Sonic 3 and Knuckles Playthrough: Super Mecha Sonic (Knuckles)

[@swapswappy]

I like to think Mecha Sonic became the "leader" of the eggrobos in Robotnik's place post-sonic story

[@megaman5220]

Well at least we know that is alive in scrap island thanks to the IDW comics

[@MechaKnuckles]

He did, according to the Sonic Jam guide. Eggrobo capturing you and then the camera panning over to Mecha was supposed to show that Mecha was in charge of the plan.

[@swapswappy]

@@MechaKnuckles oh! That's very cool!

[@ezrawyvern6795]

Now honestly, this battle here is definitely one of Knuckles' finest. Consider that he has to go up against a robotic Sonic duplicate that later goes into super form. And he manages to beat him without transforming himself. Shame SEGA and Sonic Team have been giving him the short end of the stick for years now.

[@j.walker8874]

Totally agree! Knuckles is honestly my favourite character because I grew up with the classics, but seeing how they treat him now is super sad. He went from badass to dumbass.

[@ezrawyvern6795]

@@j.walker8874 The sad thing is, the current members of Sonic Team (I'm not gonna single out the current head alone) can't seem to envision anyone other than Sonic or whatever hedgehog there is having a genuinely badass moment. Hell they even said super forms are exclusive to male hedgehogs.

[@j.walker8874]

@@ezrawyvern6795 they said that!...damn. sonic team needs a members sweep, bring in some fresh talent who won't be content watching this titanic sink...oh and make knuckles cool again, also amy and blaze need some attention, you know what? The whole cast other than sonic need some attention.

[@ezrawyvern6795]

@@j.walker8874 Indeed they do.

[@mjm8272]

Ezra Wyvern knuckles used to be such a badass. He's strong enough to hit super sonic and take all his emeralds!

[@boogame272]

0:40 one of the greatest yet among the most simple boss intro’s ever.

[@laurocoman]

"Fine, I'll do it myself".

[@fukyeah1000]

Eggrobo (after getting hit by Mecha Sonic): Guess I'll die

[@crispsi2078]

I love how the longer it takes you to defeat mecha sonic, the more angel island lowers.

[@Yogislavia]

holy shit, I didn't notice that!

[@zuzezimbr1060]

Oh, in never notice that, its a prety cool thing

[@supersonicmario56]

Yep, and it takes exactly 10 minutes for Angel Island to disappear off screen.

[@Yuti640]

Oh my god, it is!!!

[@CaptainCoolzCT-]

supersonicmario56 how can someone evade Mecha Sonic for TEN MINUTES straight without attacking him?

[@HunterIsRad]

The entire fight is one of my favourites in the series, mostly because of just, well, everything about the setup. You reach Sky Sanctuary, only to encounter the Egg Robo again, who just grabs you. Then the music stops, as the screen pans over to Mecha Sonic, who effortlessly destroys the Egg Robo right there and then. Now it’s just him and Knuckles, nothing else. And when he’s bested, he just powers up, making things even more tense. ALL WHILE ANGEL ISLAND ITSELF PRECARIOUSLY FLOATS, READY TO FALL AT ANY MOMENT IN THE BACKGROUND. Such a good finale.

[@seematahir5970]

I feel like not enough people talk about this moment. This was 1994. Super forms were introduced one game ago, and now they're being used against you by a mechanical double of Sonic in a last ditch effort to take you out. And as the cherry on top, he's using the very gem that you've been using all game to transform. You have only 3 rings and have to end the last remnants of Robotnik's rule as the guardian of the island. This should be one of the most badass yet terrifying boss fights in all of gaming, but whenever people talk about it it's either "Huh. Yeah, that was neat." or its screaming about SMBZ. Don't get me wrong, SMBZ is awesome but it feels people never stop and appreciate how badass yet unique this moment is, especially for it's time.

[@carnage0685]

They don't. There are probably only a handful of people in the entire fucking world that actually acknowledge Mecha Sonic as a character outside of SMBZ, and as such, he has been relegated to one of the most obscure characters in the entire franchise. It makes me fucking sick- I wish everyone who talks about SMBZ would just die in a thermonuclear explosion. Fuck this world.

[@ivanthehighman177]

I agree 100 fold.

