The History of SONIC RUNNERS - The LOST Sonic Mobile Game

Learn about the BEST Sonic The Hedgehog game YOU can no longer play!
Sonic has starred in many mobile games, most of which you can still play today, however, in 2015, Sonic Team released their own mobile game, and a little over a year later, that same game was already deemed a failure and was cancelled. In this feature-length video, I go over the entire history of SONIC RUNNERS, the now unplayable Sonic mobile game.
Sonic Runners was a short-lived endless runner mobile game released in 2015 for iOS and Android devices. Personally, I found it to be one of the most enjoyable Sonic games I've ever played. Unfortunately, as the game had many design flaws which were never fixed, the game was quietly cancelled. Sonic Runners was special as it was full of fan service, and celebrated the entire history of the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. From including playable characters like Tikal, Sticks and Mephiles, to having an incredible OST, Sonic Runners had it all.
If you ever wanted to learn pretty much everything you could ever possibly learn about this now dead Sonic mobile game, you came to the right place. This is THE HISTORY OF SONIC RUNNERS, and I hope you enjoy.
HUGE thank you to @Aerobian-Angel for the incredible thumbnail artwork, you can check his work out here: / aerobian_angel
Sources - thank you to all of these awesome people for making this video possible, without them, Runners would be even more lost than it already is:
1. premydaremy - / @premydaremy
2. SonicWindBlue - / sonicwindblue
3. Parax - / thesonicgamer20ix
4. Ruki185 - / shadowofruki
5. DarkspinesSonic - / darkspinessonic
5. Source of the fan-made Marine & Bark character renders: www.deviantart.com/superaj3/
6. Sonic Runners Reloaded: gamejolt.com/games/sonicrunne...

[@PatMacYT]

What's that? A PatMac video that's NOT about merchandise? Could the rumors be true? Indeed. Back in 2015, Sonic Team released an incredibly fun endless running Sonic game called SONIC RUNNERS, and it was honestly the most fun I've had with a Sonic game in years. Unfortunately though, on July 27th, 2016, Sonic Team CLOSED the servers to the game, making it 100% unplayable. For years now, I've wanted a video that documents the history of the game, but none was ever made. So, I decided, hey, I really enjoyed the game and remember a lot about it, I should share my stories with it and make that video! And so it happened. In this video, I tell the entire story of this short-lived mobile game, and believe me, there is a lot more to it than just being a simple endless runner. As you can probably tell, this is the most work I've ever put into a video, so I hope you all enjoy it! If you did, feel free to share this video around with other people that would enjoy it. Also of course, you can always like the video, subscribe, and all that good stuff if you want to see me continue making videos like this one! We'll most likely be going back to merchandise next time, but I hope you all enjoy this passion project about a literally dead Sonic mobile game.

[@amine423]

PatMac HAVE NY CHILDREN

[@joseluisdiaz674]

dang i cant read

[@funso8488]

Here are some ideas: A look back at the Kirby 64 ufo plush set, A look back at the segaworld Sidney plushes, a look back at the banpresto Christmas Mario plushes, A look back at the Etone donkey Kong plushes, A look back at the Acme Mario plushes, A look back at the Knickerbocker pac man plushes, A look back at the takara super Mario kart plushes, A look back at the Banpresto Mario world plushes.

[@Bulbasquirtle]

That video was awesome and very well made! I love your videos and wish you the best on your next one! I also have 2 video ideas. Patmac's Sonic Collection 2.0. And Remakes of your videos that don't have voiceovers. P.S. This video was leaked on your twitter just like runners being leaked on 4Chan!

[@Andrew_G.]

Hey mr patmac I was on the network and see if theres any hope to download sonic runners even though its not there in the app store but I think theres hope u I think u can play it but I haven't play the app yet but I think u can do it just promise me on this

[@CabinetGremlin]

Fun fact: Sonic06 was deemed a “bad word” in game and you couldn’t make it your name

[@calcv617]

Makes sense

[@witheredbonnie9268]

Eder Caetano yeah

[@lazyladytired]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@calcv617]

@ Withered Bonnie Bup

[@renelandrian1106]

@@KIMTUANVIETNAM Or even ESP Silver

[@ryaquaza1571]

I still find it funny that there’s a Sonic app game called ‘Sonic Jump’ and a Mario one called ‘Mario Run” How things have changed lol

[@Sean-D78]

Sonic has Sonic Jump and Sonic Runners. Mario has Super Mario Run. I wonder when Super Mario Jump is coming out?

[@randomcringeyyoutuber6750]

@@Sean-D78 they're busy on mario kart tour for phones

[@DragonBoyRW]

@@Sean-D78 and run gets closed down and then a revival comes out when someone makes a video on it almost three years later.

[@Seacat08]

I noticed

[@rlharveson]

@@randomcringeyyoutuber6750 -four-

[@nicememes2032]

I really just watched a 1 hour documentary on a game I never played

[@kristindobies6663]

Well now you can play it

[@nicememes2032]

@@kristindobies6663 pardon?

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@nicememes2032 Sonic Runners Revival is a thing

[@nerizepansit1032]

Same here

[@Rusty-nf2vb]

Me too and awwww 69 likes😏

[@LateNightHalo]

Damn, I remember playing it a lot on my phone back in the day. I didn’t know it was shut down

[@dutch-man7997]

There's a fan project that brought it back it's the same game just on new servers

[@Kitty.3782]

monke

[@inaxdee]

I also used to play a lot Sonic Runners and I also didn't know it was shutdown...

[@TheEpicShadowGaming]

Hey it’s you my favorite Halo channel

[@falloutglasster7807]

@@dutch-man7997 where can I get it ?

[@audoodleletsplays4832]

There’s a level of irony that this video makes me wanna play sonic runners but this video wouldn’t exist if sonic runners was playable.

