Nintendo's 2023 was Crazy in the Best Way

[@huckahuck]

On-a-carpet-talking-about-video-games is the best subgenre of gaming vids

[@liberosityfilms]

Do I have a channel for you

[@KevinFought]

Scott’s stash 🤫

[@thehawk8332]

The carpet is a lie

[@jameslawrenson1208]

It's really taken off.

[@suspectrum.2259]

Hey all…

[@MikeyInsanity]

Timestamps if people want: 1:09 Fire Emblem Engage 5:03 Metroid Prime Remastered 6:56 NSO games 11:43 Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe 12:53 Bayonetta Origins Cereza and the Lost Demon 15:31 Advance Wars 1&2 Reboot Camp 19:24 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC 22:05 The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom 26:39 Everybody 1-2 Switch 29:16 Pikmin 1&2 and 4 32:07 DLC for Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, Mario & Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 38:43 F-Zero 99 40:18 Detective Pikachu Returns 42:21 Super Mario Bros Wonder 44:54 WarioWare Move It 48:31 Super Mario RPG 51:13 other Switch exclusives - Silent Hope, Dragon Quest Monsters The Dark Prince, Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star, Master Detective Archives Raincode, and Otogi Katsugeki Mameda no Bakeru: Oracle Saitarou no Sainan (plus an edited in reference to Disney Illusion Island)

[@gskyflakes]

MORE MORE MORE

[@nathansaunders943]

Got the great floor shots going on like Scott, very cool and easy way to keep the content coming!

[@mini_k]

I wonder if its a real floor or a fake one

[@SkarletOctaviaMUSIC]

​@@dopewizrdwhy are you here?

[@jayhunter7]

⁠​⁠@@dopewizrddon’t want to be that guy but scott also has his fair share of contributes nothing new… I swear 20% of his dialogue is “it’s fine”… not hating or anything on anybody but you can make content inspired by others… not to mention that these types of videos were done well before scott’s stash

[@blayedd_]

@@dopewizrd what else do you want? these are simplistic videos that just talk about games, that’s why we’re all here. Scott’s Stash is honestly better than his main channel if you ask me so I welcome these types of videos from AntDude

[@earthboundman5]

This is my favorite Scott's Stash video

[@Juelz607]

For scarlet violet DLC you don't HAVE to play them, but they are SIGNIFICANTLY better than the Sword Shield DLCs. The story is really good, battles are a lot better, especially in indigo disk, and world Itself for both of these DLCs feels WAY more fleshed out and dynamic than base game in my opinion. VERY much worth it. Also I don't are about detective pikachu either, can't help you there

[@Summer_and_Rain]

I play pokemon for the exploration and catching pokemon, more then battling, so I enjoyed the sword and shield DLC a lot more then this one. I think you get a lot more out of scarlet and violets DLC if you enjoy battling and coming up with strategies :)

[@theruoc147]

Yeah these dlc were way better. Didn’t expect Pokémon to have an enjoyable story but it did.having the doubles battles was a nice change of pace and the battles themselves were a bit tougher. Being able to get all the legendaries was cool. Also it’s worth it just to have the ability for your mount to fly freely at the end.

[@Oreca2005]

@@theruoc147also it’s mean to peak more interest in doubles / vgc battles Like introducing importantly Intimidate inciniroar

[@pandie_cube]

2023 really did feel like the best for Mario fans. There was just so much different content to consume with big surprises we didn't expect like Wonder and Super Mario RPG getting a remake

[@iLoveBread260]

That's not all, bc we're also getting a remake of TTYD, thats exciting to look forward 👀

[@pandie_cube]

@@iLoveBread260 Oh yeah true I just didn't add it as it hasn't released during that year 2023. Still excited to play it for the first time ✌️

[@jaretco6423]

​@@pandie_cubeLet's not forget Mario + Rabbids DLC were pretty solid.

[@pandie_cube]

@@jaretco6423 I guess so, I never got into to games but glad people enjoy them

[@KaizerTheFightingDemon]

I love that the fact that he said "Wario Didn't get what he deserves..... anyway who cares here's Mario RPG".😂

[@napoleonfeanor]

I wish they'd do another Wario Land style game but I know the Wii one (great game btw) flopped sadly

[@63chicago6]

ANTDUDE'S STASH!!! I'm so happy about this

[@JasonSaylor-l2h]

I play Detective Pikachu to Fall asleep...it's like taking a handful of mommies little helpers .