[@PengyTheWriter]

Facts, honestly I think we should've had no rings for this fight to make it more difficult, like the final zone in Sonic 2

[@PengyTheWriter]

Nvm actually

[@TheSeventhForce]

Well put. Taking what had been established by that point as a player earned power trip and inverting it so that the player is on the receiving end of it is just a brilliant idea, full stop. Using the Doomsday Zone theme to drive that specific idea home is just as great, too. Everyone knows S3&K is great, but I really don't think the respective endgame sequences for both Sonic and Knuckles' stories get enough credit for how many good ideas they successfully employ for a series that was only three years old at that point.

[@klein2042]

1:13 I'LL CRUSH YOU

[@magi1340]

"IM GONNA EAT YOUR RED ASS"

[@klein2042]

Mini Jawa ummmm..... what?

[@Contrarian-C]

I'VE LET YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH!

[@angelicagover2187]

Ha...haha...how creative never heard of that 69 zillion times.

[@redfalcon8062]

"I AM A GOD!!"

[@theblacknothing]

1:10 blew my mind when i was 9

[@bradguysmallfry]

Same here... good times

[@an0rangutan]

Yeah, absolutely

[@laurocoman]

So much innovation.

[@CaptainCoolzCT-]

Just shows how powerful Mecha Sonic is, and the amount of work Doctor Eggman put into creating him with no weaknesses. To utilise the environment around him as an advantage.

[@jonathanhargraves2241]

That was probably the coolest thing to me as a kid

[@picklehat1455]

Sonic 3 & Knuckles: *Defeated easily by one character* SMBZ: *Even Axem Rangers, Koopa Bros or the entire Bowser's army can't defeat him*

[@Roosterrock]

You underestimate Knuckles's power

[@Saxton_Hoovy]

He fought both sonic and knuckles ,He fought sonic first then he fought knuckles.

[@picklehat1455]

@@Saxton_Hoovy And lost two times, just a reminder

[@Saxton_Hoovy]

@@picklehat1455 While true and the hits he took makes him one the most durable if not the most durable robot that eggman built.He took about 40 hit between both sonic and knuckles.

[@picklehat1455]

@@Saxton_Hoovy Classic Metal Sonic took a motherfrickin laser to destroy.

[@Marxhog]

Go ahead, put Metal Sonic in as many titles as you want, but Mecha Sonic was an absolute meta of enemy. Beating it by playing as Sonic after being chased so much in Sky Sanctuary Zone felt nice. A kind of empty victory, but still good. Then, finding it by playing as Knuckles you would say it's easy, you know it attacks. And THEN it wakes back up. The music changes. It steps over the emerald that Knuckles is struggling to get back and it transforms. It turns what we most like, our greatest achievement in the game against us, into a nightmare that you just don't know how to counter (at least the very first time) and with only 3 rings! The fact that Mecha never appeared again, even for Generations really saddens me. S3&K is a MASTERPIECE.

[@DrMechano]

It wasn't a mainline game, but Mecha Sonic did appear in Lego Dimensions along with Metal Sonic and Silver Sonic (who was referred to as "Robo Sonic" in that game) in a gauntlet boss battle against all three Sonic-type robots.

[@kingsofpower7686]

*Just use Cooler's voicelines and it's perfect.*

[@thephantomist7199]

Thoughts on his portrayal in the Scrapnik Island miniseries by IDW?

[@unknownnstuff9635]

@@DrMechanono the teeny dude IS robo sonic so that the dude in that book could have a name

[@lotusbandicoot]

Always loved that perfectly cued startup of the Doomsday theme when Mecha's eyes light back up

[@misterniceguy429]

The internet didn’t ruin this character It made him more badass.

[@Yoshistar238]

Ah yes like that time where he killed 5 robots in cold oil

[@misterniceguy429]

@@Yoshistar238 And when he blew up an entire island

[@Yoshistar238]

@@misterniceguy429 yup... *Good times*

[@Cre8iveExercise]

Every time I see Mecha Sonic, I fear for my life and the lives of those around me

[@luiluiruirui]

*Too* badass

[@an0rangutan]

Dude, when he absorbed power from the Master Emerald and went super, I lost it as a kid, I was like "Are you serious? He's invincible now, how am I supposed to defeat him?" (since I managed to get all the chaos emeralds long before on my first playthrough I knew what super was and knew it made you invincible, not bragging though, the reason for me getting them all on my first is because I was stuck on Carnival Night Zone for like, 4 years of my life simply because I didn't know how to get passed "the dentures" just by pressing up and down, so I replayed the game like 100 times and found so many emerald rings I could get them all before Zone 4, I figured super might save me, but it didn't) Once I realized he could only transform temporarily, I was like, "Oh, I guess THAT'S how I beat him" I always felt like Knuckles was a badass after this fight so I find it weird no Mecha Sonic animations or stories, like SMBZ even mention Knuckles defeated him in his super form before.

