Sonic Frontiers' Story Changed EVERYTHING 

It’s good. In the meantime, I enjoyed your smash runs in your locals

@@majinblussb That's great to hear! I was especially excited about getting top 8 at Invincible VII in July

Thanks dude, it's great to be back!! September 28th can't come soon enough ⏰🕜⌚

I felt the exact same way, you know things were bad when the writing in Forces felt like a step in the right direction after Colors/Lost World 💀 I usually do the bear minimum to beat games so I can experience the story beats (hence the change in channel direction), so it says a lot that Frontiers got us both to want to complete the game. Thanks a lot man, I appreciate you sticking around through the break! I always enjoy reading your comments 😊

@@PowPowSmash Gonna be honest, before xenoblade future redeemed, I honestly found frontiers' storytelling and lore and worldbuilding more satisfying to me than xenoblade 3 and found the frontiers soundtrack superior as well. Xenoblade 3 just rushed to the end too fast with bad pacing for the last chapters without explaining enough of the series lore and world building for aionios, and even after future redeemed, even it still doesn't explain everything. And regarding soundtrack xenoblade 3 only has good battle themes and vocal themes mainly, it lacks in the areas and cutscenes way too much compared to the high standard of xenoblade 2's ost(and no, I know future redeemed's ost is good but I do not count it when comparing ost to frontiers because future redeemed wasn't out yet and it might as well be a separate game and ost, to whoever tries to correct me). Honestly even with frontiers' flaws, I find it not only better than xenoblade 3 but I find it on the level of my fav switch game xenoblade 2, its level of greatness. Lets not forget the fact all frontiers' dlc is free. Sonic frontiers was my game of the year for 2022, no matter what the rigged game awards and all the silly haters say, and especially those genshin fans that got offended over singing undefeatable on twitter/x thinking sonic fans were being sore sports or dogpiling on them, that was cringe genshin fans. Both xenoblade 2 and sonic frontiers are flawed but good games, the flaws do not make them bad games, they are amazing games, and whoever keeps spinning that narrative that they are bad, for example videogamedunkey, is a fool.

So you think the games before Pontaff had good writing? Like Shadow and 2006?

I think you could say that for most games though! I think Sega did a good job of setting Ian up for success with Frontiers plot premise and he was able to build that into something great

Agreed, it makes me so happy to have writing on par with or even better than Unleashed and the storybook games again! That's a good point, they literally fight a god in 06 lol. 06 is the only console 3D Sonic game I haven't beaten yet, so I plan on changing that later this year. Thank you, I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

@@PowPowSmash Give 06 a solid try, it's nowhere near as bad as people say, it actually slaps. It's my favorite Sonic game aside from Unleashed! (And no nostalgia btw, played the entire franchise for the first time these last 2 years, this is a nostalgia free take)

@@KOTSOSMC2002 I'm honestly very excited to experience the story in 06. I know the game has its ups and downs but there's some really good stuff in there from what I've seen!

Frontiers was already my favorite Sonic game so seeing it continue to get refined and added onto has made me really happy. The writing from Ian Flynn was just is refreshing too Thanks a lot Neon 😁❤️

Thank you so much! I put a lot of love into editing every video :)

Omg big fan and Patreon supporter

Agreed on all parts, I'm looking forward to seeing what the next 3D Sonic game will be like now that Sonic Team is getting proper support and funding after the success of Frontiers!

Thanks Chris! I missed making videos the whole time I wasn't make them, so I just needed to find a way to do it in a healthier way. I'm glad that you enjoyed the new video format, I realized I just had too much to say without having a proper/consistent focus so I decided that homing in on storytelling in the Sonic franchise would help me do that. It also helps me still be able to get videos out even if they're shorter 😁

@@PowPowSmash It's definitely paying off dude! I look forward to more content.

That's a very good point, I've never been one to get bogged down by game timeline stuff but I agree that it's a bit careless to consider Boom canon all of a sudden when the character designs/world are so different.

Sticks was never referenced in the Japanese dub. Perhaps the Japanese team thought the line didn't make sense, and rightly scrapped it. Though I do think that a lot of the changes made in the Japanese script were for the better, namely not turning Amy into Mr. Burns high on painkillers, with her being all "I bring you love!" Where ever she goes. Knuckles not suddenly being jealous of Sonic's lifestyle, but is instead looking at trying to find out more about his tribe. And The End being a true force of nature, that comes across as something neither good nor evil, thanks in large to not being a big blow hard who's all "something, something face your End. Something, something The End comes for you all." While throwing a tantrum about losing.

