Every Metal in Sonic Superstars (is the same robot)

[@StarWolf5298]

Another possibility is that Metal Sonic has gone threw multiple bodies but his core AI remained intact. His "soul/brain" remains unique even if his physical form is not.

[@seant1326]

*through

[@corruptedteka]

Yeah I kind of assumed that's what was going on !

[@neuronoc.7343]

I mean, it's far from unlikely that Metal was the prototype and the rest of the "metal" robots were simple mass produced retail models.

[@NegaHumanX]

I like the idea of Metal Sonic using different bodies. It's like he has a bit of dysphoria since he can't be the true Sonic and is trying out new bodies since none really feel right.

[@Umbra_Ursus]

Kai and Overlord may back that up. I mean, both are *very* far off from the blue hedgehog he's based off.

[@retrovisandomatt959]

using dysphoria to describe metal sonic works but ive never seen anyone do it so im here like "glad her transition is going well"

[@Cobalt17]

@@retrovisandomatt959Sega scourge said it years ago lol That’s probably why

[@ThatGuy-tc6uv]

Regarding Metal Sonic and copies seen in the Sonic Mania battle, the manual for Knuckles Chaotix implies that Eggman ports Metal's CPU into a new body if his old one were to get destroyed (hence Metal Sonic being known as "Metal Sonic Kai" before that got retconned into being just the final boss form). The concept of Eggman using an existing robot as a template for mass-produced models is also used in Sonic Battle via (Chaos) Gamma, who is the template for the Guard Robos, although there Eggman made them to sell them for money. EDIT: Also Emerl was mass-produced for the E-101 phi line. So Eggy getting the idea to mass-produce Metal or Mecha isn't too unlikely.

[@callumsparrow4379]

Classic Sonic wearing Shadow as a skin-suit can’t never be uncanny.

[@KraziShadowbear]

Even seeing Classic Sonic wearing Shadow as a onsie/hoodie seems strange on its own. XD

[@fishyxdddddd]

Classic Sonic has officially announced sonadow is ca- /j

[@aaamogusthespiderever2566]

That’s why there isn’t a classic shadow, sonic killed him and took his skin

[@noahsaga8859]

Actually a classic shadow never existed Cause it never existed

[@Maple_creature]

​@@noahsaga8859 I mean mabey he could exist but only if you think the new classic games exist in a universe where everyone is in the classic style

[@SaddieMoon]

9:25 And to expand on this headcanon/theory with my own headcanon. During the events of Dream Team, part of the reason why Eggman was trying to get control of the Dream Weaver and the dream world, was because of that encounter with NiGHTS. Seeing how this purely Dream made creature could even affect the real world, he could’ve thought with such power of his own, he could create armies with his own thoughts. But couldn’t get anywhere close to NiGHTS’ capabilities until discovering the Dream Weaver, prior Dream Team. Maybe his random appearances in Sonic Shuffle could be rewritten as, him trying to make a machine that allows him to enter the dream world. But said machine couldn’t allow him to do much aside from tormenting Sonic and friends. Considering taking over the Dream World to be a low possibility right now, he went with a different plan. Maybe after discovering one of Gerald’s diaries, or flipping through the one that could’ve gave him the idea of Chaos, we could then go to the events of SA2.

[@Scorchlette]

Metal Tails being yellow and not orange may indicate that Eggman can't really tell the two colours apart. This isn't relevent to any lore, I just think it'd be really funny.

[@xxxxx-iu4fw]

I mean the most common form of colourblindness does mostly effect dudes so maybe he’s colourblind lol

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

​@@xxxxx-iu4fw Yep, Red/Green Colorblindness basically means red, green, and everything between looks like a brownish yellow. Since yellow is normally seen by stimulating both the red and green cones of the eye at the same time, such Colorblindness would mean orange wouldn't easily be distinguished either. It's gonna be hilarious when Metal Tails Mk. II is lime green.

[@xxxxx-iu4fw]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio omg yeah lime green metal tails would be funny

[@nullpoint3346]

@@xxxxx-iu4fw I thought "Male Colorblindness" was a joke about how (most and/or straight) guys don't care about accurately naming specific shades. "Blue is blue, whether indigo or periwinkle."

