someone bring up the rush games brings tears to my eye
This was the best three weeks of my life. Like it's so nice to see the Rush trilogy in 2023 and seeing how Sonic is now? Oh we're finally eating right after so long.
Honestly, despite all the bs that Dimps sometimes pulled with the design choices of their Sonic games, they really delivered something special to 2D Sonic, and even their 3D Sonic games. They’ve definitely left an important mark on the franchise, and part of me is sad we’ll probably never see them work on another Sonic game. This is because the reason for their Sonic games existing has always mostly been as a companion piece to “mainline/3D” entries. With the introduction of the Switch, and hence no longer a need to separate hanheld/weaker hardware versions of games, it seems like Sega doesn’t really see a reason to have Dimps work on Sonic anymore. Perspectives on 2D Sonic have shifted since Dimps was first brought on board. Back then, 3D games were considered the sole focus and future for Sonic, and 2D entries were seen as less significant. In a way, I also think that’s why we were able get so many titles from them as well. But now, we also know to respect many different styles of Sonic for what they are, and the legacy they left behind will never be forgotten!
I think the reason a lot of people like the music of Sonic Rush is because it complements it's style. This game has such a unique aesthetic that I've yet to see matched in any Sonic game. Sonic in this game in particular is oozing with 90s attitude. His overexadurated confidence while doing tricks and boosting through enemies is complimented perfectly by Hideki Naganumas unique style of funk. Heck Sonic even breakdances at the end of each level. All of this is complemented even further by how slick the menuing system is in this game. We've really yet to see something that can rival it.
You know that is very true but I also wished that the Rush game had that *Sonic* effect where it had something that would sound like it's also a Sonic game like how Rush Adventure did their soundtracks.
This video was great! I’ve only really played through colors ds (and I love it personally phenomenal game) but I have played a bit of rush and I love these games, I’ll have to finish rush at some point.
Sharp retrospective review here! Even as a newbie-normie to Sonic, this was a good watch that was easy to follow. And mind you, my real “Sonic origin story” were the Olympic Games with Mario, then carelessly getting the first Sonic game I could possibly get my hands on as a third-grade rat: Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood from a Scholastic BOOK order for our class (so I also got some Magic Tree House collections LOL). Even regarding game reception, I just plain sucked. 😩 All that said, great review! I can see why THESE DS games, while imperfect, are beloved to a fair extent.
I highly disagree with your statement on Sonic Rush not being a good game. The gameplay video obviously didn't help either as I see a few certain mistakes on your part. However, everything else I tend to agree with. Sonic Rush Adventure is the most underrated title in the Sonic series. Most people either never heard of it or never played it despite hearing it. It's such a great game through and through. Even the sailing mechanics weren't bad either. It was slow, but not unplayable or hard (except the Johnny missions). Overall a good Sonic game yet again. Sonic Colors on the DS is my preferred version of Sonic Colors and imo the best version too. They way they kept the "2 acts and a boss" stage layout the same, the Wisps contemplate the speed of Sonic's gameplay here, recognizing the other Sonic characters, is treated as the most canon story of Sonic Colors (the Mother Wisp isn't even mentioned in Wii despite being in other game appearances), etc. The weakest in the Rush trilogy, but I'd the strongest in the Colors trilogy.
I said it's a good game, but it's not one that everyone makes it out to be. It's a good and solid adventure, but there is a lot of DIMPS poor level design from Sonic Advance 3 that makes Rush just a better Advance 3. Regardless, it was a fun time at the end of the day.
