The Best Worst Sonic Game

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[@AbsoluteFuckingDumbass1727]

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[@ItsFryGuy]

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[@Winder_Storm]

Advance 3 def feels like the last game in that early 2000s colorful cheesy era of sonic, before rush/shadow , it felt like we had 5 main characters , they were really pushing cream until they just decided “nah” and dropped her

[@luccaassis2148]

Cream at least had appearences in Rush and Shadow, nowadays just in Dream Team I think

[@Winder_Storm]

@ but she def stopped being a priority , like they were going heavily pushing her ,and she disappeared for a whole decade after gens 😭

[@luccaassis2148]

@Winder_Storm True!

[@lemon5000-tj6nv]

The moment Sonic X ended she just became spin off fodder and then she even stopped showing up in the spin offs To this day I find it dumb how she was never in Team Offline Racing alongside Amy and Big but a group of Chao were instead

[@usermcskull4713]

Shame bc Cream's my fave character

[@DarkAura19]

17:55 as a kid, I always loved playing as Tails because he was my favorite character, and having him be in the lead with Sonic was super cool to me. So natrually, I played as Tails. I beat the entire game without ever seeing Knuckles, Amy or Cream. 💀

[@castform7]

It's crazy how Sonic just being there isn't enough. He *has* to lead if you want the other characters.

[@SuperiorChaotic]

Cream and Amy dialogue would've been so epic.

[@guyonyoutube3850]

Fun fact about the true final boss: Even if you get all of the chaos emeralds, you can only fight Gemerl if you've unlocked every character

[@castform7]

I was about to ask why since you only need Sonic for the Final Boss but there are the last few credits pictures that showcase the cast and it would be weird if Cream just showed up out of nowhere.

[@harryenchiladas8826]

How could you not unlock all characters? Is there a way to not do this?

[@ayrtonjoga]

​​​​@@harryenchiladas8826 It's surprisingly easy to mess up, if you don't beat the last level of each world without Sonic being the lead character, the cutscenes to unlock the characters don't play and you won't unlock them

[@castform7]

​@@harryenchiladas8826It gets explained by Splash Dash at 18:12 that the characters will only appear if Sonic is the lead.

[@stellarmelody2784]

Is that true?? I'm gonna test out

[@enderaceofspades8579]

Imo, Advance 2 is the best worst Sonic game for the simple fact that you gotta collect the Chaos Emeralds 4 separate times to unlock the true ending, which is already enough of a chore. And then in order to get said Emeralds, you need to hunt around for 7 medals in stages that constantly push you to go forwards at breakneck speeds. While not too bad to do with Tails, Knuckles and Cream thanks to their movement options, it's absolutely miserable to do as Sonic. I would know, I actually did all of this as a kid.

[@rynobehnke8289]

Actually I think you get True Area 52 if you collect all Emeralds as Sonic. I think Tails Unlocked Sound Test, Cream the Tiny Chao Garden and Knuckles something else. You do however need tog et all emeralds 4 times to unlock Amy.

[@chaozsheep]

You only need to collect the emeralds ONCE as Sonic, and beat the game with the other characters to unlock the true final boss.

[@_Hero_Link_]

you need to collect the Emeralds 4 Times to Unlock Amy

[@slugfactory5113]

Getting the Emeralds in SA3 is so much more miserable than 2 imo

[@abaddon1503]

I agree but for a much different reason. The bosses and lack of variety between levels. Bosses especially because the constant speed means you’re constantly missing rings and heading straight into obstacles with little control on it happening. It’s the worst in Ice Paradise with the missiles and the platform needed to hit Eggman. Then there’s the level design where almost nothing changes, every other game with an act format has pretty drastic changes. In Advance 2 it just feels like only the music changes, which doesn’t happen as much in Advance 1 and 3. Would’ve been great to have the trees get thicker in Leaf Forest Act 2 to fit the “deep forest” like music

[@randoapplebigcheese6169]

3:34 what’s LS Mark doing in a splash dash video, fun collab!

[@joesmother23]

So nice of a big KZbinr to help out a smaller upcoming KZbinr 😊

[@Zuckussbuilder]

My theory is that they might be the same person, but don't quote me on that

[@ScreemuDude]

⁠@@ZuckussbuilderNah, that’s absurd

[@randoapplebigcheese6169]

@@Zuckussbuilderdude you’re insane

[@soleniddiaz5522]

​@@Zuckussbuilder I might be crazy but I agree

[@earlfromaccountings4718]

so quick to click they call me sonic 🥶🥶

[@plush-voltage8178]

Okay that was kinda fire

[@SPEEDYDIM2]

bro became a gamescage intro

[@minerpig04]

Cuz i am faster than sound, i keep on jumpin around

[@mighty_king92]

​@@minerpig04 Blue Hedgehog, Sonic!

