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Yep, we're back at the first Sol Sestancia again, and this time I clumsily play a character I like but don't know very well, especially compared to my staples Metal Sonic and BluEyes. But I love Mega Man Zero, and Jana from StephChars captures the spirit of that series pretty well in the context of Sonic Robo Blast 2 while remaining fairly distinct; as similar as she plays to him, Jana is not Zero. Unfortunately for me, it's a little harder to avoid damage with her in these levels compared to relatively normal Sonic characters, OCs or otherwise, so I take a lot of what is probably avoidable damage, slowing me down. In spite of this, I did better than my previous best as Metal Sonic, so I'm not complaining too much. I just know there's a lot of potential for a far better time with Jana than I got here. You can download Sol Sestancia here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/sol-sestancia.116/ You can also download StephChars, which contains Jana, here. Each of these characters are honestly incredible fun in their own unique ways: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/stephchars-v4-echoes-of-the-abyss-update.706/ Timestamps: 0:00 The Tale Begins 0:28 Egg Fleet 3.5 1:54 Cutscene- Arrival 2:30 Alcudia Port 3:15 Jungle Crash Site 5:18 Cutscene- Discovery 5:27 Boot Camp 7:56 Santa D'or 8:35 School Campus 10:16 Cutscene- Escaped 10:49 Party Like It's 1959 12:27 Boot Leggin' 14:48 Cutscene- To Science! 15:23 Science Fair 16:38 Cutscene- Commercial 17:18 RUN 19:52 To Be Continued 20:30 Ending #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #JanaTheFox #ModdedSRB2 #SolSestancia

There's a little janitor in the room that needed to be addressed after all this time, so I figured I'd take this level on one (or two) more times as my favorite addon character. I think this'll be my last video on this level for the foreseeable future. You can download The-Flower here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/the-flower.7514/ You can download Millie here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/millie-blueyes-prower.7564/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:10 Act 1 0:26 Secret 1 0:44 Act 1 1:10 Act 2 1:24 Secret 2 1:47 Act 2 2:20 Secret 3 2:46 Act 2 3:37 Pizza Time 5:16 Lap 2 6:56 Pizza Time Super Run! #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #PizzaTower #ModdedSRB2 #Sonic #MilliePrower #Tails #Transgender

Since I ran it as Blaze, I decided to run the level again as Metal Sonic, see if I can do any better. Turns out, at least for now, I cannot. But we'll see what the future holds. #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #Sonic #MetalSonic

It's been a hot second since I did an individual level speedrun. Decided to load up RushChars and play as Blaze, since I wanted to get some speedrunning practice done with her. I have plans to do full game runs with her and intend to make sure I actually know what I'm doing when I get to it. You can download RushChars (Blaze and Marine) here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/rushchars-blaze-and-marine.3831/ #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #ModdedSRB2 #BlazeTheCat #Blaze

Yeah, you know I was gonna make Metal Sonic the main event. He's my GOAT, at least as far as the vanilla cast is concerned, and easily my best character. In the end, I'm not sure who's the fastest on The-Flour once the runs are fully optimized, but I do have my suspicions it's gonna turn out to be Metal Sonic. All bets are off once you factor in modded characters other than Shadow, of course, but at that point I don't think it's a fair comparison. Actually, if it isn't Metal Sonic, it's almost certainly going to be Tails. The spinfly tech is incredibly fast, and on this level, is the only worthy rival to Boost Mode as far as vanilla characters go. I haven't mastered the tech, barely even used it, so my Tails run didn't do him justice at all. I owe you an apology, Tails. I wasn't really familiar with your game. You can download The-Flower here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/the-flower.7514/ Timestamps: 0:00 Act 1 0:16 Secret 1 0:34 Act 1 1:01 Act 2 1:20 Secret 2 1:43 Act 2 2:18 Secret 3 2:42 Act 2 3:18 Pizza Time 4:46 Lap 2 #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #PizzaTower #ModdedSRB2 #Sonic #MetalSonic

Decided to give a run of Sol Sestancia 2 a try, since I went to the trouble of doing the first one. Despite playing this one first before trying the original, I actually don't have as much experience with this one as the original. It probably shows. That, and the levels in general seem harder overall. The entire pack somehow seems longer than the vanilla campaign, also. Or maybe I'm just bad. I can't believe I got killed by Scratch & Grounder, though. They never gave me that much trouble in the past. You can download Sol Sestancia 2 here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/sol-sestancia-2.7136/ Timestamps: 0:00 Lost City 3:03 Return to Alcudia 4:05 Uptown 6:36 Royal Palace 11:23 Knothole 12:26 Great Forest Wall 15:04 Robotropolis 18:01 Egg TV Network 22:51 Escape Robotropolis 28:22 Vs. Orbot & Cubot 31:25 Convoy Assault 34:44 Island Cross 37:44 Mt. Terracentro 42:49 Heart of the World 47:25 Ending #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #MetalSonic #ModdedSRB2 #SolSestancia #SolSestancia2

