Q: When is the Japanese holiday Labor Thanksgiving Day? (In Japanese, "Rodo Kansha No Hi")

@johnbonhamsinger

Жыл бұрын

November 23rd

@Tubewings

Жыл бұрын

November 23rd.

@dorklymorkly3290

Жыл бұрын

The twenty third day of November.

@crithitjace

Жыл бұрын

11/23 of course

@only1gameguru

Жыл бұрын

Year.11.23

Most excellent video Sir!!! I remember Sonic 2sDay very well, managed to get the day off school and had my mum take me to my local Woolworth's to pick up a copy, no queuing, and remember reading the manual on the bus ride home!

@c5cha7

Жыл бұрын

Reading game manuals in the back of the car on the way home, such an odd but wonderful nostalgia! Or if you had a pre-owned game there'd be a chance of cheats or tips or even someone's save wrote down, or if you're super lucky, giant dongs!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Wow really? Did you reserve? I was only able to rent it but of course could get it soon after.

@Larry

Жыл бұрын

@@c5cha7 The holy grail is finding a map of the game someone has drawn! :D

@Larry

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan Nooo, I didn't know anything about pre-ordering back then. I don't believed I pre-ordered anything until the release of the PS1. (Tell a lie Wonder Boy III - but then found it a day before release in another store, and had to cancel) They had loads of copies on the shelves, I just walked in and picked one up. This was about 10am-ish though.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

In the live video from 92 they keep saying preorder but it’s not clear if that’s the shops order that hasn’t gone on sale yet or individual reservations

Thank you for this. God this channel is underrated 😭

@knghtbrd

Жыл бұрын

Have you seen his coverage of Phantasy Star? 😮

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

There will be more PS coming in the near future.

@soundwavexp

Жыл бұрын

Seriously, they deserve a lot more views

@o0Azure0o

Жыл бұрын

I watch several of his videos multiple times. From nostalgic looks back at the older games and those neat commercials, to finding out about cool games like Cosmic Fantasy and Parodius, I enjoy watching GTV!

@JamesChessman

Жыл бұрын

@@o0Azure0o I enjoy this channel more than you do

The second game totally gave the Sonic franchise the quick rise to stardom. It was followed by a long running comic book series and two concurrently running cartoon shows. With certain game franchises, it's always the "looks like we made it" moment.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

In my opinion it’s the peak. Sonic 1 was good but 2 is a whole other level. The later games are good but just not the same. But the graphic of s3k are amazing too 🦊🦔

@jamesborlan2850

7 ай бұрын

To be fair sonic isn't the only franchise where the second game became the quick rise to stardom Mega man 2 did the same to mega man the same way sonic 2 did to sonic, plus mega man had a tv appearance the same year mega man 2 was released in the US Then again sonic and mega man have a few similarities with each other

@GTV-Japan

7 ай бұрын

@jamesborlan2850 final fantasy 2 too! You’re right. Lotsa 2s were the one !

@Adamtendo_player_1

7 ай бұрын

@@GTV-JapanSonic 2 is overrated to me and much prefer Sonic 3 & Knuckles but I can understand why the majority favour Sonic 2 but for me looking back, Sonic 2 is too similar to the original game just improved but it still a lot of the flaws of the original game with cheap enemy placements in Metropolis Zone for example, Sonic 3 & Knuckles for me at least is the peak of Sonic but for me Mario is better than Sonic these days and Sega has become a mediocre company.

I was only six years old when this game came out in 1992, but I wasn't actually able to play it until a few years later, and it has become one of my all-time favorite Sonic games that I love to play, especially since it was also the very first one I was able to beat on my own despite me having played the first one shortly after it came out. Happy 30th Anniversary to one of the greatest video game sequels ever made, and here's to another 30 years of fun and enjoyment as well! ^^

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and memories! I was in high school so I forget how it must be to be younger and have to wait 🦊🦔

@richiebee1984

Жыл бұрын

I WAS 8 YEARS OLD WHEN SONIC 2 CAME OUT IN 1992 BUT I DIDN'T GET TO PLAY IT UNTIL 1995 WHEN MY MOTHER(RIP) GOT ME AND MY BROTHER THE GENESIS 2 PACKAGE THAT CAME WITH SONIC 2 FOR CHRISTMAS!! BY THE WAY WE DIDN'T GET GENESIS IN 1992 BECAUSE OUR MOTHER GOT US SUPER NINTENDO FOR CHRISTMAS 1991!!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Good things come to those who wait.

