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[@mojitoman8763]

Me after no shit november 27:32

[@babylonian]

lmfao

[@qxmagn3tism754]

Just found this lol

[@echoeee]

lmfao

[@grainOFdorito]

lmfao

[@martinlee1179]

lmfao

[@brolapse69]

Sleep is temporary, McDonald's DS is forever.

[@silent-hills]

Who needs sleep anyway?! The McDonald’s DS game iceberg is *much* more important

[@masonlambert1614]

It’s 4:58 am but I need to hear about the McDonald’s ds

[@riptidev10]

@@wigglywong2546 if you don't sleep soon you'll manifest your own McDonald's game as hallucinations

[@VRGOESPRIVATE]

DS battery is literally forever.

[@ErebusAbaddonAzrael]

Or until the cartridge won't play

[@absolutebruhmoment123]

"And that troubles me... so I booked a flight to Laval, Quebec to get some answers."

[@jackkattack4799]

IF ONLY

[@GustavoFernandesKing]

@@andresmatamoros2967 wooosh

[@willh9187]

Stg there were like 5 instances where i thought that was going to happen

[@ryrieee]

there's like 13 mcdonalds' there

trust me, i live in montreal, and you should NEVER book a flight to laval, quebec

[@Glassandcandy]

The fact that three different people across the world were fiercely and unknowingly racing to document an obscure McDonald’s training game for the DS at the same time is almost like a minor miracle. How tf does that even happen. It’s SO specific

[@Fermifire]

Just look at history, quick example is the pioneers of the telephone Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell.

[@XenoHerself]

About dirty teriyaki: McDonald's don't actually wipe/wash their hands after handling the raw patties. They all wear gloves. Two different gloves are provided for raw food and prep. The dirty teriyaki was simply a forgotten step in the game alone. (Coming from an old McDonald's employee)

[@Shugunou]

That makes sense. I knew there wasn't a reason that washing your hands would be bad. I believed it was simply unnecessary for the teriyaki.

[@SIGJNF]

Here at McDonald's Netherlands we don't wear gloves and we don't wash our hands basically ever after handling anything except when we touch the ground, something that has been on the ground or our body. We only wash our hands when we feel they're dirty from the oil or sauces from assembling/dressing and when we return from a break/toilet. And yes, that is also a thing during the pandemic. Maybe that's why our numbers aren't falling..

[@JohnSmith-zk8xp]

gloves get dirty the same was as hands

[@SrPelo]

33:09 those are probably from games, the left bottom one is from Metroid Fussion, the last boss, well, they look way similar

[@babylonian]

You're mostly right! Here's the weird part: while it's about 80% similar to the Metroid Fusion sprite, it actually has a TON of differences, which makes this even more mysterious. I laid them on top of each other to make the differences easier to see: i.imgur.com/giAsTdC.png

[@GabrielOliveira-ti3bf]

@@babylonian So... who developed this game was..... Nintendo????

[@penelopeboivin3191]

Metroid Fussion. The Fuss for funky kong

[@Tomani02]

Sir Pelo?

[@ElTiquillo]

@@babylonian I know this might be somewhat of an stretch, but... What if there was some kind of promotional "crossover" of Nintendo IP's and McDonald's eCDP things, like I magine a Metroid-like game that was about Samus landing on an red McDonald's themed planet, with yellow structures that look like french fries, BigMac Metroids and what not. But at the end all those things were scrapped due to commercial shenanigans?

[@av.punk.801]

"Fries in various stages of being frenched" is a fucking amazing sentence right there

[@janeanvanzant8326]

That sounds very cool

[@PeregrinesFury]

Top image of the .PNG looks like salt crystals. The bottom is unknown. Probably was a direction they were going to take initially and changed it.

[@PongoXBongo]

@@PeregrinesFury Or maybe ice cubes floating in a drink.

[@MrVenom1]

Indeed

[@Ihaveagasmask]

I could only think them just throwing baguettes at it

[@suspicioususer]

The Laval, Quebec guy was hunted by French-Canadian assassins hired by McDonalds

[@magusperde365]

Or he died of boredom from living in Laval. Please cease your investigation tabarnak

[@vithursan.b]

@@magusperde365 Im from Laval and I can confirm that my mental health declined over the years after moving there

[@trollege9488]

I keep seeing the esmart 2 rom in my vision I'm high af

[@iamarizonaball2642]

@@trollege9488 I found 2 gmod exploits in mere weeks of eachother, wanna find more?

[@PanzerMan332]

Gotta love how the dude got a world record but the game only gave him a 98% lmao. Nothing is good enough for Japanese employers.

[@KaedeLanyo]

The "Spooky" image, is background assets from Metroid Fusion, specifically the very first room. _Absolutely_ no idea why this would be inside this rom, especially seeing as it's from a *GBA* game, rather than DS.

[@trueaussiee7678]

looks like ice with soda

[@xpdobrada]

Both are very similar, but comparing the scenes you can clearly see the differences.

[@mikechisholm]

Perhaps this means the developer of the mcdonalds game was Intelligent Systems - worked on metroid, located in japan, and works closely with nintendo.

