Exploring Cutscenes - Sonic Adventure

Cutscenes in SA1 are pretty basic - they spawn NPCs and run a bunch of stored animations and cameras. Plus, all cutscenes play at double the speed of regular gameplay, so the game slows down to run them correctly.
I disabled a few of these and just kind of ran around in them for a while. The first couple of scenes have pretty much the same conditions as regular gameplay, but I didn't bother with the framerate and animations later on.
Exploring cutscenes this way is much more effective than using Dolphin's freecam because you don't deal with culling or the view becoming disoriented every time the camera changes. Also, SADX sucks.
We can see what these scenes do in order to work pretty clearly - keeping characters out of view before they're needed, teleporting the player for specific shots and hiding them when combined models (the Tornado) are used.
This is more of a casual vid than the other ones and I didn't bother dealing with Demul's lag this time, so expect a lot of hiccups around.

[@ChainChomp]

1:22 **plays christmas music while tails is crashing**

[@WhiteGXRoblox]

Lmao

[@SATOTEHDOOD]

meaning tails died.... sad moment

[@TheCreationOfDread]

(Runs) Watch out! You're gonna crash! AH!!!

[@chevlin3386]

1:29 The way he said Tails was so depressing

[@heliospah]

tairs

[@BluefireSorcererOfficial]

Tails... :(

[@piplupfan77]

walking away from conversations only to have the Christmas music start playing by the trees is getting me too good lmao

[@joshuaesparza8267]

Hi piplupfan77

[@channarongjanpanich7436]

piplupfan77 ช

[@learningtime338]

piplupfan77 Ae

[@yasmsh88]

piplupfan77 I

[@SWOOSHINE_THINGS]

Sup

[@PixusPanic]

1:22 the fact that Sonic's facial motions still played while running and christmas music was playing made me laugh so hard

[@camo6465]

10:15 “Wait! Tails! You’ve got the wrong Sonic!”

[@axedd3721]

"I AM SORRY SONIC BUT ITS NOT THE REAL YOU!"

[@Iegotroop]

It’s that fake hedgehog again

[@tomasmateoaugiercastro5286]

Tails left with Sonic.Exe? Well, it can be Metal Sonic.

[@jotarokujo7136]

@@Iegotroop of all places

[@m3x2007]

I found you! Fake Faker Hedgehog!

[@raiser4068]

2:09 Sonic: WHOA! Why is there a giant 5?!

[@aguchamp7766]

I love when Tails flew off with Sonic on the Tornado. It's almost like he left with the wrong Sonic before you could catch up. His fate is sealed...

[@tomasmateoaugiercastro5286]

Tails left with Sonic.Exe? Well, it can be Metal Sonic.

[@bonniethehedgefox9139]

What if the Sonic on the plane is Sonics stunt double?

[@mandymom2800]

@@bonniethehedgefox9139 you see a second tails that disappears, so the Tails in the plane is also his stunt double

[@Ebitz20]

26:50 IM OUTTA HERE

[@realsupernova222]

GAME OVER

[@whiz8569]

20:39 Italian Sonic.

[@Ebitz20]

When chili dog is just right

[@Schnort]

15:03 NA$&@*@&#&@&#&@NI Sonic can't Japenese

[@somerandomgaleem2563]

+Memsly_ Mem your right He can't Japanese Sonic: NA@&%$NNNN@&$%#&IIII!

[@Ebitz20]

Memsly_ Mem probably because you aren't allowed to move in cutscenes it's probably loading to much and it causes it to lag

[@somerandomgaleem2563]

+Ethan Bitz if you would be aloud to it will most likely crash or make the game extremely Lag a lot

[@BurritoGaming]

@@Schnort The Frame Rate Slowdowns

[@goiabexp]

That explains why he isn't popular there

[@shadowfighter1234567]

8:50 umm...am I on the right website?

[@jeremyabbott4537]

8:54 Knuckles: "I have unfinished business to take care of" Sonic: *kiss*

[@LaskyLabs]

Knuckles: :3

[@Ninetails2000]

For luck.

[@luximdrago941]

Also Sonic: [jumps out with a horrified expression] *OKE, NAHKOOLZ*

[@Azriel-P]

Sonuckles

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Ship me please!

[@lassellie5770]

Speepshighway is the Sonic Adventure god.

[@moesabally1502]

*Goddess.

