Let's Play Sonic 3 & Knuckles: Launch Base Zone (Part 2)

Let's Play Sonic 3 & Knuckles: Launch Base Zone Part 2

[@retroreina400]

"Sonic waggles his finger, and then he punches you in the face." :D

[@brahimilotfi9689]

of he still waggles his finger but in a good ending he will ture again into super sonic say cool job

[@bigbadbyrnes]

Shat myself Laughing. RIP in peace cyber shell. You were too beautiful for this cruel world

[@riverstyx928]

@@bigbadbyrnes wtf? He's dead???

[@ros9764]

My favourite

[@ros9764]

@@riverstyx928 Yeah he got punched by Sonic so hard he fucking died

[@idontknow4319]

When i first played this boss I had Super Sonic so I was thinking, '"YES! I'm gonna kill this guy real damn fast and beat the game! I'm unstoppable!!" But then he grabbed me and smashed all the rings out of me... I almost cried and shit bricks.....at the same time...mainly because I listened to the music....

[@fraughtmonster8]

I Don't Know old comment but I laughed my ass off

[@ros9764]

@@fraughtmonster8 old comments are always funnier to me than newer ones under 8+ year old videos

[@fraughtmonster8]

@@ros9764 lol

[@Nobutehuhh]

@@ros9764 truth

[@TheTC]

I always called it the "Air Jordan" or some variation. It just seemed like Robotnik designed the final boss of Sonic 3 to win basketball.

[@bendito247]

Robotnik just straight up dunks on Sonic.

[@IIBass88II]

Did you know that "Big Arm" can get rid of Super Sonic if he grab you when you are transform? He slam you into the ground, you lose ALL your rings and turn back to regular Sonic.

[@JontyLevine]

I think this happened to me the first time I ever fought this boss as a kid. I remember how you get all overconfident when you defeat the Twin Laser boss just by standing on it. Then suddenly getting kicked back to regular Sonic with no rings because you didn't realise the hands were dangerous was perhaps the biggest _"Oh shit, this game just got serious!"_ moment since the surprise reveal of a Metropolis Zone Act 3 in the previous game. Btw, the darkening sky and the change in music made it the perfect atmosphere for this fight. One strategy guide ever referred to it as "The Nightmare", and I still think that was a fitting title.

[@AssapimasterShinikoza]

@@JontyLevine EGG

[@terminalvelocityrunner2202]

The sonic 3 final boss is called big arm. He has the unique ability to harm super sonic with his grab smash move.

[@A_Different_Name]

Harming Super Sonicis not intentional. Normally he would bounce off the ground like Super Knuckles does if he gets grabbed by Big Arm.

[@IronSK]

@@A_Different_Name that only happens if youre hyper. If youre super he can intentionally hurt you.

[@dankcat2292]

ball grabber 3000 is the ultimate name

[@ros9764]

Yeah but do you really prefer "Big Arms" over "Ball Grabber 3000"? Didn't think so

[@Xamracress]

@@ros9764 what about the SQUEEZE TAG machine?

[@fb5601]

Fun fact everyone probably knows by now: the Sonic 3 ending music was made by Michael Jackson and resembles the "Stranger in Moscow"

[@Hakuoro917]

"Fuck you Tails, get out of here. There's only room for one." That made me laugh. xD

[@JetBazooka21]

I love killing tails never gets old

[@Brendor77]

The final boss music is so epic!

[@JetBazooka21]

Fr

[@Dredrick]

I just want to say, I cant love you ENOUGH for calling him Robotnik instead of "Eggman"

[@bullymaguire632]

Bruh I will start calling him Eggnik just to piss everyone off Or roboman

[@CybranLord]

I love your funny comment Cybershell. Like the "Fuck you Tails. Get out of here. There's only room for one". I laughed so hard at this moment. Also, the Final Boss of Sonic 3 is quite hard because your jumps must be very precise to avoid to get hit or grabbed. Plus the fact he can smash down Super Sonic if you get grabbed by his hands. I really like this boss. The music when you fight him is epic too.

[@ErikButterworth]

At least in the Knuckles version of the fight, if you are Super/Hyper Knuckles, you bounce out like a spring, complete with the spring noise.

[@ErikButterworth]

***** I hear that. That would be great to even see.

[@ErikButterworth]

***** ROFL!!!!

[@JuneNyaPurr]

"Then Sonic waggles his finger at you, and then punches you in the face." XD

[@SakuraSan101]

I'm so glad they kept the final boss music from Sonic3 in S3&K. Great track!