[@halfdraggy]

Well now u can play it twitter.com/RevivalSonic/status/1109073719731736576?s=19

[@theladofwisdom919]

@@halfdraggy still can't The apk isn't public yet And they are still working on it Only a handful of people are able to play it Right now

[@caelkins2458]

There’s still Sonic Runners Adventure that I downloaded the other day ? I think it’s the sequel but I’m not sure

[@theladofwisdom919]

@@caelkins2458 I bought that game And it was a waste of money

[@think_of_a_storyboard3635]

@@caelkins2458 sta sucks

[@DarkspinesSonic]

Still my favorite mobile game to this day, RIP Sonic Runners. ;~;

[@Azure_Blur]

Watching you play it on stream was prob my favorite part, I wasn't really good at the game, but overall I miss it.. so much better art style then any of the other Sonic mobile games

[@JDFrank20Diaz]

DarkspinesSonic Sup DSS Me too Sonic Runners is the reason I started KZbin I Myself Was High Ranked Player AKA FRANK20 I even lost my original acount and Scrathed and claw my way back and got 1 Billion Points

[@StarForce99]

The Legend!

[@HeadFacethePirate]

dssTaels

[@CalebP1989]

I absolutely agree! This game was the best and I HOPE that the Sonic Runners Revival game works out and SEGA chills out about shutting it down!

[@papaaquchala8460]

In case you guys didn't know, Sonic Runners is playable again! Sonic Runners revival is a fan project bringing the original game, at patch 2.0.3 atm, back from the dead! Just downloaded it yesterday and it's just as I remember it (this isn't an ad, just a genuine heads up)

[@svizidal]

fr and mattkc helped make it as well which is great! i love the game..

[@chilpil]

where?

[@faz10do]

​@@chilpilprobably game jolt

[@ToxiChaos]

After playing Sonic Runners Revival for about a week now, reliving all of my old memories with Runners, I had to come back to this video to truly remember and appreciate how lucky we are Revival exists now.

[@Yarumasi]

For real. What a GREAT game!

[@thebaldpizzaman6319]

Imagine spending money on mephiles, but the game shuts down.

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

I feel like Mephiles fans are used to being abused.

[@sewkrazy]

(Sad music plays)

[@darumadev]

YES I FINALLY GOT MEP- [Thank you for playing sonic runners! It's recommend the app is deleted as we just destroyed all your save data with no back up.] What the fu-

[@user-bb2op9he1x]

can I play as mephiles mephiles: the answer is yes and no

[@indeed260]

Imagine spending money on mephiles

[@themcguinnessexperiment617]

Variant Chao: _exists_ Patmac: *How did this game fail?*

[@alexanimations914]

The McGuinness Experiment you just stole a comment!

[@themcguinnessexperiment617]

When I wrote the comment, I was unaware that someone had already written it.

[@DarkShadic9632]

The man has a point

[@waypastcool5788]

@@alexanimations914 """"""""""stole"""""""""". Seriously, can everyone just fuck off with this """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""stealing comments"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" bullshit?

[@mattfromwiisports9414]

@@waypastcool5788 Tom, please let me avoid paying off my debt this one time, please don't break my legs

[@Sklumbo]

Mephiles is underrated. His characterization was amazing and was one of the few things 06 did right.

[@krubs3885]

That profile pic tho. cursed

[@ninjigaming6079]

Never played 06 so I wouldn,t know

[@Tonybaloney6969]

He’s an alpha gamer

[@tiruliru1189]

Sadly, he was killed off.

[@spark154]

Sonic 06 did a lot right, I still have several songs of it on my ipod touch (yes, I still use an ipod touch) including stage ones, Elise and rushed release must be the only two mistakes they committed and sadly are huge enough to obscure everything else though.

[@xxwolfxxninja06]

I remember having this game while it was out. I was so confused when I saw the app missing and was upset when I couldn't find it again. It was probably one of the only few mobile games I enjoyed consistently playing.

[@mstdp3d506]

Sorry 😅

[@caramelldansen2204]

Do you have Sonic Runners Revival yet?

[@Iinneus]

"Maybe Someday We'll Run Again" sounds like a good name for an OST track.

[@tailgatestudios3878]

Linneus yo I want that to be a name for one.

[@mariarosanadinizgoncalvess5318]

Then the track will be a sad music :(

[@masteredhypersonic2202]

Don't forget a touch of runners polish

[@stooky4268]

So it would be apart of a original sound track track ;)

[@samsa.shorts4188]

@@mariarosanadinizgoncalvess5318 that's only an opinnon thouh, i think it will be more like "once again" type of music.just sayin'. :P.

[@Garrulous64]

Runners Adventure is a soulless crime against the original. Such a shame that Sega just doesn't care.

[@hafsasheikh3314]

hello garrulous i wanted to say that why dont you reply to our comments in your videos . i saw knuckles channel 3 and knuckles comment on your livestream of sonic generations for the 3ds and you replied to his comment

[@TheUnknownGruntProductions]

Are you saying you dislike the possibility of sonic adventure 3: runners? SHAME Heh. Comedy

[@Quackdarlens-zl7rt]

My peep. Runners Adventure sucks

[@Quackdarlens-zl7rt]

My peep. Runners Adventure sucks

[@Z2Obsidion]

It's amazing how it actually DECREASED greatly in quality yet they're still proud of it.

[@JetSetDman]

Fun fact: The Sonic Runners Revival team have actually begun adding _entirely new content_ to the game. So far they've added some characters like Marine, Whisper, and even Tangle, three characters who weren't in the original game, complete with brand new, custom-made models and animations. It's honestly fucking ridiculous what they've managed to accomplish. They also made a bunch of pride flag-themed chao companions, and that just makes my heart smile :)

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Bruh not Gay Chaos

[@barryboy1991]

@@NiCoNiCoNiColahell yeah gay chaos!!!

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

@@barryboy1991 ...

[@tiagocervera5661]

I was so gald when i found out that Sonic runners Revival was happening

[@sayvionwashington1939]

This brings joy to my behavior core.

[@LuccaDoesStuff]

How to make the most hyped videogame ever: 1. Make a game in a dying franchise 2. Don’t reveal it until it gets leaked 3. Tease it, but don’t reveal the title/release date, only year and platforms 4. Announce it 5. Show a trailer a week or so later, showing what everyone expected/wanted 6. Release it a few months later 7. Have the best marketing at the week of its release 8. Adding as much content/fan service as possible

[@cosmiceyness]

AND THEN SHUT IT DOWN

[@bomberthehedgefox3751]

8 is literally Sonic forces Speed ​​battle

[@Ty-ru4rp]

9. Open up pre-orders 10. Delay it 11. Cancel the game

[@PhantomOfficial07]

Sonic is a dying franchise?

