Fun Fact: Knuckles was not the only character to have miscolored arms in the special stages. Tails ALSO had miscolored arms in the special stages as well. Both of those mistakes were corrected in the 2013 mobile port by Christian Whitehead.
Cool review as always, Cooper! That talk we had with the others that night about various Super Sonic artworks/renders was pretty enlightening. AJ and you were no match for that spike pit! 😂 Bonus points for Kat making a cameo in a few scenes!! She’s as cute as ever!
No it wasn't why do people always seem to think that the Mystic Cave 2P Song was orginally supposed to be used for Hidden Palace just because the Mobile remaster and prototypes used it for Hidden Palace. The reason why the 2P Mystic Cave Song plays in Hidden Palace in the Mobile remaster is because Christian Whitehead thought it sounded better. As for the prototypes we can't rely on those since they are unfinished.
Note: oil ocean wa brought back in sonic 4 episode 2. And note: christian whitehead’s port of the game replaces the spike pit in mystic cave with an entrance to hidden palace.
Now that's a good vid To add into the OST Part: There is a pretty good reason as to why Spinball has that "twang" you mentioned Spinball didn't have the privilege that every Sonic game on the Genesis had, as every other game (minus Spinball) was composed in Japan, and thus it got access to the luxury that is the *SMPS* sound driver (or Sample Music Playback System), whereas Spinball was made on the *GEMS* driver (Genesis Editor for Music and Sound effects) Which is used in many American-made games. (Which can sound horrible) Its biggest issue is that several games *MAY* sound samey, and Spinball is no different from that, as a level or two can sound similar to some...other games. (Yes, even 3D Blast used the SMPS driver, albeit a modified Sonic & Knuckles driver but still.) (sound quality notwithstanding)
@@evdestroy5304 That's pretty much why I said "which can sound horrible" There are instances where the GEMS sound driver is actually REALLY GOOD. Kid Chameleon for example is pretty good with it, as well as Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
That was a legit review. I actually do not recall beating this game on genesis but I managed to beat it using the GameCube version. I've played this many times growing up. Im a fan of the sonic series. Keep up the good work.
I wouldn’t say I hate Tails... I actually like Tails but in S2 he can be either incredibly stupid, outrageously overbearing, or frustratingly annoying when/if he doesn’t get those one or two hits on the boss or badniks. S3/S3K and manía are probably my favorite 2D iterations of Miles/Tails.
@@chocov1233 I concur with this statement. I’m ngl, tails actually brings back a lot of nostalgia for me. When S2 and S3/S&K came out, my older cousin always forced me to be tails. Whenever I was mad at him, I would hit the boss with Tails so he would go through them and die or lose rings. I be feeling bad for tails when I watch some of these clips of even let’s plays. It’s like he can’t catch a break. Always getting smashed or cut up by spikes or bombed. Like damn, can we get this fox a cot and a Percocet for the pain and let him relax? I do have one question though. HOW THE FUCK DOES HIS ASS FLY? I know people compare his tail to helicopter rotor blades but rotor blades can turn 360 degrees. His tails are attached to his body and wouldn’t be able to spin without getting tangled. I just don’t understand it.
The two things I always like to comment on Sonic 2 vids that I discovered as a kid is that on the original hardware if you hit the reset button the game will restart but you will still have all the chaos emeralds that you have collected. Meaning that if you have all 7 you can restart the game and play with super sonic from the start. The other is that when you face the death egg you can run all the way to the right of screen and duck. You will now be behind Robotnik and can get two or three free hits in. The flame on his jet pack will still kill you though so make sure to jump over it,
Oh and in the comics it revealed Tails's backstory where he was born with 2 tails as a birth defect, but on that same day Eggman conquered most of his homeplace called mobotropolis where he sort of killed his parents and made him an orphan... Yeah that actually happens when he was 0 years old... Damn
@@hypercosmicthehedgehog1525 True but I thought it was interesting since you don't really see this much backstory and origins from mainline sonic games
19:15 i love oil ocean, look unique and a interesting take on a oil company base. metropolis zone is one of the most commonly hated stages by the fans, i liked well enough but the enemies are annoying. I dont find much of interest of sky chase zone if not a fun visaul but i love the soni mania version, the music and feel gives it a mroe arcady feeling. the bonus checkpint can re used if you knew were to get the rings back, is annoying to do so trough.
