Arc the Lad Side Games and Anime - Casp

[@UltimaN3rd]

About the wonderswan game's flashing, the Wonderswan screen blurred a bit between frames just like the game boys, so instead of flashing it'd look more like a transparent overlay. This was a somewhat common technique in gameboy games too.

[@Caspicum]

Oh damn, well I feel better for the Japanese kids of two decades ago then. I had a feeling it was an emulator thing, but all the footage I could find was also emulated. I'd imagine it's a bit like how most modern emulators completely ruin dithering patterns.

[@DreamWhale]

Why the fuck did this get an anime but BoF3 didn't?

[@nekokitkatlongassname]

Why didn't BoF2 got one? It has Katt ffs.

[@Caspicum]

proof there is no god, or if there is a god, they're incredibly cruel

[@Cervine]

@@nekokitkatlongassname Need an anime adaptation of the monkey kingdom with Sten and that other guy fighting on 2 pieces of falling rubble

[@montefisto]

@ 1:44 How did you hire a native Japanese speaker to read that title for you? The production effort increases with every upload, it's crazy

[@Caspicum]

What can I say other than I'm absolutely 日本語上手

[@AvalancheReviews]

I've tried to watch the Arc the Lad anime a few times and never could get past a few eps.

[@residentgrigo4701]

Yeah, it's a mess. US game adaptations the to be bad but kinda memorable. Japanese ones tend to be mediocre and very forgettable.

[@Caspicum]

That's how I am with most anime, even good shit, so I assume watching all 26 episodes means it's horrendously bad.

[@otakuthegreat]

Yay finally good thing I mentioned the animé (though it was a mess) that was a year ago!? Time flies man....

[@Caspicum]

tru tru. I started the Arc series in 2020. I want to finish it before 2023 though, so time to ramp up. Time to go full Arctard

[@otakuthegreat]

@@Caspicum You should do a Megaman battle network one since this year is the 21st anniversary of the series when you find to cram that in

[@oddskymikha8185]

1:05 That one developper who thought his monster arena game was gonna be as popular as Pokémon. Guess it didn't pan out as well as he thought.

[@Caspicum]

RULES OF NATURE

[@AuroraAce.]

13:20 damn that joke caught me off guard

[@Caspicum]

joke?

[@overlordzetta7410]

BBW is pointless FAT is already three letters.

[@antonkishkovskyi8392]

Was that a Super Eyepatch Wolf reference? If so, it was spot on! Only the accent needs a little work

[@Caspicum]

idk they all kinda talk like that but ty ty. someone gotta tell these fellers that they're cartoons made for children :^)

[@SpeveBobs]

The Lad is back.

[@Caspicum]

The absolute unit has arrived

[@ruxsack4021]

7:06 well said. The gotcha wise cracking thing is so played out even irl

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

Haha if you ever get to legend of legaia and dragoon It would be pretty interesting to see your views on how well they aged

[@sunnyenno9468]

that super eye patch wolf impression dude LMFAO

[@Caspicum]

It wasn't specifically him, there's a lot of Irish(?) soft-talkers who love their pauses, but I gave it an honest crack

[@Yoop74]

Casp The Lad kino back on the menu

[@Caspicum]

The spirits favour me, i will become the perfect anime boy.

[@spoopskeletal2873]

>the darkness believes in a thing called love. Yeah liked and subbed. Well fuckin memed

[@Caspicum]

I feel like I earned that one. ty ty

[@spoopskeletal2873]

@@Caspicum I saw that music video one time as a kid, been with me ever since. Never heard of anyone else who's heard it. I get weird looks when I bring it up

[@Pridetoons]

There was also a Disgaea anime too. They didn't know what to do with it though.

[@Caspicum]

oh man i remember watching that in japanese and getting mad that the funny penguins didn't say dood

[@Ingisen]

14:37 Elc used his fire powers to destroy the facility. It was not technical failure. That being said... I'm really glad that the Arc franchise has gotten more Western attention lately. I thought I was among the only people to have played the 4 games + watched the anime. It's a shame AtL never got the momentum it needed, appearing late in the PS life-cycle aside.