[@trueaussiee7678]

@@mikechisholm the game wasn't necessarily created with or by Nintendo

[@ReylordFX]

How in the hell on that's in the files and to be honest no one really knows on how the hell did that happened

[@SaturnCake]

15:40 The teriyaki patties don't require hand-washing because they are already cooked, but refrigerated. I worked in a fast food chain that sold chicken sandwiches, including teriyaki, and all the 4 variants of chicken patties were already cooked upon shipment, you just need to reheat them on the grill. This is because, ironically enough, chicken is very dangerous to handle raw, moreso than any other type of meat, so they cook them before shipment, unlike the beef patties, which aren't AS dangerous to handle raw.

[@greenday2024]

Oh that makes sense

[@jxceuu]

everyone like this so nick sees

[@error404m]

Came here to make that exact guess. Thanks for confirming.

[@bend7668]

This follows in a modern McDonald’s in Australia

[@entertainmint3030]

Cool

[@willappleby7412]

The Laval thing is interesting, I worked at a Canadian McDonald’s about a year ago and the methods taught in the game are incredibly similar to the actual stuff we did in the restaurant, so the idea they might have ported the game to English and French makes sense to me

[@willappleby7412]

Also my theory on the teriyaki is that it was pre cooked so you had no risk of contamination from one food to another, the reason I think this is due to the fact that we didn’t need to wear gloves when handling sausage while I worked there, du to the fact that it was pre cooked

[@mint8648]

wow

[@pan-chan226]

I was in the middle of watching this at my house, and suddenly my mom comes home with Mc-Donald’s. My mom didn’t even tell she was going to get McDonald’s...

[@FredTheSpider]

Lmao

[@Utonian21]

I bet you're Lovin' It™

[@NirukuKanao]

Ronald McDonald possessed her

[@pan-chan226]

@@NirukuKanao pft

[@v1ncefan64]

Noice

[@Lumi788]

The "Alien landscape" sort of looks like ice in water or soda.

[@bluepheonixsoul1553]

That actually makes sense now if only we could explain the spaceship cockpit.

[@krievv]

That's what I saw. Still don't know what the lower half is though

[@jaggysmf1860]

I thought maybe it could be some kind of cubed meat in a sauce, just with a weird color palette.

[@milkybanana1518]

Illuminati confirmed

[@dededesgustingtkemylife4825]

@@bluepheonixsoul1553 its flat out metroid fusion

[@DoNotPassGO]

The devil works hard, but SilvaGunner works harder.

[@JudgeNicodemus]

It's just more proof for my SilvaGunner is omniscient theory.

[@DXNE_XIII]

My theory is that Silvagunner is the third eCDP owner

[@Robot62-Subscribe]

couldn't silvagunner have used the audio from that other guy who posted the very first ecdp video?

[@biaxolotl5171]

@@Robot62-Subscribe no because it wasn’t just the music in that video and that guy didn’t dump the rom

[@YourInternetHistory676]

SiIvaGunner is a speedrunner

[@eyebrawlfan5201]

The “alien landscape” doesn’t look weird at all. Just ice cubes in a soda.

[@leap123_]

Bruh its from metroid fusion

[@eyebrawlfan5201]

@@leap123_ w h a t

[@combossss]

@@leap123_ Confirmed, saw the same sprites in google image search. Maybe the McDonalds game was made by the creators of Metroid.

[@Utonian21]

That's what I was thinking

[@nottlepurple8926]

@@leap123_ I think this might close the gap of who develops this game, I mean if they use this sprite on this ecdp game that means they have access to or have this so called permission to reuse it on other games? Does that make sense? Sorry for my messed up English

[@denontown]

your dedication for mcdonalds is astonishing

[@Ttegegg]

The test into the food

[@pikaenerd]

Kirby feels P A I N

[@Helicopter7]

kirb

[@flipplus6656]

Macdonalds used astonish!

[@ninaniles3184]

Gotta be a huge sponsorship deal that’s hidden

[@NintendoThumb]

15:52 isn't showing somebody washing their hands, they're cleaning the top of the burger off the teflon that comes down. The 10:1 and 4:1 patties have a tendency to stick to the top after it goes back up, so you're supposed to clean it off. Maybe the teriyaki pattie doesn't stick.

[@fruitcircuit]

Mystery solved I guess 👍

[@NintendoThumb]

and to clean off hamburger grease

[@NinjaPro-vc3js]

I believe the video is showing the person "cleaning their hands" as the grill comes down. Usually this isnt the smartest time to attempt to clean it so I doubt thats what theyre showing.

[@SableLeaf]

Holy Shit. I wouldn't have thought of that. (O_O)'

[@PGains]

YOU NEED TO FIND THAT PERSON WHO WAS RANKED HIGHEST ON THE THING WHEN YOU CONNECT TO THE WIFI SERVICES. EVERYONE LIKE THIS SO HE WILL SEE IT :) once you find them, they will probs know secret tricks cause their score was insanely higher then everyone else’s and they probs can find the other games that are missing. That person is the key

[@Chubbs1116]

Bro why didn't I find this sooner?!? I just quit working at McDonald's a few months ago, I would have gladly recorded someone, our managers wouldn't have cared at all.

[@nerdycoconut1344]

What am i doing with my life? Its 2am, im 22 years old, i still live with my dad, and im watching this.

[@yellowsmile1804]

😂😂😂

[@TheThirdEnergy]

Too relatable I'm watching at 3 in the morning also live with my dad and I'm 28

[@sunflower8227]

you're 22 with "nerdy coconut" as username... cool...

