An In-Depth Look At Tombi 2 / Tomba 2: The Evil Swine Return

[@meganimanic]

My favorite thing about these videos is that instead of glossing over the majority of the game and pointing out the good and bad, you went into such immense detail about every single thing and essentially provided a perfect walkthrough for each game. That’s an astounding amount of effort that will likely only be appreciated by a handful of people, but just know these videos were both profoundly appreciated regardless. Thank you for making these videos. Have you seen the Tomba remaster news? Any thoughts, hopes, or dreams?

[@BlueKunai]

From the information we have it seems like the Carbon Engine will be providing faithful emulation that's available on modern platforms with the ability to make minor tweaks. It's yet to be seen what if anything will be changed beyond that, but it seems to be getting a new OST at the very least, but UI updates and a retranslated script seem possible.

[@meganimanic]

You know, I just noticed in regards to the treasure chest keys, each NPC that either gives you a key or access to one, has a swash of that color on their person. Kainen’s red hat, The adventurer’s green leaf garb, The painter’s blue fruit, and the artisan Dangerfield’s white robe. I just thought that was neat, intentional or no.

[@vtmyte2474]

Tombi 1 finally got the remake for PC

[@rcatz3248]

Mate I can only imagine the amount of work behind the scenes putting this together. You're the aficionado of the Tombi/Tomba games. If anyone ever does a remake, your input would be valuable. Cheers!

[@michaellam9819]

Wake up Samurai, Tomba 1 remake is coming!

[@TheNoody7]

Thanks for making this. Tombi 1 and 2 are some of my favourite childhood games. I would hire them out all the time from united video

[@PringleTheOne]

I finally watched all this, took me a super hot minute, great job my dude, this was just a great watch overall. You really put a considerable amount of time into something like this, I can definitely feel it. Tomba 2 is an interesting game in alot more than one way I gotta say, you did an amazing work and I'd love to see you return to do more, this video is timeless and it'll be the go 2 video I mention whenever I see people talk about this game.

[@OnePieceTheoretiker]

I thank you so much for the Tombi Videos❤️

[@mctraxyxxl9343]

Wirst du die Remaster Versionen spielen?

[@ApproxKnows]

Took me the weekend to finish this but color me thoroughly impressed! Loved the first video when I found it a few months ago and loved this one too! Amazing work on your end and really excited to see what you work on next!

[@MrAWulff]

an underrated hidden gem of a video covering an underrated hidden gem of a game, it's like poetry it rhymes.

[@LostCosmonauts]

27:47 When I was a kid I was genuinely fascinated by that path back there that you *never* traverse. For the longest time I thought it was a path you unlock for more of the game, and once I clocked the game I realized that you can't go there at all. Man that seemingly innocuous background detail got my mind racing with what could be back there. Then I learned how games were made and became just a little bit more disillusioned with how there's just nothing. A bit of magic just evaporated from the world. I get nostalgic every time I play an open-world game and hit the border. Also hi fellow kiwi.

[@BlueKunai]

Yeah, I was the exact same. That and the red building you could see in the skybox of the revived Kujara Ranch Summit. Just places in the world I wish I could explore beyond the boundaries.

[@veijiouuuu]

OMG me too! I thought the same. That sensation kept me wanting to explore more the levels to find out new paths.

[@TheTrueFool]

I never expected to see Tomba 2 covered in such depth on youtube. Good stuff!

[@Metal94head]

these videos on tomba are incredibly well made and entertaining, i watched them both from start to finish. i get the colossal amount of work required in order to make these, but you should make more.

[@XdarkkazeX]

Outstanding job on these videos. I rarely leave comments, but I just had to say, thank you for making them. I enjoyed them immensely.

[@XBranchProductions]

Thanks for the shoutout at the beginning there. That really made my day. Glad I could help in some way with some trivia. Great follow up here. I only ever finished this one once but it’s nice to see it from someone who knows the game a lot better. It’s a good game but the original in always going to be the masterpiece to me. Too bad this is the last game. You should do other games in this long form analysis style. That’d be pretty cool. Great job tho and great vid.

