Sonic Games That're Trapped On Dead Consoles 

Apparently there’s some legal issues with Sonic Pocket Adventure that prevent SEGA from even mentioning the game ever again. Ian Flynn said that he wasn’t allowed to have the game featured in any way shape or form in the Sonic Encyclo-Speed-Ia released in 2021, when literally every other Sonic game ever was mentioned in it.

The image in my head of a Sega exec at a press event just going up to the mic and saying "Sonic '06" and nothing else to announce a rerelease, in a moment akin to that time at E3 1995 when a Sony exec said "299" and basically preemptively killed the more expensive Sega Saturn, is hilarious

Sega should have ported SegaSonic for the DS/3DS or Wii U and emulated the trackball on the touch screen

Sonic and the Black Knight was pretty good from what I played: granted I wasn't using motion controls (dolphin), and at it's core lies a pretty simple and fun game. They should release it along with Secret rings, and just ditch the motion controls entirely, update the graphics, make them run at a higher frame rate, and fix some jank.

i'm so glad you talked about both segasonic arcade game and knuckles' chaotix. definitely should be ported and worked on.

The one Sonic game rated 10/10 by IGN is a lost gem lmao Also it's a bit unfair to just slap Black Knight into the same bag as Secret Rings given it gave a lot of improvement to its formula. I'd say it's slightly more likely to be brought back for goodwill.

I really want Knuckle's Chaotix to be remastered like the other mainline classics. It sucks so bad, but it deserves it!

Pocket Adventure has a better chance than you might think. There were 2 Neo Geo Pocket Collection games released not too long ago, which also include 3rd party releases (e.g the Mega Man game), so there's a chance that, if a third volume gets announced, Pocket Adventure might be a part of the lineup Also I'm pretty sure the original Rush was actually on the Wii U virtual console.

I've got a ton of nostalgia for Sonic R. I had it on PC and have memories playing it after school in 1st grade in the family computer room, and then heading back to my room to watch DBZ on Toonami :P

I think authorities would prefer if we kept this disclosed, but a widespread rumor surrounding Knuckles Chaotix is that the game isn't trapped on the 32x, moreso it was imprisoned there as a corporal punishment - most likely for it introducing Charmy the Bee - however much speculation is on the topic. Any other ideas on why though?

13:27 I don’t think Secret Rings was that bad, and I really liked Black Knight.

DAMN the moment this video came out I was trying to emulate Sonic Unleashed on Xenia. What a timing.

The weird (and slightly ironic) thing about Sonic Boom games is that the games were suppose to promote cartoon But because of how bad the games were handles, it caused the opposite effect, having people stay way from the Sonic Boom brand just because of how bad the games were In short, if the sonic boom games didn’t exist, then the cartoon would have probably gotten more popular in general

I want rush remakes SO BAD, theyre so good and really fun. Plus the only issue is emulating the dual screen effect

I think you could see Sonic Shuffle if and only if they ever do a Dreamcast Mini. You need like 20 games to fill a system like that and you're gonna need a few deep cuts to fill the list out. Same with Sonic R and a Saturn Mini.

Sonic 06 actually got relisted on the Xbox 360 store sometime recently but I doubt they'd add backwards compatibility even though that'd be legendary

I really appreciate how Kiro factors the "not received well" as one of the possible reasons for no rereleases. People be like "Why Sega chose Colors instead of Unleashed when Colors sucked" forgetting that Colors, for several years, was seen as a very good Sonic game with lots of positive reviews, especially outside the fandom, which Colors Ultimate was capitalizing on with the success of the first Sonic movie. It was not until the recent years where the fandom perception changed. Meanwhile Unleashed scored BADLY and was scorned as one of the worst Sonic games by many people (mediocre at best, due to Werehog), especially outside the fandom.

That sonic arcade game looks super cute and the spritework is awesome.

Black Knight was goated honestly and the motion controls were actually decent Still wish these games would see the light again

Sonic Advance absloutely needs a collection of some sort, or at the very least add them to the Game Boy Advance NSO. I could potentially see the Sonic Story Book games released if they were reworked to remove motion controls but that's highly unlikely.

the first sonic games i played were shadow in my neighbor's house, sonic 4 episode 2 in my dad's ipad and i end up owning sonic riders zero gravity and black knight for the wii. is wild how much i love those games and the franchise as a whole after those games being my introduction to sonic.

Sonic Battle NEEDS a comeback.

6:12 - Agreed. For a sequel to Sonic Shuffle, what I'd like to see in it is the same gameplay (drawing cards to move across the board and battle enemies, collecting seven gems, and the game ending when all seven are collected), but with improved AI (less likely to take your best cards even when they have the exact same ones), new playable characters (Shadow, Rouge, Cream, Blaze, and Silver), and elements more in line with the Sonic franchise (the Chaos Emeralds taking the place of the Precioustones, Dr. Eggman's Badniks taking the places of the Precioustone Monsters, and worlds like Green Hill, Chemical Plant, and Casino Night).

