Comparing Classic Summer Levels

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@alecdl98 5 ай бұрын

I can't even begin to explain how massive of an impact Sonic Adventure has had on my life. There was a Dreamcast demo disc I have from forever ago, and on it was a demo of Sonic Adventure. Emerald Coast was the one and only level for the demo, and I think that's probably the level I connect with the most across all gaming I've ever done. Everything from the visuals to the music to the amazing movement of Sonic in SA1 just feels perfect to me and evokes such a deep emotional feeling that makes me never want to leave that place. I'm still there mentally to this day and every time I get to go into any beachy environment, I hear the Emerald Coast music in my head and I think it's solidified my preference in environments forever. I dont think any game will ever top SA1 for me just from the pure love I have for the game, and the same goes for a lot of Dreamcast games. They all felt like they were somehow connected and had similar vibes even though they were super wacky and very imaginative and different, and in some instances, they did connect with various references and Easter eggs across tons of Sega games. I'd love to see a Flandrew video on old stuff like the Dreamcast or DC games. Also had a ton of great memories and feelings with super mario sunshine but not to the extent of SA1. Gave me a super good nostalgia rush with this one Flandrew, thank you.

@Dunkasnu 5 ай бұрын

“Babe, wake up. A new Flandrew video just dropped.”

@ronnope3988 5 ай бұрын

Why is all your guyses girlfriend sleeping?

@ThePhantomKingX 5 ай бұрын

Pokitaru in Ratchet and Clank always give me that tropical vacation feel.

@tombruncker7013 5 ай бұрын

Starts with Mario Sunshine Blue Coin PTSD kicks in 😂

@CFLaughs 5 ай бұрын

I am absolutely amazed at how many summer levels you managed to include in this 10 minute video! You are very good at what you do man 💪

@KodyCrimson 5 ай бұрын

YAY! My suggestion showed up! (Seaside Hill, freaking love that stage, the music is insanely iconic and the visuals are great.)

@mattwo7 5 ай бұрын

2:13 I remember playing this game up in some mountains during winter when I was younger. The irony is not lost on me.

@danr7841 5 ай бұрын

On a similar note, I was recently talking about spooky/Halloween levels and carnival/amusement park levels. Klonoa 2, FF7, etc. Was a thing that slowly drifted away after the early 2000's

@Star_Wars_With_PercyMan 5 ай бұрын

That LEGO game just unlocked a memory long forgotten!

@acrane3496 5 ай бұрын

Summer levels are usually my favorite levels in video games.

@bigkmoviesandgames 5 ай бұрын

I love how Mario Sunshine is just one big summer level. I wouldn't be against Nintendo making another Mario game with just one theme like that one.

@icravedeath.1200 5 ай бұрын

Didn't mario galaxy technically do that

@bigkmoviesandgames 5 ай бұрын

@@icravedeath.1200 sort of but a lot of the world's had different environments like lava and water and ice and so forth. There was technically a space like theme but each planet was kind of its own thing. I'm talking about like just for example a Mario game where all levels are snow themed or something along those lines.

@CianCarnageMusic 5 ай бұрын

Great video as always. Some honourable mentions are the mini golf from Rugrats in Paris, Planet Pokitaru from Ratchet and Clank, and I'm fairly sure there's a holiday resort in Ape Escape 3

@pablocasas5906 5 ай бұрын

Great video, Flandew. Nice seeing something summer-themed, here in the southern hemisphere I'm freezing 🥶

@DrPol1 5 ай бұрын

I vote for more videos like this that take a cross section approach across game genres. Its fun and nostalgic and makes me see the games in an unexpected new light against each other.

@RyanHaney55 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad to see The Simpsons Hit & Run made the list! The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, and any Mario Kart beach track are usually what comes to mind first for summer games. Another game with two nice summer places is Twilight Princess, with Lake Hylia and the summer fishing hole. The Seaside Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey and Lurelin Village from Zelda BotW/TotK are two current gen games I would add. This was a fun video. 😎

@chupakaibra 5 ай бұрын

Spyro: Year Of The Dragon has a great one in the first hub -- Seashell Shore! My favorite summery level though is still the first Jak & Daxter's Sentinel Beach, hands down.

