ZorDon Reacts to Gene Gadget Zone Act 1 & 2 (Genesis/Saturn) - Sonic 3D Blast | Sonic Saturdays!

[@ClassicSonictheRemixer]

For Gene Gadget, I really like all of the songs here, i can't even pick a favorite! The Genesis songs are truly an electronic journey and the Saturn songs are energetic vibes! (And yes, I was dancing to the Saturn songs, too. 🕺) After Gene Gadget comes the seventh and final full zone in the game: Panic Puppet Zone, the robotic factory at the heart of Dr. Eggman's facility. Why is it called Panic Puppet Zone? Well, this is where the Flickies that "puppet" Dr. Eggman's creations are being held. The area is a massive industrial complex filled with conveyor belts, turrets, and trapdoors. The music is meant to convey the last hurdle to the end of the game, although the two different versions have different ways of conveying this! The Genesis tracks lean into the hopeful aspect of the level, telling the player that the battle is almost won, and that this is the final obstacle in your way. The Saturn tracks however lean into the intensity, struggle, and *"panic"* of being in such an intimidating place with hints of hopeful energy sprinkled throughout, telling the player that you must hurry to stop the enemy, and make through a back and forth to rid the great evil brewing inside this mechanical complex! ⚙ Additionally, I've included a remix of Genesis's Panic Puppet Act 1 from Sonic Adventure called "Twinkle Cart." This song plays when Sonic is racing a hover-cart through a large intergalactic raceway! I put it after Act 1 so you can see how the song was changed. Here are the links! - Act 1 (Genesis): kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5OQZaiGeMd5aZY - Twinkle Cart: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIG4dpqPf7yGhLM - Act 2 (Genesis): kzbin.info/www/bejne/aF7QeIisbJKDhpI - Act 1 (Saturn): kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXzXnJKNnbtmf5o - Act 2 (Saturn): kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5fHhWqEl6-anMk Happy Sonic Saturday, Zor! ❤

[@Boostguardian1127]

Gene Gadget is my favorite Genesis track in any sonic game. Seeing an oscilloscope deconstruction of this track shows just how complex and layered it is, it's amazing to see and listen to

[@URFTBOUND4LIFE]

Fun fact: Every song in the Saturn version of 3D Blast has a leitmotif of the title theme in each act.

[@bigthecat100]

Weirdly, the leitmotif here (specifically at 13:15 and 15:20) reminds me of Chaos Island from Frontiers!

[@animann]

YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[@magicblurr]

I don't know if this is already in the plans and I know this channel is more focused on music, but I want to suggest you watch Sonic Mania Adventures. It's a short animated miniseries that was made available on Sonic The Hedgehog's official channel on KZbin in 2018 to promote Sonic Mania Plus. All 6 episodes are very charming and cute, it's a great way to get to know the characters a little better (and music/motifs that you might recognize~). All the episodes together are 14 minutes long, so one video would be about the same length as this one. Here's the link with the episodes for you! kzbin.info/aero/PLyjG76gBObACOArDGRoh7xwJrMGBdaa18&si=mgAk0inUCFf0ga2W

[@udgeyjudge4289]

Seconded this would be lovely to see!

[@NIDER3]

agree!! sonic mania adventures would be perfect for her 🔥

[@terios2000]

MHM

[@josephglynn1524]

I like both versions but the saturn version had me shaking my butt

[@shawn6306]

i know i prefer saturn versions music of sonic 3d blast that's just my preference and gene gadget for act 1 and 2 saturn version is my favorite and i love how act 1 gives me sonic r vibs that's what it reminds me of in a great way i think all the saturn verions are my favorite a 10 out of 10 for me

[@magolord2820]

