55:47 yea, thats how all super forms worked since forever minus tails' flickies. archie sonic gaslit people into thinking knuckles was specifically turning pink, rather than his fur turning lighter
16:19 Yes, they are in specific spots, both in Sonic 3 and Sonic Mania, in Sonic 3, if you beat Angel Island Zone Act 1 mini-boss when he's in the right corner, if you let the sign fall where he was defeated, you'll always get a bubble shield, and both Angel Island Act 1 in Sonic 3 and Green Hill Act 1 in Sonic Mania have specific things on the background in the boss room to indicate where the items are at (for example: flowers, trees, bushes...), also according to some people, all the levels hide the items in the exact same spots (at least for Sonic 3) And I'm not sure about Superstars, idk if it's just like the others where there's specific items always in specific spots or if they're RNG for items and/or locations
8:23 Fun fact: when choc said he didn’t know what “hornet” was a reference to on the side of the van in studiopolis zone it’s actually a reference to the sega game in both arcade and the Dreamcast called Daytona 500 and the car also made a cameo in sonic and sega all star’s racing transformed
I feel like you can have a diverse taste for videogames even if you mostly play platformers. It's a giagantic genre that can be morphed and shaped into anything. You can have so many experiences in this one single genre
There are 2 chaos emeralds in each act. You can still become super by the end of chemical plant. There are 2 boxes at the end of each level hidden in the ground that will always spawn if the sign lands on a certain spot, not random.
@@samukabm There are 4 in CPZ Act 1, but 2 of each are in different routes so you can't get them in the same run unless you get the 2 on the bottom, reset the stage (which still keeps your emeralds) and get the 2 on the top (or vice-versa) There are also 3 in GHZ Act 1 but one is exclusive in the Knuckles' starting section, you could get it before as Sonic and Tails by falling into Knuckles section after the spikes in the lower route at the start of the act, but that was patched a long time ago so you can only get 2 as Sonic, Tails, Mighty or Ray
I also wanna add (because he offhandedly talked about it in the vid) that there were 7 star posts total in Sonic 2's Green Hill Zones 1 and 2, so you could get Super Sonic/Tails/Knuckles before going to Chemical Plant Zone in the original game/Sonic 2 & Knuckles.
"Blue Raspberry" Ick. "Green Apple" Less ick. "And then there's grape" Finally a good- "...which is at the bottom tier of medicine flavors." ... I'm sorry, what? That's the _only_ good medicine flavor! Unless Alka-Seltzer counts, then we have discount Sprite.
Wow… 3/4ths to 1mil… I remember subbing when you had under 100k and now you’re being sponsored by NINTENDO THEMSELVES. It’s really cool seeing how far you’ve come. Here’s to 1mil soon!
i swear, i saw a cutscene, in a video, of a playthrough, where Sonic and Tails were arguing about that! i don't remember which game, i think it was Sonic Colors.
The item boxes that pop up at the end of Act 1 are always hidden in two specific spots in the ground - if it hits one of the hidden boxes, the sign bounces back up and you can try to find the second one. The Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation releases have an achievement/trophy pop if you're able to get both item boxes in one go.
If you ever play this again, i do recommend playing as Sonic and Tails. His assist is really fun to use. (Hold up and press A twice. Once tails starts flying, jump onto him with sonic and mash A to start flying. You can even move around with the two!)
Hey Choctopus. I hope you enjoyed this game. I have probably more than 1000 hours clocked in on Sonic Mania across both Steam and the Nintendo Switch. It's definitely up there as one of my favorite games of all time.
Video Ideas: Shantae and the pirates curse Donkey kong Country Tropical Freeze Banjo Kazooie Banjo-tooie Sonic Rumble (Releases Soon) More Super Smash bros and Mario Kart
I am a little bummed that you skipped the actual emerald collection process. You just went "Okay, I went back and got all of them" and I'm like "Yeah, isn't that what we're here to SEE?"
YES! I’m so glad you like the Picross S series! Such a great series that has over 10 entires. One of which has a Genesis character edition. Also fun fact the company that made those games are the same guys that made Pokémon Picross for the 3DS.
Just want to say congrats on getting Nintendo to sponsor your video! Been watching since your smash bros ultimate days, its awesome to see how far youve come!!
