Double Dragon II is awesome, used to play that one with my friend. Never beat it though, it gets really hard especially when the platforming sections start appearing.

Wowee, I had a hard time beating bowser the normal way as a kid! That's pretty impressive

Thank you!

Hell yeah, glad to have ya dude

Great point! Plants vs Zombies 2 is pretty good too. The modding scene makes it possibly the best game in the series, they cut out the unsavory parts of the vanilla game, like having to pay for plants. Definitely check em out if you haven't already! I enjoyed the huge increase in difficulty from the first game. PvZ 1 is incredibly easy.

I appreciate that a lot, thank you! I considered getting an upscaler for a short while, but I prefer it to look authentic, almost like and old KZbin game review or how things looked when these games came out. Yeah go play Super Mario World! That was the game that inspired this episode, I always think about it during the holidays.

Thank you! Still haven't played Chrono Trigger yet, I own it too, but just keep procrastinating! Might need to make it a New Years Resolution haha.

The Super Mario Galaxy games are pretty dang good! I need to play them again, it's been quite a while for me. That's cool that you play stuff with your family every once in a while, sounds like a fun time!

I'm sure someone will take care of it after I move... lol

They made so many small improvements to SoR 1, it was perfect. 3 is a little too long and difficult but still a great game. Haven't tried 4 yet but I own it! Definitely agree, 2 is the best one!

@chid255 two is absolutely a huge improvement. To me three was mid. I've only tried the fourth one briefly but I do know supposedly they're doing a fifth one coming out soon that's going to be 3D from what I heard last

Oh yeah I heard a 5th one is coming, I hope it turns out good!

Really? I thought Mario World would be your favorite! Since you're such a big Mario fan, especially his voice. Haha

It's so ripe for replays, just like the original Castlevania, straight to the point and not too long to beat! Passwords are nice too

Both Lunar 1 and 2 are amazing! The best RPGs ever made, especially the first game.

Interesting! I actually had no idea about that haha. They made it sound pretty good on the Intellivision

@chid255 this video tells you what all the pieces are in the description. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZPHdWhuj5Koh80si=ofkNoWzJ95wAnEtE

@TrevRockOne Oh my God, I've listened to Night on Bald Mountain probably a dozen times and just never connected the two!

@TrevRockOne No way! Same with beethoven, they sound so different in instrumentation but once I hear them side by side I can't unhear it! I can't believe I've been listening to familiar music this whole time LOL This is getting pinned

I'm hoping to get to the rest of the series later next year! I did play through IX and have a lot to say about it when I do finally review it. The gameplay is really good, probably the best of the party system games for me.

Awesome to hear! They never disappoint us with the soundtrack haha

Hell yeah, appreciate it dude!

@@chid255 appreciate you and these game reviews

Thank you! Yes that's him in the sweater, we had him get in costume for the occasion, haha.

@@chid255 Should have worn the glove too while playing the game! 😄

One of the few times the rainbow didn't result in something terrible! Highly recommend this game!

It's one of those games that gets overlooked because of AVGN, but it's really a gem! And yeah the music is really catchy and fits the mood! Thanks for watchin dude!

Pretty much nothing redeemable about this one! Hey I'd watch you play this just to see your reaction to randomly clipping through the floor, LOL.

My personal vision for the 1-10 scale makes this a pretty bad game but not completely insufferable! 1/10s or lower are games that don't work or completely unplayable, like a game that just blue screens your computer for example. 2/10s are functional but have no entertainment value or just nothing to them at all, something like taboo the sixth sense or desert bus. 3/10s are almost 100% garbage but have some substance and can at least possibly entertain someone, maybe laughing at it for example, haha. 4/10s are bad games but aren't absolutely miserable to play. Terminator was bad and extremely disappointing but it wasn't a complete frustration fest like ALF, and was relatively short and manageable. Just very poorly programmed and boring! That's how I scale bad games

@@chid255 I see... You're trying to be objective... Cause I wouldn't hesitate giving Mario a 1. 😝

Thanks dude! This is my textbook definition of underrated video game series, happy to be introducing people to how cool Ys is!

That's a high honor compliment, thanks! Cut the cuss words and maybe I could've wrote for them! Welp, too late now...

@@chid255 hey too bad you can't start your own magazine. But then again physical media is dead so why bother 🤷. You could start something online maybe like a magazine but idk

It was up for pre-order last year on the behemoth site, not sure if you can still get it now but worth a look!

@@chid255 I have to wait the store reopens tmrw.

Give it a shot, I dare you, LOL. Yep that box part was ridiculous, how is anyone going to figure that out?

100%, they tried to reinvent the wheel and failed miserably!

Batman Forever was almost my first SNES way back in the day. Thank God that didn't happen! I probably would've dropped video games entirely and done wood workings as a hobby, LOL

@@chid255 I know many people who saw the movie and the commercial for the game and got hyped and ran to the store after work to buy it new for full retail price when it first dropped. Needless to say but there were many fits of rage back then

Now the only people who buy it are those confusing it with Batman Returns haha. Or maybe people like me who like to occasionally torture themselves with bad games!

@@chid255 but it's a life lesson they won't soon forget

That game looks like a complete nightmare!

YOU TAKE THAT BACK ITS GARBAGE! Haha

Oh yeah Bloodstained is a really good game! Not quite SOTN level for me, but that's probably just because of nostalgia! I would love to chat with ya too! I'm not really on many platforms these days but you could add me on Discord if you'd like, my username is just chid255! Haha, yep I've got some pretty unpopular opinions too, I HATE Ocarina of Time for example.

@@chid255 perhaps if I can spare the time. And yeah I thought you might say that. I played SOTN because I liked bloodstained and feel the exact opposite as a result. 😆

@samwhary5498 Bloodstained objectively is a more balanced game. It doesn't get super easy like SOTN does. But for me a lot of the fun of SOTN is how customizable the game can be in difficulty, just by limiting what you have access to. It can be as hard or as easy as you want it to be, which is pretty unique for a metroidvania.

@@chid255 fair point. Both also have excellent music. Lots of fun environments and traversal mechanics.. I enjoy the martial arts and magic systems in bloodstained. Though in fairness I've not explored SotN's in depth. I only know I'm terrible at the combos in SotN. XD

I've heard that name before! He worked on Ys? That's awesome, no wonder the intro for Ys II was so cool haha!

@@chid255 He worked at Falcom for about 5 years. During that time he did the intro of other games, but that was at the end of his time on the company.

There are some NES games I'll probably never even try to beat! My blood pressure has limits, LOL

No... LOL

Never heard of this glitch before, would've helped a lot on the Joker back then!

This was a really nice comment, thank you!

I bet Batman made some special modifications for it! 9mm rocket rounds aren't impossible for this guy haha

That's a really cool story, thanks for sharing! Good luck with the Joker haha, I appreciate ya stopping by dude!

@@chid255 Well, it's time to defeat him after so many years 😂 Hopefully 😂😂😂 Maybe this time, I'll wiiiiiiin 😂😂😂 Nothing to it, I'll come back again 😁

Let me know how it goes! It's a tough fight but be persistent and aggressive and I'm sure you'll get em!