Sonic 06 is currently in the Xbox marketplace, it was put there in 2022 for 5 bucks.Would love the treatment for Shadow.

Interesting video! I honestly think the Rush series should really be the ones ported to Steam at least, they are so underrated

This video not only made me find out Sonic Shuffle exists, but also that the logo seems to be potentially the inspiration of the Pokemon Shuffle logo.

I shall not stand for storybook slander

You know what Sonic Shuffle was still a fun game. Would be cool to see the concept come back. Maybe do something more with the cards, like building a deck to use during the gameboard or boss battles.

Sonic Pocket definitely deserves more exposure.

While Secret Rings is pretty hated, and was unplayably awful in my opinion, Black Knight does not deserve to be painted with that brush. It has its fans, and it was pretty fun to play honestly, with one of the best stories in the franchise. It isn't amazing, but it's not a bad game either.

To be fair, Neo Geo Pocket Color games have been re-released recently by SNK for the Nintendo Switch and Steam. We even got some Capcom NGPC games like the SNK vs Capcom games, and Mega Man Battle & Fighters. Maybe SNK can approach SEGA for a re-release deal? 🤷

Luckily regarding Sonic 06, we have Project06 to look forward too on PC. Though I think it's technically cheating to say when it comes to this list, since it's a unofficial fan made remaster lol

12:10 Sonic P-06 by ChaosX fixed Sonic 06 finally

That's tragic seeing these Sonic The Hedgehog games won't ever be rereleased ever again 😔

i really wish sega have some care about sonic heroes because like you said it was your first sonic game you've played in the sonic series and this is applies to me too. heck, i think it's considered the introduction to the sonic series for most of 2000s sonic fans myself included.

Unleashed and Generations have been stuck in PS3 era purgatory for some time now, so I’d like to see them get a remaster. I know that Gens has a PC port, but from what I’ve heard, it runs super bad, so could still use an upgrade. As well as the original Dreamcast versions of the Adventure games; which to my knowledge, have never been properly ported apart from PC mods for DX. I’d really like to see those ported/remade/remastered, since DX just doesn’t cut it.

I'm probably one of the few weirdos who had a good time with Knuckles Chaotix and even prefers him over to Sonic CD.

Here's hoping this video ages poorly. There have been rumors of rereleases for several years now, most notably Sonic Heroes. I would be surprised if we didn't get any of these back over the next few years, especially with the impending gap between major releases. Frontiers 2 is still a few years off, and with Sega interested in "keeping the ball rolling", a re-release/collection would make perfect sense in 2024 or 2025.

Ive wanted sonic heroes to be ported, remastered, get a sequel, just whatever for so long. Its also my first sonic game so the nostalgia is strong

>Nobody cares about Knuckles Chaotix That hit me so hard because it’s so true, I’m a huge apologist for the game, you are always tethered to your partner, each lead character plays differently with Charmy being one of the most powerful characters in gaming (props if you get the reference), you can accrue negative ring count debt if you press a certain character to get unstuck your characters if you ever get stuck lol which I find hilarious. One of my favorite songs from the game is Marina Madness/Seascape. It also has my favorite special stages in the classic series.

Imagine a rerelease of Sonic ‘06 that fixed all the issues with the original and then they put in a toggle to put all those issues back in.

I like to see how these games can be relevant in today's modern gaming systems as either re-releases or remasters or straight from the ground up remakes like Crash N sane trilogy and Spyro Reignited trilogy.

Someone fixed Sonic Free Riders a little while back They’re fucking awesome

« Sonic 06 is never getting rereleased » Sonic Project-06 (a fan remake that proves the game has a lot of potential): am I a joke to you

sonic gems collection really had a lot of missed potential

Oh c'mon, Sonic and the Black Knight isn't THAT bad.

Goldeneye 64 is not that obscure, it’s even considered one of, if not THE best n64 FPS game

Just wanna comment to say I don't think I've ever seen anyone use the word *That're* ever 💀 *Amazing video as always though, would love to see Rush or Heroes ported/remastered someday*

5:33 Canonically, it was the first Sonic game to introduce Eggman's modern design.

Sonic Unleashed: hold my 5/5 score

Sonic Pocket Adventure would’ve been perfect for the 3DS Virtual Console. I remember when NGPC titles were announced for the 3DS VC, but they sadly never came.