Been binging a lot of your series lately, and it genuinely has been such a good watch on my brain. I love seeing the longer form compilations, and just getting to relive my love for sonic again. As a S̶o̶n̶i̶c̶ Nostalgia content creator, truly, thank you for your channel. I love understanding all the references and playing games I couldn't get to when I was younger. I hope to see more soon! also...maybe we could do Sonic and the black knight? it gives me similar vibes to sonic unleashed, if you haven't played it, I feel you might like it! 💖
28:41 I didn't realize I've been watching you at different points of your career until you brought it up. I do remember watching your sonic mania playthrough, its just crazy how much time has passed.
I wish SEGA updates sonic mania plus and the update is that sonic can get the phantom ruby and his powers would be a double jump and the dash that hyper sonic uses to wipe out all enemies on screen
Choc, you literally made me get a Nintendo Switch to experience everything you love about games myself🤣 Been here since last year or so and don’t plan on leaving. Congrats on being sponsored major W.
I love Sonic Mania. I ended up getting the true ending a couple years ago and it was so much fun. Can’t wait to watch the video. Edit: Choc is most definitely a sonic channel
So fun fact to share about Titanic Monarch 2, on release and I believe up until encore mode was added the time trial version of it was bugged allowing for a secret teleport in the bottom left portal section of the level to count as a goal, this allowed people to get times for the last and probably longest level in the game under 1 minute, I know this fact because for a time (I don't have any proof of this fact without digging deeeeeep into my twitter so your just gonna have to roll with it) I was in a constant back and forth with some random dude to get the fastest time on Xbox for that level that I eventually won, it was somewhere around 35-55 seconds give or take, could have been the world's fastest at the time I never really checked. But yeah as of Encore they changed that so its no longer possible, still a neat fact i thought everyone might wanna know or even remember!
So Mighty and Ray's connection with Team Chaotix is explained in one of the IDW comics I'm pretty sure, and it's explained that they're a sister branch of Chaotix Detective Agency stationed in some middle of nowhere dessert
Based Choc playing Sonic Mania while being sponsored by Nintendo. Also Sonic Mania is a Top 3 Classic Sonic game for me and favorite zone here is Studiopolis and least favorite is Oil Ocean too
Some silly explanations about the game here: 1. The name of the Heavies are: Heavy King (the big one with a cape and a scepter, he's the leader), Heavy Gunner (the policeman), Heavy Shinobi (the ninja), Heavy Rider (the one who rides a Motobug) and Heavy Magician (the magician who transforms into Fang, Bean and Bark) 2. Heavy Magician and Heavy Rider are both considered females in Sonic Mania's manual, and Heavy Rider's motobug is called "Jimmy" (as a homage to the creator of the hackrom Motobug in Sonic 1 which you can play as a Motobug, the badnik from Green Hill, in Sonic 1, which the creator's name was Jimmy who sadly passed out) 3. In Mania Mode if you play as Knuckles, some things on his playthrough will be different from a regular playthrough as Sonic & Tails, Sonic, Tails, Mighty or Ray, he'll have a different starting cutscene than the rest, he'll start in a different location in Green Hill Act 1, he'll have his own act in Mirage Saloon Act 1, since at the start of Sonic's act you can see Heavy Magician knocking Knuckles out of the Tornado, he'll fall into the canyon area and you'll have to use his abilities such as his glide and climb, and Knuckles will also have his own boss in Lava Reef Act 2 and his own transition cutscene beetween Lava Reef Act 2 and Metallic Madness Act 1 4. Mirage Saloon Act 1 is the only stage in Encore Mode where it is practically 100% original in that mode, since you play as all the characters you don't have anyone to pilot the Tornado like it happens in Mania Mode, so you play in Knuckles section of Mirage Saloon, with the music of his act and all, but it has an almost 100% original level design so you don't have to rely only on Knuckles' abilities, you'll not always have him because of how Encore Mode works, and the mini-boss of that act is also Knuckles' version of Mirage Saloon Act 1's boss, but in a different arena 5. You can play as Mighty and Ray in Mania Mode, but it will be just like any other character's playthrough aside from Knuckles which has his own little things, but at the end is almost the exact same too 6. That metallic sphere in a chain at the ending animation in Mania Mode isn't the Death Egg, but rather Little Planet from Sonic CD, in Sonic Mania's story, Eggman built Titanic Monarch inside of Little Planet and just like he did in CD, he covered Little Planet in a metallic shell and chained it into Sonic's World, that's why in Lava Reef's transition into Metallic Madness the character you're playing as look behind into a giant metallic sphere in the sky, that's Little Planet, and then you go into Metallic Madness since that's the last level in Sonic CD, which takes place in Little Planet, so they go from Angel Island to