Sonic Origins: Speed Strats - Secrets

[@GeekCritique]

I learned the difference between left and right thanks to Sonic 1's level select. Thanks, Sonic!

[@Rush_Edits121]

Same. :)

[@EoinCheese]

I learned it from the sonic 2 mobile port which I believe is the version in origins but tweaked

[@nd_4726]

@@EoinCheese yeah it is

[@jrr0008]

Yay! TGC is here! Should have known you’d be watching this too.

[@csyt4282]

Wohooo

[@arekrekas213]

they forgot to mention something :( in sonic 1, if you play track 07 on the level select and choose a special stage, you'll end up in a special stage editor from there you can design your own sonic 1 special stages using any block from the original game

[@yousefslimani99]

I don't think this gonna work on "Sonic Origins" sonic 1 forever should work only!!

[@CheddarVG]

@@yousefslimani99 Well in Forever, that was a menu option, in the original 2013 release, you had to do that extra step. I have not yet tested this in Origins.

[@TomTheyy]

@@yousefslimani99 It totally works in Origins. Seems to not save your created Special Stage between game sessions, though.

[@yousefslimani99]

@@TomTheyy yeah I tried to save my special stage that I created in sonic 1 forever but I didn't find any ways how to save them! That sucks!!

[@TomTheyy]

@@yousefslimani99 Maybe it was weirdly intentional? Like if you wanted the option to start over the process on a crazy little created Special Stage for a playthrough you could without erasing data? Though I've only been able to access the custom Special Stage in a legit playthrough of the game by playing that first from the level select then doing the rest of the game's levels when it's completed.

[@UltimateTS64]

Man there's a lot of cool stuff in here. I might go and try those extra special stages just to see what they're like

[@Kacper42PL]

Oh come on, the thumbnail has the Fun Is Infinite With Sega Enterprises secret from CD, I was so excited to see what official info about it would be

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

Wait so you guys just confirmed the mecha sonic in S3K Is called Mecha Sonic MK2? Holy crap this is amazing lore!!!!

[@konstantinblumin9856]

Thanks for the help. I really needed that so I can just turn super anytime I want or hyper thank you

[@aaronflgd]

What about the creepy message in Sonic CD? Fun Is Infinite, Image by Majin

[@theretrogamer9987]

That hidden sonic 2 special stage is crazy I MUST PLAY IT

[@K2SonicFan]

Man this video alone makes me want to get Sonic Origins

[@alejandrovazquez630]

Hey thanks every time ur help me and ur funny and u make me happy do more please and please add multi-player

[@AyaneOfDeath]

Thank you Love the collection

[@MasonParkinson]

the sad shameful crouch sonic does when the narrator discovers he's been cheating is amazing

[@nasir_w]

nah sonic is just covering his ears so that he doesn't hear any complaints

[@Supersonic37838]

He doesn’t want sonic 2 flashbacks when eggman was faster then him.

[@LJXrot]

Its so adorable

[@LJXrot]

@@Figure275 wha??

[@Figure275]

@@LJXrot actually i take it back but it’s still adorable

[@LucasRPDJ]

Funny to know that the "economy system" from this collection wasn't respected by the devs themselves xD

[@toniclol_]

lmao

[@VirtuousAezon]

Thanks Evan and everyone at strategy guide for these videos! Hopefully we get speed strats for Frontiers!

[@thedraftingax5963]

Yeah! I hope that happens! That would be so cool!

[@gravityfallscanada]

The only did this because they were expecting to capitalize on Sonic Origins success. But it just turned out to be a complete disaster. Read a book on marketing and you'll understand what I mean. Sonic Frontiers is not being pushed out to basically anyone but it's core fans...

[@pass_]

i imagine the frontiers one will be them explaining how they made the game in garrys mod construct

[@ModBros8434]

I think that Speed Strats was for Origins specifically, but we might get another similar line of promotional videos

[@Megagamer-xr7ps]

Oh hello founder of sonic team

[@fours1524]

i know it would be great to have speed strats back for frontiers, and i agree, but what if they just really played into the mysterious aesthetic of that game and gave us like, a wildlife documentary narrator for it? or if they hired someone like morgan freeman?(he's probably too expensive but someone like him) and they made it like, "super serious" but obviously not taking it too seriously? that'd be hilarious

[@UltimateTS64]

That'd be goated

[@SamProcrastinates]

By far my favorite Speed Strats so far! Have fun cheating you CHEATERS!

