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  • @VidGams
    @VidGams Год назад +3294

    The way they discuss Tails' fall from grace in Forces, almost implying that he suffers from Imposter Syndrome and maybe even a degree of self-loathing, is genuinely upsetting and makes that once embarrassing scene actually kind of sad in retrospect.

    • @Lunchbillion
      @Lunchbillion Год назад +497

      That coming of age self-doubt has always been a part of his character, but it's especially interesting to see that manifest as a moment of failure/defeat. I love this framing!

    • @Gencinnamon245
      @Gencinnamon245 Год назад +199

      And all of this is implemented into an 8 year old child

    • @justaguywithagoodphoto4801
      @justaguywithagoodphoto4801 Год назад +148

      it scares me how old these characters actually are in retrospect

    • @Schnort
      @Schnort Год назад +114

      Also... he's kind of that age range where you start doubting and hating yourself, at least mentally. No idea how old any of the characters are anymore, but at least mentally, Tails seems like a young teen and would absolutely share those struggles of doubt and self-loathing.

    • @DemonicRemption
      @DemonicRemption Год назад +35

      @VidGams
      My poor boy, I wanna hug him after seeing that. :(

  • @slimeycorp
    @slimeycorp Год назад +1977

    The fact that Eggman acknowledges that Tails can rival him, but is often held back by his worship of Sonic is such a cool character detail. Like, he knows Tails could be a serious threat if he didn't hide behind Sonic a lot of the time.

    • @ingram4056
      @ingram4056 Год назад +166

      they can actually explore that more since Tails might go on a journey for himself later or that is what it seems like.

    • @Schnort
      @Schnort Год назад +81

      @@ingram4056 we need a Tails Adventure sequel lmao

    • @crimsonzone8984
      @crimsonzone8984 Год назад +30

      I prefer tails to be more physically capable like sonic rather than just being a stereotypical tech nerd.

    • @ingram4056
      @ingram4056 Год назад +11

      @@crimsonzone8984 they might make it a bit of both in the frontiers dlc

    • @crimsonzone8984
      @crimsonzone8984 Год назад +5

      @@ingram4056 I hope so. I'm thinking his gameplay would be like sonic adventure 1&2 combined with his ring arsenal from 06 and sky patrol. He should have the spin dash and his tail attacks, and should be fast but deal less damage in contrast to amy dealing more damage but hits slower. Tails gizmos and ring weapons should deal more damage, but it has balance with his own physical strength.
      If tails get a boost state like sonic, i want it to have like a spinning aura around him while glowing. Like the ultra form from archie sonic or the skills from arknights.

  • @EverTheFractal
    @EverTheFractal Год назад +4438

    Sonic fans: Why is Tails so inconsistent?
    Sonic frontiers: He is baby
    Sonic fans: Understandable

    • @davidjohnson6087
      @davidjohnson6087 Год назад +643

      i mean this 100% sincerity, cute tails is best tails. look at that sonic 2 sprite. he’s like, 8. and sleepy. just a little guy.

    • @pugman9672
      @pugman9672 Год назад +356

      Kids are pretty inconsistent hell some adults are too.

    • @littenfire3563
      @littenfire3563 Год назад +329

      Not even kids. People in general are inconsistent. Some days an adult may have a bad day and feel angry, other days they feel more content. Everyone has inconsistencies ar some point

    • @ELEMENTOR374
      @ELEMENTOR374 Год назад +89

      Pretty much everyone is incosistent, you from a couple years ago might not be the same you as now. We change as the time goes on
      Sometimes for good, or bad.

    • @tatsuostatic8567
      @tatsuostatic8567 Год назад +36

      Me: The hardcore fans will never let this kid grow up

  • @melware1372
    @melware1372 Год назад +1098

    "I never really knew my cousin Maria. Everyone spoke of her like she was very special. All that love for someone who was gone when I was right! There!"
    Can't believe this memo alone gave Eggman more character than 30 years of games

    • @bakedbeans5494
      @bakedbeans5494 Год назад +1

      You ignorant fool. Eggman has never changed.

    • @justaghostinthesea
      @justaghostinthesea Год назад +88

      Makes sense, Ian Flynn fleshed out Eggman some in the IDW comics

    • @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks
      @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks Год назад +77

      “Tails, I miss my wife”

    • @unu9651
      @unu9651 Год назад +11

      timestamp for this is 13:30

    • @twitchywitchy_lilo9458
      @twitchywitchy_lilo9458 8 месяцев назад +15

      I was listening to this while working and I stopped in my tracks when Eggman dropped that bombshell

  • @vocalcalibration8033
    @vocalcalibration8033 Год назад +1794

    Reframing Tails inconsistent writing as a character trait, focussing on how young he is and making it a point of reflection for future growth was a stroke of genius. It's one of those things that seems so obvious I'm surprised I've never heard anyone suggest it.

    • @Lunchbillion
      @Lunchbillion Год назад +174

      Ian Flynn is a genius when it comes to repurposing and redeeming messy or unpopular plot points, incorporating them into the narrative in a positive way instead of shying away. It's awesome that he can course-correct like that while also not leaving anyone out.

    • @FwendlyMushwoom
      @FwendlyMushwoom Год назад +99

      @@Lunchbillion He's been doing it literally his entire career, right out of college he was hired as head writer to fix the mess Ken Penders had created at Archie, and he did it with minimal retcons and no reboot until it was forced a decade later by Penders himself.

    • @Schnort
      @Schnort Год назад +37

      @@FwendlyMushwoom AND with the IDW comics where he immediately hooked us when Forces couldn't.

