The History of SONIC RUNNERS - The LOST Sonic Mobile Game
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Learn about the BEST Sonic The Hedgehog game YOU can no longer play!
Sonic has starred in many mobile games, most of which you can still play today, however, in 2015, Sonic Team released their own mobile game, and a little over a year later, that same game was already deemed a failure and was cancelled. In this feature-length video, I go over the entire history of SONIC RUNNERS, the now unplayable Sonic mobile game.
Sonic Runners was a short-lived endless runner mobile game released in 2015 for iOS and Android devices. Personally, I found it to be one of the most enjoyable Sonic games I've ever played. Unfortunately, as the game had many design flaws which were never fixed, the game was quietly cancelled. Sonic Runners was special as it was full of fan service, and celebrated the entire history of the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. From including playable characters like Tikal, Sticks and Mephiles, to having an incredible OST, Sonic Runners had it all.
If you ever wanted to learn pretty much everything you could ever possibly learn about this now dead Sonic mobile game, you came to the right place. This is THE HISTORY OF SONIC RUNNERS, and I hope you enjoy.
HUGE thank you to @Aerobian-Angel for the incredible thumbnail artwork, you can check his work out here: / aerobian_angel
Sources - thank you to all of these awesome people for making this video possible, without them, Runners would be even more lost than it already is:
1. premydaremy - / @premydaremy
2. SonicWindBlue - / sonicwindblue
3. Parax - / thesonicgamer20ix
4. Ruki185 - / shadowofruki
5. DarkspinesSonic - / darkspinessonic
5. Source of the fan-made Marine & Bark character renders: www.deviantart...
6. Sonic Runners Reloaded: gamejolt.com/g...
What's that? A PatMac video that's NOT about merchandise? Could the rumors be true? Indeed. Back in 2015, Sonic Team released an incredibly fun endless running Sonic game called SONIC RUNNERS, and it was honestly the most fun I've had with a Sonic game in years. Unfortunately though, on July 27th, 2016, Sonic Team CLOSED the servers to the game, making it 100% unplayable. For years now, I've wanted a video that documents the history of the game, but none was ever made. So, I decided, hey, I really enjoyed the game and remember a lot about it, I should share my stories with it and make that video! And so it happened. In this video, I tell the entire story of this short-lived mobile game, and believe me, there is a lot more to it than just being a simple endless runner.
As you can probably tell, this is the most work I've ever put into a video, so I hope you all enjoy it! If you did, feel free to share this video around with other people that would enjoy it. Also of course, you can always like the video, subscribe, and all that good stuff if you want to see me continue making videos like this one! We'll most likely be going back to merchandise next time, but I hope you all enjoy this passion project about a literally dead Sonic mobile game.
PatMac HAVE NY CHILDREN
dang i cant read
Here are some ideas: A look back at the Kirby 64 ufo plush set, A look back at the segaworld Sidney plushes, a look back at the banpresto Christmas Mario plushes, A look back at the Etone donkey Kong plushes, A look back at the Acme Mario plushes, A look back at the Knickerbocker pac man plushes, A look back at the takara super Mario kart plushes, A look back at the Banpresto Mario world plushes.
That video was awesome and very well made! I love your videos and wish you the best on your next one!
I also have 2 video ideas.
Patmac's Sonic Collection 2.0.
And
Remakes of your videos that don't have voiceovers.
P.S. This video was leaked on your twitter just like runners being leaked on 4Chan!
Hey mr patmac I was on the network and see if theres any hope to download sonic runners even though its not there in the app store but I think theres hope u I think u can play it but I haven't play the app yet but I think u can do it just promise me on this
I still find it funny that there’s a Sonic app game called ‘Sonic Jump’ and a Mario one called ‘Mario Run”
How things have changed lol
Sonic has Sonic Jump and Sonic Runners.
Mario has Super Mario Run.
I wonder when Super Mario Jump is coming out?
@@Sean-D78 they're busy on mario kart tour for phones
@@Sean-D78 and run gets closed down and then a revival comes out when someone makes a video on it almost three years later.
I noticed
@@randomcringeyyoutuber6750 -four-
Fun fact: Sonic06 was deemed a “bad word” in game and you couldn’t make it your name
Makes sense
Eder Caetano yeah
HAHAHAHAHA
@ Withered Bonnie Bup
@@KIMTUANVIETNAM Or even ESP Silver
There’s a level of irony that this video makes me wanna play sonic runners but this video wouldn’t exist if sonic runners was playable.
Well now u can play it twitter.com/RevivalSonic/status/1109073719731736576?s=19
@@halfdraggy still can't
The apk isn't public yet
And they are still working on it
Only a handful of people are able to play it
Right now
@Cameron E. I bought that game
And it was a waste of money
@Cameron E. sta sucks
@@theladofwisdom919 And its out every one
I really just watched a 1 hour documentary on a game I never played
Well now you can play it
@@kristindobies6663 pardon?