[@Gogetossj50]

Absolom Apple To be fair the one in SMBZ ( *Turbo* Mecha Sonic) is a different robot.

[@Stupaipai]

Technically, Knuckles didn't defeat Mecha Sonic in his super form. He defeated him by attacking him when his super form wore off.

[@an0rangutan]

@@Stupaipai Well, yes, but he was able to keep up and survive fighting a Super form. Also I think it might be implied somewhere that canonically, Sonic fights Knuckles in his Super form (Not hyper, because hyper is technically not canon, I guess?) when he reaches Knuckles' domain. Plus when Knuckles is first introduced, he knocks Sonic out of his Super form. But yeah, no-one can technically beat a Super form unless they outlast it, at least inside the Sonic lore that is.

[@TrialByDance]

@@Gogetossj50 Actually, it's the same robot. In the original series Alvin basically retconned Mecha Sonic's game canon history and made him the combo form of all the other Sonic robots. In the new series, however, the game canon is respected and Mecha is just one of the Sonic robots combined to form the new version of SMBZ Mecha Sonic: *Metallix*, who was originally going to be Mecha's perfect form once he got all 7 Chaos Emeralds.

[@URIA6788]

@@Stupaipai its a semi super form buddy..

[@Urmrgay955]

I always thought why people love this guy so much, he only appeared in one game. But he clearly left his mark. In one game Mecha Sonic showed us to be a better version of Sonic 2's Mecha Sonic, he was able to pilot the egg mobile and create his own plan to steal the master emerald, he absorbed it's power and became super. In ONE game, Metal Sonic did something like that but many games after his first appearence. Now I see why people like him.

[@Schwartzbruder1]

@@DerpaTure9503 no. It very much is because of his appearance in this game. There wasnt no damn KZbin when S3&K came out.

[@Schwartzbruder1]

@@DerpaTure9503 1) yes he was. Him being overshadowed by other bosses doesnt change that 2) my mistake. I've only heard about that series relatively recently. By relative I mean a few years ago.

[@Schwartzbruder1]

@@DerpaTure9503 "literally" nobody? I doubt this. You know a good chunk of the fanbase thinks that Mecha sonic, Metal Sonic and Silver Sonic Robot are the same droids dont you. This is sort of Knack the Weasle all over again. I'm quite sure it's more a matter of people being hyped over this boss fight rather than even knowing we were looking at different characters.

[@skeleton819]

also smbz

[@kaz101]

I like how in the first phase he does almost the exact same moves as Silver Sonic from Sonic 2, but instead of charging forward at you, he boosts towards you while facing backwards so his spikes are going towards you. Kind of as if Eggman learned from Sonic's battle with Silver Sonic, and he changed Mecha Sonic's moveset a bit to be more effective.

[@kirbythe64]

That's because he's version 2 of Silver Sonic, and his actual name is Mecha Sonic

[@kaz101]

@@kirbythe64 i know

[@MechaKnuckles]

The Sonic Encyclo-Speedia said that this Mecha Sonic is actually Mecha Sonic MK II, an upgraded version of the one from Sonic 2. So yeah, you're right.

[@Connor_Kirkpatrick]

1:03 How are the cutscenes in this game so badass without even being distinct from gameplay

[@SingeScorcher]

Simple yet masterful animation skills that make the limitations an asset, and a perfectly timed soundtrack that lets your imagination fill in the gaps and convinced you more is happening on screen than actually is. I'm always surprised when I rewatch this because child me distinctly remembers his eye flashing a lot brighter when he gets back up.

[@keksecutioner8847]

I would like to point out that Mecha Sonic could keep the super form so long as he didn't expend the energy used to fire shots at you. Later on in the fight, he starts to stay in super form but flashing in and out of it, if he beat Knuckles he probably would have taken the Master Emerald, charged on that for a good while, then Eggman had a super form at his beck and call.

[@skeleton819]

im sure he would have just rebelled

[@DanielAyy]

Proof that Mecha Sonic is cooler than Metal Sonic

[@corpsemachine6949]

I suppose

[@xavierroman1242]

and that he did it better, I love metal sonic but mecha sonic was underappreciated by a lot

[@jatinnegi4275]

Neo metal sonic is coolest

[@brockbracken318]

Was the pun intentional?