    • @veronicapiccinini7956
      @veronicapiccinini7956 Год назад +29

      He can be the brain of the team whenever he wants, but he’s still a 8-9 years old child, for God’s sake!
      You can’t expect him to have figured out everything so quickly and making back steps never again. It’s not realistic at all!

    • @Axxidous
      @Axxidous Год назад +4

      No one suggested it probably because it was so obvious and kinda flawed. But since Ian Flynn, Morio Kishimoto and (I forget the third guy’s name) decided it in this game that can do no wrong, it’s genius now.

  • @peteralfano9217
    @peteralfano9217 Год назад +1820

    Penny's voice acting is so good I legitimately get startled sometimes bc sometimes I think it's someone else.

    • @thephase665
      @thephase665 Год назад +159

      Yeah when she started doing that nintendo direct bit I was shocked. I literally thought a voice clip from another video was edited into this one

    • @Sujiceel
      @Sujiceel Год назад +14

      fr lmao

    • @bobbobbobbobb
      @bobbobbobbobb Год назад +13

      I just discovered Snapcube through the fandubs and I had no idea Penny was a woman when she was voicing Sonic. Even now I still have a hard time believing it hearing her regular voice. Her vocal range is phenomenal.

    • @katiek2025
      @katiek2025 Год назад +22

      @@bobbobbobbobb She’s actually trans, which is why i believe it’s easier for her to get her voice to sound like that. It’s pretty cool that she’s able to voice both female and male characters so flawlessly

  • @Montesama314
    @Montesama314 Год назад +2976

    Addressing the Sonic Forces reviled Tails moment and reframing it as an incident that spurs the character's introspection is a work of brilliance. I bet some Forces viewers had previously said "nah, screw that, didn't even happen."

    • @ThePonderer
      @ThePonderer Год назад +410

      Reframing poor story choices as meaningful in the context of future, better characterization is *always* better than just ignoring it.

    • @novelty_thief
      @novelty_thief Год назад +231

      @@ThePonderer As we learned through the lyrics of undefeatable:
      "Running from the past is a losing game, it never brings you glory".
      Then you have:
      "Been down this road before already know the story"
      It's as if Sonic Team reflects in the past in song form I swear

    • @littenfire3563
      @littenfire3563 Год назад +36

      Yeees! I still can't get over how Ian Flynn pulled this off!

    • @ModernAegis
      @ModernAegis Год назад +89

      There's a possible view of the overall story where Tails accidentally giving away the fake emerald in SA2 slowly but surely set him down the path of questioning his own judgment, never being confronted on his self-trust issues, and eventually spiraling into an abyss of uncertainty and inhibition.
      Forces doesn't have it- Tails is just a pathetic little coward to those writers- but it exists.

    • @CurtyTails
      @CurtyTails Год назад +53

      That last part was almost what I said “you guys acknowledged-the massacre of my boy here instead of skipping around it?” But the fact they take advantage of it-acknowledging the poor writing choice as inconsistent as running with it as characterization I realized was a ballsy but well done move.
      It’s one of the rare times acknowledging the bad writing and incorporating it into the writing worked to their advantage (looking at you MLP-acknowledging you making a character learn the same lesson multiple times isn’t excusable)

  • @fluxgoodra9034
    @fluxgoodra9034 Год назад +755

    17 is the best Egg Memo. I keep saying it but it’s true cause holy fuck we’ve never had much on Eggman’s views on Maria and not only that, it gives a perspective of his childhood where he and his talents were ignored because his family was grieving and neglected him. That’s why he wants to conquer the world or build an amusement park. He wants his name plastered everywhere so people knows him and his genius. But the fact he wonders if Sage is like Maria makes me think that if he met Maria even once, would he still be the same or would she have been the one to acknowledge him and encouraged him to follow Gerald’s path of using that intelligence to better the world?

    • @Electrical010
      @Electrical010 Год назад +90

      It does look like there is SOME good in eggman even if he doesn't want to believe it.

    • @Gencinnamon245
      @Gencinnamon245 Год назад +62

      Which makes me believe if he despises Sonic because like Knuckles, I think he envies Sonic because unlike Eggman, Sonic has friends who always help him

    • @cgkase6210
      @cgkase6210 Год назад +60

      As the other characterization moments in Frontiers and moments in the other games shows, Eggman wants to do so much evil but is inherently held back by the fact that deep down hes a good person who just got pushed away by those he needed. He doesn't enjoy it, but he does team up with Sonic quite a lot when he's not the big bad.

    • @Schnort
      @Schnort Год назад +3

      @@Gencinnamon245 that was a hard sentence to read lol

    • @calamityknyte
      @calamityknyte Год назад +18

      The idea that Maria, who he believed was the favorite of everyone else, would be the one to support him could make or break that situation.

  • @animosital1645
    @animosital1645 Год назад +662

    I can't begin to explain how happy I am that Tails has a personality again and isn't in the game just out of necessity.

  • @kirbymongerr1771
    @kirbymongerr1771 Год назад +560

    Ian Flynn using his experience as a comic writer to once again take a bunch of very different portrayals of the same character, done by different writers and in stories with wildly different tones, and then somehow tie every portrayal into one satisfying new portrayal that not only takes into account every contradictory action but builds them together into a more satisfying and compelling character

    • @Lunchbillion
      @Lunchbillion Год назад +8

      i knowwww
      how does he do it???

