Sonic the Fighters (GameCube) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- A playthrough of Sega's 1996 3D arcade versus-fighting game Sonic the Fighters. This recording is of the game as it appeared in the 2005 Nintendo GameCube compilation disc, Sonic Gems Collection.
Played as Sonic the Hedgehog on the normal difficulty level.
Sonic the Fighters (or Sonic Championship, as the original arcade game was called in the US and Europe) was the very first fully 3D Sonic game ever produced, pre-dating Sonic R by a fair margin. It was developed by the infamous Sega AM2 team and ran on the then-cutting edge Sega Model 2 arcade hardware, and was largely modelled after the core gameplay of Fighting Vipers.
Apparently Sega had planned a port for the Saturn, but later cancelled the project after deeming it too violent a portrayal of their family-friendly mascot.
The game plays a lot like Fighting Vipers and Virtua Fighter Kids, albeit in simplified form. You get your choice of eight characters from the 90s Sonic universe, though at the time, if you hadn't played Knuckles Chaotix for the 32X, you probably wouldn't have been familiar with the entire roster. If you've ever played Fighters Megamix, though, some of these guys should be familiar to you. You'll probably also recognize a few of them if you've been playing the new Sonic Forces game (which is excellent, btw, haters be damned).
Each character has a Chaos Emerald to collect, and upon getting all eight, you take on Metal Sonic and Dr. Robotnik (Eggman) to destroy the Death Egg II, which bears a striking resemblance to the Death Star (If someone had used it as a huge lollipop holder).
The graphics look great for a title from 1996. The cartoon style allowed for a lot of detail and expression in the characters, even if the rounded bodies do show evidence of the limited number of polygons being used to construct them (though those poly-counts were quite impressive for the time - the game is 21 years old now!), and the arenas show off some cool effects with real-time shadows and dynamic backgrounds. The sound is typical of a 90s fighter - it's loud, obnoxious, hyperactive, and intended to draw your attention. I gotta say, it does succeed on all of those counts. It's insanely catchy.
The gameplay is fun and fast, but it's a bit shallow compared to Sega's other fighting games at the time. The combo system is fairly limited, and though there are a ton of moves at your disposal, many of them are pretty redundant in their usefulness. There's definitely some strategy at play here, but there's a good reason why this never became a big exhibition-style tournament fighter. I enjoyed it for its goofiness and how easy it is to pick up and play, but it hasn't enough depth to really last long.
Sonic the Fighters is a pretty fun novelty, though, and the lack of any home port until the Sonic Gems Collection (and the later HD upscaled version on Xbox 360/PS3) means that it is one of the lesser known Sonic games out there, despite being the first 3D title in the series. If you like cutesy fighting games or Sonic I general, it's definitely worth a look!
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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I remember seeing this back at an arcade back in the day.
And playing it now just gives me nostalgia unlike any other...
Remembering the days I used to play Dreamcast back in late 2003-2004 gives me yearning nostalgia. I'm 22 now
I remember this game being at the Discovery Zone near me back in the days. Wish I hung out there more often, I miss it now
@@yeadontwearitout My first time discovering it was at an airport terminal at the Yokota Air Base in Japan.
Same man, an arcade in a bar near my house had this game, and I would play for hours, so much fun with my 2 brothers (my english is not very good, sorry for any mistakes)
I remember playing this Game at the Hospital my Brother was in when he had Cancer, it was an Xbox 360 Kisosk with this Game on it and the first time I ever played it was when I was visiting my little Brother when he was fighting cancer, he or one of my Parents or the Nurses showed us the Kisosk and me and my Brother and Cousin Arielle went to play, we took turns and sometimes played locally and playing that game with him had to be the best nights I ever had with him during his fight with Cancer. I played as Sonic, he played as Knuckles, and on some occasions Arielle played as Amy or Fang, then when it was time to go, I said my goodbyes and left. That was the one and only time I played the Game… my Brother survived Cancer and we were all happy he survived, now looking back at that day, it really was the best day that helped me with what I was going through at the time. My Parents couldn’t often be Home when he was going through this pain and I often had to switch Houses with Uncles or my Grandma, I was scared at those times but being there for my Brother made me feel really special and lucky I had a Brother…
One of Yu Suzuki’s finest and one of the most underrated fighting games ever.
