Neat Things I Found in Sonic and the Black Knight

[@pennyhero7873]

As an utter nerd for the Arthurian tales I have to give some bonus fun facts about how much this games gets right first of Knight of the wind changed lyrics, the origonal plan was to have the line "In a rage I slay" (any many covers use this version cause thats whats on google ) but the acctual in game one is "In a rage I save" because if you strike with Excalibur in rage it shatters second of all is Caliburn being the sword in the stone because yes despite what disney and most movies do Excalibur is not the sword in the stone Caliburn is and that brings me to the 3rd point Excalibur is forged by the lady of the lake from the broken caliburn (close to what we get in game but diffrent to) Forth is the use of fairway Avalon as the final battle ground for Arthur as upon Arthurs death his soul goes to Avalon waiting to return in the kingdoms time of need

[@thedotgiver2820]

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[@william_.575]

theres a difference between "nerd" and "i pay attention to class"

[@pennyhero7873]

@@william_.575 yes there is And there's many different versions of the tales and very few contain some of this info Most people think Excalibur is the sword in the stone cause that's used in far too many versions of the tale And these lil facts i gave are just the details black Knight got right There's tons more little facts but they aren't relivant to the black Knight topic

[@Kaplykos]

I'm gonna be honest with ya, I didn't even know "Caliburn" was actually a thing. I deadass thought it was a Sonic Team creation to then give it the power up to turn it into Excalibur. These are really neat details to know that make me love this game even more

[@yesno2697]

Learn something new every day. I knew about the Caliburn detail, but never the part about striking Excalibur in rage shatters it. Neat detail.

[@UltimateSpinDash]

Story wise this game also has at least one stroke of genius. When Sonic is undergoing the knight trials and encounters Nimue in disguise as a child, Caliburn insists on continuing the trials rather than save the villagers. This seems like a plot hole since Caliburn should know that helping here would qualify for the trial of compassion. But I think there is more to it than that. I think Caliburn was testing Sonic to find out if he had the potential to be more than just a knight. Remember, Caliburn is actually Excalibur. Excalibur is the sword of a king, not the sword of a knight. At the end, when Sonic is fighting Merlina and is getting demolished by her, all the other knights of the round table beg Sonic to run away. Sonic's refusal to do so is what triggers Caliburns transformation into Excalibur. It would not be dishonorable for a knight to flee from such a one-sided and hopeless battle. But Caliburn expects a king to fight for his people to the bitter end. Sonic was willing to do so and thus proved himself worthy.

[@kieranstark7213]

Amy was wrong to think that this was a story he made up as an excuse to not spend quality time with their friends. His story WAS true and he didn’t mean to forget their date!

[@HonerableG]

Of course. But who would believe that?

[@enderkaix]

That's the true character of sonic that current game sonic, prime sonic(sadly prime is canon and they're both the same so his character kinda devolves from game sonic which is worse.), movie sonic, and IDW sonic. Sonic x gets this right tho yet the current writers for the games don't really stock to what sonic was in the early 2000s. And I have to mention this again, I am extremely disappointed that prime was confirmed canon and takes place in the future..Like it really doesn't make sense, and It doesn't seem to take that much far into the future, from battling Titans to literal babies piloting fodder Mechs; Sonic's power is heavily lowballed and isn't as powerful as he should if this show is supposed to be canon, his character took a downgrade in maturity and Intellect for that matter and lastly but worst rougue was censored.

[@Kaplykos]

@@enderkaix I would no longer add game Sonic in there. Sonic smiling to the enemy when he could barely even walk due to the corruption isn't that much different than him doing exactly that after repeatedly getting his ass beat by Merlina and on a side note, if you really consider Prime Rouge's design such a tragedy you, much like Sonic in that show, probably have some growing up to do

[@enderkaix]

@@Kaplykos The Rouge nitpick was obviously a joke I don't actually care that much for it if that wasn't obvious enough. It actually fits her. character. Also What's wrong wth you? With that "if you really consider prime Rouge's design such a tragedy you, much like sonic in that show, probably have some growing up to do" Idk where that came form but it was definitely an unnecessary side note. Anyways, I haven't played sonic frontiers yet. So I kinda assumed it was just like how he was written in forces. SO I'd probably agree when I play the game. But for previous titles before frontiers i'll still say it.

