i never played nights into dreams as a kid and was mystified by this world i could only perceive for a moment while trying to play pinball. the characters therefore evoke emotions concordant with your work on another level.
Ngl, but you captured the style of the Sonic & Knuckles RPG mock up images really well! From the low quality backgrounds and the edited in character models!
Well... this was both... _eye-opening and incredibly _*_ominous._* While we certainly still don't know what Tikal's exact end-game here is, we now know beyond a doubt that the name of this dangerous game is going to be her hunting down the rest of the playable cast and using her 'soul capture' mechanic on them. In any case, I also noticed a few details of note: -IDK if this is significant or not, but I couldn't help but notice that at the screen of the Chaos Emeralds at 8:46, the light blue one is replaced with an _orange_ one. IDK if this means anything or not, but it was something that caught my eye with who the overarching threat in this series is. -the 'transfer' screen featuring NiGHTS and Sonic reminds me a bit of the Stop N Swop mechanic from Banjo-Kazooie, particularly the apparent details that the Stop N Swop mechanic was supposed to work with Donkey Kong 64 as well. -the very end of the vid with both Knuckles _and_ Eggman's portraits getting crossed out seems to indicate that despite things cutting off with the demo ending, Tikal still managed to capture Eggman's soul despite, like what another commentor said in the Eggman Adventure Mode vid, the player seeming to notice Tikal's presence in the Adventure Field and subsequently trying to end the Emerald Hunting stage quickly to end the demo avoid her. I initially thought that maybe his speedy gameplay saved Eggman with how his bio in the manual screenshot didn't have any red-bolded text that indicated *something* happened to him, but I guess not... -Finally, we know that Tikal capturing Knuckles' soul allowed her to leave the forest ruins and wander the rest of the greater adventure field, but with how so far, we've _only_ seen her lurking in the adventure field, it makes me wonder whether or not she can follow the characters into the action stages as well. I'd have to assume so with how Hidden Character had Tikal enter Final Egg, but again, it's hard to say, especially with how we don't know whether or not her capturing Eggman and any other character's souls will increase her abilities/capabilities or not. -11:00 has me a bit worried that Tikal's planning to target Tails next. (Also, why do I get this... ungodly sinking sense Big's gonna be the final survivor/last target? _Also_ also, I like how her feet are blurry when jumping. Reinforces her otherwordly and unsettling presence in this series in my eyes) -8:46 Assuming my previous paranoid theories aren't true, the fact that there's a 'Sonic got a chaos emerald' screen straight from the 2D games makes me wonder if the cast's salvation here is going to be Super Sonic/getting all the Chaos Emeralds before Tikal hunts them all down, and whether this beta/Saturn version of SA1 was going to have collecting the Chaos Emeralds as a gameplay mechanic rather than a plot device. That's all I can say/theorize for certain now. Still no clue if the story/overarching mystery here is just limited to the confines of the game or going to extend into the real world, but either way, this I am _thoroughly_ engrossed by this series and ominous, overarching plot. *EDIT:* Also, given that the 'scrapped easter egg' vid is a part of this playlist, it's making me wonder whether or not Terios/Shadow will end up playing a role in this down the line.
Good observations! For the record, before Adventure established a bunch of lore, there was some confusion over how many emeralds and what colors there were _(Sonic the Fighters had 8 instead of 7, and one was orange),_ so it might just be a reference to that. Still interesting to note, tho. (And I love how everyone theorizing is torn between the last man standing/our only hope being Super Sonic... Or Big. With no in between. It's funny to me.)
1:19 this image makes me wish we kept classic sonic in this design, so in games like gens classic sonic looks cool, i wonder how that timeline would be
Okay I just discovered all this, it's really well executed and it brings freshness, it's both worrying but relaxing at the same time it's perfect, I subscribe
NiGHTS INTO DREAMS MENTIONED, WHOOO!!! These all look so cool! Like actual promos and concept art! ...Obsessed with what our girl Tikal is doing though. What exactly will collecting all the characters do for her...? ...Unlock Luigi?
I'm really loving this ARG so far and how up-front it's being with its plot without over-explaining anything. We know what Tikal is doing but we still have no idea what her goals are or what she is (the latter of which I think is better unexplained). As for her motive, I predict that she just wants to leave the game. Not in a "I'm going to kill everyone" way, but in a "I want to live in the real world" way. She doesn't taunt the player or go out of her way to spook them, she's expressly focused on getting a job done. I love that.
