Blaster Master Zero - Episode 3: Operating Heavier Machinery

Jason and Eve team up to track down Fred, and find a fully operating underground factory full of surprises.
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[@1PressL2P]

"It's only been like a week for you but it's been 8 months for me..." And that's why Jon is making sure to pre-record his LPs...

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

I wouldn't be a shocked if he recorded an entirely different lp in that time.

[@legendofjess6044]

@@MisterJackTheAttack I think he said in streams he’s recorded like 5 lps lol

[@canUsaythis]

I don't think he has but I'm hoping for Devil May Cry 1, God Hand, Maybe a Gex Game, Castlevania Dawn Of Sorrow and lastly Bloodstained Curse Of The Moon is my ProtonJon Wish List....but again that's me being a bit selfish but I'm just happy he is back LPing again :)

[@kirbyfanprime]

"It's been eight months.." THEN THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE!

[@Dash123456789Brawl]

@Mees Mattijssen Unless he officially canceled the series, good news! It’s still those days!

[@themadpro]

Spoiler Alert but LP Super Man 64 dropped only a few days after this upload.

[@zacharylandrum4789]

Jon: "It's been a week for you guys, but it's been eight months for me." Guess old habits die hard.

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

2 weeks

[@xenoboost]

"EVE PLEASE, EVE PLEASE!!!...I JUST WANNA LEARN ABOUT DOUBLE JUMP!!" Eve: Hehe tank go BRR

[@XanthinZarda]

Okay, fine. I'll tell you about Booster. Booster is a strange man, who if not for his late arrival, would have been considered something of a proto-Wario. He's a man with scraggily facial features and is not considered a looker. His hobbies include LARP and beetle collection. Strange for an inhabitant of the Mushroom Kingdom, Booster appears to have a dynasty, a large tower by himself, & emotional stunting; given he cannot understand what crying is. Later in Mario's Adventure, he appears to have gotten himself rather a pretty woman in Valentina. His current status within the overarching mythos or Mushroom Kingdom is largely unknown.

[@synthetic20]

"If you like filling out the map." Read: if you must fill out the map or your soul will crumble to pieces.

[@vice-virgo9635]

What soul? mine crumbled to pieces years ago.

[@CobaltHolmes]

*leaves one map tile unexplored Jon: ...and I took that personally.

[@ScorbunGame]

"The only thing in my notes for the last episode was the name Frudnik over and over again in a more manic writing style each time." I think the insanity of Jon's streams is finally getting to him.

[@aparks1437]

“I found out about mutants. don’t worry I netscape’d it”

[@Terumimi]

i ask jeeves'd it....asked jeeves?

[@Rognik]

@@Terumimi I think the latter.

[@XanthinZarda]

I Alta Vista'd it.

[@shis1988]

I library'd it.

[@gagejoseph91]

On the topic of amnesia, both my best friend's mother (who treated/viewed me as her second son) and my current girlfriend have suffered from amnesia. The latter even suffered from it WHILE we were dating and temporarily forgot about our relationship. Between my partner and my close friendship with my friend's mother, I've dealt with amnesia a few times, and yes, it's best to not try to force memories. At most, give gentle reminders like "This is Todd. He's your dad." but don't try to coax out specific memories. With me and my girl, she still felt devotion to me, but as a close friend, not a lover. So it was...rough. But I stuck with her through it and never tried to tease anything out. I let her know our relationship, but never tried to pull out specific memories and let her have time to just cope. Eventually, everything came back to her, but on her own time. Although, with the mother it was kind of easy lol She forgot many of her own family members, yet remembered me clearly. I remember visiting her after the accident and her family said they hadn't seen her smile like that in a week. Having me around cheered her up, which seemed to help other things fall into place more easily as she relaxed.

