The Sonic Adventure Iceberg Explained

It's time to explore the Sonic Adventure iceberg. Join me as we dive into the waters and explore how deep this iceberg goes starting with some more well-known facts in the shallow waters and descending down into the more obscure and weird nuggets of knowledge below in the depths.
Chapters :-
00:00 Introduction
01:20 Tip of the Iceberg
07:51 Below the Surface
15:26 Middle of the Iceberg
21:53 Bottom of the Iceberg
28:19 The Depths
Sonic Adventure, as Sonic's first 3D adventure, is such an interesting game and I had a great researching and talking about some of the game's obscure lore.
Here is the original, more detailed version of the iceberg by SPEEPSHighway:-
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Recommended videos :-
- "Sonic Adventure - Hidden Details and Secrets" by SPEEPSHighway ( • Sonic Adventure - Hidd... )
- "Easter Eggs & Beta Secrets! Episode 1: Sonic Adventure" by ElectroNuke Mods ( • Easter Eggs & Beta Sec... )
- "Sonic X: The ACTUAL Director's Cut" by Windii Gitlord ( • Video )
Links to more Sonic resources :-
- Sonic Stadium - board.sonicstadium.org/
- Sonic Retro - sonicretro.org/
- The Cutting Room Floor - tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor
Music Credits (all music is taken from the Sonic Adventure soundtrack) :-
- "Welcome to Station Square"
- "The Air for Windy Valley"
- "Egg Carrier, A Song That Keeps Us On The Move"
- "Twinkle Cart for Twinkle Park"
- "Red Hot Skull for Red Mountain"
- "Tricky Maze for Lost World"
- "Mystic Ruin"
Finally, follow me on Twitter if you want :- / thejohnnyvector

[@Justin-yv8mr]

I always thought that the unknown metal sonic was actually silver sonic from sonic 2 but he got upgraded in SA1

[@JohnnyVector]

Cool theory, they definitely look kind of similar

[@Sonicjan]

Kinda makes me think, it's a Sonic version of Mecha Knuckles from Advance 2 (or was it Advance 1?)

[@axleblaze7455]

Yeah, I took always thought it was just Silver Sonic, just looking different because it was being rendered in 3D for the first time

[@taputrainer8463]

I mean why reference metal sonic then present a brand new metal sonic that wasn’t in the game anywhere else? It clearly wasn’t mecha sonic so it has to be Silver Sonic from Sonic 2 especially since in the Archie comics encyclopedia does refer to the robot as Silver Sonic

[@bonaelzee]

I thought the same thing

[@UnWeyCualquiera]

15:52 i can't believe they actually fucking sent Sonic to Brazil.

[@kerosan138]

It's downright criminal, really.

[@xxxtefennixxx]

if you look closely he even bonks his head on the plane door before dropping at 16:11

[@compromisedreality8827]

*tragic events in history: sonic's death, when jumping out of a plane he forgot his parachute and fucking died*

[@Ashley3AndKnuckles]

@@xxxtefennixxx i don't know if he died or he just bonked

[@Flare8295]

You're going to Brazil

[@star7communicator434]

"Sorry, Charlie" was the slogan of Starkist Tuna for decades, and became sort of a popular catchphrase for a while. In the USA, at least.

[@JohnnyVector]

Oh wow that's interesting. I am not sure I've ever seen that brand over here in the UK but that might explain the monitor message. Thanks!

[@weotu]

My dad would say it all the time in the 90's so it was definitely in the general lexicon, as in it was common enough to have lost its association to the commercials. Well, until kids like me would ask the same question, "Who's Charlie??"

[@duckface524]

also it's a title of a great Ween song :]

[@alexjackson1130]

This is funny ! I know if laugh at this , even if it was my own joke

[@thatguyknownaswill8180]

Amy with inhibitor rings: piko piko hammer Amy without inhibitor rings: piko piko Mjolnir

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

Just look at Amy in SA2's 2 player mode, she can use Chaos Control even better than Sonic and Shadow!

[@saxthephone]

8:33 I just love how Eggman just walk normally, while also running, and running away from a giant snow ball. Is just so funny seeing it.

[@GroundedTate]

This is why Eggman can outrun Sonic.

[@FreakinSweet1987]

THAT'S what causes the Big the Cat texture glitch? When I first got my Dreamcast I didn't have a VMU until a month or two later, so I ran through Sonic Adventure in a single sitting and experienced this glitch one single time. All these years and I could never recreate it. I told friends and they thought I was making it up like it was some kind of urban legend... I feel vindicated!