[@Preteristboy]

10:10 - OBJECTION! While it's easy to jump to the conclusion that the rabbit robot is based on "Feels" (or Maxs), the head shape is more similar to Pocky's, the rabbit animal friend.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I agree that is likely the actual intent. But I will obstinately insist it's Bonny Rabbot.

[@knowingjordankid]

The mechs in Sonic Superstars give me memories to the classics games. The cyber station mech has an epic design for a mech. The fang robot mech is definitely very cool and I hate that boss so much but the mech is definitely a very powerful weapon to use against Trip. I love how in the cyber station boss fight is that when you are playing the boss fight the mech get’s more prototypes to see how much prototypes Dr. Eggman has made. Every mech design in the game is very interesting and cool. Great video!

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Agreed.

[@Umbra_Ursus]

I like the idea Metal Nights isn't even meant for combat: Robotnik saw NiGHTS in a dream, had a burst of inspiration, and just made a small-scale version of the nightmaren. Then, once the bot was made, he had no idea what to actually *do* with the thing, and he just dumps it either to chill on a chao island or in storage.

[@yosh9192]

Considering what Scrapnik Mecha says about Eggman getting wild ideas for tech and growing bored with them almost instantly, that would certainly be in character for him

[@lilrobofella9500]

8:55 they actually do go used, the only downside is, the circumstances to get a night nightopian to play with one is abnormally low, and even if so, when you get too close, they'll get happy to see you and throw it away, so basically yes they're *kinda* unused

[@Poyostar]

Yeah, I absolutely adore DiGi Valentine's headcanon for why Eggman would make a Metal NiGHTS. Heck, I love Metal NiGHTS in general; between this and all the other little references and connections, I refuse to believe that Sonic and NiGHTS don't share the same universe. And now I'm curious as to how a Metal Reala would look...

[@seanwilson5753]

I feel like the Metal Rabbit head is less a reference to Feels and moreso just "hey what if we made that little rabbit you save from robots and capsules into a robot", given the headshape being more similar to that rabbit than Feels.

[@comicfan1324]

Sadly, I think the glitch has been patched, but I remember there was a glitch where you could stay in your super form without losing rings. Using that to fight Fang’s mech pretty cool. He went from pure intimidation to a mild annoyance.

[@SaddieMoon]

8:34 You can also get NiGHTS in the fruit acts. The requirement of getting all the rings holds true.

[@Daylen523]

Id love to see these robotic copies appear in a modern sonic game that's mainline, and it's great being early

[@EarthbenderRae]

Superstars is mainline, idk if u meant just another mainline game but yeah superstars is mainline

[@theweirdskeleton]

@@EarthbenderRae „In a MODERN sonic game that’s mainline“

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

​@@EarthbenderRae Superstars is a "Classic Sonic" game, since it uses the 90's designs for all of the characters. A "Modern Sonic" game would use post-Adventure designs.

[@EarthbenderRae]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio I’m pretty sure I was replying way too late at night reading back only reply idk what i was on to lmao

[@EarthbenderRae]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio and yes Ik the difference between modern and classic I was probably just really tired and barely was able to comprehend what the actual comment said

[@goatsfluff]

Going off Sonic X, it wouldn't be too odd for Metal Trip to also be able to transform into a dragon. If Metal Sonic can do it, maybe they can too.

[@MaximilianMackrey]

You mean heroes?

[@SonicStation]

Pretty cool video! If I may, it would have been cool if you acknowledged the creator of the Sonic Superstars 100% Save Data which was indeed me, but it is ok. Unlocking all the stuff required a lot of work (trust me winning over 2500 online matches isnt fun) but at the end of the day what matters is someone explored all the cool variants of Metal Robots in Sonic Superstars :) Either way take care and stay awesome!

[@imjustsodamntired]

Cheating isn't cool, though.