[@Starfloofle]

It's unusually refreshing to see someone who knows what the actual condition is like as opposed to hollywood nonsense used as a convenient plot device. I suffered from a very severe case of amnesia myself many years back... my sister (who was always my caretaker) never skipped a beat, she never tried to force anything on the vulnerable me who was confused and suddenly helpless. She focused more on making new memories with me, almost as if nothing happened, instead of trying to fish for old ones; if they came back (some did, but... not as many as I wish... but I'm glad to be here at all.) that was wonderful, but if not, she made sure it wouldn't change the relationship we had with one another. As a kid I can't imagine the amount of damage it might have done to me in the long-term if she had panicked and desperately tried to get back someone who wasn't there anymore. Or, god forbid, acted like it wasn't a real thing and didn't take it seriously. In the end things slowly came back, bit by bit, but some things stay despite it. Not all sorts of memories are stored in the same places, and such. My situation was multifaceted because my genetic condition is a mess, but feelings still remained, and stuff like muscle memory tends to stay intact too, it all depends on what part of you gets suddenly affected by something awful happening. It's... a genuinely terrifying experience, really. Even moreso when you look back on it in hindsight. As people, we are... well, ultimately, largely the sum of our memories. To lose them, especially to lose nearly *all* of them like I did, is to almost to die and have a new person take over your body, unaware of everything you used to be. I'm... just really thankful that the core parts of my personality stayed intact. That's always been my worst fear. Even if I forgot everything I ever knew, I don't want to lose the things that intrinsically make me, well, me. In my case, I ended up developing a second person up there in my head out of the clash between my returning old memories and my new ones. (well... and some other trauma during that time I'd rather not get into that...) But... well, I mean, not in a bad way. It's weird to describe. Even though we're similar, Terra really is like another real person and I consider her my sister too, and feel lucky to have her. We share memories, and are certainly similar, but we're like distinctly different consciousnesses and sort of think independently from one another. ...but also you can't exactly think separately from yourself because they're still your thoughts. ...Ugh, how do I even put that sort of thing into words? I think Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade 2 are the best example of this sort of situation I've seen, it was a welcome surprise seeing anyone even remotely aware something like this can even actually happen. c': But I digress. You're an incredibly kind, patient, and also strong person to be able to keep supporting those close to you through something like that, especially your partner. That must have been especially hard and if it means anything I'm very proud of you for staying by her side despite it all. The thought of what a lesser man might have done in that sort of situation is awful to consider. :c

[@gagejoseph91]

@@Starfloofle Thank you for sharing something so personal so bravely, and thank you for your appreciation, as well. To be fair, my girl's amnesia came at a point where I had already been kinda...."trained" to deal with such a thing. She has...had...multiple personalities. Long story. Trauma caused her brain to split, and (I say the following as modestly as possible) largely thanks to my support, some therapy, and meds, the condition was "cured". However, prior to that, she had three personalities and I loved all of them, and they loved me. To us, that was normal. But eventually, through a mix of support, meds, and professional help, the disorder was...for lack of a better way to say this, "resolved", and her brain snapping back together caused the amnesia. Three brains glomming together isn't exactly something done cleanly. As someone who has suffered a similar affliction, I'm sure you understand how messy the process can be. For her, snapping together effectively erased those three people and replaced them with a new fourth that was, in some senses, once her memories began coming back, a mixture of the traits of all three. Not to say that a loved one treating me so platonically wasn't painful, but I was also dealing with the effective "death" of three loved ones and the effective "birth" of a fourth person who looks like them and doesn't love me that way. The "new personality" aspect was more or less a normal trait for me to have dealt with over many years already, so I was conditioned to understanding and adaptation to three very different personality types before this fourth person manifested. The true difficulty for us was when she began remembering things on her own, I had to remember not to treat her as just a mixture of the three. She went by different names back then, so I would accidentally call her by one of those names instead of her "singular name". She didn't get upset. She understood. But it still felt wrong, as if I wasn't respecting this new identity. Being around someone I've been with for so long while being treated as nothing more than a dear friend was painful, but my mind was more focused on getting to know this new person. She's still more or less the same, but with some of the nuances changed. At the time, I remember telling myself "Okay, first priority is taking care of her and getting to know her new self. Second priority is figuring what to do about 'us'. She's suffering more than I am right now. I can't be selfish or forceful about this." To give you an idea of what kind of person she is, despite telling her my priorities, she INSISTED on forcing herself to love me. Well, try to, at least. Despite clearly being the one in a worse position, she was so hyper-focused on taking care of me that she was trying to force her own emotions for my sake, and I had to tell her to stop. She was willing to lie to herself for my sake and I couldn't allow that, fully aware of the possibility she might never remember her feelings. And in a sense, she never really "remembered" her feelings. As she explained it, it didn't feel like she remembered her affection, she just fell for me again. So this girl has fallen for me 4 different times lol We've taken that as a damn sign lol In my original comment, I said "everything came back to her" just to keep it shorter and simpler. Technically speaking, that wasn't 100% true, but close enough in effect.

