This is what the Anniversary Mode in Sonic Origins should have been, whilst the Classic Mode could've been the original sprites, with a toggleable 16:9 or 4:3 option
The fact that it's been 12 years since the first trailer came out. And all we know on demo 3.0 is that aquatic ruin is in it (as the ost for act 1 was uploaded onto to the games channel) Special stages (unsure) and that Shadow will be in the game (unsure) All information was found on the games yt channel
This is what Classic Sonic should be going forward, HD sprites of the traditional 2D Genesis Sonic aesthetic. This was pretty much the only recognizable art direction Sonic ever had, and it would do a lot to differentiate Sonic and build greater brand identity. Mario has ALWAYS understood this.
If game companies hired the fans who can make quality like this, games would come out more polished and they could develop an even bigger fan base. I mean, whos know what fans want more than actual fans?
The Smooth Sprites Are The Best Things In This Game It Feels Like Your Playing Sonic Mania Or Sonic Mania But In HD And It Feels Pretty Satisfying Too!
This is a great project when this was out still one of my favorite projects today I believe the same team has also made for my memory. They also made a sonic one HD and a sonic and knuckles HD demo with sonic and you only go through mushroom hill
Fun Fact! In Chemical Plant, if you do some precise platforming and specific paths, You can find Silver Sonic ( The Silver Metal Sonic you right later in the game.)
2D is sooo much satisfying when they PUT IN THE WORK for animations. Honestly, I don't see why no one is making 16:9 1080p or even 4k spritework for games. I know 3D is easier nowadays, but nothing gets results like this.
I remember seeing the discussions about this on Sonic Retro. The artists would have endless discussions on how to properly display the graphics in HD. They painstakingly recreated and reinterpreted the art to get the final result. Looks amazing and their effort paid off. I love the Sonic community.
I've always wanted a remake trilogy like this. Sega probably won't ever do that though. They'll just go for either recreating the sprite style like the Christian Whitehead remakes or make it 3D with 3D "classic Sonic" like Sonic Superstars. I really LOVE this style. Everything is hand drawn and beautiful.
Sonic 2 HD is really AMAZING!!! There will be a new demo coming adding Aquatic Ruin zone,the special stages and Shadow the Hedgehog as a new playable character. By the way Love your videos! Keep up the good work SonicCentral👍!!!
@@scepticstream7176 On the Sonic 2 HD RUclips channel they uploaded a video with Aquatic ruin zone music,and a video showing Shadow in Sonic 2 HD that in the description says Shadow will be playable in the next release and you can see shadow in that video in the special stages. Those are all RUclips vdieos on there channel.
Reminder that the last time the devs updated the site with any new info about this game was back in 2020. I'm legit starting to wonder if it even is being worked on anymore, or if it got eventually silently cancelled and just the attempt at HD-ifying any Sonic game is cursed.
Im a huge fan of pixel art but this time they really did an unagebale piece. It catchs really good what the creator may have wanted to do if they got the technology. Its a playable cartoon or poster n love that.
The project might be amazing, but the damn thing takes way too long for a fan project. The demo came out in late 2017, that’s how long it took to make just two levels 💀
Sonic 2 HD is amazing!
Well it is a remake of a horrible game so u are wrong dummy
🅽🅾
Facts
This might sound really petty but the one thing I don’t like is the bushes
Look that was not good u should say sega Saturn
This is what the Anniversary Mode in Sonic Origins should have been, whilst the Classic Mode could've been the original sprites, with a toggleable 16:9 or 4:3 option
They did that, but its the exact same quality. Letting 16:9 be hd would make the two toggle able options, would be extremely cool though
the song its cool
fact
@@NEWBREAKFAST21sonic2
❤😂🎉😢 me me too
Sega did work with some of the team on Sonic Mania :)
Amazing!
That's the reason Mania has smooth animations I think
@@montydoesgames I believe they only did music but I could most definitely be wrong
@@Tonybaloney6969 While Tee Lopes did do music for both 2 HD and Mania, I'm pretty sure Pagoda West Games is made up of Sonic 2 HD devs.
and then immediatly parted ways :/
This gives me 2011 mobile game vibes
Sonic Central : Sonic 2 HD is still a masterpiece.
Me : Sonic 2 HD is still incomplete.
alone nugget😢
Have you heard *ultrakill* before?
And it's s a d
it's important to be grateful of what you have
I'm so happy it is still being worked on
Wait really?
@@xdgaming70 yes
I hope that there's a whole game in the future.
