Miitopia (Zero Punctuation)

[@theescapist]

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[@NinjaMaster-og8ti]

I was wondering if Yahtzee reviewed Darkwood?

[@fireisawesome1466]

Sorry don't know all the celebrities and idols your are referencing

[@Midnight-Starfish]

Wasn't expecting Yahtzee to review a Warhammer 40k game

[@mekman4]

I didn’t know the Switch had a Mii maker! Go figure.

[@jalapenoofjustice4682]

I think the romance might have been left out because people might want to make their family members and would rather not see themselves getting it on with their mom

[@scorpixel1866]

Well that's a whole demographic excluded then.

[@yosoyysoyyo]

To be fair, the game is rated 18+ in russia because they deemed the friendships too gay

[@Korinengamecorp]

@@yosoyysoyyo Is that true? That's hilarious if it is

[@lightningshox]

@@Korinengamecorp It’s because two Miis of the same gender can fall in love, and I guess the Russians don’t want their kids to see fictional characters being gay

[@Prototype_46058]

Is the max level for relationships in the game still called "Soul Mates"?

[@Midnight-Starfish]

I know Miitopia isn't a good game. But I've found really creative people who make Miis have made the game somewhat enjoyable. Then it becomes a weird adventure of random characters and watch them interact with one another; filling in the blanks with your own imagination of how you remember that character act. Basically, it's a game where you write a fanfiction: Mad Lib style.

[@SariaMarie]

It's a lot like when a kid writes a several day epic fantasy about Kirby, Raggedy Ann, Barbie, and G.I Joe trying to save Mr. Fluffykins from evil Doctor Mom. That and Smash Bros. Some of the new characters they've added are a weird tonal shift. All fun to play for sure, but a bit of a dog's breakfast in tone

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

Honestly I wouldn't call Miitopia a bad game because I think there is a space in the world for silly, harmless games. And honestly, Miitopia is super fun. Yeah, it's kind of low effort and all, but not everything needs to be a serious, complex experience. It's not for everyone though, that's for sure

[@koifish835]

@@joaoassumpcao3347 I think the concept is a really fun idea and I'd love to see a sequel done with some more depth but for what it is Miitopia is still a good time I wouldn't call it "bad" by any means.

[@LowPolyPigeon]

To be fair to Yahtzee though, I feel like the lack of a randomization option for assigning roles really hurts the comedy aspect of the Switch port. Nothing hits the funny bone quite like hitting the random button in the original and getting Billy Mays and a Goomba as the lovey-dovey couple or Ronald McDonald as the Dark Lord. His talk of having to make/find Miis for every role himself really does hit home, since it *does* take a considerable amount of fun out of the experience if you don't already have a big mii collection, or know where to find the best creator codes, or are simply locked out of sharing Miis entirely because you don't have a Nintendo Online subscription. I wish they had built in a random option that had access to all the well-decorated Switch Miis, rather than forcing you to assign all the roles yourself and only giving instant-access to the 3DS Miis. (Note: Creator codes are nice, but are hit or miss if you're looking for a specific Mii since a) there are duplicate Miis across creator codes which make it harder to find rarer characters b) there's no search or good sorting options c) locked miis take up a ton of space on many creator codes and d) there's no good way to search all publicly shared Miis to find who you want, so they're still just a mediocre replacement for the 3DS system which actually *did* have all of those things.)

[@NegotiatorGladiarius]

Now I haven't played Miitopia, but the argument that I could use my own imagination to write my own story always sounded like a cop-out to me. Yes, I do have an active imagination, and I can imagine just about any story about anything. Back in the 80's I used to imagine that "Chucky Egg" (a simplistic platformer about collecting eggs while avoiding the ckickens) was a metaphor for the struggle of the proletar (represented by the hard-working Chucky) against the oppressive corporate chicken. Or that Pac Man was the first survival horror game. But then I don't need to buy a new game. If I'm to write my own story anyway, I can do that just as well with game I already own. I can pretend I'm the son of a crashed Tal'Shiar (Romulan secret police) in Fallout New Vegas thanks to the mods that add pointy eared races, or that I'm an Orion (from Star Trek) that got teleported by Q to a medieval world in Skyrim. Or really, I don't even need the game, I can do that just with Microsoft Write and a bottle of vodka :p So any company that basically tells me, "buy our game, and then, err, make up your own story" is not off to a great start, shall we say.

[@yuurou7927]

This game is basically "I'll curse a generic narrative with randomness". Thus higher the meme level, more fun the player can have. Thank god for mii codes.