@@nicememes2032 Sonic Runners Revival is a thing
Same here
Me too and awwww 69 likes😏
Here are some time stamps for anyone who want's to see a certain point in the video:
0:00 - Opening
1:35 - Sonic's Other Mobile Games
5:07 - Sonic Runners Leaks
7:27 - The Sonic Runners Predictions
8:32 - The Sonic Runners Announcement (Trailer & Website)
10:33 - The Sonic Runners JP Overview
13:15 - Sonic Runners Review
25:49 - Event #1: Team Chaotic's Ran With Sonic & Friends
27:25 - Event #2: Animal Rescue
27:51 - Event #3: Windy Hill In Spring
29:38 - Event #4: Shahra Assisted The Runners
30:07 - Event #5: Sonic Runners X Phantasy Star Online 2
31:37 - Event #6: Sonic Runners X Puyo Puyo Quest & Amitie Amy Costume
32:59 - Sonic Runners Goes Worldwide (Finally...)
34:18 - Event #7: Sonic's 24th Anniversary
36:40 - Event #8: Omega Ran With Sonic & Friends
32:22 - Event #9: Desert Ruin, Erazor Djinn Assisted The Runners
39:09 - Event #10: Rouge The Bat Ran With Sonic & Friends
39:29 - Event #11: Beginner Characters (Big The Cat, Cream, & Silver) Ran With Sonic & Friends
40:26 - Event #12: Sonic Runners X Nights Series
41:12 - Event's #13 & 14: Blaze The Cat and Shadow The Hedgehog Ran With Sonic & Friends
42:11 - Event #15: Tropical Coast & Mother Wisp Assisted The Runners
43:07 - Event #16: Sonic Adventure Bundle, Tikal Ran With Sonic & Friends, Chaos Assisted Runners
44:38 - Event #17: Metal Sonic Ran With Sonic & Friends
45:27 - Event #18: Animal Rescue Redux
46:14 - Event #19: Zazz Strikes [Raid Event]
46:55 - Event #20: Team Dark Halloween Costumes & Holloween Stage, King Boom Boo Assists Runners
49:30 - Event #21: Sonic Runners X Fantasy Zone
50:04 - Sonic Runners Ver: 2.0.0
52:53 - Event #22: ESP Silver Ran With Sonic & Friends
54:33 - Event #23: Gothic Amy Costume
55:17 - Event #24: Sonic Runners X Christmas Nights Into Dreams
55:49 - Event #25: Christmas Event, Team Sonic Christmas Costumes, Christmas Stage
57:50 - Event #26: Frozen Factory Stage
58:26 - Sonic Runners Character Data Mining
59:47 - Event #27: Sonic The Werehog Ran With Sonic & Friends
1:00:27 - Event #28: Sticks The Badger Ran With Sonic & Friends
1:02:03 - Event #29: Mepheles The Dark Ran With Sonic & Friends
1:04:05 - The End Of Sonic Runners
1:07:38 - The Aftermath Of Sonic Runners Closing
1:08:21 - Sonic Runners Fan Server And Fan Game
1:10:45 - Sonic Runners Adventure
1:13:22 - The End
I spent basically the entire day on this. I was baffled that no one had done this. I should explain some of the stuff I did.
-"_______ Ran With Sonic & Friends". When a new playable character was released
-"_______ Assisted The Runners". When a new well known companion was added
(P.S. Sorry for people with big fingers who wanted to try this out on phone's lol).
How has no one seen your hard work
#sonicrunnersrevival
Mephiles, He Dark
👏
What song is that at 7:27
Imagine spending money on mephiles, but the game shuts down.
I feel like Mephiles fans are used to being abused.
(Sad music plays)
YES I FINALLY GOT MEP- [Thank you for playing sonic runners! It's recommend the app is deleted as we just destroyed all your save data with no back up.] What the fu-
can I play as mephiles
mephiles: the answer is yes and no
Imagine spending money on mephiles
Runners Adventure is a soulless crime against the original. Such a shame that Sega just doesn't care.
hello garrulous i wanted to say that why dont you reply to our comments in your videos . i saw knuckles channel 3 and knuckles comment on your livestream of sonic generations for the 3ds and you replied to his comment
Are you saying you dislike the possibility of sonic adventure 3: runners? SHAME
Heh. Comedy
My peep. Runners Adventure sucks
My peep. Runners Adventure sucks
It's amazing how it actually DECREASED greatly in quality yet they're still proud of it.
I remember having this game while it was out. I was so confused when I saw the app missing and was upset when I couldn't find it again. It was probably one of the only few mobile games I enjoyed consistently playing.
Sorry 😅
Do you have Sonic Runners Revival yet?
Still my favorite mobile game to this day, RIP Sonic Runners. ;~;
Watching you play it on stream was prob my favorite part, I wasn't really good at the game, but overall I miss it.. so much better art style then any of the other Sonic mobile games
DarkspinesSonic
Sup DSS Me too Sonic Runners is the reason I started UA-cam I Myself Was High Ranked Player AKA FRANK20 I even lost my original acount and Scrathed and claw my way back and got 1 Billion Points
The Legend!
dssTaels
I absolutely agree! This game was the best and I HOPE that the Sonic Runners Revival game works out and SEGA chills out about shutting it down!
Honestly Mephiles being the final character is actually really fitting
Generic Name 06 ruined everything
As he's the literal incarnation of satan for the Sonic universe, and could kill Sonic back in 06.
