7 Bizarre First Appearances for Famous Game Characters

Think you know which games these characters made their debut in? You might be surprised...
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[@local_cryptid]

New theory: Sonic actually is an air freshener. All the adventures are dreams, he goes fast because hes hanging in a literal race car. He fights machines because the car is racing against other machines.

[@sidnew2739]

Dumbest theory ever.

[@SimuLord]

And the machine he's in is being piloted by a caveman portrayed by Brendan Fraser.

[@Shade-0]

We need to contact Game theory RIGHT NOW!

[@fowlerds3032]

And all of his “friends” are just animals the driver has run over

[@Ultradragon16]

I don't normally like the whole dream theory, but this one's kinda cute and wholesome

[@dallydaydream]

I for one am gratified that Luke described Luigi as being best known as a stone-cold sniper, rather than something less flattering, such as "the one who keeps accepting invitations to obviously haunted buildings".

[@darrienjones8917]

You'd think after the first few times Luigi would do better

[@RayvenLunaNite]

Or as the cowardly brother

[@drake713]

To be fair if I won a house from a competition I didn't even participate in I'd at least check it out, which would make me a Mario. They both acted smarter later going as a group to a hotel, but, oh well

[@dallydaydream]

@@drake713 Yeah I can't really hold it against Luigi either, I just want the best for the poor guy

[@thexp905]

"The one with the massive dong" would work as well.

[@mta1864]

Kind of an appropriate video since both Ellen and Luke themselves didn't debut on Outside Xtra either :D

[@spiffymarc]

Outside Xtra is a supergroup

[@EdMottoOficial]

release lore video

[@rileywalton7507]

Fun fact: Ellen Rose's first appearance was not on the channel Outside Xtra, but rather she had her own channel several years before being on the Outside Xbox franchise

[@BudBonkerson]

Ellen and I both played Bioshock for the first time very recently! Woah.

[@KillerBlaze]

No way!

[@danielmiller3596]

It was dedicated to KoA

[@carlwheezer623]

@@danielmiller3596 why am I not surprised by this in the slightest lmao

[@tibi_lares]

Also, technically her first appearance on the OX franchise wasn't on Outside Xtra, but in a Outside Xobox video (no not the channel intro, I'm talking about one Lara Croft multiplayer video)

[@RoboticEdward]

Minor correction: Roy's game Binding Blade was supoosed to come out before Melee but it was delayed due to the plot being revised (there's an entire story regarding the history of that game but that's for another time). Sakurai had details of what Roy was like before the delay, and he's portrayed as a firecracker, while in his actual game, he's a more reserved character.

[@wizwitch5318]

"Totally unrelated to that, here's another video. I don't know what that card's going to point to. Could be anything." The fact that no video popped up somehow made it even funnier

[@williamgroves3134]

Further adding to the confusion around Roy, is that his game would be the last Japan exclusive FE game for a long time. The first FE game released to the world is, of all things, a prequel to Roy's story.

[@irrespondible]

That's like Lucas appearing as a trophy in Brawl before debuting in 4, as Mother 3 still haven't made it to the US.

[@drawingdragon]

I'm relatively new to the FE fanbase, but didn't the same thing happen with Corrin? He was added to Smash as a promotion for Fates?

[@Ultradragon16]

@@drawingdragon I think Fates had been out in Japan already but there was nothing certain on a Western release. Then the same day they announced Corrin for Smash they announced the release in the West. I could be wrong though, maybe it wasn't out yet, but that is how they announced the game outside of Japan

[@kimballbelliston5925]

​@@irrespondible Lucas was playable in Brawl

[@Ladywizard]

@@drawingdragon They did the same thing with Byleth for three houses... it wasn't out yet then oh last member of first dlc pack is... another fire emblem character

[@l0stndamned]

Force Unleashed got delayed a bit so not only did Starkiller's Soul Calibur appearance happen first, but the miniatures set for an old starwars battle game that tied into the game ended up coming out nearly a year before it.

[@carlsiouxfalls]

I wondered if a delay contributed to that being on the list.

[@Phuzzi]

So are fuzzy dice in a mirror also air-fresheners? Because as far as I can tell, Sonic was just a trinket hanging in the car, not an air-freshener.

