Sonic Mania (Switch) Mike & Ryan

[@jmacri4489]

Mike and Ryan hit this review right on the head. Sonic Mania is the best sonic game we have had since sonic 3 and knuckles.

[@Goofy8907]

You sir are factually correct!

[@ABlob]

It depends... But Mania is one of the best Sonic games, you're right about that.

[@rz2970]

Nah, it's the best period.

[@abuDA-bt6ei]

What about em

[@spencerfalzy]

Joseph Macri nah the best sonic game is sonic advance 2 Has the fastest gameplay, and double jump is awesome and makes sure sonic NEVER slows down

[@dustheg]

the one thing mike hates about sonic Is that its not a Zelda game

[@jamesbancroft2467]

an official Sonic-Zelda crossover game needs to be made

[@Dolph1nator3131]

@@jamesbancroft2467 sonic lost world had a legend of Zelda dlc

[@SonicTheCutehog]

The intro of Chemical Plant where Sonic shakes himself dry is a reference to Sonic Spinball!

[@Sithedd]

People that aren't fans of Blue Sphere are bad at Blue Sphere.

[@xnamkcor]

Protip: Losing because you hit the red orb is a rule of the game. It's not a bug or a glitch. If you hit the red orb, you've done something wrong. If you keep hitting red orbs, you need to get better at the game.

[@bobdeinterlace]

"There is no way to practice all of the special stages." There is! It's called Sonic & Knuckles locked on to Sonic 1 on the Sega Mega Drive. Also another thing that needs to be mentioned is that this game isn't a Switch exclusive.

[@Untouchaable]

This game is great and made me feel like I was back in the 90s. They need to make another.

[@stanley13579]

If it sells well, I bet they will make another one. Hopefully with 100% brand new stages, but of course, with some elements from past games as a treat~

[@calebproductions1264]

How the fuck does this game bring any of us to the 90's? I beat the whole entire game in 1 day and I've felt nothing from this piece of shit. I hope they don't make more of these repetitive classic sonic games.

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

Caleb Montes I mean, the point was to emulate the old games from the 90s which can all be beaten within a few hours

[@Dankcatvacs]

whata geek i couldnt get past the water lever!

[@calebproductions1264]

But why do we need to 2D sonic back? it's just pixels on the screen and all you do is go right and beat a act, then a boss.

[@Lion-EXE]

I don't see how Mike has trouble with Sonic games on the Genesis controller when you only use one button.

[@trippplefive]

I was thinking the same. Genesis controller was always perfect for Sonic games.

[@kevinr417]

So, Mike had no problem playing Castlevania on the Genesis, but the Sonic games, the games where ALL THREE BUTTONS DO THE SAME THING, that gave him trouble? That makes no sense!

[@REDDF1VE]

Yeah, that was a bit strange...

[@calebproductions1264]

Because it's fucking Sonic.

[@LHMDFedBoy]

Yep, kids remember Sonic. All of us 30 year old kids. lol

[@MotherKojiro]

I totally agree with Mike's speech at the end; during the 5th Generation, I also saw everyone going crazy over these new 3D graphics and gameplay that I thought were pretty bad, even back then. I remember worrying that that was what video games were going to be from then on, and my SNES was still seeing a lot more playtime than my N64. Devil May Cry was the first 3D Action title that made me feel like there was hope again, so I'm glad they finally got it right, but it's still nice to see 2D games coming out.

[@teavu6093]

My favorite part was when I used Sonic's frozen body to plow through a wall at the speed of sound. It was beautiful

[@marcelokodama238]

Mike and Ryan are playing Sonic with Retro Blast Processing! Nintendo Power Style!

[@danielchisholm8269]

1.) blue balls make you go faster 2.) sonic is fast 3.) sonic is blue 4.) sonic always has blue balls

[@alphahotelromeo]

How about Vectorman? I loved that game growing up. They can call it Vectormania.

[@fernandosepulveda8748]

Gawd yes!

