I’ll never forget I remember playing this game and my dad walked in while I was in the extras menu, he said wow what is that.. he sat in my chair and listened to this track for like 20 minutes. He has never done that for anything else before or after. Something about this song really hit him deep in his core.
YES the Archie Comics, The Superman of Sonic as I like to call it, Friends didn't mind much but I did, the more I read and the music combined made me fill in the shoes of someone's Nostalgia I didn't even knew.
I had a great life. I'm 28 now. I'm African American and was fortunate to have both parents. I went to a white school and i never felt like I fit in with the blacks or the whites but when I played this game I felt comfortable. I love sonic and as someone who works out , I always listen to sonic theme music when I run. . It allows me to be fully alive and not let the kid in me die. . The kid in me has to be hidden from the world cause it will rip me apart. But when I run to the music of "city escape" or "speed highway" I can smile and be a kid. . . Thank you sonic . . I hope atleast one person reads this . This is my story. Catch you later
@@derrickblackmon420 to be honest,ye. He also says I buy teirs on fortnite but I don't even play the game. He told a teacher ,that comes every Thursday, that I like sonic and she said "sonic boom?", and the kid said yes. I couldn't do anything. The thought of knuckles being stupid kills me.
@@adamk1287 literally me when I was in elementary school. All the other kids in my grade treated me like if I were younger than them or if I were a toddler learning how to talk and it annoyed the hell out of me to the point where I wouldn't talk or hang out with anyone anymore unless if was necessary. Now after a few years and me about to go to high school, kids at my elementary school stopped treating me as a "toddler" and other kids/my friends started to enjoy my interest with Sonic and start talking about how they themselves enjoy the characters and games themselves. Sonic was always there for me growing up and I'm happy that he is continuing to become more popular with people in or out of the series.
@@aprilmorales7311 for me sonic is nostalgic cuz at school when I was 4, I turned on the pc sonic 1 with knuckles somehow. I remember getting stuck on the loop in green hill zone🤣😂.when I went home I was jumping on the couch like sonic did.but when my dad saw what I was doing, he asked me what was I doing. I said playing sonic and then he told me to not play sonic ever again. I stopped but I got tuned back into the series and recently bought sonic origins.Btw I'm gonna do sonic pixel art on his 32nd bday. I was late for his most recent one.
That's probably because we grew up with one similar similar thing... video games. We all eventually grew up to be adults and those who haven't yet are probably on the verge of becoming one, reading comments about how people felt during their childhood is just something we can all relate to, especially when it's something as marking as this music and when we all grew up with this mega collection back in 2002. Back then I was about 6 years old, and now, I'm a 23 years old man that take cares of his 76 years old father, who is the reason why I got this game in the first place, just writting this made me tear up a bit... not tears of sadness, but of happiness due to how lucky I was to have such an amazing childhood with parents who cared deeply about me and games that defined a generation of young boys and girls. Sorry if this went a bit overboard... it just felt amazing to feel all of those feelings again.
The year is 2003 a Saturday afternoon, you’re chilling in your room with a CRTV and playing this without a care in the world, when life was way less stressful and you had no responsibilitys
Light-waves of memories and sensations flood my thoughts. Reminding me of the days when Saturday mornings were spent playing Sonic while eating a cup of Oreo cereal. Now I'm 28, and I'm thinking...maybe it's time to do that again.
As I listen to this very song, i remember the most cherishing memories of 2012 as my brother, sister, grandmother and i played th his. Now I'm 17 in 2020 and now, my only wish is to play the game once more like the good old days
got this in 2002 when i was 10. spent so much time reading the comics and messing around with the debug modes in Sonic 1 & 2. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine was a surprise hit with me and my big bro (basically just puyo pop). good old days bruh.
This is probably why I keep coming back to this lol I remember this same melancholy feeling from when I heard this as a kid. A good different kind of nostalgia I can admit.
@@SkeetWeezy Oddly enough my instinct was to not listen to this when it just showed up in my recommended, but I did anyways. I remember wanting to avoid this song when playing the game when I was a kid too, just because of how much it changed my mood and how empty it made me feel. Its very strange. I cant even think of another instance of this happening to me with a different game/song, atleast not nearly to the same effect. Pretty sure I remember getting lost in thoughts when this music would play and I'd even cry. I had to be like 8 or something
@@oOTheMastaOo240 I remember feeling this feeling too!! Now, it’s oddly a parallel to the feeling I have looking back. I miss those days, and it’s almost like I knew I was going to feel that in the future. I used to read the comics and specifically number #32 because I was fascinated with it. I just remembered feeling a sort of envy and wanting to be in the sonic world and not in mine. This song is now beautiful to me, but as a kid, only listening to it surface level, it musically sounded sad to me, haha! I couldn’t understand what nostalgic felt like yet, I wasn’t old enough. Now, it’s just gorgeous and haunting.
you said it, i remember when i was a huge sonic fan as a kid, and now i reminisce one of my favorite christmases that happened 10 years ago with a present ill never forget that year, and i never knew it was a toys r us exclusive
@@yumxi8632 i dont like people who just say ",oh remember when things were much simpler?" It makes them sound like a loser who just wants to stay in the past instead of improving their future.
Heard that Brawlbrstms3's channel got taken down (witch sucks) and I've always wanted to post my own story with this game in that legendary comment section of this song... Welp, might as well share it here. Back when I was 8, me and my family went on a vacation to Florida, we planed on going to Disney World during that trip. Unfortunately for me, on the day we were supposed to go, I suddenly got very sick. I ended up getting diagnosed with Type 1. What was supposed to be a trip to the 'Happiest place on Earth' quickly turned into a trip to the E.R... While I was stuck in recovery, I got to play some GCN games on a little monitor that was hooked up to my bed. The two games that they had were a copy of Mario Golf Toadstool Tour and... well... this, Sonic Mega Collection. It was because of this game that my recovery in the E.R. was a lot less hellish for me. After I got out of the hospital, we ended up getting to actually go to Disney World during that vacation, so I'd say it all turned out better at the end of our trip. When we got back home, I made it my mission to scour the whole PLANET to get the game for myself, and a few weeks later, I found it at a Game Stop local to where I lived. This game was what MADE me the Classic (and modern) Sonic fan that I am PROUD of being today, and what made some of the best memories of my times with the Nintendo Wii I've cherished for years now... To those who read all of this, thank you so much for taking your time to do so. Cheers.
I'm also diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, so you're not alone in the journey. This game collection has been a part of my life since Sonic 06 came out, which I originally wanted but was gifted with this gem. I'll never forget the memories my sister and I share with this classic title.
After years of coming here I think I’m ready to share my story. This song is so near and dear to my heart, It honestly brings me to tears when I hear it because it takes me back to one of my most creative and peaceful times. I was a kid in Harlem, and my family knew I was the biggest sonic fan that side of St. Nicholas Avenue lol. My dad bought me this game and I lost my mind. He loved a good deal, so a sonic game with several games on it for only $20 was the best purchase he could’ve made for me in his mind at the time, and it was. I wasn’t too good at video games but over time I became really good at all the games on there, these were the first games I ever beat by myself, the grind, the music, collecting all the super emeralds and feeling like a BOSS playing as hyper sonic for the first time, man good f****** times. I always used to play the Sonic Boom music video and sing along with my older sister, we shared a room in our small NYC apartment so she always watched me play the game. This game connected me to so many people at my school and has layed life long relationships that I still hold near to my heart. I even got into drawing comic books after spending HOURS looking through all of the Archie Comic covers. This game inspired me so much to do so many things. I wish someone would’ve noticed and held that kid a little tighter and pushed him a bit further in life. In 2011 my family left NY and moved to FL leaving my city, my father, and all of my best friends behind. Time passed and I found myself in a new place and completely disconnected from everything. I lost myself for a bit and it took a long time to find what was left. One day a friend gave me his old ass box tv and we hooked up an old Wii system to it. After a long and stressful day, I stumbled across this game in my old storage, I was actually gonna get rid of it because I just felt hopeless at the time and was being self destructive. I put this in and instantly went to the extras menu to hear this song and I cried like a baby. It felt as if I was given back a piece of me, music is that powerful to me. I remembered Harlem, my friends, all the good times I used to have. I feel I’ll never truly be that happy again, but thank God for the memories man. Life has just been upside down for me since and whenever I feel lost I return to this song. Im about to graduate college after dropping out and going back (took eight years but I did I it!) and my gift to myself is going to be the new Sonic Frontiers game. I’m even gonna stream it on my twitch, I’m trying to make Affiliate🙌🏾 I’ll return home once again. Even if it’s completely different and everyone’s gone. I just want to be reconnected with my hometown, and my father one more time. Im 24 so I’m gonna make this happen🤝🏾. If I do, I’ll return. Until then I love you all. Please continue to keep this song close, and be inspired. If nobody believes in you, from a fellow sonic fan, my heart goes out to you all. Much love🙏🏾
That's an awesome story dude, its just crazy to know how much this hedgehog impacted us in our childhoods. Its great to know your doing fine, and also knowing I'm not alone when it comes to sharing good ol' memories of this song it has brought us. The comics, trailers, everything. This game was so fire, I hope everything goes well for you dude
This song has a deep connection to one of the most important times in my adolescence. My mother was stricken with cancer when I was a kid, and it was a painful two years for her to endure. She would always watch me playing games, encouraging me to challenge myself through this form of entertainment. She'd cheer, laugh, and act shocked at story revelations with me. It meant a lot to me and is undoubtedly the beginning of my love of streaming. Sonic and Harry Potter were the two biggest things we bonded over, with Cartoon Network shows like Chowder and Kids Next Door also filling in as backup when games weren't on our minds. This game was one of the few things I played religiously during those years. It was the start of my love of retro games and it was always a comfort for me. Even when I had arguably better ports of these games like with the Classics Collection on DS, I'd always come back to this game (specifically the Plus release on PS2). Sadly, cancer got the better of her and she spent her last month alive in hospice care. She died when I was 11. It's been 12 years since then and it feels like nothing and everything has happened since then. I've always been the type of person that blocked out emotional trauma, simply ignoring it so the pain never overwhelmed me. But this song. This song brings me back to those years. It's not pain I feel when I hear this. This song, thankfully, isn't a constant reminder of the pain our family suffered through during those two years. This song is a reminder of childhood and the inevitable flow of time that causes one's childhood to fade away and be replaced with nostalgia. I remember the good times with those bad. Especially those times involving this game. I remember my mother encouraging me to get out of the Chemical Plant water sections. Reaching the final level of Sonic Spinball (and losing immediately). Discovering a gem with Comix Zone. Never understanding what the fuck you're supposed to do in The Ooze. Unlocking Sonic 3 & Knuckles and having a blast just playing as Knuckles in Hydrocity Zone. Discovering my love for the early days of the Archie comics, influencing me into buying some of the Volume collections I'd find at Books-a-Million. Watching the trailer for Sonic Heroes over and over and over again, despite being able to play the game whenever I wanted. There's something ethereal about this piece. Hideaki Kobayashi has managed to touch the hearts of millions of Sonic fans across the globe with this song and we all collectively share that bond together. I don't know any of you, but I'm glad we can share this song together.
Cheers bro. I also lost my mother to cancer & also love this song and game. Played it for hours on end. It's so beautifully composed. Makes you feel frozen in time but also like time is fleeting. Incredible music.
30 years ago, a legend was born. On behalf of kids in the 90’s, the new generation experiencing this classic for the first time and those who have sadly have left us in those 30 years: Thank you Sonic Team. Thank you Sega. Thank you Sonic. Thank you for so many happy memories.
I commented this elsewhere already but This game is arguably the most important piece of media to me ever, to the point where even thinking about it makes me want to tear up. Here's why. This was the first videogame I ever played, and I wasn't really close with my parents due to not seeing dad often and mom always working (they were separated) so I spent a lot of my time with my grandma. She loved the sonic trilogy, but mostly sonic 1 and when she saw me play it she immediately hopped in and played it with me and told me about how when my uncle was little, she'd play sonic 1 with him. We never did get very far in sonic 1 but I played every game on there and did the usual looking through comics and watching the trailers and stuff on there, played that game for YEARS (we went through 3 copies of the game and 2 gamecubes thats how often we played it) and never could beat sonic 1 for whatever reason until I was in 6th grade, the very last day of school her and I sat down and played it until scrap brain zone and I left the console on until I got off the bus and we were both there to beat it. It was the best feeling in the world but unfortunately a few months later she had an aneurysm out of nowhere and passed. I left a note in the case of the game, superglued it shut and put it in her casket. I kept the disc despite it not working as a memory and I get extremely emotional just thinking about mega collection, as it was the most important thing to me as a kid. Tldr I was super close to my grandma when I was little because I was an undiagnosed adhd kid so no friends and we bonded over sonic and thats why I love the character despite the shortcomings of the franchise in recent years.
