Battletoads (2020) - Toadally Awesome [Bumbles McFumbles]

[@dippin4dots]

Honestly if someone with terrible luck was selling Lottery tickets they haven't scratched I would buy it. Whats more unlucky, buying a losing lottery ticket, or giving someone thousands of dollars for 2 dollars.

[@humanoidcorn4476]

That… is painfully accurate with lottery tickets!

[@ButterStick64]

Than is he actually super lucky for having obtained a good and/or winning lottery ticket in the first place?🤔

[@supercoolmaniajon265]

​@@ButterStick64 No. He didn't find a winning ticket. He found what he thought was a losing ticket which _turned out_ to be a winning ticket. From his perspective, it's a profit recieved from conning some poor sap out of a dud ticket.

[@markointhesky]

"I made him three inches shorter. Doesn't seem like much, but his WHOLE LIFE will change." True and actually really fucking funny

[@kennydarmawan13]

Considering the two of them are cosmic, all-powerful beings, this minuscule, petty-looking punishment that has MUCH bigger consequences, in the long run, is on-point for one of them to do.

[@mileshuenefeldt4099]

I always knew that Bumbles McFumbles was the master of sound based humor, but when he used the wrong buzzer to make megalovania, that just got me laughing for ages.

[@Lukkak09]

Can you give me the timestamp?

[@Atom_dom_2004]

@@Lukkak09 2:47

[@Lukkak09]

@@Atom_dom_2004 Thanks

[@errorfourohnine8887]

god damn i didnt think it was gonna be funny but i heard it and started cackling like a witch

[@mileshuenefeldt4099]

@@Lukkak09 2:46

[@StrumstarHammer]

"Skeleton Warriors" [Jackpot Noise] "Oh okay." That entire bit was golden.

[@SnaksiXD]

As someone with a straight up smear frame of an animation from this game as a pfp, I think this game worked as a great introduction to the Battletoads franchise for newcomers.

[@kennydarmawan13]

You know, this is by far the best review of Battletoads 2020. A thorough review that acknowledges its strengths and weaknesses while not trying to play the compare game.

[@NoahDaArk]

As opposed to Yahtzee’s “review” of the game which boiled down to, and I’m transcribing this based off of memory here: “Bitch bitch bitch bitch. Whine whine bitch whine. Bitch whine… whine bitch.” My memories might be a *bit* hazy

[@Azazelea]

@@NoahDaArk you forgot "whine >:("

[@NoahDaArk]

@@Azazelea Aaah! THAT’S what I was missing!!! Thanks

[@Cam_Can_Play]

@@NoahDaArkI think a few more bitches and whines are in order, maybe a moan.

[@NoahDaArk]

@@Cam_Can_Play Perhaps an angry screech as well. It’s one thing to critique a game, it’s another thing to just whine about it

[@Sigurdr78]

Gotta be honest: I never knew they even made a new Battletoads game. I wondered why the “do you have battletoads” joke died, I guess I know now

[@Robin0928]

Man, looking at all of the funny little sequences that were designed for 3 players, it's criminal this game wasn't given online co-op. I cannot imagine how much fun it would be to do little warioware mini games or play rock paper scissors in the middle of your beat-em-up on like a Discord call

[@phoenixchampion7]

I can kinda understand why they didn't add Online Multiplayer though. Imagine playing Battletoads with frame delay/lag spikes coming in randomly. Forget trying to get better at the game you might end up getting effectively soft locked because one of your buddies has a bad Internet connection.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

_Battletoads_ really is one of those games that tests your determination, and that's what I love about it. It doesn't get nearly enough attention or love in my opinion.

[@Lukkak09]

Undertale jokes incoming

[@elianhg2144]

@PumpkinHead1021 and bravery

[@jackwastakenx2]

@@Lukkak09 **determination.*

[@smileyfaceproductions7477]

Which one lmao

[@evilsheepmaster1744]

Seeing the ability to swap between each of them in the middle of a fight now just makes me wish they were in a Marvel VS Capcom style fighting game.