[@rwiseart2269]

@mighty_king92with incredible speed, I’m movin’ my feet

[@castform7]

Gemerl is easily one of my favorite Sonic characters. I know it sounds weird considering he has literally not been seen in a game since Sonic Advance 3 but I love his design and think he's one of the best things to come out of the IDW comics. I just want him in *something* man. He's too cool to literally not do anything with.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

>literally not been seen in a game since Sonic Advance 3 That’s also Marine in Rush Adventure, Sticks in Boom and could possibly be Trip in Superstars. One off characters

[@castform7]

@@brandonwilliams6119 Okay, Trip probably won't appear again but she's only been a character for a little over a year so I don't think we can lump her in with a character from a dead spin off and 2 others who have been MIA in games for 20 years (18 in Marine's case but close enough).

[@Hypertiger102]

21:36 Fun Fact about Sonic Advance 2's Special Rings, in the official version you need to get 7 Special Rings in a stage to get an attempt at a special stage, but in a rom hack known as Sonic Advance 2 SP, you only need 5 of them, like how you mentioned so in this video! Just thought I'd clear that up in case people get confused about this!

[@BH-98]

And you dont need them for every character for the final boss, just Sonic. You do need to do it with every character to unlock Amy

[@justinc.5591]

Knuckles’ wall spin dash was brilliant and it’s a crime how Sega has never brought it back.

[@Namingway248]

Its such an intuitive and smart evolution of his climbing ability I was shocked to realize it really hasn't ever been used again.

[@_Hero_Link_]

@@justinc.5591 that's why i love sonic Momemtum! it adds a lot of quality of life features like a wall spindash or being able to glide more than once before touching the ground

[@HazeX2]

I like that it's in SRB2(as a mod) and Sonic World DX

[@_Hero_Link_]

@@HazeX2 it's in Sonic World DX too? i gotta play that again

[@HazeX2]

@_Hero_Link_ I've never played as Knuckles in Sonic Advance 3, so I don't know if it works the exact same, but he can spin dash on walls

[@Sairot247]

I don't get how people can talk about SA3 as "the worst on the series" when you have 2 right there. Poorly designed levels that literally and intentionally have enemies that you *can't* see coming, all of the characters play the same, the worst pre requisites to enter a special stage, the short view distance of the GBA not helping at all… I don't understand how people can overlook issues so intrinsically to the game, probably just nostalgia

[@SG-BLAST]

4:19 sonic pocket adventure was developed by SNK, members of that SNK team would go on to form DIMPS

[@JumpyKaput]

It’s their birthright

[@paulgilbert5278]

SA3 not going all out with the team names is what gets me. "Fight or Flight" "Sugar Rush" "Heavy Hitters". We coulda had some dope tag team names besides "OK"

[@rynobehnke8289]

I too wish at least some more teams could have gotten unique names. But I guess this game was made because Tails and Knuckles and Amy and Tails or Amy and Knuckles had stronger character ties.

[@ScapeVEVO]

We woulda missed out on the the iconic team name of OK tho

[@SuperiorChaotic]

Lovely Couple is such a huge lie though 😭 That title belongs to Sonic and Knuckles

[@ScratStitch]

As Lonely Goomba said, this is actually non-ironically a great game.

[@seematahir5970]

24:34 They actually sorta did both of those things in Superstars. Tails descends faster if you hold down on the joystick/d-pad, and Knuckles got a wall jump move that can make scaling large walls much faster

[@gokublack9724]

I dunno i never disliked advance 3, not because of j's reviews review of it making me love it but even when i took that biased cap off i still consider advance 3 one of the best 2d sonic games

[@Laekith]

"Sonic Advance 3 sucks!" No one is saying this

[@Winder_Storm]

@@Laekith bro millions of people have said that 😭

[@frownieclownie]

⁠​⁠@@Winder_Stormif this series entered the discussion point of millions of people to the point that smaller entries like this were discussed by millions then i think we’d see more diverse discussions around games like this and not have it be an entry hardly spoken of

[@ironicallyuncreative]

every day that one tweet comparing sonic fans to white supremacists with how much revisionist history they do becomes more and more relevant

[@Laekith]

@ironicallyuncreative The only people calling it bad back then were KZbin reviewers who were bad at it. Now people who used to watch them as kids are in their 20s and realize how stupid their takes were.

[@Winder_Storm]

@@frownieclownie bro it’s not a deep concept , of people not liking a game, that’s like saying everyone loves sa2 , when that is just not true 💀

[@The1SunshineFeeler]

This game probably has the best implementation of a team gimmick in a Sonic game, I think everyone can at least agree that it’s better than in Chaotix, but I don’t like how each team up is essentially a different character, rather than just a straight pairing of characters. I want my Knuckles and Cream team to be just as overpowered as I’d expect them to be! I also hate the hub worlds, they’re so antithetical to the appeal of 2D Sonic games. No one wants to think about how to get to the next level in a 2D Sonic game beyond just finishing the level they’re on. Sonic doesn’t need a world map like Mario, it usually does and should keep a very straightforward level-to-level pace. I think the core Sonic Advance gameplay is fine, though, but I prefer the first game massively. I think it’s the most underrated Sonic game, because it’s kind of been overshadowed now that Sonic Mania exists.

