I Ranked EVERY Classic Sonic Zone

[@nattyhs]

putting palmtree panic so low is a war crime

[@adrianchulu9799]

He is black doom We're shadow

[@Waterbottle116]

fr he’s so bias to cd

[@drewmantia]

“Lava reef zone defender” 😂 everyone loves lava reef bro

[@Local_Homosexual.]

Fr

[@Grim0XVr]

30:18 MOMMY!!! My old green hill zone flew out the WINDOW😭😭😭

[@cach1rul0]

The quality of the video was so great that only when I minimize the screen to see the comments is that I notice the views and subs My guy, keep up this work. A really enjoyable video, and quite a great tier list imo. Here's to boost the algorythm, wish ya luck!

[@GamingDistortion]

Putting oil ocean as worse than metropolis is wild

[@ColdKirky]

Metropolis got that tune tho

[@GamingDistortion]

@@ColdKirky Naa oil ocean has banger tunes compared to metropolis too

[@Cooley_08]

​@@GamingDistortion agree metroplois sucks ass, there's a lot of sonic 2 tracks that are better

[@TheAmazingPeterB]

@@GamingDistortionYeah there is no way Oil Ocean is worse then Metropolis

[@Local_Homosexual.]

Fr Oil ocean, casino night, and mystic cave are my favorites from the classic sonic games

[@requiem6465]

Hot Take: Labyrinth Zone is the third best Zone in Sonic 1.

[@ColdKirky]

ew no. Green hill, starlight, and spring yard are definite top 3. Marble, labyrinth, and scrap brain are definite bottom 3. I’ll hear arguments as to how to order those two groups of three, but no way does labyrinth crack top 3

[@Pyro03333]

For me, the ranking of Sonic 1's zones should go: 6) Marble 5) Labyrinth 4) Spring Yard 3) Scrap Brain 2) Green Hill 1) Star Light I'm one of the very few people that actually somewhat enjoy Labyrinth zone but the other zones in the game (Except Marble) are all just better in some way.

[@MidiMail]

@@ColdKirkyErm.. actually, you forgot all of the Knuckles Chaotix zones. (Including the tutorial)

[@LaurenEmelyanova]

@@ColdKirkyunpopular opinion, I like labyrinth. And why is palm tree panic so low? 😢

[@Lanuke]

7: scrap brain 6: final zone 5: labyrinth zone 4: marble zone 3: spring yard zone 2: Green hill zone 1: star light zone

[@Grim0XVr]

Isn’t the rock in Sonic CD supposed to stop you for a good reason. As you said it’s a level that introduces you to the game. If you have 50 or more rings it stops you so you can run at a slower pace and notice the big ring. You could go back giving you a chance to see with the special stage is.

[@ColdKirky]

That sure would make sense, but at least in the Christian Whitehead version (the way 99% of people have experienced Sonic CD) once you hit the rock you’re locked in the end screen. Idk if you can go back and explore more in the original, but it doesn’t work like that in the PC, iOS, android, or Origins ports.

[@Grim0XVr]

@@ColdKirky I shouldn’t have said go back. I should’ve probably said once you hit the rock then you can continue on running until you see the big ring. Giving you a chance to jump in and see what the special stages is all about.

[@LifetimeDisaster]

I'm sorry, but putting Wacky Workbench anywhere NEAR Labyrinth Zone is overkill. I agree with a lot of the points you made, but you also have to consider that: A. Travelling to the past opens up the upper paths, making it easier to navigate around. Time travel is also not particularly difficult because of the first cylinder in act 1, which takes you to a path with a past sign post and a long automatic section that keeps your momentum, and the looping machines in act 2, which also keep your momentum and the first one has a past sign right next to it. B. The music is fire

[@noww446]

Wacky workbench will always be worse than Labyrinth in my opinion I can't stand that level I'd rather play Labyrinth Zone 501000028947558723610457 times than to play that zone another 4 times.

[@LaurenEmelyanova]

Agreed. ❤

[@mattburkey]

The rock at the end of Palm Tree Panic is to stop you as a point of no return and give you chance to go backwards through the stage if you haven't done everything you need to do. The pulleys in Mushroom Hill aren't difficult to use (albeit they ruin momentum) they just require patience to use. Hold down until it's passed a few notches and Sonic stops, then let go and do it again. If you keep tapping down quickly, you'll go nowhere slow.