[@tequilamokinbrd]

If you plug ANY Sega Genesis game into Sonic and Knuckles, it gives you a randomly generated version of those 3D bonus levels you guys were having trouble with. It's how I practiced them as a kid and I got really really really good at them.

[@ABlob]

Except for Sonic 2 and 3. And I've heard something happens to the Blue Sphere game when it's with Sonic 1 but I could be wrong.

[@DaFro3713]

A Blob when you plug Sonic 1 into sonic and Knuckles, you get a procedurally generated version of blue spheres which gives you millions of different combinations. And I think some of those returned in Sonic Mania.

[@ckcrimson]

Edwin C. Taliaferro hi daddy

[@kaldogorath]

Don't forget to press A+B+C when inserting games into S&K!

[@Sifer2]

Blue Sphere was always hard. I didn't have that much trouble with them in Mania but only because I played them alot getting the emeralds in Sonic 3 as a kid an more recently when replaying Sonic 3 in preparation for Mania's launch. I can see why they are frustrated with them but honestly every goalpost in this game is a blue sphere entrance. So it's MUCH easier to practice them than it was in Sonic 3 where they were the limited entrance giant rings.

[@kingslayerkoshy]

It's funny to mention puyo puyo because Nintendo had a puyo puyo game starring Kirby.

[@auber-yv7283]

kingslayerkoshy and sega Dr Robotnik mean bean machine.

[@Goofy8907]

PuyoPuyo Tetris is on the E-Shop too, its pretty good!

[@BoogiepopFearGhoul]

This looks like a strong contender for best Sonic game, and might have just sold me on the Switch. How ironic is it that a Sega game sells a Nintendo console?

[@xanderalmighty]

Fear Ghoul this game is available for switch, Xbox ,PS4 and PC

[@BoogiepopFearGhoul]

In that case, the Switch can remain scratched off my wish list.

[@NyanMango]

xanderalmighty Well, it isn't quite available for PC yet. I believe it will come out in a week or two, though.

[@DeViLMaN666_Qc]

but its not Sonic team who developed the game.. its some indie fan Sega just published it lul

[@Goofy8907]

Well, it's been like that for most of Sonics existence. I think it started around 2003-2004 in the beginning of the GC lifetime. So I don't get why people pretend to act so shocked about it. Sonic Original - 1991 Sonic Adventure DX - 2003 (at least then) So 12 years as a SEGA exclusive and 13,5 years on Nintendo consoles.

[@MedicMain9]

A good Sonic game? What?! Has science gone too far?

[@DarkKnightMare]

I'd love to see this with James as well! Him being a fan of the classic series and all. :)

[@Sithedd]

"I'm not good at Sonic" *has a Cleared save file with all emeralds*

[@cm-ih1jb]

Sonic Mania..THE BEST SONIC GAME! Edit : Well One Of The Best Sonic Games..

[@ATthemusician]

Kirby's Kingdom there aren't very many good sonic games so it shouldn't be too hard to achieve

[@nyastclair8174]

Well there was a lot of great sonic games it just sucks that they were all on Genesis/32x/Sega CD and pretty much nothing great since then. I did kind of enjoy the first Sonic Adventure game on Dreamcast. Bout it

[@Deathshuck]

Well, Sonic Mania has the most varied level design, the best sprites and gameplay, so yeah it might be the best. Also, there's like 3 good Sonic games. 1, 2 and Sonic CD. Other ones are mediocre at best.

[@TyRiders2]

And Sonic Colors and Generations

[@silentone6974]

To me it will always be S3&K ... mainly for being able to be Hyper Sonic and the more diverse stages. . But hey, Mania just became my second favorite Sonic game of all time :D

[@hibiki1650]

Mike & Ryan & Knuckles

[@calebproductions1264]

Stfu.

[@gamingcomics9711]

9:59 Mike: "The graphics are great" the graphics are 16 bit…and awesome

[@Warrax22]

2D pixel art > low polygone 3D. 2D sprite games are the best and ages very well.