I don't think Sonic is a bad character per se, he's just... kinda boring, if that makes sense? At least to me. From a certain point of view, that probably would be accusing him of being a bad character in and of itself, but I actually do recognize his appeal. He just doesn't appeal to me specifically. As far as his gameplay in Sonic Robo Blast 2 is concerned, while Sonic is indeed one of the fastest vanilla characters in the game in spite of his inability to skip things his friends and Metal Sonic can – and Metal Sonic is the only other contender for the title of being the fastest vanilla character, with his Boost Mode giving him a significant ground speed advantage, although Tails is actually the WR holder in the vanilla campaign as of this posting – I don't particularly enjoy him. He's a better playing experience than Amy, but I don't consider that a high bar to clear in Amy's current state; I think pretty much everyone's a better playing experience than 2.2 Amy. Sonic definitely handles The-Flour significantly better, at any rate, aside from Secret 1, where Amy proved to be among the best. You can download The-Flower here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/the-flower.7514/ Timestamps: 0:00 Act 1 0:16 Secret 1 0:35 Act 1 0:58 Act 2 1:15 Secret 2 1:40 Act 2 2:13 Secret 3 2:39 Act 2 3:18 Pizza Time 5:03 Lap 2 #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #PizzaTower #ModdedSRB2 #Sonic

The first Sol Sestancia is a fairly short level pack compared to its sequel and even the vanilla SRB2 campaign, but it's a fun level pack regardless. I decided to take up speedrunning it a bit, not for the glory of the leaderboard placement – I'm pretty sure there isn't any, actually – but for the love of the game. That being said, if there is a place to submit this run for verification, do let me know; I'd love to see how I measure up. With how short this level pack is relative to the vanilla game, I expect I wouldn't place very well, though. Unless I'm the trendsetter, I guess; I've seen other runners play individual levels as part of speedrun requests on their channels, but I don't believe I've ever seen someone do full runs of the pack yet. Speaking of the pack, you can download it here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/sol-sestancia.116/ Timestamps: 0:00 The Tale Begins 0:34 Egg Fleet 3.5 2:13 Cutscene- Arrival 2:57 Alcudia Port 3:46 Jungle Crash Site 6:11 Cutscene- Discovery 6:21 Boot Camp 8:39 Santa D'or 9:17 School Campus 11:15 Cutscene- Escaped 11:47 Party Like It's 1959 13:52 Boot Leggin' 17:19 Cutscene- To Science! 17:55 Science Fair 19:34 Cutscene- Commercial 20:17 RUN 22:31 To Be Continued 23:10 Ending #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #MetalSonic #ModdedSRB2 #SolSestancia

Shadow is pretty alright. Even though he's in the running for my favorite character in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, the only other contender being Metal Sonic, as far as SRB2 is concerned, there are other characters I favor more, even among modded ones like him. He handled The-Flour pretty decently, though. I kinda suck at him, unfortunately – I'm only a little worse at him than I am at Sonic, I think – but a better Shadow player could probably make much better time than I did. You can download The-Flower here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/the-flower.7514/ You can download Shadow here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/shadow-the-hedgehog.517/ And here's the Jeck Jims model pack, where this Shadow model comes from. The vanilla models are also part of this pack, I believe, or at the very least were created by the same person and thus are consistent with the aesthetic: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/jeck-jims-2-2-3d-models.1977/ Timestamps: 0:00 Act 1 0:18 Secret 1 0:36 Act 1 1:02 Act 2 1:18 Secret 2 1:43 Act 2 2:16 Secret 3 2:42 Act 2 3:21 Pizza Time 5:11 Lap 2 #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #PizzaTower #ModdedSRB2 #Sonic #ShadowTheHedgehog #Shadow

At this scale, it's only marginally better than my current best Metal Sonic run in this category, but somehow it still feels bad. I guess it's mostly due to the fact I'm very inexperienced with the spinfly technique. Unfortunately, I'm not Hopter. That being said, there's not a lot of people running this category with Tails to begin with, so this is still second place on the leaderboard as of this posting. I guess it's not that popular with Tails runners because Tails doesn't actually benefit from having Chaos Emeralds anyway. Who's to say? Anyway, I really, REALLY need to figure out the optimal route on Arid Canyon Zone Act 2. In case you couldn't tell, I kinda got lost in there trying to find the route Hopter took in their WR Any% run, which resulted in a significant time loss. I need to watch it again, then run it myself in Record Attack a few times to internalize it. Might even benefit future Millie runs to an extent, I dunno. As things stand, I probably would have been better off taking the route I actually know, but I didn't want to start all over again for this run. Oh well. There's always next time. Timestamps: 0:00 Greenflower Zone Act 1 0:46 Special Stage 1 1:33 Special Stage 2 2:37 Greenflower Zone Act 2 3:42 Special Stage 3 5:05 Special Stage 4 6:24 Greenflower Zone Act 3 7:12 Techno Hill Zone Act 1 9:28 Special Stage 5 10:48 Special Stage 6 12:13 Techno Hill Zone Act 2 13:52 Special Stage 7 16:12 Techno Hill Zone Act 3 16:46 Deep Sea Zone Act 1 17:42 Deep Sea Zone Act 2 19:54 Deep Sea Zone Act 3 20:44 Castle Eggman Zone Act 1 22:28 Castle Eggman Zone Act 2 24:44 Castle Eggman Zone Act 3 26:06 Arid Canyon Zone Act 1 27:22 Arid Canyon Zone Act 2 31:03 Arid Canyon Zone Act 3 32:13 Red Volcano Zone 34:33 Egg Rock Zone Act 1 36:43 Egg Rock Zone Act 2 39:57 Black Core Zone Act 1 41:11 Black Core Zone Act 2 43:03 Black Core Zone Act 3 44:42 Ending #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #Tails #MilesTailsPrower #TailsTheFox #TailsPrower