[@HALberdier17]

Sonic looked like a Keychain that the driver hung from the mirror. It looked like he was hanging by a metal chain. Air fresheners hang from string.

[@SoooBUwU]

i guess hypothesizing about what Sonic would smell like adds more writing material than just saying "Sonic was a rearview mirror decoration" or it could've just been an honest mistake, i dunno.

[@mar_speedman]

"Full of innuendos, and out-yo-end-os" Greatest joke I've ever heard. Props to you, Luke.

[@barneybetsington7501]

THAT was the greatest joke you've ever heard?! Well, rest east now that you've experienced the height of your preferred comedy, I guess. I hope to experience similar joy 😊

[@thurkelofwarwick926]

Technically Ellen appeared in an Outside Xbox video before Outside Extra, layers, upon layers, upon layers!!!

[@JaneXemylixa]

Even more oddly about Policenauts, Otacon has a poster of the game in his lab. Which means he knows what Policenauts!Meryl is like. Which makes you wonder about what exactly he must've thought when he (eventually) met a girl who is basically like that chick from Policenauts

[@massgunner4152]

Makes you wonder how many characters and situations have been prophetized by Otacon's media collection.

[@merchantfan]

Maybe if Policenauts is a game in that world the developer (Hideo Kojima?!) met the 'real' Meryl and just put a version of her in the game

[@HorusDeathtouch]

He also has a Zone of the Enders poster and a mech action figure iirc

[@druinofodd1762]

Doom Guy's first outing as the slayer was in 1993, but he had actually appeared as early in 1986 in a game called The Legend of Zelda.

[@ExSuPiO1]

This is such a gem of a comment, I really hope Luke gets to see this 😂

[@philswiftdestroyerofworlds1988]

The call back to that old theory video is so golden haha, so glad I read this

[@darklord884]

@@philswiftdestroyerofworlds1988 Which theory video?

[@BogeyTheBear]

The very first one that pops up when you do a search for "Doom Guy is Link"

[@RazorO2Productions]

But there are bible verses in Doom, so if DoomGuy is Link, it's the original original Link from the original game who is Christian :)

[@UrpleSquirrel]

Wait, wait, I've got it! Policenauts is a game in the Metal Gear universe. The creator of that game knows Meryl personally and had a massive crush on her, so wrote her into the game and asked if she wanted to voice her video game tribute herself.

[@JachAnen]

So the in game reason here is the exact same reason she was in MGS?? It works

[@jangelaclough5457]

​@@JachAnen actually, more of the inverse. As the real reason is policenauts came first while this has metal gear come first. Also, it can be argued to be cannon as there are policenauts memorabilia around otocans office.

[@JachAnen]

@@jangelaclough5457 It's still the same reason for doing it though, liking the character.

[@easydiesel]

"Link will be onscreen" *thumbnail of Link's face appears* Always committed to journalistic integrity, OXtra. Outstanding work.

[@festeringintelect4737]

Popeye the Sailor is one of the most popular characters of all time, but he was introduced as a minor character in the newspaper comic "Thimble Theater" then in the tenth year of it's run.

[@loonytunescrazy]

And apppered in a Betty Boop cartoon

[@cookiecomments846]

I’ve decided that this is more important than an English essay

[@freddierhodes8201]

Good decision

[@aarroncross3801]

Of course it is.

[@BrotherMag]

It's good for the soul

[@princeevilregal8209]

It is, you've made the right choice; anything can be done the minute before if you procrastinate hard enough 😅

[@Some__Guy]

Oh my god, so Corrin being added as a character before Fates came out wasn't even the first time they'd done that with Fire Emblem? That's insane.

[@massgunner4152]

Hell Byleth was being developed alongside their debut game way before Smash released, makes me wonder if it would have been less controversial to release them at launch instead of waiting till the end of fighters pack 1.

[@fivestarguy100]

Corrin was added to smash before Fates came out? Is that true?

[@Some__Guy]

@Floofy Dog I'm pretty sure that was what happened. Or it was only released in Japan at that point. I just remember a lot of confusion and annoyance because it was a character we'd never heard of.

[@Mari_Izu]

@@Some__Guy No, Fire Emblem If was already released in Japan when Corrin was added to Smash.