Thank you for sharing this story. I love reading every word of it! Your grandma sounded like an amazing person, taking time out of her life to spend time with you and play Sonic with you. Your grandma reminds me of my grandma. May your grandma rest in peace, because she deserves it. I pray you've been doing better in your life currently!
Reading your touching story combined with the beautiful music in the background made me cry. Thank you for this very touching moment with your loved one. Hope you are doing well
Well, my story was on another video whose channel is now removed, so I'll share it here. The year is 2006, both of my parents passed away from a terminal illness. I still had the GameCube my mother bought me in 2002. I visited a local game store in the small town I lived in with my grandmother and picked up this game. Upon hearing this music, all the memories came flooding back. My first Sonic game my mom bought me was Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and I played it every night for an hour after school. She was a kind and loving woman, who was equally stern when she needed to be. My father, a very busy man for as long as I knew him, but he always had time for the both of us. However, when my dad started getting sick, his happiness diminished; so did my mother's. I didn't know what was going on, I was too young. Almost 20 years later, here I am, a (medically) retired military vet with a home in my name and soon to be married in April. I sometimes boot up that old GameCube and just listen to this song. Wondering if my parents are proud of the me that I am today.
I never gave up as well despite the games was going down and not seeing enough content feeling like that I had given up but in reality I didn't because if I did then I would've forgotten about him, but still I still rooted for him even when people Meme him and laughs against him falling down from grace, but I know deep down us sonic fans wouldn't given up on him, we just keep moving forward and thus we did, I am proud to be a Sonic fan, and plus he inspired me to do Running ^^;
Jack Turner-Bogdan Živojinović Agreed. Avoid the Forbidden Five osts though 1 Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric 2 Sonic Chronicles 3 Sonic Eraser 4 Sonic Free Riders (OST is kinda boring and forgettable here, just like the game) 5 Sonic Genesis GBA
Why does this song in particular have such a lasting effect on people? I remember as well... It's almost as if it's a pocket in your mind, you forget about it. And the memories don't come flooding back. You just sort of pull them out and glance at them. Then put the CD back in the drawer.
You are totally right, I forgot about it, but a video was talking about Mario All 3D stars and talked about Sonic Mega Collection with this ost And man, memories started to rush in my head, as if I always remembered them, that was weird but I dunno, it felt heartwarming too
It's simple; this song was designed to evoke nostalgic feelings for Sonic's past. As time moves forward, however, this song and the compilation it originated from have become a part of that past for those who grew up with it.
Update: I can’t live without listening to this theme at least once a year, I come back from time to time to just feel something that was once pure and simple.
@@DubiousDepthsRadio Phantasy Star Online! The guy who composed the music for this game also worked on the first couple Phantasy Star Online games. Played a bit of PSO now and you can really tell it’s the same guy.
There’s something very primal in this tune, an innate longing for friendship, for love, to see ones dreams come true one day. The softer side of human instinct. An uncontrollable desire to never feel alone. Through this game many of us were able to bond with friends or as corny as it sounds, with Sonic as a character. We can listen to this and smile, cry or laugh- it really helps to bring life and all it’s experiences full circle. A beautiful instrumental.
when i hear this song,it makes me feel a longing to just go back....to everything.....te boys and girls club,minnesota,my freinds,my grandma,just a longing lingering feeling of nostalgia for the past.....and i miss it so much
i miss these days, i really do. coming home from school and just losing myself in looking at the comic covers, imaging what amazing stories were within.
Yeah it really was. I really enjoyed reading everyone's stories. It was really nice seeing that everyone in the comment section just understood each other. Everyone bonded over that universal sense of nostalgia. However nothing is perpetual, sad really, but I'm content I got to experience that feeling of solidarity. Its rather ironic when you consider the title of the ost we bonded over, poetic if think that way. Maybe we can do it again with this one. Who knows.....
This isn't just Nostalgia. This is a direct representation of our seemingly simple young lives. When we first played this there was nostalgia involved that we were getting old. But now we listen to this because those days were great. But we can never return to the good ole days.
At age 19, still in college, but my mind can't stop thinking about the glory days of lying down on my stomach with my ps2 controller, playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic 2, Mean Bean Machine, Comix Zone, and even some of the crappier games like 3D Blast, Spinball, and Labyrinth. I'm so glad to have grown up with these games and Sonic in general. Its nice to have something like this to look back on in times of stress such as now. I wish I could go back.
I had no idea so many people across the world were also scrolling through all the comic book archives and art while listening to this Sonic track back in the mid 2000s. I didn't know anyone else who owned this collection, just a simple kid in the-middle-of-no-where NC, no internet or social media yet. I remember trying to download an HD picture of Sonic on to a floppy disc but the image was too large LOL
This collection was the only video game that my sister would ever play with me. I miss those times so dearly. She’s not dead, just living many states away from me. It’s rough, dude.
@@SplendidCoffee0Hope you can more spend time with your sister in the future 🙏 my sister is in NC and I live in WA now. We visit once a year. I have a kid now since originally posting this 😭
This was actually my first sonic game and I never grew up with a lot of video games cause I was like 5 or 6, I always hung out at my cousins house and this game is what I always played as a kid, instead of working with sonic 06 or unleashed (which the games are boring but I love the music) I played this
Just realized the original video got deleted. The comment section was as amazing as the comment section of plenty of Boards of Canada videos... All the stories people shared in that comment section are gone, lost forever unless the people that commented on the original video comment on this one again... Damn, it's as if a bible of nostalgia has been burned. Maybe we can start a new book here. Who knows.
"Adult Swim", GameBoy Advance SP, Harry Potter books, "Case Closed" anime, "Wonder Showzen" + Panic! At the Disco/Missy Elliott marathons on MTV2 come to mind... Sweet early '06 memories.
My favorite comment from Brawl's video will always be something like this: The most memorable thing about this song was that I was browsing the comics with my brother when all of a sudden my dad comes home with Pizza Hut.
It's clearly evident that this cobalt blue hyper hedgehog, his adventures and his cast of friends have all had either a great impression on our childhood, a resemblance of something in our daily lives (Sonic taught me to never stop going forward not even to look back on the past since we can only live for the moment) and that no matter how bad the series direction goes; we love Sonic as more than just a gaming icon. May he never slow down or stop moving.
Crazy how this song had us all in a trance when we were younger. When i was a kid and heard this, i almost felt the future nostalgia i would have for this song, just wasnt able to fully understand it back then. I remember sitting in the extras menu more than i actually played the games on the disc lol... also was amazed by the sonic cd intro
It’s amazing to see all of the emotions in the comments as we all reminisce on the good times growing up. I’ve never seen something like this before, let alone in video games. We just lost my stepdad a few weeks ago to cancer, and I’m sitting in my living room with my pets while my partner is asleep - just thinking about life. Somehow, I always find my way back here at this song’s TH-cam page when times get tough. Who would’ve thought we’d be in a place like this: a worldwide pandemic. People dying left and right, most of us are struggling to keep jobs and just get by without succumbing to the stress of life. It’s so easy to want to break down every day, but taking time to reflect and let it all out gives me the wring-out I need to keep going. Much love to all of you here in the comments. I’m glad the world has people like you. Don’t forget to make good memories in the present so you can look back at them one day 🙏🏼
I’m 19 years old and this song has not left my mind ever since I first heard it... thank you SEGA for all the precious memories that you gave me and many other kids in the 2000s a great childhood.
I'm 19 and I swear every time I hear thos song it makes me just feel this weird melancholic nostalgia of hearing this on a cool summer night. I honestly just wish I could live in the early 2000s and never go past 2005
Rip to my friend Richard Swigert aka GachaTalks 🌹 I know that he loved Sonic and sonic music...I hope your listening to all the music you love up there in heaven I really miss you but I know that you are no longer suffering I know that I will see you again friend 🕊️🌹
I kind of had a; not rough, but still complicated upbringing. My dad raised me as a single parent and while not without love, he was/is still a VERY distant man. To top it off, I was diagnosed with clinical depression at a rather early age. Sonic was a huge part of my childhood, SA2 in particular. Until I met the girl/woman that'd become my wife of 14 years, playing and watching anything Sonic was the only thing in my life that made me happy. I owe a lot to this franchise. It really got me through some of the worst times. I'm going 38 this year and listening to this just brings back so many memories me, man. What brought back even more memories was my 12 year old son finding my box Archie Sonic comics, before the reboot. Like me, he can't get enough of this franchise. Unlike me with my old man, I'm glad we have something we can bond over.
Here’s a piece of my story - My life as a youth was full of sickness to the point that I was suicidal before I even turned 10. Sonic Spinball was the first Sonic game I ever played and brought on my love for the character. It came with my SEGA which I wanted the day I learned about it. Then comes Sonic 3; the stage music drove me to learn how to play music (piano then guitar) by ear. Then came Sonic CD. The Sonic’s amazing dedication bundled with LYRICAL music! I was reminded that “If you try, you can do anything!”, “In your heart you can find a special place to unwind!” And “Extraordinary things can happen if you believe in yourself!”. Not like my family wasn’t there for me, but events would happen that would make me even belittle myself. I was pushed to BELIEVE in myself. Then came NiGHTS Into Dreams and negativity was quelled so much. That’s years in a nutshell and not much background behind it but let me just say that Sonic Team has been a BIG influence in my drive to keep pushing through all the chaos in my life, even to this day! 31 years old and I still find solitude in this song right here. I still find myself playing NiGHTS Journey of Dreams to enjoy or just play the soundtracks in game to be taken back into Nightopia. I still find myself shredding Angel Island Zone ACT 1 and the options menu for Sonic Spinball. I’ve lived and played many games and live my entrepreneurial life as an adult but I still have Tails and NiGHTS rare figurines in my room as those two are still my favorite video game characters. So thank you Sonic Team, thank you SEGA and to everyone, remember, you’re great. “Can’t stop, So what?!” Keep going! Life doesn’t wait for you, so keep the positivity rolling and win this game of life!
Thank you. I really enjoyed hearing your story. Sometimes, videogames are more than a "distraction" to people, they can be an inspiration, something to pull them out of their current state of mind and give them a new way to look at things.
Back in the ruthless aggression era days, my cousins staying up all night playing the ps2 with me, not having any responsibility, when music was great, and watching the golden years of disney, nickelodeon, and cartoon network. Now that's what I call nostalgia folks.
There’s somebody else story that’s really similar to mines, in the comments. I’m 20, African American, I grew up in mostly white and Asian school. I didn’t have much friends. I’ve been loving sonic since I was a child. I remember running towards the block buster to rent out Sonic underground, adventures of sonic , and Sat am cartoon. Playing every game possible too. I still love working out with the music, it makes me happy. While I’m trying to tackle the world, grow up and make the ones I love proud, sonic music will always be something I can run back too and feel like a kid again.
I remember being around 9-10 while playing this game. I would come home after school and sit with the lights off and turn on my PlayStation 2 and go right to the extra’s menu. I had a huge window in my room that allowed for the natural light to shine through beautifully. Where my room was in the house made it to to where that window allowed me to peer out into our backyard. It was fenced in. The fence was a wooden fence that ran all the way down behind every other house on our side of the street. There were also these beautiful trees that hung over the fence. When the sun was setting in the afternoon and there was a cool breeze blowing through the trees, this song was absolutely perfect for solidifying such a still moment in time. I would look out of the window and hum along to this tune for hours. All the emotions it brings along with it was incredible. At the time, it made me think of my friendships in elementary school, the girl I was crushing on at the time, how much I loved Sonic, and what it meant to be Spider-Man (😂😭). So, just like everyone else, this song has a special place in my memories.
This music will forever be a reminder of my childhood. The happy times I spent watching movies and playing outside with my family. Running around my house and drawing pictures with my one sibling. The endless hours I spent playing the Genesis Sonic titles. The friends that lived across the street whose houses we would come and go over to to play each other's video games. The nice neighbors that allowed me to come over whenever I wanted. And especially the neatly tied community that was my mom's friend group in church. In my life, this music gave me peace of mind over the thought of moving away from all that. The day I got Sonic Mega Collection for my GameCube was undoubtedly a testament to those times as it allowed me to relive a portion of my childhood in a way I never thought possible before the invention of classic game collections. Gone were the people I used to live with, but the memories forever remained. As a plus I even got to make new memories in both my gaming and real life with my newfound friends I made after moving. It was so great I never wanted it to end. But then I graduated from high school. And the friends I made post-move have all dispersed in one way or another. And that has since kept happening with college and those who leave my current jobs. That's why this music reminds me that you ought to hold onto what you have before it's gone 'cause you never know when it's going to change. Memories may be in the past, but their essence remains in you. All of it may be gone, but never forgotten.
This was the first time I really spent time with the classic series. Sure I’d seen them around here and there growing up, played the Adventure ports, but I was a loyal Nintendo fan, so this was my first time sitting down and getting to know classic Sonic. I was awful at Sonic 1, but spent so much time on 2 and 3. Then I found the stage select code in this book I’d bought and was able to practice the original’s tougher sections more. Going through the extras was a blast, too. The gorgeous comic covers, the handful of stories on display, and this serene melody in the background. This is hands down my favorite collection ever.