[@UtfanYT]

Same!

[@Boysermusic]

Ok

[@FreakinSweet1987]

@@Boysermusic Weird response...

[@Boysermusic]

FreakinSweet1987 ok

[@FreakinSweet1987]

@@Boysermusic Ah, gotcha. You're one of those failure trolls that quickly backs themselves into a corner by repeating one response in the hope of minor annoyance. The catch 22 is that you can't defend yourself because you'd be saying something other than "ok," but saying "ok" now would just mean you played into my hand after calling you out. This is always such a satisfying anti-troll. I await your response (or lack thereof in this case).

[@inendlesspain4724]

In his parody of Sonic Adventure, Roger van der Weide made everyone in the cast abuse the Chao throughout the whole video, justifying Chaos's motivation to destroy Station Square.

[@fabianugalde3789]

Exactly, this also reminded me of that video lol. Tails and Eggman used Chao in karate battles, Knuckles killed a Chao by overfeeding him, Amy whacked a Chao egg with her hammer, Knuckles' tribe attacked the peaceful Chao, and even the General was punching a Chao through the whole video. That's why Chaos wanted revenge on everyone, and he disappointed his honorary father

[@JohnnyVector]

Very interesting! Sounds like the theory that snuck into this video might've been inspired by van der Weide then, thanks for sharing.

[@benjaminamudoaghan]

@@JohnnyVector Imagine XD

[@gooolixx]

damn that video is nostalgic

[@trymsan4368]

everyone except Sonic abused the Chao, explaining his confusion about why Chaos would be angry

[@youtubelouise]

The creepy egg carrier jingle is actually used when the egg carrier changes mode in the story.

[@garsrandom4358]

what do you mean

[@BintonGaming]

@@garsrandom4358 when egg carrier extends its wings kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZmtgperhZxjhck

[@PigBoy99]

The thing with the Sonic plushies being found by a tribe was actually an April Fools joke.

[@JohnnyVector]

Yep. I thought it'd ruin the fun if I said it outright so mentioned people should check out the date on the article.

[@PigBoy99]

@@JohnnyVector ha, nice.

[@user-qw2hn3yk1n]

April 1

[@nngnnadas]

Yep, but knuckles really is a real estate moghul.

[@boomhauer5928]

I wonder what really happened to the plush.

[@skyty0]

"Sorry Charlie" comes from a series of Sun-Kist commercials from the 70's/80's. It's become a really common American expression, especially in the north-east. It has a pretty similar meaning to "too bad" or "that sucks." I hear it almost every day.

[@alexanderadams9058]

Exactly. I was confused when he didn't know what it meant and wanted to know who "Charlie" was...

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! As a Brit, I've honestly never heard the expression before. That's one mystery solved for me.

[@skyty0]

@@swisserty EWould say that's annoying, but it's kinda funny. Sorry Charlie.

[@unwrittenearth9230]

You can talk to a gambling addicted mother, a man in an affair, and a woman who is swimming as you are drowning Sonic the hedgehog: A family friendly franchise

[@blutagg63]

remember the ova

[@avserenity7240]

When you realize Sonic NPCs are some of the most relatable in gaming history

[@blutagg63]

@AVSerenity f

[@catfrombowsersfury1654]

Rouge the bat: yeah family friendly

[@ferdinandroig3460]

Princess Sally nearly fucking dies

[@nonebusiness7723]

Chaos used to be a chao until it touched the master emerald and mutated, In the Japanese version it makes chao noises

[@avserenity7240]

Well that’s horrifying

[@nonebusiness7723]

@@avserenity7240 a reference to this is the light chaos chao from SA2

[@m.greenfield6328]

yall have a video of this? im curious.

[@MSPaynt]

i'm a bit surprised this wasn't on the iceberg actually

[@solgaleo3533]

Really? I thought it was like the god of the chao and the emeralds.