[@KashKey-]

Okay I know EXACTLY what's going on at 3:00 actually. He's not T-Posing. He's in the stance you see at the begining of every stage, where Sonic has his hand on Caliburn, and pulls him out of the ground before running into the level. In this frame, Caliburn has yet to spawn in, leaving Sonic in a pretty awkward looking position. It seems like Caliburn in this game functions as a different entity, rather than simply a part of Sonic's model.

[@mawdewile]

That makes perfect sense. I feel silly for not seeing that lol

[@gold_spin1639]

Makes sense, considering he uses a different sword at the beginning of the game so they made the sword models separate.

[@nadrewod999]

That explains why Caliburn flickers at an alternating frequency to Sonic: the game treats the sword as a separate entity, even down to the Invulnerability Frames animation. Personally, I thought that most of Sonic's character model was performing an A-pose (which is basically just a more natural-looking default pose that some software uses instead of the T-pose), while his right arm is the only thing in its own unique position. If his default starting animation has him pulling a sword out of the ground, then everything makes sense.

[@artey6671]

I think you're right. But it's not surprising that Caliburn isn't part of Sonic's model because Gawain etc. can have different weapons (and I guess Sonic has a different swort at the beginning, too).

[@emberthefox4951]

At long last, some justice for Black Knight.

[@JacobAwsum]

Howdy.

[@steamedbaby1928]

Also way more challenging than one May think providing a more engaging and fun experience in my mind

[@kieranstark7213]

IDC what Amy Rose (and Merlina) said at the end. Sonic was as he should be in this game. A cocky, but heroic hedgehog with personality.

[@Milton-kk4yc]

*S T E A L T H Y S H O V E L*

[@larrymantic2635]

To be fair, it seems to move better than Secret Rings (IE: No motion controls for movement)

[@NoraHyrule]

The fairies also coincidentally correspond to the colors of the 7 emeralds

[@trickyeevee8689]

Don't forget about the 7 rings in the game either

[@jsinghgjsinghg5322]

I thought that was what they were getting at.

[@KrissyBlues]

Given that it's stated that Lancelot's shoes run on fairy magic the intent was likely to draw a direct parallel between fairy magic and chaos energy, the chao sprites just cement that

[@artey6671]

Damn, I never though about that.

[@lasercraft32]

I feel like that's not a coincidence.

[@choosbehguy]

I’ve loved Black Knight for most of my life, I’m one of its biggest defenders, and yet I still learnt a ton from all this

[@ElliottWilbur]

Same I love this game and I feel like it's underrated this game is so much better than Secret Rings you know Black Knight it's just so much better

[@MasterAlpha1000]

You sure have a poor taste lmao

[@lpfan4491]

And I'm one of the biggest detractors. Well, at least story/music-wise, I never experienced the gameplay so I don't judge it.

[@diomega7975]

he just like me fr

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

@@MasterAlpha1000 how is it poor taste, the game is ok. It's a very short arcade game where you slash shit for big combo numbers. It's easy, stressfree and entertaining

[@greenD7244]

Another thing is that the electric "wires" in Dragon's Lair are actually dragons themselves. The characters call them thunder dragons.

[@niernocturne]

another cool detail is the alias ‘knave’ that is given to sonic; which means a knight who wanders a path of his own, not by any order or affiliation - which fits sonic’s characterisation perfectly in this title .

[@dhans9662]

Which is funny cause he gets offended at the title lol

[@awadi6596]

@@dhans9662 well, in the french caption/translation, he is called a "Valet" which made it more insulting. It is today however, that I learn what "knave" means.

[@uncroppedsoop]

I thought it meant a knight in training

[@split2961]

So it’s the knight equivalent to a ronin basically? Correct me if I’m wrong

[@lindseylindsey9200]

I also thought it meant knight in training at first and then I heard it meant “idiot” and I panicked slightly because if that were true it meant I accidentally made Caliburn say, essentially, “Sorry I killed your parents dumbass” in one of my fanfics

[@FlashOfSonic]

There's some unused lines in the Sound Test where the Blacksmith is asking for confirmation to work on the weapons of the playable characters. Among them is "Sonic's gauntlet, right?", suggesting that the gauntlet Sonic wears in this game was originally meant to have upgradeable and/or customizable gameplay effects, rather than effectively being just for show.

[@KirbDog369]

I am surprise he didn't mention that Sir Galahad is Sir Lancelot's son meaning sega intently made Silver the son of Shadow

[@friskycalibri2293]

Except they denied this was the case after things got out of hand after this. If you want to talk genetics, the only thing we know about Silver is that he ABSOLUTELY isn't related to Shadow.