[@wintersummers3085]

Listening to this guy is like reading The Catcher in The Rye

[@TheSoulHarvester]

this is an insanely accurate burn

[@wintersummers3085]

@@TheSoulHarvester It wasn't meant as a burn

[@TheSoulHarvester]

@@wintersummers3085 nevertheless

[@roguetrip99]

Random trivia: the final boss official SEGA name is "Squeeze Tag Machine"

[@conlia]

8:56 It looks like Knuckles is crying blood.

[@mentalrectangle]

I wish he kept the Final Boss music for when Knuckles fights him.

[@Servonix]

I really like that part where you said "and then he (sonic) punches you in the face" XD

[@roguetrip99]

the credits music is awesome

[@natay3688]

"f*** u tails there is only room for one" true dat

[@DarthBane123]

lol, "He waves his finger at you. And then, he punches you in the face" lmao!

[@Saintnick90]

3:25 When I played Sonic 3 as a kid, I thought Tails drowned there and that's why he wasn't there for the final two bosses and the entirety of Sonic & Knuckles.

[@kannenfarris4284]

I was really looking forward to the Ballgrabber because I had no idea they cut him out of Sonic 3 and Knux

[@MetroidMaster56]

I fought the final boss with Tails when I was a kid, it was harder than it was with Sonic.

[@nham666]

how can you not like the sonic 3 credits? its awesome D:

[@nlafavore]

I used to play Sonic 3 by itself, so I have more experience fighting that boss, but now I only play Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

[@Valientlink]

The final boss on sonic 3 should've been kept... it's really good

[@rcrsoccerkid]

It's like he fires knulkles and tails at you. BLOOD! BLOOD! I LOVE BLOOD!!! :D

[@The13thRobo]

the final boss music is awesome

[@SoundsLikeJoe467]

Your editing is so impressive, props.

[@MyselfTheThird]

5:09 Mad skill with the Insta-shield there.

[@ronaldo07tm]

"fuck you tails get out of here.. there's only room for one =)" I laughed so hard at that!

[@MrNobodysPinealGland]

I love Knuckles at the beginning, he just punches your ride for no reason and laughs doesn't give a fuck goddamn

[@crazyoneone]

waggles his finger at you, then punches you in the face! classic commentary.

[@thapoint09]

@lhsxcountrychamp: Actually it's the other way around. Moscow came out 2 years after S3&K.

[@Introbulus]

For some reason, I remember the laser thing being more difficult. I dunno...maybe I'm remembering fighting it as Knuckles. He pretty much has more trouble with EVERY boss in these games. Woe be unto he who enters the Death Egg in Sonic 2 as Knuckles.

[@roguetrip99]

If the playing field were level and you never got rings for any final boss fight, the Ball Grabber (aka Squeeze Tag Machine) would be harder than either Robo-Robotnik because his hitbox is so tricky to figure out and he moves so fast

[@Metezar]

4:20 this boss music is EPIC!!!

[@watertakken]

That song is so awesome.

[@waay2awesome4u]

Love the try again sign!!!

[@Faraday.K]

I love the insta shield. Helps a lot for, yeah, extending range, and for killing spiky enemies.

[@ThePrayingMantis08]

Should have showed us the good ending too XD

[@ArcgLogan]

I have been wondering why eggman with the spikes on his head and stuff was not in Sonic 3 & Knuckles because I remember fighting him.... SOOOO now I know why! Thanks dude!

[@Eclosion5]

this is my favorite music in the game

[@thebrutalizer97]

I have sonic 3 alone and when i killed the final boss i had just 2 seconds left to avoid getting time out

[@makita3680]

Final boss: insta shield through his spikes.

[@scifidork]

You didn't mention the floating spike thing on twin laser. Until I figured that out, I always thought I was getting hurt/killed for no reason.

[@natay3688]

knuckles is one dude who did work out juggling with one hand!

[@JDaMac815]

I remember this...

[@Monacomaverick]

The credit music was essentially written by Michael Jackson. Listen to Stranger in Moscow. Many songs were written by him in Sonic 3, but he wasn't directly credited since the child molestation charges scared Sega away. You can thank him for inspiring alot of the music found in Sonic 3.

[@B0OM3R98]

Yeah I read that a long time ago, But I had never really seen/heard the connection until now.

[@TheTC]

I call it the Michael Jordan machine because it slam dunks sonic.

[@ShadowkingSonic]

Robotnik: Sonic, prepare to face my greatist creation! THE BALLGRABBER 3000!!!!!! Sonic: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *Dies from laughing* Robotnik: ...Well, at least hes dead.