[@nerdycoconut1344]

@@sunflower8227 oh how old are you strawberry cake?

[@sunflower8227]

@@nerdycoconut1344 15 lmao

[@moteiangel8315]

you should go to the Japanese McDonald's after Covid, it would be so satisfying to see the full story come full circle

[@moteiangel8315]

11:18

[@MrMegaManFan]

“So I took a flight to Japan...”

[@liquidscreamisnomore]

S O I B O O K E D A T I C K E T . . .

[@Bruh-rj5vw]

Did you mean CURRENT WORLD EVENTS

[@CampanellaJ]

Gotta be careful, Japanese are really strict about laws

[@ChloeTGAP]

I don’t work at McDonalds in Quebec but someone from Laval stole my PayPal information one time so that’s gotta count for something

[@roseyhernandez2791]

This need to be pinned. This is the most important part of the story yet😂

[@HDTomo]

This need to be pinned. This is the most important part of the story yet😂

[@bob5432]

This need to be pinned. This is the most important part of the story yet😂

[@dontbesuchaleaf]

This need to be pinned. This is the most important part of the story yet😂

[@SimplexSM]

That's the most Laval thing I've read today

[@jasonwilkes8821]

the most stunning thing here is silvagunner's 23 minute shitpost speedrun

[@babylonian]

Curious about "Donald McDonald," or anything else from this video? Don't forget to watch part 1 of the McDonald's iceberg! Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmOWk3SnfNl8o9E

[@jaydenchavis6335]

I hope there really is a English version in Canada. It would be fun to compare them to Japan’s version if they are different like Mac adventures

[@o0l0iillooiliill4]

Hey I'm like 80% sure that the alien looking pixel art you mentioned (at 33:15) in this vid is showing the space ship docking bay from Metroid Fusion. There is a scene specifically where the hangar is open; it kinda looks like that. I looked at some images of the Fusion hangar and noticed some details were different, but it still looks very similar. I suggest you take a look at that

[@check_about_right_fucking_now]

helo

[@stefanoshasani5416]

I think the first image that looks like the desert. I see it like potatoes soaked in the oil.

[@rbrotherstonjr8]

Discord link?

[@readmore372]

Theory: Montréal is the world's fifth-largest video game centre, after Tokyo, London, San Francisco, and Austin. Laval is right next to Montréal. eSMART 2.0 was in development in Montréal and used Laval's McDonalds as beta testers but the project was eventually cancelled.

[@mokari6632]

Do you think perhaps there could still be a copy there? maybe one of the employees just nabbed a copy and brought it back with him or maybe the company let the store keep them?

[@somedonkus69420]

@@mokari6632 If they were beta testing no way Nintendo didn't take the cartridges back.

[@whitemurloc1323]

Why would they develop the game in Montreal and just test it in Laval when there's like 5 McDonald's in Montreal?

[@-Raylight]

_"This is the lost McD DS game"_ *"Dear GOD"* _"There's more"_ *_"NO"_*

[@aevidd_]

It contains the dying wish of every employee here

[@SlyCooperReloadCoded]

Nice Heavy reference.

[@bazookasniper5167]

I have done nothing but make burgers for 3 days

[@pizzarella985]

engineer gaming

[@pyrotechnic96]

@@SlyCooperReloadCoded Soldier

[@Pulse0n]

People will really make fanfiction about anything.

[@garryson856]

Yes ash even you

[@goddesskoala7907]

People will really speedrun anything lol

[@dusk7484]

I can’t decide if that’s good, bad, or just human nature.

[@rileygracevlogs2]

someone made a fanfic out of you saying that.

[@Pulse0n]

@@rileygracevlogs2 what

[@powderpuffarpeggio3968]

Regarding Laval, Quebec. I’ve heard that a lot of McDonalds “tests” are done in Quebec. Weird store layouts for example. I don’t think this is unknown so the person commenting could just be lying based on that knowledge, but it gives it some credibility.

[@Bliggers420]

Yeah, Kingston Ontario was a similar "test market" for McDs in the late 90s early 2000s. Im not sure if it is anymore. It had to do with demographic makeup. I can remember locations having an odd menu item like bbq junior chicken or ranch quarter pounder every so often

[@cakeisyummy5755]

OH SNAP.

[@magusperde365]

Also, Laval is a dangerously boring place to go to. Just look at XQC to see what Laval can do to a human being. Trust me I'm from Quebec. Laval is basically just a big subburb for montreal disguised as a town

[@Utonian21]

I love the idea that McDonalds has chosen a random city in Quebec, Canada to be the testing grounds of top secret projects lmao

[@Vitorruy1]

@@jslavertu imagine being able to eat all the experimental macstuff so cool.

[@trixcuito7779]

“Salt.mods with the audio included. Enjoy” *Intense static sounds*

[@mmalove98]

An audio file more deep fried than the menu

[@chaotickreg7024]

It's a genre of music called "McDonalds ambient"

[@khhdkhbr9196]

@@chaotickreg7024 addictions

[@secondperson5694]

Nah that's just japanese language

[@hunternegron336]

It's a single from Merzbow's latest album XD

[@COFFEEWSUGA]

"the mcdonalds ecdp fanfiction" as a phrase gave me whiplash

[@cheeseburger9745]

Chibi-robo Zip-Lash

[@mateololero4091]

*McFanfiction*

[@bonnesuenos]

@@mateololero4091 McFiction

[@thevioletskull8158]

Hollow Jack we should of seen this coming

[@zxp3ct3r41]

That corporation gonna get u

[@EndlessEnui]

1:30 AM and just finished all three videos you’ve put out on this game, loved every second of them

[@babylonian]

thank you!

