When you mentioned all the locations Mario Kart 64 ended up in, the place I find most synonymous w/ it was Best Buy. This was back when they cobbled together a bunch of screens into a giant super TV you could see from the entrance. The sides of it were surrounded by a giant Mario & Sonic in their typical promo material poses. The central pole it was on had a SNES w/ Yoshi's Island on one side and Game Boy on the other (Virtual Boy briefly in '95/'96), but front and center displaying on the giant screen was an N64, 4 controllers and a copy of this game. Wario Stadium was a common sight walking into the store throughout '97. Banjo-Kazooie & Star Wars Episode 1 Racer were later featured on it. Given how much the store scaled back its games area going into Gen 6, that was a remarkable thing to encounter. The only thing that came close was singing on their Wii copy of Beatles Rock Band (not the demo so almost all of the songs were available).

Really reminds me of octopath traveler

I relate to hero 3 the most a caring mother left alone to take care of his dads abcense for doing a better good for the world and family and then finish what his dad couldnt big shoes to fill daunting but i can still pull trough thanks to God aid and his guidence i can still fulfill my purpose in life asigned for me

The dificulty could have been fixed in the new versions yet they never did it lol

Wanna see a jrpg without grinding and levels let me introduce you romancing saga and still the most dificult jrpg i played lol

Dragon quest 4 had a better sephiroth oh wait it was the OG final fantasy got inspired to make their own version of it and nobody ever talks about that but besides that your narration was wonderful i enjoyed how i felt like i was watching those oficial videos being told in Nintendo sony microsoft precentations back in the day with light humor hear in their noicely done got a sub from me

I’ve just finished playing dq on gbc and I’m about to start dq2. Didn’t get into the series until dq8 but I’ve enjoying going back and seeing where it all started.

This video feels like a video that would have a lot more views than it does, so great job on this. As someone who's favorite game ever is this game; this game's world building is really top tier. There's so many little things in this game that I can't get enough of, so many different background characters going through their own stories, or every level serving a real purpose for the tropical island vacation setting. I don't know if you're aware of mods for this game at all, but a really big one is coming out in a few weeks, Super Mario Eclipse. I'm bringing that up because it seems to be maintaining the world building from the original game really well from what I've seen.

The fact that Dragon Quest never took off in the west like how it did in Japan proves to me that Americans have no taste. Hell, I'm not much better either. I slept on this series for years and only ever barely touched the first game. Then I tried 11 and realized just what I was missing out on. Now I prefer Dragon Quest wayyy more than other similar RPGs like Final Fantasy, and to this day I'm still kicking myself for sleeping on it. Now I've beaten 1, 2, 3, 11S, and 8. Now I'm playing through 8's postgame, 5, and later 9 as I wait for 3 HD-2D. This series it peak, and God bless Akira Toriyama's soul.

Man, these videos are all so well done! Great work dude! Which Dragon Quests have you all played now?

I absolutely LOVED this! More people need to see this video! A perfect mostly spoiler-free review of one of my favorite games of all time! Been playing DQ4 since elementary school on the NES and it’s been a Top 2 game for me ever since.

I played the Switch versions of DQ I-III and I have to say that I love the art style. I mean, I know what everyone says, but if you think about it, Toriyama came to design the monsters and because of hardware limitations they had to be in pixel art on NES, and then SNES. People bash these ports because they’re not pixelated art, but I disagree as these ports have the original Toriyama art right into the game, and I think that’s beautiful.

Great video! I loved IV, with the emotional opening and that ending that makes you drop a tear. I was so hyped after finishing this DS version and when I got to play V, I couldn’t believe it was even better. Hoping for their re-remakes for Switch 2 :)))

I REALLY need to go back replay this one, thanks for the video

I finally understood this game when I was working for an ungrateful employer as a team lead. The first scene reminded me of heading to a staffing agency to recruit temps to help me deal with Archfiend Baramos.

This franchise has great replay value. Rather than bombard the audience with gimmicks and DLC, Enix gives us a simple set of tales in which the player uses his imagination to play the game. I first played it and was annihilated in 1990. The mobile app was a great way for me to rediscover the game and my own imagination.

