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@spontman18 сағат бұрын
Fun fact not related to Sonic Advance whatsoever: I have a Twitch channel now! www.twitch.tv/spontman
@SonicTheCutehogКүн бұрын
You'll learn why "Dimps Level Design" is a meme
@kindasomeviewsКүн бұрын
Ah yes the "Pits Advance" series is truly a classic. How great it was that it extended to Rush and (ESPECIALLY) Rush Adventure
@kingstarscream320Күн бұрын
Dimps Sonic is 2D Sonic for advanced players.
@_Hero_Link_Күн бұрын
@@kingstarscream320ah, i see what you did there
@sonicultimateyt1090Күн бұрын
Wouldn't be surprised if they made a kid Icarus game
@esmooth919Күн бұрын
It is especially egregious in the Sonic Rush series. Idk about Colors DS, tho, cuz i never got to play it.
@robertlauncherКүн бұрын
My least favorite thing about this trilogy is how cumbersome they make getting the emeralds. We had it perfect with Sonic 3, just find one giant ring and jump in. Advance 1, despite being mildly annoying, is also the nicest of the trilogy in this regard. Be afraid, be very afraid.
@yusifudo46Күн бұрын
I only got the Emeralds in 1 after a few months and almost a year with 3. I still haven't gotten them with 2 to this day.😅
@robertlauncher20 сағат бұрын
@@yusifudo46 I’ve only done it in the first game. 2 especially is the example of “Ain’t nobody got time for that!”
@fictionalmediabully983014 сағат бұрын
@@robertlauncher Just remember that these games were designed to be played by children. Because they have a lot more time for games but less money, they're going to play the same games over and over again. So games with "ain't got time for that" completion goals more or less serve as time wasters until they can afford the next game. Of course, you could argue such valuable time is better spent on learning. Well, don't argue with me; argue with kids, lol.
@Hysteria9812 сағат бұрын
3 is the only one I ever fully did. I found 3 to be the easiest.
@robertlauncher12 сағат бұрын
@@fictionalmediabully9830 No, I’d argue time is better spent on better games. Because I was a kid when this came out, and that was my solution, back to Wario Land 4.
@NeatOnTheRocksКүн бұрын
Ok "Twitter Zone" got me I'll give you that
@kakhome12 күн бұрын
If this one has evil level design, I can't even begin to imagine what you'll say of Sonic Advance 2's design (imagine Egg Rocket, but most of the game...)
@spontmanКүн бұрын
@@kakhome1 Oh boy...
@gamedestroyer112Күн бұрын
Sonic advanced 3 is even worse tho. In advanced 2... collecting all 7 emeralds requires you getting 7 special rings as all characters to get amy and super sonic and chao garden. And ya dont get to play as super sonic in the main game. 3 is even wprse as you need to collect 3 chao per stage and its literally the same after that. Use an emulayor if ya wanna try this. But 2s stages are at least good. and the bosses actually are unique this time. And it feels oh so much smoother. @spontman
@robertlauncherКүн бұрын
@@gamedestroyer112I don’t entirely agree there. If I remember right, Advance 3 saves your chao so that you don’t have to do it in one run, and the levels are better designed for exploration with fewer points of no return. Advance 2 expects it all in one run and often will destroy your chance the instant you pass one of the special rings because why would I want to be able to backtrack when the game is making me collect things?
@msgameandcake628Күн бұрын
@@robertlauncher Yeah, Advance 3 levels are very much designed to be explored, and the ways that different character combos modify your abilities makes exploring and re-exploring levels an enjoyable experience. You only ever need to collect each chao once, and going into the chao garden area of the level select shows you a list of all chao in the game, letting you know what levels you still need to explore more and even where the chao are within the levels relative to eachother. Really, I'd dare say that chao collecting in Advance 3 is probably one of the best parts of getting the chaos emeralds in ANY Sonic game. Then the game makes you collect the Special Keys in order to actually enter the special stages. After playing through every level in an area to collect all of the chao, probably going through each stage multiple times, the game makes you replay levels even more in order to collect 1 Special Key per level completion, which translates to 1 attempt at a special stage in the hub area. At the very least, while the Special Keys are technically "hidden" within the levels, I don't think I've ever played through a level and missed one after I'd unlocked the ability to find them by collecting all the chao. Replaying levels while experimenting with different character combos can help somewhat, but even that can only help so much if you need to retry the special stages repeatedly, and these special stages are HARD! Especially near the end, they expect some pretty excellent precision in order to get the chaos emeralds! If the game just let you have infinite special stage retries after finding all the chao, or even just gave you the chaos emerald for finding all the chao at all, that would be the perfect chaos emerald hunt! This middle step with the Special Key adds a layer of tedium that is difficult to ignore, unfortunately.
