When Sonic Boom Came to the 3DS

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  • čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
  • The infamous Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric needs no introduction, however, the boom branch of Sonic also received two entries on the Nintendo 3DS. Sonic Boom Shattered Crystal, and Sonic Boom Fire and Ice. Today, we are going to take a lot at the two games and see if the suffered the same fate as the Wii U game...spoiler alert, sort of...but not really.
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    Chapters:
    00:00 Sonic Boom Shattered Crystal
    11:09 Sonic Boom Fire and Ice
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Komentáře • 348

  • @deaglehawkings2543
    @deaglehawkings2543 Před rokem +560

    Fire and Ice really goes to show how determined the developers were to fixing most of the stuff that no one liked and refining them to make a somewhat enjoyable experience, and that is something even SEGA doesn't do nowadays since they scrap any concepts that didn't work rather than refining them.

    • @SketchHusk
      @SketchHusk Před rokem +16

      ...And I suppose I'll take it as SEGA being forced to their hands considering how much money they spent on the project, ...and how bad the return was.

    • @thejedisonic67
      @thejedisonic67 Před rokem +29

      Scratch that, Sega will scrap concepts that do work and never return to them

    • @mushroomdude123
      @mushroomdude123 Před rokem +26

      @@thejedisonic67 Yep. It’s insane to me how we’ve gone 5 years without a Mania sequel.

    • @Kaplykos
      @Kaplykos Před rokem +2

      Bro, Frontiers is bringing back some stuff from the past so that statement no longer applies

    • @apersoniguess_
      @apersoniguess_ Před rokem +11

      @@Kaplykos “some stuff” being the cyberspace levels and that’s pretty much it. The stuff in question are the level themes (and layouts) and I don’t think that counts

  • @noahrichard5091
    @noahrichard5091 Před rokem +238

    That shadow impression at 7:27 was so good that it hurts.

  • @Triff3599
    @Triff3599 Před rokem +81

    I thought it was so weird that Sticks the Badger was a main character in Shattered Crystal and the TV show, but relegated to a minor role for a completely optional side quest in Rise of Lyric, where it comes off as if nobody on Team Sonic knows who she is, and nothing indicates she'd shape up to be the fifth member or Amy's best friend.
    Then I realized how Rise of Lyric wasn't even supposed to be related to the TV series until less than a year before release, when SEGA started putting the show's writers on board to change the script. It's very apparent too, as the only things consistent to the show were the main voice cast, the designs of the main characters and some side characters, as well as objects being lifted from it, like the ancient plane(for one episode before it's scrapped and replaced), the Enerbeams(which don't even come from the same shackles from Rise of Lyric), and the blue button Eggman stole from Lyric(which, as indicated in a few episodes, is treated like it was just something Eggman always had; Lyric's robots don't even appear in the show, and Metal Sonic only appears in half of two episodes). Other than that, most of the side characters that do show up in the TV series have completely different personalities, and some with different voice actors. The Ancients are mentioned a few times as well, but the show's remnants of them are so vague that their indirect inclusion matters none.
    On the other hand, characters like Cliff, QNC, and Lyric himself, who were treated with a more major status, don't even get a mention in the show. And even in a post-Rise of Lyric era, the show only strayed away from even slightly referencing that game and further morphed into its own thing entirely going forward to its cancellation, outside of the one episode that suddenly tied into Fire and Ice, then never again, that episode being one of the worst-written in the series(and the only one that lists Pontac and Graff as the main writers).
    Even Rise of Lyric's writing itself, despite being penned by the show's writers, still has a different tone from the show. Sometimes it's serious, but then sometimes characters are just spouting comedic lines.
    It just goes to show how much stuff was being forcefed by SEGA into Rise of Lyric to make it coincide with an unrelated TV show, and even STILL, the game doesn't work as an origin story for the show.
    Rise of Lyric would've been better off taking place in a different universe as originally intended, with Big Red Button being allowed more creative freedom with only some slight intervention from SEGA in terms of character design. No shoving in assets like Shadow or Metal Sonic for painfully glorified minor appearances, no stuffing the script with non-sequitors from writers of an unfitting cartoon, none of that. Rise of Lyric, or Sonic Synergy, should've been allowed to stand on its own, and if the TV show absolutely needed a tie-in game, something similar to Shattered Crystal or Fire and Ice would've relatively sufficed.
    As it stands, Rise of Lyric has nothing to say, nothing to offer, and it's saddening how all it led to was a development team being catastrophically fucked over by a company that TO THIS DAY, doesn't fully understand that its mascots' games need more time in the oven before release.
    It's without a doubt the most notably tragic development cycle a Sonic game has ever been the product of in the 2010s, and it angers me how SEGA seemingly has learned very little from it.

