Wow Blaze is now Blaze the Bat and Rouge is now a Cat i'm sorry but when I heard this it triggered me to the Point I Face palmed but I did see the funny side too but Rouge Never Appeared in Sonic and The Black Knight The Knights are Sonic (King Arthur) Shadow (Sir Lancelot) Knuckles (Sir Gawain and Blaze (Sir Percival) lol
Nathaniel is the only person I know who can rank every Mario, Luigi, Sonic, Kirby, and Yoshi game and even every SpongeBob episode and make them very epic
I'll always be a Sonic CD and Sonic Lost World apologist. I like what they were trying to do with them. To me, those sonic games are most charming, and I'll never deny they're flaws. What kept sonic together over the years ain't the games, but his fandom, and the fact that we have that one sonic game we enjoy that makes us come back to it.
I love how everyone thought sonic frontiers was gonna be bad, but once it released, everyone realized just how great the game is. The cyberspace levels are amazing and the boss fights are so much fun
I'm just happy that we finally got a good 3D mainline Sonic game since generations. It might not be the best Sonic game out there but it's definitely a decent one and a lot of fun in my opinion.
@@deaglehawkings2543 they're the weakest part of the game but I do think that the gameplay and level design is pretty good in them. I just wish that we had more visual themes than, green hill, sky sanctuary, chemical plant and city. I do agree that "amazing" isn't the perfect word to describe them though. I would rather call them "decent" or "fun" honestly.
2d Games 33:39 Sonic 1 16 Bit 4:40 Sonic 1 8 Bit 9:34 Sonic 1 GBA 16:00 Sonic 2 8 Bit 1:30:13 Sonic 2 16 Bit 1:10:15 Sonic CD 7:16 Sonic Chaos 1:28:12 Sonic 3 & Knuckles 8:55 Sonic Triple Trouble 36:14 Knuckles’ Chaotix 7:58 Sonic Blast 50:08 Sonic Pocket Adventure 1:05:17 Sonic Advance 1:06:53 Sonic Advance 2 1:08:18 Sonic Advance 3 1:11:56 Sonic Rush 1:14:03 Sonic Rush Adventure 23:34 Sonic 4 Episode 1 24:46 Sonic 4 Episode 2 1:36:19 Sonic Mania 3D Games 53:25 Sonic 3D Blast 54:38 Sonic 3D Blast 55:51 Sonic 3D Blast 56:07 Sonic 3D Blast Directors Cut 1:19:48 Sonic Adventure 1:26:05 Sonic Adventure 2 1:17:37 Sonic Heroes 28:16 Shadow The Hedgehog 19:13 Sonic 06 22:07 Sonic And The Secret Rings 1:01:06 Sonic Unleashed 1:02:58 Sonic Unleashed 31:12 Sonic And The Black Knight 1:22:11 Sonic Colors 1:23:32 Sonic Colors Ultimate 1:24:38 Sonic Generations 34:56 Sonic Forces 1:33:38 Sonic Frontiers Racing Games 13:51 Sonic Drift 14:35 Sonic Drift 2 44:09 Sonic R 50:52 Sonic Riders Zero Gravity 37:58 Sonic Rivals 39:12 Sonic Rivals 2 0:47 Sonic Free Riders 42:57 Team Sonic Racing Arcade Games 45:40 Sonic The Fighters Educational Games 6:01 Sonic’s Schoolhouse Other Spin-offs 25:33 Sonic Eraser 11:30 Sonic Spinball 16 Bit 4:02 Sonic Spinball 8 Bit 26:27 Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine 8 Bit 27:05 Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine 16 Bit 10:38 Tails’ Skypatrol 27:25 Tails Adventures 15:12 Sonic Labyrinth 12:27 Sonic Shuffle 16:51 Sonic Pinball Party 17:54 Sonic Boom Rise Of The Lyric 39:47 Sonic Boom Shattered Crystal 40:58 Sonic Boom Fire And Ice Collections 2:29 Sonic Jam Green 1:31:43 Sonic Jam 20:54 Sonic Classic Collection 1:35:36 Sonic Origins
Another great thing about Sonic Adventure 2 is when you mash the A button during cutscenes, Big will make short little appearances. That just adds to the funny.
Predicting Mania to be #1 and the Advance series to be pretty high up. Congratulations on Bandy's Universe btw! Could tell you guys had loads of fun on it, and takes me back to the good ol days of the NB original lol.
@@mingjiechen62Mania is SUCH a good Sonic game. Sonic CD will always remain my childhood favourite but Mania nearly surpassed that. It’s just that good. I hope one day Sega makes a sequel.
Being someone who played Sonic Colours DS when it first came out, sinking a bunch of time into it, getting to the final boss only to not mash quick enough for the final part of the fight, deleting my save file because of it, and playing it through again with even more enjoyment: It's a very unheard game and definitely deserves to be this highly ranked
It's so crazy how you actually fight the Mother Wisp in that version instead of just the Egg Nega Wisp that the Wii version had. DS by far had the better final fight of the two!
back when i was a kid and couldnt afford the games i wanted, and was limited by what i was allowed, i got sonic colors for the ds even though i wanted it for the wii. overall it was one of the most enjoyable experiences i had and it was one of the few games i actually had the attention to play all the way through.
I still have my current copy of Sonic Colours DS to this day and I love the game, way more than Sonic Colours Ultimate for the switch. I got it early into the game's life and then lost my first cartridge on a vacation, had never gotten past Starlight Carnival Act 1 on that cartridge, and I was DEVASTATED, as that was my all time favourite DS game. A few years later on Christmas, my mum had known how sad I had been about losing the game and managed to get ahold of a second hand cartridge of the game and I will be honest, that christmas I knew what my favourite present was and as soon as I got my ds that day, I worked out how to wipe the old save off of the cartridge and started a new game. It's the cartridge I finally beat the game, collected the chaos emeralds on, beat Mother Wisp and am trying to fully 100% the game still whenever I can play it Ultimate just can't compare to the nostalgia I feel when playing Sonic Colours DS
watching this after they announced Tails, Knuckles and Amy as playable characters for Frontiers next year hits different. i’m so happy Frontiers is doing well and i truly hope Sonic Team stick to this format.
@@AlexarAceplays sadly no, it hasn’t been announced. and if i remember correctly i believe the director said he won’t add it to this game. but this game took us by surprise, so who knows what we will get in the future. could be that
He also put Sonic Genesis GBA above Sonic 1 (8bit) AND Sonic Triple Trouble... Seriously, an unplayable, broken mess of a port over two good (although dated) games is such a ridiculous take. Its not often that I watch NB's lists, but on the occasion that I do, he always makes some absolutely baffling choices. how the hell does Nathaniel Bandy have 1.2 Million Subs, while you only have 190K?
He should’ve switched lost world 3ds with black knight. I grew up with both and I can confidently say black knight is ten times better along with having the best sonic story
It's refreshing to see someone give their genuine opinions in a ranking video. Too many others just feel like taking popular opinion and turning it into video format.
He put sonic blast higher than original sonic on genesis and shadow the hedgehog, i mean shadow the hedgehog is not the perfect game, but seriously, what you would've preffered to play? Original sonic and shadow the hedgehog or fricking sonic blast
@@justaregularbean8861 Not sure if invalid is the right term here. I think saying his opinion is subjective, rather than objective, is more accurate. Which is what I was saying I'm fine with. Anyone can come up with objective metrics to rank games. But, hearing their subjective opinion is what I find a lot more enjoyable.