Bro these videos are so cool! I love how you’re using these skills to make an entire cohesive story!! I’m so interested in seeing a version of Sonic Heroes in this style! I wonder if Tikal would be the one replacing Knuckles place in that game
So Sonic Adventure was supposed be Sonic 4? Knuckles and Eggman are now missing? I wonder what Tikals goals are? I love this whole series so far. The mystery you've built is very interesting!
That’s an actual unused character that was originally planned to be in SA1. You can see them on some of the billboards in Speed Highway At Dawn (Knuckles’ level/the last section of the Sonic version) We only know them as “Spider Girl” which is not even an official name given to them as far as I’m aware!
I want to think that this image from 1:54 represents that like Sonic.exe, they are souls trapped inside the characters from the beta of Sonic Adventure. -Night representing the humans (us) -The angel character representing the souls and Sonic representing the cast, and this also is managed because of the phrase "transfer" on top. Who was responsible? obluisly Tikal.
I actually really like the attention to detail the series has so far regarding the gameplay parts. Is this prototype meant to be running on the Saturn (in universe lore wise) or be a direct clean port of the latest Saturn version snapshot/build to the Katana? (Sega Dreamcast devkit)
I’d say it’s closer to the second thing! It’s inspired by early Sonic Adventure footage/images that show Sonic and Tails using jam models on the tornado stages. The idea is to see what the game would be like if it had kept that direction, with a few of my own twists. As for the Reel Fishing games, I actually have played quite a lot of the first and second entries! And I’ve listened to the soundtracks of later titles as well. I love the series a lot despite its obscurity and felt the music fit the general vibe I’m going for with these videos
@@LowPoly32 I figured, considering the Dreamcast button prompts in Tikal's soul snatching mechanic tutorial. I really like the series so far, it's awesome to see a Sonic webseries based on the early development stages of Sonic Adventure.
I really like how you are the one who started this series your music compilation of Dreamcast/Saturn era games were already great and showcased how you know so well about sonic games from that era, I am really looking forward to see our blue hedgehog to experience this adventure. P.S. I really hope for a series where sonic heroes is a Dreamcast game in this alternative universe.
Hey, sorry to bother you, but would you mind sharing your ntscQT preset please? Or do you just select one of the default ones? I would love to achieve the same look you've got here. As for audio, I know you have to do that outside of ntscQT, so any tips on that? Yours is very authentic sounding, and I am just wondering how you managed it? Just following one of the many Audacity guides on here, or something a little more specific? Hope to hear back from you, as I love these videos and would love to make some content like it for Clockwork Knight.
I actually stopped using it with this video, and have since upgraded to ntsc-rs! But my typical preset for ntscQT was the default options. My personal favorite was Master Nama and yobelkcip. As for the sound, I’d definitely recommend looking up tutorials for audacity and using the AM Radio preset for starters. I tinker around with it a lot myself to get it sounding good. Pitch shift works well
@LowPoly32 Brilliant, I did see NTSC-RS and will try that next. I take it you use the same or similar presets on there? Hopefully I can make something as nice as what you made uaing it. I did end up making one for Clockwork Knight in ntscqt and audacity on my channel. Thank you again~
Check the description for a list of music tracks! I also maintain a playlist with all the music I’ve used in the series: ua-cam.com/play/PLolqgpvKyGEaukDLfOKv4xXrxKMcj3s1Y.html&si=ciTt4HRZ4eufAs9m
wtf is that transfer photo? was that real? Ik the description says it’s a mix of both real and fake “concept” images but I’m really interested in where that came from.
Not real, but my idea behind that is basically that you would’ve been able to transfer your nightopians to Sonic Adventure to take care of them similar to how the chao work in that game. But they basically were replaced with the chao later in development (again, just my narrative and not something that actually happened as far as I’m aware)
@@LowPoly32 I was researching the adaptation of the A-Life system from NiGHTs to SA and I was hit by a truck when I saw that so I had to be sure lol. Great work! 👍
I think in the narrative of this video series, the developers planned for Eggman (and the Metal trio) to be playable instead of making Gamma. Concept art for Gamma (the eggrobo-looking guy) does show up in this slideshow.
![[Animatic] Sonic & Tails at the Aquatic Ruin Zone Mural (My Take on Sonic.exe)](/img/n.gif)
ua-cam.com/play/PLolqgpvKyGEa3UK0IXZV7q5tRuM6uE8i8.html&si=e70adggmgS8TjA9o
Ah yes. My favorite game mechanic from SA1.....
*soul capture.*
Well... that's not good...
YOUR EVERYWHERE BRO
*You have a playlist of peter griffin falling down the stairs.exe. Your opinion doesn’t matter.*
I thought you comment on fnf stuff? Guess my life is a lie
@@ferretionit’s fact not opinion meaning you opinion doesn’t matter
"However, after a strange encounter, he is nowhere to be found."