@@Brianycus I vaguely remember hearing you say it wasn't a good game around the 13 minute mark. I still heavily disagree on it considering how messing your gameplay skills were throughout the video so it wasn't all that convincing for me. The level design being poor I can see that in Mirage Road and maybe Huge Crisis. However for the rest of the game, it's pretty solid. Sliding down water slides, boosting through spikes on rails, inverted gravity, some stuff we've seen or not have seen in a Sonic game were pretty fun for me both as a kid and as an adult. Also the music slaps for a Sonic game. It is different from your usual Sonic soundtrack. Which is why many others like it. Sonic Rush's soundtrack was unique that it fitted many of the levels, cutscenes, and boss fights which is why it is so beloved NY many fans and outsiders with the sampling of sounds and unconventional structure. So much so it was nominated for Soundtrack of the Year at the 2005 Golden Joystick Awards. Ik that's kinda pointless because award shows are ass these days, but the urban funk that Sonic Rush gave us was phenomenal for a Sonic game. We hadn't had funk in Sonic since Sonic CD.
@@StarForce99 My gameplay is just playing the game normally, so I don't know what you mean by messy. I played the game as is, did it again with Blaze, saw the level design and its flaws, and presented it. So I don't know what you mean by messy tbh. Besides, I said I wouldn't consider it a good game, but it can still be a good game to some. My point is that I had fun with this game but I would prefer Rush Adventure in level design. Mirage Road, Dead Line, and Altitidue Limit as well as Carnival Night zones are perfect example of bad level design or at the very least, misplaced level design. Altitude Limit and Dead Line especially. Huge Crisis is also up there. in terms of Music, I said what I said so I don't really need elaboration. It's a fun track to listen to, but it's not something I would consider to be music for a platformer. More of an open world like game for Sonic.
21:47 I don't know if you are critiquing the fact that you can't set sail on certain islands or you have to go to the islands to replay them, but if it's the latter, it's actually false. There's a level select in the start menu making easy access to levels that have already been discovered. I replayed sra recently (skipping the dialouge) and it took like 5 hours to beat the game!
It's not about accessing the levels but having yo constantly go to the over world to set sail to another location, and then having to play a guessing game if you hit an island to explore.
Well I see how that could become annoying. For the 'guessing' part, most of the islands (and johnny) have a greyish(?) outline on the map when it hasn't been discovered.
I have plans to do the Persona series someday but of course that requires funding, support, and lots of time management that I can't do right now haha. But someday! 👍🏻
don't worry Mr Brianycus, do please take ur time, not everything can come in an instant. But I just wanna ask a few questions: 1) What r ur thoughts on persona 2 innocent sins and eternal punishment, 2) who is the best persona girl in ur opinion and what is the hardest persona boss fight u have encountered in the entire persona series.
@@Brianycus you are right about Makoto and i just realised that if more people knew about the persona 2 duology, Eikichi, Jun, Maya, Katsuya, Baofu and Tatsuya will gain a huge amount of popularity and Maya will have the highest popularity vote and also I feel very bad for tatsuya because he suffered a fate worse than death.
Finally, I talked about Sonic Rush! Are you happy?
Thoughts on the Trilogy? Let me know below!
Thank you all for the support & see you on the next one! ~
Theirs a trilogy thought there was only 2 games
This was a great video and I agree the Rush games are considered some of my favorite games in Sonic's handheld even though they are flawed. I also think a Blaze spin off focusing her on the Sol dimension would be a neat idea
Blaze deserves a comeback arc so badly and the Rush games reminded me of how awesome Blaze is as a character. Seriously she deserves her own spin off.
Ahh Sonic Rush one of the first Sonic Games I played the DS version of Colors was my first Sonic experince seeing someone bring up the rush games brings tears to my eye
This was the best three weeks of my life. Like it's so nice to see the Rush trilogy in 2023 and seeing how Sonic is now? Oh we're finally eating right after so long.