1:22:09 I love how he says Colors has no gimmicks, and yet the Wisps are technically a gimmick. I think he meant no other gameplay styles or something, but games like Shadow only adds guns, which I say is more of an equivalent to wisps.
@@philatio1744 Fair, but I still think that weapons are an equivalent to wisps in how they impact the way you play the game, and have multiple variations.
Just an FYI, Tails CAN fly in the 8 bit games. By holding up and tapping the jump button, Tails is snapped to a grid, in which you use the D-Pad to control him. It's not as great as the Genesis games, but hey- flight!
I love seeing ppl look over the sonic games since they’re SUCH a mixed bag. Everyone seems to have a different opinion XD. Enjoyed this a ton!! (Also, small correction at 31:58 - the last knight is Blaze, not Rouge)
@@Oturan20 don't be, I also love the night stages. I love the combos and parkour, I do agree with the majority of people that they are a tad too long. But other than that, it's my 2nd favorite sonic game, first being frontiers, 3rd being adventure 2
I'm surprised to see the Master System and Game Gear games so low on the list, considering I have pretty fond memories of them, despite their slower speed and "screen crunch" (which they fixed in Triple Trouble by designing it with the Game Gear's specs and resolution in mind).
Ranking them lower than games that fundamentally don't work as intended honestly comes across as petty. They're not fast or overflowing with novelty but they're still well controlling and have quite a lot of replay value for the time through the in stage Emerald hiding places. Hell, the stage designs being 'basic' is a good thing given how early they were and that players were still learning even basic tech like boss bouncing.
Eh…I disagree. The level design of those games is weak due to screen crunch and hardware limitations, and the graphics and music is lackluster. This especially applies to Sonic Blast and Sonic Chaos. Triple Trouble does deserve a remake, though. I think Mr. Bandy would agree with me on this: I do not hate these games because they’re on the Master System and Game Gear. I think that they are legitimately bad games. I commend you for finding enjoyment out of them since I could not after giving them so many chances.
I absolutely loved Triple Trouble as a kid. I already loved Sonic as a kid from the cartoons so when I got my game gear with Sonic 2 I was so excited. The box hyped up the presence of my favorite character Tails, only for him to not be playable. Also, the game is ludicrously hard, even after revisiting it when I was older, and that bad ending crushed me. Without a Genesis to play the main series until way later with just standalone Sonic and Knuckles (no Tails), getting Triple Trouble which was much more forgiving, finally let me play as Tails, and had special stages for replay value, I adored that game and played through it so many times trying to get all of the emeralds. While a lot of this is nostalgia, I'll take it over Sonic 2 8-bit any day.
This is my favorite video of yours ever. I don’t agree with all the placements, but it just made me really happy to see you talk about one of my favorite franchises. Also, the ending where you just talked about what makes sonic special and you said how much you loved my personal favorite sonic game (Sonic Adventure 2 Battle) aside from its flaws was magical! Thanks for making this awesome video, stay epic, and keep up the amazing work
No way this man put Sonic The Hedgehog GBA Above the master system and game gear titles, How is a messy garbage better than a masterpiece called Sonic Triple Trouble.
The same reason he put Sonic Spinball 16 bit below Sonic Pinball Party His ranking is all over the place. Hes probably spoiled by the 8 bit Mario games lol.
@@markofthewolvessucks8930 considering he isnt even like a sonic yter, more of a mario/nintendo one he doesnt know what makes a good sonic game so hes making his points from what makes a good mario game.
His opinion on sonic 1 ms makes my brain want to melt lol. That game is so much better and more fun than 06 for what it was trying to be, there's nothing wrong with a simple game
Sonic 1 for the Master System is a really good game in many respects and I do not know what you have to be smoking to think Sonic Schoolhouse goes above it.
Either he hates the franchise to the point where the 7th best game is one he can only criticize or this is just how he talks about games in these lists
In my case, the best advance duo is Cream/Knuckles. It's pretty much Advance 2 Cream but with an auto hitbox around you. Sonic/Cream is also a very good combo for cheesing the final boss.
Yeah. Considering all my faves i grew up on with his mario based ass, Are mediocre to him. From unleashed, colors, shadow, black knight. Even sonic 06, at least it tried to work.
@@abdurehmanmalik2980 it is a rank in knighthood,specifically a status. Plus back then it was very uncommon for women to be knights so they never made an exact name for female knights unfortunetely
Sonic Colors Ultimate 1:23:30 Sonic Generations 1:24:38 Sonic Adventure 2 Battle 1:26:05 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles 1:28:12 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis) 1:30:13 Sonic Jam 1:31:43 Sonic Colors (DS) 1:32:34 Sonic Frontiers 1:33:38 Sonic Origins 1:35:36 Sonic Mania 1:36:19
After all of these decades of sonic the hedgehog My very first Sonic game was sonic unleashed xbox 360 2008 and I'm been supporting blue bur since then
Could have but at this rate he really needs to recount his words cause rouge was not in Sonic in the Black Knight wish it can happen but this is Sega okay.
@@DeeMan1705 Yeah, really. I was sitting and listening to him like "Uh... you do realize that's not Rouge, right? That's Blaze the cat. You had to play at least 2 other games with her as a controllable character. Not to mention that there are *significant* differences between the two of them in design. How did you mistake Blaze for Rouge?"
1:01:12 Uh... Infamous? You *do* know infamous means something is well-known for something bad, right? But what you say about the stages right after contradicts that entirely.
I have to disagree with so many of these placements. Who in their right mind ranks Sonic Triple Trouble lower than Sonic 1 GBA? Sonic Spinball Master System/GameGear was better than the 16-bit version which has worse controls & more unfair level design decisions. Sonic 1 Master System is much too low on the list to where it's clear you are biased against the 8-Bit games unfairly, although a few of them were awful. My List is probably 60: Tails Sky Patrol, 58: Rise of Lyric, 57: Drift 2, 56: Lost World 3DS, 55: Spinball (16-Bit), 54: Shuffle, 53: Sonic Chaos, 52: Sonic 2 (8-Bit), 51: Sonic 1, 50: Pinball Party, 49: Boom Shattered Crystal, 48: Lost World, 47: Labyrinth, 46: Team Sonic Racing, 45: Pocket Adventure, 44: Tails Adventures, 43: Colors Wii, 42: HD Unleashed, 41: Rivals, 40: Spinball (8-Bit), 39: 3D Blast, 38: Sonic Battle, 37: Rivals 2, 36: Sonic Generations 3DS, 35: Sonic R, 34: Sonic 1 (8-Bit), 33: Sonic 06, 32: Boom Fire & Ice, 31: Knuckles Chaotix, 30: Whitehead Sonic 1, 29: Sonic CD, 28: Forces, 27: Unleashed Wii, 26: Shadow the Hedgehog, 25: Sonic Advance, 24: Riders Shooting Star Story, 23: Rush, 22: Mean Bean Machine, 21: Chronicles, 20: Riders, 19: Colors DS, 18: Secret Rings, 17: Generations, 16: Sonic 2 (Genesis), 15: Triple Trouble, 14: Black Knight, 13: Sonic the Fighters, 12: Rush Adventure, 11: Advance 2, 10: Advance 3, 9: Sonic Heroes, 8: Sonic 3K, 7: Sonic Adventure, 6: Origins, 5: Mania +, 4: Sonic Jam, 3: Gems Collection, 2: Frontiers, 1: Adventure 2 Battle
I absolutely SALUTE you for making these ranked videos lately. I know these take a lot of time and effort to do, and I appreciate you for making these.