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 Před rokem +6

      It really makes me sad. If they really wanted to morph Synergy into Boom, then they could have just done it like Sonic X(Even tho I don't even think that show does it that well), where it's clearly an alternate universe to the games but knowledge about the games still applies. If they played their cards right, they could have even had an eventual crossover between the serious version of the boom-world and the one from the show/handheld-games.

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 Před rokem +3

      @@ShockwaveFPSStudios No, that retcon was reverted before it made any proper impact on the IP.

    • @playerback7722
      @playerback7722 Před rokem +3

      Rise of Lyric and Shattered Crystals were both stated to be pre sequels to the TV series so of course of some continuity problems

  • @munchrai6396
    @munchrai6396 Před rokem +120

    Personally, I really enjoyed Fire and Ice. The ability to switch between characters on the fly is something I really wish was in more Sonic games because the colorful character roster is easily one of my favorite parts of Sonic as a whole. The exploration elements were actually pretty enjoyable coming off of Shattered Crystal and I really enjoy the timing based platforming seen through the Enderbeam grappling and Sonic's multiple dashes. Gives you just so much aerial control

  • @celesticnova
    @celesticnova Před rokem +240

    Fire and Ice was surprisingly fun so I'll always stand by that game.

    • @michaelcastillo619
      @michaelcastillo619 Před rokem +6

      Same, I love seeing how long I can keep the speed going while switching between fire and ice without ever stopping

    • @playerback7722
      @playerback7722 Před rokem

      Looks better

    • @ressljs
      @ressljs Před rokem +4

      Yeah, it's too bad that the Boom sub-franchise was pretty much unsalvageable by the time it came out. Fire and Ice is the only one I have, and I bought it right before I had to get on a 20 hour flight and I was desperate for ANYTHING new. And I was pleasantly surprised.

    • @roseprincessarts
      @roseprincessarts Před rokem

      I might plan on getting it, depending what is going on ^^;. I might find that game interesting ^^

    • @zeroxenoverse9251
      @zeroxenoverse9251 Před rokem

      ​@@ressljs Blame Sega screwing over RoL.

  • @KaiboStudios
    @KaiboStudios Před rokem +198

    And with that we say Sayonara to Sonic Boom. You were meant for greatness, but corporate greed shot you in the heart and SEGA's to blame... they give game development a bad name.

    • @playerback7722
      @playerback7722 Před rokem +6

      And comics

    • @DTFauxClassic
      @DTFauxClassic Před rokem +9

      ​@@ShockwaveFPSStudios Part of me is curious if the show got better reception because expectations were set so low? I fully own that I haven't seen much episodes, but the clips shared around mostly seem to point to meta humor, which was Sonic's saving grace around the time when people dogged on the franchise taking itself too seriously... And the general writing feels like you could swap Sonic and friends with any other characters, and little would really change. To take from some other critics, it felt less like a Sonic show, and more like a show with Sonic in it.

    • @zobirismage2813
      @zobirismage2813 Před rokem +1

      Nice Clement reference

    • @brandonwilliams6119
      @brandonwilliams6119 Před rokem +6

      Sonic Boom should’ve only been a TV series like X, imagine if we got Sonic X games with everyone’s favorite character Chris stealing all the spotlight lmao.

    • @brandonwilliams6119
      @brandonwilliams6119 Před rokem +3

      @@DTFauxClassic
      All the jokes and writing felt more fitting for a TV Cartoon and not Video Games.

  • @ShinobiBoyBlue
    @ShinobiBoyBlue Před rokem +31

    7:27 Yoo you hit that impression!🔥

    • @AltKaxREAL
      @AltKaxREAL Před rokem +1

      I actually got surprised a bit there due to how good it sounded!

  • @destronlaserwave9566
    @destronlaserwave9566 Před rokem +23

    7:28 7:58 Those are scarily good Boom Sonic and Shadow impressions, nice job.

  • @armae1497
    @armae1497 Před rokem +23

    It's kind of weird how Sonic Boom Fire & Ice was the last truly handheld exclusive Sonic Game.