[@OodenSweep]

I am no cheater, Samuel

[@makingflipaclips4194]

ITS NOT CHEATING I ALREADY SAID IT

[@JayFoxFire]

You hush, Sam! XD Sometimes cheating is fun. Lol

[@supersonicjayden3758]

I ain't no cheatin

[@garbagelord4374]

Hmmm? Sorry, too busy abusing Tails.

[@yoshkabosh7979]

3:08 Gotta love how they don't tell you what the images are, this is going to be so much fun for SO many new players

[@somemadnessfan4763]

they kinda still spoiled the majin image in the thumbnail tho

[@setsers1]

@@somemadnessfan4763 yyyep

[@setsers1]

LOL

[@ness6714]

Fun sure is infinite after all.

[@neonguy5990]

🤣=♾ Solve this riddle

[@CSS-Tails_Forever]

I love Speed Strats! They chose the right person to narrate. ( thank you everybody for all the likes! Have a nice day! 👍 )

[@Charriii5]

Evan, thank you for calling Sonic 3's robot counterpart by his government name. People need to understand that Silver Sonic is the one in Sonic 2 for the MasterSystem, not the one in the Genesis/Mega Drive version.

[@DefinitelyNotSonic]

Im a big fan of your content

[@1UpWelch]

I know you're correct, but that's not gonna stop me from calling it Silver Sonic xD

[@superadrik09]

From what I've come to understand, it's Silver Sonic for 8 bit Sonic 2, Metal Sonic for Sonic CD, Mecha Sonic for Sonic 2, and Mecha Sonic mark 2 for Sonic 3 and Knuckles.

[@lezzdenden]

Man. I'd love a video series like this on other games moving forward. There's a lot of good material here and newer fans are learning so much! Please do this for Frontiers and future games 😀

[@Mihdndo]

Yes

[@csyt4282]

Absolutely

[@MD5Gaming]

Agreed!

[@fabricio4941]

Well, they are doing it! And it is just as good!

[@luigirocks132xd8]

Sonic does what Mariont

[@UltraSTH]

As always, I have my own tip to offer: Evan doesn’t bring this up, but in order to get the Special Stage Time Attack in Sonic CD, you need to clear the main Time Attack in under 30 minutes (also unlocks Visual Mode)

[@sander303]

The most disappointing thing about this is that they don't go over some of the pictures in CD's sound test

[@AdamDeOldSport]

True 😔

[@JulOverHeaven]

Especially majin sonic

[@flaxxei]

@@JulOverHeaven it's actually mazin comfirmed by the artist who made it btw

[@picoultimate7707]

@@JulOverHeaven They did briefly show it off in the last video, but I think they feel it's worth it for players to discover the images themselves.

[@JulOverHeaven]

@@flaxxei Oh wow, I thought it’s name was majin, thanks for the info

[@natw42]

Speed Strats Narrator: Calls all the viewers cheaters Me who just wanted to have fun in debug mode: 🥺

[@isaacsteen4828]

These are nice videos, but hearing about how Debug Mode works in Origins just makes me wish Game Options were a standard per-game thing in the menus.

[@ex6ksm352]

Yoooo, 4:23 might be a talking about whoisthisgit's video series: "Tails abuse" If so, that's such a good reference

[@jordanuchihahedgehog5949]

Amazing Video Sonic the Hedgehog

[@cubeoi]

6:02 yo bro chill 💀💀

[@Al-AmeenAdewunmi]

Anybody who paid for this game got ripped off lol

[@Al-AmeenAdewunmi]

@Kian Yeah and? You got Sonic 3 AIR right there for free lol.

[@Al-AmeenAdewunmi]

@Kian Yeah but the fact you paid $40 for it means you got ripped off lol. Meanwhile I'm chilling with superior fanmade remasters that are free. Sonic fans keep eating up the wrong shit lol.

[@monky7106]

@Kian if you want to get into "most people play games on *x* platform", most people play games (just really shitty cashgrabs) on *phones*, and emulating 3&K on there isn't exactly rocket science, even if your phone is garbage.