[@ilDSttaro]

​@@fivestarguy100 before the Western release, Fates was already out in Japan

[@TheAzulon]

Ok, Innuendos and Outyourendos was a pun I've never thought about. Liked! (I'm already subscribed)

[@alexanderackerman3807]

Fun fact Impa's first appearance in a video game was in the CDI games

[@wraithcadmus]

"Cause I've been selling rope and bombs for so long Even Impa thinks that my mind is gone"

[@calebgoodman3028]

Technically false. She’s a key character in the first game as the person that sent Link to save Zelda in the first place according to the manual. Which would mean the opening narration would’ve came from her. Though she never appeared in person so it’s half true.

[@newageBoundhippie]

@@calebgoodman3028 like the original 4 F-Zero pilots. They were in a comic that was part of the manual but they didn't appear in a game until the follow-up F-Zero X and even then it's just on the character/vehicle select screen

[@coyoteartist]

Yes, that is Banjo because he made his debut in Diddy Kong racing. Banjo Kazooie was delayed and so Banjo ended up appearing in DKR, 6 months before his own game. Captain Price of COD Modern Warfare, also appeared before that game. He was actually a character you rescue in the first COD game. He later dies in the game, but he was able to appear in the 2nd game as well as it was set before the 1st. One fan theory is that in MW, you're playing as his grandson. A concept that could also account for Meryl.

[@frodobaggins7710]

Sonic apparently takes his shoes off before bed, or at least, he used to before Sonic Labyrinth came out since that game's premise revolves around Eggman having replaced Sonic's usual shoes with "slow down shoes"

[@AdamAddictL]

I have that game….was a freaking headache 🤣🤣🤣 game gear version of 3D Blast basically

[@MrAuthor3DS]

It wasn't just Roy that debuted through Smash. Luigi's Poltergust G-00, Woolly World, Pit's Palutena Bow, Corrin's Omega Yato, Gekkos - all of them came out in Smash before they had proper in-series appearances.

[@BeanManolo]

Meryl wasn't the only Metal Gear character to first appear in a Kojima game. Metal Gear Mk. 2, the small robot that follows Old Snake in MGS4, and who appeared in a cameo on the background in a scene on Peace Walker, was originally in the 1988 game Snatcher, as a companion for the protagonist; And it not only is based on the TX-55 Metal Gear from the original Metal Gear for the MSX, its description mention "the Metal Gear scare of the 20th Century", and Otacon in MGS4 mentions in 50 years everyone would have one of them, as a back-to-back reference in both games to each other.

[@toratio8547]

Does Ellen count, since her first canonical appearance was playing Rise of the Tomb Raider with Andy on Outside Xbox?

[@quelanathecrow]

If I had a nickel for every time I sat down to watch an oxtra video while eating and was presented with the great mighty poo, well, I'd have an amount of nickels ^.^ a classic list, thanks for all the great videos as ever!!

[@CelticVictory]

It would only take 20 to get to a dollar.

[@ClonedGamer001]

Actually, Master Chief _didn't_ first appear in Halo CE. The first piece of media he ever appeared in is the tie-in novel The Fall of Reach, which released sixteen days before the game.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Now this would make another good list topic, involving notable video game characters who are first introduced in non-video games.

[@calebgoodman3028]

@@michaelandreipalon359 With that concept they can make a whole episode exclusively with Dragon Age characters. Though that’d risk spoiling things like Alistair’s real mom.

[@Zenlore6499]

Correct, however the distinction in the video is video games only. He made his video game debut in the first Halo game, thus he technically first appears in Halo CE.

[@ryanahr2267]

Huh, I did not realize that. I love that novel but I had no idea that it pre-dated the original game. That's really cool.

[@DolphinTillTheEnd]

I love how this channel's visual identity clashes with it's writing. It looks very professional if not a bit stale, the usual for a tip 10 channel honestly, but the writing is top notch, making jokes land that much better when delivered in this setting.

[@BenMarcWilliams]

They almost put Lief (the protagonist of the Fire Emblem game before Roy's) in Melee instead of Roy. It's kinda wild to think that we almost got a world where Leif would've had Roy's popularity.

[@LeahLovesNature]

That Sonic thing hanging from the rear view mirror probably isn't an air freshener, but a little plush key chain. I've had a few like that, that come on beaded metal chains like the one in the game. Some drivers hang one on their mirror for good luck or because they think it's cute.