inside of Little Planet, and the transition from Metallic Madness to Titanic Monarch is your character looking at the giant robot at the background of Metallic Madness 7. The true ending animated cutscene after Egg Reverie in Mania Mode, basically shows Classic Sonic going into Sonic Forces, after Sonic defeats Eggman and the Phantom King (Heavy King's final form), he goes into Sonic Forces thanks to the Phantom Ruby to help Modern Sonic and the others in the war against Eggman and Infinite, and then at the end of Sonic Forces he goes back into his own time and his comeback are the events of Sonic Mania Plus (or Sonic Mania Adventures, I guess), that's why Mania Plus starts with Classic Sonic coming out of a portal created by the Phantom Ruby and he's back at Angel Island, and in Mania Plus the animation starts with Sonic waving because that's the last thing he does in Forces, wave to Modern Tails before being teleported back home 8. Explaining how Encore Mode and the monitors of this mode works: The monitor with the characters icon, as you may have discovered on your own, determines which character you'll add to your "party", it will roullete beetween the ones you don't have and the one you get will be added next to the life icons in the bottom left corner The monitor with 2 arrows, one blue and one orange, will switch the character you're currently playing as, to the next on the list, that means you'll always switch the character you're playing to the character that corresponds to the letter close to your companion's life icon, and it will go in that order, so imagine it is something like this: Sonic life icon (you) Tails life icon (your partner) K (representing Knuckles) M (representing Mighty) R (representing Ray) If you get that monitor, you'll change Sonic into Knuckles, Sonic will go to the end of the list, and Tails will stay right where he's at, so it would be something like: Knuckles life icon (you) Tails life icon (your partner) M (representing Mighty) R (representing Ray) S (representing Sonic) The next monitor you get will replace Knuckles for Mighty, the next will replace Mighty for Ray, and then it'll come in a full circle replacing Ray for Sonic again The question mark monitor will switch both your current characters randomly, so if you're playing as Mighty and Ray, you could switch to Knuckles and Tails for example, or any random combination 9. Mighty never was part of Team Chaotix (at least not in the games), during the events of Knuckles' Chaotix, as explained, Mighty just was in the wrong place in the wrong time, being someone who loves to go out in trips and adventures he went to visit Newtrogic High Zone when Eggman was conquering it, same with Knuckles, Knuckles is not part of Team Chaotix, he was just checking the island since it appeared out of nowhere, but both Mighty and Knuckles teamed up with the Chaotix, and after that adventure Mighty returned to his adventures and Knuckles returned into Angel Island to protect the Master Emerald Mighty just ever became a Chaotix in the Archie comics, where because of Knuckles' Chaotix depicting him and Knuckles teaming up with the Chaotix, Archie just made so they were all officially part of the team in the comics and that was the complete Team Chaotix, later on Ray was also added and considered to be part of the Chaotix since both Mighty and Ray were big friends in there simillar to the games Mighty in the games is just a big friend of everyone, Sonic, Knuckles, the Chaotix, and after Mania, Tails too, but he and Ray are especially best friends, they both were introduced in SEGASonic the Hedgehog for the Arcade, and so they're both considered close friends, that's why excluding in Knuckles' Chaotix itself, where Mighty was shown without Ray's company, both before Chaotix (in SEGASonic) and after Chaotix (with Generations, Mania Plus, Mania Adventures and the IDW Comics) Mighty is always seen hanging out with Ray
I find it insane how Nintendo themselves sponsored you. Their games may be expensive, but I'll never give up being a Nintendo fan. And every single day, I'm still somehow blown away there are hardcore fans like me. I mean, i might not be very hardcore, but at least I know there are those who really are.
Might has always been one of my favorite Sonic characters, but I actually grew fond of him through the archie comics. I was interested in the comics, so I went looking for them, and I stumbled across Sonic Universe Issues 48 & 49. These were the ending to a whole arc the Chaotix had where they were trying to find Mighty and Ray, and turns out Mighty went where he did because he found his little sister. This is one of my favorite Sonic stories, and I found myself relating heavily to Might because I'm an older sibling, too. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves the Chaotix, Mighty, and to people who love stories about family bonds
52:30 This actually something I just noticed on my most recent play through, but only the second act actually takes place inside the robot. At the end of Act 1, you can see the Titanic Monarch’s face taking up the background before you go into the boss fight
48:06 pour one out for all of us who play support/utility/fun builds in DnD. Many times we find ourselves surrounded by power-gamers while we can shoot confetti out of our hands.