This melody just makes me feel so much, nostalgia, happiness, sadness, all at the same time, the happy kid who just wanted to make the world a better place and be a biologist to help animals seems so distant now, like it was a different person, yet theres something that hasnt changed, i still feel like i can do anything when i look at Sonic with his iconic smirk
... ... And people still remember to this day, Sonic might not have the same impact when I was little but this is a fair reminder that it will still have a special place... Somewhere...
This game, specifically the version on PS2, made me a Sonic fan. I found it at a garage sale my school was having. I had already played Sonic 1 on a family member's phone and Colors on the Wii, but this game got me into the series. It made me search out more games to play in this series, which then lead me to the comics and TV shows. Even though I lost my copy of Mega Collection Plus, I got the original version a few months back due to getting into the GameCube again. So, thank you Sonic Mega Collection Plus, for making memories that aren't even a decade old yet, that I'll remember forever. Sure, I may only be 15, but I'll remember this game for years to come.
The first Sonic game.. No, the first game that I owned was Sonic Mega Collection Plus. I remember spending hours trying to play Sonic & Knuckles. I never could get past that first boss (The weird woodcutter boss) but it really didn't matter to me. I was having fun just roaming around the mushroom forest, smashing badniks. And then I'd head back to the menu and just listen to this music for a bit. There's just... something about it that even back then hit me. I can never fully explain the feeling. ...I hope when I go to see the Lord, this is the kind of music I'll be greeted with.
Spent hours listening to this music as I went through all the comic book covers, and of course that full comic the game had over and over. I’m 30 now and man this song hits hard in the feels.
You know what Really sucks? Sega isn't the one that was against all of this. It was nintendo. So in term brawls channel being taken down dragged all the music tracks that weren't nintendo down with it.
And part of the reason for that was because they uploaded music from other titles after Nintendo changed their YT licensing agreement after the Smash Ultimate soundtrack leaked two weeks before the game released.
Back when BrawlBrstms was still around and he uploaded this song, it was one of the chillest comment sections I've ever seen, seeing everyone share memories of the past is heartwarming.
It's late 2002, my dad passed away from a stroke just before I finished middle school earlier in the year. My mom has been raising my brother and I but he's already close to moving out and I'm becoming more of a depressed recluse because high school sucked. After visiting relatives in a nearby city we decide to stop by a nearby Target. It's December so it's cold, I look at the jackets while she shops around. At home I had a GameCube, the last gift my dad had gotten me. I would get a ps2 later in the month but I didn't know that yet. I'm looking in the games area and see the Sonic Mega Collection for GameCube, I'm a 90s kid so I played the older games but hadn't actually played them in many years since my brother got rid of his Genesis long ago. I didn't know ROMS were even a thing and even though I was more of a Nintendo kid I did enjoy the games. My mom came over and saw me looking at the game and asked if I wanted it, I was never even good at the old Sonic games but I desperately wanted a reminder of better times, back when my family was whole, so I said yeah, without even thinking of the $40 price tag. She bought it without a second thought and I played the game soon after at home. I put a lot of time into the collection, I never played Sonic 1 as a kid, mainly 2 so 3 was mostly brand new to me too. I spent so much time in the extras menu, looking at the comics and art. Thinking about it, because I haven't played the game in over a decade, this is the first time I'm hearing this song in a very long time. Being as depressed as I was this song did make me cry a few times, thinking back to the early 90s and my dad yelling for me to turn the SNES off to come to dinner. I still have this game, something I never wanted to get rid of because of sentimental value because of that memory with my mom. Now in 2024 I can't say the depression ever left and my mother has since passed away from brain cancer in late November 2020. Lots of emotions listening to this now. If anyone reads all this, I hope your life has been better than mine, I hope any family and pets you care about are happy and healthy, I hope you're not sitting there, crying, listening to this song.
There's something both equally incredibly comforting and depressing in this tune, and I can't explain why. From the first time I heard the initial notes. Literally every time this tune plays, every hair on my body stands on end and tears well up for some absurd reason. Normally I show almost zero emotion, aside from occasional excitement with small groups of friends. What on earth is wrong with me.
Nothing. You're just experiencing nostalgia. This song brings up that feeling in its listeners. Bask in the warmth of the memories, as sad as it may be that you'll never be able to experience them for the first time again, be glad you experienced them. Cherish them. They're part of what makes you you.
@@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 Since the Sonic Heroes intro movie was included, I used to watch it and imagine what it would be like playing it. I couldn't afford a mainline game, but it looked awesome.
This is literally me 😭😭😭. Everything this person says is literally what happens to me when I hear this song. It's amazing, yet scary, to know I'm not the only one❤.
My story: I was just staying at my grandmother's for a week and all we had was a PS2 and a Wii. I noticed the PS2 had a Sonic game (which was of course Sonic Mega Collection) so I instantly chose to play the PS2. Me and my cousin had the PS2 upstairs and she'd just watch me play all the Sonic games. I mostly played the Game Gear games and 3D Blast since I already beat the Genesis games on a Sonic DS Collection game. Then our 8 year old selves would just have conversations about Sonic, and just life and all that, while this song would be in the background. I'd also just look at all the comic covers and just make up stories from them and tell them to my cousin. I remember her being so amazed by them too, and we'd just stay up until around 2 in the morning. This song just gives me so many memories of my younger self just loving Sonic, and not giving a damn about the reviews, what people thought of Sonic, the questionable fanbase, I just loved Sonic, and my cousin did too. Not gonna lie, I'd also Sonic run around the backyard pretending I was Sonic, and my cousin was Tails.
its nice to see that you have a cousin that likes sonic my cousin said he sucked and was a sonic hater and also a mario lover i did likemario too i just thought sonic was better and we fought alot all i had was my lil sister but she barly did anything but no matter i still liked this song and sonic and i also had a cat named tiger and i pretened he was tails
Recent events in my life have made me appreciate this song more, and have a deeper connection with it. A while ago I got out my GameCube and started playing Sonic Mega Collection again. I told my girlfriend, who also had a GameCube, and we both snuck downstairs at night to play it while being on call with each other. We had a great time, and we especially loved looking through the comics and their cover arts. Unfortunately a week ago, (as of writing this) she may no longer be with us. She sent me a long set of goodbye messages, saying thanks for everything and that she feels as if she can no longer live in this world. Nothing has 100% confirmed it, but the chances are that she has committed suicide, as she hasn’t been online at all, nor has she texted anyone else ever since. It’s been very hard without her, and this was her favourite Sonic song in the franchise. I really really miss her… This song will always make me think of her, and the wonderful times we shared together… 💞
Played this back in 2006 for PS2, Before I even played it I was mad because I wanted to get super Mario 64 but money was low and mega was the only thing i could get at the pawn shop. I start playing and could not get off of it for months until I could finally beat it. Hardest game for me had to be the sonic pinball; I thought I beat the game until I realized I only completed the 1st level(if you beat it, you have my respect ✊). Fast forward to 2021 and I’m scrolling through TH-cam to find a video thumbnail having “History - Sonic Mega Collection”, I listen to this song and the memories flood back as if I had found an old friend, remembering the simpler times and all the years I spent with this game. Now as the beginning of 2021 is here, I have responsibilities and I get shipped out at august. History gave me that feeling of nostalgia and happiness i was missing in my life, reminding myself that I’ll be fine no matter the path. Thank you old friend, may we cross paths another day
damn i couldnt beat a single game, i unclocked a couple and had one that kinda freaked me out. my uncle had the game on his xbox. this is like the earliest memory of sonic i have.
SEGA is very different from Nintendo. SEGA allows their games and music to be used by their fans, it's all free publicity to them, and they need that to keep Sonic and their business alive. Nintendo, is a very strict business and it's legal team is actively looking for things to shut down, you can't fight back, if you do you could face strict penalties and fines. Its a shame what they do. Just look at AM2R, a game 10 years in the making, shut down merely a day after it was finished. I love Nintendo, but they are not kind to their fans in that regard. The are not losing anything or gaining anything for taking down popular channels, they are mainly gaining more hate, if anything.
They don’t even care about their own art it’s all just about money. They would rather destroy our childhood memories and erase them for eternity than have anyone get free things, even if they can’t profit from it they’re rather be selfish and punish people because it gives them More power.
@@zacharykenniston748 I wouldn't go as far as to direct hate at Nintendo, the people who are responsible for the take downs are their legal team. It wasn't Miyamoto, or anyone else directly involved with Nintendo and it's characters, but rather their team who is responsible for copyright protection, I know it is completely within in their right to take down videos, fan games and other things related to their IPs, but they don't have to do that. SEGA doesn't mind, so why does Nintendo? Heck that is the case for most gaming companies, videos about games, game play help them gain more publicity, so they don't care, more people will buy the game after all. I know I cannot argue with the law, they are in place to protect us and our IPs (if we have any), but at the same time, I cannot help but feel as though Nintendo is not fan friendly. Thankfully they've started listening to us, they knew we wanted prime 4, so they're working overtime to make it happen. They'll come around eventually.
I come back to this comment section to remember the good old days with you guys. I dunno why but when I was ten years old playing this I knew this menu theme would stick with me.
Reminds me as a kid reading through all the comics and thinking to myself how it would have been growing up in the comic book era. Damn. This takes me back to simpler times at my parents house when everything was so much easier. Spending countless hours during the summer playing this. Now here I am going through all the comments reading their nostalgia to this music. Such a bittersweet, but pleasant moment this brings me. RIP to the pour souls who aren't here with us anymore.
When I was 13, I had a nightmare that somehow gave me OCD which gave me a fear for sleep. I would go on 2-6 hours of sleep, and Sonic was the one thing that kept me going. Hell, I became a Sonic fan at 13.
Sonic was the first ever video game character to have such a big impact on me, and this song transports me back to my adolescence when things were so much brighter, so happy, so innocent, all that mattered was my family and my video games. Where did the time go
I remember my mum got me the Sonic Pc Collection from a goodwill store when I was a kid. At that time I had played both Sonic Gems Collection on my PS2 and Sonic Colours on my Wii. While I enjoyed both a lot, I wasn't really that much of a sonic fan. It wasn't until playing Sonic Adventure DX (one of the games in the pc collection) that I immediately, truly fell in love with this series. Memories of dashing through speed highway, snowboarding away from an avalanche in icecap and defeating perfect chaos as super sonic with open your heart blasting away in the background, these were moments that defined my experiences of Sonic and made me a true fan and both the other games in the bundle, Sonic Heroes and Sonic Mega Collection Plus, made me love this series more. Although I was bullied in high school for my love of sonic while everyone else was playing the same boring FPS games, that never hindered my enjoyment of these games. Though sonic has had such a rollercoaster of game quality, nothing has stopped me from playing these games of my childhood and having a blast while doing so. If it weren't for sonic, I probably wouldn't be a fan of video games today. And for that, thank you sonic, for both showing me just how awesome games can be and for giving me some of the greatest childhood memories that I will cherish forever. I will always be a sonic fan, no matter what.
This makes me very happy yet very sad with my childhood.😥 Here's my story about this game. IDK When I was like 4 or 5 years old, my parents got me a Gamecube and I was able to pick any game I wanted. I was a huge Sonic fan so Mega Collection was the first thing I wanted. Both of my parents got me this game. Besides the games, I loved looking at the illustrations and comics ( I didn't even know how to read yet at this time 😂). Soon my dad passed away after a month and I didn't even know. When I finally asked where my mom wheres my dad, and soon she explained. My heart shattered💔. Then I went to play this game and the music got to me because...do I really need to explain. Then I saw one illustration of Sonic and Tails together and this put me into tears. Yet i push this aside and focus on life. Sorry for sad story I just need to get it off my chest.
Yeah I Understand You Man Stay Strong Sorry For The Loss Of Your Dad That I’m Sure He’s Looking Down At You Proud You Doing Good In Life Since God Gave You Life & Still A Chance To Live Life To The Fullest By Never Giving Up That God You Through Everything🙏💯
Appreciate the re-upload. I think to this song a lot. It's unfortunate BrawlBRSTMs is gone, everyones stories from the original comment section are forever lost.
Im one of the original commenters, I posted a story of how I would hop on this game whenever my cousin leave the room and I remember going to the comic part of the game and just letting this song play and fall asleep to....at the time I was 7 or 8 I'm 22 now
Nostalgia. I miss when Sega or Sonic was like this. This music is so relaxing. Watching through Extras is fun, especially seeing an early cameo of Cream the Rabbit.
I needed a good cry and this song came to mind. I realized the early signs of a depressive episode and decided to allow myself to cry as opposed to unhealthy coping mechanisms.