And be Ret Gone.
Infinite is mephiles after his crystals and frost where gone and he got a mask and got more hair
@@megamichael4021 When some Megaman fan comes with a better story than the actual company...
If a PatMac video is an hour long, you can tell it's already gonna be good.
It's like a documentary about a game that I never really paid much heed to or knew much about. Tell the truth I didn't even know this game was gone forever until now. I'm so glad someone was willing to commit all of this to memory and document it for future posterity. PatMac does it again!
I agree with you.
The longer the better.
My one hour is well spent
Yeah
Damn, I remember playing it a lot on my phone back in the day. I didn’t know it was shut down
There's a fan project that brought it back it's the same game just on new servers
monke
I also used to play a lot Sonic Runners and I also didn't know it was shutdown...
Hey it’s you my favorite Halo channel
@@dutch-man7997 where can I get it ?
Club penguin fans: I'm sad that club penguin shut down
Sonic Runners fans: *Your not the only one cursed with knowledge*
I’m both lol
Uh this is more like what happened to club penguin island
Anthony Arrasco but it costs money now
@@Arlen56_ Um no..? It doesn't.
Suzumi Kuzu it does...
Sonic Runners Revival is a thing and it's exactly how I remember it. Also you skipped over the time Knuckles said "damn" in the campaign which surprised me
Wait WHAT
Yea i saw that
it's soooo good I love it
Dam is shadow's line
"Where's that damn fourth master emerald shard."
A better title: The Life and Death of Sonic Runners
BeFoRe TheY WeRe FaMoUs: SoNiC ruNN-
Sonic Runners wasn't killed IT WAS MURDERED.
Nope, couldn't even type that with a straight face.
THE HUGE PROBLEM with Sonic Runners
and knuckles
"The best Sonic videogame you WILL NEVER PLAY"
@@Yozzoy yes sonic team MURDERED IT
Great video, dude. You deserve all 130 Adventure emblems and more. :)
Neat
Artic Chao is cute , right?
Omg it's one of the sonic short members!!!! Thank you for my childhood!!!!
It's 120.
@@YujiUedaFan 130 emblems in Sonic Adventure, 180 in Sonic Adventure 2, and 120 in Sonic Heroes.
“Someday, a new fan server will be made”
*chuckles in Sonic Runners Revival* That’s adorable
Wait what
collin🥲🗞🗃📒🧻📚📆📖🗳🗂😀🧑🏻🎤📪♿️📊📂😤🆗📯📈📜🤣🍿📕📎📉📔😭🌀🚮
@LoganPlush YT ok
Only a spoonful
@LoganPlush YT no
I was top 50 plat every season, grinded unbelievably, and the fact that it ended so abruptly saddened me. To add on, the return it with a _paid_ version.
sonic runners adventure sucks
Mephiles killed Sonic runners, how fitting.
Sonic: I’ve come to make an announcement. Mephiles The Dark’s a bitch ass motherfucker. He killed my fucking game. That’s right. He took his Chaos Lancer out and he said it was “This big”. And I said “That’s disgusting”.
@@Probably_JENOVA so you know what, I'm making a call out post on Twitter: Mephiles has a small Lancer.
And this is mine
**pwahhh*
That's right, all points, no quills. It looks like two balls and a bong
Lol
sega erased him from existence and then he erased sonic runners from existence, i mean thats fair in a cosmic sort of way.
@@ripleyandweeds1288 perfectly balanced, as all things should be
The culmination of the sonic franchise, of all the love and time that was put in it.
Was deemed a failure by sega
Really makes ya think.
Oof
Maybe the roulette system
Because it barely made any money.
I’m blaming puyo puyo
@@sonictennyson2201 Everyone knows that Puyo Puyo is the source of all evil, right? Also, Sonic Forces Speed Battle is the next culmination of the franchise, a pretty good one, but not the same… I miss Runners
why couldn't they just have released 1 tiny update at the end that allowed offline play?!
idk
money *dab*
It's likely they realized it was a sinking ship and stopped dedicating resources to the game's programming very early on in its abandonment.
In regular English, that's "they just didn't care enough."
They did that with Clumsy Ninja, which basically immortalised the game.
And CP Island.
How to make the most hyped videogame ever:
1. Make a game in a dying franchise
2. Don’t reveal it until it gets leaked
3. Tease it, but don’t reveal the title/release date, only year and platforms
4. Announce it
5. Show a trailer a week or so later, showing what everyone expected/wanted
6. Release it a few months later
7. Have the best marketing at the week of its release
8. Adding as much content/fan service as possible
AND THEN SHUT IT DOWN
8 is literally Sonic forces Speed battle
9. Open up pre-orders
10. Delay it
11. Cancel the game
Sonic is a dying franchise?
@@PhantomOfficial07Not anymore.
Dude even the damn Trick System was a reference to Sonic Colors saying "Good!" "Great!" "Awesome!" "Outstanding!" "Amazing!".
Sega can we get a new mobile game or hell maybe even a main series game with this much love please?