[@monky7106]

@Kian sounds like you did somwthing wrong, if my 4th gen ipod touch could run GBA games in 2013 then your damn modern iPhone can run even older games for a less complex system.

[@thinkhector]

@@Al-AmeenAdewunmi Sonic Origins IS a fan made project! Only with an official release this time.

[@terios3andK]

I had a lot of fun with the instashield in Sonic 1 and 2 since the days of the mobile ports, altought it would be very cool if you could patch a better save slots system into the game, and have this options be toggeable like in mania, and have the combi ring and & Knuckles mode toggeable in Sonic 3 from there, as those are unused in the game

[@terios3andK]

@Texel76 Yeah, I dont know why they didnt just left the menus as they were in the mobile ports

[@MasterSystemMarceau]

Can you guys patch this: - Option to deactivate blur - Give us a level select! Why do we still have to use a 30 year old debug mode code... - Muffled audio samples in 3&K - Voices missing in CD - Knuckles Chaotix music in museum - Tails jumping non-stop in 2 - Real classic mode without spindash in Sonic 1 for example and using the original ROMs to allow us to speedrun - Ability to skip videos - The many new collision glitches

[@Lunatic89097]

Scripting and fix the speed cap in S3&K as well.

[@TomTheyy]

They're not going to offer the original ROMs when offending MJ music in present in one of them.

[@JimmmyRaynor]

headcannon isn't being allowed to update it

[@redbullevil7615]

the voices in cd missing isn't a bug but a dumb choice by sega and you can skip the cutscenes I don't understand why everyone says you can't skip them

[@MasterSystemMarceau]

@@TomTheyy They can give the ROMs used on the PC version with the prototype music. As long as the gameplay physics are untouched so we can speedrun them that's what matters.

[@Henleash]

Man, nothing compares to the kid-like joy of figuring out debug mode. Great job on the video!

[@BLUEWOLFOFNIGHFIRE]

There's nothing better than a fresh friendly baked Sonic the headghog videos and they always makes our day or night even better keep it up

[@CyberGames4205]

Someone already said that in another speed strats

[@Juan-ce8rd]

I love how people tried hard over the years to find these secrets and features, just later in 2022 to be all revealed by SEGA.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

Incidentially, the bugs reported are also caused by those very people looking for debug mode. Instead of looking in the games' stages themselves during normal gameplay, they should've done this.

[@mypkamax]

And then chastised and made fun of everybody who used debug mode to complete one of the four _Sonic the Hedgehog_ video games for the Sega Mega Drive and the Sega Mega-CD.

[@flipflop_bell]

but uh, these aren't even secrets anymore, people already knew these from the originals

[@mypkamax]

@@flipflop_bell Fair point. Unless you count people that are new to the _Sonic the Hedgehog_ franchise and have never seen anything from it.

[@flipflop_bell]

@@mypkamax the original comment only mentions old sonic fans so no

[@Bluepers123]

I love this video so far! also yeah it is hard with no rings but I managed to blast through. Remember kids Don't cheat it will not help

[@Ronnie06spartan]

@1:22 Classic Mode should already have all these settings enabled. It feels weird being able to spin dash in Sonic 1 when selecting the Classic Mode instead of the Anniversary Mode.

[@arthursnyder6935]

Even if you're playing a game's Classic Mode, it's always based on the Christian Whitehead version of that game

[@Rush_Edits121]

Cheating is wrong, but also fun, but its better playing the game without cheats.

[@isvgemxdz3506]

"Have fun cheating, you cheater!" says the one who gave away the cheat codes while also being in multiple relationships with multiple women who aren't even his own species to begin with

[@KaiboStudios]

4:50 so that's where the fighters emerald is.

[@furious_pie466]

😂

[@jadonh]

I wasn’t expecting to learn too many new things from this, but WOW! There was still a lot of cool stuff that I’ve never seen anywhere! (Especially the 8th Sonic 2 Special Stage. I need to try that out later.)

[@crosscharayt986]

That was Sonic Origins exclusive

[@jadonh]

Yeah, I figured. I meant that more as in I’d never heard of that special stage in Sonic Origins. Still a fun secret, regardless.

