Debunking the Difficulty - The Karate Kid (NES)

[@JBKiser]

The Debunking series is the best non-Mario thing Ryu does. I like pretty much all his content but just saying this series in particular is top tier.

[@tsimon8374]

I greatly enjoy his SMM videos, but this content is far superior if you ask me.

[@JBKiser]

Thanks for the heart Ryu. You're alright.

[@stacychamness9077]

@@JBKiser Ryu is a phenomenal gamer!! He finished Elden Ring!! 😎👍🎮🏆

[@Bhallmed]

Rad racer and Rc pro am please!

[@aschlamishowsup]

Very savvy move on his part.

[@budershank]

Time for a mega-trip down memory lane. My friends didn't believe me when I told them I beat this as a kid so I brought it over to their house and showed them. It solidified me as an absolute legend for like... 3 days.

[@OrtegaSauce]

Sounds about right, I'll be honest I've never heard of this game lol

[@TheAtoll]

I just beat the final boss in Tonic Trouble (1999) on the N64!!!

[@Mina_Angel]

Congrads!

[@sd-ex9je]

i hope this channel blows up to pass the ryukahr channel bc while mario is fun this is way better and variety and shows your true love and passion for games

[@diablowigglz]

Thanks for another great video! You're debunking series is awesome and gave me motivation to finally beat Ninja Gaiden. Keep up the good work Ryu!!!

[@jst25]

Super stoked for this, I beat this game fairly frequently as a child. I never stopped to farm life, but if you get good at the mini-games you can build up stores of drum punched and crane kicks that make the level bosses, last level, and end of the game super easy without having to exploit enemy spawns.

[@satekeeper]

@@Syranovæ it's not an exploit. That's the whole reason the mini-games are there. Can't blame the player because the boss designs that they get wrecked with 3 crane kicks are terrible.

[@satekeeper]

@@Syranovæ seemed to me like you didn't need to farm anything.. those C's show up super often and you only need a couple to utterly destroy the bosses.

[@markaitkenguitar]

“What a piece of shit” laughed out loud, thanks for that man! Ima beat this now np. Keep debunking!

[@mattb6522]

Very nice! I've never played this game, but it reminds me of Kung-Fu on the NES. This game seems ridiculously short even by NES game standards! It seems like in many old beat-em-ups kicks or jump kicks were the way to go for giving you an easier time. That knowledge about only having two enemies spawn on-screen at a time is more powerful than any karate technique! 😅 *Fun Fact:* Ryukahr-san actually trained Kim Sun-Yung, leader of Cobra Kai. After his training, he practiced in seclusion to hone his skills in both the martial arts and classic video games. He returned when the world needed him most: to host a popular KZbin channel and pass his wisdom onto others.

[@the_sixxness]

Kung Fu is so much better.

[@hellsing3062]

Wow. I was having AVGN marathon, watching the 1st season. Guess the first game he played? The Karate kid. The very next video that i get is yours. And YOU TALK about AVGN! This boggled my mind. And really great content!

[@paulsletten8985]

It just means your fbi guy is listening and hooking you up with the good stuff.

[@Mr7r0y]

never underestimate The Algorithm man... THE ALGORITHM

[@mikicerise6250]

@@Mr7r0y Shhh. Don't ruin the magic for him! He's too young to know about predictive algorithms.

[@Vargas7]

I know neither of you normally do collabs but it'd be so cool to see you do one with AVGN

[@B3Band]

AVGN doesn't do collabs? Well, maybe not with actual youtubers...

[@Vargas7]

@@B3Band exactly. probably to stay away from all possible drama

[@0228Big]

This game haunted me as a child! Thanks, Ryu, your debunking the difficulty videos are great. Keep them coming.

[@grantt4532]

I really like this series. It's great that the games are being finished in Vods vs having to show up live to see the ends like old retro videos.

[@rondelllee8936]

Okay I'm going to break it down a little bit for those who may not know. The C stands for Crane kick the d stands for drum punch. The bonus levels help you gain more points that will help you gain extra lives and what he referred to as a monkey in the tree was the old man from the second movie that mr. Miyagi rescued. If you grab him in the game it will restore your energy. BTW GREAT SPEED RUN👏

[@keithpanick2098]

First off, I enjoy these debunking the difficulty videos. Lot's of nostalgia here. Good Job! Secondly, your wearing my Lion King shirt! Give it back!!