[@ColdKirky]

With the PTP rock, idk if it works like that in the original CD version. But in the Christian Whitehead version once you hit the rock, the screen locks into the goal area. The spring right before the rock that bounces you back is the “point of no return” moment, and I think it serves that role well. The hidden rock is literally just there to be annoying. The only other argument I could see for it is that it’s a knowledge check, but at that point you could argue every aspect of every level is a knowledge check. The lever point is a valid critique. For the video I chose to show the clip of me mashing it because it looks goofier. It is absolutely faster to time it, but regardless of if you time it or mash, those things stop you in place and ask you to just press down for 10-15 seconds several times throughout the level.

[@Grim0XVr]

@@ColdKirkydang

[@BombyJoinedDaFight]

never rank again please 😀

[@TotallyReliableDino]

Putting Palmetree panic at C tier instead of A or S is wild 💀💀💀

[@Turai12]

It's a decent level from a bad game.C is generous.

[@TotallyReliableDino]

@@Turai12BAD GAME? DECENT LEVEL? Sonic CD IS Literally Just Sonic 1 But Better, How Can It Be A Bad Game

[@fujKE]

​@@TotallyReliableDino"sonic origins"

[@TotallyReliableDino]

@@fujKE 🤑

[@TotallyReliableDino]

@@fujKEwut?

[@X3m.Gaming]

this list is absolutley perfect

[@abc_4226]

Seeing Labyrinth in S and Ice Cap in F on the thumbnail made me feel more understood until the video started and Labyrinth And Workbench were suddently in F

[@ColdKirky]

I did a little tricky trick

[@abc_4226]

@@ColdKirky You hurt my soul and I appreciate it

[@squarethinkingdude]

while i'd still consider superstars a classic title, the list is pretty cool! (superstars is my fav sonic game lmao)

[@ColdKirky]

Very fair. I enjoyed Superstars, I just haven't played it enough to feel credible in ranking it like the other games.

[@BombyJoinedDaFight]

Putting Sky Sanctuary in C tier is wild 😭

[@zxcvbnmlkjhgfdsaqwertyuiop7]

The only reason I would ever play Collision Chaos is for the music

[@ColdKirky]

Facts, but when almost every stage in classic Sonic has banger music, what good does that do Collision Chaos?

[@zxcvbnmlkjhgfdsaqwertyuiop7]

@@ColdKirky I get your point but even if it doesn't raise the zone any higher, I'll still play it for the music, better than Wacky Workbench imo

[@losdenox]

​@@ColdKirky the JP good future song

[@kingmegagross8169]

After not playing any of the games for about 8+ years now I went and bought sonic origins. I decided to play 3 first cuz it’s the most nostalgic for me and After 3 hours I had beat the game with all the hyper emeralds done. I forgot how short the game can be but it was a blast

[@Taika_talvi]

I grew up with classic sonic and love Mania - but Studiopolis and Mirage Saloon (Act 2) don't hit my oldschool Sonic sweet spot at all. The music is cool but the zones don't make any sense. Doesn't feel like an adventure. More like a fever dream.

[@Queron81]

Same.

[@kakhome1]

Nice fix and an awesome video 😀 Hoping that my comment after fully listening to the old version is still somewhere in your notifications...but I'll probably repost some stuff over time anyways if it isn't. Actually may as well start right here, that Green Hill stuff never didn't make me smile. (Though for #3 I could have said "Mom, didn't we already have Green Hill? Yes we did, but not the best version of it...")

[@ColdKirky]

Thank ya thank ya. I thought about extending the “Mom” bit to mania green hill. Have it be like “no sweetie we’re having a guest over for dinner” and then it’s Gordon Ramsay at the door or something like that lol. And I remember a good chunk of all that was in the previous version’s comments. The main thing I was gonna say regarded the bosses. I didn’t say much about most of the zone’s bosses because most classic sonic bosses are just fine, and I didn’t need to repeat that 35 times throughout the video. I do agree that the collision chaos boss you mentioned is quite an atrocious one.

[@Flyingcar100]

31:48 the boss for Mania Chemical Plant is why this should be the worst level. They did not think about people that are colorblind.

[@mikesevcik2591]

Great video, the like/views count is criminaly low for such good quality.

[@ColdKirky]

Thank yoooouuuuu

[@jtoons-z1y]

this guy deserves more subs

[@ColdKirky]

That’s what I’m sayin

[@Waterbottle116]

screw you for putting tidal tempest really low,it’s so good!