Studio Ghibli big the cat is our only hope
Uhm... _About that..._ ._.
@@lolrus5555 big... no...
@@TheZeroHeaderthey got the goat🫡
Tikal really got so mad about not having a ladder climbing animation that she killed Knuckles and Eggman
tikal 👑
11:00 when you buy a toy and you check the info at the back
*COLLECT THEM ALL!!!!11!!*
i never played nights into dreams as a kid and was mystified by this world i could only perceive for a moment while trying to play pinball. the characters therefore evoke emotions concordant with your work on another level.
Low poly Sonic is good for your heart, it's scientifically proven.
uhh
I think their Sega Saturn style is so adorable
We shoud call it "Saturncore"
My favourite style.
These sorts of images reminds me of Super Mario 64 and Zelda 64 beta screenshots as well as Minecraft alpha
Ff7 pre release photos/beta vibes
This entire thing made me replay Sonic Adventure.
That is a very good thing.
NiGHTS is now contractually obligated to help Sonic out. She can't take his soul, he doesn't have one.
Ngl, but you captured the style of the Sonic & Knuckles RPG mock up images really well!
From the low quality backgrounds and the edited in character models!
7:40 was this that spider character that was actually discovered as being part of the early stages of SA1? Wonder why she was cut
Probably a prototype of Rouge.
Well... this was both... _eye-opening and incredibly _*_ominous._* While we certainly still don't know what Tikal's exact end-game here is, we now know beyond a doubt that the name of this dangerous game is going to be her hunting down the rest of the playable cast and using her 'soul capture' mechanic on them.
In any case, I also noticed a few details of note:
-IDK if this is significant or not, but I couldn't help but notice that at the screen of the Chaos Emeralds at 8:46, the light blue one is replaced with an _orange_ one. IDK if this means anything or not, but it was something that caught my eye with who the overarching threat in this series is.
-the 'transfer' screen featuring NiGHTS and Sonic reminds me a bit of the Stop N Swop mechanic from Banjo-Kazooie, particularly the apparent details that the Stop N Swop mechanic was supposed to work with Donkey Kong 64 as well.
-the very end of the vid with both Knuckles _and_ Eggman's portraits getting crossed out seems to indicate that despite things cutting off with the demo ending, Tikal still managed to capture Eggman's soul despite, like what another commentor said in the Eggman Adventure Mode vid, the player seeming to notice Tikal's presence in the Adventure Field and subsequently trying to end the Emerald Hunting stage quickly to end the demo avoid her. I initially thought that maybe his speedy gameplay saved Eggman with how his bio in the manual screenshot didn't have any red-bolded text that indicated *something* happened to him, but I guess not...
-Finally, we know that Tikal capturing Knuckles' soul allowed her to leave the forest ruins and wander the rest of the greater adventure field, but with how so far, we've _only_ seen her lurking in the adventure field, it makes me wonder whether or not she can follow the characters into the action stages as well. I'd have to assume so with how Hidden Character had Tikal enter Final Egg, but again, it's hard to say, especially with how we don't know whether or not her capturing Eggman and any other character's souls will increase her abilities/capabilities or not.
-11:00 has me a bit worried that Tikal's planning to target Tails next. (Also, why do I get this... ungodly sinking sense Big's gonna be the final survivor/last target? _Also_ also, I like how her feet are blurry when jumping. Reinforces her otherwordly and unsettling presence in this series in my eyes)
-8:46 Assuming my previous paranoid theories aren't true, the fact that there's a 'Sonic got a chaos emerald' screen straight from the 2D games makes me wonder if the cast's salvation here is going to be Super Sonic/getting all the Chaos Emeralds before Tikal hunts them all down, and whether this beta/Saturn version of SA1 was going to have collecting the Chaos Emeralds as a gameplay mechanic rather than a plot device.
That's all I can say/theorize for certain now. Still no clue if the story/overarching mystery here is just limited to the confines of the game or going to extend into the real world, but either way, this I am _thoroughly_ engrossed by this series and ominous, overarching plot.
*EDIT:* Also, given that the 'scrapped easter egg' vid is a part of this playlist, it's making me wonder whether or not Terios/Shadow will end up playing a role in this down the line.
Good observations!
For the record, before Adventure established a bunch of lore, there was some confusion over how many emeralds and what colors there were _(Sonic the Fighters had 8 instead of 7, and one was orange),_ so it might just be a reference to that. Still interesting to note, tho.
(And I love how everyone theorizing is torn between the last man standing/our only hope being Super Sonic... Or Big. With no in between. It's funny to me.)
