Sonic General Discussion Thread v1 - Games

Holy shit, [URL="https://twitter.com/jgriff_4real/status/898154691762282496"]Jason Griffith's newborn son is having birth complications.[/URL]

alright if I liked some of the original games levels but hate the weeb shit is this (mania) for me?

[QUOTE=TylerTheCripple;52587142]alright if I liked some of the original games levels but hate the weeb shit is this (mania) for me?[/QUOTE] "weeb shit"?

[QUOTE=TylerTheCripple;52587142]alright if I liked some of the original games levels but hate the weeb shit is this (mania) for me?[/QUOTE] What do you mean by "weeb shit"? Other Sonic characters like Shadow?

[QUOTE=Wormy;52587189]I was unaware Sonic even had "weeb shit" (unless we're counting Sonic 06 and Elise)[/QUOTE] I hear Sonic CD had [I]anime[/I] in it, truly that was where the death spiral of the series began.

Sonic has honestly always been influenced by anime as much as its been by classic rubber hose cartoons. Sonic's Super form is obvious, S3&K was just a total love letter to Castle in the Sky and both Adventure titles went whole hog (no pun intended) on it with the comparisons to popular action anime at the time.

Why can't people use "weeaboo" correctly? Fucking christ! It's otaku.

Okay how do I git gud at the UFO stages, I lied about not having trouble with them. I can barely even find em sometimes.

[video]https://youtu.be/L1R2OEiGaPg[/video]

I finally got all the Emeralds and got the True Ending. Actually died on the true final boss once because holy jesus christ Super Sonic flies around like he's fucking drunk and it's real easy to lose/waste rings.

[QUOTE=RikohZX;52588057]I finally got all the Emeralds and got the True Ending. Actually died on the true final boss once because holy jesus christ Super Sonic flies around like he's fucking drunk and it's real easy to lose/waste rings.[/QUOTE] I found the best way to beat it is to just sit on the ground like normal Sonic and get them from below. I staggered with ~10 rings for the entire boss fight because you can easily collect them from the ground. Don't even bother dashing or whatever it is.

[QUOTE=redBadger;52588063]I found the best way to beat it is to just sit on the ground like normal Sonic and get them from below. I staggered with ~10 rings for the entire boss fight because you can easily collect them from the ground. Don't even bother dashing or whatever it is.[/QUOTE] The dash is particularly mean. It's already the first Super Sonic fight in a long time where [sp]you can lose rings from taking certain hits,[/sp] but the dash can happen and eat up 5 rings each time without you even properly realizing it until it's too late.

They make such a big deal about (true final boss spoilers) [sp]the phantom ruby being able to damage super sonic[/sp] that I wonder if Big Arm smashing Super Sonic was a glitch or just "not canon" now.

[QUOTE=Sift;52588107]They make such a big deal about (true final boss spoilers) [sp]the phantom ruby being able to damage super sonic[/sp] that I wonder if Big Arm smashing Super Sonic was a glitch or just "not canon" now.[/QUOTE] Considering that Big Arm doesn't harm Knuckles' super or hyper forms, it can be supposed that it was just behavior being there for the sake of being Sonic 3's final boss, whereas Knuckles must and can only fight him as a mid-way point boss in S3&K. I think Sonic 3 Complete tweaked it accordingly, but then S3C isn't "canon" for its tweaks and some of its good ideas just weren't acknowledged for Mania, like how Super Sonic doesn't have sprites for everything.

IIRC it was a bug, and IIRC it was addressed with the lock-on: If you managed to trigger a Sonic vs. Big Arm in S3&K, Super Sonic would work just like Super Knuckles.

So turns out PS4 has online play. Shame it's not official so it's kinda jank but just got done playing a friend in competition and showed him some secret rings in single player so it *does* work.

[t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHkcilRVwAAEu3a.jpg[/t] I'm ready to claim 5th and no one will stop me. [B]UPDATE:[/B] [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHkhELjVwAA63FB.jpg[/t] I overshot greatly. and now for 1st!

[QUOTE=The Civ;52588021]Okay how do I git gud at the UFO stages, I lied about not having trouble with them. I can barely even find em sometimes.[/QUOTE] First thing you do is stock up on rings until you have about 40, then focus entirely on spheres. As long as you cut corners carefully and avoid damage, 40 rings will give you plenty of time to reach Mach 3 and catch the UFO. You can actually catch it at Mach 2 if you're quick enough.

I usually focus on orbs and only go for the ring spheres. If rings happen to be in my path I'll take them but I found success just getting to mach 3 as quick as possible

[QUOTE=A Beaver;52589550]First thing you do is stock up on rings until you have about 40, then focus entirely on spheres. As long as you cut corners carefully and avoid damage, 40 rings will give you plenty of time to reach Mach 3 and catch the UFO. You can actually catch it at Mach 2 if you're quick enough.[/QUOTE] If I focus on rings first the ufo gets away and it's a million times harder to catch up to it. Blue spheres first is my opinion. Rings line the shortcuts so it's ideal to go for them second while at mach 3

Is there a way to disable super sonic? I'm sick of playing through stages for enjoyment only to lose access to drop dash every time I hit 50 rings.

Anyone know a channel with the non-extended rips of the full soundtrack? I want to add a few songs to my youtube playlist but can't find anything that's not the entire OST in one video or 15 minute extended versions.

[QUOTE=redBadger;52589586]Is there a way to disable super sonic? I'm sick of playing through stages for enjoyment only to lose access to drop dash every time I hit 50 rings.[/QUOTE] Only suggestion I have is to use the Level Select if you've unlocked Debug.

[QUOTE=Fapplejack;52589591]Anyone know a channel with the non-extended rips of the full soundtrack? I want to add a few songs to my youtube playlist but can't find anything that's not the entire OST in one video or 15 minute extended versions.[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_Jac7pDr15N20z3bGtxgIbDtJfbEjuwE[/url] Though I found that these were actually too short for my liking

I beat Chemical Plant's [sp]mean bean[/sp] boss and instead of moving to the end section it just outright kills me once I beat him.

[QUOTE=redBadger;52590724]I beat Chemical Plant's [sp]mean bean[/sp] boss and instead of moving to the end section it just outright kills me once I beat him.[/QUOTE] Yeah that happens sometimes. I've heard there's a patch coming soon that fixes a bunch of issues.

[QUOTE=redBadger;52590724]I beat Chemical Plant's [sp]mean bean[/sp] boss and instead of moving to the end section it just outright kills me once I beat him.[/QUOTE] It's called [sp]MEAN bean[/sp] for a reason. Real talk though yeah, if you touch anything after beating the boss it has a chance to softlock you

[QUOTE=Sift;52591373]It's called [sp]MEAN bean[/sp] for a reason. Real talk though yeah, if you touch anything after beating the boss it has a chance to softlock you[/QUOTE] I believe they released the controls lock too early. You shouldn't be moving while inside it at any moment, because then the game fails to launch you when your done if your not in the same postion. You can stil lget out of it if your Tails or doing the Sonic & Tails run, as you can also use Tails ability (Hold Up and press Jump twice to make Tails hover, then just grab him and press jump to go higher.)

Minor Spoiler: [URL="https://twitter.com/SegaSky/status/898725896474853377"]don't chuckle at me or my son ever again[/URL]

Got up to the mini boss on mirage saloon and I think I dislike everything about this zone so far. The plane sections just aren't fun and the mini boss is just another case of stand around for 5 minutes while you wait for it to enter a damageable state.