@@AccursedHawk I mean I’m sure said playing video games and scripting the video probably took a few months meaning it would probably be pretty difficult
1:36:48 It doesn’t just change up the colors, it changes the layout as well. Unfortunately not all of the encore mode layouts are better than the originals, so it’s kind of a wildcard. I think Mirage Saloon got a completely new act for act 1 which is good. No more riding on Tails plane, which is good I guess. Haven’t played encore mode in a while, but it changes up the gameplay by making it more challenging with certain paths to get items that you can only get with a certain character, like the Mighty only area in green hill zone.
@@Mr-Marcos-E no, because then you wouldn’t be able to finish it unless you have Knuckles in your encore team. It’s a different layout because that one was only made for Knuckles and characters like Sonic, Mighty and maybe Ray might not be able to complete the act.
Sonic 1 on the master system was the first game I ever had. It defined my understanding of platform games and I wish they included it in The sega collections instead of the game gear version as it runs better and the screen size is much better.
Why is Sonic 1 8-bit being disrespected so much here Edit: Now Sonic Chaos??? I genuinely thought the opinion of the 8-bit games were that they were decent Edit 2: And he put Sonic Blast, the only one that's actually bad, above those two....whaaaaa
I mean, he doesn't even get the names of the characters or zones right. I'm going to bet he spent five seconds on the Master System titles and probably doesn't even remember which is which.
21:25 in sonic jam you can indeed lock on sonic 1 with sonic & knucles but it only allows you to play the blue balls mode. it even shows you the "NO WAY" message scrolling
1:27:09 "shadow, eggman, rouge" I just remember now. Two of the hottest characters in gaming. Yes, rouge is also there. Also frontiers is like The Super Mario Odyssey of the Sonic series
So your ranking of all the mainline Sonic games is: 27: Sonic ‘06 26: Sonic and the Secret Rings 25: Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 24: Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 23: Shadow the Hedgehog 22: Sonic and the Black Knight 21: Sonic the Hedgehog 20: Sonic Forces 19: Sonic 3D Blast 18: Sonic Unleashed 17: Sonic Generations (3DS) 16: Sonic Advance 15: Sonic Advance 2 14: Sonic Advance 3 13: Sonic CD 12: Sonic Rush 11: Sonic Rush Adventure 10: Sonic Lost World 9: Sonic Heroes 8: Sonic Adventure 7: Sonic Colors 6: Sonic Generations 5: Sonic Adventure 2 4: Sonic 3 & Knuckles 3: Sonic 2 2: Sonic Frontiers 1: Sonic Mania
As a person who has played Sonic Colors for the DS before any other console, Colors for the DS was amazing without a doubt. Even though it didn't have cutscenes or extra wisps, it was outstanding for a port for the DS. Also, I'm not certain if this is exactly true but you can fight the Wisps' mother if you collect all the red rings throughout the stages. Either way, Sonic Colors (DS) was a blast to play for my first Sonic game ever played.
what's with all the master system/game gear hate?? i remember them being pretty solid and it's not just nostalgia speaking since i played them all fairly recently (even 100%ing them)
1:23:33 If you haven't seen it already, Radicalsoda made 3 videos and a supercut of them all that goes in depth as to why it's not great. I'd highly recommend checking it out for both it's quality content and actually figuring out why Sonic Colors Ultimate has garnered a lot of hate.
I’m sure Nathaniel ranked the game with all its patches and not on the 1.0 version like Radicalsoda did. Had he ranked it on that 1.0 version it would have been definitely lower than the wii version
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM TO HEAR SONIC COLORS DS PRAISE!! It was my introduction to the franchise, and it was such an incredible first impression. Everytime I talk about colors everyone assumes I'm talking about the wii version and it just makes me sad, cause i swear some people don't even know it exists. Criminally underrated.
I don't think Sonic the Hedgehog or Chaos are great games by any means (still very fun for what Sega had to work with on the system), but having them that low and somehow BELOW Sonic Blast and Genesis GBA is insanity, hahahaha
I kinda resent that Sonic Forces is so much higher than 06. Don't get me wrong your arguments for both games are perfectly valid, but at least Sonic 06 had some passion in it and wasn't afraid to implement new ideas. Forces was just too safe. Just a lazy copy and paste of Generations. Soulless, unambitious, and just too safe and formulaic
Even without glitches, 06 is fundamentally flawed. The art direction is ugly, the character animations are stiff and unexpressive, and the story is ridiculous at many points. Forces is a bad execution of a formula people liked.
Am I the only mf who actually enjoyed Shadow the Hedgehog? Yeah, it’s janky, repetitive and the Ark levels are hard. But c’mon, it’s Shadow with guns! What’s more cool than that? Music is also amazing (Particularly I Am All I Am, Lethal Highway and Cosmic Fall). It definitely gives Shadow way more depth than Adventure 2. The hundreds of routes you can take is quite interesting too, each with their own name. Gotta love For Love’s Sake, where you go evil in stage 1, meet Rouge in stage 2, and go all good for the rest of the playthrough. It’s the little things like that which makes Shadow the Hedgehog so memorable to me.
when i was younger i fell in love with sonic and the secret rings the story was great to me, when i had friends and my brother over we’d all play the party mode it had and the ost in every part of the game was great
Nathaniel you really went on fire lately,you relased a 7 hour long video last Saturday,a video whit tons of animation fight scenes and story telling,and now this,incredible
Me too because it’s one of my personal favorite sonic games of all time. I played it so much as a kid and it’s still one of the best sonic games. Are there still flaws in this game? Yes. “What are the flaws in this game” people may ask me? I hate oil ocean zone for both acts while all the other ones are okay all the way up to amazing. And I hate the special stages in encore mode because slippery controls. Despite that however I love sonic mania quite a lot.
@@Tailsfan5338 no one asked for your opinion on the flaws it has. It’s fine just saying “I agree” but you don’t need to go into a whole spiel about why you like it
Classic Collection was originally my only method of playing the classic games as a kid, that's the first way I went through 100%'d all of the games in there...
Putting the 8bit games behind 1 GBA is the clear definition of the difference of the 90s outside Brazil, because people here (including me) LOVES Sonic 1 Master System. It's even offensive to see him behind so many crap games lmao
It's not even with just you guys, there's plenty of admiration for the 8 bit sonic games, people just got to lower their expectations for them and not expect them to be as groundbreaking or spectacular as the genesis games. They are good platformers on their own.
My mom got Sonic Mania for me a while back. I thought it was going to be a garbage 3D game. It ended up being one of my personal favorite games. I have to agree with you, we need a Sonic Mania 2!
Sonic Heroes and pretty much all of the GCN titles is what got me into the franchise, though I personally think lost world should be placed lower because of how the story portrayed Tails in the worst possible way. (Specifically turning against Sonic when helping Eggman even though he was fine with it in SA2B) I haven't played anything after 06 besides Frontiers, but I might check out on a few games after that time considering the praise you've given them.