[@gggeert3767]

This video should have at least 1.000.000 views, you are awesome, thank you for reignithing a fire! Your previous video had me replay Tombi 1. Being a person late to the party I was over the moon that you already have done the same for Tombi 2... I thank you my Sir!

[@Razi3l89]

Thank you for both Tombi videos, i watched them back to back!

[@JCperfection]

I have to give you kudos for putting so much effort on an obscure game. Hat's off to you, sir.

[@adelarscheidt]

Ocean man, take me by the hand... 🎶 thank you

[@gobomania]

Been looking forward to this!

[@pabloqp7929]

This is an incredible homage, THANK YOU!! We getting a remaster btw!!

[@floatinghamstick]

Not a remaster, just an emulated copy on modern hardware.

[@veijiouuuu]

This have to be the most detailed review/walkthrough of one of my favorite games of all time. Thanks!!! I played Tomba! 2 before Tomba! so that´s why I didn´t have problem with the first mining section, I thought it was cool. But I hated the gnome section in Tomba where you fight those annoying purple green spiders hahaha. The whole style of this franchise, weird lore and exotic world design is what video games need. With today software they could´ve expand the levels in this world, adding more sections to every level. They could´ve exploit the verticality of the waterfall section and the donglin forest, for example. Also, when I cross Baron for the first time, I thought that some creature/Boss in this section had transformed all the habitants in rock statues like medusa or something like that. I thought I would encounter more NPCS being petrified with their smiling or crying faces, so it hunted me the notion that I will facing a more spooky section of the forest, but no... The donglin forest and the kujara ranch themes are one of the best ever composed. Tommy Wiseau laugh is spot on hahaha The circus town is the worst level of this game The crystal guy voice is the same one they use for the broken pot guy And OMG incredible spot on your ideas to make the boss battles better 😎

[@crazyfulla]

You've shown a few clips from classics id like to see your opinion on, the Ps1 oddworld games and Kula world in particular would be fun to see what you have to say on them, but yeah i really enjoyed the in depth Tombi videos, honestly i'm already watching them through again because it was really enjoyable to sit and watch, so thanks for the upload!

[@lucas_mufi]

Great work! I hope that if we ever get a sequel to this amazing IP, they'll use everything said in this video.

[@PowerSloth]

The amount of detail you put in this is very impressive! Definitely looking forward to watching more of your videos. Given its flaws, it will always remain one of my favorites.

[@SFBGamesTube]

Yessssss this is going to be great! Thanks for the hard work!

[@HydraOfTheStars]

Watched these videos about 6 months ago, but wanted to rewatch them after hearing about the Tomba LRG port coming to the new systems. It would literally be a dream come true if they remastered and finished these games with new graphics and made a 3rd installment.

[@BlueKunai]

Based on the Carbon Engine they're using, it's likely it's gonna be a straight port without overhauling the second half to include the cut content. Though what changes they do make are gonna be interesting since that engine apparently gives them the ability to alter some in-game assets like sounds, sprites and the UI.

[@pedroth3]

Great research on this game! Thanks! I really enjoyed this game, I found that this game is really underrated. So many details , secrets and surprises.

[@Yogarosmananda]

You deserve more views and subscriber bro, love your sarcastic tone too haha

[@LOP4795]

Please do more "In-Depth Look At's"! This is one of the very very rare cases where I watched an entire 4 hour video on a video game. Your presentation is so great and humor is amazing. This is officially the definitive Tomba 2 video as far as im concerned.

[@gggeert3767]

Yes!

[@crypticDJ]

Found your channel by chance and im glad i did. Not a lot of people cover tomba games at all and i was about to try covering it myself just out of the want to fill that neiche. Tomba 2 was one of the very first videogames i ever played EVER so its nice to see someone talk about it!

