57:55 "I'm not that fantastic with computers" Well, Shadow was locked up in stasis for 50 years - it's like the equivalent of a grandparent trying to use a smartphone
that's the most likely explanation, but it's so funny to think that shadow's bad with technology even though he was created and raised in a space colony filled with highly advanced computers and shit and still never learned how to use one gbfjkg
It’s funny how at the end it showed Metal Sonic wearing a “Go Dad” shirt, which means either Metal was happy for his creator or the more likely option of Eggman forcing him to wear it.
Sage is the one who genuinely adores her father, and she didn't look the slightest bit enthused. They probably had it on from earlier expecting the train to arrive, Sonic and co. to be eliminated, and celebrate, but it never showed.
He was probably forced to wear it by Sage since he doesn't really have any emotions towards Eggman. And Sage canonically sees other Eggman creations as her siblings so it makes sense. Either way it's funny and cute as hell
@@XJ43088 Oh, thank you!! :D I agree, the sanitized Octolings look SO COOL!! I love Splatoon a lot, and Octo Expansion in particular is very dear to my heart.
He was one of the two main characters in Knuckles Chaotix though. Everyone else was there for pretty random reasons, Charmy got kidnapped I think, Vector's band was just gonna play there, Mighty was looking for Sonic because he assumed the blue boy would have checked out a wierd carnival island, and the Mechanix were there because Eggman was there and mistreated them. Espio was doing detective work, actually making an effort to fight Robotnik, and got captured right in front of Knux.
@@rotciv557 and he was part of Team Chaotix, the least important team story wise because all they do is fight Team Rose and Team Dark, then later free Eggman
Aside from the game itself, they really did a great job with the characters and their relationships with each other. After SO MANY years we finally see them interact with each other, and Espio being in the spotlight was very refreshing and awesome. Shadow was finally written well. Not only he's not an edgelord, but he's actually becoming a part of the gang and cares about the others (in this case, Amy). Overall, a very good and refreshing game and I'm happy that it's getting love and attention. Hopefully this shows SEGA that we love other characters besides Sonic too
My favourite bit of Shadow 's characterization was when he forced himself to agree with Tails adding marshmallows to coffee because he didn't want to hurt Tails's feelings.
I absolutely love when companies use their IPS and make them into different genres that are straight outta left field, we haven’t seen Nintendo do that in a while…
Two things: 1) Does the cake count as Sonic's birthday gift? Or did he just never give her anything for her birthday? 2) Was anyone else kind of hoping the train's personality would get transferred into like, a tiny model remote control train or something, at the end? Something the conductor could take with him when he left? That way the train would still get to be with its friend. Adopt the train into the family, Mr. Conductor.
1) The cake was probably his gift, though knowing Amy Sonic being there at all was already good enough for her. 2) Pretty sure it's implied that the Flicky was controlling the train the entire time. So technically the conducter did just that when he took the Flicky home with him.
the best thing about this game is that it was made by the social media team and other folks they got in to help, not the actual games teams. They did a fantastic job and I hope they get the chance to do something similar again sometime :)
As a person who can’t really play this game due to being mostly blind, Thank You Choc! You brought this game to amazing life for me, not only for reading the lines, you and your personality adding detail, descriptiveness, and relatability had me shaking with excitement and tickled my soul. Sega did great with this game, 10/10 for what it is, but i feel you made 100x better. I’ll remember this for a long long time, Thank you Choc! 😎
Throughout the game, Sonic makes a number of references to not having his wallet on him and hoping the train food would be on the house. However, by the end of it he somehow buys a fully customized birthday cake... I think our beloved blue blur was trying to pull a fast one (pun intended) on our boy Rupert smh
The idea of Shadow being an Arcade wizard is just delightful to me, and I hope that’s a part of Sonic 3, since “50 years ago” in the 2020s is just straight up the 70s
one of my favorite things about watching people play this game is the genuine delight in their voice when sonic shows up like "oh my god it's sonic! hello! :D" as if it's unexpected to see him here. i don't know why it happens every time but that was also my reaction
I would like to point out that in Australia, this game did actually release on April 1st. Makes a change from getting the April fools pranks turning up on April 2nd
@@dantemitsoyu977 I’m pretty sure sega mentioned the different countries of Unleashed in one of those twitter take over videos or something like that. Pretty sure it’s canon
Well damn, I thought it was just a joke. I genuinely didn't realize it had a game attached to the video. Not my jam, but I appreciate it. Always good to see more from the sonic cast.
sage and metal both wearing a "let's go dad" shirt at the end really caught me off guard. Not for sage but metal sonic specifically after sonic heroes. I never thought metal sonic could be adorable but this game proved otherwise
Ok, so I'm calling that it's the director. The signs are just all there. The train crashed, he bought tickets to fly out with his wife, it's his last day, and Sonic was the one dressed like a captain, the head of the train.