[@buckyjr710]

That was not a monkey. That was Sato. And you dont even have to beat the boss on that stage. Just jump up and rescue the girl.

[@B3Band]

Seems easier just to beat him to be honest.

[@klaussone]

@@B3Band actually you can get to the girl before the boss even properly enters the screen when you have played the level many times. So its better to skip it. way faster also. If anyone speed runs this, they skip it 100% of the time for sure.

[@PsychTsunamiMkII]

From the 2nd film, portrayed by the late Danny Kamekona (Robot Jox / Honeymoon in Vegas).

[@sgt_goodnug]

Great video Ryukahr! I'd love to see you do Blaster Master at some point, that game kicked my butt when I was a kid 🤣

[@ANNISHNEE]

My Favorite Game for sure, I would love to see this happening. I finally beat it as my second cartridge owned, to Mario. It was such a fun adventure, I remember pausing it because I was exhausted from trying to beat the second lobster 🦞 and it freaking killed it. Wasn't long after I beat it. Awesome Fun 😊

[@insertmetalusernamehere]

I got close but never beat it.

[@silkeden1]

If I rented this as a kid on a Friday in hopes of enjoying it through the weekend, I would have renters-remorse

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

Loved your shoutout of Avgn! 🙏

[@autumnsprites488]

I love this dudes gaming set up on the background. 🙂

[@autumnsprites488]

Awesome what is it?

[@captainkatnip]

Speaking of AVGN if you could debunk Jekyll and Hyde...that'd be hilarious..cause he hates that game.

[@captainkatnip]

@@flip2358 🤣 that's fair

[@NESADDICT]

I recently picked this game up and made it to the third level. I’d love to see beat it so this is my motivation

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Youll get it. Like he said, its really not too bad. Very easy to exploit if you follow the video. My friend showed me that exploit on the final stage years ago and that was how I beat it back then.

[@NESADDICT]

@@theconsolekiller7113 I’ll let you know when I do!

[@theconsolekiller7113]

@@NESADDICT Keep me updated. Always enjoy hearing about that. I put out alot of playthroughs and tutorials for old and new games too. You might find some of those useful to increase the KILL LIST, ha ha. Let me know if you are looking for some easy completions and I can help you find some to build the list.

[@Jack_80]

it looks overly easy to me. then again i wouldn't use the exploit, i never find fun or satisfaction in exploiting games to make them too easy, i try to play them the way they're meant to be played and ignore any exploits i find or hear about, it ruins the game. but even without the exploits it looks like you hardly take any damage when hit, unlike many nes games where those guys would take a quarter of your health in one hit, or quite a few where you die in a single hit. in this game daniel is a damage sponge.

[@NESADDICT]

@@Jack_80 I beat battletoads after 5 months of practice just to do it with out warps or continues so I get it

[@iamryan9234]

I saw the title for this video and said, “oh god 🤦🏼‍♂️ here we go.” It’s not that this game is difficult, it’s just hella broken.

[@dancovich]

That was one of the first Nintendo games I've ever rented. I had just got my NES clone for birthday (in Brazil the NES was only released years later, ironically distributed by the same company that made my clone) and a new rental store just opened near my house. This game and Nightmare on Elm Street where some of the first games I rented and I actually liked them (specially Nightmare)

[@joshuamusicante4841]

Love the debunking series, showing how to stand a chance in some of these games. You're going to eventually have to do Battletoads. Wishing you the best of luck there. 😁

[@ericmrx]

Will Ryu debunk the difficulty of Battletoads, or will Battletoads debunk the skill of Ryu :) It feels to me that this game is on a very special kind of difficulty...

[@Jack_80]

never played this game but it looks like a joke. you hardly take any damage when you get hit and can easily regenerate health. no idea how this game makes it on hardest nes lists, i've played a ton of nes games that i can easily tell are much harder than this just at a glance.