[@ibikun5493]

It’s not fair!!! I want tomba 3 so bad!!!!

[@NSegaStuff]

*insert Tombi tantrum from Mushroom Forest*

[@channelle325]

Ohh you did it!!! This video shall be my dinnertime watching for the next few days :D Thanks so much for making this!

[@JackooGrayhan]

This was amazing! I really appreciate your dedication and giving the attention this game deserves! I've been such a big fan of Tombi 2 for YEARS and yet I've learned so many new things. This video has been my choice of viewing material over meals during the period of 4 days! I hope you keep on doing amazing content such as this one.

[@samuraikarasu]

This video and your Tomba 1 video have done great for me while I've recovered from Rona. Thank you for the effort you put into them. Also really appreciated you using Forbidden Memories music in the first one. Make a video on that! If you'd like to blow 12 years trying to beat it without cheating or grinding for like 3 specific cards.

[@BlueKunai]

Forbidden Memories is a doozy, I wanna go back and try actually beating it someday. Even as a kid I somehow managed to at least make it to the final boss rush just through abusing Twin Headed Thunder Dragon

[@samuraikarasu]

@@BlueKunai It feels worth it for about 45 minutes. Then you realize the shit you have to go through to do it is 100% always going to he spamming twin headed thunder dragon or grinding for a meteor black dragon and praying you can get it in your hand on literally every single duel ever. Deep dives on underappreciated PS1 games is my jam right now. Thanks for adding to the collection of people doing real good ones!

[@sweetpea644]

Dude this is awesome, Tomba 2 was a childhood fave but I never beat it for some reason. Never played the first and found it very strange yet fun. Thanks for diving deep into this one, that Coal Mining Town theme is so baller.

[@MrDjoleification]

Wonderful series! Please keep on doing this era of games!

[@Diceyed]

Yoo thanks for the Rightstick shoutout!

[@dudarino666]

I played "Tomba" on a Ps1 demo disc, I think it also had "Einhander" and "Medieval Man" and "Blasto" on there as well. I must have spent well over 40 to 50 hours on each of those game demos. Never found them for sale near me so your videos are really awesome to see as I was always fond of "Tomba/Tombi"

[@Omegadragon4]

For the final evil pig, i always got the impression that the motivation was Tomba himself. Especially when you hear the real voice in the Japanese version, the Last Evil Pig seems like a kid just wanting to play with their "friend". The whole conflict is just a game to get Tomba to play with them again.

[@abczdx]

Hats off to you too for this amazing work

[@fontain935]

Probably the best retrospective I've seen. Incredible effort!

[@BloodiedHorror]

These tomba videos are great, have you considered doing more? I think games like Brave Fencer Musashi would fit your style nicely of showing all the things going on, the oddities and such.

[@BlueKunai]

I have a few others I've been wanting to do when the inspiration arises, though I don't want to go making promises since my creative drive is fickle. I'll be sticking to games I'm intimately familiar with for this format, though Brave Fencer Musashi is one I've considered for the backlog video I'm working on.

[@BloodiedHorror]

@@BlueKunai I totally get it, being a small KZbinr in the sea can be hard for motivation and your passion for tombi carried you on. But if you make another video just know you will have at least one extra view from me for sure!

[@jk-ru4yn]

Best production You are the hope of the game era.

[@floatinghamstick]

One thing I don't think you mentioned. During the evil pig boss fights, the pigs lose their wands/staffs when they're thrown into the pig bag twice. This is why their attack changes in the third phase.

[@BlueKunai]

@@floatinghamstick I never actually noticed that before, but that's a neat detail

[@GuvBubbs]

This is great work mate! And not easy I assume! I'm going to sub in the hope that you make more content like this.

[@TheSpanishPunk]

You took me back with this video. Thanks!