[@crosscharayt986]

@@jadonh did u buy dlc?

[@jadonh]

@@crosscharayt986 Yeah! I pre-ordered it so I could get all the content for the game. It was only $5 more, so I figured, why not? (I mean, I bought the Collector’s Edition for Sonic Mania in 2017, so this was nothing compared to that. Lol.)

[@yoshigamemaster6127]

:/ most of this is already well know also what a waste money 😐

[@TeamSoraPresents]

It's not cheating if it's pre-programmed into the game.

[@comicfan1324]

100% Completion Speed Run fact: You can use debug mode to collect the maximum amount of coins (999) and then if you reach the end of a level it will save that to your collection, giving you more than enough coins to buy everything in the premium store and still have plenty left over for the special stages.

[@inazumarai7690]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@adrielalves531]

special stages you don't even need to complete if you just 4126 the games lmao ... or do you?

[@Md5offical]

“Nothing good comes out of cheating” *Proceeds to defeat final boss*

[@Randi_MyMan]

"okay, ONE good thing."

[@JaceAVinson]

I hope we get DLC for this game that adds more games. They should make a pack that adds more Sega Genesis Sonic games. It would add Sonic Spinball, Sonic 3D Blast, Knuckles Chaotix, and the stand-alone versions of Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles. I would buy that even if they were just emulated versions. It would be the first ever rerelease of Knuckles Chaotix and it should also be free for the people like me who bought the deluxe version.

[@thedraftingax5963]

Same! That would be awesome!

[@Black__Rose.]

And add characters like Amy or Mighty (or ray)

[@fangthecybercat6719]

Would be amazing! Been so long since i last played 3D Blast and spinball, both are fun games!

[@thaneros]

All I want is sprite and music swapping

[@thinkhector]

@@fangthecybercat6719 Spinball is already on the Nintendo Online Expansion Pass. And I'm sure Sonic 3D won't be far behind.

[@EA-bv8zk]

That extra special stage in sonic 2 really looks wild! I wouldn't wanna bring tails there

[@the6thbladebreaker681]

dont bring tails in any special stage

[@eldankdoge]

@@the6thbladebreaker681 tails: "bombs you want it? You got it my friend."

[@aventurascomjonaseignacio6274]

3:18:Okay. Who put springlers in the middle in the damn floor?

[@jacolbyparham0722]

Yeah

[@alternatenican]

thank you, Sonic. I finally know how to unlock the spooky Majin Sonic secret

[@makingflipaclips4194]

It's not cheating its finding a code and having the power of a developer

[@rosemarierivera3267]

This is good. I can't wait to see more.

[@Serious5GamingS5G]

Love how they show the codes in sonic CD for the image secrets but didn't go into detail because of one certain secret

[@YSBunny573]

you mean the one in the thumbnail?

[@Serious5GamingS5G]

@@YSBunny573 yes

[@nolongerused.3025]

@outertale sans No, beside eggman we also have a screen with scary looking sonics that the fans dubbed as "Majin Sonic". It wasn't supposed to be a scary easter egg but was known as that because of the american soundtrack for Sonic CD.

[@steveluvscows2490]

Quite on the contrary, they seem to have grown quite fond of that one ever since you-know-what, even going as far as to reference it in an illustration they released back on Halloween 2021. On top of that, they even referenced it a bit even by the past, mostly in stuff related (indirectly or not) to Forces like the screen's infamous phrase (which actually originates from old SEGA Sougou catalogues) being found on the back of the metallic download code bundled with Sonic Mania's Collector's Edition. And given the name of Forces' secondary antagonist, you can pretty much see why. And if you look closely when they show the image codes, part of it (showing the Mazin signature, after Masato Nishimura's childhood nickname) actually fades in.

[@Cheese..]

You gotta love how he gives you cheats and then calls you a cheater for using them.

[@SoranotRoxas]

Let's hope we get more speed strats for future *Sonic games.* I love these videos 👍

[@sonicspeed3056]

0:19 sounds oddly familiar

[@SquidPartyDude]

Another thing for sonic 1: with debug mode you can set the sound test to 7 and then go to special stage and make your own special stage!