[@Starfloofle]

@@gagejoseph91 Thank you kindly for your praise. ...Frankly, it's just nice seeing somebody who actually knows what this mess is like. It's easy to go through terrible things and feel like you're the only one who's ever suffered that way. My split with Terra is... different. When we would/should have rejoined, Terra rejected the memories she was recovering, somehow deciding or determining that they weren't "hers." I didn't really come into existence again proper, until later trauma, which I guess spurred a schism of our consciousness. Definitely familiar with the more ""traditional"" form of a fractured mind though, I have many friends like that. Frankly, when you factor in the rejoining and the ensuing memory loss and your scenario, god damn your relationship must be fate-- one does not exactly woo the same lady four times for no good reason LOL Thank you for sharing, too. It's a weird place to do so, but it felt appropriate all the same. My own story is a mess, I could probably write a self-documentary on it. I imagine it's not so different for you, haha.

[@gagejoseph91]

@@Starfloofle That's for damn sure, feeling like you've suffered and struggled alone. All the more reason to be vocal about such issues and let it be that much easier for empathetic others to see and share their perspectives. Sometimes, just knowing you're not alone is such a relief. Not so much about misery loving company, but knowing that there are people who understand you and can not only validate, but also share in, your emotions. As for the mechanics of how it all occurs, it's not like this kind of thing is an exact science. It's only as exact as all the inexact nuances of being human. When you've got two people sharing a brain, naturally there will be friction. One side may reject the new memories just as easily as anyone else would if they woke up one day remembering an entirely different house than they woke up in. It isn't a simple as "Well, they share a brain, so why wouldn't things just kinda naturally work out when the rejoining happens?" It can be a little difficult to communicate to people who've never experienced it, but it isn't really "one brain." For all intents and purposes, it, is, two, people. Ignore the fact that it is one body. If you took two people and tried to smash their heads together to join them, it'd be a mess. Of course, different cases work differently. I've known D.I.D. people with personalities that freely communicate and switch with eachother on a whim (my girl) and others who have no idea the other personalities exist at all. Sometimes the personalities are functionally identical and simply distinguish themselves by their unique memories, but in other cases, they are so identifiably different that they have different accents and vocal patterns. My girl had three completely unique personalities. One was soft-spoken and innocent, another was boisterous and energetic, and the third was cynical and guarded. I could tell them apart by the tones of their voices. The innocent one spoke very softly with a lot of "um"s, the energetic one was very bouncy and higher-pitched, and the cynical one was deep and direct. They could switch mid-sentence and I could tell in an instant. Meanwhile, my best friend has a male and female personality split and I can't tell who I'm talking with because the only thing that differentiates them is a sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiight change in near-imperceptible nuances like music preferences. The way split brains, and rejoined brains, and the way it all mechanically happens is just as complicated as any human psychology. Trying to predict how a person's mind will handle the change is like trying to predict the exact pattern that glass will break in. No shit lol When she started feeling for me again, we both made the joke that either the universe is trying to keep us apart and we don't give a flying fuck about the universe, or the universe is trying its DAMNEDEST to keep us together. This isn't really relevant to memory loss or D.I.D., but on the topic of "Seriously, against all freakin' odds", the same trauma that caused her to originally split also influenced her sexuality. She's a lesbian, and androphobic. Clinical fear of men. Granted, with my help, she's...mooostly overcome that fear, to the point that she's gone from crying when a man would enter the room to being able to have active conversations with male strangers. Point being that she's an androphobic, amnesiac lesbian and I, a man, have won her over four separate times. It isn't really an ego-stroke for me since it wasn't something I was trying to do, and she's not a trophy, but I can't deny how amusing the whole thing is lol There's "bucking tradition", then there's just pissing all over the rules. Hey, unusual sharing place for unusual folks in unusual situations, right? Whatever works. If the above paragraph didn't make it clear enough, help and comfort can come from the most unexpected places. Life would be boring if we could predict everything in it, eh? If our lives have taught us anything, it's to be flexible and ready to adapt to paradigm shifts. "Talked to a dude about amnesia on a ProtonJon video" is hardly the weirdest thing you've dealt with, no doubt.

