Still can't believe they shipped this thing (which needs to be plugged in, always) without a power brick lol

Great review. Thank you for this!

Very cool that it finally released!

Great stuff. Do you know if you can use the pixel art style in the editor, as well as play as Max? (The mutant mudds protagonist)

I've never even heard of this game but just have to observe that the new version looks way less charming in almost every way. From what you've shown. Fascinating and lengthy development transition to HD that ultimately looks like a smartphone game now.

This is intriguing, I hope for the Best for you!

my cone kirby fell off my shelf, do you have the instructions for it?

Did you get a greenscreen? I can't tell (Seriously, this was a great video. I love how you really had fun with moving yourself around the screen, it kept it interesting to watch!)

I discovered octopath traveler 2 a few months ago and was instantly hooked. I played through it about four times and octopath 1 twice since. I haven't been able to play anything else. My favorite series before were the Ys and the tales. But I have never played through any of those games back to back like I have with octopath. That's saying something.

Hello. I made a lego kirby. it will be for a polybag. support it on lego ideas if you like it. but support the kirby that is for a polybag.

Why we have to read the chapter backwards?

How long the manga run and it is still running from today in 2024

It's because it's very formulaic and safe. It absolutely nails what it's trying to be though. 7 Rebirth is going to win 2024.

Your writing and editing just gets funnier and funnier

Always loved Polof. He leads you to a hidden door

Do you have the instructions to build Elfilin? I need them and can’t find them 🥺

Yo. Putting your url into your 3DS streetpass message is genius. OpenSauce brought me here

The entire Mystrery Dungeon series is such an underrated and overlooked series in the west. Most people over here just know of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, but the broader series consists of almost 30 games by now!! It started as a Dragon Quest spin off, with Toneko's mystery dungeon all the way back in 1993, with the first Shiren game being the second game in the series. Comparing Mystery dungeon to Warriors is honestly quite a good comparison with how often they are used as spin offs for other series. In total the series consists of 10ish Shiren games, 6ish Pokemon games, 4 Dragon Quest games, 3 Chocobo games, 2 Etrian Odyssey games, and 2 games from other series. Unfortunatly because of its niche status in the west, almost half of the Mystery Dungeon series have never been officially localiced, with most of them not even having fan translations yet. So if someone would want to play trough the entire series, it wouldn't even be possible yet... The Shiren games are by far the worst here Shiren 1 remaster on the DS, Shiren 3 on Wii, Shiren 5, and Shiren 6 are the only games to get official western releases. And the only game in the series to have a fan translation is Shiren 2 on N64. This means that all of: Shiren GB Shiren GB2 Shiren Gaiden (fun fact, Asuka, one of the companions in Shiren 6 is the main character of this one) Shiren GB 2 Remake and Shiren 4 are not playable at all if you can't read japanese. It was so sad watching the reveal trailer for Shiren 6 where they showcased the history of the series, and watching as over half of the games shown has never been releaased playable in English :(( Anyways, great video, always love seeing more people taking an interrest in the greater Mystery Dungeon series! The only other game on the Switch is Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy, which is a remaster the Wii game Chocobo's Dungeon. its the only game in the "series" with no involvement from Chunsoft, which somewhat shows... its mechanics feel somewhat off from the rest of the series, and its item variety and relience on grinding is honestly not great. While i only played the original Wii game, its not one of my favorites unfortunatly. If i were to reccommend another mystery dungeon game i'd say you should give the Shiren 1 remaster on DS a try, Its honestly an amazing game with a great atmosfare and its nice to see where the series started at. If you own either a DS or a 3DS the game isn't even that expensive, going for around 25$ on eBay, or you can of course emulate it.

Nice review(s)! Didn't realise initially that this was going to include the _Tower of Fate_ game too. 👍 _Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: EVERY BUDDY_ is another interesting MD entry on Switch, do try it if you haven't already. 🙂

Great skit and review. This series has always interested me, despite having only played Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. Love the Japanese aesthetic.

If octopath 2 did not have a 2 in its title, it would have won. Sequels have an implicit bias that players who did not play the first may need to do homework to "catch up." And no one likes homework.

Thanks for that, i m so sad that game popped at thé wrong time

Where Can I find this book? I want to read it yet they are all out of stock.

I should've kept better care of my copy Air Ride. It haunts me to this day.

I am so glad these exist

lesgo kirbz!