Over the years, datamining the archived assets did reveal some things which never made it to Runners:
According to the archived game assets, there was originally going to be a Sonic '06 event which would've introduced new buddies (and possibly Mephiles), but it never happened. It would've featured the His Theme E3 instrumental as the roulette music, and that's literally all we know about it, as the buddy data associated with it reuses the Fantasy Zone event data due to the buddies not being complete yet.
There was also going to be a second raid event where you would've fought Zomom, and it would've taken place in Desert Ruins at dusk (this event probably would've showed up in October 2016 had the game kept running by then).
In addition, a Silent Forest stage was planned to be playable during an event, though it's unknown which event it would've belonged to. It was never finished though, which was probably why it was never run.
There is also an unused buddy, D-Fekt. Its effect was similar to Carbuncle and O-Papa, with it collecting all on-screen objects and giving you a combo bonus after a certain combo count. It probably would've been released alongside Sticks in a Sonic Boom event. Its model and animations have been lost to time, however.
There are more unused goodies, but none quite as notable as what I mentioned.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa fword
As long as rouge in sonic runners the game isn't "boob free"
Nice one there! 😂
I agree
And now Sonic is in the same game with Pyra
Sonic X can specially relate.
29:13 well it is actually fitting because Merlina’s whole arc is about the accepting the fleetingness of life so having her head an event celebrating the season known for the birth of new life makes sense.
"SEGA GIVE US MORE CHAO!"-Chadtronic
“It’s our crack we need it.”
*Chaotronic*
*leans into mic* “It’s our crack” *leans closer to mic* “we neeeeed it”
losing any game with Vector as a playable character is a huge loss...
And even after 50 episodes he still couldn't find the computer room.
The computer room was finally found in Forces, so no big deal there.
Cream too
So basically the reason it died was because the game was designed like your standar japanese gatcha game.
Pretty much
Sonic Runners: Any Chao variant from events
Patmac: HOW DID THIS GAME FAIL!!?
Can't blame him, that game was indeed fun.
I love how he gets progressively more angry
I hate how its "sequel" is locked behind a paywall. I mean, it's not expensive but it's still really disappointing. I played Sonic Runners on an almost daily basis, even on the bus home from school (with mobile data on of course). The fact that it was free (with optional microtransactions) made it accessible to Sonic fans old and new.
Runners Adventure is also significantly worse with way less content. It doesn't even have an endless mode. I was extremely disappointed.
@@tealsummernights Damn. I wouldn't be surprised if that got shut down too. Hope they relaunch the original game with an offline mode and an online sync feature.
They NEED to re-release Sonic Runners with offline (like that guy said!) Runners Adventure is fine, but it lacks AAAAANY flare the original had. People complained simply because of the micro transactions, like you can play the game without doing those all the unlockable characters control the exact same as the main trio :/
@@tealsummernights It does have endless but it's rare you'll come across it. Those lapped levels can suck one too
Well new projects coming twitter.com/RevivalSonic/status/1109073719731736576?s=19
I love how every time he would say a variant chao, he would say, " How Did This Fail!?"
YOU DID IT
YOU REVIVED THE GAME PAT MAC
THERE IS A FAN SERVER IN DEVELOPMENT
search twitter for sonic runners revival
Edit: Never had this many likes before lol
HYPE!
God yes!
Or u could download tutu app and then download sonic runners from there!
A.R Playz it’s not there on tutu app
@@m20diamond it is u have to update tutu app
The reason the events are so short is legit just because thats how Japan does things. They prefer to do constant small intense events that are easy to miss so that you feel awesome getting them and have bragging rights. Most mobile games with month+ long events are either designed for the western market or just made by western devs. Its always cool to me to see how different regions handle things like this
What the hell why didn't they just leave the new characters on the roulette wheel after the release events they would've made so much more money from continued pulls
PatMac :
“It’s the thought that counts right?”
- Sonic Forces launches -
2016: Sonic Runners shutdown
3 years later: Sonic Runners Revival launched
I was never a huge fan of Runners and I only played it during the Classic Sonic event. Hearing the loss of it sucks though. And as a fan of Dragalia Lost, I'm about to deal with this kind of pain on a personal level. I can only hope that fans are able to bring both back.
It's such a shame to see Dragalia Lost shutting down
Sonic Runners was brought back through Runners Revival, thankfully
I hope the same can happen for Dragalia
It has so much charm, it'd be awful to see it lost
The fuck is dragalia lost
The game has been revived! There is a closed Alpha of the game but it is not available to the public yet and there are currently no more seats for beta testers. The Discord has cleared up all confusion from SEGA and the project is officially a-go. Go follow the Twitter Page, its titled "Sonic Runners Revival Project". Go check out the Discord that is linked on their twitter to support the Project. MAKE SURE to read the FAQ and Rules channels in the Discord first before posting. Go easy on the Mods, Admin, Creator, and YPwn (the one developer as of right now, might change later) this is relatively new to them and its only been a week since the project started. Hope to see you there as Skyrus456!
The beta will be released in July 15th
@@jairrojas613 WE KNOW NOW SHUT UP ALREADY
@@masteredhypersonic2202 be nice not you know
Its released and it's pretty good!