[@LuccaDoesStuff]

@@PhantomOfficial07Not anymore.

[@genericname_]

Honestly Mephiles being the final character is actually really fitting

[@mightysunfighter]

Generic Name 06 ruined everything

[@charmyzard]

As he's the literal incarnation of satan for the Sonic universe, and could kill Sonic back in 06.

[@mariannmariann2052]

And be Ret Gone.

[@megamichael4021]

Infinite is mephiles after his crystals and frost where gone and he got a mask and got more hair

[@charmyzard]

@@megamichael4021 When some Megaman fan comes with a better story than the actual company...

[@ryansanders5362]

Club penguin fans: I'm sad that club penguin shut down Sonic Runners fans: *Your not the only one cursed with knowledge*

[@noahcrook2474]

I’m both lol

[@craftygamerones9494]

Uh this is more like what happened to club penguin island

[@Arlen56_]

Anthony Arrasco but it costs money now

[@pureplatinumkiller5546]

@@Arlen56_ Um no..? It doesn't.

[@Arlen56_]

Suzumi Kuzu it does...

[@whatshappeninganymore2473]

The Sonic Runners fan server is now celebrating the series' 30th anniversary! Seriously, the people behind that project are freaking amazing and I hope it only gets better from here on. **knock on wood**

[@mrdiscrepancy]

I was top 50 plat every season, grinded unbelievably, and the fact that it ended so abruptly saddened me. To add on, the return it with a _paid_ version.

[@noboloboski]

sonic runners adventure sucks

[@tokiyodadelldew3244]

Here are some time stamps for anyone who want's to see a certain point in the video: 0:00 - Opening 1:35 - Sonic's Other Mobile Games 5:07 - Sonic Runners Leaks 7:27 - The Sonic Runners Predictions 8:32 - The Sonic Runners Announcement (Trailer & Website) 10:33 - The Sonic Runners JP Overview 13:15 - Sonic Runners Review 25:49 - Event #1: Team Chaotic's Ran With Sonic & Friends 27:25 - Event #2: Animal Rescue 27:51 - Event #3: Windy Hill In Spring 29:38 - Event #4: Shahra Assisted The Runners 30:07 - Event #5: Sonic Runners X Phantasy Star Online 2 31:37 - Event #6: Sonic Runners X Puyo Puyo Quest & Amitie Amy Costume 32:59 - Sonic Runners Goes Worldwide (Finally...) 34:18 - Event #7: Sonic's 24th Anniversary 36:40 - Event #8: Omega Ran With Sonic & Friends 32:22 - Event #9: Desert Ruin, Erazor Djinn Assisted The Runners 39:09 - Event #10: Rouge The Bat Ran With Sonic & Friends 39:29 - Event #11: Beginner Characters (Big The Cat, Cream, & Silver) Ran With Sonic & Friends 40:26 - Event #12: Sonic Runners X Nights Series 41:12 - Event's #13 & 14: Blaze The Cat and Shadow The Hedgehog Ran With Sonic & Friends 42:11 - Event #15: Tropical Coast & Mother Wisp Assisted The Runners 43:07 - Event #16: Sonic Adventure Bundle, Tikal Ran With Sonic & Friends, Chaos Assisted Runners 44:38 - Event #17: Metal Sonic Ran With Sonic & Friends 45:27 - Event #18: Animal Rescue Redux 46:14 - Event #19: Zazz Strikes [Raid Event] 46:55 - Event #20: Team Dark Halloween Costumes & Holloween Stage, King Boom Boo Assists Runners 49:30 - Event #21: Sonic Runners X Fantasy Zone 50:04 - Sonic Runners Ver: 2.0.0 52:53 - Event #22: ESP Silver Ran With Sonic & Friends 54:33 - Event #23: Gothic Amy Costume 55:17 - Event #24: Sonic Runners X Christmas Nights Into Dreams 55:49 - Event #25: Christmas Event, Team Sonic Christmas Costumes, Christmas Stage 57:50 - Event #26: Frozen Factory Stage 58:26 - Sonic Runners Character Data Mining 59:47 - Event #27: Sonic The Werehog Ran With Sonic & Friends 1:00:27 - Event #28: Sticks The Badger Ran With Sonic & Friends 1:02:03 - Event #29: Mepheles The Dark Ran With Sonic & Friends 1:04:05 - The End Of Sonic Runners 1:07:38 - The Aftermath Of Sonic Runners Closing 1:08:21 - Sonic Runners Fan Server And Fan Game 1:10:45 - Sonic Runners Adventure 1:13:22 - The End I spent basically the entire day on this. I was baffled that no one had done this. I should explain some of the stuff I did. -"_______ Ran With Sonic & Friends". When a new playable character was released -"_______ Assisted The Runners". When a new well known companion was added (P.S. Sorry for people with big fingers who wanted to try this out on phone's lol).

[@miguelcastillo3723]

How has no one seen your hard work

[@JasonLeIdi]

#sonicrunnersrevival

[@_toei_]

Mephiles, He Dark

[@JasonLeIdi]

👏

[@Djammin14]

What song is that at 7:27

[@Jawshi]

If a PatMac video is an hour long, you can tell it's already gonna be good.

[@YellowYoshi398]

It's like a documentary about a game that I never really paid much heed to or knew much about. Tell the truth I didn't even know this game was gone forever until now. I'm so glad someone was willing to commit all of this to memory and document it for future posterity. PatMac does it again!

[@mr.hanzano1844]

I agree with you.

[@spertex4774]

The longer the better.

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

My one hour is well spent

[@lvmls]

Yeah

[@CosmicToad5000]

29:13 well it is actually fitting because Merlina’s whole arc is about the accepting the fleetingness of life so having her head an event celebrating the season known for the birth of new life makes sense.

[@webkinzxxx]

25:03 so at one point… Mephiles was playable? I’m impressed!

