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Planet Wisp both aesthetically and musically is such a beautiful level. In general while I’m not the biggest fan of the story I really do love how the game tries to incorporate some of Sonic’s environmental themes he had in the classics, with Sonic going from saving little animals to little aliens. Planet Wisp is just a big example of this
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Yeah, if Colors had gone less in on the jokes and really focused in on the theming, I think it could’ve been one of the best Sonic games. It truly could’ve been an amazing middle ground between the classic and modern games, from the environmentalist themes to the 2D-3D hybrid gameplay.
The plot of this game had way more potential than Unleashed's pretty boring amnesia story, but the actual execution lets it down hard
This game and its tone feels like a response to the fan backlash that the early 2000s games received on the internet. I touched on this in a comment in the 06 review, but a big reason why Sonic's overall tone changed for the worst throughout the 2010s is because a lot of older fans that mainly grew up with the classic games did not like that the early 2000s games became more serious and more "Shonen-like" in tone, with many of them stating that they didn't like the huge cast of characters, the artstyle and direction of the games, or the final bombastic Super Sonic fight with the eldritch god. A lot of the games from this era also didn't receive a lot of praise from critics either and especially after 06's release, Sonic became infamous for all of these things that people on the internet would largely complain about. I think that especially after 06 became so infamous, Sonic Team wanted to respond to the criticism in some way, so they developed Colours as a way to appease these people. Colours' lighter tone was already noticeable before, but I feel that it becomes more noticeable when you take this history into account. The only main characters are Sonic, Tails and Eggman because people used to complain about the multiple characters. There is no Super Sonic fight at the end of this game probably because people would complain about Sonic transforming into a cool form and fighting a crazy super god and Sonic Team wanted to fix their reputation - This change ended up lasting for over a decade in the mainline 3D games (excluding Generations), which I think is kinda crazy! The other big change is that the story's tone was made a lot lighter and contrary to popular belief this is not solely the fault of Sega hiring Pontac and Graff. Sega likely hired those two specifically because they have experience writing for goofy, more comedic stuff. What usually happens is that writers are given a character/story bible to follow so that they know about the characters and how they should be written, so I actually think that although Pontac and Graff are definitely still at fault for not writing good stories, Sega is also at fault for giving Pontac & Graff such a poor character bible that butchered the characters to the point where Sonic Team is now struggling to try and rebuild the characters to be good again - The effects of this can still be felt today with the direction that Sonic Team has given to certain characters like Shadow. What I think is really interesting is how Sonic fans eventually hated the direction that 2010s Sonic was going in and wanted the games to be more like the early 2000s era in tone, which mirrors how Sonic fans in the early 2000s wanted Sonic to be more like the classic era. Luckily, this time it feels like Sonic Team is listening to the feedback and trying to course correct their mistakes, but I feel like a lot of damage is already done, so it might take a while for Sonic to really be PEAK again. I wrote this fatass comment, but lowkey I don't think it's too related to Sonic Colours, I kinda just wanted to talk about the tone of this game LMAOOO I guess the main take away from this whole thing is that basically, being nostalgia-blind for the past is a bit silly and it can lead to a whole decade of mid games LMAO
Ok nah the intro is wild you wildin with that intro bro 💀
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Sonic Colors is THE comfort game for me. It’s just a solid game from start to finish, no weird mechanics or weird level design just a solid fun time. The story sure isn’t great but I feel that it’s serviceable especially after all the melodrama from the previous games. The aesthetics too are gorgeous even tho it was on the Wii. Would I have liked more 3D and less 2D? Yea but overall the game has a comforting aura that just puts my mind at ease and makes it so enjoyable. 8/10
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Bros intros are something else!
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I wish I could play this game for the first time again
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this was the first Sonic game I got on release date. My Dad went out of his way to go to multiple GameStop’s to try and find a store that had the pre order bonus Sonic hat 🥺🥺🥺 God bless his soul ❤️
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Crazy to think colors is still the last mainline 3d sonic to have fully original environments.... lol I really hope next game has the same creativity as this one (in terms of level themes ofcourse)
Sonic colors has been one of my favorite Sonic games, replayed a bunch of times on Wii and it’s like a comfort game to me. I adore the aesthetics of the game, I love the colorfulness of it especially the opening and the levels such as Aquarium Park which has the Japanese aesthetics and how beautiful it looks. Now the OST specifically the OG is a banger, like reach for the stars is one of my favorite songs that felt like I was going on a fun adventure and I love the music of the stages especially Aquarium Park and Sweet Mountain and for the 3d sections and 2D sections of the levels didn’t bother me that much but there are some levels I didn’t like such as sweet mountain act 4 which feel like a waiting game and you had to push buttons to make that thing move in order to move forward of that level. The final boss was alright not peak or anything but the music for phase two was IMMACULATE.