[@The_16_Bit_Dude]

APOLLO JUSTICE IS DOING FINE!!!🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@phorchybug3286]

Still waiting for Shantae Advanced.

[@BeanBeanKingdom]

If you liked Pokémon SV's base game, the DLC should be a no-brainer. A couple good new areas and some great new characters. Detective Pikachu Returns is an improvement on the first and it actually resolves the overarching story, but if you weren't a fan of the first it's not going to change your mind. It has better pacing which makes the plot a little more interesting, but it's still baby's first Ace Attorney.

[@kasig2013]

I'm actually on my second playthrough of Tears of the Kingdom, and I have to say, I'm enjoying it a lot more this time. My first playthrough, I more or less kind of blitzed through the game because I wanted to see how the main story would conclude. But now, I'm taking my time to explore way more now and I'm not as curious to see what's new from Breath of the Wild, but more to appreciate what's already here. I do share the common sentiment that I do hope Nintendo scales things back and does something different with the next Zelda game, but for what's here, I think it's definitely one of the best in the whole series.

[@user-be3qc7re9o]

Tears of the Kingdom is basically Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Zelda Games. The next Zelda will be doing something very different.

[@ThomasCuerden]

32:54 Yes to all of this. In spite of all the jank (probably helps I tend to play primarily in handheld mode), I had a really good time with these games. The issue was that the developers weren't given enough time/ had too much pressure put on them to refine these games, rather than the games being bad at their core.

[@Peatnik9]

Thank god we’re all going to be able to catch up on backlogs this year…

[@Summer_and_Rain]

yearhhh... (^^")

[@esmooth919]

One thing I will say about F-Zero 99 is: I'm not even that big a fan of the franchise, but this game legitimately surprised me. I think it's a boatload of fun! Even if I never win a race.

[@kaplooeygames8515]

Future Redeemed is the best gaming experience I've ever had. Easily the highlight of 2023 for me

[@Tdiggitytv]

Hell yeah my dude and keep using that bomberman hero music. It’s so good.

[@MasterKnightDH]

As somebody who has experience what happened with Advance Wars Re-Boot Camp, I can tell you what happened: as you discerned, WayForward didn't care. They didn't care to improve the gameplay in any meaningful way, they didn't care to patch the game even when game-breaking glitches were running rampant because of failure to make sure RAM was consistently kept cleaned up, and they didn't even care to do anything about the ex-employee leaking information to Mangs the guy who pulled the messes like what is called out in "Mangs & July 2020" as well as "Why Mangs content is not welcome on the Advance Wars Wikia." WayForward simply gave the community to the unrepentant lecherous piece of filth and his unbelievably corrupt supporters. You could argue that you have experience with a certain CC, but believe me when I say that Mangs makes him look cuddly. Anyway, even without the community politics, I still say that Advance Wars Re-Boot Camp is still a bad remake. It may have its upsides, but I know it didn't fix bad gameplay in any meaningful way and even made gameplay worse at a few locations, only caring to showcase UI improvements, yawn. Oh, and those were botched anyway with tank sizes being harder to tell apart. By contrast, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Physical DEF Ally Buff, under less incentive, showed itself willing to involve new mechanics, and while the finetuning of those new mechanics wasn't perfect, they don't disappoint as my nickname for the Replace shows. Between SMRPG:LOTPDAF and Pac-Man World Re-Pac, which was actually a case of the Pac-Man fan finally playing his game (funny that) but still involved me finding that the original Pac-Man World had blatant design issues, I can say that adding engaging options, especially for the intermediate to work with, is what makes for good remakes. Advance Wars Re-Boot Camp didn't care to understand that. SMRPG:LOTPDAF and PMWRP both understood.

[@WyattD03]

We had Kuru Kuru Kururin before on the Wii U Virtual Console, I can tell, I bought it with my own eShop money.