  • @Rogerregorroger
    @Rogerregorroger Před rokem +53

    "Sonic Boom's so boring, I can feel my soul gradually leaving my body"
    Jup, my thoughts 100%.
    This is the only Sonic game I never managed to beat, not because it's too hard, but because my brain leaves to a different planet after 10 minutes of gameplay.
    The artwork's nice, tough.
    Oh, Ice and Fire not getting a seperate video? Shame, I do like that one. I mean, compared with the other Boom games.

    • @playerback7722
      @playerback7722 Před rokem +1

      K

    • @ChevySamk
      @ChevySamk Před rokem +2

      omg its the guy mentioned in the video are you gonna dissect frogs next

    • @lucaslixoso5420
      @lucaslixoso5420 Před rokem

      I was considering maybe getting Fire and Ice to see if its truly decent, i haven't played a Sonic Boom game before

    • @ahmedhasan4966
      @ahmedhasan4966 Před rokem

      @@lucaslixoso5420 how was the game?

  • @impressivebutt8484
    @impressivebutt8484 Před rokem +14

    In Fire and Ice, Sonics spin dash and air dash is one of the most fun sonic movement in the series tbh. You can go so fast and makes speedrunning the levels that much more fun. I think it’s a short fun good ride.

  • @neonjm8289
    @neonjm8289 Před rokem +98

    Damn, this retrospective is almost over, and Frontiers is right around the corner, kind of a crazy journey ngl.
    Also speaking of that part where you mentioned how people started to look back at older games, and the whole "era" wars, I myself have replayed quite a bunch of older Sonic games and I have to say:
    My opinions on a number of them have changed drastically as well, retrospect can be such a scary thing at times can't it?

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 Před rokem +13

      People who started in the 2010s and beyond certainly have the advantage that they are able to see the entire catalogue of the series in context. I have an easier time appreciating the good parts of Secret Rings now that I know that(ignoring Free Riders) they never put out another game suffering from unfinished controls. But it must have been scary as heck back then, considering it came out just a year after 06 and Sonic Genesis GBA.

  • @TheRogueMaverick
    @TheRogueMaverick Před rokem +18

    Minor correction:
    Sonic Runners is actually no longer defunct… unofficially. It’s been revived a few years ago as Sonic Runners Revival, which removes all monetization and uses custom servers to make the game playable once more!

    • @miimiiandco
      @miimiiandco Před rokem +1

      I was wondering if there was any progress on a Sonic Runners revival, after PatMac's video long ago.

    • @TheRogueMaverick
      @TheRogueMaverick Před rokem +3

      @@miimiiandco - Me too. But after watching one of MattKC’s videos, I became aware of it and BEELINED for the project! I loved it back then and still do today! It’s an easy install for Android, as expected. But it’s also surprisingly easy to install on iOS, even without jailbreaking. Apparently. I have yet to try it though.

    • @playerback7722
      @playerback7722 Před rokem

      .

  • @dudujencarelli
    @dudujencarelli Před rokem +9

    There was also a Sonic Boom mobile game released at the same time as Sonic Runners. It was called Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom.
    Essentially a sequel to the original Sonic Dash, but with less characters and levels, plus you get to control the enerbeam with the iPhone's motion sensing.

  • @traci7351
    @traci7351 Před rokem +27

    I somehow got a bugged copy of Shattered Crystal, one of the REQUIRED collectables wouldn't spawn in and would keep me from leaving the very first stage lmao. A level that would take about 10 minutes I've spent several hours searching for a single thing. I've even looked up where each collectable spawns and went to each location but there was nothing.

  • @Howardpower679
    @Howardpower679 Před rokem +11

    "sonic was preety cool"
    YES! HE WAS!... but everyone had to loose to finally give it the value it truly deserves... but guess what? it's too late!
    sonic frontiers you have one job, and I hope you achieve that cause i want the real sonic back...i miss it a lot

  • @vlionheart
    @vlionheart Před rokem +18

    I'm shocked that I completely forgot that Fire and Ice existed until now. I even remember the weird spinoffs but Fire and Ice was totally erased from my mind.

  • @blazingsonic
    @blazingsonic Před rokem +5

    No Sonic Lego Dimensions was actually pretty good and felt like a small sequel to Sonic Generations.

  • @megacrashthehedgehog5377
    @megacrashthehedgehog5377 Před rokem +12

    As bad as the Boom Era was, I actually think Sonic's inclusion in Lego Dimensions was one of the best extensions of that game. It's not only actually funny, with a lot of the charm of your standard Lego videogame mixed with the world of Sonic. And best of all, it feels like an overall tribute to Sonic's 25 year long history. I think it's pretty underrated.

