imo this has to be up there as one of the best sonic special stage variants ever. I'm almost left entranced at how pretty everything is, it distracts me from destroying that claw!
they are actually fun and challenging to be honest, the only one that is actually bull is steeple if you dont hit it with the triple orbinaut at the start, stage is just too damn short with few chances to get a hit in after
Mhm, to me it comes across in my mind as when that happens is “with the chains binding you to this realm becoming undone, all that’s left is to grab the key to undo the final lock standing before you and make it out alive” “You are *so* close, just one final push!” And seeing and hearing the chains break adds to it so well. The vibes of the sealed star stages are immaculate.
There's a bittersweet aura of finality in this song that nearly made me cry. Like you died, went to heaven, and Saint Peter shows you a highlight reel of all the best moments of your life before you cross the pearly gates for the first and last time.
"You've outran your rivals in the zone's Grand Prix, and conquered the challenges within, liberating the Prison Eggs, and claiming their bounty. As you cross the fifth and final finish line, your engines begin to resonate with the ring energy it's been burning through, along with your blazing determination and unrelenting will to win. It's as if the engines have come alive, like it's gained some sort of sentience. Suddenly you begin to accelerate even faster, reality becomes a blur, as you break the sound barrier, and moments later the light barrier. You're driving so fast, the fabric of space is bending around you, akin to the feats of a legendary warrior, clad in a blazing crimson motorcycle, his trusty cosmic dragon, and ever-loyal turbocharged warrior by his side. Your speeds reach critical force, and you pierce the multiverse, the afterlife, and everything in between. Your fervent desires and your Ring Racer's roaring engines have synchronized to break through the mortal plane, past the realm of the gods, and into a new dimension. As you emerge from the gaping tear in creation your Kart have ripped through, a gem of overwhelming power begins to fly away from you. One of the 7 Legendary Chaos Emeralds, in all it's lustre and might. Trapped in its shell, the claw that's grasping it begins to fly at velocities you've only now experienced. But there's no guarantee that we'll be able to return to our world on our own, and its impossible to gather enough energy in this world to escape it on our terms. The only way out is to break the Chaos Emerald out of its bonds and escape this plane of existence by using its power to supercharge our Kart again. The powers of this world will throw everything its got to make sure you fail. Hesitate for a moment, and this realm will claim you as its prisoner. You've long past the point of no return. Yet your indomitable and tenacious fighting spirit refuses to yield to anything. Chase after the Sealed Stars in Hot Pursuit of their power, and seize victory over this gauntlet's final challenge. Daunting though it may be, You've conquered the strongest of racers, defeated the phantoms that haunted the very roads you wreaked orbinauts and SPBs on, and made even the deepest pits of Map Hell your domain. These Special Stages will bow to you as well! FORWARD!! FOR VICTORY LIES BEFORE YOU, O RACER!!"
they're definitely a little hard XD but man, it's _so_ satisfying to get that one run where everything just lines up so well. had one of those yesterday on the purple one, i was so excited
They really, REALLY need to increase the emerald's size and thus hitbox The amount of times I successfully broke the UFO but could not seem to grab the emerald...
*I won't give up, no matter what. Nothing can stop me now that I've come this far.* *LET'S DO THIS.* Btw, my thoughts on the initial 7 special stages: Balconies: A simplistic special stage that gets you accustomed to the storms you will soon weather. Church: A few sneaky walls are thrown your way in this one. Memorize and compromise. Courtyard: Even if you're hit, there's plenty of time to recover. Don't lose hope and win against the odds. Villa: Everything has a time and place. Just don't go too fast, or you may find that the UFO will end up smashing you instead. Venice: Play your cards right, and you can shatter the UFO in one decisive Ballhog blast. From there, keep up your speed along the water and victory is yours. Spikes: With constant interruptions from a dangerous hazard, the chances you get to deal damage are few and far between. Make every hit count. Fountain: One "last" showdown, but if you know what to look for, you'll take home this cyan star in no time at all.
"As you finish the grand prix you encounter a giant portal leading to the unknown, trough it you see a mystical realm never seen before, you get both a feeling of confidence, curiosity and fear the more you aproach this interdimensional door, you feel ready enough, so you enter, once there, a feeling of finality flows trough your body, suddenly, a giant claw with an emerald appears out of nowhere, the portal closes behind you and a giant lock in the sky seems like your only way out, so dtermined to catch that emerald you start your engine and blast off.... CATCH THE UFO RING RACER ITS NOW OR NEVER!!" idk i made this little corny story for how i think it goes, a story mode in this game would've beeen sooo coooooool, they had everything, the high voltage ring, the sealed stars, the emeralds, even the tutorial interactions, idk but i would love a story mode for this game
Somehow they made the coolest yet most annoying special stages in any sonic game Seriously, i have a personal vendetta against Spikes, and I'm terrified of what happens after Gallery
honestly speaking after beating all 14 of these i can confidently say that these are the most unnecessarily frustrating and time consuming special stages i have ever had the displeasurable of playing in a sonic game, even after the nerfs 2.2 gave them
Well, this is the one used for all seven of the Chaos Emerald Sealed Star levels. There's one more, but that's reserved for the seven SUPER Emerald levels.