The cartoonish squash-and-stretch mechanics are perfectly implemented and genius. Music is also top notch.
To be honest, it feels kinda out of place to see Sonic beat the shit out of everyone using fists.
The squash and stretch mechanics make the characters look like rubber bands.
the game plays horribly what
It’s basically VF with Sonic characters lol
@@nore5888 I always thought it played really well for an AM2 fighter. Compared to Virtua Fighter and Fighting Vipers.
Sonic Hitting Amy With HER OWN Hammer Is Hilarious As F*ck
*_Fatality_*
3:19
Specially considering that it was supposed to be a toy hammer.
@@gochem3013 lol, MK reference
@@josiahmaldonado3181 haha
3:20 Sonic: You want your hammer back?
Amy: Yes!
Sonic: Then you can have it!
3:40 or 3:41
Sonic: Took your hammer, want it back?
Amy Rose: Yes, but don't hit me with it!
Sonic: Hehe *hits with hammer*
Lol I didnt even know you could take Amy's hammer i play this game so much
@@dangerousmaster66 Lol
Don't pause on this Scene, Amy is without Underwear
@@nanash_2019 Why did you tell me >:)
2:30 true combo - Foward Tilt -> Foward Smash
One i always use for sonic is AAAAA, down A, up A
Oh god, this game still looks beautiful
yeap also i play it sometimes on wii
True, I was born in 2006 but got to enjoy this wonderful game, lots of good memories playing it
you should see it on m2.
It was upscaled in this video and on the wii, framerate also looks like it's been tweaked
@@teliakos how
It doesn't have the depth of Virtua Fighter 2, but Sonic's first ever 3D game certainly makes for a fun, charming, and kiddie-friendly arcade fighter.
NintendoComplete Are you eventually going to play the Japanese rererelease of this game? Apparently it included an unreleased fighter.
ESmith I didn't know there was another rerelease. What system was it on?
I have always wanted to play that game!
NintendoComplete I Like this fighting game
Even if I rage over Metal Sonic
NintendoComplete The Xbox live and PSN versions. Its Honey, metal sonic and robotnick. Technically they are available in all the versions, you just have to hack it.
The fucking music is like the most nostalgic thing ever
Yes ;-;
Facts
12:19 Time for Super Sonic! 🔥
The nostalgia is real with this one.
2:56 Amy overcooked dinner again.
I remember playing this game with my older sister growing up and we were so competitive about it. At the beginning she was better than me but i took it upon myself to train harder for her and then i finally got the upper hand against her to the point where i win everytime. She literally thought i used some kind of cheat codes to make me stronger but it was all skill babeh lol. My favorite character was the green duck, apparently his name is bean because i didn’t know his name back then. Oh the nostalgia.
Lmao same with my 2 brothers, I was really good at the game to the point they thought I was cheating, I also liked Bean (second favorite) but my favorite was Tails, tbh all of the characters where good I liked all of them, except for metal Sonic, I really disliked him as a kid haha
@@giovannacoelho9118 yeah he was too OP from what I remember
@@a_z_771 yeah, I remember I really struggled to defeat him as a kid, that damn bastard was really OP (my english is kinda bad so there might be some mistakes)
bro i need your sister @, i need a girl who played og sonic man
Lol Bean was my favorite too and I hated Fang he was so annoying
All battles
1:50 Battle 1: Sonic the Hedgehog vs Knuckles the Echidna
2:54 Battle 2: Sonic the Hedgehog vs Amy Rosy the Rascal
4:04 Battle 3: Sonic the Hedgehog vs Bark the Polerbear
5:00 Battle 4: Sonic the Hedgehog vs Espio the Chameleon
6:07 Battle 5 (Battle of The Buddies): Sonic the Hedgehog vs Miles “Tails” Prower
7:32 Battle 6: Sonic the Hedgehog vs Fang the Sniper
8:45 Battle 7: Sonic the Hedgehog vs Bean the Dynamite
10:01 Battle 8 (Twin Battle): Sonic the Hedgehog vs Sonic the Hedgehog
11:40 Battle 9: Sonic the Hedgehog vs Metal Sonic the Robot
12:58 Final Battle: Super Sonic the Hedgehog vs Dr. Eggman the Evil Scientist
I remember my cousin used to play this at arcade back in the day, good times.