[@PhantomFearYT]

A better title: The Life and Death of Sonic Runners BeFoRe TheY WeRe FaMoUs: SoNiC ruNN-

[@Yozzoy]

Sonic Runners wasn't killed IT WAS MURDERED. Nope, couldn't even type that with a straight face.

[@NombreGenerico89TF2]

THE HUGE PROBLEM with Sonic Runners

[@pralenkaman8105]

and knuckles

[@santiagobaublis7238]

"The best Sonic videogame you WILL NEVER PLAY"

[@masteredhypersonic2202]

@@Yozzoy yes sonic team MURDERED IT

[@kjiwi_8580]

Fun fact: sonic dash was so popular that Sega made an arcade machine of this game

[@DarkShadic9632]

Neat.

[@icecoldbluesonic]

It was in my cinema lol

[@cartergames3793]

Saw and played it in chuck e cheese

[@cartergames3793]

It was controlled by a trackball

[@BinkyDink]

holy shit

[@zorebas]

PatMac : “It’s the thought that counts right?” - Sonic Forces launches -

[@Void---]

I love how every time he would say a variant chao, he would say, " How Did This Fail!?"

[@Bulba413]

And the world record for shortest hour ever goes to... This video! no, it seriously felt like a 20 minute video.

[@ultra_exists]

Holy shit I'm 30 minutes in?

[@muniraja.k7797]

You@!

[@muniraja.k7797]

hi

[@RentalizeMain]

As soon as I saw this comment I realized it was and hour long video lol 😂

[@lettuceboi.1399]

It actually feels like that

[@matti.8465]

The two versions of Silver fascinate me. This could either mean that the Sonic universe works under a multiverse theory, where you can't change the future but you can create a new timeline. This would mean that Sonic and Elise only created a new timeline where Mephiles never existed but the original timeline continued, therefore, the Silver from 06 continued his life and the Silver we see the most is from a different future who became Sonic's friend through different circumstances. This makes a lot of sense, as if was recently confirmed that the same thing happened after Generations, separating Classic and Mordern Sonic's timelines.

[@schemar17]

Matt I. That 2nd silver could be from rivals

[@matti.8465]

@@schemar17 I don't know if Rivals is the new timeline version of how Sonic and Silver meet or if it is Sonic Colors DS (Which is canon because Mother Wisp is in Team Sonic Racing), all i know is that that's where he and the new Blaze meet.

[@shupasopni]

@@matti.8465 Rivals is now Sonic and Silver's first meeting. Colors DS is after.

[@Sean-D78]

Multiverse theory for sonic makes sense as they like to take ideas from Dragon Ball.

[@susped645]

I just like many people, haven't heard of this awesome game until it was already done for. It sucks that they saw it as a "failure." It was way better then most games they made, and even any mobile game I've ever seen. Edit: Immediately after I made this comment, I saw a mobile game ad, and yeah... still better than most, if not all mobile games.

[@aztektheultimatewoman]

I LOVED Sonic Runners when it was around. It was the height of my Sonic fandom, and the game was just fantastic. The art direction, the gameplay, everything. So it’s kind of sad to know that it’s been mostly forgotten. R.I.P., Sonic Runners. May you rest in peace.

[@Mortisk]

Sonic Runners Revival is a thing and it's exactly how I remember it. Also you skipped over the time Knuckles said "damn" in the campaign which surprised me

[@DarkShadic9632]

Wait WHAT

[@bloodcrusader817]

Yea i saw that

[@elifersoy4852]

it's soooo good I love it

[@yakupagagaming]

Dam is shadow's line

[@Apotheosister]

"Where's that damn fourth master emerald shard."

[@funkythor6457]

Sonic runners: dies Patmac: H O W D I D T H I S G A M E F A I L?

[@perlamejia3036]

2 many *C H A O S*

[@Horseprincess259]

Perla Mejia yup

[@Bowling4986]

Cause Sega got too greedy with the roulette.

[@zacariasvelazquez8400]

@@Bowling4986 i hate that roulette

[@Aisubun]

I was never a huge fan of Runners and I only played it during the Classic Sonic event. Hearing the loss of it sucks though. And as a fan of Dragalia Lost, I'm about to deal with this kind of pain on a personal level. I can only hope that fans are able to bring both back.

[@lightning9789]

It's such a shame to see Dragalia Lost shutting down Sonic Runners was brought back through Runners Revival, thankfully I hope the same can happen for Dragalia It has so much charm, it'd be awful to see it lost

[@Atomixzgaming]

The fuck is dragalia lost

[@mr.theking2484]

Sonic Frontiers Spoiler warning Another thing about Sticks being main series (3 years down the line) is that in Sonic Frontiers' ending cutscene, Amy mentions sticks.

[@dominiclowe3640]

Sticks is like mephiles she was part of probably the worst sonic media ever like Mephiles, sticks was the only shining light in her media like mephiles, so because of that they are the only things coming out of there media into the main canon while sonic team acts like boom and 06 never happened which I agree

[@handrising3714]

@@dominiclowe3640 mephiles is swaggy af bring him bak

[@TheWax70]

Great video, dude. You deserve all 130 Adventure emblems and more. :)

[@superhypermetalsonic2551]

Neat

[@candiedCoder]

Artic Chao is cute , right?

[@Nightmare-xh5ri]

Omg it's one of the sonic short members!!!! Thank you for my childhood!!!!

[@YujiUedaFan]

It's 120.

[@TheWax70]

@@YujiUedaFan 130 emblems in Sonic Adventure, 180 in Sonic Adventure 2, and 120 in Sonic Heroes.

