Johnny vs. Sonic Racing Games 

7:57 Nope. The producers didn't question the logic, so why should I? I'll question grammar because I've been speaking English all my life. But the client always knows their characters best.

"Not just a race, but a special race to see who's the fastest!" So......a race.

First Sonic Riders: move the control stick to steer Second Sonic Riders: move your controller to steer Third Sonic Riders: move your entire body to steer Fourth Sonic Riders: move the very earth you stand on to steer

*F L Y H I G H L E S B I A N F O X*

"Not just any race: a race to see who is the fastest!" Yay. One more quote to add to my list of "People die when they are killed" lines.

"Fly high, lesbian fox!" -SomecallmeJohnny, 2017

So I have a story about Sonic Free Riders. So my college held a tournament on it because people can suggest games, so I decided “hey why not I’ll see what this is like.” And I played as Knuckles cuz-do-u know-da-wae and used the motorcycle. All of the sudden Knuckles completely stopped randomly, so I pelvic thrusted in order to get him to move and he did, and I somehow won the race by air-humping the TV

When he pulled the sitcom jump, I was as fucking crying. I could barely breathe for a good two minutes, and I was doing that "silent laugh".

15:45 I donated Sonic Free Riders to Johnny as a Christmas present in 2015. I'm sure Johnny was happy for his present. 18:27

"Shadow can roundhouse people." Shows footage of Shadow kicking Silver. Sonic '06 confirmed.

18:26 The real reason why we still come to this video after watching. I nearly died by laughing so hard...

"Not just a race, but a special race to see who's the fastest!" So... a race?

I never understood the "why does sonic use a car if he can run fast" question. He uses a Car because that's the rule of the race and it'd be unfair for him to beat everyone by running.

For anyone wondering, Silver's special in the Rivals games is to screw up the screen, very useful against computers who don't actually require vision to play.

20:17-20:20 "Do I look like a fit?" part cracks me up alot.

I will point out, even as a child the idea of Sonic in a car makes sense in a racing game. He's the fastest thing alive...unless the game bends over backwards, there's no way to believe that Sonic would lose a race if he weren't handicapped in some way.

"there hasn't been a Johnny video in a while" *gets notification*

"I'm giving you my energy Goku"I fucking died right there.

16:49 - 19:41 The best SomeCallMeJohnny moment ever...

17:30 “I’m getting my energy, Goku!” I died laughing at that part 🤣🤣🤣

"Sonic Unleashed... Both versions." *um excuse me sir there are **_three_** versions of sonic unleashed*

6:37 Tails isn't having a seizure. He's afraid of lightning.

4:56 "The fuck is a pegi?" The way he said it was fucking priceless and I honestly don't know why!

20:18 Can somebody make that into a GIF?

Man, this video is so race-ist.

I really wish Free Riders hadn't been a Kinect title. If it wasn't it might have actually been good, and it wouldn't have killed the entire Riders series.

*The F**k Is A Pegi?*

6:36 Canonically Tails is afraid of lightning, it's listed on Sonic Wiki and was shown in the Sonic OVA. But I never thought I would actually see it in a game, spinoff or not.

Where is the best Sonic racing game, Sonic R? Where else can you feel the sunshine?

"The fuck is a PEGI?" - SomecallmeJohnny 2017.

The freak?! Why the hell was Sonic Free Riders, of all things exclusively Xbox 360 Kinect?! That was just a dumb and stupid design choice.... sad because Sonic Riders were my favorite games.

I love Sonic Riders

I actually find that Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed does more for me than Mario Kart 8. MK8 is still a phenomenal game, but there just seems to be more meat to the experience in Transformed and on top of that, it handles kartracing physics a little better (such as when you collide with a wall on the track) and the items don't seem as overbearing a part of the experience. That and the transformations do more for the racing than the antigrav mode that MK8 implemented, which is really just a visual trick, and are more interesting than the short gliding sequences in MK8, too. Not that this is why I bought the game, I actually was lucky enough to win Transformed on Steam in a Raptr raffle. So, go me. - Lewis

zero gravity is sooo much better with a gamecube remote than a wiimote. and watching johnny play free riders was hilarious!

Seeing Johnny play sonic free riders is one of the reasons why I love this channel.

18:24 I almost went into cardiac arrest because of you johnny

IGN gave Sonic Free Riders a 7.5 out of 10. Think about that. That means (in IGN's eyes) Sonic Free Riders is better than Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Lost World, Sonic Riders, Sonic Riders Zero Gravity, Sonic 4 Episode 2, and Sonic and the Black Knight. WHY???!!!!