[@carnage0685]

@Dylan Ogega Slower, definitely, but design-wise? He's definitely a lot cooler, and unlike Metal Sonic, you actually fight him, and you don't just fight him once, but you fight him TWICE. Technically, you fight him 4 times- Three times as Sonic, and once as Knuckles.

[@toongrowner1]

Never understood why Metal Sonic get's so much attention when we have such an epic boss like Mecha Sonic. He doesn't look like he is made out of a fan and you have to fight him while he is in super form. Glad that at least Lego dimensions remembered him but would be nice to see him get a comeback in an actual sonic game.

[@dark_nightwing_xl2797]

Facts mécha looks so much cooler

[@Dantido]

Probably one of the coolest fights in the whole franchise. No wonder he was picked as main antagonist for SMBZ.

[@ThatSmartYoutubeUser]

Fun fact, the more time you waste on the mecha sonic boss (as knuckles), angel Island keeps falling lower and lower. At 9:59, it disappears and you die.

[@EngY2502]

All these years and I never knew that.

[@_bear_5]

@@EngY2502 me too

[@azaelmiller7155]

Oh my.... that’s really interesting

[@skydub7844]

Aka time over lol

[@maverickcrow6252]

Thank you, I was wondering about that

[@xdgaming70]

I LET YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH!

[@GlitchanBlack]

This isn’t Super Mario Bros. Z.

[@Tumbleflop]

Anyone else wish that *Mecha* Sonic would make a return one day?

[@juandiegosotoibarra5963]

Nop, mecha was remplaced by metal

[@youngcnyce]

Yea, I prefer Mecha over Metal

[@w0ltz976]

@Dylan Ogega Metal is literally the most undeveloped "rival" of a character i've every seen.

[@gneu1527]

If Mecha Sonic doesn't come back I will wear a Mecha Sonic costume made out of cardboard and walk around the street at 3:00 AM.

[@brockbracken318]

Does LEGO Dimensions count (if anyone even remembers it?)

[@austinpuma609]

SMBZ anyone?

[@origamishadow2655]

Austin Puma I’LL CRUSH YOU!!!!!

[@austinpuma609]

@@origamishadow2655 Here we Go!!!!

[@austinpuma609]

@Olivia V. Cool

[@luxxmos_ley]

Eyy!! 👌👊😎

[@edwardo6834]

Yeah dude

[@FusionComet]

Knuckles was in a jam here bro. Fighting a powerful robotic duplicate of Sonic who's using the master emerald to transform into a super state while Angel Island falls in the background.

[@URIA6788]

As i already said, its a semi super form!

[@DeltaBlazin]

Even the way the battle starts is amazing, Knuckles literally tricked Mecha into destroying Egg Robo, taking care of him for good.

[@perrykv7312]

Well, Mecha couldn't harness all that power, he returns to his normal form time to time, so he can't really use it as it's finest

[@SwagMush]

The only metal sonix to harnest the energy of the chaos emeralds into its own unique super form. Best part about it, is that eggman didnt program it to do that. Its AI is so complex it can adapt to any situation

[@Jurtaani]

This battle for me confirms that this is indeed the place that the "doomsday" song is written for and Sonic just happened to borrow this piece of music for his showdown with Eggman. I mean just listen how every time mecha Sonic goes on top of the master emerald and how nicely that "powering up" phase of the song fits into what mecha is doing. If this was a modern game, then i would think that this is just something they programmed the music to do according to what mecha is doing.

[@LegoWhisbecauseyes]

Always remember If this awesome fight sidn't exist, SMBZ's plot wouldn't either

[@studhouser6969]

This got a lovely reference in Sonic Mania Adventures 5, plus Metal finally (kinda) got a Super form!

[@Apronika]

Its mecha not metal They're two different things

[@URIA6788]

@@revolution4122 it doesn,t matter cause, here in The vid, u can see that mecha, Doesn't, have skin, and hes Golden!

[@feodaron89]

I won't lie...when I first saw this fight as a kid...I thought my eyes were going to pop out of my head. I played the game first as Sonic (obviously) and Mecha Sonic wasn't the final boss. I thought it would be the same with Knuckles. And when he suddenly rushed towards the main emerald... I was like "wait what? You're not done yet?" And then he gets in super power form...and I was like "wait what? he can do that?" No other game on the Sega gave me such a shocking and unexpected feeling, followed by such a satisfying fight.