[@Londonlink]

So I came from your other channel from the Land of the Dragon OST video i didn't know you made a second channel I would replay that video all the time for the last couple years 😅😅

[@SuperGameBusters]

Another fantastic video!

[@k.m603]

Dude you are a legend for these two videos.. wanna play Tomba 1 for the pure nostalgia. Never played Tomba 2 but tbh your video gave me enough of the experience lol didn’t give me the feels like the original

[@CerealKiller]

3:43:59 I've actually found the ring by pure accident, never used a single guide on this game lol

[@deerfriend7511]

Doing all the puzzle without guide is satisfying. I found that by accident too, but later i found out that there’s dude on the pipe area who told player about the place.

[@Tisson8891]

Love Tombi ever since playing it on the Winter Releases 98 demo disc i used to own a black retail disc a rare one currently playing Tombi 2 atm

[@garbagepailkid]

I think the hammer thing is a reference to King Of The Hill's pilot episode where Hank gets upset that a store employee acts like he doesnt understand what a hammer is, it came out two years before the US release of Tomba 2 and is very close dialogue wise.

[@YukeWeiss]

Finding the Miner's Ring just randomly as a kid still baffles me that I managed to do it. I was just messing around and stumbled on it.

[@pinocchioandfriends4922]

Best video I seen in a long time

[@pilli10]

They totally missed the revenge against Tombi angle in the pigs motivation, that would have been cooler. Would be cool if someone could do some kind of soundtrack remaster and voice/script mod for this.

[@bettysweatcakes7327]

How do you have less than 1,000 followers? This was great! Thank you for this.

[@21erinhubbard11]

1:59:21 is it just me or do the faces on the wall look like phanto from smb2

[@egohde]

The Trolley, the FUCKING TROLLEY *PTSD flashbacks

[@concrete_river]

When I think of Tombi 2, I immediately think of "THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP GRAN" and I'm so glad it has it's own strange story around it.

[@BlueKunai]

@@concrete_river The weird voice acting hiccups in this game have their own place in my brain after making this video. I didn't realize just how many there were beyond that one.

[@AndrewPabonMusic]

I appreciate this content

[@Helispookter]

4 and a half hour long video about tombi 2?? Absolutely hook this shit to my veins ❤

[@BlueKunai]

Ayy, I remember watching your Tombi 2 video, it was perpetually in my recommend after I finished my video on the first game.

[@Helispookter]

​@BlueKunai oh my god, no way!!!! 😭😭

[@Folk1n]

Awh yeah let's go!

[@Lunaraia]

When invisible, there is ONE piece of clothing you can wear... The Ghost Pig's Robes. Likewise while Mini you can wear the Earth Pigs Robes.

[@JamieAlIOver]

I’m just about to watch this now, is there a part where you can use data saved from the previous game?

[@Yachiru_Sakura]

The german PAL version had the prologue voiced as well. I played the game so much back then :D

[@firstname7071]

the music for conversations is so goddamn awful. lol

[@hello_there9591]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaSphoetZrGWmJo Just for the record: After beating Evil Flame Pig, right next to the entrance of Coal-Mining Town a new miner shows up that gives you a clue about the “Precious ring” event: “… There's supposed to be a secret room at the bottom of the hole at the end of this road”. Also, perhaps I missed it, but you've never mentioned getting Adventurer's Chest at the Pipe Area: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaSphoetZrGWmJo But anyway, thanks for the great review!

[@BlueKunai]

You're right, I did miss them. Hell of an oversight on my part 😅 I can't even blame the Adventurers Chest error on having footage from all three versions to sift through because I clearly didn't make a place in the script for it and glossed over the footage entirely in editing.

[@WoodenHouseayylmao]

i haven’t met a single other person that even knows what tomba is let alone someone able to make two multiple hour videos on it,

[@BlueKunai]

@@WoodenHouseayylmao There's a surprising amount of us as I've learned over the last few years.