[@Daisy_human]

1:11 am here

[@brodycoffey910]

How is this not a timestamp?

[@Miamisbestalltimeshooterrayray]

1:11

[@spongefan155]

1:08

[@fckSashka]

Today I nearly watched nearly 3h worth of eDCP content and now I’m about to go to MCDS. What a nice day.

[@MikeStavola]

I'm assuming the "alien landscape" image is probably a piece of art from another game the developer was working on. Sometimes devs use assets from other projects early on in the creation of a game so they can test the engine. I wonder if that asset was actually used somewhere. If so, it may give a good clue to the original maker of this.

[@mikechisholm]

Intelligent Systems worked on metroid, and they work very closely with nintendo japan.

[@patrickreese1868]

The top half looks like ice cubes in a drink but the bottom half is something else

[@azazazaz3579]

That are fries in oil.

[@Gameboygenius]

@@patrickreese1868 if that's ice in a drink, we're looking at something like a bucket of fizzy drink.

[@YG--]

@@Gameboygenius reminds me of that one guy who used his kfc bucket as an cup

[@RAGNAR-3-3]

Please tell me that once the pandemic cools down, you’ll head to Japan to see the Hokkaido McDonald’s in person

[@masonlambert1614]

Hopefully they serve cereal

[@luckysix1015]

That place is going to have sooo much traffic once tourism starts up again.

[@zzzgunt2210]

Plandemic

[@envalence450]

The pandemic might be everlasting.

[@biggestmush715]

Bruh

[@champagnesupernova1839]

at 33:34 that's the docking bay from metroid fusion! it's severely miscolored (it should be gray and white) and cut in half with the right side seemingly being replaced with a different sprite layer of the left, but that's definitely the docking bay! edit: I should mention that no color scheme you tried matched it because metroid fusion is a game boy advance game, and that the docking bay in question was actually very much human in design. trust me, it looks a lot better properly rendered.

[@mesantero]

i looked at this side by side, and its a little different with the plating but maybe...

[@MiriaJiyuu]

It definitely is, I've played the game many, many times. It might be an in development version and not the final artwork if it's not an exact match. The right half is the lighting layer that creates the glow effect during gameplay. The upper part is straight up ice cubes in soda in a weird colour palette. Why the docking area is on the cartridge is weird, but probably just leftover data if they reused something.

[@Sanitised]

Holy heck

[@garrettburton8413]

Does this mean that every copy of ECDP is customized?

[@retrogamer7571]

Yea

[@Encysted]

The "alien landscape" is probably a corrupted image that combines a cloesup shot of ice cubes in a soda drink, and a top-down view of the inside of a McDonald's work area.

[@jamesogden3082]

Could it be the texture map for the highlights? (The shiny ice cubes and the shiny work area)

[@isaradhi3680]

I actually thought that they look more like french fries currently being fried

[@mislav268]

i have a theory that the file slipped from another game the devs were working on... dont know how plausible it is tho

[@frozencatcake]

thx

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@jamesogden3082 I thought texture maps were mostly for 3d models. This game looks completely 2d.

[@RustyRat]

Can we use the "salt.mods" gif as a meme for angry mods?

[@theblan1k0ne]

yee

[@lemonzzz]

that'll get so old so quickly

[@lilmissbloodbath89]

@@lemonzzz Everything does, though. I learned that by making my favorite song my weekday alarm tone.

[@lemonzzz]

@@lilmissbloodbath89 true

[@khhdkhbr9196]

Instant speec

[@TreeBranchStudios]

5:00 Silvagunner is the CRAZIEST shitposter I’ve ever seen, 23 minutes from the dump to a parody, he managed to do it in just 23 minutes. Freakin madlad

[@TheMysticMage]

"Kanai" is actually "Kanae", the character at the end is an "e" not an "i" and Kanae is a somewhat popular japanese name, unisex if I'm not mistaken

[@Alperen04]

yeah I noticed that also

[@EvxiKamine]

@@Alperen04 same

[@Sonilink713]

Same

[@UnderFact]

kanai could be an awkward anglicization since the ”え” sound can be hard for english speakers

[@alexgall8785]

You're mistaken

[@SuperWiiBros08]

That alien landspace looks just like the Docking Bays of Metroid Fusion, is not exactly the same, but rather of a concept pixel art of it? what still makes it very strange, why is it in ECDP files?

[@zacsolo1594]

Yes, finally someone gets it. It looks wayy to similar to the Docking Bays, but for some reason. The top image reminds me of Earthbound

[@nbtmx1]

Maybe it is the devs who left a mark to show who made the game

[@zacsolo1594]

That seems too unlikely

[@Brawler139]

eDCP built off Metroid Fusion engine confirmed lol

[@emperorpoto]

I recognized that image as the Metroid Fusion docking bay immediately. Maybe a remnant of an unfinished easter egg where you're making Big Macs for Samus or something.