This music always gives me an odd feeling I can’t explain. I used to listen to this for hours as a kid looking at all the comics; wishing I had them and trying to copy all the cover art in my messy sketchbook... There’s something lonely about it, but it also feels kind of comforting. It’s like a hopeful melody echoing through a place that is desolate and dying. I thank these games for giving me friends I didn’t have when I was little. :(
This is probably one of the best Sonic songs of all time. The emotion it gives off is somethin music never really does to me. It really gives off a vibe of looking into the past where it all began. Not to mention the release of mega collection was around a time of pressure on SEGA with them leaving the console business and going third party. And the fact this was during a new era of Sonic with all the modern stuff... What I'm trying to say is this song is just beautiful.
When I was younger, I had a very difficult childhood. Playing this game, and most sonic games was my escape from the world around me. I remember being in elementary school, flipping through the archie sonic covers and studying them for hours on end. I always had so much fun imagining what kind of stories were inside, and found many of my favorite characters just by looking at the covers. This song reminds me of being a young kid with so much hope for a brighter future, and while things are still tough, I am in a much better place, far far away from those who hurt me. I think 8 year old me would be happy enough knowing that it all was worth it and we did find that dream world we'd imagined.
This music makes me think of all the friends I made and lost over the years. How some have changed for better or for worse. My relatives who have passed away. All the famous people who have died and times long gone. “You never know what it is you have until it’s gone ....gone.....” -Conker the squirrel
Conker broke the fourth wall many times directly saying this time something to me like a warning now thinking about it is massively impactful for something taking place in a crude game... A crude reality.
Countless hours on my PS2 going through the menus, reading the comics, glancing at the manuals not having a clue that they were originally for the Genesis, playing all of the classic gems available in that one disc, really takes me back to when times were less about worrying about tomorrow and more of enjoying the present and having fun
It's weird. Remember this song since I was extremely young. I wouldn't even play the game at time, I'd just look at the comic book collection and just listen to this. I was always nervous as a kid, yet the music calmed me often. When my game cube broke, I was devastated. Seeing this on TH-cam brings me more joy than imagined. Really, if I had to choose to return as a ghost, it would be when I was a young kid.
It's 2008 and it's raining out, I'm bored with the 360 so I hook the GameCube up. The last disc I played was this one. I turn it on and go right to the comics' menu. Memories flood me as a flip through Sonic comics and reminisce. Whoever composed this deserves a lifetime of happiness.
This track is the most magical and transcendent piece of music I've ever had in my life. It's interesting, because even though I did look through all the comic covers and extras on the screen that this music played on, I don't recall going there very often. Even so, it feels as though my entire childhood is hidden somewhere in the echoes of this music. It's a song of remembrance, even without your trying just hearing it brings you back to a calmer time where everything felt right. I can see me right before I was thrown into the deep end of my teenage years, in my basement sitting infront of this chunky old flat screen with a Wii in front of it. At that age I'm starting to really discover myself for the first time, and I'm soaking in every sight and sound on this disk because I could already feel that Sonic was something that meshed with me at my core. Sitting in a recliner that was thrown out long ago, looking at a TV I helped get rid of for good, on a console we never hook up anymore, all on a table that's since been destroyed by rain and wind, it's a scene that makes me feel truly at home. Friends that want to hang out all the time, the energy and drive to jump up at a moments notice and do something fun, the hardships and problems of the world nowhere in sight, my future too far away to worry about, and the optimism that could get me through any dark day that may come around and surprise me. If only I could live there forever.
I long to be as happy now as I was then, I'm about to hit 24 , I've battled cancer, I've had heartache and heartbreak, I'm burdened by stresses of normal life just like so many of you, but this calms me, and yet really upsets me. So many days spent playing and listening to this in my youth, so many memories. Playing Mean Bean Machine with my Mum, playing the mainline games when my Gran was around, I'll always cherish those memories, and I'd give anything to have it back. Life for me isn't the same as it was since my illness and probably never will be , this takes me back to those times with my Mum and Nan. Nana never knew I had Cancer , we lost her to dementia and I just wish I could have told her how brave I was, just like her, the best role model. Until then, I will constantly revisit this, thank you for uploading.
Was absolutely heartbroken to see the original video was deleted but I have to share my story. Not much of story but more so a retelling of how this song makes me feel. Free, it takes me back to when things were easy and I'd run around my house pretending to be sonic. God growing up really isn't all its cracked out to be, huh? I'm glad there's a wonderful family of people that share this same love over this universal tune. Music is incredible. I love you all.
sonic was always that thing that would capture a childlike wonder, i always wanted to have friends like sonics and go on cool adventures. the older i got the more i realized its just that, a childlike wonder- a fantasy. i dont know how to feel knowing ill never be able to have the same feelings i had about this franchise from when i was a kid. im going to become an adult in just a few days and ive been grasping for straws listening to old songs like these from my childhood to try and just feel something again. i'm scared. i dont know if i'll ever stop being scared, but maybe that's ok. im not sure i wish life wasn't so confusing but i'm grateful that im able to find people that although have different stories all have a strong connection to this song it makes me feel less alone in the world
BrawlBrstms3 X Will Be Remembered... Rest Easy Brawl... "This music makes me think of all the friends I made and lost over the years. How some have changed for better or for worse. My relatives who have passed away. All the famous people who have died and times long gone. You never know what it is you have until it’s gone ....gone.....” Conker the Squirrel
Brings me back to a simpler time where your life comprised of friendship, school, videogames, and family. Time will pass as it should, but this is the gateway song that transports me back to playing SMC Plus on my PS2 as a young child.
This song just hits me like a ton of bricks. Makes me somewhat teary, when i barely get teary at all. It takes me back to simpler times, with my brother, playing games on his ps2, in our old parents house back in 2009-2012. What i wouldn't give to have those good times back. I'm here, listening to this at 1 am, typing this comment. How we'd use to stay up and play games like GTA SA, Dragon Ball Z Budokai, Sonic Mega Collection, Super Monkey Ball and so many more. I aughta thank my brother. He looks out for me so often. I'd love to say more, but like i said, it's 1 am and i desperately need sleep. To anyone reading this, you are loved by family and friends alike, and goodnight.
I still remember when mum got me this game, sixteen years ago. When I stumbled upon the extras, I almost fell asleep. I only avoided doing so when my cat jumped on me for attention. And then Mum asked me what was playing - I showed her the tune. She was the one who got me into video games.
Brawl may had his channel terminated, but this one piece of music will always be my favorite to go back to every now and then. Listening away to this while drawing and reading the comments of the original video on how this music made an impact on people who had listen to it. All of those comments may be gone, but not forgotten. All we can do now is rebuild what was the most heartfelt comment section it previously had.
Same. I remember being one of those comments because this game was something else when my Dad first got it at Hollywood Video at the time in 2005. This experience was so special to me as a longtime Sonic fan.
Reinhard Luntungan I left a comment on the same video too, my impact with this piece of music was looking at all of art work, mostly the comic book covers. I remember years back in when I first had the game and reliving Sonic 3, I stumbled across the Extras menu, and I was shocked that they made comics, it was my first time ever knowing they even existed as well as obscure Sonic characters like Fang and Mighty, and introducing me to the Freedom Fighters and the Sonic Sat AM cartoon.
@@IAmInfinitus208 j read your comic about your dad getting it at Hollywood Video. It really brought tears to my eyes. I believe I read another one where one guy's dad got it for him for christmas, and it's what introduced him to sonic. Ever since then, he would play it with his dad every christmas and man did it make me tear up.
@@ariaofthe6strings230 That was actually my 2nd Sonic game. The first two games I ever had for the PS2 (my first video game console, prior to that I was playing on Dad's Aptiva IBM computer with Windows 98 which he later gave to me) was Jampack Vol. 13 which introduced me to the PlayStation trio, Sly, Jak & Ratchet, & Sonic Heroes my first Sonic game.
every once in a while i come back to this song and every time i see this comments section and im reminded how important video games are to me and to the human race in general. sonic 2 was the first game i ever played and its how i connected with my cousin who i dont talk with much anymore. i got super into super smash bros because of sonic and through smash was how i met most of my friends. my life has gone to the worst places and truly beat my ass as a kid and still now. at one point, id considered taking my own life. but those friends i met though those games and our shared interests have changed my life for the better. I formed unforgettable memories with these friends. They were always there to encourage me if i tried to do something. they were always there for me when things went down in my life ready to help. they gave me undying support though my still hazey questioning of my gender. even though the fights and bullshit were still there for one another throughout our lives and i could not be happier to have met them, all thanks to this dumb blue circle. to me, this theme isnt just to cherish the history that youve made in the past, but also to tell you that you are important and loved enough to be around today and in the future so that you can *make* history
I’ll never forget I remember playing this game and my dad walked in while I was in the extras menu, he said wow what is that.. he sat in my chair and listened to this track for like 20 minutes. He has never done that for anything else before or after. Something about this song really hit him deep in his core.
it hits me in my core, i have been listening to it for 3 hours or so
(´･ω･`) the nostalgia seizes everyone
Hi dude. Tell me how old is yuor dad?
classic dad! that old nut.
Ngl this song and “aquatic ambiance” really make me cry
Did anyone else just get lost in reading the comics to this?
YES the Archie Comics, The Superman of Sonic as I like to call it, Friends didn't mind much but I did, the more I read and the music combined made me fill in the shoes of someone's Nostalgia I didn't even knew.
@@yourcordialvermillionchapw2398 or the comics of goku
M Hale me
Yep its what introduced me to the archie comics
Yup.. my first exposure to sonic comics was this.
I had a great life. I'm 28 now. I'm African American and was fortunate to have both parents. I went to a white school and i never felt like I fit in with the blacks or the whites but when I played this game I felt comfortable. I love sonic and as someone who works out , I always listen to sonic theme music when I run. . It allows me to be fully alive and not let the kid in me die. . The kid in me has to be hidden from the world cause it will rip me apart. But when I run to the music of "city escape" or "speed highway" I can smile and be a kid. . . Thank you sonic . . I hope atleast one person reads this . This is my story. Catch you later
At my school there's kids that don't like me because I like sonic
@@adamk1287 that kid is dead on the inside
@@derrickblackmon420 to be honest,ye. He also says I buy teirs on fortnite but I don't even play the game. He told a teacher ,that comes every Thursday, that I like sonic and she said "sonic boom?", and the kid said yes. I couldn't do anything. The thought of knuckles being stupid kills me.
@@adamk1287 literally me when I was in elementary school. All the other kids in my grade treated me like if I were younger than them or if I were a toddler learning how to talk and it annoyed the hell out of me to the point where I wouldn't talk or hang out with anyone anymore unless if was necessary. Now after a few years and me about to go to high school, kids at my elementary school stopped treating me as a "toddler" and other kids/my friends started to enjoy my interest with Sonic and start talking about how they themselves enjoy the characters and games themselves. Sonic was always there for me growing up and I'm happy that he is continuing to become more popular with people in or out of the series.
@@aprilmorales7311 for me sonic is nostalgic cuz at school when I was 4, I turned on the pc sonic 1 with knuckles somehow. I remember getting stuck on the loop in green hill zone🤣😂.when I went home I was jumping on the couch like sonic did.but when my dad saw what I was doing, he asked me what was I doing. I said playing sonic and then he told me to not play sonic ever again. I stopped but I got tuned back into the series and recently bought sonic origins.Btw I'm gonna do sonic pixel art on his 32nd bday. I was late for his most recent one.
Spent about 25 min reading through the comments. I seriously just felt nostalgia for reading about other peoples nostalgia. What a weird emotion.
Yo Billy what's up, love the videos you make
Second-hand nostalgia
I miss my original Gamecube and my copy of Sonic Mega Collection I had as a kid.
Same
That's probably because we grew up with one similar similar thing... video games. We all eventually grew up to be adults and those who haven't yet are probably on the verge of becoming one, reading comments about how people felt during their childhood is just something we can all relate to, especially when it's something as marking as this music and when we all grew up with this mega collection back in 2002.
Back then I was about 6 years old, and now, I'm a 23 years old man that take cares of his 76 years old father, who is the reason why I got this game in the first place, just writting this made me tear up a bit... not tears of sadness, but of happiness due to how lucky I was to have such an amazing childhood with parents who cared deeply about me and games that defined a generation of young boys and girls.
Sorry if this went a bit overboard... it just felt amazing to feel all of those feelings again.
*Sound Of Pages Flipping*
(page flips x100)
At first I read that as "Sound of Pingas flipping"
fck you
@@prettyflippingaverage1268 Is that necessary?
@@red5158077 joking joking
The year is 2003 a Saturday afternoon, you’re chilling in your room with a CRTV and playing this without a care in the world, when life was way less stressful and you had no responsibilitys
Light-waves of memories and sensations flood my thoughts. Reminding me of the days when Saturday mornings were spent playing Sonic while eating a cup of Oreo cereal.
Now I'm 28, and I'm thinking...maybe it's time to do that again.
As I listen to this very song, i remember the most cherishing memories of 2012 as my brother, sister, grandmother and i played th his.
Now I'm 17 in 2020 and now, my only wish is to play the game once more like the good old days
got this in 2002 when i was 10. spent so much time reading the comics and messing around with the debug modes in Sonic 1 & 2. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine was a surprise hit with me and my big bro (basically just puyo pop). good old days bruh.