[@KirbDog369]

@@friskycalibri2293 it is a spin off game why you talking it seriously

[@friskycalibri2293]

@@KirbDog369 because canon matters more than it should to me.

[@KirbDog369]

​@@friskycalibri2293 I understand how you feel but don't act toxic about it if ppl like the theory that sliver is shadow's son don't ruin it for them it only a FAN theory who cares if it real or not i found it interesting that this game is one of the reasons the theory even exist don't spread toxicity be kind to others you just gonna made the sonic community look unhinged and I and I don't like saying that think before you type everyone has feelings and opinions we all can be respectable to each other.

[@friskycalibri2293]

@@KirbDog369 i get it, i do, but you stated it as a fact, and not a theory. As i said, canon matters more than it should for me, so sorry, i guess.

[@thermitefe8299]

8:04 - fun fact, that's not the only way to deal damage! If you swing your sword at the black energy ball things he scatters everywhere, you can reflect them back at him. Doing this enough will let you mount his horse similar to soul surging directly to him

[@Coolmar15]

I always thought that was the only and intended way to do it x)

[@thermitefe8299]

@@Coolmar15 that's fair - it's not explained well at all. The closest thing is Caliburn telling you to "strike back at the attack" or something like that

[@numb4102]

I thought that was the actual way to defeat him tho 💀

[@numb4102]

I thought that was the actual way to defeat him tho 💀

[@SweetTeaConnoisseur]

You can also use speedbreak.

[@KingTvlip]

The sheer improvement in this video over the last 2 "details in Sonic games" videos is immense. I'm so happy you included the Black Dawn OST that I've mentioned in your Black Knight video ! ALSO move Sonic Unleashed onto the Masterpiece tier since at the final cutscene Dark Gaia's arms burst out of his body and his green blood is oozing out, therefore blood in a Sonic game, therefore masterpiece. EDIT: Sonic in Unleashed X360/PS3 can also stand near realistic pelicans that show you the path to follow in Apotos Act 2, therefore Goated.

[@mawdewile]

My honest apologies. I will be sure to have that done right away

[@WhispersEcho12081]

theres also 2 realistic cats in apotos! (specifically the area you talk to npcs!)

[@KingTvlip]

@@WhispersEcho12081 Yes!! A very cute lazy cat pair rests happily near the Gaia Gate at the end of the village :)

[@gonerboy4487]

Probably obvious to most people, but the Blacksmith music is an instrumental rendition of Tails' theme, "Believe in myself". It's just an extra love letter to the character that I really appreciate.

[@karinyupinyan]

Sonic standing next to a giant realistic chicken is one of the most ridiculous images I've seen. Funnily enough even like Unleashed had a realistic pelican you could interact with.

[@clawcakes2]

sonic is perfect if he's interacting with hyperrealistic animals. it's who he's meant to be

[@vocalcalibration8033]

And of course 06 gives us Hatsun the Pidgeon

[@Sydney_Angelyt]

Some more things people may not know. - Faraway avalon has its own level theme but many people don't hear it because you only hear it if you go out your way to do extra missions. - There's videos of fanart from a competition SEGA did. One of the winners used stolen fanart though and as this was before the age of online patches, it is left in the game.

[@CoralCopperHead]

The Wii was fully capable of accepting update patches for games, but it was a pain in the ass that Nintendo never really used much because (apparently, I never had to download it) you had to intentionally look for the patch and download it manually, where it would obtrusively sit as a "channel" on your home screen. If I recall, Skyward Sword had a patch available to fix a progression-stopping bug that only happened if you talked to a character in a certain area, then left instead of moving forward after the conversation, causing his dialogue to never update and preventing him from moving to other locations I needs to be in. I don't remember the specifics, just people joking about having to download an entire channel for a bugfix instead of it being automatically applied like on the PS3 and 360.

[@lpfan4491]

@@CoralCopperHead The thing is, doesn't that channel fix the savefile instead of the game? I'm fairly certain they actually never released a standard patch for anything.

[@KopperNeoman]

​​@@lpfan4491Dragon Quest X was patched on Wii. (There was a very brief period where Wii, Wii U, and Switch would all crossplay with each other) The game came with a 16 GB USB drive that was formatted with a very similar filesystem to Wii U external storage. This is even ignoring fan tools like Riivolution and CIOS. The Wii CAN do it... it's just horribly inconvenient, both on a hardware and software side.

