Tikal's Flashbacks - Sonic Adventure 

This nonlinear storytelling sets games like Sonic Adventure 1 and Majora's Mask apart from their series siblings. It really is a shame that a large portion of audiences don't take to it very well.

0:48 But Tikal was never quite the same after her eyelashes impaled her irises.

Gotta say, Tikal has to be my favorite character of the Adventure saga. I kinda wish they had done more with her, like having her be something of a Big Good party for Sonic and especially Knuckles.

Wait...so THAT"S why they're called the CHAOS emeralds! Dang, I've never even thought about it before...

This story always gets to me, one of many reasons why this is my favorite Sonic game.

This was really nicely done, especially the ending passage to tie it all together. Thank you for making it!

Tikal had so much insight. To bad she ended up being replaced by this enraging Omachao in SA2.

"So he has closed off his heart." Heh.

I actually wouldn’t mind to see Tikal become a main character

Okay, so in order to see Tikal's story unfold the player needs to: 1) Start with Sonic and immediately change to Tails once they have the ability to play as him. 2) Play through Tails' story. 3) Play through Knuckles' story until Tikal's first flashback happened. Then switch to Amy. 4) Play through Amy's story. 5) Play through E-102 Gamma's story. 6) Play through Big's story. 7) Go back to Knuckles and finish his story. 8) Finish Sonic's story. 9) Finish Super Sonic's story to find out how the fire scene started happening (because you can't play as Super Sonic before Sonic). Sonic (up until Emerald Coast)->Tails->Knuckles until flashback 1->Amy->Gamma->Big->Knuckles->Sonic->Super Sonic ...Sonic's story kinda is irrelevant, isn't it?

Whoa... When you edit all the pieces together, it starts to look like someone at the writers table actually cared about the story. Weird... I’m kinda inspired by this...

0:49 Best photo of the year.

9:26 Knuckles’ teeth are brighter than my future.

I really wish Sonic get back these histories again... so deep and well done... explaining a lot of things and not just dumb reasons for dumb things happening...

It’s soooo sad how her father was so heartless and power hungry that he didn’t even care it meant killing his own daughter who was nothing but sweet and caring.

This is the first time I've heard Tikal speak in Japanese. She sounds so cute! I've heard and I'm used to her speaking English. She's cute there, too! You know what? She's all around cute in any language she speaks! 😘 When I think about the story of what happened to Knuckles past ancestor tribe, it's pretty dark. I never thought about it as a kid. It just flew over my head since I was so young and loved playing this game for the gameplay. Looking at this story now that I understand, it makes since.

It's amazing how just listening to the Japanese version makes me like Tikal and makes me care for her story SO much more than the english version. It helps that here she sounds like an actual character with emotions and not just an actress reading from a script. Plus, she just has such a sweet sounding voice. It's a shame that Kaori Aso hasn't been hired to do more roles (although she was the Japanese VA for Jasmine in Aladdin and Blossom in PPG so her CV does have weight to it) because she's a joy to listen to.

anyone else like, irrationally angry at how good the japanese dub is? what the living fuck even WAS the english port.

I've always been interested in Tikal and her tribe's story, but the widespreadedness of the flashbacks among the characters' stories made it extremely difficult for me to follow along while playing the game. Thank you for putting together this video! :D

I’ve always loved the Story of Adventure 1 and 2, it’s nice to see other people actually care about it as well.

Sonic Frontiers just shed more light on the Chao, Chaos, and Chaos Emeralds than I imagined the games would do.

You know, it never occurred to me that she was talking to the Master Emerald. I always thought she was talking to Chaos and the ripples were how Chaos communicated. I mean I guess in SA1 the Master Emerald is sentient. I mean it tells Knuckles where the last three Master Emerald Shards are. They definitely dropped this concept in SA2.

Nice story and back story to show how knuckles became the guardian of the emerald. And how they earned the name Chaos Emeralds.

0:47 when the t-pose gives you way too much power

Oh wow... I don't think I ever realized there was a specific order to the Tikal cutscenes- or if I did, I never figured it out.

I'm kind of surprised at how many heads this story went over. This has always been one of my favorite stories. Also, has anyone else always wondered why these cutscenes use an inferior chao model compared to the ones from the chao garden?

Now that I think about it, whenever perfect chaos roars, it sounds like a distorted Chao sound....hmmm.

I always enjoyed this aspect of Adventure, it would've been better if the voice direction was a little better for the English version.

This is a lot more enjoyable when it's not jumbled together in random parts of a separate story.

