- What, what, why is it 3D?
- Dude, this is so much more intense.
- No, you have to go, you have to go! Sonic, what's your problem?
♪ (8-bit intro) ♪
- (FBE) So how do you feel about Sonic the Hedgehog?
- The movie or the game?
The GameCube game, I really enjoyed playing that,
but I don't know about the movie. I'm a little scared for the movie.
- I love Sonic! It was a fun game back in the day.
- I like it, older days Sonic. There hasn't been a new good one
in probably 10 years.
- Game is amazing, I mean, it's a classic.
So many people know it.
Not sure about the movie quite yet, 'cause that trailer is really strange.
- (FBE) Well today, we're gonna have you play
the opening level Green Hill Zone from three different sonic games.
- That's amazing.
- (FBE) First you'll be playing the Sega Genesis classic from 1991,
the same game that's being rereleased on the Sega Genesis Mini.
- I'll probably play that, hello.
Oh yeah, no, I've played this one. I was good at it.
I have it on my Game Boy.
- (FBE) After that, you're gonna play both of the games
that were released in 2017, which are actually pretty different
from each other, as you'll see.
First you'll play Sonic Forces, and then you'll play Sonic Mania.
- Alright.
Oh, these look so different.
- You see, he's still cute.
You know, like they modified him a little bit, but like it's still him.
What happened? What happened?
- Hold on, alright, that's jump.
There's three other buttons that don't do anything.
Ha, got him.
- Okay, let me remember these controls, okay, okay.
Oh, okay. This is basic, ah! (laughs)
Oh my God, did I just die?
- Dude, this is, oh my gosh! The hornet guy!
And the piranhas.
- Get some coins, run really fast. What do I press?
Down for spinning? Yes I do!
- I can't not grab them. All the little coins, no!
Why did you threw that right when I was going there?
You're so rude!
- Okay, that's a bad guy. (gasps) Oh my God!
- Crab guy, let's go, mmm, oh no!
- It's nice to have it simple, like nowadays there's just,
it's so hard to get into newer games, 'cause there are just so many buttons
that do so many things, and I can't, really, okay well I just died.
- Let's go!
Wow, this is like extremely fast.
Okay, okay, I got it, I got it. (gasps)
- Can't stop me now, having such a...
Oh!
- Mmm, I was about to say a bad word, I didn't say it.
I did not curse, I did die though, but it's fine!
- Oh, that's right.
How do I... There we go.
- It makes me miss the old times.
I haven't seen this in literally, I don't even know how many years.
- I remember playing this on my Game Boy, back when I was little.
I remember this being a lot of fun. This is so nostalgic.
- Oh! Almost had it.
- This is a classic, I love this one. Oh, I think I'm invincible with this!
Oh, oh, get up there! Yeet!
- Let's do this.
Let's kill of these little things! Die! Die, die, die, die, die! Die.
- Oh my God, this is so much fun! (gasps)
Oh, tight. - Ah, it's satisfying.
That's really satisfying.
- Let all my anger out. I don't have anger,
I'm fine, we're chilling. No, you have to go!
You have to go, Sonic what's your problem?
- I love the music for this too. It really is such a classic.
- It's been so long, oh my gosh. That was fun.
- I'm so concentrating. (gasps) Did I win?
Did I beat the... Yes! Woo! Okay.
I still got it. (laughs) - I went real fast.
Sonic's goes, gotta go fast.
- (FBE) Okay, we're gonna switch over to the PlayStation for Sonic Forces.
- No! No no, this is great!
Let's just keep this one. I keep on dying, but it's fine.
It's just the graphics, something about the old graphics.
Oh, you are taking it away. (FBE laughs)
No!
- (FBE) So Sonic Forces came out in 2017.
It is definitely different, so see what you think.
- Sonic Forces, alright. Let's see how this works.
- Wow, look at the graphics! (gasps) This is so cool!
- Oh yes, I like this! Let's go!
Yes, yes, yes, we know. - What is going on?
Hint, I don't want a hint, I know what to do!
- (Tails) Eggman's forces are surging into the city!
- Oh, I can move sideways? Whoa, what?
- They're still cool. I like this.
It's a nice change,
it's nice that you have a different view now
instead of just the complete side-scrolling.
- X to jump, you don't say?
Gosh, what am I, 12? I feel insulted!
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- Oh my God, this is so much fun! - Yes, yes, you got it, die bitch!
Oh, I didn't say that, I didn't say that, I didn't say that, oh my God!
- This is too easy! I can just look at you the whole time.
You know?
Watch, I'm gonna look at you the whole time.
- (Sonic) Man, look at the size of that thing!
I guess all kinds of things...
- While the other game, you actually have to look.
Oh, maybe not, hold on.
- Dude, this is so much more intense.
- I feel like this would make people dizzy,
at the same time, 'cause he moves so fast, but,
it wouldn't be a Sonic game if he didn't.
- Whoa, oh.
Oh, that boost is kinda cool.
- Oh my God. You see this is kinda like
the old school combined with the new one.
Like, it's nice, there's a lot of graphics going on,
there's a lot of things going on, like it's cute.
- I don't like the targeting.
You know, I like having to actually aim with my depth perception.
My poor depth perception.