@@mattok101digitaltamer9 its absolutely good
this is my favorite video on all of youtube. I became a sonic fan in 2017 because of dantdm's first video on sonic forces. I had always hated sonic even though i knew nothing about it or the series as a whole. I knew he was blue I knew about city escape and I knew he was fast but that was it. when I saw that upload I thought "lets give it a try i man how bad could it be?" the next four years of my life was changed and heavily influenced by sonic the hedgehog and one day this popped up in my recommendations and at the time i was still learning more and more about the sonic series and i still do. this opened my eyes to what i had missed and I released that I jumped on ship far far to late as I would have loved this as a new sonic fan but i couldn't just couldn't play it anymore. please if there are any safe fan servers please let me know because if not I'm probably just gonna buy runners adventure which i don't want to do because of its lack of content. the sonic the hedgehog series has given me so much and i love all of the character outfits and variations in sonic runners and have made countless pages of art based off of them. I need to play this game so please anything would be a big help.
BOI! That is not the history of Sonic runners! This is THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE SONIC MOBILE MARKET! Awesome video man! Really, REALLY love it!
This game's soundtrack is incredible for a mobile game. Too good for a mobile game.
Go Quickly and Beyond the Speed of are notable favourites of mine.
I actually found the soundtrack through a UA-cam series and realised “Damn, what did I miss?”
(Also, Sonic Forces Speed Battle is actually Sonic Dash 3)
It's a Rivals 3 of sorts, as well.
Oh yeah, Sonic Rivals existed
@@sonicrunn3r895 My boi Rivals never gets any love. :(
Honestly the soundtrack is basically a bunch of anime themes, and I'm here for it.
Actually Speed Battle is more of a Sonic Dash Online than Sonic Dash 3
Have you heard of our lord and savior SONIC RUNNERS REVIVAL ?
Yess its really goooood I am playing it to this day
was playing it whule watching the video. i was really glad to have it back as i had forgotten about it
Yup it's awesome
IT.IS.COMPLETED
I'm so fricking happy right now
Bro! Probably a lot of people have told you, but you should TOTALLY check Sonic Runners Revival! It's really functional, I never had the chance to play it on release, and this revival gave me that chance! I'm sure you will be pleased with it
Y'know what would have been awsome in Sonic Runners? They could have added Soap Shoes Sonic for either SA2 event or Sonic's 25th Annivarsery.
Damn
not here!
Sega doesn't own the Soap brand, though.
yeah...
@@sauvagess I mean, they brought back the Soap shoes in Forces, soo...
@@sauvagess They didn't own the Soap brand but they still own the shoe design
"Gameloft is notorious for making lazy, low-effort mobile games"
Yeah, but they also made Asphalt
The asphalt series starting from 8 is severely pay to win.
@@mroversteer3739 yeah a little
@@geniuskhan2520 a little, A LITTLE.
Oh yeah it is pay to win but asphalt 9 is not that pay to win
@@kyawzin2444 Have you even played 9???
My favourite mobile game 😭
sup dude love your channel hope the sonic revival project works out 🤞
Another cool thing about sticks is she was mentioned in Sonic Frontiers! She really is a mainline character now!
Yeah sticks is back I hope we see her soon
Patmac: metal sonic was finally a character!
Me: *silently imagining metal sonic attacking attacking eggman for rings*
I just saw this video and was intrigued by the game, so I decided to search for any progress made on the fan made servers, and found two projects:
1.- Sonic Runners Revival
2.- Sonic Runners Reloaded.
Both seem to work fine, so I'll be playing for a while. Thanks for showing me this game, PatMac from 3 years ago.
Good thing that Sonic Runners Revival exists. What a gem this game.
Yesss
Humdrumrocket83 Sonic Runners Revival? Don’t you mean Sonic Runners Adventure?
Team3Gaming there’s a fan project called Sonic Runners Revival. Search it up. It’s a fan server for the original game
What the-! I didn't know that!!!
But it’s not the same
Oh god, I remember the 2.0 update. Until that point, I'd played Runners almost daily and that update was so awful that I deleted the game like two days in and never looked back. I wasn't aware they removed the spike walls later on, because those singlehandedly killed my enjoyment of the game.
March 18 2019 man makes documentary for a mobile game and makes me wanna watch it 50 times.
Always loved the graphics in this game, wish the sequel kept the outlines. Also, for anyone wondering, Sonic Runners Revival is out now with pretty much all the characters (apart from alts I think, but ESP Silver is in it) and complete story mode along with timed mode. The roulette is still in it but it only needs 15 rings to roll and it's not too hard to get them anyway. They're adding custom bgm events (currently there is a Rush event on) and this Spring they will add their first stage, Silent Forest. Feels a bit janky, but from what I can tell it's basically a complete copy from the original
I think they should've made like Final Fantasy Opera Omnia.
In Opera Omnia, you unlock characters by playing the main story or side chapters focusing on a specific character, and the gacha only give you equipments which you can equip on any character you want, but equiping the right things on the right chars gives then a boost in power.(eg: Cloud with his Buster Sword)
The same could've been done in Sonic Runners, characters are given by completing story lines and special events, and the roulette would give their upgrades. (eg: Sonic's Light Speed Shoes, Amy's Long Hammer, Knuckles Shovel Claws, etc)
Add the Companions and you get a roulette where no matter what they give you, you'd still get SOMETHING, and I'm sure as hell it wouldn't be as frustrating as the one they gave us.