[@francesco8000]

This review exist only because Yatzhee really wanted to spend the first minute reminding everyone that he was right.

[@tonycampbell1424]

@@clayjack9969 Motion controls are piss, and if you disagree you're objectively wrong.

[@Smitty532]

@@BeefMeisterSupreme A lot of recent FPS have gyro aim, which many prefer to analog stick aiming when using a controller

[@lowcostfish]

@@clayjack9969 Had no idea gyro aim was a thing. I assume its used in combination with sticks because you're not going to be spinning 180 to look behind you meaning you can no longer see the screen.

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@lowcostfish Yes; it's used in combination with sticks. Typically, you use the right stick to make the bigger camera movements and the gyro for the finer aiming. It works really well, and every Nintendo console since the 3DS has had gyro aim, including the Wii U and the Switch. The Playstation 4 and 5 controllers also have gyroscopes, but using them is almost never a feature on PS4/PS5 games because of the irrational hatred towards motion controls, though ironically they are a feature when using that same controller to play the same game on Steam.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

He was dead wrong and he's repeating arguments that were silly a decade ago. Playstation, Switch and PC all have full motion support. XBox is the only place pretending it wasn't a massive innovation, which is yet another reason that Sony won the console war for good.

[@namelessdork2256]

It's just a game for shits and giggles. For when you wanna RPG, but you would rather see a vague representation of your collage professor trying to fight a living hamburger, while in a ballroom gown.

[@Lelmao33]

Miitopia is shitpost fanfiction simulator

[@kryptonianguest1903]

So, you went to art school, I take it?

[@WoodlandDrake]

"collage professor" accurately describes a Mii

[@lexslate2476]

If I'm going to play a game with the depth of a puddle for a brief lark, it's probably going to be one of the squintillion free ones and not something purchased at full price from an allegedly established company that should know what the fuck it is doing by now.

[@Katzelle3]

@@lexslate2476 I suppose you don't like Konosuba either

[@sbfh014]

Man, I really hated the fact when Bon Jovi saw Jack Sparrow and Kiryu Kazuma having fun time together and getting jealous for the rest of the journey

[@lnsflare1]

Wait, is that a joke about Yahtzee's celebrity Miis or an actual sidequest in Yakuza 7? Because that sounds like legitimate Yakuza content.

[@sbfh014]

@@lnsflare1 kind of, I guess he didn't know you could use online codes and take other people's miis, lol

[@rjfrost7090]

In my game Kazuma Kiryu ended up in a love pentagon with Michael Jackson, Han Solo, Loki, and Lusamine.

[@reggieloaiza8795]

@@rjfrost7090 ironically kiryu does meet Michael Jackson in a Yakuza game

[@freetoplayking7362]

was there a princess majima?

[@authenticlimeflavor432]

You can't control your party members in combat, making it different to persona *laughs in Mitsuru casting Marin Karin*

[@Ramsey276one]

Aigis: AS EXPECTED XD

[@SnowDemonAkuma]

"You can't control your party members and they choose random attacks" is unlike Persona, is it? Didn't play Persona 3, I suppose.

[@dankelteufel193]

You can control party members in Persona 3 Portable

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

Saying they choose "random" attacks in Persona 3 is a bit unfair, at least there's SOME AI to it

[@joelsmemes4140]

@@kittyshippercavegirl Marin Karin says hello

[@PSRFOX]

You couldn't *directly* control characters in P3, but you still had some control over your team's actions in the form of tactics - you could assign targets, set focus on knocking enemies down/healing allies, etc. Even then it proved to be a rather unsuccessful experiment - one they quickly leared from with P4 and P3P.

[@james1328]

@@joelsmemes4140 found the "Act Freely" user

[@IAmHeroBlast]

As someone who's played the original Miitopia, this is the best and most accurate overblowing of the game's flaws I've seen.

[@trident042]

Classic Yahtzee.

[@lordz19]

That’s Yahtzee for ya.

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@lordz19 True. But did he really have to devote the first minute of the video to a drawn-out "I told you so" about motion controls that he's actually wrong about? Motion controls weren't a fad, and they're not dead. For example, gyro controls are alive and well on Switch and Steam.

[@deadite3879]

This is zero punkuation. If it's a crime agance natchure it means 4 out of 10.

[@WoodlandDrake]

Finally... SOMEONE who acknowledges the fact that this game already existed and it was similarly "meh" then too!

[@FuzzySumasshu]

You see, the 'mad libs' part of the game is what makes it the most fun. If the miis you fill in are just "blah whatever" then your whole experience with the game will feel "blah whatever". Definitely not a game for everyone, but it IS a good game for the right people.