[@ryanhoweth6565]

At 30:53 antdude talks about that there are only two combo pack games on the switch but there’s a third one portal one and two

[@buchiklop110]

I genuinely can't tell if the visual glitches during the Scarlet/Violet segment were in the original game, a problem with AntDude's video editing software, or intentional.

[@mariotennisman]

Seeing how enthusiastic you are about the Xenoblade franchise, it'd be fun to see you do full reviews of them ! Future Redeemed was an insanely great way to end the saga. Amazing to think Monolith Soft managed to blitz 3 full fleged games + complete DLC in the spam of the Switch lifetime

[@Red-qv4nb]

Imagine being down so bad you have to take a format from someone’s second channel

[@TheSuperSmashBros01]

The DLC references Mr. Dark from Rayman 1, as well as mentioning Globox. Hell the Phantom goes on a big dance number about how insignificant Rayman has become in the past and all I could think of was: “THIS is what we get post Legends?”

[@blayedd_]

44:39 talking about switch ups the turn some fans had on Odyssey is absolutely insane

[@onga999]

What a great video! I'd love to see more videos like this going over the various years of the Switch life cycle.

[@fieldystick]

9:15 Not the first time Kuru Kuru Kururin has been available in North America. It was on the WiiU virtual console.

[@jameslawrenson1208]

Bakeru is getting an overseas release!

[@okayemjay]

Gosh I love this kind of video so much. It’s so wholesome. Just makes me happy.

[@justsomeguy7077]

Regarding S&V's dlc, all I'm going to say: Ogrepon > Terapagos

[@huntersausageandredbeardsh2360]

Great stuff dude! I am still playing 2023 games, alongside Mario vs. DK of course.

[@isaiahdixon9224]

My favorite games from 2023 from most favorite to least favorite are; Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Super Mario RPG, WarioWare: Move It, Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection, Fire Emblem Engage, & Kirby Return To Dreamland Deluxe! Hopefully in 2024, we get a Switch port of Yoshi's Woolly World, a double pack of Triple Deluxe & Planet Robobot for Switch, Switch port of F-Zero GX, Super Mario 3D All Stars Plus for Switch which gives us; 64, Sunshine, 64 DS, Galaxy 1, Galaxy 2, & 3D Land. I also want a Switch port of Fire Emblem: Genealogy Of The Holy War, & a new Rhythm Heaven game for Switch!

[@asafolarin102999]

Does anyone remember Classic Game Room? Those on-the-carpet videos were such a vibe and I'm glad they are making a comeback.

[@StarBray64]

11:47 is that sky tower in the background playing, respect

[@napoleonfeanor]

Ant Dude: are they running two entire sub.... Nintendo: YES at least two!

[@DiddyKongVsLuigi]

Tapping into your inner Scott with the brown carpet I see. 🤓 It’s such a nice way to film. The whole toy review camera over the hands angle.

[@SyrupyShana]

I got a jumpscare when I didn’t hear Scott’s voice

[@ThisIsCSDX]

Weird. The trailers for SV never showed this much flickering and graphical issues. I didn't experience much like that, either.

[@porkymars9522]

Bayonetta Origins is soooo underrated. That game needs more love

[@Falco.exe93]

So yeah, you should play the pokemon dlc whenever you're in the mood for more of that gameplay loop. As far as the story goes, if you liked the base game characters, you're also gonna enjoy the new ones because they're just as good.

[@Kogami]

I love SV's DLC, Kieran is definitely my #1 fav Pokemon character now but its definitely more story >>> gameplay in contrast to SwSh's DLC so heads up if that's not what you're looking for in a Pokemon game. That said, the Mochi Mayhem post-DLC event feels like the kind of silliness I think you will like, plus you'll get more story content for some of the base game characters!

[@riley2476]

the second stash-type youtuber

[@maccamachine]

These types of videos are always great

[@StardustWhip]

- As someone whose favorite parts of a Zelda game are the story and dungeons, I am of the camp that hopes they take a somewhat more linear approach for the next installment. BotW and TotK are games I _respect,_ but they don't really feel like the Zelda that I'm a fan of. Plus, I can't even change Link's name to Pingas, so that's an automatic 0/10 right there. - I've only ever played 1-2-Switch for like five minutes, and that was more than enough for me. I have no clue how they decided it should be a full $50 release rather than a pack-in title, let alone how they decided it needed a _sequel._ I can't imagine the original sold well enough to warrant it.