Before I really started getting into KZbin as a mainstream hobby, I was concerned that I loved so many unique and niche franchises that made my other friends say, "What is that?!", but now, more people are starting these classics, and the Switch has given them a second chance, especially with those remakes! Thank you for covering so many of them!

there's a lot of potention for a new wojak in the thumbnail of this video...

Can’t wait for more remakes of Mario games such as TTYDR. LM2HD is just remastered for sure. Rumors saying a FE4 remake, a strange one, is coming to the switch.

Can we get a Doshin the Giant remake or a new game? Come on!

In the case for the Mario remakes, That's mostly because of the Mario movie.

My only gripe with this game is that it doesn't give purpose to why these characters journey together

"PromoSM"

Octopath is probably my favorite jrpg franchise It has a goods stories but lack some dialogue between our playable characters even tho its better in the 2nd game The music is crazy, yasunori nishiki is probably my favorite composer with keichi okabe,soken and go shiina for god eater 2 The gameplay ..oh god it's like the music i can talk about it for hours It's easily the best turn based combat system ever made by far I really love what they made with the mobile game, it's a really good game too and yasunori nishiki is still on fire in the mobile game

I’m playing it RN as we listen & read 🤣

To be honest, I didnt like Octopath 1. I liked the gameplay, the visuals and the audio. But, my party didnt talk to each other or really affect each other story. I really hated that... If they change that in the second game, I might try it out

Physical media chads rise up

Thanks for making this video. I agree Octopath II is absolutely amazing, and it definitely didn't have the hype that some other games had in 2023. And the soundtrack is one of my favorites of all time, it really is that good!

Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are very basic games. The music is good in an old school way, but the characters are half-baked, the storytelling is meh, the characters are vanilla as can be, and the difficulty is non-existent. I cannot fathom the people who seem to think it's this huge leap forward for the franchise, and a should-be game of the year contender. In every way that matters, it's the exact same game as the original- a safe, unambitious, cozy rpg. And to think this game should win RPG of the year over BG3 and FF16, or best music over FF16 and AW2 is a total joke.

My preferences in gaming has shifted a lot in the last 6 years. When OT1 released I knew I wouldn’t like it at all, I liked the style but the gameplay wasn’t for me at all. 3 years ago I started to get some enjoyment out of turn-based JRPGs and in those years I’ve played a lot of them. Last year was filled with games so OT2 went a bit under my radar but I’m circling back to it now. Decided I want to play it so I looked at both OT games and what I got out of the general opinions is that OT2 is the definitive version of the franchise concept so that’s the one I’m going with. Really excited to play it. I doubt I’ll be able to finish it before Rebirth releases but this is a nice game to keep me busy till the 29th and after that it will be a nice change of pace between gaming sessions playing OT2 and Rebirth back to back

They also added the characters acknowledging eachother in battle, like after a break the next character will congratulate the traveler that broke/defeated an enemy, that counts towards healing/reviving a traveler as well, or if one if the travelers are KO'd/critical hp. Added unique skills for the travelers, via EX skills or Latent Powers really adds more diversity to the gameplay Added animations to the bosses, a LOT more voice acting compared to OT1, and a lot more improvements overall. Some things are different (like recruiting certain travelers and the ending having a minor change for the protagonist you chose), adding more replayability, that and you being able to use many different combinations of jobs and characters throughout the game. And the music, really slaps hard, for both OT1 and OT2, though the night versions of the area themes are sublime and imo the best (non combat music change, because man, the transitions are so good in both OT games) related change to the music You can notice the changes and improvements of OT2 if you play OT1 after OT2, though OT1 is still fun to play through. I just balance between the two games, OT2 if i want to wind down or relive some epic moments, and OT1 for some of the brutal bosses or random encounters in a challenge run.

Ironically enough, OT2 is timeline wise *before* OT 1. one NPC is from OT 1s hornburg

This video need more views, OT2 was my FAVE game last year, and even made it to my top 5 all time

Agreed

Chained Echoes was an overlooked "masterpiece" (I kinda hate that word), everyone knows and played Octopath

It's good that this game was shrouded by others, not so good ones at awards. Because this will become cult classic in time and most of those other games would be long forgotten.

OT1 wasn't nominated for best score for its year so I was really hoping OT2 would be nominated but it wasn't even nominated in a single category :(

OT2 is cleary a banger like the first one, everything in this game gave me good memories A well-designed game, I loved it

I just got around to playing this. I liked the first one, but I would say that I like that this one almost 100% more. The early reviews I read weren't promising, reiterating many of the same complaints I, and others, had of the first one. I can see why they did this since the improvements over the first were not readily observable in the first 15 hours or so.