[@2401blue]

This was all a nice read. I haven't had to deal with amnesia in my life, but multiple people sharing brains has come up a few times. Glad those circumstances seem to have resolved decently for y'all, broadly speaking. ♪

[@Rognik]

I bet all the mutants are gathering at the Metropolitan Mutant of Ark!

[@retronicxs9793]

Not gonna lie thinking about jon typing fredenick in different fonts repeatedly makes me laugh but at the same time but also question my own sanity

[@Skelatox]

frrUDNickkKk

[@vice-virgo9635]

Have you used Wingdings?

[@retronicxs9793]

@@vice-virgo9635 I have not use em before

[@gebs123]

A weapon to surpass all others: Central Gear.

[@Xel963]

I'm shocked there isn't more Metal Gear memes in this chat.

[@scatlinksean]

Jon's notes: *Frudnick.* That is all

[@IceFireBlast]

So you're telling me Past Jon was so aggravated by the name Frudnick that he deliberately swapped fonts every time he wrote it? Now that's dedication

[@QMulative]

Ben Stein: "Crabullus? ...Bullus?.... Bullus?" Can't wait 'til you start playing Azure Thundercracker Gunvolt!

[@YOM2_UB]

I like to think Jon thought about that one square in the forest every day for eight months.

[@KnightofFunnyJunk]

Lucahjin: Jon honey go back to bed ProtonJon: I just left it there. I left it there like I was some kind of maniac. I have to release episode 3.

[@vice-virgo9635]

Eve: "Hey, Jason...about the mutants..." Jason: "Did you find something?" Protonjon: "Did you Google it? Was it a fast result? Does Google still exist in this post-apocalyptic world? Let's be real, it does..." Future Protonjon: And yet, she chose to Bing it, weird.

[@GirlLove4Ever]

Post-recording remarks are from Sophia, epic head cannon established.

[@JustCrazyDK]

Well for those that are playing along and don't want to deal with Confirm/Cancel being reversed : That option is in the options menu. One of the first things I checked before going into this game.

[@sitharc]

Kinda want to see those manic Frudnick notes... It'd be funny to see how you typed all that.

[@ThomatoSauce]

Even when Jon pre-records his LPs, he still procrastinates.

[@coconutologist]

Remember, it's only a break if you come back.

[@marcus7984]

I just want you to know, I'm really enjoying this and seeing more videos from you

[@theoneTruegradegun]

"Central Gear. It can't be."

[@bladeexe]

Only two episodes and it already took months for Jon to record more. No wonder he took so long to do this again.

[@darienb1127]

Can someone please make a dialogue of Jason and Eve in the Sophia ordering Taco Bell? I don't know why, but that image of them in the truck makes me think of them ordering some kind of fast food. and then the one where Jason is out of Sophia is when he had to go into the grocery store. he's wearing a mask like a good boy.

[@Nintendrone42]

Give me some time and I'll try to whip something up. It probably won't be done today since it's late for me, but I'll post here again once it's finished.

[@Nintendrone42]

OK, I got to it a lot quicker than expected. It's on Twitter now; Jon just retweeted it.

[@darienb1127]

@@Nintendrone42 I replied on there as well. but thanks for doing it! I didn't actually expect anyone to do it

[@shadowdemon1375]

“Ey, I’ll have two number 9’s, a number 9 large......”

[@blankadams3120]

"If you can read this message, you need to step back from the screen" I will not, I'm at least one chair seat length away from the monitor.

[@fuschiawarrior2159]

Ah Jon, don't worry even if the schedule falters, we'll be here.

[@jimbob3332]

"It's been a week for you guys, but it's been eight months for me." Ah, the ADHD method of project management.

[@amaronith]

I've been really enjoying this LP, and it's always a joy to listen to you be educational about a game while still being goofy. But every time the boss fight alarm starts, I am waiting to see Rambo!RobertCop because the stream got raided XD! Obviously this game is where it comes from, but it makes me laugh at myself every time!