Hey Zor! I'd like to suggest you to react to the different themes of Mephiles the Dark, they are pretty different from everything else from the franchise and like the character itself are pretty unique! - The Resurrection of Mephiles : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYO0ipp6j6ifZtU - He's the Iblis Trigger! : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp3cl4lna9mFoZo - The Black Shadow : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWq3aGh5qribmZo - Mephiles' Whisper : kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZorCeY2if7Oiq68 - Mephiles (Phase 1) (Sonic 2006) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHvViKCgq8ahidU - Mephiles' Temptation : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDRqqRmjptoo68 - Mephiles (Phase 2) (Sonic 2006) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2imoWOso7qSqa8 - Showdown With Mephiles : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZjdkJWieL6cg5Y - Mephiles' Smile : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpWzY3d7nslgoJo - VS. Mephiles (PHASE 1) (Shadow Generations) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4XCZGp-is5gnck - VS. Mephiles (PHASE 2) (Shadow Generations) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXvRZIKGlN51npI (- Also a little bonus being the area just before his fight which takes some leitmotifs from his theme : White Space (UNDERGROUND) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpjXlHede9iCmpo ) Here's a little context of who Mephiles is (I'm very sorry for the wall of text, he has a very complex history so it's hard to make it short enough to understand everything): Mephiles is the main villain of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) and was a being made out of pure darkness, has a control over darkness itself and is also a time traveller. He was originally half of the eternal sun god called Solaris (which is also the god of Time). However, after being experimented on, Solaris ended splitting into 2 beings: - Iblis, who inherited of his flames and raw power and who was sealed in Princess Elise's soul while she was a child (and who since then was instructed to never cry, as it break the seal on Iblis and would release him to destroy the world), and Mephiles, who inherited of Solaris' mind and who was sealed in the Scepter of Darkness by a time travelling Shadow the Hedgehog. Ten years later, Eggman tried to recreate Solaris and use it to control Time itself, so he kidnapped the almost adult Princess Elise and stole the Scepter of Darkness. However, Shadow (which was the Shadow before he time travelled) went on the steal back the Scepter for a mission, but after a brief fight with Eggman, the Scepter was accidentally dropped and broke, which freed Mephiles and made him steal Shadow's shadow to gain a physical form, which made him look like a corrupted version of Shadow. Since then, his goal was to release Iblis while still in its primordial state to fuse back with him and become Solaris once again, as well as taking revenge upon Shadow for sealing him (not knowing this was Shadow before he time travelled to seal him). Being extremely manipulative, he went to 200 years into the future (in a time where Iblis was finally released, evolved and destroyed the world) to find a lost Silver the Hedgehog, who was one of the only survivors trying to fight Iblis and manipulated him into believing that Sonic was the "Iblis trigger", responsible for Iblis' release and told him to kill him in order to save his future (Hoping that killing Sonic would make Elise cry as he was constantly saving her from Eggman). He also was trying to torment Shadow and manipulate him into becoming his partner to destroy humanity, while also searching for the Chaos Emeralds. His plans eventually failed as Silver discovered the truth and Shadow refused to join him, so he distracted Shadow and went on to kill Sonic himself, and yes, he did actually managed to kill him. This made Elise cry and release Iblis and so he used the Chaos Emeralds to fuse back with him to become Solaris once again. This caused the whole universe to get destroyed instantly, sending the few survivors into a sort of limbo dimension before it also eventually collapsed too, while in the process of eating every timelines and dimensions in existence. Fortunately, using the Chaos Emeralds they managed to revive Sonic and made him, Shadow and Silver transform into their super form to destroy Solaris. They managed to temporarily destroy it and then went back in time once more once it was still a tiny flame to blow it out and erase this timeline (essentially make it so that Mephiles never existed) However, Mephiles was still aware of all of this and was now stuck into this erased timeline and desperatly wanted to exist once again. That's when in Sonic x Shadow Generations, Eggman found the Time Eater (another Time god of sorts) and erased all his previous failure by eating Time itself and sending everyone into a kind of limbo again called White Space. However, Black Doom (Shadow's arch-nemesis (and also his Dad in a way)) used this opportunity to torment Shadow and brought back all his previous enemies using the Time Anomaly that the Time Eater created, including Mephiles. Mephiles was however, sealed deep underground (maybe because of how dangerous he was) and when Shadow finally fought him, he was aware of what was happening and was desperate to finally escape his Timeline and exist once again. Shadow, who didn't know who we was once again, managed to destroy Mephiles and seal him back in the Scepter of Darkness, effectively stopping Mephiles for good and once Black Doom and the Time Eater were also destroyed, the Time anomaly healed and his timeline and himself were erased once again. **Phew** I hope it wasn't too hard to read, I really tried to make it as comprehensible as possible but it's hard when the character's history involve so many characters and who also one who always time travels 😅

[@Neo-Metal17]

I missed it 😢 But I will try my absolute best to be here for Panic Puppet. Also for whoever is requesting Panic Puppet could you add Twinkle Cart from SA1?

[@URFTBOUND4LIFE]

I'm more partial to the Saturn version of Act 1 but cannot deny the version in Sonic Adventure is golden

[@harrytaylorjr2770]

Hell yeah great idea👍👍👍👍

[@harrytaylorjr2770]

Yes finally Gene Gadget. Now on to Panic Puppet🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@varietyspiderpage]

I hope you do sonic speed riders and the opening animation associated with it next 😊

[@magicblurr]

I feel that the Genesis version was more focused on the dangerous aspect of the zone, the place itself. While the Saturn version was more into the emocional/thematic aspect, the confident feeling of getting to the climax.

[@Gooseworx-1]

Ridge racer music

[@Gooseworx-1]

Hi beautiful