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Sonic the Hedgehog in 3D. A tumultuous run with great ideas scattered and buried throughout a minefield of lost potential. In this video, I take a look at every 3D Sonic game Sonic Team developed in an attempt to understand where we are today.

Thumbnail art by Sammy Tighe https://twitter.com/TigheSammy

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
4:28 Ups, Downs and All-Arounds
10:21 Sonic Adventure
42:54 Sonic Adventure 2
59:11 The Dark Age Approaches
1:10:56 Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
1:24:03 The Boost Era
1:40:38 New Frontiers

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Special thanks to https://info.sonicretro.org, which was an invaluable resource during my research.

Sources
Retro Gamer - "The Making of: Sonic Adventure"
Polygon - How Sega moved Sonic from 2D to 3D https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/4/17/15099400/how-sega-moved-sonic-from-2d-to-3d
GameInformer - Where Sonic Went Wrong https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/11/14/where-sonic-went-wrong.aspx
Sonic Boom Game Grumps Footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJyiWoe3bUg
Electronic Gaming Monthly, September 1997.

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