@@redm00n748 there will be check the devs youtube channel there up to oil ocean
@@BT_Official2011 AKA the Sea made out of petroleum
Someone finally made a sonic game in the art style of the box art!
Well, the Japanese box art at least
@@CrimsonThePhantom Yeah
Finally more than 10 years ago tho.
flash games artwork
This is what Sonic 4 should’ve looked like
“Could work for SEGA”. Tee Lopes works for them now.
Sonic 2 HD is probably one of the best sonic fan games I've ever played
The fact that it's been 12 years since the first trailer came out. And all we know on demo 3.0 is that aquatic ruin is in it (as the ost for act 1 was uploaded onto to the games channel) Special stages (unsure) and that Shadow will be in the game (unsure) All information was found on the games yt channel
This is what Classic Sonic should be going forward, HD sprites of the traditional 2D Genesis Sonic aesthetic. This was pretty much the only recognizable art direction Sonic ever had, and it would do a lot to differentiate Sonic and build greater brand identity. Mario has ALWAYS understood this.
Oh man! I remember when Sami Hartikainen played the first demo of this game, I'd watch that video over and over again because it just looked so good!
Lookin' great!
This is what Sega trying to do, when they're developing "Sonic The Hedgehog 4"
Is the game still getting worked on? Or is it done?
Nvm it's still getting worked on
@@scanchannel3259 nah bro its cancelled
@@MUI_Noam12 ah ok shame.
@@scanchannel3259 Nah NB Gaming was wrong the Cancellation is just a rumor, its still being worked on
The most recently added zone(a new demo hasn’t come out yet) is Aquatic Ruin Zone
i want a mod like this for all the classic games
If Sonic 4 looked and played like this, I feel like people would have reacted to it better.
If game companies hired the fans who can make quality like this, games would come out more polished and they could develop an even bigger fan base. I mean, whos know what fans want more than actual fans?
I’m a Mac user, but I do find myself watching gameplay of it from time to time
Intel Macs have bootcamp to install Windows on
Sonic 2 HD is so so so so so so so cool
Sonic
The Smooth Sprites Are The Best Things In This Game It Feels Like Your Playing Sonic Mania Or Sonic Mania But In HD And It Feels Pretty Satisfying Too!
Too smooth asf
Makes sense because some of the animators were in the mania team from what I heard
It feels like those crusty vector remakes of sprites done on scratch but actually done right and not crusty
Imagine how sick the mecha sonic mark 1 sprite is gonna look like
Its been 12 years i aint even holding hope for this to EVER be finished, still the work that was done is amazing
This is a great project when this was out still one of my favorite projects today I believe the same team has also made for my memory. They also made a sonic one HD and a sonic and knuckles HD demo with sonic and you only go through mushroom hill
Sonic Superstars: I hope you’re happy now.
Fun Fact! In Chemical Plant, if you do some precise platforming and specific paths, You can find Silver Sonic ( The Silver Metal Sonic you right later in the game.)
If only Sonic 4 had graphics like this...
I remember that one 3D tech demo of the first level that I think was powered by unity and looked insane
6 years, 6 YEARS!!!! and no word other than asset streams.........
2D is sooo much satisfying when they PUT IN THE WORK for animations. Honestly, I don't see why no one is making 16:9 1080p or even 4k spritework for games. I know 3D is easier nowadays, but nothing gets results like this.
Truly one of the best Sonic fan games.
I played this game back in 2020 and I really loved it
i was gutted when the demo ended bro
I remember seeing the discussions about this on Sonic Retro. The artists would have endless discussions on how to properly display the graphics in HD.
They painstakingly recreated and reinterpreted the art to get the final result. Looks amazing and their effort paid off.
I love the Sonic community.
Kinda crazy how long this project was being worked on, I didn't even realize it finished, I thought it was abandoned
its not finished. 2.0 has 4 playable zones, but it hasn't been updated in a few years.
im still waiting for this project to update
The project was cancelled
@@f0ldbl oh.....
@@f0ldblNo, it is being worked on. Check its RUclips channel.
@@masterreece1098iirc the friends working on this fell out on really bad terms and cancelled this project
They should've had them help make sonic orgins with them so that it would actually feel like a remaster of what's arguably their best work.
BRO I LOVE SONIC I talk about him all the time
If Sonic origins was this but all 4 games the fans would be much happier
I've always wanted a remake trilogy like this. Sega probably won't ever do that though. They'll just go for either recreating the sprite style like the Christian Whitehead remakes or make it 3D with 3D "classic Sonic" like Sonic Superstars. I really LOVE this style. Everything is hand drawn and beautiful.