  • @mechashadow
    @mechashadow Před rokem +18

    it's funny how you're keeping pace with Chariii5's streaming series of every Sonic game lately. A good cap off for every game.

  • @Cashew1405
    @Cashew1405 Před rokem +9

    it's so crazy that after all these years this retrospectives going to be over. These videos were all made really well, always had me exited for the next one

  • @xscythe67
    @xscythe67 Před rokem +16

    Fire and Ice has awesome music, they even remixed Sunset Yown from Sonic the Fighters and made a mashup of Ice Cap and Lava Reef

  • @shaghilathar3588
    @shaghilathar3588 Před rokem +6

    Dude your shadow impression was REALLY on point

  • @kunmiyu02
    @kunmiyu02 Před rokem +3

    7:53 the sonic voice HAHAHAHAHAH i cant🤣

  • @sunky-rf9ut
    @sunky-rf9ut Před rokem +7

    Your sonic reviewing series is a one of the best source of knowledge about the sonic the hedgehog (one of the best documentaries about sonic the hedgehog if you well),keep the hard work goin!

  • @insertsomememereferenceher8483

    You introduced me to Sonic Dissected and Roger's animations about a year ago with your 06 video.

  • @miimiiandco
    @miimiiandco Před rokem +6

    Sonic Boom was supposed to be a big new sub-franchise, these games remind me of that.

  • @Austin81024
    @Austin81024 Před rokem +2

    7:27 Very solid Kirk Thornton Impression!

  • @succubastard1019
    @succubastard1019 Před rokem +8

    From what it seems, there was never really a plan to make Rise of Lyric in continuity with the show, they simply changed the game's plot to fit more with the cartoon's tone for the sake of more consistent branding.

    • @playerback7722
      @playerback7722 Před rokem

      True

    • @BH-98
      @BH-98 Před rokem +1

      If they weren’t intending to make it fit in with the continuity then why did they even bother making it a boom game & just leave it as Sonic Synergy

    • @succubastard1019
      @succubastard1019 Před rokem +2

      @@BH-98 Brand consistency: make the game and the show promote each other by sharing the "Boom" brand. Sonic X for example, despite taking place in an entirely different continuity than the games of the time, it very much shares the same tone and similar writing to them (it even has probably the most game-accurate portrayal of game Sonic out of any adaptation).
      And besides, even if they weren't canon to one another, it could have potentially given the writers the possibility to just straight up adapt the story of Rise of Lyric into the show in some way for a future story arc if they so wished to, again much like Sonic X did with the stories of SA 1 & 2, but that ended up not even having a chance to work out.

    • @BH-98
      @BH-98 Před rokem +1

      @@succubastard1019 in heinsight it was a incredibly poor choice to change the game to fit the boom brand since it undermined the whole brand

    • @succubastard1019
      @succubastard1019 Před rokem +3

      @@BH-98 The real terrible choice here was trying to crunch into the Wiiu a game made for far more advanced consoles, wasting immeasurable development time, overworking the developers themselves and expecting the whole thing to work out. Making a show and tons of merchandise is just the side dish (of self-immolation).

  • @twoforfive9228
    @twoforfive9228 Před rokem +4

    Been looking forward to this all week. Another great one too, keep it up.

  • @callmezeldaonemoartime
    @callmezeldaonemoartime Před rokem +14

    Fire and Ice is not bad, actually a decently enjoyable experience, too bad it was on the 3DS and barely anyone bought it

  • @seematahir5970
    @seematahir5970 Před rokem +7

    Wait what, Sonic Rush has a dumb plot?8:35
    You can knock on the Rivals games all you want but that's where I draw the line. Eggman Nega is kinda dumb but Blaze is badass, and her arc about defrosting really fits with a Sonic story. This series is built on thematic inversions (Nature vs Technology, Speed vs Strength, the Original vs the Copy, Experience vs Naivete, Past vs Future, etc.) Blaze slots in pretty nicely as the "Isolation" to Sonic & Co's "Teamwork".

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 Před rokem +2

      Bad stories can have good aspects. All it ends up with is Sonic and Blaze semi-randomly running around, having a villainswap that doesn't matter much because the only diffrence between the Eggmen is that Nega is nuts and cream cheering for Blaze to beat up Sonic because violent cream-memes. Most of the dialogue is pretty clunky and not really great either.