[@FairPlay137]

Over the years, datamining the archived assets did reveal some things which never made it to Runners: According to the archived game assets, there was originally going to be a Sonic '06 event which would've introduced new buddies (and possibly Mephiles), but it never happened. It would've featured the His Theme E3 instrumental as the roulette music, and that's literally all we know about it, as the buddy data associated with it reuses the Fantasy Zone event data due to the buddies not being complete yet. There was also going to be a second raid event where you would've fought Zomom, and it would've taken place in Desert Ruins at dusk (this event probably would've showed up in October 2016 had the game kept running by then). In addition, a Silent Forest stage was planned to be playable during an event, though it's unknown which event it would've belonged to. It was never finished though, which was probably why it was never run. There is also an unused buddy, D-Fekt. Its effect was similar to Carbuncle and O-Papa, with it collecting all on-screen objects and giving you a combo bonus after a certain combo count. It probably would've been released alongside Sticks in a Sonic Boom event. Its model and animations have been lost to time, however. There are more unused goodies, but none quite as notable as what I mentioned.

[@legendarygabe1143]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa fword

[@potatoemporer2174]

this is my favorite video on all of youtube. I became a sonic fan in 2017 because of dantdm's first video on sonic forces. I had always hated sonic even though i knew nothing about it or the series as a whole. I knew he was blue I knew about city escape and I knew he was fast but that was it. when I saw that upload I thought "lets give it a try i man how bad could it be?" the next four years of my life was changed and heavily influenced by sonic the hedgehog and one day this popped up in my recommendations and at the time i was still learning more and more about the sonic series and i still do. this opened my eyes to what i had missed and I released that I jumped on ship far far to late as I would have loved this as a new sonic fan but i couldn't just couldn't play it anymore. please if there are any safe fan servers please let me know because if not I'm probably just gonna buy runners adventure which i don't want to do because of its lack of content. the sonic the hedgehog series has given me so much and i love all of the character outfits and variations in sonic runners and have made countless pages of art based off of them. I need to play this game so please anything would be a big help.

[@thisisasupersayin376]

"Do you even have 10 -Facebook- friends -who like sonic- ?"

[@BaritenorII]

"SEGA GIVE US MORE CHAO!"-Chadtronic

[@darniusstudios5139]

“It’s our crack we need it.”

[@dac6400]

*Chaotronic*

[@drewdoesstuff-]

*leans into mic* “It’s our crack” *leans closer to mic* “we neeeeed it”

[@Wander-sd8er]

“Sonic jump” “Mario run” “Well well the tables have turned”

[@lpfan4491]

And both games have been largely forgotten at this point.

[@DarkShadic9632]

LPFan uhhhhhh well I may or may not still play those to this day

[@crudalicious]

you mean "How the turn tables"

[@MrSlaveSP]

Mega Man Walk

[@tomc7099]

Stolen from Ryaquaza 1

[@_Whyro_]

This is my comfort video I already watched it like 5 times and still come back to it when I need something to watch while I eat or when I'm trying to sleep if I can't find any other video that interests me. For some reason this video has a special charm to it. Oh and just one suggestion I know you most likely didn't play that one but a simular video about sonic dash would be amazing. I actually played that one and still actively do so it's pretty special for me.

[@daniboypicazzo]

Bro! Probably a lot of people have told you, but you should TOTALLY check Sonic Runners Revival! It's really functional, I never had the chance to play it on release, and this revival gave me that chance! I'm sure you will be pleased with it

[@Everik-ct6pg]

Mephiles killed Sonic runners, how fitting.

[@Probably_JENOVA]

Sonic: I’ve come to make an announcement. Mephiles The Dark’s a bitch ass motherfucker. He killed my fucking game. That’s right. He took his Chaos Lancer out and he said it was “This big”. And I said “That’s disgusting”.

[@GracieJello]

@@Probably_JENOVA so you know what, I'm making a call out post on Twitter: Mephiles has a small Lancer. And this is mine **pwahhh* That's right, all points, no quills. It looks like two balls and a bong

[@DubGaming007]

Lol

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

sega erased him from existence and then he erased sonic runners from existence, i mean thats fair in a cosmic sort of way.

[@Fmac117]

@@ripleyandweeds1288 perfectly balanced, as all things should be

[@laran1708]

The culmination of the sonic franchise, of all the love and time that was put in it. Was deemed a failure by sega Really makes ya think.

[@sewkrazy]

Oof

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

Maybe the roulette system

[@the4tierbridge]

Because it barely made any money.

[@sonictennyson2201]

I’m blaming puyo puyo

[@personguy2262]

@@sonictennyson2201 Everyone knows that Puyo Puyo is the source of all evil, right? Also, Sonic Forces Speed Battle is the next culmination of the franchise, a pretty good one, but not the same… I miss Runners

[@IncogNeyo]

March 18 2019 man makes documentary for a mobile game and makes me wanna watch it 50 times.

[@-spinel-7257]

Ah yes, my favorite Sonic Character. *BOOB.*

[@iambleh]

why couldn't they just have released 1 tiny update at the end that allowed offline play?!

[@paalaaa]

idk

[@milesprower6110]

money *dab*

[@PlusInsta]

It's likely they realized it was a sinking ship and stopped dedicating resources to the game's programming very early on in its abandonment. In regular English, that's "they just didn't care enough."

[@Sonen10]

They did that with Clumsy Ninja, which basically immortalised the game.

[@mariannmariann2052]

And CP Island.

[@camwoodstock]

You mean a Sonic game with the FISH MAN FROM PUYO PUYO was a "commercial failure?" No taste, these people have...

[@spiritflame8806]

Suketoudora is one of the best puyo puyo characters tbh

[@iregretsomeofmypreviouscom3284]

It's called Suketoudara you uncultured swine jk

[@paperluigi6132]

Though they’d have to be either support characters or all of them will be Speed type. Although Ryuji might be Power Type

[@s3kstage232]

This game was actually unsuccessful because Suketoudara was only available before the worldwide release.

[@tjlnintendo]

Except Americans couldn't get fish man by normal means.... and once the event stop, you couldn't use him. If only sega wasn't retarded....

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

35:17 I love how it's actually gigantic in the background 1:03:04 Not sure when the exact release date was, but sometime in late 2016 Sonic was added to LEGO Dimensions. Among his different dialogue options are things like "Lumpy Space Princess huh? Last time I met a princess I... We... You know, I don't quite remember. Never mind!" and "Hey. Vampire lady. Did I hear you turn into a wolf sometimes? I sure know that feeling..." These seem to suggest that (at least during the 2015-2017 era) Sonic was becoming more self aware and tongue-in-cheek about negatively received titles like '06 and Unleashed. In my book that's a good thing, gotta know when to laugh at yourself! On the note of LEGO, online games getting shut down, and the Club Penguin MMO, one of the most devastating game shutdowns for me was LEGO Universe. I played that game a ton when I was 11, but it was only live for 2 or 3 years. The music was phenomenal, character designs badass, and the story (while kinda basic) was much more intense than your average Power Miners or Space Police.

