Castle Crashers - James and Mike Mondays

[@Untouchaable]

One of the best beat em up games. I used to play this a bunch with friends.

[@jimdavies9354]

Same here mate. Good memories with beers and bowls.

[@davefekete7187]

For me it is the best beat him up game hands down.

[@betterjake54]

This game is so fun with friends

[@yaboni]

⚠WARNING:IHAVENOFRIENDS⚠

[@peedipiper9048]

It is

[@oldaronfranks]

I remembered Castles Crashers back then.

[@yorkie5070]

i had no friends so i tried speedrunning hard mode that was a mistake

[@_Xstatic_]

It looks like james is sleeping through this the way he is looking down.

[@Flood520]

It looks like he's sleeping they way he's "playing" too. Catfish boss and still lvl 1?

[@mavella1790]

@@Flood520 He was level 5 until they postponed due to the lag. Guessing he made a new character when they got back to it for some reason.

[@davefekete7187]

So true 😂😂😂

[@davefekete7187]

@@mavella1790 idk but don’t care I loved the video!

[@258thHiGuy]

I love that they immediately went for the barrels. Really speaks to how ingrained in our minds the game mechanics of classic games are

[@knobbsalad1840]

The absolute audacity of James telling his children to stop talking about poop.

[@trueleox]

When they grow up and discover AVGN it's gonna be hilarious.

[@ProdTenski]

“He rather have a buffalo take a diarrhea dump in his ear”

[@GreyHulk2156]

"What is the guy on the ship? He's just like some loser that is not helping us at all." How dare you speak ill of the King?! :D

[@Undefinedde]

Xd

[@TotallyNotRedneckYall]

"You were just waving your thing back and forth, to get back up." We've all been there buddy, no shame.

[@alexsilva28]

He was just a little nervous

[@three_dog]

castle crashers is my jam. i would frequently eat the sandwich just to hear that buff up sound

[@spaghettisauce445]

then you would frequently die in insane mode

[@MrPwner911]

"HOOOOOOOOAH!"

[@Ssjangel3]

@@spaghettisauce445 you're not kidding 🤣🤣🤣

[@three_dog]

@@spaghettisauce445 you would frequently die in normal mode too 😂 the sandwich is really only good for making me laugh.

[@spaghettisauce445]

Non Deskript why me?

[@omega.revolution3894]

they didnt use their powers ONCE, Its so infuriating!!!

[@xXCigarXx]

Always. They never know how to play the games they show.

[@WimzorTheGreat]

They didn’t use potions either. Or their bow.

[@justinkeenan1598]

Oblivious to the fact they have powers lol

[@et3rnalxyz]

Just let them play the game the way they want. If it's possible to finish Castle Crashers like that, let them do it. No need to tell them how to play.

[@MrSlendyMannn]

xXCigarXx And? Point of a game is to have fun, not to know everything. Get out of here with that “come to me if you need to know anything about any game” bs. Either enjoy watching them play or just don’t watch.

[@rumble360]

They're filming the 300 movie in the background

[@sirkowski]

"Stop talking about poop!" Look who's talking. lol

[@cattygaming2769]

Where is it I cant find it.

[@mumble97]

@@cattygaming2769 its right there bro

[@mumble97]

@@cattygaming2769 its around the 20 minute mark

[@92bagder]

Played the hell out of this game with my friends in high school. They NEED to make a sequel.

[@TheEvisgod]

Look out of a game called nightmare cops. Made by a few of the newgrounds guys. It'll be out some day.

[@assmaster1166]

EvanTheNewbie thanks man

[@fire_ant_187x7]

I played this back on Xbox 360. Got really good at it! Build characters then rebuilt them! Tried full-strength build, full magic build, which I loved, and different combinations

[@VerdeMorte]

They might have if more people had bought Alien Hominid...

[@bloodhuntimintherabbithole3583]

@@VerdeMorte man that's my childhood right there

[@sleepingninjaquiettime]

I Wish there was more people like James on the internet, he's such a positive dude.

[@oldaronfranks]

Sleeping Ninja quiet time IKR?!?!

[@magicalpencil]

you guys should go back and use the magic, bow, bombs and shield! It makes the game quite a bit more fun!

