“NeoGeo Pocket Color? Holy fucking shit that is the gayest name for a handheld of all time, no wonder why this thing failed!” -Encyclopedia Dramatica, Sonic Article; pre-woke era
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated more than likely out of tolerance. Just remember this: Pride Month is that time of year corporations and businesses fly the “rainbow” (missing 1 color out of the original’s 7) in order to get that specific group to notice them, and buy their product. Its not about appeal; so much that it’s moreso pandering to one specific group to keep this country divided. Corporations (including everybody’s favorite: Nintendo) WILL NEVER BE YOUR FRIEND! They just want your money to stay relevant, and they will pull off any PR stunt to either help or hinder their sales. Enjoy this politicized month while you still can-never mind all those who fought and died so that everyone; including businesses, can take FULL advantage of all the freedoms that are being taken for granted.
@@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial actually the original pride flag’s rainbow had eight colours, not seven. If on the other hand you meant the original rainbow, a rainbow has millions of colours, not seven. The only reason we think of seven colours is because Isaac Newton, who of course discovered the diffractive properties of light, had a weird obsession with the number seven (he wanted there to be the same number of colours as there are musical notes in the common scale) and so he quantised the light into seven bands, it’s entirely arbitrary.
11:14 - Jumping on the explosions to reach Eggman is reminiscent of Hydrocity's boss battle, but at least with that it was water blasting up from he bombs and not mushroom clouds.
I play Sonic Pocket Adventure and it was a good experience for me. I find it enjoyable to replay old levels from the Classic games. The developers did some good changes to some of the levels in the game which I enjoyed. Great video!
12:49 To get all of them, you have to collect SIX chaos emeralds from the special stages, because you can only get six from them. On the final boss, you have to hit the chaos emerald Eggman caries instead of Eggman himself. that will give you the last one.
Before Nintendo worked with Sega to release Sonic games on the GBA, there was this attempt from SNK on the Neo Pocket Color. They apparently did something right because Sonic Pocket Adventure received overwhelmingly positive to perfect scores.
I agree with you, this game is one of my favorite 8-bit Sonic games (which happened to be made on a 16-bit console). The game has amazing sprites with appealing color choices, great songs and remixes, and is a really solid game physics-wise. While it has led to confusion, I find it fascinating how they mixed the Classic series' sprites and function with the Modern series' style. You make great points in your review, like how the physics aren't entirely 1 to 1, which really shows in later Zones. I also agree that the Special Stages are especially difficult to unlock and play through. Overall, outstanding review!
I'm surprised you didn't mention the bonus stuff, like the unlockable art pieces you assemble through stage collectables. Still, a solid review for a solid game. I bought a NGPC many years ago and it came with Sonic. I still have the set somewhere.
If this review is anything to go by, I certainly wouldn't mind giving this game a go someday. However, that doesn't seem very likely because I don't know how I'd even play it.
I Played it it’s actually perfect 8 bit amazingness, runs perfectly and if released for sms back when super mario bros released, it woulve given it a run for its money
That game sure surprised me when i first played I also like that's pretty much a good transition between the classic style to the adventure/advance style the series would go from now on.
I had this game on original hardware as a small child, and even though I found the battle against Knuckles difficult in this game as a kid (for some reason), I beat the game (any%) without knowing how to beat the Gigantic Angel boss the right way. I'm THAT GUY!
8:00 I hated this level and I don’t know how I had the patience to beat it without save states. 11:15 I somehow realized you could jump on the explosion decently quickly when I first played it… not very sure how
Those special stages were ROUGH. I beat them the old fashioned way, through much trial. And some of those puzzle pieces were tricky to find, much as I tried to resist resorting to online guides or maps aside from letting me know which stage they might be found in.
Imo the best water level is the one I refuse to say the name of because someone is gonna correct my pronunciation as it makes underwater fun somehow while also introducing water running.