[@coyotix]

One of those pieces of fanart was by Evan Stanley, and she's now an artist for the official IDW comics!

[@Kon-PainLover-Masako]

I loved the storybook series. I wished they could have expanded on this more with other mythologies like Norse, Greek, Japan, etc.

[@schemar17]

They were going to do a grek mythology game they even did a poll but black knight didn't sell well

[@leargamma4912]

Bro a norse sonic game would be amazing

[@lesbiansonadow]

They could've done something really cool with Japanese mythology of the dragon and the white tiger being complete opposites with Sonic and Shadow. I dunno, just throwing out ideas.

[@LuwunaMoon]

2:33 - I like to imagine Sonic and Caliburn flicker at different times because Caliburn is more than just a sword! He is by all means his own character and person and not just a sword Sonic wields

[@angeltenshi1501]

You know what's funny? During the guessing colors part, I started listing off colors I could remember and then had the thought: "Are they colored after the 7 chaos emeralds?" Freaking nailed it!

[@Killerofthenight80]

Another interesting fact I finally noticed: when Sonic meets Lancelot, Gawain, the Blacksmith, and Lady of the Lake, he thinks they are his friends Shadow, Knuckles, Tails, and Amy respectfully. But when he meets Percival for the first time, he doesn’t state anything eluding to knowing she looks like Blaze, when they first met in Sonic Rush. I believe in 06 they do see each other again, briefly that is.

[@lpfan4491]

Really means nothing. Unlike Lancelot and Nimue, he already realizes right away that Gawain isn't Knux, he just comments on how they are very much alike. He meets Percival very last, at which point he likely already got used to the similarity. It's simply a form of narrative progression.

[@zerotodona1495]

06 is non cannon for blaze’s character. Since rush came out first and adventure continued her character storyline. Sonic knows blaze, generation confirms this and silver doesn’t know her. Blaze has a very messy back story. I just assume sonic is polite in this since sonic used to never have feelings for Amy, thus seeing her as a friend while he knows blaze is a more shy person. Easy to embarrass.

[@Rebbii_]

Also! The main menu music is called The Ash Grove which is a traditional welsh song about a dead girl buried under an orchard of ash trees! Continuing the themes of death in this game pretty cool!!

[@whodistoodis]

Black Knight is, to this day, one of my favorite Sonic games. I'm just happy to see someone giving it the chance it always deserved instead of lumping it in with the rest of the "bad" era games. As said, its a game that the developers themselves truly loved, and it shows.

[@artey6671]

I'm a little sad that almost no one cares about this game. It did take me a while until it clicked with me fully, but even on a surface level I think it's enjoyable.

[@RougeMephilesClone]

For such a tiny, simple game, Black Knight really does have a ton of detail in it. I just wish its gameplay could have been fully realized, and the second half of the campaign had more content and reasons to use all the characters and mechanics.

[@isenokami7810]

Actually, if you count the true final boss of Frontiers on Hard Mode, it sort of subverts that final trend: every boss theme EXCEPT the final boss’s is a vocal track.

[@smt3]

True

[@ryannakao7265]

Well final horizon fixed that

[@Oichx]

1:19 I just noticed that the moment you talked to the villagers you instantly refilled your soul gage, I'm not sure if you noticed that and/or it has something to do with Crest of the King.

[@skyblade7438]

Anything involving the party modes in this or Secret Rings counts as obscure trivia that nobody knows.

[@CaptainCFalcon]

No one in my family cared about sonic, so my brother would never play the multiplayer of Black Knight with me. I was always curious about what the fuck it was like. ;-;)

[@Rokushi_ftw]

@@CaptainCFalcon My brother and I used to play this game A LOT, but we only had one nunchuck at home. Yeah, we ere never able to try out multiplayer either because of that huge limitation

[@skaterhaube6026]

My relatives actually would play party mode and surprisingly it's really good

[@gooberthed]

We need the storybook games back. I think we'd grow as a society.

[@anonymous_idontreplylmaous72]

Definitely

[@artey6671]

I would prefer if Sonic Team started to make good games again before they dare to return to those games.

[@uncroppedsoop]

@@artey6671 Frontiers

[@artey6671]

@@uncroppedsoop I've heard it's alright, but I'm not interested in it.

[@uncroppedsoop]

@@artey6671 it's really fucken good, the combat is almost more DMC-like than it ever was and Super Sonic has his own actual moveset. things start to get a little rushed toward the end especially at the true final boss, but they're planning on rehashing that

[@leilaclarridge5807]

Also, I'm not surprised that the chickens seem so big compared to Sonic. He's only a little over three feet tall, so even small animals would seem huge next to him.

