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ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?

Larryb posted:

There actually is a Level Select code in this game (for the Switch version at any rate), hold B & Y as the title screen is loading up and then press any button. It also provides an alternate means of playing the true final boss if you don't manage to get all the emeralds in this playthrough.

Niiiiice, we will definitely have to mess with that before this LP is over (and we are woefully under-Emeralded for this run too).

Hoss Corncave posted:

Even if you don't get all the emeralds in one playthrough, it has the S3&K thing of being able to go back once the game is completed to a previous stage and get the chaos rings again.

The easiest chaos ones to get are at the very beginning of Press Garden 1 and Oil Ocean 1. They just involve you staying as low in the stage as possible. Press Garden's involves you backtracking a bit after about 20 seconds of going forward, while Oil Ocean's involves a hidden pit underneath the first fire shield you get. Both can be got in 20-25 seconds. Oil Ocean 2 has one under the upside down flame shield, but you need to fall through the sinking oil pit in the middle to find another hidden pit that lets you through. Knuckles has a very easy one to get in Green Hil as well, so he can use that. He has another quick one at the beginning of Mirage Saloon 1 but you can die if you're not careful.

For now, we're going to basically start from Green Hill Zone and play forward again (vastly minimizing the Bonus Stage usage) with a new rotation so we get to try different levels within the group, but if we somehow manage to gently caress up enough to not get the remaining four Emeralds during that run, we're just gonna savescum all over the place to get the Special Stages coming faster with one of those suggestions.

SPEAKING of the end of the run...

Part 15: "Huge rear end in a top hat"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZax8SSeRYc

Part 16: "Speed Limit the Porcupine"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U3QhxgzEa8

Part 17: "Almost Dicker"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOksU4MuKl0

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Hoss Corncave
Feb 13, 2012
To be honest, once I got gold on all the bonus stages, I just used them to cancel the Super Sonic transformation and conserve rings if I picked up a shield while transformed (unless it was a lightning shield as that makes keeping rings high far easier).

If you do decide to do the scummy stage select chaos ring thing, the Oil Ocean is the easiest to get to. Just get to the first fire shield after one of the green pipe launching platforms, stay in the same position as the box, fall to the oil below, head right while in the oil to some fans, then use them to go up and to the left and the ring is there. If you get the emerald, you don't need to finish the stage. You can just quit out of it and repeat. In my opinion, the fifth and sixth ones are the hardest. Seventh is pretty easy if you know the route. Cutting corners in the stages helps shave distance between you and the UFO as well.

Also, a couple of things for you. Firstly, all three of the Sonic 3 shields will make a LOT of projectiles bounce off them. This includes Buzz Bomber, the seahorses and octopuses/octopi/whatever in Oil Ocean, the exploding rock things in Lava Reef, and more, so a lot of enemies aren't too dangerous when you have them. The Sonic 1/2 shield doesn't do this and aside from taking one hit of damage is pretty much useless compared to the others.

Fire shield in Lava Reef still makes you nigh on un-killable. You can walk on lava safely, go through flame jets and lava eruptions, and generally be safe from any fire or hot surface.

And yes, Titanic Monarch is on Little Planet. Remember the giant Eggman building you were wondering about at the end of Stardust Speedway 2? There's your answer.

Finally, read this only after you've beaten the true final boss.
Go back and watch the Sonic Forces E3 trailer again and tell me what you hear.

Brutal Garcon
Nov 2, 2014



Sorry for commenting on videos you haven't posted yet, but: I haven't had much time to play this lately, so I've effectively been stuck on special stage 5 for a week and a half.

I am now angry. (and curious to see if I can reproduce that glitch...)

ultrabindu
Jan 28, 2009
https://i.imgur.com/AuPwKne.mp4

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Trust me, I have no idea how we got that glitch to work (even more effectively than Special Stage 3), and I'm not asking questions. We'll just take it and go.

Part 18: "What Are We Aiming For?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6jwMXDM6EQ

Part 19: "Bouncy Juice"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZOHLaUysas

Part 20: "Less Clever Now"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQbLq4y0Oig

Part 21: "Suckles for Days"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvrP19WlIc

Part 22: "And by That I Mean Snow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUC9yGWXm1k

We had a bit of a recording blip, and as such we'll be back on track with a new episode first thing tomorrow! We're recording it tonight, looking forward to clearing out the Chaos Emeralds.