[@Rutawind]

As a kid, I always thought Mecha's ears were its eyes and its face was the mouth. Always used to creep me out

[@DreaguiVII]

Mecha fish

[@JayJayHuman]

I'm trying so hard to see what you saw, but I can't

[@hisuiansilverkid1336]

I was impressed that Mecha Sonic achieved a Super State, but I didn't expect that he pilot Robotnik's Egg mobile.

[@SegaUnofficialAccount]

I love how you can see angel island plummeting straight down, making seem a lot more like a desperate attempt to save angel island from being completely destroyed

[@zestyhedgy]

When you finally here the Doomsday Zone, you know there’s something about to happen.

[@retrovideogamefootage2056]

This will always be the most epic Sonic game to me.

[@ilikethecokev2]

This Mecha Sonic needs to come back. Heck, all of the other Sonic robots do, like Silver Sonic (Master System) and Death Egg Mecha Sonic. Don't just have Metal be the only one.

[@Gapsx1eGewehr]

Metal Sonic kinda sucks. He's just.... average. Mecha Sonic was made for speed and combat, thus the sleek design, and Silver Sonic (sonic 2) was made for combat, thus the blocky but powerful design. Metal Sonic is just fast and he's really weak. We need the better Sonic robots back!

[@RandomGuy-zl5sp]

Octavius 'Lord Freeza' Allers metal sonic is more powerful than all of the other robot sonics

[@Gapsx1eGewehr]

@@RandomGuy-zl5sp I thought Mecha Sonic was beacuse he has both speed and combat power, while Metal Sonic has just speed and is defeated with ease every time.

[@RandomGuy-zl5sp]

Octavius 'Lord Freeza' Allers play sonic heroes

[@Saxton_Hoovy]

@@RandomGuy-zl5sp Metal sonic was upgraded in sonic heroes compared to his original game which his fight was a race that he lost and got blasted by robotnik. While mecha sonic was fighting knuckles who was able to knock the super out of super sonic. And if we are looking at both sonic and knuckles story mecha got hit almost 30 times before finally dying.

[@SpacenoidCentral]

Imagine if this dude showed up in a modern sonic game with all of the power he had and terror he inflicted in smbz...

[@skeleton819]

i wanna see him in 3D

[@LegoWhisbecauseyes]

Then Sega would require to make Hyper Sonic or Shadic canon

[@Honestlynothingelse]

​@@LegoWhisbecauseyesthen shadic would've been compared to vegito already..i wouldn't even want that.

[@eletrictarantula2321]

If smbz mecha sonic become canon and is the main villain in future sonic games? Then that said sonic game woukd be the darkest sonic game in franchise history

[@VoidJWKDDOUS]

​@@eletrictarantula2321 I mean, Mecha Sonic KILLING most of sonics friends is already dark, besides there is no way they can be revived meaning they would have to be killed off for a good reason

[@Shadowdragon_TV]

Damn, I still remember when I first fought this boss and thought he was the coolest of all the mechanical Sonics. When he turned Super, I was blown away.

[@theopbitinc]

I shit my self when I realized that he didn't die and when he went super I was like. GOD PLEASE NO.

[@ghostaccountlmao]

Knuckles beats, canonically in the same game, Super Sonic at the very beginning, and Super Mecha Sonic at the end. 2-0 on Super Transformation foes. Knuckles doesn't chuckle.

[@hackerman203]

Its all fun and games Until hyper form comes in

[@LegoWhisbecauseyes]

@hackerman203 not canon

[@jirachido3997]

@@LegoWhisbecauseyes No it IS canon nothing says it isn't

[@chilled532]

Knuckles lucky this ain’t super Mario bros Z

[@ianbattles7290]

When your base form is still stronger than your enemy's transformation.

Please, PLEASE IN SONIC MANIA this battle Edit: and we not have this battle, but that game still cool

[@Terromonix]

Tomislav Dragić You must feel dissaspointed

[@slippy495]

Flamestar SFM we got something similar with the heavy king

[@l1quidbeatz46]

Tomislav Dragić nope

[@CallmeKeyiii]

KZbin Renegade Isn't CD a prequel to 3 and knuckles just look at sonics style. So Mecha Sonic was stronger than metal. But metal is stronger now. I miss mecha he had such a badass design

[@CallmeKeyiii]

KZbin Renegade Then why didn't he used metal sonic again? I assume he was upgrading him during this event. (Not to start a argument)

[@bouncyboi3488]

Yknow, eggman should really bring back this bot. Utilizing chaos energy *and* a super form is no easy task, nor something to just blow over.