@@Brianycus So true
Definitely. Now to make a review on Murder of Sonic haha
Honestly, despite all the bs that Dimps sometimes pulled with the design choices of their Sonic games, they really delivered something special to 2D Sonic, and even their 3D Sonic games. They’ve definitely left an important mark on the franchise, and part of me is sad we’ll probably never see them work on another Sonic game. This is because the reason for their Sonic games existing has always mostly been as a companion piece to “mainline/3D” entries. With the introduction of the Switch, and hence no longer a need to separate hanheld/weaker hardware versions of games, it seems like Sega doesn’t really see a reason to have Dimps work on Sonic anymore. Perspectives on 2D Sonic have shifted since Dimps was first brought on board. Back then, 3D games were considered the sole focus and future for Sonic, and 2D entries were seen as less significant. In a way, I also think that’s why we were able get so many titles from them as well. But now, we also know to respect many different styles of Sonic for what they are, and the legacy they left behind will never be forgotten!
I hope DIMPS comes back to help for a future 2D Sonic game someday, especially since the Advance and Rush series are really great
I think the reason a lot of people like the music of Sonic Rush is because it complements it's style. This game has such a unique aesthetic that I've yet to see matched in any Sonic game. Sonic in this game in particular is oozing with 90s attitude. His overexadurated confidence while doing tricks and boosting through enemies is complimented perfectly by Hideki Naganumas unique style of funk. Heck Sonic even breakdances at the end of each level. All of this is complemented even further by how slick the menuing system is in this game. We've really yet to see something that can rival it.
You know that is very true but I also wished that the Rush game had that *Sonic* effect where it had something that would sound like it's also a Sonic game like how Rush Adventure did their soundtracks.
It's finally about time, and this was absolutely worth the wait
This was a relly fun video and the support would be greatly appreciated! After all, you're looking at a new era of content baby.
Awesome job dude
Thanks bro
Great video! I played rush adventure as a kid but I'd forgotten almost everything about the game lol. Might revisit now that ive watched this
It's honestly worth revisiting especially nowadays with how much Sonic content has been made.
I just stumbled upon this video and this man reminds me of AntDude so much with the editing and the way he speaks and acts in general.
And that's the 5th Antdude comparison 😂
This video was great! I’ve only really played through colors ds (and I love it personally phenomenal game) but I have played a bit of rush and I love these games, I’ll have to finish rush at some point.
Colors DS was really fun! Glad I got to experience it and please play the Rush games again when you can!
Nice video dude it’s great
Thank you thank you!
Loved this video, can't for the next one! B)
It's going to be amazing! 👏🏼💙
Sharp retrospective review here! Even as a newbie-normie to Sonic, this was a good watch that was easy to follow. And mind you, my real “Sonic origin story” were the Olympic Games with Mario, then carelessly getting the first Sonic game I could possibly get my hands on as a third-grade rat: Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood from a Scholastic BOOK order for our class (so I also got some Magic Tree House collections LOL). Even regarding game reception, I just plain sucked. 😩
All that said, great review! I can see why THESE DS games, while imperfect, are beloved to a fair extent.
You really have the most interesting origin story with Sonic here so I more than highly recommend you play the Rush games NOW haha
I highly disagree with your statement on Sonic Rush not being a good game. The gameplay video obviously didn't help either as I see a few certain mistakes on your part.
However, everything else I tend to agree with. Sonic Rush Adventure is the most underrated title in the Sonic series. Most people either never heard of it or never played it despite hearing it. It's such a great game through and through. Even the sailing mechanics weren't bad either. It was slow, but not unplayable or hard (except the Johnny missions). Overall a good Sonic game yet again.
Sonic Colors on the DS is my preferred version of Sonic Colors and imo the best version too.
They way they kept the "2 acts and a boss" stage layout the same, the Wisps contemplate the speed of Sonic's gameplay here, recognizing the other Sonic characters, is treated as the most canon story of Sonic Colors (the Mother Wisp isn't even mentioned in Wii despite being in other game appearances), etc. The weakest in the Rush trilogy, but I'd the strongest in the Colors trilogy.
I said it's a good game, but it's not one that everyone makes it out to be. It's a good and solid adventure, but there is a lot of DIMPS poor level design from Sonic Advance 3 that makes Rush just a better Advance 3. Regardless, it was a fun time at the end of the day.
