Sonic the Hedgehog Rip Offs and Clones

[@StuffWePlay]

What Sonic rip offs should I look at in the future? Any actual Sonic games I should look at? Let me know!

[@ultramaster2o1studios53]

Stuff We Play there was Spinball on DOS. I found that pretty fun.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Socket/Time Dominator is an obscure one, but a blatant rip-off of Sonic according to Wez and Guru Larry from years ago. There's also Wiz n' Liz and Superfrog for computer systems. And for another clone that's actually good, I suggest Spark: The Electric Jester. That game needs more attention if it's ever to get a console release!

[@Melvinshermen]

Aero the arcobats that one few good Idea

[@Melvinshermen]

Hevoic the seal is underrated one Rocket knight adventure is good one

[@Melvinshermen]

Stuff We Play psycho pinball is underrated one too

[@callumsparrow4379]

It's hilariously ironic how Awesome Possum excessively preaches about protecting the environment and stopping pollution, when in reality the amount of non-renewable materials and artificial energy required to conceptualize, create, promote and mass-produce the game itself solely serves to cause even more harm to nature than actually preserving it, and the game's shit-tastic "quality" is only the cherry on top of the nuclear faeces sundae that is Awesome Possum for the SEGA Genesis.

[@StuffWePlay]

It's like, at the very least if they were going to make the game preachy, make the gameplay fun! But nope, it's one of the worst things I've ever played

[@thisisasupersayin376]

It's even more hilarious when you remember Sonic already had semi-prominent anti-pollution themes

[@TheGoldenBolt]

Dumpster Bear is love. Don't let looks deceive you, people!

[@StuffWePlay]

Dumpster Bear is legit one of my all time favourite platformers! It was all thanks to your review that I checked it out!

[@CanalFreedomPlaneteAfins]

Excellent video, and it's always good to find a fan of Freedom Planet. Well, I believe there's a difference between the old and the modern Sonic clones, the producers in the old ones were meant to really compete with Sega and get customers out of it, while moderns like Freedom Planet and Spark the Eletric Jester are looking for a kind of feeling, energy, I do not know, that they had no more in the current Sonic games, before Sonic Mania there was not a good Sonic 2D game for years.

[@StuffWePlay]

Definitely agree here! And Sonic clone isn't so much a bad term, as it's just a way to describe a type of momentum-based platformer. Bubsy had to make the list though for directly trying to rip off Sonic's marketing strategy in the 90s, though!

[@bilboborbins]

I remember playing jazz jackrabbit as literally the first game I ever played at the age of 4. Those were some pretty good first memories.

[@deadaccount2623]

I just realized this was uploaded on my bday, and weird thing is i got Freedom Planet as a bday gift. That's iconic as hell lol.

[@StuffWePlay]

Happy birthday :)

[@ChadWSmith]

I love Freedom Planet. I hate that they are going away from the 16-bit Sonic-inspired artstyle in the second game. One game you didn't mention but is a good game in the Sonic-like genre is Spark the Electric Jester. store.steampowered.com/app/601810/Spark_the_Electric_Jester/ It's very good. You should check it out.

[@StuffWePlay]

I've heard great things on that one! Definitely want to give it a look at some point!

[@mr_indie_fan]

@@StuffWePlay its got three games in the franchise now

[@arcaniacq]

You need to check out Spark the electric jester

[@StuffWePlay]

I'd love to! Unfortunately for now I don't have access to a gaming PC, though hopefully the MacOS port of Spark will come out soon!

[@HappyFrogGamesLLC]

I also second the motion of Jazz Jackrabbit and Freedom Planet being awesome. I haven't played some of the others on the list, but in some cases, that's probably a good thing. XD Oh, also: Jazz Jackrabbit and its sequel are available on GOG, so hunting the game down isn't actually that hard anymore. They're both 25% off on there as of me writing this.

[@StuffWePlay]

Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for the GOG tip off! Debating doing a JJ retrospective, once I finally track down some physical copies :)

[@EvisceratorMK2]

I love me my Freedom Planet as for Jazz Jackrabbit always wanted to try & I can since it's now on GOG.

[@StuffWePlay]

Definitely give it a try! An absolute blast!

[@LeilaRWilson]

Oh, hey, Freedom Planet! :D Also, this is a really good video! Makes me want to replay Jazz and Jazz 2!!

[@StuffWePlay]

Thank you ton! If it'd be cool, I'd love to interview you sometime!