[@awesomeguy2009]

Actually, the Egg Walker map for Tails is using a slightly older version of that part of the hub world. (From the AutoDemo). That's why The Man 3 poster is there. Those posters were all over the AutoDemo, and got changed to the regular Chao in Space posters you see in the final game. If the Egg Walker map was using the finished version of the hub world, the poster would've been the regular Chao in Space

[@chimericalical]

Here’s something I noticed while playing the game that you didn’t mention: the story you see in game is the character you’re playing telling their side of the story and not 100% what actually happened. When tails and sonic run into knuckles for the first time in the story there are 3 different sets of dialogue and scenes for example. It’s slightly skewed in such a way that it implies this isn’t accurate to what happened as much as it’s whatever character you’re playing as telling you what happened and thus slightly skewed. If you’re playing as sonic for this scene the dialogue has knuckles being confused and refusing to listen to sonic while tails is kinda irrelevant. If you’re playing as Knuckles sonic and tails are a bit more antagonistic and knuckles wins the fight against sonic (lol, okay sure... ) and then fights Chaos 4 and beats him. If you’re playing as Tails sonic doesn’t really say or do anything antagonistic to knuckles and knuckles is a bit more antagonistic and tails beats Chaos 4 instead. All 3 yolo soloing the boss may seem like just a gameplay aspect that tosses the story out the window. But the slight dialogue changes in every shared scene and those changes being in a way that it’s biased to the point of view of which character you play as implies that these 6 stories aren’t what actually happened. It’s 6 characters telling you what happened, and as people do when they tell a story, also either intentionally skewing a few details of not remembering them correctly.

[@Don-ri5ve]

18:42 I don't know if this has something to do with that, just tought I'd leave the timestamp here if eventually relevant

[@StudioMetroProductions]

Perhaps all 3 stories are incomplete as all 3 charactrrs fight chaos 4 at the same time, but only speak of their own victory

[@noodlebakeellie8243]

I’m pretty sure the 666 thing is just a coincidence because if I’m correct 666 doesn’t mean anything in japan.

[@noventaporcento]

Here in Brazil, it does

[@noodlebakeellie8243]

@@noventaporcento hmm then that’s weird

[@EvangeRei]

Yeah, it means nothing there. 666 comes from christianity, which is roughly 1% of population in Japan. They are more superstitious towards numbers 4 and 9. So if it had something like 444 in Ace Combat 7 or 4444 in Neo Contra then yeah

[@bryanmoyna9715]

The native american cultures either, but theyre inspiration for the game ¬¬.

[@amelialonelyfart8848]

@@EvangeRei I mean just because they're not Christian doesn't mean they can't be influenced by Christianity. I'm pretty sure the creator of Samurai Jack isn't a Hindu, but he still put explicitly Hindu imagery in the series. Granted I think it's just a cooincidence to but that's a weak argument.

[@UltraHorseBoots]

Fun fact about that drawing for "Sonic the Human" the patch on his sleeve is actually a "section ID" insignia from Phantasy Star Online, which many members of Sonic Team also worked on. In PSO when creating your character you'll get assigned a section ID based off the hex data of characters used to make your name and your section ID would actually influence the drop weights of certain weapon types and even have some drops be exclusive to certain IDs to encourage trading online. The one on "Sonic the Human" was Oran, which made daggers drop more often but rods rarer.

[@JohnnyVector]

Very cool!

[@hillhank3070]

I remember hearing a rumor on the internet several years ago that there was a Shadow the Hedgehog easter egg in the DX version of the game, underneath one of the waterfalls in the Perfect Chaos level.

[@MishKoz]

27:48 I noticed this when playing Sonic Adventure 2 as well. There's a part towards the end of the game where Knuckles is holding the Master Emerald, but it's pretty much the same size as one of the regular Chaos Emeralds. Though I guess if these emeralds can do things like warp you through space or give you godlike powers, I guess it's not out of the question that they'd be able to change size. Also Amy clearly wears inhibitor rings because she's the ultimate _ultimate_ life form, the most powerful being in the universe. Trust me, my uncle works for Sega.

[@JohnnyVector]

Haha, thanks for the Amy confirmation from your uncle. Gerald Robotnik shouldn't have created an edgy Sonic clone, he should've created an edgy Amy clone!