[@pauloafonso2393]

I found out about runners because of this video and I thank u for it. I have been playing runners revival for 2 weeks non stop and i love it. Once again, thank u so much

[@cookieblobber]

“Someday, a new fan server will be made” *chuckles in Sonic Runners Revival* That’s adorable

[@dudestop407]

Wait what

[@JulianR2JG]

collin🥲🗞🗃📒🧻📚📆📖🗳🗂😀🧑🏻‍🎤📪♿️📊📂😤🆗📯📈📜🤣🍿📕📎📉📔😭🌀🚮

[@dazzle2008]

@LoganPlush YT ok

[@cookieblobber]

Only a spoonful

[@dazzle2008]

@LoganPlush YT no

[@CRANTIME]

losing any game with Vector as a playable character is a huge loss...

[@Bowling4986]

And even after 50 episodes he still couldn't find the computer room.

[@lpfan4491]

The computer room was finally found in Forces, so no big deal there.

[@NorlanBustilloX]

I just saw this video and was intrigued by the game, so I decided to search for any progress made on the fan made servers, and found two projects: 1.- Sonic Runners Revival 2.- Sonic Runners Reloaded. Both seem to work fine, so I'll be playing for a while. Thanks for showing me this game, PatMac from 3 years ago.

[@hannahking3491]

the way you said it, they doomed themselves. not only by making impossible gachas and ripping people off with making impossible levels/making some events no longer worth playing but really just doing it to make a profit but not really giving back to their supporters. that's sadly how most mobile games are

[@Temmie_gaming]

As long as rouge in sonic runners the game isn't "boob free"

[@OmoSilverZet_X]

Nice one there! 😂

[@sewkrazy]

I agree

[@jomaq9233]

And now Sonic is in the same game with Pyra

[@charmyzard]

Sonic X can specially relate.

[@gumi6751]

So basically the reason it died was because the game was designed like your standar japanese gatcha game.

[@Pikarindia]

Pretty much

[@dsmania]

I played Sonic Runners since the Japan/Canada release to the very last day. From my point of view and experience what happened to cause the demise of the game was a combination of 2 things: The main thing was the time you had to spend on loading screens, score screens, unskippable dialogs, looong initial launch screen... you could easily waste more time on menus than playing when you were learning and this drew back a lot of beginning players (and even veterans). The other was the short time of the events and its limited rewards in combination with the roulette. Yes it was mentioned, but the problem are not those things but the combination: I truly believe the roulette could have worked fine for real, no matter how many people trashed on it, just only if the events would have been 1 month long and returning every year, or at least giving a fallback option for the rewards. The 2.0 had also a big problem: it increased the idle time in menus and loading times, to the point I almost just played Timed because it had less dialogs. Just have to add: Runners is one of the best Sonic games (in its gameplay).

[@FriendDash424]

Patmac Everytime he sees a Chao in a failed game: H O W D I D T H I S G A M E F A I L?

[@JerryIsHere]

Saddest thing for me I tried downloading Sonic runners a day before it got closed I didn't even know that the game existed And then it was gone And on my phone I was like what? where is the game?It was installing....

[@DarkShadic9632]

F

[@emaa_m]

damn you're unlucky

[@JerryIsHere]

H well some guy made a sonic runners load but with private connections (meaning its not connected to sega, its connected into some private network) It’s called sonic runners revival, you can find out their channel here,kzbin.info/door/i9BNPopIEmZOIn9VmLKu1w

[@Antiiant_48]

Now you can play the game and called it sonic runners adventure

[@JerryIsHere]

BEN'S Art!!! Sonic runners adventure isnt as good as sonic runners. Sonic runners adventure is really bad compared to the OG.

[@coolguy-qb7kg]

Sonic Runners: Any Chao variant from events Patmac: HOW DID THIS GAME FAIL!!?

[@simiroth9461]

Can't blame him, that game was indeed fun.

[@jspaceman]

I love how he gets progressively more angry

[@theplushiechannel4801]

And then....Sonic Runners Revival was born

[@Muhammad-lq7fu]

We got sonic rr before gta vi 😮

[@KingOfAnime247]

I think it would have been a better idea of the characters were always there for pulls, but events would raise the rates you can pull certain characters.

[@DarkshadowXD63]

I swear to god I always thought Sticks was the Boom version of Marine 😅

[@sentrogaspers9813]

Well everyone kinda think it was(me example)

[@thecannedslap]

I thought it was the boom version of Tikal.

[@SailorMaxie]

Same.

[@TheReZisTLust]

Who lol

[@jackowish3440]

C A C T U S. Yeah same

[@ChristopherMoom]

Can't believe Sonic Runners was cancelled and forgotten. -That's what should've happened to Movie Sonic-

[@sodacrush3052]

Hey look its the Chara ver. of Justin Y.

[@Nic_2751]

Hi buddy

[@Foulowe59]

You are really everywhere

[@RNerd]

At least we have a p a i d version ;-;

[@spertex4774]

That’s what should’ve happened to Sonic Boom and Sonic 06.

