Rock on, Earthbound. Rock on.
My cousin and I recently were talking about a speedrun discussed on the forums. Namely, the Secret of Mana speedrun. The thought of a multiplayer co-op speedrun came up with much declaration of how freakin' awesome it would be to see done.
It was shortly after this when we realized that we had Sonic Mega Collection sitting on the Gamecube behind us, which includes three games that can be played with Sonic and Tails simultaneously. We quickly rushed to it to begin preliminary testing runs. We decided that Sonic 3 & Knuckles (S3K heretofore) would be the best choice for several reasons:
1) S3K allows Sonic a number of special abilities with special shields, plus the ridiculously over-powered Insta-Shield ability.
2) Tails is allowed to fly on command, and even pick up Sonic in an air lift maneuver which works wonders for skipping sections of stages and even occaisionally giving him a boost of speed.
3) Sonic 2 is evil at the end, and nobody wants to do a Single Segment run only to fight TWO bosses in the last stage with 0 rings, and about 20 hits to kill the both of them (8 and approximately 12). Ouch.
So the run has begun. Unfortunately, it won't be finished ANY time soon, as my cousin has to return to Washington on the 30th, and won't be back for who knows how long. However, we have begun accumulating tricks and tactics for stages and bosses.
Among other things, we make use of Tails' air lift ability often, as it allows Sonic to travel faster in the air (as long as they aren't ascending and he doesn't have the Fire Shield), Sonic's special shields and his insta-shield ability, and Tails as the main weapon in most boss fights. If anyone has more specific tricks, or questions about our tactics so far, post away, we'd love to have some feedback.
Also, in case anyone was wondering, TAILS stands for Tenacious Airborne Invincible Little Striker. XD
It was shortly after this when we realized that we had Sonic Mega Collection sitting on the Gamecube behind us, which includes three games that can be played with Sonic and Tails simultaneously. We quickly rushed to it to begin preliminary testing runs. We decided that Sonic 3 & Knuckles (S3K heretofore) would be the best choice for several reasons:
1) S3K allows Sonic a number of special abilities with special shields, plus the ridiculously over-powered Insta-Shield ability.
2) Tails is allowed to fly on command, and even pick up Sonic in an air lift maneuver which works wonders for skipping sections of stages and even occaisionally giving him a boost of speed.
3) Sonic 2 is evil at the end, and nobody wants to do a Single Segment run only to fight TWO bosses in the last stage with 0 rings, and about 20 hits to kill the both of them (8 and approximately 12). Ouch.
So the run has begun. Unfortunately, it won't be finished ANY time soon, as my cousin has to return to Washington on the 30th, and won't be back for who knows how long. However, we have begun accumulating tricks and tactics for stages and bosses.
Among other things, we make use of Tails' air lift ability often, as it allows Sonic to travel faster in the air (as long as they aren't ascending and he doesn't have the Fire Shield), Sonic's special shields and his insta-shield ability, and Tails as the main weapon in most boss fights. If anyone has more specific tricks, or questions about our tactics so far, post away, we'd love to have some feedback.
Also, in case anyone was wondering, TAILS stands for Tenacious Airborne Invincible Little Striker. XD
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