This brings back memories of being 14 and playing this game nonstop on my very poor laptop. I must have 100% completed this game 20 times already. Pizza Tower kind of reminded me of this as well because i used to replay that game over and over too. 100%-ing it 4 or 5 times at this point
The fact that you chose to play Sonic Mania when being sponsored by Nintendo is literally the funniest thing you could have ever done
Its kinda like preferred Sega more than Nintendo. (In my opinion)
wait, nintendo sponser youtubers?
Yeah it’s so funny
I wonder if he's trolling Nintendo using Sonic 🙂
He is a Sonic youtube channel after all (I jest) XD
I'm sorry, after being sponsored by Nintendo, after so many years, but you choose to play SONIC Mania, is the most chad shit I've ever seen.
He really is a sonic channel 🥹
Absolute power move
@@thedestroyer5794no hes not hes a shadow channel!!!!1!111
I don't think nintendo and sega are rivals anymore. I mean, sega puts their games on nintendo consoles for god's sake
@@Sir-P-Pizzano duh Sherlock everyone knows that
22:40 You somehow managed to literally play the first 3 notes of Megalovania. By PURE CHANCE.
Lol
still with us even after 20 15 yes Sans
sans.
Yep@@angelamclamb8914
@andrayvalera48 heya
my man decided to play SONIC MANIA when being sponsored by NINTENDO.
literally a chad move
55:47 yea, thats how all super forms worked since forever minus tails' flickies. archie sonic gaslit people into thinking knuckles was specifically turning pink, rather than his fur turning lighter
"Im gonna do it the right way this time i promise" immediately fucks up the first square of the blue spheres 💀
MY EXACT THOUGHT
Chad
Real 😭
Real chad
@@awaremms same
16:19 Yes, they are in specific spots, both in Sonic 3 and Sonic Mania, in Sonic 3, if you beat Angel Island Zone Act 1 mini-boss when he's in the right corner, if you let the sign fall where he was defeated, you'll always get a bubble shield, and both Angel Island Act 1 in Sonic 3 and Green Hill Act 1 in Sonic Mania have specific things on the background in the boss room to indicate where the items are at (for example: flowers, trees, bushes...), also according to some people, all the levels hide the items in the exact same spots (at least for Sonic 3)
And I'm not sure about Superstars, idk if it's just like the others where there's specific items always in specific spots or if they're RNG for items and/or locations
🤓
@@chickennugget9733🤡
Love how the totally not Sonic channel has actually been sponsored by Nintendo themselves!
then plays sonic
8:23 Fun fact: when choc said he didn’t know what “hornet” was a reference to on the side of the van in studiopolis zone it’s actually a reference to the sega game in both arcade and the Dreamcast called Daytona 500 and the car also made a cameo in sonic and sega all star’s racing transformed
"Eggman TV? I canceled my subscription months ago!"
"You can't cancel your subscription until Eggman ALLOWS you to cancel the subscription."
When talking about your diverse taste in games, and drawing a line straight from Bayonetta to Miitopia, that got a genuine chuckle here lol
I feel like you can have a diverse taste for videogames even if you mostly play platformers. It's a giagantic genre that can be morphed and shaped into anything. You can have so many experiences in this one single genre
Did someone forget to sign out of the work account lol
There are 2 chaos emeralds in each act. You can still become super by the end of chemical plant. There are 2 boxes at the end of each level hidden in the ground that will always spawn if the sign lands on a certain spot, not random.
There is more than 2. There is 3 in CPZ act 1 and I renember getting 3 at GHZ act 2 if not mistaken.
@@samukabm There are 4 in CPZ Act 1, but 2 of each are in different routes so you can't get them in the same run unless you get the 2 on the bottom, reset the stage (which still keeps your emeralds) and get the 2 on the top (or vice-versa)
There are also 3 in GHZ Act 1 but one is exclusive in the Knuckles' starting section, you could get it before as Sonic and Tails by falling into Knuckles section after the spikes in the lower route at the start of the act, but that was patched a long time ago so you can only get 2 as Sonic, Tails, Mighty or Ray
I also wanna add (because he offhandedly talked about it in the vid) that there were 7 star posts total in Sonic 2's Green Hill Zones 1 and 2, so you could get Super Sonic/Tails/Knuckles before going to Chemical Plant Zone in the original game/Sonic 2 & Knuckles.
@@LuucasIckie Good to know. There are ways of getting three of them without resets because there are more than one entry to the higher routes.
@@LuucasIckier you could just y’know, debug mode
"Blue Raspberry"
Ick.
"Green Apple"
Less ick.
"And then there's grape"
Finally a good-
"...which is at the bottom tier of medicine flavors."
...