[@TimTE01]

Like Han and his world famous dice.

[@KenEvangelista]

Come on. Forgetting his name is unforgivable. That Green Mario.

[@Feasco]

Lario

[@CelticVictory]

Your joke is what is unforgivable.

[@deathbykonami5487]

Sniper Luigi just sniped you from a hundred klicks.

[@KillerBlaze]

I’ve noticed something when watching these videos. It’s that even if I’m aware of the things that appear in the list already, I don’t end up skipping ahead. I just enjoy you guys that much

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

Hey! I will not have anyone dunking on my favourite digestively distressed boi Johnny here lol. He did basically save snek and MURL on a couple important occasions despite the equivalent of a bare knuckle vindaloo fight in his stomach. A true soldier lol

[@roryk101]

Hey! Johnny Sasaki is a goddamn hero, who happens to have stomach problems, but it's because of him that Snake is able to succeed in mgs4 and he's the reason Meryl survived that game also

[@Gollvieg]

Even more impressive is that he is just a normal guy the entire time(no nanomachines, no super soldier genes, no cybernetics). While he looks like a goof next to his enhanced teammates, we should never forget that he not only survives being on the front line against Liquid's crew but take down countless numbers of them... while having stomach problems.

[@buggz80]

and is also CRAZY HOT!... while having stomach problems.

[@darklord884]

He's very much the Hercule Satan of MGS. A normal dude who can hold his own against battlefield gods, so sure, he might look goofy and get his ass kicked sometimes, but the fact he is alive at all should scare you into respecting him.

[@jangelaclough5457]

Wasn't he also part of liquid's soldiers from mgs1/2?

[@darklord884]

@@jangelaclough5457 Yeah, he was a part of Liquid's unit and then somehow got into Solidus's squad. There are some questions as to how he ended up there, but if you find him in 2, he shows himself to be an actually decent guy, letting Emma go since she's a civilian...and then runs off to find a bathroom because of his nerves...yeah...

[@00blaat00]

Earthworm Jim was an unlockable character in Battle Arena Toshinden three years before the release of the first Earthworm Jim game.

[@nigh_anxiety]

Trying to figure out of this is some epic level trolling, or if we have very different understanding of what the first Earthworm Jim game was, considering both 1 + 2 came out before Toshinden.

[@AdamAddictL]

@@nigh_anxietyI will say this: there IS a Battle Arena Toshinden OG Gameboy game(which I even actually own),and Jim is definitely NOT a secret character,but also I don’t remember when the Battle Arena Toshiden the game itself came out versus Jim’s games

[@daltigoth3970]

@@nigh_anxiety The only thing that MIGHT make sense is if they thought Earthworm Jim 3D was the first EJ game, which launched in 1999. Battle Arena Toshinden was released in 1995, but was a PlayStation exclusive on release before being ported to other platforms later in the year and in 1996. That fits the 3 year time frame they gave. Of course, EJ3D is the 3rd game in the series, so at best one could argue that EJ first appeared as a 3D character in a non-EJ game, which is not the theme of this list.

[@daltigoth3970]

@@AdamAddictL The GB port of BAT came out a year after its original release as a PlayStation exclusive in 1995. The original EJ game was released in 1994. The second EJ game was released in 1995 like BAT, but much later in the year than BAT, so technically only 1 EJ game actually predated BAT. The GBA ports of EJ 1 and 2 didn't come out until 2001 and 2002 respectively, though...so there's that.

[@AdamAddictL]

@@daltigoth3970 well then OP is wrong 😂

[@rozenn6952]

YES! My dad has the Game&Watch Mario Bros game!!! I liked to play it as a kid, even though the game became hard way too quickly! I knew this had to be a gem, but I had no idea it was Luigi first appearance!! Gotta flex on that 😉 My dad took good care of the game for it to still work like a charm in the early 2010s (haven't played in a while, but I know he still has it)

[@HylianFox3]

"A story for another day" Oh, like how the bug-eyed glasses lady got Anakin's lightsaber?

[@broceollomon]

They'll explain it in a comic that gets printed 15 years from now.