Sonic colors DS was my childhood gem game. Man, I remember going back into the levels and finding the alternative paths, fighting the final boss only to find the secret final boss…..holt shit….I’ve beat these game so many times…one of my favorites
Fun Fact: I never knew Sonic and the Secret Rings had an actual story more until a few years ago. Me and my siblings always played the minigames, and we had a (3-D) blast!
Me and my siblings knew about story mode... but we always went straight to party mode! The 'treasure hunt' 'board' is a bit weird, but there's something about the party mode I always liked! My only complaint is the controls could be wonky at times... the butterfly bubble one took plenty of practice, and don't even get me STARTED on the one where you use a net to catch those little bug things in a net (whatever they were, been a while since I played).
I have no idea how we've released almost 10 hours of video the past 2 weeks
More for us to watch 😁
@@yoshikingdom43 Yes
Hold on, ain’t you Nathaniel B?
Is this the last hour long video in a while
Will it be too much for us to ask for a good and bad of sonic frontiers?
31:56 “You’ll Also Have To Fight Knight Knuckles, Shadow And Rouge”
Damn, Blaze Got Robbed So Hard
I was waiting for someone to mention this
@@Galewind. me too
The moment I heard that I ran to the comments to like the first person to mention it
He literally made this mistake 2 times. I thought he would get fixed later😵😵
Wow Blaze is now Blaze the Bat and Rouge is now a Cat i'm sorry but when I heard this it triggered me to the Point I Face palmed but I did see the funny side too but Rouge Never Appeared in Sonic and The Black Knight The Knights are Sonic (King Arthur) Shadow (Sir Lancelot) Knuckles (Sir Gawain and Blaze (Sir Percival) lol
Nathaniel is the only person I know who can rank every Mario, Luigi, Sonic, Kirby, and Yoshi game and even every SpongeBob episode and make them very epic
@@tascabeni4353bro tbh in my opinion sonic lost world is better than sonic unleashed because sonic lost world is just more fun
@BlockyBreak well I disagree with this too but I don't find it too serious personally
@BlockyBreak no I totally disagree with him I put lost world wii U around 10 ranks below unleashed but I just say isn't crucial
Forgot Luigi Games.
@@tascabeni4353 unleashed is mid and overrated tbh I don’t see the hype about it
I'll always be a Sonic CD and Sonic Lost World apologist.
I like what they were trying to do with them. To me, those sonic games are most charming, and I'll never deny they're flaws.
What kept sonic together over the years ain't the games, but his fandom, and the fact that we have that one sonic game we enjoy that makes us come back to it.
I like CD more than adventure 2 i think lost world from the little ive seen might be my least favorite of the 3D sonics tho
I love how everyone thought sonic frontiers was gonna be bad, but once it released, everyone realized just how great the game is. The cyberspace levels are amazing and the boss fights are so much fun
Agreed!
"cyberspace levels are amazing" when the consensus is the cyberspace levels are the worst part of the game
I'm just happy that we finally got a good 3D mainline Sonic game since generations. It might not be the best Sonic game out there but it's definitely a decent one and a lot of fun in my opinion.
I wouldn't really agree with the cyberspace levels
@@deaglehawkings2543 they're the weakest part of the game but I do think that the gameplay and level design is pretty good in them. I just wish that we had more visual themes than, green hill, sky sanctuary, chemical plant and city. I do agree that "amazing" isn't the perfect word to describe them though. I would rather call them "decent" or "fun" honestly.
Great to see someone FINALLY giving the 3D Blast Saturn OST it's due! That OST is so dang good, and it's criminally underrated.
Overrated*
its musical crack, so good.
FR. Rusty Ruins Zone Act 1 is probably my favourite sonic song ever
Genesis was better
2d Games
33:39 Sonic 1 16 Bit
4:40 Sonic 1 8 Bit
9:34 Sonic 1 GBA
16:00 Sonic 2 8 Bit
1:30:13 Sonic 2 16 Bit
1:10:15 Sonic CD
7:16 Sonic Chaos
1:28:12 Sonic 3 & Knuckles
8:55 Sonic Triple Trouble
36:14 Knuckles’ Chaotix
7:58 Sonic Blast
50:08 Sonic Pocket Adventure
1:05:17 Sonic Advance
1:06:53 Sonic Advance 2
1:08:18 Sonic Advance 3
1:11:56 Sonic Rush
1:14:03 Sonic Rush Adventure
23:34 Sonic 4 Episode 1
24:46 Sonic 4 Episode 2
1:36:19 Sonic Mania
3D Games
53:25 Sonic 3D Blast
54:38 Sonic 3D Blast
55:51 Sonic 3D Blast
56:07 Sonic 3D Blast Directors Cut
1:19:48 Sonic Adventure
1:26:05 Sonic Adventure 2
1:17:37 Sonic Heroes
28:16 Shadow The Hedgehog
19:13 Sonic 06
22:07 Sonic And The Secret Rings
1:01:06 Sonic Unleashed
1:02:58 Sonic Unleashed
31:12 Sonic And The Black Knight
1:22:11 Sonic Colors
1:23:32 Sonic Colors Ultimate
1:24:38 Sonic Generations
34:56 Sonic Forces
1:33:38 Sonic Frontiers
Racing Games
13:51 Sonic Drift
14:35 Sonic Drift 2
44:09 Sonic R
50:52 Sonic Riders Zero Gravity
37:58 Sonic Rivals
39:12 Sonic Rivals 2
0:47 Sonic Free Riders
42:57 Team Sonic Racing
Arcade Games
45:40 Sonic The Fighters
Educational Games
6:01 Sonic’s Schoolhouse
Other Spin-offs
25:33 Sonic Eraser
11:30 Sonic Spinball 16 Bit
4:02 Sonic Spinball 8 Bit
26:27 Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine 8 Bit
27:05 Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine 16 Bit
10:38 Tails’ Skypatrol
27:25 Tails Adventures
15:12 Sonic Labyrinth
12:27 Sonic Shuffle
16:51 Sonic Pinball Party
17:54 Sonic Boom Rise Of The Lyric
39:47 Sonic Boom Shattered Crystal
40:58 Sonic Boom Fire And Ice
Collections
2:29 Sonic Jam Green
1:31:43 Sonic Jam
20:54 Sonic Classic Collection
1:35:36 Sonic Origins
You forgot Sonic Colours DS
@@prestonanderson1719 Bro 💀
and generation 3ds thaty's a 2d game 2 (it's also the sipritual sequel to the rush games and tha INCLUDES colors ds)
Ty
Sonic Riders is also missing (it's right after Zero Gravity)
Another great thing about Sonic Adventure 2 is when you mash the A button during cutscenes, Big will make short little appearances. That just adds to the funny.
The cutscenes in the Sonic Adventure games are so so bad they’re good, they might actually be good.
27:43 “It’s too bad Sonic can’t enhance his moves one emerald at a time in his games”
Sonic Superstars: Hold my Chaos Emeralds
😂 yo I just realized that lol
@@FlipSide2025Same 😂
Predicting Mania to be #1 and the Advance series to be pretty high up.
Congratulations on Bandy's Universe btw! Could tell you guys had loads of fun on it, and takes me back to the good ol days of the NB original lol.
yep its number one
@@truceism Ayyy called it! Also pretty happy that he put Colours DS so high, I also think it's hella underrated.