I'm sorry, what? That's the _only_ good medicine flavor! Unless Alka-Seltzer counts, then we have discount Sprite.
Wow… 3/4ths to 1mil… I remember subbing when you had under 100k and now you’re being sponsored by NINTENDO THEMSELVES. It’s really cool seeing how far you’ve come. Here’s to 1mil soon!
🙏🏻
@@Choctopus you're gonna make it mate. keep being awesome 👍
To quote Agent Stone: HE’S BAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!
Sonic:”prepare my goat milk latte”
Isnt it weird I JUST saw a comment from you complaining about the Ethan/Gold thing? Regardless this is the truest statement ever
WHAT
17:59 I argue for Hydro-City because the ancient Echidna used to live on Angel Island. They'd live in a Hydro-City, not a Hydrocity.
i swear, i saw a cutscene, in a video, of a playthrough, where Sonic and Tails were arguing about that!
i don't remember which game, i think it was Sonic Colors.
@@ericb3157 I don't think they ever argued over that in one of the games. I do know they did briefly argue about it in one of the IDW comics.
i read that as ancient enchilada
It also matches the two word structure of zone names.
Angel Island
Hydro City
Marble Garden
Flying Battery
Carnival Night
Death Egg
i vote hydrocity
Choc: Grape is the worst flavor
Also Choc: I like classic grape jelly
So on Chaotix; it's just Vector, Espio and Charmy now. Sega has said that in Sonic Heroes the idea was to reintroduce them as characters.
The item boxes that pop up at the end of Act 1 are always hidden in two specific spots in the ground - if it hits one of the hidden boxes, the sign bounces back up and you can try to find the second one. The Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation releases have an achievement/trophy pop if you're able to get both item boxes in one go.
i never knew that
If you ever play this again, i do recommend playing as Sonic and Tails. His assist is really fun to use. (Hold up and press A twice. Once tails starts flying, jump onto him with sonic and mash A to start flying. You can even move around with the two!)
16:20 it is on certain spots on the floor.
3:28 "I'll do it the right way, I promise". Proceeds to immediately do it the wrong way.
Beat me to it, damn
Choc CANNOT drag Grape Dimetapp’s name through the mud like that. I would’ve OD’d on that stuff as a kid and died happy
Hey Choctopus.
I hope you enjoyed this game.
I have probably more than 1000 hours clocked in on Sonic Mania across both Steam and the Nintendo Switch.
It's definitely up there as one of my favorite games of all time.
Kinda Funny that this came out a few days after it came on Mobile! Cant wait to watch!
Video Ideas:
Shantae and the pirates curse
Donkey kong Country Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo-tooie
Sonic Rumble (Releases Soon)
More Super Smash bros and Mario Kart
Tropical Freeze is on the way.
Sonic Rumble isn't until Winter but it wouldn't surprise me if he got to try of the Alpha.
What is sonic rumble?
I can see why Nintendo wanted to sponsor one of the biggest Sonic channels on the platform
I am a little bummed that you skipped the actual emerald collection process. You just went "Okay, I went back and got all of them" and I'm like "Yeah, isn't that what we're here to SEE?"
YES! I’m so glad you like the Picross S series! Such a great series that has over 10 entires. One of which has a Genesis character edition.
Also fun fact the company that made those games are the same guys that made Pokémon Picross for the 3DS.
Just want to say congrats on getting Nintendo to sponsor your video! Been watching since your smash bros ultimate days, its awesome to see how far youve come!!
Been binging a lot of your series lately, and it genuinely has been such a good watch on my brain. I love seeing the longer form compilations, and just getting to relive my love for sonic again. As a S̶o̶n̶i̶c̶ Nostalgia content creator, truly, thank you for your channel. I love understanding all the references and playing games I couldn't get to when I was younger. I hope to see more soon!
also...maybe we could do Sonic and the black knight? it gives me similar vibes to sonic unleashed, if you haven't played it, I feel you might like it! 💖
One day!
I only played Sonic lord of the rings
28:41 I didn't realize I've been watching you at different points of your career until you brought it up. I do remember watching your sonic mania playthrough, its just crazy how much time has passed.
Choc, I wonder how it is when people confuse you for a sonic channel and not a shadow channel lmao.
13:30 it's even funnier when you consider the fact that Eggman doesn't actually recruit members to the Eggman Empire, he builds his own
Nintendo sent 57 hitmen after you for choosing a Sonic game.
3:29 “I’ll do it the right way” immediately does it wrong
A Nintendo switch sponsor? At the end of the switches life? Kinda weird, oh well at least the sponsored segment isn’t bad
Theres still no new console though
Aaand they just confirmed they're announcing it this quarter.