[@chrometape]

I gotta say that "alien landscape" looks a whole lot like an unfinished texture for some ice cubes floating in a liquid, either soda or water, and the one below it was probably a generic placeholder.

[@M0D776]

The metallic part is definitely from Metroid Fusion, I bet my toes for it

[@huntercraft1817]

I actually have a theory for what the bottom image is. While a bit of a stretch, this could be a unfinished image of a mall that the McDonald's of that copy of ECDP originates from.

[@chrometape]

@@huntercraft1817 I'd say that's a valid theory

[@dovesveins333]

yeah, i don't think its really as deep as people make it out to be

[@iatecielssoulsorrysebastian]

THATS LITERALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I SAW IT

[@unauthorized_thing]

this is the most wholesome iceberg I cant even describe how chill and happy it is

[@nonamesaretaken5616]

17:42 very wholesome backround sounds so wholesome and cute 10/10

[@thejaykay97]

This video gave me flashbacks to these Qoo ads on TV that aired in the early 2000s here in Germany, totally forgot about it until now!

[@justbanansas1094]

there are only 13 mcdonalds locations in laval u could go to each location in like under 2 hours and ask the manager if they ever had a nintendo game given to them.

[@greatcanadianmoose3965]

Well next time I go to Quebec, I'll have to stop at Laval lol

[@sansprosii]

There’s two flaws with that: 1. How are you going to get a manager of a McDonald’s to talk to you? 2. If you do get to talk with him/her, they might not even answer it for obvious reasons.

[@greatcanadianmoose3965]

@@sansprosii Obviously, lol, but in reality, it's a feasible option. More likely, you could probably find people who worked there.

[@sansprosii]

@@greatcanadianmoose3965 Fair enough.

[@greatcanadianmoose3965]

@@sansprosii Actually my mom's friend was a manager of McDonald's for the longest time, but I'm pretty sure she's in Quebec City instead of Laval (There is the St. Laurence between the two cities, as well as a fierce rivalry) Maybe I'll ask her if she ever heard anything, but it's a long shot.

[@ThatNotSoAznKid]

In the "alien landscape" portion, Isn't that the shuttle bay in Metroid Fusion? Probably wrong, but it looks kind of like it. It's that or they're leftover assets from whatever studio actually developed the cartridge. Edit: Just looked it up. it is 100% the shuttle bay in Metroid Fusion.

[@KKdessu]

bump

[@trueaussiee7678]

it look like ice and soda

[@danielmoreira7085]

Exactly what I thought! It's been a long time since I played Metroid Fusion, but I recognized it immediately.

[@trueaussiee7678]

@@danielmoreira7085 alot of theories

[@jorgemtzb9359]

I checked it's very slightlly different yet so Identical, with minor differences like with the lights and button and very minor difference on the silhuoette.

[@Ryukachoo]

33:25 I was not expecting "quirky things about mcdonald's training game" to be nightmare fuel but here we are. Why is this so unsettling

[@dustinbrueggemann1875]

The alien landscape file looks like it might be a multichannel reference for other content. Saving auxiliary data in RGB channels is super common for post processing, especially in cases when you want to save space. It's quite likely the "spaceship interior" is actually scaled and rotated snippets that would've been stitched for the machine layouts in the cut store builder. The blocky space looks like ice cubes in soda to me. Call me crazy, but it might be a negative image also. Devs take weird shortcuts and preprocess certain steps to save on code and memory in embedded software. Try color inverting it and see if it looks any more sensible.

[@Kobazco]

"eCDP Speedrunning Legend" All I've down is swipe fries to the right like 2,000 times haha idk about legend.

[@zman90]

Yes but you do fast

[@absolutebruhmoment123]

Kobazco: Will you please listen? I'm not the messiah. Everyone: HE IS THE MESSIAH!

[@jorgemtzb9359]

Ye but you are quick at doing so

[@samueldionne9675]

I know several art music composers who have had their music performed internationally. If you look at the small text, you find out it was performed once or twice in the US, though one had his music performed in France. As such, you are a McD eDCP speed running legend. The small text is that you put fries in baskets a lot and recorded it. As long as you remember the small text, don't feel bad about the title. You are the one who put in the small amount of effort that was actually needed to get recognized as such. It's surprising how little you need for some titles.

[@nameofthename]

but you went ZOOM

[@alexnoyle]

“The existence of dirty teriyaki haunts the ecdp speed running community”... Well that’s enough internet for today

[@Ttegegg]

Poison

[@Helicopter7]

Poison

[@mikehunt3688]

Poison

[@joshpoltergeist]

Poison

[@jcovx]

Poison

[@JuneDen]

The whole McDonald DS series from you deserves some sort award. Beautifully crafted piece for the ages.

[@Verlisify]

I didn't want to come off as baby, but yeah that alien landscape incites dread. I think it was supposed to be the background for like some boss level where you fight off an alien invasion through McDonalds food prep mastery. That would be the landscape outside of the mirrored ship interior

[@msboyswillbeboys]

The reason the don’t wash there hands is The teriyaki burger were pre-sauced before placing them on the grill, so the employees would never touch them by hand, only with tongs.

[@AdamAnouer]

This man is the employee of the month ^

[@chaotickreg7024]

Someone else said it was because the Teryaki Chicken came precooked so foodborne illness wasn't a risk. I like this theory too though.

