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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.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
4:28 Ups, Downs and AllArounds
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...
GameInformer Where Sonic Went Wrong https://www.gameinformer.com/b/featur...
Sonic Boom Game Grumps Footage    • Sonic Boom: Just Jump  PART 8  Game...  
Electronic Gaming Monthly, September 1997.

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