Why I Love Classic Sonic
A personal video on what I love about the classic era of Sonic, and why I have made peace with the fact that it will forever remain in the past.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
4:07 Creating an Icon
11:09 Sonic the Hedgehog
25:25 Development of Sonic 2
34:42 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
50:28 Sonic 3 & Knuckles
1:12:59 Interlude - Memories with Classic Sonic
1:17:23 End of an Era
1:21:29 Sonic CD
1:31:49 Conclusion
Thumbnail by Tripplejaz: / tripplejaz
Time Travel Overhaul Mod for Sonic CD (2011): https://gamebanana.com/mods/50080
OVA Knuckles in Sonic Mania: https://gamebanana.com/mods/244309
Special thanks to Sonic Retro for being a fantastic resource on all things Sonic. Used for a lot of my research.
Also big thanks to KingK for helping me with the script!
Video Sources
Ghouls ‘n Ghosts Footage from NintendoComplete • Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Genesis) Playthrou...
Yuji Naka & The Sonic Team Interview • Game Masters: Yuji Naka & The Sonic T...
Sonic: Birth of an Icon • Video
Eurogamer - Miyamoto on World 1-1 • Miyamoto on World 1-1: How Nintendo m...
Sonic Archives Official - 1990 Sonic and Madonna Tech Demo • 東京おもちゃショーローテーションデモ1990
Synthetic Frost - Skip the bath in Chemical Plant Zone • Sonic 2 - Chemical Plant Zone Alterna...
Sonic Panic • Video
Sonic 2 Japanese Commercial • Japanese Sonic 2 Commercial from Soni...
Espyo - The Pit in Sonic 2 • THE hole in Mystic Cave Zone Act 2 - ...
Ashman792 - The Pit Animation • That Stupid Pit
Sonic 3 McDonald’s Commercial • 1994-02 McDonald's Sonic the Hedgehog...
Sonic at Macy’s Day Parade in 1993 • Sonic the Hedgehog balloon busted at ...
saburoinc3 - Sonic CD Wacky Workbench Generators • [Sonic the Hedgehog CD] Robot Generat...
Online Sources
Gamerant - Sega Admits it “Betrayed” Fans https://gamerant.com/sega-betrayed-fa...
Sonic Producer Admits That Rise of Lyric’s Main Priority Was to be Shipped https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/so...
Gamerant - Sonic Frontiers' Focus on Quality Over Timeliness is a Good Sign for the Future https://gamerant.com/sonic-frontiers-...
Sonic the Hedgehog’s rocky history https://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/1075...
Yuji Naka Sonic Interview - February 1995 https://mdshock.com/2018/07/19/yuji-n...
FreeGameTips - Mark Cerny https://freegametips.com/mark-cerny-w...
Sega-16 - Sega Technical Institute https://www.sega-16.com/2007/06/devel...
Sega-16 - Interview with Mark Cerny https://www.sega-16.com/2006/12/inter...
Interview with Brenda Ross, 2001 https://info.sonicretro.org/Brenda_Ro...)
Sonic 2’s scrapped time travel, courtesy of Yasuhara-san / 866702759357292544
GDC - Classic Sonic Postmortem https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024928...
Written Sources
“The open sky is blue forever” quote from Naoto Ohshima - pg. 328 of Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works https://readonlymemory.vg/shop/book/s...
Retro Gamer, Issues 45, 175
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation
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