The people are clamoring for you to play Outer Wilds

Fantastic video! World building is one of my favorite aspects of games. With books you're limited to your imagination, with tv / movies you're stuck with what's onscreen, but games have that unique ability to let you explore and feel like you exist in a world. Culture is a huge part of that. Nintendo has a way of creating worlds with a unique and memorable culture that makes you want to explore!

Ps saro lol. it's sorrow, dude

Its insane this game' world still is so referenced years later, I recently played some Mario Maker 2 levels based on Sunshine :>

The secret levels were my nightmare! I unironically had a nightmare with the secret stage music in it. That was the night right before I beat the game! But overall Mario Sunshine was fun (except for the secret levels) and I enjoyed my experience with it!

I just discovered your channel recently. I have really enjoyed your reflection videos. I am making my way through all of them and they are very well done and enjoyable. I look forward to more.

Really looking forward to this.

Earlier this year I started playing DQ1 after finding out it was available on the Play Store for Android. Up until then I had no prior knowledge of the franchise other than it had characters designed by Akira Toriyama, that it's considered the father of JRPGs and that it's a "competitor" to Final Fantasy which I'm fairly familiar with. As soon as I started playing DQ1 it was love at first sight. I loved its simplicity and how gameplay focused it was. After finishing it I decided to give DQ4 a go, since I had heard good things about it, particularly about Torneko's chapter and how it's very unique to anything out there. Just like DQ1, I fell in love immediately and DQ4 stands as my favorite so far (I've just finished DQ2 and I'm currently playing DQ3). Anyway, love the game, its characters and soundtrack. All around a great and memorable experience. Thanks for your video on it. I'm looking forward to more!

FFII is honestly one of my favorites, and it's all because of the leveling system. I love that you as the player get to choose, through your actions, how your characters grow and what their strengths and weaknesses are. The story and characters are also surprisingly deep and impactful considering the limitations games had at the time.

Dragon quest games are absolutely a blast because the creaters really knew how to slowly introduce new things and really let you feel out your progress in contrast to the difficulty slowly raising as well. They nailed the trickle of the rpg the first time and everything where others (cough ff1) just doesn't flow as nicely

Man tour videos are fantastic, I really hope they blow up in views, you deserve it! ❤️

Lovely video, thank you for sharing.

IMO the best N64 Zelda game. I appreciate stories that confront the darkest topics to stories that ignore them or nihilistically resign themselves. Hope only shines its brightest when it is darkest.

I’m so confused! I love your content/videos and don’t understand why you aren’t getting more videos!?!? People need to see these

Great video! Editing was fantastic!

All hail one of the greatest Zelda games in the franchise!

HYPE!!

Woo! HYPE TRAAAAAAIN!!! Edit: I signed operation rainfall which turned out to be a massive success for those of us who really wanted to play the last story. Later, I also signed Operation moonfall which was significantly less fruitful. It wasn't like it even brought Majora's Mask to a new generation because Majora's mask has been made available in so many forms already and continues to be made available via the switch. I'm not entirely disappointed to have a portable version of it But when my kids are ready to play through it, I'll offer them the N64 version, the GameCube collector's edition, the Wii U virtual console version, and the Wii version in that order before I'll suggest Majora's Mask 3D.

If I could like multiple times, I would!! Keep up the good work :)

Nice Video, But You Should Have Played The Nes Version The DS one it's not really good the Original it's way Batter.

Really Well Made Video. What Makes Dragon Quest Series Such A Loveable Franchise, It's Is Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball/Dragon Quest Artworker Design. Glad you enjoyed The Game. I have Finished All Four Nes Dragon Quest Games. My Goal is to Finish All Dragon Quest Games. ❤✌️

beautiful ending!! my brother in Christ!

Bro, remember Karting at the Ranch that one time!

Wario getting knocked off of the course at 1:38 made me laugh extremely hard! Another great video! Your editing is on point!

KZbin doesn't take video length into consideration when deciding that you're dead between videos. The algorithm has been brutal to your channel. Hope they get their act together so you get the recognition you ought to receive. Great video.

It's probably nostalgia, but I really love the 64 tracks. Rather than every track having to have its own gimmicks, I'm happy with some being packed with gimmicks and some light or without gimmicks.