    • @ayrtonjoga
      @ayrtonjoga Před rokem +1

      His review on Rush said that the story has good intensions and cute moments, but the execution is off
      The dialogue is very stiff, the characters has some weird interactions, and the "friendship is good" message is even more cranked up than in Heroes
      It's an inoffensive and neat story, but kinda flawed and is easy to make fun of

    • @spinballproduction9678
      @spinballproduction9678 Před rokem +1

      Upon a revisit to the game I thought Blaze was super annoying in Rush 1 as the game literally beats you over the head that she thinks she can’t depend on overs then gets her ass kicked then thinks “Maybe I should depend on others”. Also there’s the dialogue which is kind of okay at best but it half of it is everyone just saying the power of friendship saves the day all the time. The worst example of this is the last story because after both Eggman’s jump Blaze the characters basically talk about friendship for 8 minutes until Super Sonic and Burning Blaze stop the Eggmen. Blaze goes home in a cutscene that takes eons to get through then the game ends. I mean I don’t think the writing is garbage or anything but it adds to Rush 1 being a snooze fest for me.

    • @seematahir5970
      @seematahir5970 Před rokem

      Guys I hear ya, but Sonic games' dubs are usually pretty overly corny and awkward (*see Heroes), that's their charm. Rush just had a lot of nice moments and the actual plot itself wasn't half bad.

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 Před rokem

      @@seematahir5970 Sonic Heroes somehow manages to be slightly worse in japanese than in the dub.

  • @togikisses
    @togikisses Před rokem +1

    Frontiers is almost here! It will be my first Sonic game in 15 years. I'm soo excited, thank you for all of the Sonic game reviews! I can't wait for your reaction to the new one

  • @dontask6306
    @dontask6306 Před rokem +2

    Fire and Ice was the first Sonic game I ever touched. I was impressed by the speed of the classic and modern Sonic era.
    I already knew the notoriety of Toon's Knuckles from the play videos, but it took me a while to get used to it.

  • @thejedisonic67
    @thejedisonic67 Před rokem +4

    Wonder if you thought about doing one of these perspectives for Pac-Man. It's one of those series that never left, but you sit there at it's catalogue and are bewildered at some of the directions the series went

  • @Shinz000_
    @Shinz000_ Před rokem

    bro the shadow impression tho like omg it sounded amazing XD

  • @MischieviousJirachi
    @MischieviousJirachi Před rokem +1

    8:39 i didnt expect you to bring up my damn childhood 💀

  • @xgaming2427
    @xgaming2427 Před rokem +8

    Shattered Crystal is definitely better than the Wii U game but the problem is that you have to get all the items in each stage just to progress to the next world.

  • @GamingintheAM0801
    @GamingintheAM0801 Před rokem +5

    You touched on it a little bit, but where the developers tried and failed to add Metroid elements was in the fact that, in Metroid, collectibles aren't arbitrary. You're not just picking up interchangeable tokens or keys in order to progress. Progression in Metroid is linked to Samus' equipment. A pathway isn't unreachable because you lack a key or something, it's because you don't have the High Jump Boots or Morph Ball Bombs yet. Locked doors require certain types of weapons so you can shoot them open. So on and so forth. In this way, progression is inextricably linked to Samus becoming more powerful. Her weapons *are* the keys to progressing.
    But so many other games that try to mimic this design, this game included, just throw a bunch of random arbitrary keys and tokens around and call themselves "Metroid-inspired" when that's really not how Metroid games work.

  • @VideosJuandieguinchi
    @VideosJuandieguinchi Před rokem +3

    You should make a video about the Sonic Boom show and your opinions on it. That show was my childhood

  • @johnr.deluca4258
    @johnr.deluca4258 Před rokem +4

    I've already made a stupidly long 2 part rambling in the comment section of the previous video about my apologetic admiration towards the _Sonic Boom_ sub-franchise as a whole and how it deserves a second chance for a full redemption arc, so I'll just continue where I left off.
    _Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal_ is better. . .but not that much, but it's sequal though, nah man, that game is a solid time actually, and I'm glad I'm not the only one when viewing the comments here. _Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice_ improves apon its predecessor in nearly every way. It's an underrated gem in my eye, due to at the time, the _Sonic Boom_ sub-franchise dwindling relevance as said in this video, despite from the TV show's continued praise within the fandom, especially when it entered into its superior 2nd season. It was like it was one of few signs of redemption for _Sonic Boom_ , but was cut short because of the lingering legacy that _Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric_ left on the entire sub-franchise. A real damn shame if you ask me *(insert the 2nd part of my comment from the last video here)* .
    In regards about the canonicity of _Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal_ , there's an interview about the game out there stating that this game actually does takes place sometime after it's Wii U sibling title. For the life of me, I cannot find this interview, but GameXplain's review of the game does confirm its existence. Further inspection of the game's plot does contain visual clues that does confirm this as well to a degree. However the characters not remembering Lyric and a a couple other details does muddy the waters a bit in terms of the connections of both prequal games. Therefore as it stands, _Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal_ is technically a stand-alone sequal to _Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric_ .
    Also a correction: Ken Pontac and Warren Graff only wrote one episode for the _Sonic Boom_ TV show.