    • @ignitedrowlets5776
      @ignitedrowlets5776 Год назад +24

      Because he actually cares about the characters and lore

    • @bakedbeans5494
      @bakedbeans5494 Год назад +7

      @@ignitedrowlets5776 He made people think that IDW and Sonic Boom are canon. Should be fired for false information.

    • @stefannofornari
      @stefannofornari Год назад +1

      @@bakedbeans5494 IDW is canon, though.

    • @bakedbeans5494
      @bakedbeans5494 Год назад +8

      @@stefannofornari IDW is a comic book company and their comics about Sonic aren't canon. Master manipulator Ian Flynn admitted prior to Sonic Frontiers that IDW isn't canon.

  • @aly-6373
    @aly-6373 Год назад +145

    23:41 In the twitter takeover, they say this translates to a parody of the bee movie script.

    • @vito6197
      @vito6197 3 месяца назад +2

      Where!? I call bullshit, and if it isn't fake I need the link NOW.

    • @luckyguy8547
      @luckyguy8547 3 месяца назад

      @@vito6197 ruclips.net/video/M1RMMr0U7pI/видео.htmlsi=nzjF0VGnCC3VIjV_ you’re welcome.

    • @PastelSlumber
      @PastelSlumber 2 месяца назад +4

      ​@@vito6197 it's in the 6th twitter takeover, you're gonna have to watch the full thing cause i forgot what timestamp it was at

  • @user-gw3bs2in5i
    @user-gw3bs2in5i Год назад +944

    I honestly really like that they still acknowledge that stuff like Lost World and Forces still happened. Instead of just forgetting about those games' weird characterization and whatnot, they used them to develop Tails here.

    • @ModernAegis
      @ModernAegis Год назад +64

      More like fixed the terrible characterization by presenting a narrative in which something like that would actually feasibly happen instead of saying "Chaos 4, no problem, Chaos 0, problem".

    • @KrissyBlues
      @KrissyBlues Год назад +19

      @@ModernAegis Chaos 4 was still a problem for Tails, all evidences suggests he didn't actually play much of a role in that fight and if he did, it was with the combined efforts of Sonic and Knuckles by his side. The first half of Tails' story in Adventure is him glamorizing it in his head before being seperated from Sonic and losing some of that confidence, and then slightly regaining it by the end of the game. He's an unreliable narrator there until he's alone. I feel like there's definitely been missteps in Tails' characterization (Lost World in particular) but I have a particular gripe with how ppl keep framing it like it's unreasonable that Tails would take issue with being confronted with Chaos when he was entirely alone and had his confidence shot from Sonic being missing lol
      (This isn't to say Forces had like, great characterization or anything, it was still very rough and not helped by the fact that there was no time to develop anything going on, but I don't get the chaos gripe in particular and I don't see how it's any worse than like, Unleashed for instance)

    • @wakkaseta8351
      @wakkaseta8351 Год назад +3

      Develop? Tails, Knuckles, and Amy were pretty much just factory reset to their Adventure 1 ending characterizations in this game. They've looped back around to the beginning.

    • @ModernAegis
      @ModernAegis Год назад +19

      @@wakkaseta8351 Even if they are back to square one now, one is still a greater number than zero. It's progress, and I'll take it.

    • @user-gw3bs2in5i
      @user-gw3bs2in5i Год назад +24

      @@wakkaseta8351 Can’t say I agree there. Tails feels a lot more confident here than he did at the beginning of Adventure 1, Knuckles and Sonic have a pretty tangible relationship here that developed since then, and Amy has grown completely past the character she was back then. This might just be me, but I full heartedly disagree there.

  • @harrymillar4193
    @harrymillar4193 Год назад +289

    29:33 Is my favourite joke in the entire game. It’s a bit awkwardly cut here, but Sonic actually looks up at Sage for a few seconds (like he doesn’t know why she wants to know that) showing that was a genuine answer and not a sarcy joke on his part. It caught me so off guard when I saw it the first time that I erupted into way more laughter than I should have

  • @BootlegRaven
    @BootlegRaven Год назад +251

    Penny screaming at Maria mention is extremely relatable

  • @NathanielBarlam
    @NathanielBarlam Год назад +284

    The love Penny has for the character writing vs the rage Penny has for the 2d platforming sections

    • @jartism
      @jartism 9 месяцев назад

      I don't relate to the 2D hatred amongst a lot of the sonic fandom tbh. Maybe that's because my first 3D sonic was colours and that had a lot of those sections that were fun

  • @TalchoTPZF2
    @TalchoTPZF2 Год назад +3205

    Let's give Ian Flynn a round of applause for fixing the characters.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

    • @SemiJuggaloNumber2
      @SemiJuggaloNumber2 Год назад +343

      Considering how Ian got his start by cleaning up Ken Penders' mess in the Archie Sonic comics, fixing the hack writing of Sonic Forces is a cakewalk.

    • @luigiboi4244
      @luigiboi4244 Год назад +1

      Flynn is the greatest psycho this world has produced, and that’s saying a lot since we had Einstein and Masahiro Sakurai.

    • @compadrecacodemon7455
      @compadrecacodemon7455 Год назад +105

      Yea he does the idw comic and honestly I’d recommend

    • @neonpinkqueen1403
      @neonpinkqueen1403 Год назад +107

      @@compadrecacodemon7455 Oh fr? No wonder he is absolutely slaying these characterizations, the idw comics are like. So frickin good

    • @enzoponce1881
      @enzoponce1881 Год назад +26

      @@compadrecacodemon7455 honestly i LOVE ian' work in idw

  • @KarmaticFluff
    @KarmaticFluff Год назад +1826

    I'm glad they fixed Tails' cowardice in this game.