[@Bruhstuff.]

@Sonic Wiz no not speed highway speepshighway the youtuber on this video

[@ezequiel1429]

9:24 sonic saw too much shit

[@alanbareiro6806]

11:45 "Waaaa-JDSALaaaahhh!"

[@TheSonicDBZ]

Alan Bareiro Amy scream.exe stopped working.

[@TheONLYFeli0]

You even have a Sonic adventure profile

[@alanbareiro6806]

+Meme hog I know, it was too beautiful to pass up

[@somerandomgaleem2563]

also at 14:18 Tails: SONI@&#%#IIIII&@%#%IIIC!

[@arkaidov]

*Just **-Amy-** Monika*

[@cliffturbo2146]

6:25 Ultra Instinct!

[@ricardoluzano2038]

no 15:11 masterd ultra instinct

[@zel3079]

& knuckles

[@Smogfellows]

15:04 *NANIIAHDKFWEAAH*

[@disregard.1583]

LMFAO

[@thebandanadee8265]

2:24 (Tails is sent flying as sonic's corpse is just there) 2:31 And now Sonic is a zombie. 5:54 Head flip! 11:46 AA-AAH-H 12:40 Sonic's gone nuts 14:20 help 14:19 SONI-CEH-EHH-HH! 15:03 NANI-EE-I-II?! 18:44 Sliding with style 20:24 Big the cat's disappearing act! 26:50 Im outta here!

[@Nhakunk]

sonic drowns "now you can play with tails!"

[@TheSwordKing]

26:16 who else saw tails flying in the background and then just fall.

[@tsunderecat413]

the audio glitches make this so much better

[@dwyn9187]

14:18 is the point where Sonic is officially braindead

[@XaneMyers]

Or he's becoming his past self from Sonic 3D Blast, y'know which prototype I'm referring to: i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/736/829/890.png

[@Everik-ct6pg]

The corrupted tails voice makes the scene 100 times better

[@mastercheif9745]

Dwyn SKULLGIRLS

[@mastercheif9745]

or hes like wat

[@Letssstaytogether]

ahahahahah

[@apurpledragon]

12:39 I died man, that was one of the most funny things I've seen in awhile.

[@lassellie5770]

Sonic's faces legit made me laugh.

[@raiser4068]

5:54 Sonic: (Weird head move) Something is different

[@YujiUedaFan]

Two things I already knew about by using moon jump in cutscenes: 1. Sonic's head gets separated from his body when he falls in the sand 2. Sonic's player model being hidden away when Sonic goes on the Tornado the second time

[@thebandanadee8265]

Ueda Yuuji Fan Wow, where does his head go?

[@Ninetails2000]

11:46-When the weed is too dank...

[@RarefoilB]

This never fails to make me laugh.

[@thebandanadee8265]

Ninetails2000 A-A-AAAH

[@Bunihime]

This comment deserves more💀💀😂

[@DTH-pt7dp]

Ninetails2000 VOICE CRACKS

[@ActRuNeo]

Even that sniffing noise.

[@poddopetals]

EVERY TIME THE VOICES GLITCH UP AND GO REALLY HIGH CRACK ME TF UP

[@sugarsoftware]

That whip lash at 12:39 though lmao

[@Sonicfalcon16]

When sonic hears amy thats how he feels inside

[@axedd3721]

The Little Pink Planet lmao

[@thebandanadee8265]

The Little Pink Planet SONIC! *SONIC BREAKS HIS NECK*

[@birdvibes510]

14:19 "SONICKUUU" Tails i can see you where are you XD

[@KamiJoJo]

10:39 Sonic: "TAILS CAN YOU HELP ME UP HERE? I THINK THE FALL MADE MY HEAD SEPARATE FROM MY BODY!"

[@cir3875]

I see you everywhere dude

[@KamiJoJo]

@@cir3875 I'm everywhere.

[@plushifoxed]

tails flying out of the water cracked me up, good shit

[@Schnort]

"Wheeeee"

[@Rain-ej7xe]

when?

[@Schnort]

Rig 1:54 When Tails drowns

[@glump7744]

15:03 Omae wa mou Shindeiru

[@Robowil]

NANI?!

[@brokentrumpet8633]

It's both relieving and rather saddening you didn't go into more detail about Eggman's claw; pretty much every cutscene it's in is absolutely terrifying. It's most definitely a cursed object.