Sonic 2s day and Mortal Monday are forever immortalized.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

And Football Friday!

@greenkoopa

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan only American football though 😏🐢🐢

@JPD2587

Ай бұрын

@@GTV-Japanand 9/9/99!

@GTV-Japan

Ай бұрын

The day Final Fantasy VIII came out in America. Sony’s big counter move!

Man all this old as school footage is beautiful to see it always shows the effort in research you put or that you were there and that's what makes this channel so special. A level of authenticity you only get here.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks old friend! I recently invested in an au upscaler and nearly all the video is run through that especially the love stuff. The raw video looked awful and now not so bad. Considering it’s 30 years betacam that was digitized long ago. It’s much better 🦊🦔

@Pupppeteer

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan wow no wonder it looks like it was a BBC archive! The content was beautiful I was thinking you had the original recordings or something but didn't know you could do that with old motion pictures.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Some stuff in act 4 was from bbc archive but not the interview stuff

What an excellent documentary - some of your very best work. It's shows like this that makes me tell people that KZread is better than cable TV.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the high praise! Thanks🦔🦊

Yes! Another GTV exclusive! What a great morning! Thank you GTV.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

You got it!🦊🦔

I was 10 and i can vividly recall going to the shops with my Nan and at the local K-mart they had about 10 Sonic 2's setup with a deep line of kids at each waiting to play it. Crazy scenes for Australia at the time. This one hits the nostalgia hard. Thanks for the great video.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome ! I wanted to include Australia but it seems like the game was not sold on the 24th there, starting a few days later. Can you confirm this? Either way I found no video of it or mentions by Sega in interviews either

@shipwreckedonapopulatedisland

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan I couldn't tell you the date but judging by the fact i wasn't in school and neither was a large amount of other kids i would say it was a Saturday, as i recall it being early morning. Also being a smaller market and the time zone difference (tuesday release was actually Wednesday here) and the logistics of getting things shipped here then, a few days after the worldwide release is perfectly feasible for 1992.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

I see. That makes sense then.

As someone born in 1978 those last comments at the end almost made me tear up. No end in sight indeed! Keep up the great content.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

My brother!!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

I always try to put mentions of being a child of the 70s so we can be represented more on here. Everything seems to be run from the mindset of gen Ys who have some skewed nostalgia for the 80s even though they have little memory of it. While at the same time ignoring the 90s which truly was the greatest decade, which was our teen and young adult years. But you don’t see a lot of older guys like me running channels but a promise till I’m dead in the ground this will always be a place for a gen x point of view!

@vitacilina555

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan and likewise, I promise I’ll be a viewer for life!

Please never stop making these type of videos, this channel is a hidden gem

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

I won’t stop for now. But if I ever run out of ideas or don’t find satisfying anymore I’ll hang it up rather than keep going for the sake of it. I’ll also make a big finale of some sort toe d on a high note. But I can’t see that anytime soon 🦊🦔

@have_a_good_day420

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan why not continue the channel but change the content to a different passion of yours??

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

No. Whenever it is that I’m Done I’ll hang it up for good and that’ll be that.