[@alexjackson1130]

Knuckles is the most powerful

[@Temmie_gaming]

Personally I don't agree with her wearing inhibitor rings at least they weren't designed too be in my opinion because shadow was made in the next game sa2 so they were at least not designed too be because shadow and the inhibitor rings didn't exist yet

[@vxcvxmcrposfdsdfulpdfg]

​@@Temmie_gamingit was a joke dumbass he was being facetious lmao

[@mcqueenspartyisinhell2013]

One thing that i absolutely love about Sonic Adventure, is that it takes a lot of inspiration from south american and latin american (specially México) culture, i think that it gives the game the sensation of an actual adventure because of the different places it takes in, also since Pachacamac and Tikal are based on Mexican culture that makes me love this character a ton since i'm a mexican myself

[@tish733]

This is one of my favourite aspects of the game too. And since I first played it many years ago, it has been my dream to go to Mexico and visit Tikal. I finally managed to do it in 2017 😁 it was a bucket list moment for me

[@14Cathy14]

isn't tikal in Guatemala

[@tish733]

@@14Cathy14 haha yes it is. On my Mexico trip we went to Guatemala and Belize too. I just call it my Mexican trip for short. I realise now it looks like I'm talking shit 🤣

[@14Cathy14]

@@tish733 no worries, sounds awesome though!

[@arturoz.enriquez9480]

Wenas carnal

[@BWF6_Official]

Classic characters (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Eggman and Amy) can be seen in the Slot Machine in Casinopolis. For some reason they used Classic designs and not the Modern ones even though it's just pictures and not 3D models. So in conclusion Sonic Adventure contains the first appearance of Classic versions of the characters in a Modern Sonic game way before Sega seperated the two universes in Sonic Generations. Also the other thing that is often missed is that the Sonic 3D Blast music that appears in the game is based on the Demo Takes for 3D Blast (which are basically MIDI versions of the music). Main theme for Twinkle Park for example is an unused song from these Demo Takes called "Bonus Knuckles".

[@wgbee1242]

It’s probably because Modern Sonic used to be a redesign instead of separate character

[@solumanblevins5906]

Two things I feel should've been added. 1) Game Apologiest found out that the mysterious Metal Sonic is actually a MechaGodzilla reference, as his design is heavily based on the mecha. 2) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #4 (2021) actually has a villan's hideout be a 1 to 1 recreation of the SA1 casino, down to the floating hint computer outside.

[@JohnnyVector]

Yeah, I remember Nick's video came out a few days after mine and he replied to a comment on this video about the MechaGodzilla revelation. Regarding the Batman fact, that's really cool, thanks

[@solumanblevins5906]

@@JohnnyVector I like to think it's in reference to how Roger Craig Smith voiced Batman in Arkham Origins.

[@bugpaw]

the thing abt amy potentially wearing inhibitor rings gave me a headcanon idea. mayb she can run as fast as sonic, but wears the inhibitor rings so she can live a normal humanlike lifestyle (since she's seen carrying groceries in the beginning of her story meaning she probably even has her own apartment, and way of earning money) and doesnt want to tear around everywhere too fast. and she doesnt take them off bc shes so used to them being on, that she forgets they're even there! (and shes not really the sharpest tool in the shed...)

[@JohnnyVector]

Interesting theory, I like it!

[@tl1882]

she does have an apartment in sonic battle, also the not taking them off might just be a stylistic choice

[@JSpyx]

"The Fugitive escaped from jail, in burning Hell." - this riddle quest has always been imprinted into my mind as a kid because I thought this line was pretty scary. (It's the items you could find in DX, they were all hidden and only to be found by riddles. This particular one was for Red Mountain act 2, aimed towards the figures inside their jails...in "burning hell".)

[@MrShadic140]

It's from the "Mission Mode" if I recall, not really an item as much as a "hint" on how to complete the "Mission"

[@twoforfive9228]

Something I want to add is that when playing as Sonic, even when Knuckles story is still going on, if you travel to Angel Island the emerald will be intact.

[@JohnnyVector]

Interesting, thanks for that

[@shyguy85]

Actually it has a little teeny bit missing but it is hard to see

[@srbrant5391]

Discovering the jingles as a kid in the sound test was a very creepy experience that casted the game in a really dark way.

[@blekiscooler]

28:06 the Chaos Emeralds usually turn super when powered up by the Master Emerald, so I feel like this was intentional

[@KingdomHeartsBrawler]

I could be wrong, but I don't think Knuckles ever had a different voice actor in the E3 demo. I just think Michael McGaharn played him differently originally and then he had to re-record his lines for some reason. Honestly, I think his first take was better.

[@ucielsan]

Wasn't Scott Dreier the one who got into the final release?

[@KingdomHeartsBrawler]

@@ucielsan Scott Dreier didn't get the role until Sonic Adventure 2. In SA1, it was Michael McGaharn.

[@ucielsan]

@@KingdomHeartsBrawler Oh! Really? Wow, thanks!

[@JohnnyVector]

Ah, thanks for clarifying that one!