[@DrPeeper]

Thank god Sonic Runners Revival exists

[@inkie2504]

ive been wanting to play this game ever since i saw this video im so glad i found a fan recreation

[@BusterBeachside]

I am actually quite disappointed, as I never knew this game existed until this video! When I saw the title/thumbnail, I assumed it was an unreleased game since I had never heard of it. It's a huge shame because I used to play Sonic Dash a LOT, and this looks like an even better version of that game to me. A similar thing also happened recently with Puzzle Fighter on iOS and Android. Always-online... Brought back a beloved classic game... Getting updates with new stages and characters... And then one day, boom, shutdown announcement with no final update to make it playable offline. The worst part is, you can still find and download the game on the Play Store, but once you open it and it tries to connect, it just lets you know that the game's servers have been closed forever! Is it really that hard to get an app removed from an app store? :p I uploaded Puzzle Fighter's soundtrack to KZbin, and I get comments all the time from people who are disappointed that the game is now gone forever, at least as long as Capcom decides so or it gets a fan server. To be fair, the vast majority of the game's content was online multiplayer matches, and the game didn't have a ton of content to begin with. At least they were nice enough to release the final batch of characters for free... That also sucked, as the shutdown notice came at the nearly same time as a REALLY awesome patch that made the game way nicer with new stages, music, characters, updated UI, and even a new game mode. Well, leave it to me to take a comment on a Sonic Runners video and turn it into a comment about a completely different game, but I can't help but draw the parallel between the two in this case! :p

[@BottlesTheMole]

Search up Sonic runners rivival on KZbin you can play the game I tried it and it works

[@JetSetWave]

Dude even the damn Trick System was a reference to Sonic Colors saying "Good!" "Great!" "Awesome!" "Outstanding!" "Amazing!". Sega can we get a new mobile game or hell maybe even a main series game with this much love please?

[@FlameLeone2300]

Who ever made sonic runner revival happen, you are the best. Loved playing sonic runners back in the day and now i can do it again

[@his_purpose3]

I remember playing this game so much back around 2015-2016, and I remember having so much fun on it. Wish it wasn't shut down, I'd reinstall it and play it again.

[@ChristianoLord9]

2016: Sonic Runners shutdown 3 years later: Sonic Runners Revival launched

[@PlayerZeroStart]

"The roulette system is so greedy." Gacha Players: First time?

[@takuari]

i was about to say

[@MusicLoveDD]

khux Players: T.T !!!!!

[@tiruliru1189]

Mario Kart Tour: Hold my beer. I love Nintendo, but SEGA REALLY does what Nintendon't.

[@lemmykoopa5765]

tiru liru im gonna commit suicide

[@WonderTheMoon]

Fgo players:*D E A D*

[@conqueror55]

Thanks for making the project now we can play the game again

[@akdjchwpwj12]

Man oh man I played this years ago Banger of a video!

[@premydaremy]

My favourite mobile game 😭

[@alkritz7930]

sup dude love your channel hope the sonic revival project works out 🤞

[@drkspnova]

Looking at this really makes me wish i could play it. it seems so aesthetically pleasing and fun in style, soundtrack, and just the general gameplay

[@henrysonic3843]

Say hello to sonic runners revived

[@vernerstinger]

+1 for using sonic 4 ep2 metal theme when talking about him, the theme is really underrated imo

[@m20diamond]

YOU DID IT YOU REVIVED THE GAME PAT MAC THERE IS A FAN SERVER IN DEVELOPMENT search twitter for sonic runners revival Edit: Never had this many likes before lol

[@pgj1997]

HYPE!

[@SpiderOrb]

God yes!

[@beegyoshi2068]

Or u could download tutu app and then download sonic runners from there!

[@m20diamond]

A.R Playz it’s not there on tutu app

[@beegyoshi2068]

@@m20diamond it is u have to update tutu app

[@cobaltobject1855]

What the hell why didn't they just leave the new characters on the roulette wheel after the release events they would've made so much more money from continued pulls

[@edwardsun3454]

Anyone watching this in 2022/2023? I know one such leak at 5:12. It’s about the Sonic Riders series. After Sonic Free Riders from 2010 was nuked massively if you catch my drift, Sonic Team is making a mew game that’ll hopefully recover the Riders series. Also, I just talked to someone on Roblox about Sonic Runners and I’m hoping they’re a fan of the idea since it’s dead.

[@foxyman9449]

Now we can play the game again through Sonic Runners Revival. I still love going back to watch this amazing history video but I want to get the word out wherever I can that the game is semi-back and it's super fun to get a chance to play. It's highly addicting already and can't wait to see what they'll add to it.

[@elnidodelfenix8200]

When the Puyo Puyo them started playing at 31:38 I literally screamed because I'm a puyo fanboy and couldnt help myself

[@DarkAura19]

Runners came out around the time I got my first job, so I spent... More money than I'd like to admit. I sunk SO much time into this game. I was sad to see it go, but there is seriously no denying how absurdly scummy this game was with its limited events and that horrible, HORRIBLE roulette. This game had so much potential, I HATE how poorly it was handled. But as a Sonic and SEGA fan, the events and references were SO amazing. I pretty much stopped playing when 2.0 came around. That Spike Wall and nerfs were the nail in the coffin that told me I was really better off using my money elsewhere, patched out or otherwise. Also OH MY GOD THE SOUNDTRACK WAS WASTED ON THIS GAME. It's one of the best Sonic OSTs, period.

[@Bruh-jw8mg]

I miss 2015 😔

[@kevokevo1703]

I remember spending a lot of time on trying to get the werehog. That roulette sucked so much I hated everything about it, but I remember getting lucky and getting characters, Chip, caliburn and yacker. I promised myself I would’ve played it forever if I got the werehog. I sped like 10 dollars for the god damn character but when I got him I freaked out so much. But then it closed and I was so mad. But I really enjoyed this game a lot. I was almost a no life in this game

[@highwolfgames4501]

I loved this game as a kid, and started crying to my dad when it shutdown

[@LightKing1237]

You know who would have been cool to see in runners? Maria

[@thepastaprogenitor851]

Why? She can never run from her fate on the space base

[@Syiepherze]

I hate how its "sequel" is locked behind a paywall. I mean, it's not expensive but it's still really disappointing. I played Sonic Runners on an almost daily basis, even on the bus home from school (with mobile data on of course). The fact that it was free (with optional microtransactions) made it accessible to Sonic fans old and new.

[@tealsummernights]

Runners Adventure is also significantly worse with way less content. It doesn't even have an endless mode. I was extremely disappointed.

[@Syiepherze]

@@tealsummernights Damn. I wouldn't be surprised if that got shut down too. Hope they relaunch the original game with an offline mode and an online sync feature.