[@mazkeraid4039]

Giant frogs, orca, that also comes as an example.

[@PDS350]

3:40 as soon as you said there were 7 colors I was sure they would be the same colors as the Chaos Emeralds, my initial bet was going to be the chao stats if there were only 4. I love this attention to detail they give on some random stuff from time to time.

[@artey6671]

The Chao have 5 stats, though, but it's an interesting idea, I think.

[@PDS350]

@@artey6671 I was thinking more of the Chaos Drives, not sure if Stamina has its own color

[@KopperNeoman]

​@@artey6671If you're being a pedant, Chao have seven stats, because you forgot Luck and Intelligence.

[@artey6671]

@@KopperNeoman I guess I'm out of luck because I lack the intelligence to have considered them.

[@Raekie]

I screamed at the nunchuck for King Arthur. The best musical choice. You do so well with these videos I can really see your passion for these. Another awesome video:)

[@monkeywatch4916]

Fun fact Galahad/silver is Lancelot/shadows child’s giving even more proof to the silver is related to shadow theory

[@darksquigglyboy]

6:46 Same energy as Radical Sodas "There's a pelican. You can stand on the pelican." And I love it.

[@mawdewile]

Very based reference

[@charlesinatortheponyfeatur224]

Where is this from?

[@darksquigglyboy]

@@charlesinatortheponyfeatur224 RadicalSodas Sonic Unleashed review. Bout a minute and 15 seconds in.

[@Kyle_Spivis]

I love all the little quarks and cool animations you find in these games. A lot of the things you present I probably wouldn’t even notice them. Thanks for another great video!

[@meekaboo_]

Honestly, I don't even play sonic games. I've played Sonic CD as a kid and some of Heroes, but I still love watching these videos. From a distance, all these games seem to have some unique or strange twist that makes it so fascinating to see how a challenge run or dive into the mechanics will turn out, and you do a great job of showing it all off. Thank you for making such rad videos!

[@mawdewile]

Of course. It’s my pleasure :)

[@killercross9929]

2:59 It’s not a T pose but his starting animation, this is easily seen in the early game where he pulls out the rusty sword out from the ground before blasting off. It’s the default “stage start” pose if you will.

[@JinxedShapeshifter]

One of my favorite details in Sonic and the Black Knight is Galahad's sword. What's so special about it? Galahad's sword strongly resembles a cinquedea, which is a type of long dagger/short sword used by Italian civilians. Silver's name was originally Venice, because Soleanna, which was the main location in his debut game, was based on Venice, Italy. So Sega really decided to hammer home Silver's Italy-themed origins with Galahad's sword, and I absolutely love it. Similarly, Lamorak's swords are based on Jet's bashosens (his war fans that are made of his feathers).

[@TokyoDrift456]

This game and secret rings still hold a special place in my heart as my first and still some of my favorite games jn the series, secret rings was actually fun for me and doing combos in black knight was always a load of fun for me, doing missions over and over to try and rack up a huge combo was one of my favorite things to do

[@UncleLayne]

I pieced it together as you were talking about the fairies, but their colours match up with the Chaos Emeralds' colours. That's another nice hidden detail. Also sick outro dawg

[@lokester06]

If you think about it, it kind of makes sense for the seven world rings to be in the black knight verse. Aren’t they just the hearts that make up the stories. Meaning there should be a set of world rings for each book.

[@millis6054]

I have to say, it's really interesting seeing the stuff found when people go poking around games, be that how things or organized in the system, hidden little things, or stuff left on the cutting room floor, thanks for sharing this stuff. I did not expect there to be a morality system in this game, who thinks of this stuff. Also, nice challenge runs.

[@Fakktoo]

He mentioned the vocal music during final bosses... it made me happy! I'm sad that he was right about how much it was missing from newer entries... Sonic Unleashed during Perfect Dark Gaia played a instrumental version of Endless Possibility though!

[@randominternetman8177]

Sonic Colors played an instrumental/orchestral rendition of Reach For The Stars, and '06 used a similar style of His World.

[@edgebrandolini4021]

Cool trick i found: While using soul surge on the ground, strike exactly as the enemy jumps into the air. Sonics speed will launch him into the air before diving down and slaying the foe in one of the coolest attacks in the game.