[@Xahnel]

@@imjustsodamntired Hush, you.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

​@@XahnelNah, let him cook

[@Xahnel]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio nah, he's not even ramen capable.

[@ShardTMecha]

Seems like the basic bots lore wise would be eggman taking metals blue prints and stripping down the extra power in order to mass produce them

[@B-Dawgg]

Subscribed for the content. Stayed for Nick's sonic themed existential crisis.

[@Crow_Rising]

My personal speculation on the item monitors is that Eggman deploys them for his badniks to make use of. Rings clearly seem to hold some sort of power within them that can protect from hits and shares some connection to the Chaos Emeralds, so monitors with small caches of these could be backup power sources for Badniks or could be there to help Badniks track Chaos Emeralds and enter the special stages holding them. Shields could likewise be stored energy that Sonic and friends can form into shields and that Badniks use to repair themselves. Life monitors in the games they appear in could function as wanted posters of sorts that the playable group get a motivational boost to keep going after breaking. After Eggman realized that Sonic and friends started breaking his monitors, he also seems to have started placing Eggman monitors, which are booby trapped and hurt whoever breaks them. Springs also seem to be made by Eggman, as in some games there's Eggman springs which almost never lead towards progress and more often than not are there to inconvenience Sonic and the others. Springs could also have been deployed to help his various robots navigate around the different locations they are dispatched to. Similar logic could be applied to dash panels, which could be there to help Eggman's robots keep up with Sonic's speeds. As for why we never see Eggman's robots using these various things, my best guess is that it's because Badniks and Egg Pawns have very simple programming and lack the intelligence to make the most of the tools given to them, or maybe Sonic is just too fast and gets around to using them first.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

9:27 I appreciate this shout out so much! I hope Digi Valentine is doing well.

[@ThisisTheUltimate]

Adding on that whole "prototype robot being the base for all Eggman's mechs" and "Sonic Mania has other 2 destroyed Metal Sonics", on the Japanese manual of Chaotix, it's said that Metal Sonic from that game is a new model with the same CPU as the old one that was destroyed in a Sonic past adventure, that means it is technically the same Metal Sonic from CD and other games, having the same "mind", "memories" and "thoughts" but with an entirely new and rebuilt body About Max/Feels/Reto/Rabbit existing in the games canon or just being a skin, I was sure he was present on that classic story from Sonic's 30th anniversary special of the IDW comics where Sonic learns how to drive, but I went to check and there was only Boomer (one of the early Sonic sidekicks from Sonic 2 that ended up losing his spot to Tails) and the Spider Girl designed by Okano in one poster just like she was in Sonic Adventure, there was no more scrapped characters in there that I thought there was, but at least we have Mika, that appeared in issue 54 in IDW and later in a poster of a christmas art published by SEGA alongside Hot Honey from The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog It's not confirmed that she has any relation with Max, and it probably never will, her creator Natalie just made her because she needed to do a Miku cameo on the comics and then a roomate gave her the idea of making it being a mix beetween Feels and Miku, so it's not like she's an important character, it's just a cameo that needed to be done, and according to her creator you can have the headcanon you want for Mika, she's Max, she's a relative of him, she's just a reference and has nothing to do with him, you decide Also, the bear/cat robot reminds me a lot of Hello Kitty lol, wonder if that's on purpose 11:52 And this Metal Fighter head with a helmet, I didn't saw this anywhere, but from the moment I first saw it, I thought of Death Adder, the main antagonist of Golden Axe, I'm pretty sure it is a reference to him, wouldn't surprise me considering we have a Woody Pop (A Master System game) reference in Sky Temple, a NiGHTS reference with Metal NiGHTS, and a Fantasy Zone reference in Frozen Base Zone Act 2

[@ScottPillgram20]

I wanna see the "Prototypes" return in the Classic-era Sonic comics. I feel like they'd be a good place to learn more about these things and see em in action some more. Could work well as an antagonist in something like a Trip miniseries.

[@Cretaceous158]

The Fang Mech is actually based on the titular L-Gaim from the real robot mecha anime Heavy Metal L-Gaim. Both are controlled by docking a hoverbike into the upper chest.