[@HeavyRaiden]

I prefer the final version

[@traktor420]

Bruh Big got the good shit 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@3mar00ss6]

the eddi peddi cat nip ฅ^•̀ﻌ•́^ฅ

[@tlaloqq]

Both sonic adventure games were so mysterious to me. I played them back in the early 2000s on the game cube. At that time the internet wasn’t was popular ,especially for a kid in a family that didn’t use computers much , so finding weird mysterious things in the game was so crazy cus only the only people you could talk to were kids at the playground or siblings

[@hypershadix1]

The sorry Charlie one is actually a reference to the starkest tuna fish mascot Charlie where at the end of each commercial they would say “sorry Charlie” when something bad happened to Charlie

[@srbrant5391]

I have another theory that _Sonic Adventure_ and _Sonic Adventure 2_ were inspired by _AKIRA._ The destruction of Station Square (by a blob monster no less) and its flooding is very reminiscent of how Neo-Tokyo looked as it was being destroyed. Shadow is a hidden military experiment hidden away in stasis accessible via a funicular tunnel like the manga's namesake and Dr. Eggman's english voice sounds similar to Colonel Shikishima's voice in the Streamline dub of the film.

[@handlethis78]

The title card jingles are really cool. The third is especially creepy, but in a good way.

[@TheFloodFourm]

You know ts gonna be good when you're finding out new things about your favorite game before you even hit the water.

[@alexfield290]

You know, I never expected someone to actually use one of my clips (14:43, Alex's Craphole is my secondary channel, also, the Red Mountain tutorial is a leftover from the TGS 1998 demo which had Red Mountain as Knuckles' stage).

[@darthflipyap7040]

A Note about the title card jingles; the Egg Carrier jingle is used in the final game during the Egg carrier transformation cutscenes. The Station Square jingle was used in a PC demo for Sonic Adventure DX. After completing any of the demo levels a screen would appear saying, "Thanks for playing, see you in the retail version!" The jingle would play over that screen.

[@friendlycryptid6797]

Gogdamn! This is fascinating. The only bit of trivia I can offer is in the "Sold Out" port of SADX has the Japanese dialogue present- and can be played in a CD Player (thats how I accidentally found the dialogue). I did this as I heard the "Xplosive" ports work in CDPlayers- I can at least say the Sonic R port dose & doubles as a music CD (the Xplosive port of SADX is impossible to find).

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! That is really interesting. I actually have the "Xplosive" Sonic R somewhere and I never knew you could pop it in a CD player. Awesome.

[@friendlycryptid6797]

@@JohnnyVector Just a little warning Track 1 should be unplayable as that's most likely the game data - but I found out some CD players try to interpret it as sound resulting in digital screeching.

[@EmmaMareeUrquhart]

Really enjoyed this! Fantastic details and I really appreciated the choice of footage to add to each point.

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! Glad to hear you liked it

[@JohnnyVector]

Corrections :- A few slips of the tongue... - SADX is an enhanced port, not a remake - Mexico is in Central America, not South America. I didn't make that distinction when discussing the team's trip! Credits :- - SPEEPSHighway - kzbin.info - ElectroNuke Mods - kzbin.info/door/QhaqEDVMSyonBmPwVv9JOw - Windii Gitlord - kzbin.info Chapters :- 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Tip of the Iceberg 07:51 Below the Surface 15:26 Middle of the Iceberg 21:53 Bottom of the Iceberg 28:19 The Depths

[@ChipyM]

Epic!

[@Schnort]

It was found by Chariii5 in his can you beat sa1 as Big and as Gamma challenges that in Tails's story, Sonic will stop if he gets too far in front of Tails. This is not just a bug because when Tails races Eggman, he does not wait. That proves that this behavior was coded in on purpose.

[@Rypixy]

Mexico is in North America, not Central America

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

While the GC version of DX has worse controls and lighting vs. the Dreamcast version, the GC version had skippable cutscenes, better water textures, actual rewards for getting emblems and an improved Station Square Chao Garden.

[@mothfemale]

and arguably the best part: twice the framerate

[@trymsan4368]

good thing we got the better SADX mod

[@Listania]

The Egg Carrier jingle plays during the transformation of the Egg Carrier scenes.

[@PhilMcCool]

26:40 - There’s also a 1998 SEGA arcade game called SpikeOut which has some prototype Sonic redesign artwork (with green eyes) displayed on a wall in the SEGA Mall level.

[@JohnnyVector]

Interesting, thanks!