Why am I here watching this in 2019? What has my life become...
Well, Im watching this in 2020.
Who cares? This is tha best vid ever and you people complain
@@Actually-Insane- same
I remembered about this game out of nowhere and now Im watching videos wishing to relive this part of my life
im in 2020 and im enjoying this
Sonic and Tails can use their opponents special attacks against them is pretty cool.
I have this on my Xbox 360, Wii (GC ver.) And PS2
I loved this game since the first time I played it
ringo
I was two years old when This masterpiece came out. Sonic championship which I believe it was known as regularly as an arcade fighting game, was at the pool I belonged to when I was 8-10 years old. I remember burning quarters and playing this game more than I actually swam in the pool lol
Locations (On the left is the stages, on the right is the area it's located on) :
South Island: South Island
Flying Carpet: Mirage Island (Desert/Oil Desert)
Aurora Icefield: Holoska
Mushroom Hill: Angel Island
Canyon Cruise: Westside Island
Casino Night: Westside Island
Dynamite Plant: Westside Island
Giant Wing: Giant Wing (It's own thing)
Death Egg's Eye: Death Egg
Into and End Cutscenes: Westside Island
I love the graphics of the game, good looking for that time but I can see why Sega said no to this, there is something bizarre about seeing Sonic beating the shit out of Knuckles, Tails or Amy. You would never see that in today's games haha
Smash bros?
@@finleymaster101 maybe but no with the same moves
@@rofidel178 Most of the normals sonic has is from this game
Tell that to Sonic Battle.
The music on the menus in Sonic Gems Collection sounds like songs you would hear on Mario kart Wii, same with the intro song to sonic fighters
This was one of my first Sonic games along with Unleashed, Generations, Adventure 2 and 2 of the classic games
I call Battle Five absolute Tails Abuse.
Went back in memory lane mate
When i first saw a walkthrough of this game, i thought Hyper Mode was some kind of invincibility, since the sparkling looks like the one used for the invisibility power up.
Man i love the fighters. By no means is it a good fighter, but its good enough for me. I just ordered gems collection, so excited to play this again. I used to rent gems, never owned it. I rented it so many times. Cant stress how excited i am to play the fighters again. Its been over 10 yrs.
Sonic The Fighters > Sonic Battle
Fight me
knuclear2010 I like sonic battle better than sonic the fighters. Sonic the fighters is alright.
I like both
It’s sonic and he’s fighting
no.
I like fighters better anyway
SCREEEEeeeeeEeEeEEEeeEEEeeeeEEEEEeeeeEEE sOnIc BaTtLe Is ThE bEsT gAme
10:42 Sonic: You’re no match for me! Clonic the Doppelgänger: Man, this guy’s tough!
Bro I just got mad nostalgia
Who In 2024?!
👋😂
Here I am
Howdy 👋
Me
Me
I just ADORE the randomly appearing cartoony SFX
0:55 "Dr. Robotonic" made me laugh more than it should've.
I grew up with this version of Sonic The Fighters.
Same
If you main Sonic in this game; you know how good he is when it comes to Juggling.
If you ever want a model example of how to make a great spinoff, look no further. Everything about this game, from the gorgeous levels, the characteristically brilliant OST Sonic games are known for, and even the small touches like rings flying out when you get hit, looks so in-tune with the Sonic universe, it may as well be expanding the series' lore!