[@mrwhaleman1242]

Peak Cybershell content

[@endlessend2646]

You never mentioned that the Sonic 3 final boss can knock you out of Super Sonic if he grabs you. I tell you, my jaw dropped when that happened to me the first time xD

[@Thenumber1yoshi]

This Let's Play started ages before Sonic Generations came around and gave that boss a name so the machine was still nameless. Geeze I figured something like this would happen after Generations 3DS gave him a name.

[@chelsealauren2010]

When you said "Then Sonic waggles his finger at you, and then punches you in the face." I did a spit-take. It just caught me as funny. (:

[@7chaoemerald]

8:02 Jun Sunoue, the king of Sonic music!!!! XD

[@MajBlood]

I always play Sonic 3 by itself. Sometimes I play Sonic and Knuckles but just some of the music in Sonic 3 is better, the Sonic 3 levels are made harder; Launch Base in particular has a lot more obstacles. The last boss of course is the biggest reason. I like the simplicity of Sonic 3 also. Sometimes when I use Hyper Sonic I get that gross taste in my mouth that you get when you spend all day using cheats in a video game.

[@FoxyGamesYT]

I remember getting lucky on eggman and bopping on his head on launch base

[@aceshighdueceslow]

I think that's probably be cause he collectively forgot, or has never done that before, he DID say he doesn't play just Sonic 3 all that often.

[@TimeRazor]

Big Arm aka BALL GRABBER 3000 xD You won the net!

[@BanditScorpion]

Everyone is bitching the last boss' name is Big Arm, well the other bosses' names weren't "Ballshitter the 4th" and "Just Awful, Really", either, so APPEARANTLY he is just naming them as he sees them for the lolz... The theme is kickass tho, IMO

[@BboyFiZiX]

the S3 credits music is composed by Michael Jackson and is Stranger in Moscow which was released a couple of years after s3 slowed down :) loved this end music.

[@ElRammo]

You're a legend for not going super sonic vs the bosses, you're also the best LP'er I've seen, the rest sound like nerds but you sound like you lay about all day instead.

[@nakedsnake9786]

0:49 cybershell predicted dunkaccino by 3 years

[@Thenumber1yoshi]

*Continued and sorry for the long comment* Plus if you're that upset there is a ROM hack called Sonic 3 Complete. that makes it and Sonic & Knuckles one complete game, but still retains all the music and level layouts as they were in the stand alone Sonic 3, only it's a ROM hack that makes the game more like it would be if Sonic 3&K had been on one cart (the Big Arm fight is at the end of Launch base and it still goes into the S&K stages, though Mushroom Hill is called Mushroom Valley)

[@DigiTan000]

4:25 Special Note: That grab attack can make Super Sonic drop his rings.

[@Thenumber1yoshi]

Now that I think about it you make a great point and I wish they had left that Sonic 3 boss in S3&K's Sonic story as well, but maybe not when you play as Tails since he has no insta-shield and he only has a Super form which means he'd get hurt by that boss with even all the Super Emeralds, but actually if they had left him in I wouldn't have a problem with Tails following Me there since I'd probably wouldn't mind human co-op help. But I guess they figured Knuckles needed more *2bcont.

[@wschmrdr]

Ball grabber is easier with Knuckles. Not only does he swoop 4 times instead of 2, but Knuckles can glide into the low attack.

[@ElAullidoDeLaNada]

Zangief approves this boss.

[@AnimusPrime87]

@GoldenEraSk8 The "insta-shield" is Sonic's midair slash ability from pressing jump in the air.

[@koover]

This version of the end credits music was written by Michael Jackson Compare it to stranger in moscow, they use the same chord progression

[@unknownunknownseries2098]

(ENG) Ballshitter the 4th (ITA) Cagapalle il Quarto (ENG) Twin Laser (ITA) Razzo laser (ENG) SONIC 3 FINAL BOSS: Ball Grabber 3000 (ITA) BOSS FINALE DI SONIC 3: Affera-Palle 3000

[@TailsDM]

Note to people: If you get grabbed by the Ball Grabber as Super Sonic, you DO lose all your Rings. Kind of a jerk move.

[@ElRammo]

When I think of nerds I think sitting on the PC, nerdy voiced etc... When I think of Cybershell I think of some lazy bastard turning up to his university lectures late and giving his lecturers sass, but they don't mind because he's lovable. There, explained.

[@LairOfSoundtracks]

And tell me, where was he first called Big Arm?