    • @TalchoTPZF2
      @TalchoTPZF2 Год назад +5

      Same

    • @destroyerkitty9434
      @destroyerkitty9434 Год назад +175

      It’s less that they “fixed” it, they addressed it and allowed him to grow from it.

    • @LannyLeArtist
      @LannyLeArtist Год назад +13

      @@destroyerkitty9434 yeah

    • @chaoscomets
      @chaoscomets Год назад +50

      He was never a coward to begin with that was mischaractirization

    • @TalchoTPZF2
      @TalchoTPZF2 Год назад +9

      @@chaoscomets yep

  • @PhirePhlame
    @PhirePhlame Год назад +530

    If you stand still for a while, you get idle voicelines kinda like the Adventure games. Sonic's, though, get progressively more _concerning_ as he progresses through the islands, illustrating the deterioration that the cyber corruption is wreaking.

    • @Schnort
      @Schnort Год назад +24

      What??? How did I not know???

    • @TheNobleFive
      @TheNobleFive Год назад

      @@Schnort TBF who wants to stand still in a sonic game?

    • @barsx7634
      @barsx7634 Год назад +85

      The fact that the idle animation also changes from island to island is kind of cool

  • @theanimatedone2313
    @theanimatedone2313 Год назад +1147

    Ian's doing a good thing for us. I hope they keep having him on board. Expand the lore and world, give the characters more to do, and I think we'll all be happy.
    And keep the action setpieces going, too! The titan bosses rock in this game!

    • @MariktheGunslinger
      @MariktheGunslinger Год назад +61

      Seeing as Sonic Team went out of their way to recruit lore experts following this game's release, I believe we'll be seeing a lot more of this.

    • @somedudewhodraws9377
      @somedudewhodraws9377 Год назад +9

      They better as hes basically the Sonic Guru of writing. He knows Sonic probably more then that clown Izuka does to be honest.

    • @MariktheGunslinger
      @MariktheGunslinger Год назад +18

      @@somedudewhodraws9377 Don't be a jerk.

    • @dww7094
      @dww7094 Год назад

      It sounds like you're actually like in the proper narrative team together now that will coordinate so I have hope

  • @Necrikus
    @Necrikus Год назад +59

    "Character necromancy" is one of the best terms I've ever heard someone just make up on the spot.

  • @n_a_m6337
    @n_a_m6337 Год назад +440

    It's good they fixed Tails, his joints were starting to get a little squeaky.

    • @rickyrackey7930
      @rickyrackey7930 11 месяцев назад

      “People make mistakes. and so do fictional characters. It happens.

  • @Enixon869
    @Enixon869 Год назад +59

    33:21 "when this is all over... I think I need to go it alone for a while." Tails Sky Patrol 2: Witchcart's Revenge confirmed!

  • @dragontamer626
    @dragontamer626 Год назад +217

    I was genuinely sad at Tails saying he was leaving for a while- made worse by the fact Sonic is trying to downplay the fact he’s hurt, basically dying, and his buddies are leaving him one by one but all he cares about is their happiness. That scene freaking broke me!

    • @Vivigreeny25
      @Vivigreeny25 Год назад +32

      Because you KNOW that he really is happy for them!! But god he’s so *tired,* that you can tell it’s hard to not let it sting.

  • @wolfwing5602
    @wolfwing5602 Год назад +69

    "Amy loves me, fish fear me."
    I have no explanation for why I love that live and delivery so much.

  • @ThePonderer
    @ThePonderer Год назад +480

    As cool as it would’ve been to have a section in this game for Shadow or the others, but this story scaling the characters down to really nail the dynamic of Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, and Eggman (and kind of tying all that up with a bow) feels very necessary. Maybe we can check in with the other characters another time, but that “classic cast” really benefitted from being a sole focus.

    • @Lunchbillion
      @Lunchbillion Год назад +59

      100% agree. After all these years mishandled or on the backburner, a game that truly gives the core cast the love they deserve was much needed and appreciated. Now that Frontiers has done right by them, we can move onto other characters without feeling like the most important characters have been neglected.
      And we also got to have Sage as our new character, which was refreshing!

    • @ThePonderer
      @ThePonderer Год назад +24

      @@Lunchbillion Sage is great because she compliments the other 5 so well. She is, fittingly enough, a garnish that brings out the best in the rest of the cast.

    • @ma.2089
      @ma.2089 Год назад +18

      I haven’t seen the ending of the game, but seeing as they’re establishing that Amy, Knux, and Tails want to go their separate ways for self fulfillment, it would be the prime opportunity to share some of that development with the rest of them in a later game

    • @mynewaccount2604
      @mynewaccount2604 Год назад +19

      They learnt from Forces that having ALL THESE CHARACTERS doesn't help the story at all

    • @AlaskaRS
      @AlaskaRS Год назад +9

      Exactly this. Too often I see media bloating itself with too many characters just for the sake of fan service and it's aggravating. Dial it back, use the limited number of characters necessary to tell a good grounded story, and it will turn out ok. I'd expect the next game after Frontiers to build something different by using other characters we missed this time around while giving others a break.

  • @ThomasG_
    @ThomasG_ Год назад +223

    I had this video on while I was cooking and so I wasn't always watching the screen, but as soon as Penny said she'd draw "something cooler" at 5:44 I thought "I bet she's drawing an amogus."