This an adventures 2s stories were amazing. This in my opinion were first few things that are of Sonics backstory. I really wonder if Tikal knows all about sonic because she and her clan were told by something or someone that he would come and save the world. Chaos is the god of destruction, but what is sonic the god of then? I think he is likely something along the lines of the god of life due to him never every wanting or wishing death upon someone. What ever the case to who sonic is based on the hints of 2d classic game and the adventure games, the stories at the time were under appreciated.

I've always had a headcanon that since Tikal was trapped in the master emerald along with its original guardian (chaos), her spirit manifested new guardians over the years to protect it since she couldn't. Knuckles is one of these manifestation, it's how he's seemingly been their all his life with no remembrance of a family or up bringing.

I really enjoy there being a compilation of Tikal's story, especially since she's my favourite Sonic character, and I really appreciate avoiding the poor localization decisions in the story, but only having the summaries for the segments as opposed to, say, new subtitles, was a bit disappointing. Either way, quality video as usual!

Wow! This makes the story of the Knuckles tribe make tons more sense and more tragic, when put in order along with the extra information from the Japanese sonic Manuals and Adventure's strategy glides

Wow. The story is even better in the original japanese version.

Sonic And Kncukles Are Suppose To Be In The Same Moment When Tikal Wakes Up After The Battle , It's Also Confirme From Sonic X Only A Echidna And The True Hero Of The Chaos Emerald Light Have To Go To The Past For Knuckles Understand The Real Reason And For Sonic Save The World Again

Oh man, that's the only history lesson I'd definitely go to!

Nicely done Speeps! This was fun seeing Tikal's story altogether like this! It revealed some connections I had forgotten about too!

If I were to remake Angel Island, I'll position it and the mystic ruins in the same place as the flashbacks.

0:49 That face is priceless.

So these are basically all of them chronologically?

Thank you for compiling these scenes!!

So the deal is that when the emeralds dissapeared, they went to land on South island for who knows how many years until the events of the first Sonic game ?

Wow, these are actually really interesting to watch in sequence

3:33 The Chao singing glitches out. This is because of an incorrect sound overlap that wasn't fixed in the Director's Cut version.

up until this point i never understood a single bit of tikal's past for 2 reasons: 1. english dub makes way less sense then japanese subbed. 2. all the scenes are not in order. i never knew tikal and chaos were sealed in the master emerald. it does explain why the master emerald shattered and why chaos was able to sneak up on knuckles and why tikal was there as well almost unnoticeable imo. apparently chaos was also a greater version of a chao (it's actually in its name) which seriously no one could think at 1st. it also explains why angel island is floating in the air. this is all kind of obscure with the english dub because they are so vague.

It's really good video for those who didn't understood the story of Tikal's while playing the game. Now if my friends will be confused about this, then I know what to show them)

Tikal is one amazing character and is hands down a fan favorite!!!❤❤❤❤💖💖💖💖 Thank you for sharing this !!!

8:56 >Angry Chao Noise.

man, that icon really is great, just like this video.

0:47 oh the memes this could make!

0:48 caught Tikal in a pretty awkward pose there lol 🤪 How cool would this be if this game would receive a remake? But a bit more exposition on certain scenes from Tikals past and some use of the metal Sonic's Egg-man had in his base.

This was amazing. It makes a lot of the lore become clear.

Tikal is bae~

YES! more uploads! always makes my day

11:42 Chaos the Yveltal before Yveltal

Since the Echidna tribe was featured in the first Sonic movie, I'm really hoping Tikal will be in the sequel. She's one of my most favorite Sonic characters because of this game alone.

So that's what happen. Too be honest I like when you explain it

Ah yaay! My favorite Echidna girl!

I never got that the Chaos Emeralds were named as such because of the association with Chaos. Huh.

5:59 i know that was lag but my god when the music lags like that it's great

FINALLY!! I thought it was a no-brainer that someone would've made this years ago but nobody seems to have done it

around 7:40 the audio quality for tikal sounds so good

Something I've been wondering recently is who is Tikal's friend? The one whose shoes the playable characters fill during these flashbacks.

tikal is my favorite sonic character behind sonic himself

I watch Big's cutscene, and all I'm imagining is that Big witnesses this and in his mind... is just Froggy dancing with a top hat with an circus organ playing. That or a carton of milk spilling.

7:38 Pachacamac: Get Out Of My Way!!! 😡 7:41 Pachacamac: Did You Hear What I Said!!!😡

No, nO NO!!!!!!!!!