[@shelbybayer200]

Technically, this is counted as "Mainline" As in Generations Sonic mentioned "Saving Genies" AND "Being part of the Story of King Arthur" So, it's as Canon as anything else Like how 06 Is still "Canon" and not Canon at the same time. 06 did HAPPEN but memory was wiped of the events. Sonic himself took on the Storybook trips so HE strictly knows about those adventures. The game that's not exactly Canon is Dark Brotherhood

[@awadi6596]

My first 3d Sonic game. Thank you so much for the nostalgia!

[@AcroxShadow]

The kick is required for some side missions. Very strange how obscure it is. Gallahad in arthurian legend is the illegitimate son of Lancelot. Wonder if that has any implications...

[@1Spring]

My favourite sonic game, it's actually goated and i dream of a remake happening one day.

[@sussy-sonic]

Another good video. Assuming Secret Rings is next. I'm looking forward to it. And ofc, Have a Good Christmas.

[@coyotix]

Fun fact, Arthurian legend has two separate ties to SnapCube. The first being Lancelot indirectly causing war by sleeping with the wife of someone in a position of power (Arthur), and Shadow doing the same thing in the SA2 dub but with Eggman's wife, and the second being Nimue is the adoptive mother of Lancelot, similar to Amy jokingly calling Shadow her son, also in the SA2 dub.

[@HazeX2]

I didn't know characters other than Amy had unique jump sounds, very nice video 👍

[@Ultimafire1258]

2:54 Judging by how the position looks, it might be an unused pose where Sonic had the sword planted to the ground, probably for his own intro of Knight vs Knight.

[@ayrtonjoga]

There are some official renders and images of Sonic with the sword planted on the ground, so you're probably right

[@Killerofthenight80]

One extra thing about Final form Merlina fight: if you time your Perfect Soul Surge strikes and fill up the gauge twice, you can actually defeat her in the first damage phase. I think I’ve done that only twice but that was many years ago.

[@Stupaipai]

4:22 so the fairies are the colors of the chaos emeralds.

[@G_Travel99]

Black Knight is one of my favorite sonic games, mostly because it was the first official sonic game i played and it was the only one i had for the wii. Besides Smash bros brawl, Black knight is my most played game on the wii, and even after playing it for so many years as a kid there is so much i never discovered or saw before. Thanks a lot for this cool details the game has, it truly was made with love for the series despite what the general opinion about the game is.

[@justalpha9138]

This game was my CHILDHOOD and I loved it so much. It had a HUGE impact on me and my future when it comes to the way I approach making music. I will forever appreciate it.

[@labeishamoki1140]

The first time sonic traveled to a alternative universe before Sonic prime I think looks like it

[@TSMSnation]

8:26 yeah! I always loved this, but latter on I'm wondering whos decision it was to leave story behind failing something, over...and over again.

[@AndresinReal]

How you didn't knew there was a morality system? Sonic literally says "guess i can't be the hero everytime" But for real, they probably should've explain the mechanic better

[@lpfan4491]

I mean, not like the mechanic even really matters.

[@CoralCopperHead]

Nothing about that line implies there's a morality system in the game, it sounds like a pretty generic line for a heroic character to say after they mess up.

[@dashthehedgehog2612]

​@@CoralCopperHead Agree. I just liked having good titles on my card. Had no idea the morality stuff would affect score. I thought it just meant players online could see if I was someone who skipped enemies and all lmao.

[@mechashadow]

You should go with the Team Skull encounter theme with the outro, the gangsigns always work with them

[@mawdewile]

Plantgangsigns if you will

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

Hearing anything about Black Knight always makes me happy! As someone who owns it and has love the story, music and overall feel of the game for so long it's always nice to hear it get complimented and not scorned.

[@Sneakyslycooper69420]

I am a huge fan of SATBK and I didn't even know most of these stuff! Holy crap, that is incredible.

[@Tiny_Tango]

The reason silver is sir Galahad is due to him being a pure hearted (reason why he was manipulated by mephelis) character which is the core trait of Galahad, but also because Galahad is strongly associated with Percival, with the pair being 2 of the few knights able to go on the quest for the holy grail. Sir Percival is obviously Blaze who is Silver’s primary companion in 06. I think it’s cute how his role is genuinely quite well thought out for being such an insignificant part of the game, only in the multiplayer

[@pixreviews6417]

I like how the last piece of trivia lists the names, each name being a continuation of the ideas of the last, like a sentence (Like, "with me" -> "I'm here" )

[@StonedKami]

Hey man just so you know, I was really never into Sonic but then I watched one of your challange runs and now its all I watch and play. Thanks for that

[@AnonyBoiii]

Black Knight was a great game that had an unfortunate release Thanks to the travesties of Sonic 06 and Secret Rings, Black Knight (along with Unleashed) was scoffed at when it were released. And it’s truly sad that it did, because this game is great and it still hasn’t gotten the resurgence in love that Unleashed got.