I think that Sonic transformed into Super Sonic to defeat the Death Egg Robot (or D.E.R for short) then when he escaped the Death Egg Sonic reached the Stratosphere but Sonic COULDN'T HOLD THE STRAIN of his Super form and then came Tails with their bip-plane .
15:16 Why does everyone keep saying that? Green Hill I kinda understand since Sega reuses it’s aesthetic a lot. But Chemical Plant? Really? That stage has only come back 3 times. And Sega doesn’t use its aesthetic that much.
29:29 That render comes from SegaSonic stock artwork. I'm sure that's stock artwork that came from Japan since SegaSonic was mainly a Japanese thing sonic.fandom.com/wiki/SegaSonic_the_Hedgehog_(brand)?file=SegaSonic_JP_Supersonic.png
Great video as always! I personally have a hard time getting into sonic 2 compared to cd, 3k or mania mostly because of the special stages which I just felt empty not going after them. But maybe I’ll try going back to it again. Oh and does knuckles still have a reduced ring requirement in the Christian whitehead port? I was thinking that could help me get through them easier.
I'll Love Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is Awesome Sega Gensis Console Well Done oh a Also I Love Super Sonic Transformation Amazing. Tails is Very Cool Character Design 💯
Just a note, blast processing actually has nothing to do with CPU performance or speed, it is actually a method of boosting bit depth beyond normal chip standards. Basically it's like a graphics overclock of sorts allowing for beyond 16bit graphics. Digital Foundry actually did a video on it and how unfortunately, no games on the market actually utilized it. The first game to support it is a fan game in the mid 2000s. ruclips.net/video/rvvL6S5Buiw/видео.html
I actually beat all special stages with sonic and tails. 😂 Yeah Mobile is the best version. BUT OH MY GOD WHY IS SONIC 3 NOT ON MOBILE?!! I WANNA PLAY IT SO BAD!! 😭
OMG!! I'd been waiting 4ever for this, my all-time favorite Sonic game!! And Great Clement's as well! Hell yeah I LOVE Tails ever since I first played it when I was very young! If only I'd meet you in person, I'd give you a high-five for defending him! And...I won't count sequels to fix their games cause...F***YOU, Zelda II! and FFII (not IV SNES)! Hard to believe it's an AMERICAN-made game! And employees leaving Sega...a calm before the storm, I guess... I can only get the Emeralds w/ Knuckles and Tails only; they seem to have lesser rings, but no power-up for Miles. :( Also, never saw the old vid, but DELETE IT! And...you forgot to mention the animated series soon after, and the poster too! Seriously, Robotnik scared me when he always looked at me... Btw, the final songs are SOOO much better! What a coincidence, my favorite color's green too!! And NOOO!! NOT THE SPIKES IN MYSTIC CAVE--wait, Knuckles can escape it?? And...I never beat it; I couldn't figure out how to beat Silver Sonic, till I saw Clement's LP; seriously, check him out!
i have no idea how you can say metropolis is well designed and oil ocean sucks oil ocean is fine and in sonic mania i thought it was really cool (and love the sandopolis part in act 2) but metropolis? metropolis zone alone sort of made me hate sonic 2. like every other level is either great, good, or at least fine, but metropolis put such a bad taste in my mouth that it makes me want to just not play the game because i know that means id have to play metropolis zone
You sound so happy even if you're being negative. But in 2014 when sonic 2 got released for mobile by Christian Whitehead, I remember sonic 2 being free and there was no ads It got released in 2013, I’m an idiot
It was a free update if you owned the og iOS sonic 1/2 ports. Before 2013 there where og Sonic 1/2 roms with touch screen controls. Then in 2013 they’d update the game to the new versions for free for ogs. So you didn’t have to pay again. Then I think in 2016 they made Sonic 1/2 free with Ads bc of the segs iOS collection celebrations.
hi there coop, just wanna say, could you please try to speak a little bit faster, Im just another viewer so if you think its ok, then dont mind me, ill just put the videos at 1.25 speed for now
What was your favorite level in Sonic 2?
Definitely chemical plant zone I love the music in that level
probably mystic cave my favorite part s the spike pit...
Aquatic ruin because, I like the different paths
Hidden palace zone even though it's deleted
I think it’s emerald hill zone.
Fun Fact: Knuckles was not the only character to have miscolored arms in the special stages. Tails ALSO had miscolored arms in the special stages as well. Both of those mistakes were corrected in the 2013 mobile port by Christian Whitehead.