    • @alex_-yz9to
      @alex_-yz9to Před rokem

      this is kinda what happens when Rise of Lyric and Shattered crystal start developement arround the same time and rise of lyric never actually got finished story wise, its likely the shattered crystal team had to go off really nebolous details and never actually got a full explaination... though it is funny that shattered crystal implies that amy literally turned Lyric into a pair of boots after he gets beaten in the final fight.

  • @umbrabestia5629
    @umbrabestia5629 Před rokem

    Was a about to take a quick nap, sees a j review notification, sleep can wait

  • @HeyJayOfficial
    @HeyJayOfficial Před rokem

    Hey that’s one of my old interviews in the opening footage! 😅

  • @sun_man35
    @sun_man35 Před rokem +1

    I remember when me and my cousin were 6 in 2016. We loved fire and ice! Me and my cousin tried speedrunning it to see which is better, But none the less I love fire and ice.

  • @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313

    It's pretty clear that SEGA wanted the Boom series to be a mainstay given Sticks appeared in spinoffs like Sonic Runners and Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 on top of the fact SEGA gave the Sonic Boom series its own version of Sonic Dash called Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom.
    But as usual, bad planning and poor management caused the decline of something that could've been amazing had SEGA not poked their heads in to tell Big Red Button what they needed to do and just made something original for Nintendo's failing console. They did it before with Sonic 2006 and made Secret Rings after realizing the Wii couldn't do what they wanted it to do.

  • @JE-nr6xw
    @JE-nr6xw Před rokem +1

    babe wake up new Js reviews new Js reviews

  • @EliteFourChad
    @EliteFourChad Před rokem +5

    i used to play sonic boom fire and ice and i thought it was fine and it's basically in a box of games i have and i didn't remember i had it till this came out and i still have the same opinion it's fine but my brother should enjoy it (at least i hope so)

  • @skibot9974
    @skibot9974 Před rokem +1

    4:15 personally as a kid I never did the short burst thing. I would only bring my DS if the ride was an hour or longer. I think it was initially a restriction by my parents but I simply stuck to it long after they stopped caring

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 Před rokem

      I just did it casually. Portability just meant that my playsession could be *longer*, not shorter.

  • @crimsonstormsurge
    @crimsonstormsurge Před rokem

    I think you are the first person I have ever seen actually acknowledge these games

  • @SimplySunky
    @SimplySunky Před rokem +2

    I personally enjoy Fire and Ice and it's fun blasting through stages while switching characters in the fly.

  • @nebbynetwork2089
    @nebbynetwork2089 Před rokem

    7:28 spot on impression

  • @theanonymousgamer4638
    @theanonymousgamer4638 Před rokem +2

    NGL Sonic Runners was pretty dope. Glad the fans revived it!

  • @cloudshines812
    @cloudshines812 Před rokem +2

    Predictions for the titles of J’s next Sonic reviews:
    Why Sonic Mania was a successful nostalgia trip…
    Why Sonic Forces was a disappointing failure…
    And lastly:
    Sonic Frontiers, the good, the bad… and the ugly…

  • @staraptorflock3661
    @staraptorflock3661 Před rokem +11

    The Sonic Boom show wasn't that bad

    • @ericplayz6244
      @ericplayz6244 Před rokem +1

      Ong the comedic timing and jokes were actually really good in my opinion

  • @landontrahan5770
    @landontrahan5770 Před rokem +1

    This is awesome. I do plan to play these along with Rise of Lyric on my LooneyTuneLegend channel.

  • @b_e_p_i_s_m_a_n6212
    @b_e_p_i_s_m_a_n6212 Před rokem

    After watching J cover the Sonic Boom games, I'm convinced more than ever that the entire fanbase collectively clocked out on the series for a few years until Mania/Forces were announced.

  • @pawelthesans09
    @pawelthesans09 Před rokem

    That’s a good review!