[@linkuriboh471]

Knuckles is my favorite Sonic character. I hope he gets to shine in the upcoming Sonic movie.

[@tzk6452]

In the trailer they made him the justice he needs

[@laudj_art]

Guess what

[@jirachido3997]

My favorite part about this fight is how unexpected it feels. You wouldn't expect the bad guys to actually go Super, would you? It's just something that feels so fanmade-y yet this game is so good they decided to put it to have a worthy epilogue to Knuckles' story.

[@eggplantunleashed4740]

BEST. GAME. EVER - We NEED Sega to port it to Android!

[@nisa0430]

Yweeeeeeeeeeees

[@kiemphamvan4179]

You can still dowload it in Android

[@nisa0430]

@@kiemphamvan4179 but not as sega made port fan made

@@kiemphamvan4179 original original, not emulator, port still good

[@Krystalmyth]

Just emulate the damn game good god.

[@ReimondoCortexalotl]

1:08 Meanwhile in a evil villain meeting... Metal Sonic: I can transform into Metal Madness in Sonic Heroes. Super Mecha Sonic: *AM I A JOKE TO YOU*

[@ExeReign]

Looks like Mecha Sonic is first Sonic based robot that managed to gain an Super form. Also Mecha Sonic is only character that he cannot stay Super for long. He needs Master Emerald again to another charge up.

[@-shadow-3097]

1:03 Me : this is not just a normal sonic copy, isnt it...?

[@asmodeus3447]

Super mecha sonic

[@xnortheast1106]

Shutthefuckup

[@funchaos5310]

Who’s here after the ScrapNik Island issue 2 announcement? Mecha’s back bitchesssss

[@justinanderson2631]

I wonder if Metal Sonic fused with the remains of Mecha Sonic to become Neo Metal Sonic. The physique is not only similar, but it would also explain why "Metal Overlord" can use Chaos Control even without the assistance of the Chaos emeralds.

[@tapikuncito5205]

"I'LL CRUSH YOU!!".

[@d3-penguin954]

Funfact: 1:11 the "Core" thingy on mecha Sonic’s chest is actually his eye.

[@inkynoob4396]

No way

[@CaptainCoolzCT-]

I always imagined it to be like the MagnaGuards in Star Wars. They have a very similar design in that they have an extra Photoreceptor on their chest that can act as an extra eye for targeting.

[@TheMatthew310]

I know that the original is the best based on popularity, but I would consider Mecha Sonic as the Best Version of Metal Sonic, because he is the ONLY Version of Metal Sonic who has used the Master Emerald in the Entire Series *and he uses the same rings you collect, as Fucking bullets... C'MON!?!?!?

[@kaijukirby6424]

Fanon Mecha Sonic: I can easily solo everyone from Sonic and Mario. Canon Mecha Sonic: *Loses to Knuckles because he can’t stay super for 10 seconds.*

[@jirachido3997]

If you actually play the battle you realize that he can actually stay super forever unless you make him use the energy sphere attack which drains his energy (You need to stay at a certain distance from him at a certain time to make him use that attack)

[@eronbardiqi5286]

Man I wish Mecha Sonic appeared in more games. :(

[@donathan2933]

both Sonic and Knuckles put up an amazing fight against Mecha Sonic.

[@Mr.Pannda699]

One of the best things I could have seen in my childhood

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Where, even, IS this place? It's clearly not above the island.

[@jdmyrick-smith7931]

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT!

[@EuroMIX2]

Remains of Sky Sanctuary.

[@matti.8465]

@@EuroMIX2 But where even IS Sky Sanctuary? It was presented as a place outside of the island.

[@EuroMIX2]

@@matti.8465 A satellite island to the main part, perhaps? Maybe it was too far away from whatever power keeps the island in air and keeps falling apart. The events of the game were enough to cause the crumbling to escalate.

[@GodittoC]

69 likes, make a wish!

[@flopping4life420]

0:43... Knuckles: You got me fucked up!!!! Robotnik: ........ ... ..

[@yellowmello1223]

0:46 Did he just do a homing attack?

[@BlownComputers373]

actualy he was modeled after modern sonic after all of these years thats an fact

[@corpsemachine6949]

Yes,I did

[@lpfan4491]

actually, it would be kinda cool if sonic really learned the homingattack by fighting mechasonic in his story.

[@larasantaella]

@@lpfan4491 actually you can do the homing attack by turning Hyper Sonic, even the stomp down.