Those are all really great points, I also had a problem with how quickly the cyber corruption was resolved and Sonic/friends not caring about Sage being gone (It should have been in the same vein of Chip's goodbye in Unleashed). Def a couple of great examples of the game being rushed at the end along with The End fight being lackluster. Hopefully with the success of Frontiers Sonic Team will have more time to develop the next game

Yup I didn't mean to stop uploading for so long but the break was much needed and it gave me time to create a clear picture of what I want the channel to be going forward! As soon as I saw the Final Horizons update I knew I had to get his video done ASAP so I could get ready for part 2 like you said 😎

Oh goodness, you don't need to explain yourself lol. Breaks are important & nobody can judge you for burnout & tiredness, cause we all experience it. I was just poking fun at how long it's been watching a new vid from you is all, though you shouldn't ever feel bad or lesser for taking time off, 'cause you come 1st. Totally psyched btw for that new update & especially given what these teasers have been implying, we're about to see the true ending to Frontiers & that means LORE DROP BABY!!🤤🤓

@@SussyBaka_irl it's all good, I wanted to talk about it! Breaks are healthy and I really needed one after pushing myself for years making content lol. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW LORE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH

Thank you so much for always supporting and helping out with the videos Javi! I couldn't do it without you 😊❤️

Yeah Unleashed and the Storybook games are still my pinnacle for Sonic storytelling, but I think Frontiers is right up there too with how great Ian's writing is. Sonic Team made it clear they were going for a more melancholy tone with Frontiers and it nails that whole still letting humor come through. Just a different tone than we're used to for the franchise and I think that's okay 🙂

I don't think you know what deep means...

@@Luna-pk7gz yeah, it isnt exactly deep, but I do get what he means, it is a very compelling story i guess

Thanks Hackstr, it's good to be back! Thanks for sticking around 😁

Thank you so much! I'm doing a lot better, thanks for asking 🙏❤️

Thanks a lot! Scott is a big inspiration of mine 😁

I KNOW I'M SO EXCITED

@@PowPowSmash me too 😁

The difficulty is trying to get him back to 06 where he's been mature, over rivalries and other things which is him peaked, that new second reality Solaris made doesnt change his growth and who he is by the true end of his game which leads to start of 06.

@@artistanthony1007 He’s distancing himself from his friends because of his insecurities of being immortal. Everyone he knows will slowly die.

I'm glad that you enjoyed the video Streakz and thank you for the sub! I understand where some people are coming from where they miss Sonic's edge in this game, but you still get scenes where he says "Careful? Where's the fun in that?" so I think it balances out while still showing Sonic's maturity.

WOOOOOOOOOO

It was driving me crazy watching trailers with beautiful CGI as I edited this video 😭 The only reason I can see why they would leave them out of the game would be due to the day/night cycle that Frontiers has. Still feels like a missed opportunity to not at least have a beautiful CGI opening like Unleashed or Lost World though

Agreed that Black Knight is still peak Sonic game writing, but Flynn does a great job getting close to it in Frontiers. Excited to see where we go from here!

​@@PowPowSmash I have faith he'll figure out how to replicate that especially topping the famous speech about mortality, it's all on him, SEGA and the next mainline game if he can.

This is my favorite comment on the Hydro City vs Hydrocity debate so far

Yeah that's definitely my most disliked part of the story LOL. I'm hoping they play around with the cyber corruption more in Final Horizons instead of just waving it away with the power of friendship again

I am Baskin's biggest fan 💯💯💯

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I'm not sure about that since the Chaos Emeralds were used by the Ancients in their original civilization and thrived without issue until they were forced to leave. We've seen them used for good (Sonic/Ancients) and bad (Eggman giving them to enraged Chaos) so it may just depend on the wielder. Hopefully they're talked about more in Final Horizons!

I'll admit I'm only saying this based on the fact that they lose their color only when drained of their "negative energy"@@PowPowSmash

@@vegasvanga5442 yeah that's fair!

Chaos Emeralds have & run on negative and positive chaos energy, they're only evil from influence of thoughts and emotions of those evil.

I love this, thank you for the kind words! I hope you have a great day too 😁

Thanks a lot Alaska, I appreciate the sub 🙏❤️

To each their own! The lack of a space between hydro and city in the name is why I think it's pronounced hydrocity

@@PowPowSmash it still can be pronounced hydro city even without the space

LOL. Glad you enjoyed it Uli :)

Idkkkkk, it's written as one word 🤔🤔🤔

@@PowPowSmash 🤔🤔🤔

@@PowPowSmash oh yeah btw I was playing sonic generations and when I got the hydro city music it said Hydro city so I feel like it’s written differently everywhere but me personally I think Hydro city makes more sense

@@Bax_theGalso in team sonic racing, the color palette you can get for your car is based on Hydro City and puts a space in between the two. I’m sure they put it in one word in Sonic 3 cus it looked cool lol

@@glowkirby 🧐 very interesting, looks like Sega can’t decide which one is the real one, probably Hydro city since Team sonic is a recent game.

You make a good point that they do talk about the past titles in generations but it's more in a general sense of playing through stages from those past games and seeing the characters/bosses. Frontiers incorporates what happens in those past games into dialogue and plot points which I think is more significant. Generations is great but it's moreso a collection of hit levels that's light on storytelling

kane and pontac (or pontaff)

Why do you think that? Were you not a fan of Frontiers' story? So far the comments have been very positive ☺️

I praised the storytelling not the story plot (which I did say wasn't anything crazy towards the end of the video). I can praise how the characters are written and how they interact while thinking the overarching storyline isn't anything crazy. It's a very positive step forward for the franchise 🙂