  • @vedji1857
    @vedji1857 Год назад +87

    13:30 Favourite part on-stream. Penny's death screech at Eggman's character depth was amazing

  • @roserott
    @roserott Год назад +176

    the way that penny gets so excited over the caverns is everything pls

  • @WitchDoctorWaka
    @WitchDoctorWaka Год назад +57

    "He's got so much Guilt...that's awsome." will be my favorite line now.

  • @Oceane1803
    @Oceane1803 Год назад +112

    Honestly, the Sage scene made me really emotional the first time I saw it. I started loving her character in this scene, and she's my favorite Sonic character now.
    But here, when you said "she's blue now, that's her attack", I died of laughter.
    Also Tails saying "Then I'm wildly inconsistant !" is the most meta line of this whole game and I love it ^^

  • @Dylamn
    @Dylamn Год назад +67

    Y'know, I really liked how the movie portrayed Sonic as *not* a snarky little asshole that tries to be cool all the time. And I feel the same way in this game. He actually sounds genuinely concerned about his friends, and is taking the situation seriously, with the snark only being on the side. I greatly respect this direction.

  • @Duplighost_
    @Duplighost_ Год назад +40

    I like that on top of just fixing him, they address that Tails is in fact a child, and everyone needs help sometimes.

  • @natoriousthehopeful2786
    @natoriousthehopeful2786 Год назад +349

    The fact that they fixed tails and gave so many characters the much needed reset in terms of development is more than enough for Frontiers to be in my top five favorite Sonic games.
    Ian Flynn is the hero Sonic team needed but could never deserve; now they just need to loosen the reins on him so he can show what his writing's truly capable of

    • @Dankboi68
      @Dankboi68 Год назад +11

      Reins*

    • @natoriousthehopeful2786
      @natoriousthehopeful2786 Год назад +8

      @@Dankboi68 Autocorrect, am I right?

    • @Dankboi68
      @Dankboi68 Год назад +10

      @@natoriousthehopeful2786 indeed, friend. What a foolish program

    • @bakedbeans5494
      @bakedbeans5494 Год назад

      Ian's a fraud.

    • @iaminsideyourwalls2021
      @iaminsideyourwalls2021 Год назад +8

      First, the second Sonic movie did Tails and Knuckles justice. And now, Sonic Frontiers. I believe that this could be a breath of fresh air from all the horrible character writing. *looks at Sonic Forces*

  • @afineegg1040
    @afineegg1040 Год назад +58

    23:40 the sentence interruption was so good

  • @thebiolibrary5572
    @thebiolibrary5572 Год назад +98

    Ian makes the Sonic world feel like a world and not just a bunch of adventures with little continuity. His writing acknowledges all of the enemies Sonic's fought. It remembers the lore and family behind Knuckles and Eggman. It focuses on how Tails was more than just the smart guy back in the Adventure era but suddenly has been reduced to a hyperdependant kid in the Modern era. It keeps the earlier games in mind when it writes its story, to help build the idea that they and what happened in them matter in the current time.

  • @mostcertainlyben
    @mostcertainlyben Год назад +40

    “Is that the fucking 10 commandments?!” Best line

  • @Ic3_Blu3
    @Ic3_Blu3 Год назад +295

    Bro I swear to GOD they need the exact same writing team on every Sonic Game now.

    • @ESB04
      @ESB04 Год назад +48

      The writer is Ian Flynn, who’s actually the main writer behind the Sonic IDW comics, an amazing series, especially the Metal Virus Saga, I highly recommend reading it

    • @Ic3_Blu3
      @Ic3_Blu3 Год назад +21

      @@ESB04 Yes, I know who Ian Flynn is and MY GOD the Metal Virus saga was so good 👍

    • @rickyrackey7930
      @rickyrackey7930 Год назад +2

      @@Ic3_Blu3 Wonder what he can do with Infinite in the future. He will become the Zamasu of Sonic.

    • @lord_raptorade4853
      @lord_raptorade4853 Год назад

      ​@rickyrackey7930 who?

  • @liviekumori
    @liviekumori Год назад +150

    I'm so so glad they mentioned Tail's past accomplishments

  • @DTFauxClassic
    @DTFauxClassic Год назад +43

    I didn't realize Tails' comment about how he's "wildly inconsistent" was a multi-layered line, hearing it the first time around. I originally thought it was just him being humble/doubtful of himself. But hearing it a second time, it really is the writers judo flipping a continuity error into a character trait!

  • @danwolf6307
    @danwolf6307 Год назад +95

    Yeah, the invisible wall on island 3 really pissed me off too, like, don't let me climb the bridge if you won't let me cross it.

    • @quantumblur_3145
      @quantumblur_3145 Год назад +34

      You can't put a giant ramp in a sonic game and expect the player NOT to try launching off it

    • @cadence_2463
      @cadence_2463 Год назад +7

      @@quantumblur_3145 And you can’t put a creature you can glide with and NOT let players use it to go to the island

  • @austinreed5805
    @austinreed5805 Год назад +205

    The character development in this game is surprisingly good. I hope they continue on this development in future games.

    • @bakedbeans5494
      @bakedbeans5494 Год назад +3

      There was none except for forced character development.

    • @gektoast4968
      @gektoast4968 Год назад +6

      @@bakedbeans5494 wtf is “forced character development?” There is only character development. And for sonic, this is good shit

    • @bakedbeans5494
      @bakedbeans5494 Год назад +1

      @@gektoast4968 Let me explain. Essestianlly, what Ian Flynn did is make Tails an apologist by shifting the blame from bad writing in Sonic Forces onto Tails so the fox can say he's "inconsistent" as if that was ever a recurring problem with Tails. Sonic Forces was the only time where Tails acting like a complete coward but Ian over exaggerated it so he can please fans. Even worse is that Ian ripped off Tails' arc from Sonic Adventure and misinterpreted it heavily. Basically, Tails learnt that he needed to not be so reliant on Sonic and step up during the time where it mattered. But in Sonic Frontiers, Tails thinks that he needs to "independence" and stop being Sonic's sidekick for a while. Pretty bad writing in my books.