Perfection.

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
The hunt for Chaos Emeralds continues, and once again, "HydroCity Zone" and its pronunciation have reared their ugly head once again.

Part 23: "A Weird Oval with Teeth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WytgWZrvPO0

Part 24: "You're Not Right"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI1rqH7RffA

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011




Embrace instrumentality



such are the consequences for opening The Box history shall rue this day

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Oh my god, I heard about that and honestly couldn't believe it.

Who thought that was a smart idea?

Incidentally, I'm feeling hungry for some Hooters Original Style Wings™, but I can't imagine why.

Oh, and hey, we FINALLY got the rest of those drat Chaos Emeralds, and plowed our way forth to the real final boss and good ending of Sonic Mania.

Part 25: "Nothing Wrong with Sucking Dick"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juBSBn97GMM

Part 26: "Basically Almost Kill Yourself"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzTfIMunyfU

Part 27: "Three Grown Men Screaming"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORz0BVOzb0I

Part 28: "Carry Me, Tails!'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSlwy_NxdUs

Part 29: "Human Bro Hormone"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBXYKiQUhjA

Part 30: "It's Never the End"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dm4HmIa2ZI

But, well... we're not quite done with Sonic Mania just yet.

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Okay, I have tried twice now to post the continuing Sonic Mania videos, I'm not sure what's going on here.

I'm gonna try again, starting with last week's stuff:

Part 31 & Knuckles: "Colon Parenthesis"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p0ARCyuo8w

Part 32 & Knuckles: "Addicted to Cloacas"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4R1QkybTnM

Part 33 & Knuckles: "No Goddamn Trapeze"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwL3_-O95WM

Part 34 & Knuckles: "Avionics the Hedgehog"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnWMfIiR59k

Part 35 & Knuckles: "A Gentle Introduction to Dildos"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFHm2veRdM

Cassa
Jan 29, 2009
Knuckles and Knuckles is a hell of a trip.

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
It's kind of mesmerizing, right? I want Andrew Knuckles in my life forever, it won't be the same without him anymore!

Part 36 & Knuckles: "Be Irresponsible by Yourself"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBcDH6Oc90M

Part 37 & Knuckles: "The Biggest King Dorko"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqhr6rSh1NU

Part 38 & Knuckles: "Oh My Stars"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErGHzAbcPyE

Part 39 & Knuckles: "Drinking a Cabinet"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtcqIzTIlLI

Part 40 & Knuckles: "Never Even Seen a Japanese Person"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sg1Z1OgrIw

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Hey guys -- it's been a little over a week since we finished up Sonic Mania...

Part 41 & Knuckles: "Baby Andrew Knuckles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnAzaqpAqYE

Part 42 & Knuckles: "Yankee Zulu"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7oht08XdqA

...and I just wanted to keep you guys up to date on what's been going on. We had initially planned to put at least one if not two games between Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces, and recorded four episodes of our next game... except the video ended up wildly corrupted and was essentially unusable. Because of the nature of the game, and the complications with scheduling people lately, we wouldn't have been able to put out a second attempt until at least tomorrow if not later, and with Sonic Forces coming out two weeks from today, I made the call and decided we should just be patient and take a breather instead of just jamming something else in at the buzzer.

Sonic Forces will begin on November 8, and The Super Sonic Let's Play will continue from there without any major breaks again. Thanks for watching, and thanks for your patience, guys.

Cassa
Jan 29, 2009
Baby Andrews was impossibly cute.

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Baby Andrew is LIFE.

I was so happy we got to shrink him down next to normal-size Knuckles, that made the entire run for me.

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


I love how much video games confuse cats :allears:

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Holy poo poo, WE ARE BACK.

Somehow the last three weeks have felt like an eternity that passed in an hour. I don't know how that works. But anyway, LET'S PLAY SOME SONIC AND CREEP THE poo poo OUT OF OURSELVES, Y'ALL.

