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  |run = November 8 - December 25, 2017
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  |part_of = ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]''
 
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'''''Sonic Forces''''' is a 2017 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It is a 3D entry in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, acting as a follow-up to the 2D ''[[Sonic Mania]]''. The [[Nintendo Switch]] version of the game was played by [[The D-Pad]] upon release, as the channel's 250th game, as well as the forty-sixth game in ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]''. The playthrough commenced on November 8, 2017.
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'''''Sonic Forces''''' is a 2017 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It is a 3D entry in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, acting as a follow-up to the 2D ''[[Sonic Mania]]''. The [[Nintendo Switch]] version of the game was played by [[The D-Pad]] upon release, as the channel's 250th game, as well as the forty-sixth game in ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]''. The playthrough commenced on November 8, 2017 and concluded on December 25, 2017, after 17 episodes. The first 16 episodes covered the entirety of the main game, and the final one was a bonus episode covering the "Episode Shadow" DLC.
  
 
== Episodes ==
 
== Episodes ==
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  |Aux3 = John
 
  |Aux3 = John
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|8|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|8|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = In a live-action intro, Rick and John briefly recap the last year of ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]'', then introduce ''Sonic Forces'', discussing its development, story, characters, and connections to ''[[Sonic Mania]]''. In the game itself, Rick chooses to play on the hard difficulty setting, then watches the opening cutscene. He is thrown straight into the first level, Lost Valley. The stage is designed as a tutorial, so Rick completes it fairly easily. In a cutscene, Sonic is defeated by the team of past ''Sonic'' villains recruited by Eggman, which is followed by an abrupt six-month time jump, during which Eggman successfully takes over most of the world. After another cutscene, the character creation option is presented, and Rick hands over to Ben. Ben creates a brown cat modeled somewhat after Tonka, and the character is immediately introduced in a cutscene along with Knuckles. Following this, the level select screen is unlocked, and Rick enters the game's second stage.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Lost Valley
 
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  |Aux3 = John, Ben
 
  |Aux3 = John, Ben
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|9|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|9|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = Rick plays through Spaceport, controlling the Avatar that Ben created. The character turns out to utilize a number of different gadgets to defeat enemies and navigate levels; Rick finds the amount of mechanics being thrown at him somewhat overwhelming, but still manages to complete the stage. The ability to customize the Avatar's outfit is unlocked; after messing around with a bit, Rick moves on to the next stage. In a cutscene, Tails is attacked by an enemy but saved by Classic Sonic, who Rick controls for the third stage. He plays through the stage, enjoying it considerably more than the first two, and manages to attain an 'S' rank for the first time. In a cutscene after the level, it is discovered that Sonic is being held captive at a rebuilt Death Egg.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Spaceport, Ghost Town
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick, Ben
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, Ben
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|10|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|10|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = John takes over for the fourth stage, Prison Hall, set on the Death Egg. He has some trouble getting used to the controls for the Avatar, and dies several times, but eventually manages to reach the end of the level. He moves on to the fifth stage, Vs. Zavok. In this stage, Sonic breaks out of his prison cell and takes control for a boss fight with Zavok, a character the group know nothing about, due to the fact that none of them played ''[[Sonic Lost World]]''. John struggles against the boss, dying multiple times, before he finally defeats him. He views a brief cutscene before starting stage 6, Egg Gate.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Prison Hall, Vs. Zavok
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick
 
  |Aux3 = Rick
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|13|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|13|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = John starts Egg Gate, and plays through the entirety of the stage, not running into any major difficulties. In a cutscene, Sonic meets the Avatar, and the two escape the Death Egg. After customizing the Avatar some more, Rick takes over for Arsenal Pyramid, in which the player controls both Sonic and the Avatar at the same time. Although he falls to his death several times in the indoor area due to confusing controls, Rick eventually makes his way to the end of the stage. Following this, he is sent to Luminous Forest. He rushes through the stage, complaining that he doesn't feel too in control of the game, before running into a confusing section where Sonic is eaten by a snake and must time several button presses to get out. He does so, completing the level.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Egg Gate, Arsenal Pyramid, Luminous Forest
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick, C/J
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, C/J
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|14|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|14|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = John enters the next stage, which turns out to consist of a boss fight against Infinite. He chases the boss along a looping area, dodging attacks and eventually beating him, but Sonic is still defeated in a cutscene after the level. He moves on to Green Hill, a Classic Sonic level. Although he dies several times due to falling down bottomless pits, he manages to complete the stage. He is then alerted to an "SOS mission" at Egg Gate, and attempts it, but is crushed to death partway through the level, failing the mission. C/J arrives from work as John watches a cutscene and enters a boss fight stage against Eggman. He defeats the boss, watches another cutscene, and hands over to Rick for the next level.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Vs. Infinite, Green Hill, Egg Gate, Vs. Eggman
 
