How Sonic 3 Tells a Story

I am the CEO of Angel Island
Sonic 3 & Knuckles,
The goat of environmental storytelling, the pioneer of everything you ~probably~ love about Sonic the Hedgehog, and one of the greatest platformers of all time, no question.
And I'm gonna talk all about it in this essay, Enjoy!

Music used (in order):
Breezewax - Show Me Love
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box OST - Moment of Rest
Chicory: A Colorful Tale Original Soundtrack - Her Wretched Utterances
Crash 4: It's About Time OST - Stay Frosty
Psychonauts 2 Original Soundtrack - Casino Monorail
housethegrate - Walk on Water
Sonic Colors OST - Yacker's goodbye
Minecraft - Pigstep ~ insaneintherainmusic feat. Lena Raine
Megalo Box OST - The Theme of Sachio (Sorrow)
Kanjika - Breathtaking Vision

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#ALtheBoi #Sonic3 #Sonic&Knuckles

You know what's going on, Tag time, I start babbling keywords to boost engagement, stuff that I, ALtheBoi, or AL the Boi to some, talk about in the vid, like Sonic, Eggman, Sonic vs Eggman, sonic unleashed opening intro, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic the hedgehog, Shadow the hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Big the Cat, Sonic character, Sonic character study, SOnic video essay, Sonic video, sonic game, sonic lore, sonic story, sonic plot, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors, Sonic Forces, Sonic Story, Tails, Miles Tails Prower
And even stuff that's not even in the video, what you think I got a soul or something?
Like Sonic Frontiers, Sonic Frontiers Story, Amy in Sonic Frontiers, Sonic Prime, that Netflix show, Silver the hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie from Paramount starring Ben Schwartz as Sonic, James Marsden as Tom, who is a lot cooler than Chris from the anime Sonic X, Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, also known as Eggman, he looked hella weird in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), also known as Sonic 06, with Idris Elba as Knuckles the echidna (looks sick) and Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Miles "Tails" Prower, his voice actress from Sonic Forces, Sonic Colors, and Sonic Boom, super happy for her btw, could open some great doors for her in Hollywood.
The keywords to this point have been pretty fair tbh, I could talk about something like the DreamSMP for example if I wanted to be scummy, maybe Tommyinnit, Georgenotfound, Dream, Karl Jacobs, but I ain't gonna do that, I have standards to uphold. And how big could the overlap between the Sonic fanbase and DreamSMP fanbase be tho 🤔 would I even get something out of it? Connoreatspants actually bridges that gap, lmao calling him a minecrafter will surely piss him off, actually learned this whole keyword thing from him, love the guy, would love to meet him.
You're. Still. Reading. Why?
Go do that thing you're behind on, or brush your teeth and get some sleep, take care of yourself, cya :)

[ALtheBoi]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone,
I hope I was able to make your Christmas _just a little bit_ better with my videos.
If I've made you laugh, feel good, learn something, or even made you crack a lil smile, then I’ve done my job 💜
- ✖✖

[DemonDethchase]

There's also the subtle thing about Tails in Sonic 3, that while some may call him the "easy mode" of the game, when you look at his animations compared to say Sonic and Knuckles who largely power through stages without breaking a sweat. If Tails pushes too hard we can actually see him getting tired, reminding us he's just a little kid but he's more than prepared to punch above his weight to keep up with the older heroes. Especially when he has to got the extra mile just to get a bite of that cherry to go Super, while Sonic and Knuckles could already be laughing in Super forms, as enemy attacks bounce off their glowing chests like its nothing and tear through stages and bosses with reckless abandon, while Tails has be a lot more careful about how he has to go about things. The Marble Garden and Ice Cap Eggman fights being key examples of this.

[COZMICETERNITY]

I want to add that not only are the Death Egg and Angel island opposites design wise, but our goals with each are opposites as well.


With Angel island we want to get it back into the air, while with the Death egg, we want to keep it from getting off the ground.