The hate this game gets will never make sense to me, and I sincerely hope folks warm up to StF someday. Save for a few silly mechanics nobody really likes (really just the comeback system), this is an amazing game with fun, yet deceptively tight and fast-paced action that the devs put a lot of love into, courtesy of Sega AM2. It is absolutely CRIMINAL that I was not only unable to experience this gem in arcades during the 90s (lol limited releases), but iy has also not been ported to a modern console/PC in 2 generations!
We need more Sonic the Fighters, dammit! And where's that modern sequel that'll throw Shadow, the rest of the Chaotix and Rouge into the mix?!?!
Amazing, actually relased on my birthday - pretty good gameplay overall, never seem to have it boring.
Only times I have ever seen/played the actual arcade cab of this was at a local Pizza Hut.
I have this on PS3 and, I must say, it's quite alright. It's certainly my favourite Sonic game.
Did you play any other Sonic game?
I used to play this game hundreds of times a day
I play it like 23 times a day
THIS WAS ON GAMECUBE WTF I NEED THIS GAME IN MY LIFE!
Holy shit i remember playing this game with my best friend on his PS2 when we were 7, i always loved to use either Amy or Espio, it was so freaking awesome, imma send him the video, i hope he still has the PS2...
Does he still have the ps2
@@triumphthetrain6433 he does but i rarely go to his home anymore
To this day, I still wonder what is up with Sonic's derpy eyes during his winning pose, and why Sega didn't fix it in future revisions.
The same thing happened in Sonic Adventure when he was looking at the animals he freed from the capsule. It was kinda funny.
BoomBoom87 He`s drunk.
I know I'm late by a few years, but to summarize my comment: The characters are programed to maintain a gaze at a point of interest. The point of interest was on the camera, which moved, making it look weird when one of his eyes hit its boundary and the one facing the camera kept following the point.
Because it's not a bug, and the system works as intended, SEGA probably didn't feel an overwhelming need to change anything.
this game still cracks me up to this day LMFAOOOO
Same 😂😂😂😂
The ring noise gets a little tired, but all and all when I played it was alright.
+mack papi Haha oh god yeah that sound. Maybe it was there so people would all be like, "Is that Sonic?" at the arcade when all you would hear otherwise would be DDR music blaring from its massive speakers. It's definitely high pitched enough to stand out.
Ring noise all about this being the actual arcade game. You want alot of noise coming from you game to call attention to your game in a noisy arcade.
Killer Instinct attributes the loud announcer and BREAKER sounds to the arcade games success.
So yeah, its annoying, but if they altered it, people would bitch about it not being authentic.
This game is just like another Sega fighter called fighting vipers
Those last few punches with Fang.. those were personal bruh damn 😭
“The Animal Fighters” Concept:
Me: Sonic
Mousey: Tails
Sally.EXE: Knuckles
Max: Amy Rose
Yakko: Fang
Pingu: Bean
Oobi: Bark
Hourglass: Espio
Haru: Honey
Most of Sonics moves made it into Sonic's Smash Moveset
Played this game at the roller rink religiously.
The sound design is amazing lmao
Awesome Video. Finally no matches or rounds lost.
I MISS THIS GAME
My childhood!!! 💖✨^~^✨💖
Playing this after coming home from swimming lessons in the summer 😂😂
Classic, i used to have this game on my gamecube but somehow lost it somewhere in house.
I have a playstation but lost it
So i need THAT PS2
I don't know what it is about the lack of voices and just the sound effects of cartoony violence that gets me. lmao
2:30 tilt attack,forward smash
I always thought sonic could only kick and charge and spins to fight but damn I didn’t knew he could throw hands
My dad: Don't fight son, you won't resolve anything.
How my dad resolves all: 2:00
Dang, I forgot all about this one! I remember it being kind of terrible and nonsensical, but in a way that really appealed to me. It was the time in my life I thought "clunky" was good. And I guess I still kind of do.
But of course you're much better at it than I ever was.
Mackerel Phones yeahhhh I forgot about this legendary game how can I forget just looking at the music made me realise this is one of the main childhood games in my life opinion lol and the music ahhh
I used to play this game in daycare when I was about five years old man time does fly. I miss being a kid 🥹🥹🥹
Oh my god I just remembered this game the other day, I used to love this game!