[@tsimon8374]

@@ericmrx Ryu's beaten Battletoads (with no warps, I believe). But, it is a fair question to ask if the difficulty can actually be debunked, because that game is insane :)

[@chrismeulen8108]

@@tsimon8374 Ryu already said he doesn't know if battletoads and Ghosts n Goblins can be done as videos, because there is not much to debunk.... GNG is gonna be difficult no matter what, and Battletoads is usually just people quiting as soon as they can't beat the turbo tunnel stage....

[@loucarsello8321]

@@Jack_80 That is because he was exploiting the 2 enemies on the screen thing. As you can see on the last level even he got screwed once and knocked into a pit. If you just run and kill everything things like that happen a lot more often. If you ever play the game try not doing that trick first and see how you do.

[@derekrobbins6168]

Satisfying to watch after struggling in the late 80s when I was ~6. I hadn't thought about this game in forever. I remember how horrible I thought Karate Kid and Rambo were but I still played them because I had to beat anything I was given in order to encourage my parents to buy me more. Watching you beat this crappy game makes me want to go back and play the ones I liked again like Crystalis and Trojan.

[@SaxcatGamingCorner]

The "monkey" was Sato from Karate Kid 2, it is Miyagi, Kumiko and Sato that show up.

[@zigzagrz]

I remember playing this back in the day, lots of hours trying to beat this.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Legends recognize legends. Kudos for the shout-out to AVGN. James is one of the OG videogame reviewers, and is a seriously impressive gamer. This is an exemplary episode of DtD. A game whose difficulty lies not in how long it is or how intense the fights, but in how steamy a pile of garbage it is. Learn the right way to play, and it's beat in 5-10 minutes. Well done, sir.

[@MatthewJemilo]

Love seeing more of these videos! Still blows my mind how you're crushing games that have crushed many of us a kids. This series feels so vindicating

[@poshko41]

There’s some NES games I didn’t play for the first time until adulthood. Karate Kid included. I didn’t find it particularly difficult, and for LJN, not that terrible.

[@bulasturubula3660]

Being able to get life back from pretty much all enemies is pretty amazing in an era when the meta was to make the player die so they would spend an extra coin (and on console you just had game over)

[@nikmarshall2989]

Amazing. Juicy series is an understatement. I always love your retro stuff.

[@timberridgecondominiums4219]

There's a cheesy karate rhyme/lesson in there somewhere. "When 2 guys on-screen, no more will be seen Dainel San".

[@macbook802]

Mishon strat. Keep two walkers with you at all times

[@Baconlazer]

Daniel Russo was called out for kicking Johnny in the face, and then there's Ryu who kicks everybody in the face

[@NiagaraThistle]

This game was super easy. Especially the "Karate Kid Part 2" stage (the one with the Huricane and saving the girl in the tower). Even the mini games were pretty simple to perfect once you played it a couple times. I think i showed this to my kids when they were younger and beat it with one life. They did not find it easy though lol

[@aznnp77]

I just watched your TMNT video and was thinking I hope he does Karate Kid. I watched AVGN (Annoying Video Game Nerd) and remembered this game being hard as hell. And low and behold it's here!

[@paularized1]

I remember being so excited when I rented this game…..but then I played it and regretted not getting Ducktales instead.

[@jasonvoorhees895]

If I remember correctly, you can avoid the swinging hammer by pressing the controller at any point during the downswing. And in the Catching Flies With Chopsticks scene that you missed, the flight pattern of the flies is the same every time, so if you can remember your controller movements the first time you catch them all, you can repeat the same movements and catch them all every time. Just keep rapidly pressing the button the whole time. I didn't know this had the reputation of being a difficult game. My friends and I rented it one night and beat it pretty quickly. We had already mastered Kung Fu Warrior, and this reminded us of that, with a Karate Kid flavor. The tournament level was pure SHYTE 😂

[@waymonboyer5969]

I love your series. Thank you for this video. I beat Karate Kid for the first time today after 35 years.

[@smilos3397]

Loving this series so far. How about Zelda 2 - The Adventure of Link or Mike Tyson's Punch Out as a future entry?

[@humandestiny3934]

He's not going to do Zelda 2 because it's too long. He only does short videos because he makes more money.