[@copilots3159]

If Big was canonically a stoner I would unironically love him.

[@ocarinaofsociety]

God, I really need to replay the adventure games again. So many good childhood memories with friends, playing through the levels and the Chao garden.

[@MetaKnuxXbeats]

Love the Sonic 3 & Knuckles iceberg video so it is a treat to see this being made too. The Adventure games seem to have a lot of intresting behind the scenes and beta stuff though that can be thanks to it being the first really 3D games of the series. I am surprised that the Archie Sonic Adventure aduptation wasn't mentioned because looking back at that aduptation, it is pretty bizarre.

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! I've not read any of the Archie Sonic run, but I've always wanted to because it looks pretty interesting to say the least. I'll have to check it out!

[@howdy90]

Who remembers Sonic being in NBA 2K1 doing his Sonic Adventure pose holding a basketball?

[@pgj1997]

14:07 It's a reference to a brand of tuna called StarKist Tuna, whose mascot is a blue tuna named Charlie. In the commercials, Charlie wanted to be caught and used in StarKist Tuna because he "had good taste" (because pun). But people would tell him "Sorry, Charlie" because it would result in his death.

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! Seems I missed out on this one as I've never seen that brand over here in the UK

[@CC-lm1tw]

Love SA1 and SA2 so much ! The music is just *chef kiss

[@JohnnyVector]

Totally agree

[@MarioSpivey]

I swear everytime I hear about the DX version and the loop in Emerald coast makes me face plam everytime, since it only glitches if you were to stop your moment for whatever reason. And some people just don't seem to get that

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

>complain that Sonic Adventure is on rails and has too many spectacles that locks you in running straight only >try to do literally everything other than running straight during every spectacle moment in the game >complain that the game is broken It's like they understand the game completely and are complete morons who can't comprehend the understanding they have at the same time.

[@grilledcheese9297]

Still doesn’t make it okay tho..

[@mesothelimoa341]

The small fact that you can easily fall through the terrain beforehand though isn't something that can be brushed off.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@@ThatBugBehindYou to be fair the game would be so much better without the automated segments, its why the new games are unplayable for me since they quadrupled down on auto-game spectacle.

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

@@KaiserMattTygore927 To be Fair automated segments were the backbone of Sonic since the loop in Sonic 1 and the automated segments could be messed with in the original adventure game just like they could in Sonic 1. I agree that the level of On-Rails experience we have now is outrageous but big spectacle moments in at least one or two stages that only last 5% of the stage itself are enjoyable to see and it's really honestly hard to agree that the game would be better without them. Regardless none of this has to do with my snarky crap comment, the thing I was describing was my frustration with people KNOWING something won't work and complaining about it only to pretend like they never knew doing the thing they complained about not working, shockingly, doesn't work.

[@tacticianmagician4716]

That Egg Carrier jingle for the loading screen matches up with the Egg Carrier Transforming cutscenes

[@mr.e330]

Never played Sonic Adventures but I had fun watching this video and I was engaged throughout, keep up the good work :)

[@AmazingSpider-Man]

When I saw the thumbnail I said "what is Michael Jackson doing there?"

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

The egg carrier Adventure field jingle is actually used during the Egg Carrier's transformation phase before Sky Deck.

[@KaiZenAmen]

Not capping, one of the best KZbin videos I've seen this year. Criminal how low that subscriber count is. Can't wait to see more content like this.

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video!

[@Kurisu545]

Your channel is great! I've fallen in love with your content, keep up with the good work.

[@TSMSnation]

wasn't chaos already a sympathetic badguy?

[@JohnnyVector]

Ha yeah, fair point, my bad! Meant to say even more hyper sympathetic

[@joshshrum2764]

He is, but i feel like Shadow, is even more sympathetic than Chaos.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Yes. The Echidna trampled over his brethren (the chao) thus causing Chaos to go mad and slaughter their civilization. you know, for KIDS!

[@robocu4]

@@KaiserMattTygore927 no they didnt

[@BrianBurke06]

Man you just keep covering my favorite games! SADX is the game I play the most on the GameCube along with Madden 08. Amazing video, hope you continue to make more.

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I have fond memories of SADX for the GameCube as well!

[@moki4011]

I’m pretty fucking sure Knuckles’ E3 voice actor is non other than Ryan Drummond himself... and that makes this hilarious.

