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'''''Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure''''' is a 1999 platform game developed by SNK and published by Sega for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. It is part of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise, and the second game in it to be released on a non-Sega console, after ''[[Sonic Jam (Game.com)|Sonic Jam]]'' on the Tiger Game.com. The game was played by [[The D-Pad]] in 2017 as the forty-fourth game in ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]''; the series debuted on August 4, 2017 and concluded on August 15, 2017 after 13 episodes. The latter episodes of the playthrough were posted at an accelerated pace so the game would be finished in time for the release of ''[[Sonic Mania]]''.
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{{Infobox game
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|game_title = Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
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|thumbnail = Sonic-the-hedgehog-pocket-adventure.png
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|image_size = 250px
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|aka =
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|franchise = ''Sonic the Hedgehog''
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|series =
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|developer = SNK
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|publisher = {{Plainlist|
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* SNK
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* Sega
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}}
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|platforms = [[Neo Geo Pocket Color]]
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|release_dates = {{Start date|1999|12|4}}
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|genre = Platform
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|info_1 = Details
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|players = {{Plainlist|
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* [[Rick Desilets]]
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* [[John Selig]]
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}}
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|featuring = {{Plainlist|
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* [[Ben Mooney]]
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* [[Ashley Hoey]]
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}}
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|intro = "Green Hill Zone"<br/>by TOY
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|outro = "Sonic 3"<br/>by Rare Candy
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|run = August 4 –<br/>August 15, 2017
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|episodes = 13
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|elength = 13–22 minutes
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|video =
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|playlist = https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfujXvl455i-O9pHFd8yFuzM5A4eWHXkO
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|plength = 3:39:26
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|series_1 = ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]''
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|preceded = ''[[Chao Adventure]]''
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|concurrent =
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|followed = ''[[Sonic Mania]]''
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}}
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'''''Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure''''' is a [[1999]] platform game developed by SNK and published by SNK and Sega for the [[Neo Geo Pocket Color]]. It is the first 2D ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' game to be release after ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'', though it takes greater inspiration from the [[Sega Genesis]] ''Sonic'' games, particularly ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''. The game was played on ''[[The D-Pad]]'' in [[2017]], as the forty-fourth game in ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]''. The LP consisted of 13 episodes, released on weekdays from August 4 to August 15, 2017.
  