I love reach for the stars and sonic colors!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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Colors means so much to me and my attachment to this franchise. I followed this game from the Nintendo Channel on the Wii up until release. I could open this game when I was 9 and say hell yeah. Fast forward to today, I can open Colors ULTIMATE and say hell yeah (perfect homing attack + new OSTs hard carry for me). I understand why people have their flaws with this game like the story and not enough 3D, but I think the good things that this game does far outweigh any of the negative aspects that are there. The art direction, world design, and music are PHENOMENAL, you're always playing as Sonic, the level design is clean especially when you know how to utilize the wisps right. Game Land is also hella underappreciated because the Swap mechanic gives you a triple jump if you're playing solo, but then if you play with a friend you can get combo wisps which a lot of folks don't know about!! Anyways yeah I love this game and it means everything to me. Top 5 Sonic title, EZ.
U see the vision SoulCake
0:01 Why you gotta do me like that bro 😭
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I will keep it a 💯 with you, Fadel: I don't care much for Colors because it was the start of so much character assassination the reigned in the 2010s. That being said, Reach for the Stars is a solid Bop 🎵
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Sonic colors is my 5th favorite 3d sonic god this so fun and amazing I love the writing in this game tbh and baldy mcnosehair nickname for Eggman is fits so well I love it still references in Sonic Frontiers and the in lost world
Honestly sonic colors music kinda goes hard,
NO ONEEEEE can tell me Sonic Colors is bad game that has a bad story. Sure it feels cheap in some places, but the overall adventure is always memorable and imo is one of the most peak sonic adventures just for being a fun time which the amusement park setting fits. Plus being a relatively welcoming Sonic game was great to making new Sonic fans since I was a kid!
The story/plot itself is really fun and unique. Fans had been waiting for quite some time to see what Eggman Land would look like! The main issue is with the corny writing and lame characterization, but the songs and vibrant settings _almost_ make up for it, in my opinion. Not my favorite Sonic game, but it gets more hate than warranted sometimes.
absolutely prefer the longer video format, let's you get into all the details and expand on points you might've missed.
YEah and it's funny too, 'cause Sonic Colours DS does have a secret final Super Sonic boss! O_O
I only had a Wii at the time so this was exactly what I wanted coming from Unwiished. Definitely one of the best 3D Sonic games. Looking forward to jumping back into it when Rerainbow drops.
Omg I love the song hint in the title ❤❤❤
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Hmm! Seeing Fadel praise my favorite Sonic game was a pleasant surprise for my Saturday evening. While I didn't buy Colors at launch, it _did_ come at a time when I got into the series more. Between the comedic story, fun levels, and use of colors, this is quite the special game indeed. Nice video!
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Colors is the most decent game it’s not bad by any levels but it’s really not anything special, the start of the game feels magic tropical resort act 1 is such a comforting vibe and the music , and the final boss of the game is amazing , only problem it’s super short and easy but the orchestral of reach of the stars is beautiful, the art direction is also amazing, the main problem of colors is that 95% is generic blocky 2d level design , and levels after 2 in each world are just filler to make the game seem like it have much more than it actually has lol , the story is just also lame , and tails weirdly out of nowhere has a big ego in this game , it’s funny in some cutscenes but it’s pretty jarring how in the 2000s tails was this level headed kid , and now he acts super sarcastic to sonic lol
Yea I get that 100% LOL
I'm glad you can enjoy this game, many of us have nothing but hatred towards because of his own flaws, like the poor level design and horrible story, and how it negatively impacted the franchise for so many years until the movies and IDW came to save the day. (CallieMacn has a excellent video summarizing why Colors is such a overrated and flawed game. It's not even a hate piece btw, she does praise what it does well, it's by no means 100% bad. )
Colors good, Colors DS best 2D Sonic game, Colors Ultimate bad But for real though I have so much nostalgia and fond memories of this game, then again that’s many Sonic games before now lol
Colors ds is my favorite version of colors and one of my favorite games of all time. This game is so special to me and I have many fond memories with it. I also played colors ultimate on switch and I don’t get the hate for it it was a good game to me.
“Yo call me a bracket the way your father is leaving you” OH SO THATS WHY YOU HATE WOMEN FADEL
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Colours gets a lot of undeserved hate these days, especially Ultimate. But to me, its a very important game. One thing i wish they would've done, with the 2D, was have it play like the Classic games physics-wise. But with the boost. I think the 2D platforming can be a bit stiff at times. So a more momentum focused 2D would've worked better i feel. Still it's great despite that.