Pocket Adventure was actually the first time I heard songs like S&K's Death Egg (Aerobase) or Desert Palace (Gigantic Angel), which would explain why I prefer these versions to the originals. 😅 But c'mon, you can't tell me Desert Palace is better than this game's take on it! They're practically two different songs. I also really like this game's take on S3&K's final boss theme. I think it's in a different key, but it makes a surprisingly big difference. ...yeah, sorry, I don't have much else to say. I never played this game and the only reason I know about it is because of Charriii5's "EWW 8-bit Sonic Games", so listening to the game's soundtrack is the most I've interacted with it. 😅
If you love Pocket Adventure then what about the sonic Advance And Rush series plus its also really shameful that Sega haven't released it in modern consoles like sonic origins and the snk digital shops and lastly did use Retroarch or a real snk pocket color
No shade to SPA, but this is just Sonic 2 for a console that Sega didn’t make developed by the people who would eventually cause the war crime known as Sonic 4 with the fact that it wasn’t on a Sega console being an omen for the outcome of the company heading into the 2000’s
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SONIC POCKET ADVENTURE RECOGNITION IN 2024 THE WORLD IS HEALING
It’s Healing Y’all!
TRUE
Now we need people to realize it's Sonic 4's direct sequel
@@Raymi20-sonic triple trouble 16 bit (fangame) vs sonic pocket edition
who's gonna win this
Now we just need a third Tally Hall album
Shoutout to all my pocket adventures. Gotta be one of my favorite genders
gender or genre?
Personally, I identify as a genre.
@@Some_Cat_ do you identify as a platfomer? Perhaps a shooter? Or maybe a JRPG? 😹😹😹
9:53 This happens repeatedly in series. I remember that it was present in the Advance games and it was present in Origins
this game is basically sonic advance 0 since the devs of pocket adventure would go on to form dimps.
It’s a unique form of war crime . Also slippery control and heroes keep on becoming one of the same it seems. Uhh that’s a forces moment
“NeoGeo Pocket Color? Holy fucking shit that is the gayest name for a handheld of all time, no wonder why this thing failed!”
-Encyclopedia Dramatica, Sonic Article; pre-woke era
I remember you was conflicted
@@GDubA No, I was just quoting an old article that was found online; but since then, it’s been edited since they did proper research.
Encyclopaedia Dramatica’s entered a woke era? Good for them! Happy Pride Month 🥳
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated more than likely out of tolerance. Just remember this: Pride Month is that time of year corporations and businesses fly the “rainbow” (missing 1 color out of the original’s 7) in order to get that specific group to notice them, and buy their product. Its not about appeal; so much that it’s moreso pandering to one specific group to keep this country divided.
Corporations (including everybody’s favorite: Nintendo) WILL NEVER BE YOUR FRIEND! They just want your money to stay relevant, and they will pull off any PR stunt to either help or hinder their sales.
Enjoy this politicized month while you still can-never mind all those who fought and died so that everyone; including businesses, can take FULL advantage of all the freedoms that are being taken for granted.
@@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial actually the original pride flag’s rainbow had eight colours, not seven. If on the other hand you meant the original rainbow, a rainbow has millions of colours, not seven. The only reason we think of seven colours is because Isaac Newton, who of course discovered the diffractive properties of light, had a weird obsession with the number seven (he wanted there to be the same number of colours as there are musical notes in the common scale) and so he quantised the light into seven bands, it’s entirely arbitrary.
this is the only sonic game IGN has given a 10/10 to soooo
11:14 - Jumping on the explosions to reach Eggman is reminiscent of Hydrocity's boss battle, but at least with that it was water blasting up from he bombs and not mushroom clouds.
Exactly,
I play Sonic Pocket Adventure and it was a good experience for me. I find it enjoyable to replay old levels from the Classic games. The developers did some good changes to some of the levels in the game which I enjoyed. Great video!