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  |Aux3 = John, C/J
 
  |Aux3 = John, C/J
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|15|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|15|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = Rick enters an SOS mission in the Spaceport, managing to complete it this time. After customizing the Avatar again, he enters the next story level, Park Avenue. He plays through the stage while C/J discusses the revived ''Sonic'' comic and the meaning of the word "vector". He eventually reaches the end of the level, unlocking even more gear for the Avatar, as well as the next stage in the story. The group discuss their impressions of the game so far as Rick re-equips the Avatar once more.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Spaceport, Park Avenue
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick, Sarah
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, Sarah
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|16|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|16|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = C/J takes over to play through Casino Forest, a Classic Sonic level based heavily off Casino Night Zone from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''. He completes the stage just as Sarah arrives, then hands the control back to John. John enters Aqua Road, an Avatar stage with a number of difficult to control water slide segments, which leads to John's death on one occasion. He beats the level on his second try. In a cutscene, Tails and Classic Sonic are reunited with the rest of the characters, unlocking the next story level as well as a secret stage. He chooses the secret stage, which turns out to be a very short level filled with fire obstacles. He completes it, then hands the control to Rick once more.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Casino Forest, Aqua Road, Fire Cannon 1
 
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  |Aux3 = John, C/J, Sarah
 
  |Aux3 = John, C/J, Sarah
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|17|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|17|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = Rick plays through Sunset Heights, a fairly short level which leads to an encounter with Shadow. In a cutscene, another Shadow appears, revealing that the one who was fighting alongside Eggman was a fake created by Infinite. Rick continues onward into the next stage, Capital City. Midway through the level, Infinite appears and uses the Phantom Ruby to create illusions, appearing to alter the state of the level. Rick dies a few times due to falling off the level, but manages to complete the stage afterwards. He then moves on to the boss stage, which consists of a second battle against Infinite, using the Avatar. Despite some troubles, he is able to defeat the boss. In another cutscene, Infinite attacks the Avatar, then leaves.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Sunset Heights, Capital City, Vs. Infinite
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick, C/J, Sarah
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, C/J, Sarah
 
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|20|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = While C/J suggests names for further Chaos Emerald alternatives, John enters Chemical Plant with Classic Sonic, in a reimagined version of the original stage from ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''. He has some trouble with the stage, including drowning at one point, but eventually manages to reach the end of the level. He moves on to Red Gate Bridge, which consists entirely of a boss fight against a Phantom Ruby fake of Metal Sonic. John manages to defeat the boss relatively easily, leading to a brief cutscene, and the unlocking of the next story level, along with a secret stage and an extra stage. John decides to head to the secret stage first.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Chemical Plant, Red Gate Bridge
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick, C/J
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, C/J
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|21|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|21|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = John plays through the secret Vanish Panel 1 stage, dying a few times but soon making it to the end. He then does the same for the extra stage, Flying Pod. After clearing it and receiving an overwhelming amount of cosmetic rewards, he decides to hand the control over. Sarah, who claims to have never played a Sonic game before, ends up playing instead. She attempts Guardian Rock, the next stage in the story, and has some trouble getting used to the Avatar's controls, and dies several times on a chase segment at the end of the stage, but is able to get through after a few tries and complete it.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Vanish Panel 1, Flying Pod, Guardian Rock
 
