Update:
We saw some tweets around a video that we thought was a clip from the Sonic Boom cartoon, but is actually a funny fan creation. To clarify (thanks to all that pointed this out), show writer Alan Denton tweeted a joke about Sonic Boom making this famous glitch canon, and a funny fan produced a video to show it in effect.
https://twitter.com/AlanTheWriter/status/559003480707190785
We're going to go back to finding it humorous now.
Original Article:
It's no secret that Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was - and this is the charitable interpretation - a tad disappointing when it launched in late 2014; riddled with bugs and seemingly unfinished, just recently a whopping 1GB+ update was rolled out in Europe.
One of the issues fixed in that update was the Knuckles Infinite Jump glitch, in which you could jump, pause the game and then jump again, for as long as you could be bothered. Though there are other glitches such as the ability to fall through the world into the depths of purgatory, it was this infinite jump that became best known, especially due to the fact that it allowed some to skip large sections of the game and clear it in under an hour. You can see it in action below.
Amusingly, the official Sonic Boom cartoon has now made light of the jump at the end of an episode (thanks, @Seedy87). The snippet in question is below, in which a pause screen is jokingly flashed up (in German, in this case) as Knuckles leaps into space.
We've got to hand it to Sega and Sonic Boom showrunners, it's nice to see a bit of self-deprecating humour around this notorious glitch.
This is a reminder, too, that the Sonic Boom cartoon is still going, with Sega even boasting of its success in early December. Have you been watching the show?
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It's not part of the cartoon. The YouTube uploader added it in.
Even if it's edited, that's pretty funny.
@lividd3ad Awwwww I was laughing for nothing
Luigi has some competition it seems.
@lividd3ad That's what I was thinking...As hilarious as it would be for them to make fun of the game, the writers would never be allowed to add that in the show because it's bad press for the game (as though it doesn't have enough already), and just the repeating pause being in German even though the cartoon is in English is a contradiction.
Hm, I thought this was legit - https://twitter.com/AlanTheWriter/status/559003480707190785
Just Use Knuckles…
OK, I understand now Added an update so all is clear, but I still find it funny anyway...
Apparently this is what prompted the tweet: http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=33652&st=255
https://twitter.com/AlanTheWriter/status/559128410744569856
Still pretty funny.
@ChessboardMan Game grumps reference. Nice.
Fake or not, this is still hilarious.
This is amazing! Glad to see they have a sense of humor and decided to joke about this.
@ShanaUnite Agreed, It's the year of knuckles
@YoshiTails
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Greatest thing ever.
I really don't like Sonic Boom for ruining Knuckles in both appearance and personality.
So, to get this straight: The cartoon itself just showed Knuckles flying off into space and the writer made a snarky remark regarding the jump glitch in the game ?
As much as i hate that broken mess of a game, but at least these guys have an ounce of humor. Then again, that doesnt account for selling garbage data on a disc at full price.
Oh God, I'm so glad that's not official. The constant pause screen in such quick succession gave me a slight headache and started to drive me mad!
Wow, that's the EXACT same glitch you can do in Master Blaster PAL lol.
Also, what's with 3D Sonics being the most broken games ever?
While I think the Sonic Boom cartoon is overall below average that scene was pretty funny.
But yeah as you figured out yourself that pausing isn't part of the cartoon, what's actually happening is Knuckles is recalling his (flawed) memory of events and retelling it, and it happens near the beginning of the show actually.
Hahahahahahahaha
I want to watch Sonic Boom, I really do because I saw one episode and it was entertaining enough to keep my interest which a lot of cartoons today can't do, but it seems like it's never on! Maybe it's because I work nights and sleep mornings, i dunno.
Now that is comedy, lol.
@kamifox1 You must be very sensitive
The reason the writer joked about this being canon is because they made Knuckles fly in the series, so it's kinda like they knew he'd be able to fly in the game, even though they didn't, it was just a coincidence.
It's still so perfect.
It had to look like Superman
This is as hilarious as it is bad advertising. Really surprised that they owned up to that.
EDIT: Even for a fan creation, that is still really funny.
This is funny.
This. Is. Great.
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