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imo this has to be up there as one of the best sonic special stage variants ever. I'm almost left entranced at how pretty everything is, it distracts me from destroying that claw!
real
I know right?
Stages are miserable af, song makes you ascend
It's a true Special Stage indeed
Egg cup special stage gives me nightmares
Now a certified WHERE'S THAT DAMN FOURTH CHAOS EMERALD
they are actually fun and challenging to be honest, the only one that is actually bull is steeple if you dont hit it with the triple orbinaut at the start, stage is just too damn short with few chances to get a hit in after
It’s the little details that matter, and I really like how all the chains in the background of these stages shatter when the claw is destroyed.
Mhm, to me it comes across in my mind as when that happens is “with the chains binding you to this realm becoming undone, all that’s left is to grab the key to undo the final lock standing before you and make it out alive”
“You are *so* close, just one final push!”
And seeing and hearing the chains break adds to it so well. The vibes of the sealed star stages are immaculate.
Remember, if you find yourself somewhere strange…
*Push forward* !
Keep your eye on the *prize* !
*SMASH* anything that gets in your way!
*Git Gud!*
Had to add this for a friend who had this addition to the manual as an idea.
@@benji-menji That is more of a general tip, not one for the Catcher specifically.
@@ah2190 I know. It's a joke from a friend we made an edit for.
ooooh!! so that's why we gotta stack up lives!
This song feels like youre chasing and playing with an old friend
Slowly catching up again and losing track of time
There's a bittersweet aura of finality in this song that nearly made me cry.
Like you died, went to heaven, and Saint Peter shows you a highlight reel of all the best moments of your life before you cross the pearly gates for the first and last time.
Never thought they would try to use trance for a special stage theme, despite coming out of a megadrive it still sounds pretty dreamy, true talent
"You've outran your rivals in the zone's Grand Prix, and conquered the challenges within, liberating the Prison Eggs, and claiming their bounty.
As you cross the fifth and final finish line, your engines begin to resonate with the ring energy it's been burning through, along with your blazing determination and unrelenting will to win. It's as if the engines have come alive, like it's gained some sort of sentience.
Suddenly you begin to accelerate even faster, reality becomes a blur, as you break the sound barrier, and moments later the light barrier. You're driving so fast, the fabric of space is bending around you, akin to the feats of a legendary warrior, clad in a blazing crimson motorcycle, his trusty cosmic dragon, and ever-loyal turbocharged warrior by his side. Your speeds reach critical force, and you pierce the multiverse, the afterlife, and everything in between. Your fervent desires and your Ring Racer's roaring engines have synchronized to break through the mortal plane, past the realm of the gods, and into a new dimension.
As you emerge from the gaping tear in creation your Kart have ripped through, a gem of overwhelming power begins to fly away from you. One of the 7 Legendary Chaos Emeralds, in all it's lustre and might. Trapped in its shell, the claw that's grasping it begins to fly at velocities you've only now experienced. But there's no guarantee that we'll be able to return to our world on our own, and its impossible to gather enough energy in this world to escape it on our terms. The only way out is to break the Chaos Emerald out of its bonds and escape this plane of existence by using its power to supercharge our Kart again.
The powers of this world will throw everything its got to make sure you fail. Hesitate for a moment, and this realm will claim you as its prisoner. You've long past the point of no return. Yet your indomitable and tenacious fighting spirit refuses to yield to anything. Chase after the Sealed Stars in Hot Pursuit of their power, and seize victory over this gauntlet's final challenge. Daunting though it may be, You've conquered the strongest of racers, defeated the phantoms that haunted the very roads you wreaked orbinauts and SPBs on, and made even the deepest pits of Map Hell your domain. These Special Stages will bow to you as well!
FORWARD!! FOR VICTORY LIES BEFORE YOU, O RACER!!"