Part 1: "We Need the Scary Violins" | Stage 1: Lost Valley, Green Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idxpAahOLrA

Incidentally, this is the 250th game we've played on our channel, holy gently caress.

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


I don't know how to feel about this game. It's like someone decided to take every cliche from the sonic fanfic community and cram it all into one game.

Larryb
Oct 5, 2010

The flashing transparent capsules you were wondering about in the second video are other Wisp powers that unlock as you progress through the game, though you can only use the Wisp that corresponds to your currently equipped gun (you just got a new one at the end of the most recent video for example).

I assume you'll be covering Episode Shadow at some point in this playthrough as well eventually?

Brutal Garcon
Nov 2, 2014



I'm not sorry:





Not just me, right?

FredMSloniker
Jan 2, 2008

Why, yes, I do like Kirby games.

Dzhay posted:

Not just me, right?

Now write horrifying Wispon stories.

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?

Dzhay posted:

I'm not sorry:





Not just me, right?

RIGHT THERE WITH YA. gently caress me, that was abrupt. Sonic gets knocked out, fade to black, oh yeah Eggman won, ROLL CREDITS.

This game is... off to a weird start.

Part 2: "This Seems Like I'm Doing Things" | Stage 2: Chemical Plant - Spaceport, Stage 3: City - Ghost Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q0HIX_YFa4

Part 3: "Itchin' for a Bitchin'" | Stage 4: Death Egg - Prison Hall, Stage 5: vs. Zavok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtxP92PMbMo

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Alright, we're getting a little further in now, but... Jesus, some of these costume options are loving weird, man...

Part 4: "Nighttime in the Asteroid Belt" | Stage 6: Death Egg - Egg Gate, Stage 7: Green Hill - Arsenal Pyramid, Stage 8: Mystic Jungle - Luminous Forest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReREzPx8YuQ

Part 5: "Your Insistence Is Futile" | Stage 9: Mystic Jungle - vs. Infinite, Stage 10: Green Hill - Green Hill, Stage 11: Green Hill - vs. Eggman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi8glehzmPM

Part 6: "Space Pork Apple Play" | Stage 12: City - Park Avenue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ZkyxCzzD4

Cassa
Jan 29, 2009
What is even going on, what a weirdddddddddddd game.

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:
FYI: Infinite is a Jackal. You find out in the comics and in Episode Shadow.

(Lucario is also a jackal, so yeah you're right, sort of)

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Honestly, I super don't see the resemblance, but it is hilarious to me that they're based on the same animal anyway. Perfect.

Part 7: "Carnivals Are in the Woods" |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDjePMoINhc

Part 8: "We're All Gonna Die, Hooray!" |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVlFMqDzyxo

Part 9: "The lovely Topaz" |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhIecFtBzfQ

Part 10: "That's a Lotta Damage" |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8wi42XIevc

Part 11: "Every Five Years" |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ38nlm0s1s

So, this is actually gonna be it for Sonic Forces for a little bit. We wanted to make sure to have myself, John, and C/J all present for all of this game, and we didn't get a chance to record a second session before I hopped on a plane for a little vacation, so we'll be back with more in two weeks, I think we've got another five-ish episodes left? This game is weeeeeird.

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


Is that a loving sarashi???

:psyduck:


ricdesi posted:

This game is weeeeeird.

EDIT: also that's Liam Christopher O'Brien. He's doing his brooding edgelord voice instead of "I'm on the cusp of orgasm" edgelord voice

Seraphic Neoman fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Nov 25, 2017

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
IT LIVES!

Part 12: "Gotta Go Slow" | Stage 23: Metropolis - Metropolitan Highway, Stage 24: Metropolis - Null Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2IOLHmC-no

It's be awhile, but hopefully this level of fuckuppery in the video will make it worth the wait.

Cassa
Jan 29, 2009
That opening movie gave me serious Mortal Kombat Armageddon vibes and I can't wait for Tails to send his alternate universe self a message about how to avoid all this.

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
So uh... for the first 12 episode, this game has been weak at best, but passable. This last leg, well...