[@water594]

legitimately tho. the way the game trains you to think about it it feels like even the gentlest usage of it is going to make me loose all my rings then beat me to death

[@e102gamma]

2:57 Sonic is like "shut up Tails"

[@somerandomgaleem2563]

#StoptheTailsabuse

[@HelloThere-dd5kx]

Dj-Pon8 kirby shut the fucked up

[@HarmonyBunny]

Son Nguyen No you shut the fuck up.

[@spaghettisine6099]

12:40 when sonic's going to flip (mad)

[@ElectroNukeMods]

2:08-2:35 Possible creepypasta material...

[@dwyn9187]

I turned on the TV and Tails and Sonic glared at me as they drowned in oddly realistic water, and blood!!

[@ElectroNukeMods]

but soonic floted apuv tha wotor talls waz nocked back and kiled his blud filed the wotor it was mordifyin it showd soonic floting lik he waz drownin be4 tha gam plaied lik it supoes to thankz 4 readin plz lik A-grade material, baby.

[@raiser4068]

Lol i want to see one now

[@ElectroNukeMods]

You just got one!

[@cybershroom9240]

*Super Charged*

[@aortaplatinum]

*In which all characters are briefly possessed by the fallen angel Lucifer* This is really interesting. Makes me wish more games had cutscenes like Valve games, where the player remains in control while the characters talk, it's super cool to me.

[@charliebenderson1013]

3

[@tuomasgaming4210]

2

[@mizukittyakinyama]

1

[@Perfectix]

12:39 "target locked"

[@Pinkolol16]

this is so cool. I'd actually be really curious about the other characters's cutscenes, what's warped in and stuff. Particularly curious about the reminiscing ones with Amy and Tails and Big's ones. But wow. Also lol Sonic decapitates himself in the falling scene. Really interesting.

[@xClyded]

this guy really likes sonic adventure

[@somerandomgaleem2563]

by guy you mean Girl right?

[@xClyded]

yes

[@GoldenTerrabyte]

Almost as much as StryderX7 loves crashing Paper Mario

[@Zinkolo]

2:29 *sonic.exe joke*

[@Lets_Get_Scratchin]

xmish16 Sonic. Exe in a nutshell

[@itsstillthinking1999]

Maybe with Bigs story one can finally realize the truth of froggy

[@iaminvisible674]

8:54 Knuckles' voice fits great for this kissing scene lol

[@blueblur8569]

8:54 SonKnux is cannon. We can all go home now.

[@powerkirbybomber6503]

10:41 Sonic...? Are you okay? Something looks...off.

[@tamerzomboskid7037]

LOL 1:22 Music Plays "& Tails Died In A Plane Crash At The Age 25 (even when he sounds like he's 8) R.I.P Tails 1992-2018 "LOOK AT ALL THOSE EGGMAN'S ROBOTS" He Will Be Missed"

[@perky8390]

Tamer Zomboskid Dude, what was that sentence?

[@t3_nshidrawz113]

2:44 When Tails is ruining your cutscene

[@Protofall]

18:30 Violence against women? SEGA says no!

[@alanbareiro6806]

But they say yes to violence against children

[@Protofall]

They do :O (I can't actually remember where that happens)

[@RackerTheRascalMashup]

Protofall We can kill tails on the classic games. Tails is a children.

[@Protofall]

Oh right. For some reason I was thinking it was a human child he was referring to.

[@m0m02k]

JUAN morto tudo Yes Tails is a Children lmfao

[@Harmony270]

The idea of exploring a cutscenes really makes you feel like the character

[@KylerFlame]

I wonder, can this be done with any of the versions of DX? Also Sonic's eyes at 14:20 xD

[@alanbareiro6806]

"SONIKKUUUASJDKASJDUUU!!!"

[@somerandomgaleem2563]

durpy eyes

[@Ebitz20]

It's the sonic ice cream face

[@Jesus-gk7yw]

Hey im a subscriber

[@gusgamer3607]

3:19 sonic: TAILS YOUR HOGGING MY SPOT LIGHT

[@blueblur8569]

10:03 *GASP* WE FOUD THE FAKER

[@Bunihime]

THE FAKER!!

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

The Japanese voice acting is really good.