[@Change51]

yea i love the stages in advance 1 they feel like a mishmash of 3k stages and adventure stages

[@Burīzu-x]

I love kphoria! Crazy daddy Insane gaming dad Dynamicjackstorm

[@paulgilbert5278]

@@Change51 Basically yeah.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Only thing that sucks is them never giving ability to switch leaders on the fly. Triple Trouble 16 bit lets you switch Sonic or Tails as the lead character you can control.

[@maxmeasor29]

5:42 “never have I played a game where after completing something I’m told to do it again but harder” said the most die hard sonic heroes defender

[@khrinalekill-thebloodspira2531]

Sonic advanced 3 is one the best 2D sonic games there is no “this is the best worst sonic game” it’s a good sonic game full stop Change my mind

[@Darkfawfulx]

I remember when Advanced 3 was on ScrewAttack's top 5 best Sonic games.

[@Turbos-b3z]

Much deserved!

[@BH-98]

Yeah but they were on the anti 3D Sonic train back then.

[@mikeanthony3300]

It honestly baffles me that so many people were quick to call Classic Sonic formula dead or a stain on the franchise simply because of Superstars failing. It failed because the various mechanics and ideas just genuinely sucked and were poorly executed. Not because it was another Classic Sonic/2D Sonic experience. Its like saying Mania is only good and well received because of nostalgia when really it just perfectly executes the Classic Sonic formula (minus the reliance on old level themes). Its scary thinking about the possibility of Sonic Team fully giving up on 2D Sonic purely because Superstars was a stinker. Remember, they gave up the Adventure/Heroes formula and having Sonic's friends playable simply because 06 failed miserably and people complained about Sonic having "too many friends". We had to wait till Frontiers to see Sonic's friends playable again in a 3D game.

[@BH-98]

At least Superstars isn’t like 06 where it’s so badly received it became the punching bag that it is.

[@mikeanthony3300]

@BH-98 Ironically, 06 can be considered better than Superstars. Unlike Superstars, 06 developed a cult following. Despite its many glitches and poor story, many people still found plenty of good within 06. So much good and mostly potential that it eventually got its own fan remaster, Project 06. Project 06 basically shows how good 06 could've been (minus the story, doubt anything could fix that) had the game had more time to cook in the oven. With Superstars, it just feels like Sonic 4: The Missing Episode 3

[@BH-98]

@@mikeanthony3300 I’d disagree. Superstars is very mediocre, held back by the bosses & focus on (a very badly implemented) multiplayer but the controls are still good & the levels are pretty decent. 06’s controls, levels & bosses are so much more frustrating. Regardless of P-06, it doesn’t change the experience of the original game being a chore to complete.

[@mikeanthony3300]

@BH-98 To me, that's the thing. 06 even with the jank and glitches, I'm able to find some fun obviously that's not a good thing for players to need to utterly break the game to have fun but with Superstars even playing the game normally gets rough as soon as you hit a boss fight. To me it's the Sonic Forces of Classic Sonic. A big nothing burger of a game that even with jank it feels soulless and boring. But again, that's just my take on it.

[@BH-98]

@@mikeanthony3300 That’s a fair take. What I was getting at initially was 06 has the most infamous reputation for all the bad Sonic games. It was a joke in the fanbase & non sonic fans that cemented the series with a poor reputation, which as result caused several years of damage control. With Superstars it’s another mediocre/weak Sonic game to add to the pile, so while it’s a disappointment, I don’t think it spells the end for 2D classic Sonic. At least I hope not.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Fun Fact: Knuckles had a Wall Spindash in Advance 3, shame it didn’t become a staple like Drop Dash

[@rynobehnke8289]