[@batmanbud2]

The fact that the sequel to 1 2 Switch is half the price, supports 16 players (8 with phones) instead of 2, and has Bojack (technically) automatically makes it infinitely better than the original, which I still consider to be the absolute worst 1st/2nd party game on the Switch.

[@TFish115]

38:53 that’s me right in front of you to the left 🤣

[@sousukesagara-im3td]

I can't play the DLC for Fire Emblem Engage cause my copy is from the PAL region for some reason.

[@napoleonfeanor]

Didn't know this distinction still existed. I mean, the Switch itself is identical in handheld form

[@h12-p3j]

i genuinely do not know how to process someone thinking wonder is better than super mario odyssey

[@batmanbud2]

Um, what if that person simply had more fun with Wonder than with Odyssey, despite thinking both games were S tier? Like me?

[@MusicJunkie37]

53:25 Not localized yet so I imported it too, the demo was very addicting.

[@verycoolandimpressivename9802]

Play bayonetta origins I need a sequel

[@JackHoffing]

Love the bomberman hero music representation 😊

[@TheSuperSmashBros01]

As for F-Zero 99 that series has been dormant since the mid 2000s so to get an F-Zero battle Royale is the best thing that could ever happen, If we don’t get a brand new HD F-Zero game for Nintendo’s next console then a remaster of F-Zero GX on Gamecube is the best chance of F-Zero living on in SOME capacity.

[@InumiDarkness]

What I can say about the Scarlet and Violet DLCs is that ues, they are very enjoyable but the best part of it? THEY SHOW THAT THEY CAN MAKE GREAT STORIES IF THEY WANT! The Teal Mask has to be one of my favorite experience ever and it does an absolutely insane job at making you love Ogerpon. Ogerpon is easily one of my favorite Legendart Pokemon and how she was used in The Teal Mask have a lot to do with why I like her so much.

[@thabreez456]

Damn Scott The Woz sure has changed a lot

[@RyanSchilling-fg9qn]

I need Antdude, Arlo,and beatemups to get together and talk about the state of Zelda

[@grindtime508]

First pokemon DLC is decent but the second one is actually great. The story implications are actually pretty big as well. I would recommend blasting through the teal mask part and getting to the indigo disc.

[@tuc5987]

I wonder, in order for certain sections of the video to make sense, like the part about Advance Wars where you talk and your hands touch the box, are these random movements of the hand so that it feels as though the person with the hands is the one talking at that moment? It' s hilarious to me that there's this footage of you just randomly touching and hitting the box in the silence of your room because you need some movement in the image while narrating over it. :D

[@kirindas4691]

On Fire Emblem Engage DLC, if you get it, it's best to play through it like early-mid way through your save. To get the new units and use them. The DLC campaign is oddly tied to your save file this time, so you have to play through it everytime you have a new save. And there's no NG+ in Engage. For Pokemon DLC, it's mostly to catch legacy Pokemon not in the main game. And personally, I hated the plot for the DLC, new characters were a pain. If you're not interesting in catching old Pokemon or original Starters, then you could probably skip it.

[@Kniffel101]

31:00 I mean... it was 3 instead of 2, but they did that with Mario 3D Allstars! =P And you counting Famicom Detective Club reminds me that they didn't release it physically here and still only ever charged 60€ for it. Still mad about it because it looks so great!

[@dad7702]

Was there a spyro 1 playthrough on this channel?

[@DGTheMii]

29:06 I'm pretty sure that that is kick the pj

[@leeartlee915]

2023 was a banger year… and I didn’t even really play anything else but Switch games. Did play RE4 remake… was that this year or last?

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

2023 was a great year!

[@alliesangalli1757]

The Tears of the Kingdom section made me really happy. I adore TotK, and you echoed a lot of my feelings on it and the conversation about it.

[@cobyjones9122]

Can someone tell me where the music is from in the background? It sounds very familiar

[@Caleste]

Definitely recommend the Another Code Recollection. Definitely the best games ive played so far this year. They are perfect remasters of the original games(speaking more on the first game since thats the one i played) and really are just as creative and relaxing, and it still is amazing that Nintendo brought these out of nowhere because these games alone are masterpieces and its sad, but not that surprising that people didnt know them when announced.

