10:47 filling the other side of that diagonal line with an image of the location would've made the whole screen so much slicker. I'm a sucker for creative borders around images
I always loved Generations presentation but couldn't really put it into words. There's just so much of this that pops and really feels like Sonic. How'd they do so good with a game that's main hub is literally mostly a white void.
Bruh don't you ever doubt yourself again - Sonic UIs are a GREAT video topic. Let's appreciate those awesome zone title cards in the classic Sonic games, those were so unique at the time.
I feel like next we need an in-depth analysis of how the rings work in Sonic games. How long until they disappear after getting hit, what game has the most rings per level on average, differences in pitch for the sound effect of collecting the rings, ect.
I actually did play Heroes at like 6 and found the levelling stuff pretty obvious if only because I can still hear Sonic and co saying "Level up!" in my head. The key I never understood though because I was too bad to hold onto it.
Honestly the Sonic Forces HUD and UI look pretty good. I mean just look at the print pattern on the map screen. That looks pretty cool and fits well with the theme. Overall everything looks quite sleek, but still decently interesting.
I think the Sonic HUD/UI peaked at Generations. I really love the nod to the original Mega Drive boxart with the crazy structures and colors all around. It’s nostalgia done perfectly.
Honestly I love videos like these that cover such niche and seemingly vacuous topics that can actually garner a lot of meaningful discussion. So I say “Yes please” to a 23 minute video on Sonic UIs.
This really goes to show that content itself really doesn't matter But personality does Splash dash can make a video about How sonic shits and I'm sure it could still be entertaining I not gonna lie I absolutely love you and "your friends" content Im looking forward to more of your success
I've literally only played one Sonic game (Two levels of the first game) and yet SplashDash manages to make it interesting enough to watch that even non fans can enjoy it.
I always find these overly detailed videos interesting, it really shows what kind of a hard-core fan you are in a good way! I get this detailed about things I love to. Keep up the good work
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6:31 That's not Ms Comic Sans though, it's Papyrus. There, i did it, I commented on your video to correct the error and gave it extra engagement. Well played.
HUDs are always such an underappreciated part of video games. They're a lot more important and useful than people think. Also since you didn't do the handheld HUDs, I wanna throw a nice little factoid about Sonic Advance 2's HUD that a lot of people don't know: The Ring Icon next to your ring count spins faster the more rings you get and the faster it spins, the faster your character will go into boost mode.
The UI, user intereface covers, basically everything from the menus and the HUD, but the HUD, heads up display, refers specifically the information and stuff you see during gameplay.
I even like how SA2’s Ring and Life icons have a white outline around them which (to me) look like stickers. Really adds to the skater boi aesthetic that game went for. Also Generation’s UI is perfect.
I actually like the menus in Forces. Other than the start menu, I like how simple it looks. It's definitely not my favorite design, but I definitely really like it
i feel the UI and HUD can be important as it needs to be concise and visually appealing whilst giving necessary information to it. something like forces feels oversimplified but something like generations seems just a bit too unappealing for me, like why the over-use of blue on the hud the sky is blue sonic is blue and the water is blue!!!! >:( edited the comment cause i said so >:(
I like how Splash Dash just takes useless aspects of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and just makes it really interesting. Goes to show his personality really makes the video.
Sonic Adventure was my first Sonic game, so it's menu screen is probably so deep in my brain, navigating it could re-surface as genetic memory in my offspring. But it never felt like it was a Sonic game menu, even when I was 6. It always felt like you were booting up some other program to get to a Sonic game
There being alot of just ''white empty void'' in Sonic Generation ironically makes the menus and hud stand out just so incredible, the busy harsh colors contrast so well with the plain empty whites so it works imo.
theres something about Unleashed’s steel-coloured HUD and green and black menus which looks nice to me. It looks like its going for a secret agent vibe!
I like Chris Thorndyke from Sonic X. Chris Thorndyke's family members are Chuck Thorndyke, Ella, Lindsey Thorndyke, Mr. Tanaka, Nelson Thorndyke and Sam Speed. Chris Thorndyke's friends are Danny, Frances and Helen.
I'll be honest, I like the speedometer in Unleashed. It gave the HUD some bulk witch paired well with the black and gray that fades away. Sure, it doesn't really aid with anything and is useless sure, but I think it would be nice in a Sonic game that doesn't let you go full speed in an instant by a press of a button, but rather an entirely momentum based game to give you a sense in progress of reaching the thrill of going crazy fast.
