Tails' Skypatrol: A Weird Game with a Weirder History 

Looks like one of those up close shots from SpongeBob.

Or an extra creepy Dr. Seuss character.

that was some analog horror shit

That one shot of every Flapjack Episode be like:

Wouldn’t really call it disturbing tbh

That's super neat! Thanks for sharing

Cool! I didn't know that.

Me neither. So both Robotnik and Pete has a same voice actor, right?

@@weirdknuckles7379 Jim Cummings voiced Robotnik in the American 90's TV show called Sonic the Hedgehog, also known as SatAM by the fans.

@@kingkazma3246 And his voice scared the heck out of kid me back then.

Pete is in Kingdom Hearts, Sora is in Smash Bros, Sonic is in Smash Bros, Tails is in the Kingdom Hearts canon confirmed

@@RicPendragon Where's the correlation between those?

@@machina188 sora in smash is iirc canon to kingdom hearts in the sense of "Well that was a thing, anyways back to the story and forget this ever happened"

@@machina188 my JOKE of a reply is nothing but correlation 🤣🤣🤣

The guy who voices Peter also voiced Robotnik in SATAM so make of that what you will.

And even if Naugus cannot be used any longer, I can easily see Witchkart filling in the villain role. If only SEGA would just lift the embargo on the Classic characters in Modern set material.

@@geoffreyrichards6079 We're already starting to see some of that with Mecha Sonic showing up in Scrapnik Island, so don't lose hope.

@@geoffreyrichards6079 We're getting some Tails Sky Patrol love in the upcoming Tails 30th anniversary comic. They talked briefly about it in yesterday's live stream around the time this got uploaded. I chuckled when I saw this in my feed while watching it.

@@Megaman12Protoman14 Is that a Modern Sonic story though? Looks like Classic Tails in this vid.

@@shupasopni Yup, the comic has the Classic branding. While SEGA have apparently been loosening up on the whole "X characters are Classic exclusive" (Mighty I believe was mentioned), the Witchcarters are in Classic Purgatory for the time being.

I might not be a Sonic fan deep cut. But one thing learned for sure, is that, like a boomerang all ideas eventually return! Or stay there for a while, huh?

Honestly, I think the Sonic series could benefit from having more spinoff game series. Characters like Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Blaze, and the Chaotix are all well-defined and popular enough to carry their own series.

hey you're that one guy about that one video with the color green

@@geoffreyrichards6079 Shame Sega treats anyone not named Sonic or Eggman like dirt since 2006.

@@rayvenkman2087 It's a bit hard to blame them, given the one-two punch of "IT'S-NO-USE" and Shadow's stint as the "Edgehog". They're _still_ recovering from that trauma. Here's every new non-spinoff Sonic title they released starting in 2007 after the scope of the 06 problem became clear: Sonic and the Secret Rings: scaled-down placeholder title for the Wii because they couldn't get 06 (and especially the Havok engine) to work on it. It feature a number of what on paper sound like downgrades compared to 06, including simpler gameplay, a lower-stakes and more lighthearted story, and fewer characters. Despite this, it wound up being a better game than 06 because 06 was... 06. Sonic Rush Adventure: Built on the first Rush game and delivered more of the same. Overall a pretty great handheld platformer. Sonic Unleashed: General reaction of "The day stages were good" resulted in the Boost formula replacing the Adventure formula to this day. The boost formula was very much inspired by the Sonic Rush games' similar mechanic, with the only really new/unique element being the Werehog. Which didn't turn out great and mostly invited more mockery. So no more beat-em-up stages moving forward. Despite the literal world-shattering threat, the tone stayed pretty light and cartoonish throughout. Sonic 4 Episode 1: Yeah a lot went wrong here. Sonic and the Black Knight: Follow up to Secret Rings, because clearly the formula there worked. The sword being tied to motion controls kinda sucked, and neither element has seriously appeared since. Resulted in the planned third entry in the Storybook subseries being cancelled. In fairness, with Colors up next the series had probably run its course regardless. Sonic Colors: Generally well received. Which is why the wisps came back in literally every game until Frontiers. And why this got a re-release last year. Even more lighthearted than Unleashed, almost to the point of resembling Sonic Heroes. Sonic Generations: Also generally well received. But by its nature mostly featured old levels, which I think did some bad things to Sega's level designers' confidence. Sega additionally misinterpreted the love for this game as a love for "Classic Sonic", which resulted in the excellent game Sonic Mania... but also Sega trying to promote "Classic Sonic" to his own character separate from "modern Sonic" for the next decade. With Frontiers they've given up on that, fortunately. Sonic 4 Episode 2: I'm kind of surprised they thought this was worth a second go. But it really wasn't, and the planned third "episode" never materialized. Sonic Lost World: Hey, some experimentation again! It's arguably not even the boost formula anymore. Pity what we got instead had... some pretty fundamental issues. Burned again for experimenting. And after Generations did so well it seems the damage to the level designers' confidence became a lot more severe. Sonic Mania: It's great! And not developed by Sega. Though Sega did insist on some old levels returning. At least they got remixed. Sonic Forces: After over a decade of avoiding anything grimmer than a knight in shining armor, Sega decided to try to recapture the Adventure-era tone. The tone we got instead was... pretty wild. In multiple ways. I'm pretty sure Ian Flynn's ability to make sense of the mess that resulted and use it as an incredibly effective springboard for the IDW comics is why he was tapped to write Frontiers. In other news, "Classic Sonic" is back for who knows what reason. And mostly just plays through levels once again based on the same handful of 25-year-old levels. Good 25-year-old levels, but still. We did also get Sega dusting off more of their deep roster of Sonic characters, some of whom hadn't seen the light in a long, _long_ time. Sonic Frontiers: Thanks to Ian Flynn, the more serious tone is a bit more... consistent this time. Levels get reused again (and to an even greater extent than in Forces), but the nature of the game means you can ignore them. And you might not even notice the reuse in a lot of cases because of how they're reused. Wisps are gone, too, as is "Classic Sonic" entirely. So to put a very long story short... Sega is making progress towards building their confidence back up for another go at an Adventure-style title. Just... slowly. Very slowly. Setting aside one coping mechanism at a time...