[@moosesues8887]

Rising break

[@ayrtonjoga]

I think Black Knight is getting more love than Unleashed, I've never heard good things about it for years until recently, especially the story, Unleashed was always praised for the day stages and gorgeous graphics, but the werehog was and still is the main thing that divide the players

[@moosesues8887]

@@ayrtonjoga bro what

[@kappadarwin9476]

Black Knight would have to rework the motion sensor aspect of it. Plus I think the director of Frontier also worked on Black Knight so there's that.

[@JenSpinsSGP]

Sonic and the black knight is one of my favorite games and seeing all these small details makes me love it even more

[@livingdead4855]

I know this game has its issues but Black Knight has always been one of my top 5 favorite sonic games, I played it as a kid and loved the hell out of it, I figured it was just childish nostalgia so I played it again and had just as much fun if not more, this title needs so much more love than it got

[@Fishystyxx]

I can tell a lot of time, love, and effort was put into your outro! Truly a masterpiece

[@RTD_Dev]

*10:21* - These mini-game factoids were something I _never_ knew I needed.

[@tacticianmagician4716]

This video is awesome! I knew some but learned some new details I never noticed! Some more things I can add for you! 1. The golden slime can be found by repeating segments of the stage where poisonous slime falls from the ceiling to the floor until a rare gold one falls instead! 2. Lancelot returns can be defeated in 10 seconds with ease: Lunge -> Arial -> middair spin attack to the floor -> Arial Then quickly retreat from a imminent chaos blast by jumping backwards a bit -> repeat combo to kill 3. King Arthur can be defeated in one round Once you clash swords middair and reveal his weak spot, much like Dark Queen you can actually time perfect hits here too to kill him in one round Hope these are all interesting thank you for the awesome video! About time Black Knight got some love!

[@starterking]

4:00 what no mention of how all the fairies in the game are the same colors as the 7 chaos emeralds

[@KhristianBolano]

With Me is a darker version of Knight of the Wind. Both lyrically and musically. The song structure is the same, the rhythm guitars are very similiar, and they're the themes of Sonic and Merlina respectively. There's also the Crush 40 version of With Me which is even darker than With Me itself, hinting at the fact that every hero has a so-called dark side

[@Clouds12012]

That Sonic Adventure pose comparison you made is the most colossal reach I have ever seen anyone reach so hard for lmao

[@DerpyCorgo]

I absolutely loved sonic and the black knight! Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved swords and medieval settings, so having sonic in one and using a sword, was a dream come true for me. Sonic and the black knight get’s nowhere near the amount of credit it deserves. Just after watching your video on if you can beat sonic and the black knight without the nunchuck, it made me want to play the game again. And now I finally beat every level in the game (not with 5 stars though, I suck too much to do that lol)

[@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire]

Can I just say how much I love that the gameplay is very clearly captured from a real Wii? It's not that common nowadays since a lot of people use Dolphin or some weird upscalers that make the signal seem super clean, but this is just- I got a Wii, I got a capture card, I'll film my own gameplay.

[@draggo69]

One of my favourite Sonic games. Wish future game would have this much detail.

[@DeltaFrazzle]

the outro was so beautiful, it made me cry.

[@luketerimz3117]

In the same mission and spot where gawain can fly out of bounds, using sonic I found out you can jump back at a specific point just as the ray of light is disappearing and you will stand on solid ground mid-air. You can backtrack to the beginning of the ray that's not there anymore and if you keep walking forwards you will jump down from the air just as you would otherwise.

[@thejonbrownshow8470]

I love the fact there's a morality system(didn't know you could hurt the civilians 😅)

[@thatonebruh1963]

2:40 It's probably an error, but maybe there flickering at different times since technically there two living things (For Context Caliburn, Sonic's Sword is sentient and can talk) and at 2:55 That's the first part of Sonic's animation when you start a level (The one where he pulls Caliburn out of the ground to reference the Sword and the Stone) except Caliburn doesn't load at the same time as Sonic for some reason

[@sumandark8600]

3:45 The 7 fairy colours are also the 7 colours of the chaos emeralds.