Before I get to the part were I go over why I disagree with you on a lot of your comaplsins just a few things I want to state that are about other things in the video: 1) There is no clear consensus on what is the best and worst of the Advance games its all over the placed based on if you just want more Sonic 2 (Adv1), maximum speed with tight reaction windows (Adv2) or infinite replay value (Adv3) and other such metrics. 2) Technically didn't Dimps made Pocket Adventure it was SNK its just that lots of ex SNK employs that made Pocket Adventure formed Dimps. 3) So I just want to talk a bit about things about the partner system here you kind of glossed over. For example Cream isn't just another bounce she doubles what ever upwards momentum you currently have. release her at the first frame of a jump and she shoots you as high as tails, Do it at the first frame of a spring and you fly over half the stage. The Final Boss can be tough but all 5 Cream focused parings aren't even the best, Sonic & Knuckles and Tails and Amy are even faster meaning 1/3 of all teams can shred the final boss if you know what you are doing. 4) Did you really overlook all the call backs to other classic era titles beside Green Hill or did you just not think its worth mentioning? I mean the partner system is clearly inspired by Knuckles Chaotix, the mini games have you free Badniks powered by Animals and Flowers respectively (the ones in the main games use Rings similar to Knuckles Chaotix only that you can collect them this time giving beating Badniks a bit more of a practical reason) or how the setup for the final fight is taken from Sonic 2 with Gemerl standing in for Mecha Sonic and the Super Egg Robo for the Death Egg Robot. Now to go over your complains: Plot: - It was still pretty common in 2004 for GBA games to put parts of the story in the manual. Especially for such jump and run games. Also Eggman wasn't after the Master Emeralds specifically its just that the Master Emerald can undo the chaos he caused with the Chaos Emeralds. Eggman wants to have a split world for a divide and conquer approach so his plan kind of dies if the world is being put back together. Hub worlds: - No idea why you bring up wanting a level select for replies. Because that exist its called the Time attack mode. You can pick any stage with any character selection from a list there ones you unlocked them in story mode. - The Manual of Advance 3 has a whole 10 page dedicated to explaining the effects of every on of the 21 Team's. And again it was 2004 so putting such things in manuals was still the standard. - The hub worlds are also here to give you a taste of each of the zones unique level gimmicks to better help you select a character combo you want as well as to give you more life to your level select. The level select system of Advance 3 is basically the same of Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland after all (which it self originates from Kirby's Adventure) complete with the bonus challenges. - OR instead of walking around the hub if you find it so hard you just quite out of the game and jump right back in giving you imminently character select and spitting you out on the hub you last were at. (Okay yes that you need Sonic to unlock Knuckles, Amy and Cream is annoying, Tho at least are the stage were you do so signposted by having a fight with Gemerl in them) - Again 10 pages in the manual to explain every team up result. And Tails doesn't even lose his flight with Cream he just gets a short lift one that gains vertically far faster and while Cream loses her flight is that a non issue because Tails air tag action is flight. Instead does she get a slide move for more precise platforming that also deals damage to anyone above Cream. They ultimately get better vertical options in exchange for there usual amazing horizontal ones. - The Character control issues you mentioned comes from Sonic. One of his partner and lead abilities is that he increases you acceleration and top speed just by being here. This makes Sonic far more twitchy to control than any non Sonic Team but in exchange can you with skill use this extra momentum to pull off amazing stunts. Its the ultimate evolution of Sonic always having the worst move set compared to his friends. He now gets the highest speeds possible on the exchange of asking for the most skill to maximize your speed. This is properly one of the reasons why only Sonic can unlock other characters as you don't get to cheat the platforming segments of these 3 stages with the other characters abilities. - Given how the hidden Chao are objectivity better than the Robot Machines form Sonic CD which you named as one of the good games earlier is confusing me, Especially as Advance 3 with its character combo system has far more incentive to replay the stages (never mind that it also saves progress). The structure is really simple to. Learn the level layouts and what teams are good for a stage when looking for the hidden Chao, than grind the keys (you can have up to 9 for each zone) and get the gold Star Ring ranking. So than you only have to gold the bosses to unlock Time Attack boss's. People also tend to forget that Advance 3 is not a game designed just for one playthrough its a handheld game. Going back to play a level over and over again on the morning bus ride to school for a month and so getting all the emeralds certainly is suddenly a whole lot less tedious. Especially compared to "opps missed one generator go start all over again" in CD. - Advance 3's level design usage of bottomless pits and crushers is over stated. Its barley any more than Sonic 3& Knuckles employed its just that the GBA screen even with the smaller sprites doesn't give you to much space to look ahead so that even Sonic 3 level design will feel like nothing but cheap shoots its a problem that there was no way to properly work around. Ultimately is Sonic however so over powered and it hardly even matters as the game with the bonus stages gives you more than enough extra life to eat the occasionally unfair death and get back knowing what to avoid. Really only Ocean Base and Chaos Angle do it to a note worthy amount anyway there is like 2 evil places in Route 99 and the Ice Paradiese boss but that's the end of it really. Toy Kingdom's crushers are all telegraphed and its really the players lack of skill in Cyber track. And Chaos Angel as the last stage is purposefully more difficult asking for tighter platforming, faster reflexes and quick problem analysis. Its really not that different from Sonic 3 again. Like Hydrocity, Carnival Night both have there fair share of unfair sudden crushing barrels you won't see in time on your first play through, Marble Garden has crushers with timing as tight as Ocean Base as well as having the collapsing ground segment which can easily screw a first timer over, Sandopolis rising sand sections are in general a near certain death on your first time around and even Flying Battery got some tightly timed moments with the corkscrew elevators. I'm not writing this to talk done Sonic 3 & Knuckles but to highlight how often the Advance games get hold to a higher standard for this type of bs than the classic games. (or at least can it certainly feel like it)

[@30THMAN.]

"The Game isn't that good" Dude, Sonic Advance 2 is right over there.....

[@lemon5000-tj6nv]

Sky Canon man….

