Hey! I'm mike89 from this run, I would have replied sooner but I've been on a lengthy road trip with my wife and we've only just got home! First, thanks everyone so much for the support, it was really incredible to see on the day and in the event.
The run was great, one of my favorites especially with all the on the fly thinking. Not quite as good as the Prince of Persia run by Henneko_ in 2015, because he pretty much on the fly'd everything, but still was a great run!
Great run that totally blew my mind, as I hadn't watched a single Sonic 3 speedrun before this one. Probably one of my favorite Sonic games, too. Run was entertaining from start to finish and you performed great regardless of the tough tricks! Epic all the way, man! Cheers from Argentina!
I remember many people complaining years ago that Sonic 3 and Knuckles wasn’t programmed for speed. I love seeing them proven wrong, even if these runs are so precise that they take months of preparation.
Looking back at this, I believe there is a way you still could have died on Carnival Night 1 after the boss. On the right side of the screen starting from around 10:07, there's a part of the elevator with an overhang. If I'm not mistaken, you could have squeezed Sonic into that gap and then gotten crushed between the overhang and the floor. Oh well, something to keep in mind for anyone who runs this game in the future, I suppose (assuming my assessment is accurate).
Great reference! I just had to pull out my Sonic 3 manual and post the actual text. "Dr. Robotnik has created many diabolical traps which take advantage of Sonic's ultra-fast speed. Watch out for traps that Sonic cannot escape. If you fall into the wrong trap, you might have to reset the game (by pressing the RESET button) and start again at the beginning of the Zone you were last in. When Sonic is flashing (after being hit) don't let him travel too quickly."
Mike89 will always be a legendary runner and a wonderful person to rewatch speedrun S3&K years after his retirement. Thank you so much for everything you have done for the Sonic community.
That's what I was thinking too :D I guess these speed runners know what they know in terms of the game exploits but perhaps miss things outside of their speed run routine.
Yeah this was a total whiff on my part. There's actually two ways I could have died there, and I just didn't think of them quickly enough. I think I prefer what happened here though, keeping the run moving, even though Carnival Night 2 looks amazing in the new route (seriously, look it up!).
Somehow, one of those times when he said Lightning Shield I heard Gluttony Shield. I briefly thought that it was a nickname those guys made up for how it can get you more rings than you could ever need.
Oliver Marsh you can hang by the wall and hit him repeatedly, if I remember correctly. Dodging him is admittedly kind of a pain because you have to spin dash jump off a wall.
Thx Mike, I saw a few of your runs, always enjoyed, you're so passionate about the things you do. Have a great time dude, you've given us so much to be happy about
You know now that I think about it, it always frustrates the hell out of me that it took till Sonic and Knuckles for Knuckles to realize that Robotnik was a bad person. When in the first 3 minutes of the game he burns down an entire forest.
@@naomimontanez8273 unless the torches go out and you cant see and while you're running around with hyper sonic then next thing you know you end up getting crushed by nothing
goldskarr He has decided to quit speedrunning and focus his attention on other things. Mike89 has been around forever, I believe he did a sonic run at the very first GDQ 8 years ago, but as the years pass people change, their interests shift. So this run and the one before were kind of Mike’s encore, his last serious runs, no doubt GDQ organizers gave him two runs at this event as a way of saying proper goodbye to him and give him to respect he deserves.
Actually, my understanding is he was only signed up for the Sonic 2 Run, but then they had adding Sonic 3 as an incentive which is why he said "When I went to bed last night, this wasn't even on the board and you guys made it happen" because of how quickly the donations came in to add it to the playlist.
your controller seem to work perfect, can you tell me what kind of controller this is played with? and is it on the original sega genesis or a PC version? thx in advance and congrats on this beautiful speed run!
The first speedrun I ever watched was your Pokemon Blue run at GDQ way back in the day. I was fascinated immediately and a new hobby was born that day. Thanks for being so awesome Mike.
I'm really happy for you mike, I loved watching your runs and this run was jus spectacular and so perfect with the funny tails mishaps! xD If it wasn't for you I would not have picked up speedrunning this wonderful set of games and having this amazing amount of fun, we all love you and we hope you enjoy your well earned retirement. :D
Feels bad he missed all of the sweet glitches during this run. I remember him succeeding so often when he played on his twitch streams. Gl outside of speed running mike.
Like if you just fisnished the game with knuckles and not sonic because with sonic your gameplay was instantly stopped by the barrels in carnival night zone and with knuckles you just skipped it bcause knuckles couldn't jump as high
I wish the know it all on the couch would shut up with the constant "WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO NOW IS.." Dude, shut up and let me watch what he's doing myself
What the F? Is the death egg and master emerald room only available on the genisis version? I dont remember seeing this on the ds port. But then again ive heard that the ds port is pretty stinky