[@BitMan775]

Jason and Eve banter is what I live for

[@enthiegavoir5955]

It's funny how familiar I am with the sound and music because I keep realizing that this game is the source for effects and tracks in your other videos

[@Radio.Raptor]

A sign of Jon's nice and calming voice I fell asleep in the middle of this video.

[@sethdeath888]

"Can't show that in a Christian Lets Play" Damn jon which one of your friends is playing nekopara?

[@SuperGoker64]

41:20 "Some missiles... more missiles... ALL the missiles!"

[@Pikminchu]

I find it funny, more strange and coincidental than haha, that Jon points out about the sp gauge, and yet the "s" and "p" are swapped. So, if someone were just watching and half-listening they might think, "Hey Jon, why did you say sp gauge and not ps gauge?" I realize this is somewhat redundant, but I found it a little bit amusing. I also realize the p is for player health and the s is sub weapon gauge, or something like that

[@snugmarshmallow]

the text gags on the friend playing game notifications are incredible thanks for that nice touch

[@TheJoiner]

First attack kittens, and now missiles. I feel like I'm learning so much about you.

[@chevleclair493]

We can always go back to the Maestro of Alberta. Some of the best LPers use your style, Jon. Some have lots of artwork, voice acting, or other bells and whistles, but deep down it's that style. At the risk of going too crazy, I'd compare you to those guys as Leadbelly to a rock star. I'm glad you're back.

[@ShinyGaara65]

Oh Jon, obviously Eve just used AskJeeves. XP

[@BitMan775]

i think you mean AskjEVEs

[@joew1237]

I didn't even need to lean that close to read it. KZbin really brightens things up.

[@thebladeofchaos]

'if you get crushed it's game over' what if you leave the tank to get crushed but Jason's out of it?

[@ZenoDLC]

Then you just strands him in a mutant-infested underground area, possibly killing Eve, and you're stuck with a Blaster Rifle, in other words, a slow and possibly very painful death emotionally

[@DarkLink1996.]

I... never tried that. Be right back

[@DarkLink1996.]

Game won't let you leave SOPHIA.

[@thebladeofchaos]

@@DarkLink1996. THIS MAN BROUGHT SCIENCE! still, weird. you'd have thought they'd have allowed that one.

[@Zegaexiron]

Nice to have somebody to talk to while exploring life threatening environments.

[@Hesitantdragon]

Hey Jon. Did you know that if you talk to Eve during boss fights, you get special dialogue. Sometimes it's hints, sometimes it's some backstory. Since you get Eve at the end of Area 2, this is an often missed feature. This ALSO applies to Zero 2. Talk to her anytime anything happens. This ALSO ALSO applies to Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. They have dialogue for every boss encounter. Y'know, in case someone wants to LP that one. Try using the THUNDER BREAKER underwater. It's got a second use. Heh heh...

[@j2minerblacksands881]

Honestly Jason with the helmet on Looks like Zero, more so his Megaman Zero design.

[@jadeitesan]

Eve: Jaaaaaaason? Jason: Yes?? Eve: I was looking up info on the mutants, but found something else. Jason: What? Eve: Why are there pictures of scantily-clad froggirls in Sophia's database? Jason: Errrrrr.... excuse me, I gotta go get more weapon power-ups, be right back! ::Zips away:: Eve: We aren't done, Jason! ...... These aren't Fred, are they?

[@BitMan775]

Jason's a good boi so he wouldn't do that but I'm tempted to write crack fanfiction of him doing it

[@TMan5636]

"If you can read this message, step away from the screen." Nice little edit there.

[@GusNStuff]

Always a good day when Jon uploads. I actually just finished this game because you were lping it. Thanks for introducing me to this wonderful little game.

[@zechastray1039]

You're so considerate to your viewers' eyes, Jon.

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

"If you can read this please step away from the screen" What...

[@Kronosgear]

man its crazy when 8 months equals a week in these covid times Glad youre back on solo videos ive had a lot of fun watching this series so far

[@Fronswath]

WOO was waiting for this

[@joew1237]

The beauty of recording things is you can always go back and look.

[@Sajin_71]

I've been stuck running back and forth through this area during my attempt to find the last few items that I needed that it's left a rather sour taste in my mouth. As good as the music is, I legitimately can't remember the music for other areas off the top of my head now with the sole exception of Area 1.