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  |Aux3 = Sarah
 
  |Aux3 = Sarah
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|22|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|22|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = Rick plays the third secret stage, Bomb Block 1, but has some trouble clearing a jump near the end of the level. After many failed attempts, he manages to get through and reach the goal. He then enters Network Terminal, another Modern Sonic stage set in Chemical Plant; he has some difficulty with this level too, but succeeds in completing it all the same. After taking on Plasma Cannon 1, yet another secret stage, he heads back to the Death Egg for the next story stage. C/J takes over for this level; after he clears it, the Death Egg is destroyed. A brief cutscene shows Eggman and Infinite's reaction to this development. John plays and completes the fifth secret stage, Laser Cannon 1.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Bomb Block 1, Network Terminal, Plasma Cannon 1, Death Egg, Laser Cannon 1
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick, Ben, Lindsay, Ian
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, Ben, Lindsay, Ian
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|11|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|11|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = John enters Metropolitan Highway after a while away from playing the game, and takes a second to relearn the controls. He dies over and over in the stage due to falling off the path in a difficult to control speed segment and eventually decides to just slowly walk through it. He reaches the end of the stage, where Eggman is waiting. In a cutscene at the beginning of the next stage, Eggman sends Sonic and the Avatar into Null Space, but they are able to escape almost immediately, confusing the group as to why it was even included. John plays through the rest of the stage, but continues to die in increasingly absurd circumstances, to the amusement of everyone else. After completing it, he changes the Avatar's outfit again, and prepares to enter the next level.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Metropolitan Highway, Null Space
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick, Ben, Lindsay, Ian
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, Ben, Lindsay, Ian
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|12|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|12|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = After viewing a cutscene in which the game's characters battle against Infinite's forces, John enters Imperial Tower, an Avatar stage. He has huge difficulties trying to get through this stage, jumping off ledges multiple times, and blaming most of his deaths on the game. Further complicating things is a section where he has to escape an instant-death laser, where he forgets a crucial control needed to break some boxes below him. He finally manages to reach the end after many more attempts, following which is another cutscene. He unlocks light blue hair for the Avatar, which he quickly equips before heading to the next stage.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Imperial Tower
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick, Ben, Lindsay, C/J, Ian{{efn|C/J is not actually present for the recording, but appears in a phone call.}}
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, Ben, Lindsay, C/J, Ian{{efn|C/J is not actually present for the recording, but appears in a phone call.}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|13|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|13|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = John enters Mortar Canyon, and rushes through the stage extremely quickly, making it to the end with no problem, after which the group laugh at the absurd amount of cosmetic items they are rewarded with. He then faces off against Infinite in the next level, in a fairly long boss fight which he ultimately manages to win. During the fight, Rick briefly speaks to C/J on the phone. John moves on to Iron Fortress, a Classic Sonic level. He has some trouble with an auto-scrolling segment, but eventually gets through it, and the rest of the stage.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Mortar Canyon, Vs. Infinite, Iron Fortress
 
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  |Aux3 = Rick, Ben, Lindsay, Ian
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|14|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|14|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = John plays through Final Judgement, having a lot of trouble on the timing of a grinding section near the beginning, but getting past it after a number of deaths and clearing the rest of the level. He then moves on to Vs. Death Egg Robot, the final battle of the game. It turns out to have multiple phases; the first one, featuring Classic Sonic, John defeats easily, but he has a much harder time with the second phase, where he controls the Avatar. Many deaths later, John is able to win the fight, only for Eggman to burst out of the mech in a smaller robot.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Final Judgement, Vs. Death Egg Robot
 
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|15|df=y}}
 
  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|15|df=y}}
  |ShortSummary = John fights the final form of the Death Egg Robot in space, controlling all three characters at once. He dies a number of times trying to defeat it, but eventually manages to deplete its health bar, and finishes it off with one last "friendship attack", much to the group's annoyance. They watch the closing cutscene and credits, while discussing the game's strengths and weaknesses; John gives the game a "C+, maybe a B-". The group then wonder what Sonic Team's next move will be, and how to improve the franchise going forward. After a post-credits scene in which the Avatar leaves, John is returned to the level select, where he makes a new, even more ridiculous-looking Avatar.
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  |ShortSummary = Featured: Vs. Death Egg Robot
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uZoF1UYadw I AM NOT WEAK]
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|Aux3 = Rick, Ben
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|25|df=y}}
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|ShortSummary = Featured: Enemy Territory, Eggman's Facility, Virtual Reality
 
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== Trivia ==
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[[File:Sonic-forces-alt.png|thumbnail|Modified thumbnail used for the Christmas episode.]]
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* The Episode Shadow episode was uploaded as one of the channel's 2017 Christmas specials, and therefore used a modified version of the usual thumbnail.
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== Notes ==
  
 
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Revision as of 08:51, 29 December 2017

