The History of All Things Sonic Part 2

Nerd of Mouth

The Last Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Leisure, Video Games

4.7 • 649 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Sonic refused to be contained in one episode very much like how continually refuses to be counted out. Holden runs the boys through all his failed video game comebacks (Especially 06)and talks about how and why new generation hitched their hearts to the furry blue speedster that always comes back to new frontiers. Oh and we roast Shadow, cause why not, it’s Shadow. Want even more Nerd of Mouth? Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nerdofmouth

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0:00.0	Nerd of mouth.
0:17.4	All right, part two, Sonic the Hedgehogs, baby.
0:23.3	Running around at the speed of sound.
0:26.0	We got to go fast, dog.
0:27.9	But we didn't.
0:28.9	That's why we have a second one.
0:30.9	We didn't go back.
0:32.4	We went weirdly deliberate and highly detailed.
0:36.4	Dude, Sonic's just so crazy, bro. I mean, Sonic is, it's, it's really, it's, it's an, it's an American tale. I don't know how else to say it. This is a lot, we're going to be reading a lot of Japanese names for an American tale. It's Sonic goes west. This is,
0:57.4	Sonic is the immigrant story coming from Japan.
1:04.9	Being really fast. Uh, and then having some real, nothing in his pocketbook. I came with one ring. Yeah. One dream. And a dream. And a dream. And red shoes on his feet. Yeah. And,
1:10.6	and, and the thing. And not enough of a character for three films.
1:13.8	Look, you can point at Super Mario and be like, obviously Super Mario stayed around.
1:22.0	Look at these games.
1:23.5	Mario 64.
1:24.9	Then you've got, you know, Mario Sunshine, but you've got Mario Galaxy, massively successful, constantly pushing the genre forward.
1:34.6	New Super Mario Bros. New Super Mario Brothers, We, New Mario, We Too.
1:39.7	Well, it doesn't matter. They're all solid. Then you keep going forward. You've got, you've got Mario
1:44.4	Odyssey. It, you know, it's just a constant seeming array of like solid video games over on
1:52.7	the RPG and people love the Mario and Luigi stuff. You know, he's just the name of so many
2:00.5	really good video games.
2:02.2	It's easy to point to Mario.
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