[@HakumeiTenshi]

3:40 So... are we not going to talk about the faerie colors being the same as the 7 chaos emeralds or...?

[@erenhearthandsherc1481]

It’s nice to see someone else aside from myself who appreciates Sonic and the Black Knight. Good vid, you pointed out some stuff I didn’t notice. Though, I wonder what the game’s story would be like if the other two nights were a part of the main plot. Would have been interesting, I’m sure.

[@elias0240]

Amazing outro, truly one of the finest works of art in the cinema industry ever created. Fo real though, this video was very informative and made me interested in a Sonic game I haven‘t heard about often. To be honest, I didn’t expect a game where the premise is „Sonic, but he has a sword“ to have this much attention to detail and an above-average level of research about mythology.

[@SuperBolt7]

Great video! I remember playing sonic and the black knight and noticing the hero and dark rankings on the results screen. I never knew the villagers didn't talk to you when your bad!

[@GL_099]

You're making me want to go back to the game again. It's been many many years but I never did fully complete it. I got really close but some of the optional Missions were pretty cruel and grinding followers would take forever (And some items in the Treasury would just not appear no matter how many times I replayed the levels. I never actually got all seven rings). Absolutely love the game though, I never really understood the criticisms people had.

[@SHcMOOK]

The colors of the fairies aligns to the colors of the chaos emeralds. I haven't played the game so maybe this is obvious to everyone and didnt bear saying in the video, but i was surprised it wasnt pointed out.

[@Grayfinity]

I love it when people find things I missed when I was younger in games that I've played. Also 11/10 outro ;)

[@mugrilhos]

I always judged this game by how it plays, but omg why is this game so filled with such neat details?

[@draketrench9089]

Dude my childhood, loved the video very entertaining

[@Rowboatsalot]

based piranha plant?? every video so far has been an absolute banger and I pray the almighty algorithm will reward the consistent effort you put in

[@gizmo123473]

I never played Sonic and the Black Knight, so if it weren't for KZbinrs like you or ClementJ64, (who did a really good, in-depth Let's Play on the game,) I would never realize the morality system was even a thing since I don't see many people talk about it when they're talking about the game. Great video by the way, it was nice to also know about extra stuff like the extra dialogue between Sonic and Arthur.

[@mr.bisness7617]

that outro went hard

[@falloutov9032]

Has to have to disclaimer for his protection, what a brave soldier

[@imaplaygames633]

That outro is wonderful thank you. Also thank you for the video, I never owned the Black Knight game but I did own the Secret Rings, I don't have many fond memories of the latter on account of the controls but I do remember having fun. I do wish they came out with another game in storybook fashion, it'd be interesting.

[@psyxypher3881]

Gotta say the Pokemon Stadium 2 Champion theme is a nice touch. I'll never understand why they gave Lance Silver's theme and gave Silver what's practically a new song.

[@mawdewile]

A man of culture I see

[@GoldStorm07]

Silver uses a slowed version of Lance's battle music, they straight up swapped their themes for Stadium 2.

[@MSCDonkeyKong]

i got confused reading this because i thought it was talking about lancelot and silver from sonic, before i remembered that lance and silver were also pokemon characters

[@CJ2315]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the fact that the colors of the fairies are almost all identical to the colors of the wisps used in Sonic Colors

[@ABANDONED23456]

SatBK is the most underrated Sonic game ever. Edit: Im assuming that the sword and Sonic flickering at different instances is intentional. It's meant to show that Caliburn is his own thing; sure, he and Sonic can work together, but Caliburn has his own conciousness and, therefore, his own health.

[@soniczapper]

One thing I noticed that I don’t see people mention is that at the beginning of the the Sir Perceval boss fight, she doesn’t move until you do, yet the voice lines will continue as if you all were battling, including “She’s fast, I’ll give her that!”

[@cliffturbo2146]

*She's so fast, you don't notice her Moving.*

[@firepuppies4086]

Sasaki Kojiro vs Poseidon?

[@KirbyProductions]

Black Knight probably was an influence to Frontiers and it was amazing

[@TayumeTheMuffinMan]

6:20 I just love the image of some completely normal swans next to the absolute freak of nature that is Sonic the Hedgehog.

[@Eternatus00]

That was truly one of the outros of all time truly spectacular a 10/10 will watch again and recommend to freinds and family