I remember when I first saw the announcement for the game being created back when I was a teenager (It's that old...)
It's like a mod AND IT'S AMAZING!
I love sonic since I was born
I didn’t even know this was a fan game it looks so good
Sonic 2 HD is really AMAZING!!!
There will be a new demo coming adding Aquatic Ruin zone,the special stages and Shadow the Hedgehog as a new playable character.
By the way Love your videos!
Keep up the good work SonicCentral👍!!!
where did you hear that? cause there's been no updates for a couple years.
@@scepticstream7176 On the Sonic 2 HD RUclips channel they uploaded a video with Aquatic ruin zone music,and a video showing Shadow in Sonic 2 HD that in the description says Shadow will be playable in the next release and you can see shadow in that video in the special stages. Those are all RUclips vdieos on there channel.
Sonic 2 HD always took me back to the days of playing games on the iPod 4th Gen, and the Xbox 360 arcade.
It would be cool to get all the classic 2d sonic games like this
I miss this game where they gone missing 😢
Eh more of a dragon ball fan but sonic still does have some awesome and nostalgic moments
No play other Sonic games but now you make me want to play this on a game
This was actually how I found out about tee lopes over a decade ago
Sonic is my childhood
Reminder that the last time the devs updated the site with any new info about this game was back in 2020. I'm legit starting to wonder if it even is being worked on anymore, or if it got eventually silently cancelled and just the attempt at HD-ifying any Sonic game is cursed.
it’s so clean it’s jarring
tee lopes, the composer for mania, actually was the composer for sonic 2 hd
I played it it's a masterpiece! I just never get bored of it
She perfect
One of the artists of sonic 2 hd worked on sonic mania
“guy un-ironically gushes over mobile game aesthetic sonic”
idk I think it looks pretty good
somebody spend time to make sonic 2 with HD graphics.
What is our generation going into!
Especially when you remnber that this thing started in 2012
Did you know it's been 15 years is still in progress?
About as old as Angry Birds
Wow, this is like the Sonic 2 equivalent of Render 96 for SM64
If this was for Nintendo, it get 99 DMCA strikes in 1 second
Sonic 2 HD is an work of art, not bound by time or economics they can literally make all that work perfect looking.
Fun fact: The people who made this also later went on to create Sonic Mania
I didn’t know this existed. Sonic 2 is my favorite 🤗
This is what sonic superstars should of been
This is how sonic origins anniversary mode should of looked , with mania included
The spritework is insane! Sonic fans never fail to impress. If we got some transition frames between states, it'd be perfect.
Sonic sonic sonic sonic sonic sonicccccccc
I wonder what system is on
This is what sonic origins should’ve been
Sonic 2 is my favorite sonic game, the ending always makes me cry.
*for some reason now I want sonic cd OVA style.*
Closest thing you’ll get is Sonic Freedom. It isn’t a remake of CD but it has the same aesthetic of the opening cutscene
Can't forget that the music was composed by Tee Lopez, who was also involved in the production of Sonic Mania as the music composer!
Bro Dark sonic and hyper is a GOAT
Im a huge fan of pixel art but this time they really did an unagebale piece. It catchs really good what the creator may have wanted to do if they got the technology. Its a playable cartoon or poster n love that.
I love sonic 💜
Sonic is peak
It looks like a very confusing mix of Flat/Stale and in depth and charming
I didn't know Sonic 2 HD even had a demo released
How the people in 1992 thought Sonic 2 looked:
Dude I’d easily drop 20 or 30 dollars on this if it was official it looks outstanding
Honestly, if sonic superstars was like this I would've FREAKED
your videos are the best
The project might be amazing, but the damn thing takes way too long for a fan project.
The demo came out in late 2017, that’s how long it took to make just two levels 💀
The sprites for sonic and tails look like their poster
I wish Sonic origins looked like this
My favorite character Sonic
Fun Fact: On the SEGA Genesis Classics port for Xbox 360 And PS3 you could activate HD mode for Sonic 1 2 And 3&K
We all know sega would never collab with this masterpiece 😅😅😅😅
I love Sonic
Imagine they animate the next Sonic game
This is a real savior
Sonic 2 he is good but it died no more updates 😞
It’s like Mario Wonder but with sonic!
I remember playing this when it only had green hill this project deserves to be helped out with sega
Sonic HD is soooooooo amazing and nice❤