[@Arandoman616]

Remember when Mecha Sonic was from Sonic 3 and not Super Mario Bros Z?

[@carnage0685]

Fucking miss those days. I honestly have absolutely ZERO clue what the fuck people want out of this character, he's awesome. They aren't even actual fans of Mecha Sonic because Mecha Sonic in SMBZ is a transformation of Metal Sonic. I just wish people would fuck off.

[@carnage0685]

The good old days. At least he still has some real dedicated fans, even today, and he finally returned in the IDW Comics! Bless those guys.

[@VoidJWKDDOUS]

​@@carnage0685 whether Mecha Sonic is remembered in a discontinued series or the original game, let it be known he has the most badass sprite and design and is the only one who can go Semi-Super temporarily using just the master emerald (Neo Metal doesn't count)

[@merrik]

some people are actually talking about this boss battle while others are literally treating mecha sonic like an omni god of destruction that can destroy planets with a single spindash

[@true-dark-mind9681]

havent you heard of smbz? BRUH

[@nullifytheshark2423]

apparently super forms are capable of that though. Scourge, Sonic’s evil twin in the comics, basically says, while he’s in his super form, that he’ll spindash his planet in half “because he can.” There’s a lot more to that, and whether you take the comics as canon or not is up to you, but hey, that information’s there. It’s pretty sick, too.

[@justcallmekai1554]

@@nullifytheshark2423 Yeah I remember something like that a while back. Pretty neat actually. The archie comics however were never really canon. It was its own thing and only really used elements from the games since well Sonic was first a game series.

[@Stupaipai]

@@nullifytheshark2423 You do realize that the comics power scale clearly exceeds that of the games? Also, please stay on topic about continuity. I'm sure OP was talking about the game canon.

[@inkynoob4396]

@@true-dark-mind9681 Mecha Sonic's power level is "Over 9000" Yes it was a joke but that's the closest we get to his actual power level. Mecha Sonic is no universe destroyer, at most he is Island level as he destroyed Yoshi's Island with ease. Turbo Mecha Sonic is NOTHING I mean NOTHING compared to characters that can destroy universes and are literal Gods.

[@kaom4713]

Idk if it’s because of smbz but mecha sonic/metal sonic is probably my favorite sonic clone character. Shadow eat his heart out

[@jtisgaming971]

The man who literally punched sonic out of super destroyed an even stronger robot lol

[@DreaguiVII]

Guys haven't you noticed when the Eggmobile boss, Sonic and tails are not able to push it ? We only can destroy it... maybe not really, after all it keeps reappear everytime. But Knuckles is the only one able to push away the Eggmobile, from the cutscenes after the first Boss of act 2 of Launch Base.

[@Mr.Feather130]

Remember the time when Mecha sonic is a one off character for sonic 3 and knuckles as a boss?,but at least Alvin earthworm's Super Mario Bros Z give him a bigger role of that fanseries as a main Villain (I wish Sega take notes and give Mecha sonic a bigger role in sonic mania 2 (if it's going to happen)

[@eletrictarantula2321]

Mecha sonic in fanon: an literal unstoppable godly killing machine who expunged everything on sight Mecha sonic in canon: get bitched slapped by knuckles even in his super form.

[@SuperWarrior64]

Man the main series version of Mecha Sonic is complete joke compared to how he's portrayed in Super Mario Bros Z

[@pilaresdacriacao512]

Esse jogo ta muito além pra sua época

[@Sr.5902]

Time to see some SMBZ comments

[@trollwhatyoumad3689]

i died like 6 times trying to understand how to survive to actually get hits in on phase 2

[@sora.7973]

Thus spawned a sprite to be used in an internet series. A series that made an entire generation cower in pure FEAR in his presence for how unrelenting, unstoppable, and borderline menacing he was.

[@andrewjelen1810]

“I’LL CRUSH YOU!!!”

[@75JUNAKI]

To me Mecha Sonic is cooler then Metal Sonic cause of this.

[@We_Are_I_Am]

I think it would have been even cooler if Knuckles had to HYPER Mecha Sonic afterwards as a secret boss.

[@Xeranad]

Isn't it odd that this is the only robotic duplicate of Sonic that has a super form? Not even Metal Sonic has one... I mean unless you count Metal Madness and Metal Overlord, which is a bit of a stretch in my mind.