12:49 To get all of them, you have to collect SIX chaos emeralds from the special stages, because you can only get six from them. On the final boss, you have to hit the chaos emerald Eggman caries instead of Eggman himself. that will give you the last one.
Sonic pokect adventure was a masterpiece
Is*
Before Nintendo worked with Sega to release Sonic games on the GBA, there was this attempt from SNK on the Neo Pocket Color. They apparently did something right because Sonic Pocket Adventure received overwhelmingly positive to perfect scores.
This is the best 8 bit Sonic game ever and a worthy Sonic Advance prequel.
I can't with the watermark arrows 💀
Pocket Adventure is unironically one of my favorite Sonic Games
I agree with you, this game is one of my favorite 8-bit Sonic games (which happened to be made on a 16-bit console). The game has amazing sprites with appealing color choices, great songs and remixes, and is a really solid game physics-wise. While it has led to confusion, I find it fascinating how they mixed the Classic series' sprites and function with the Modern series' style.
You make great points in your review, like how the physics aren't entirely 1 to 1, which really shows in later Zones. I also agree that the Special Stages are especially difficult to unlock and play through. Overall, outstanding review!
Thank you so much man! Glad you enjoyed.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the bonus stuff, like the unlockable art pieces you assemble through stage collectables. Still, a solid review for a solid game. I bought a NGPC many years ago and it came with Sonic. I still have the set somewhere.
I loved fighting knuckles as a kid in pocket adventure
Thanks for bringing this game to my attention! With save states, I now have 3 chaos emeralds... though #3 was tricky!!
If this review is anything to go by, I certainly wouldn't mind giving this game a go someday. However, that doesn't seem very likely because I don't know how I'd even play it.
I think the only way to play it without emulators is by buying a neo geo pocket. Which together is a couple hundred bucks
All of Neo Geo Pocket Color needs to be rediscovered and reevaluated in this day
The music choice is always goofy but welcomed in this game, like the choice is weird but hearing 8 bit Doomsday is awesome
It's very interesting to see how several sonic dev teams screw the crushing conditions. Even Sonic Mania gets ridiculous sometimes.
The spritework in this game is absolutely beautiful
I feel sure I’ve heard that Special Stage music in one of the Game Gear games. Triple Trouble maybe?
Sky Chase slander is a paddle-able offense.
I Played it it’s actually perfect 8 bit amazingness, runs perfectly and if released for sms back when super mario bros released, it woulve given it a run for its money
That game sure surprised me when i first played
I also like that's pretty much a good transition between the classic style to the adventure/advance style the series would go from now on.
FINALLY SONIC POCKET ADVENTURE GETS TALKED ABOUT
One of my favorite 8-bit Sonic games is getting recognition... 🧡
Kinda crazy how this game does things better than Sonic 2 in terms of levels and even Super Stars in terms of bosses
2:32 when i played heroes i never really had a problem with the slippery controls, if anything it made the game more fun and fast pace
I had this game on original hardware as a small child, and even though I found the battle against Knuckles difficult in this game as a kid (for some reason), I beat the game (any%) without knowing how to beat the Gigantic Angel boss the right way. I'm THAT GUY!
8:00 I hated this level and I don’t know how I had the patience to beat it without save states.
11:15 I somehow realized you could jump on the explosion decently quickly when I first played it… not very sure how
ITS A FUCKING REINCARNATION OF SONIC 2
Those special stages were ROUGH. I beat them the old fashioned way, through much trial. And some of those puzzle pieces were tricky to find, much as I tried to resist resorting to online guides or maps aside from letting me know which stage they might be found in.
I'm a massive sonic fan but I was never good at the 2D games. They never treated me well but I still love them. 😂
I’ve played this before on an emulator and even got all the emeralds, and yeah, this is an amazing game.
so this game's getting recognized, peak
Would love to see this game get the Sonic Forever and Sonic 2 Absolute treatment and get widescreen
This game is literally underrated. It's a fantastic game!