The visual novel is so charming and the art is awesome! I rlly liked the oc and I adored the little lore drops and just how on point the character writing was!
I would unironically buy all of these "visual novel with Sonic gameplay mini games" if they made more. I understand they most likely will not, since this was definitionally an April Fool's joke, but my commitment stands.
The ending made me realise that Eggman now has both a super AI in Sage and a super Robot in metal Sonic. So, what if the two of them kinda fused for a time?
The Thinking Dream gear mini game reminds me of the Neo The world ends with you when Fret has to use his *REMIND* Psychic powers(you gotta rotate the control sticks in different angles to piece together a drawing of a memory Of someone/something)
The endless runner game you're talking about in the final stretch is called Sonic Dash. Simple but pretty genuinely fun. I fucking LOVE high-effort April Fools jokes, so this was a VERY welcome curveball. Didn't expect it to be as genuinely good as it was either, such a pleasant surprise.
Clarifications from a well/decently knowledgeable Sonic fan to help clear things up (even though most people in the comments probably already have lol) along with some fun facts: - If you needed to, you can go into the options and turn on both invincibility and remove pits to make the runner segments easier - Try not to take EVERY detail about this game as fact, the canon of the game is a bit dubious with details here and there, although I agree and want the majority of this game to be canon -- Listing the ones that I have issue with that would cause canonicity problems: --- The idea of Amy having backup hammers, because she normally just summons her hammer out of literal "hammer space", Also THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT HER HAMMER IS A SQUEAKY HAMMER because she originally did, her Piko hammer was very much based on a squeaky hammer, I feel like that's getting more and more forgotten in the general consciousness (also I'm fairly certain is the actual source of her strength and traversal, her having an amount of super strength ends up encroaching on Knuckles' whole point as a character) --- The train they're on being made by Eggman 32 years ago (unless the train had decent tech a long while ago and it was simply upgraded at some point, otherwise is just more than likely a meta joke on the fact the franchise is 32 years old) --- While yeah, Shadow tends to be labeled as "The Ultimate Lifeform" and it IS true to an extent, technically Shadow labels Sonic as it by a realization in the final boss section of Adventure 2, it's not well known because it's a slightly hidden dialogue option due to only being shown up if you want around a long time for the boss fight --- The idea of the jeweled Chao egg being specifically "Fabrege" implies Russia is canon to Sonic due to the term being the name of a company --- The characters should technically know how to tie shoes because there is evidence present in past games that allude to them knowing how to tie laces - Player character: The game code and promotional trailer label him as "Barry", he's a quokka - The name of the train "The Mirage Express" is due to the train being on the same island that was featured in Sonic CD and Sonic 4, the latter being that you explored the actual land mass surrounding Never Lake where Little Planet (the level locations (Zones) for CD) being named "Mirage Island", it's the big chain that Eggman originally used to hold Little Planet in place back in CD you see outside of the Saloon Car window - (Don't know if you got to see it) The "Shadow has coffee beans raw" thing comes from one of the Sonic Twitter Takeovers - The game was made by another team, yes, you'll see so in the credits - The reason why "Barry" is invested is because otherwise their life is boring, plus they ain't got nothing else to do on the train aside from catering everyone - Tails' cast iron is mostly from the recent tails Tube episodes where he's shown to cook meals for Sonic occasionally when he visits Tails' workshop - Spindashing doesn't EXACTLY make the buzzsaw effect in canon, it's more like a spiked wrecking ball if anything - Barry mentioning endless runner games is mostly in reference to the same kind of mobile games that are out right now (Sonic Runners, Sonic Dash, & Sonic Forces Speed Battle) - The DreamGear: It's also part Dreamcast - Sonic doing the Family Guy death pose meme is actually the second time the pose was used in something Sonic related, previously it showed up in one of the recent comic (IDW) issues by a character in it named "Surge the Tenrec" doing the pose - The general design of the Saloon is based on the Mirage Saloon Zone level from Mania - I mean what's funny is soon after this game's announcement, they actually did an April Fools joke of Sonic having a dating sim novel game XD - The doodles are based on the old Sonic Japanese manual "tutorial" sketch art designs - The code for the safe is April Fools day - Some of the clothes in the closet reference the OVA (mostly the short) and Frontiers (mostly the brown Adventurer's Shoes) - The gamer hat Forces oc that's in the library and on the printed picture is specifically "Ian Jr." - And to be fair on Shadow not knowing how to handle computers, the last time he tried to he just karate chopped the thing XD
most of this is pointless or wrong such as amy having a sqeaky hammer. thats blatantly untrue,not sure where you got that from and yes amy does have actual super strength
@@reggielacey2235 Look up Sonic Champions/Sonic the Fighters, the first game where she has a hammer. It's clearly a squeaky toy hammer there, same as in Sonic Heroes. Or just listen to the sound effect it tends to have, it uses the typical media sound effect those kind of hammers have in Japanese media. Where it sounds like two blocks of wood hitting together. In only like 2 or 3 instances. The only games to reference her having any actual amount of super strength is Sonic Battle (which not only wasnt done by Sonic Team, but has a botched English script, btw) and this one due to this being written by the social media team. The only instance I can think of that would actually lend to her having super strength is Sonic X, but that one already gets a lot of the canon warped due to it being more of an anime and has those kinds of tropes but even then they don't make it seem like she has super strength outside of her hammer. In the games themselves, most of her feats are done with her hammer. Meaning her hammer is where most of the damage comes from. There's also a moment from the IDW comics, but a lot of the general idea people have of her having super strength is a gross misunderstanding of how her hammer works.