[@rebakedbeans8533]

There's actually an even earlier potential appearance of Patches in an even older From Software title. The NPC in question is unnamed, wears "patchy" clothes, and has a very similar attitude. Unfortunately I can't remember the game, but is is only a quick Google away. Edit: The game is called Shadow Tower: Abyss for PS2, if anybody was interested.

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

In the game Persona 3 portable the main character meets a young man drinking in the bar in the mall who tells you that he's dealing with the consequences of his decisions and that you will know his story soon enough. This young man is Vincent the protagonist of the then unreleased Catherine.

[@calebgoodman3028]

Which is weird since Persona 3 takes place in Japan but Vincent lives and has his whole game take place in America.

[@aelechko]

Jonathan must have worked on Catherine because nobody else should care about that mess

[@calebgoodman3028]

@@aelechko The million plus sales and awards for best performance and writing in a drama say otherwise.

[@aelechko]

@@calebgoodman3028 a rich guy could buy a million WNBA jerseys. Doesn't mean it's worth watching the league.

[@calebgoodman3028]

@@aelechko I don’t watch sports. Still it doesn’t change the fact Catherine was a bestseller on it’s first week. Being the highest selling Atlus game at the time with the PC port that was released years later being one of Steams most sold games that month.

[@johnoneil9188]

Policenauts is a trip of a game. The two main characters are prety much just Riggs and Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon.

[@Doi-]

She is a clone.

[@Doi-]

She is a clone.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

They are, and that's why it never got officially released outside of Japan. Because Konami -didn't want to get sued by a raging anti-Semite with a mullet- are teh worstest ever to muh daddy Kojima!

[@EinDose]

My experience with Final Fantasy XIV compels me to mention a particularly fun niche one: Cruise Chaser, a pretty famous raid boss in the first expansion (you may remember him from having the music that went 'FORWARD AND BACK AND THEN GO FORWARD AND BACK' and so on), was based on Ark, a summon from FFIX. ...except not really, because both it and Ark were actually based on a 1986 Japanese computer game, Cruise Chaser Blassty, where the titular Cruise Chaser was a mech designed by Sunrise, the studio known for Gundam. The game is perhaps best known for being the first musical credit for Nobuo Uematsu.

[@RedSpade37]

That's really neat! I feel like these are like "Legacy Easter Eggs"

[@thorild69]

Ok, I used to work at a Toys 'R' Us store around 1990 and you mentioning the LCD games is mind-blowing! Are you winning, sons and daughters of Oxtra and Oxbox?

[@ilijaarsic1946]

Knight from hollow knight is actually originally from the old team Cherry game Hungry knight.

[@Michael_Lindell]

Mario + Luigi + Bottles = Super Smashed Brothers?

[@ryanahr2267]

I only knew about that one because of Game & Watch Collection...3, I think it was, on the Game Boy Color back in the day. I became kind of obsessed with the character when I unlocked him in the Melee back in the day and so bought that collection when I spotted it in a K-Mart one day. I played both the replica of the original version and the more visually updated version that they always included in those collections. The updated version turned those boxes with bottles in them into cakes with strawberries on top, so that's what I always thought they were in both versions until just now.

[@SolaScientia]

I figured Patches would be on this list. He really is my favorite recurring game character. I can't even been too mad at the guy, because at this point he can't help himself. It's just how he is. I did manage to miss the kick off the bridge he does in the Nightmare Frontier on the way to Amygdala. I finally finished Bloodborne the other day and can now properly focus on finishing the 2 DLC for Dark Souls 3 and I'm honestly looking forward to meeting Patches as Laap in the Dreg Heap.

[@darklord884]

What's impressive is Unbreakable Patches and Laap is pretty much supposed to be Trusty Patches, or at least a reincarnation of him. I won't spoil what he says to you in DS3 in the Ringed City, but remember how he hates clerics in DS1? Yeah, that kinda gets explored.