[@deejay3297]

Da fact that they thot for a single second ther shity monster mash cud be accepted in any way similar to pokemon shows just how insane they r but then agn they did create atl

[@Caspicum]

zased

[@midiagain828]

I thought Australia made anime illegal? How did you get it?

[@Caspicum]

dont tell dad but i loaned it from russians.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

In summation, I wont be surprised at your take on the next game

[@Caspicum]

I'm in the writing process at the moment :^)

[@MegaDeathRay10]

Arc the Cad more like!

[@Caspicum]

That's putting it nicely.

[@TVsMrNeil]

I only used Arc Arena for early item crafting for my Arc 2 save file. It's a nice little exploit. Otherwise, I didn't actually play Arc Arena.

[@markfamilari3842]

Love your work bro are you gonna do one on the ps2 arc ?? I got halfway through and stopped playing for some reason

[@Caspicum]

It's been in the works for a year or so because I had a real hard time writing it. I've completed the Arc 6 video, it's sitting unlisted staring at me, have had the Arc 5 video written for 9 months, and just could not settle on how to write the Twilight video. I'm currently recording it slowly, 5-10 minutes at a time, as it's about 40 minutes. I hope to have all three of those videos out in March! I can see why you stopped for sure, the gameplay is passable but not wholly gripping, but I unapologetically love it, cheese and all.

[@markfamilari3842]

@@Caspicum your a legend mate all the best

[@Amish_Avenger]

0:29 Did this joker just say "Idear?"

[@zersky495]

13:25 Ayo? 🤨 📸

[@youngotterking5450]

Nice video guy

[@Caspicum]

Young Otter King! My Boy!

[@ShadowWolfRising]

"Just happy it didn't get milked for a mobile title." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 'Starts Crying'

[@Caspicum]

i cri efertim

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@@Caspicum I'm still mad at Capcom for BoF6. And Sega for Tony Taka being allowed to handle Shining Force.

[@XstickbuddyX]

I found a full box set of the anime at youmacon last year and I thought I hit the jackpot, my god I was wrong.

[@Caspicum]

Surely it'd be worth a bit though. Sit on that bad boy for another decade and you might have something worth owning

[@Borti_Ovi]

15:20 One might even say… ✨CELESTIAL✨

[@Caspicum]

GOTTEM

[@jonathanplooij3666]

i did not know there was a arc the lad anime

[@CitrusChrome]

You should really try MS Saga for PS2. It's a turn based Gundam JRPG that has some really interesting mechanics and a original story that incorporates a lot of different series.

[@Caspicum]

I just bought the Retrotink 5x so I could play Arc 4, because my last upscaler didn't handle PS2 games well, so PS2 games are on the menu now. That said, isn't MS Saga a part of the Metal Max series? Would it be okay to start so late in a series? That's the question... That said, fishnet tanks are calling.

[@CitrusChrome]

@@Caspicum not sure if you're trolling but nah, it's a one off game.

[@hallowed4570]

12:00 has me dying bro lmao

[@Caspicum]

the fluoride stare :^)

[@diwajerebation4077]

unrelated, but would you consider reviewing the dept. heaven series?

[@Caspicum]

bro i don't think i'm smart enough to do that. that's not even a joke

[@greenpoolball5136]

Downvoted! Casp is unbelievably rich in crypto, do not think casp is a dumb dumb when he's this drenched in virtual money. Arc the Lad gambling is baby shit to Casp's crypto smarts.

[@Sarahm2261]

casp next anime review on a video game rpg when?