  • @MrSupersonic2012
    @MrSupersonic2012 Před rokem +2

    I played a demo for Shattered Crystal before it came out. I thought it was okay, but didn't pick up the game when it came out. I did get it on the eShop when it was on sale for like 5 bucks. I'd say for what the game is, that's an alright deal.

  • @Stormvix
    @Stormvix Před rokem

    grinding collectibles to progress is the main reason I haven't finished Unleashed

  • @890ilopk5
    @890ilopk5 Před rokem

    Another problem with Shattered Crystal's collectables is the tokens. Tokens would be used to unlock "trophies" in the game, but there were more trophies than there were tokens. There also a "mini-game" where Knuckles would give you 1 token a day. It also couldn't be cheesed by changing your 3DS time. So if you wanted to 100% Shattered Crystal, you would have had to open the game everyday and get that token, even after you got all the level's collectables.

  • @dachannelfire7049
    @dachannelfire7049 Před rokem +1

    For some twisted reason the Sonic boom cartoon is my guilty pleasure show

  • @Tribow
    @Tribow Před rokem

    I forget J can do some fairly solid voice acting sometimes

  • @michaeloverton04
    @michaeloverton04 Před rokem +1

    14:26, Johnny: "Steam."

  • @devonwilliams5738
    @devonwilliams5738 Před rokem +2

    Sonic Boom Shattered Crystal getting a sequel when so many other games that deserved it more didn't is an insult.

  • @sawwt.hedgehog
    @sawwt.hedgehog Před rokem +1

    The only thing positive I can say about Rise of lyric is the animation in the cutscenes. The characters are really expressive in them.

  • @nimavaziri9866
    @nimavaziri9866 Před rokem

    Sonic boom fire and ice is a game that i hold to my heart as its my favorite

  • @Eyeball786
    @Eyeball786 Před rokem

    BRUH at 7:58 that sonic voice was too real

  • @Wtfisulookin10
    @Wtfisulookin10 Před rokem +2

    Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Re4R
    It should be a fun video to enjoy listening. Then again i enjoy listening to you and your videos.😉

  • @flatmanv2
    @flatmanv2 Před rokem +1

    I love your vids dude

  • @nav23672
    @nav23672 Před rokem +3

    Finally a new video

  • @colinmiyamoto2190
    @colinmiyamoto2190 Před rokem

    You know what’s funny is that I only knew about Fire and Ice because I’d always drop by Carl’s Junior for a soda when walking from school and saw that they were the toys for the kids meal

  • @giroandkarin2822
    @giroandkarin2822 Před rokem +1

    Shattered Crystal is a guilty pleasure of mine. Yeah, it's teddious to collect everything and the writting is kinda stupid. But it was the first 3DS game I ever bought, so I have a bit of nostalgia for it

  • @tek3576
    @tek3576 Před rokem

    8:30 the fact that these haven't improved in animation or art is funnier than the videos themselves

  • @Fractorification
    @Fractorification Před rokem +2

    The reception Sonic fans had for the handheld titles when they came out really bothered me. The passionate ones initially defended the Wii U game on the basis that “it was trying something new for the franchise” and we needed to give it a chance. But, then when that one failed, they suddenly changed their tunes with the 3Ds games claiming it “good traditional side scrolling action”. So all that talk about Boom trying new things was BS when the 3Ds games were praised for being traditional 2D Sonic gameplay.
    Talk about goal post shifting.

  • @bebopknux5857
    @bebopknux5857 Před rokem +2

    The one thing I never liked about Fire & Ice was that it showed a comptent company was behind it, They put effort into taking the critiscm and making a better game to then be basically told "You fell off" because Boom was dead to most people, genuine shame since yeah it's alright. But I like seeing game devs improve on what they had especially being one myself. They just needed to add more to the game as there are some neat challenges there, but it needed to achieve more than just that and amy.

  • @questionablecollector5022

    I remember as a kid. It kept telling me knuckles stepped out so I would just keep checking everyday to see if he came back yet 😂

  • @BH-98
    @BH-98 Před rokem

    14:26 Oh come on it's a bit more than that.
    "Water... Boiling Water... Evaporation."

  • @carlemmerson2035
    @carlemmerson2035 Před rokem

    The only Boom game I've played is Fire & Ice. I picked up the demo back in college, and I remember I actually quite liked it as a demo, but I didn't feel like it would work as anything bigger than that.

  • @humancollins5626
    @humancollins5626 Před rokem

    I like the Roger impression lol

  • @Mafon2
    @Mafon2 Před rokem

    Sticks was a very fun character. They also did a good job making others entertaining. One of the best iterations of characters, IMHO. Yes, even Knuckles and Knuckles.