"Say cheese" 0:49

the chao should release a mixtape

I'm here, reaching this video because of the Sonic Frontiers Prologue Divergence video

So the madness began because of their Chief's greed

I think I see some connections between the characters and each flashback: 1. Tails' power, aside from flying and tinkering with machinery, comes from his kind heart and loyalty to his friends, plus his tenacity to continue in hard times and development independent from Sonic to "[b]elieve in [him]self" like his song says. 2. Knuckles is learning the history of his people and ancestors, seeing how they got to the Master Emerald whose fragments he's trying to retrieve. 3. Amy has formed a connection with Birdie (similar to Tikal's with Chaos and the Chao), who has a Chaos Emerald in his locket, with Dr. Eggman seeking it in a similar manner to Pachacamac's mad quest for more power for his people. 4. Gamma eventually goes on a quest to "liberate" his brothers from servitude to their master, with the Chao foreshadowing the Flickies inside Beta, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta. 5. Big is trying to save Froggy from the Chaos piece inside him (which he doesn't know, on top of the anuran having an emerald that the mega feline calls his "lucky charm") and he decided to live in the Mystic Ruins to escape from the bustle and rush of the city (a similar situation to Tikal's attempts to escape her father's propaganda about conquest and violence). 6. Knuckles is further learning about the Master Emerald, fitting his role of making sure no harm comes to it, and it's dawning on him that his people's legends weren't all they were cracked up to be (and some even had unsavory aspects). 7. Sonic is eventually going to transform into Super Sonic, being the one with the positive energy of the emeralds (in contrast to Chaos' negative energy), seeing which gives him the idea to destroy Chaos' hate and liberate the water from the sadness and fury consuming it for 3,000 years plus. 8a. Knuckles' entire world has come crashing down, and he's been witness to one of the most horrific atrocities committed by one of his ancestors' leaders. 8b. Sonic is getting the idea of unifying Tikal and Chaos (again, continuing from the connection in flashback 7), seeing that resealing them will continue the conflict forever, and instead opting to restore Chaos' faith in humanity and showing the Chao coexisting with everyone else. He's getting a clue on what the true power of the Chaos Emeralds can do and what their connection means (which is further explored in _Sonic Frontiers_ about 24 years later). 8c. Sonic is further forming his decision from 8b, seeing the bond between everyone (himself, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Big, Gamma, Birdie, Froggy, Gamma's Flicky, Tikal, Chaos, and the Chao; with the second four and the eighth even bringing the former the emeralds and the ninth two bearing witness to the latter) and deciding to restore it rather than let past wounds fester. What connections do you think you see?

0:47 oh , lol

I know Sonic Chronicles is questionably canon, and this doesn't relate to SA1's plot or Chaos and Tikal's backstory, but in the beginning of the video when you were going over the origins of the Knuckles Tribe, you should have gone into all that other stuff about what happened with Ix and the Nocturnus Clan.

Thanks this really helps things

This video is so good!

I think she might have been saying that Gamma's different than the others, and that she told Gamma to not go any closer.

Wait so that's the reason behind the name??? makes so much more sense now that i think about it...

Tikal of her voice is Kaori Asoh similar to Princess Jasmine, Ririka, Princess Strawberry, Thumbelina, Blossom 1998, Ms Maryne, Princess Emeraude and Telulu

Hi, I'm Tikal, this is my story. I'm showing you something

I've been following your videos here, quite the nice work you've been doing so far. I wanted to know if you've managed to get your hands on the Saturn Models (JAM/3D Blast) of Sonic, Tails & Knuckles. Maybe even Sonic's and Tails's from SA1.

great video!

8:55 Chaos: "cute chao sound" HUUAAAAARRGH!

Pachacamac learned about Emeralds as he was conquering lands? Wasn't Chaos a echidna's national deity all along? I mean Tikal's grandma told her that rhyme about power enriched by the heart.

Where can I find the transcript of Tikal's Master Emerald prayer in kana and (translated) english? Googling it didn't seem to work and only showed me the Sonic wiki pages for it which are the dub english only.

this was a good idea to split up the story in different scenes so you can piece them together, but why would anyone know to do that.

Turn captions ON

The Chao were hard to find? They just had to take the left elevator in the Station Square hotel, those sillies!

Wow, arranging it like this makes it seem like the writers had a story to tell

Love the way Sonic mentions her visions to Knuckles in Sonic Frontiers on the second Island.

0:48 Tikal, you alright?

So whenever the red light touches one of the playable characters, did they just stood there dreaming or teleported to somewhere else?

why is tikals voice audio so high quality in scene 7, along with sonics in scene 8

Whoa I never knew that about the emeralds and Angel Island...

Funny Enough, pachachamac is Masayoshi Shido in Persona 5

nice!

Yeah okay, because my heart can take this

Her facial expressions frightened me.

2:49 WHEN TIKAL WEAR MISS OLA'S (1) BOOTS.....

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