[@bogan577ify]

@lemon5000-tj6nvthat stage alone and the boss fight 😅

[@paulgilbert5278]

Exactly. SA3 at least doesn't have SA2's BS

[@paulgilbert5278]

@lemon5000-tj6nv As nostalgic as I am for SA2. That stage sucked

[@lylelylecrocodile2538]

Techno base man...

[@existential_narwal9257]

I think my favorite pairing to use is Sonic and Cream. Cream's partner air ability multiplies your vertical momentum instead of launching you at a set height like the others. Which means that if you let go of cream the very second your feet leave the ground, a.k.a. the the point where you have the most vertical momentum, you'll gain a HUGE amount of height.(this works on springs too) And as a plus, her partner action doesn't cancel your horizontal momentum like the other tag actions do, meaning that you could get insane height while still moving at high speeds. Its an incredibly useful move once you get the timing down.

[@Namingway248]

The oddest thing that stumped me about this game as a kid was how to unlock characters. It was infinitely easier to play as tails and let sonic be the partner character, but you can't unlock the other characters unless sonic is the lead character. I honestly thought I needed to get all the emeralds first, but couldn't do that because some chao require a power combination instead of a speed one. When I did finally find out it was by total accident.

[@DesignDoc]

Coincidentally tried playing through this last week since it's one of the few notable Sonic games I haven't finished in any way. I got to Cosmic Angel before taking a break and...man. I wanna like this game SO much but I can't because Dimps was so hell bent on killing the player with a myriad of surprise crusher blocks, push-up spike traps, obnoxious enemy placements, and bottomless pits. It's nearly impossible to get into a good flow state. Most Dimps games had this isssue to some degree but none of them even approach this level of trolling the player aside from maybe Egg Rocket Zone in Advance 1 and Sky Canyon Zone in Advance 2. It's like they took the difficulty spikes from those games and just made an entire game based on them for who knows why. On top of that there's a surprisingly large amount of Platforming sequences that can easily send you backwards in the levels thanks to the excessively slippery controls. Half of the bosses can be pretty obnoxious too like the Twinkle Snow boss which is in the running for my straight up least favorite fight in the series lol. The tag team system is so cool and Gemerl is a neat antagonist but the straight up cheap difficulty here constantly interrupts the game's flow, making Advance 3 a very VERY hard game for me to love this. I don't hate it but it's a seriously frustrating mess at times. Superstars was a bit too safe in its ideas and is a bit meh in the grand scheme of things but I do much prefer that game to this. However, I sincerely hope that the team for the next 2D Sonic looks at games like Advance 3 and tries to reiterate on its better ideas to freshen up the series formula a bit more next time. The pieces are all there for something great, it just needs a better execution. Also a proper new and coherent story being told would be nice to have in these games again. Side note: Secret Rings is probably my number 1 for "best worst game" where everything but the actual gameplay is kinda awesome with said gameplay being horrible to go back now without the novelty of Wii Motion controls. Secret Rings has some of my favorite stage aesthetics and set pieces out of any game in the series with Sand Oasis, Levitated Ruin, Pirate Storm, Skeleton Dome, Evil Foundry and Night Palace all being cool as hell (Dinosaur Jungle sucks tho lol, doesn't fit in at all thematically). It just all plays terribly sadly.

[@RandomUser8P]

21:36 As someone who went after the chaos emeralds in Advance 2, I wish it only took 5 rings to get into the special stage, but you need to get 7

[@inktendo]

don't EVER say Advance 3 is a bad game again. I've never seen anyone say it's the worst of the trilogy like, what

[@KingoftheBashful]

I unironically love Advance 3, even if it's mostly because of nostalgia bias since it was the first Sonic game I've ever played and beaten. I just really enjoy the partner mechanic, and how it expands on an already great foundation the Advance trilogy had. In my eyes, this game brought the biggest innovation to the 2D Sonic formula out of an entry in the franchise.

[@malik.a4125]

Same dawg. It's probably favorite 3d sonic game despite the flaws due to the mechanics

[@officialpoppyperson]

5:00 Pinball Party Erasure

[@angrybread478]

Marks probably the only few people not bothered by the springs in Sonic Advance 1

[@Unremarkable6969]

Mine is Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)

[@Sydney_Angelyt]

please sega. just give us widescreen remake collection of the dimps games

[@kinggalactix]

(1:04) "Advertising a gameplay mechanic which hasn't been attempted in the series before or after (being the team up mechanic)" Knuckles' Chaotix: Am I a joke to you, SplashDash?

[@marcdimartino9118]

That clearly doesn't count because it is a Knuckles game not a Sonic game.

[@kinggalactix]

@@marcdimartino9118 It is a Knuckles game, but connected to the series still! Also, the tether mechanic is fun!

[@caioaugusto5019]

Technically this one is a bit different, with the movesets changing depending on the partner and the more controllable way to choose who your team is Chaotix kinda works more like Mania's bonus mode that I forgot the name of but with characters swapping out less often

[@mechadeka]

I wouldn't call being tied to another guy in the most annoying way possible a team up.

[@kinggalactix]

@@caioaugusto5019 Yeah, I'm aware. But I couldn't pass up the joke, no matter how flawed!