58:26 I'm conflicted. On one hand, Shadow was created on the Ark, which was full of technology and scientists, and the time he spent there, however short, was enough to befriend Maria. So he SHOULD know a thing or two about computers. On the other hand, I don't know if home computers were on the ark.
That one-for-the-team option really couldn't be better at all. Rupert's face is incredibly monotone-happy and just said I sacrifice myself so the conductor doesn't get sued
I admire your courage to record your stream of this hilarious April Fool's visual novel with full commentary despite being sick. I hope you recovered smoothly from your sickness since then. ;)
Also, first time watching, I didn't realise that the black man in the TikTok clip you chose for your Among Us reference was saying "Sussy baka". As a result, I honestly feel that using such a clip would lead to future accusations of racism via unintentional stereotyping. No offence, I'm just looking out for you. ;)
I have no earthly idea why this game was so good *and* so difficult. Not the mystery, that was obvious, but the *running.* During the last of the ones before the twist I was hoping there wouldn’t be any harder ones… which aged REALLY bad.
Sega always pulling the rug under us and releasing some interesting surprises. None the less this April 1st joke of a game is fantastic I definitely got some Ace Attorney and Danganronpa vibes here 😄.
Ah, a reference to Mr. Wright like this whole game is an Ace Attorney spoof. Smart. But I suppose we can still call the OC Phoenix even if he wasn’t a bird.
Just started up this game, I think I know where the story is going. "It was a murder mystery party at first but then someone actually captured sonic" is what I'm thinking
I'd like to see more of Espio in the games. But when I first played it I really thiught it was either Shadow or Knuckles. I never suspected Espio but it makes sense. Love it.
It wasn't included in the video, but Amy mentions in the game that it was a spare she brought along because it was lighter than her usual hammer, since she didn't think she'd need it
I named myself “fool” so every time they talked to me, it sounded like they were insulating me PS: The game is head canon. It says in the game description.
Given it was officially released by Sega, I don't think not being developed by Sonic Team is gonna stop it from being canon, especially given no contradictories here to be found. I mean, the Advance and Rush series are both canon, made by Dimps.
Absolutely fabulous game! I didn’t expect it to be as long as it was… or the plot twist! I was genuinely pleasantly surprised by everything about this. They didn’t need to go this hard for April fools- but I’m glad they did!
Rest in pieces Down for the count No revival You're bleeding out Your epitaph says you died a wealthy man But you can have it all come back It's in the massive plan With Tombstone, it's Tombstone It's Tombstone, it's Tombstone Health is drainin' You're on the ropes Death is waiting Don't lose your hopes Your will and testament ain't making that much sense You're listed as the only heir to whom you may bequest It's Tombstone, it's Tombstone It's Tombstone, it's Tombstone Tombstone
This game is like Danganronpa, but kid friendly, and with Sonic characters. We even have Tails giving us the “Tell them Naegi” routine, when he knows the evidence.
Sorry for audio quality, been sick but this needed to be played. Also, you have a little less than one week to get my new plush! choctoplush.com
you're not the only one sick
just to up your moral
Hope ya get well soon Choc and take it easy 🙌
When will you play Sonic Adventure 2?
where can i get the game
@@jacobwatson8222 Steam
57:55 "I'm not that fantastic with computers" Well, Shadow was locked up in stasis for 50 years - it's like the equivalent of a grandparent trying to use a smartphone
never thought of it this way, yeah. Man probably doesn't have a cellphone.