[@Wirelary]

Wait, i didnt know that, imma recreate sonic superstars bonus stages cuz im poor

[@astrogaming-DW]

Woo time for some speed strats! Thank you for teaching us these secrets also :D

[@classicsonicandtailsanimation]

I always knew that the secrets are right to the options for the set-up in Sonic Origins. Thanks for contributing the secrets, Sonic! 😊👍

[@PJWooperIsBack]

If I had a nickel for every time this dude said “cheater” I would still be poor

[@HaalandEditzYT]

6:19 Got Me Laughing 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@GredManVR]

What do you mean, super sonic in sonic 1 is the best

[@TheDMan2003]

Irony: that’s the barrel of doom.

[@StefiStarlite]

Heck yeah! Let's normalize secrets like this being fully laid out and explained by official sources, it's great!

[@DE23]

That Sonic 1 level select is actually the only way to play as Sonic and Tails together in Sonic 1 in Origins.

[@IAMAMAZING100]

0:25 Why do I get Ben Schwartz Sonic vibes here

[@cade5782]

Ayo I’m first! Good job with the video Evan and Sam and others who worked on this project. Idk what Shanny thought when he said your voice sounds like a Nick announcer

[@Tails_and_Luigi101]

Ur not first but ur 5th

[@cade5782]

@@Tails_and_Luigi101 who you asked tho

[@MollyMcGeeSimp]

Maybe that means when ur watching Nickelodeon and they announce that there's a new Loud House episode

[@cade5782]

@@MollyMcGeeSimp oh yea I knew what Shanny meant I just didn’t know why he compared it to Nick. It’s more like Cartoon Network

[@veggsbacon1891]

It's just a shame that sega of japan screwed up this game and the developers. There's definitely passion and love put into them.

[@miwiki6]

Sonic Origins may be buggy and all but these videos are awesome.

[@UltraSTH]

Just a suggestion, but I would recommend manually turning off the Spin Dash and turning on the speed caps and Sonic 1 spikes when you play in Classic Mode. Same with Classic Sonic CD, I would turn on the original Spin Dash for the most authentic experience Oh, and also disable Tails Flight in Sonic 2

[@ButtonMasherReal]

That extra Sonic 2 special stage looks absolutely insane. I have to try it for myself.

[@vito6197]

Dude, this dude could give classic sonic such a great voice.

[@MrEasyNah]

This video, more than anything else, is selling me on this game.

[@LixienLeeXD]

I love it when they announce the spike option in sonic one so you suffer even more

[@Jade_st4rz]

I seriously love speed strats

[@RoseSupreme]

These cheats will grant you easy achievements. They should've prevented the achievements from being unlocked when cheats are in use.

[@thomasverslycken2563]

Aa bug in sonic 2 i found is that only in that when elemental shields are on, you lose the roll lock (roll lock is when in sonic 1 & 2 normally when you jump out of a roll, spindash or dropdash your momentum is locked) when you turn this on, but as soon as you get any shield at all (both Standard & elemental) regardless of we you're in base form, have invincibility or when you use your super form, your roll lock is restored (for some reason) until you lose that shield, & when you have any shield (maybe including standard) combined with either invinci ility or the super form, only in sonic 2 your ability doesn't default to the dropdash, instead you have no dropdash or anything as sonic at all for some reason

[@dumbguyontheinternet7641]

That's because of the insta-shield gets rid of it its the reason sonic 3 doesn't have roll lock

[@thomasverslycken2563]

@@dumbguyontheinternet7641 that's wrong because sonic 1 has both roll lock & a similar cheat too, & there this bug doesn't happen in sonic 1, only sonic 2, & CD has no roll lock either & that doesn't have the insta shield

[@thomasverslycken2563]

@@dumbguyontheinternet7641 but there is still the bug that when sonic 3 items are on if you have any shield at all, not only can you not insta (maybe except for standard shield thy makes sense because of the replaced ability for elemental shield) but you also can't dropdash as base sonic with a standard shield or any shield combined with invincibility or as super sonic with any shield at all but when you do this in sonic 1 or 3, even when having a shield an elemental shield, you can dropdash with dropdash with an invincibility or as super sonic, this bug is only is only in sonic

[@GavinArtster]

Fun Fact: The secret special stage in Sonic The Hedgehog CD is a special stage from the prototypes! (Im sure a lot of people know this, but for people who dont, your welcome.)