[@BigOofs2213]

Sonic Advance 3 hate, proceeding to terminate.

[@jakeinator2005]

This is my favorite Advance game. Despite its flaws, it's a game I get a lot of enjoyment out of!

[@Doibs]

Wow mark you lost alot of weight!

[@SaddieMoon]

5:36 Do you know that whatever you choose as your third special, you become immune to said special. Like if you chose Shot for the ground special and Power for the air special, you become immune to trap specials from other players. It’s commonly unknown and makes the experience worse for most people playing the game without a tutorial.

[@purplered7694]

Oh my god thank you

[@Astrogeon]

That auto guard is a lifesaver! Too bad it doesn't protect against most of Emerl's secret combo attacks.

[@NKL3085]

The pink hedgehog girl who's obsessed with sonic can't curl into a ball but her normie 6 year old sidekick can. What a dumbass game series

[@AlwaysTuesday]

clicked on a random sonic video to watch as background noise while I played sonic advance 3 and it was this

[@Fluminox-]

💀💀🙏🏿

[@bowtiesrcool86]

I was upset about how it messed up people’s attacks, and the fact that there was no Tiny Chao Garden

[@vaterquality]

Advance 3 is the best sonic game behind Sonic 3 & Knuckles you cannot convince me otherwise

[@conflictede]

Secret Rings has a special place in my heart, being my first sonic game, but I can identify how “secret ringsy” secret rings is in retrospect

[@metageek7878]

Honestly... I don't understand why 3 is considered the worst when 2, while fun is the most repetitive and has the worst method of accessing special stages. Plus in Advance 2 the unique characteristics of each character barely matter since you're moving so fast you don't have time to fly or glide with any amount of effectiveness

[@mememaster2808]

It’s almost like he predicted an LS mark video before uploading this I’m even though they are different people

[@Winder_Storm]

13:46 just why😂 , amy just watching over sonic while he’s sleeping lmao , she doesn’t even do anything just watches 😭

[@БатоболотовБато]

She will also run around him and beat enemies close to sonic

[@Winder_Storm]

@ wait that also happens in their idle animations? Or you mean general gameplay

[@Bluelaserbeam]

I remember in elementary school I had to lend my SA3 cartridge to my classmate to unlock the extra characters because he was able to unlock them while I never figured out how. Dude took forever, but at least he managed to do it and lend my game back.

[@Rizumu-2]

I love kphoria! Crazy daddy Insane gaming dad

[@DragmaKerp]

For a sec I thought you were gonna say Sonic Advance 2 and was prepared to laugh and point at you… but 3? Ok acceptable

[@_Hero_Link_]

21:35 Correction, Sonic advance 2 Required you to Collect all 7 SP Rings in a Stage not just 5. the Romhack Sonic Advance 2 SP adjusts it to 5 tho

[@SilverStormShadow]

3:34 When SplashDash says he isn't LS Mark...

[@ToaArcan]

This was the second Sonic game I ever played, and it still has a special place in my heart despite not replaying it since my GBA died and being well aware of its issues. The plot of this game, though, is so morbid that it's actually hilarious. So like, fresh off of like, actually murdering one of Sonic's friends, Eggman uses the data of that guy he killed to make a new killer robot and immediately sets it on Sonic and co, who have literally no reaction to seeing their dead friend revived as an evil robot zombie. Also he shatters the planet a full four years before Unleashed but don't worry, SEGA will forget they already used that idea by the time said game enters development. Over the course of the game, Gemerl slowly becomes more powerful and more like Emerl, adopting Sonic's neutral pose from Battle and even displaying the ability to teleport, despite no characters with that ability showing up. Then at the end, Gemerl gets his first hit of Chaos Emeralds proper and it immediately goes spectacularly wrong, proving that Eggman still can't control a Gizoid and he's learned nothing. Gemerl is beaten, fixed up by Tails, and then this nightmarish homunculus of their dead friend becomes a robot butler forever and Emerl remains entirely forgotten. Also, despite the Advance games prior to this all adding another playable character to the roster, and despite him being 70% of the emotional weight of the story of the game this is a sequel to, Shadow isn't here. Truly a victory for the forces of justice! You just can't get stories like this anywhere else, it's a real "Sonic original" as a narrative. Where's my Mario game where Bowser murders Toad and then creates Evil Robot Murder Toad Who Becomes A Butler For Daisy, Nintendo? It would be amazing and you know it.

[@Drdoodoot]

i watched this while playing sonic heroes. that shit was fucking awful. 0/10. the shit i took last night was better.

[@TheUltimateZMAN]

LsMark better

[@McGillicuddy849]

for real, i enjoy LsMarks animated character more than this channels PNG that just says SD

[@theorangepikmin5262]

I miss seeing Sonic, Tails, Kunckles, Amy, and Cream together. They were always the “main cast” to me, at least.

[@12bits71]

I really hope that the decompilation of the Advance games will be completed. I swear, most of the level design problems would be fixed if the field of view weren't so small.