[@ABlob]

"You need 95 rings to get through this" No, he doesn't...

[@jonesythegent]

This is the Sonic Saturn that we've been waiting on for over 20 years! Enjoy the good times!

[@thrilhous]

They did release a new side scrolling Strider game in 2014 with a Metroidvania style of gameplay. I thought it was a great game.

[@shtiken]

D Nice Yeah, played it recently. It is a great game.

[@SotNist]

That's one of my favorite modern games. Awesome style and the best controlling character I've ever played in a game. Felt so bad ass. Double Helix made it and they are partially made up of Ex-Shiny developers, who made games like Earthworm Jim, MDK 1 & 2, Wild 9 etc.

[@thrilhous]

lol wut, did you even play the game or read my description? It was a side-scroller, not 3D.

[@troymacdonald6197]

I think Ryan just wants it to look exactly like the older games, with no 3D models, which is a shame. It was a great game, but I guess he's too shallow to give it a chance

[@DaiSenshiMounir]

lol wut, you obviously know nothing about the game of discussion in this thread.

[@Fujindansen]

It's so painful to watch Ryan play where he constantly goes in the wrong direction and Mike goes: "I can already tell you're better than me at Sonic" No.. No he's not.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

This is a playground of a game. It's just plain FUN!

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

Sonic Mania is the best Sonic game ever on today's modern consoles...and PC!

[@videogameobsession]

Amazing Sonic game. Probably my second favorite after Sonic 1. I only wish it had the rotating bonus stages from Sonic 1. Those stages had so much character to them. They were a nice break from the action with mellow and relaxing music. Maybe they can insert them through DLC. I also love the Sonic CD style intro animation.

[@TyRiders2]

Sonic 2, 3 and Knuckles?

[@videogameobsession]

Yes, and Sonic CD, all fun games. Sonic 1 is still my favorite though.

[@gustini2146]

Noah Nesbitt Exactly. It's more luck in getting the emeralds in those stages compared blue sphere.

[@videogameobsession]

I have absolutely no problem getting all 7 of the Chaos Emeralds very early in on Sonic 1. You just have to look ahead and avoid the EXITS while bouncing around. I have way more trouble with Blue Sphere and Sonic CD UFO stages, which are nearly impossible on the remaster because of lag and floaty controls.

[@crust9889]

videogameobsession I have absolutely no problem getting the emeralds in Mania. Once you know how to control it, it's just a matter of sustaining your rings while getting balls. Far, FAR from impossible. I thought they would make them harder Blue spheres at checkpoints are just mind numbing though

[@pejnismiggle]

How could you have a tough time with the Genesis controller? Literally one of the most straight forward and easy to use controllers. It's one of the all-time highs of controllers.

[@mrsmarty5315]

adult swim games is making a new toejam and earl

[@MochaRitz]

and it looks extremely bland

[@troymacdonald6197]

It used to look bland, have you seen any of the newer builds?

[@MochaRitz]

Yes, it looks overwhelmingly mediocre, it excels at nothing. The animations are tweeny, the environments clash with the 2d assets, the sound design is awful, etc. I have no faith in that game, it'll get middling reviews across the board, mark my words.

[@thetwinz1431]

I got an advert for Sonic Mania before this video

[@zxcytdfxy256]

We needed James for this game.

[@calebproductions1264]

NO

[@YukoValis]

oh all the games I'd want to see James play.....

[@ThatBaldGamer]

Great video. I bought Sonic Mania on the Switch for the portability. Since it doesn't require too much hardware horsepower, it was a no brainer when deciding between the PS4 or Nintendo version. ^_^

[@JBird401]

Sonic Mania is amazing! I hope they make a Sonic Mania 2 and a new 16bit Shinobi game in the future !!