@@LexVanguard2004 yea i loved it
Mania always at number 1
@@mingjiechen62Mania is SUCH a good Sonic game. Sonic CD will always remain my childhood favourite but Mania nearly surpassed that. It’s just that good. I hope one day Sega makes a sequel.
Being someone who played Sonic Colours DS when it first came out, sinking a bunch of time into it, getting to the final boss only to not mash quick enough for the final part of the fight, deleting my save file because of it, and playing it through again with even more enjoyment: It's a very unheard game and definitely deserves to be this highly ranked
It's so crazy how you actually fight the Mother Wisp in that version instead of just the Egg Nega Wisp that the Wii version had. DS by far had the better final fight of the two!
Both are great games! I wish Ultimate used the same lives mechanic as before though...
back when i was a kid and couldnt afford the games i wanted, and was limited by what i was allowed, i got sonic colors for the ds even though i wanted it for the wii. overall it was one of the most enjoyable experiences i had and it was one of the few games i actually had the attention to play all the way through.
I still have my current copy of Sonic Colours DS to this day and I love the game, way more than Sonic Colours Ultimate for the switch. I got it early into the game's life and then lost my first cartridge on a vacation, had never gotten past Starlight Carnival Act 1 on that cartridge, and I was DEVASTATED, as that was my all time favourite DS game. A few years later on Christmas, my mum had known how sad I had been about losing the game and managed to get ahold of a second hand cartridge of the game and I will be honest, that christmas I knew what my favourite present was and as soon as I got my ds that day, I worked out how to wipe the old save off of the cartridge and started a new game. It's the cartridge I finally beat the game, collected the chaos emeralds on, beat Mother Wisp and am trying to fully 100% the game still whenever I can play it
Ultimate just can't compare to the nostalgia I feel when playing Sonic Colours DS
@@kirbstagoontheaxolotl events like these are part of what makes gaming special.
It’s been years since I watched this channel and Nathaniel’s doing better then ever, glad to see a real one still killing it
Seeing Sonic Schoolhouse ranked above 8-bit Sonic 1 is certainly a thing I'm not expected to see everyday. But each in their own way I suppose.
This guy doesn’t have a clue. I get that Shadow the Hedgehog is not the best but ranking so many pinball games over it is ridiculous.
Knuckles Chaotix over genesis Sonic 1 is wild but then again im the person who likes Shadow 05 more than SA2 (SA1 is peak tho)
He said Rouge was in Black Knight, he didn't actually play 76% of these games.
@@seanthompson1950 He just confused Blaze with Rouge.
That ranking for Sonic 1 8-bit is a f*cking crime and makes me think this guy has no idea what he's doing.
watching this after they announced Tails, Knuckles and Amy as playable characters for Frontiers next year hits different. i’m so happy Frontiers is doing well and i truly hope Sonic Team stick to this format.
Yeah its gonna Be so much fun to play tails,Amy and knuckles in Sonic Frontiers
will there be mutiplayer?
@@AlexarAceplays sadly no, it hasn’t been announced. and if i remember correctly i believe the director said he won’t add it to this game. but this game took us by surprise, so who knows what we will get in the future. could be that
Isnt frontiers already out
@@MadGameBoy yes
Saying that Triple Trouble is worse than Boom and Secret Rings is the biggest tragedy of our lifetime.
Having Sonic Blast above Sonic 1 8bit is sacrilegious. An outrage of the highest order
He also put Sonic Genesis GBA above Sonic 1 (8bit) AND Sonic Triple Trouble...
Seriously, an unplayable, broken mess of a port over two good (although dated) games is such a ridiculous take.
Its not often that I watch NB's lists, but on the occasion that I do, he always makes some absolutely baffling choices.
how the hell does Nathaniel Bandy have 1.2 Million Subs, while you only have 190K?
Rubbish perhaps?
@@hgarr His rankings are always this bad.
he has Sonic Schoolhouse above it. Tempted to wager he didn't even play Sonic 1 8 bit.
Sonic Frontiers at #3 rofl
The fact he ranked lost world higher than unleashed is disappointing
lost world doesn't have amy being a jerk or tails being a wimp.
@@markofthewolvessucks8930yea but unleashed is actually fun
@@markofthewolvessucks8930 Ironically, Lost World has Amy being a wimp and Tails being a jerk. :P
He should’ve switched lost world 3ds with black knight. I grew up with both and I can confidently say black knight is ten times better along with having the best sonic story
Every human has a different opinion, so it doesn't really matter.
But there is no human in the world that has sonic jam as their favorite game.
It's refreshing to see someone give their genuine opinions in a ranking video.
Too many others just feel like taking popular opinion and turning it into video format.
He put sonic blast higher than original sonic on genesis and shadow the hedgehog, i mean shadow the hedgehog is not the perfect game, but seriously, what you would've preffered to play? Original sonic and shadow the hedgehog or fricking sonic blast
So his opinion is invalid🤓
@@justaregularbean8861 Not sure if invalid is the right term here. I think saying his opinion is subjective, rather than objective, is more accurate. Which is what I was saying I'm fine with. Anyone can come up with objective metrics to rank games. But, hearing their subjective opinion is what I find a lot more enjoyable.
@@Assassinlad 🤓an objective opinion doesn't exist.
if its objective its a fact.
so saying " his opinion is subjective" is redundant 🤓
This is the first time I've seen someone say they didn't like the Master System version of Sonic 1.
OH MY GOD. FINALLY SOMEONE SHARES MY PAIN WITH THE KING ARTHUR FIGHT!!!! I struggled on that so much as a kid
Exactly, it was to the point where I didn’t play for two years cause I wasn’t able to beat it
I guess watch some Countdown personalities, like "Benjamin Blackmage"
Frontiers was legitimately the first video game i was incredibly hyped for and bought at launch. Possibly my favorite game ever.
It's such a good game.
@@chesspunk489about to get it myself
You must be very young
@@gall9had Or they just genuinely like the game
Mediocre game
1:22:09
I love how he says Colors has no gimmicks, and yet the Wisps are technically a gimmick.
I think he meant no other gameplay styles or something, but games like Shadow only adds guns, which I say is more of an equivalent to wisps.
Shadow also adds vehicles and ten different endings.
@@philatio1744 Fair, but I still think that weapons are an equivalent to wisps in how they impact the way you play the game, and have multiple variations.
He said no more BS gimmicks, and the wisps are fun
@@zacharymogel9500 not really.
@@AlinaAniretakeI think that's more of your opinion, I think most ppl that play colors ike the wisps
31:57 ...you don't fight Rouge, you fight Blaze my guy
Word slipup oop
Not that he will admit to his mistake.
Good thing someone pointed it out
@@RedTygon He did above you though
@@RedTygon This comment aged so fast, even Chris Tyson was dissapointed
Just an FYI, Tails CAN fly in the 8 bit games. By holding up and tapping the jump button, Tails is snapped to a grid, in which you use the D-Pad to control him. It's not as great as the Genesis games, but hey- flight!
I love seeing ppl look over the sonic games since they’re SUCH a mixed bag. Everyone seems to have a different opinion XD. Enjoyed this a ton!!
