Sonic 3 and Knuckles Speedrun by Mike89 in

Runner introduction starts at 00:20. Run starts at 1:07.
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[@SegaJunkie]

Hey! I'm mike89 from this run, I would have replied sooner but I've been on a lengthy road trip with my wife and we've only just got home! First, thanks everyone so much for the support, it was really incredible to see on the day and in the event.

[@Tyler.8046]

The run was great, one of my favorites especially with all the on the fly thinking. Not quite as good as the Prince of Persia run by Henneko_ in 2015, because he pretty much on the fly'd everything, but still was a great run!

[@Scroteydada]

Couldn't you have gone under that descending block in the Carnival Night 1 Boss and re-spawned at the beginning of the act like that?

[@Nagantios]

Great run that totally blew my mind, as I hadn't watched a single Sonic 3 speedrun before this one. Probably one of my favorite Sonic games, too. Run was entertaining from start to finish and you performed great regardless of the tough tricks! Epic all the way, man! Cheers from Argentina!

[@jkholtgreve]

I remember many people complaining years ago that Sonic 3 and Knuckles wasn’t programmed for speed. I love seeing them proven wrong, even if these runs are so precise that they take months of preparation.

[@tedparsons3940]

Looking back at this, I believe there is a way you still could have died on Carnival Night 1 after the boss. On the right side of the screen starting from around 10:07, there's a part of the elevator with an overhang. If I'm not mistaken, you could have squeezed Sonic into that gap and then gotten crushed between the overhang and the floor. Oh well, something to keep in mind for anyone who runs this game in the future, I suppose (assuming my assessment is accurate).

[@TrueDarkAce]

Remember, these aren't glitches! These are traps set by Robotnick!

[@RadikAlice]

Robotnik's Cunning Speed Traps

[@blue-kn2np]

aayyy nice reference there dude

[@dookie_12]

Great reference! I just had to pull out my Sonic 3 manual and post the actual text. "Dr. Robotnik has created many diabolical traps which take advantage of Sonic's ultra-fast speed. Watch out for traps that Sonic cannot escape. If you fall into the wrong trap, you might have to reset the game (by pressing the RESET button) and start again at the beginning of the Zone you were last in. When Sonic is flashing (after being hit) don't let him travel too quickly."

[@littleguystar]

I got that reference- Oh god damn it I got that reference

[@RondoOfBloodX]

@@dookie_12 And it’s THAT very explanation why SO many of us reset once we got to the barrel in CN Act 2.

[@Cerulean3334]

He was one of the best and will forever BE one of the best speedrunners. Mike, i'll miss your wonderful runs.

[@i_shot_a_pig]

Mathew Wilson did something happen to him

[@Viixie]

I SHOT A PIG he’s quit speedrunning. This was his last run :(

[@zacharyjohnson9562]

Aww...

[@squeenixu]

I mean he's kinda still doing runs. check his KZbin, it's the pinned comment

[@AzizidarkReborn]

Mike89 will always be a legendary runner and a wonderful person to rewatch speedrun S3&K years after his retirement. Thank you so much for everything you have done for the Sonic community.

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

8:54 "Sonic got through" yea, through a freaking floor

[@kirbymastah]

We'll miss you mike

[@HumayunkhanZ]

what happened to him

[@mrcokez1]

@@HumayunkhanZ he quit speed running to pursue "some things" he's one of the best. shame

[@TheConpletionist]

Thanks for uploading the entire sonic block guys

[@Stevenaramburo]

Thx Mike, I saw a few of your runs, always enjoyed, you're so passionate about the things you do. Have a great time dude, you've given us so much to be happy about

[@yeahsureimdownforthat1698]

Fantastic work Mike; did yourself and all of the community proud.

[@TazTheYellow]

It still gets me how egregiously broken Marble Garden is. For those other zones, he had to *try* at least.

[@belosneshkaaaa]

this speedrun is so trippy lmao i love it

[@mishikomishiko9088]

The run is great. I also liked the commentators. It was exciting to know all the details and secrets behind all these insane mechanics. Great work!!

[@CyclonexxxIce]

The first speedrun I ever watched was your Pokemon Blue run at GDQ way back in the day. I was fascinated immediately and a new hobby was born that day. Thanks for being so awesome Mike.