@orangeslicerzКүн бұрын
Really? I don't really see that much except for sky canyon.
@pencildude9516Күн бұрын
Does anyone else notice how Sonic has peach colored eyelids in Advance 1 and 2, then in 3, his eyelids are blue?
@ceumadorgas9407Күн бұрын
Never played Advance 1, but Adv 3 is the first sonic game I ever played and I replay it from time to time. Just like you said about Adv1, Adv3 also shines in exploration, but punishes you unfairly in the level design department. Let me explain myself a bit, it isn't exactly the level format that is the problem, but the enemy and hazard placement (which is part of level design of course). If there were less punishing spikes, pitfalls and weirdly placed enemies, those games would be masterpieces! Can't say the same about Adv2 though, I hate that game, specially the bosses.
@fictionalmediabully9830Күн бұрын
"Sonic Advance" is an enjoyable game, despite its hostile behaviour towards newcomers. Fair warning: the sequels are even more evil. 😈
@Benjawin6671Күн бұрын
"They had us in the first half ngl"
@RutawindКүн бұрын
After watching an Amy speedrun, you'd be surprise how easily she can cheese Egg Rocket. Sonic is the true hard mode lol
@Surgemaster20122 күн бұрын
As someone who has played Sonic Advance more times than any person should, the more I play it the more Amy's gameplay just feels perfect. She comes off as a character with her own strengths and weaknesses, rather than a gimmick. I get that a more casual perspective can make her off putting, but I also think people place TOO much emphasis on surface level observations and just assume she's bad without even understanding her playstyle. Even after they played the other three. For me, Advance 1 feels like its level design is most suited around Amy's abilities once you understand how they work, especially her useful Hammer vault from Adventure, which can be used to gain speed on loops if you time it right, (In fact I recommend trying this while running, as she can make it up slopes you'd normally spin dash around, there's also a bit of forward momentum to it too) can gain fast horizontal momentum on slopes and hitting springs with her hammer is so useful for shortcuts. All the levels in some way have a use for Amy's abilities, Ice Mountain plays up her ability to hit springs (as she goes twice as far hitting springs, which can make her find Special Springs as good as Tails in some cases) In fact as early as Neo Green Hill Act 2 you can hit the first spring you find with Amy's hammer, then use the hammer spin to bounce off of a badnik and a shield box onto a higher path, and in Ice Mountain her Hammer spin can be useful for mid air descending and springs, so well and proper hammer vault timings (especially how much distance you can gain underwater using it) come on full display and she breaks the boss of that level. Even in Egg Rocket this is also useful. In fact when I play Advance 1 I almost always play Amy with Tails thrown in because he is the second best character after Amy, because of his high airtime and ability to cheese certain bosses. Also if you hammer flip as you're running down slopes Amy will go far horizontially. Amy can also be broken against bosses too, especially the first boss, ice mountain boss and the mecha Knuckles. Even the cosmic angel boss is good for Amy (even though that boss sucks design wise) by comparison the more I play the game, the worse Sonic felt because the game's levels are designed around verticality and the upper paths are designed to be faster, Sonic is the ONLY one of the 4 who lacks any means to scale any level vertically unless you know the level design well. My big issue is he plays the game too honestly and all of its dishonest features hit the hardest because of it. Even his insta shield lacks range because Amy's hammer has range to combat enemies too. Her flaws don't come into play that much once you know how she works. Even the Hop has uses.
@WSBM142 күн бұрын
Figures. Sonic fans tore Amy apart for being too different from Sonic because they didn't have the attention span to understand the point, and sega responded by making her too similar to sonic or not playable at all
@Cyberguy64Күн бұрын
I hate that modern Sonic stuff has just turned Amy into "Girl Sonic with a hammer." She was always more interesting as the relatively weak character who was full of unique tricks and techniques to make up for it. It played into her character as "The fangirl who pushes herself to impress her superhero crush" really well too. It was inspiring.
@_Hero_Link_Күн бұрын
that's what i'm Saying
@lpfan4491Күн бұрын
I beat the game with every character and all of them were fun to play. 😭
@kingdedede5570Күн бұрын
sonics insta shield is so bad in advance
@-oldhope-Күн бұрын
Why am I just finding out that youtube has sound? AMAZING video, and the first video I ever *heard* on youtube the platform- I will share this
@DissociatedWomenIncorporatedКүн бұрын
Isn’t “Ice Cap with water” just Ice Cap Zone?