[@GavinArtster]

Cheat counter: 9

[@wyattsmith8392]

And here I was thinking sonic was the type to play fair, but alas, I’m wrong

[@fleshyferret664]

Will forever love the comedy in this, don't know why.

[@Lemewhim]

0:15 I love that Evan treats Sonic like a child and scolds him for being a cheater🤣 Also Sonic's reaction to it gives the cherry on top of shame.

[@adamatif288]

Classic Sonic levels feel even more special now. Thanks Sonic.

[@frozenwaffles0114]

This was always here

[@Kirbo-xt3ee]

6:08 *GASP* ITS DA UNUSED ANIMATION!

[@thetruemarioandsonicfanboy]

Hi Sonic you're my favourite video game character of all time because you're the coolest and speediest hedgehog in the world the first sonic game that I played back in the 90s is Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and that is a classic also I've got a tattoo of you on my arm and I've got one more thing to say is keep on speeding forever and ever from your biggest fan of all time Jamie. 💙 🦔 💙

[@RandomGuy12295]

I legit LOVE SPEED STRATS

[@AraceliGhda]

interesting! thank you for showing us the secrets at Sonic Origins Speed Strats! I hope you continue with these sections! good video! 💙

[@invisiiso]

Hmm, wasn't there also an obscure custom special stage builder in Sonic 1? I've played in that mode before on the mobile release.

[@theredblur9598]

(2:37) That sounds completely impossible. I'm sticking to selecting stages through "My Rankings".

[@pkfrozen7867]

always love these videos

[@dave6848]

2:02 New Sonic 1 Super Sonic Sprites?

[@terios3andK]

I think they are the ones from Sonic 2, and they were in the mobile port of 2013

[@ΑναστάσιοςΣπηλιόπουλος]

Is there a option to play as Knuckles and Tails in S3&K as S2 in Sonic origins

[@twistedillusion-u4s]

NO WAY THAT SEGA USED MAJIN SONIC AS A BACKGROUND IN THE THUMBNAIL

[@milesjackson4695]

No way your over exaggerating as majin sonic isn’t important

[@RealPlasmat1c]

this video series has been amazing and I hope frontiers gets a speed strat series too! Would have been nice if the level select menus looked the same, instead of having 2 with numbers and 1 with a gui...

[@gazpaviles7909]

Very cool, now you can play the classic Sonic 1 as in 1991. My only complain is... Why didn't they just put all these options in the game (without sound test codes) ?

[@EndermanPierce]

4:23 i love the little reference to those nostalgic videos about killing tails

[@GrimShadowSlayer]

You missed the chest to name tails miles in sonic 3 👍

[@justintheperegrine6693]

Thanks for the secrets, Speed Strats! I got to learn from it.

[@NewGabeOrder]

3:43 It's just like the Pac-Man code from Ms. Pac-Man & Galaga: Class of 1981, but you replace the third Left with a Jump button.

[@popopkolko9928]

1:03 maybe you should have put them in the settings tab since they are, ya know, SETTINGS

[@MDGamestation]

I will use this video whenever I want access cheats and debug mode. Thanks for useful info 👍

[@stefanrix2229]

The fact that the devs realized about segret Majin sonic screen is just mind blowing for some reason

[@TwistyXR]

they've obviously known about it for a while, heck on twitter a few years ago they posted art for halloween and it had sonic with majin's mask

[@fangthecybercat6719]

All these secrets i gotta explore soon, they look awesome! Surprised by how little mention there is for majin.

[@Dg-lp1vt]

Well, the thumbnail least shows it off

[@Angel101_16]

3:08 Look *very very* closely… 🙂

[@LUSProductionsOfficial]

I'm a cheater & I'm proud of it!! (Note: I'd only use debug mode as either a last resort on a difficult stage, or to mess around when I've already beat the main story(s).)

[@ShowCM]

I have been enjoying these speed sprats a lot. You guys really chose the best person to narrate them

[@Fireballwashere]

Just to let you know: I did finish all of the games, 100%. I even did story mode. I only do debug mode just for fun.

[@CDJAM-webm]

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