What a high quality documentary. Incredible attention to detail, especially including all the footage from Japan - never seen any of that before. Thanks!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching B!🦔🦊

I wasn't aware of Sonic 2sDay at the time, I don't think I knew what was out till it was in the shop unless it was an arcade port, but I think my older brother happened to be in the city that day and picked me up a copy. I was so hyped about it.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great time 🦔🦊

Extremely well made, my friend! Loved every moment.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching to the end! Just wait for sonic 3!! 🦔🦊

As a kid, I KNEW Sonic 2 was coming. My friend next door was hyped, the kids at school were hyped, and there was even an abandoned building, suddenly plastered with Sonic 2 "Are you up 2 it?" posters on the bottom half of its structure. And if your classroom was on the right side, you could quickly look out the window and see that building reminding you that "Yes, Sonic 2 was on its way"! Got my Genesis (after a long campaign of pestering my Parents and dropping hints) with Sonic 1 the Christmas of '91, and sometime in 92, a little after Sonic 2s day, my Mother finally allowed me to pick out a game at a random Toy Works visit. The choice was simple. I picked Sonic 2 (and my Younger Brother chose Super Mario Land 2). And for a time, Sonic 2 kept my Younger Bro and me thoroughly entertained, as we didn't get another game outside of game rentals at the local video store. I eventually beat it, which was quite the feat at the time (I was spooked by the lasers in Wing Fortress Zone and didn't realize I could jump on the platform until I had to start all over a 2nd time, haha!) We still dove back in and treated it as a 2-dimensional playground, playing with the physics and making our own stories of Sonic and Tails' adventures. A simpler but magical time that was!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

What an awesome story! I love hearing this kind of stuff 🦊🦔

Another quality documentary. Videos like this are why I love this channel. Keep up the good work!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ll try 🦊🦔

30 Years of Sonic 2! What an awesome video! :D

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 🦔🦊

That was one of my favorite Christmas mornings with my dad.

The epilogue in this video is a masterpiece. Congratulations! Sonic 2 is my favorite Sonic game of all time and this video explains a lot the reason for that.

@GTV-Japan

Ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching! 🦔 🦊

Wow, what a video. Thank you for this.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for watching 🦊 🦔

I want to say the PS1 also had a big announce launch day. I remember seeing "ENOS" (with a red E) standing for "Ready Ninth of September" on ads for the system and launch games.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

That’s right! Enos lives!

I’ve watched from time to time, but dang I have realized just how freaking good your work is. I didn’t play any Sonic game until I was in my 20’s at the turn of the century, but I remember so much of this content. Thank you for what you do!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I’m glad you like this one!🦔🦊

I was super stoked for sonic 2 and boy did it deliver, what an amazing era to live through. Hard to believe its been 30 FRIGGIN years 😮

Eloquent and thoughtful video. Love it.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 🦔🦊

I reserved my copy weeks in advance at the Electronics Boutique store at West Oaks Mall in Houston which scored you a free Sonic 2sday T-shirt and I waited until the day of to wear it to school. As soon as I got home that afternoon, I got one of my parents to drive me to the mall and pick up the game, and to respond to the video's bit about remembering where you were when you first ran through that corkscrew, I absolutely do. To this day, hearing the opening notes of the Emerald Hill Zone theme puts a big smile on my face as I remember how magical that moment was!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Thanks for that great story! Love hearing this kind of thing! 🦔 🦊

This channel is too good!!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks🦔🦊

Seriously, you stay one of, if not the, best retrospective channel on KZread. I remember Sonic 2'sDay but as a 7 yr old kid, I didn't think it was so important. And what you stated about Gen-X and Sonic makes a lot of sense. It actually explains a lot about Sonic as a character-- it is almost like he was tailor made for Gen-X. Whether if that is true I leave for the debaters, but your insight does scope the position of not only Sonic but video games as a whole.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

He certainly fit the times. Thanks for the support as always 🦔🦊

Another great video GTV! Thanks!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 🦔🦊

Absolutely underrated video, love the editing and detail In here and the pacing was great. Great job!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I appreciate that! Maybe it’s underrated but it’s only been out 14 hours. Let’s give it some time and see where it goes.🦊🦔

I was only 2 years old on Sonic 2sDay. So I didn’t really get to experience that day. However, I got to play the game and I have been hooked ever since.

When I found that footage on the producers library back in 2018 I couldn't believe it wasn't on KZread anywhere. Obviously all I did was upload that footage but I’m happy to see great KZreadrs like yourself make videos about the launch of Sonic 2. What a great moment in gaming history!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Oh hey! Thanks making me aware of that footage! The AI upscaler really cleans things up!