Yep, I was still in High School then lol
your comment took me to a time in my life that I miss a lot.
This song hurts more with age. Theres not a single time whwn this song didmt take me back somewhere to better times
I honestly can't think of any better way to describe it.
Took the words right out of my mouth dude
When people were strong and smart and not lazy and cunning. Big difference
@@GoldHazel_ Alot of things have changed
For sure.
Even as a kid this song made me feel weird. Made me sad and strangely aware of my consciousness and mortality.
This is probably why I keep coming back to this lol I remember this same melancholy feeling from when I heard this as a kid. A good different kind of nostalgia I can admit.
@@SkeetWeezy Oddly enough my instinct was to not listen to this when it just showed up in my recommended, but I did anyways. I remember wanting to avoid this song when playing the game when I was a kid too, just because of how much it changed my mood and how empty it made me feel. Its very strange. I cant even think of another instance of this happening to me with a different game/song, atleast not nearly to the same effect. Pretty sure I remember getting lost in thoughts when this music would play and I'd even cry. I had to be like 8 or something
@@oOTheMastaOo240 I remember feeling this feeling too!! Now, it’s oddly a parallel to the feeling I have looking back. I miss those days, and it’s almost like I knew I was going to feel that in the future. I used to read the comics and specifically number #32 because I was fascinated with it. I just remembered feeling a sort of envy and wanting to be in the sonic world and not in mine. This song is now beautiful to me, but as a kid, only listening to it surface level, it musically sounded sad to me, haha! I couldn’t understand what nostalgic felt like yet, I wasn’t old enough. Now, it’s just gorgeous and haunting.
You made it onto splash dash bud, glad to see someone who feels this way about this song as I do :')
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reminds of the time when things were simpler
Swear man! Take me back to those days!
you said it, i remember when i was a huge sonic fan as a kid, and now i reminisce one of my favorite christmases that happened 10 years ago with a present ill never forget that year, and i never knew it was a toys r us exclusive
shut the fuck up. UHGHH I HATE SCHOL UHHH shut the fuck up.
@@eletgres519 and?
@@yumxi8632 i dont like people who just say ",oh remember when things were much simpler?" It makes them sound like a loser who just wants to stay in the past instead of improving their future.
Heard that Brawlbrstms3's channel got taken down (witch sucks) and I've always wanted to post my own story with this game in that legendary comment section of this song... Welp, might as well share it here.
Back when I was 8, me and my family went on a vacation to Florida, we planed on going to Disney World during that trip.
Unfortunately for me, on the day we were supposed to go, I suddenly got very sick. I ended up getting diagnosed with Type 1.
What was supposed to be a trip to the 'Happiest place on Earth' quickly turned into a trip to the E.R...
While I was stuck in recovery, I got to play some GCN games on a little monitor that was hooked up to my bed.
The two games that they had were a copy of Mario Golf Toadstool Tour and... well... this, Sonic Mega Collection.
It was because of this game that my recovery in the E.R. was a lot less hellish for me.
After I got out of the hospital, we ended up getting to actually go to Disney World during that vacation, so I'd say it all turned out better at the end of our trip.
When we got back home, I made it my mission to scour the whole PLANET to get the game for myself, and a few weeks later, I found it at a Game Stop local to where I lived.
This game was what MADE me the Classic (and modern) Sonic fan that I am PROUD of being today,
and what made some of the best memories of my times with the Nintendo Wii I've cherished for years now...
To those who read all of this, thank you so much for taking your time to do so.
Cheers.
This song goes so well with this
yo lemme just cry real quick
I'm also diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, so you're not alone in the journey. This game collection has been a part of my life since Sonic 06 came out, which I originally wanted but was gifted with this gem. I'll never forget the memories my sister and I share with this classic title.
Dude, I am sorry
You're not alone, you can count on my best wishes.
After years of coming here I think I’m ready to share my story.
This song is so near and dear to my heart, It honestly brings me to tears when I hear it because it takes me back to one of my most creative and peaceful times. I was a kid in Harlem, and my family knew I was the biggest sonic fan that side of St. Nicholas Avenue lol. My dad bought me this game and I lost my mind. He loved a good deal, so a sonic game with several games on it for only $20 was the best purchase he could’ve made for me in his mind at the time, and it was. I wasn’t too good at video games but over time I became really good at all the games on there, these were the first games I ever beat by myself, the grind, the music, collecting all the super emeralds and feeling like a BOSS playing as hyper sonic for the first time, man good f****** times. I always used to play the Sonic Boom music video and sing along with my older sister, we shared a room in our small NYC apartment so she always watched me play the game. This game connected me to so many people at my school and has layed life long relationships that I still hold near to my heart. I even got into drawing comic books after spending HOURS looking through all of the Archie Comic covers. This game inspired me so much to do so many things. I wish someone would’ve noticed and held that kid a little tighter and pushed him a bit further in life.
In 2011 my family left NY and moved to FL leaving my city, my father, and all of my best friends behind. Time passed and I found myself in a new place and completely disconnected from everything. I lost myself for a bit and it took a long time to find what was left.
One day a friend gave me his old ass box tv and we hooked up an old Wii system to it. After a long and stressful day, I stumbled across this game in my old storage, I was actually gonna get rid of it because I just felt hopeless at the time and was being self destructive. I put this in and instantly went to the extras menu to hear this song and I cried like a baby. It felt as if I was given back a piece of me, music is that powerful to me. I remembered Harlem, my friends, all the good times I used to have. I feel I’ll never truly be that happy again, but thank God for the memories man.
Life has just been upside down for me since and whenever I feel lost I return to this song. Im about to graduate college after dropping out and going back (took eight years but I did I it!) and my gift to myself is going to be the new Sonic Frontiers game. I’m even gonna stream it on my twitch, I’m trying to make Affiliate🙌🏾
I’ll return home once again. Even if it’s completely different and everyone’s gone. I just want to be reconnected with my hometown, and my father one more time. Im 24 so I’m gonna make this happen🤝🏾.
If I do, I’ll return. Until then I love you all. Please continue to keep this song close, and be inspired. If nobody believes in you, from a fellow sonic fan, my heart goes out to you all. Much love🙏🏾
Beautiful my dude. What's your Twitch?
@@ExCRT Malc_Solo thank you!🙌🏾
That's an awesome story dude, its just crazy to know how much this hedgehog impacted us in our childhoods. Its great to know your doing fine, and also knowing I'm not alone when it comes to sharing good ol' memories of this song it has brought us. The comics, trailers, everything. This game was so fire, I hope everything goes well for you dude
Ok.
hope your life gets better and you find true joy again, take care
If you're here, im glad we had a similar childhood.
This song has a deep connection to one of the most important times in my adolescence.
My mother was stricken with cancer when I was a kid, and it was a painful two years for her to endure. She would always watch me playing games, encouraging me to challenge myself through this form of entertainment. She'd cheer, laugh, and act shocked at story revelations with me. It meant a lot to me and is undoubtedly the beginning of my love of streaming. Sonic and Harry Potter were the two biggest things we bonded over, with Cartoon Network shows like Chowder and Kids Next Door also filling in as backup when games weren't on our minds.
This game was one of the few things I played religiously during those years. It was the start of my love of retro games and it was always a comfort for me. Even when I had arguably better ports of these games like with the Classics Collection on DS, I'd always come back to this game (specifically the Plus release on PS2).
Sadly, cancer got the better of her and she spent her last month alive in hospice care. She died when I was 11. It's been 12 years since then and it feels like nothing and everything has happened since then.
I've always been the type of person that blocked out emotional trauma, simply ignoring it so the pain never overwhelmed me.
But this song.
This song brings me back to those years.
It's not pain I feel when I hear this. This song, thankfully, isn't a constant reminder of the pain our family suffered through during those two years.
This song is a reminder of childhood and the inevitable flow of time that causes one's childhood to fade away and be replaced with nostalgia.
I remember the good times with those bad. Especially those times involving this game.
I remember my mother encouraging me to get out of the Chemical Plant water sections.
Reaching the final level of Sonic Spinball (and losing immediately).
Discovering a gem with Comix Zone.
Never understanding what the fuck you're supposed to do in The Ooze.
Unlocking Sonic 3 & Knuckles and having a blast just playing as Knuckles in Hydrocity Zone.
Discovering my love for the early days of the Archie comics, influencing me into buying some of the Volume collections I'd find at Books-a-Million.
Watching the trailer for Sonic Heroes over and over and over again, despite being able to play the game whenever I wanted.
There's something ethereal about this piece. Hideaki Kobayashi has managed to touch the hearts of millions of Sonic fans across the globe with this song and we all collectively share that bond together.
I don't know any of you, but I'm glad we can share this song together.
Sorry for your loss.
God bless you brother
Cheers bro. I also lost my mother to cancer & also love this song and game. Played it for hours on end. It's so beautifully composed. Makes you feel frozen in time but also like time is fleeting. Incredible music.
30 years ago, a legend was born.
On behalf of kids in the 90’s, the new generation experiencing this classic for the first time and those who have sadly have left us in those 30 years:
Thank you Sonic Team.
Thank you Sega.
Thank you Sonic.
Thank you for so many happy memories.
😭
🙏🏼💙✨✨✨
I commented this elsewhere already but
This game is arguably the most important piece of media to me ever, to the point where even thinking about it makes me want to tear up. Here's why.
This was the first videogame I ever played, and I wasn't really close with my parents due to not seeing dad often and mom always working (they were separated) so I spent a lot of my time with my grandma. She loved the sonic trilogy, but mostly sonic 1 and when she saw me play it she immediately hopped in and played it with me and told me about how when my uncle was little, she'd play sonic 1 with him. We never did get very far in sonic 1 but I played every game on there and did the usual looking through comics and watching the trailers and stuff on there, played that game for YEARS (we went through 3 copies of the game and 2 gamecubes thats how often we played it) and never could beat sonic 1 for whatever reason until I was in 6th grade, the very last day of school her and I sat down and played it until scrap brain zone and I left the console on until I got off the bus and we were both there to beat it. It was the best feeling in the world but unfortunately a few months later she had an aneurysm out of nowhere and passed. I left a note in the case of the game, superglued it shut and put it in her casket. I kept the disc despite it not working as a memory and I get extremely emotional just thinking about mega collection, as it was the most important thing to me as a kid.
Tldr I was super close to my grandma when I was little because I was an undiagnosed adhd kid so no friends and we bonded over sonic and thats why I love the character despite the shortcomings of the franchise in recent years.
That's an amazing memory to have, and RIP to your grandma
Thank you for sharing this story. I love reading every word of it! Your grandma sounded like an amazing person, taking time out of her life to spend time with you and play Sonic with you. Your grandma reminds me of my grandma. May your grandma rest in peace, because she deserves it.
I pray you've been doing better in your life currently!
I deeply respect you and your grandmother, thank you for sharing this
Reading your touching story combined with the beautiful music in the background made me cry. Thank you for this very touching moment with your loved one. Hope you are doing well
thank you for sharing this! i’m blown away. 🥹🙏💜
Well, my story was on another video whose channel is now removed, so I'll share it here.
The year is 2006, both of my parents passed away from a terminal illness. I still had the GameCube my mother bought me in 2002.
I visited a local game store in the small town I lived in with my grandmother and picked up this game.
Upon hearing this music, all the memories came flooding back. My first Sonic game my mom bought me was Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and I played it every night for an hour after school.
She was a kind and loving woman, who was equally stern when she needed to be.
My father, a very busy man for as long as I knew him, but he always had time for the both of us.
However, when my dad started getting sick, his happiness diminished; so did my mother's. I didn't know what was going on, I was too young.
Almost 20 years later, here I am, a (medically) retired military vet with a home in my name and soon to be married in April. I sometimes boot up that old GameCube and just listen to this song. Wondering if my parents are proud of the me that I am today.
My sincere condolences ❤️🖕.
And damn you got married! Holy moly congratulations 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️! Fuck this music making me cry to.
Happy Veterans Day.
They will be proud of you, mate ❤️
I am so sorry to hear about that. :(
Proud to be a Sonic fan.
Even though this franchise has good and bad games, music is all I want in my life.
I never gave up as well despite the games was going down and not seeing enough content feeling like that I had given up but in reality I didn't because if I did then I would've forgotten about him, but still I still rooted for him even when people Meme him and laughs against him falling down from grace, but I know deep down us sonic fans wouldn't given up on him, we just keep moving forward and thus we did, I am proud to be a Sonic fan, and plus he inspired me to do Running ^^;
Naravno.
Jack Turner-Bogdan Živojinović
Agreed.
Avoid the Forbidden Five osts though
1 Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric
2 Sonic Chronicles
3 Sonic Eraser
4 Sonic Free Riders (OST is kinda boring and forgettable here, just like the game)
5 Sonic Genesis GBA
Yes it’s good to be a sonic fan
@Braddaro you're damn right
Why does this song in particular have such a lasting effect on people?