[@khhdkhbr9196]

Jobless

[@msboyswillbeboys]

@@chaotickreg7024 cross contamination however is always a risk

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@msboyswillbeboys Yes, and that is even more reason to not allow raw chicken in a McDonald's kitchen.

[@ocidozi]

I don’t know why but Nicks voice makes me feel so nostalgic.

[@Popyman51]

He has been on the internet for a while, you might have crossed paths with him before.

[@ocidozi]

@@Popyman51 Most likely.

[@DennisMclaughlindapo3t]

He just drags back old Rev3 and G4 vibes when he was in charge of that

[@coca9152]

11:15 this whole sequence has a very nostalgic tone, almost like when you finally find your old whereabouts in your old town lmao.

[@kabanfriends5764]

New info: Both the sound test menu and level editor are now found

[@spongefan155]

Wait What?

[@Jyudee]

Do you know where it was shown? The discord or on Reddit or something?

[@realtimestatic]

I love how this one cartridge spawned its own whole community

[@aliza_h]

Same. It's crazy, but I love it.

[@AH-uz3fx]

1 drink in: "Haha, iceburger!" 6 drinks in: "Alien landscape negative emotional aura."

[@celticcanadian8922]

It was tested in more than one location in Canada, however, it was only run within a timeframe of a week from what I remember hearing about it. I remember seeing it on my local news channel about 4 years ago.

[@babylonian]

what local news channel? (also, 4 years ago seems awfully recent for a DS game, lol)

[@TheStraightGod]

No response? really?

[@blankuser987]

Yes girl give us nothing!

[@willsbury5150]

the fact that the cartridges have Netorare on them is unbelievable.

[@nexnexus8656]

The “Cube Desert” kind of looks like ice cubes floating in soda

[@asp6449]

Yeah, and the other textures look like if they were either the back of a machine, perhaps a dispenser or fridge.

[@Ttegegg]

@@asp6449 future time

[@KawaiiLilykitty]

that's what I thought too

[@UmairGamer69EpicCoolBoy]

It’s probably some corrupted image

[@cheeseburger9745]

Imagine spending 2.2 milion dollars to create 4 games in which only one has been found

[@khhdkhbr9196]

Worth it

[@lilsaam]

Plot twist: McDonalds did it on purpose to raise the value of their own game, and actually have all the games themselves and are selling them to collectors with years inbetween and making bank

[@PacoCotero1221]

@@lilsaam genius

[@crypticgaming4485]

4?

[@VexAcer]

@@crypticgaming4485 eCDP, eSMART, eSMART 2.0, and DS Mac Adventures (Nintendo Zone Download Play title).

[@aschspectre]

I don’t know how you always make these damn McDonald’s videos always seem so spooky and interesting but whatever you do works, I am 10x more interested in McDonald’s when you post about some old video game than when I see their ads. They should be paying you honestly 😂

[@wintercandyfox]

I can't believe a game about training for McDonald's could be so in-depth

[@DE23]

Teacher: Why do you want to learn japanese? Me: It's complicated.

[@SliceJosiah]

Haha Actually I kind of want to move to Japan one day (fun fact I am not a weeb like you would expect like imagine a weeaboo except without the weeb (an aboo?))

[@envalence450]

No it’s not

[@lamasu8060]

@@SliceJosiah you're a weeb. Accept it.

[@lamasu8060]

@@brkenppt2222 this is kinda incorrect. You dont NEED to learn a minimum of anything.

[@DE23]

@@brkenppt2222 I was just making a joke. I wouldn't ACTUALLY Lear a very complex language JUST to play a single DS game.

[@kurono1822]

A creepypasta, fan fiction, speedruns, hackings and even meta stuff all because of some McDonalds game...next: porn, fanart and even a cult

[@nabeela.7341]

Im down for a Mccult

[@fleef69]

And after that, an entire country, and then a continent. And then, a planet. And then... the universe.

[@Steamlazer]

I'm sorry to inform you, but porns already been created

[@Steamlazer]

And so has Fanart

[@khhdkhbr9196]

@@Steamlazer yay

[@shotmcduck]

Why did I find this in a scp containment breach voicelines and sounds playlist.

[@AllyaComfreak]

ok SO YOURE TELLING ME MCDONALDS RELEASE A MCDONALDS VERSION OF COOKING MAMA AND I CANT GET IT BECAUSE IT WAS LIMITED EDITION IM SO MAD RN

[@stanzacosmi]

it was only for japanese mcD's employees

[@ubahni]

its up for download

[@Dr.Quarex]

I never thought my pre-existing knowledge of Qoo from the Something Awful Forums would allow me to understand something in a meme iceberg image years later

[@Ttegegg]

Lovin it

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@@Ttegegg Punny.

[@brickmastere5535]

"Fries in various states of being frenched"

[@-throat-]

Where’d you see that?! XD Edit: never mind.