Printing a homepage by accident is quite understandable though. Damn thing must've been invented by Eggman himself.
that's the most likely explanation, but it's so funny to think that shadow's bad with technology even though he was created and raised in a space colony filled with highly advanced computers and shit and still never learned how to use one gbfjkg
It also explains why he’s a secret arcade wiz
well he has an apple watch so idk if it counts...
"If I sound a off right now that's because I'm sick"
*Plays an entire visual novel which is 90% text he has to read outloud*
Gotta do what ya gotta do.
Respect Choc respect
@@Choctopus True dat. We salute you.
It’s funny how at the end it showed Metal Sonic wearing a “Go Dad” shirt, which means either Metal was happy for his creator or the more likely option of Eggman forcing him to wear it.
Sage is the one who genuinely adores her father, and she didn't look the slightest bit enthused. They probably had it on from earlier expecting the train to arrive, Sonic and co. to be eliminated, and celebrate, but it never showed.
@@Parapsyche I’m not talking about Sage, I’m talking about Metal Sonic, who is a merciless and ruthless killing machine wearing a very positive shirt.
@@josephsharp6221 I'm saying they're probably both in the same boat here.
@@Parapsyche Your not understanding what I’m saying, I was referring to how funny it was seeing Metal wear that shirt
He was probably forced to wear it by Sage since he doesn't really have any emotions towards Eggman. And Sage canonically sees other Eggman creations as her siblings so it makes sense. Either way it's funny and cute as hell
This game toes the line between joke game and serious game so flawlessly it's honestly _impressive._
Just in case you didn’t know the comment above me is a scam but those comments have been around for awhile on here so you probably knew already
@@Dbh85 the one about joke games
@@Dbh85 Already reported it, mate. Hence why it no longer exists.
So basically a fanfiction, except it's official
@@parzival-bo I forgot that you could report comments
One thing not enough people talk about is the artstyle, it’s candy for the eyes
YES! This game wouldn't be half as good if it weren't this beautiful
It's literally the IDW comics
As an ace attorney fan, this game was SUCH a welcome surprise! I know it’s an April fools joke but I had such a blast playing it!!
Agreed. Also, unrelated to anything, but I like your icon! Love the Sanitized Octolings from the OE!
@@XJ43088 Oh, thank you!! :D I agree, the sanitized Octolings look SO COOL!! I love Splatoon a lot, and Octo Expansion in particular is very dear to my heart.
As a Danganronpa enjoyer, I agree
I was just waiting for someone to yell, "OBJECTION!" or "HOLD IT!"
It might for april's fools but this ain't no joke
This is the most significance Espio has ever had in a sonic game
He was one of the two main characters in Knuckles Chaotix though. Everyone else was there for pretty random reasons, Charmy got kidnapped I think, Vector's band was just gonna play there, Mighty was looking for Sonic because he assumed the blue boy would have checked out a wierd carnival island, and the Mechanix were there because Eggman was there and mistreated them. Espio was doing detective work, actually making an effort to fight Robotnik, and got captured right in front of Knux.
Wasn't he also in Sonic Heroes?
@@rotciv557 and he was part of Team Chaotix, the least important team story wise because all they do is fight Team Rose and Team Dark, then later free Eggman
ouch
@@CassiusStelarif anything there the most important
Since they covered that Eggman wasn't in control the whole time
I’m surprised Sega didn’t charge at least $10 for this game I mean I wouldn’t even be mad it deserves it for how good it is.
Based SEGA for this one. I hope it comes to consoles.
@@Choctopus steam deck right now
@@Choctopus my uncle calls it a steam dick
@@Choctopus a murder on the same console where a little pink puff ball makes friends
Dam, that was fast
Aside from the game itself, they really did a great job with the characters and their relationships with each other. After SO MANY years we finally see them interact with each other, and Espio being in the spotlight was very refreshing and awesome. Shadow was finally written well. Not only he's not an edgelord, but he's actually becoming a part of the gang and cares about the others (in this case, Amy).
Overall, a very good and refreshing game and I'm happy that it's getting love and attention. Hopefully this shows SEGA that we love other characters besides Sonic too
My favourite bit of Shadow 's characterization was when he forced himself to agree with Tails adding marshmallows to coffee because he didn't want to hurt Tails's feelings.
its not canon
@@reggielacey2235 who cares?
@@reggielacey2235nobody said it was
I absolutely love when companies use their IPS and make them into different genres that are straight outta left field, we haven’t seen Nintendo do that in a while…
Even if they are way smaller, Sega still does what Nintendon’t
@@beanproteinyou can say that again!
Reminds me of the KFC Dating Sim from a few years back.
@@MattTOB618 or the rivals of aether dating sim, from a few years back.