Did anyone notice how the hands on the timer icon in _Sonic Generations_ actually rotate to the point of counting a minute? Bet you didn't know that, didn't you?
i really liked this video i always felt i was the only one who cared about the ui it's important in representing the style of the game and i love how each sonic game has a distinct ui that fits perfectly with the game's aesthetic (for the most part)
Honestly if you’re strapped out of ideas, you could look at how Sonic looks and appearance has evolved over the years and the different interpretation artists have made as well.
"they're not called Team Shadow or Team Amy, geez Sonic get your ego in check" ... hate to break it to you, but Rose is Amy's last name, so it is essentially "Team Amy". :P
I want a speedometer again but this time with a number attached to it. I wanna know how fast the dude is running for real. Also you could do a sequel where you cover the side games' UIs and huds.
Awesome video! Not enough people talk about the UI of the games, even though they're just as important as the gameplay, story and music. Part of the reason why Heroes is one of my favourite games it because of it's slick yet colorful UI and menu. Was hoping you'd also cover Sonic CD, Riders and the Storybook games because those games have some of the most unique HUDs and UI out of the entire franchise.
At 21:14 the flowers supposed to be an nod to Sonic CD, where it was usually used as a symbolism of Sonic saving the environment, and it being white and desolate was supposed to be some thematic of how the resistance is no longer needed an find irrelevant, and with this game having very shallow story beats. This is actually the most thematic payoff the game provides.
Regarding knowing the three dots in Sonic Heroes, yeah, I was reading when I was five and I read all my game manuals. So I didn't have trouble in the slightest. Great video overall! I never really thought about the HUD's and UI of sonic games till now.
I love the ring count in most HUDs because the "rings" typically flashes red if you have 0. "Time" does this too if you're nearing a time over. Sonic Advance 2 has got to be my favorite because it has everything the classics have, but the ring next to your ring count spins faster or slower depending on your current speed
I will say though, I kinda disagree on the forces UI. Personally, I dig the way they made it go "boom, here's your information, go." I definitely get the criticisms, but personally, I think it's a solid design.
You may say this is random but I found this very interesting. UI in games is an underrated topic that can actually lead to interesting discussion which I think you did a good job of in this video so keep it up I love these kinds of different videos. Also yes you reminded me just how clean the UI of generations is, the game is clearly pretty low budget and small scale in terms of content so I'm glad little presentation elements like the UI are so well constructed
The sonic heroes level up system confused me up until I noticed the more dots knuckles had the easier it was to destroy bots. Also they scream “level up” so that was an indication too
One peeve I have with the Heroes HUD is that regardless of what team youre playing as, the three character symbols are ALWAYS red yellow snd blue. I wish they'd change colours for the other characters.
Many Sonic games were left out of this video besides just Sonic 4. There’s also all the Game Gear games, Advance games, Rush games, and several others. There are just a lot of Sonic games.
For the classic sonic games. It isn't an intentional feature that the icons change when the players colors change, as they use the same pallet and a lot of things do this in games to conserve space especially back in the old days. That's why objects sometimes changes colors that have nothing to do with sonic.
The two times you pointed out Comic Sans weren't even Comic Sans lol. The pure-white text describing the title screen options (6:24) is Comic Sans, but the pause menu and mission text aren't.
i love persona 5's aesthetic and sonic forces would have totally improved by taking some inspiration from persona. persona aesthetics have always been peak, and i think taking inspiration, especially since they have similar color schemes, it would have made several parts of the game look a lot better-
PAPYRUS
UNDYNE
Nehneh
Mario's favorite font
SANS UNDERTALE
You should cover the evolution of the water and grass in the Sonic games next.
LS Mark did this topic better tbh.
Lego Jesus blesses us with his wisdom.
link?
@@thecheshiredemon96 Good, because you would have gotten whooshed for completely and utterly failing to get the joke.
@@thecheshiredemon96 Deservedly so.
Dumbs daddy🥵
8:25 Alright in Sonic's defense, Amy's last name is Rose so she's not fully exempt from the whole ego thing.
They do have a flowery theme in their Team Attack at least, but you're right
Lmao, knowing Mark, he's totally oblivious to this oversight and that makes it so much funnier
10:47 filling the other side of that diagonal line with an image of the location would've made the whole screen so much slicker.
I'm a sucker for creative borders around images
That would've been really cool.
I always loved Generations presentation but couldn't really put it into words. There's just so much of this that pops and really feels like Sonic. How'd they do so good with a game that's main hub is literally mostly a white void.
Bruh don't you ever doubt yourself again - Sonic UIs are a GREAT video topic.
Let's appreciate those awesome zone title cards in the classic Sonic games, those were so unique at the time.
SplashDash and Chaomix are the only SonicTubers that take pointless topics or facts about this franchise and make it very engaging/fun to watch.