Doesn't mean the switch is at the end of its life
Finally my favorite Sonic Channel dropping a Mania video
7:06 I love grape
21:18 Choctupus: "Let's make rings a priority here"
Proceeds to lose due to time within the next 2 seconds
I wish SEGA updates sonic mania plus and the update is that sonic can get the phantom ruby and his powers would be a double jump and the dash that hyper sonic uses to wipe out all enemies on screen
Choc, you literally made me get a Nintendo Switch to experience everything you love about games myself🤣 Been here since last year or so and don’t plan on leaving. Congrats on being sponsored major W.
I love Sonic Mania. I ended up getting the true ending a couple years ago and it was so much fun. Can’t wait to watch the video.
Edit: Choc is most definitely a sonic channel
You really chose sonic for a nintendo sponsor. OF ALL GAMES YOU CHOSE A SEGA GAME.
I'm not even mad, i'm impressed.
My sister likes the taste of bubble gum medicine. I hate it, like every other normal person
So fun fact to share about Titanic Monarch 2, on release and I believe up until encore mode was added the time trial version of it was bugged allowing for a secret teleport in the bottom left portal section of the level to count as a goal, this allowed people to get times for the last and probably longest level in the game under 1 minute, I know this fact because for a time (I don't have any proof of this fact without digging deeeeeep into my twitter so your just gonna have to roll with it) I was in a constant back and forth with some random dude to get the fastest time on Xbox for that level that I eventually won, it was somewhere around 35-55 seconds give or take, could have been the world's fastest at the time I never really checked.
But yeah as of Encore they changed that so its no longer possible, still a neat fact i thought everyone might wanna know or even remember!
6:39 HE MENTIONED ME HOLY SHI
Omg
3:28 "I'll do it the right way, I promise!"
**says that while messing up**
Hes here! Finally, and how did you get nintendo to sponsor you?
I’m built different.
@@Choctopus bro is the main character
30:39 "See, getting a game over here sucks because then you have to like do this all over again and this is-"
Had me dying so hard 😂😂
12:50 tbh that’s probably one of the top 3 hardest bosses in this game
One of the hardest?
Really
the guy who created hydro city said its hydro city when asked on twitter
It’s crazy to think that this game is a literal fan game
0:10 why SONIC MANIA
he’s dat guy bro
Because yes.
Bcuz skibdi
Why not
It's the best sonic game :)
Oh my God thank you for playing Sonic Mania I've been wanting this for ages
no views in 15 seconds, fell off.
Edit: i was just trying to be funny, stop calling me a bot.
Bot
Bot
#stopthistrend
#stopthistrend
You know it's bad when even Spamton calls you a bot
1:03 suprised he didnt say undertale or deltarune
So Mighty and Ray's connection with Team Chaotix is explained in one of the IDW comics I'm pretty sure, and it's explained that they're a sister branch of Chaotix Detective Agency stationed in some middle of nowhere dessert
holy crap this true ending is so wholesome, ty choco for the best gameplay by the best sonic youtuber 🙏
Based Choc playing Sonic Mania while being sponsored by Nintendo. Also Sonic Mania is a Top 3 Classic Sonic game for me and favorite zone here is Studiopolis and least favorite is Oil Ocean too
honestly i really like oil ocean
Sonic mania will forever be THE. BEST. SONIC. GAME. PERIOD. :D ty 4 uploading Chock, I missed your vids bro
"this is the project file you need if you want to 3D print your own special stage" 💀
Some silly explanations about the game here:
1. The name of the Heavies are: Heavy King (the big one with a cape and a scepter, he's the leader), Heavy Gunner (the policeman), Heavy Shinobi (the ninja), Heavy Rider (the one who rides a Motobug) and Heavy Magician (the magician who transforms into Fang, Bean and Bark)
2. Heavy Magician and Heavy Rider are both considered females in Sonic Mania's manual, and Heavy Rider's motobug is called "Jimmy" (as a homage to the creator of the hackrom Motobug in Sonic 1 which you can play as a Motobug, the badnik from Green Hill, in Sonic 1, which the creator's name was Jimmy who sadly passed out)
3. In Mania Mode if you play as Knuckles, some things on his playthrough will be different from a regular playthrough as Sonic & Tails, Sonic, Tails, Mighty or Ray, he'll have a different starting cutscene than the rest, he'll start in a different location in Green Hill Act 1, he'll have his own act in Mirage Saloon Act 1, since at the start of Sonic's act you can see Heavy Magician knocking Knuckles out of the Tornado, he'll fall into the canyon area and you'll have to use his abilities such as his glide and climb, and Knuckles will also have his own boss in Lava Reef Act 2 and his own transition cutscene beetween Lava Reef Act 2 and Metallic Madness Act 1