- (Sonic) Man, this place is a wreck.
- Yeah, oh! (laughs angrily) Dang it, it's movin' too fast
for my ancient brain.
- I don't know. I like the old school one,
it's just so like (hums) you know, calm.
- Ah, it's like a roller coaster. Let's get it!
Yes, did I win? Woo!
- Is that the ending? Wow, okay.
Not bad, not what I expected. It subverted my expectations,
but it was pretty, B? I got a freaking A,
what are you talking about?
- I know I did not deserve that A. - Did okay, yeah.
- This definitely felt a little easier like, to me, all the older games
like Nintendo and Sega Genesis, they're really hard.
But they're still fun, I actually enjoyed this.
- (FBE) Alright, and then last but not least,
we're gonna play Sonic Mania.
- (hums) Oh, it's exactly the same, for now.
What, what, what? Did I just die?
- So this is just like a brighter version
of what I originally played.
- So this looks like it's the classic one I was just playing.
Except the graphics look a little more updated?
- Ooh! I wasn't fast enough!
- Wow, that looks dead on.
See, I'm warming up, I'm getting better, ooh!
- I have spikes, I should be able to like
fight these spikes back. You see what I'm talking about?
Nonsense! Nonsense!
- Ugh.
- No, did I get, oh I can keep going, okay, okay.
- I'm diggin' it.
You know, oh, oh wait, wait, oh, okay okay I'm fine, I'm fine.
This isn't the same.
This is harder.
- Don't come to save me. I will figure this out.
Mmm!
Am I not putting my, I'm not pressing, there we go.
Oh hell no, don't take me back.
- Freakin.
Oh my gosh!
- We're just gonna, somehow get out of here.
Somehow, I don't know exactly how. But we'll figure it out together.
'Cause in life, it's teamwork. Life, it's teamwork.
We did die, but life is teamwork.
- What?
- (FBE) This is gonna take you to a bonus level.
- What, what, why is it 3D?
Wait, why?
- Whoa, this is crazy.
How do you go from that to this?
Where I'm like running off the course. - I'm gonna get all these!
(yells)
- I can't see, it's like bad, but good graphics at the same time.
- I like how it looks like it's in between.
They didn't wanna go too new yet,
they kinda wanted to keep the classic feel,
while not being so 8-bit, which is kinda nice.
♪ (8-bit music) ♪
- (grunts) Woo! What is happening?
- (FBE) You got a Chaos Emerald! - Wow!
- Am I not done, oh, I'm not done with the stage!
Okay, ooh, guess I'm falling down here?
- Oh, okay.
- I only have 12 rings.
Whoa, wait. ♪ (tense 8-bit music) ♪
What is happening? A boss, got it.
- Oh am I defeating a boss? Oh, Jesus.
♪ (tense 8-bit music) ♪ - Mmm!
- Got it, easy peasy.
No, oh come on, what? That's bullcrap!
I still got a chance, right? Right, right, okay okay.
- Okay, there's the pattern. No, I gotta get...
(growls) Dang it!
- Ooh, he's angry, he's angry. Yeah, got 'em both!
What up, what up, my boy Sonic. Got through level one.
- Oh, what, hey hey, not cool!
Do the switcheroo. (under breath) Damn it.
What, wait, I had one, I had one still.
Doesn't it go to zero, and then...
Alright, that's fine.
- This is the part where I take a break
and go get some Cheez-Its, 'cause I'm so frustrated. (laughs)
- No!
♪ (8-bit music) ♪
We're good, it's fine. The zone is secure guys, we're good.
- (screams) No!
Oh my God, oh! (gasps) Did I win, did I win?
Yes, woo! - No!
The worst!
(sighs)
♪ (upbeat 8-bit music) ♪
Yeah, it should say Sonic barely got through Act 1,
because of Scott.
- (FBE) So how was it playing the old Sonic game,
compared to the new Sonic games?
- Oh my God, it was a roller coaster of emotions.
I definitely liked the old school version better.
- The content and the idea behind it is still in the new games,
they just added a cool, new, bells and whistles on there.
You're still trying to get rings, you're still trying to spin fast.
You're still trying to run.
- Maybe stop trying to remake stuff. Maybe make newer stuff,
newer franchises, I want new!
- The old one definitely brought back more nostalgia for me,
just playing the old style, seeing the old 8-bit graphics,
you know, being able to hold the old controller again.
The newer ones were a nice touch.
Obviously, they're never gonna be exactly the same as the old one,
but they're a lot of fun too like, in their own way.
But to me, classic's always gonna be the best.
- (FBE) So, would you say that Sonic one holds up?
- Oh, for me, yes of course! I was sweatin'.
My hand, my palms are still sweaty from the new Sonic games.
It throws in those little twists and turns
that I wasn't ready for, so I was gettin' kinda heated,
but yeah, I like the old one.
- I like the old one, it's fun,
it has nostalgic value to it. It's a meme.
- Makes me feel like a child again, instead of being the adult,
and doing adult things that I have to do nowadays.
- I knew from the beginning when you guys introduced me,
and brought out the three of them, like, that was my favorite,
and it's still my favorite.
There's something nostalgic to it, I guess, from older generations
than me, obviously, and my generation, that when we play it,
it's just like a nice feeling.
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