Part 13: "Fanfiction: The Game" | Stage 25: Eggman Empire Fortress - Imperial Tower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE1ib5pBgwY

Part 14: "So Bad It's Good" | Stage 26: Eggman Empire Fortress - Mortar Canyon, Stage 27: Eggman Empire Fortress - Vs. Infinite, Stage 28: Eggman Empire Fortress -
Iron Fortress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY0WyPOUPI4

Part 15: "Good Thing We're Not Normal" | Stage 29: Eggman Empire Fortress - Final Judgement, Stage 30: Eggman Empire Fortress - Vs. Death Egg Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwr-I3JlHN4

Part 16: "Friending Him to Death" | Stage 30: Eggman Empire Fortress - Vs. Death Egg Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00GLMT_zIgo

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
We put up a Christmas special for Episode Shadow. This DLC isn't even worth the $0 I spent on it.

Episode Shadow: "I AM NOT WEAK"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uZoF1UYadw

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
BAD NEWS. The second attempt to record Sonic Shuffle from our Dreamcast has once again collapsed on us.

GOOD NEWS? We emulated it. gently caress it. I'll buy a new Dreamcast so we can at least get a non-ridiculous multiplayer game in the mix somewhere, holy hell.

ANYWAY. The glitches that come from the emulation are loving hysterical, let's get into it.

Part 1: "Enter My Doorhole"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLrAkQQEfVI

Part 2: "Sofe cursor"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th9tXLNC70Q

Part 3: "A Greek Tragesty"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvMQcY5QYU8

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:
Sonic's mouth is the stuff of nightmares.

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
This entire game is the stuff of nightmares if you look hard enough. Sorry for the lack of updates lately -- moving has really scrambled us schedule-wise and we got caught a little flat-footed. BUT, we are finally getting back into it later this week, so I think we can expect new episodes again on Monday! As for the rest of this game, though...

Part 4: "Slutty Bowel Syndrome"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVwOWEPGgD4

Part 5: "Anyone Else's Cards"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHLuMqqJxg

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Okay, so we're taking a second crack at Emerald Coast, but... is every emulated version of Sonic Shuffle this weird and glitchy, when it comes to the game text? We wanted to do the real version but were having trouble getting the video to pass to our recording equipment successfully, but this is like... egregious. It seems like every minute or two there's a new entire screen's worth of hosed up text. Anyone else run into this?

Part 6: "The Dos Is Two"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooQsZuaMkko

Part 7: "Liquefied Armpit Hair"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MJjaLvbeI

Part 8: "It Is After You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1WyK93LFb4

Part 9: "Sometimes, Drowning Is Useful"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bed6VpiVKxA

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:
"MY TOE. IT IS AFTER YOU!" made me laugh pretty damned hard.

The transparency not working is probably because it's just a function that your emulator isn't equipped to deal with.

The text being all hosed up is probably some kind of memory addressing shortcut that might be loving up on a 64 bit system?

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
You know what, the 32-to-64-bit issue sounds like it could absolutely be the problem. Or at least, I'm willing to believe it. The good news is we've got more episodes coming again starting today The bad news... is that we have more episodes of this frustration...

Part 10: "The Numger K"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrbHdFeYJNg

Part 11: "Sonic Got a Half-Chub"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTpniWdtKAo

Part 12: "You Have to Wait for Turtles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCB38jUxSfo

Part 13: "Vreate Flectric Mield"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu0hQBuZTFo

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Third try's definitely not the charm. We are off to a decidedly awful start...

Part 14: "We're Already hosed"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpmou_nX8VU

Part 15: "I Hope Zero"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfFYCoWK1WM

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Fingers crossed so hard. ...third try's the charm?

Part 16: "The Face of a Sin"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBPovx8t0kk

Part 17: "Yes Andy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzlexNjBVM0

Part 18: "A Strong, Quiet Man"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xceSUSBaiMQ

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Holy loving fartshit, we actually beat Emerald Coast. Halle-loving-lujah, let's try and keep this WINTRAIN on its tracks and get through... this... weird loving bird battleship.

Part 19: "Made a Lot of Mishakes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZAVRu94-Zg

Part 20: "I Gotta Find a Forklift"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtzTsMUdGF0

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Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


Yesssssssss....let the hate flow through you :unsmigghh:

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