Sonic Main Series Box Art Tier List

[@charactersin-depth3472]

Update: The reversible cover for Sonic Superstars has a lot of appeal. Tropical themed with the mecha fish in the BG. Putting Fang there is a nice touch. I rank it B, lower than regular cover.

[@jamiegioca9448]

1:02 *Greg Martin

[@unknown-ke2be]

Not one of my favorite covers being Superstars and Forces and having low score lol.

[@Sr.Tweeter]

​@@jamiegioca9448Actually it's Greg Wray, another artist who shares name with Martin.

[@Iblistech2]

I'd love to see a Part 2 for the spin-off game box arts.

[@thisdawg812]

Me too

[@sirjordayne1345]

Me three

[@FélixTugaYT]

me four

[@sybrypower9885]

Me five also if he ranks from the 8-bit games to team sonic racing that would be cool

[@nintony2994]

@@sirjordayne1345 you tree

[@Wildcatt1999]

I wouldn't mind seeing a part 2 covering the spinoff games. :)

[@joshwillcox7141]

I believe the "all new sonic" on the gamecube Heroes art does belong as it came out right after two remasters (they look worse but still), so people may assume it could be another remaster or old game brought over.

[@FormalFilmsProductions]

i'd be down to see a Part 2 for the spin-off game box arts. Dope vid

[@masterplanner2364]

I love your way of approaching and ranking these covers. I could also tell how enthusiastic and passionate you feel about sonic when describing them, which puts a smile on my face! ❤

[@karm7956]

It’s an ai voice

[@karm7956]

I think

[@charactersin-depth3472]

Thank you! Some of these covers are my all-time favorites.

[@karm7956]

Nvm I was wrong sry

[@DrStupid1991]

@@karm7956 why would you think it was ai in the first place-

[@LucasHopkins2006]

My favorite is Adventure 2 with Sonic and Shadow’s cool poses, and the contrast, I guess, of the blue and red. Both versions of Unleashed come right after which might be because of my Unleashed bias, but I don’t care

[@youradopted2215]

The cover for sonic unleashed Japan reads “What happed to sonic!?”

[@mr.incredivenom]

SA2, HEROES,and 06 have awesome box arts, but I like the back box art with all three hedgehogs together.

[@charactersin-depth3472]

06's back cover can't be beat.

[@mr.incredivenom]

@@charactersin-depth3472 amen, brother.

[@randomanims]

Okay great tier list but… YUJI OOHEYKUWUH

[@TheHoorayfriday]

I'd love to see something like this for zelda! Also a part 2 for sonic spin offs would be sick

[@SERGEO-sn4pj]

Why is everyone hating on the forces one? I know i like it cuz i have a bias on forces but i really like the pose of sonic and the backround with the city as well

[@misfortunecookie]

Japanese Sonic is so cute I would've loved growing up with that

[@cloudlion1610]

Great tier list! My favorites here are Sonic & Knuckles, (the one you put in S tier )both SA1 and 2 Dreamcast covers, and Sonic Unleashed North American version. (I think the Japanese cover is good but too cluttered)

[@supersmashmaster43]

I feel like you should've put Sonic 3D Blast here as it's just as relevant to the series as Sonic 4, maybe even a bit more. I feel like people don't think of Sonic 4 at all when thinking about mainline Sonic games. Also imo I think CD Japan and EU/2011 should've been swapped. The Japanese cover just feels super awkward with the pic of metal and sonic just in a black box dead in the center, the shapes background isn't as prominent as 1,2,3 and the logo being very stretched for no reason, which makes it harder to read. With the EU/2011 cover, I like how it's cropped so close, they're butting heads showing tension, which is a better representation of their rivalry in the game. The Sonic OVA even portrays that with its most memorable scene where they're butting heads during their battle. Just my personal take, but I respect yours as well👍

[@thehedgehognerd]

Nice 😀. My favourite covers are Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes because there are my favourite and they are iconic in their own right.