[@ericschartenberg7592]

i've been playing the sc/vi dlc and it's pretty fun, only issue i have is that the second part is all doubles which i dislike, but other than that flying is fun. if you do end up playing it, can you do a vid about your thoughts, feel like it would be good to watch

[@plushiesdx]

10:05 isn't Miyamoto reaslly proud of that game?

[@sergioflores7172]

2023 was a very great year i was 100% satisfied

[@Woomy]

ZERO ESCAPE MENTIONED thank you antdude

[@MarioFanOnYouTube]

Now we only need a new Mario and Luigi title, as well as Wario Land. Btw I love hearing Ant talking about games like this. Better than podcasts honestly.

[@iLoveBread260]

Just looking back, 2023 might've been the best year for the Switch besides 2017. We got so many games that year, I honestly wasn't expecting too much of hype, this shows how much Nintendo loves us. ❤

[@SuperiorMinez]

As you mentioned, would love a video discussing the state and future of Zelda after TOTK

[@okapi_q]

As someone who felt pretty disappointed by the actual gameplay of Three Houses, I found Engage to be up there with my favorite entries in the franchise. The story might be… eh.. but the map design is just perfect, the difficulty feels tuned to perfection, and the mechanics are really, for lack of a better word, engaging! I really grew to like most of the cast, and the soundtrack is great as well imo.

[@Ben-jitsu23]

I’m thinking of getting into FE and I was going to start with three houses but do you think engage is better?

[@Usith]

My favorite scotts stash

[@NapTown37]

Luigi's Mansion 2 is a good game, and im tired of pretending its not

[@3dsfan2002]

Same,this game deserves zero hate

[@batmanbud2]

No one said it was a bad game, just that it's the weakest of the three.

[@LittleLexi24]

32:50 Pokémon Scarlet is my favourite Pokémon story in a LONG time, I don’t care that it’s kinda ugly and janky cause the story and gameplay was so much fun. The number of people I’ve seen call Scarlet/Violet trash or “the worst game ever”is insane, it’s so obvious that they either didn’t play it or just don’t care about Pokémon &/or Nintendo. I know it’s 7 months later, but I’d say the dlc was good, not sure I’d say great, but it was fun.

[@twocandan1979]

The DLC for pokemon is fun. Ogerpon and Kieran make it well worth it.

[@Minochu96]

I wasn't the biggest fan of WarioWare: Move It! I had some issues with unresponsive controls, where even tho I what I was suppose to it was like the game refused to register it at times, like I had huge problems with one of the "bosses" because of the controls

[@esmooth919]

Correction: Pac-Man 99 died because namco is bringing their own Pac-Man Battle Royale. Also, for everyone complaining about Mario 35, Nintendo told y'all *_ahead of time_* that it was going to be for a limited time! Stop asking why that game got discontinued! It was planned from the jump!

[@esmooth919]

And in my humble opinion, Mario 35 ain't that good! Yeah, I said it!

[@scarmucci1918]

Zelda fanboys and fangirls who are pissing on the open-world format seem to be forgetting that the last linear Zelda game, Skyward Sword, was THE WORST SELLING 3D Zelda game despite being released, at the time, on the best selling console, the Wii. GET OVER YOURSELVES !!! A Link to the Past is my favorite Zelda game and I still play it to this day. I just choose not to live in the past.

[@batmanbud2]

Ok, but Skyward was also an incredibly divisive game on the same levels as Sunshine and Brawl. BOTW and TOTK still suffer from the same Stockholm Syndrome the other big entries from Majora onward did; it just took longer because of what SS was and how different BOTW was.

[@Boulder7685]

I would rate the DLC to Scarlet and Violet as absolutely on-par with the base game’s finale sequence in Area Zero. I’m personally even of the opinion that the story of both expansions is better than Area Zero was.

[@onthedre]

I don't own a switch (anymore) but the Mario Rabbids games look so good that I might have to get one. Switch 2 come sooner please.