[@pfeilspitze]

Do you really need the game at that point, though? Just get some dolls or action figures...

[@zjzr08]

@@pfeilspitze You do know interactivity is much harder to do with toys and you can't do the more absurd things in Miitopia with toys...

[@tafua_a]

Honestly, I actually love the friendship mechanic with the miis. Seeing Waluigi valiantly protecting Shrek, sacrificing his own life in the process is pretty fun

[@mejhdhhicbfshihids652]

The way I played it is I put 100 miis from the internet on my 3DS and whenever the game called for a new one I’d use a Random Number Generator to pick one, this lead to, I shit you not, me having to rescue Princess Mario

[@paulrus-keaton439]

"I never made any Miis" Well, that kinda spoils the silly fun of the game dunnit? Miis make for a greater absurd experience. Like when Vinny played Tomodachi Life and it became a weird sci-fi soap opera starring David Bowie, a lady with two faces, Gaben and a horse among many other characters.

[@Eristasa]

Part of the fun here too was making extreme edits and designing of the miis too, bringing in characters not normally able to be done with normal mii creation.

[@StereoTyp0]

Pizzapasta's run was fun but I'm really enjoying RubberRoss's. He got friends to be voice actors for their characters, which makes it really engaging.

[@USMC49er]

And Vinny fell in love with a Klingon, which made sense because of his love for Star Trek

[@Renkencen]

Eyeah, while I want to buy the game but since I don't want to buy the online service aswell, I gonna have to skipped it!

[@paulrus-keaton439]

@@clayjack9969 His decade-long career has had many references to his misanthropic nature.

[@LordAnubisGaming]

Honestly, from watching the game via a stream, it’s a Meme that you can play and take the piss out of all your friends Mii’s with random moments/selections….or someone else’s Mii cuz there are so many codes to look at and many creative faces to work with lol.

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

I expected the triumphant return of Senor Koquonfaes

[@Ramsey276one]

O M G YASS XD

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

@Zachary Erickson I salute your King 👑

[@manavsridharan3811]

Heard Sinead O'Connor passed away today and immediately came back to this. RIP.

[@android19willpwn]

Miitopia is basically what would happen if you crossed a child's doll/action figure collection with a mad lib and thus may just be one of the greatest games for children ever made. Like dolls, it's more of a framework and an aid for taking characters that you know and having them go on adventures together than a proper game in and of itself. The random interactions serve as grounds for constructing your own narrative for these characters through interpretation, and combine with the often vague prompts given for setting characters to inject a level of unpredictable absurdity into these otherwise recognizable situations. Hense the mad libs comparison. The available adventures and interactions are far more limited than the purely imaginary world of dolls, but the player is not limited to only figures that they already own or, indeed, individuals for which figures exist at all. None of this to say that the game is high art or even a good video game. Like many of the other mii-focused Nintendo projects, it functions primarily as a toy. It's a good toy, for those who like that kind of play, but if you're expecting a game you will be disappointed.

[@gigginoxplayer]

Yeah I’m surprised he even looked at this, if he’s not a fan of what makes the game unique and quirky since it’s a parody on fantasy RPGS where you can make the lord of all dark evil Margaret Thatcher while you, Hank Hill, Mr. Rodgers, and Goku go on a quest to stop her, there really isn’t anything else to talk about. It really did seem like he made this just for that intro bit where he could say he was right about motion controls

[@Enuchful]

I would say that he gave this game a pretty good review, all things considered. A very thoughtful analysis as usual, and he actually gave it credit where it amused him and stole a week from him. At any rate, I hate when people point to tasteful gyro controls as a vindication of Wii-era (and still extant today) whole-arm unresponsive peripheral gimmicks. The two are related in technical specification only, and pretty much nobody has the former in mind when they rag on the latter and wish it the much-belated death it deserves.

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@Enuchful But no one says the latter as the latter; they just say "motion controls" and the fact is that tasteful gyro controls are a form of motion controls. Not to mention, the Wii era had IR pointer controls, which were even better than a gyro because they're faster and they don't lose calibration, and the reason that gesture controls were unresponsive in the Wii era was due to the standard Wii Remote not actually having a gyro; it only had an accelerometer, so it basically just knew if you were shaking the remote. It was the Wii Motion Plus that added a gyro, and that got used for two games: Wii Sports Resort and Skyward Sword, and because it was an add-on, it wasn't well-implemented.