@@Brianycus I vaguely remember hearing you say it wasn't a good game around the 13 minute mark. I still heavily disagree on it considering how messing your gameplay skills were throughout the video so it wasn't all that convincing for me.
The level design being poor I can see that in Mirage Road and maybe Huge Crisis. However for the rest of the game, it's pretty solid. Sliding down water slides, boosting through spikes on rails, inverted gravity, some stuff we've seen or not have seen in a Sonic game were pretty fun for me both as a kid and as an adult.
Also the music slaps for a Sonic game. It is different from your usual Sonic soundtrack. Which is why many others like it. Sonic Rush's soundtrack was unique that it fitted many of the levels, cutscenes, and boss fights which is why it is so beloved NY many fans and outsiders with the sampling of sounds and unconventional structure. So much so it was nominated for Soundtrack of the Year at the 2005 Golden Joystick Awards. Ik that's kinda pointless because award shows are ass these days, but the urban funk that Sonic Rush gave us was phenomenal for a Sonic game. We hadn't had funk in Sonic since Sonic CD.
Again: great video. Just disagree on some of your takes regarding Sonic Rush is all.
@@StarForce99 My gameplay is just playing the game normally, so I don't know what you mean by messy. I played the game as is, did it again with Blaze, saw the level design and its flaws, and presented it. So I don't know what you mean by messy tbh. Besides, I said I wouldn't consider it a good game, but it can still be a good game to some. My point is that I had fun with this game but I would prefer Rush Adventure in level design.
Mirage Road, Dead Line, and Altitidue Limit as well as Carnival Night zones are perfect example of bad level design or at the very least, misplaced level design. Altitude Limit and Dead Line especially. Huge Crisis is also up there.
in terms of Music, I said what I said so I don't really need elaboration. It's a fun track to listen to, but it's not something I would consider to be music for a platformer. More of an open world like game for Sonic.
@@StarForce99 Fair enough fam. But it is what it is haha
Might emulate rush and play it again (I’ve already brought it so I’m not a naughty pirate okay 👍)
Go right ahead my guy
Sanic rash
Sonic Rash haha
I use that same exact One Piece background
It's a really good one! Ive been meaning to find a different one tbh but it's just so good.
21:47
I don't know if you are critiquing the fact that you can't set sail on certain islands or you have to go to the islands to replay them, but if it's the latter, it's actually false.
There's a level select in the start menu making easy access to levels that have already been discovered.
I replayed sra recently (skipping the dialouge) and it took like 5 hours to beat the game!
It's not about accessing the levels but having yo constantly go to the over world to set sail to another location, and then having to play a guessing game if you hit an island to explore.
Well I see how that could become annoying. For the 'guessing' part, most of the islands (and johnny) have a greyish(?) outline on the map when it hasn't been discovered.
brianycus, have you ever thought about making a persona related video regarding about persona 2 duology?
I have plans to do the Persona series someday but of course that requires funding, support, and lots of time management that I can't do right now haha. But someday! 👍🏻
don't worry Mr Brianycus, do please take ur time, not everything can come in an instant. But I just wanna ask a few questions: 1) What r ur thoughts on persona 2 innocent sins and eternal punishment, 2) who is the best persona girl in ur opinion and what is the hardest persona boss fight u have encountered in the entire persona series.
@@naymratkyaw3740 Persona 2 Duology was something that felt ahead of its time thematically. Favorite Persona girl? Makoto Niijima from Persona 5 haha
@@Brianycus you are right about Makoto and i just realised that if more people knew about the persona 2 duology, Eikichi, Jun, Maya, Katsuya, Baofu and Tatsuya will gain a huge amount of popularity and Maya will have the highest popularity vote and also I feel very bad for tatsuya because he suffered a fate worse than death.
Ate you like ant dudes brother lol
No I'm not haha. But I understand why you said that