(Also, small correction at 31:58 - the last knight is Blaze, not Rouge)
In regards to when he talked about the daytime levels in Sonic Unleashed… I don’t think Bandy knows that “infamous” means “famous for being bad”
True
Maybe he meant ‘infamous’ in the sense that Unleashed is infamous for having amazing Daytime sections, but terrible Nighttime sections.
Bandy moment
@@T_Dude Sometimes, I feel like I'm the only person who actually liked the night time stages.
@@Oturan20 don't be, I also love the night stages. I love the combos and parkour, I do agree with the majority of people that they are a tad too long. But other than that, it's my 2nd favorite sonic game, first being frontiers, 3rd being adventure 2
Love this video, but my guy called Espio Espeon and that's a violation 💀
My man Espio got people out here batting for him 💯
I'm surprised to see the Master System and Game Gear games so low on the list, considering I have pretty fond memories of them, despite their slower speed and "screen crunch" (which they fixed in Triple Trouble by designing it with the Game Gear's specs and resolution in mind).
Ranking them lower than games that fundamentally don't work as intended honestly comes across as petty. They're not fast or overflowing with novelty but they're still well controlling and have quite a lot of replay value for the time through the in stage Emerald hiding places.
Hell, the stage designs being 'basic' is a good thing given how early they were and that players were still learning even basic tech like boss bouncing.
Well, some people do not like to play with Master System nor Game Gear and they prefer NES. That means more 8-bit Sega games for us =D
Honestly I must say that your rankings of the Sonic 8 bit games was really unfair. I enjoy those ALL more than sonic 1 genesis (most of the time.)
ME TOO!
Eh…I disagree. The level design of those games is weak due to screen crunch and hardware limitations, and the graphics and music is lackluster. This especially applies to Sonic Blast and Sonic Chaos. Triple Trouble does deserve a remake, though.
I think Mr. Bandy would agree with me on this: I do not hate these games because they’re on the Master System and Game Gear. I think that they are legitimately bad games. I commend you for finding enjoyment out of them since I could not after giving them so many chances.
I actually desperately wanted a sequel to Chronicles back in the day.
Ranking Sonic Triple Trouble below Sonic Genesis is certainly.... a choice.
True.
The long awaited sequel to the ranking every Mario game we didn’t need but definitely appreciate
I absolutely loved Triple Trouble as a kid. I already loved Sonic as a kid from the cartoons so when I got my game gear with Sonic 2 I was so excited. The box hyped up the presence of my favorite character Tails, only for him to not be playable. Also, the game is ludicrously hard, even after revisiting it when I was older, and that bad ending crushed me. Without a Genesis to play the main series until way later with just standalone Sonic and Knuckles (no Tails), getting Triple Trouble which was much more forgiving, finally let me play as Tails, and had special stages for replay value, I adored that game and played through it so many times trying to get all of the emeralds. While a lot of this is nostalgia, I'll take it over Sonic 2 8-bit any day.
Yeah,giving it such a low vote is a crime.
This is my favorite video of yours ever. I don’t agree with all the placements, but it just made me really happy to see you talk about one of my favorite franchises. Also, the ending where you just talked about what makes sonic special and you said how much you loved my personal favorite sonic game (Sonic Adventure 2 Battle) aside from its flaws was magical! Thanks for making this awesome video, stay epic, and keep up the amazing work
No way this man put Sonic The Hedgehog GBA Above the master system and game gear titles, How is a messy garbage better than a masterpiece called Sonic Triple Trouble.
The same reason he put Sonic Spinball 16 bit below Sonic Pinball Party
His ranking is all over the place. Hes probably spoiled by the 8 bit Mario games lol.
@@markofthewolvessucks8930 considering he isnt even like a sonic yter, more of a mario/nintendo one he doesnt know what makes a good sonic game so hes making his points from what makes a good mario game.
Not to mention showing bias of spinball, just cause the bastard cant play pinball irl
@@thecodester6669the whole internet is based of bias 💀
4:24 😂 that was funny. Sometimes your sense of humor is best when you are being subtle about it.
How in the hell can you rate Master System Sonic 1 right near the bottom 😳
Yes i dislike the video when i saw that !!!
His opinion on sonic 1 ms makes my brain want to melt lol. That game is so much better and more fun than 06 for what it was trying to be, there's nothing wrong with a simple game
and BELOW sonic 2 for the same system.. like WHAT?
Sonic 1 for the Master System is a really good game in many respects and I do not know what you have to be smoking to think Sonic Schoolhouse goes above it.
bro ranked sonic 1 on the master system lower than sonic genesis on the gba
I don’t understand how Sonic CD made it all the way to 17. You only complained about it. I would think the Advance games would be above it at least.
I don’t understand either. He placed Sonic 3 & Knuckles at the number 7 spot, despite mostly complaining about it.
Either he hates the franchise to the point where the 7th best game is one he can only criticize or this is just how he talks about games in these lists
The reason is because those games have already been talked up a storm so he doesn’t need to sing their praises
In my case, the best advance duo is Cream/Knuckles. It's pretty much Advance 2 Cream but with an auto hitbox around you. Sonic/Cream is also a very good combo for cheesing the final boss.
Haha _cheesing_
Knuckles/Tails is also probably the best duo for exploration
It’s a travesty Sonic 1 and Chaos on the Master System were so low. Two of my favourites; great memories with those games. Great video though 😀
Sonic Chaos and triple trouble were like the two Good ones seeing them so low is maddening
Why is Sonic Blast higher than both of them
By the time I reached sonic 4’s ranking I realized that opinions don’t matter.
Yeah.
Considering all my faves i grew up on with his mario based ass,
Are mediocre to him.
From unleashed, colors, shadow, black knight.
Even sonic 06, at least it tried to work.
@@thecodester6669I don’t think unleashed and colors are mediocre to him, and if you like 06, shadow, and black knight, then you just have bad taste.
Both Sonic Riders have a great soundtrack, and Zero Gravity stages are amazing
31:56 The three knights in Sonic and the Black Knight are Shadow, Knuckles and Blaze not Shadow, Knuckles and Rouge.
Edit: Timestamp changed.
I love how Blaze is still referred to as "Sir" in the game.
@@abdurehmanmalik2980 it is a rank in knighthood,specifically a status. Plus back then it was very uncommon for women to be knights so they never made an exact name for female knights unfortunetely
@@Dhampire1976 The female equivalent of "Sir" in such context is usually "Lady."
@@abdurehmanmalik2980 lady is not used when referring to knights lmap,that is more of a noble or royal thing
Sonic Colors Ultimate 1:23:30
Sonic Generations 1:24:38
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle 1:26:05
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles 1:28:12
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis) 1:30:13
Sonic Jam 1:31:43
Sonic Colors (DS) 1:32:34
Sonic Frontiers 1:33:38
Sonic Origins 1:35:36
Sonic Mania 1:36:19
After all of these decades of sonic the hedgehog
My very first Sonic game was sonic unleashed xbox 360 2008 and I'm been supporting blue bur since then
31:55 I imagine I would hear of Sonic and the Black Knight a HEEEECK of a lot more often if Rouge was in it
Could have but at this rate he really needs to recount his words cause rouge was not in Sonic in the Black Knight wish it can happen but this is Sega okay.
@@DeeMan1705 Yeah, really. I was sitting and listening to him like "Uh... you do realize that's not Rouge, right? That's Blaze the cat. You had to play at least 2 other games with her as a controllable character. Not to mention that there are *significant* differences between the two of them in design. How did you mistake Blaze for Rouge?"