[@diamonddust4486]

30:56 is most glorious frame of animation I've ever seen.

[@Richterdgf]

Thanks to this video, the phrase "Chug my Dump-Truck!" is now part of my vocabulary and I cannot thank you enough for that.

[@devforfun5618]

it so weird because when i played the original the defining trait for me was that it was cartoony, the way they stretched, the weird enemies, throwing enemies into the screen, for me the only correct way to make them is leaning more into it

[@delededendboyyt]

Ok, who said the artstyle sucks? It looks fucking awesome

[@insanemindset2667]

A bunch of fickle people who don't like quality art because "Dur, it's not the art style I want!"

[@C_0_N]

It was due to how much was animated in said art style. And in 2020 it was nuts

[@somik-i3x]

Yeah I will take 100 Battletoad 2020 artstyle over the art style of grey military shooter of the 2000.

[@mitkitty]

Same people who complained about the 2018 TMNT artstyle. If it's different, people will be pissed

[@pizzazz_music]

It was announced in 2018. Anything that didn't look like anime was labeled cal arts and thrown in the gutter.

[@devilseven6667]

24:07 The fact that someone referenced Skull Kid in 2020 brings peace to my ten year old self.

[@atomicskull6405]

2:32 Mummies Alive was actually a pretty damn good show. EDIT And so was Samirai Pizza Cats, even the japanese studio that created it thinks the US release (which was basically an abridged version of itself because they didn't have the original script to work from) is the better version.

[@Silvernwolf]

"Or they're three toads that punch." Yeah I'm sticking with this one.

[@maurycyoseka1057]

21:59 - 22:05 Okay people. Why you always say that Eric Bauza is remembered for voicing ONLY Bugs Bunny? He actually voiced lots of other characters since 2000s. He is the mimic voice of Shaggy, Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales, Henry Hawk, Woody Woodpecker, Baby Fuzzy, Stimpy, Gizmoduck, Atomic Ant and Puss in THE Boots. And he voiced normaly characters like: White Panthera, Slip and Slide, Foop, Lord Stingray, Red-Faced Kwan, Bahdeuce, Slab, Pillowmint Buttler, Iron-Spider, Master Frown, Albedo and Lord Takagami.

[@MasterZebulin]

NEEEEEEEEERRRD!!!!!!

[@deltavictor8369]

After your struggles with the bullet hell section, I'd like to see you try a Touhou game. Interesting history, rabid fanbase, brutal difficulty... perfect for a video!

[@ericwijaya2119]

Rabid fanbase technically describes every fanbase to ever exist

[@MasterZebulin]

@@ericwijaya2119 It actually describes _humanity...._ Particularly, _the _*_American_*_ part._

[@MUGENanaya]

@@MasterZebulinhow did we get here from a video about battletoads

[@MasterZebulin]

@@MUGENanaya Someone said "rabid fanbase" and it went from there.

[@novalinnhe]

Hi! I had a huge binge-watch of your content yesterday, and this was the video that encouraged me to subscribe - you have an INCREDIBLE sense of humour and comedic timing! :) I also missed much of the original Battletoads mythos, as the genres I played when I was younger didn't overlap. So the 2020 game honestly just looks awesome, and I'm sad it was received so poorly. A lot of gaming seems to suffer from that currently - great projects tanked due to differing consumer expectations.

[@mmmmmmmmmmmm]

Don't have much to contribute to the comment section but,bumbles you make the most unique videos i've seen on the platform and in this time of youtube hell every comment helps wih the algorhythm

[@peucoman]

Wait...that Pimple platforming section...did Bumbles *just praise a section inspired by Donkey Kong??*

[@bumblesmcfumbles]

Shhh, don't tell everyone

[@gameman250]

NO, HE DIDN'T PRAISE A SECTION INSPIRED BY DONKEY KONG!!!!! It was inspired by Donkey Kong Country, there's a difference.