[@AllyaComfreak]

Also Qoo exists in south east Asia and now I’m kinda mad as to why Qoo wasn’t served at McDonald’s Singapore

[@thischanneldoesntexist6132]

Wow Fun fact: In Yakutsk Russia there is a Russian translation of ecdp

[@neldert1397]

"We will pick this thing apart molecule by molecule." - The Internet

[@360jeezyhater]

atom by atom

[@khhdkhbr9196]

@@360jeezyhater into the internet

[@2011supergamer]

Something I remember seeing exactly one and never again at a McDonalds in Metairie, Louisiana is a fully functional Wii set up similarly to those Gamecube/PS2 stations that were pretty common back in the day. Now, It's possible I'm misremembering it (It could have just been Cooking Mama or something) but I distinctly remember there being a Mcdonalds-branded cooking game with motion-controlled burger flipping and boxing that was set up there. Idk if there are any further leads on that, or if my mind is just playing tricks on me, but I swear the memory is so clear to me.

[@side.mp4]

this is really interesting and deserves a lot more likes

[@-Teague-]

Yeah hope he sees this

[@julies2430]

@Rixor12 - you mentioned a Wii set up. This jogged my memory. I remember seeing a nintendo wii controller branded with McDonalds logo on it. I am from the philly area (surrounding suburbs) so a completely different part of the US... do you remember a black wii remote with a McDonalds M on it in grey, about where the Wii logo should be on the controller? This sticks out in my mind, and I did used to frequent McDonalds a lot during the time all of the events with the DS and the eCDP transpired.

[@honey_skulls1237]

Bumping this up by commenting, this is really interesting

[@Ttegegg]

@@honey_skulls1237 an idea

[@christianrk5747]

hey Nick, this is probably stupid but the music you used for the "laval, Quebec" entry came from The Legend of Zelda: Four swords adventures. and it's my favorite in game in the series and it's rarely talked about and I just have to thank you, I'm glad parts of this game still appear today

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

You have to admit, those Forest of Illusion guys are mad lads. They were able to find a build of the N64 Dinosaur Planet for crying out loud.

[@Duckable]

Nick, I work at a McDonald’s. I could do the Big Mac speedrun but where would I be able to show it to you

[@avinput]

You could upload it to KZbin or tag him on twitter if you do it

[@tamlikescats4639]

or the discord, probably!

[@bblz9171]

D i s c o r d plz

[@BronAsreal]

isnt there is a eCDP discord ?

[@Aidosity]

Oh no are we actually going to start a eCDP IRL speedrun category, because I was also planning to do the IRL speedrun

[@tonysawyer]

Hey Nick, I live in a small town not even 2 hours from Laval, Quebec. I could easily go over there and try asking older employees or managers about it. I'm well aware that the chances someone knows about it or even owns it are close to nothing but it may be worth trying. I'd be glad to help. Sorry for my english btw, I speak french.

[@ethanpech9914]

Please do it bro

[@tonysawyer]

@@ethanpech9914 I'll see what I can do

[@ixin645]

Replying so i get updated

[@millerfilmz]

I live closer, a 15 minute drive and I don't think that's to crazy of an idea considering how small Laval is... and that there only 13 Mcdonalds in Laval. I'd be totally down but, we still have to hope that, that ONE Mcdonald's "first last" mentioned has an employee that used to work there at the time and still does... or at least maybe knows someone who used too Nick, whats the next move?

[@kitkat7095]

Mais ça serait plus cool si Nick venait au Québec!!

[@SuperChunk84]

"You know, L I A R S." Damn, Nick.

[@OfficialMrMalicious]

Is it just me or does the “Alien Landscape” top image look like Fries floating on oil

[@Schellsea]

Okay I really need you to read this; I live in Ontario Canada (born and raised), and I swear to god I've seen/heard of a Canadian McDonald's DS game. Maybe this is some weird Mandela effect, or maybe this video really did unlock a hidden memory in the back of my mind. Either way I had a massive wave of deja vu when you mentioned Laval Quebec. I just have this memory of CBC (the Canadian Broadcasting Channel) reporting on a DS McDonald's game for training staff, and how it was "used in Japan as well" (or something along those lines), and I remembered my dad being mildly perturbed by this, probably because of his fear of modern technology. I think I was intrigued though, at least enough to have this memory still (if it's not a false one). I was probably 9 or 10 at the time, making the date somewhere around 2008/2009.

[@GuyEJT]

:O

[@ethanpech9914]

:0 x2

[@ayo6251]

:0 x3

[@FunnyParadox]

:0 x4

[@deformedratgang2294]

:O x5

[@MemesToa]

I didn't even know this game existed until last month when Nick's first video about it popped up in my recommended. Now the game is so widely known that there's Tool-Assisted Speedruns, SiIvaGunner rips, and even not one but TWO fanfictions for a game made to train McDonald's employees. This is probably the deepest rabbit hole I've ever had the...experience...of falling into.

[@Ttegegg]

Stran time

[@Shannessa]

30:54 As a resident of Ontario Canada who applied for a job at Don’s early this month, I’ll ask my interviewer if they know anything about that, and will get back to you on that Edit: I know I’m not in Quebec, but still, I want to ask about it just in case I get any knew info

[@starburst7681]

drink a beer and watchin so much nick youtube video on the computer. The ideal

[@ThatOneGuyFromDiscord]

I live near Laval let me know if you need an in person investigation for the Canadian eCDP

[@likeaboss4318]

Do it!

[@nicolaspaglione]

I live there

[@jiaverse]

join like the discord and tell them this lol

[@tonysawyer]

Same man, let's meet up and do it. Pourquoi pas?