I love these kinds of thoughts
A universe where the saturn wasnt a failure and many sonic games for the saturn existed...
1:19 this image makes me wish we kept classic sonic in this design, so in games like gens classic sonic looks cool, i wonder how that timeline would be
Okay I just discovered all this, it's really well executed and it brings freshness, it's both worrying but relaxing at the same time it's perfect, I subscribe
EGGMAN UPDATE: he is NOT okay
You're more worried about eggman than Knuckles?
@@heitorsant1759 knuckles update: it's been 20 years and he still isn't guarding the master emerald
@@pinokio9951 good thing no one would ever think of taking it haha
he misses his wife
NiGHTS INTO DREAMS MENTIONED, WHOOO!!!
These all look so cool! Like actual promos and concept art!
...Obsessed with what our girl Tikal is doing though. What exactly will collecting all the characters do for her...?
...Unlock Luigi?
so glad tikal gained freedom
I like how slowly this series is turning more and more into an arg lol
I'm really loving this ARG so far and how up-front it's being with its plot without over-explaining anything. We know what Tikal is doing but we still have no idea what her goals are or what she is (the latter of which I think is better unexplained).
As for her motive, I predict that she just wants to leave the game. Not in a "I'm going to kill everyone" way, but in a "I want to live in the real world" way. She doesn't taunt the player or go out of her way to spook them, she's expressly focused on getting a job done. I love that.
Bro these videos are so cool! I love how you’re using these skills to make an entire cohesive story!! I’m so interested in seeing a version of Sonic Heroes in this style! I wonder if Tikal would be the one replacing Knuckles place in that game
I love the way low poly sonic from the Saturn era looked he’s just so cool
I need pre-release big as a plush, he looks so adorable in the concept art.
So surreal.... Oddly calming
We do a little souls capturing
I love this so much.
Classic low poly tikal is so cute!
*T R A N S F E R !*
why did i laugh at that picture? 😭💀
NiGHTS woke up one day and decided to become Sonic.
*Tikal is a soul snatcher*
AYO
That's really cool, excited to see where this goes with the "mysterious" ;) disappearance of Eggman anf Knuckles =)
*and
NiGHTS APPEARANCE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Why tf does this feel like a fever dream?
Idk why I never thought of SA as STH4 before
yo the goat uploaded
So Sonic Adventure was supposed be Sonic 4?
Knuckles and Eggman are now missing?
I wonder what Tikals goals are?
I love this whole series so far. The mystery you've built is very interesting!
1:50 NIGHTS IMPREGNATED SONIC?!?!?!?
what
Nice video. I like the artwork of Zero. Who's the spider-girl at 7:15 supposed to be?
That’s an actual unused character that was originally planned to be in SA1. You can see them on some of the billboards in Speed Highway At Dawn (Knuckles’ level/the last section of the Sonic version) We only know them as “Spider Girl” which is not even an official name given to them as far as I’m aware!
@@LowPoly32 That's interesting! Idk why but she kinda reminds me of Rouge and Charmy. I wonder how many more hidden characters like that exist.
With that whole Transfer thing, I can't help but wonder if Nights and the Nightopians were gonna play a bigger role in Sonic Adventure.
I like to think of them as an early version of the chao, because that’s basically what they were!
It was made up for this video. It's just an art piece for fun. None of these images are actual pre-release content. Low Poly made them for the vibes
@@LowPoly32they were the prototypes for the Chao- they were even made by the same person!
BABE WAKE UP LOW POLY POSTED
SA was the best memory's I had in a long time
Smh she should just go to the soul store and chill
If you can't catch a soul normally, store-bought is fine!
2:00 The Nights part could be good to see as an idea for "Relaxing Music VHS Tape" for Nights
Dude that’s crazyy
Your pfp triggered my fight or flight
Damn sorry man 👨
I like to think that the dolphins are ecco and his pod
This is really good
It would be cool to play with Tikal and make her possess other characters
I feel like Sonic is Tikal's next victim
Soul capture 💀💀💀💀💀 Tikal is crazy
wait so would that mean Sonic Adventure is the real Sonic 4?
I want to think that this image from 1:54
represents that like Sonic.exe, they are souls trapped inside the characters from the beta of Sonic Adventure.
-Night representing the humans (us)
-The angel character representing the souls
and Sonic representing the cast, and this also is managed because of the phrase "transfer" on top.
Who was responsible? obluisly Tikal.
I actually really like the attention to detail the series has so far regarding the gameplay parts. Is this prototype meant to be running on the Saturn (in universe lore wise) or be a direct clean port of the latest Saturn version snapshot/build to the Katana? (Sega Dreamcast devkit)
also Reel Fishing soundtrack? Did you get to play the games personally? Never did but I like the soundtrack a lot.