[@Wolfbarr01]

*HIM*

[@gregoryo4417]

Honestly, as someone struggled with playing through the Battletoads at an early age, I really enjoyed the series in a bizarre way because it was still so fun to go through the zany story and interesting mechanics just to progress and see where the story would take you. And when I remembered that Battletoads had actually entered into Killer Instinct 2013 in the form of Rash being a playable fighter, I just knew there was something beautiful to behold about the whole series and the concept of them. Anyways, I really enjoyed your video and looking at a retrospective of the series as a whole, and I wish you the best of luck with all of your future videos. Speaking of which, could you please try and consider making a followup to the Kanto Pokemon as pets video for all of the Johto Pokemon? It really meant a lot to see it and I really liked your observations and takes on it, so please consider doing a followup if possible, please?

[@hazardrider8317]

"How dare they make the series copying a cartoon with characters that change their limbs to cartoon-y weapons into a cartoon!"

[@stoic_rose]

i cant pinpoint why but that part near the beginning where youre listing off failed tmnt knockoffs really got a good laugh out of me, i dont usually like that kind of bit but you did it in a very funny way with your editing, and thats why i like you bmf :]

[@armageddon7432]

20:48 this needs to be in a dlc

[@natebetts9426]

I like how the only person that wasn't censored was AVGN

[@icantthinkofagoodname.3983]

This is why we should all give “middle of the road” games a chance, either you’ll find one of the worst games you ever played, or you find a diamond in the rough.

[@justafan9206]

"we take the president's dog and make him buff" *Overwatch, the tf2 based Undertale au's Megalovania*

[@segadoeswhatnintendont]

What?

[@masonasaro2118]

@@segadoeswhatnintendontthey meant overtime, it’s for a engineer megalovania

[@sketch-eee4165]

I played this battletoads game, and I had fun in its beat em up sections, but dreaded the non beat em up stuff like the space section or the meditation platforming section. I guess that's how it was back in the day then, huh. Weirdly enough, I enjoyed the newer sinpler artstyle, but that may be because I never grew up playing the classics. I still hope that microsoft grows smart and lets rareware bring back more of their ips too for the peeps who love them!

[@TKHedgeHog]

I wish this channel had more subs, it really deserves it.

[@MagicalGirlFia]

I like the art style-I think that there aren’t enough 2D cartoony games coming out today. This (funnily enough given its original nature as trying to capitalize on the Ninja Turtles trend) really reminds me of Rise of the TMNT in the general reception described here. Both have extremely bouncy, unique, colorful, and (dare I say) overall good art styles that deviated so much from what fans expected that they were dismissed immediately by said fans.

[@felixdaniels37]

I like both art styles as well, but comparing this to ROTMNT is very disingenuous because how they're executed are polar opposites. ROTMNT wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but it was supremely confident in its own direction and style, with every moment of the show oozing with flashy pizzazz and some of the best fight scenes in the franchise. Eventually people caught on to what it was doing and couldn't help but respect it. This game on the other hand, is not that. The actual cutscenes don't translate the style the gameplay does, with cheap, janky puppet rigging that does the gameplay a huge disservice. It hides behind layers of irony and meta humor like it's TTGO, insulting even the audience that's willing to give it a fair chance. It's a thoroughly insecure product through and through, which is why even years after it released the people willing to defend it are few and far between.

[@MagicalGirlFia]

@@felixdaniels37 I completely agree with you, however talking moreso about fan reception to the style rather than anything else really. Sorry if I wasn’t clear enough about that

[@hadouradiance3566]

Tbh I first avoided ROTMNT because I thought it'd be like TTGO.

[@lxi..]

With people saying that they hated the artsyle, it kind of reminds me of how people absolutely hated the Rise of TMNT art style when it was first revealed. It was revealed during the giant cartoon shitty reboot wave and it, along with Mikey saying "Memes are lit" turned off people HARD.

[@michaelwahl7810]

This game looks pretty good to me. I might have to pick this one up. Without this video I probably would have no idea it exists, so thanks. Really enjoyed the video!