@@stephenconstantinou6975 because he is simply not smart. I mean sonic adventure 2 over colors, unleashed or Riders? Wtf
@@leargamma4912 🤨
1:01:12 Uh... Infamous? You *do* know infamous means something is well-known for something bad, right? But what you say about the stages right after contradicts that entirely.
He basically doesn’t know what infamous means
@Witchcraft_VR So basically nothing new. Got it.
Reminds me of that time he said "unfortunately" about something positive. Lol
I have to disagree with so many of these placements. Who in their right mind ranks Sonic Triple Trouble lower than Sonic 1 GBA? Sonic Spinball Master System/GameGear was better than the 16-bit version which has worse controls & more unfair level design decisions. Sonic 1 Master System is much too low on the list to where it's clear you are biased against the 8-Bit games unfairly, although a few of them were awful.
My List is probably 60: Tails Sky Patrol, 58: Rise of Lyric, 57: Drift 2, 56: Lost World 3DS, 55: Spinball (16-Bit), 54: Shuffle, 53: Sonic Chaos, 52: Sonic 2 (8-Bit), 51: Sonic 1, 50: Pinball Party, 49: Boom Shattered Crystal, 48: Lost World, 47: Labyrinth, 46: Team Sonic Racing, 45: Pocket Adventure, 44: Tails Adventures, 43: Colors Wii, 42: HD Unleashed, 41: Rivals, 40: Spinball (8-Bit), 39: 3D Blast, 38: Sonic Battle, 37: Rivals 2, 36: Sonic Generations 3DS, 35: Sonic R, 34: Sonic 1 (8-Bit), 33: Sonic 06, 32: Boom Fire & Ice, 31: Knuckles Chaotix, 30: Whitehead Sonic 1, 29: Sonic CD, 28: Forces, 27: Unleashed Wii, 26: Shadow the Hedgehog, 25: Sonic Advance, 24: Riders Shooting Star Story, 23: Rush, 22: Mean Bean Machine, 21: Chronicles, 20: Riders, 19: Colors DS, 18: Secret Rings, 17: Generations, 16: Sonic 2 (Genesis), 15: Triple Trouble, 14: Black Knight, 13: Sonic the Fighters, 12: Rush Adventure, 11: Advance 2, 10: Advance 3, 9: Sonic Heroes, 8: Sonic 3K, 7: Sonic Adventure, 6: Origins, 5: Mania +, 4: Sonic Jam, 3: Gems Collection, 2: Frontiers, 1: Adventure 2 Battle
I absolutely SALUTE you for making these ranked videos lately. I know these take a lot of time and effort to do, and I appreciate you for making these.
@AllThingsMario Don't appreciate the sarcasm :)
@@AccursedHawk I mean I’m sure said playing video games and scripting the video probably took a few months meaning it would probably be pretty difficult
Meat riding like crazy
1:36:48 It doesn’t just change up the colors, it changes the layout as well. Unfortunately not all of the encore mode layouts are better than the originals, so it’s kind of a wildcard. I think Mirage Saloon got a completely new act for act 1 which is good. No more riding on Tails plane, which is good I guess. Haven’t played encore mode in a while, but it changes up the gameplay by making it more challenging with certain paths to get items that you can only get with a certain character, like the Mighty only area in green hill zone.
Isn't the encore mode mirage saloon the knuckles act 1?
@@Mr-Marcos-E no, because then you wouldn’t be able to finish it unless you have Knuckles in your encore team. It’s a different layout because that one was only made for Knuckles and characters like Sonic, Mighty and maybe Ray might not be able to complete the act.
@@HungryWarden I mean, isn't it a modified knuckles act 1 layout? Or like a totally new one?
@@Mr-Marcos-E nope, it has a different background and everything.
for me the Master System Sonic games are almost as awesome as the Genesis ones!
Massive dedication bro, I have the 30 year encyclopedia but never thought anyone would play everything in it. Keep up the good work!
same
Sonic 1 on the master system was the first game I ever had. It defined my understanding of platform games and I wish they included it in The sega collections instead of the game gear version as it runs better and the screen size is much better.
It's a travesty that they included the inferior GG port instead of the full size original.
Why is Sonic 1 8-bit being disrespected so much here
Edit: Now Sonic Chaos??? I genuinely thought the opinion of the 8-bit games were that they were decent
Edit 2: And he put Sonic Blast, the only one that's actually bad, above those two....whaaaaa
I mean, he doesn't even get the names of the characters or zones right. I'm going to bet he spent five seconds on the Master System titles and probably doesn't even remember which is which.
I love seeing people rioting over opinions, it’s hilarious and makes my soul happy
21:25 in sonic jam you can indeed lock on sonic 1 with sonic & knucles but it only allows you to play the blue balls mode. it even shows you the "NO WAY" message scrolling
I am here in defense of sonic 1 8bit , don't know how to do that but I love this game
1:27:09 "shadow, eggman, rouge"
I just remember now. Two of the hottest characters in gaming.
Yes, rouge is also there.
Also frontiers is like The Super Mario Odyssey of the Sonic series
i grew up with sonic classic collection, it's an extremely nostalgic game for me
So your ranking of all the mainline Sonic games is:
27: Sonic ‘06
26: Sonic and the Secret Rings
25: Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
24: Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2
23: Shadow the Hedgehog
22: Sonic and the Black Knight
21: Sonic the Hedgehog
20: Sonic Forces
19: Sonic 3D Blast
18: Sonic Unleashed
17: Sonic Generations (3DS)
16: Sonic Advance
15: Sonic Advance 2
14: Sonic Advance 3
13: Sonic CD
12: Sonic Rush
11: Sonic Rush Adventure
10: Sonic Lost World
9: Sonic Heroes
8: Sonic Adventure
7: Sonic Colors
6: Sonic Generations
5: Sonic Adventure 2
4: Sonic 3 & Knuckles
3: Sonic 2
2: Sonic Frontiers
1: Sonic Mania
As a person who has played Sonic Colors for the DS before any other console, Colors for the DS was amazing without a doubt. Even though it didn't have cutscenes or extra wisps, it was outstanding for a port for the DS. Also, I'm not certain if this is exactly true but you can fight the Wisps' mother if you collect all the red rings throughout the stages. Either way, Sonic Colors (DS) was a blast to play for my first Sonic game ever played.
I played it on the wii and it was just as good
Finally! I've been waiting so long for this video! Thank you, NB!
what's with all the master system/game gear hate?? i remember them being pretty solid and it's not just nostalgia speaking since i played them all fairly recently (even 100%ing them)
POV: You watch a vid about Sonic, but there's an ad for Mario first 😆
The Italian Plumber just won't share the spotlight.
1:23:33 If you haven't seen it already, Radicalsoda made 3 videos and a supercut of them all that goes in depth as to why it's not great. I'd highly recommend checking it out for both it's quality content and actually figuring out why Sonic Colors Ultimate has garnered a lot of hate.
I’m sure Nathaniel ranked the game with all its patches and not on the 1.0 version like Radicalsoda did. Had he ranked it on that 1.0 version it would have been definitely lower than the wii version
bloodbaht version two,
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM TO HEAR SONIC COLORS DS PRAISE!! It was my introduction to the franchise, and it was such an incredible first impression. Everytime I talk about colors everyone assumes I'm talking about the wii version and it just makes me sad, cause i swear some people don't even know it exists. Criminally underrated.