  • @NightBread
    @NightBread Год назад +139

    Snapcube’s conversations with herself are becoming somewhat jerma-like

    • @knownevildoer
      @knownevildoer Год назад +34

      shes like if jerma was female and less derranged

    • @NightBread
      @NightBread Год назад +2

      @@knownevildoer yeah shes not deranged, she just has mental disorders like adhd while jerma would set fire to a village because its “funny” and then turn into kermit and talk to himself for 15 minutes

    • @cadence_2463
      @cadence_2463 Год назад +10

      I feel like putting them in a room together would have interesting results.

  • @FwendlyMushwoom
    @FwendlyMushwoom Год назад +51

    Ian Flynn is the patron saint of fixing other people's Sonic stories. First he fixed Ken Penders' mess at Archie, and now he's fixing Sonic Team's own mess of continuity and characterization.

  • @endergeek236
    @endergeek236 Год назад +745

    Ok, but can we just take a minute to acknowledge the fact that Eggman was going to ask what Sage's pronouns are? That's so incredibly wholesome!

  • @bluetoadettethegoddess6104
    @bluetoadettethegoddess6104 Год назад +49

    "Sonic Frontiers is peak mid" is the funniest thing I've heard in a while

  • @liamnigenda2849
    @liamnigenda2849 Год назад +59

    Seeing Eggman having some of the Gerald Robotnik in him and loving Sage is so great.

  • @voyagerwitch
    @voyagerwitch Год назад +36

    "just what kind of enemy were they preparing for?" "the heat death of the universe. their own mortality." HELP HOW'D SHE KNOW

  • @Montesama314
    @Montesama314 Год назад +61

    Tails having his Nightwing story arc, I want it.

    • @rickyrackey7930
      @rickyrackey7930 Год назад +6

      Let him become Super Tails and make him fight a Perfect Cell to his Gohan.

    • @Montesama314
      @Montesama314 Год назад +1

      @@rickyrackey7930 "You absorbed the innocent Sage to achieve your perfect form... I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" (Glows with chaotic power)

    • @rickyrackey7930
      @rickyrackey7930 Год назад +2

      @@Montesama314 His Perfect Cell should be Infinite if he returns sense he is the one who ruined Tails’ reputation as a hero. He can antagonize Tails saying that it’s his fault for not doing anything to help Sonic which lead to many lives being lost and begins to ramble on and on about how he’s a useless sniveling coward and that’s he nothing but a “Burden”. after he becomes Super Tails, he gives Infinite a brutal beating that shatters his mask. All that childhood bullying and abuse Tails has gone through is being let out. Infinite will be the one who is afraid. In other words, the predator becomes the prey. For the first time ever, Sonic was not the one to save the day, it was Tails.

    • @rickyrackey7930
      @rickyrackey7930 Год назад

      @the dark knight At the end of the battle. Infinite is the one who is a coward.

  • @fizzy3549
    @fizzy3549 Год назад +25

    BRO WHEN TAILS HAD HIS WHOLE “I’m gonna go it alone” THING I WAS CRYING 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @originalnamehere470
    @originalnamehere470 Год назад +20

    18:56
    “Shit! shit! I love it, yum!”-famous chip line from Sonic Unleashed

  • @clawcakes
    @clawcakes Год назад +22

    19:52 love how sonic just casually keeps running like nothing's wrong

  • @brandontherabboat4850
    @brandontherabboat4850 Год назад +86

    I'm really excited for the future of Sonic games now.

  • @mrcwillis6970
    @mrcwillis6970 Год назад +99

    Hopefully they keep Ian Flynn for the writing or at least any good writer who knows about sonic and the universe.

  • @EijiAndAsh
    @EijiAndAsh Год назад +35

    Hearing the line "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory-" again made my entire stomach wish to fold over I can't tell if I enjoyed that or hated it but either way I'm laughing

  • @dyedviolet7349
    @dyedviolet7349 Год назад +25

    oh god, having the fish fear me joke immediately followed by the ten commandments absolutely killed me. A+ video as always, thank you penny and thank you ellie

  • @thrownstair
    @thrownstair Год назад +67

    On the gameplay side the jank still remains, the story being written by people who GET Sonic is definitely a huge plus.

  • @Goobergal8705
    @Goobergal8705 Год назад +35

    This got me tearing up with laughter.

  • @mudfish6861
    @mudfish6861 Год назад +80

    This game seems amazing in terms of characters and story, but I think my favorite part of these videos is just how excited and giddy Penny gets when something cool happens

  • @trumpeterjen
    @trumpeterjen Год назад +15

    30:33 "Who broke me out of prison?"
    Amy. Amy broke you out. You don't even have a nostalgic image of Tails for that because Amy broke you out of the cell!
    I dealt with that awkward drift level by straight-up ignoring the drift pads. I just jumped over every one and ran to the goal. I legit completed every challenge by doing that, and it was hilarious.

  • @yeahboy6807
    @yeahboy6807 Год назад +62

    I’m glad they fixed the characters in this game, but now I’m anxious they won’t follow through in future games.