[@ChipFanXO]

More sonic robots hurray

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Agreed

[@SaddieMoon]

10:56 Fun fact: Bark at one point said to be one of the physically strongest characters in Archie. This doesn’t apply to the robot, just wanted to mention. At least I remember that being said in Archie somewhere.

[@imjustsodamntired]

Archie Bunker's Place?

[@projectdelta8702]

I never put it together till now but surge being made to be Sonic's superior and being a rabbit who herself feels like she'll constantly live under his shadow could be a reference to Sonic's prototype design being quickly overshadowed by the blue but of a hedgehog

[@CMan185]

11:07 maybe they’re a reference to pumpkin hill and clown hill

[@miraclewillow1]

with rabbit sonic, technically Feels was the prototype name for Ristar and Ohshima said his name is (probably?) Max. Now given there's both Sam & Max and Max & Ruby which have bunny characters also named Max by pure coincidence, I just call him "Rabbit Sonic" anyway lol

[@kidgamer896]

5:03 I always thoght those 2 metal sonics are the triple trouble metal sonic and the knuckles chaotixs metal sonic and the one we fight in sonic mania is the sonic cd metal sonic and in wvery single game since because metal sonic from sonic cd didn't get destroyed he was barley active and rotting in little planet for a year

[@Argorox]

I don't think you need to come up for justification for why Eggman made Mecha after Metal. In Sonic CD Metal was a fragile robot built for speed and little else. He dies from just running into a closed door. Mecha, on the other hand, was built for combat. You fight him in a cramped space, he's got a lot of attacks, and he can take a hit. Mk II survives 3 back to back to back fights with Sonic, survives falling from Sky Sanctuary when it collapses, gains sentience and plots to use an Eggrobo to steal the Master Emerald after Eggman fails, and goes super using the Master Emerald. After Sonic 3 Eggman made Metal sturdier.

[@zeta09molerat]

Now you can't get me to stop calling Fang's mecha Trip Buster! Thank you Sonic Super tards!

[@jamalsimmons619]

Congratulations reaching up 160k subscribers Nick! Keep up the great work 👍

[@Cobalt17]

6:37 I think with the release of the 30th anniversary Knuckles comic. Maybe Eggy making Metal Trip was because he somehow discovered that Trip was the guardian of the Black Onyx and he has MT on standby in case he wants to steal and harness it. Unleashing that Black Dragon thingy 🤷‍♂️

[@Albortomagico]

A Puyo Puyo themed bot would've been pretty incredible, but sadly that series's been getting the short end of the stick for...a WHILE now.

[@tastethepainbow]

METAL TIME

[@DragonCardSK]

I'm glad Digi V got a Shoutout :3

[@venny1689]

Oh I gotta thank you. I've been working on a Sonic R remake of sorts, after I saw the models from superstars and we got metal knuckles and tails doll back it was my first immediate impulse, but I was struggling with a name for the project. Sonic Reunion sounds perfect, I might just steal that if it's okay. Plus, hey, gonna need people to test it when it's ready

[@GameApologist]

I made the joke but I still think Sonic RR is perfect but YOU DO YOU I GUESS

[@venny1689]

@@GameApologist my main concern was with searchability. I'm afraid google would autocorrect it to just a single R and make it hard to find

[@LucasDanielCab5]

2:06 You actually still can activate the Dragon form for the final boss, just after the first cut scene. I took 10 minutes tryna not take damage to have enough rings for that, but the Super form was so slow it was basically useless (and I died 🥲).

[@jesseclover69]

I prefer the idea that the item boxes were made by Gerald

[@latowily]

2 minutes ago is crazy

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Agreed.

[@NotArmani31]

The Mecha Item Box is literally Eggman's take on Bomberman

[@Jaxonplaysnotvr-sc6om]

i think of the prototype bot as a way to test drive certain ideas and see if there effective, before making a fully unique robot like metal sonic. This also makes the name prototype make more sense because if something like this were true then a suit for the prototype like metal tails or amy, would be a prototype for a metal version of the charater

[@AkiDave]

Great video man 💙

[@hiitssiah3400]

I really want a game with Metal Amy, Tails Dol, Metal Knuckles, and Metal Sonic all in it. and they could justify not having them in modern games with it being the most succesful/most powerful, etc.