@somehelluvafanboy8357Күн бұрын
Finally, a review of Sonic Xylophone Saxophone (you started it, you son of a biscuit)
@TheAzulmagia7 сағат бұрын
I enjoyed Sonic Advance as a kid and even 100% completed Sonic Advance 3. I never had Sonic Advance 2, though, and wound up trying it years later. Boy howdy, did I *hate* Sonic Advance 2.
@MikeDeeJacksonКүн бұрын
14:09 Super Sonic does his best Kazuya impression from Tekken 1 😂
@donstar8318Күн бұрын
Mooned by Sonic…. Oh dear…
@justyumi4410Күн бұрын
Evil Con Carne, you say? 😳 seriously though, those special stages are rough.
@N3SelinaКүн бұрын
something about "super sonic goes back down to earth and oges like mmmmmmmmmmmm!" is just so funny good video
@officialFredDurstfanclubКүн бұрын
Oh ho ho wait until you get to Advance 2
@reshawshidКүн бұрын
I'm glad to see that you recognize the spikes coming out of nowhere as bad game design. So many people nowadays excuse things like that just because some game journo failed the Cuphead tutorial years ago. You're right, the game shouldn't just come at you out of nowhere. And for a long time, that was just understood by devs and gamers. 10:49 You missed an opportunity to put in one of Eggman's "Get a load of this" lines. 12:11 It's a good thing you added "yet" there, because oh boy, you're in for a treat with Advance 2. The stages themselves WOULD be fine, but... well you'll see.
@littlegreengoblin1038Күн бұрын
I think the reason this game was so light and had a simple story was because this was the first game after SEGA stopped making consoles, so they had to market to an entirely new audience now by having their games on Nintendo systems. I’m pretty sure it’s the same thing with Sonic Heroes
@ToluwanimiAdelekeКүн бұрын
After seeing the first special stage I gave up. My 11 year old brain couldn't comprehend such travesty (I'm 14 now tho) but still it's dimps😅
@esmooth919Күн бұрын
2:02 Ice Cap Zone (Sonic 3) had water in it.
@spontmanКүн бұрын
@@esmooth919 Where?! I've never seen a single drop of it.
@LegendaryEvil75Күн бұрын
@@spontmanWhen I played the game as Knuckles and made it to ice cap zone act 2, I actually saw water in the underground cave (even though the water just covers a bottomless pit so I have no idea why they even added water in ice cap in the first place. Maybe just for the floating platforms on the water).
@LateefA519Күн бұрын
This is a sonic game for experienced sonicplayers.They really challenge the plalyer a lot more than the genesis classics
@jruler9323 сағат бұрын
It took me years to figure out the trick to the special stages in this game. Here's the trick; don't go all the way out to the walls, only go partway. If you go out too far, you'll mis nearly every ring. Also, when you fail, you can grab a nearby checkpoint, find 100 rings or a 1up monitor and die, then make your way to the special spring for another attempt. That's faster than trying to do the whole stage over again.
@Mikeystar4523 сағат бұрын
I enjoyed your music selection while you reviewed Sonic Advance. Most of the tracks I recognize from a couple of atmospheric drum n' bass albums released during this decade. Nice stuff!! 🙌
@supper_e182320 сағат бұрын
This game is an essential part of my GBA game collection. Playing through the game over and over with all of the characters is very fun. This was the game that got me through a long flight a few years back. Great game! ^-^ We don’t talk about the special stages though…
@jackskellington354510 сағат бұрын
0:04 THQ Nordic? Weren’t they the dudes behind Cars The Video Game, Cars Mater-National Championship, and Cars Race-O-Rama, and other goated non-cars games?
@sonictiger6716Күн бұрын
Shadow Gens review when?
@spontmanКүн бұрын
when i make it
@SaadakAbdulkadirКүн бұрын
3:23 as a baldi fan, i got makor whiplash with that
@LozioMann11 сағат бұрын
I got an ad after seeing a single frame of his face I think I went into shock and recovery
@Master_48Сағат бұрын
Thank you for making this video. I thought something was wrong with me when I was grumbling about the cheap 'beginner trap' setups to myself. I feel seen now. Hopefully Sonic Advance 2 surpasses my expectations, I've heard it's fast paced.