[@ase11k]

word, i maxd my agil n def before my teammate showd us how Badass magic is, then it was just magi agi (them "1-hit-dead")

[@HaplessOne]

All I could do in the cat fight was shout "stop the fur ball." Haha. The key to that fight is staying in front of the ship and destroying the fur balls he spits out so that the ship can shoot off its cannon ball.

[@CravenTHC85]

Exactly. The cat is super easy if you know the key. Same goes for most bosses. The late game bosses are especially difficult compared to the cat.

[@pumajlr]

I figure that just watching this video, never player this game before, and it was pretty obvious to me. I also think the method to revive the other player is not smashing the x button but to timing it when the indicator is in the middle. Is amazing how little of game mechanics this guys understand.

[@pumajlr]

@@milkgxng Wait, understanding the game goes against having fun? I've been playing games wrong all my life! You're right. You can tell by James saying "Tell me we never have to fight that cat again, because i don't want to do that ever again"

[@jasonwilson8402]

Behemoth Games makes such amusing games. Battleblock Theatre and Hatty Hattington would be such an amusing Game for these two. Endlessly trolling each other even as Hatty ruthlessly mocks their inevitable failures.

[@JerryD9000]

Super underrated beat em up. The style, playabilty, and depth are quality.

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

Yeah it's great. Hopefully sometime I can go through the full game on stream. I beat it back when it came out in like 2011 or something. Thanks for watching! -Mike

[@JerryD9000]

@@JamesNintendoNerd Thanks for the years of work and great content.

[@aimfuldrifter]

@@JamesNintendoNerd The most fun is on the insane difficulty. You must cooperate with other players which gives more depth to the gameplay.

[@asherfleece8135]

“we don’t have like, a shield or anything” yes they do this hurts to watch

[@kongfeet81]

It’s criminal this game doesn’t have cross platform play

[@leovanilla6833]

Pray for a Castle Crashers 2 with cross platform

[@XYZ_55]

I can't believe the creators never made a sequel with how popular it was. It pulled my entire friend group away from halo 3 at the time.

[@AnriDarkmoor]

@@XYZ_55 I know right? The game was chalk full of content and I was expecting them to make another down the road and was upset when no word ever came lol. This game is great but once you do everything your basically burnt out on it by then.

[@saul-goodman]

Unlocking a new character depending on who you beat the game with added so much depth. Seriously about to go rebuy this

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I never knew that Michael J. Fox was the second person cast as Marty McFly. You learn something new every day.

[@jakedude236]

Ahhh I miss throwing castle crashers parties back in the day

[@Alleroc]

James upon seeing the owl, "I have found my spirit animal"

[@KennyMaximum]

Are you kidding me?! I JUST beat this game like a day or two ago, this is awesome timing!

[@Were_the_tops]

I beat this game five years ago

[@danielbrant6740]

Cool!👍🏻 Gonna go for Insane Mode now?

[@an3582]

Wait, james was using a brand new character when they came back. No wonder theyre so weak

[@an3582]

@@ongakuwotabeta that makes sense

[@ScootLoops616]

Me and 2 of my friends played this last month. Something about sitting on a couch with friends is so much better than online.

[@Elemental3dprinting]

no lag lol

[@AnriDarkmoor]

It's definitely a great couch co-op game for sure, how me and my bud played it and we had a blast.

[@danielbrant6740]

Just got the Remastered edition for PS4 a couple weeks back and it's just as fun as when I played it on an Xbox 360 at my friend's place and when it got for myself when it became available on PS3. Was anyone else facepalming over the fact that James had the Red Knight and didn't improve his magic?

[@flyingbearcrap1121]

I used to play this when I was a lot younger. So nostalgic man!

[@edwinaxaviersantiago]

Hearing that music when I clicked on the video filled with such nostalgia. One of my favorite games of all time.

[@TheVideoGameMan]

This is such a great beat em up, good choice guys for bringing it the attention it rightly deserves !

[@jffry890]

As if it needed the attention.

[@DustMan2704]

Preposterous! Some of the worst fighting mechanics in beat em up in history , if anything the game deserves our ridicule and scorn! Have a downvote, commoner!

