the completionist mindset can be a burden cause i marathonned the game over 2 days and once i'd seen most of it ive never bothered to go back since

Star Fox Zero blew my mind as a kid. The 3D audio from the gamepad was something i had never seen before, and somehow the dual screen gameplay never bothered me. It feels like a proper space adventure.

You make some of the best video game videos on KZbin. Always have and will love your stuff. Hate to "critique", but I think the face cam portions really take away from what makes your videos so good. Just feels unnecessary. Regardless, will always support your vids!

Life Goal: have someone in your corner like how Josh is in "uncool Nintendo"'s corner 💚

I will die on the hill that Starfox Zero is the best Starfox game. I am so happy to find another person who respects this game

In Nintendo's consoles credit, they consistently will be bought in ADDITION to a PlayStation or Xbox in a generation.

31:03 Yes, a "seismic shift"... Because a seism happened in Fukushima while the game was developped. 😅

My Gamepad is busted but I'm legitimately tempted to buy a replacement just to re-experience Xenoblade Chronicles X. Great video!

19:17 Ubisoft is not a perfect game publisher but they always support niche consoles for their possible hidden potential, Ubisoft basically carried Google stadia while it was alive and They are supporting A lot,, the niche amazon cloud console called "Amazon luna" , and well amazon luna is now getting GoG support so i guess is gonna be here for a longer time, Ubisoft did right in supporting that platform i guess xdd

Wii u's biggest fan doesn't say a word about Xenoblade X

Purrplegang

You know, it's funny that in my head I remember the Wii U being amazing, but it's almost entirely because I spent an ungodly amount of hours on Hyrule Warriors.

I gotta say, I feel like the beginning of the video put too much weight on the financial success or failure of a video game console. With few exceptions, how well a console sells should have no bearing on your opinion of that console. The Genesis, 64, and Cube were not losers. No one in their right mind should think that. They were a part of generations that had no losers. Now the WiiU and Dreamcast are those few exceptions because their financial failure lead to less support and games for players to enjoy.

Rayman is the only game ℹ️ rem from this console 😅

Anybody else remember the blonde mom in the commercial? She was in a million different commercials back then

Dkc2 is the 🐐 the MVP, THE GOOOAAAAT

How much for a geek critique wonderful 101 video? I would absolutely love hear you talk about the game and your experience with it

Whats really crazy is that everyone forgets that 10 years ago we had glasses free 3D gaming.#bringitback

Double dash is the best Mario Kart besides maybe 8 deluxe.

Harbinger purchasers exist, and I'm also one.

I think the final boss should’ve been some Frankenstein monster K. Rool made, like a FrankenKong or something like that

I agree with your last video 100%. I grew up playing dkc 1 and 2 (born 1991), and didn’t even know there was a third until I decided to mess around with my kids’ switch. I was actually pretty excited and surprised to see there was a third. I tried playing it… but damn it’s just terrible! I forced myself through about 75% of it and will probably leave it there forever.

thanks your video series on metroid i finally went back and played metroid two and i really enjoyed it

I kept my wiiu around till I found a way to play Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on my emulator. Then I finally put it in a box. Good memories

The WiiU / 3DS was the generation where I grew to learn. I had a taste for core games outside of the standard mold of Nintendos family image. Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2, Xenoblade X, and some of the rpg offerings on the virutal console like golden sun were among my most played titles on the thing. I also finnaly got into metroid in this gen. I was a teen at the time, trying to figure out what it was in games that I even liked.

While it's perfectly understandable that you wouldn't bring up Xenoblade Chronicles X in this video, seeing as you don't seem to be that much of an RPG guy, it's also a shame. X really is the epitome of a Wii U game, with a small, but dedicated fanbase, a radical shift from how other games in its series play (or rather, would end up playing - as someone who started with the first game on the Wii, it's honestly more alienating in what directions Xenoblade 2 and 3 went compared to it), and being by now largely forgotten by anyone outside of that small fanbase. When the Wii U's servers shut down the other week, it was a beautiful time of X' fans coming together one last time to make the most out of its online services (that's something that I'll remember for years to come). . . all while the Xenoblade fanbase at large was mostly busy going wild for all the new Lore™ for the numbered games that came from a new artbook. And I still want to point out that X has *amazing* movement and jumping mechanics.