 
== Episodes ==
 
== Episodes ==
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  |ShortSummary = In a live-action intro, Rick and John explore the history of SNK from 1990 to 2000 to give context to the development of ''Sonic Pocket Adventure'', before talking about the game itself, notably its odd combination of elements from multiple classic-era ''Sonic'' games. In the actual game, John begins and plays through the first act of Neo South Island Zone. He picks up 50 rings along the way and enters a giant ring at the end, which leads to a ''Sonic 2''-style special stage. He completes it to obtain a Chaos Emerald. John then beats the second act, destroying an Aquatic Ruin-esque boss at the end of it. He moves on to Secret Plant Zone, clearing the first act and entering another special stage, but failing to get enough rings in the final section. John reaches the end of the second act and loses all of his rings early on the boss fight, but is still able to narrowly defeat it.
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  |ShortSummary = John enters the third zone, Cosmic Casino. He soon gets more than 50 rings by using the slot machines, but almost immediately loses them to an unexpected set of spikes. After grabbing some more rings from another area of the level, John finishes the act and hands over to Rick for the special stage. Rick completes the first section, but falls one ring short in the second one and hands the control back to John, who plays through the second act and defeats the boss. Next, he tackles Aquatic Relix Zone, rushing through the first act so quickly he doesn't get close to enough rings to enter another special stage. The second act unexpectedly contains a boss fight against Knuckles - John dies twice against Knuckles, realizing too late that those were his last lives, and receives a game over.
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  |ShortSummary = John is forced to play through the entirety of Act 2 again to get back to Knuckles. Once there, he continues to die and run out of lives, receiving another game over. After playing the stage one last time, he finally manages to defeat the boss. A brief cutscene ensues, which sends John to Sky Chase Zone. He completes it without much trouble and enters Aerobase Zone, which heavily resembles Wing Fortress Zone from ''Sonic 2''. John gets through a good chunk of the level, but dies several times along the way, leaving him only one death away from yet another game over.
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  |ShortSummary = John narrowly gets past the area where he died on the previous life and is on his way to the end of the level when he realizes he has almost run out of time. He rushes to the end, finding a boss fight against Mecha Sonic, but is unable to defeat it before time runs out, giving him a game over. With better knowledge of the stage and its obstacles, John is able to move through the level much faster on his second attempt, and reaches the boss with over four minutes left. He defeats Mecha Sonic in a close fight, then moves on to the next level.
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  |ShortSummary = John enters the oddly-named Gigantic Angel Zone, which seems to be a mashup of Scrap Brain Zone's graphics and Metropolis Zone's obstacles. After several deaths, he completes the first act and makes his way to the end of the second one, where he faces Robotnik in a boss fight. He runs out of lives trying to beat him, sending him back to the start of Act 2. He hands over to Rick, who reaches the end of the stage again, but similarly gets a game over fighting the boss. Rick plays through the level one more time and finally manages to defeat Robotnik.
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  |ShortSummary = Rick heads on to Last Utopia Zone, which consists solely of the final boss fight with Robotnik. He dies quite a few times against the difficult boss, but is soon able to defeat him. Rick and John watch the brief credits, then Rick immediately sets about using the save file feature to return to previous stages and gather the Chaos Emeralds. He heads to Secret Plant Zone first, clearing Act 1 with enough rings and completing the resulting special stage. He then rushes through the second act, defeats the boss, and continues onward.
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  |ShortSummary = While Rick plays through the first act of Cosmic Casino Zone, John looks up the function of the flower in the special stages that both players had reflexively avoided upon encountering in previous attempts, discovering that it is actually a continue. Rick reaches the end of the level and enters a special stage, but fails on the same section he did on his previous attempt. He rushes through the second act and defeats the boss, then decides to just continue on to the next zone and return to Cosmic Casino later. John looks up the features of the Neo Geo Pocket Color as Rick tackles Act 1 of Aquatic Relix Zone, just barely getting enough rings to enter a special stage at the end. He fails once again, and decides to get a game over and return to Cosmic Casino.
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  |ShortSummary = Rick and John explain ''Sonic Pocket Adventure'' to Ben and Ashley eats a sandwich off-mic as Rick replays the first act of Cosmic Casino once more. The group also discuss their recent massive gain in subscribers and views on "A Brief History of Michael Jackson's Sonic the Hedgehog 3". Rick enters the third special stage and finally succeeds in completing it. He then once again rushes through the second act, defeats the boss, and moves on to Aquatic Relix. He loses his rings towards the end of the stage, and is forced to carefully backtrack to collect 50 of them again. He enters the fourth special stage at the end of the act, and again narrowly succeeds in getting through it and gaining a Chaos Emerald.
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  |ShortSummary = Rick tackles Sky Chase Zone, where the fifth giant ring is located. He picks up 50 rings and enters the special stage at the end of the level, but the stage turns out to be extremely difficult. He narrowly makes it through the first two sections, but fails on the third one. He moves on to Aerobase Zone and tries to collect rings there, but gets hit continually and soon becomes frustrated with the stage. He makes it to the end with nowhere near enough rings and fights Mecha Sonic. After defeating him, the group realize there is no possibility of a special stage in Aerobase anyway, and that the sixth Chaos Emerald is actually located in Gigantic Angel Zone.
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  |ShortSummary = Rick gets a game over in Gigantic Angel Zone, and decides to head to back to Sky Chase for the fifth Chaos Emerald. While he plays the stage, the hard drive runs out of space, causing them to lose gameplay footage. When they return, Rick has already entered the special stage, but fails at the first section. He deliberately gets a game over at the beginning of Aerobase Zone, and returns to Sky Chase once more. He enters the special stage and finally completes it, picking up the flower for the first time along the way. He moves on to Aerobase Zone again, but realizes that since he has a continue, getting a game over would take even longer than usual. He decides to just complete the stage normally, and makes it back to the start of Gigantic Angel Zone.
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  |ShortSummary = As Rick plays through the first act of Gigantic Angel Zone, the group have a bizarre, explicit conversation involving the Bloodhound Gang, breakfast, and dick jokes, after which John jokes that the show has become modern art. Rick eventually makes it to the sixth special stage, but it proves to be extremely difficult, and he is unable to complete it. He forces a game over in  Act 2 and returns to Act 1, playing through the entire level again. He enters the special stage once more, but fails yet again.
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  |ShortSummary = Rick dies from being crushed to death several times while trying to get rings in Gigantic Angel Zone. He eventually gets to the end of the stage with enough rings, but fails the special stage again. He attempts the special stage another three times, becoming increasingly frustrated along the way, but fails every time, being only a single ring short on the last attempt.
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  |ShortSummary = Rick tries the special stage one more time, and finally completes it. With six Emeralds, he gets another game over to skip to Last Utopia Zone and faces off against Robotnik again. After defeating him and grabbing the seventh Emerald, Sonic turns into Super Sonic and moves on to Chaotic Space Zone, the true final level of the game. The boss is similar to the final boss of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]'', but slightly different - the missiles it shoots need to be reflected into it for damage. Despite not figuring this out for a while, Rick is able to defeat the boss on his first attempt. The group watch the true ending and credits. Back in the main menu, Rick messed around with the "Puzzle Mode" mechanic, which uses puzzle pieces collected in the levels. Rick doesn't have enough pieces to complete any of the puzzles, but isn't concerned and decides to move on to the next game.
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== Trivia ==
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*The latter episodes of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure'' LP were released at an accelerated pace, in order to ensure that the game would be complete in time for the release of ''[[Sonic Mania]]''.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:19, 30 June 2021

Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
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Franchise Sonic the Hedgehog
Developed by SNK
Published by
  • SNK
  • Sega
Platform(s) Neo Geo Pocket Color
Release date December 4, 1999 (1999-12-04)
Genre Platform
Details
Played by
Featuring
Intro theme "Green Hill Zone"
by TOY
Outro theme "Sonic 3"
by Rare Candy
Original run August 4 –
August 15, 2017
No. of episodes 13
Episode length 13–22 minutes
Playlist link
Playlist length 3:39:26
The Super Sonic Let's Play
Preceded by Chao Adventure
Followed by Sonic Mania

Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure is a 1999 platform game developed by SNK and published by SNK and Sega for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. It is the first 2D Sonic the Hedgehog game to be release after Sonic Adventure, though it takes greater inspiration from the Sega Genesis Sonic games, particularly Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The game was played on The D-Pad in 2017, as the forty-fourth game in The Super Sonic Let's Play. The LP consisted of 13 episodes, released on weekdays from August 4 to August 15, 2017.

Episodes

TSSLP#EpisodeTitleLengthPlayer(s)Commentator(s)Release date
2811"Sonic Pocket Mania"19:29JohnRickAugust 4, 2017 (2017-08-04)
2822"Four More Rings"16:29John, Rick August 7, 2017 (2017-08-07)
2833"Don't Be a Dickbubble"20:37JohnRickAugust 8, 2017 (2017-08-08)
2844"Never Lead, Be a Follower"13:47JohnRickAugust 9, 2017 (2017-08-09)
2855"The S.S. Fucking Huge Bird"20:53John, Rick August 10, 2017 (2017-08-10)
2866"I'M BURNING ALIVE"14:30RickJohnAugust 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)
2877"Neo Geo Pocket Horoscope"13:14RickJohnAugust 12, 2017 (2017-08-12)
2888"Overall a Really Good Game"15:27RickJohn, Ben, AshleyAugust 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)
2899"Lady Hair Just for Ladies"15:03RickJohn, Ben, AshleyAugust 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)
29010"That Was English"16:48RickJohn, Ben, AshleyAugust 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)
29111"Jizzing on Their Hash Browns"14:31RickJohn, Ben, AshleyAugust 15, 2017 (2017-08-15)
29212"Charmed, I'm Sure"22:38RickJohn, Ben, AshleyAugust 15, 2017 (2017-08-15)
29313"Shut Your Nostrils"16:00RickJohn, Ben, AshleyAugust 15, 2017 (2017-08-15)

Trivia

  • The latter episodes of the Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure LP were released at an accelerated pace, in order to ensure that the game would be complete in time for the release of Sonic Mania.
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