You know... thinking about this kinda makes me proud of Square Enix...cuz they have fuckin' *FINAL FANTASY* , with over a 100 chars, with players all over the world that loves this series... they could've abuse the shit out of the players nostalgia!! And yet, THEY GIVE YOU EVERY CHARACTER IF YOU PLAY THEIR GAME!!
Seriously, what the hell was wrong with Sonic Team?? >_>
How do you think any of those upgrades (light speed, shovel claw, etc.) would work on an endless runner? The great thing about Runners is how simple yet complex it was / is (it got revived, I don't know what to say oof), and how if you would be skilled at it, you could go forever. What, how would light speed help in Top Speed? How would you use shovel claw when going into a wall kills you? I'm sorry, but your idea feels too half-baked
The Lost (and best) Sonic Mobile Game!
PatMac: "2.00 update added a whole bunch!"
Me: Omg all prior characters and helpers are now purchaseable on the shop and they have some bug fixes and an offline mode!!!
Sonic Team: SIKE WE MADE EVERYTHING WORSE AND BASICALLY ENDED OUR OWN GAME!!
After watching all this. . .
#bringbackOGSonicRunners
*THIS👏GAME👏DESERVES👏A👏SECOND👏CHANCE!!!!! OMFG!!!!*
What a video, man! Thank you *SO* much for this! People need to know how ambious and *good* this game was. I can't believe it's already been *3 YEARS* since it's closure.
Sonic Runners is honestly the absolute *BEST* Sonic mobile game ever made. THIS 1+hour minute video proves this with flying colors. The game's main meat and potatoes is truly an eye of the beholder with is rock solid gameplay and layers of content it offered, especially it's chock full of fan service (some obvious and some so unexpected).
To this day, I'm still deeply saddened by it's closure. The game died *SO* young. . .like. . .1 year young. It felt too soon. All thanks to it's unbalanced roulette and Red Star Ring systems. If only they listened to us sooner with these issues the game possessed, if only the greed didn't get to them, the game would of still been with us today.
And because of all that, I want Sonic Runners to come back from the dead. I want the game to received redemption; a second chance to prove that it can improve. The succesor that is Sonic Runners Adventure is just. . .not enough. Why can't we have both? Since SEGA nowadays is so stupidly unpredictable and have this new found love towards us fans, I can see Sonic Runners return happening with enough fan support to back it. Do I sound like I'm in denial? Maybe, but really you never know. Same goes to me hoping for Sonic Boom's return.
Speaking of Boom, there are a few things I would like to adress somewhat in this video:
- 0:10 I wouldn't say Sonic Boom had "faulty success. It was more "middling" than anything if you add the TV show and the criminally short lived Archie Comic book. Other than that, the rest is accurate here.
- 3:24 Here a strange fact: Sonic Jump Fever is . . .actually not longer available to download anymore ( including Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed mobile). Something that all of us should honestly let SEGA know about.
- 4:14 Even though Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom is not as popular as it's predecessor, going by the Google Play Store, it's actually SEGA's second most popular mobile game to date behind it's predecessor. So the game is no slouch either.
- 1:01:43 I personally woudn't say Boom is over just yet. Since the show is now available on iTunes, Amazon, and Microsoft Store, and is receiving two DVD's this year & mostly likely more, it's a possibility it could return for more seasons if they sell. Hopefully that will be case, but only time will tell I guess.
- 1:15:42 This is a minor point, but this contradicts what you said about this game having a explanation on why the we still see the Wisps and other references to the lore of Sonic. Sonic Runners *is* a canon game. Unless you were referring to that the game does in fact include non-canon content on top of content that are in-canon within the game itself and the rest of the Modern Sonic universe.
- 1:16:05 Hopefully someday Sonic Forces: Speed Battle will include an offline mode.
Again, thanks you so much of this video. Let's hope that Sonic Runners will make it's return someday if ever.
#bringbackOGSonicRunners lets get it trending!!! Posted it on my twitter!
Well actually there already IS a team doing a new proxy server specifically built to revive Sonic Runners.
@@speedstarregeneration2573 Really? Well, do you have a source? I wanna look into this.
@@shady5595 look up the Sonic Runners Revival Project on Twitter. Its in Alpha 4 now but while the Beta is Android exclusive the final version should be for Android and IOS.
@@speedstarregeneration2573 Okay, thanks! Do you happen to have a link?
I hated that roulette so much, it was near impossible to land on the character egg. I spent so many hours trying to unlock new characters. I think I only ever got 2. Rogue and Christmas Knuckles. Safe to say I was extremely disappointed. I still hate that roulette.
Yeah Fuck that Roulette the rates to get a charaters were shit
Hello, Obi-Wan.