Bah! What are you doing! The times for each review are right here! So look no further! 0:00 Introduction 0:45 Sonic Rivals 3:28 Sonic Rivals 2 5:06 Sonic Drift 6:21 Sonic Drift 2 7:16 Sonic Riders 12:27 Sonic Riders Zero Gravity 15:45 Sonic Free Riders 20:26 Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed

0:20 Sonic Rivals 3:30 Sonic Rivals 2 5:20 Sonic Drift Series 7:10 Sonic Riders Series 20:27 Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed

Wow I just realized something about they overwhelming factor john was talking about. I love sonic riders and I used to spend hours on it but when I brought over to my friends house when were kids and all of us got together to play they were really confused about how to play I had to do a lot of explaining of mechanics in the game so much they eventually quit and went back to smash brothers wow john you just helped come to a understanding thanks lol

Holy shit the sitcom part got me good

I'd watch the Johnny Sitcom

Honestly, Sonic Free Riders would’ve been better if the Kinect was optional🤷🏾‍♂️

In the OG sonic riders, once you learn all the mechanics, tricks, and drifts it gets extremely fun. The tricks make the game really fun.

I always thought Sonic Riders (the first one) was underrated. It was a good game.

Funniest. Johnny Review. EVAR! Do more reviews like this, John, this was hilarious to watch! But seriously. WHERE IS KNUCKLES CHAOTIX?!

12:23 I looked it up. For those wondering, he voiced Eggnan in the Adventure games, heroes and various other sonic games till 2004, and died of a heart attack a year later. He posthumously voiced Eggman in this game. It’s some archived voice lines.

The difficulty of learning Sonic Riders is a trend in Sega games: the "Sega Learning Curve"

free riders killed the riders series.

EVERY Sonic game would be improved with Shadow kicking Silver in the head.

18:25 This segment will never get old.

I really love Sonic Riders. For me, it had some uniqueness out of all the Sonic Racings Games. Yes, the mechanics makes you feel like the game is just basically chucking the mechanics right in your face. I do also like Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Its more simple than Sonic Riders. I don't have any problems with anyone choosing either game. Sonic Riders out of all the Sonic Rider games, brought sometime unique to the table. Some people didn't enjoy it. But I did. :) And i'm proud of it.

"Fly high, lesbian fox!"

Who else Died when he said "I give you my energy goku"

The "Do I look like a fit mother fucker to you" had me dying for a moment. Lol

I know I’m late to this, but watching you use the connect is my favorite thing ever.

Funniest review in a long ass time! Free Riders just killed me! XD "Fly high, Lesbian Fox!" LOL!!

I had a bunch of fun with the original Riders. Loved the air mechanics, the trick system and the turbulence.

Laughed just as hard at your review of Free Riders as I did Angry Joe's, lol.

This is the review that I almost always come back too, it's some how very rewatchble.

I actually like Sonic Riders a lot....buuuut I get bored of it quickly since I don't really have anyone else to play with.

You deserve WAY more subscribers

Sonic Riders is a gem man... I think a lot of people should give that game a fair shot. That game really could have invented a new genre of racing game.

You forgot the best thing about Rivals 2. Once you beat the stage in the main game for the first time, you unlock it in Free mode. This lets you play the entire game in a more classic, solo experience.

15:45 Hey, I'm Marshall. I'm proud to have Autism. I'm the one that donated Sonic Free Riders to Johnny. My wish came true.

"The fuck is a pegi"-Johnny 2017

"Moving around at the speed of cramp."

To date, this is still among the best Johnny Vs. episodes.

"a special race to see who is the fastest." yeah no shit sherlock as opposed to seeing who is the worst at corn farming in space. sonic harvest boomoon space edition.

Can't lie, I played the hell outta Sonic Riders on GameCube. I even took the time to unlock everything

16:49 lol, its like he's making a final message, before his untimely, inevitable, tragic death, XD!

Sonic Rivals 2 was my first Sonic game and it always had a special place in my heart

"What the FUCK is a 'Pegi'?" Good question! If you find out, be sure to tell me, would ya?

Lmao "and why does it sound like someone's literally fucking the soundtrack?" As a kid, I thought Riders was the coolest god damn thing. I remember daydreaming about riding an air board down the school hallway like "later fuckerz!!". But even back then, this game was hard as fuck to me. Took me forever to beat the last race in Babyloanian Nickelodeon Bolognian or whatever the fuck it was called. One hell of a learning curve to it, but the multiple boards and soundtrack kept me coming back. Gotta lot of nostalgia for that shiny turd.