[@TheKrossRoads]

@@matthewmuir8884 Semantics. Gyro is a form of control by motion, but it's not what most people think of when they hear "motion controls". "Motion controls" are holding a controller in your hand and waving it around like an epileptic Harry Potter trying to cast a spell at a rave. Those controls died, like the fad that they were, and gamers far and wide all took turns throwing dirt into the grave.

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@TheKrossRoads It's hardly semantics; one of the things that people think of when they think of motion control is stuff like Skyward Sword, which was entirely gyro. And PlayStation cited everyone's hatred of "motion controls" as the reason why, despite their consoles' controllers having a gyro and working well when used on Steam, they don't implement gyro controls with games on their consoles (including exclusive titles that would really benefit from gyro controls), so the whole "motion controls are a fad and I'm glad they're all dead" thing is actively hindering good motion controls from being implemented more widely.

[@Enuchful]

@@clayjack9969 Maybe they got the ball rolling for good things, but one can still criticize the progenitor for its faults. Not to mention, as Matthew points out, it's also very possible that the progenitors have now /hindered/ gyro more than they've helped (but unlike Matthew, I would blame the companies and their gimmicks, and not people's rightful distaste of them, for that outcome).

[@FireFox2590]

I feel like a large part of the fun is finding Miis online that are cool and look like other game characters, or just making them yourself.

[@alterdnothing1855]

you need to pay for online. I'm not paying to have a major feature of the last game unlocked after spending 50 fucking dollars on buying the game itself

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

@@alterdnothing1855 There's still the 3DS version, where you don't pay extra for the online. It's the same thing.

[@wiiu42]

I mean, the demo is free, and to my knowledge it features the full character creator.

[@starburst98]

hololive has been made into miis , so you can imagine them forming a party.

[@thelonemask]

@@alterdnothing1855 Ooohhh, that's why Yahtzee didn't use other people's miis. He doesn't have switch online I'm assuming.

[@finngswan3732]

It was hilarious to play, especially if you get crazy with the character creation and know there's no filter for the names. When I got the horse in the demo, I named it Dildo just to see if there was a filter and custumized it to look like a pink, fat rocket with accents and horn. There's also a Safe Spot that covers healing if you're willing to give up a few turns for that character. I'd say its a good game if you're sick and don't really want to think too much. Which is when I played it.

[@Missiletainn]

Yall missed the most important part, the extra customisation options, makeup and wigs, which can get ridiculously in depth

[@triple-d2640]

Yea but this is an rpg not a WWE create-a-wrestler

[@Missiletainn]

@@triple-d2640 That's exactly why it should be mentioned, since it's so much better.

[@plenumshamu4037]

Hell, he capped of his review with his stinger being "maybe Miis need a riiworking", which was arguably _the entire point of this re-release_ . I'm half convinced he didn't even once try to receive people-made miis, or he would have _had_ to take notice of the crazy shit people managed to accomplish in the new editor... This time he kinda dropped the ball.

[@K4RN4GE911]

@@plenumshamu4037 Someone remade a Mii's face as a Fortnite V-Bucks card. The creativity of the community is an 11/10 for me and for a game that has that as its main selling point, that's enough for me.

[@thelonemask]

@@plenumshamu4037 It's likely that he doesn't have switch online, which is required in order to download other peoples' miis, so they probably don't even know about it.

[@crackedemerald4930]

I saw an artist review this game the other day. Basically, it's like those dreams you have where you hang out with your favourite cartoon characters/real life people. If you have a load of miis in your switch, me (someone who never had a console, nevermind a switch) recommends this game

[@Iyasenu]

Late-game... Or maybe post-game the Sprinkles and Safe Spot mechanic can definitely be put to more strategic use. Especially in the boss rush. Only thing I ended up hating was the sickness mechanic sticking around post final boss. I could see its use before then, as an incentive to keep your party member levels equal-ish for the final battles, but it's a nuisance during the post-game. Especially since after the credits the game allows your main character to be among those who can randomly get sick. And hey if that happens you have no input on combat outside of the sprinkle/safespot mechanic until they get better. The game's still great fun, though your mileage will vary depending on your own creativity and propensity towards wacky cast choices.

[@Pyro-Raccoon]

I'm slowly putting in all my friends OC's into mine and its turned out absolutely hilarious so far

[@Blanco8x8]

Fun fact: It's been 10 months since Yahtzee reviewed a Nintendo game.