[@LeilaRWilson]

Oh my gosh, I'd absolutely love that! :D!

[@StuffWePlay]

Sent you a DM on KZbin!

[@reginangel_official]

*WHAT COULD GO WRONG!?*

[@GreenRobotCat6877]

TBH, I thought Freedom Planet was a good game too! Still is beautiful!

[@magee_gameplay]

Freedom planet was also on psvita but got removed.

[@StuffWePlay]

Strange. Wonder why they would do that

[@xunsu2020]

I know I commented this too late, but there's Pulseman, a Sonic The Hedgehog-inspired game made by GameFreak, the creator of Pokémon.

[@tails_the_god]

Looks like that possum wasn't so awesome

[@Openreality]

Jazz Jackrabbit was my jam as a kid. My fave PC game of all time.

[@StuffWePlay]

I learned today there was a third Jazz Jackrabbit game that was never released. Maybe this is another series worth giving a complete retrospective!

[@HappyFrogGamesLLC]

As a Jazz Jackrabbit fan... hoo boy, it goes far deeper than just the unreleased third game. An Unreal Engine 3 tech demo thing designed for mobile devices that was a bit controversial for its inclusion of large amounts of gore for reasons that people *still* aren't quite sure of? That's a thing. It exists. Several other mentions and tidbits of a possible third game *after* the cancellation of Jazz Jackrabbit 3? Yup, also happened. The infamous GBA entry of the series? People wish that one *didn't* happen! There's even some notable community happenings... let's just say you should look into the fan-made level packs collectively known as DevRes, and then look into the guy who made it. You'll likely be surprised when you discover what game it is he went on to work on the level design for afterwards... The list of crazy things that could be included in such a retrospective goes on, and there may even be some things that I'm not aware of myself that'd be worth including. Tl;dr A retrospective on the series would almost *certainly* be worth making.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Why should I track down a copy of Jazz Jackrabbit, when there is a GOG version that's only a fraction of the price of the physical release nowadays, which is very rare and costs over a hundred dollars!

[@StuffWePlay]

Or do what I did and play it for free via something such as Classic Reload!

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Classic Reload? What is this Classic Reload you speak of? I'm feel quite intrigued by the sound of it!

[@kinqxqbz]

Sonic is God

[@StuffWePlay]

What does that make Mario?

[@kinqxqbz]

The DEVIL 😁😈 I'm jk

[@bacesimo]

The developers of Jazz Jackrabbit also developed fortnite btw

[@StuffWePlay]

Perhaps I could do a "Before Fortnite, There Was Jazz Jackrabbit"

[@bacesimo]

Sounds interesting

[@zero-ej6rt]

Jazz is beter then sonic in lot of parts

[@StuffWePlay]

Agreed!

[@marx4538]

Freedom Planet versus Sonic CD And yes, Sonic CD will... rap using Metallic Madness and sing using 'Work that sucker to death! (JP Boss)", sp00p using US boss and FUCKING KICK ASS with the whole Stardust Speedway. P.S:S3&K doesn't have lyrics in songs, so N O :D

[@StuffWePlay]

I dig both Soundtracks haha

[@turbomario]

Bubsy isn't a ripoff, i'd say Freedom Planet fits the rip-off term better

[@mr_indie_fan]

At least freedom planet is a good game, something you cant say for any of the bubsy games.

[@goluckybro902]

Awesome possum=sonic boomed demo

[@srpatmawatipaddong7069]

Yes Games Star Fox 64 RIP-OFFS #Starfox #RIPOFFS

[@tiky6310]

Freedom planet isnt sonic ripoff- this gamę is Just Inspirated by sonic...

[@StuffWePlay]

Hence why it's a "clone" and not a "ripoff". Both of those things are covered here

[@ddave1048]

Yes to that bear game. 100%

[@StuffWePlay]

It's such a brilliant platformer!

[@anupamaas-07]

Jazzjackrabbit

[@oisingaming06]

4:53 Yes yes yes!!!!

[@cloner-x9760]

i want to play sonic after seeing this video

[@StuffWePlay]

You definitely should!

[@anupamaas-07]

Bubsy

[@squirrel1139]

U forgot one

[@StuffWePlay]

And which one is that?

[@krystalfan]

are you implying freedom planet is a rip off? its not its a TRIBUNE to classic genesis games your about to get so much ire

[@StuffWePlay]

No I'm implying it's a CLONE. Silly fanboy

[@duffman18]

krystalfan when did he say Freedom Planet was a ripoff? When?