[@TheVideoGameMan]

@@DustMan2704 Your sarcasm and wit is legendary , good day sir !

[@Nayue]

Did it take them forever to figure out the boss's cycle with that hairball, or what? Good lord lol!

[@ctice915]

I’ve been waiting for this episode for years! Glad I had those notifications on

[@9255223]

James: “That owl is $hitting diarrhea? AND HE DIED?” 😳 Me: 😂

[@WaterMusic34]

I wish Newgrounds/Behemoth would have more user-input games like this. The soundtrack was all submitted via contest on the site and I love that kind of stuff.

[@remedy3641]

SUCH A CLASSIC OMGGGG

[@Taveren]

so essentially he's just going to go through the history of games from the start to the finish, I can't wait till he gets to the PS4 era in like 2050

[@JadedJester739]

Ummm wut?

[@danyaprosto5125]

In that time he will be old as shit

[@Nope2479]

Lol James was so concerned about the owl. Great stuff as always guys.

[@fire_ant_187x7]

This game is badass with lots of magic and lots of different combos. They didn't do any justice to this game in this review! This is the type of game where you can level up and go back to previous areas with your new magical powers and weapons. The magic from each character it's quite interesting especially once you level it up

[@WakeUpUniverse66]

Omg i wanted you guys to play this so badly. Alien Hominid next?

[@alphalax7747]

I wonder if James even knows what's Newgrounds

[@mr.eggawott8372]

Alpha Lax It’s on PS2, GameCube, Mobile, Gizmondo, Xbox 360, And IOS. The new one is on Switch, Xbox One, and PC

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

I have a copy of Alien Hominid on Gamecube. I've owned it forever and never popped it in. At some point I want to stream a bunch of my Gamecube games that I never bothered trying out. So maybe someday. Thanks for checking out this episode! -Mike

[@WakeUpUniverse66]

@@JamesNintendoNerd Awesome to get a reply, i would love to watch you play Alien Hominid! So tough to beat...

[@hisson1984]

@@alphalax7747 james started out on newgrounds im sure he does.

[@KSigKid]

28:39 Mike casually mentions one of the greatest hidden secrets in video game history. The fact that the Naboo ship was in Rogue Squadron for a year prior to Phantom Menace releasing without anyone finding it out or spilling the beans is amazing. We won't see stuff like that anymore with hotfixes, DLC, and data miners.

[@KennyMaximum]

Had fun with the video boys. Just so you guys don’t go on thinking that cat boss is rng. You have to hit the hairballs it spits out before it hits the ship in order for the cannon ball to hit. The king frantically points at it as it slowly drifts over to the ship, I was laughing the whole time, this game is so full of charm. The last boss you guys fought, you can block the laser with your shield and you can also stay suspended in the air if you combine the weak strikes with the heavy strikes, James probably could have killed it in one jump if he was also using the heavy attacks. You can find hidden weapons in a bunch of the levels (even older ones you’ve already beaten if you go back to them) by using the shovel if you both picked one up next to the sand castle at the beginning of one of the levels. There will be small crossed shaped or Xs on the ground where you can dig to find cool weapons and lastly, Magic attacks get really powerful if you level them, the range even increases as well. There are more things but I digress, you’ll have exponentially more fun once you start taking advantage of some of the things in this game.

[@Thorn99855]

5:12 "You were just waving your thing back and forth to get back up." Lol

[@LEGENDCITYest1963]

Why is the Joker and Red Hood giving all those animals dysentery ?

[@thenostalgiafactor5023]

This was one the absolute best Xbox 360 games out there. I remember prior to a patch, you could get an insane amount of XP on the bat boss with the boomerang.

[@godofmediocrity7582]

Thanks for the lesson about Dracula's castle.

[@BlackDynomight]

The remastered version is definitely worth another playthrough if you haven't yet! Newgrounds forever, ty Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin!

[@quindariouscooch9888]

Castle Crashers is one of the most fun games I’ve ever played! I’m SO happy you guys found it!!!