What about Cybershell?
Yeah if you can make a video that'll get me to care about Sonic's shoes, chilli dogs and blue arms, you did pretty good.
@@LoudyKing101 I forgotten to mention him - but I didn't wanna edited it to get rid of the heart that SplashDash gave to me.
@@narxmagee727 His the length of his quills.
@@LoudyKing101 he's the best, but he goes onto hiatuses unfortunately
I feel like next we need an in-depth analysis of how the rings work in Sonic games. How long until they disappear after getting hit, what game has the most rings per level on average, differences in pitch for the sound effect of collecting the rings, ect.
That'd be actually really interesting, I'm down for this!
Sounds like a Cybershell video
I actually did play Heroes at like 6 and found the levelling stuff pretty obvious if only because I can still hear Sonic and co saying "Level up!" in my head. The key I never understood though because I was too bad to hold onto it.
Honestly the Sonic Forces HUD and UI look pretty good. I mean just look at the print pattern on the map screen. That looks pretty cool and fits well with the theme. Overall everything looks quite sleek, but still decently interesting.
I hate how the Boost gauge looks though, it looks unfinished. Like having a black bar underneath it for no reason, it looks like a glitch
@@LeopoldLitchenstein I think the "glitchiness" is intentional, given the aesthetic with the menu animations and stuff
@@LeopoldLitchenstein I personally think that the design was meant to be that way, as the menus have those glitchy aesthetic elements.
@@ralphjeremy6590 I guess that's true. I dunno, it still just looks bad to me
@@AppleSlipper That's fair enough, I just think it could have been done better. The whole game could have but that's another story.
Huds and UI are actually some of my favourite things to look at in video games, so it is cool that you made this!
I think the Sonic HUD/UI peaked at Generations. I really love the nod to the original Mega Drive boxart with the crazy structures and colors all around. It’s nostalgia done perfectly.
Honestly I love videos like these that cover such niche and seemingly vacuous topics that can actually garner a lot of meaningful discussion. So I say “Yes please” to a 23 minute video on Sonic UIs.
I’m kind of disappointed you didn’t cover the advance and rush series, since they have a pretty good HUDs.
This really goes to show that content itself really doesn't matter
But personality does
Splash dash can make a video about
How sonic shits and I'm sure it could still be entertaining
I not gonna lie I absolutely love you and "your friends" content
Im looking forward to more of your success
I've literally only played one Sonic game (Two levels of the first game) and yet SplashDash manages to make it interesting enough to watch that even non fans can enjoy it.
If Caddicarus can entertain me with a vifeo about Bandicoot bitts I'm certain Splash Dash could make anything Sonic work
Only you can make a video about such a specific topic and still make it entertaining.
I always find these overly detailed videos interesting, it really shows what kind of a hard-core fan you are in a good way! I get this detailed about things I love to. Keep up the good work
6:31
That's not Ms Comic Sans though, it's Papyrus.
There, i did it, I commented on your video to correct the error and gave it extra engagement. Well played.
6:24, that's the real deal
@0:00-.-Actually I was thinking “Cool, I think this is an interesting topic. And it’s by splash Dash? Neat.”
HUDs are always such an underappreciated part of video games. They're a lot more important and useful than people think.
Also since you didn't do the handheld HUDs, I wanna throw a nice little factoid about Sonic Advance 2's HUD that a lot of people don't know: The Ring Icon next to your ring count spins faster the more rings you get and the faster it spins, the faster your character will go into boost mode.
The UI, user intereface covers, basically everything from the menus and the HUD, but the HUD, heads up display, refers specifically the information and stuff you see during gameplay.
I even like how SA2’s Ring and Life icons have a white outline around them which (to me) look like stickers. Really adds to the skater boi aesthetic that game went for.
Also Generation’s UI is perfect.
I actually like the menus in Forces. Other than the start menu, I like how simple it looks. It's definitely not my favorite design, but I definitely really like it
I do have an appreciation for Forces’s UI. It’s probably the strongest thematic aspect of the entire game.
@@kingbash6466 yeah, it's unfortunate that the game wasn't all that great
I love the boost meter in that game.
i feel the UI and HUD can be important as it needs to be concise and visually appealing whilst giving necessary information to it. something like forces feels oversimplified but something like generations seems just a bit too unappealing for me, like why the over-use of blue on the hud the sky is blue sonic is blue and the water is blue!!!! >:(
edited the comment cause i said so >:(
I like how Splash Dash just takes useless aspects of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and just makes it really interesting. Goes to show his personality really makes the video.