4. Mirage Saloon Act 1 is the only stage in Encore Mode where it is practically 100% original in that mode, since you play as all the characters you don't have anyone to pilot the Tornado like it happens in Mania Mode, so you play in Knuckles section of Mirage Saloon, with the music of his act and all, but it has an almost 100% original level design so you don't have to rely only on Knuckles' abilities, you'll not always have him because of how Encore Mode works, and the mini-boss of that act is also Knuckles' version of Mirage Saloon Act 1's boss, but in a different arena
5. You can play as Mighty and Ray in Mania Mode, but it will be just like any other character's playthrough aside from Knuckles which has his own little things, but at the end is almost the exact same too
6. That metallic sphere in a chain at the ending animation in Mania Mode isn't the Death Egg, but rather Little Planet from Sonic CD, in Sonic Mania's story, Eggman built Titanic Monarch inside of Little Planet and just like he did in CD, he covered Little Planet in a metallic shell and chained it into Sonic's World, that's why in Lava Reef's transition into Metallic Madness the character you're playing as look behind into a giant metallic sphere in the sky, that's Little Planet, and then you go into Metallic Madness since that's the last level in Sonic CD, which takes place in Little Planet, so they go from Angel Island to inside of Little Planet, and the transition from Metallic Madness to Titanic Monarch is your character looking at the giant robot at the background of Metallic Madness
7. The true ending animated cutscene after Egg Reverie in Mania Mode, basically shows Classic Sonic going into Sonic Forces, after Sonic defeats Eggman and the Phantom King (Heavy King's final form), he goes into Sonic Forces thanks to the Phantom Ruby to help Modern Sonic and the others in the war against Eggman and Infinite, and then at the end of Sonic Forces he goes back into his own time and his comeback are the events of Sonic Mania Plus (or Sonic Mania Adventures, I guess), that's why Mania Plus starts with Classic Sonic coming out of a portal created by the Phantom Ruby and he's back at Angel Island, and in Mania Plus the animation starts with Sonic waving because that's the last thing he does in Forces, wave to Modern Tails before being teleported back home
8. Explaining how Encore Mode and the monitors of this mode works:
The monitor with the characters icon, as you may have discovered on your own, determines which character you'll add to your "party", it will roullete beetween the ones you don't have and the one you get will be added next to the life icons in the bottom left corner
The monitor with 2 arrows, one blue and one orange, will switch the character you're currently playing as, to the next on the list, that means you'll always switch the character you're playing to the character that corresponds to the letter close to your companion's life icon, and it will go in that order, so imagine it is something like this:
Sonic life icon (you) Tails life icon (your partner) K (representing Knuckles) M (representing Mighty) R (representing Ray)
If you get that monitor, you'll change Sonic into Knuckles, Sonic will go to the end of the list, and Tails will stay right where he's at, so it would be something like:
Knuckles life icon (you) Tails life icon (your partner) M (representing Mighty) R (representing Ray) S (representing Sonic)
The next monitor you get will replace Knuckles for Mighty, the next will replace Mighty for Ray, and then it'll come in a full circle replacing Ray for Sonic again
The question mark monitor will switch both your current characters randomly, so if you're playing as Mighty and Ray, you could switch to Knuckles and Tails for example, or any random combination
9. Mighty never was part of Team Chaotix (at least not in the games), during the events of Knuckles' Chaotix, as explained, Mighty just was in the wrong place in the wrong time, being someone who loves to go out in trips and adventures he went to visit Newtrogic High Zone when Eggman was conquering it, same with Knuckles, Knuckles is not part of Team Chaotix, he was just checking the island since it appeared out of nowhere, but both Mighty and Knuckles teamed up with the Chaotix, and after that adventure Mighty returned to his adventures and Knuckles returned into Angel Island to protect the Master Emerald
Mighty just ever became a Chaotix in the Archie comics, where because of Knuckles' Chaotix depicting him and Knuckles teaming up with the Chaotix, Archie just made so they were all officially part of the team in the comics and that was the complete Team Chaotix, later on Ray was also added and considered to be part of the Chaotix since both Mighty and Ray were big friends in there simillar to the games
Mighty in the games is just a big friend of everyone, Sonic, Knuckles, the Chaotix, and after Mania, Tails too, but he and Ray are especially best friends, they both were introduced in SEGASonic the Hedgehog for the Arcade, and so they're both considered close friends, that's why excluding in Knuckles' Chaotix itself, where Mighty was shown without Ray's company, both before Chaotix (in SEGASonic) and after Chaotix (with Generations, Mania Plus, Mania Adventures and the IDW Comics) Mighty is always seen hanging out with Ray
I find it insane how Nintendo themselves sponsored you.