[@valentds]

@@humandestiny3934 ?? he could still skip parts and explain only tricks not easy to do. don't know if that is debunkable tho or just stupid

[@LuKoFi]

Me and my brothers used to rent this game every weekend in a store called "video centro". We never passed the thypon stage.

[@Dongled]

Yeah, if you stand right by the girl, she won't die. I've beaten this game countless times but never realized the part about two guys at a time, so that level was always a tough run to go through. This was a major help!

[@deine_Meuter]

this new category is really good. Thanks Dude. Great content

[@davidcorfman309]

Keep it up, more tactics plz

[@FLipSide5254]

I bought this game after I saw avgn episode lol.

[@djlamar2]

I wonder if avgn knows about this series? I bet he would love to see your series especially your "Debunking the difficulty: tmnt" since he also did an episode on that.

[@TheOmegaDragon]

Every Gamer: This game is bad! Ryu: Challenge excepted!

[@wilhelmisaac]

I challenge you to beat Seaman for the Sega Dreamcast. It is without a doubt the strangest game I have ever seen and was way ahead of its time

[@gibbs6983]

My man missed a TON of mini-games. Either way though, I love this series. Being born in '83, I grew up on all these games. KEEP EM COMING!!

[@agentchris1482]

Out of the mini games I enjoyed the fly catching one!

[@gibbs6983]

@@agentchris1482 I gotta go with the ice break. I used to love when that game came up

[@agentchris1482]

@@gibbs6983 That was one I was decent at too. The flying hammer one no thanks! lol

[@gibbs6983]

@@agentchris1482 I'm not sure I ever completed the flying hammer. It was ridiculously hard lol

[@agentchris1482]

@@gibbs6983 No kidding if someone did they were a master at the game lol.

[@randyholcomb2140]

I've been subscribed to AVGN for years

[@RAZED333]

I love the AVGN shoutout ♥️♥️♥️

[@Pedalophagus]

Would love to see a Zelda II Debunking the Difficulty!

[@shoopuff_8994]

Yo thanks for the great start to this fine Wednesday

[@sleazyfox8937]

Could never beat the wind stage. Finally mind at ease knowing what to do now, thank you for the video.

[@featherpony]

He calls him "Daniel Son" instead of "Daniel Sahn".

[@Gwizz-1000]

You are hilarious!😂 However, This was very insightful! I struggled with this game because of the bad guys knocking me all around. This was great info!

[@themikenator]

Enjoying the series my dude

[@willcosta5815]

I didn’t beat this game until I was an adult (twenty years later…)! Those spears at the last stage did me in every time… until I realized the drum punch beat them!

[@oCLUo]

You need to play Wizards & Warriors and it’s sequel, Ironsword! Love the content! Keep it up!

[@MooseyMadness]

Love the series! Good to see people doing the good deed! Would love to see you debunk some Vice: Project Doom for the NES in the future! Keep on truckin' my dude!

[@izabelleocasio9428]

I love your content Ryu. Been watching for years. I have a game recommendation. There's a game inspired by Mario World and kaizo called Salaryman Shi. It deserves attention. The game even has a hard mode where suitcase jumps(like shell jumps) are mandatory to master. I've even spoke to the devs for creating a kaizo like star world dlc and its being highly considered. If you do play it, would be great if you could spread the word because this game is charming.

[@BillythekidGames]

Another great video man, good job! I love the Debunking series.

[@modermonkula]

Lmao at the single frame of animation the enemies have when they die

[@grumpus_hominidae]

Leave it to fucking #Ryu to find the cheese in any damn game LMFAO!

[@Daddy-Hexphia]

Debunking the Difficulty Idea - Daffy Duck The Marvin Missions on the SNES :)

[@dimwarlock]

I didn't know this game had some type of popularity, I really couldn't play more than five minutes of it when I got a chance. I played Karateka more than this one.

[@jdubz360]

I remember putting hours into this game and always coming up short. Could never beat it 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@R3N3GADEMUFFIN]

Nice AVGN reference. Love his videos too! Cobra Kai never dies!!