@MelodiesZone

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan Yeah it looks great!

The upgraded version of the music at about 16:35 reminds me of the bar scene in Total recall. EDIT: just found your channel today. Great content, editing and narration. Take my sub!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Now that you’re on the GTV train, take some time and catch up on the other 140 videos you haven’t seen yet and comment on what you like 🦔🦊

I love this channel so much! Thank you!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 🦔🦊

I finally had time to sit down and watch the video, and I have to say, you did a great job!

Man, what a great episode. Your content is really top-notch, and I'm delighted every time a notification pops up for a video of yours. Sonic 2 is an amazing game, and the Sonic 2'sDay event is, certainly, a milestone in video game marketing. Even in my neck of the woods (in South America) the launch of Sonic 2 was a really, really big thing. The Sega Genesis was the most popular console in my country (heck, it still sells today) and Sonic 2 and Streets of Rage 2 were the games that started it all for a lot of people. I have to confess, however, that Sonic 2 is my least favorite game of the original Sega Genesis trilogy. The first game was a revelation to me, and you know what they say about first impressions. And then, Sonic 3 blew me away with its graphics, music and gameplay. But that's just me. Sonic 2 is a masterful game and I can see why it is the favorite of most Sega Genesis/Mega Drive fans. Again, another excellent video. Thank you.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I’m glad you liked it! I wish I could have found more video especially Brazil but from what I found it looks like it was not released on the 24th but a few days after. Same with Australia where Sega was also super popular. It seems the GG and SMS sonic 2 also were not out until December except for Japan only. But I’m sure it was a huge deal when it did come out! Thanks for sharing your story 🦊🦔

@GimblyGFR

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan Brazil was, by far, the biggest market for Sega in South America. It is quite possible that the game was launched around the same time as the rest of the world. I live in Argentina, and since I don't have clear recollections of when the game was released here, I started searching in some old local magazines. In a November 1992 issue, the game was announced as "soon to be released" in the country. The first review of the game was published in March 1993, so it is safe to assume that Sega started selling the game around that time.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Sorry I thought you were from Brazil because you did it was so popular there. I’ve heard Sega was big in other places too. But it does seem that the second manufacturing order from Japan went to the rest of the world in December. I have seen some commercials that use master system gameplay for some reason. That’s always been weird and funny to me.

@GimblyGFR

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan No problem, man. The Genny/Mega Drive was incredibly popular here, but most of the consoles and cartridges sold were bootlegs. The same with the NES/Famicom before. Brazil was the largest market in South America where you could find and buy original consoles and cartridges licensed by Sega through TecToys. The advantage of the rampant piracy here, in the South of the continent, was that we had access to software from all regions easily. And not only on the Genny, but also on NES and SNES. The hardware was, also, not region locked. Not only that, but you could also get tons of ROM hacks, unreleased games and beta versions of some carts. To give you some examples: I played Mario 4, 5, 6 and many, many more Mario games during the NES era. All of them were ROM hacks of other games, like Tiny Toons Adventures or The Flintstones. Later, I played Tecmo Cup Football Game for the Mega Drive, that was never released, but was sold everywhere in here (great game, probably the best version of Tecmo's Captain Tsubasa engine).

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Ah I see. I thought that was the case

Just stumble upon this channel and this is pretty good stuff. Love me some video game retrospective/documentary styled videos. Keep up the great work

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you came! I’ll be taking a break until March but there’s lots to catch up on. See ya again 🍻

Man, been watching a lot of your stuff lately. Loving it. Has kind of made me want to get back into the video making game. Keep up the amazing work!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Hey Brasel the gamer! What’s been going on? I’d say get back into it!🦔🦊

That magazine which gave an 8/10 for the music 😂🤦🏼‍♂️ anyway, thanks for the great video! Sonic forever!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I know! What were they drinking?