[@Unwatered-Cat]

I'm just here to say that Sonic Adventure 2 box art is *ICONIC* I will forever miss that artstyle

[@Milkmanrules1032]

Great video! Like how you ranked them all. I do have a comment on the Sonic forces segment. I think Tails wasn’t meant to Classic Sonic sidekick, instead I think they intended the opposite. It may sound crazy but look closely at the dialogue and you may notice especially later, Classic despite being playable is just following Tails orders and Tails even took him under his wing about twice clearly, one when Sonic gave a mission to Tails and one where Rouge told him to “move.” Also Sonic suggesting they will see each other again in a future game. I think this game was trying to treat Tails as Modern Sonic’s equal. The terrible execution though definitely didn’t help.

[@KhaosKontroller]

2 of the best box arts are the Japanese covers of Sonic Riders and Black Knight, so I hope you do spin offs too.

[@golemplay64]

Damn, you should've found the reverseable cover for superstars. The little sneak peak we saw is glorious.

[@Catohat52]

Come on the cover for forces is not that bad I actually think the cover is cool

[@comicbookking3446]

Fun fact did you know Knuckles was originally going to be green ?

[@unknown_guy5366]

That glitch from the 2nd game.

[@Knuckles_la_Enchilada]

The Sonic 2 american cover always weirded me out so much as a kid because of the Eggman design, I used to look at it and say "this pirate appears nowhere in the game".

[@kenzonhundredpower]

Sonic Advance 1, Sonic Advance 2, Sonic Advance 3, Sonic Battle, Sonic Rush, Sonic Rush Adventure, Sonic and the Secret Rings and Sonic and the Black Knight are mainline games

[@corel7966]

someone likes their US covers! (which is nice. gotta appreciate the love) the spin-offs have some good covers too. you should give it a ranking vid too

[@AJHMewpic21]

just finished watching up to Sonic Adventure, i agree so far tbh!

[@virtualashez]

Shadow the Hedgehog is mainline.

[@gerardosaenz9496]

My favorite Sonic games are Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Unleashed, and Sonic, and the Black Knight games have great voice acting, great story - wise, and good characterization of the characters. I'll give those games an S tier.

[@mi1key]

the korean sonic one box art just reminds me of the kirbys adventure japanese box art

[@xavierstewart5756]

Fair tier list. Great video!

[@iceman92211]

Hey here’s a video idea could you do a video about ranking of the main series Sonic game’s stories and you better include the story book games cause they have stories that are worth talking about

[@criticalthinker8013]

Sonic super stars and sonic generations will forever be better then sonic frontiers

[@glowkirby]

I really like the different colors on Sonic for the sonic Genesis gba box art compared to the original genesis box art. That’s the only thing I like about the game lol

[@artistanthony1007]

Sonic Riders Zero Gravity has the best one, genuinely.

[@VioletaVolnutt]

Advance and Rush are main line

[@mr.whimsic6902]

it feels odd to have the gba version of sonic 1 when there are other sonic games on the same system that feel more mainline. good video otherwise

[@jsgoated]

SA2 COVER>>>

[@Chibiknux]

Superstars has this amazing alt cover with 2d art

[@reedtheracco0n]

I would be veru pleased to see a part 2

[@syedhoque6147]

you missed some cover art: - the advance trilogy - classic sonic 1 and 2 game gear ver.

[@Gamingwithahandicap]

You need to do a character in depth for Tak’s character in the original trilogy

[@chaoraiser2338]

idk ig rider's is technically a spinoff but since its still main series ig it also isn't unless you mean game genre

[@SaddieMoon]

[Insert, “REEEE! SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG IS A MAIN SERIES GAME!” here]

[@SaddieMoon]

Personally, I consider it a main series game, unless Sega says it wasn’t otherwise.

[@EddyStudios-it4cf]

Great video, i enjoyed it. How are you doing today?

[@charactersin-depth3472]

It’s another week, doing what I can. Thanks for asking.

[@jamiegioca9448]

The fastest hedgehog in the world ❌ The *_MOST FAMOUS_* hedgehog in the world ✔

[@keirajulius2555]

Ah yes, Sonic lost world for the Wii PS4

[@char-scratch]

I dunno, frontiers seems too serious for me, the game should keep being funny like colours, boom (the show) and lost world

[@LlamasAreFluffy]

Now rank every sonic model

[@ALegendaryBlueHedge]

Ayy he's back

[@monique6490]

Bro really. Sonic Forces's cover is good. You just don't like the game. The best example when people can't split objectivity from emotions.