[@Sanity98]

They NEED to re-release Sonic Runners with offline (like that guy said!) Runners Adventure is fine, but it lacks AAAAANY flare the original had. People complained simply because of the micro transactions, like you can play the game without doing those all the unlockable characters control the exact same as the main trio :/

[@Sanity98]

@@tealsummernights It does have endless but it's rare you'll come across it. Those lapped levels can suck one too

[@halfdraggy]

Well new projects coming twitter.com/RevivalSonic/status/1109073719731736576?s=19

[@halkon4412]

I think your assessment of why this game failed is, unfortunately, off base. I don't like its business model at all, but it works: Japanese gacha games are an extremely lucrative market, and the most successful ones never offer a way to buy gacha characters at a fixed price. Honestly, Sonic Team's decision to do so in a limited capacity may have actually been part of the problem - why spend hundreds of dollars chasing your favorite character when there's a chance they'll be available to directly purchase later? Another red flag for me in this video was the mass nerf to older companions. This is probably a much bigger contributor to the game's failure: any gacha designer that knows what they're doing will tell you to NEVER directly nerf characters (aside from in primarily multiplayer games), as it casts doubt on the power level of all future characters. It looks much less sinister to just power creep new content to the point that the old stuff is useless anyway, and it achieves the same result. Just look at Fire Emblem Heroes: it released exactly two years after Sonic Runners, so if SR was the victim of gacha fatigue or a flooded marketplace, FEH should have been hit even worse. Yet, FEH is by far the most profitable game in its series and even one of Nintendo's current highest earners. FEH has more than half its cast locked firmly behind a roulette wheel, with no other way to obtain them. It even locks most of the well known fan favorites behind said wall, and there's been no backlash to speak of. Unfortunately, as much as I'd like to say that anti-consumer monetization models were proven to be ineffective here, I think that's more of an optimistic interpretation than a realistic one.

[@Nyar60]

Having been a part of the Runners craze, I think the real reason it failed was because it actually wasn't predatory enough. During the first few releases of the game, it was extraordinarily friendly - if you wanted to get everything in an event, you could, because the premium roulette would never drop more duplicates than you could carry until you had gotten the max rank of everything in the event. SEGA tried to change this to make the game more monetarily successful, which inevitably pissed people who liked how friendly it was off, and then they released the disastrous 2.0 update that killed endless running, and the rest, as they say, is history. Deeply unfortunate.

[@UnknownFlyingPancake]

I agree with this, as it seems like it was too high quality of a game to profit off that business model and should have been a purchasable game instead without the gacha system. Although if the chances of getting characters really was that slim, it could also be that was detrimental. I could see that putting people off from spending any money at all due to the chance being so low. I'd think it would be better to make things rare without seeming flat out impossible in order to encourage people to spend money, as if they feel they have no chance of getting what they want, they won't bother.

[@Kraigon42]

Yeah, as he was showing the infographics, I was thinking to myself, "30 million yen? Is that all? They're probably spent quadruple that for every new event." I detest gacha (gatcha? gotcha?) games myself -- even if I am guilty of playing a handful -- but from an objective standpoint the game is too highly produced to be kept up unless it was insanely successful. With the level of detail and number of models included, I wouldn't be surprised if the cost of making this game was comparable to the cost of a then-modern Sonic game (i.e. not a mobile game). Also, as bad as it is to think this, I agree that it might not have been predatory enough, if only because the whole "spike wall" thing could have been there from launch instead of them trying to implement it and having to take it back out.

[@madokalover]

Never played the game but this is what I was thinking the whole video. The nerfs + spike walls combo in version 2.0 seems like a more likely cause. Notice too right after that happens, the events seem to gradually go to shit, indicating SEGA probably noticed the game was losing players and had to cut resources or something.

[@UltimateBlanket]

BJimolol po

[@NovaCrackers]

And finally we can play the game again, rebalanced for the removal of microtransactions, with Sonic Runners Revival

[@drkspnova]

this game has an ost that is underrated as hell

[@Technocolor00]

15:17 "Thats some unexpected lore coming from a mobile game" *Kingdom Hearts menacingly laughs*

[@Skyrus456]

The game has been revived! There is a closed Alpha of the game but it is not available to the public yet and there are currently no more seats for beta testers. The Discord has cleared up all confusion from SEGA and the project is officially a-go. Go follow the Twitter Page, its titled "Sonic Runners Revival Project". Go check out the Discord that is linked on their twitter to support the Project. MAKE SURE to read the FAQ and Rules channels in the Discord first before posting. Go easy on the Mods, Admin, Creator, and YPwn (the one developer as of right now, might change later) this is relatively new to them and its only been a week since the project started. Hope to see you there as Skyrus456!

[@jairrojas613]

The beta will be released in July 15th

[@masteredhypersonic2202]

@@jairrojas613 WE KNOW NOW SHUT UP ALREADY

[@hootos41]

@@masteredhypersonic2202 be nice not you know

[@mattok101digitaltamer9]

Its released and it's pretty good!

[@cosmicdoodles2992]

@@mattok101digitaltamer9 its absolutely good

[@ohm1229]

I watched this the entire time and I can say that I do not regret it.

[@Mcnibbus]

This game has no reason to bring back so much nostalgia but it does so anyway. I play runners revival ( the reboot of this lost mobile game) daily and it’s just as much fun as the original I remember hopefully saga brings this one back

[@ms046]

Fun fact: In the Puyo Puyo Quest x Sonic Runners event, it's the only time Satan isn't referred to as the Dark Prince in English. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's the only time.

[@JoSephGD]

The manual for Puyo Puyo 2 in the Sega 3D Classics Collection mentions both names.

[@girexx7979]

47:23 Wow, Witch Rouge and Vampire Shadow got reused in Sonic Forces: Speed Battle!

[@ghhn4505]

I know it's been mentioned a ton in the comments but I've been playing a ton of Sonic Runners Revival and it's great. Reloaded seems further along too and has some interesting characters like Movie Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles + Mighty & Ray.

[@dreamcastdazia4753]

53:47 Sonic Rivals is Silvers cannonial introduction into the series. So even though blaze wasn't in those games I would like to assume they are talkikg about silver from that one