Ah yes my favorite sonic character Dr. Robotonic.
l remember telling my friends about this game as a kid. once we all played it taking turns fighting and i beat them so badly. reminds me of when my grand papy was still alive, good times.
This game looks pretty fun, haven’t seen much of sonic fighters before. 💫
I love how overly cartoony the animations are in this game. Everyone gets squished, stretched and knocked-out with stars rotating around their heads. It's actually really funny to look it.
Wow, i actually found someone made a gameplay video of a game, and they actually look good at the game. This game looks pretty fun.
I know I'm three years too late for the guy who wondered about this, so I'm just making it a full comment. This was about "Sonic's derpy eyes" when he wins. I think what's happening has to do with how they programmed each character's eyes. I noticed that Espio would always side-eye the camera before a match started, but would suddenly look at his opponent. I think they set it up so the gaze of the player character follows a point of interest. Before the match starts, it's the camera. During the match it's the opponent, and when the match ends it is the camera again (so they fully face the camera during their pose). Unfortunately the camera moves during the end screen, making the player character's eyes follow the point. Because you only see one side of the character at a time, it looks like their eye moves farther than it should from a forward facing view. When their gaze reaches its boundary, the character turns their head to follow the point of interest. You can see this happen with Sonic right here at 2:48- 2:53. Notice his eyes follow the point which is moving at a diagonal going up, and when they reach the top of his eye he raises his head and maintains his gaze at the point.
I enjoyed playing this game on Nintendo GameCube my best friend brought it to my house in 2006
BRO SONIC THE FIGHTERS WAS MY JAM BACK IN THE DAY
This game is great, the HD versions let you play as Honey from virtua fighter as well as Eggman and Metal Sonic
Honey is from Fighting Vipers, not Virtua Fighter
I haven't played a second of this game but it looks fun as fudge
Some modern Sonic the Hedgehog requests for you:
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast -- Adventure Mode only/all Power-ups)
- Sonic Shuffle (Dreamcast -- Story Mode only)
- Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast -- Story Mode only)
- Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance -- Sonic the Hedgehog only)
- Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance -- Sonic the Hedgehog only/all SP Rings)
- Sonic Pinball Party (Game Boy Advance -- Story Mode/all Boards)
- Sonic Heroes (GameCube -- all 120 Emblems)
- Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube -- Story Mode/all Normal, Dark, and Hero Missions)
- Sonic Rush (DS)
- Sonic Riders (GameCube -- Story Mode only)
Welp, this takes me back
2:32 whoa a smash bros reference?!
sonic just used side smash!
This game came out way before Smash Bros, so in actuality Smash referenced this game.
*GASP!* It's Fox McCloud's Enemy!
Oh god the nostalgia
I REMEMBER this game, HOLY COW!
2:00 me trying to play tekken online for the first time be like:
3:20
3:41
...Wow, Sonic!!.. ...You really are a jerk!! XD
+RockmanSam Hahaha well if she never brought her mallet, Sonic wouldn't have been able to take it away to beat her with, right?
I had to put 0.5 to know what the h was going on. I guess this game *does* have anything you could imagine
I miss playing this
High Joys why dont you download an emulator and the romm and play it on your computer?
Shikafumo LoquendoGamer Ive tried before. I dont have a great pc for it. Im actually saving up for a pc at the moment
This game is on PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 via Xbox One Backwards compatibility. You can purchase it for $4.99.
@@MVC2fan1 good to know. I might just pick this up from the psn. I might wanna make content from it in the future.
I thought this was a really really basic fighting game when I played it, just because I don’t know the controls, but watching you play just proved to me how wrong I am. This game looks gorgeous as heck, ima go play it again and this time try and learn moves.