[@firesoul5943]

14:15 U had a different approach instead of the cheese tactic all I did was pick Tails as my partner, did his air tag action where he carries you while flying like Sonic 3, and used the hitbox from the top of his flying animation to hit the head and it died in like 5 seconds

[@sirprower]

Sonic Advance 2 is a way worse game imo

[@raidenthedank7082]

I agree

[@oby547]

Finally someone gets it!!! Sonic Advance 2 slander for the win! 😆😈

[@Turbos-b3z]

I think the themes in Sonic advance 2 are definitely better for the most part with the exceptions of route 99, chaos Angel and toy Kingdom.

[@perom0612]

But sonic advance 2 is my favorite one 😢

[@crispycheese4529]

I agree but it's still my favourite

[@Sonic-VA-]

Used to be Sonic 06, until the Xbox 360 died and I wanna cry due to me not playing it normally anymore

[@Turbos-b3z]

Ever play Sonic Shadow Generations? There's some 06 lore. DONE RIGHT.

[@Sonic-VA-]

@Turbos-b3z I know! I almost cried because I missed playing 06, my baby game!

[@HazeX2]

Play the Legacy of Solaris mod when you get the chance. Bugfixes and faster loading

[@misterzygarde6431]

I’d love to see Sonic Advance 3 be remade in the Retro Engine and given improvements like the removal of crushing objects, letting us swap between characters during stages, and maybe a New Game+ to let us play as everyone from the start.

[@SPEEDYDIM2]

*AH YES THE LONG AWAITED VIDEO ON SONIC SUPERSTARS*

[@mechajay3358]

22:18 Its because of that exhausting chao hunt why I never got the Super Sonic Final Battle.

[@stevehefferan56709]

this was my first sonic game and i genuinely had no idea what to do at any given moment

[@Astrogeon]

I remember playing this game all my childhood. Good times. Figuring out how a pairing plays is hard, but its pretty easy to remember it a certain way. Partnering with Sonic gives you speed, Tails gives you air time, and Knuckles can give you power attacks. Picking Cream as a partner makes the game easier (Sonic gets a free air bubble underwater with Cream as a partner.) Picking Amy might as well be hardmode considering how much she takes away from you just so you could squeak a hammer.

[@GingerbreadMan-r6p]

don't let pariah695 see this!!!!

[@BH-98]

Who?

[@Hyp3rSonic]

LMFAO

[@Hyp3rSonic]

​@@BH-98Sonic KZbinr. Well... used to be a Sonic KZbinr

[@BH-98]

@@Hyp3rSonic looking at their thumbnails & video titles I won’t be bothering with watch them

[@Hyp3rSonic]

​@@BH-98oh, I also mention to say this. Sonic Advance 3 is his favorite Sonic game (Pariah695)

[@SquarecowStudios]

Every time he pronounces a word oddly, my soul flinches. 'Down' shouldn't sound like 'done'.

[@Cknight700]

I remembering being super frusterated unable to get amy and cream, couldn't figure out how I was supposed to get them, then found out like a year later you had to complete the level as sonic to get new characters. I also got a cheat code mode one day on accident. I left my gameboy on the title screen for a long time one day, I'm not sure exactly what I did, but when I started playing I had everything unlocked. I never saved and when I reset my gameboy, it was all gone and I tried all the time to get it to trigger again.

[@ZmanShow]

DUDE Advance 3 is my favorite of the trilogy

[@ZmanShow]

Also probably my favorite 2D super sonic transformation scene

[@dreamcastdazia4753]

It's most people's favorite

[@somerandomuser3465]

​​@@dreamcastdazia4753Really? I rarely see people say it's their favorite. I feel like they talk about advance 2

[@evdestroy4121]

Literally who has ever said Advance 3 is the worst of the trilogy? That usually goes to Advance 2.

[@LincolnlynxJ]

Sonic heroes, but we don’t love it

[@TeamBelmont91]

I'm tired of pretending that Shadow the Hedgehog for Gamecube was a bad game.

[@Turbos-b3z]

I mean we can have our opinions but I think it is

[@TeamBelmont91]

@Turbos-b3z And we can also have wrong opinions, as you just demonstrated.

[@burritobison7700]

Average sonic fan be like

[@TeamBelmont91]

@@burritobison7700 Fan? Nah, casual enjoyer of the games and movies.

[@noww446]

@@TeamBelmont91 so basically a sonic fan

[@LateefA519]

Advance 3 is the best sonic game of all time. The issues are outweighed by how much fun it is to play

[@CaptainCat101]

Sonic Unleashed is the Sonic game I hate to love. The Werehog levels don't bother me THAT much, but the daytime levels are really fun

[@malik.a4125]

Me too. But i like the exp system and getting combos and ranks so it works out for me

[@Ilikesceptile11]

17:40 funny thing is that I never even unlocked the other characters while playing because I always played as tails and sonic. And I just thought I had to do some super hidden secret to unlock them (which I didn't bother with)

[@7-BIT]

3:10 Nice of SplashDash to let his buddy LS Mark cameo in the sponsor

[@Turak500]

Considering Sonic Advance 2 exists, I don't buy it being "the worst". I played all 3 entries and Advance 2 is the worst by a mile. Mostly carried by the sense of speed and several music tracks. Advance 3 isn't perfect either but has much more positives to its name in comparison. To be fair, his takes aren't wrong. I agree with all of them actually but I don't think it makes it the worst of the trilogy.