@@beanprotein(DRRRROPRRRLETS)
19:07
The fact that omochao is wanted for medical malpractice is amazing
Two things:
1) Does the cake count as Sonic's birthday gift? Or did he just never give her anything for her birthday?
2) Was anyone else kind of hoping the train's personality would get transferred into like, a tiny model remote control train or something, at the end? Something the conductor could take with him when he left? That way the train would still get to be with its friend. Adopt the train into the family, Mr. Conductor.
1) The cake was probably his gift, though knowing Amy Sonic being there at all was already good enough for her.
2) Pretty sure it's implied that the Flicky was controlling the train the entire time. So technically the conducter did just that when he took the Flicky home with him.
If you talk to sonic after taking his ticket he mentions he was supposed to get the birthday cake but forgot.
Sonic was in charge of the birthday cake but it wasn't a surprise so idk
Main lesson: Tails is a precious boy that needs protection, and espio is a master ninja and a terrible pretenders poet
Oh no, You described my personal favorite part of the whole game.
the best thing about this game is that it was made by the social media team and other folks they got in to help, not the actual games teams. They did a fantastic job and I hope they get the chance to do something similar again sometime :)
Yes, it was fun seeing all of their names in the credits! They've been quiet with the live stream so I guess this was why.
For an April Fools Prank, this has to be a great treat from Sega.
Hope to see more in the future
The murderer vented, he genuinely freaking vented.
W H E N T H E I M P O S T E R I S S U S 🤨
1:24:39 best moment of the entire game gotta love the family
Agree.
Its Canon
absolutely hilarious
He’s the fastest thing alive…
Except family. There’s nothing faster than family
As a person who can’t really play this game due to being mostly blind, Thank You Choc! You brought this game to amazing life for me, not only for reading the lines, you and your personality adding detail, descriptiveness, and relatability had me shaking with excitement and tickled my soul. Sega did great with this game, 10/10 for what it is, but i feel you made 100x better. I’ll remember this for a long long time, Thank you Choc! 😎
Also, I liked how he skipped Omochao being wanted for Medical Malpractice.
"Let's click on Sonic Colors here."
*clicks the trash can*
Oh no you didn't Chocto...
That part made me lose it 💀
I hate colors as well so I can confirm that was INDEED sonic colors
based choctopus
@@fartwateryes6535 Sonic Colors Ultimate FUCKS UP the reviews on so many different people.
It's not a bad game but it's not a good game.
It's at 11:39
Throughout the game, Sonic makes a number of references to not having his wallet on him and hoping the train food would be on the house. However, by the end of it he somehow buys a fully customized birthday cake... I think our beloved blue blur was trying to pull a fast one (pun intended) on our boy Rupert smh
The idea of Shadow being an Arcade wizard is just delightful to me, and I hope that’s a part of Sonic 3, since “50 years ago” in the 2020s is just straight up the 70s
one of my favorite things about watching people play this game is the genuine delight in their voice when sonic shows up like "oh my god it's sonic! hello! :D" as if it's unexpected to see him here. i don't know why it happens every time but that was also my reaction
I would like to point out that in Australia, this game did actually release on April 1st.
Makes a change from getting the April fools pranks turning up on April 2nd
2:29 One of the few times sonic characters ever acknowledge things from Sonic Unleashed. Let’s go!
To bad the game isn’t cannon
True, along with mention of Professor Pickle, as well as a photo of him in the library car.
@@dantemitsoyu977 said who?
@@ninlaw9810 said the creators of the game
@@dantemitsoyu977 I’m pretty sure sega mentioned the different countries of Unleashed in one of those twitter take over videos or something like that. Pretty sure it’s canon
*F's in the chat for my boy.* Sega finally got him 😔
R.I.P sonic 😔
he wasn't fast enough
The part where it's revealed where Shadow wanted to buy Amy tickets for her favorite band just melted my heart the first time I saw that.
Even the credits for this game are a blast. Theres a section for the devs pets and one of them is "the Stray Cats that live outside Justins house"
“You are dead, not big surprise” - Heavy
I can't wait for "Heavy Is Dead" but with Sonic characters.
That was what I was going to say
Here lies Sonic, he ran fast and died a virgin
Shadow: Well, that was idiodic... off to yeet myself--
*violent train noises*
I never expected Sonic to do the whole mugen train arc but here we are
LOL I was thinking the same thing about this
And then their's Sonic! 🎶
He's dead 🪦
They really hit ‘em with the Danganronpa “The killer… IS YOU!”
30:24 That's Ian Jr.
He's one of the most easter-egg'd Sonic Forces OC.
There's a misconception around Ian Jr that it was made by Ian Flynn
It's just a coincidence, the social media team also has a guy named Ian
@@CassiusStelar Fun fact, said other Ian on the Social Media team was the writer for this game
Well damn, I thought it was just a joke. I genuinely didn't realize it had a game attached to the video. Not my jam, but I appreciate it. Always good to see more from the sonic cast.