@StinkTeriosКүн бұрын
Sonic Advance seems to be a great test to find out if your sense of perspective is broken or not.
@Godzilla30801Күн бұрын
Yes! New video! Really good one too. I like how you touched on the amazing idle animations. Genuinely some of my favorites ever. Also, I don’t mean to scare you, but the level design problems don’t get any better in 2 and 3. I actually think Advance 1 has the best level design out of the trilogy lol. Still fun games, just occasionally infuriating as well 😂
@hendester05Күн бұрын
OMG, One of my favourite Sonic games in an evil incarnate of one of my favourite Sonic games?😅
@animosity3771Күн бұрын
12:59 I found the safest way to beat this boss was to chill on the opposite side, wait for the boss to charge, then hit them and switch sides. Repeat. 12:00 As someone who got the emeralds legit, yikes. Wonder how much time I personally wasted.
@SonkDoesStuffКүн бұрын
sonic advance's special stages can go take a walk in hell
@FlyingDuckMan360Күн бұрын
@SonkDoesStuff They have a special spot reserved for them there, along with Christina Miller, David Zaslav, and the CEO of Mattel.
@lesonicvicКүн бұрын
Never struggled with the Sonic Advance 1 special stages, they are quite easy, the hardest part is finding them. Still hasn't beaten the 7th stage in Advance 3, and I won't talk about the Advance 2 ones.
@CarlosSilva-bh4bi7 сағат бұрын
I believe Sonic Advance 3 actually is the best of this arc of the story It goes after Sonic Battle and its about eggman discovering how to use the Master Emerald to bend reality
@furballo1992Күн бұрын
amy can do her hammer front flip. Get her running at max speed where her hammer appears and then attack she will do the flip.
@NastaraКүн бұрын
I remember this game and Sonic Advance 2 had some sort of cart error that would randomly unlock the final stage for you. Was fucking surreal.
@SaddieMoonКүн бұрын
The special stages become way better and easier to understand (for the most part) if you use a save state right before starting the special stage. Like, it was able to allow me to figure out where I need to be to be able to collect the rings on the sides of the screen without abusing the spin ability. I guess kinda like playing them because of it.
@noah_ignisКүн бұрын
This was a good video especially since Sonic Advance was my first game and yea the more times i go back to it i know how to avoid the beginners traps but its very BS with its level design i still have a fondness to it but i rather play other 2D Sonic games for me this was a good introduction back in 2006. Also that little moment where you talked about the music was literally you after eating Taco Bell I've never laughed this hard in your videos despite you having very funny out of context moments and this really had me on the floor. Keep up with the videos ☺️🤣
@randomfromscratch15 минут бұрын
i guess i at least know to stay away from SAdvance's special stages, considering how Rush was the only one to get the halfpipes somewhat right (it took me so long to get every emerald in that, but i did it. thankfully, DIMPS wasn't evil that time around and made it to where you can attempt special stages infinitely just by finding something to perform tricks on and... well, performing tricks. the amount of boost you get resets after exiting, so it's a cheese)
@kingstarscream320Күн бұрын
You’ll love the Advance 2 bosses. They are high octane action all the way through, with the speed of the fight controlled by player skill.
@TheFatestPatКүн бұрын
This game's horrible Special Stages taught me about depth perception.
@henrybitencourt23 сағат бұрын
12:50 elon musk has ruined the letter X now instead of "x zone" is "twitter zone"💀
@evilartnboyКүн бұрын
There is a reason I only got to the sky zone once as a kid
@Cool2SmartКүн бұрын
"To Ice Cap with water" so just ice cap, got it
@timtanium7074Күн бұрын
A couple months back I played all three Advance games on their original cartridges with the Gamecube's Game Boy Player (specifically the fan made GBI that makes the visuals and framerate not suck. Also no save states or advanced features of course) and had a lot of fun with this one. I am extremely split on how I would rank the three games imo because they all have their ups and downs but I also got all the chaos emeralds in each game and it was a horrible slog for ALL THREE!!! Tentatively gonna say Advance 1 is my favorite right now
@TophDaGreatКүн бұрын
Still have my copy in my GBA to this day
@JustJulyoКүн бұрын
I skipped this and went straight to 2
@FlyingDuckMan360Күн бұрын
@JustJulyo I wish I had done that myself.
@FlyingDuckMan360Күн бұрын
I have not played Sonic Advance 1 in years because of how goshawful the Special Stages are. You have to be pixel-perfect to get the rings you need to get the Chaos Emeralds, and it's simply not worth my time and frustration.