9:15 pretty much sums up how I feel about the game. Thanks Johnny, that part made my day. And the montage of you using the connect is absolutely hilarious

15:45 genuine johnny momment

CAn YoU fEeL thE SunShiNe?!

Johnny vs. Sly Cooper

I can't stop laughing at this part 18:26

Silver doesn't get a good future because he didn't collect the Time Stones

Sonic Riders was the best back in the day.

I'm usually pretty late to these videos. But this time... _I always race to win_ _Keep runnin' till the end_ _I gotta move and stay one step ahead_

this episode has some really fun physical camedy thanks john.

this had me in tears! great video

Next video is Johnny vs Sonic Chronicles (Grabs Popcorn)

To parrot what I said on the BSC playthrough Riders: Long time to learn, Quick to master Riders ZG: Quick to learn, bitch difficult to master Free Riders: Nope I don't blame Johnny for his thoughts on the first game's steep learning curve, it is something that takes a lot of practice and some trial and error to figure out the best ways through all the courses with their mechanics. I managed it a long time ago and what I learned has stuck with me, hence why I say it's a quick game to master once you've got the technique figured out. Riders ZG by comparison I can never feel like what I learned while playing the game does more than keep my head above water while playing. The mechanics are far simpler to pick up and grasp, but at the same time I don't feel confident that what I have to work with is enough to really help push me through the game on a professional level. Oh, and unless you hate yourself don't bother trying to unlock higher end gears, in regular races the AI opponents will more often than not use those gears themselves to far greater effect than you could possibly conceive! Free Riders I would avoid like the plague... not that it's hard when I never owned any kind of Xbox or the stupid Kinect thing. Simple and to the point: Fuck the Kinect, and the entire stupid idea behind it.

17:44 GOD that moment killed me.

Now that you have a Kinect, I eagerly await one of these things: - Johnny vs. Kinect Star Wars - Just Dance marathon

Am I the only one that thinks that the Free Riders part is the best part of the video?

Can't agree with your opinions on Riders, but great video as usual. Top 3 Sonic racers imo: 1. Sonic & SEGA All Stars Racing 2. Riders 3. Transformed

This was worth it just to see you try to play Sonic Free Riders with Kinect body controls.

sonic riders is an absolute blast when two people who know the mechanics very well compete

Sonic Riders is actually really fun to play competitively. I agree that the learning curve is an absolute nightmare, but I was bored one summer and pushed through. Now I've 100% completed the game and occasionally race against my little brother as Super Sonic.

To be completely honest Riders and Zero Gravity are games with steep learning curves but once you learn them that's when the game is fun. You have to take in a lot to get a lot from the game and it's honesty what I enjoy about the game. It's fun and frantic and hell you race as fast as you can but also have to bare in mind what you can do as in the original Rider's case you need to keep Air filled up and in Zero Gravity it's best enjoyed with a Gamecube Controller to get the most fun out of it or of course the PS2 Version. As for Free Riders...That game should'ved allowed for control with an actual controller since motion controls weren't even needed and I'm pissed since that game killed off the Riders spin offs for Sonic.

The kinect is such a shit storm its almost as funny as it is soul crushing.

You are correct on Riders being an acquired taste. I got it on PS2 as a kid during a long shopping trip and read the manual as we wandered tons of stores and drove around town. That manual prepared me for...most of the game. When I hit a wall I checked around and found the tutorial video in options and I was set. Since then I played it for a long, long time, and now I have the PC version now that my PS2 has become cumbersome to use. It's a wonderfully fun and shockingly complex racing game.

The Riders series is really underrated and needs another game after that crap that was Free Riders. Honestly one of my favorite racing games that relied on morose being good at the game than luck of the draw with items like Mario Kart it. Johnny, you forgot to mention Yogscast is Sonic and All-Stars Racing.

I'm a simple man. I see a new Johnny video, I click.

Johnny... I've been subbed to your channel since... well... lets just say a long time. i believe back when you announced doing Sonice Generations... a bit before that perhaps. ANYWAY, I have a stuffy nose and its my excuse to put everything down and just relax and watch videos and man the part where you're just suffering in Free Riders made my afternoon. I was cracking up nonstop and like they say laughter is the greatest medicine. Thanks for all the fun vids John. God bless many more years to your life

Don't lie. You clicked on this video to see 18:20 again...