I also think they treated its re release of Earthbound as an ace in the hole. The Wii U was where it made its re emergence after years of fans niggling Nintendo about it.

Man, what would I give to get a Series from you about Banjo-Kazooie, Tooie and ... yeah the 3rd Game... :D

1v1 dueling in Goldeneye 007 multi-player with dual sticks for maximum drift. My buddies and I were like the Wild West back then.

At no point during this video did you answer the question of the title. Very misleading. 🤬

I just want to say, as someone who's been watching you for roughly a decade, it makes me real happy to see your evolution from another reviewer looking at Games as Product into a truly seasoned analytic who appreciates old game design and nuance and context beyond the blinders of what modern game discourse tends to be. That's no shade, because it mirrors my own journey too; games can be so much more than shiny new toys to play with and discard when they "get old" or whatever. Happy to keep watching you! -Signed, a fangirl

KZbinrs are really dicks. You're not famous you're a dude with a camera and a microphone

You are being way to hard the controller was brilliant even bill Gates said he thought it was a masterpiece of design and function

I was 16 at Walmart.

"The dark side of *Nostalgia* is a pathway to many abilities some considered to be unnatural"

At the risk of making you feel old, it’s crazy to imagine a time where using an analog stick wasn’t second nature.

Fighting is magic. 😊

Wii U shouldn’t count Nintendo didn’t even put up a fight with it

I love that game. I was caught off gaurd. I was hoping for lives and a tougher challenge but I see that can't work anymore. Hopefully they go back to that eventually..... or they can remake super mario 64.

Super mario 3d world is the only mario game I have that I never finished. It's bad.

You think thats bad? Try the DS version😅

At least we got Xenoblade Chronicles X and the ability to play all the old Metroid Games (and the Zelda WW and TP remasters) right? 10:12 I actually quite liked the size of the Wii U gamepad, maybe I just had big hands? 25:56 Insert "Why can't Metroid Crawl?" meme here.

I found the analog stick easy to embrace, because it was new and that made it automatically cool. Muscle memory be hecked, my nerd-anderthal brain starts and end with "new = good".

As someone who bought Star Fox Zero and only play it for 20 minutes before forgetting to return the thing. I'm glad I made the right decision. By which I mean not playing it.

Catch the complete episode right'chere: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKXUd3aCi8ufo8k

I kinda miss the wiimote

For any non Arabic speakers Alf layla wa layla means 1001 nights in Arabic

I got used to the Star Fox zero controls but I still deeply dislike them. There's just no world where those controls can compete with the intuitive, snappy, and simple 64 controls. Beyond the controls though, I found the level design pretty hit or miss. Screw the deployable robot and the chicken walker man.

I think the problem with the Wii U's legacy is it was just a bad system. I bought one at launch and barely ever played it. It sucked to use, didn't have enough games, and was not really more powerful than the 360 and PS3 which is a serious problem when you now need to render a second screen. It really doesn't help that basically every game ever made for it that's worth playing is on the Switch now where it usually runs better and has more content. Star Fox Zero, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and those two Zelda ports are basically the only things that are stuck on that hardware. Star Fox is a big ask since it's got such a steep learning curve, Xenoblade is good but niche, and I'd argue the Zelda ports barely even count since they're ports. I even prefer the GameCube version of Wind Waker because I don't like the new bloom lighting. The Wii U's legacy is it failed massively so the Switch could soar. And honestly, there's nothing wrong with that.

The wii u was my associates degree era system and is a time i look back on fondly especially since its slow relase schedule gave me time to just stop and enjoy all the retro titles i missed growing up and replay old favorites. I didnt own a PS4 till summer of 2016 and honestly i was satisfied with that as nothing I wanted for the system was even out until about that time frame until then most of the time i was playing stuff on wii u, 3ds, PSTV and my model 1 PS3 that could play ps1 &2 games honestly would kill for another slow period as i feel like too much is comeing out right now