I remember as well...
It's almost as if it's a pocket in your mind, you forget about it.
And the memories don't come flooding back. You just sort of pull them out and glance at them.
Then put the CD back in the drawer.
You are totally right, I forgot about it, but a video was talking about Mario All 3D stars and talked about Sonic Mega Collection with this ost
And man, memories started to rush in my head, as if I always remembered them, that was weird but I dunno, it felt heartwarming too
@@shend2992 lmaoo same, same video and I barely remember this even having this game until I searched it up and it clicked
It's simple; this song was designed to evoke nostalgic feelings for Sonic's past. As time moves forward, however, this song and the compilation it originated from have become a part of that past for those who grew up with it.
Update: I can’t live without listening to this theme at least once a year, I come back from time to time to just feel something that was once pure and simple.
Good song to just reflect on everything and a good song to recap the year
you made me cry man
@@slush8668 thank you for bringing me back
i do the same thing i forgot all about this song now it's in the list of tekken and final fantasy music i listened to
I hope whoever composed this song has looked through this comment section. It's beautiful.
Having music this good might be the one thing that could get me to play PSO.
@@thegloobsterwhat is pso
@@DubiousDepthsRadio Phantasy Star Online! The guy who composed the music for this game also worked on the first couple Phantasy Star Online games.
Played a bit of PSO now and you can really tell it’s the same guy.
Oh yeah, it is the same guy.
This is what going to heaven sounds like.
l )
😇
*Yes.*
i tHoUgHt iT sOuNdEd LiKe tHe pS2!
There’s something very primal in this tune, an innate longing for friendship, for love, to see ones dreams come true one day. The softer side of human instinct. An uncontrollable desire to never feel alone. Through this game many of us were able to bond with friends or as corny as it sounds, with Sonic as a character. We can listen to this and smile, cry or laugh- it really helps to bring life and all it’s experiences full circle. A beautiful instrumental.
whyteXfang You said it dude. You’ve spoken the minds of Sonic fans worldwide! (Like me! ^^)
when i hear this song,it makes me feel a longing to just go back....to everything.....te boys and girls club,minnesota,my freinds,my grandma,just a longing lingering feeling of nostalgia for the past.....and i miss it so much
Damn dude thats crazy, now go take a fucking shower.
@@wegg4730 Damn all that and still no one laughed
@@ImSimplySos yeah that one sentence really took it out of me.
i miss these days, i really do. coming home from school and just losing myself in looking at the comic covers, imaging what amazing stories were within.
It was how I learned that there were Sonic comics. I started reading them because of this game.
Same
@@ajshiro3957 same
I loved doing this. I'd invent all sorts of stories in my head thinking about those comic book covers.
This song single handedly celebrates, and mourns the 90's.
The last truly carefree decade in many ways.
Man, Brawls video on this music had the best comment section I ever seen... it's really depressing to listen to this now imo
Yeah it really was. I really enjoyed reading everyone's stories. It was really nice seeing that everyone in the comment section just understood each other. Everyone bonded over that universal sense of nostalgia. However nothing is perpetual, sad really, but I'm content I got to experience that feeling of solidarity. Its rather ironic when you consider the title of the ost we bonded over, poetic if think that way. Maybe we can do it again with this one. Who knows.....
Who is this brawls guy is he dead or something
No, his channel got terminated and all his videos are removed from the server.
@@gameandstuff damn rip
Mr_Game & Stuff we all know who to blame for that
This isn't just Nostalgia. This is a direct representation of our seemingly simple young lives. When we first played this there was nostalgia involved that we were getting old. But now we listen to this because those days were great. But we can never return to the good ole days.
At age 19, still in college, but my mind can't stop thinking about the glory days of lying down on my stomach with my ps2 controller, playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic 2, Mean Bean Machine, Comix Zone, and even some of the crappier games like 3D Blast, Spinball, and Labyrinth. I'm so glad to have grown up with these games and Sonic in general. Its nice to have something like this to look back on in times of stress such as now. I wish I could go back.
I had no idea so many people across the world were also scrolling through all the comic book archives and art while listening to this Sonic track back in the mid 2000s. I didn't know anyone else who owned this collection, just a simple kid in the-middle-of-no-where NC, no internet or social media yet. I remember trying to download an HD picture of Sonic on to a floppy disc but the image was too large LOL
This collection was the only video game that my sister would ever play with me. I miss those times so dearly. She’s not dead, just living many states away from me. It’s rough, dude.
@@SplendidCoffee0Hope you can more spend time with your sister in the future 🙏 my sister is in NC and I live in WA now. We visit once a year. I have a kid now since originally posting this 😭
Ah yes!...childhood...browsing through artworks and stuff
Swear man! Take me back to those days!
This was actually my first sonic game and I never grew up with a lot of video games cause I was like 5 or 6, I always hung out at my cousins house and this game is what I always played as a kid, instead of working with sonic 06 or unleashed (which the games are boring but I love the music) I played this
Same
Just realized the original video got deleted. The comment section was as amazing as the comment section of plenty of Boards of Canada videos...
All the stories people shared in that comment section are gone, lost forever unless the people that commented on the original video comment on this one again...
Damn, it's as if a bible of nostalgia has been burned. Maybe we can start a new book here. Who knows.
I say let's do it! If all of us could do it before then we can do it again!
"TOGETHER WE CAN SHOW TH-cam WHAT WE CAN DO-"
"-SUE NINTENDO CAUSE' OF MEMORIES STOLEN FROM YOU"
I'll make more lyrics later
You got a rock song in the making B)
I feel like this allows me to cry again. So many memories and nostalgia. I honestly dont know how to feel anymore.
It's okay to feel like that sometimes, you're not alone!
"Adult Swim", GameBoy Advance SP, Harry Potter books, "Case Closed" anime, "Wonder Showzen" + Panic! At the Disco/Missy Elliott marathons on MTV2 come to mind... Sweet early '06 memories.
My favorite comment from Brawl's video will always be something like this:
The most memorable thing about this song was that I was browsing the comics with my brother when all of a sudden my dad comes home with Pizza Hut.
I remember that comment. I NEED to find this game.
It's clearly evident that this cobalt blue hyper hedgehog, his adventures and his cast of friends have all had either a great impression on our childhood, a resemblance of something in our daily lives (Sonic taught me to never stop going forward not even to look back on the past since we can only live for the moment) and that no matter how bad the series direction goes; we love Sonic as more than just a gaming icon. May he never slow down or stop moving.
underrated comment
Crazy how this song had us all in a trance when we were younger. When i was a kid and heard this, i almost felt the future nostalgia i would have for this song, just wasnt able to fully understand it back then. I remember sitting in the extras menu more than i actually played the games on the disc lol... also was amazed by the sonic cd intro
It’s amazing to see all of the emotions in the comments as we all reminisce on the good times growing up. I’ve never seen something like this before, let alone in video games.
We just lost my stepdad a few weeks ago to cancer, and I’m sitting in my living room with my pets while my partner is asleep - just thinking about life. Somehow, I always find my way back here at this song’s TH-cam page when times get tough.
Who would’ve thought we’d be in a place like this: a worldwide pandemic. People dying left and right, most of us are struggling to keep jobs and just get by without succumbing to the stress of life. It’s so easy to want to break down every day, but taking time to reflect and let it all out gives me the wring-out I need to keep going.
Much love to all of you here in the comments. I’m glad the world has people like you. Don’t forget to make good memories in the present so you can look back at them one day 🙏🏼
I needed to read a comment like this, thanks for giving it to me🙏🏽💝
@@yurib4395 Hope everything gets better, friend 💪🏼
Kinda crazy how Sonic Heroes was the next mainstream title in the series when this collection came out. Man, how time flies.
I’m 19 years old and this song has not left my mind ever since I first heard it... thank you SEGA for all the precious memories that you gave me and many other kids in the 2000s a great childhood.
and you can still get it today so yeah many other childhoods are coming aswel
Same I’m 19 too and I cry every time.
I'm 19 and I swear every time I hear thos song it makes me just feel this weird melancholic nostalgia of hearing this on a cool summer night. I honestly just wish I could live in the early 2000s and never go past 2005
@@P-P-Panda 17! And same
@@OzytheClown 19 year olds unite
Rip to my friend Richard Swigert aka GachaTalks 🌹 I know that he loved Sonic and sonic music...I hope your listening to all the music you love up there in heaven I really miss you but I know that you are no longer suffering I know that I will see you again friend 🕊️🌹
I kind of had a; not rough, but still complicated upbringing. My dad raised me as a single parent and while not without love, he was/is still a VERY distant man. To top it off, I was diagnosed with clinical depression at a rather early age. Sonic was a huge part of my childhood, SA2 in particular. Until I met the girl/woman that'd become my wife of 14 years, playing and watching anything Sonic was the only thing in my life that made me happy. I owe a lot to this franchise. It really got me through some of the worst times. I'm going 38 this year and listening to this just brings back so many memories me, man. What brought back even more memories was my 12 year old son finding my box Archie Sonic comics, before the reboot. Like me, he can't get enough of this franchise. Unlike me with my old man, I'm glad we have something we can bond over.
Here’s a piece of my story - My life as a youth was full of sickness to the point that I was suicidal before I even turned 10. Sonic Spinball was the first Sonic game I ever played and brought on my love for the character. It came with my SEGA which I wanted the day I learned about it. Then comes Sonic 3; the stage music drove me to learn how to play music (piano then guitar) by ear. Then came Sonic CD. The Sonic’s amazing dedication bundled with LYRICAL music! I was reminded that “If you try, you can do anything!”, “In your heart you can find a special place to unwind!” And “Extraordinary things can happen if you believe in yourself!”. Not like my family wasn’t there for me, but events would happen that would make me even belittle myself. I was pushed to BELIEVE in myself. Then came NiGHTS Into Dreams and negativity was quelled so much. That’s years in a nutshell and not much background behind it but let me just say that Sonic Team has been a BIG influence in my drive to keep pushing through all the chaos in my life, even to this day! 31 years old and I still find solitude in this song right here. I still find myself playing NiGHTS Journey of Dreams to enjoy or just play the soundtracks in game to be taken back into Nightopia. I still find myself shredding Angel Island Zone ACT 1 and the options menu for Sonic Spinball. I’ve lived and played many games and live my entrepreneurial life as an adult but I still have Tails and NiGHTS rare figurines in my room as those two are still my favorite video game characters. So thank you Sonic Team, thank you SEGA and to everyone, remember, you’re great. “Can’t stop, So what?!” Keep going! Life doesn’t wait for you, so keep the positivity rolling and win this game of life!
Thank you. I really enjoyed hearing your story. Sometimes, videogames are more than a "distraction" to people, they can be an inspiration, something to pull them out of their current state of mind and give them a new way to look at things.
@@MeatEatingVegan777 Absolutely! And thank YOU as well!
AGP兆し Beautiful...
@@Kalijeex33 Thank you, Kali!
AGP兆し
Be everything that you can be. Live life by doing your best!
Back in the ruthless aggression era days, my cousins staying up all night playing the ps2 with me, not having any responsibility, when music was great, and watching the golden years of disney, nickelodeon, and cartoon network. Now that's what I call nostalgia folks.
i love how you quantified this time period as the Ruthless Aggression era, real wrestling fan hours who up
There’s somebody else story that’s really similar to mines, in the comments. I’m 20, African American, I grew up in mostly white and Asian school. I didn’t have much friends. I’ve been loving sonic since I was a child. I remember running towards the block buster to rent out Sonic underground, adventures of sonic , and Sat am cartoon. Playing every game possible too. I still love working out with the music, it makes me happy. While I’m trying to tackle the world, grow up and make the ones I love proud, sonic music will always be something I can run back too and feel like a kid again.
I remember being around 9-10 while playing this game. I would come home after school and sit with the lights off and turn on my PlayStation 2 and go right to the extra’s menu. I had a huge window in my room that allowed for the natural light to shine through beautifully. Where my room was in the house made it to to where that window allowed me to peer out into our backyard. It was fenced in. The fence was a wooden fence that ran all the way down behind every other house on our side of the street. There were also these beautiful trees that hung over the fence. When the sun was setting in the afternoon and there was a cool breeze blowing through the trees, this song was absolutely perfect for solidifying such a still moment in time. I would look out of the window and hum along to this tune for hours. All the emotions it brings along with it was incredible. At the time, it made me think of my friendships in elementary school, the girl I was crushing on at the time, how much I loved Sonic, and what it meant to be Spider-Man (😂😭). So, just like everyone else, this song has a special place in my memories.
Bro...
This music hits on another level...
I miss the days relaxing to this on the ps2 in elementary school
This music will forever be a reminder of my childhood.
The happy times I spent watching movies and playing outside with my family. Running around my house and drawing pictures with my one sibling. The endless hours I spent playing the Genesis Sonic titles. The friends that lived across the street whose houses we would come and go over to to play each other's video games. The nice neighbors that allowed me to come over whenever I wanted.