[@thedarklordsucks]

A week? I DID MY TIME. 5 YEARS OF IT. IN THE BACKLOG.

[@Harmless_Music]

Another late comment, but there’s a really cool detail with the yellow crusher walls: Shooting them while they’re moving actually pushes them back a bit temporarily! It’s a really minute detail, but I always loved this game for little things like that

[@ahernplays2239]

Jon: I remember being like "Eh, screw it. It won't bother me." It bothered me immensely. Me: Hahahaha I actually thought it would bother me but then I forgot about it.

[@percher4824]

"It's been 8 months..." Can't tell you how many times I've done that exact same thing. Play a game for a week, get distracted, suddenly it's been a year and you can't remember anything and start a new file, perpetuating the cycle.

[@LordTyph]

'And yet she chooses to Bing it' Heretic, Duck Duck Go is the search engine of the Emperor's finest.

[@Sephiroth1204]

Oh neat, in-tank bosses

[@ChakraX2]

Hey, welcome to the new upload :)

[@Ryason55]

A bit late, but the Thunder Breaker is able to clear out mines without them generating bullets, so you can land safely if you're using it while jumping down on top of one. It also has much more range if it contacts water.

[@0SC2]

Here we go again!

[@EmpressZafkiel]

I have been loving these videos Jon. Super glad you are back.

[@JustCrazyDK]

ProtonJon Plays Blaster Master Zero EP.3 Damage : Tank :49;31 Human:27;6 Sub Weapon usage : Tank : WarHead : 28;5 Thunder : 07;1 Homing : 52;29(Not counting any missiles fired after the 41 Min Mark) Human: Grenade : 26;3 Flash : 2;2 "Fred" : 2 In the Original/NES : 29;9 ThunderCracker Picture : 4

[@shadowsa2b]

In this episode, Jason finds HM05

[@shawnburke-hutchinson5901]

Wanna know what I said to the main story? "If it doesn't have Shovel Knight, why do it?" And so I went to the extras immediately.

[@ELJimO1985]

Ironically I had to get closer to the screen to see that message

[@shadowdemon1375]

As someone who also tries to fill in all spaces (Metroid and Shantae being prime examples), I completely understand your need to fill in all map spaces. No worries Jon, your pain is shared (does that make it better? Idk).

[@wilhelmschmidt7240]

Max upgraded gun for Jason in the original fires glowing bullets that pass straight through walls, enemies, and everything... I think you need a replay of the original to refresh your memory. Also, strafing. Yes they have the ability to do strafing as Jason in the original, just hold the grenade button.

[@Mr.Stizblee]

I just want to say that it's such a relief that you're making sure to fill in the map offscreen. Most of the letsplayers/ streamers I watch wouldn't have bothered and it drives me nuts!

[@MarioLuigi0404]

17:35 what could that notification possibly be lmao

[@flashcardz3150]

You can actually shoot at the crushers to push them back a bit. I just found that out myself while playing. Also, the crushers aren't an instant death when you get squished, they only do a point of damage.

[@ProtonJon]

Wait, they're not?

[@flashcardz3150]

@@ProtonJon Yeah, I was surprised too. I thought I was going to die when it squished me but I only took 1 point of damage. Pretty lenient! I had the tank half hanging out, so maybe that made a difference?

[@ZappBranniglenn]

I prefer the Booster too. Predictable jump arcs make fighting and platforming easier. As for the forced back tracking after Area 3, it's funny, the NA manual for the NES game actually warned you about that. It had maps of the game's levels, including how they connect. And I think a small blurb saying that after you clear Level 3 you should return to 1 in order to reach 4. Definitely one of the better manuals of its day.

[@SomethingFawful]

Thank you for filling in the map Jon, it would seriously bother me if it wasn't filled in.

[@SirRosser]

Pro: Lots more fun stuff to do in the tank, including bosses! Con: Not NEARLY enough music from the NES game so far. I'm assuming they're saving it for later. When the dark room hit, all I could think was, "Well OBVIOUSLY you need to blast a few aliens until you find a lightbulb for Uncle Fester to use...wait..." And the Photophage boss (NES) was, for a long time, the hardest boss for me. I mean, it seems trivial NOW, but at the time when I was a kid...MAN that boss kicked my ass!