@@evdestroy5304 yes
@@evdestroy5304 I meant true LMFAO
Oh wow out this early. Around of applause for Cooper.
In Europe is 1 AM, but f*ck it I am watching now.
Time zones man
@@marleyfett6569 YES LMFAO
Cool review as always, Cooper! That talk we had with the others that night about various Super Sonic artworks/renders was pretty enlightening. AJ and you were no match for that spike pit! 😂
Bonus points for Kat making a cameo in a few scenes!! She’s as cute as ever!
Actually, the music in multiplayer Hidden Palace *was* supposed to be the Hidden Palace music.
No it wasn't why do people always seem to think that the Mystic Cave 2P Song was orginally supposed to be used for Hidden Palace just because the Mobile remaster and prototypes used it for Hidden Palace. The reason why the 2P Mystic Cave Song plays in Hidden Palace in the Mobile remaster is because Christian Whitehead thought it sounded better. As for the prototypes we can't rely on those since they are unfinished.
I was legit playing Sonic 2 as the video went up
44:29 Just a disclaimer, don’t get the switch version of the genesis collection, because for some odd reason the switch version has extra input lag.
Note: oil ocean wa brought back in sonic 4 episode 2. And note: christian whitehead’s port of the game replaces the spike pit in mystic cave with an entrance to hidden palace.
I just finished sonic 2 yesterday for the first time and...i love it. Its my favourite video game
Dude Hill Top is rad 😤
Now that's a good vid
To add into the OST Part: There is a pretty good reason as to why Spinball has that "twang" you mentioned
Spinball didn't have the privilege that every Sonic game on the Genesis had, as every other game (minus Spinball) was composed in Japan, and thus it got access to the luxury that is the *SMPS* sound driver (or Sample Music Playback System), whereas Spinball was made on the *GEMS* driver (Genesis Editor for Music and Sound effects) Which is used in many American-made games. (Which can sound horrible)
Its biggest issue is that several games *MAY* sound samey, and Spinball is no different from that, as a level or two can sound similar to some...other games.
(Yes, even 3D Blast used the SMPS driver, albeit a modified Sonic & Knuckles driver but still.) (sound quality notwithstanding)
@@evdestroy5304 That's pretty much why I said "which can sound horrible"
There are instances where the GEMS sound driver is actually REALLY GOOD.
Kid Chameleon for example is pretty good with it, as well as Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
That was a legit review. I actually do not recall beating this game on genesis but I managed to beat it using the GameCube version. I've played this many times growing up. Im a fan of the sonic series. Keep up the good work.
Another really fun review to make my day. Thanks Cooper!
Ah, Sky Chase, my favorite level, in Sonic 2
Fun fact : Hill Top Zone is a refrence to Sky High Zone the second level of 8-bit Sonic 2 .
47 minutes of Cooper? Am i in heaven?
Sonic 2 is not just my favorite sonic game, but it also came out on my birthday. I always play a bit of it on my b-day
4:13 You have my respect for that bud!
Fun fact in a translation of the Japanese Manuel for this game has sonic calling robotnick a bastard
Bruh
Well Sonic actually said the truth about Robotnik .
I wouldn’t say I hate Tails... I actually like Tails but in S2 he can be either incredibly stupid, outrageously overbearing, or frustratingly annoying when/if he doesn’t get those one or two hits on the boss or badniks. S3/S3K and manía are probably my favorite 2D iterations of Miles/Tails.
He's useful in Sonic Advance 3, especially when paired with Sonic.
@@chocov1233 I concur with this statement. I’m ngl, tails actually brings back a lot of nostalgia for me. When S2 and S3/S&K came out, my older cousin always forced me to be tails. Whenever I was mad at him, I would hit the boss with Tails so he would go through them and die or lose rings. I be feeling bad for tails when I watch some of these clips of even let’s plays. It’s like he can’t catch a break. Always getting smashed or cut up by spikes or bombed. Like damn, can we get this fox a cot and a Percocet for the pain and let him relax?
I do have one question though. HOW THE FUCK DOES HIS ASS FLY? I know people compare his tail to helicopter rotor blades but rotor blades can turn 360 degrees. His tails are attached to his body and wouldn’t be able to spin without getting tangled. I just don’t understand it.
Great review!
The two things I always like to comment on Sonic 2 vids that I discovered as a kid is that on the original hardware if you hit the reset button the game will restart but you will still have all the chaos emeralds that you have collected. Meaning that if you have all 7 you can restart the game and play with super sonic from the start.