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

14:18 SOONIIIC[aaaaa]ww aaaa

[@TailsTheFoxYT]

Sonic in Japan is Sonikku

[@Arutax]

11:47 Don't forget about this!

[@cobaltis]

@@Arutax Or 15:04!

[@JulianR2JG]

Yeah, DEMUL does that alot.

[@RarefoilB]

Boundary Break - Sonic Adventure (The Good Edition)

[@viridian6812]

*The Long Edition

[@gamesergeanthd]

The better edition

[@Ebitz20]

cutscenes edition

[@ikagura]

The Boundary break episode was great wtf are you telling?

[@Ebitz20]

No this is better

[@tonyhakston536]

6:25 dang, dodging without moving? That’s a power move.

[@Sparkette]

I'm surprised Sonic Adventure didn't have any cutscenes that you can walk around in normally. It would add to immersion and the game seems to handle it alright. I mean, lots of the cutscenes don't look good from the wrong angles, but there's no reason all of the cutscenes would necessarily be that way.

[@JaredThe]

I like how even in cut scenes you can still bash Tails in the face for no reason.

[@Mazgid]

19:14

[@somerandomgaleem2563]

+Mazgid Amy:"don't hurt him" Sonic: *jumps at tails* Amy: -_-

[@MegAmi24]

I mean it wasn’t the guy she was talking about

[@jambon2730]

Yamete sonic ! ! Don't hurt me

[@LiminalBunnyAnimations]

1:24 10/10

[@soslowman]

so... can you play as dead sonic after the cutscene at 2:20?

[@somerandomgaleem2563]

SoSlowMan no?

[@Dr_Tapeworm]

i love how sonic just sidesteps out of the way of knuckles' punch

[@davinhardage8256]

Drop. Tapeworm the Horrible Thing

[@rgprosucctions1704]

2:33 I think sonic just give up with his life

[@DeanStuff]

1:21 Close your eyes. Doesn't it sound like an Anime? But, when you open them, you realize it's just a meme trying to fool you.

[@cherryangel194]

Something about seeing Sonic hanging there while the text says “Now you can play with TAILS!” is super funny to me

[@mizukittyakinyama]

sonic died, now you gotta play as tails

[@Shaddytheguy]

Would it be impossible to make a complete cutscene reanimation mod or something since all of them pull from a set list of animations?

[@SPEEPSHighway]

The game crashes because I think it unloads the animation immediately afterwards. I'm not sure how it works in the PC version though, so maybe it's possible.

[@Shaddytheguy]

So it remains seated firmly between "Unlikely" and "Pipe dream", since I'm not sure _anyone_ actually knows how SADX handles cutscenes, and even if it were possible it'd take a ton of work and skill that I certainly don't have. Well, I got a kick out of the split-second zoom on Sonic's head bugging out

[@RarefoilB]

I kinda hope one day the source code for Adventure 1 & 2 is leaked, so we can do some proper good tinkering and make dreams come true, like this one or my dream of changing the controls in Adventure 2.

[@x-mighty7602]

14:10 the lava is below the clouds in this cutscene. I once did a glitch that made it rise.

[@Laenthor]

The facial animations actually looked decent on these models. Did sadx just update the models with no consideration for animations?

[@zach7551]

yes

[@DeanStuff]

20:11 Damn, Big had a MUCH MANLIER voice in Japan. How the heck did Sega of America screw up that badly?!

[@donaldtrumpling2016]

You you’ll say the same if the voice actors switched different versions

[@thebandanadee8265]

DeanStuff it was duke nukem :3

[@E123OmegaShow]

As a big fan of Sonic Adventure, its so nice that a lot of years after its release there are still these little details and secrets that you can find

[@RarefoilB]

Okay, Shesez may just be out of a job now. How could he possibly hope to compete against this expertise?

[@FumoReimuGaming]

RarefoilB u

[@ikagura]

Boundary breaks

[@Ebitz20]

ikagura no

[@Mushroom378]

14:20 SONIC 3D BLAST

[@BonBonToro]

Sonic's hobbies include: Running, Ruining Eggman's Plans, Chili Dogs, Putting on some Christmas Music during Serious Moments

[@AshBob5000]

This is such niche content but I absolutely love it.