[@Jaysterrr]

No Ryan Drummond didn’t get to play Knuckles until Sonic Shuffle the E3 voice is still Micheal mcgarhan (I probably spelled his name wrong)

[@tish733]

You've managed to find new information from SA1 that I had no idea about. That's not easy 😅 Excellent video. New sub for sure

[@danvselise]

This is my favorite iceberg video of all time! Thank you, Johnny for making this video, and furthermore, thank you Sega and Sonic Team!

[@Quartzer.]

Fun Fact: Johnny was in an early version of what I'm pretty sure is Sonic SatAm (aka only in concept art to my knowledge)

[@Papapaya101]

I love your channel, not only are your videos pretty good but you also got a lot of variety!

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks a lot!

[@wesleylantz9491]

The Sonic X as the actual Director's Cut video has been removed from YT...I was really looking forward to watching it. But overall great video! I thought I knew most of the obscure trivia about Sonic Adventure but I guess I hadn't even scratched the surface.

[@TiagoMonteiroArt]

10:55 That's actually not the Knuckles' "oh no" which is used in the final game and is now a meme. The "oh no" you're talking about is slightly quicker, and Knuckles says it a little later on in the cutscene you showed. Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3nFhpZuicpml9k Other than that, great video! Lots of stuff I didn't know about. Keep up the great work!

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks for clearing that up

[@TiagoMonteiroArt]

@@JohnnyVector You're welcome! 👍

[@MellowMarsh85]

*sonic adventure iceberg is uploaded* Me:aW YeAH tHiS iS HAppenING!

[@neonkenomi320]

Awesome work on the video there! SA2 might be next on the list for an iceberg I'm guessing, or something else? Would you possibly be interested in doing an Iceberg video for another Sega property in the near future? Like perhaps Phantasy Star or Streets of Rage?

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! I am considering starting SA2 after my next video. I'm not too sure what will come after that, but I am a big Streets of Rage fan so that's a possibility.

[@Macistefx]

Any video that has Shadow on the thumbnail I'll immediately like, subscribe and hit that notification bell.

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks fellow Shadow fan!

[@jamiemanning4944]

Of course

[@_Tzer]

time to see if your a true sonic fan Shadow isnt edgy he is just angry and sad.

[@jamiemanning4944]

@@_Tzer I wouldn't even say that he is angry. He was in adventure 2 but I have never thought of him as an angry character.

[@skoopercantdraw]

The title card jingles really are creepy Just close your eyes and imagine being in a foggy lake hearing mystic ruins 2nd title card jingle

[@mrwaxwave]

I’d have loved to see a Saturn Sonic Adventure!

[@monochrome64]

Loved the video, it was really interesting! Keep it up!

[@VictoryReviews]

Great work! Do you think you'll do more icebergs in the future or will you become more focused on sonic theme vids? Either way keep up the great stuff

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! I'm working on a Sonic Adventure 2 iceberg video next.

[@VictoryReviews]

@@JohnnyVector that's awesome dude I'm happy your channel is blowing up!

[@TheRailFanDog64]

Yes! Two Icebergs on my 2 favorite sonic games!

[@woweezowie5826]

Really, REALLY great video! So many interesting details. ONE thing though, when you were talking about the Chaos amoeba, you referred to it's prominent membrane, when I think you meant nucleus. IM SORRY I CANT HELP IT

[@JohnnyVector]

Thank you! Haha, good spot, my biology teacher would be shaking his head at that one.

[@quantaviousdingleberry4335]

6:04 There is a Possibility that, That Robot Is Silver Sonic, which is the Pre-Final Boss in Sonic 2 when you get to Death Egg, but we' ll, everyone can think differently, this is just my guess!

[@JohnnyVector]

A lot of people refer to him as Silver Sonic Mark 2, or something similar. It turns out he's actually based off of Mecha Godzilla! The Game Apologist has a video on it.

[@quantaviousdingleberry4335]

@@JohnnyVector oh,thanks!

[@TheDudeontheTube]

If there is ever a Sonic Adventure 2 iceberg, the Snapcube Gag Dub has to be included on there.

[@captaincz5763]

Amazing video!! Please more Sonic ones!

[@Nextliar]

In the dreamcast version if you have 3 joystick conected at the same time with a VMU inserted in the 3th controller and you enter en in hub world, when you press start button in that 3th controller, you will get a Chao puzzle game in the display of that VMU.

[@JohnnyVector]

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

[@tamed4171]

Wow I've been playing this game since I was like 5, and I didn't even know some of the stuff at the tip of the iceberg. Great vid!