That ending scene with let's go dad Made me Very happy
This game was so outta lest field, but it was really enjoyable. Best April fool’s joke lmfao
I'm way more invested in this than I should be
sage and metal both wearing a "let's go dad" shirt at the end really caught me off guard. Not for sage but metal sonic specifically after sonic heroes. I never thought metal sonic could be adorable but this game proved otherwise
Ok, so I'm calling that it's the director. The signs are just all there. The train crashed, he bought tickets to fly out with his wife, it's his last day, and Sonic was the one dressed like a captain, the head of the train.
The conductor knew the first person to die is always the guy that is two weeks from retirement so he decided to kill everyone else first
The conductor knew the first person to die is always the guy that is two weeks from retirement so he decided to kill everyone else first
Honestly the trailer was probably my favourite, it was damn hilarious at the beginning.
That punchline was so well delivered, it's the real criminal of this murder mystery. If your April Fools trailer has REPLAY VALUE, you struck gold.
The visual novel is so charming and the art is awesome! I rlly liked the oc and I adored the little lore drops and just how on point the character writing was!
That was actually a really good game for a April fool's joke
I kinda wish omega was in this game just so we could see him dressed is like a three piece suit
It'd be even funnier if he got barred from the train because he is a walking weapons platform and they had no choice but to leave him behind.
43:04 "Blaze deserved better than the end of Sonic 06."
I agree 124%.
this seems like a real thing, not just a game for april fools day, i love this so much
I would unironically buy all of these "visual novel with Sonic gameplay mini games" if they made more.
I understand they most likely will not, since this was definitionally an April Fool's joke, but my commitment stands.
The ending made me realise that Eggman now has both a super AI in Sage and a super Robot in metal Sonic. So, what if the two of them kinda fused for a time?
When they pulled out the chao chain then you should've had plankton saying "shing, sparkle sparkle"
Why does the image of Vector eating a bookshelf and Espio walking in seeing it and then backing out slowly seem so funny to me?
I'm glad/happy that they used IDW drawings of these characters because these look nice.
Edit: Why is this art style cute!?
Yet the writing is better than a lot of IDW itself, it's pretty funny when you think about it.
@@shinodax7123 A little yeah.
eggman mustve been so happy to hear this
The Thinking Dream gear mini game reminds me of the Neo The world ends with you when Fret has to use his *REMIND* Psychic powers(you gotta rotate the control sticks in different angles to piece together a drawing of a memory Of someone/something)
The endless runner game you're talking about in the final stretch is called Sonic Dash. Simple but pretty genuinely fun.
I fucking LOVE high-effort April Fools jokes, so this was a VERY welcome curveball. Didn't expect it to be as genuinely good as it was either, such a pleasant surprise.
Clarifications from a well/decently knowledgeable Sonic fan to help clear things up (even though most people in the comments probably already have lol) along with some fun facts:
- If you needed to, you can go into the options and turn on both invincibility and remove pits to make the runner segments easier
- Try not to take EVERY detail about this game as fact, the canon of the game is a bit dubious with details here and there, although I agree and want the majority of this game to be canon
-- Listing the ones that I have issue with that would cause canonicity problems:
--- The idea of Amy having backup hammers, because she normally just summons her hammer out of literal "hammer space", Also THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT HER HAMMER IS A SQUEAKY HAMMER because she originally did, her Piko hammer was very much based on a squeaky hammer, I feel like that's getting more and more forgotten in the general consciousness (also I'm fairly certain is the actual source of her strength and traversal, her having an amount of super strength ends up encroaching on Knuckles' whole point as a character)
--- The train they're on being made by Eggman 32 years ago (unless the train had decent tech a long while ago and it was simply upgraded at some point, otherwise is just more than likely a meta joke on the fact the franchise is 32 years old)
--- While yeah, Shadow tends to be labeled as "The Ultimate Lifeform" and it IS true to an extent, technically Shadow labels Sonic as it by a realization in the final boss section of Adventure 2, it's not well known because it's a slightly hidden dialogue option due to only being shown up if you want around a long time for the boss fight
--- The idea of the jeweled Chao egg being specifically "Fabrege" implies Russia is canon to Sonic due to the term being the name of a company
--- The characters should technically know how to tie shoes because there is evidence present in past games that allude to them knowing how to tie laces
- Player character: The game code and promotional trailer label him as "Barry", he's a quokka
- The name of the train "The Mirage Express" is due to the train being on the same island that was featured in Sonic CD and Sonic 4, the latter being that you explored the actual land mass surrounding Never Lake where Little Planet (the level locations (Zones) for CD) being named "Mirage Island", it's the big chain that Eggman originally used to hold Little Planet in place back in CD you see outside of the Saloon Car window