    • @tacoman422
      @tacoman422 Před rokem +1

      I did actually enjoy Knuckles in the show, though I do credit that in part to the fact that Travis Willingham has a great voice and delivery for that sort of character.

  • @Color_Splsh
    @Color_Splsh Před rokem

    Speaking of the Lego dimensions sonic pack, will you do a video on it?

  • @MarcusDandridgeDee_Kae

    I remember years Ago Sega once Posted art of Boom Sonic and Eggman Playing a Nintendo switch My guess is a Boom Game may have been at one point planned before it was Scrapped

  • @banobobot
    @banobobot Před rokem

    My man put 3DS Boom Knuckles on the thumbnail.

  • @l1uchill
    @l1uchill Před rokem

    It is hard being a sonic fan but rather it be a good game or a bad one I'm still a fan! Sonic mania was awesome and I know once Sega Finally realizes that sonic is a character a lot of people are still invested in and rooting for they'll make a great game one that the fans will love!

  • @calvinmatthews1527
    @calvinmatthews1527 Před rokem +2

    In the end the Sonic Boom brand failing was SEGA's own fault. They pushed two rushed, awful titles on fans along with a tv show they sent out to die. It ended up costing them millions and now they're trying to forget the brand they so foolishly created.

  • @abneramaya1736
    @abneramaya1736 Před 4 měsíci

    14:26 And water vapor.

  • @JacksonBlea-sn3oq
    @JacksonBlea-sn3oq Před 9 měsíci +1

    I agree with you about everyone being sick of boom in 2015 and everyone being more sick of boom by 2016 especially since once mania and forces were announced everyone forgot about boom for obvious reasons and I personally would’ve much rather take a third story book game and another sonic rush game over freaking sonic boom

  • @jgoofy8233
    @jgoofy8233 Před rokem +4

    This is unfortunately the first Sonic game I've ever played on 3DS, but Sonic Lost World proved to be pretty fun for like 2-3 full playthroughs

    • @GenerationZ313
      @GenerationZ313 Před rokem

      I used to find it odd that Sonic Lost World was a 3D game and the Sonic Boom games were not but now I realize that may have been because of a low budget.

    • @smashmaster521
      @smashmaster521 Před rokem

      @@GenerationZ313 I wonder what caused that to happen.

  • @maskofthedragon
    @maskofthedragon Před rokem +4

    5:25
    Amogus

  • @love4real684
    @love4real684 Před měsícem

    I really wish they put more effort into the sonic boom franchise as its one of my favourites, for the show alone I think it was pretty entertaining, but maybe lacked in some story or consistency with characters, still one of my favourite sonic shows. maybe I have rose tinted glasses but I think that rise of lyric was actually decent ?

  • @Eclin
    @Eclin Před rokem +1

    It’s okay. At least they tried to polished it and delayed it, iirc, something that Sega don’t do often.

  • @CelestialReturner
    @CelestialReturner Před rokem

    Are you going to continue Star Wars with the Prequel Trilogy?

  • @SMILYTHESMILEY
    @SMILYTHESMILEY Před rokem

    I know the 3ds cutscenes have a lower resolution but I think they look better in terms of shadows and animation

  • @beanmchocolate3900
    @beanmchocolate3900 Před rokem +1

    I completely forgot Fire and Ice existed... Mania stuck with me more.

  • @stonecoldsteveaustin2095

    I’m Stone Cold Steve Austin, WHAT!?

  • @noah_ignis
    @noah_ignis Před rokem

    I honestly never cared about the whole Sonic Boom era when I was around 13-15 years old during that time and I'm glad I skipped out because at the same time this was the gapping point for me when I started getting into other franchises mostly jrpgs on the 3DS and Xbox 360 during the time of 2014 to 2016. I also grew up on Sonic Fan animation videos those were hilarious and true

  • @DecadoPrime
    @DecadoPrime Před rokem

    J spitting facts out here

  • @TheChrisRolla
    @TheChrisRolla Před rokem +1

    I just beat both of the first Boom games this week and maybe it’s the Wii U game being patched but idk man I had more fun with it than Jak 3 or the PSP Jak game.
    And the 3DS game was more than fine, better than Zip Lash and Hey Pikmin. Similar games that somehow reviewed far better.

  • @riccrion718
    @riccrion718 Před rokem

    Shattered crystal shattered my fandom for sonic, fr

  • @realer2748
    @realer2748 Před rokem

    fire & ice feels like a licensed movie game