As a big fan of Sonic R and Shadow the Hedgehog I'd certainly prefer not to forget them. Sonic R is definitely too short and the controls take a little getting used to but those controls definitely aren't bad like the internet mob likes to parrot. It's the only racing game in the franchise that uses the footrace format allowing for more creative track layouts, multiple interwoven pathways like the classic games, and the use of character specific abilities the latter of which didn't make canon sense because Sonic and Metal Sonic are way too fast for any of their competitors but so what, the other classic games and other games since all follow the same gameplay logic. Shadow the Hedgehog is fun. The gunplay works well without complicating the controls and has a decently varied arsenal. The missions certainly range in quality but are also fun regardless, a clear improvement on the Chaotix gameplay from Heroes which was also fun although sometimes tedious. Shadow controls well too: They clearly used Heroes as the base and as a result the top speed is still amped a bit too high with slippery control but this game added a mechanic that stops Shadow dead in his tracks if while running he approaches a ledge and it also slowed him down a little while jumping allowing for more precise landings. They also added the Spindash in place of Heroes' Rocket Accel which is more iconic and has its uses and they also tweaked the homing attack which works really well. Sure the story was more edgy than serious at times but it's an E10+ video game from a franchise that's certainly touched on some serious topics but is generally and at its core a children's cartoon about animal people with powers and magic jewelry so I don't understand why anyone expects a narrative masterpiece. I've never understood why it matters to people if the characters lightly swear or not although I do find it funny that the use of the words "Damn" and "Hell" by a few members of the cast is a common criticism about this game that the internet mob parrots but that same mob (I presume there's significant overlap) praise the Japanese dub of Sonic X in part for it's use of swear words that were all censored out in the English dub. I'd love to see these two games ported to modern hardware perhaps with minor bugfixes, nothing game-changing, although porting as is would be great too. Alternatively or additionally one or both of these getting a sequel, either in a spiritual or literal sense, would also be exciting.

Charii5 pointed this out when making his "Everything wrong with Sonic Origins". He noticed that the collection has OST of Knuckles' Chaotix, but not the game itself. It became very hard for him because there were no re-releases for it or modern emulators for it. So, he had to play it with real Sega 32X hardware.

The sonic rush games are GOATED

The Sonic games that I most want to play are 'the adventure games and heroes' I'm still praying for quality ports of the games on modern consoles.

Hold your tongue over the storybook games. Those were my childhood ✊️😔💯🔥

"No one cares about Knuckles' Chaotix" So i guess i'm invisible

Sonic Shuffle, Knuckles Chaotix, Advance 1-3, Sonic Battle

So many Sonic games that’ll be forever be trapped into the depths of their own console exclusives for all eternity. It’ll be nice to see them get a re release, if Sega themselves care about them.

I am happy that you included Sonic Rush in it because I just finished the whole story of Sonic Rush on my Nintendo DS lite. I got the game and the Ds lite in 2023 summer but I just loved playing that game except some zones that had me killed every time and put me to game over screen. But other than that Sonic Rush soundtrack is so good, the zone music. It's just so good.

don't forget the only good unmodded version of SA1 stuck on dreamcast

I love Knuckles’ Chaotix with my heart and soul and I will die on that hill.

"I'm pretty sure Sega wants you to forget this game even existed", so about that...

9:37 this part aged kinda poorly and I love it sega does NOT want me to forget about the goat🐐

To be fair, Sega technically did re-release Sonic 06 when they randomly re-listed the game a few years ago on the Xbox 360 Marketplace.

12:10 funny thing, it HAS been rereleased… kinda. It was delisted back in 2010, but earlier this year was silently relisted for only 5 bucks on the Xbox Marketplace. Not backwards compatible tho and the store’s shutting down next year soooo…

hold on no sonic and the black knight was freaking great. people need to stop judging it off secret of the rings

Man, such a missed opportunity for Chaotix to not be in Origins Plus. Even as a 100% bonus or anything smh 🤦

I think with the ds games, the only way I can see them working on modern consoles is with the switch's screen options. Some of their games you can turn the system vertically to simulate some of the arcade titles. But this was a feature I rarely used, but it's the only way I can see games like sonic rush being functional.

Knuckles 32X had a pretty alright soundtrack imo. Sonic Rush's OST was mediocore i guess

Oh man i remember i got Sonic Rush on my DS. I remember it took me so long to make it through the game. Eventually my game stopwd working because the used DS i got had corroded prongs and it messed up pretty much all of my ds games

The DS games were just announced for the switch. Cant wait to listen to those rush tunes again.

By what metric can a DS game be considered trapped? Guarantee you have one down the back of your sofa.

With Sonic Pocket Adventure, there's a chance that if SNK were to do a NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol.3, it might be among the titles included. With the Sonic Advance series, a THQ Nordic title is on Game Boy Online, so Nintendo could therefore untangle the U.S. rights for a GBA Online release. And with Knuckles Chaotix, there is music from it advertised as part of some Sonic Origins DLC, and 32X titles might be mixed in to SEGA Genesis Online in the future.