General kenobi
Hope you never spent money on that crud
Whenever I played the first two levels of World 6 in Sonic Lost World on the 3DS, the music just gave me PTSD
I played Sonic Runners since the Japan/Canada release to the very last day. From my point of view and experience what happened to cause the demise of the game was a combination of 2 things: The main thing was the time you had to spend on loading screens, score screens, unskippable dialogs, looong initial launch screen... you could easily waste more time on menus than playing when you were learning and this drew back a lot of beginning players (and even veterans). The other was the short time of the events and its limited rewards in combination with the roulette. Yes it was mentioned, but the problem are not those things but the combination: I truly believe the roulette could have worked fine for real, no matter how many people trashed on it, just only if the events would have been 1 month long and returning every year, or at least giving a fallback option for the rewards. The 2.0 had also a big problem: it increased the idle time in menus and loading times, to the point I almost just played Timed because it had less dialogs. Just have to add: Runners is one of the best Sonic games (in its gameplay).
i can't believe i really watched this whole thing LMAO. but honestly ? you kept me interested ! everything flowed so well and i lost track of time !! amazing video PatMac.
My entire life I thought I was playing adventure
... I've just now realized I was playing the first and I kinda miss the first very very sad face
I got great news watch this Important Runners news ua-cam.com/video/8Y9ygXYK6DY/v-deo.html
Chao: [exists]
PatMac: *H O W D I D T H I S G A M E F A I L ! ?*
35:17 I love how it's actually gigantic in the background
1:03:04 Not sure when the exact release date was, but sometime in late 2016 Sonic was added to LEGO Dimensions. Among his different dialogue options are things like "Lumpy Space Princess huh? Last time I met a princess I... We... You know, I don't quite remember. Never mind!" and "Hey. Vampire lady. Did I hear you turn into a wolf sometimes? I sure know that feeling..." These seem to suggest that (at least during the 2015-2017 era) Sonic was becoming more self aware and tongue-in-cheek about negatively received titles like '06 and Unleashed. In my book that's a good thing, gotta know when to laugh at yourself!
On the note of LEGO, online games getting shut down, and the Club Penguin MMO, one of the most devastating game shutdowns for me was LEGO Universe. I played that game a ton when I was 11, but it was only live for 2 or 3 years. The music was phenomenal, character designs badass, and the story (while kinda basic) was much more intense than your average Power Miners or Space Police.
Chao is in game
PatMac: HOW DID THIS GAME FAIL
Back in the day i finally got a phone powerful enough to play the game
And the services shut down 5 days later
Talk about bad luck lol
ey if you still want to play with try sonic runners revival
You got the phone on 7/22, but 5 days later on 7/27, the services shut down. Talk about bad luck.
FINALLY! Someone is talking about this game i played it way too much as a Teen!
Dylan Ransley same!
Dylan Ransley You’re still a kid then
@@nitinanku I played it when I was 12, I'm 16 now.
@@nitinanku well they could've been 16 - 19 at the time. He did say Teen
Another Roo He edited it
Ah yes, my favorite Sonic Character.
*BOOB.*
1:01:33 That's roughly the same as her character description from the Sonic Boom website, including the part about being "close friends" with Amy. The weird part is, even in Sonic Boom, Stick and Amy never really seemed that close, at least, no more then anyone else
Sticks is like mephiles she was part of probably the worst sonic media ever like Mephiles, sticks was the only shining light in her media like mephiles, so because of that they are the only things coming out of there media into the main canon while sonic team acts like boom and 06 never happened which I agree
This is a great video to why only online game future is a bad idea and the perfect example of why so many people still love and want physical games.
Thinking about it, Sonic Runners really should've been rated 18+ for gambling. I wish it hadn't been shut down though.
25:31 Heh, and some characters say "damn" in Sonic Runners. (Makes me wonder how much characters would say "damn" and "hell" in other Sonic games if they were translated in the same way Sonic Runners was... most Sonic games from Adventure onwards would probably be rated T/12+ then)
Someone should ask Mike Pollock to say "Muhahahaha! I'm very grateful for your help, Satan. Thanks to you, I can finally seize control of this planet!" in his Eggman voice
@@squidiskool Because of the gambling with red rings bought with real money. (You know, similar to the whole lootbox controversy, except in Sonic Runners, it's a roulette wheel, so it's even more definitely gambling)
(Sonic Forces: Speed Battle should also be rated 18+, but I know that won't happen)
@@JonnySpec In my country, Russia, is rated 3+
54:49 Gothic Amy's outfit looks more like the Lolita type. Which makes sense, considering the fact that the game is of Japanese origin. I'm no fashion expert, though.
I need gothic amy in my life
What where they even thinking im turnkng evil
This is my comfort video I already watched it like 5 times and still come back to it when I need something to watch while I eat or when I'm trying to sleep if I can't find any other video that interests me. For some reason this video has a special charm to it. Oh and just one suggestion I know you most likely didn't play that one but a simular video about sonic dash would be amazing. I actually played that one and still actively do so it's pretty special for me.
I feel bad for those who spend money, all gone.
They'll no longer feel bad cuz.........SONIC RUNNERS REVIVAL OPEN BETA
Karma for spending money on microtransactions than actually getting a real game
Peruvian Potato ? What do you mean real game?
@@DownLowdFlowd A real game like a game for steam, or any console
Peruvian Potato Karma is for doing bad things. They just got unlucky. Would you also say that spending $60 on an MMO and then it shut down “karma?”