[@ethanpech9914]

@@tonysawyer Please record that shit

[@sirvival8169]

Fun Fact: For some reason, Qoo was also available in Germany in the early 2000s.

[@JustKiddingNYC]

Hong Kong too

[@allknowingpineapple4112]

@@JustKiddingNYC ich hab qoo noch nie in Deutschland gesehen

[@bzztbzztboy]

@@JustKiddingNYC Singapore also

[@gehtdichnixan6190]

@@allknowingpineapple4112 Na dann kann es ja nie in Deutschland gewesen sein

[@Invisible2612]

Yes I remember! Thx for the trip down history lane

[@OldManBOMBIN]

Probably not related at all, but that "alien landscape" is very similar to the description of the strange landscapes in At the Mountains of Madness: "Great low square blocks with exactly vertical sides, and rectangular lines of low vertical ramparts, like the old Asian castles clinging to steep mountains in Roerich’s paintings."

[@Ipobird1]

The only way (in my store) to do an irl speed run if for the store owner to be a meme lord and allows it

[@heyitsburt]

Worked at McDonald's and the french fry dispenser was the coolest!

[@redcomn]

If it not stuck that is......

[@relephonus]

yup

[@toughtntman37doesanimations]

IS THE TERIYAKI? 14:43

[@rekusanreku5540]

I work at McDonald's and we have one. But feels like shit is broken like every other month lmao.

[@relephonus]

@@rekusanreku5540 yeah, i knew that would happen.

[@cheviot_]

POV: You're going to Laval, Quebec

[@adultshawarma]

Pretty nice city

[@justbanansas1094]

@mr freakout if he had he wouldn't be saying that

[@fallen_melodia]

POV: you're already in Laval, Quebec

[@cheviot_]

@@milk-ub9zo nice

[@DnRtheShow]

@@adultshawarma arrêtes de niaiser Laval a été nommé comme la ville la plus ennuyante de la province haha

[@luissan515]

Cant wait for the eCDP Rule34 content.

[@anak5880]

Shhh... Don't give them ideas!

[@iivvrryy]

"The one long lost nintendo DS game" Nick: "There's three, actually"

[@HeckuleStudios]

@Noah McCaulley possibly FIVE including the Quebec one.

[@Psychomaniac14]

@@HeckuleStudios wouldn't that make it six? Because there's French AND English

[@EvanMMD3939]

@Noah McCaulley I read this just as he said that-

[@khhdkhbr9196]

@@EvanMMD3939 yum

[@stevenbobbybills]

@@Psychomaniac14 but French and English are on the same cartridge, right?

[@aggressivewolfie2452]

Ok so I am coming here with like. Minimal to no CDP knowledge, and I thought this was going to be a deep dive on restaurant history and shit. This has been the wildest fucking ride. You guys’ passion is unmatched and delicious.

[@chaotickreg7024]

Gamers just love obscure stuff

[@Ttegegg]

@@chaotickreg7024 remix

[@Edobros01Channel]

16:06 Was that an endless ocean 1 ost? You just unlocked a memory i goddamn love you

[@zubrhero5270]

I've been clicking on movie myths and legends, mysteries, unsolved crimes, lost media and other sp00ky icebergs. Never in my life did I think I'd spend 35 minutes watching a video on a McDonald's Nintendo DS cartridge. To put into perspective, that's 35 more minutes than I'd spend playing it! ...I kinda liked it though.

[@B_Skizzle]

The craziest thing I learned from this video is that Silvagunner isn’t one person.

[@marmato9332]

Idem

[@imogend]

Same lmfao i thought it was just one guy

[@byron-mitchell]

WAIT WHAT

[@Siuolplex]

Hoo boy wait til you learn theres lore!

[@Shadowdreamcast]

@@Siuolplex how can there possibly be lore...

[@andrewtroescher1326]

"I found the McDonald's Training Game. Why did I just see two more?" "There's three, actually"

[@cherrychuuu]

there is four!

[@Ttegegg]

@@cherrychuuu da,n the storage

[@Syazth]

20:39 ah yes,177013,my favourite store number

[@slurpii4669]

my theory is that the last images were going to be a history mode related with aliens, and i think those cubes in the desert are actually kitchens, but the idea didnt make it to the final product

[@gamesux420]

I could've sworn we've had Qoo in Germany. I destrinctly remember seeing ads on tv when I was younger in the early 2000s I had completely forgotten about it, hearing Qoo just gave me a huge nostalgia hit. Edit: Did a quick Google to confirm, this isn't a Mandela effect thing I found a post from a German website from 2003 listing what foods would be available at a local event, qoo was one of em.

[@teemo3161]

Hey! I still have photos with me and Qoo where I was 4 years old. It definitely existed in Germany I really hoped that someone else would write about it here!

[@likeaboss4318]

Mir kommt das Maskottchen Bekannt vor, aber in der Schweiz gabs das nie (zumindest sah ichs nirgendwo)

[@DEWGOFFICIAL]

I remember seeing an ad for Qoo in a German comics magazine from the 90s or early 2000s.

[@MaakaSakuranbo]

Yep, Germany, had Qoo once, loved the apple juice variety, then it vanished and I never knew why :< At least I now know where its from I guess.

[@trashrap2988]

Qoo gibt es seit ca 2012-2013 nicht mehr in Deutschland