[@thecerebellum5697]

14:21 sonic are you OK

[@vincenzomea4238]

XD OMG HAHAHA XD😂😂😂

[@axedd3721]

Sonic is derpy

[@thebandanadee8265]

axedd :3 Hes braindead

[@louisbrasil4090]

Man! You are such an expert about this game. Every video I watch, I learn a bit more about Sonic Adventure.

[@YANG_OSC]

I love this Xmas music it sounds so cute

[@JustinGaming0507]

14:19 lol Sonic’s Face is Derp😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sonicgamer2567]

Jajajaja🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@CyberFunk626]

3:35 TAILS WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

[@RedoCasshan]

4:54 Japanese Tails is so adoroble

[@LaskyLabs]

Damn cool like all your other stuff! What emulator do you use?

[@gilition]

jeez your channel has grown since the last time I've seen your videos! Keep it up

[@HamStar_]

Stop bullying Tails ;_;

[@HelloThere-dd5kx]

HamStar shut the fuck up

[@gasgiant1040]

+Son Nguyen Overreact: verb respond more emotionally or forcibly than is justified. "they are urging people not to overreact to the problem" synonyms:react disproportionately, act irrationally, lose one's sense of proportion, blow something up out of all proportion, make a mountain out of a molehill "before you overreact, let's just calmly discuss this"

[@SonNguyen-mt8ix]

@@gasgiant1040 who give a fuck tails is a overrated character

[@lilymorgo3412]

Same QwQ

[@butcherax]

I've always wondered, when Sonic says "you're not the one I'm looking for" to a random NPC on the beach, is that person an Easter egg? Like a developer or developer's kid...?

[@Ebitz20]

It's just a child npc

[@lpfan4491]

so basicly its just a random scene

[@dappershinx9234]

In the Japanese he doesn't even acknowledge her. "Inai yo na", "He isn't here"

[@wiatrakx]

Japanesse, god damn you just made Sonic a baby.

[@datbo7974]

Could you do adventure 2 with this

[@sanglish18]

up

[@Ebitz20]

Probably not

[@GigglyMan42069]

No. Sa2's cutscenes arent played in real tume, its just an animation of the models. Sa1's cutscenes are just voice lines and swapable faces (why they look so derpy, btw)

[@SATOTEHDOOD]

This game is pretty detailed for a second 3d game in 1998.

[@damienf15]

second 3d sonic game

[@mizukittyakinyama]

@@damienf15nah it's just the second 3d game ever now, we all know the first two 3d games were sm64 and sa two years apart /s

[@mariosonicfan2010]

11:47 really caught me off guard. Edit: 14:19 is also pretty good, especially paired with -1 IQ sonikku

[@HangOnThereSlick]

This is better than boundary break

[@DeathMetalCrimson]

10:40 DECAPITATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON !!!

[@DeathMetalCrimson]

Also, 12:40 a perfect Stage Clear Pose!

[@DeathMetalCrimson]

14:18 DERP

[@SJC82]

5:54 "WOAH! MY HEAD'S SPINNING!"

[@SuperBlackwing]

Amazing video! I got a quick question for you, SPEEPSHighway. Will you explore the cutscenes as the other characters (Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Big, Gamma)?

[@TheUltimateRare]

Oh god drowning Sonic on land is nightmare fuel. a kid will be like "...sonic..? no... NO! SONIC! NOOOOOO!"

[@Jamesthe1]

3:08 I think you solved the biggest mystery to Eggman's invincibility. He does die, there just exist clones that wait for the previous one. Also, hearing Japanese voicelines sounds a lot better than the English ones, but in truth they didn't have directors who could speak English well iirc

[@tomasmateoaugiercastro5286]

12:48 sonic momo

[@StarForceBelmont321]

We learned today even Sonic characters have stunt doubles

[@squidwartonthestairs]

For the PC version If you have Bluetooth headphones you can break any cutscene by pulling to USB part out in the middle of the cutscene. Idk y this happens I just accidentally discovered it.

[@parmesanbrawler7183]

It's kinda like your playing a multiplayer game.

[@alexlents4689]

3:32 Sonic just saw Jacob’s Ladder for the first time and thinks those creepy shots where the heads of people jerk around randomly is hilarious!

[@discontinuedchannel668]

actually the reason why some bosses are off the cutscene is beacause they are the ai your going to fight, they have a cutscene script. and there is a block in the position of where the cutscene chaos jumped. then it gets replaced with the ai chaos, then a value triggers and runs the animation. thats why.