[@Tiggster-qr8mw]

It’s not called the Ball Grabber 3000. It’s called the Big Arm. I don’t blame you for not knowing, since Sonic Generations wasn’t out when this LP was made haha

[@KonEl-BlackZero]

Its called Ballgrabber 3000. It is in the manual and actually Cybershell shows it in one of his videos

[@ChoclateSailor]

annnnd then he punches you in the face LOL

[@Thenumber1yoshi]

*Continued* But I guess they figured Knuckles needed more bosses that were exclusive to him when the games were locked on to each other so they decided he'd be a Knuckles only boss for the lock-on complete adventure, shame really because it would have been fun to get revenge on him as Hyper Sonic since Hyper Knuckles proves that he can hurt a Super form but he can only do a bounce thing to a Hyper form. Really agree he should have been kept in Sonic's story in S3&K though.

[@RayAndFlare]

that and SS jumps higher, so trying to hit him when he's at the top of the screen is a good suicide plan.

[@GreatJoe]

That's because it is. Michael Jackson's composer team did the music for this game.

[@Thenumber1yoshi]

*Continued* and as you know the add-ons for the console didn't do very well, so it wasn't just that they wanted the game out quickly but because the only way to have the complete game as it was intended to be played and still keep it on the main Genesis/Megadrive console cartridge was to split the game in two and use the lock-on technology. Plus if you're that upset there is a ROM hack called Sonic 3 Complete that makes it and Sonic & Knuckles one complete game *2bcont.*

[@Brandon00151]

What happens when sonic blasts his stereo around Robotnik? You get a Deaf Egg.....

[@CJH3D]

STRANGER IN MOSCOW= SONIC 3 CREDITS

[@B0OM3R98]

Now that I think about... Those... yelps in the ending theme.. It does kinda sound like Michael Jackson.

[@Pikerchoo]

then he punches you in the face. priceless.

[@MotaTAO]

looks like eggman had a bubble shield when in his vehicle

[@Thenumber1yoshi]

@BloodBird01 *continued* if its because the game was released prematurly and split in half I hardly see how that mattered, so yes they released it with only a few levels in order to have a game out for the holidays but the complete version was amazing when locked on, and one of the longest 2D Sonic platformers there was, at least they put more effort into it even when released prematurly than they did with Sonic 06 which was a disaster when released prematurly. And the complete *2bcont.*

[@AutZentus]

When your playing sonic 3 alone there are 3 bosses you fight, but you probably know that.

[@SolarisParadox]

If you get all the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic jumps up into your face as a really shittily-drawn Super Sonic. And you see the title logo of Sonic 3 after the credits like in S3&K, except without Knuckles.

[@AntoRetroGamer]

Alternative boss names for your consideration: Boss #1 Teabagger the 4th. Boss #2: Just.Awful.Really Mk.2 Boss #3: Grab Hammer (because he grabs and hammers even Super Sonic down). Strange how for Knuckles the second boss fight (1st for him), is quite tricky, yet the last one is piss easy with his glide.

[@AntoRetroGamer]

@ThePinheirinhoful. Dynasty of Teabagger.

[@ogredanhibiki]

You didn't mention the fact that the final boss in Sonic 3 can make Super Sonic lose all his rings if he grabs him.

[@Velocity_Eleven]

also Knuckles in S3&K fights the S3 Final Boss in a different arena as a regular boss... and its a boss that's actually easier for knuckles (to be different) even though it's my favourite final boss of a sonic game I think it suits S3&K for sonic to not fight him that might sound weird

[@HollowedSoul87]

*ROBOTNIK used SEISMIC TOSS! It's super effective!*

[@firewarrior8298]

Sonic used extreme speed!

[@soniccool34films]

MJ made the credits song for sonic 3 alone

[@marquiskrystal]

the credits are Micheal Jacksons Stranger in Moscow instramental sped up. I think thats cool.

[@Ravenkitty666]

I like the music for the Big Arm boss fight but I hated doing it with Sonic. I had a hard time clearing his head spikes when I jumped over him. Tails it was easy, I just flew over him lol. Never did it with Knuckles.

[@conlia]

The Ball Grabber 3000 is SO easy!And people say,"He's too hard!"

[@Manavine]

Probably cause they thought they cheap him out with Super Sonic

[@papersonic9941]

+conlia It's really easy with Sonic and Knuckles because of the insta-shield and gliding, respectively. It's actually kind of hard with Tails, though.

[@Diwasho]

This is why I don't get why people say Tails is an easy mode. Sure he can fly, but he can't use the special abilities of shields and some bosses become a huge pain like this one and in Marble Garden.

[@edfreak9001]

BTW, you should add an annotation that says the Sonic 3 Final boss "ball-Grabber" can hurt super sonic.