[@icephoenix174]

Well this reflects his obvious bias against Nintendo. /S

[@mr.b6415]

Probably because there aren’t any good ones out. 🤷‍♂️

[@greatheightsu]

Notable Nintendo Games released over the last 10 months: -Super Mario 3d All-Stars (OLD GAMES) (Sept. 18, 2020) -Pikmin 3 Deluxe (OLD GAME) -Super Mario 3d World + Bowser's Fury (OLD GAME + DLC) -New Pokemon Snap (Hardly a fucking "game" is it?) So fun fact, this is not a conspiracy or bias. Nintendo just hasn't released shit beyond rehashed titles, expect more reviews when they actually do. The previous review was for Paper Mario: Origami King on July 17th, 2020 which Yahtzee liked.

[@dra6o0n]

Super Mario Party... Oh wait he doesn't have anyone to play with. At least with the upcoming Mario Party Superstars there will be random online matchmaking to play with players.

[@ItsNumber84]

@@mr.b6415 Because Yahtzee's known for only reviewing good games.

[@jaredfreeman6017]

i actually liked that toy story game

[@TheQuyman]

You should review it. Ill watch it

[@minias1444]

First two miis i picked were me and the misses. Then she got stolen and i ended up being better friends with the link i downloaded from popular. Her mii was constantly jealous of the friend i had made at the end and kept picking fights with link. Probably accurate...

[@K4RN4GE911]

I like this game because I can have Toon Link, Parappa the Rappa and Niko from Oneshot as party members. I even found a code online for the latter that someone shared where Niko went from half assed attempt at what they look like in their original game to fully customized and looking EXACTLY how they look like in their original game. Seriously, the customization in Miitopia is really well done! Yahtzee kinda glossed over that.

[@StrikeWarlock]

Based on the gameplay and how you can't control your teammates, that's still Persona-esque Persona 3 FES, to be exact.

[@reddinc.438]

FES is still the best way to experience that Persona 3 even with that fault though

[@DeadSparkMan]

Persona 3's party control mechanics are form over function at best, and rage-inducing at worst. Combine that with the worst combat mechanics of the neo Persona games, and you got yourself a perfect set-up for pain unless you're a very, very patient person I just used the full party control mod, which made the game less frustrating but not exactly easier. Would recommend.

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

@@reddinc.438 And still the best Persona game

[@hoodedman6579]

@@reddinc.438 Yeah, but not because of it; I wish the AI was smarter, the system is almost fun, but everyone's just a little too stupid even with constant tactics-shifting.

[@hoodedman6579]

@@kittyshippercavegirl Now that's just crazy talk; on a gameplay-level, 5 is just it but much better in nearly every way. 3 even regressed on many things from Persona 1 and 2, I will never forgive it for dropping fuse-by-result.

[@marksmithwas12]

I'm noticing a lot of people are oblivious this was originally a 3DS title. And that the Nintendo Switch has a Mii Editor. Also Yatzee, one of the best parts of making your own Miis for this game is actually _not_ making them but downloading them within Miitopia. People have made some really good Miis with the upgraded Mii feature called 'Makeup'

[@grimreefer9324]

It’s a damn shame this game wasn’t the great return of Senor Cockonface

[@MetaKaios]

*Koquonfaes

[@ivanrzhanoy9389]

Despite all the criticisms, hanging out with Moby sounds like a fun time

[@BradyPostma]

Thank you for a whole bunch of Sinead O'Connor references! I get them, and nobody else ever seems to talk about Sinead O'Connor. Nobody else has the guts. Because nothing compares 2 U.

[@gus.smedstad]

Part of me wants to play this now. Because of all the D20's, playing with Mr. Bean, and yes, I do want to dress Sinead O'Connor up as a cat. Though I know there won't be any actual D20's in the game, that's just Yahtzee's metaphor for randomness.

[@leojrthetanooki8031]

the stapler remover joke makes me want an office worker as a job class in the miitopia sequel for some reason whose main weapon is office supplies because yes

[@et1033]

The one thing that can be praised on this port of Miitopia is the character customization. At any point in the game you can edit the base Mii with however many details you would want. There is just so much and people went to town with this new feature, most streams I checked out were people just dumping hours into making friends, OCs or abominations in the editor. I can understand why it didn't really rub you the right way though, since you didn't have much interest in the character creation or interaction aspect it was boring. There is a way to download other people's fully fleshed out characters but it involves invite codes. Fun if you just want to fuck around with buddies for a good laugh but that's about it honestly.

[@Skimmy404]

This is basically a 3ds rerelease.

[@WolframYouTube]

But with a horse this time

[@Calcobeater_gamer4life]

and a make up and wig mechanic that might as well be a cloner of real life people and cartoon character

[@melnewdemon4873]

@@WolframKZbin and a kickass new character creator that I'm a little shocked he didn't mention once.