@espelhodasconstelacoes2 күн бұрын
Cool analysis man! God bless ya and Jesus loves ya! :D
@donstar831820 сағат бұрын
Oh jeez… r we mathing… sonic shouldn’t be that crazy….
@-oldhope-Күн бұрын
Second time watching this video and I only just realized it's about Sonic? Hello?
@Amit7.Күн бұрын
Special stage 7, don't try it!!! The devil made this 😢
@Edafe-p9iКүн бұрын
I've played this game and beat it when I was 8, and reviews like this made kid me go: "get good, scrub". Still agree with that statement.
@LobotomyTCКүн бұрын
"This game is clearly trying to keep things simple to appeal to older fans." Not quite. Sonic Advance was the first Sonic game not released in a post-SEGA Hardware world. They basically thew Advance 1 out there as a soft reboot for people just coming in. You also missed an ability Advance Sonic has. Jump and doubletap forward or backward.
@esmooth919Күн бұрын
10:01 And here we are at the worst part of all of the Sonic advance games. Emerald hunting was always a chore, and Advance 3 is the most egregious! I just know I'm never going to 100% Sonic advance 2 ever again!
@adg1390Күн бұрын
I never chose Sonic in those games, Amy is so fun 🎉
@docjoe86Күн бұрын
The feeling is mutual!
@thefizzwizz166223 сағат бұрын
Something tells me you'll either love or hate Advance 3 (which is my personal favorite of the 3). Probably love but you can never really know with these things. Also whoever said "fuck no" to getting the chaos emeralds in Advance 2 They were right. Don't even bother. If you think the grind for Advance 1 is bad...
@SaddieMoonКүн бұрын
I wouldn’t say it’s evil. But it’s got problems in its level design.
@sonicmeerkat17 сағат бұрын
you used that title too soon, advance 2 is pits galore and has the most cumbersome special stage entry in the entire series, only closely matched by 3 which doesn't require you to meet the requirements in one attempt.
@jacobleetaylor2 күн бұрын
Been waiting for this video 👌🏻
@lpfan4491Күн бұрын
If Sonic Advance hates me, then Sonic 2 wants me dead. Seriously, Advance 1 is not that bad, I 100%ed it with android touch controls. No idea about Advance 2 or 3 tho, never played them.
@francesfuego695019 сағат бұрын
Idk I like these games but in my personal list sonic advanced is on the lower tier . I think Sonic Rush easily takes its place for Nintendo handheld sonic.
@JJFBlasterКүн бұрын
So you CAN play as Tails in this game? Got it
@spontmanКүн бұрын
I can't comment one way or the other
@Sonic-q6i39 минут бұрын
Nah this that good shit
@manslikeaqeelsonicadvances85662 сағат бұрын
This game is cool.
@M0mazosMissyКүн бұрын
Me yet again watching the game i enjoyed and loved being destroyed by fanbase
@Me222312 күн бұрын
You Can Keep Sonic & Knuckles Genesis For All I Care But I Want Sonic 3 To Be a Better Genesis Game Without Knuckles in It Cause I Think It's Time We Replace Knuckles in Sonic 3 Genesis Game With Scourge The Hedgehog
@curtainsandsuchКүн бұрын
You Talk Like Queen Deltarune
@hamzamohamed6774Күн бұрын
5:25 bro you didn't even test it Press down and B at the same time
@SAFTA_SONIC-AIКүн бұрын
We at tubetastic love you
@josh984gamer5Күн бұрын
Give me advance 2 or especially 3 any day
@Magaleg2 күн бұрын
Sonic advance is fire
@kingstarscream320Күн бұрын
What a classic. Advance 2 is even better. Those SNK veterans were definitely trying to make more challenging games than the Genesis games.
@jasofficial64382 күн бұрын
Same 0:18
@RedNKКүн бұрын
6:13 you sly dog
@GamingAficionado-s4k2 күн бұрын
0 views in 0 seconds bro fell off (I am a little shit I could not resist)
@notimportant3033Күн бұрын
4 likes in 1 hour, bro fell off
@spontmanКүн бұрын
@@notimportant3033 0 likes in 11 minutes? smh
@GamingAficionado-s4kКүн бұрын
@@notimportant3033 its in ur name buddy
@Alizamk110 сағат бұрын
skill issue
@TheBlur18213 сағат бұрын
The exagerated rant about the special zones made me unfollow you