I’d say it’s closer to the second thing! It’s inspired by early Sonic Adventure footage/images that show Sonic and Tails using jam models on the tornado stages. The idea is to see what the game would be like if it had kept that direction, with a few of my own twists.
As for the Reel Fishing games, I actually have played quite a lot of the first and second entries! And I’ve listened to the soundtracks of later titles as well. I love the series a lot despite its obscurity and felt the music fit the general vibe I’m going for with these videos
@@LowPoly32 I figured, considering the Dreamcast button prompts in Tikal's soul snatching mechanic tutorial.
I really like the series so far, it's awesome to see a Sonic webseries based on the early development stages of Sonic Adventure.
10:57-Tikal played Undertale once, and it ruined her forever.
Is this only to include characters that showed up in Sonic R and Sonic Adventur?.
10:58
F in the Chat for Tails.
tikal kinda suspicious
This would have been so cool as a sega saturn game
The original sonic 4
I really like how you are the one who started this series your music compilation of Dreamcast/Saturn era games were already great and showcased how you know so well about sonic games from that era, I am really looking forward to see our blue hedgehog to experience this adventure.
P.S. I really hope for a series where sonic heroes is a Dreamcast game in this alternative universe.
They did Big so dirty
W Core Nostalgia.
Hey, sorry to bother you, but would you mind sharing your ntscQT preset please? Or do you just select one of the default ones?
I would love to achieve the same look you've got here.
As for audio, I know you have to do that outside of ntscQT, so any tips on that? Yours is very authentic sounding, and I am just wondering how you managed it?
Just following one of the many Audacity guides on here, or something a little more specific?
Hope to hear back from you, as I love these videos and would love to make some content like it for Clockwork Knight.
I actually stopped using it with this video, and have since upgraded to ntsc-rs! But my typical preset for ntscQT was the default options. My personal favorite was Master Nama and yobelkcip. As for the sound, I’d definitely recommend looking up tutorials for audacity and using the AM Radio preset for starters. I tinker around with it a lot myself to get it sounding good. Pitch shift works well
@LowPoly32 Brilliant, I did see NTSC-RS and will try that next. I take it you use the same or similar presets on there? Hopefully I can make something as nice as what you made uaing it. I did end up making one for Clockwork Knight in ntscqt and audacity on my channel. Thank you again~
I love the music, do you have ost to it?
Check the description for a list of music tracks! I also maintain a playlist with all the music I’ve used in the series: ua-cam.com/play/PLolqgpvKyGEaukDLfOKv4xXrxKMcj3s1Y.html&si=ciTt4HRZ4eufAs9m
@@LowPoly32 thank you!
It was back to the 1990s version of classic Sonic Tails knuckles and Amy Rose.
Oh, NiGHTS should transfer the Nightopian to Sonic! Now Nightopian will become Flicky and Sonic will become Super!
(You'd get it if you played SRB2)
Duuude thats awesome
10:55 should've had instructions for how to play with other characters tbh
lmao we used the same water jpg !!!!
Super Tikal Odyssey, hardehar.
Concept art big looks like he came from Alice in wonderland
9:16 this wouldn’t age well if it’s released in 2017.
For a Sonic Mania promotion it would 😏
wtf is that transfer photo? was that real? Ik the description says it’s a mix of both real and fake “concept” images but I’m really interested in where that came from.
Not real, but my idea behind that is basically that you would’ve been able to transfer your nightopians to Sonic Adventure to take care of them similar to how the chao work in that game. But they basically were replaced with the chao later in development (again, just my narrative and not something that actually happened as far as I’m aware)
@@LowPoly32 I was researching the adaptation of the A-Life system from NiGHTs to SA and I was hit by a truck when I saw that so I had to be sure lol. Great work! 👍
Tf is Big’s eyes 😭
What If
What happened to Gamma?
Where is he?
I think in the narrative of this video series, the developers planned for Eggman (and the Metal trio) to be playable instead of making Gamma. Concept art for Gamma (the eggrobo-looking guy) does show up in this slideshow.
@@heavygunner4039 I get it.
WAIT SO TIKAL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYABLE?!
do we tell them?
@@Game_Hero I never did research about the game I only know it was supposed to be on the saturn😭
@@0Yours_Truly0does he know?
More vids pls😊
Is this real?
As noted in the description, it’s not! Some of the concept art shown off is real though
I swear to god, if Tikal takes Tails soul..........
*then i hope sonic defeats her with hyper or super sonic*
EHHH 7:27
At
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Tf you mean sonic is trans nights