[@drop0ut606]

holy shit lol. Mike: "I can already tell you're much better at Sonic than me" How baaaaad at Sonic games do you have to be to be worse than Ryan played in this demo?

[@M1YAK2]

"Only played a little bit." Already beat the game with chaos emeralds

[@yukeigesnow7843]

James & Mike play Sonic Mania! Please. :)

[@rubedolobster]

Sonic mania was a bit like going to see your favorite band play; you're wondering what zones they're going to bring up next as you play and each time you're like ''OOOOOH!! Chemical plant'' ''OOOOOH!! Flying battery'' etc, etc... It's something you're familiar with but are so happy to revisit and rediscover, it takes you on an amazing journey, kind of like watching a band you really like do their setlist.

[@VitaEx]

Mike once upon a time I came to this channel for gameplay and nostalgia now I couldn't imagine being here for anything but the commentary And I mean that as a compliment I have friends who stream and try really hard to make a personality and be fun and interesting and be themselves and I know how difficult that is And I just want to say thanks man you guys are the best and I just really appreciate what you do though you make it seem effortless I know it's not Keep rocking everytime a new game games out I check to see if you guys give a vid out :)

[@tomcat978]

I already played this on the Genesis back in the 90's.

[@calebproductions1264]

Wtf?

[@CrispyLlamasMedia]

The beginning of chemical plant zone is a reference to sonic spinball when he shakes himself off.

[@smolpp5316]

I like how Mike is blabbering on about the game while the other guy is just totally immersed in his SEGA experience

[@devildoctim]

Mike: I've already played the game a little bit Also Mike: -Has a CLEAR save file with a bunch of chaos emeralds-

[@artofthepossible7329]

For someone that didn't grow up with sonic Mike sounds like a veteran sonic player

[@hannibustoogfyrre6074]

A Sega game on a Nintendo console? Haha, yeah right! No way that's ever happening! Remember, there was a time when that could've easily been meant in a serious sense.

[@lboy9889]

Take a shot every time Mike says he's "not good with Sonic Games"

[@Edgewalker001]

Please tell me that Ryan cosplays as Scotty at conventions. XD

[@CleanFormal]

Blue spheres is my favorite bonus stage

[@Goofy8907]

Its interesting, I am really not a big fan of them, however they are ok I think. But I like it a lot more when the checkpoint posts give you random stages(or were they based on ring amount, can't remember exactly although I know Blue Spheres were for emeralds before) like the bubble gum machine and Sonic & Knuckles weird...jump on spheres in a weird electro generator thingy. Also, Sonic 2's stages were probably the best when doing VS, they were so much fun! They sucked for emeralds though, because they got really hard towards the end. Sonic 1 had cool stages too. The new chase the spaceship stages are probably the most fun yet, at least for emeralds. For the next Sonic Mania 2, they should give you different stages based on rings when getting the flag post.

[@calebproductions1264]

The blue spreres are terrible, one of the stupidest things Christian Whitedick can ever return back.

[@CleanFormal]

Caleb Montes that's your opinion

[@calebproductions1264]

That doesn't change the fact that it's terrible dude

[@hoodedman6579]

+Caleb Montes Can you explain to me why it's terrible objectively? Because you asserting that it is terrible doesn't really prove anything... Anyway, I do wish that the checkpoint bonus stages were proper bonus stages that gave powerups and shit; I never go in them now that I have all gold medals.

[@jackji2325]

LOL, Mike isn't familiar with Sonic's controls. It's basically jump & down/spin.

[@Guernicaman]

We've been able to "hang out to Tails" since Sonic 2, Ryan!

[@bear2848]

Mike any Ryan try out Sonic Mania for the Switch! Also available for the Nintendo Switch!

[@VitorMach]

Blue spheres is by far the easiest special stage to ever appear in Sonic games, really. It should be played with a good D-pad (or keyboard) though, it requires precise and fast reflexes, analog sticks won't cut it.

[@TheBoltrower]

Sonic Mania Rules!

