The Quirky Side of SONIC 2 - RadicalSoda

Edited the thumbnail because apparently a little shadow looked like "something else". I guess I missed it because I made the full image, and there is none of that "something else" in the picture. Patreon members who get the full artwork could also attest to this. Say goodbye to the shadow 🤡

I just love the RadicalSoda bird creature animations. It adds so much personality and comedy to these 10/10

The Wing Fortress launcher not sending you over the pit isn't a glitch. Sonic 1 and 2 have an air speed cap that's active whenever you hold left or right on the d-pad. That's the same reason the spring in Emerald Hill 2 sent you into that enemy. If you let go of the d-pad, the Wing Fortress launchers and diagonal springs will send you much further.

Okay I swear the thumbnail lady is actually just naked this time

That's....certainly a thumbnail

Time for some random Sonic 2 technical trivia! 29:33 Tails' hitbox actually doesn't shrink when he crouches! Why? No idea. This means Tails is actually taller than Sonic when they're both crouching... However, Sonic's crush detection hitbox actually doesn't shrink when he crouches either, so in this particular spot it wouldn't make a difference, and he would die too. It's only his damage hitbox that actually shrinks. 9:08 and 34:14 are both caused by the same quirk: You actually get launched a shorter distance if you're holding down the direction you're being launched in, because of the air speed cap. This was fixed in the mobile remake/Origins, as well as in Sonic 3 (and even Knuckles in Sonic 2). This was probably something the devs intended to fix before release, considering the level design punishes you pretty hard for not knowing about it, but considering the insane crunch the last few weeks were under, it slipped by.

18:39 best part of this video

The most standout thing about Sonic 2 that I remember is the fact that my partner playing as Tails was either not keeping up and thus being a non factor in stages, or running past me when I decided to slow down and thus activating every trap and collapsible platform possible...

I love the silly little guy look, so adorable 🤡

the fact that you watched cybershell to verify that the launch pads in wing fortress zone weren't working properly is amazing i love it when the goat recognizes the goat

I wasn’t expecting this but my goodness is this a sweet surprise. Thanks rad, been dealing with a lot of stress with college finals and hayfever has been a pain, you always cheer me up. Sonic mega collection was also how I first experienced playing all the classic sonics, (cause got an original Xbox at my gramps place ever since I was young) didn’t get through a lot cause I sucked but still had fun. Also man… the mega collection music menus, never gets old. 💙

30:56 nice homage to the "labyrinth zone song" from your sonic 1 video, I loved it!^^ also just for you: 🤡🤡🤡

Now, the Green Hills do tend to get a bit quirky at night.

I will not tolerate slander of the Generations Casino Night remix

The Sonic robot in Sonic 2 is actually Mecha Sonic Mk I. The one in Sonic 3 & Knuckles is Mecha Sonic Mk II. Sonic Adventure actually has a Mk III version, but it's just a background decoration at Eggman's base in the Mystic Ruins.

15:25 Us 3DS players might be eating something but whatever it was didn't get overly diluted like Chemical Plant so I say we lost the battle but won the war

30:57 Radicalsoda referencing the Sonic 1 video by making a fast forward remix of the most hated level in the game we love it here

I'm so ready for that scarlet violet review!

30:14 That shriek is like getting kicked in the nuts and getting your chest hair ripped off at the same time XD

3:13 IT'S FLICKY FROM HIT GAME FLICKY!