- (Don't know if you got to see it) The "Shadow has coffee beans raw" thing comes from one of the Sonic Twitter Takeovers
- The game was made by another team, yes, you'll see so in the credits
- The reason why "Barry" is invested is because otherwise their life is boring, plus they ain't got nothing else to do on the train aside from catering everyone
- Tails' cast iron is mostly from the recent tails Tube episodes where he's shown to cook meals for Sonic occasionally when he visits Tails' workshop
- Spindashing doesn't EXACTLY make the buzzsaw effect in canon, it's more like a spiked wrecking ball if anything
- Barry mentioning endless runner games is mostly in reference to the same kind of mobile games that are out right now (Sonic Runners, Sonic Dash, & Sonic Forces Speed Battle)
- The DreamGear: It's also part Dreamcast
- Sonic doing the Family Guy death pose meme is actually the second time the pose was used in something Sonic related, previously it showed up in one of the recent comic (IDW) issues by a character in it named "Surge the Tenrec" doing the pose
- The general design of the Saloon is based on the Mirage Saloon Zone level from Mania
- I mean what's funny is soon after this game's announcement, they actually did an April Fools joke of Sonic having a dating sim novel game XD
- The doodles are based on the old Sonic Japanese manual "tutorial" sketch art designs
- The code for the safe is April Fools day
- Some of the clothes in the closet reference the OVA (mostly the short) and Frontiers (mostly the brown Adventurer's Shoes)
- The gamer hat Forces oc that's in the library and on the printed picture is specifically "Ian Jr."
- And to be fair on Shadow not knowing how to handle computers, the last time he tried to he just karate chopped the thing XD
most of this is pointless or wrong such as amy having a sqeaky hammer. thats blatantly untrue,not sure where you got that from and yes amy does have actual super strength
@@reggielacey2235 Look up Sonic Champions/Sonic the Fighters, the first game where she has a hammer. It's clearly a squeaky toy hammer there, same as in Sonic Heroes. Or just listen to the sound effect it tends to have, it uses the typical media sound effect those kind of hammers have in Japanese media. Where it sounds like two blocks of wood hitting together.
In only like 2 or 3 instances. The only games to reference her having any actual amount of super strength is Sonic Battle (which not only wasnt done by Sonic Team, but has a botched English script, btw) and this one due to this being written by the social media team.
The only instance I can think of that would actually lend to her having super strength is Sonic X, but that one already gets a lot of the canon warped due to it being more of an anime and has those kinds of tropes but even then they don't make it seem like she has super strength outside of her hammer.
In the games themselves, most of her feats are done with her hammer. Meaning her hammer is where most of the damage comes from. There's also a moment from the IDW comics, but a lot of the general idea people have of her having super strength is a gross misunderstanding of how her hammer works.
ngl i thought shadow locked the doors because he didnt want anyone sneaking in while he was playing a masterpiece on the piano
new headcanon: shadow is a master pianist
"pretend you're blaze's spouse"
choc: ayo
us: silver will not be happy
Ah, a fellow Blazilver shipper!
@@SlashCraftJack not necessarily lol it's just clear that those 2 got something going on
they're just friends. Blaze is clearly gay
@@nazek4216 tf?
@@nazek4216 tf??
My brother walked into me watching the video, looked at sonic and said: Is that Sonic disguised as Failboat?”. I can’t unsee it now
The true april fools here is that amys birthday is on september 23.
We have been fooled
Shadow not being able to use a computer well makes sense because he’s like 50 years old
Also because every time he interacted with one in Shadow the Hedgehog, he fucking punched it, or went inside it with alien magic
This was the change to the series they wanted after Frontiers. Just killing off the series.
as far as april fools jokes, this is really cool. I love seeing SEGA do stuff with fans.
This is a Danganronpa ace attorney and sonic crossover and I’m all for it!
58:26 I'm conflicted. On one hand, Shadow was created on the Ark, which was full of technology and scientists, and the time he spent there, however short, was enough to befriend Maria. So he SHOULD know a thing or two about computers.
On the other hand, I don't know if home computers were on the ark.
this isnt canon
That one-for-the-team option really couldn't be better at all. Rupert's face is incredibly monotone-happy and just said I sacrifice myself so the conductor doesn't get sued
I admire your courage to record your stream of this hilarious April Fool's visual novel with full commentary despite being sick. I hope you recovered smoothly from your sickness since then. ;)
Also, first time watching, I didn't realise that the black man in the TikTok clip you chose for your Among Us reference was saying "Sussy baka". As a result, I honestly feel that using such a clip would lead to future accusations of racism via unintentional stereotyping. No offence, I'm just looking out for you. ;)
My new headcannon is Rupert serving me Chicken Cordon Bleu on the Sonic murder train
That’s an actual game?! That’s pure gold!!!