[@RaggyFTWW]

Is it me or does the Temple guy with the Koka egg sound exactly like Kratos?

[@BlueKunai]

"ARES! I'M TAKING BACK MY OTHER MYSTERY REFLECTOR"

[@FinalFrantasy]

Ohh that's where the trial of strength is supposed to be! I always activated it from where those 4 chests stacked on each other used to be. Guess the game doesn't check Tomba's height value

[@BlueKunai]

Woah, I never even considered that. I'll have to try that out on my next replay.

[@Sevent77]

26:20 5FPS of 30FPS is about 15% so it is very noticeable, that being said TOMBA/I 2 like many games of that era was poorly converted to PAL 25FPS, if the game was properly converted the game wouldn't be slower just slightly choppier for lack of a better, the difference would be far less noticeable but this usually was a lot of work as the frame rate was often tied to the game speed, so a proper conversion was rare, only game I can think of that was properly converted was Gex 3.

[@rara3538]

"its amazing what difference 5fps makes" well yes, when it's 1/6th of your frames missing, it's a considerable chunk, especially when it's already so low that it just barely doesn't look stuttery

[@TheReZisTLust]

Its pretty funny that canonically since the final boss of last game had more power's than time stop, that Tombi didnt do the side quests and just went headlong with the important stuff shich makes sense. Why ride a kart when you got a braelet to save.

[@PengWinDood]

4 and a half hour just flew by watching this video

[@BlueKunai]

I'm happy to know these videos are still finding people and that they don't feel like a complete slog 😅

[@NSegaStuff]

what discs were the Tombi! 2 demo on?

[@HarpoCoatl]

I wonder if the ice pig was trying to do a Mr.Freeze voice or something

[@zcwaltz]

What's the music you used at 1:15:17 really like the song.

[@BlueKunai]

Aquarium Park Act 1 from Sonic Colours

[@DistalSoul]

The fruits that restore Tombi’s health which you refer to as berries; are they not apples?? I always thought they were apples! Just me? 😂

[@BlueKunai]

I always saw them as berries since in the first game the stalks were all curly, though I guess that's fitting with the whole Pig motif. Fruit might be a more accurate description since the item Charles gives you to increase your max health looks like either a giant berry or a bunch of little fruits stuck together like how bananas grow.

[@DistalSoul]

@@BlueKunai yeah, they’re referred to as simply fruits on all the wikipedias and such. Another point to add on this is in the first game, when you pick them up they sound sort of squishy, which would suggest berries, but in Tombi 2 it makes a chomping noise almost akin to chomping an apple? Who knows!

[@JackTkvl]

The last few times I played this game, I always, always, let the trolley and the washing machine in Kujara Runch for the final of the game. I don't have the patience and courage to pass through this earlier :v

[@UomoCheSapevaTroppo]

Kainen is right, the bucket can be used for the cement in the game :D

[@zcwaltz]

This was one of my favorite games as a kid, like playing it more than the Spyro games actually. I just related to the wildman of Tomba more than Spyro. like as a kid I thought Tomba looked cooler than Spyro

[@guitarbreakfull]

I only played the first one as a kid and seeing tombi 2 makes me a little bit sad because it looses a lot of charm compared to the first one and it was the charm that always stuck with me. The second entry is so different it feels like a complete other world.

[@TobysKpopTop50]

Are you happy they remade Tomba for modern consoles?

[@BlueKunai]

@@TobysKpopTop50 Well, port moreso than remake. I am glad that it's more easily available by legal means now and it was fun to revisit, but I did have my share of gripes with the port job.

[@911left4dead]

I bought tomba 2 Brand new guess how much it cost

[@infinite_ammo]

5:40 Crash Bandicoot 2 music this time!