The work you put into this really shines through, it’s impressive.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I appreciate the support 🦊🦊

Just in time. Your production is unreal so its always a treat

For years I thought that the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge modified Sonic 2 to run with Knuckles. It blew my mind when I learned that the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge actually contained the nearly complete S2+K modified ROM already, and merely checked for the Sonic 2 cartridge and pulled a few pieces of sound code from it to run.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Lock on technology was amazing!

This video brings back a lot of great memories as a kid I still remember getting Sonic and when my mum got me Sonic 2 loved it one of my favourite Mega Drive games 👍 Great video 👍

I remember looking at a magazine stand at a gas station one time and seeing the cover of EGM issue 37 with Sonic 2 on it. My mom bought that EGM and I still have it to this day. That was my first time hearing about it. Then on Christmas of that year, My brother and I not only got our own Sega Genesis w/Sonic 1, but also a copy of Sonic 2 as well.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear everything went according to plan!🦔🦊

What a great video. Really takes me back.

Great video! I wasn't old enough to really be aware of literally anything, so I didn't know there was such a fun story behind this.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Really? Well now you know 🦔🦊

I love that you uploaded this on the same day yuji naka got arrested, its great synchronicity.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

It’s esp!

Great video the nostalgia was hitting crazy for me on this one subbed

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Great I’m glad you liked it! Now that your onboard the GTV train why not try out one of the other 140 videos and see what you like? Talk to you soon🦔🦊

Subbed because of this video! I remember that time! I was one of the kids that had a Nintendo first and my parents took it back to the store because it was like my Gameboy.....I remember when I got the genesis and played sonic it was mind blowing 🤯🤯🤯

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Awesome good to hear! Now that you’re subbed up take some time to watch the older videos and tell me what you like 🦔🦊

The editing is top notch!

Damn, who let them make another game documentary lol. Instant sub!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! 🍻🦔🦊

@gigachadarmstrong5817

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan 🦔🦊

I love how I've watched so many different videos going over sonic 2s history delvopetment and overall impact that it left on the franchise as a whole

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Cool! How many are there out there?

19, 65, 09, 17 start, a+start, 4, 1, 2, 6, 1, 9, 9, 2, 1, 1, 2, 4 a+start on the level you want. *BOOM, THERE YOU GO*

I enjoyed this video so much that I go back to watch even a segment of the video throughout my weeks.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Hey all right! Much appreciated! Oop. I better get to work on sonic 3 soon!

This was fantastic to see! I didn't know of all the events and hype surrounding Sonic 2 at the time, I was too young. But I will never forget playing it shortly after launch and being completely blown away.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah it was a big deal! Thanks for watching! 🦊🦔

@skeletankmcgraw7343

Жыл бұрын

I had recently turned 10 when this came out, though at the time I had no knowledge of not just Sonic 2, but I hadn't even heard of the first game. I was still so absorbed in my NES I don't even know that I really don't think I even knew what Sega was at all. Even so, around a year later I was introduced to Sonic from the cartoon that aired on the Saturday Morning Cartoon block and that is what put Genesis/Sonic 2 on my radar. The Sonic cartoon and Sonic 2 commercials on TV had such an affect on my that I chose to get a Genesis instead of SNES for Xmas '93, which was a big deal since I had been begging for an SNES since it came out up until that point. That year for Xmas I got the model 2 Genesis/Sonic 2 bundle and a copy of Mortal Kombat! That was probably my favorite Xmas of all time.

Everything this channel does is golden

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support! 🟨

@dodgykebaab

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan Thank you for the fantastic content

@jadstudiosofficial

Жыл бұрын

I know right?

Excellent Video! This video made me sad that the future of gaming is preloading the game and just waiting in your house for the clock to hit midnight. The memories of those launch date games are very awesome, waiting in line for that anticipated game to be released. Those memories with friends and newcomers will be lost in time like years in the rain.