[@Caspicum]

NEVER! unless they do like a shadow hearts or suikoden anime

[@Sarahm2261]

@@Caspicum there a suikoden OVA anime

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

uh oh its time for monster arena gj talking about the music though

[@Caspicum]

MUSIC IS PAIN.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

@@Caspicum no I meant you liked the anime ending theme lol

[@outtrigger]

great vid casp

[@Caspicum]

ty ty i appreciate you baby

[@TheDiscoGenre]

Speaking of questionably made JRPGs with an equally questionable anime, I wanna see you review Sands of Destruction one of these days. But that's more of me lusting for Morte (she's also the only 'good' character in that trainwreck, and I'm using good very loosely).

[@Caspicum]

no :clap: lusting :clap: more :clap: lifting

[@legendoffupa]

The anime was produced by BeeTrain, the same studio that animated .hack roots (which I still do not understand to this day because it is such a mess story telling wise). And while I agree that the anime has plenty of weak points, I still enjoyed it a lot. Mostly because I like the games, and the anime has a lot of recognizable characters and scenes, while also expanding on some ideas that weren't in the games. But outside of that, I think most people who don't know the games probably also wouldn't enjoy the anime. 🤷‍♂️

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

I know this is not about the video, but dude, where'd re:digitize decoded? It's a entire different and waaaaay better game, and the english patch is already complete

[@Caspicum]

I played it a while back and it felt exactly the same. All of my complaints were more or less the same, it just had more Digimon. I don't feel it did enough to justify a new video, it'd either be really short, or re-treading things I've already said, so I just didn't do one.

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

@@Caspicum what? The amount of things you can do in that game is almost the triple of the original, with each sidequest being connected to another in the later future that you can't get unimpressed For example, there's one digimon in the city that if you talk to, and give it food, he'll turn into a geckomon, then you'll find him in the railroad plains, asking for more food, after losing almost every penny in my bank account, he'll turn into a shogun geckomon, asking for even more food, after questioning if I should or not kill him, he'll finally be satisfied and go back into the city, opening a hotel that you can invite digimons into, with that you'll get a certain amount of money every 5 days, and alongside with that, you'll get access to 3 more digimons that can expand the place even more, and another digimon entirely disconnected to that that can give you something to let the place even better, and all of that because I talked to one digimon, there's tons of examples like that that I could give So at least for me, no, it's not even close to the same game for me Not only all of that, but the plot itself is expanded in 2 additional campaigns, with the involvement of the seven demon lords, and the 13 royal knights

[@arctmensilva7491]

you have a way with words Casp.

[@Caspicum]

I'll take that as a compliment :^)

[@bradleystinnett4338]

13:25 that did not just happen. 🤣🤣

[@Caspicum]

Definitely not, and anyone who says it did is a liar.

[@paisoruketsuthitsarfirelig6307]

​@@Caspicum we remake arc the lad anime will return ok like 1995 style cool return enjoy but this? Okay

[@B0K0691]

Review Super Robot Wars 30 please

[@Caspicum]

I read that as "raw dog super robot wars".

[@B0K0691]

@@Caspicum omg i'm a big fan thank you for replying

[@iantaran2843]

That is hilarious, Arc The Lad and Breath of Fire are the two series I'm playing through currently. 🤣🤷 Although I ain't touching those app games.

[@Caspicum]

Breath of Fire 6 servers went down like three years ago, and Arc R goes down in about 2-3 weeks, so you're saved from having to play them anyway. Sometimes it's sad when old online games die. Sometimes it's good :^)

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

I honestly like Working Design's translations but not the difficulty adjustments.

[@Caspicum]

the hate for Working Designs is over-played, but I'll be damned if it doesn't make a good punchline

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

@@Caspicum agreed.

[@kamuireina9868]

I may be in the minority but I really enjoyed the anime adaptation despite its problems.

[@Caspicum]

I think if I could tolerate anime when it's good, it would've been a different story. Being subject to mediocre stuff when you already aren't too fond of the medium is a tough sell.

[@squidlordo]

Fwaq yeee Casposss!