And especially the neatly tied community that was my mom's friend group in church.
In my life, this music gave me peace of mind over the thought of moving away from all that. The day I got Sonic Mega Collection for my GameCube was undoubtedly a testament to those times as it allowed me to relive a portion of my childhood in a way I never thought possible before the invention of classic game collections. Gone were the people I used to live with, but the memories forever remained. As a plus I even got to make new memories in both my gaming and real life with my newfound friends I made after moving. It was so great I never wanted it to end.
But then I graduated from high school. And the friends I made post-move have all dispersed in one way or another. And that has since kept happening with college and those who leave my current jobs. That's why this music reminds me that you ought to hold onto what you have before it's gone 'cause you never know when it's going to change. Memories may be in the past, but their essence remains in you.
All of it may be gone, but never forgotten.
This has me in tears! It's so beautiful! I really love this!
Moving is a really hard thing....
This was the first time I really spent time with the classic series. Sure I’d seen them around here and there growing up, played the Adventure ports, but I was a loyal Nintendo fan, so this was my first time sitting down and getting to know classic Sonic. I was awful at Sonic 1, but spent so much time on 2 and 3. Then I found the stage select code in this book I’d bought and was able to practice the original’s tougher sections more.
Going through the extras was a blast, too. The gorgeous comic covers, the handful of stories on display, and this serene melody in the background. This is hands down my favorite collection ever.
This melody just makes me feel so much, nostalgia, happiness, sadness, all at the same time, the happy kid who just wanted to make the world a better place and be a biologist to help animals seems so distant now, like it was a different person, yet theres something that hasnt changed, i still feel like i can do anything when i look at Sonic with his iconic smirk
Nothing can help nature now. Our generation is cursed.
The comic with the page "The death of Sonic" with a golden statue of him :'(
...
... And people still remember to this day, Sonic might not have the same impact when I was little but this is a fair reminder that it will still have a special place... Somewhere...
ive been a fan of sonic games for 5 years
This game, specifically the version on PS2, made me a Sonic fan. I found it at a garage sale my school was having. I had already played Sonic 1 on a family member's phone and Colors on the Wii, but this game got me into the series. It made me search out more games to play in this series, which then lead me to the comics and TV shows. Even though I lost my copy of Mega Collection Plus, I got the original version a few months back due to getting into the GameCube again. So, thank you Sonic Mega Collection Plus, for making memories that aren't even a decade old yet, that I'll remember forever. Sure, I may only be 15, but I'll remember this game for years to come.
I'm also 15, This game makes me feel nostalgia for something I never had.
The first Sonic game..
No, the first game that I owned was Sonic Mega Collection Plus. I remember spending hours trying to play Sonic & Knuckles. I never could get past that first boss (The weird woodcutter boss) but it really didn't matter to me. I was having fun just roaming around the mushroom forest, smashing badniks. And then I'd head back to the menu and just listen to this music for a bit.
There's just... something about it that even back then hit me. I can never fully explain the feeling.
...I hope when I go to see the Lord, this is the kind of music I'll be greeted with.
Ok I just came across this comment again and I was definitely fucking high when I wrote this
Nah sonic and knuckles was hella hard bruh
Spent hours listening to this music as I went through all the comic book covers, and of course that full comic the game had over and over.
I’m 30 now and man this song hits hard in the feels.
You know what Really sucks? Sega isn't the one that was against all of this. It was nintendo. So in term brawls channel being taken down dragged all the music tracks that weren't nintendo down with it.
And part of the reason for that was because they uploaded music from other titles after Nintendo changed their YT licensing agreement after the Smash Ultimate soundtrack leaked two weeks before the game released.
it's funny how Nintendo hates their consumers
@@woobgamer5210 their just greedy
@@rhapsodyrascal4698 Yikes. So it’s the leaker’s fault we can’t have nice things?
@@woobgamer5210
When Nintendo Wii celebrates your birthday.
And banning someone's youtube channel you like
Back when BrawlBrstms was still around and he uploaded this song, it was one of the chillest comment sections I've ever seen, seeing everyone share memories of the past is heartwarming.
copy this link th-cam.com/users/brawlbrstms3 and use the wayback machine so u can watch all his deleted videos
It's late 2002, my dad passed away from a stroke just before I finished middle school earlier in the year. My mom has been raising my brother and I but he's already close to moving out and I'm becoming more of a depressed recluse because high school sucked.
After visiting relatives in a nearby city we decide to stop by a nearby Target. It's December so it's cold, I look at the jackets while she shops around. At home I had a GameCube, the last gift my dad had gotten me. I would get a ps2 later in the month but I didn't know that yet. I'm looking in the games area and see the Sonic Mega Collection for GameCube, I'm a 90s kid so I played the older games but hadn't actually played them in many years since my brother got rid of his Genesis long ago. I didn't know ROMS were even a thing and even though I was more of a Nintendo kid I did enjoy the games. My mom came over and saw me looking at the game and asked if I wanted it, I was never even good at the old Sonic games but I desperately wanted a reminder of better times, back when my family was whole, so I said yeah, without even thinking of the $40 price tag. She bought it without a second thought and I played the game soon after at home.
I put a lot of time into the collection, I never played Sonic 1 as a kid, mainly 2 so 3 was mostly brand new to me too. I spent so much time in the extras menu, looking at the comics and art.
Thinking about it, because I haven't played the game in over a decade, this is the first time I'm hearing this song in a very long time. Being as depressed as I was this song did make me cry a few times, thinking back to the early 90s and my dad yelling for me to turn the SNES off to come to dinner.
I still have this game, something I never wanted to get rid of because of sentimental value because of that memory with my mom. Now in 2024 I can't say the depression ever left and my mother has since passed away from brain cancer in late November 2020.
Lots of emotions listening to this now. If anyone reads all this, I hope your life has been better than mine, I hope any family and pets you care about are happy and healthy, I hope you're not sitting there, crying, listening to this song.
Man, the gamecube/ps2/xbox era must've been a fun time to live in. 😔
There's something both equally incredibly comforting and depressing in this tune, and I can't explain why. From the first time I heard the initial notes.
Literally every time this tune plays, every hair on my body stands on end and tears well up for some absurd reason.
Normally I show almost zero emotion, aside from occasional excitement with small groups of friends.
What on earth is wrong with me.
Nothing. You're just experiencing nostalgia. This song brings up that feeling in its listeners. Bask in the warmth of the memories, as sad as it may be that you'll never be able to experience them for the first time again, be glad you experienced them. Cherish them. They're part of what makes you you.
@@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 Since the Sonic Heroes intro movie was included, I used to watch it and imagine what it would be like playing it. I couldn't afford a mainline game, but it looked awesome.
This is literally me 😭😭😭. Everything this person says is literally what happens to me when I hear this song. It's amazing, yet scary, to know I'm not the only one❤.
My story:
I was just staying at my grandmother's for a week and all we had was a PS2 and a Wii. I noticed the PS2 had a Sonic game (which was of course Sonic Mega Collection) so I instantly chose to play the PS2. Me and my cousin had the PS2 upstairs and she'd just watch me play all the Sonic games. I mostly played the Game Gear games and 3D Blast since I already beat the Genesis games on a Sonic DS Collection game. Then our 8 year old selves would just have conversations about Sonic, and just life and all that, while this song would be in the background. I'd also just look at all the comic covers and just make up stories from them and tell them to my cousin. I remember her being so amazed by them too, and we'd just stay up until around 2 in the morning. This song just gives me so many memories of my younger self just loving Sonic, and not giving a damn about the reviews, what people thought of Sonic, the questionable fanbase, I just loved Sonic, and my cousin did too.
Not gonna lie, I'd also Sonic run around the backyard pretending I was Sonic, and my cousin was Tails.
its nice to see that you have a cousin that likes sonic my cousin said he sucked and was a sonic hater and also a mario lover i did likemario too i just thought sonic was better and we fought alot all i had was my lil sister but she barly did anything but no matter i still liked this song and sonic and i also had a cat named tiger and i pretened he was tails
Recent events in my life have made me appreciate this song more, and have a deeper connection with it. A while ago I got out my GameCube and started playing Sonic Mega Collection again. I told my girlfriend, who also had a GameCube, and we both snuck downstairs at night to play it while being on call with each other. We had a great time, and we especially loved looking through the comics and their cover arts.
Unfortunately a week ago, (as of writing this) she may no longer be with us. She sent me a long set of goodbye messages, saying thanks for everything and that she feels as if she can no longer live in this world. Nothing has 100% confirmed it, but the chances are that she has committed suicide, as she hasn’t been online at all, nor has she texted anyone else ever since. It’s been very hard without her, and this was her favourite Sonic song in the franchise. I really really miss her…
This song will always make me think of her, and the wonderful times we shared together… 💞
Played this back in 2006 for PS2, Before I even played it I was mad because I wanted to get super Mario 64 but money was low and mega was the only thing i could get at the pawn shop. I start playing and could not get off of it for months until I could finally beat it. Hardest game for me had to be the sonic pinball; I thought I beat the game until I realized I only completed the 1st level(if you beat it, you have my respect ✊). Fast forward to 2021 and I’m scrolling through TH-cam to find a video thumbnail having “History - Sonic Mega Collection”, I listen to this song and the memories flood back as if I had found an old friend, remembering the simpler times and all the years I spent with this game. Now as the beginning of 2021 is here, I have responsibilities and I get shipped out at august. History gave me that feeling of nostalgia and happiness i was missing in my life, reminding myself that I’ll be fine no matter the path. Thank you old friend, may we cross paths another day
damn i couldnt beat a single game, i unclocked a couple and had one that kinda freaked me out. my uncle had the game on his xbox. this is like the earliest memory of sonic i have.
Very disappointed in Nintendo. All the songs they’ve been taking down mean a lot to a lot of people. 🙁
Also their friggen channel wasnt even monetized
SEGA is very different from Nintendo. SEGA allows their games and music to be used by their fans, it's all free publicity to them, and they need that to keep Sonic and their business alive. Nintendo, is a very strict business and it's legal team is actively looking for things to shut down, you can't fight back, if you do you could face strict penalties and fines. Its a shame what they do. Just look at AM2R, a game 10 years in the making, shut down merely a day after it was finished. I love Nintendo, but they are not kind to their fans in that regard. The are not losing anything or gaining anything for taking down popular channels, they are mainly gaining more hate, if anything.
It’s true Nintendo is a very talented company but sadly it’s all for profit. They don’t care about fans and are very vindictive...
They don’t even care about their own art it’s all just about money. They would rather destroy our childhood memories and erase them for eternity than have anyone get free things, even if they can’t profit from it they’re rather be selfish and punish people because it gives them More power.
@@zacharykenniston748 I wouldn't go as far as to direct hate at Nintendo, the people who are responsible for the take downs are their legal team.
It wasn't Miyamoto, or anyone else directly involved with Nintendo and it's characters, but rather their team who is responsible for copyright protection, I know it is completely within in their right to take down videos, fan games and other things related to their IPs, but they don't have to do that. SEGA doesn't mind, so why does Nintendo? Heck that is the case for most gaming companies, videos about games, game play help them gain more publicity, so they don't care, more people will buy the game after all. I know I cannot argue with the law, they are in place to protect us and our IPs (if we have any), but at the same time, I cannot help but feel as though Nintendo is not fan friendly.
Thankfully they've started listening to us, they knew we wanted prime 4, so they're working overtime to make it happen. They'll come around eventually.
I come back to this comment section to remember the good old days with you guys.
I dunno why but when I was ten years old playing this I knew this menu theme would stick with me.
I miss the old Days with Sonic😥
Reminds me as a kid reading through all the comics and thinking to myself how it would have been growing up in the comic book era. Damn. This takes me back to simpler times at my parents house when everything was so much easier. Spending countless hours during the summer playing this. Now here I am going through all the comments reading their nostalgia to this music. Such a bittersweet, but pleasant moment this brings me. RIP to the pour souls who aren't here with us anymore.
The Archie comics ran until 2016, so unless you're 6 years old, you technically did.
Takes me back to different days,
When it was easier to be happy...
This was when I discovered that I could fall asleep to music. It really put my mind at rest, which was severely need at the age of 13
When I was 13, I had a nightmare that somehow gave me OCD which gave me a fear for sleep. I would go on 2-6 hours of sleep, and Sonic was the one thing that kept me going. Hell, I became a Sonic fan at 13.