Sonic Adventure was my first Sonic game, so it's menu screen is probably so deep in my brain, navigating it could re-surface as genetic memory in my offspring. But it never felt like it was a Sonic game menu, even when I was 6. It always felt like you were booting up some other program to get to a Sonic game
Shadow The Hedgehog menus were like the art you'd see in a cd album, that's what they were going for.
I agree with everything you said except for Sonic Forces' UI, I think everything except for the boost bar looks awesome!
To be clear, Mr. Dash, the white in the 06 menu represents Silver, with the blue and red representing Sonic and Shadow.
So, yeah, it DOES focus on three main colors.
There being alot of just ''white empty void'' in Sonic Generation ironically makes the menus and hud stand out just so incredible, the busy harsh colors contrast so well with the plain empty whites so it works imo.
Ls mark is like Batman
Ls mark during the day
Splash dash during the night
THE TWO TAILED FOX BREAKS THE LAZY EGG.
theres something about Unleashed’s steel-coloured HUD and green and black menus which looks nice to me. It looks like its going for a secret agent vibe!
6:18 the circles are to replicate bokkeh, which is how lights look out of focus on a camera
3D blast has a cool detail in it's pause menu:
The H.U.D just says PAUSE and the letters spin like pre rendered 3D.
I like how pretty much every game makes the ring hud flash if you don't have any rings. One of the more consistent things throughout the years.
I like Chris Thorndyke from Sonic X. Chris Thorndyke's family members are Chuck Thorndyke, Ella, Lindsey Thorndyke, Mr. Tanaka, Nelson Thorndyke and Sam Speed. Chris Thorndyke's friends are Danny, Frances and Helen.
Cool!
I'll be honest, I like the speedometer in Unleashed. It gave the HUD some bulk witch paired well with the black and gray that fades away. Sure, it doesn't really aid with anything and is useless sure, but I think it would be nice in a Sonic game that doesn't let you go full speed in an instant by a press of a button, but rather an entirely momentum based game to give you a sense in progress of reaching the thrill of going crazy fast.
And now we got a look at Frontiers HUD, looks clean AF.
Eh,i think its ok at best
I'm so glad Mark's friend is back!!
Did anyone notice how the hands on the timer icon in _Sonic Generations_ actually rotate to the point of counting a minute? Bet you didn't know that, didn't you?
Great, now I adore Generations even more
Dude, you just created the best Sonic UI I've ever seen in your thumbnail
i really liked this video
i always felt i was the only one who cared about the ui
it's important in representing the style of the game and i love how each sonic game has a distinct ui that fits perfectly with the game's aesthetic (for the most part)
Honestly if you’re strapped out of ideas, you could look at how Sonic looks and appearance has evolved over the years and the different interpretation artists have made as well.
6:18 They’re probably supposed to be bokeh lights
Best UI and HUDs:
1.) Sonic Generations.
2.) Sonic Mania.
3.) Sonic Adventure 2.
4.) Sonic Heroes.
5.) Sonic Unleashed.
The gaming Whiz that is LS Mar- I MEAN, Splash Dash.
I was not confused at all by the level up system because the characters say "Level up!"
"they're not called Team Shadow or Team Amy, geez Sonic get your ego in check"
... hate to break it to you, but Rose is Amy's last name, so it is essentially "Team Amy". :P
Ideas:
Ranking the Sonic Games' Soundtrack
Ranking the Sonic Games' Graphics
Reviewing each and every Sonic Game
I personally love the presentation of all of these games, no matter how far they go.
Sonic Forces has a great hud
I want a speedometer again but this time with a number attached to it. I wanna know how fast the dude is running for real.
Also you could do a sequel where you cover the side games' UIs and huds.
Once again, Sonic Generations proves to be the ultimate Sonic game! :D
I'm baffled that this channel doesn't have 1 million subscribers the content is so good
Awesome video! Not enough people talk about the UI of the games, even though they're just as important as the gameplay, story and music. Part of the reason why Heroes is one of my favourite games it because of it's slick yet colorful UI and menu. Was hoping you'd also cover Sonic CD, Riders and the Storybook games because those games have some of the most unique HUDs and UI out of the entire franchise.
as far as im aware the spd in unleashed was supposed to show you your speed score for that section rather than your actual speed at that very moment
This man could talk about why clear is the best color for an hour and I would be captivated
I too was upset Coco did not get a life icon
The words “green doesn’t really fit a sonic game” are words I never thought I’d hear
At 21:14 the flowers supposed to be an nod to Sonic CD, where it was usually used as a symbolism of Sonic saving the environment, and it being white and desolate was supposed to be some thematic of how the resistance is no longer needed an find irrelevant, and with this game having very shallow story beats. This is actually the most thematic payoff the game provides.