[@SolaScientia]

@@darklord884 I've seen bits and pieces of Ellen's run, but I can't remember what he specifically says. To be fair, while I don't hate clerics specifically, I do hate fighting magic users of any sort on the whole whether clerics, sorcerers, pyros, etc. Lothric and Lorian weren't too bad to fight, but that magic was annoying. I'm so glad that the massive sword slam a la Ludwig was so obvious to avoid. Any time I lost lock-on after he teleported I knew I needed to find him asap to avoid that straight-line magic attack. I killed Aldrich on my first attempt (got lucky with the RNG being kind to me and him doing the arrow spam just twice the whole fight and never in phase 2 at all) and his homing projectiles were aggravating. So yeah, something else I can agree on with Patches. When I got teleported to the woods in Elden Ring after I opened that chest I couldn't help but laugh as I yelled "Patches" and called him names. I couldn't really be that mad, because it was my own fault. He was talking about the chest and I misunderstood and thought he was talking about the one with the clothes that I opened that kicked off the fight in the first place. I didn't realize he was talking about the new one, so I opened it, got called a thief and such as I got dumped in those bear infested woods. I fought a normal bear, wondered what all the fuss about the bears was, and then picked a fight with another bear. I then saw what the fuss about the bears was and I ended up hauling ass away on Torrent without even finding the site of grace that would have been relative near me, lol. As it was classic Patches and my own fault I wasn't all that pissed. I did get mad at Gostoc in the castle since he's just a cheap copy of Patches. Patches might try to trick me into fighting giants in DS3, but at least it's easy to avoid that if you kill them first. He didn't lock me in a room with an aggressively pissed off knight.

[@darklord884]

@@SolaScientia Uh...so yeah, he hates clerics on principle in DS1 and that gets explored in The Ringed City...yeah.

[@SimuLord]

In any sports game with a create-a-franchise mode, I try to throw little shout-outs to previous created franchises/teams in my now nearly 30 years of playing those sorts of game modes since they first showed up in the PS1 era. Of course, with that much time having passed, my headcanon's expanded to the point now where these shout-outs include creating those old Hall of Famers...and naming them Jr., son of those great players from the 90s and early aughts. This includes creating myself in games. I'm 45 now, so even though I don't have any kids IRL, I'll create myself with a birthdate 25 years younger and name him Fox D Jr.

[@Chaos89P]

Who doesn't create themselves in games? I always found it a fun way to "put yourself into the game."

[@ryanahr2267]

I create myself every time too, but I miss the full blown create-a-team bits in those games, particularly the NHL franchise. I was part of a street hockey group for 15 years. I used to pick up the new NHL every year and the first thing I always did was create a team with all created players based on the street hockey group. That team was always OP but then, I always needed the help against my younger brothers.

[@ArcturusDeluxe]

Fun fact: Not his first and not an official appearance, but Sonic also appeared a few weeks before the first Sonic game came out in an obscure Amiga platformer called the Adventures of Quik and Silva. The devs ripped off his design for an enemy sprite presumably after seeing it in magazine previews.

[@pearlescent_buttercup]

While it's not his debut appearance in a video game, Darth Maul showing up in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is still very funny.

[@philliumo]

I think this video really highlights the inadequate number of Mario+Rabbids videos on the channel. MORE LUIGI HEADSHOTS!!

[@MeadowGearSolid]

Gamerchamp3000 just released a video about how Raiden from MGS actually first appeared in a Game Boy Color Metal Gear game. It's def worth a watch, she does a great job with it!

[@Chernobog2]

iirc when you complete all of the VR missions in Ghost Babel the generic soldier you were playing as is addressed as "Jack." It's even suggested that all of Ghost Babel may have just been part of Raiden's training

[@AdrianWoodUK]

​@@Chernobog2 Yeah, that's what gamechamp3000's vid is about.

[@beosor4234]

I just love the Song of the great mighty Poo xD Even after years I still know and can sing all parts xD

[@StephenAlexWalker]

How can I trust anything Luke says when he tells me Banjo Kazooie came out in 97?

[@Icam_here]

interesting list, nice to learn where these characters first appeared, if you had me guess which game Conker was first in giving me both options shown in this list i would of guess bad fur day and been totally wrong.

[@jakel564]

Ellen only gets cuter every episode . I wanna see more spider phobia they’re the best 😂

[@TKsMantis]

"You may think that Luigi made his debut in Mario Bros. BUT THAT WOULDNT BE TRUE as he made his debut in Mario Bros." The latter title is a port, well rather the first one on Game & Watch is. Nintendo could pop those out easier than full blown games, so they used it to promote the upcoming Mario Bros.