@GTV-Japan

7 ай бұрын

That’s almost like a song! Thanks for watching 🦔🦊

Great retrospective on a timeless game. A lot of love and care goes into these videos and it truly shows. I was nearing 4 years of age when Sonic the Hedgehog 2 came out so I don't remember anything of it, but I can see from the footage that it must have been a blast (processing) to be part of it. And hey, Dustin Diamond could be seen in the video. Didn't know he was a Sonic fan. May he rest in peace...

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

That footage is some great stuff. Unfortunately the parts where he was talking weren’t so clear. You could see him fumbling with a clip on mic but it’s funny to think how having these actors show up at a store for a day was huge deal. The one other actor I don’t know his name was playing to the camera losing the game on purpose it was funny. Thanks for watching 🦔🦊

*great video sir! Love this game and Knuckles in Sonic 2 too!* ⭐️

30 glorious years

00:42 lol @ that illustration of Tails

Another fantastic retrospective! And Sonic 2 is definitely one of my favorite games of all time!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Hey old friend! Happy Sonic 2sDay!🦔🦊

@Rationalific

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan Thank you! Happy Sonic 2sDay to you as well! 🔵🟠

What unfortunate (or maybe not) timing for the debut of this video, considering Yuji Naka just got arrested.

@Mr.Peanut1986

Жыл бұрын

What for?

@Gamentropy

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Peanut1986 Insider trading. Square Enix shares and a Dragon Quest announcement.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Crazy! Well I finished the video 4 days ago so I had no idea. But hey innocent until proven guilty.

Your writing is impressive for these shows you put together. I always enjoy the random commercials as well.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support! For this video the first draft was 8000 words but got trimmed down to 5500. 🦊🦔

@tuffasgong

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan Sometimes editing down is the hardest part. You want to keep it all, but, you see what the run time would be.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. If it’s too long too repetitive people tune out. They miss the ending!

Very well done video. Good job

Excellent video, as always.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Nio! My old friend long time no see! Hope you’re well!🦊🦔

Happy 30th Anniversary to Sonic the Hedgehog 2!

Mad that this game is 30 years old , I remember seeing the posters and asking my mum all December i needed this for Xmas, seeing that big 2 pop on Xmas morning was a memory and a half

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story!🦊🦔

Holidays are just the best moment, still one more week off, so of course I had 2 get updated on GTV. People should talk more of how awesome your videos are, and all the wordplay and how you always use the GTV logo and use the style of the game in the video. Happy Holidays, and thank you for all your videos! If I can't see another video, Happy New year and hope 2023 will be awesome! Filled with GTV, Beers and Chicken Wings!!!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

I hope you had a god Christmas 🎄! Happy new year coming up Marco!

@themarcosoma

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan Igualmente. ¡Gracias amigo!

Kudos for mentioning that "Blast Processing" had true origins in a VDP feature, even though it was muddled by advertising.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Of course! Actually the picture of Scott Bayless comes from a print advertisement that tried to explain it in a serious manner!🦊🦔

This was a fantastic watch.. you cannot go wrong with classic Sonic, especially 2, 3&K, and Mania 😊 Please GTV can you do a Sonic 3 video? 😁

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

yes. i promise you will see videos on sonic cd, sonic 3 and sonic and knuckles in the future. it will be a very sega heavy year in 23!

I was born 87, dad had a Commodore 64 home computer, with “hardisks” that were floppy. That was mind blowing as a kid. Others had nes systems, but one Xmas, We then had the megadrive from Santa back in 94 I think. We got the multi cartridge which contained revenge of shinobi, golden axe, streets of rage and others. Sonic 2 was picked up, and games like mortal kombat 2, God that was a time to be alive. Playing computer games back then, stigma was you were a geek or a nerd, but everyone seemed to have a sega or a Nintendo. Great video. Much respect from Australia

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks for sharing your story! I was jealous of computer kids because the c64 had lemonade stand. That was a fun game 🍋

@davidmatthews2983

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan we didn’t have that, but we had TMNT and ghost and goblins, and gauntlet. Great times. Your video took me back to the early 90’s a lot of the marketing and the vibe can’t be conveyed but if you were there, there is a certain nostalgia I got from that well crafted documentary. Thanks again, got a subscriber here

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Cool!