[EOmegaShow]

Seeing Knuckles betrayed by Eggman and then helping Sonic and Tails was such an iconic moment. I loved to replay that part just to see the 3 characters together. Lava Reef is an epic level, specially when the Death Egg destroys the floor just before the boss fight

[Triangly]

BRO THIS EDITING. Watched several of your vids and it just keeps getting better and better. You're not just the CEO of Angel Island, you're the CEO of video editing

[castform]

Sonic 3's story isn't complex, it's not this nuanced tale but it doesn't need to be. They told a simple but engaging story with heart in a 1994 game with no dialouge and I think that's beautiful. I could literally sit here for an hour talking about how every single piece of this game (except maybe Carnival Night) work together to make this amazing experience but that would literally be an hour's worth of reading. I'll just leave it at this. Sonic 3's a magical game that shows you don't need anything fancy to be compellinh.

[ZobirisMage]

Finally, someone appreciating this game's immaculate story

[Arcadn]

I love the detail that because Knuckles’ playthrough takes place after Sonic’s, the island is no longer in the sea and has returned to the sky, as seen by the background of the stage.

[Castersvarog]

There’s one thing I will always love is how this game explains why Knuckles helps Eggman. And that’s because of the mural in his boss fight.
That mural tells two stories, a defender of the Master emerald, protecting it from a thief. Or a hero reclaiming back what was stolen. Knuckles merely interpreted that Muriel wrong leading to his conflict until the end where he realized his mistake.

[DamienZshadow]

"Running away from the cops, running through Eggman land, running out of ideas..."

LOL I DIED

[ALtheBoi]

lmao, enviorment
I did quintuple uploads gimmie a break it was like 5 with my dyslexic ass🤡

[razorionxvii]

The unpublished Archie version is really cool. It shows Knuckles’ line of thought, Sonic and Tails grabbing the chaos emeralds from their pedestals in hidden palace, and how they fall into the pit, because of Eggman firing missiles at the ground, and Knuckles showing his knowledge of the island by punching through a wall, not meant to be broken, so The Dynamic Duo can get to the Death Egg. Even the placement of the Mecha Sonic fight is detailed!

[theholygamer]

The finale really is awesome.

A moment of desperation from the good guys AND the bad. If you don't catch this blasted egg and return the gem he stole, the whole thing starts all over again.

All or nothing.

[gjtrue]

What I love in video games or any media in general: Environmental Storytelling. Sonic 3 did a great job with that and something future games really need to do and learn from. I personally think the setting of the mysterious Little Planet from *Sonic CD* would be ripe for a future game (like, where did it come from? Who/What created it and/or lived on it? Where are they? Why does the planetoid appear in Sonic's world annually? Does the Time Stones give Sonic any kind of "Super Form" and etc...) if the series' creators gave 2 shits about character development, lore, and story consistency within the mainline games.

[RealAGuy]

The editing in this video is immaculate

[Drayiss]

I think this expresses so well just how great this simple kind of storytelling is! It’s so interesting analyze the antagonists’ actions outside the context of being just for progression.

It also helps so much that Eggman and Knuckles are persistent threats throughout the game. Not only though boss fights and cutscenes, but how their actions CONSTANTLY have an effect on the environment: Eggman burning Angel Island, drilling down Marble Garden, Knuckles shutting off the Carnival Night lights.

And in the second half, they seem to be going more on defence, as Eggman tries everything he can to get the Death Egg to get back up, even ruining Flying Battery and his machine in Lava Reef as a desperate attempt to keep you away.

[numberonebuzzfan]

everything about the video is just so perfect: the editing, the music choices, the commentary...

except the take at the end, sonic 2 has metropolis zone and sky chase so sonic 3 automatically has better level design and is the better game

[ctsphang]

i literally couldn't stop re-watching the sky sanctuary part, your content is so addicting

[PhilBo-fpmz]

I actually started tearing up at the end. I swear, the way you put these videos together feels like a full on movie In 10 minutes

[MrE_Gaming]

I’m in love with these QUALITY daily uploads! I wish it would go on forever