You should have looked at colors DS HUD and UIs, also generations 3ds, and rush, and rush adventure
Regarding knowing the three dots in Sonic Heroes, yeah, I was reading when I was five and I read all my game manuals. So I didn't have trouble in the slightest. Great video overall! I never really thought about the HUD's and UI of sonic games till now.
I love the ring count in most HUDs because the "rings" typically flashes red if you have 0. "Time" does this too if you're nearing a time over.
Sonic Advance 2 has got to be my favorite because it has everything the classics have, but the ring next to your ring count spins faster or slower depending on your current speed
I think Generations didn't have a CGI opening
Edit: My bad, it has one if you do nothing on the title screen
I never thought I’d ever hear Splash Dash ever mention persona 5 so this a plus
Finally, a video that appeals to my oddly specific obsession over HUDs and UIs in games.
I will say though, I kinda disagree on the forces UI. Personally, I dig the way they made it go "boom, here's your information, go." I definitely get the criticisms, but personally, I think it's a solid design.
my only thought upon seeing this was “oh goodness yes! a new splash dash video!”
Need more topics? Boi, THE MUSIC. There's plenty to talk about the music. Its one of Sonic main strengths
0:04
Hey a UA-camr finally found out my real first name!
I can actually imagine a full video about grass in Sonic games and the worst part is that I want to watch it.
You may say this is random but I found this very interesting. UI in games is an underrated topic that can actually lead to interesting discussion which I think you did a good job of in this video so keep it up I love these kinds of different videos. Also yes you reminded me just how clean the UI of generations is, the game is clearly pretty low budget and small scale in terms of content so I'm glad little presentation elements like the UI are so well constructed
9:40 mmm yes I too had no idea what the keys were about and just assumed the special stages happened whenever they felt like happening.
Been wanting someone to make a video on this. Unleashed Hud is the best in my opinion
The sonic heroes level up system confused me up until I noticed the more dots knuckles had the easier it was to destroy bots. Also they scream “level up” so that was an indication too
One peeve I have with the Heroes HUD is that regardless of what team youre playing as, the three character symbols are ALWAYS red yellow snd blue. I wish they'd change colours for the other characters.
for a small thing you could talk about the items and objects used throughout the game like boost pads and stuff
2:13 the icon only updates because they share the same color pallet
20:30 made me laugh, I had a feeling that something like this would happen.🤣
Nitpicking is my favorite Sonic fandom activity.
This is the weird, 'pointless' content that I crave and subscribed for! Very interesting stuff.
Imagine if next we get a video on which Sonic homing attack reticle is the best
I legitimately thought this was a cyber shell video. Good job splash dash (MARK)
Great video, but you forgot sonic 4
Many Sonic games were left out of this video besides just Sonic 4. There’s also all the Game Gear games, Advance games, Rush games, and several others. There are just a lot of Sonic games.
You should make a video where you talk about all crush 40's sonic songs
Looks like the despicable Sonic Heroes Defender has logged tf on once again
"But Splash Dash, what about Sonic UnWiished?"
-Me, probably idk
This video is phenomenal
Enough Said 💙
This is the type of video that Cybershell would be proud of.
as a kid I didn't have problem recognizing the lvl up circles, I played this game when I was like 8 I think
Next random topic for a video: *Sonic's eyelids* (sometimes blue, sometimes flesh-colored, sometimes white)
I'm so glad Scott the Woz is starting the new season right
For the classic sonic games. It isn't an intentional feature that the icons change when the players colors change, as they use the same pallet and a lot of things do this in games to conserve space especially back in the old days. That's why objects sometimes changes colors that have nothing to do with sonic.
The two times you pointed out Comic Sans weren't even Comic Sans lol. The pure-white text describing the title screen options (6:24) is Comic Sans, but the pause menu and mission text aren't.
yeah I'm the third person to comment about it but nice guys finish last and I'm a nice guy *：）*
i love persona 5's aesthetic and sonic forces would have totally improved by taking some inspiration from persona. persona aesthetics have always been peak, and i think taking inspiration, especially since they have similar color schemes, it would have made several parts of the game look a lot better-
stupid persona meat rider
Sonic Adventure's font screams 'Graphic Design is my passion'
gens is my fav ui of all time :)
even the font looks cute, too(i’m not surprised ACNH also used it lol)
23:05
IS THIS A REFERENCE TO THE SONIC FRONTIERS "GRASS" THEORY????
Splash Dash: *talks about Sonic game in passing, "I should make a video about that game"*
Also Splash Dash: *Here's fuckin H U D*
now this is the type of content i subscribed for.