[@spongebobmaster]

Bro it's just a bunch of PNG's crammed together with no substance.

[@monique6490]

@@spongebobmaster those movie posters have no context at all and all fanboys are like "OMG I'M SO HYPED" Forces's cover at least tells something.

[@ALegendaryBlueHedge]

​@@monique6490Okay, what exactly does it tell you

[@monique6490]

@@ALegendaryBlueHedge Counter question: what is it not saying that it's so bad as everyone says.

[@ALegendaryBlueHedge]

@@monique6490 A good Video-game boxart has to attract the buyer and not just look generic , that's why most people prefer the 2D art-style to 3D. 2D Animation and illustrations have opportunities for a larger variety of expressions than 3D Illustrations Does that answer your question?

[@gabrielcarvalhoseixas3112]

Maybe the mega drive can run the Special stage Crazy because it runs 3d blast

[@supercrownjosie7732]

no link to the tiermaker page??? I'd love to do this one myself!

[@LAMMY_UJL]

I love sonic CD

[@Miju001]

I don't dislike the Sonic Forces cover that much, even if I agree with some of your criticism of it. The bottom part is cluttered, but that matches the idea of an all-out war. And the damages in the background "overselling" the game is more the game's fault than the box art's. To me, the cover is just fine, nothing special. Something like the European CD boxart looks much worse to me. I agree with everything else you've said about it though, and I see why you dislike it so much.

[@bonkeykong858]

How can you consider sonic 4 to be main series, but not secret rings or black knight?

[@charactersin-depth3472]

The Storybook games are set in separate worlds and themed after ancient tales. Let's take this opportunity to bring Sonic to places he's never been to before. They have 'spin-off' written all over them.

[@bonkeykong858]

@@charactersin-depth3472 bro, sonic starts off in his world in secret rings and is transported to another one from a genie. Obviously they are canon. They have mainline written all over them. Secret rings was mentioned in generations, and black knight takes place right after unleashed as he has a chili dog in his hand after he gets transported to the black knight world. Sonic 4 isn’t canon. Plus they also have cool box art, sounds like you just don’t know what you are talking about 🤷‍♂️

[@artistanthony1007]

​@@bonkeykong858Well the misunderstanding of the plot of SATSR in Gens makes me question but it's mentioned in the game so doesnt change that.

[@Toysonicandfriends2]

I love green hills

[@Smart_Cookie92836]

bro has rivalry agaisnt europe😔

[@MyRoomIsAMess]

Dude, Shadow the Hedgehog is mainline. Why didn't you rank it?

[@MyRoomIsAMess]

And Sonic Frontiers is confirmed to not be inspired by BOTW.

[@iceman92211]

@@MyRoomIsAMesseven it looks exactly the same

[@AnnStyle]

Hi how are u today

[@MOVIEMATYT]

Um you forgot the other cover art for when pre ordering Sonic Superstar1!1!1!1!1!1!1 🤓🤓🤓

[@MrCool-Roblox-vids]

Why did you add the "sonic is owned by sega" explain in a paragraph like sentence.

[@SirenrunnerDX]

Do it for Mario

[@paulusiilonga1398]

Whooooooo!!!

[@WitheredBonnie737]

On the sonic unleashed boxart the japanease text probally said sonic vs eggman or sonic vs gaia

[@Afrikkid]

sonic 1 japan was way better than us, same with 2 3 and cd, i think you’re blinded by nostalgia bro, in the us covers sonic looks so weird. Sa2 cover art was also better than sonic & knuckles, and so was adventure 2 battle, sonic mania is an s tier, and i think you went too hard on collectible edition considering it IS a callback game, and the reversible cover is better than all of the classic covers, easily s tier and above sonic and knuckles, lastly the superstars reversible cover in my opinion is the best classic sonic cover art, possibly best cover art in general.

[@WitheredBonnie737]

Woah im super early

[@DJMKFULLER]

I'm sick and tired of the clear and annoying Bias towards the American classic sonic box arts. they're not that good, i a personally always hated the American design for sonic in the 90s. I don't know why everyone acts like they're the peak of Sonic Cover art. They're not.

[@Joseph-pr2vp]

💥 Promo sm

[@kenzonhundredpower]

Shadow the Hedgehog takes place after Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes and before Sonic 06