[@thefunnyaerialman]

It's almost like they announced a remake for a 3ds game!

[@Ramsey276one]

With HONSE! XD

[@kylekraus6722]

Miitopia actually becomes highly strategic during the post game.

[@but_in_space_though2919]

I expected Yahtzee not to like this game much, but didn't expect him to have a soft spot for Miis.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Miitopia is great as it's just meant to be used over and over just to see what all the combinations are. It's just for a laugh, and I admire it greatly for that. For example, a mate of mine got themself, G1 Starscream, Sir Dan from Medievil and The Man with No Name from the Dollars trilogy to be mates. It's worth it just to say that.

[@DerRotSpassvogel]

This game came out a few yonks ago on the 3DS. I only remember it because my wife was really into it for a while and she had a ton of Miis. She was very specific about most of the miis she used except precisely once when she made one and named it a random collection of letters and numbers. Naturally, that one time she did was for a Djinn type boss that required you to type in his name after winning the battle to finish him off.

[@ZekeStaright]

I have to admit, some of the faces created by people are NUTS!

[@The-Game-Merchant]

2:01 That sounds like a game I would call off work to play day one.

[@Mr.Smiley_J]

I can agree with him that I was immediately turned off by having to make a shit-ton of Miis until I found the download feature to get all the popular ones that are ridiculously detailed. The people who make them are true artists who truly make this game.

[@CriminalGamingHimself]

Playing the Miitopia remake without touching the character creation is like visiting a fine all-you-can-eat buffet and leaving after half a plate of cold, unsalted fries.

[@generalwashingtoad6516]

@@rudimentaryganglia Plenty of people. Does "Thomas The Tank Engine, Astolfo, Doomguy, and The 19$ Fortnite Card, fight The Dark Lord *Jerry Sienfeld* ,encountering The Burger King, Princess Goro Majima, Prince Saki (if you know, *you know* ), The Great Sage Snoop Dog, and more." sound fun? Well, maybe not to you, but to thousands of others, including me, it sounds like a blast.

[@Viper-ft3tk]

@@generalwashingtoad6516 GOTY 2021 just for the cast.

[@Sarah-ib4nr]

@@rudimentaryganglia the ""characters''" are the hole point of the game, it's a fucking Mii game

[@TheTolnoc]

The Darkest Lord's theme is an absolute banger, so there's at least that saving grace.

[@MilkieMouse]

Most of the music in Miitopia is unfairly good. You wouldn't expect it!

[@zigzaghyena]

It made for one hell of an RTGame series.

[@kertsicrusader140]

I had the chance to replay this on my 3DS lately and I noticed a feature that I wish more games had. This was the occasional pauses to the game where they ask you if you want to continue playing; it's so easy for kids to just play games for hours at a time, so reminders to take breaks are nice sometimes if you don't want to spend all day gaming...

[@ApocalypseMoose]

That Sinned O'Connor joke at the end is one of the finest jokes in your career.

[@pottage97]

It did make me snort with laughter

[@janberkemeier7406]

The entire concept of Miitopia reminds me of this one text-based Hunger Games Simulator, that often ended up with high quality-shitpost scenarios like Jesus killing Waluigi with his own weapon or Winnie Pooh and John Lennon forming a suicide pact.

[@TheColoneloftruth]

the inclusion of the pope hat early in the review was a very clever visual set up for that ending joke

[@fireinthediscord]

Fridge magnet homunculus has to be my new favourite Yahtzee analogy

[@SariaMarie]

Miitopia is very much a fever dream factory- I populated my parties with anime characters and one very confused OC of mine and it has been the funniest thing I've ever played, although it doesn't feel like that was the intention. I'm happy I played it but my emotional investment is so far away from the story it may well be hanging out somewhere in my PC

[@Semudara]

This is Miitopia we're talking about; I think your experience with it is exactly as intended. xD

[@pluemas]

"not exactly Arthur meeting Lancelot" "How's the missus" This is the kinda stuff that keeps me coming year after year.

[@ernesto4091]

This kids, is one of the best examples of how to setup a punchline with visual and audio elements

[@abloogywoogywoo]

It amazes me how creative and phallic some of the Miis were.

[@bangormc3rd562]

4:48 Yeah, that's how I "pull on the slot machine handle" too. At least, when the door's closed.