[@bargaintuesday812]

Fun fact: Eric Stoltz is technically still in the movie as Marty for a split second when Marty punches Biff. It's not where he's winding up his punch but the next shot when his fist actually hits Biff. That's Eric Stoltz on the left of that shot.

[@driacon]

Wow this game gives me nostalgia from when I used to play it on Xbox 360 with my dad :)

[@jdaywork2693]

Research done by Dracula scholars has a book that Bram listed while he researched for the novel, specifically William Wilkinson's book entitled An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia. There's an entry in there about 150 pages in giving a detailed account of who Vlad Tepes was and what he did. Bram's great grand nephew Dacre has more details about this.

[@Mxyz]

This is also available on PS4 in case anyone didn't know and wants to play.

[@Luciusvictor]

This game is also available on XBOX ONE

[@Blackpapalink]

This game is also available on STEAM.

[@VMadnezzYT]

I beat this game about a month ago and it was probably one of the biggest things that I have ever accomplished

[@Erieath]

VIDEO MADNEZZ That’s pretty cool! All you have to do now is to beat the game on insane mode. Good luck doing that!

[@VMadnezzYT]

@@Erieath yea I saw that and said nope😂. I think I'll try it at some point though

[@kehnii]

@@Erieath i did, i have the gold skull on the fencer, greatest accomplishment.

[@Erieath]

yakuza Hah! I beat insane with fencer too. Congrats!

[@elishaescobar6973]

I remember playing castle crashers when I was a kid

[@BuzzKirill3D]

Hmm.. I wonder how old you were in 2006

[@keskes1338]

@@BuzzKirill3D Even if they were only 6, they'd be 20 years old now. 2006 was 14 years ago.

[@elishaescobar6973]

kes kes I played it in 2011 or 2012

[@poika22]

@@keskes1338 Stop

[@KP762a]

It hurts watching you guys fight that cat monster in the river....

[@joshshuart3514]

I had the shit scared out of me once. I went tubing on a river in the Adirondacks and tipped over. I lost the tube and was just floating heading toward some rapids and rocks. At the point that I panicked and really thought I was gonna die, my bowels involuntarily released...

[@BigMacOrange]

At least you were already in water.

[@danielbrant6740]

Glad you're OK & sorry about your pants!

[@fiendwoutaface]

I love everything about castle crashers I grew up playing double dragon and streets of rage and such. The soundtrack is phenomenal, the humor, replay value. I bought this game as a gift for at least 6 or 7 friends

[@emchammer1831]

I'm so glad yall played through a decent chunk of the game. Yall grew up with Final Fight, TMNT, Double Dragon and many others, but I grew up with this classic right here. I know this game like the back of my hand, and will forever cherish it for the huge amount of time it saved me from boredom.

[@daniel-vs6co]

This is my favorite game to play with my brothers. The funnest part is fighting to kiss the princess after finishing the boss battles!

[@EShelleton]

I started playing this last week! Please continue!

[@frontfacingmrkrabs]

loved watching them try to figure out how to beat the cat boss. took me a while to figure out you have to defend the ship from the hairballs too

[@spqninjapl]

Castle Crashers has one of the BEST OST ever made.

[@originalsleepyjon]

Incredibly underrated

[@Geno746]

The catfish boss you had to hit the hairball. The King was freaking out about the hairballs when they came near him. You can also do an infinite air combo by using the heavy attack to slam them down

[@coldesttheirish]

I love castle crashers I actually played it during xbox 360 days but I recently bought it on steam to revisit childhood memories

[@FlintGiven]

literally skipping all the weapons and pets, even the ones in the open

[@_ealien3347]

vlad tepish did call himself dracul or "the dragon" which can be translated to dracula.

[@efuuu]

Tepes*

[@jurandooltra5409]

Not really, "dracula" means: son of a dragon. Tepes father was called Vlad II Dracul (dragon). So he is Vlad III Dracula. He was also called "tepes", which means "impaler", he recived this name after impaling many Ottoman soldiers.