[@SonicTheHedgehogFan-vk9ts]

Sonic 3 + Sonic and Knuckles = Sonic 3 and Knuckles

[@mdudegamer]

Somehow, one of those times when he said Lightning Shield I heard Gluttony Shield. I briefly thought that it was a nickname those guys made up for how it can get you more rings than you could ever need.

[@gigaslave]

Sonic doesn't need to accelerate for 12 hours to jump QPUs.

[@Gnidel]

Chris Goh He just needs to crouch for 5 seconds and jump.

[@vykkye]

Excellent skills and excellent commentary. A pleasure to watch, you have a new sub.

[@Fireblazer-ly3od]

It’s weird seeing your favorite game of all time get torn apart

[@cocolocopop4936]

I'm really happy for you mike, I loved watching your runs and this run was jus spectacular and so perfect with the funny tails mishaps! xD If it wasn't for you I would not have picked up speedrunning this wonderful set of games and having this amazing amount of fun, we all love you and we hope you enjoy your well earned retirement. :D

[@charabill4129]

If only I could like it more than once. Awesome job.

[@exstreamrider]

And knuckles and knuckles and knuckles .... and knuckles

[@Gnidel]

exstreamrider & Knuckles.

[@belosneshkaaaa]

AND knuckles

[@MarceloKatayama]

Oh no

[@divinebovine12185]

love how the plane in the credits says Cinos lol

[@frankharvey88]

Death Egg act 2 boss - YOU CAN SPIN DASH THE SPIKY THINGS???! That boss was way harder for me as a kid than it had to be.

[@javis88h]

A Sonic The Hedgehog.... Speedrun. The joke writes itself

[@MrNamegame]

at 10 minutes...that moment when games help you where you didn't want it, lmao

[@biancamarsh1044]

Even speedruners hate the hydrocity act 1 boss!

[@papersonic9941]

Oliver Marsh it's not bad at all normally. Just use the Insta-Shield

[@biancamarsh1044]

Federico Porcel have you tried it as knuckles?

[@papersonic9941]

Oliver Marsh you can hang by the wall and hit him repeatedly, if I remember correctly. Dodging him is admittedly kind of a pain because you have to spin dash jump off a wall.

[@JalebJay]

Feels bad he missed all of the sweet glitches during this run. I remember him succeeding so often when he played on his twitch streams. Gl outside of speed running mike.

[@27sanderrm]

You know now that I think about it, it always frustrates the hell out of me that it took till Sonic and Knuckles for Knuckles to realize that Robotnik was a bad person. When in the first 3 minutes of the game he burns down an entire forest.

[@sleven8013]

One of the best platformers ever.

[@rileyagricola1530]

Couldn't he have died in Carnival Act 1 by getting under the block overhang and crushing himself?

[@THEmuteKi]

Yep! When I saw that I was like NO YOU FOOL, IT'S RIGHT THERE

[@mattburkey]

That's what I was thinking too :D I guess these speed runners know what they know in terms of the game exploits but perhaps miss things outside of their speed run routine.

[@NotAHero-t1d]

I think he had to die before the boss died.

[@Yukari_MAiG]

They explained it in case some of you guys weren’t listening. Plus the above reason.

[@SegaJunkie]

Yeah this was a total whiff on my part. There's actually two ways I could have died there, and I just didn't think of them quickly enough. I think I prefer what happened here though, keeping the run moving, even though Carnival Night 2 looks amazing in the new route (seriously, look it up!).

[@SkyanUltra]

No one's gonna talk about that Carnival Night fuck up?

[@tonim89]

Sonic and Knuckles is easy on my Top 5 OST of all time. Great run btw!

[@Viixie]

Great run and awesome guy

[@naomimontanez8273]

I love the instant shield so much

[@cozycherry1790]

Ah yes, a run chock-full of Dr.Robotniks diabolicol traps

[@wojak6378]

i got the laser glitch on accident once with hyper sonic

[@naomimontanez8273]

Same i made sure i saved it once it happened so i could see it over and over

[@InferNOrrr]

how is tails keeping up with this

[@m.mproductions2461]

Alright, bring on the memes. & Knuckles.