[@melvindekkers6105]

4 years have flown by :O.

[@dragon1130]

I just wanted to say that it's because of you I bought this game. So, it's your fault I have a new favorite tank platform shootemup hybrid about a man named Jason chasing down his frog named Fred. On an unrelated note, it's also your fault I cry out "where's Froggy. Have you seen Frogy" randomly to my friends but that's a different game altogether.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

A man named Jason Frudnik, thank you very much.

[@YOM2_UB]

Did you have a previous favorite tank platform shootemup hybrid?

[@pcachu]

All work and no play makes Jason a dull Frudnick.

[@galacticheroman]

Eve: "Why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food?" Jason: "...Excuse me??" Eve: "-and use it to your heart's content!" Jason: "WAIT, NO. HOLD ON-"

[@shadowsa2b]

A week for us, 8 months for you...even when you upload more frequently, we still get that protonjon consistency lol Glad to see you releasing content more frequently

[@RacingStripeAV]

As someone who knows nothing about the Blaster Master series (and will continues to stay in the dark about it during this LP), I'm calling it right now: Eve has something to do with the mutants.

[@nickkelley9139]

I'd mention that you can swap the functions of A and B at any time you want, but given that this footage is from several years ago, that would ultimately amount to nothing.

[@puzzlewuzzle6687]

Actually this is from January of this year, Jon confirmed this on his stream on Monday.

[@LordTyph]

Honestly, I always felt like Hover was LESS efficient than Double Jump. It felt like you got more immediate height out of the extra jumps for less SP.

[@crimsoncutz8430]

Eve is freaked out at the thought she might know something. She probably was not a very good student.

[@SickeningRoro]

Oh My Gosh you came back!

[@ZenoDLC]

The homing missile in Zero is so good, the original one's limited and often end up floating above the too-low-to-shoot enemies....

[@karlhnedkovsky5214]

This episode really grinds my gears!

[@KainYusanagi]

9:50 Jon, the max upgrade Wave actually fires two different bullet types; the white projectiles, which are the same as the previous Tight Wave level, and also rainbow projectiles, which will pierce infinitely. It's not because of "sheer numbers" of bullets fired. Of note is, as we touched on in the comments of the first video, the fact that it also had the looping bullet modes, so it was able to fire around corners, and the layouts of the maps also kept that in mind with their design. EDIT: Wholly agreed that the new Hover is better in that it recharges slowly over time/drops are much more common/universal, but I still dislike that the secondary weapons don't use their own ammo, especially since secondary weapons for *Jason* do that now. They should have made a few that use SP meter, but also the regular ammo. Also wholly agreed that the Sophia boss fights are a very welcome addition, though I disagree on your statement that the original boss was bad; it was a combination of a sliding puzzle and the usual gameplay, which was both unique and honestly fun to deal with, if you didn't abuse the grenade glitch.

[@masterofanything]

Jon I love your honesty in your commentary and can now say without a doubt that you switching over to a TRG-like schedule so you have a ton pre recorded ready to go whenever is the best move. I will say the more I see of this the more I want to know if there are plans for a sequel or if there is one already?

[@JustCrazyDK]

I did play and beat this game during my vacation. It's a great game, had a lot of fun with it.

[@Sajin_71]

Fuck SOPHIA, Fred is the all-terrain frog to be able to stay ahead and literally hop around each area this quickly.

[@PikaPilot]

Jon's 8 month old notes, probably: Frudnick FrudNICK frUD nick FRuDniCk frUDNIck fRuDnIcK fRUUUUUUUDnick FruNIIIIIICK frudddddddnick frud bud FRUDNICK

[@Ariou016]

I wonder how much of a break Eve really got between when he actually next recorded

[@SymphoMatt]

i'm not gonna lie, I was expecting the ending to be Sophia turning towards the camera, you yelling "OR IS THERE?!", and firing.

[@Shadowninja8]

17:36 that note in the corner was really funny to me lmao.

[@BillyRedWorld]

You made my day better Jon :D

[@newdonktimes2034]

Eve “Um Jason didn’t we already explore this area?” Jason “We did but I want to check every square inch” Eve “But Jason the frog?” Jason “Every square inch!!!!”

[@magitek09]

36:40 Man, imagine being bothered by that square for 8 months, that's torture!