Ristar - Sonic's Tragically Overlooked Little Brother | Gaming Through the Years 

Loved this game, I have no idea how it never came back.

I loved Ristar. Very enjoyable game. When Rayman released later in the year I instantly thought of Ristar and hoped this clear influence would mean the return of the cool little dude but that day never arrived 😢 great video. Thank you.

This guy s literally the most underrated game ever

I do think another neat thing to mention is that Japan System House, the developers who made the game gear port of Ristar, actually got to make a decent part of the game entirely original, which is why the second world is pirate themed with a completely different boss unlike anything in the Genesis version same goes for the second to last world. Both the Game Gear and Genesis teams worked fairly closely with one another and shared prototypes during development. Something like this is incredibly sweet, usually most handheld porting teams wouldn't have too much passion and just mostly downscale the original Genesis version and the main developers wouldn't notice their work since they would have already moved on due to the porting work being done well after the original game, but here it worked out really well.

Im literally obsessed with ristar on a gaming sense and artistic sense, when i saw the trailer that revealed sega was reviving a bunch of their old IP's and ristar wasnt there i literally went apeshit

this was such a cool surprise in sonic mega collection

Since mentioned Dynamite Headdy would you ever do a video of that game as well soon?

Fun Fact: Ristar 2 Was About Half Way Finished On The Game Gear But Was Cancelled Due To The Game Gear’s Commercial Failure And The Game Not Selling Well

We did get Sonic Unleashed’s Werehog which was cool like Ristar

SEGA makes all sorts of fun secondary mascots only to manage them poorly. Darn.

The Ristar and Kirby comparison is interesting because when you think about it, Ristar did Milky Way Wishes before Kirby Super Star even came out, there more than regional differences they share in common, they both sort of have child-like personalities but know they must save their galaxy or home planet from evil and when to get serious😠

Such a underrated game

When i was a kid i used to play this game non-stop using an emulator called Gens (around 2003/2004) with my sister. Hearing these soundtracks (especially the level transition and the ending ones) is always an extraordinarily nostalgic feeling for me! This game is just pure magic,and I'm so glad i was not the only one who found it's soundtracks exceptional!

Bro i absoloutely love ristar, its a shame it wasn't able to become a fully fledged franchise or at least get a sequel of some kind, this game had so much potential ngl :(

Ristar was one of the first video games I ever played, back when I was about 4 years old in 1996. Such a beautiful game, it should have been Sega's Kirby I prefer the Japanese version, I like the Star Goddess and that he smiles during regular levels instead of scowling

Loved this game. Glad it was one of the many inspirations for Spark the electric jester.

Nice video! Well thought out.

man, this video is very well done! highly underrated, both the game and the channel

Rizz-star vs. Rye-star? Oh dear God, it's the Tee-dus vs. Tye-dus vs. Meg Ryan debate all over again! XD

Quite the good review. Didn't know about the noticeable changes between region version tho! A real shame it came out right when the 5th gen consoles hit the store shelves.

You should talk about Dynamite Headdy!

I love Ristar with my heart, it might be my favorite Genesis game or at least top 3 With the recent revivals of Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Shinobbi, Golden Axe and Streets of Rage which made me all really happy, the series I most wait to get a new game are Billy Hatcher, NiGHTS into Dreams and Ristar, I love those series a whole lot, I'm someone who loves a good chunk of SEGA IPs, but besides Sonic those 3 might be on my top 5, NiGHTS 3, Ristar 2 and Billy Hatcher 2 are something I really wish they'll do in this new era

If gimmick for the nes is getting a sequel I don’t see why Ristar cant

I love this game

We should have gotten a 32x or Saturn Ristar game wtf Sega

Any chance the Sonuc Mania team would be up for making a Ristar 2 in a 16-bit $tyle again?

They should’ve never changed the Japanese Ending!

if sega can make a remake of Alex Kidd, they can make a sequel to aristarchus AND FINISH IT (i'm looking at you, game gear?)

Hey i have a question. What's the music being played during the "Sega in 1995" section of the video?