There are 2 types of people in this world people who picked hero in sa2 and monsters.
🤣
SA2 Battle is my favorite sonic game of all time. It was the first one I finished as a kid, and to this day has one of my favorite stories in gaming.
“Oh boy, we're starting off rough"
…obviously? It's the last place of a ranking with 72 entries after all!
2 long videos, in just 2 Saturday uploads, thank you Nathaniel, for everything that you do
Triple Trouble below Sonic Genesis? Yeah this ain’t it chief
Sonic Genesis is overhated but still.
I don't think Sonic the Hedgehog or Chaos are great games by any means (still very fun for what Sega had to work with on the system), but having them that low and somehow BELOW Sonic Blast and Genesis GBA is insanity, hahahaha
I kinda resent that Sonic Forces is so much higher than 06. Don't get me wrong your arguments for both games are perfectly valid, but at least Sonic 06 had some passion in it and wasn't afraid to implement new ideas. Forces was just too safe. Just a lazy copy and paste of Generations. Soulless, unambitious, and just too safe and formulaic
Even without glitches, 06 is fundamentally flawed. The art direction is ugly, the character animations are stiff and unexpressive, and the story is ridiculous at many points.
Forces is a bad execution of a formula people liked.
@@AkameGaKillfan777 yeah you described programming in the early PS3 era
To be fair, every time they tried to implement something new, they complained. Greatest example is Unleashed.
ok ☝️🤓
@@Otherfaceyep. Those "sonic fans" bitch of thr game they play yet still play it anyway
I’m kinda shocked and really happy that you love Chronicles so much than the average Sonic fan. It’s a new change of pace.
" Time for a change of pace !" - Dr. Eggman (Sonic Generations)
@@markofthewolvessucks8930 “You know what they say! The more the merrier!” -Shadow
Am I the only mf who actually enjoyed Shadow the Hedgehog? Yeah, it’s janky, repetitive and the Ark levels are hard. But c’mon, it’s Shadow with guns! What’s more cool than that? Music is also amazing (Particularly I Am All I Am, Lethal Highway and Cosmic Fall). It definitely gives Shadow way more depth than Adventure 2. The hundreds of routes you can take is quite interesting too, each with their own name. Gotta love For Love’s Sake, where you go evil in stage 1, meet Rouge in stage 2, and go all good for the rest of the playthrough. It’s the little things like that which makes Shadow the Hedgehog so memorable to me.
You’re not alone, I think the game is badass
You should have mentioned the bad ending of knuckles chaotix, it's weirdly way more iconic than the good ending
when i was younger i fell in love with sonic and the secret rings the story was great to me, when i had friends and my brother over we’d all play the party mode it had and the ost in every part of the game was great
This is right under a comment that didn't know there was a story and only played party mode, duality of man lol
Finally! Someone actually said that sonic origins was good!!! I still don’t know why everyone hates this game so much
Not every game is functional on launch day.
Bro why are the 8-bit games so low?
He's either biased or is spoiled by much better games .
Nathaniel you really went on fire lately,you relased a 7 hour long video last Saturday,a video whit tons of animation fight scenes and story telling,and now this,incredible
I'm so glad that sonic mania is number one since its my favorite sonic game
Me too because it’s one of my personal favorite sonic games of all time. I played it so much as a kid and it’s still one of the best sonic games. Are there still flaws in this game? Yes. “What are the flaws in this game” people may ask me? I hate oil ocean zone for both acts while all the other ones are okay all the way up to amazing. And I hate the special stages in encore mode because slippery controls. Despite that however I love sonic mania quite a lot.
@@Tailsfan5338no one asked your opinion
@ seriously? Saying “no one asked for you’re opinion” to me just because I agree with someone? Don’t say that to me.
@@Tailsfan5338 no one asked for your opinion on the flaws it has. It’s fine just saying “I agree” but you don’t need to go into a whole spiel about why you like it
Sonic Colors/Ultimate is my favorite Sonic game thanks for doing it justice Bandy
Someone had to do it. Plus they dubbed the cutscenes in other languages in colors ultimate.
Nathaniel's been spoiling us with all these great videos thank you Nathaniel And Friends
putting colors ultimate over colors has to be a hate crime
Classic Collection was originally my only method of playing the classic games as a kid, that's the first way I went through 100%'d all of the games in there...
Putting the 8bit games behind 1 GBA is the clear definition of the difference of the 90s outside Brazil, because people here (including me) LOVES Sonic 1 Master System. It's even offensive to see him behind so many crap games lmao
It's not even with just you guys, there's plenty of admiration for the 8 bit sonic games, people just got to lower their expectations for them and not expect them to be as groundbreaking or spectacular as the genesis games. They are good platformers on their own.
1:05:32 “And Amy sucks ass”
Speedrunners: And I took that personally
Rating sonic 1 on the MS so low is criminal. I prefer it to sonic 1 on the genesis, even.
Sonic 2 over Sonic 3&k? Not sure how to feel about that...
whats up with that phase of sega with all those weird realistic games? (06, secret rings, black knight, unleashed)
This video and Sonic Frontiers has made me into a Sonic fan.
43:49 “No Cream, Espeon, or Charmy.” I know you mean Espio, but I had a fun mental image of Espeon from Pokemon in a kart lol. Team Eeveelution!
My mom got Sonic Mania for me a while back. I thought it was going to be a garbage 3D game. It ended up being one of my personal favorite games. I have to agree with you, we need a Sonic Mania 2!
Sonic Heroes and pretty much all of the GCN titles is what got me into the franchise, though I personally think lost world should be placed lower because of how the story portrayed Tails in the worst possible way. (Specifically turning against Sonic when helping Eggman even though he was fine with it in SA2B)
I haven't played anything after 06 besides Frontiers, but I might check out on a few games after that time considering the praise you've given them.
The more I actually try to analyze Lost World, the more I hate it
How is Sonic the Hedgehog (Master System) worse than Schoolhouse? And how is both that game and Sonic Chaos worse than Sonic Blast?
25:55 You are gonna love Puzzle Kombat, my friend. You are gonna love it.
Sonic colors DS was my childhood gem game. Man, I remember going back into the levels and finding the alternative paths, fighting the final boss only to find the secret final boss…..holt shit….I’ve beat these game so many times…one of my favorites
I actually just got Sonic Colors on the Ds just to check it out after watching this video! So far, it's been amazing!
I'm glad that Sonic colors on Ds is considered like a great sonic game! It's the only one I finished and I loved it so much!
Sonic 3D on the Saturn's OST is legendary and it made me start figuring out my musical taste as a 8 year old kid. I adore everything about it.
Fun Fact: I never knew Sonic and the Secret Rings had an actual story more until a few years ago. Me and my siblings always played the minigames, and we had a (3-D) blast!
Me and my siblings knew about story mode... but we always went straight to party mode! The 'treasure hunt' 'board' is a bit weird, but there's something about the party mode I always liked! My only complaint is the controls could be wonky at times... the butterfly bubble one took plenty of practice, and don't even get me STARTED on the one where you use a net to catch those little bug things in a net (whatever they were, been a while since I played).