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I wasn't crazy about Colors when it first came out. But the Colors Ultimate version won me over despite its obvious quality issues. That green timing thing with the homing attack letting you have more boost made this version more fun for me, especially since boosting is normally a lot more downplayed in this game. That said, I don't mind 2D sections in 3D Sonic in general, but I always felt that 3D Sonic controls weird in 2D. Might be an engine thing since boost formula doesn't require the kind of momentum that a 2D Sonic game has. Switching between 2D and 3D feels a lot more natural in Frontiers though.
@GamesCage since this is a mainline sonic game revisit are you gonna end it when we get to sonic forces or is sonic frontiers also gonna be part of the mainline revisited series?
Also the wisp call and final color blaster call at the end really does sound like a kamen rider/super sentai finisher if you understand what i mean Edit: yeah the wisp and final color blaster is 100% a kamen rider reference
I love Sonic Colors, but man I wish SEGA and everyone else didn't treat this game like the savior of Sonic games when it released. I get why they viewed it the way they did, it managed to do everything the critics and general audiences had been wanting from a Sonic game for a while there, but I think a lot of that stuff they were criticizing was just part of the Sonic-hate zeitgeist of the era. Sonic's cast of friends, the drawn out "epic" narratives, the multiple playable characters, etc.; none of that stuff was counter to the series itself, I think people just lumped it into the conversation when talking about why Sonic was bad at the time. So, when Sonic Colors was seen as a success by SEGA, it went from being an example of how to make a Sonic game for a casual audience (the audience of the Wii) to becoming the de facto example on just how to make a Sonic game. As a result, Lost World and Forces both reek of Colors' influence, while neither game really understands what made Colors good. Regardless, as I said, I do enjoy this game. I'm pretty sure this was the first Sonic game I ever played, and it does such a great job at being approachable for newcomers, while still rewarding going back through the stages and trying different wisps and routes. The presentation was always so good as well, from the art design to the music to the animation, the game is just so full of life. I remember watching the intro so many times as a kid, I was always blown away by how beautiful it was. I remember my dad telling me my generation was spoiled with how high quality that intro CGI animation was. I understand peoples' critiques of Colors, but I don't think there's a better Sonic game to introduce the franchise with. It does everything it needs to and it does it all well.
3:53 The next sonic games have good level design.
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Bro this just feels like a deadbrain tik tiok video, you on top (pause) and gameplay on bottom 😆
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Just finished the knuckles series I hope they improve on what didn’t work because TOO MUCH WADE but it’s still alright
I would say Colors gets too much hate these days. It definitely has it's problems especially with the story, but a lot of what is said about the game just isn't true. Like only the Act 1s being good, anyone that has actually played the game knows that isn't true. Aquarium Park Act 4 and 6 are arguably the two best stages in the game.
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speed up your videos x2, have us slow down the video by x2 and you'll get a surprise
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im not gonna lie I feel like im too old for this sonic game specifically. I fucking HATE this game not gonna lie LMAO.
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It makes me so happy too ❤️🔥❤️🔥
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Are we gonna get a colors ds review?
15:20 play the ds version
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I Remember the First time I played sonic colors , I was playing simultaneously with mario galaxy , only of of those games left a positive impression , I remember people gassing up this like it's the best sonic game of all time , perfect game , unleashed but only the good parts , so I went with the highest expectations, and was left massive disappointment, level design was just okay , most levels being parts of other levels but bite size , not my least favorite game in the series but it's the last game that I would go back to , I tried to give this game another chance multiple times , but I end up losing all interesting on the second or third level , on a story level this is the beginning of the so called "meta era" , while the story isn't bad , the dialogue is more focused on comedy , but the jokes don't land more than do land , the two main jokes in this game are cubot voice chip , just feels like a random joke that could have been in any sonic game , the other is tails translator not working properly, while I heard in the jp version I heard the mistranslation are plays on words which is kinda clever , the en version it's just random words , but the most confusing part of this story ,is they trying to play Eggman plan as a mystery , I guess they were really trying to justify tails role in this game , overall not the worst , but to me it's the most disappointing
100% LOL. It’s a very random game. Story is ass for sure
The whole “sonic is for kids” argument annoys me because kids are not dumb they can and will handle mature topics and just overall tone. Shows like ATLA can be serious and still be for kids and even to like a lesser extent powerpuff girls where it’s lowkey gory for a kids show at times but at the end of the day kids fw it. Assuming kids are dumb and only like fart jokes is just UGH
Agreed
Praise for Sonic Colours? That's not something you see nowadays, lol😅
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My first sonic game, still such a fun time for me. 🤍🩵💛🧡💙💚🩷💜