We need a sonic advance collection so bad those are some of my favorite sonic games ever. Rush is also one of my favorites but I can still play it on my ds

Knuckles Chaotix isn't as good as the other 2D Sonic games, but (speaking as someone who got a 32X and that game back in the day, and I still have them) it is a lot better in my opinion than a lot of people give it credit for. And frankly I'd rather play it over some of the lesser Sonic games from the 3D era.

Black Knight is good tf

Preserving Sega titles is a moot point, because they seem to deliberately turn a blind eye to emulation. They literally allow people to sell ROMhacks on Steam. Sega Smash Pack's code straight up provides instructions on how to illicitly use the emulator to play other Genesis and Master System titles not included in that compilation. Even Kega Fusion was developed by a Sega employee

In the minority here: I Love Knuckles Chaotix and wish it would get another shot , whether that be Christian Whitehead- ish re-release or a plain port. Definitely not an amazing game but I love it for it’s color palette, characters and music.

I actually love Knuckles' Chaotix. That game is unironically fun to play, and I love it's aesthetic and music.

Bro wants beef with Black Knight fans

Love that the lowest rated one on the list is the closest one to actually being rereleased. Sonic X Shadow generations is effectively a shadow sequal.

i miss sonic rush. years ago my brother and i were getting rid of a bunch of DS games and that was one of them :( i also would love to see a remake of adventure. ive never played it because i wasnt a 90s kid...colors was my first sonic game 😭🫶🏻 im glad that got ported to the switch but lets be honest it couldve been so much better! ive been trying to replay it and its just...eh. SORRY FOR THE RANT LOL

Sonic Shuffle - This could be something Sega could use to generate buzz and hype with a sequel announcement since Nintendo is sleeping on Mario Party and won’t put MP3 on NSO let alone give us DLC for Superstars. Sonic Battle - Make the sequel a traditional 2D Fighter like Dragon Ball FighterZ and call in ArcSys to help develop it, and have Honey the Cat be in the starting roster to have a big spotlight on her, heck could even throw in IDW characters like Surge, Tangle, Whisper and Lanolin. Sonic Riders - I always saw this as the cooler alternative to the very popular Mario Kart and riding on Hoverboards fits Sonic so well like a Glove I’m surprised Sega has been sleeping on this one for a while, an announcement of this subseries coming back would generate tons of excitement too, also stick Sage in there too should would be cute in a unique riders outfit.

Honestly I feel like the Original Sonic adventure should have been here, I know Sonic Adventure DX exists but I’m pretty sure most of use want to play the original that was only for the Dreamcast

I have 2 Neo Geo Pockets and I can tell you that the joystick is one of the most fantastic things I've ever tried. Sonic Pocket Adventure is mandatory on the system.

Kiro I just wanted to tell you that your content is so good and high quality that it would make jon tron and splash dash shiver in their boots.I cant wait for the next upload! Edit:I love obscure sonic games and I have so much nostalgia for sonic R and the advanced series.

When it comes to hand held games not being rereleased, it has taken game companies until about now to realize that people want these games. We’ve seen them finally rerelease Mega Man games, Castlevania, and so on recently. So I think it will happen. … except for DS/3DS games. That duel screen thing makes it so developers have to put in a LOT more effort to port those games.

Another possible issue for Sonic Rush being rerrleased seems to be the music. Sonic Rush has great music, and Sega has liked to reuse in games like Sonic All Stars Racing, Smash Bros, and the Mario Sonic series. However, somehwere allong the line, the OSTs were removed from music platforms like iTunes. And then, Right There, Right On, a consitent mainstay in Mario & Sonic and Smash Bros, stopped appearing in Rio and Ultimate. A brief instrumental remix of Vela Nova appeared in Team Sonic Racing, so it might be an issue with vocals

i wish these sonic games gets in future sonic game collections like sonic origins

8:19 Sonic Heroes came out on PC as well.

Sonic Unleashed sitting in the corner: Guess no one cares about me

Title said "Dead Consoles" Shows Sonic Rush in the thumbnail

Wasn't there a PC release of Heroes?

Black Knight is my favourite Sonic game no question and it pains me that it’s stuck on Wii (Wii U as well with backwards compatibility, that’s how I usually play it, but both of these systems are dead). I would kill for a Switch/PS5 port, seriously!

What I would do is merge the two screens into one and make it widescreen to fit the Switch.

I'd love to see Sonic 06 with the game breaking bugs and loading times fixed but others left in (like goat simulator). Never played it (yet), but I saw videos and it's wild.

I don’t consider the Steam Deck a dead console 🏴‍☠

The Storybook games could at least be revisited in concept, but with a more traditional control scheme. There is no reason being based on fairytales and stuff would require having waggle controls that suck. Just give it a boost style gameplay and go wild.

thanks for giving me a list of "must buy" sonic games