That Sonic 2 cover art is epic

@thecunninlynguist

Жыл бұрын

i loved the movie used it on posters as well. I got a copy of the poster. The steelbook for the movie even looks like genesis box art

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Something I cut out of the video because I thought it was hard to explain was that the only official promotional art from Sega was the big 2 with sonic and tails in shadow looking at it. But then when you bought the game they turned around and you saw the proper image that was teased all summer

Awesome story telling!!! I was an artist on Sonic 2 (Hidden Palace and Oil Ocean) and clearly remember being at the big Sonic 2sDay event!! Another fun memory, I was one of the people who took the original ROM set to Japan!! (Although it was my understanding that the other person who was flown over, Rick Macaraeg, had the box art and not the ROM?!)? That was a truly incredible time to be in the game industry!!!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

What?! No way! That’s awesome!! I’d love to hear more of your story! I wish I could hear it earlier but please tell me all you remember!!🦔🦊

Lol just when a certain balan got arrested XD

@Mr.Peanut1986

Жыл бұрын

Balan?

@Kaimax61

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Peanut1986 Yuji Naka, co-creator of sonic got arrested for insider trading. Yuji Naka developed Balan Wonderworld.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

What timing! Well at least it’s not murder so I don’t look too bad praising him.

@Mr.Peanut1986

Жыл бұрын

@@Kaimax61 oh wow! Thank you, I didn't know that

Good ol blue blue history. Always nice being reminded how much gaming was hyped even back then

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Oh yah. Gotta have a buzz to be popular 🦔🦊

Happy 30th birthday Tails and Sonic The Hedgehog 2!

Should be noted that the Sonic Origins version of Sonic 2 is based off the 2013 Mobile Phone remaster, so a decent amount of new features (better framerate, widescreen, Hidden Palace) come from that version; only Sonic 3 & Knuckles was not based on a previous remaster

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Duly noted.

@NAFEDUDE

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan my apologies if I came off as a know-it-all; I actually found the video very interesting and well-researched. The historical footage from around the world was a highlight and I always enjoy the contemporary ads you put in the videos as well.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

No I appreciate that I didn’t know much about the iOS version because many games get repudiated or just disappear they aren’t set in stone like older games

Man the timing for this excellent video couldn’t be better/worse with Yuji Naka being arrested for insider trading in Japan. Great video dude! 😎

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Yeah who knew?! Oh well. I’m sure he’ll pay the fine.

@creativecatproductions

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japans it possible that Naka was attempting to leverage some control over that new Dragon Quest title? My understanding is that he’s been embroiled in a vicious feud with Square Enix and accusations of insider trading might be a way of dealing with him?

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

I have no idea but the more I red into him the more he comes off as, well, not a nice guy.

That advert was amazing! Use Sonic 2 as dogfood! Laughed my socks off...

God, I love this channel. It educates me well about the stuffs that happened back that time. I am waiting for the Phantasy Star IV anniversary video, by the way.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I’m going to whip up a promo for ps4 in December. Your patience is appreciated

@dukkemonterier3429

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan Nice!

Sonic 2 intro was just magical. Hearing it is literally euphoric and preps my mind for never ending satisfyingly gameplay

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

It has saved many lives.

FANTASTIC VID!

Legendary.

Just noticed that Tails’s real name was “Miles Prower”, aka Miles Per Hour. Clever stuff!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

What? I never caught that! 🤯

If I could leave more than one like I would. Very well done !

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Make a new account! Just kidding 🦊🦔

Great Stuff!

Thank you so much for this! I thought you werent going to do it.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Why not? Promises made, promises kept!