[@edwarduecker4866]

Weirdly I think the art style works for the gameplay but not so much for the cutscenes. You go from these very expressive character animations for combat to a Cartoon Network show circa 2008 that got canceled after 12 episodes

[@luketfer]

Yeah I think the backlash to the Dark Queen's redesign and then the dev response to said backlash (basically calling anyone who didn't like the redesign sexist) overshadowed the game itself so you essentially had an inbuilt hate audience before the game even released. Meanwhile Streets of Rage 4 was, straight up, just a better game than Battletoads. Not to mention it didn't even live up to the other 80s nostalgia beat'em up which set the gold standard, Double Dragon Neon, which came out 8 years earlier in 2012, let alone Streets of Rage 4.

[@Mankey619]

2020s Battletoads game is under appreciated,and it’s such a shame it’s one of the best made beat em up platformers ever made by RARE. Glad that your reviewing it,cause Battletoads deserves to be recognised today.

[@projectalpha22_va]

10:18 A sound reference to Lyle “Dad” Wrath, it’s appreciated, very nice.

[@smileyfaceproductions7477]

I'll admit Im on the fence about this game. On one hand I LOVE the simple, yet difficult to master combat of the arcade game with intense bosses and nigh universal attack prioritization from said bosses and enemies, which really added a sense of adaptation to the game and its difficulty.. I also feel like going down a much more grosser n' gritty route for the Toads' aesthetic fit way better.. On another, I appreciate this game and the blood, sweat and tears poured into this games' animation and aesthetic. I also love the expansion of gameplay, swapping health-tied heavy attacks to individual attack buttons and the various gameplay styles.. I do wish the bosses could've expanded on the Arcade, fighting the bosses DIRECTLY and gradually tearing them down.. The gore and blood, along with the cartoonyness combined with the grungyness of the sprites made it way more fun..

[@karmicrespite5737]

I like how the point commentary from the Tony Hawk video made a comeback near the end.

[@wrongtown]

Okay it might not have taken off like TMNT but Samurai Pizza Cats was a pretty great show 💀

[@luketfer]

I love the fact that it is, essentially, the first 'abridged' series. Normally with shows being bought over from Japan you'll get 'show notes' for the series and each episode, giving the western dubbing studio something to work with...they didn't get that with Samurai Pizza cats. So they had to basically watch the original Japanese episode (and keep in mind, nobody in the production understood Japanese) and sort of 'guess' as to what was happening. Since it was clear the original creators didn't care enough to send them the show notes, they decided to turn it into a 4th wall breaking comedy series instead with a lot of adlibbing by the voice actors. The funny thing is the western dub version of the show is actually *more* popular in Japan than the original release because the original is considered a sort of generic series, lacking the comedy elements of the western dub.

[@youguyslikekof9976]

I swear ever since I started playing Killer Instinct 2013, the Battletoads have started to haunt me

[@thejaztracy]

Real shame this didnt catch on, haven’t had the chance to play it myself but the artstyle is gorgeous and I think moving away from “Beat em up with some other stuff” to this kinda… variety game? Is a really cool idea. Sitting on the couch with friends having to work our way through a series of whacky challenges sounds like a great time. Alas i lack both friends and a couch

[@MasterZebulin]

Where the hell'd the couch go!?

[@thejaztracy]

@ they got it

[@MasterZebulin]

@@thejaztracy Whaddya _mean_ "they got it"!?

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

28:30 A *major* genre swap makes sense to me for someone trying to take a break from the usual.

[@Ryufl]

Thank you for reminding me that I have this game, and also thank you for motivating me to actually play it!

[@ObeyDaFist]

The entire TMNT knockoff bit just makes me thing of "she strogan me off til I beef"

[@kazekamiha]

The game's art style looks nothing like I expected, the Dark Queen looks like a goth teenager screaming 'It's not a phase, mom!' and way too many mini-games... Not what I'd want from a Battletoads game.

[@somethingcleverandwitty567]

Would I have ever clicked on a battle toads video on my own accord? No. Are your videos so good that I end up watching things I never otherwise would have? Absolutely.