  • @ignitedrowlets5776
    @ignitedrowlets5776 Год назад +20

    10:18 yeah I agree with you here, it's still a part of the history, and a good writer can take something that was bad, and use it to make something good

  • @Gear_Storm
    @Gear_Storm Год назад +21

    I cant over how you seamlessly transition into a sonic voice in that nintendo direct ad bit

  • @TwilightStasis
    @TwilightStasis Год назад +48

    Games like these are why I feel like we need more scales. It has a 10/10 satisfaction rating but a 7/10 everything else ya know?

  • @ImTopin
    @ImTopin Год назад +102

    "SA2 levels work the best"
    At an SA2 level: "This doesn't feel particularly good"

    • @Buglin_Burger7878
      @Buglin_Burger7878 Год назад +9

      That just means that everything is worse then "This doesn't feel particularly good"
      You need a 3rd quote for what you're going for to work where they praise non-SA2 as feeling good.

  • @D3caf_
    @D3caf_ Год назад +23

    4:52 it will never not impress me how easily you can just change your voice like that. Mad vocal range!

  • @quantumblur_3145
    @quantumblur_3145 Год назад +14

    Woman draws "worst among us ever," asked to leave the island

  • @sneakysnek572
    @sneakysnek572 Год назад +34

    penny's enthusiasm about caverns is everything to me. she just like me fr

  • @duelisticnature6901
    @duelisticnature6901 Год назад +111

    Tails explaining his behavior in previous titles here somehow feels like a writer's self insert lol. "We're sorry for being unable to write Tails as a consistent propper sidekick like we used to" Sonic Team, Ian, thank you for acknowledging the problem, but please be true to your word and give our favourite number 1 sidekick his deserved character progression.
    Also writing Amy, Knuckles, and Tails in this way opens up the future for so many solo stories, because they're not mandatory anymore to be around Sonic all the time.

  • @hsandco9560
    @hsandco9560 Год назад +49

    Eggman really went "what are your pronouns" and went through an entire character arc

    • @Vivigreeny25
      @Vivigreeny25 11 месяцев назад +8

      Oh my fucking god Sage has blue hair and pronouns

  • @rangerlauren6351
    @rangerlauren6351 Год назад +19

    Nothing waters my crops more than hearing Sonic call Tails "little bro"

  • @sabrexi7228
    @sabrexi7228 Год назад +14

    0:31 DID IT JUST DO THE “Se-ga” THEME????

  • @2174UMRON
    @2174UMRON Год назад +16

    that random burst into uptown funk caught me so off guard because it was so out of pocket but also done so smoothly and seamlessly
    you are one gem of an internet creature

  • @k.g.5088
    @k.g.5088 Год назад +8

    Legit gasped when that egg report talked about Maria, this is the eggman characterization I've been wanting for so long

  • @santino7470
    @santino7470 Год назад +17

    13:30 this, somehow this made me genuinely have tears in my eyes.

  • @caltheuntitled8021
    @caltheuntitled8021 Год назад +17

    26:18 This level is very similar to Rooftop Run Day act 2 from Unleashed, which is the level where the chainsaw robot monologue started with that exact line during Penny’s stream

  • @xdlolzz
    @xdlolzz Год назад +36

    heres the timestamp if you wanna skip the strobe part 6:43

  • @unknown_limes
    @unknown_limes Год назад +36

    This is what happens when you get good writers for a game!!! They take the mistakes of the past and expand them in really cool directions! I can't wait to see how this game continues, I don't watch streams so this is how I'm experiencing all the cool Penny jokes n fun-looking game.

    • @bakedbeans5494
      @bakedbeans5494 Год назад

      Comic book writers suck.

    • @specky4153
      @specky4153 Год назад +1

      @@bakedbeans5494 whatever troll

    • @faresalsayed9005
      @faresalsayed9005 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@bakedbeans5494 saying that something is bad and then not elaborating does not add anything to the conversation it feels less like you’re trying to have a proper discussion and more like you’re trying to rile people up

  • @rigatonin895
    @rigatonin895 Год назад +18

    I was so happy with what they did to Tails. I only cried a little bit at the dialogue so it’s ok

  • @ZpEB2741
    @ZpEB2741 6 месяцев назад +2

    32:27 "The heat death of the universe"
    Gaia Almighty, you have no idea how accurate that response was

  • @KumoKumiko
    @KumoKumiko Год назад +20

    cannot stress enough, title + thumbnail work together to impart the understanding that Tails has undergone a certain (reproductive) veterinary procedure, and that you might want to reconsider

    • @RyoLeo
      @RyoLeo Год назад +8

      I didn’t notice this until after I read your comment. And now I really want Penny to keep it up because it’s funny.
      So Penny please don’t change it, sincerely a random weirdo.

    • @clawcakes
      @clawcakes Год назад +9

      TAILS GOT NEUTERED?!??!?!

    • @Montesama314
      @Montesama314 8 месяцев назад

      "Remember to spay and neuter your sidekicks!"

  • @yanomamo89
    @yanomamo89 Год назад +5

    "You just grew up on me a little faster than I expected." Its been 30 years!

  • @BudokaiTH
    @BudokaiTH Год назад +49

    With each character pretty much saying they want to do a few things on their own after this, I kinda hope Frontiers gives them their own DLC stories where you play as them. I wanna punch some shit with Knuckes, Fly and use crazy advanced tech with Tails, smash shit with Amy's hammer, etc. Plus it would be a welcome sight to see their Super Forms if they ever decide to do that.!
    [Edit]
    It seems I may be getting what I wanted. Lol

    • @Hexagonaldonut
      @Hexagonaldonut Год назад +4

      Personally, actually, I'm like 99% sure they're building up to Adventure 3 with this. Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Knuckles on separate journeys that eventually converge. That's basically how SA1 worked.