@christophercruz1513 5 ай бұрын

Diddy Kong , and marrio sunshine really gave the summer beach feelings

@goranisacson2502 5 ай бұрын

Monkey Island usually also features sunny, tropical islands... and on a more obscure note, Spot, the Pepsi cap mascot! First level there was on a beach fighting crabs.

@mattwo7 5 ай бұрын

4:06 Course now there's Hello Kitty Island Adventure which now that it's out of Apple jail and on all current consoles including Switch, threatens the very existence of Animal Crossing as we know it.

@WACKYYACKYMAN 5 ай бұрын

i quite look forward to your uploads hahaha more videos to binge and sleep to love em for all the nostalgia i feel with these games!

@azzathepopcultureviking 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Flandrew for showing my Crash Bandicoot suggestion at the end of the video, Love your work 💪😁

@Terzination 5 ай бұрын

Nice summer shirt Flandrew!

@TheWaffleFactory 5 ай бұрын

It’s no beach but psychonauts had those summer camp vibes and I play that game in the summer.

@ConnorJG76 5 ай бұрын

Man the music for Besaid in X and X-2 are perfect

@mattwo7 5 ай бұрын

7:31 RIP those bums though, being homeless is now federally illegal here in the states and most states, counties and cities illegallized it too. If the supreme court jurors who voted yes on all those inhumane laws believe in a bad afterlife (which I personally don't, I'm agnostic), then I hope people make it known that these jurors' devil or underworld overlord has a special place for them.

@captainviggo4575 5 ай бұрын

The first KOTOR also has a "summer beach" planet near the end of the game. And there's also Riven, which takes place almost entirely in a very "summery" world.

@captainviggo4575 5 ай бұрын

More and more, I like to play games that are full themed for summer and winter seasons, it's pretty immersive. Last summer, I played the really cool indie "Dordogne" and also "Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation", the first title in the Boku no Natsuyasumi ('My Summer Vacation') series to be released outside of Japan. On that note, the second Boku no Natsuyasumi, released on PS2, has been recently patched and translated in English.

@jackstraughan24 5 ай бұрын

The best levels. But you forgot Wuhu Island from Wii Sports Resort! That or Isle Delfino would be the place from a game I’d want to live the most

@Amdlo 5 ай бұрын

I was also thinking about Wii Sports Resort and also the summer resort from Go Vacation.

@DallingerM 5 ай бұрын

Good to see you on the beech yourself too Flandrew ... gamers need sun too!

@yodudeyo100 5 ай бұрын

This was a lot of fun! Love your videos!

@billycurrythe2nd 5 ай бұрын

On the subject of shooters, the first level of Medal of Honour Frontline. The invasion of Omaha beach took place in June (height of summer), was on a beach, what more do you want!

@gnbman 5 ай бұрын

Some of my favorites that weren't mentioned are from the Spyro series. Stone Hill, Sunny Beach, Sunrise Spring, Seashell Shore, and Luau Island, to name a few.

@kates5183 5 ай бұрын

I was going to say this. In ripto's rage you start off in a beautiful summer home world, and the goal is to go on vacation to dragon shores

@FinestFantasyVI 5 ай бұрын

Yea I suggested Summer Forest. It was literally in the name

@AmazingWorldoffanboy0278 5 ай бұрын

You're content is amazing

@GeekGamerGui 5 ай бұрын

These are good examples of summer levels in video games. Sonic Adventure really feels like summer, but I think the Dreamcast in general is a very summer oriented console, the first Crazy Taxi being the first game that comes to my mind. I have pleasant memories of Everblue on the PS2; the whole game takes place around a sunny island as you explore the depths of the ocean. I also got that sunny summer sensation playing Zelda: Link's Awakening DX on GBC.

@dangalfthedruid 5 ай бұрын

This is a great idea for a topic

@AkiDave 5 ай бұрын

I may hate the beach but these levels make me seem like a life long fan lmao. Great video man!

