Proof that SNK can give Smash stuff more than SQUARE ENIX.

I really like this video, as someone who’s pretty new to yakuza and has only really played the new games. It’s nice to learn about the old ones

Ah boy, where do we start? With Yakuza 4, it's my 3rd favorite game up to this point for me (I'm on the finale part 4 of Yakuza 5 as I type this). I love love the gameplay so much out of the original engine (OG 1, OG 2, Kenzan, 3 and 4) games because of the wall bounding and sort of juggling you can do with the characters. All 4 characters feel so fun and different from one another with the best upgrade system still not beaten by any future games. Now as for the plot, the plot is held together by a piece of string and gum. First, I very much agree with the sentiment that Kiryu really didn't need to be in this game. Unlike 3 where the orphanage was directly affected by everything, Kiryu should have just flat out refused to get involved. I honestly don't know who could have been the 4th character or if just Akiyama, Saejima and Tanimura could have just been the main characters, maybe the latter? Akiyama's introduction is the same level as Majima's in 0, and he's such a great character. His relationship with Arai is solid, it's just Arai himself is a confusing character. Honestly, if Arai was the next "Dragon of Dojima", it could have been very interesting to see that play out. Saejima really goes through the wringer in this game, holy shit. Losing Sasai, Yasuko and feeling betrayed by Majima, just....man. Katsuragi should have been Saejima's final boss to have players feel as cathartic as Saejima beating up the dude that ruined his life up to this point. While we wouldn't have "Balls out Kido", I feel it makes more sense than Kido imo. Now for Tanimura, I agree with you guys when you mentioned that the side stuff for Tanimura should have been included in his story to flesh him out more as he does get more closure when supplemented with the main story. It's so sad that he doesn't come back at all as a certain event in a later game would have been super meaningful had he been in there either as a playable character again or an important part of the story. I also feel conflicted about Remastered Tanimura's performance as I love the performance, but it came at the cost of his OG actor being treated like absolute dirt by the industry. From what I've heard of his OG performance, I still heavily prefer his Remastered performance. IF they Kiwami'd 4, bringing back his OG actor would be for the best. Thank you guys for doing this series. It's so interesting hearing thoughts from non-fans reacting to Yakuza's highs and lows story wise. I'm expecting the Yakuza 5 vid to be like 10 hours or something, that plot is....something.

Fantastic video as always. I'm looking forward to you doing Yakuza 5 as it's one of my favourites, despite so many people hating on it. I completely agree with what you said at the end about it though.

2:08:50 it will NEVER get old, i love it everytime

i’ve been waiting for this ! can’t wait to watch

Oh god There's a British counter, I'm already loving this video

I wonder if theirs going to be a explaining yakuza 4 to people who haven't played a yakuza game

Damn, I know how I will spend the rest of the day. I'm loving this series btw

Wowie 5 hours? How long did this take to render??

Mega Man, not only the one third party to make the top 10, but also the only one to get triple digits for total number of representation.

This entire video series is truly stellar and it's clear there's a lot of work put into getting these done. I hope they find a larger audience since they're more than worth it.

SNES Mario Circuit 4 is just a scaled down Circuit de Jerez

You forgot the Arcade GP games and their tracks, but I'm not surprised because even Nintendo forgot about them during the course of the 8 Deluxe DLC!...

i really want wario collesseum to come back, like it just seems like suck a cool track and the fact they havent brought it back is annoying :( also DS rainbow road shoulve been added to 8 instead of bringing back the SNES one again after already having brought it back for 7, sure you could say the loop de loop and corkscrew arent as special because of antigravity, but id argue that that makes it a perfect choice for 8 instead of just doing the snes one again

Wario Coliseum S tier

Piranha Plant Pipepline's Japanese name, Warp Pipe Canyon, would've fit so much better.

CTGP-R players stay winning

I can't wait for Mario kart ultimate. Every track is here!

mashhinneneery

Make 8-Figure Circuit Baby Park 2.0. Heck, do that with all the cut basic courses, including Mario Circuit 4.

wuhu

I got really upset when Wii Bowser's Castle was once again not brought back even after MK8 had all of these DLCs What does Nintendo have against that track?

With Super Circuit, I tend to not view its Extra cups in the same light as Retro cups anyway. It's the same idea, but in execution the SMK tracks in SC are gutted of so many course elements and details, I see it personally as more of a rushed afterthought. Cute, but not much more than that.

Fun fact, TECHNICALLY Wuhu island is a part of the Mario universe, as the big ship off the coast of Wuhu town is called Queen Peach, after Peach and travels to Delfino Isle.

37:20 ok but I dont think the names the reason Pipeline didnt make it, we have 4 mario circuits and all have similar gameplays

0:14 didn't MK Super Circuit also had Retro Tracks?

I like the opening sentence because the present-tense seems to imply we'll ever get a new Mario Kart game instead of them milking the decade-old one with DLC for the rest of eternity.

here before 900 subs gang

Snes Bowser Castle 2 has a dead end that can be cleared with the feather item, making it an extremely rare scenario for a shortcut, and nobody ever knows about it, a shame because it's freaking cool trivia (I wonder how it would be adapted without a feather in newer games though) So no, it is NOT the worse course in the franchise, that's going too far :(

32:49 but Tour was the game that added every other track not set in the Mario Universe

26:39 I’m guessing they didn’t get it to run well in Tour and almost every booster pass course is from Tour

16:40 that’s the coolest part though! It like a cool motorcycle cage thing and the verticality is awesome

Guessing we’ll see a lot of the post-super ones in the next mainline game

5:31 this one looks kind of neat

0:13 technically Super Circuit started it

You forgot to mention Mario Kart 8's tracks... It's sad a lot of those didn't come back in the booster course pass.

I hear the pocket circuit fighter music

"upside down U" bro has never heard of a lowercae N ( n )

I really feel like Wario Colosseum would have been a perfect fit for MK8's anti-gravity mechanic. And, honestly, despite Waluigi Pinball being a fan favorite, I find it rather basic in 8DX for some reason. I'd have preferred Colosseum but of course it wasn't in Tour so... oh well.

I personally loved GBA Rainbow Road. The shortcut is hard because of the bumpers on the side, sure. But that's the fun of it. You have to be good to use the shortcut, or else you set yourself back. It's not just a shorter path in a split in the road that EVERYONE takes because if there's no difficulty spike. It's also a nice change of pace from newer game's shortcuts that say "You can only use this shortcut if you have a mushroom" No. Anyone can enter, only the elite can exit without being yeeted to the abyss.

2:09 an upside down u 😭😭😭wait till this guy hears about n

great video but I think the random selection of songs before each track for like two seconds sounds jarring, i think it'd fit better to put the actual course themes in those spots as well as making them at least a little bit audible while you're speaking. awesome stuff tho edit: why on earth do we include tour :/

Although it's obvious why they probably wouldn't come back, I think it's still worth mentioning the RMX tracks from Tour. There's 10 of them, and despite being named after existing courses and using the same aesthetics, the layouts are entirely original and some even use unique course elements

They probably haven't brought back snes mc4 because mc4 is just a mirrored verison of mc3

The game boy introduced retro tracks first

It's actually mind-boggling how well you did your homework. I learned so much from this

Wario stadium and bowsers castle from the GameCube are both in my top 5 favorite courses