How did it go
It looks as if one of Sonic's moves is... _discombobulate._
i played this game for hours on sonic gems. I thought they got the name wrong and it was just supposed to be sonic fighters
I remember going to an arcade and playing this game,pretty nostalgic,i now play sonic battle
My childhood game
They need to bring Bean, Bark and Fang back in the future games or series
This game did the while space credits before sonic adventure 2. I also freaked out when I saw 8 emeralds enstead of 7. God damn pink chaos emerald.
I love how cartoony the graphics are, especially the stretchiness
I could only ever beat this game as sonic 😂 this level of nostalgia is dangerous
Is it me, or did critics not realise the backstory behind this game.
Fun fact: Amy’s face texture in this game is wack so the fur around her mouth is white
You sure it's not just a sign of her getting along well with Sonic? ;)
I always loved playing as tails ♥️
*R E V E N G E O F D R . R O B O T N I C*
excuse me?
@Nicholas Allen *botonic base intensifies*
I think Robotonic is a mistranslation or typo of Robotnik
@@Jax_Sonic2011 yep. also you’re a bit late lmao
I know I comment on just about all your videos but your descriptions are so good that they inspire me! lol But I see where they were going with it: Virtua Fighter meets Sonic. It's not a bad concept. Problem is, I own this on the Sonic Gems Collection too and the novelty wears off after awhile. I was never into Virtua Fighter anyway so maybe that's my problem. Or maybe the game is mediocre. I don't know. For some reason I want to play Skies of Arcadia now. I never beat that game.
MFields2178 It's all good, I always like to hear people's thoughts. I do those descriptions in part to hopefully inspire some conversation :) I hear what you're saying here, too. I love VF (I really was into 2 and 4 for a long time), but this one really is a super-diet edition, and it gets old quickly. I still find it fun to play for fifteen minutes once in a while, but definitely not hours on end like I can still do with VF2 or VF4Evo. Skies of Arcadia was awesome though, I've played it on the DC. Do you know if the GC port is any different? I want to play it again, and the GC version is way cheaper iirc
I didn't see much difference between the two but as far as differences go, I'm not sure. I never completed neither the DC or GC versions despite really liking the game. For the life of me I don't know why this particular RPG is the one I never beaten. Then again, I beat the Japanese version of FF9 and not the American one. Go figure. Hopefully somebody would know the differences between these two games because I'm curious to know myself.
This game was pretty rare back in the day. Only some arcades had it, and one had to git gud to have the total satisfaction of beating it. Even years later, emulation wasn't widely available yet nor that great, and this collection was pretty much the best way to own an out of arcade copy.
knuclear2010 man I still never emulate but I'm very old skool. I still wear a Walkman. The only 2 games I ever got emulated and I had help was Darkwing Duck for Turbo and The Simpsons Arcade...... For DOS. It sucked. I know it was like closest we got to a home console for the arcade. Wait, I'm getting off track. So yeah, I'm one of those people who buys it from a physical copy. I hate digital.
Emulation is good when it's something very very rare, or very very old but Nintendo wants you to pay 5$ for it again...again
Saw this game in the right corner in the yakuza gaiden trailer and nostalgia hit me so damn hard that i needed to watch it
2024 and I still miss this game
10:09 Sonic VS 2017X
You know that in the PS3/Xbox 360 version, you can play as Honey the Cat by highlight Amy, press start then press A/X.
I played this in the arcade at Sega Gameworks in Las Vegas.
Battles:
1:50 South Island - Knuckles
2:54 Flying Carpet - Amy
4:04 Aurora Icefield - Bark
5:01 Mushroom Hill - Espio
6:08 Canyon Cruise - Tails
7:32 Casino Night - Fang
8:45 Dynamite Plant - Bean
10:01 Giant Wing - Sonic
11:40 Death Egg's Eye - Metal Sonic
12:58 Death Egg II - Dr. Eggman
WAIT A MINUTE IT'S ON THE GAMECUBE TOO? I thought it was only on Sega Saturn.
it’s not even on the saturn
@@joechristo2 Well, the game was back in 1996
@@thebestgachatuber_69 it’s arcade
@@Jax_Sonic2011 ik