@clinto32 5 ай бұрын

Another banger!! Pokitaru from the first Ratchet and Clank always gave me good summer vibes

@Themasktrooper 5 ай бұрын

Mario & Sonic have fun Summer levels

@tompinks_ 3 ай бұрын

This was a cool and original idea for a video, well done dude

@cr1234578 5 ай бұрын

Quite surprised Ty The Tasmanian Tiger wasnt in here

@mattwo7 5 ай бұрын

Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity added a beach area we never got outside of Japan where it wasn't released... PSO2 at least had Vopal/Vopar (which is _not_ Wopal because it was either named after the Vorpal Sword or the demon Vepar just as Naverius and Amduskia are both named after demons and Lilipa is named after Lilliput) and PSO2NGS started our adventure off near the beachside tropical Aelio Town. Which was promptly destroyed by the first form of Dark Falz Aegis which was just called "Dark Falz" even though base PSO2 had five Dark Falzes... The Aelio region at large was a combination of the forest and beach level themes from past games (PSO, Phantasy Star Zero, PSP2I and PSO2 all had beach areas to my knowledge. I might be wrong about PSO and PS0 though).

@Shlompskii 5 ай бұрын

I like the new shirt Flndrew

@Conighttonight 5 ай бұрын

I understand this entry of mine is a bit later, but whenever I think of Summer settings in games the first thing that comes to mind is of course; Super Mario Sunshine. BUT after that its actually Crash Twinsanity opening level with that acapella music that I can still hum to this day.

@OttoRamone94 5 ай бұрын

Love it. Please make one about autumn levels in late September or early October.

@emcee7777 Ай бұрын

The harbor/portside in Simpson's Hit & Run was goated😤👌🏻💛

@Xethron91 5 ай бұрын

Ooooh you were supposed to _avoid_ the pedestrians on the boardwalk, that explains why the pigs were always on my case.

@thomaspantrias9635 5 ай бұрын

There are many summer level based games one of my favorites are the planet Pokitaru in the original Ratchet and Clank game. While all of the animals are against you the level has some relaxing vibes a tropical paradise for the rich people of the Galaxy.

@Lukethefox 5 ай бұрын

I guess there's also the Titular Monkey Island from the Monkey Island games. There's a beach and Cabana area on Plunder Island in Curse of Monkey Island. Also did you pronounce Wakka as 'Walker'?

@zodiacthundaga7264 5 ай бұрын

I like Virmire in Mass Effect. A beach level that takes towards the END of the game instead of the beginning.

@reviathan3524 5 ай бұрын

In Metal Gear Solid Peacewalker, you start off at a beach during a rainy night that serves as the tutorial for the CQC moves. After a lengthy cutscene, the level resumes at another beach, this time serving as a small tutorial area for shooting

@RetroBrax 5 ай бұрын

this was great looking forward to spooky levels for october

@mirorih2TheTrueFinnmarkWierdo 5 ай бұрын

Was waiting for Silent Cartographer, was not dissapointed.

@TheJediKnight91 5 ай бұрын

Mine would be Manaan and Unknown World from the first Knights of the Old Republic. I still listen to that soundtrack whem I'm at the beach...

@SimonUdd 5 ай бұрын

Will you ever review the early to mid 00s Scooby Doo games??

@jedigamer9935 5 ай бұрын

Love this. 💙❤️‍🔥

@anon_y_mousse 5 ай бұрын

I learned that pigs could swim at Aquarena Springs as a kid, and the best summer level is definitely Costa Del Sol.

@tuckersolander9003 5 ай бұрын

Mario sunshine will always be my go to summer vacation theme

@unison_moody 5 ай бұрын

My first thought went to "Summers" by Earthbound. It's such an unusual take on a "Summer Paradise". It's cozy but depressing in some way.

@dmnkdlls 5 ай бұрын

Great Video Series! Please also do the other seasons

@derpyguytheshygamer3283 4 ай бұрын

I would've thrown in the Spyro games in the pile as well as the original triology had some summer levels. Like helping seals from navy force enemies in Year of the Dragon, dealing with commando Gnorcs in a sunset pier in the first game or saving baby turtles from a chef that wants to turn them into turtle soup in Ripto's Rage... no I'm not making these up.