[@francegamer]

Motion controls are alright when they’re not shit, like when they’re used for aiming with a controller to make fine movement possible

[@intelligenceparadigm4931]

On the one hand, the description of the Wii is very accurate. On the other, there is *no game* that can fill the shoes of Dead Space Extraction or House Of The Dead Overkill. Rail-shooters on the wii were getting really inventive and became a valid genre for home consoles.....but they required the functionality of the Wii, so newer consoles simply can't do anything like that. Still great games.

[@shenmeowzo]

Actually, the Moves were resurrected as saviours of the cheap & high end hybrid VR sensation on PS4.

[@thebavarian6181]

Great design work on that cool banana balloon. Almost made me fall off my chair ;) Bravely climbed back into position and dropped straight off because of the "clam chowder" gag

[@SkyfireHero]

It took more than an entire minute of ranting about motion controls and his issues with Nintendo as well as him being more successful than the concept of motion controls before talking about the actual game, which doesn't have motion controls

[@matthewmuir8884]

And he's not even right about motion controls. Sure, dumb stuff like the kinect is dead, but motion controls are alive and well in the form of gyro controls, which are widely used on Switch and on Steam.

[@asheronwindspear552]

The Sinead O'connor joke at the end was a bit of an "I get that reference" thing. 🙂

[@wesleythomas7125]

You know, I wanted to do an urban fantasy RPG where you have "Jobs." Except they were jobs you could meet out on the street. Scientist, electrician, plumber, tour guide, the President of the U.S.A. (the prestige class, ofc, which had nukes and a lazer sattelite platform). It would have ended when the villain protagonist blew off his World Domination scheme to watch the season finale of "Friends."

[@KeithFraser82]

Watch Dogs: Legion has something a bit like that, if I remember correctly, because you can recruit random citizens to your team.

[@quinn562]

Was waiting for a pope reference, thanks for coming through at the end lol

[@greninjastorm6734]

You can also pull Miis from the internet, which can be hilarious, since you could fight a battle with Sans, or someone from the Yakuza series

[@petrarcheleven8816]

Miitopia and Tomodachi Life I'd classify as "social games." They're the kind of game where you either stream it for an audience or show screenshots to your friends to say "Hey look at what this Mii did" or in Miitopia's case; "Look at this cool Mii I made."

[@chooseymomschoose]

Ten years on, and ... Beat Sabre. Motion controls moved to VR, abandoning the peasants.

[@warrius8189]

It strikes me as just a switch game version of the 3DS Mii minigame they had where when you had the pass on feature where when you ran into other people, it would add them as a party member to your party and let you continue going through a randomly generated quest/RPG of monsters to unlock things like new clothes to put on your Mii.

[@MalevolentDivinity]

Now I wanna see Yahtzee review FFV.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Yeah, the inability to control your party member's attacks is kinda annoying. But hey! You can also automate your own character's attacks so if you don't even want to actually play the game, you don't have to! lol My primary complaint about the game is that it's too easy. Once you get a couple levels under your belt, you win basically every fight on the first round. And you can't even increase the difficulty if you want it to be more of a challenge! I do love the game tho. It is really cute and a lot of fun. I find I'm basically creating a flipbook of screenshots when I play and then annoying all my friends as I spam screenshots at them showing them what their character did. So it's definitely excellent as a "annoy all your friends" game. And I obviously had to make my mom the Dark Lord, but that has more to do with my... less than healthy relationship with her. What can I say, she's a fundie Baptist and a Karen and into a lot of MLM stuff and regularly tries to suck me in as well, then gets pissed off at me when I point out it's all one huge scam.

[@genkaiba15]

0:41 Press F to remove Kinect

[@PlatinumAltaria]

Looks like someone hasn't watched the Nerrel video on motion controls...

[@matthewmuir8884]

Doesn't Nerrel now have two videos on motion controls?

[@victikirby15]

This game is a fucking lifesaver during long, boring online class lectures. It’s very easy to play while only half-paying attention

[@appropriate-channelname3049]

Toy story mainia is actually a pretty good game. It's based on the ride at the Disney parks. It's essentially a light gun game were you try and get a highscore. Lots of secrets and strategies. Mainly though it's a fun causal party game that most people will like.

[@kitsunefire1]

Out of all the creative insults Yahtzee's come up with in the nearly 20 years he's been doing this, "They might come back with a slightly better hat or weapon, or they might come back with a half empty bottle of mouthwash and a parking receipt from the blow job factory" caught me way the hell off guard lmao

[@First-Last_name]

He also coined the term "PC master race"...

