YMMV / Sonic 2 XL

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• Annoying Video Game Helper: Tails, to an even greater extent than in the vanilla game. He can still grab rings, and while it won't affect his weight, it certainly will affect Sonic's.
• Funny Moments:
  • Seeing the grossly overweight Sonic rolling around helplessly around slopes and loop de loops, especially in Chemical Plant zone.
  • There's some hilarity to seeing the otherwise Nigh-Invulnerable Super Sonic die from a heart attack and the subsequent Death Throws animation for an obese Super Sonic. More hilariously, Super Sonic's sprite keeps flickering between his "fit" self and his actual weight as he runs.
  • The Continue Screen has the maximum sized Fat Sonic successfully perform a spindash to get back into the game.
• Memetic Mutation: The phrase "Gotta go fat!" when regarding the game.
• That One Level: Several levels have it such that you're bound to collect lots of Onion Rings. Better know where all the ? Monitors in the level are!
  • Casino Night has lots of unavoidable rings throughout it (mainly in Act 2), and you won't always be able to find a ? Monitor in time if you go through, so it's very easy to get Sonic fat enough to die by going into one of the pinball launchers.
  • The fat gimmick already makes the game harder, but Hill Top Zone will make you tear your hair out trying to beat it. The biggest challenge is that there is a lot of tight jumping involved in the level, and even the first level of Fat Sonic can make it extremely hard or even impossible to clear certain ledges. This can also get you trapped in the lava pits inside the mountains. This level forces you to take your time, and it will punish you if you try and rush through it.

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