[@nereoton]

your controller seem to work perfect, can you tell me what kind of controller this is played with? and is it on the original sega genesis or a PC version? thx in advance and congrats on this beautiful speed run!

[@MaverickJeyKidding]

Sonic 3 and Knuckles feels so broken comapred to '06, it's not even fair, it's the game of everyones childhood

[@sethharris4195]

Sonic should've convinced knuckles that he needed the chaos emeralds to save the world

[@dr.depresso3943]

HELL YEAH, MIKE89 IS HERE

[@THESoulburn]

God i love these Speedruns

[@Manuel-j3q]

12:23 that barrel....THAT BARREL

[@Mrfallouthero]

this is one of the hardest speedruns in agdq

[@canudeiro]

I played this game so much !

[@sethharris4195]

What's funny is sonic 1 & 2 everything seemed normal and sonic 3 & knuckles came along and all this chaos between sonic , knuckles , and Dr . Robotnik

[@DeanPuckering]

What happens if you do the launch base trick on regular Sonic 3?

[@jirirbr]

You get stuck and you have to reset. Knuckles’ boss is not programmed in the game.

[@aggroknight4259]

9:40 Terminal Velocity Zone: Act 0

[@Akanalusa]

3:43 Point at him! Point at him and laugh!!

[@yan_dj]

& Knuckles

[@Xehemoth]

"The physics in this game is very special" Ahhh well, as bad as it is, its 100x better than Sonic 4.

[@장준호-c9n]

it is too difficult for children to play this game

[@TheUltimateNatural]

No.

[@echorrhea]

Great run by mike89. Happy travels, good sir. That commentator, though... that guy needs to tone down the ego and jealousy.

[@nomalidl426]

Nestor Castiglione ...but he forgot he had a mic. Stopped watching after that.

[@onettboyhd5632]

Nestor Castiglione I’m very confused, what was wrong with the commentator exactly?

[@Mialentia]

@@onettboyhd5632 He seems to only care about what he did. He's always talking about his runs during Mike's. It's incredibly rude.

[@_zip_fly_]

Awesome run.

[@skaterdude7277]

sandopolis makes me stop playing everytime

[@azurejoui3893]

I don’t think it’s that bad.

[@Scroteydada]

The second half of the second act is the worst but at least there's the best level next.

[@shitpost9237]

Once I reach Sandopolis act 2 I quit. Fucking hate that level.

[@naomimontanez8273]

Going through with hyper sonic is a huge problem solver

[@impulse5674]

@@naomimontanez8273 unless the torches go out and you cant see and while you're running around with hyper sonic then next thing you know you end up getting crushed by nothing

[@KamiJoJo]

Sonic & Sonic & Sonic & Knuckles

[@pikachufan25]

[@eb0i]

isnt the category sonic? not sonic/tails?

[@kickasspancakes]

AyAyron the category on speedrundotcom is sonic:beat the game. There is an option if you used tails or not.

[@nourix1154]

Man, es rre triste, nunca llegue a la zona del hielo, siempre me quedaba en la zona del circo, alto inútil era de chiquito xd

[@ShidoRndmX23]

38:19 *O H N O*

[@clawcakes]

thanks tails

[@JohnGames-gz7ue]

Fall Into A Wall Had Me Laughing

[@goldskarr]

So uh. Why is everybody acting like the guy died right after the run, again?

[@Codeman73H1337]

Because it's his last speed run.

[@omegastar19]

goldskarr He has decided to quit speedrunning and focus his attention on other things. Mike89 has been around forever, I believe he did a sonic run at the very first GDQ 8 years ago, but as the years pass people change, their interests shift. So this run and the one before were kind of Mike’s encore, his last serious runs, no doubt GDQ organizers gave him two runs at this event as a way of saying proper goodbye to him and give him to respect he deserves.

[@goldskarr]

Well damn, I must have missed that. Thanks for the info, folks.

[@Kahtisemo]

Actually, my understanding is he was only signed up for the Sonic 2 Run, but then they had adding Sonic 3 as an incentive which is why he said "When I went to bed last night, this wasn't even on the board and you guys made it happen" because of how quickly the donations came in to add it to the playlist.