@gamingnubs7628

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan I honestly dont know why I thought you wouldnt, just had a feeling. Glad to see I was proven wrong though! Excellent video!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! I was able to get it done in about 2-3 weeks while working and sick. So it wasn’t so bad and anything is possible if you try hard enough

Great video as always! Love your content. I do remember Sonic 2sday and it was quite the 1-day spectacle, but I'd argue that, at least in North America, the build up to Super Mario Bros. 3 was bigger. Since it came out in Japan so early in 1988, it was talked about in North America for over a year before launching here in 1990, with people paying to watch The Wizard in theaters two months before the game released just to SEE it in action. All this for an 8-bit game that was competing with not one but two 16-bit systems at the time.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. If you were paying attention closely! I think Nintendo had the opportunity to do what sonic 2sday was and just passed on it

@chrismyghostwriter

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan I think they could have too (which would have been crazy), but hard to second guess them when they sold 8 million copies in 1990 alone. I still hear people talk about that game to this day and the impact it had on them (especially today's game developers). I just feel like while Sonic 2 was memorable and quite the deal back in the day, Super Mario Bros 3 was the game that propelled the video game market to where it is today. Sonic 2 built on that, sure, but Mario 3 laid that foundation and is the standard by which games are still judged by today.

Sonic 2 was the gateway to my casino addiction lol, I would run out the clock playing the Sonic slot machines

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Same here!

Thank you so much for the video! sonic was my childhood, I still remember the 1st time I played At a store called venture in a kiosk They had set up, From then on I begged 3 years for a said yeah finally got 1 in 96 lol better late than never I suppose thank you again for all the hard work you put into these videos they are so entertaining!!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Perseverance pays off! 🦔🦊

Still remember the hype behind this. While I wasn't a Genesis owner I still remember playing the first two games a ton, with the two player mode in 2 being a fun way to kill an afternoon. Eight year old me was never that skilled at it but was still struck by the spectacle of it all. I might have preferred the slower paced exploration of Mario but Sonic held the appeal of a roller coaster, fast and flashy where I felt I was getting a thrill jammed down my throat.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good way to put it!🦊🦔

Fantastic, as always!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by on day one!🦊🦔

@noemedmedia

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan Are you kidding? #1 KZread channel, rght? :)

@noemedmedia

Жыл бұрын

Now that I have *actually* watched it, I have to say thanks!! I did not know I would learn so much about the S2 launch that I did not already know. Yes, I lived in a walled guarden called Nintendo at the time, To so many it was 2esday, for me it was tuesday. German b-language in the first lesson.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Today is the 30th anniversary for japan! And tomorrow is 2sday!

Sonic looks so beautiful and colorful. There were so many lazy devs on the Genesis who didn't tweak their SNES or arcade ports after downgrading to the smaller color palette. And it always bears repeating this is the best channel on KZread, the amount of primary sources and archival footage always impresses!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I noticed that too. I guess they just didn’t care. 🦊🦔

I missed this in my notifications! Watching now 🎉

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

🦊🦔

@NoelComiX

Жыл бұрын

Dude this was a great video. I love seeing that Japanese footage. I still want Madonna. 2 be fair, when I sell my Sonic art at cons, moms usually have their kids not get the Madonna pics lol. I still have the Sonic 2 codes memorized.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Up up up. Down down down. Up!

Thank you for this video. Sonic 2 was always a very special game that took the original but made it more epic in scope. That's why it remains my second favourite game of all time. 😊

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

No problem it was a joy to make!

Great retrospective!

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 🦔🦊

@Daniel_Karhunen

Жыл бұрын

@@GTV-Japan , you're welcome.

One of the best sequels of all time, Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

Tails! Hi!!

I still remember the buildup for this game for being hyped up and exciting at the same time and still have kept some of those old magazines promoting it all. We didn't purchase this game straight away unlike the original, so my older brother hired it out instead and on first try had gotten close to the end boss and labelled it as a bit ordinary but luckily my birthday was due soon and I was delighted to go and pick up a copy and we all got into it heavily and enjoyed the game for what it was. Happily, the 2 players option came in handy so we could enjoy it even furthermore.

@GTV-Japan

Жыл бұрын

What a great story!🦊🦔

I remember these days it was good days and good times after i finish from play i watch Home alone movie and i was playing SONIC 1 2 Micheal jackson moon walker Batman return donald duck quick shot These was my favorite games in that times and still ..well Really wonderful vid thx 4 coverage Cheers🍺