[@angelrgrimaldo1374]

The adventure review is happening in 2092

[@MrSkysenGames]

7:45 No no... *Live Action NiGHTS into Dreams.* *~crazy eyed stare~*

[@tracyndiyob162]

with how chonk the animals are could easily see giants existing in the world of sonic. really love mecha nights.(love the shout out to digi valentine as his content rocks especially who dat? & tbh would love alongside a new game just integrating nights/some of the other sega series into sonic with the cameos the jester had.:3)

[@machinedramon3532]

Personally, I think the method for unlocking Metal NiGHTS could hint that it has a secondary purpose. The Special Zone is confusing and dreamlike, so what better robot to explore it and look for chaos emeralds than a levitating robot based on a native of the dream world?

[@MAR10Fanz7]

How do you add more prototypes in that game? 🤔

[@Espiochaotix]

There's also Metal Espio but it's invisible

[@NightFuryLover31]

We will never escape the robots in Sonic! As long as the fat man makes them, they’ll be there!

[@chaphidoesstuff]

FUN FACT: it was confirmed that one of the destroyed metal sonics in mania is from the ova

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

"Pretty weird, huh?"

[@dustinswartz1659]

There is no motobug and sonic superstars.I do not know why

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hm, I see, how very interesting, i would like to see some of these be Canon or at least appear in IDW. I wonder what you cover next?

[@borkbork9541]

Man, that NiGHTS section reminded me how much I miss digivalentine; hope he's doin' alright

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Made a Metal Amy using all her parts save for the arms (which I replaced with the Mad Fighter arms) and a Metal Enerjak Knuckles (which is just Metal Knuckles w/ an orange body, arms and legs)

[@Shiny_Gaming]

As far as I remember this ( my last CD playthrough is a while back ) Metal Sonic is a Robot not present in the regular Classic Era, as far as i am Aware Eggman built him in the Future to send into the past and do his shit with the time stones, and that fit's why he's only in superstars ( in terms of the Classic timeline)

[@nullpoint3346]

I smell an attempt to revive MEDABOTS via Sonic IP.

[@cody2819]

Given your avatar I'm surprised you didn't mention Metal Scourge. Yeah he's just Metal Sonic painted green but he's there! Missed opportunity man, such a missed opportunity.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

The splort sound in the title is also incidentially the same one that Lavos uses in Chrono Trigger (and is in VinnyVinesauce's soundboard).

[@TiMona42]

Isn't it also used an explosion sound in Adventure

[@Demonskunk]

The corks are designed for the sasparilla bottles in mirage saloon.

[@supermannygamer2003]

Isnt that warrior bot based off that red night from golden axe???

[@GameApologist]

Oh THAT is a good catch!!!

[@callumsparrow4379]

Maybe a Super Form for Metal Trip would be like Metal Overlord.

[@BlackFlash09]

Still waiting on that video about every Knuckles robot, Nick.

[@LordSumSums]

Figured, nothing I can do to make that Cyber Station boss a little easier. 😖

[@Brewski007]

Everytime I watch a MMM video I gotta brace for the sound that happens at the start of the video However, there was no sound this time, only a splat.

[@J.R.Unbound]

11:52 my god Metal Strong Bad

[@ドラゴンリュー-f1x]

Honest story they have a cool design However, I feel like Metal Sonic has become a bit of a boss enemy again.

[@SonicTheHedgehogX15]

Day 1 of asking for a sonic chronicles video

[@ehhorve857]

8:54 YOOOOO PIZZA TOWER REFERENCE BY GUYYYYYY 9:00 oh.

[@sleppy9532]

2:54 that literally is mecha mk1 in the backround ?=!??!?!