Based tbh

Game Apologist has his priorities straight.

Nick has his finger on the pulse.

The only funny thing here is that no one else is

It had already waited its turn. :)

man shut up

It did make it's way out of Japan. In one of the Sega/Sonic game collections. Just. No other way but that to play it.

@@fr0stdr4ke95 Yeah, Sonic Gems Collection for the GameCube, I own that one. They didn’t even bother translating the manual so you have to figure everything out on your own.

Sonic Blast and Labyrinth for the Game Gear don't support this idea. I had them both back in the day and they were probably much worse than tails skypatrol

@@rainpooper7088 Based lowkey.

wait, where can i find that art?

Please tell me which issue this is from

@@gelmanbegum9934 I can't find it, sorry I think mixed up with a sneak peek at the end of a issue.

@@gelmanbegum9934 now I find it, was a sneak peak of the 30th aniversary comic

Which next Comic?

Whaaaaaaa???

I have to read that, then.

In the second Sonic movie (Sonic & Knuckles fight and then team up... I'm sorry to spoil the plot for you) there's talk about victory ice cream. And Knuckles asks "if it has grapes," then there was this interview-type clip, so movie Knuckles is the first portrayal to acknowledge the love of grapes.

Also, one of the items you can catch while fishing in Frontiers... is an acorn. Not sure if that's foreshadowing or a cruel tease. Probably the latter.

Oh man, I felt that to. 😢

Imagine If Sally apears out of nowhere and says: "hey Sonic, it's me, your wife"

Sega of Japan once again refusing to give Sega of America’s contributions any more credit.

Basically Harley not written by Paul Dini.

We really lost a good universe twice thanks to you know who.

From now on we should say that a franchise or story that has gotten the axe like this has been Pender'd.

Is it the same, or just styled after it. Because Aurora ice field in fighters shares simularities to ice cap!

@@erikbihari3625 Headcanon this is the same place but Tails was more on the ground whilst in Heroes they are more up at rockies summit height.

@@ExoneosWhat now?

@@erikbihari3625 Late but what they mean is that in Tails Adventure, Tails went through the bottom of Rail Canyon while in Sonic Heroes, he, Sonic, Knuckles, and the other teams were going through the top of the canyon.

@@misterzygarde6431Well makes sense considering heroes was the franchise's multy platform debute wich meant to please fans from every corner like Spiderman no way home, both about as quality too!

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Are You talking about me?

Oh she did. All of these villains are in Archie

@@GameApologist lmao they did everything 😂

Yeah, it'd look good on the Genesis You should also see Sonic's Edusoft, the unreleased Master System game that used a lot of assets from Sonic 1 and that style was translated weirdly well

This was actually a thing asked to Ian Flynn, which someone questioning weather Witchcart herself created the witchcarters vehicles and her own or if they stole the parts and gear from robotniks leftovers. There isn’t a clear answer for this yet.

I legit spected THAT to be the plot of the Game

😏

Stevie Cole! Got her twitter in the description!

Well I got it on day one for Xbox (playing it on Xbox One) and +10 hours in I am genuinely really enjoying my time! I have rarely ran into glitches or mistakes and the ones I have were never game breaking or draining on my mental energy. I've only completed two Islands so far and I still have a LOT to discover so personally I'd recommend it even just going off of my journey thus far.

Hmmmmmmm. Nope I don't want that greedy multi billion dollar brat buy sonic. Plus he's already in the same universe with nintendo characters, banjo kazooie. Sans undertale. Cuphead. Cloud, sora and steve from minecraft while also collaborating with minecraft. Had a super duper crossover with megaman (canon or not). Is probably best friends with pacman based on sonic instagram account same could be said with pacman. Already is playing sports with his longtime rival. Happens to be a zelda fan. This hedgehog headcanonically happens to be a BIG SHOT celebrity on a certain cartoon channel being referenced or straight up having a crossover. His movie counterpart is connected to the nickelodeon because of paramount. And wreck it ralph. That being said. Ugly sonic seems fine to share the disney universe (This reply's a joke. Don't take this seriously)

And it was just a single button lol

I had that Amy tennis game because they ran out of the one I originally picked and just threw something in there. It was fun enough so I didn’t complain.

I don't think Sega could draw a furry chick without making her a waifu.

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Sega themselves made the “booby bat lady”. Remember that.

THAT'S bizarre to you? 🤨