[@Monacomaverick]

A Spinball sound effect can be heard when Sonic enters the Hornet van.

[@FrozenTundra88]

Another Toejam and Earl styled after the original in terms of gameplay is actually on the way and from the original developer too. :) I love these retro throwbacks too.

[@lolfreddy]

The 3D blue ball and red ball bonus zone what you need to do is outline the blue balls and they will turn all of them red and you clear that block. So just trace the outline of each group of blue and red balls (touch only the blue balls) and that's how you clear it ;)

[@TheLazysketcher]

As a person who loves the Adventure series, i think people act like such spoiled brats whenever they go all "Urgh! There are no good 3d Sonic games it should all be 2d sidescrollers!". Whatever happend to being grateful for what you have?

[@Anakunus]

Ryan (and Mike, too, exceptionally) has an excellent point about the graphics. This game looks beautiful. Excluding the emerald chasing mini-game, there are no polygons in this game. It is like improved graphics of the original Mega Drive games, all done in 2D sprites. What baffles me is that this game could have been released for Sega Saturn or Sony PlayStation, but sadly, like Mike pointed out, no game developer wanted to create 2D platformers when those consoles were new, even though they were most suitable for them. I have waited for a long time a game like this - a 2D platformer that consists from sprite graphics which surpass all games of Mega Drive and SNES (except possibly Donkey Kong Country games), and the fact that it happens to be an old-style Sonic game is a nice bonus. Just looking Sonic's animation shows me how much effort was put into the graphical presentation. I hope that similar games will be released more in the future - 2D games with as beautiful sprite graphics as it is possible to utilize with the platform.

[@lillarry3]

The last strider game was super awesome

[@Draikenx]

I would like to see a new Mega Man game with Super Nintendo graphics.

[@calebproductions1264]

NES and SNES are shit.

[@JUSXTREME96]

Wily Wars graphics, Am I the only one that liked that?

[@MEGAD-nb9uu]

@@calebproductions1264 na bro sega is shit thats why they got booted out the console game

[@johnrosie9769]

Draikenx mega man is best in 8 bit style imo

[@n-v5276]

Pleaaaase do this as a James & Mike Monday.

[@callumscornerfan4202]

I hate when there's a really good game but There's no physical release (sonic mania and cup head needs one

[@astrangehero]

There are several physical releases for Shovel Knight... but yeah, Cup Head and Sonic Mania having physical releases would be pretty great.

[@Jaztec35]

Mc rice Krispiez Pretty sure Shovel Knight got a physical release on most consoles. Got a PS4 copy and a friend had a 3DS one

[@B33FY2011]

Mc rice Krispiez I think we'll see a physical release for Sonic Mania if the demand is there and the digital version sells well they will release a physical version of it. What would be even better and nostalgic though would be for them to include a full colour manual in the style of the old Genesis manuals detailing the continuation of the story from sonic 3 & Knuckles and totally disregarding Sonic 4 altogether while also detailing the characters and enemies with nice artwork that would be an amazing throwback to Genesis days.

[@Mariujana90]

SK got a physical release later down the line. I expect Sonic Mania to get one too. Cuphead too,that game looks amazing

[@atranfanatic]

Yes listen to us Sega. Release a physical copy on a console. I do not buy digital media of any kind.

[@timm_3r]

Robotniks Mean Bean Machine was glorious.

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

This takes me back to my Genesis days. These sound effects are all authentic

[@fizz9698]

Ryan looks like he walked to mikes house before starting this

[@cielo987]

the Sprite animation when Sonic shakes himself off at the start of Chemical Plant, is the same animation from the Beginning of Sonic Spinball

[@TheJuice70]

You can play as Tails ..

[@TheTetsuHai]

LMFAO Sonic mania is fun but it isn't gonna be anywhere near the Greatness that Odyssey is gonna be.

[@brendansrambles9464]

There actually is a new Toejam and Earl in production. You can check out the kickstarter page.