[@supertrooper1576]

damn i cant believe we got a LS mark collab

[@chackbro1]

HOLY WHAT TIMING!! I was in the process of downloading the entire OST to my computer for offline listening

[@TestTestTestTestEst]

Had the same issue all the advance games had of Sonic having a "Go fast" button the game was clearly designed around, except worse because this one expected you to use other characters

[@noaht2005]

23:09 THANK YOU! Crushers always drive me nuts in 2d sonic

[@MrLedhed123]

Sounds like we must await for an advance 2 video especially since some of the details for true final boss isn’t true here. You only need the emerald for Sonic only. Maybe someday we get that video

[@TrueCrouton]

When the beginner character combo features moves and gimmicks that are beginner friendly compared to combos you might make later in the game which could potentially require more skill or effort to make efficient use of.

[@hamnhotcakes]

Great video ! I remember playing Sonic advanced 1 2 3 in class on my phones emulator they where weird at first. I didn’t like it all cause the mechanics and yes weird level designs but I ended getting good at it that I started to enjoy it more. Eventually you do get good and learn how to maneuver better and the game becomes fun these games are more like a maze rather than a linear sonic stage we have come know. Idk I get it a 6.5/10 atleast they are playable

[@ShockHat734]

Advance 3 could be so fucking good with a remake if done right

[@Retrblu]

24:39 they added a way to descend faster by pressing down in Superstars

[@LockyMVoices]

THIS - this is one of the first Sonic games i ever played, i got it when i was a kid on Christmas Day/MyBirthday with a Red GameBoy Advance SP, GameBoy sadly doesn't work anymore but the game still does!

[@tacobelldumpster1538]

Personally for me, It’s Secret Rings, the vibes are just so cool for that game. Plus I’ve been playing it since I was a little kid so my brain is accustomed to the controls (but they still suck even if I can manage it)

[@BC-CUTZ95]

This is actually one of the first games I ever played. It got the Gameboy Advance as a hand-me-down when I was around 2 and I had a Spyro game, a Cars game (yk with Lightning McQueen), a Shrek game (which I don't think I ever played), and of course Sonic Advance 3. I was terrible at playing the game (especially since I was like 2) but I always used to play it. It's been a few years since I've last seen the cartridge but I think I still have it somewhere.... I'm gonna find it.

[@mediamuncher69]

You should make a sequel to your Sonic cutscenes videos, because I and many other people want to know what you think of the animations in Shadow generations, I'm actually curious because the cutscenes in that game is an improvement but it still needs work.

[@meltedelevator]

i personally really love sonic advance 3 but i respect your points lol

[@RawbeeVee]

Respectfully, we need a ranking every sonic game

[@MikeJr9284]

Advance 3 was the first Sonic game I ever played growing up. I remember the days when I thought that Tails was a girl.

[@timtanium707]

Uhm ahcktually to get the good ending in Advance 2 you only need to get the chaos emeralds with Sonic. Getting them with the other characters unlocks different things, including playable Amy and time attack mode

[@NKL3085]

Dumbass game locked amy in the game that's supposed to introduce her sidekick

[@gengargamer5657]

A couple of things about Superstars: 1. SEGA only considers it a failure because it didn’t do as well as Frontiers. The game reviewed well amongst the general audience and even sold better than Mania. 2. Tails kind of has a flight cancel in that game. If you hold down while he’s flying, Tails will descend faster than normal.

[@bonnieplushtuber5517]

Now this video makes me crave for more long videos covering specific sonic games similar to your main cha- er I mean your friend’s frontiers review

[@i_am_boredom]

8:25 It's because it doesn't have a sound chip.

[@acgon]

No way this trash is better than superstars

[@tael64]

I used to have a PlayStation as a kid that I shared with siblings but when the GBA SP came out, my parents gifted it to me for Christmas along with Sonic Advance 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3. I also got Advance 3 a year or two later for Christmas. I loved these games, and I frequently replay them. I really enjoy all of the Advance games, but I feel like Advance 3 is really hampered by level design, much like CD is. The graphics, music, characters and story are really solid, but the game isn't as open as advance 2, but retains the speedy gameplay. I feel like it would work a bit better with Advance 1 physics, but it's whatever. It's got problems, but I still enjoy it a lot. Never going to get all the emeralds in Advance 2 or 3 though. I've fought the final bosses with emulators though, because there's no damn way I'm goin to find all of those Chao or SP rings. Anyway, solid game, weird level design.