[@ultimapower6950]

14:50 last words spoken before they flew straight into the sun and got vaporized. 29:10 they look pretty easy to me

[@Blackheartzero]

2:45 - the description plus the megalovania buzzer sent me. 3:07 - the Stone Protectors just didn't have a chance in hell, did they?

[@venobladebionicles6228]

Favorite part of my Saturdays is when i get to watch the new bumbles mc fumbles video

[@rowmacnezumi8953]

Have you ever heard of Pizza Tower? It aims to be a sort of spiritual successor to Wario Land, and I think it's amazing, and that everyone should at least look into it.

[@pedrovilasgomes9144]

Biker mice from Mars had an amazing game, so that redeems them

[@GooberInternet]

You know you've made it as a youtuber when you get multiple comments on your video MINUTES after it comes out.

[@creeperx3sssboom347]

Ok, at least Bucky O'Hare is a fun concept. I could see it returning at least.

[@DotWat]

Mu friend: how do you suddenly know a lot about battle toads ? Me - bubbles Mac fumbles

[@autismandgaming4532]

How’d you not mention the Cheetahmen when going over tmnt knockoffs? *To be fair some things are best forgotten*

[@peterprime2140]

A giant cheetah jumping over Saddam Hussein.

[@LionelRGuy]

Surprised you didn't mention their appearance in the Xbox & PC version of Shovel Knight.

[@bubbles46853-ep9if]

Road Rovers was actually pretty fun… what I saw of it, anyway… Also, cute baby cow blep!

[@blindside75]

29:02 got me way harder than it should’ve

[@CartoonTriper]

I always feel like looking the cutscenes is like a more sucessful idea of how to make a animated series of the Battletoads, better than the DIC series

[@Sleepkirby6472]

26:42 You're actually wrong here. In multiplayer everyone HAS to press the button the correlates with the rail or else one of the toads will bite the bullet.

[@kiwikenobi]

36:50 "Look at these schmucks!" That got me. XD

[@Zenbrey]

The campy flavor of the game and stylized look was perfect to me. I mean, how serious should a show about anthropomorphic toads be anyway?

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

Gritty to the bone apparently cause fun is illegal

[@KirbyStarAnimation]

Yay more bmcf to watch on loop when I don’t got something else to do

[@SonplaysMinEcraft]

bmcf sounds like a porn category

[@KirbyStarAnimation]

@@SonplaysMinEcraft it stands for bumbles mcfumbles

[@SonplaysMinEcraft]

@@KirbyStarAnimation too late

[@EinDose]

The artstyle for this game makes the Battletoads feel like the weird slightly gross TMNT knockoff that Cartoon Network would've aired in the 90s if they could. Big Cow and Chicken vibes, in the best way.

[@BugsyFoga]

What many GameStop employees fear .

[@MissAshley42]

I picked this up on sale because I just had to know if it was as bad as people say, but I still haven't played it yet because I apparently didn't need to know _that_ badly. Regardless, Battletoads is weird. I can't think of another IP whose appeal primarily developed from the first three levels of a single game. Seriously, I never knew anyone who got past the Turbo Tunnel, and I only occasionally encountered kids with Battletoads games beyond the first. I think people are more enamored with the idea of Battletoads than the actual series. (That arcade game is really dope, though. Too bad it's technically unfinished.)

[@AlX-Ander]

It does look like a flash game. Especially the cutscenes. And those minigames look AND play like one.

[@ChaseVaccaro-ge3gk]

What mind blowing Flash games have you been playing?

[@joshuapatrick682]

One good thing about this game, though it was inspired by TMNT it likely inspired Shredder’s Revenge….

[@DebiohTBT]

Can’t believe you named the video Toadally Awesome next to the day that Toadally Awesome is set to be executed in Yugioh Master Duel

[@Exodus320]

I guess you could say this game was frog the jammin?