Sonic Forces
Sonic-forces.png
Franchise Sonic the Hedgehog
Developed by Sonic Team
Published by Sega
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Release date(s) November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07)
Genre Platform
Let's Play
Played by
Featuring
Intro theme "Green Hill Zone"
by TOY
Outro theme "Egg Reverie Zone"
by Tee Lopes
Original run November 8 - December 25, 2017
No. of episodes 17
Episode length 14-28 minutes
Playlist link
Playlist length 5:16:32
Megaseries
Part of The Super Sonic Let's Play
Preceded by Sonic Mania

Sonic Forces is a 2017 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It is a 3D entry in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, acting as a follow-up to the 2D Sonic Mania. The Nintendo Switch version of the game was played by The D-Pad upon release, as the channel's 250th game, as well as the forty-sixth game in The Super Sonic Let's Play. The playthrough commenced on November 8, 2017 and concluded on December 25, 2017, after 17 episodes. The first 16 episodes covered the entirety of the main game, and the final one was a bonus episode covering the "Episode Shadow" DLC.

Episodes

VideoEpisodeTitleLengthPlayer(s)CommentatorsRelease date
3421"We Need the Scary Violins"17:53Rick, BenJohn8 November 2017 (2017-11-08)
Featured: Lost Valley
3432"This Seems Like I'm Doing Things"16:16RickJohn, Ben9 November 2017 (2017-11-09)
Featured: Spaceport, Ghost Town
3443"Itchin' for a Bitchin'"15:54JohnRick, Ben10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
Featured: Prison Hall, Vs. Zavok
3454"Nighttime in the Asteroid Belt"17:20JohnRick13 November 2017 (2017-11-13)
Featured: Egg Gate, Arsenal Pyramid, Luminous Forest
3465"Your Insistence Is Futile"20:02JohnRick, C/J14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)
Featured: Vs. Infinite, Green Hill, Egg Gate, Vs. Eggman
3476"Space Pork Apple Play"14:12RickJohn, C/J15 November 2017 (2017-11-15)
Featured: Spaceport, Park Avenue
3487"Carnivals Are in the Woods"16:38C/J, JohnRick, Sarah16 November 2017 (2017-11-16)
Featured: Casino Forest, Aqua Road, Fire Cannon 1
3498"We're All Gonna Die, Hooray!"17:33RickJohn, C/J, Sarah17 November 2017 (2017-11-17)
Featured: Sunset Heights, Capital City, Vs. Infinite
3509"The Shitty Topaz"14:55JohnRick, C/J, Sarah20 November 2017 (2017-11-20)
Featured: Chemical Plant, Red Gate Bridge
35110"That's a Lotta Damage"16:34John, SarahRick, C/J21 November 2017 (2017-11-21)
Featured: Vanish Panel 1, Flying Pod, Guardian Rock
35211"Every Five Years"24:00Rick, C/J, JohnSarah22 November 2017 (2017-11-22)
Featured: Bomb Block 1, Network Terminal, Plasma Cannon 1, Death Egg, Laser Cannon 1
35312"Gotta Go Slow"19:10JohnRick, Ben, Lindsay, Ian11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)
Featured: Metropolitan Highway, Null Space
35413"Fanfiction: The Game"17:06JohnRick, Ben, Lindsay, Ian12 December 2017 (2017-12-12)
Featured: Imperial Tower
35514"So Bad It's Good"15:57JohnRick, Ben, Lindsay, C/J, Ian[a]13 December 2017 (2017-12-13)
Featured: Mortar Canyon, Vs. Infinite, Iron Fortress
35615"Good Thing We're Not Normal"17:58JohnRick, Ben, Lindsay, Ian14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)
Featured: Final Judgement, Vs. Death Egg Robot
35716"Friending Him to Death"28:25JohnRick, Ben, Lindsay, Ian15 December 2017 (2017-12-15)
Featured: Vs. Death Egg Robot
Episode Shadow
358*"I AM NOT WEAK"26:39C/JRick, Ben25 December 2017 (2017-12-25)
Featured: Enemy Territory, Eggman's Facility, Virtual Reality

Trivia

File:Sonic-forces-alt.png
Modified thumbnail used for the Christmas episode.
  • The Episode Shadow episode was uploaded as one of the channel's 2017 Christmas specials, and therefore used a modified version of the usual thumbnail.

Notes

  1. C/J is not actually present for the recording, but appears in a phone call.