Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)/Awesome

From the game proper

 * The first time we see Sonic, he jumps in the middle of Eggman's drones as they attempt to kidnap Elise, introduces himself to the Princess whilst waiting for Eggman to order his robots to attack, before leaping out of the line of fire & destroying all the machines (bar one) in less than two seconds. And the one Sonic leaves? Well, he stops right in front of it, waits for a moment, before simply poking it & causing it to fall over.
 * And then in his ending, Sonic has to get Elise off Eggman's latest airship as it explodes. Cue Sonic carrying Elise, as he runs and jumps to different parts of the airship as the damn thing explodes.
 * How is it even possible for this to not be here?
 * In Shadow's ending, Mephiles tries to get Shadow to make Face Heel Turn, but Shadow then declares that no matter what, he will keep fighting. At which point, Mephiles creates an army of clones of himself, before having them attack Shadow. Shadow removes his bracelets to unleash his full power, before proceeding to fight through the clones. The intro to the game's Last Story shows that he makes quick work of them.
 * Shadow fricking roundhouses Silver in the back of the head. HELL YES. He slows time down using Chaos Control, casually walks around Silver, and freaking roundhouse kicks him. Also counts as a Crowning Moment of Funny.
 * Mephiles This is a hedgehog that's survived gods, Humongous Mecha, the  Ultimate Life Form, and being spaced. It has to count for something.
 * Silver gets one too, in the final boss battle; Iblis has a Desperation Attack where he throws a giant meteor at you that destroys the platform if it hits, making you plummet to your death. What does Silver do, provided you time it right? He doesn't even flinch, stopping the meteor in midair and flinging it back at Iblis.
 * One line during the fight made it all worthwhile for This Troper.
 * One line during the fight made it all worthwhile for This Troper.


 * This troper has to give props to the cutscene before the first Mephiles boss fight, where he tells Shadow that humanity fears him, and that they will eventually turn on him, and then offers Shadow his... symbolically posed body as proof, and Shadow has a large Screw Destiny moment, and then Mephiles then transforms from a black and white, green eyed, mouth-less version of Shadow to an Eldritch Abomination.
 * Amy of all people gets one in the 2006 game during one of her Mama Bear moments. She jumps in Silver's way ready to kick his ass. She gives him a Death Glare that makes him back off. Think about this. A normal girl (Badass Normal at best) driving off a powerful psychic with but a mere scary "I'm gonna kill you" look.

From the Let's Play by pokecapn's posse
"Pokecapn: Why can't I go straight? That's how I did it last time.
 * Just the fact that they got through this game all in one sitting, putting up with all the crap the game threw at them, and refused to give up.
 * The first time they play Kingdom Valley's mach speed section, they nearly clear it on their first try. Keep in mind, these are the defining factors of That One Level and they nearly did it blind.
 * Even better is the fact that pokecapn didn't realize that he had been reacting to it.

Ill-Ves: You weren't going straight, you were... reacting.

Medibot: Yeah you were just kind of going with the flow, you know?

Pokecapn: Fuck."

"Medibot: This is medibot, and we're playing Sonic The Hedgehog 2006!"
 * Kung-Fu Jesus finally clearing that billiard ball puzzle, at least according to the others' reactions.
 * After two and a half hours of agony, the team finally clears the End of the World segment, after Pokecapn's breakdown, IlluminatisVespuci's insistence if no one else would play the game, he would, Kung-Fu Jesus' prose rapping, and finally figuring out which posse member was good with what stage, they break into a chorus of "Land Down Under" lead by Pokecapn, and you can hear the triumph in their voice when they save their game.