[@Pownchao]

I will say, since you're a fellow gen 5 fan, go and play all the way through the Pokémon SV dlc

[@SleepyBBB]

Two of my favorite game series launched this year, a remake of kirby, and a sequel of warioware🤗

[@Alpha-oo8]

I don’t approve being called “nobody” because I cared about warioware move it

[@OstianOwl]

"We all know the true king is Fire Emblem Echoes on the 3DS" FINALLY, SOMEONE GETS IT

[@stannisthemannis5535]

"Nintendo went crazy in 2023" Watered down FE, old game, old games on NSO, old game, Bayonetta spinoff no one asked for, DLC, the greatest game Nintendo ever made, sequel to a game no one bought, old games, sequel to old games that is actually phenomenal, more dlc, yet another 99 game, top 5 2D Mario platformer, mid wario ware game, old game... Yeah they went crazy, alright 🙄 ToTK, Pikmin 4, and Mario Wonder was really about it.

[@batmanbud2]

Actually, Return to Dreamland Deluxe is easily one of the best Kirby games. Trust me.

[@jacobmonks3722]

I feel bad for Tears of the Kingdom. It was released only a couple weeks after peak fiction: Xenoblade 3 Future Redeemed. It just couldn't live up to any amount of hype after that. That's probably why the metacritic score is a 96 and not a 97.

[@Troixix]

Sometimes i feel like i'm the only person who feels completely opposite ways about ToTK and BoTW. I never finished Breath of the Wild, but I blazed through Tears and then did "most of" a gliderless run, including beating ganon. I loved Tears but not Breath, so I feel crazy listening to people talk about them like they're one in the same experience. I respect the heck out of the Zelda team for outright stating in interviews "oh but we all want to do so much more with THIS formula, we're really starting to get somewhere, we can't go back now!"

[@esmooth919]

Why do people keep saying that BOTW/TOTK is a departure, when all it did was hearken back to what made the first and third game so great. I just don't get that consensus. Like, was a lot of youse' first Zelda game "Ocarina of Time" or something?? Are all of the Zelda games before it that niche? Did y'all not like those games that much? Why do so many of you disagree that Zelda works as a nonlinear game? I just don't get it. Can someone please explain it to me without sounding like an opinionated douchebag? (Because yes, that has happened to me on this cesspool that we call the internet)

[@jaretco6423]

As someone who's not really an fan of BotW/TotK myself ( didn't hate them. Just not my kind of game ), I guess that's not the case. I don't even think Ocarina of Time is all that great. Influential & important game, sure. But best game ever? Not by much.

[@BoxoSpoons]

I think the big reason the next Zelda game will need to be less open is because, when you really break it down, the BOTW/TOTK formula is pretty much entirely based around making it's "absolute freedom" concept work, so it's kind of hard for me to imagine another "absolute freedom" Zelda not just being Breath of the Wild 3. Think Mario 64 to Sunshine, where it rolled back the open-ended mission experimentation 64 had in order to experiment with a bigger sense of narrative and progression in each level (and just like Sunshine I'm sure if they roll the freedom back some people will proceed to not stop complaining about it for 15 years). It's kind of inevitable that they'll have to close some doors if they want it to really be a new iteration of Zelda.

[@Sakuma_Saikoro_DiceKun]

ANTDUDE's STASH😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

2023 was probably the best year for Nintendo and the Switch.

[@stripedrajang3571]

Gosh, 2017 and 2019 were really good too.

[@ColonialSun-mg6tq]

So on the floor or table with the carpet?

[@huntersausageandredbeardsh2360]

I love Pikmin 4 so much! It took me over 60 hrs. to 100% it.

[@bkillinm]

Bro stop what ever your currently playing and start playing thru Prince of Persia, fantastic game to start the new year with…. And also bayonetta origins is super slept on and I’m glad u talked it up

[@miserablepileofsecrets]

Yes. Best 80$ spent this year so far.

[@sterlson9011]

i thought i was watching scott's stash for a while

[@huntersausageandredbeardsh2360]

I love Return to Dreamland Deluxe way more than triple deluxe.

[@NateWild]

Scott has started a carpet-based movement

[@QuantumChrist]

Nintendo the only company that cares about physical games.