[@mayoDmayo]

I love how the prototype looks, it's so cute

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

Also would make a lot of sense if Eggman's constantly building new machines, and would have to take them out on a field test. The monitors were meant to be badnik recharge stations containing rings while others meant for communications. But the problem is that the badnik is very dumb and the Prototype is Eggman looking to make something a bit more intellegent than a motobug, enter the Egg Pawns.

[@CaseyJustice]

TIL that NiGHTS into Dreams came out on the PS2!

[@TronicSSJ07]

I theorize that the prototype is an attempt to replicate Metal Sonic. I am still in the belief that the Mechas were the prototype to Metal hence why I believe CD is after 3&K

[@SpideySonic616]

Couldn’t the Mad Fighter be a reference to TAOSTH Grounder?

[@galactuskev]

I actually thought Superstars was pretty good dude. Certainly not perfect. I only played the single player campaign and had a great time

[@toonman5099]

It honestly DOES make me wonder about Rocket Metal. Like, I was REALLY expecting him to make a cameo or as a DLC skin, but we haven't seen bolt nor plate of the bot, at least not yet. Also to be fair about the NiGHTS toy, it could be the case that it CAN show up in the game normally, but due to the complexity of the Nightopians and the A-Life system, we have no clue how to activate it if it is at all.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Someone said they have to basically have max happiness to have a chance to use it but then they'll toss it away to jump up and down if you get close enough to see it, so you've got less than a second of time for it to be on screen.

[@toonman5099]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Ahhh I see. Wouldn't surprise me if that IS true, but I'll take your word for it for now until it can get more widely confirmed.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@toonman5099 That's what I'm doing too

[@daltondakin5967]

Didn't EggMan make the monitiors for the badniks?

[@mecburnablasta6811]

I kinda got Metallix Vibes from the Metal Fighters anyone else?

[@comicfan1324]

11:51 for what it’s worth, and I don’t know if this is intentional or not, but the mad warrior kind of reminds me of Nikki’s bully from the old sonic manga. So take that for what you will.

[@kaneburms8664]

OMG SEGA ADDED OC MAKER TO THE GAME

[@burner555]

Sonic Forces:

[@Dead_Redhead]

If they don't add heavy or bomb, we riot

[@superbodoque7860]

How's the Dune cup???

[@DonPuffles]

6:10 Sonic Rush Adventure

[@natoriousthehopeful2786]

1:20 I don't blame you, Pup: the boss fights, Fang's final fight in particular, are why I will (probably) NEVER replay Sonic Superstars☠️

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

6:07

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Gigan lookin 12:20

[@NorthSutherland]

So does Metal Knuckles just not exist, the same way Metal Sonic does?

[@vinegardoppio5501]

NiGHTS when

[@_squid_6707]

I thought fang was a kangaroo?

[@t.dmattocks6119]

Why do you think that?

[@skeletonlover3214]

cool

[@ChibiSteak]

14:06 fin.

[@osmarguadalajara6373]

Im sorry but these desgins kinda suck i feel like metal tails and amy could've looked as cool as their archie desgins but they Just dont i especially hate the eyes on the desgins there Just too big and the desgin overall feels too simple

[@REAL_NOLAR]

Ray and mighty

[@kirst3504]

But hey that’s just a theroy😂

[@YourUncleBenis]

The custom robots are another example of Superstars' padding problem. It takes so long to make whatever robot you want, with every part requiring SO many coins, that what should be a fun feature becomes annoying. They were just so desperate to reach that $60 value that they kinda ruined the game in some ways. Also, that tidbit you mentioned around 5:02 is basically the main reason that Sonic 4 Episode 2, of all games, is one of the few examples that get by unscathed with the current "Mania is in the main timeline" BS. Cause whether or not you face the OG Metal from CD in Mania is irrelevant. We never see the dude leave Little Planet, and he still falls in Stardust Speedway. No muss no fuss.

[@jeffreyrumery6768]

👍

[@Lunchbillion]

sonic AAARRRR

[@Deadponygaming]

Tails is Yellow Orange. So he's both

[@ryninja5788]

Wait… am I crazy or is he reading the list of the higher tier supporters backwards from how they’re listed in the outro?