[@ernestscribble4922]

hi can you debunk the difficulty of ghostbuster on nes please? it's a game of my childhood and it's pure nostalgia. anyway, i like this kind of stuf in this channel, greats regards

[@Philf222]

One of my fav games ever, thanks Ryu!

[@satekeeper]

THIS is one of your fav games?

[@Philf222]

@@satekeeper yesss! Growing up I loved Karate Kid and this was one of the first games I ever beat.

[@gamersunited8190]

I finally beat this! I had a tricky time but I only tried beating this a day ago (plus playing it at a friends house back in the NES days). I definitely took advantage of the 2 guys behind me strat when available. It was rewarding to see Myagi wink at me! I found Jaws a lot easier!

[@camerondrew2766]

Love the series Ryu!

[@tj8072]

It would be dope if u played double dragon In this series

[@candleg0at]

Please make one on Aladdin on SEGA

[@SalvationHsn]

Hi! Nice job doing these series. I would like to see a Debunking the Difficulty video about "Wrath of the Black Manta".

[@baalfgames5318]

The absolute biggest problem with this game, IMO, is that jump is assigned to up. IMO, the punch button should be jump. Punches just seem inferior to kicks in this game IMO.

[@JohnSmith-ty2he]

And literally every game ever other than Mortal Kombat. :P

[@Rodzilla97]

nice, you got me through it. died more than i'd like, but it's a quick game. i think it's an ok game. the mini games add a little depth and make it like the movie, as well as saving the girl on that pole, and Sato.. and fighting chozen at the end with the girl there. decent enough

[@Goto10Gaming]

You are the most chill gamer I’ve ever seen, what the hell is going on here?

[@grandspringdale1564]

Anybody over the age of 40 is NEVER gonna change they opinion of this diarrhea👍

[@jimmylarson7856]

Just when I think you can’t get any cooler you’re a cobra Kai fan. Fist bump 👊

[@NiagaraThistle]

"Monkey in a pit" on stage 3 lol. That's Sato stuck under the wooden beam from Karate Kid 2.

[@LordJerambo]

i had this game as a kid and played it all the time. I've only made it to the last guy but never beat him. I just recently bought another copy and have been trying ever since. lol

[@aznluvr7]

Hey I liked this game and as a child I had a hard time on the typhoon stage. I was finally able to beat it. I never really thought it was bad though.

[@FalcOHNO]

When I was a kid, I don't know how, but I mastered this game. Every part of it. Except getting hit. I took a few hits.

[@Ultimathy]

Ryu is beating all the classic games I couldn’t beat as a kid. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry😂

[@wallaroo1295]

🎶*He's the Super-Nice Video Game Nerd. He's the totally cool with horrible games Nerd. He'd rather make you a cup of herbal tea! He's the Super-Nice Video Game Nerd...*🎵

[@nickadra.acactus1907]

Lol poor Sato. Mistaken for a random monkey in a tree 🌳 😅

[@DCgamer723]

Speaking of AVGN, every single Debunking episode has been featured in an AVGN episode, does this mean Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is coming....or....E.T!!

[@TheRedSoxMan]

You got me motivated to beat TMNT and Mega Man 1. Thanks so much! Ghosts ‘n Goblins is crushing me though. Any chance of a vid?

[@Jay-Kaizo]

Another classic. I loved the mini games

[@dgbdgb1]

i think that "monkey in a tree" is Sato when he gets trapped in the storm haha

[@theonlymegumegu]

2:31 well, the saying certainly isn't "punch the sh*t out of you" or "I'm gonna punch your ass" XD

[@dragonusa]

Love these so far. Would like to see one for Friday the 13th NES game

[@olivander65]

Fun video! Where do you get your digital picture frames?

[@witcherjohn3440]

I loved the kicking kid when I first played it

[@StudioRevoct]

They should have Ralph Macchio kick a bird out of the air and explode it into a floating 100 in the next season of Cobra Kai, just like in the game.

[@909crime]

can you do kid icarus? it's such a fun game but people tend to write it off... great video!

[@andrewlove5745]

This makes an excellent point. A lot of "hard games" aren't hard they're just badly made 🤷

[@nugboy420]

0:18 “The Karate”