The other is that when you face the death egg you can run all the way to the right of screen and duck. You will now be behind Robotnik and can get two or three free hits in. The flame on his jet pack will still kill you though so make sure to jump over it,
Here’s the brutal trap
Sonic 1 :labyrinth and scrap brain 3
Sonic 2 :the spike pit
Sonic 3 :the *BARREL OF DOOM*
That game theory line 🔥
Finally someone like metropolis!
4:13 nice call out to cybershell
I also saw sky chase and wing fortress as one zone. 21:47
Fun fact: Tails was the one who invented the spin dash not Sonic
Oh and in the comics it revealed Tails's backstory where he was born with 2 tails as a birth defect, but on that same day Eggman conquered most of his homeplace called mobotropolis where he sort of killed his parents and made him an orphan... Yeah that actually happens when he was 0 years old... Damn
Source?
@@Dansam04 sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Spin_Dash#:~:text=throughout%20the%20series.-,Description,the%20technique%20independently%20of%20Sonic.
The Comics don't count since those were never canon.
@@hypercosmicthehedgehog1525 True but I thought it was interesting since you don't really see this much backstory and origins from mainline sonic games
Dude the death egg robot is a awesome robot hell I'm excited cause they're finally getting a figure cause it's a pretty iconic boss
HOORAY FOR COOPER
yay
@@coopercastille 😀
29:43 lol look at his legs
Nice video! Are you going to talk about the japanese manual stories? They have some very interesting stories and lore
Oh look, its Coop
hey
Hi
Another damm good review, wonder what’s next 8 bit Sonic 1 and 2, Spinball or CD?
The next one is CD then 3&K i don't think Coop is ganna be reviewing the Classic Sonic Spin offs.
@@hypercosmicthehedgehog1525 How dare you call 8-bit Sonic 1 , 8-bit Sonic 2 , Sonic Chaos , Sonic Triple Trouble spin offs !?🤔
Good news: Roger Craig Smith isn’t voicing Sonic anymore!
Mabey if Sega could stop being shitheads and actually get Ryan Drummond back and actually pay him this time
19:15 i love oil ocean, look unique and a interesting take on a oil company base.
metropolis zone is one of the most commonly hated stages by the fans, i liked well enough but the enemies are annoying.
I dont find much of interest of sky chase zone if not a fun visaul but i love the soni mania version, the music and feel gives it a mroe arcady feeling.
the bonus checkpint can re used if you knew were to get the rings back, is annoying to do so trough.
I think that Sonic transformed into Super Sonic to defeat the Death Egg Robot (or D.E.R for short) then when he escaped the Death Egg Sonic reached the Stratosphere but Sonic COULDN'T HOLD THE STRAIN of his Super form and then came Tails with their bip-plane .
Bro your hilarious, u have such a funny sense of humor.
15:16 Why does everyone keep saying that? Green Hill I kinda understand since Sega reuses it’s aesthetic a lot. But Chemical Plant? Really? That stage has only come back 3 times. And Sega doesn’t use its aesthetic that much.
Just because Chemical Plant hasn't been reused as much as Green hill doesn't mean that it's not getting annoying seeing it over and over
29:29 That render comes from SegaSonic stock artwork. I'm sure that's stock artwork that came from Japan since SegaSonic was mainly a Japanese thing
sonic.fandom.com/wiki/SegaSonic_the_Hedgehog_(brand)?file=SegaSonic_JP_Supersonic.png
Hey Coop what do you think about Roger Craig Smith leaving as Sonic’s voice
my favorite Sonic game is Sonic 2
Great video as always! I personally have a hard time getting into sonic 2 compared to cd, 3k or mania mostly because of the special stages which I just felt empty not going after them. But maybe I’ll try going back to it again. Oh and does knuckles still have a reduced ring requirement in the Christian whitehead port? I was thinking that could help me get through them easier.
Classic!!!
The dislikes are kids who couldn’t get past chemical plant zone act 2.
I'll Love Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is Awesome Sega Gensis Console Well Done
oh a Also I Love Super Sonic Transformation Amazing. Tails is Very Cool Character Design 💯
Fucking Love your videos dude 🤟🏽
I wonder if I can still get that soundtrack on cd
I love oil ocean damn lol
How are your borders for the classic Sonic games more interesting than the borders in Sonic origins?