I was with the game from beginning to end. I'd await patiently for news, be pissed when other countries had it while we didn't, and then play the hell out of it once we did. One of the major issues was that stupid roulette wheel. It was bad enough getting characters and some companions were slim to none, but the fact that a handful were timed exclusives was unacceptable. They should've done what Sonic Dash did with its characters; have a timed event in which the player has to complete an objective in order to get the character for free. And when the event is over, the character can be purchased with red rings. Why they didn't do that is beyond me.
And the required internet connection was also a deal breaker. The game was fun and I'm happy I got to play it, and not spend any real money. However, if a game hinders my ability to get everything in a reasonable fashion, I'm just left with a sour taste in my mouth. Here's hoping we get a fan server, or something, that allows people to get every character and companion, and to play the timed exclusive stages.
Remember Sonic Rivals? Where Sonic meet Silver for the first time... for the second time?
I remember playing this game so much back around 2015-2016, and I remember having so much fun on it. Wish it wasn't shut down, I'd reinstall it and play it again.
Never spent a dime on this game, but I sunk maybe even hundreds of hours into it.
2.0 is what killed it for me. Not just the spike walls, but the nerfs to red rings, characters, buddies, and the "reworked" scoring system... for me Runners died in november.
And the dss streams were legendary, very chill streams, I was there a lot.
25:06 You could play as sticks!? THIS GAME NEEDS TO COME BACK!!!
Ah yes another well done documentary done by the legend himself
HOLY SHIT!
Hey cutie
HEY ! THIS VIDEO IS NOW OUTDATED, THERE'S A FAN MADE RECREATION OF IT , ITS CALLED "*SONIC RUNNERS REVIVAL*" YOU CAN DOWNLOADED AND PLAY IT , HAVE FUN !
25:03 so at one point… Mephiles was playable? I’m impressed!
WOW AN 1 HOUR LONG PATMAC VIDEO! Great Video!!
19:20
The chad: Eggman
Vs
The virgin: Sonic
LOL
JUST BECAUSE EVERY GIRL IN THE WORLD HAS BLOWN YOU OUT
This game has no reason to bring back so much nostalgia but it does so anyway. I play runners revival ( the reboot of this lost mobile game) daily and it’s just as much fun as the original I remember hopefully saga brings this one back
And now, the fan server of the game is underway! Let’s get runnin’ in Runners!
@oshawott fan LETS GO
This is an excellent video. Thank you for reminding me of the beauty that was Sonic Runners...
I played the new one by Gameloft and it simply didn’t click with me. The lack of story content and characters brought it all down for me. It’s an okay game on its own I guess, but it should’ve been free.
Anyone watching this in 2022/2023? I know one such leak at 5:12. It’s about the Sonic Riders series. After Sonic Free Riders from 2010 was nuked massively if you catch my drift, Sonic Team is making a mew game that’ll hopefully recover the Riders series.
Also, I just talked to someone on Roblox about Sonic Runners and I’m hoping they’re a fan of the idea since it’s dead.
The PAC-Man crossover was the most epic event on Sonic Dash
Speaking about Angry Birds though........no
Angry birds can go fuck itself
Jim Carrey watch your language, Dr. Robotnik
Thank you for such an in depth analysis and frankly nostalgic overload. I cry knowing this game is currently unplayable. Sonic Runners had so much potential and I hope this gameplay style returns with the same amount of passion and ambition demonstrated before w/o the deadly micro transactions and user treatment that killed it.
Patmac Everytime he sees a Chao in a failed game: H O W D I D T H I S G A M E F A I L?
Great video! Brought back a lot of memories. You missed out on a few events (how could you forget our old friend Hunk of Meat? :P), but still, the work you've done is impressive!
Regarding the 'Boob' mistake: From what I remember hearing, 'Boob' is the name of 'Boo' in Japan, they just didn't properly translate it. I could be wrong though.
49:20 "sonic was once again boob free"
We jus gon forget about rouge like dat
The best part in Sonic Runners was when the accidentally called the character 'Boo' (A ghost character. Nintendo won't sue!) 'Boob.' And if you're asking I am not lying or making this up. Sega made a public apology about it.
PatMac specifically mentions that at 48:50.
@@1Thunderfire Thanks for leaving a reference.
@@destronlaserwave9566 No problem. :)
And finally we can play the game again, rebalanced for the removal of microtransactions, with Sonic Runners Revival
Surprised you didn't mention Halloween Omega being so broken that people got scores so high that players got banned because Sega thought they were cheating.
1:55 ah yes, sonic the hedgehog, with his famous partner in many games, AMIGO, what a wonderful duo, rumors say that sonic will meet up with Billy hatcher or banjo and kazooie.
I mean, Banjo & Kazooie and Sonic have been in the same game together... TWICE
I loved this game as a kid, and started crying to my dad when it shutdown
All I really learned from this video is two major things:
1) In 19 years of life on this Earth, I've never actually heard anyone say the words Chao or Rouge? I also would say "kay-oh" (like chaos but dropping the S sound sorta) and Rogue (but that might've been my dyslexia there to be fair)
2) Sonic franchise really doesn't hold back with their soundtracks... Shit SLAPS and it slaps HARD.