    • @Radio4Ever
      @Radio4Ever Год назад +2

      Good news about the dlc lmao.

    • @gektoast4968
      @gektoast4968 Год назад +2

      You predicted it

    • @BudokaiTH
      @BudokaiTH Год назад

      @@Radio4Ever I was hyped the moment i heard and saw the future DLC

    • @Mikey04251
      @Mikey04251 Год назад

      I kinda hope the new story has my favorite character: shadow with his infamous line “disgusting black creatures, get out of my sight.”

  • @Montesama314
    @Montesama314 Год назад +7

    "I can't wait to kill Eggman."
    What, and leave Sage an orphan? You MONSTER!

  • @electricnezumi
    @electricnezumi Год назад +16

    Ellie's editing is on point as always. The switching friday to monday bit had me losing it.

  • @MmeCShadow
    @MmeCShadow Год назад +8

    "What kind of enemy were they preparing for?"
    "The heat death of the universe?"
    Actually...

  • @orangeapples
    @orangeapples Год назад +11

    I love how seemingly every video I see of people playing this end up at a point where they are saying, “I really love this game. Is it good? Hell no, but I love it anyway.”

  • @ItsKaiAlvelo
    @ItsKaiAlvelo Год назад +5

    "The Best I Can." I love that line so freaking much 😢

  • @shiningstar4561
    @shiningstar4561 Год назад +9

    I like how when tails mentioned infinite in front of sonic they show that sonic never found out what happened to tails after he was taken and before he came back, and Tails is most likely never going to tell him because he changed the subject. Sonic only knows of what happened before he was knocked out and taken and when he came back and tails flew in and hugged him it was safe to assume that tails missed him but that was it. He has no clue that tails lost his shit.

  • @marzipandormouse7410
    @marzipandormouse7410 Год назад +5

    How is this an actual sega game?! This has the character building quality of a fan project

  • @Delta21OnYT
    @Delta21OnYT Год назад +10

    Hearing Labyrinth at 21:03 shocked me, I was not expecting it at all

  • @ryansch682
    @ryansch682 Год назад +12

    I gotta say, having Super Sonic appear for *every* boss instead of just the final one is a good choice in my opinion

  • @swarler
    @swarler Год назад +38

    so sad that tails will never experience fatherhood :(

    • @Vesporeon
      @Vesporeon Год назад +14

      This joke took longer for me to get than I care to admit

  • @rolanslide8509
    @rolanslide8509 11 месяцев назад +2

    "You're free to go your own way, I guess you just grew up on me a little faster than I expected" OH OKAY, I DIDN'T NEED MY HEART ANYWAYS. OW

  • @blstuff
    @blstuff Год назад +13

    1:12 I was hoping Eggman would be one of them as well. I think there could be some very funny and interesting scenes.

  • @Byrnzi360
    @Byrnzi360 Год назад +11

    As long as Tails, Knuckles, and Amy are around - Sega, and fans, will expect their inclusion in a game. Even if it’s to the detriment or exclusion of the other established characters.
    I suspect the plan is to have these characters “strike off on their own” - so Ian Flynn can write in his own characters (Tangle, Whisper) or revisit neglected characters (Blaze, Silver)

    • @clawcakes
      @clawcakes Год назад

      you said "neglected characters" and listed my two favorites and my heart shattered immediately /j

    • @Byrnzi360
      @Byrnzi360 Год назад

      @@clawcakes I hear ya, Silver is one of my favourite characters.

  • @bing_crystal4831
    @bing_crystal4831 Год назад +9

    I know I’m kinda late to this, but I really love the conversations with Tails. He’s probably my favorite character in the franchise. Honestly, even with all the glitches and stuff, this is probably one of the best Sonic games so far. But also, I hope that sonics friends are still gonna be in the series. Their conversations made me kinda worried. But I guess we’ll just have to see.

  • @nessesaryschoolthing
    @nessesaryschoolthing Год назад +50

    I'm getting the impression that Frontiers is kind of a new take on the themes of SA1.
    SA1 was all about growing up. Characters learned to rely on themselves, to have their own values, to question their parents, their identity (does e-102 gamma is trans?). Chaos' continual growth into new forms reflects this theme. So does the introduction of the Chao gardens, where you can develop and raise Chao from infancy. Makes sense for their audience: the kids who played Sonic 1-3 were getting older, having to think about these things.
    Frontiers comes at it from the other direction: being the parent. Tails and Amy don't just decide they need to do things on their own or be more independent, they tell Sonic directly, with you in his role. The setting reflects this theme, being all that's left of this precursor race and what it left behind for future generations. Eggman is experiencing fatherhood with Sage. One of the first missions you do is unite a parent Koco with its offspring. And again, this makes sense if the kids who played Sonic 1-3 are in their 30's-40's now and have kids of their own.
    I think that's a really brilliant way to circle back to old ideas while still making something that's new and relevant.

  • @MrDarksol
    @MrDarksol Год назад +8

    Once I found out that they were actually fixing Amy tails and knuckles I shed a tear. After so many games of them just being in the background and kind of sort of not doing much of anything unless your names were some of the other games and re releases, it is great to have the characters actually act like characters.

  • @danwolf6307
    @danwolf6307 Год назад +8

    Bro literally turned into a Nintendo direct, I'm shook.

  • @kabob0077
    @kabob0077 Год назад +6

    24:34 THE CONCH HAS SPOKEN!