[@kakhome1]

(Replying here) Overall those are similar to my thoughts on Superstars. Without the bosses (ie in Time Attack mode) I'd probably rather replay the zones of either the first or second half of Superstars compared to replaying either Sonic 1 or CD because there aren't real stinkers like Marbles, Labyrinth, Act 3 of Scrap Brain, or Wacky Workbench Zone. (And they did bring the Quartz Quadrant conveyors back again for a level in Frozen Base which is cool!) However, I'd definitely prefer the first six zones of Sonic 2 along with both halves of 3&K and Mania to either half of Superstars. (I split everything into roughly six zone stretches so that they are roughly equal length and because Sonic 2 tails off in the late zones.)

[@SheltonMantonOfficial]

This guy is so underrated

[@kakhome1]

Another question, what are your favorite 2D Sonic fangames (either full or demo) and/or stage mods that you have played? One mod I'd recommend is Mystic Caves Maniafied, which does not really give the zone too fresh a coat of paint in the same way the official remastered Mania zones do, but it does add speedier elements especially in Act 2 with loads of monitor pickups everywhere as well so the difficulty isn't very high. And Tee Lopes remixed music.

[@ColdKirky]

I haven't played too many sonic fangames, but I have seen that Mystic Cave Mania mod + Tee Lopes Goated

[@drewmantia]

Wild takes here but I’ll watch just about any classic zones ranking

[@Platinum-gr7zo]

Superstars is a fun game

[@randomfromscratch]

guys, i think this guy mostly hates having fun in a sonic game

[@kakhome1]

Oh I did also want to ask, if you were to rank the eleven zones of Superstars (single player story mode only) what tier would they sit around in general? (Personally I'd be giving lots of Cs and Bs roughly.)

[@ColdKirky]

From what I remember, most of them would’ve ended up in the B-C range. I’ve only played through Superstars once maybe twice, whereas I’ve played through all the other classic Sonic games dozens of times each. It’s a fine, inoffensive game for the most game. Superstars feels like a later New Super Mario game, an enjoyable experience, but it doesn’t leave much of a lasting impression. Maybe I’ll give it it’s own video someday down the line.

[@Dbombre]

sky deck zone was my least favorite sonic zone till a few days ago when I replayed cd. now its collision chaos which is below F tier. I've only had motion sickness 2 times in my life and one of the times was in collision chaos

[@ColdKirky]

Honestly it wouldn’t take much to convince me to drop Collision Chaos to F tier. It gets more annoying the more you analyze it. And it’s a pain to analyze because as you said, motion sickness.

[@KhalifaRaimi]

I think it's from 48 to 1 brother

[@rawrpopsicles]

hate to be the actually guy, but! fun facts! the second phase of metal sonic in mania and the last mech phase of metal sonic in mania are both knuckles chaotix boss fights with him with metal sonic kai being the last boss of that game!

[@ColdKirky]

Oh yeah! I had forgotten that those phases were inspired by Knuckles Chaotix’s metal sonic kai. I was saying that functionally the 3rd phase where the giant metal sonic chases you and shoots lasers is functionally a homage to the Sonic 3&K death egg boss. Add on the awesome Knuckles Chaotix Easter egg on top of that makes that boss even more of a banger.

[@rawrpopsicles]

@@ColdKirky it’s such an amazing fight from start to end with all of the references!

[@FrostbiteYT1991]

28:47 I've never really fought which it is but putting both of them with different names is really funny but also confusing cause they're spelt the same

[@ColdKirky]

I always used to say Hydro-City, but then someone pointed out that it could be hydro+velocity, and both make perfect sense

[@YinyoYX]

So real on Lava reef zone.

[@ColdKirky]

Such an underrated zone

[@hosespider]

I'm gonna be honest i have no idea what you're talking about marble garden. Maybe it's just a me thing but at most i've gotten hit once in a way that felt bs. I feel like the general layout is pretty good, tbh i've never even seen that part where a spring launched you into the spikes, and other than tabloid jargon it's probably my favourite in terms of music

[@luigibarqs]

I like how this video completely ignores Knuckles Chaotix existance as part of the classic Sonic series.

[@ColdKirky]

Didn't realize I'd be offending all 12 people who have played Knuckles Chaotix with this video

[@HonestJohn_01.19]

​@@ColdKirkyIn their defense. You DID mistakenly refer to the latter portion of "Sonic Mania Plus'" Metal Sonic boss battle as solely a reference to the final boss of "Sonic the Hedgehog 3 [& Kuckles*]", and completely disregarded the reference to Metal Sonic's kaiju transformation in "Knuckles' Chaotix". Lol

[@Apanblod]

I don't think I've ever heard anyone count Knuckles Chaotix as part of the classic Sonic series.