[@Caspicum]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@greenpoolball5136]

Crusade without a name, good shit lmao, the English dub probably had the same feelings towards this name and made fun of it off screen. Must have been an inside joke

[@Caspicum]

I sincerely hope so. IMagine the voice actors going home thinking they were changing the world without a name.

[@RKIC]

Bark the Mad

[@Caspicum]

Darc the Sad. Wait, fuck spoilers.

[@TVsMrNeil]

I wish anime would go back to plagiarizing 80s movies. At least that shit was fun. I don't know what the hell was going on in the mid 90s. All I can say is that I lauged out loud when I saw the credit roll and immediately recognized the ADV credit font. God, they would just dub ANYTHING.

[@Caspicum]

Oh damn, the localization company had a signature font? Arc's kinda given me a taste for bad '90s anime, so I might have to follow that up.

[@johnvillanueva7486]

I played arc the lad 3 and I hated lutz and Alban. And Discovered that Arc was dead and I was "why do we have Arc the lad on PS2 If Arc is dead?" Now l backtracking to Arc the lad 2

[@Caspicum]

the first Arc on PS2 is actually pretty good, I hope you have a better go with Arc 2 though!

[@Pridetoons]

Wait a guy that mostly plays JRPGs hates Anime goddamn bruh!

[@Caspicum]

It's sad but it's true :(

[@blackswelproductions3876]

But anime is good

[@paisoruketsuthitsarfirelig6307]

😏Mappa buy bee train arc the lad Anime remake future okay yeah cool

[@SheonEver]

I watched that whole anime, a surely awful introduction to this IP, and now can only remember maybe 3-4 scenes.

[@Caspicum]

I remember the fight between Tosh and Shuu, probably one of the most disappointing animated scenes I've ever seen. You're right though, a handful of scenes are memorable and the rest is filler.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

Gotta be honest I always find it funny when people watch the worst anime possible and say anime bad

[@Caspicum]

Anime bad independent of bad anime :^)

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

@@Caspicum idk there are game franchises that are still going like sakura taisen, persona.. that arent based on anime but are clearly heavily anime influenced jrpgs are anime influenced most of the time anyway

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

@@Caspicum but yeah I could see the average moviegoer cringing 😬 at seeing the demon slayer movie right next to whatever capesht is coming out next lol. Must feel bad having to see people always talking about anime on youtube

[@ydnaivi9435]

i myself fucking sakuga nerd, so i kinda sad hearing that you hate anime as a medium. yeah i know, being a guy watching quite a bunch of anime, i feel you dude. but there is a lot of high quality production anime that define the medium at its best and i mean, a lot. hope someday you find some yourself.

[@Caspicum]

I liked anime when I was younger, I just don't anymore. It's not engaging to me. My first burnout was trying to watch One Piece like 10 years ago, and the second was while I was watching Space Dandy and it took me 2 years to watch one season. That said, I rewatch Dokuro chan once a year because that's funny af and Shimoneta too, but idk anime as a concept doesn't keep my attention. I read manga from time to time, but even that dropped off after I read fist of the north star and Berserk tbh

[@ydnaivi9435]

​@@Caspicum yeah, i kind of understand that sentiment. when you're not updated with this kind of stuff and like no one around you talking about it, that definitely would lose my attention too. i assume this was the case. i dont know what you sought when you watched anime, but for me, the most is definitely the animation. there is that particular style on japanese animation or sakuga that hardly can be found on most western cartoons for which i adore so much because they look very cool. and ofc, aside from that, japanese/anime storytelling or just its story in general often times works for me. when its done right, there is just right amount of plot and characterization for story to works nicely. which is need a lot less time to consume than most live action series. aside from that, i cant really say much. so yeah, with my awareness i stop here. but hey, atleast you still playing jrpg. thats a good thing, i guess. ^_^

[@blackswelproductions3876]

@@Caspicum it is good

[@greenpoolball5136]

2nd!

[@Caspicum]

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