@themrstermann2971 5 ай бұрын

Lego racers 2 was the summer hubworld for me

@Hansy995 5 ай бұрын

I was getting worried you won't mention far cry. That first level, when you leave the bunker blew me away when I first played it back then. Also, the jet ski levels from crash bandicoot 3 always felt so summery. But they were pretty horrible.

@wesleyferreira2906 5 ай бұрын

if you ever do a similar take on winter levels, I'd highly suggest TLOU Part 2's prologue, something about going through that winter dilapidated small town in the middle of Wyoming with Dina, talking about movies, going to the library and smoking pot before shit hits the fan feels so cozy and heartwarming

@SirKappy 5 ай бұрын

Do you mean dilapidated?

@wesleyferreira2906 5 ай бұрын

@@SirKappy yeah, lmao

@CluckBuckles 5 ай бұрын

Can you feel the sunshine?

@ChrisSuperDude 5 ай бұрын

It’s not summer cause it’s beach themed but Twilight Town from Kingdom Hearts 2 is a good summer level. Especially since the main plot involves the character Roxas’ summer vacation. Also if they made the Tony Hawk game today, there would be 200x more bums to jump over in Venice Beach.

@yaosio 5 ай бұрын

I really like Mario Sunshine's graphics. It feels like a resort at all times except for the times it doesn't.

@HiyokoSupiritto 5 ай бұрын

Who ever thought one of the most dangerous things for Sonic is...a pool

@Venemofthe888 5 ай бұрын

Lisa's Level in Simpsons hit and Run was set in October (The news paper in the loading screen shows the date) so its in the Autumn :P

@Togs8860 5 ай бұрын

Mentioning Lego Island was a 10/10 move

@benny4162 2 күн бұрын

Do modern games have places like this in them anymore?

@TonySpike 5 ай бұрын

Tidus - "the feck is Walker?"

@novoxtcg3478 5 ай бұрын

No Cape Claw from Starfox Adventures 😔?

@ombranox 5 ай бұрын

Well, should you ever do a Winter or even specifically Christmas level follow up video, Snowball Mountain and Arctic Wonderland from Ape Escape 2 and 3 are strong recommendations.

@THNF89 5 ай бұрын

Needed Krabby Beach from Ape Escape and Sunny Beach/Dragon Shores from Spyro 2

@RoxasHeroes 5 ай бұрын

Oh no, we forgot the bad Ratchet and Clank Size Matters.

@danericardo6148 5 ай бұрын

To me the quintessential summer game is Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, because it's literally about a boy spending his summer holidays on a nice island

@luxdalet 5 ай бұрын

Excellent list!!!

@gamerman782 5 ай бұрын

No Donkey Kong 64 hub island?

@flo9894 5 ай бұрын

Isn't there a Dead or Alive Beach Volley?

@MikeTheVA 5 ай бұрын

Just an honourable mention, the Dominican Republic from Killer7.

@MimonJesus67 5 ай бұрын

Costa del Sol from FFVII is pure kino.

@SauloBenigno 5 ай бұрын

Waiting for the Ice and sand levels

@briankelly130 5 ай бұрын

Regarding Besaid, I never thought I'd hear the phrase "Y2K Beach Aesthetic". I don't even know what that is.

@ConnorJG76 5 ай бұрын

Y2K was the year 2000 and anything late 90s or early 00s had a lot of beach themes in games

@briankelly130 5 ай бұрын

@@ConnorJG76 Yeah I got that, I just didn't know that the games from the late 90s/early 2000s had a specific aesthetic when it came to beach settings.

@ghostdriver_9677 5 ай бұрын

For me the only game series that comes to my mind is Ratchet and Clank with Pokitaru on the Ps2/Ps3/vita as i played that game over 50 times🤣, was just such a povely place to he attacked by Fishes and psycho puss or whatever they were called.