[@N30_B0WS3R]

OK, so what you should’ve done also with the bonus list is all special stages for emerald

[@N30_B0WS3R]

But honestly, you can probably agree that sonic mania is first in that one as well. Sonic and knuckles would be second. I think CD would be third Sonic 2 would be fourth and sonic one would be last. That’s just my opinion though.

[@ColdKirky]

I considered that, but yeah, blue sphere is a banger. Mania has genuinely fun sonic r inspired stages. Sonic 1 is bleh. Sonic CD is decent if not wonky to control. Sonic 2 is painful in the original but fixed in the whitehead versions.

[@N30_B0WS3R]

@@ColdKirky yeah also thx for replying

[@N30_B0WS3R]

Honestly, I’m bout to play sonic three and knuckles so my opinion might change again

[@master99builder]

23:27 Bro turned into Scot the Woz 💀

[@ColdKirky]

That’s my favorite white guy

[@adrianchulu9799]

28:22 it's actually knuckles chaotix

[@mysticreyes3718]

Lava reef defenders rise

[@bandziorcygan4876]

Doomsday zone should be on top of all zones

[@XKaanu]

We sending you to jail for not putting Metropolis in F but marble garden in D IS VALID Edit:Mystic cave in same tier as palmtree is just wrong and downgrade sandopolis to F

[@iblistriggerX]

you need more subs

[@Lucksadventure]

In the thumbnail labyrinth is S💀

[@ColdKirky]

I did a lil tricky trick

[@Lucksadventure]

OMG YOU REPLIED​@@ColdKirky

[@amigabang6157]

What's wrong with Tidal Tempest?

[@ColdKirky]

It's not bad, but so many other stages outclass it

[@TrappedBowyer9684]

Blue marine

[@bgrievous]

Labyrinth zone is fun if you learn how to play, A tier in my opinion

[@Joggeril10]

Sonic 4?

[@ColdKirky]

ew no

[@Joggeril10]

@ColdKirky well it is technically a " classic " sonic game

[@mecxu761]

​@@Joggeril10 no it's not it's modern sonic 2D game

[@dsp12388]

Dude trust me play Sonic CD for more than ONE TIME PLEASE thank u :b

[@ColdKirky]

I’ve played CD dozens of times. I still like the game, but I know damn well that the game is flawed

[@Buck_Bentley]

Why no Sonic 4 representation?

[@mecxu761]

It's not a classic Sonic at all

[@Buck_Bentley]

@@mecxu761 it is literally the follow up to Sonic 3&k. Happens like the next day after that game.

[@mecxu761]

@@Buck_Bentley nope ep 1 try to be sonic 1 & ep2 try to be sonic 2 with originality

[@Buck_Bentley]

@@mecxu761 it is called Sonic 4. It's a sequel to those games and a part of the classic era with its 2d classic gameplay.

[@mecxu761]

@@Buck_Bentley it's not because it's called "Sonic 4" that mean is the sequel when it's not even close physic & level design/bosses are not the same plus the game are more shorter than "Sonic 1" with only 4/5 zones each "mania & superstars" both more feel like a true follow up to the classic

[@danielcohen867]

Angel Island is better the green hill

[@ColdKirky]

Both are fantastic, but I stand by my decision

[@TheseusMichaud-oj7hn]

The music for carnival night zone makes me feel sick 🤮

[@PikminBenyounis-nk7rk]

Almost all sonic manias levels are in s teir overrated game

[@Pyro03333]

There is no way you put Tidal Tempest below Marbel and Metropolis. That has to be illegal.

[@vladimirbathory1125]

Hydro City and Hydrocity? Pick one, your making me mad 😡

[@ColdKirky]

I unironically say it both ways lol. I do think Hydro City is what I say more often though

[@alpoguzer6142]

Stay mad bro, if one thing makes you so angry don't watch anything, you won't ever be happy if Lil things bother you so much

[@MrCostard27]

I think it was satire​@@alpoguzer6142

[@noww446]

@@alpoguzer6142 you missed the joke you absolute goober 💀💀💀 (people on the internet need to stop taking things so seriously lol)

[@PikminBenyounis-nk7rk]

Sonic mania is soo overrated

[@mecxu761]

True

[@Waterbottle116]

Y’all are just saying that cus u can’t get super sonic

[@iwanttocomplain]

Ditch your sponsor and write something yourself without the word 'fun' 5 times in two sentences then we''ll talk. Otherwise, play Sonic 1 legitimately without cheesy spin dashes. You know, Sega games are supposed to be challenging. Buy a Game Genie if you're that pathetic.

[@Spookymane.]

Shit bait