Sonic was the first ever video game character to have such a big impact on me, and this song transports me back to my adolescence when things were so much brighter, so happy, so innocent, all that mattered was my family and my video games. Where did the time go
I remember my mum got me the Sonic Pc Collection from a goodwill store when I was a kid. At that time I had played both Sonic Gems Collection on my PS2 and Sonic Colours on my Wii. While I enjoyed both a lot, I wasn't really that much of a sonic fan. It wasn't until playing Sonic Adventure DX (one of the games in the pc collection) that I immediately, truly fell in love with this series. Memories of dashing through speed highway, snowboarding away from an avalanche in icecap and defeating perfect chaos as super sonic with open your heart blasting away in the background, these were moments that defined my experiences of Sonic and made me a true fan and both the other games in the bundle, Sonic Heroes and Sonic Mega Collection Plus, made me love this series more. Although I was bullied in high school for my love of sonic while everyone else was playing the same boring FPS games, that never hindered my enjoyment of these games. Though sonic has had such a rollercoaster of game quality, nothing has stopped me from playing these games of my childhood and having a blast while doing so. If it weren't for sonic, I probably wouldn't be a fan of video games today. And for that, thank you sonic, for both showing me just how awesome games can be and for giving me some of the greatest childhood memories that I will cherish forever. I will always be a sonic fan, no matter what.
This makes me very happy yet very sad with my childhood.😥 Here's my story about this game. IDK
When I was like 4 or 5 years old, my parents got me a Gamecube and I was able to pick any game I wanted. I was a huge Sonic fan so Mega Collection was the first thing I wanted. Both of my parents got me this game. Besides the games, I loved looking at the illustrations and comics ( I didn't even know how to read yet at this time 😂). Soon my dad passed away after a month and I didn't even know. When I finally asked where my mom wheres my dad, and soon she explained. My heart shattered💔. Then I went to play this game and the music got to me because...do I really need to explain. Then I saw one illustration of Sonic and Tails together and this put me into tears. Yet i push this aside and focus on life.
Sorry for sad story I just need to get it off my chest.
Stay strong buddy. 💙💛
Yea stay strong man
@@SpacewardSaint Thx it means to me
@@toaster6287 U too man thx
Yeah I Understand You Man Stay Strong Sorry For The Loss Of Your Dad That I’m Sure He’s Looking Down At You Proud You Doing Good In Life Since God Gave You Life & Still A Chance To Live Life To The Fullest By Never Giving Up That God You Through Everything🙏💯
Appreciate the re-upload. I think to this song a lot. It's unfortunate BrawlBRSTMs is gone, everyones stories from the original comment section are forever lost.
I know, what a shame 😔
Ikr
Im one of the original commenters, I posted a story of how I would hop on this game whenever my cousin leave the room and I remember going to the comic part of the game and just letting this song play and fall asleep to....at the time I was 7 or 8 I'm 22 now
Anthony Ramos wow man glad we have people like you who came back here
I remembered one story were this game bring back memory's of when the commenter had family and now they are all gone it was super depressing to read.
Nostalgia. I miss when Sega or Sonic was like this. This music is so relaxing. Watching through Extras is fun, especially seeing an early cameo of Cream the Rabbit.
I needed a good cry and this song came to mind. I realized the early signs of a depressive episode and decided to allow myself to cry as opposed to unhealthy coping mechanisms.
Melancholic Nostalgia: The Song
This music always gives me an odd feeling I can’t explain. I used to listen to this for hours as a kid looking at all the comics; wishing I had them and trying to copy all the cover art in my messy sketchbook... There’s something lonely about it, but it also feels kind of comforting. It’s like a hopeful melody echoing through a place that is desolate and dying. I thank these games for giving me friends I didn’t have when I was little. :(
Earth is desolate and dying. Sonic gave us hope. Even if it’s fictional hope.
This is probably one of the best Sonic songs of all time. The emotion it gives off is somethin music never really does to me. It really gives off a vibe of looking into the past where it all began. Not to mention the release of mega collection was around a time of pressure on SEGA with them leaving the console business and going third party. And the fact this was during a new era of Sonic with all the modern stuff... What I'm trying to say is this song is just beautiful.
When I was younger, I had a very difficult childhood. Playing this game, and most sonic games was my escape from the world around me.
I remember being in elementary school, flipping through the archie sonic covers and studying them for hours on end. I always had so much fun imagining what kind of stories were inside, and found many of my favorite characters just by looking at the covers. This song reminds me of being a young kid with so much hope for a brighter future, and while things are still tough, I am in a much better place, far far away from those who hurt me. I think 8 year old me would be happy enough knowing that it all was worth it and we did find that dream world we'd imagined.
Don't worry you not alone I was depressed but things will get better peace brother 🙏
This music makes me think of all the friends I made and lost over the years. How some have changed for better or for worse. My relatives who have passed away. All the famous people who have died and times long gone. “You never know what it is you have until it’s gone ....gone.....”
-Conker the squirrel
Conker broke the fourth wall many times directly saying this time something to me like a warning now thinking about it is massively impactful for something taking place in a crude game... A crude reality.
Bruh you just copied top comment
Evan Colburn nice copy paste
Evan Colburn both references and games are gold 😔
Countless hours on my PS2 going through the menus, reading the comics, glancing at the manuals not having a clue that they were originally for the Genesis, playing all of the classic gems available in that one disc, really takes me back to when times were less about worrying about tomorrow and more of enjoying the present and having fun
It's weird. Remember this song since I was extremely young. I wouldn't even play the game at time, I'd just look at the comic book collection and just listen to this. I was always nervous as a kid, yet the music calmed me often. When my game cube broke, I was devastated. Seeing this on TH-cam brings me more joy than imagined.
Really, if I had to choose to return as a ghost, it would be when I was a young kid.
It's 2008 and it's raining out, I'm bored with the 360 so I hook the GameCube up. The last disc I played was this one. I turn it on and go right to the comics' menu. Memories flood me as a flip through Sonic comics and reminisce. Whoever composed this deserves a lifetime of happiness.
This track is the most magical and transcendent piece of music I've ever had in my life. It's interesting, because even though I did look through all the comic covers and extras on the screen that this music played on, I don't recall going there very often. Even so, it feels as though my entire childhood is hidden somewhere in the echoes of this music. It's a song of remembrance, even without your trying just hearing it brings you back to a calmer time where everything felt right.
I can see me right before I was thrown into the deep end of my teenage years, in my basement sitting infront of this chunky old flat screen with a Wii in front of it. At that age I'm starting to really discover myself for the first time, and I'm soaking in every sight and sound on this disk because I could already feel that Sonic was something that meshed with me at my core. Sitting in a recliner that was thrown out long ago, looking at a TV I helped get rid of for good, on a console we never hook up anymore, all on a table that's since been destroyed by rain and wind, it's a scene that makes me feel truly at home.
Friends that want to hang out all the time, the energy and drive to jump up at a moments notice and do something fun, the hardships and problems of the world nowhere in sight, my future too far away to worry about, and the optimism that could get me through any dark day that may come around and surprise me.
If only I could live there forever.
That is very deep💙👏, I really loved this game too🙂
All those stories of times past gone,
Like tears in the rain.
I love how so many of the comments here are people reflecting on their lives
I long to be as happy now as I was then, I'm about to hit 24 , I've battled cancer, I've had heartache and heartbreak, I'm burdened by stresses of normal life just like so many of you, but this calms me, and yet really upsets me. So many days spent playing and listening to this in my youth, so many memories. Playing Mean Bean Machine with my Mum, playing the mainline games when my Gran was around, I'll always cherish those memories, and I'd give anything to have it back. Life for me isn't the same as it was since my illness and probably never will be , this takes me back to those times with my Mum and Nan. Nana never knew I had Cancer , we lost her to dementia and I just wish I could have told her how brave I was, just like her, the best role model. Until then, I will constantly revisit this, thank you for uploading.
Hideaki Kobayashi. Also did most of the cutscene music throughout Sonic 06 and Sonic Unleashed. I miss his pixar-esque, cinematic pieces of music.
Was absolutely heartbroken to see the original video was deleted but I have to share my story. Not much of story but more so a retelling of how this song makes me feel. Free, it takes me back to when things were easy and I'd run around my house pretending to be sonic. God growing up really isn't all its cracked out to be, huh? I'm glad there's a wonderful family of people that share this same love over this universal tune. Music is incredible. I love you all.
sonic was always that thing that would capture a childlike wonder, i always wanted to have friends like sonics and go on cool adventures. the older i got the more i realized its just that, a childlike wonder- a fantasy. i dont know how to feel knowing ill never be able to have the same feelings i had about this franchise from when i was a kid. im going to become an adult in just a few days and ive been grasping for straws listening to old songs like these from my childhood to try and just feel something again. i'm scared. i dont know if i'll ever stop being scared, but maybe that's ok. im not sure
i wish life wasn't so confusing
but i'm grateful that im able to find people that although have different stories all have a strong connection to this song
it makes me feel less alone in the world
This is the main theme for the emotional feeling known as Nostalgia.
Some friends and relatives from that time are now long gone.
I miss you all.
"You think making me cry is cool"
Lol
BrawlBrstms3 X Will Be Remembered...
Rest Easy Brawl...
"This music makes me think of all the friends I made and lost over the years. How some have changed for better or for worse. My relatives who have passed away. All the famous people who have died and times long gone. You never know what it is you have until it’s gone ....gone.....”
Conker the Squirrel
Wait what what happened?
What?
His channel got terminated by nintendo
😔
Don’t worry, I think he made another account
Ah, reminds me of when I got this game at Christmas and was playing it.....god my childhood was good
The dislikes are from the ppl who got emotional, started crying, and pressed the wrong button.
Brings me back to a simpler time where your life comprised of friendship, school, videogames, and family.
Time will pass as it should, but this is the gateway song that transports me back to playing SMC Plus on my PS2 as a young child.
Preach bro. Felt the same way. Shit now is complicated and it is now getting worse.
ChrisTehMii yesssssssss this was my childhood! 💕💕💕💕💕
This song just hits me like a ton of bricks.
Makes me somewhat teary, when i barely get teary at all.
It takes me back to simpler times, with my brother, playing games on his ps2, in our old parents house back in 2009-2012. What i wouldn't give to have those good times back. I'm here, listening to this at 1 am, typing this comment. How we'd use to stay up and play games like GTA SA, Dragon Ball Z Budokai, Sonic Mega Collection, Super Monkey Ball and so many more. I aughta thank my brother. He looks out for me so often. I'd love to say more, but like i said, it's 1 am and i desperately need sleep. To anyone reading this, you are loved by family and friends alike, and goodnight.
Life is stressful, harsh and unfair
...so treasure those treasures, big and small.
I still remember when mum got me this game, sixteen years ago. When I stumbled upon the extras, I almost fell asleep. I only avoided doing so when my cat jumped on me for attention.
And then Mum asked me what was playing - I showed her the tune. She was the one who got me into video games.
It’s strange how I’ve never played Sonic Mega Collection growing up, yet the music STILL feels nostalgic to me.
Brawl may had his channel terminated, but this one piece of music will always be my favorite to go back to every now and then. Listening away to this while drawing and reading the comments of the original video on how this music made an impact on people who had listen to it.
All of those comments may be gone, but not forgotten. All we can do now is rebuild what was the most heartfelt comment section it previously had.
Same. I remember being one of those comments because this game was something else when my Dad first got it at Hollywood Video at the time in 2005. This experience was so special to me as a longtime Sonic fan.
Reinhard Luntungan I left a comment on the same video too, my impact with this piece of music was looking at all of art work, mostly the comic book covers.
I remember years back in when I first had the game and reliving Sonic 3, I stumbled across the Extras menu, and I was shocked that they made comics, it was my first time ever knowing they even existed as well as obscure Sonic characters like Fang and Mighty, and introducing me to the Freedom Fighters and the Sonic Sat AM cartoon.
@@IAmInfinitus208 j read your comic about your dad getting it at Hollywood Video. It really brought tears to my eyes. I believe I read another one where one guy's dad got it for him for christmas, and it's what introduced him to sonic. Ever since then, he would play it with his dad every christmas and man did it make me tear up.
@@ariaofthe6strings230 That was actually my 2nd Sonic game. The first two games I ever had for the PS2 (my first video game console, prior to that I was playing on Dad's Aptiva IBM computer with Windows 98 which he later gave to me) was Jampack Vol. 13 which introduced me to the PlayStation trio, Sly, Jak & Ratchet, & Sonic Heroes my first Sonic game.
Can we actually get a petition to bring that back? Im pretty sure if it was properly distributed we could get something going.
Man, i miss these days. Playing this and Zelda on Gamecube, watching Yugioh, not a care in the world. Where did the good times go?
every once in a while i come back to this song and every time i see this comments section and im reminded how important video games are to me and to the human race in general.
sonic 2 was the first game i ever played and its how i connected with my cousin who i dont talk with much anymore. i got super into super smash bros because of sonic and through smash was how i met most of my friends. my life has gone to the worst places and truly beat my ass as a kid and still now. at one point, id considered taking my own life. but those friends i met though those games and our shared interests have changed my life for the better. I formed unforgettable memories with these friends. They were always there to encourage me if i tried to do something. they were always there for me when things went down in my life ready to help. they gave me undying support though my still hazey questioning of my gender. even though the fights and bullshit were still there for one another throughout our lives and i could not be happier to have met them, all thanks to this dumb blue circle.
to me, this theme isnt just to cherish the history that youve made in the past, but also to tell you that you are important and loved enough to be around today and in the future so that you can *make* history