[@InASunnyDaze]

Oh, Sonic Mania! I cannot wait to play Sonic Mania!

[@realstrangewabbit]

The fact that the thumbnail is a piece of fan art

[@TheAqualancer]

watching these 2 play sonic is VERY VERY painful...

[@hello21707]

Reploid Sithis yep

[@Cookieofdoom]

Reploid Sithis yeah, how dare they not be good at all games!

[@calebproductions1264]

You guys do know their new to these kinds of games right?

[@tsmith4719]

Then don't watch....

[@karleopard]

Did you guys not know there's already a new Toejam and Earl game being made? It's called Back in the Groove.

[@schtive81]

Yup, it was Kickstarted in 2015 by the original creator of the series and is being released this year in 2017. It ill play like the original Genesis game and have hand drawn art (not 16bit pixel art) with four player co-op.

[@whitemageFFXI]

I love the blue sphere levels, but it's probably pure nostalgia. I obsessed over that minigame as a kid.

[@acriser15]

Mike & Ryan are back!

[@johnrildo2325]

"Ronic Rania! Rah-Rooooo!"- Scooby Doo 2017

[@2sallads]

"a lot of people dont like blue spheres" speak for yourself Mike. I LOVE Blue Spheres! Best part

[@sonicmario64]

I think that the real reason that the Sonic games get so much negativity isn't because of the quality; It's because of the characters being anthropomorphic animals instead of humans, which is a shame because I honestly like anthro animal characters a lot more than most human characters for some reason, and there aren't any other video game series other than Sonic for me to enjoy with those kinds of characters nowadays.

[@RyuPlaneswalker]

"lets do a new rogue squadron with the old movies and the new ones." Yes because we need ANOTHER Hoth Level.

[@simonmasse7840]

Every time I see you pass by that bonus stage I die a little inside.

[@danielthomas7193]

I watched the live stream. Mike was good at handling his blue balls.

[@cryptofice]

Always good to wake up to a new Mike and Ryan episode!

[@theholymage7188]

This is the most fun you could possibly have, while taking a crap

[@EnnZedder]

I love how they're asking for Streets of Rage and Shinobi, these are both referenced within Mania's levels themselves lol.

[@Baxbax]

Been too long without Ryan. My OG, my home dawg, my main man, my wet dream.

[@bananaramic6038]

Took a dark turn there at the end.

[@iansinfield2507]

Only one checkpoint is active at one time so If you fail a special stage you just need to backtrack to the last checkpoint to have another go. As long as you have 24 rings you will be able to keep playing between the two checkpoints.

[@AshaTheGameGenie]

One thing on your wishlist is true. There already is a new Toejam and Earl coming out this year.

[@RAMCARTGAMER]

This was the sonic game the Saturn needed.

[@SlowMotionAtomicBomb]

I think at this point Mike might have told the "I didn't have a Genesis growing up and that's why I suck at Sonic" story more times than James has recounted "I got confused because I thought, based on the name, that the Master System must have been better than the Genesis".

[@Andronicus87]

I am effing AWESOME at those faux 3d bonus stages that Mike doesn't like from doing them over and over in sonic 3 and knuckles back in the day lol.

[@doctorx0079]

I have to say, I love the Blue Sphere bonus stages from Sonic 3 and I'm so glad they brought them back. Give it another try!

[@AnthasPlays]

I have really enjoyed playing Sonic Mania on Switch. I checked one of Mike's stream and was instantly sold to it.

[@cactusben731]

They finally thought of going back to their roots. It took them a few generations

[@fnk86]

Ofc mike has some sort of problem with this great kick ass game

[@antiloopgmbh]

You should play Gunstar Heroes

[@watermelon330]

Gerold Böhler Yes

[@bdel80]

Saw it today in a shop £89 I was thinking pass

[@bdel80]

Negan yes but I still like physical media

[@Haterator]

God, I remember playing the sh*t out of this game back in the day on my Genesis. Good times.