Their games may be expensive, but I'll never give up being a Nintendo fan.
And every single day, I'm still somehow blown away there are hardcore fans like me.
I mean, i might not be very hardcore, but at least I know there are those who really are.
There's another one about stalagmites because they might poke you in the ass 😂😂😂
24:25 what’s harder than Titanic Monarch? Getting my mum to buy Lego or games for the Wii at my dad’s
"And the Death Egg has been destroyed once again"
Forgets it was Titanic Monarch 😂
22:40 OMG 😂
Might has always been one of my favorite Sonic characters, but I actually grew fond of him through the archie comics. I was interested in the comics, so I went looking for them, and I stumbled across Sonic Universe Issues 48 & 49. These were the ending to a whole arc the Chaotix had where they were trying to find Mighty and Ray, and turns out Mighty went where he did because he found his little sister. This is one of my favorite Sonic stories, and I found myself relating heavily to Might because I'm an older sibling, too. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves the Chaotix, Mighty, and to people who love stories about family bonds
52:30
This actually something I just noticed on my most recent play through, but only the second act actually takes place inside the robot. At the end of Act 1, you can see the Titanic Monarch’s face taking up the background before you go into the boss fight
“Because no one likes grape flavored things”
Me: that’s what I’m saying!
Hey! Picross shoutout! Never met anybody else who plays them lol Oh! BTW, jumping into a pool of Jello is incredibly dangerous. Don't do that.
19:53 "this video is sponsored by Nintendo"
Choctopus:"plays sonic game"
16:23 Pretty sure the item boxes are located in specific spots of the map, and that they'll be in the same spots every time. At least, it was in S3&K.
"nobody likes grape" not even 20 minutes later: "I like classic grape"
THIS MAN’S JUST PURE LOVE AND ADMIRATION FOR MIGHTY IS SO ME
45:25 Yes.
3:47 bro Sonic's a hedgehog, he is literally part of the environment.
Im proud of how far you’ve come. :)
The NINTENDO SPONSOR!!! Congrats dude!!
Why is bro even advertising the Switch? Isn't the next consel releasing this/next year😂
24:27 Terminal Velocity, final rush, eggmanland, final zone (sonic rush), sonic rush adventure final boss
choc super saiyan screaming at 32:07 was so unexpected but so hype
15:25 Nah, it's totally "hey, get good, Choc."
20:47 yes you can. You need to go to the right and dropdash and RIGHT before you hit the tornado turn to the left and youll fly down and die
"I know one of the three grape enjoyers are gonna come at me"
Me, the 1 of the 3 grape enjoyers: wait more exist?
hello fellow grape enjoyer
-> 32:00 if you want to see supersonic
Choosing to play Sonic Mania when Nintendo sponsors you is THE power move of the century.
Grape flaver lovers show your appreciation
Gotta love how he sponsored Nintendo and he chose to play Sonic mania of all games. This man may be the greatest gaming RUclipsr of all time.
I can no longer play Nintendo games unless I use my retro consoles. My switch is now broken
#1 Sonic channel right here :3
Fun Fact: If you get all the gold medallions in the Blue Sphere special stages, you indefinitely earn pinball as a special stage in Mania Mode.
12:12 Choc there's a special stage available, Choc? Choc! Go back! 😭
24:59 He did it again!
26:12 Is that the Death Star?
48:06 pour one out for all of us who play support/utility/fun builds in DnD. Many times we find ourselves surrounded by power-gamers while we can shoot confetti out of our hands.
45:29 yes
Man I love sonic mania and I love the remade and new music and levels.
New choc video, I gotta binge it here and now…at work
This brings back memories of being 14 and playing this game nonstop on my very poor laptop. I must have 100% completed this game 20 times already. Pizza Tower kind of reminded me of this as well because i used to replay that game over and over too. 100%-ing it 4 or 5 times at this point
27:57 Finally someone acknowledging how good Knuckles Chaotix is
33:26 tmi: you can actually hear a little bit of 'Fist Bump' rhythm during this final boss theme, ultimately teasing Sonic Forces..