[@NutellaBukkake]

Yo Tomba was the shit as a kid 🤓

[@xx-no3le]

charles voice in the german dub is far more deeper than the english one xD edit: also the evil swine boss has a much more vile laugh and voice

[@BlueKunai]

@@xx-no3le I kinda want to replay Tombi 2 in other languages just to hear the differences in voices

[@xx-no3le]

@@BlueKunai kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2ewY3ufn9-cqMksi=0M10CiEmpr0yFjLp&t=730

[@jaysonace4248]

HOW IS YOUR TOMBA 2 GAME NOT PIXILATED?

[@BlueKunai]

That's the power of playing on an emulator at 1080p

[@jaysonace4248]

@@BlueKunai AMAZING!

[@OnePieceTheoretiker]

Please do antoher Videos like that with Jack and Dexter or Spyro i love this style of Videos!

[@BlueKunai]

Oh doing playthroughs of the Jak games in this style would be so much fun. I'd have to get proper recording equipment though because those games are pretty much impossible to emulate without major issues.

[@JinglePeeny]

The bucket can be used to carry cement, therefore, Kainen was right 😂

[@spyro1541]

I subscribed you and i had also send a friend request on steam

[@FreenInGreen]

👍✨

[@Pyre-Ants]

36:50 The german version is even worse.... Thanks for activating this suppressed memory again. Its horrible.

[@BlueKunai]

@@Pyre-Ants I guess the dub voiceovers were consistently crappy in any other language 😅

[@riccardospolaor9294]

The second game of "Who's the Liar?" is simple. Let's call the girls 1 2 and 3 and xi means girl i is honest, while ~xi means girl i is a liar. Let's say 1 says 2 is a liar. It can be that either she is a liar (~x1) or she is telling the truth and 2 is a liar (~x2): • ~x1 or ~x2 2 says 3 is honest: • ~x2 or x3 3 says 1 is a liar: • ~x3 or ~x1 Now you know just one may be a liar if we consider girl i an actual liar then ~xi is True and xi is False. On the other hand if girl i is honest xi is True and ~xi is False. Furthermore in sentences where there are just "or" we know that they are true if at least just one of their elements is true. Lets consider the first a liar and the others honest and we obtain • True or False = True • False or True = True • False or True = True That's the solution all statements are true 👍 Let's consider the second a liar and the others honest, we obtain: • False or True = True • True or True = True • False or False = False Not a solution, there is a false statement 👎 And for the final case • False or False = False • False or False = Fals3 • True or False = True Not a solution, two false statements 👎

[@driguesbarcellos]

tomba

[@evanmak7837]

Jesus, I loved this game as a kid but in retrospect, some of the dialogue sounds like a fever dream. Tons of "we" instead of "I", word salads, wrong takes, zippo becoming mickey mouse for a second, weird accents, almost everyone sounding stoned or out of their ages...yeah

[@rara3538]

yeah this is just not it. that dialogue music is... ugh. they seriously played through the game and decided to keep that in?

[@jUppers]

god i hate the dialogue music god please stop oh my goooooooooood it's only getting worse with time i literally DREAD when the next dialogue is coming

[@MusicJunkie37]

😭

[@m4c1990]

That Dialogue Music... Jesus Christ, so annoying... Made me stop playing after few minutes... There is a Tomba "remaster" on Steam now, I hope the second one will be released aswell, so I can delete that shitty dialogue music and replace it with nothing, so it will be actually playable...

[@tristanward9937]

I feel like this definitely lost the charm the first one had. Maybe the transition to 3d maybe the game feel more generic.

[@jUppers]

Ok i officially dislike this game. The first one sounds so good, how could they mess this up so bad?

[@RamenStand]

Please don’t think that from one video. Coming from someone who the second game is the favorite. 😅

[@MusicJunkie37]

​@@RamenStand I grew up with Tombi 2 but like they're right it gets aggravating quickly, I even turn off the voice acting when I play now.

[@jUppers]

@@RamenStand it's the dialogue music, i cannot stand this

[@pyrolusite_d]

Charles is non-binary confirmed! They/Them pronouns for life.