[@rbarty]

The Great Mighty Poo has come up a surprising amount in your videos recently. Has someone over at Oxtra/Oxbox been playing (or been forced to play) Conker's Bad Fur Day? Was it Mike? My condolences.

[@mikeburkhart8336]

Diddy Kong Racing had a lot of future stars,not to mention crashing,losing,and wanting to break things...that game was aggravating.

[@AdamAddictL]

Cheat codes my friend 🤣🤣

[@dimentiorules]

You should have included Kirby, as he first appeared in the game Arcana for the SNES 2 months before Kirby’s Dream Land. There’s also Quan Chi from Mortal Kombat, who’s first appearance was in the Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realms cartoon, of all things, and Vincent from Catherine, who first appeared in Persona 3 Portable, that would have made this list a proper 10.

[@VonBlade]

So near to a million subs. As one of the first 10K, I'm delighted you're finally getting the recognition. I've never understood how OX has 2.6m and you, basically OX, don't.

[@roxxasthedemonslayer6935]

press F to pay respects to the Sneaky Gent who wants to Smash.

[@iskandarthegreat0487]

I always love your stuff. Fun and cheeky

[@TheTjSquire]

I can't be the only person that thinks Trusty Patches sounds like a slightly less evil James Cordon.

[@aodyssey6601]

Luke going "EXCEPT IT DIDN'T" giving me Quints flashbacks off of their DCOM podcast

[@justmonifer]

All I could think of during the Luigi section was "Can you burn a Luigi board?" 🤣

[@chrisrouille4683]

I love how noone notice they put Super Smash Bother instead of Brothers

[@azuarc]

What makes you think we didn't notice?

[@BudBonkerson]

We just couldn't be bothered to comment

[@RainWelsh]

I’d completely forgotten Diddy Kong Racing was a thing, that was like getting brained with a frying pan made of nostalgia. I’ve still got it here, so I know what I’ll be doing this weekend. It always took second place to Mario Kart, but it was still very fun, as I recall (now I recall it)

[@gswanson]

Horses do not have reverse jointed legs. Neither do birds. What people interpret as the "reverse knee" is actually the ankle. Rather than having a "reverse joint" imagine horses and birds are tiptoeing and have a really long fused foot.

[@ChatookaMusic]

The way I actually cackled out loud when Luke said "out-your-endos"

[@Ongomar]

I actually learned some things from this one, good job!

[@timothylewis2527]

Good save. I was already grabbing my phone to correct you guys on Luigi!😂😂😂

[@sacrilegiousboi]

Bizarre first appearances for youtubers like Ellen being a door knocking horror monster on outsidexbox lol

[@foxmind2490]

Honorable mention has to go to Shadow Tower Abyss when Patches is concerned. That game is another FromSoftware game where a nameless character has all the traits of the infamous Patches, even to the point of him pulling a level that disables a bridge you are standing on, getting you to do his dirty work, and being a coward.

[@catsandsound]

Sonic is canonically an air freshener 👌

[@pockylovingranger]

I already knew about Roy being in Melee as sneak peak for Fire Emblem The Binding Blade due to reading about it and watching a video that explained it xD

[@Zoso14892]

Bold of you to assume I might not know a lot of these. I've been following OxBox since day 1, you can't sneak recycled content past me! 😁 I'm not serious about recycled content, but I have heard a couple of these from some of the 5 of you before.

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome video.

[@joeb5316]

A chili-dog scented Sonic air freshener? I'd buy that.

[@sotnosen95]

I love how every time Conker's Bad Fur Day comes up in one of these lists, they feel the need to remind us that The Great and Mighty Poo exists, even if he has literally nothing to do with what the list is actually about.

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

You just reminded me, that I really wanted to watch a playthrough of Policenauts again. Really loved that game, but I could never get the fan translation to run on any of my laptops.

[@sillysillae]

Love you guys

[@xstarsystemsx]

Woah, that game & watch image unlocked a memory. I definitely remember playing that at my grandma's as a kid.

[@scottyrl6314]

If I wasn’t subscribed already “out your endos” would have sealed it for me

[@ReiAyanami8]

I've mentioned before to others that Smash Bros. is an effective marketing tool, lol. It's one of the reasons I've wanted a Valkyria Chronicles character in the game, give that series a bit more exposure.