[@johnEkwest]

@@jesseg9892 it's actually spelled Teppich which is the german word for carpet

[@TheGoldenConnorific]

I'm so happy they finally did this

[@CalebLLShow]

To answer your question James at 25:34. Search return of the jedi luke builds lightsaber

[@ColAlbert54709]

I would love to see you guys play more of this game, it was always one of my favourites

[@veronicavaquero693]

Still my fav beat em up game yet

[@JM-sy5qv]

I played this game on a come up of the worst acid trip of my life. The back ground music played for hours on end while I freaked out in a dorm room hahah

[@blackdragoncyrus]

I've been on a Co-Op Beat 'em up binge lately, Dragon's Crown and Streets of Rage 4 included.

[@JDog88]

@@gurvmlk Streets of Rage 4 was released on the 30th of April for all major platforms. It's great fun, and the soundtrack is fantastic.

[@MelchVagquest]

I can't believe Mike didn't remember how to unlock magic!! I was waiting for it the entire time!

[@ifiig8220]

I was waiting to see James's reaction to eating a sandwich in game. 😂

[@awesomesauce33]

This was my game back in the Xbox 360 days glad you guys played it!

[@baustin1215]

“You don’t want to play beat ‘em offs…ups…by yourself” - Mike

[@ΒασίληςΑνασόπουλος]

at the arena it says "Can't we just talk about this?" hahaha smart humor. love it

[@MrSuperMario34]

Castle Crashers is in my Top 5 , happy you guys are playing it

[@dangergun2346]

I loved this game back in the day... glad to see it here.

[@tyrous1743]

I really hope you guys continue this play through! Its been a while since you've fully played through a game, and I think you guys will really like playing through this in its entirety. Still looking forward to next week's episode either way!

[@jstratton1981]

I still play this. Love it!

[@Grabehn42]

Asking the real questions here, "Why was the owl shitting?"

[@bluefire5182]

I love how the song from Castle Crashers is the same as Geometry Dash “Jumper”

[@MGLpr0]

Waterflame made many great songs for various video games.

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

This game has sooo many characters which is a big part of it.

[@haroldlikins9728]

Justed beated the campaign when this video was uploaded! Love you guys!

[@chid255]

I used to play this a ton a few years ago, glad to see someone giving it attention again.

[@ifuhelpjackonahorse]

imma miss you boys chillin

[@chrisyaworski2080]

Ah yes castle crashers. The newgrounds game with great side scrolling brawler action and bosses that have gimmicks to beat them. Its never just hitting them til they're dead. So much fun with friends. And the animations are great. When you pay attention to what's going on the bosses all telegraph attacks and theres visual clues as to what to do to fight the bosses. For example the cat shark in the river. When it coughs up the hairball the king on the boat points to the hairball and visually freaks out letting you know to attack the hairball before it gets to him. If you fail it throws the boat around so the guy loading the cannon drops the cannonball which clues you in to what needs to happen.

[@ScaryKidBellanger]

Chat summary: "The magic is magical when you use it."

[@LiarLiarPlantsforHire]

Omg they are finally doing this, amazing I beat castle crashers like 36 times!

[@cameronpeterson6734]

The jump and swing move was the one thing that got me to beat this game lol

[@glynandrew]

Luke was given a saber by old Ben... He also knows how to take apart and repair a droid... Fairly certain he could figure out how to build one... It's really the kyber Crystal they don't explain..

[@scorebomb1404]

this brings me back a lot thanks

[@bombinramen]

This game scales it's difficulty with the more players involved and it doesn't go down if a character dies. The cat is always insanely difficult when more than one player.

[@joaquinparedes899]

The cat fish theme is by far my favorite soundtrack in the game

[@Soosph0id]

I've been waiting so long for them to play this

[@skoll6007]

omg the Intro music LOVE this game

[@malcolmotoole]

What is the intro music??

[@skoll6007]

Malcolm O'Toole jumper Or just search the castle crashers theme

[@NefariousDreary]

This came out in 2008 and hasn't aged at all. Fantastic

[@treytison1444]

Lol with my years of experience, watching this made me want to join to show them all the tricks, especially on stuff like the cat boss.

[@Lucios1995]

Button prompt disappears but you can still bring your teammates back from the dead

[@KyleGBeers]

Luke knows how to build a lightsaber in ROJ because he found blueprints in Obi Wan's homestead.