Imo the best water level is the one I refuse to say the name of because someone is gonna correct my pronunciation as it makes underwater fun somehow while also introducing water running.
Sonic 1's and 2's aesthetics
Sonic CD's, 3's and 2's mechanics and gimmicks
Sonic 2's Level Design
Sonic 3 & Knuckles OST
Hello Sonic Generations
Why is the art so good-
I love that game, actually. Especially for new animations of Sonic and level design with exploring for the puzzzles
This game is very good! I even played it and even though I didn't complete it, but it was really good!
I have such a soft spot for this little game it's unbelievable
Rather real
Guys you have to get this game by getting a Neo Geo Pocket or Neo geo pocket color I think
I agree with IGN, I think this game is a 10/10 that it’s ONE of my favorite video games to exist⭐️
This is unrelated but I really like the yellow and pink border you have
Well thank you
@@GDubA no problem man
Pocket Adventure was actually the first time I heard songs like S&K's Death Egg (Aerobase) or Desert Palace (Gigantic Angel), which would explain why I prefer these versions to the originals. 😅 But c'mon, you can't tell me Desert Palace is better than this game's take on it! They're practically two different songs.
I also really like this game's take on S3&K's final boss theme. I think it's in a different key, but it makes a surprisingly big difference.
...yeah, sorry, I don't have much else to say. I never played this game and the only reason I know about it is because of Charriii5's "EWW 8-bit Sonic Games", so listening to the game's soundtrack is the most I've interacted with it. 😅
This is the only sonic game (to my knowledge) to get a 10 on IGN
WHEN IGN GIVES IT A 10, YOU KNOW THE GAME IS A *_MASTERPIECE_* 🗣🔥
this game should get a port
I was sleeping but now I’m not
it was meant to be 3pm bruh I'm cooked
@@GDubA LMAO I THOUGHT SO
I remember Year ago I considered buying a neo Geo pocket color for like $ 170 Just to play this game, It's a cool game.
this game feels like a chinese bootleg with how all the music is from sonic 3 despite the stages being from sonic 2 and the level names being changed
*but it's actually a good game
If you love Pocket Adventure then what about the sonic Advance And Rush series plus its also really shameful that Sega haven't released it in modern consoles like sonic origins and the snk digital shops and lastly did use Retroarch or a real snk pocket color
I might make a Rush and or Advance game reviews if I play those games. Also I used OpenEmu.
@@GDubA oh for real I'm so excited for both of these series since I love Gmeral And Blaze The Cat if isn't that clear
I know, right?!
The NGPC was 16 bit
PEOPLE KNOW THIS GAME EXISTS!! I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO PLAYED IT!!!
Led Zeppelin Zone 🤘😂
FREAKING SWEET! 👍
Great Game ❤
IGN was right, this is a 10/10
This game is basically sonic 2 levels with visuals of sonic 1 and sonic 3 music. wtf?
Pretty much.
I like Sonic Pocket Adventure
I’m pretty sure the NeoGeo Pocket Color had a 16-bit cpu and 8-bit graphics (if I’m wrong someone please correct me :)
Sonic Adventure 7 solos this tbh
is classic collection valid? its my go-to thing if i wanna play games like sonic 1, 2, 3, and sonic 3 and knuckles
(i own a 2ds)
I guess? Not quite sure if that is any good or not.
hey there is a batter expirience of this game with the sms sonic remakes site(just sayin)
IGN=SPA-10/10
SU-4.5/10
Whatever...
Make 32 bit fan game pls
what
Are you religious? I noticed you signed off with "God bless".
Yep! I even have a Christian channel if you want to check that out: www.youtube.com/@GDubTalksTheology.
No shade to SPA, but this is just Sonic 2 for a console that Sega didn’t make developed by the people who would eventually cause the war crime known as Sonic 4 with the fact that it wasn’t on a Sega console being an omen for the outcome of the company heading into the 2000’s