[@scr0ngle108]

They're toads

[@TheGameDomeGuy]

This the most awkward of your videos since You really just told me this game sucks and we're like "no bro trust me this gets better I swear"

[@masedaace5473]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought this game looked awesome.

[@areoants9453]

holy fuck did Jack die in real life at 29:07? god damn

[@Santoryu90]

I don’t get where some people were coming from when complaining about the art style it’s not bad and it clearly had a lot of effort put into it. I don’t know how you would expect a game where you play as anthropomorphic Toads and not be at least be a little cartoony.

[@ronaldwagner1343]

This game art style reminds me of Zelda wind waker. I think that's what it's called.

[@andreworders7305]

28:05 how does the puzzle platformer work in co-op?

[@slimewizard7350]

30:46 WHERES THE COW? I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COW!

[@Tiredcream6472]

2:47 Wrong buzzer megalovania

[@endernightblade1958]

0:07 not even the actual drawn to life devs (sadge, even though i loved the story of TR the gameplay really did not live up to it and it was far too short) and since it’s here and you seem to reference it with fondness im surprised there’s no drawn to life video yet (unless…?)

[@mitkitty]

Maybe it's due to my love of soft big guys but I'm now extremely attached to Pimple and want to seek out a long play of this. He's just trying to live his life...

[@maurycyoseka1057]

Did you just did a frog-pun at 16:38? Wow. Lol. Something like that i would expect that from Amphibia retrospective.

[@Daftanemone]

I was disappointed they didn’t have any of the rope climbing levels. They were my favorite in the original

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

I know that tag line is bait. But I'm takin' it.

[@lucyarisato6850]

Can’t wait to finish work to actually, y’know, enjoy this video.

[@D00D64]

I'm so bummed, why did they have to ban the Battletoads boss monster? Friggin Sprights... May as well go back to Wetlands Beatdown.

[@verytiredcoward7073]

Ur title made me sad poor toadally awesome…

[@andreworders7305]

11:01 why didn’t rate develop it? It’s not like they were doing anything at Microsoft anyway.

[@maurycyoseka1057]

1:52 - And i still think that Conker's Bad Thursday and Don't Hug Me I'm Scared are only british to mock all kid shows around the world.

[@imanalligator9694]

Don't act like I don't know what toadally awesome is a reference to .

[@AndGoatz04]

Oh look it's a nice calm puzzle platformer :) [Meanwhile] *_WHY THE FUCK AM I PLAYING TOUHOU!?_*

[@lachlanmeadow]

0:16 facts

[@bobjeezorham7658]

I played this game two years ago and honestly thought it was pretty fun. Was worried to play it because of the bad reputation it got but I was glad to see I thought it was alright. Definitely has some flaws and it's not very great, but I see nothing but vehement hate thrown this game's way so I'm glad to see a more balanced take here. Personally my favorite part about this game is the art style. I really don't think it fits the Battletoads IP - I was hoping it would be more like the gritty comic book style of the arcade game - but it looks so nice and I'd love to see more games that have that same gloriously vibrant style. It looked like a cartoon came to life on my screen, I loved it. Of course the biggest problem was that it wasn't anywhere near as difficult as the original games.

[@pika-stashe404]

Are you saying that even after doing the Battletoad Difficulty?

[@bobjeezorham7658]

@@pika-stashe404 Yea I probably shouldn't have even mentioned difficulty here honestly since I just played whatever the equivalent of Normal difficulty was called.

[@LRP_real]

Oh this will be a fun video, I think to my self. Immediately remind Drawn to life 3 was canceled for a mobile platformer.

[@dice9270]

I mean I don't think the most replayed part of that trailer was because they liked her redesign.

[@GUNUFofficial]

Now take a look at the unsuccessful NES video game tmnt clone, *cheetahmen*

[@plushluigi7417]

Only 10 more videos until the funni number is achieved

[@FlameDarkfire]

Hey Samurai Pizza Cats was awesome! And following the Power Rangers trend more than the TMNT trend.

[@tonyhakston536]

16 million? That’s skater tier!