[@75JUNAKI]

Metal Madness and Overlord aren’t super forms just a full on new form for Metal. Metal (in CD) was just made to be a racing robot and then made into an evil robotic version who can do things Sonic can but Mecha Sonic from Sonic 2 and 3&K was made to be closer to Sonic with his looks and movesets.

[@patrinawilliams1496]

The cooler version of Metal Sonic like a Mecha Sonic is strong I don't get why people hate.

[@gneu1527]

1:05 Mecha Sonic : *YOUR LIFE IS NOTHING. YOU SERVE ZERO PURPOSE*

[@GlitchanBlack]

Mecha Sonic: “You should kill yourself NOW.” **Za Warudo SFX and Super Transformation**

[@RSpaco]

Imagine encountering a boss that decimates *the main antagonist* in ONE BLOW. *AND THEY AREN'T EVEN AT FULL POWER.*

[@j.walker8874]

Mecha sonic is my favourite boss from the classics! If I'm not mistaken knuckles story takes place after sonic and tails, mecha servives after being beaten first by sonic in sky sanctuary but comes back with a few egg robots to take the master emerald himself. Such a neat little after story that i never picked up on as a kid! Good job sega of old👍

[@rebelfleettrooper9881]

Mecha Sonic is better than Metal in terms of design. Mecha could've been a excellently developed character. Let's hope he returns in the future.

[@corpsemachine6949]

@@rebelfleettrooper9881 I hope so as well

[@ejej5507]

Mecha Sonic in Sonic 3 and Knuckles: Who are you? Mecha Sonic in SMBZ: I'm you, But Certified *Multiversal Threat* .

[@ВадимЛукомский-ъ1ь]

*Mecha Sonic in Sonic 3 & Knuckles:* "Oh no, i can't hold power for long time. Oh no, I'm too slow *Mecha Sonic in SMBZ:* "I AM THE MIGHTIEST IN THE UNIVERSE!"

[@carnage0685]

??? So you want his boss fight in this game to be impossible to beat? Just sounds like you want a shitty game, lol.

[@Honestlynothingelse]

Ik this is a 1 year comment, but you expect what? Super sonic and super knuckles to beat mecha sonic?

[@Individual281]

My brother managed to spawn in a second mecha sonic without knowing by using debut mode and I said to him this is getting out of hand now there's two of them and he was fighting mecha sonic in his super form and mecha sonic in his normal form He was using the hand held sega Genesis and my god it was funny when he fought both of em.

[@TheUnknown-th7dk]

Mecha Sonic vanished into thin air

[@renynoise9732]

Knuckles beat 2 super form being in base. Put some respect on his name.

[@fklondike]

Facts lol

[@reececollins9212]

SMBZ: A terrifying threat who’s killed many people S3&K: A pretty simple but fun boss where you can easily beat him

[@UltraPrime1986]

Mecha Sonic fue muy desaprovechado, osea era un robot con un diseño espectacular, las habilidades de Sonic, la capacidad de tener una súper forma y me estás diciendo que Knuckles lo destruyo así de fácil?

[@wolfyplayz123_]

"these creeps mean business!"

[@_Tzer]

canonically modern knuckles can turn super still due to one little game called sonic chronicles

[@metallicwarrior]

Thats not canon lol

[@GlitchanBlack]

@@metallicwarrior Then explain why Shade the Echidna is in the Encyclo-speedia other than to be SEGA’s “Fuck you” to Penders.

[@Rambledy]

​@@metallicwarriorSega said everything is canon

[@Gsinner]

Still my favorite Sonic Boss Theme.

[@The_Great_Letter_E]

1:04 must be (at least the first time you play the game) the biggest "oh fuck" moment in all of gaming

[@CHCartoons]

I feel like Mecha is the most versatile robot Sonic, Mark 1 is stronger and bulkier (which also means heavier), Metal is the fastest, and Mark 0 (game gear silver Sonic prototype) is the one that is most likely to be mass produced

[@SuperFang1]

01:02 That transition is so smooth!

[@dakentaijutsu2010]

Mecha Sonic dislike this!

[@Captin_pt]

fun fact: this is the canonical final boss of sonic 3 and knuckles as knuckles’ story takes place after sonic’s story

[@paratext]

The greatest boss fight moment in the history of gaming.

[@homerthompson8730]

I know the Super Mecha Sonic battle isn't terribly hard, but at least it's somewhat new since Knuckles can't go to the Death Egg Zone (without cheating)

[@calebcalhoun9847]

He is a lot less intimidating than what I was led to believe

[@brockbracken318]

Let me guess, Mario Bros. Z?