[@crimmas]

Real surreal to see that Mario Bros G&W entry with mine on the coffee table in front of me. Bought batteries to sell it but ended up liking it too much to part with

[@bett431]

It still boggles my mind that Armored Core is part of pop culture in 2023. Who would ve expected that 10 years ago.

[@GeekSHO]

Who would have expected it 25 years ago?

[@RainWelsh]

I love that no matter what universe you’re in, there’s one constant - Patches is a bastardman.

[@The_QuestionIRL]

While Master Chief's first game appearance was Halo, references to cyborgs wearing Mjolnor powered armour first showed up in Bungies earlier Marathon trilogy. So maybe Master Chief doesn't know how to conduct himself.

[@thenonexistinghero]

I remember Conker's Pocket Tales because a kid I used to babysit had it. Pretty good game too.

[@kassandra7313]

I played a lot of Diddy Kong Racing as a kid, and never understood why my dad wouldn't let us rent out Conker's Bad Fur Day from the Blockbuster (sentences that carbon date you). Conker was my friend! He was so fast at driving!

[@jaredcrabb]

That was one of few M rated games my mom wouldnt let me play.

[@kassandra7313]

@@jaredcrabb from what I've seen they may have made the right choice haha

[@jaredcrabb]

@@kassandra7313 They most definitely did. Id personally rate it higher, and I generally wouldnt even give most games as high a rating as they have.

[@theelectricgamer9889]

Can you do a video titled 7 times your best friend or friend was a boss or the final boss? Eight suggestions for this list is Riku from Kingdom Hearts, Pixy from Ace Combat 0 The Belkan War, any Undertale character, Gunther from Fire Emblem Fates Revelation, Weatly from portal 2, Faize from Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Volo from Pokémon Legends Arceus, and Edelgard,Dimitri, and/or Claude (depending on the route you choice) from Fire Emblem Three Houses.

[@metaloverlord99]

Not to mention Azimuth from Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time.

[@carminescurse]

I loved Pocket Tales. It was and still is an immensely fun little game.

[@ZackRToler]

Patches also appears in Shadow Tower Abyss, a game before Demon Souls that never got a western release. Tricking you with a trapped chest and dropping a bridge under your feet.

[@Sanguivore]

Shadow Tower Abyss has to be the most slept-on FromSoft title, right next to Eternal Ring.

[@ddjsoyenby]

so he was always a d1ck.

[@ZackRToler]

@@Sanguivore It'd prob never happen. But it'd be neat if FromSoft went back to some of their older titles like Shadow Tower and King's Field. Would love to see a first person dungeon crawler from them again.

[@Sanguivore]

@@ZackRToler Yeah, that’d be dope! I’d love to see those series getting some love. :D

[@gregorycasey6834]

As far as Sonic's feet, we actually see what they look like in the Sonic movie when Eggman does an x-ray.

[@stratospherica]

Also, there are characters (like fan favourite Big The Cat) who wear open-toe sandals. I'm afraid to inform you that Sonic's feet are just blobs.

[@Mari_Izu]

@@stratospherica Yeah, they released a summer promotional picture one time and the chars were on the beach, they had those blob feet.

[@baronscarpia1]

I knew about Luigi. Because our family had that handheld game.

[@Sableagle]

"Tactical Espionage Action Metal Gear Solid." Wow. Americans have a *vastly* different idea of TEA from the British standard involving dried leaves and a tea-cosy.

[@Guitar1nHand]

I remember the Conker Gameboy game! My cousin had it. It was great fun.

[@heliobaymax7958]

I love that Ellen planned ahead with her shirt for the video to be released on May the 4th

[@trentblades6668]

I remember the Starkiller one but forgot about it! I remember I played him a lot in SC when it came out and hope he would control the same in Force Unleashed but he didn't lol

[@pcbx2900]

Enzo aka the Joe Pesci from bayonetta was actually introduced in a devil may cry novel?? It's the exact same character and it links dmc and bayonetta now ;)

[@twitching_bot574]

The original patches actually made it's debut before armored core, in a game called Shadow Tower Abyss, the second Shadow Tower game, which was considered the "Bloodborne of King's Field." This character was not named Patches, and looks nothing like Patches, but he has the same exact behavior: offer you treasure, then betray you as soon as you take it.