[@JohnnyVector]

Awesome, thank you

[@LARKXHIN]

Those Unused jingles are cool as heck tbh I want one for my ringtone.

[@evanlandis990]

6:13 Game Apologist showed that it was like a mecha-godzilla version of a sonic robot

[@biygas]

“Sorry Charlie” is a Starkist Tuna reference

[@omegaflowey9932]

14:07 Creepypasta should take some notes on this!

[@Xesh]

i threw the burgerman into the ocean and it creepily slid back up the beach to me.

[@Sapphireeyes104]

The egg carrier field jingle was reused for the transformation scene after one of the Sky Chases.

[@Gator159]

I'm exclusively a Sonic Genesis Era/Collection/Origins Fan I'm just here for the Michael Jackson cameo you had in the thumbnail, and I got a bonus half life fact. Thank you for not disappointing good sir, have a great day.

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks a lot!

[@TimTH]

About NPCs lines. Trial demo used text that closer to japanese. Final release used edited version of npcs text.

[@theRantingTroper]

24:50 Sonic Battle shows that Amy wears weights so she can train herself to be faster so she can catch up to Sonic (or at least I *think* that's what the reason is--it's been a while since I played it)

[@anabescobar6146]

Epic video! you just earned a new sub!

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

[@Daniel-be6cj]

Wow! I had no idea about several of these. Neat!

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks!

[@parjupiter134]

Very good video. 21:14 Yes. DAMN YES. It always appeared obvious to me : X literally has a more coherent, better set up, and clearly interesting story than both Sonic Adventure games. People overhating the anime because of Chris Thorndyke didn't understand its purpose. Sonic X clearly has some flaws (easy to fix flaws tbh) but it clearly did show the way Sonic univeres should've taken instead of eating dirt with Sonic '06 and Unleashed. But well, it's no use now. :))))))

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! I enjoyed Sonic X. Yeah sure Chris was annoying but there's plenty more to enjoy about it.

[@omegaflowey9932]

19:44 Amy forgot to put her pink fur paint on! XD

[@quantdev]

Oh wow, didn't know about the Mystery NPC, always thought it was recolored old man(like that statue) model

[@XxbussinxX]

very nice job. i never knew someone actually found the plush thrown off the plane in that advert. you earned a sub

[@thewindthatblows]

April's fools joke

[@XxbussinxX]

@@thewindthatblows ?

[@dan_man3087]

Actually, the Egg Carrier jingle is used in the game durning Egg Carrier transormation.

[@BlizzardWindowsNT]

Hey Johnny, glad someone was able to make this iceberg. I was actually going to do it myself but, I been going through a lot of personal stuff lately. Regardless, I'm really happy that you were able to do, this is an amazing iceberg video you've done here!

[@SetSaturnST]

Damn, now I'm curious about that mysterious e-mail...

[@avserenity7240]

It was likely just referencing some small element they forgot to include in the games, or some newsletter that they’d send out during that time period

[@SetSaturnST]

@@avserenity7240 that can be a posibility

[@M4TTYN]

interesting, i've heard of good some of these but maybe just forgot some but truly many I ain't know. so many juicy easter eggs in gaming!

[@jacobwylie3001]

Hey love the video. Been playing sonic adventure for years I noticed 3 things werent mentioned. The first being that theres an easter egg in the mystic ruins on the side of the pyramid. There are some ancient echidna statues. If you hide from them and see them from a distance they will appear fully but if you run up to certain ones they will retract as if hiding. The other thing not mentioned is that amys reflection during her mirror castle in dx is actually her og sonic adventure sprite! Also 3rd which is minor. In the xbox 360 version of sonic adventure you can play missions that have you interact with billboards. Some of the billboards have updated pictures. One being sonic unleashed and a few newer sonic x pics.

[@maxtoncooke1726]

The “Sorry Charlie” monitor is also present during the other stories as I’ve seen it on Sonic and Tails’ stories as well. It’s also slang for “get over it!”

[@conic2721]

A thing - You can play the OG Sonic Adventure on Xbox 360. One time Sega launched a collection of games, with Space Channel, Crazy Taxi, Bass Fishing AND Sonic Adventure. It's not widescreen, it's still 4:3 but it's on Xbox 360, that is what matters

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks!

[@LloydLandTree]

24:24 The first Mystic Ruins jingle really and I mean REALLY reminds me of “Unreal”. That game had similar music style.