[@zjzr08]

Like, the character creator is the freaking meat and potatoes of all this -- the crazy scenarios that can happen is enhanced on how creative you are or how you want created characters to act. I'm currently watching a playthrough of someone making original characters for the party, and the way the player gives a bit of backstory to them adds to the playthrough fun and so does adding them voices. Of course the NPCs usually are for the proprietary characters like using The Powerpuff Girls for the Three Fairy Sisters. The game is about embracing the absurdity of it all, rather than the RPG aspect of it -- which is still IMO pretty solid even though it is easy.

[@407gabyr]

5:04 > Useless jobs > Pop Star *laughs in extra turns and instant quarrel ends*

[@Ramsey276one]

4:15 seriously, that’s such a hilarious thing. HOW DID YOU FORGET WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO BUY?! XD

[@tannerboyle6540]

I feel like he'll begrudgingly enjoy Metroid dread

[@robertprueter3292]

Yahtz my man, really showing your age with that Sinead O'Connor line at the end. As am I for understanding it

[@montlejohnbojangles8937]

To be fair, Sinead might have had the right idea about the Pope business.

[@Justine-justin]

Yahtzee has convinced me to be a staple remover class

[@alexnoman1498]

I highly recommend Shenpai's playthrough where the entire royal family is the Yakuza 0 cast and there's a mage who casts EXPLOOOSION every battle to great effect. It's the best.

[@MrMcJazzhands]

A few weeks back, I saw someone make Majima every role in the town. Majima really was everywhere.

[@arristheround9246]

Honestly the big selling point about this game and the 3DS original is definitely other people's miis. In the original they'd be randomly selected to fill up towns but now you have to do that manually. There are some mii creator codes you can punch in and grab a bunch of super detailed ones made w/ the makeup mechanic which can liven it up. It's a very silly build-your-own-crossover RPG.

[@KeithFraser82]

Zero Punctuation emo rock album of the week: *Sulky And Prone To Errors* by *Refrigerator Magnet Homunculus* (tracks include *Pretend I Have Actual Friends* and *Admire My Status* )

[@elbiggus]

People have crafted a load of Miis modelled after other game characters (Master Chief, loads of FF stuff, Duke Nukem, etc.) and other assorted pop-culture refences, all of which can easily be downloaded using a bunch of codes in the game, which enables you to craft your own fantasy narrative with whatever weird assorted cast you want and allows you to add your own meta meaning to proceedings. (See ProJared's playthrough for an example.) It's a dumb-ass game, sure, but I suddenly realised I'd been playing it for 10 hours straight the other day (despite the game's repeated suggestion that I stop) and was having a great time...

[@ZergrushEddie]

What percentage of games amount to Dark Lord Mii Hitler being taken down by another Mii Hitler and Senor Koquonfaes?

[@alpal4245]

This reminds me a bit if wildermyth with the randomly generated protagonist groups although there relationships can arise and it works well

[@Cthulueye]

If you think about it.... Motion control did directly translate into vr

[@matthewmuir8884]

And into gyro aim on the Switch and on Steam. I honestly don't understand the irrational hatred for motion controls or the idea that motion controls are somehow "dead"; it's like someone in the late 20th century saying that the airplane is dead just because no one uses biplanes anymore.

[@almightyk11]

I think it's important to note as well that the game originally came out on the 3ds, and was designed to play on trips for about 30 minutes at a time

[@AgentofChaos315]

The whole appeal of this seems to be making an absurd fanfiction of making Buzz Lightyear team up with Vladimir Putin to fight the Dark Lord Sans.

[@SamuraiDoggo14]

There's no friendship, but they upped the sexual tension.

[@Noctilionidae]

The game should have provided random miis to fill in, I know it did on 3ds and it was great because people made such funny and good miis. The other classes are a lot of fun and the wacky randomness of them are what I think really bring this game to stand apart from other rpgs. This game is pretty fun.

[@DarkRonnie]

hmm no mention of the fact that this a re-release of a 3DS game, it was/is decently fun, but still an interesting omission

[@andreworders7305]

1:18 it’s technically a 3DS port, and the 3DS version added them automatically from the internet

[@Ramsey276one]

5:05 Cat and Flower can be useful if you are MinMaxing. HILARIOUS in any other case! XD

[@IsabellaAAH]

While I’m not normally one to comment a quote from the video in the comments on the video, “My device for playing indie games while on the plop” is a little too accurate.

[@Matuse]

Me: Sets down bowl of clam chowder.

[@solaceinrage]

Reminds me of a flash game I liked called "Sonny." I'd really be enjoying it, but not being able to control any party members sapped all the strategy from it. You might win, you might not, and the deciding factor wasn't your skill but the RNG of the goober AI.