[@SlashCrash_Studios]

Yo, Mike, This is why I use *DEBUG MODE*

[@KnuxMaster368]

38:19 OhNo

[@boludezalmaximo]

Oh no

[@worldwidecrabcommunity]

Am I the only one who's reaction on 6:13 was like WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU?!?!?!?!

[@polybent9748]

10:17 couldn’t he die by getting crushed by that block when it reaches the floor?

[@rg_0044]

Sonic like break the 4th wall

[@GamextraMC]

At least you beat your estimate

[@symba3705]

10:16 Couldn't he have killed himself by going in the hole, 2 blocks to the right, by getting crushed as it came down?

[@Yukari_MAiG]

Probably because he already killed the boss so the game had registered him to act 2 I guess.

[@davenwatts8173]

Arnt all sonic playthrews speedruns??

[@shanereynolds9618]

freakin insane!!!

[@alexissepulvedafuentes4022]

39:00 press F for Knuckles

[@LeoYoshi54321]

Alexis Sepulveda Fuentes F

[@HeavyRaiden]

F

[@Scroteydada]

Fuckles

[@karikora8279]

What the F? Is the death egg and master emerald room only available on the genisis version? I dont remember seeing this on the ds port. But then again ive heard that the ds port is pretty stinky

[@karikora8279]

TARDISES oh so i have to play as sonic first? Either way I never got to the master emerald room I think. Never got a super emerald transformation

[@karikora8279]

TARDISES are super emeralds a thing? I feel like ive seen someone get them in game but. Ive never seemed to be able to get'm myself.

[@karikora8279]

TARDISES oh snap! That sounds freakin cool 😎 Guess i haven't beaten the game yet

[@opticvenom6240]

Marble Garden just doesn't exist

[@alfredodanielmunozbelmonte6808]

Mike is cool amazing and funny

[@CocoaNutTF2]

Tails is a champion among foxes.

[@Scroteydada]

Someone at the back sounds like Ding Dong from Oneyplays

[@ELSTINKO.]

I kind of hear it

[@gregnubody3871]

You could've died after tails beat carnival zone one by getting to the right under the falling floor.

[@spaghettibird2038]

where is the discord they were talking about

[@tonys6620]

these comments got me thinking this man died

[@stablestool8025]

Like if you just fisnished the game with knuckles and not sonic because with sonic your gameplay was instantly stopped by the barrels in carnival night zone and with knuckles you just skipped it bcause knuckles couldn't jump as high

[@o0kv9]

I feel you bruh!

[@impulse5674]

most people speed run sonic 3 and knuckles with tails or knuckles and its kind of annoying considering sonic is supposed to be the fastest character in the game, and the only one who can take advantage of the shields so this is a nice change

[@evbooo]

Oh my fucking god, Its a fucking glitch that will let me Kill the Game & knuckles

[@thedepresseddonkey9675]

Tails saved sonic from suicide twice Wow

[@HeavyRaiden]

OH NO.

[@lordeisschrank]

how can the run be over when you didn't even defeat the final boss?

[@dutchman8758]

I have no idea what's happening here

[@boludezalmaximo]

Oh no.

[@pom5966]

I owned this game when I was little and some of these levels weren't in my game? Someone know why?

[@push_hardly]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_%26_Knuckles#Lock-on_technology

[@cauafernandes4333]

P OM it’s because you played Sonic 3. This is Sonic 3 & Knuckles

[@paulnovacek3715]

Sega released Sonic 3 as an unfinished game. They later released Sonic & Knuckles as the missing portion of the game, and its cartridge allowed for you to put the Sonic 3 cartridge on top to make it one big game like it was supposed to be.

[@sonicgenerationsfan1268]

Can u do debug mode

[@EFPX]

46:37 "Your time is 35:22"

[@superstevio506]

What is this sorcery

[@foot6039]

I love you

[@Vorlaith30]

I wish the know it all on the couch would shut up with the constant "WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO NOW IS.." Dude, shut up and let me watch what he's doing myself

[@adamlange3518]

Where's Werster?

[@ML-zu5fn]

He doesn't really get along with Mike anymore, as far as I know

[@SlashCrash_Studios]

Subpixels!

[@otgstennc9709]

Do sonic 3d blast

[@bano363]

Sanic