Glad everyone’s okay though, that ending has so much going on!
I have no earthly idea why this game was so good *and* so difficult.
Not the mystery, that was obvious, but the *running.* During the last of the ones before the twist I was hoping there wouldn’t be any harder ones… which aged REALLY bad.
I know it was mostly a joke but like that actually was a pretty damn good vector impression
All in all, the quality of recent Sonic stuff has been skyrocketing.
The movies, Frontiers, the IDW comics, Prime.
Silver should have been a shopkeeper.
one little series of @Choctopus is the cosmic shake, it is amazing watching him play it.
Sonic Dating Sim....it may be the last thing the fandom needs, but i can bet is one of the things that the fandom wants
I was no expecting this game to have so many twists and turns. Truly amazing
I can’t believe there is an official Ace Attorney-like Sonic game.
I never thought I'd see a Ace Attorney/Danganronpa & Sonic Fusion, But I'm Living for it. : )
The fact this is better than most new sonic games
"Trains are cool."- Espio, 2023
Sega always pulling the rug under us and releasing some interesting surprises. None the less this April 1st joke of a game is fantastic I definitely got some Ace Attorney and Danganronpa vibes here 😄.
The only thing they had to do was make the MC a bird so people could name him "Phoenix."
Missed opportunity there, Sega.
Ah, a reference to Mr. Wright like this whole game is an Ace Attorney spoof. Smart. But I suppose we can still call the OC Phoenix even if he wasn’t a bird.
"Finally the blue rat is dead." - some guy in the official announcement trailer
Probably Cubot.
Just started up this game, I think I know where the story is going.
"It was a murder mystery party at first but then someone actually captured sonic"
is what I'm thinking
I'd like to see more of Espio in the games. But when I first played it I really thiught it was either Shadow or Knuckles. I never suspected Espio but it makes sense. Love it.
AMY'S HAMMER BROKE? I was UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WAS NEAR INDESTRUCTIBLE
It was a spare
Actually she can summon new ones from thin air with Looney Tunes logic.
Or I guess Sega is saying it's because of Psychic powers now.
It wasn't included in the video, but Amy mentions in the game that it was a spare she brought along because it was lighter than her usual hammer, since she didn't think she'd need it
Bro vector and espio's dynamic in this game reminds me of the "he asked for no pickles" meme
I saw this yesterday while looking for free games on steam then I saw this and up until now I didn't know it was a official game.
Blaze finally returned, that's enough to intrigue me.
Bro I thought this was an April Fools game why am I crying at the end???
I just realized this but
5:42
How does knuckles cross his arms with a those giant ass fist 🤨
I named myself “fool” so every time they talked to me, it sounded like they were insulating me
PS: The game is head canon. It says in the game description.
I will treat it as purely canon, i dont see anything in the game that could contradict any previous lore in the slightest
Given it was officially released by Sega, I don't think not being developed by Sonic Team is gonna stop it from being canon, especially given no contradictories here to be found. I mean, the Advance and Rush series are both canon, made by Dimps.
Cant believe they would be keeping your temperature constant. I cant believe the sonic group insulated you.
“Trains are cool.” -Espio the Poet, 2023
A murder of a hedgehog
ON MY OWL EXPRESSSSSSSSS
Absolutely fabulous game! I didn’t expect it to be as long as it was… or the plot twist! I was genuinely pleasantly surprised by everything about this. They didn’t need to go this hard for April fools- but I’m glad they did!
Rest in pieces
Down for the count
No revival
You're bleeding out
Your epitaph says you died a wealthy man
But you can have it all come back
It's in the massive plan
With Tombstone, it's Tombstone
It's Tombstone, it's Tombstone
Health is drainin'
You're on the ropes
Death is waiting
Don't lose your hopes
Your will and testament ain't making that much sense
You're listed as the only heir to whom you may bequest
It's Tombstone, it's Tombstone
It's Tombstone, it's Tombstone
Tombstone
Fun fact: the main character's actuall name is "Barry the Quokka"
This game is like Danganronpa, but kid friendly, and with Sonic characters. We even have Tails giving us the “Tell them Naegi” routine, when he knows the evidence.
Heck, they just deadass hit Espio with Makoto's "The killer is... YOU!" at the end.
I love Shadow's character arc in this.
45:18 it's Diabolical Box all over again
Can’t wait for that danganronpa x sonic crossover to come out