This is actually so freaking sick
You KNOW a track is good when someone is able to make an entire essay out of it
@@nickyogurt XD thanks mate
Also couldn't pass up the chance to mention 5D's
@@technorave555 you better fucking believe this slaps
Possible lore for the Sealed Star stages? Even if it's not canon, nice!
not the one i was referring to but still really cool
if you hear this theme, you're likely going to be upset with how hard the ufo stages are
Yep. They really are difficult. Though, crazily enough, I somehow managed to beat the Purple Chaos Emerald stage (Courtyard) on my first go!
@@picoultimate7707I’ve gotten the yellow and green ones. I just failed at the purple one today. Those spikes man…
Bro you have no idea
they're definitely a little hard XD but man, it's _so_ satisfying to get that one run where everything just lines up so well. had one of those yesterday on the purple one, i was so excited
Like any Sonic game special stage
Once you learn it, you can do it again and again
They really, REALLY need to increase the emerald's size and thus hitbox
The amount of times I successfully broke the UFO but could not seem to grab the emerald...
They're just tiny guys
I think it should be just 3 hits and it releases the emerald, now the RNG box has to give you shoes so you can catch it up.
Honestly? The trick is to not drift all that much. Just use your rings semi regularly and you should be able to keep up with it with relative ease
Just remember 2 things
1. There's no hitstun on the claw. Combo away
2. Banana snipes deal the most damage
@@mohwe1007EXCEPT with speed shoes (at least with my experience)
This music makes me want to play DRRR again... then bots kick my butt and I'm mad at the game again.
I've only done 2 of these so far, but the visuals and this music for the special stages is stunning.
Good song, hate losing an A because I failed the stage.
One of the most best music in Dr. Robotniks Ring Racers in history!
Don't fall off now :) those 4 lives surely will be enough
*I won't give up, no matter what. Nothing can stop me now that I've come this far.*
*LET'S DO THIS.*
Btw, my thoughts on the initial 7 special stages:
Balconies: A simplistic special stage that gets you accustomed to the storms you will soon weather.
Church: A few sneaky walls are thrown your way in this one. Memorize and compromise.
Courtyard: Even if you're hit, there's plenty of time to recover. Don't lose hope and win against the odds.
Villa: Everything has a time and place. Just don't go too fast, or you may find that the UFO will end up smashing you instead.
Venice: Play your cards right, and you can shatter the UFO in one decisive Ballhog blast. From there, keep up your speed along the water and victory is yours.
Spikes: With constant interruptions from a dangerous hazard, the chances you get to deal damage are few and far between. Make every hit count.
Fountain: One "last" showdown, but if you know what to look for, you'll take home this cyan star in no time at all.
I've never been more scared in my life
ANOTHER WORLD AWAITS
I kinda wanna hear the SUPER UFO Catcher theme now
It’s a banger
UFO Smasher.
"As you finish the grand prix you encounter a giant portal leading to the unknown, trough it you see a mystical realm never seen before, you get both a feeling of confidence, curiosity and fear the more you aproach this interdimensional door, you feel ready enough, so you enter, once there, a feeling of finality flows trough your body, suddenly, a giant claw with an emerald appears out of nowhere, the portal closes behind you and a giant lock in the sky seems like your only way out, so dtermined to catch that emerald you start your engine and blast off.... CATCH THE UFO RING RACER ITS NOW OR NEVER!!" idk i made this little corny story for how i think it goes, a story mode in this game would've beeen sooo coooooool, they had everything, the high voltage ring, the sealed stars, the emeralds, even the tutorial interactions, idk but i would love a story mode for this game
this song is so sad
I have more fun doing special stages than racing against rival characters even tho I only have done 5 special stages so far
The music when you play deep sea in srb2
Somehow they made the coolest yet most annoying special stages in any sonic game
Seriously, i have a personal vendetta against Spikes, and I'm terrified of what happens after Gallery
Where do I find more of this composer's music?
My god those special stages
This song is a BANGER
If you could, could you upload the song to Tree Ring???
Mega Man 8 vibe here.
honestly speaking after beating all 14 of these i can confidently say that these are the most unnecessarily frustrating and time consuming special stages i have ever had the displeasurable of playing in a sonic game, even after the nerfs 2.2 gave them
Please upload the rest of the special stage songs
Well, this is the one used for all seven of the Chaos Emerald Sealed Star levels. There's one more, but that's reserved for the seven SUPER Emerald levels.
Yes i mean those
Along with voltage drop
@@picoultimate7707WAIT HUH THE SUPER EMERALD STAGES HAVE THEIR OWN THEME
@@I_TheNightWolf_I Yep. Dubbed "UFO Smasher", from what I remember. It's also composed by Tyson.
The songs good but the game mode makes me feel broken
Feels inspired by Luna Ascension from Tower of Heaven, which is a great song to be inspired by
Am i the only one wishing for a midi of this?