I don’t like sonic 2 all that much but I respect what it did and what it added to the series
Personally I liked Oil Ocean and Hill Top a lot but ik they aren’t for everyone
And I don’t think Mania’s version is worse
Just a note, blast processing actually has nothing to do with CPU performance or speed, it is actually a method of boosting bit depth beyond normal chip standards. Basically it's like a graphics overclock of sorts allowing for beyond 16bit graphics. Digital Foundry actually did a video on it and how unfortunately, no games on the market actually utilized it. The first game to support it is a fan game in the mid 2000s. ruclips.net/video/rvvL6S5Buiw/видео.html
I hate and love the fact you released this on 2sday
???
@@jambofatherandsongaming2692 So basically in America Sonic was released on tuesday and they called it Sonic 2sday
Where can I find a high quality version of the American looking super sonic?
But tails only loses the rings that he collects
I actually beat all special stages with sonic and tails. 😂
Yeah Mobile is the best version.
BUT OH MY GOD WHY IS SONIC 3 NOT ON MOBILE?!!
I WANNA PLAY IT SO BAD!! 😭
I liked Sonic 2’s special stages but inly because I mastered them. There IS a pattern to them and once you find it they’re pretty basic.
29:51 Link the image. Please.
4:14 Richard
I've always preferred Sonic 2 over 3 don't @ me
In my defence I grew up with the psp mega drive collection, I still enjoy sonic 3
@TheHooderProductions
@@entertainer_ev2747 Why not Both 🤷♂️
"Sonic Part Deux"
Wait Coop is French confirmed?!
OMG!! I'd been waiting 4ever for this, my all-time favorite Sonic game!! And Great Clement's as well! Hell yeah I LOVE Tails ever since I first played it when I was very young! If only I'd meet you in person, I'd give you a high-five for defending him! And...I won't count sequels to fix their games cause...F***YOU, Zelda II! and FFII (not IV SNES)! Hard to believe it's an AMERICAN-made game! And employees leaving Sega...a calm before the storm, I guess... I can only get the Emeralds w/ Knuckles and Tails only; they seem to have lesser rings, but no power-up for Miles. :( Also, never saw the old vid, but DELETE IT!
And...you forgot to mention the animated series soon after, and the poster too! Seriously, Robotnik scared me when he always looked at me... Btw, the final songs are SOOO much better! What a coincidence, my favorite color's green too!! And NOOO!! NOT THE SPIKES IN MYSTIC CAVE--wait, Knuckles can escape it?? And...I never beat it; I couldn't figure out how to beat Silver Sonic, till I saw Clement's LP; seriously, check him out!
You probably wont see this but do you still like sonic unleashed? And do you still hate colors and generations for some reason?
Those reviews are incredibly outdated by now.
Uhh. I uh like oil Ocean...
Sonic 2 the best.
is sonic 2 your favorite game?
You HATE Oil Ocean but you LIKE Metropolis? Metropolis is much much worse. It's a horrid stage. Oil Ocean is fine, especially loving the Mania version
But sonic 2 still has a air cap though :(
I like oil ocean
i have no idea how you can say metropolis is well designed and oil ocean sucks
oil ocean is fine and in sonic mania i thought it was really cool (and love the sandopolis part in act 2)
but metropolis? metropolis zone alone sort of made me hate sonic 2. like every other level is either great, good, or at least fine, but metropolis put such a bad taste in my mouth that it makes me want to just not play the game because i know that means id have to play metropolis zone
4:14 - 4:17😎
You sound so happy even if you're being negative. But in 2014 when sonic 2 got released for mobile by Christian Whitehead, I remember sonic 2 being free and there was no ads
It got released in 2013, I’m an idiot
It was a free update if you owned the og iOS sonic 1/2 ports. Before 2013 there where og Sonic 1/2 roms with touch screen controls. Then in 2013 they’d update the game to the new versions for free for ogs. So you didn’t have to pay again. Then I think in 2016 they made Sonic 1/2 free with Ads bc of the segs iOS collection celebrations.
hi there coop, just wanna say, could you please try to speak a little bit faster, Im just another viewer so if you think its ok, then dont mind me, ill just put the videos at 1.25 speed for now
Naka quit SEGA after an STI formed. Hmm
Roger Craig Smith isn't the voice of sonic anymore yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Coop Review sly Cooper
No
Sonic is a radical character huh Sonic is better than Mario.😁😁😁😁ahahahah