Glad to see you back! ♥♥♥♥♥

Generation 1 will always have a special place in my heart. It may not be pretty and saying that it was held together by paperclips and bubblegum is an insult to paperclips and bubblegum, but these games were very important to me and my brother during our earlier years and still are to this day. Pokémon was a phenomenon. You couldn't escape it whether you wanted to or not. Everyone we knew had the games and it was briefly playing our friends' Game Boys that we were able to get our first taste of Red and Blue. When we got Game Boy Colors of our own around the time of my brother's birthday, we got a slew of games like Link's Awakening DX, but the ones we wanted the most were the Pokemon games. We would ultimately get all three games for ourselves that year, but despite us having already sampled Red and Blue, our first game that we *owned* was Yellow. Our parents even bought us an unofficial guide in order to see how we could defeat Brock without using Bulbasaur, Squirtle or even Charmander (you can at least cheese Brock with a STAB Ember even as a first form Fire type; not so in Fire Red and Leaf Green!). What we got was an informative guide that laid out the differences between the three versions (i.e.: Pikachu naturally learning Thunderbolt at Level 26). It also had a brief HISTORY of the development of the games including the little factoid that the games were originally Red and *Green* with the one left behind becoming (for our intents and purposes) our American Blue. It also had photos of merchandise from Japan that haven't yet come stateside (most never did), an episode list that briefly gave a summary of each episode up to that point in Japan (and yes, it DID include the banned Electric Porygon episode), a Pokedex that had the Pokemon Stadium models next to the Pokémon *Green* sprites, a primer on the Pokémon TCG and, last but certainly not least, walkthroughs for Generation 1 and even Pokémon Snap of all games! I still have the guide in my room with some of the pages missing, presumable lost in my cousin's house over in the Philippines when we went there on vacation back in '99. Anyways, the guide taught us that there were wild Mankey west of Viridian City that can learn Low Kick at Level 9. It also taught us that Butterfree now learns Confusion at Level 10, the earliest it can evolve! Despite this, and because we were stubborn, we decided the best course of action was to powerlevel our Pikachu to Level 20 so it can learn Slam. Yes it's a garbage move, but we wanted to prove we could beat Brock with just a Pikachu. And beat him we did. Not only did it make the rest of the warly game easier (our Pikachu was at max happiness meaning we could immediately pick up the Bulbasaur at Cerulean City), but it meant we were more likely to learn Thunderbolt right before Misty. This surprisingly effective strategy has been so ingrained in my mind that I do this alongside training Mankey to Level 9 and getting Butterfree at Level 10 every single time I replay Yellow. Some habits, like Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic Adventure 2, die hard. XD Anyways, I really enjoyed the video! You basically managed to take every reason Generation 1 was such a great game and how it changed the gaming landscape in a clear and concise video. Keep up the great work!

I request a Diddy Kong racing video!

My childhood right here. I was a master of the game boy. Retired as Undefeated

DAN THE MAN IS BACK BABYYYYYYYYYYY!

The power of nostalgia is both Pokémon's greatest strength and weakness. Pokémon captures the hearts of children all across the world, and those children grow up loving Pokémon throughout their lives. Game Freak knows this; they understand the personal connection you have with your Pokémon, the unforgettable journey you embarked on with your first game, and the fond memories you hold of Pokémon. On the surface, this seems like a positive thing, and in some ways, it is. I'm not here to tell you that you can't enjoy Pokémon due to nostalgia. Instead, I'm here to discuss how the game's quality is affected by it. Pokémon stands as one of the most successful franchises in the world. However, the games often fail to reflect that success. They might be buggy, possess low-quality graphics, or even be perceived as overall boring. How does Pokémon manage to get away with this? Let me explain why: nostalgia. Pokémon fans from around the world tend to acquire each new entry because it's a new Pokémon game, and they recall the enjoyment they experienced as kids. And guess what? Game Freak is well aware of this. Consequently, the games often have lower quality than they should, because Game Freak knows they don't have to put in excessive effort. They understand that Pokémon fans will purchase the next game regardless. Thus, the power of nostalgia might be beneficial for fans but detrimental to the games' quality.