New Zealand in Video Games

[@FelixWalton]

(edit in caps because people cant read): I KNOW IT'S A TAKAHE, I'VE BEEN GETTING COMMENTS ABOUT IT FOR 2 YEARS since people are still finding this video and i still get the occasional comment about my takahē fuckup - i've known about that mistake since the day i uploaded this 😭 im a filthy aucklander okay im ignorant to most of our beautiful native birds! please forgive me!

[@Imtryingtodeletethis]

Ok! Hape katoa!

[@SendManHell069]

Its alright im from chch and still sound very weird speaking any maori language.

[@lighrtshro8706]

It’s fine… I’m from Hamilton myself so I made this mistake once too… when I was six… any way, ka rawe, great video!

[@jamainegardner4193]

You a westie?

[@Puzzl3man]

AUEEEEEE!

[@kaelisprime9087]

They always say “Where is New Zealand” and never “How is New Zealand”

[@wheresmymokopunaa]

or... why is new zealand

[@kaelisprime9087]

What is New Zealand?!

[@firestrikegaming7345]

What is New Zealand

[@kaelisprime9087]

Firestrike gaming I honestly don’t know

[@firestrikegaming7345]

Kale Penquan well then ur stupid

[@UlyssesJF]

New Zealand is also in Dirt Rally 2.0. An entire rally stage set in Hawkes Bay, looks like an extremely accurate representation.

[@freshprince6958]

Ulysses bruh I was about to say that lol 😂

[@sollydogg]

True that bro, nz has featured in many great rally games before as well

[@charlottet3485]

haha yea i'm gonna be honest with you, although it's set in hawkes bay the actual road design is from Raglan which is further north... sadly hawkes bay doesn't quite have that much rally driving, just some wine trails instead.

[@mattzxo]

@@charlottet3485there is a major track in Waimārama

[@highschoolhistorian6332]

WRX STI. The Kiwi Bogan's Lamborghini.

[@duncancole1742]

There's a good riff on the 'maps without NZ' in Metro: Exodus. In one of the missions you can find a map without NZ on it and you'll probably just think it's the classic case of it being forgotten but later on you can overhear a conversations with two characters talking about locations to move to and one says: 'Pakistan? Why don't you throw New Zealand in there while you're at it' and the other replies 'Actually it's not on any of the maps here'

[@Slideboy5384]

I'm gonna go buy Metro: Exodus now :D

[@McflyAL13]

I played Exodus but don't remember hearing that. Do you know when and where in the game that's said?

[@Wolfbeast-gu8nk]

Wow, so New Zealand just ceased existence to prevent getting nuked. Fucking legend.

[@Slideboy5384]

@@Wolfbeast-gu8nk That's one of the positives of living in New Zealand. No one knows we exist, so we are safe.

[@JustapErson]

@@Slideboy5384 Unironically probably one of the safest places to live when war happens

[@Harry_potter2703]

I remember in the walking dead season 2 when I heard Clementine say Wellington I got me so hyped when i was younger because I thought she was talking about Wellington, New Zealand

[@jsonka]

Nah lmao Wellington in Europe

[@soulpaua2097]

Try Fear The Walking dead, You'll see what I mean. lol

[@davidpoa7775]

Same

[@gemmal2271]

Omg same!

[@Prauwlet213]

At this point New Zealand goes so unnoticed I was overjoyed that they got a focus tree in a map game

[@Prauwlet213]

@Jack Alexander yes

[@ezramorrison7330]

@@Prauwlet213 Praise be the Bob Semple Tank, a masterpiece of kiwi engineering and definitely the strongest form of weaponry in HOI4

[@lnon4361]

Whilst spain didn't 😂

[@D3usExMachina]

Some NZ uh... 'representation' is one of the costumes in Sleeping Dogs. Its a mob jacket that looks an awful like a certain canine themed gang, which also gives you Moko. Funnily enough, it also gives you 50% more melee damage too

[@vodago]

Ha.

[@KropDynasty]

I knew instantly what it was pertaining to but lowkey reminded of Nig and the Toa gang from Once Were Warriors lol

[@themanwhowouldbebrick]

🤙

[@AvantVangarde]

It's funny how happy we are to see our tiny country mentioned! Excellent editing and content btw, keep it up!

[@cubeguy5873]

Hey man How are you? Firstly, I know there is a mentors mentees in nzgda programme and I can only get a mentor if I'm already working on a game commerically. I'm a begginer with no knowledge I also know there is this school to learn from too but I have tried schooling from this school it is a great school and online courses both methods havent gotten me too far as I learn by 1 on 1 tutoring, thus i didnt get accepted to move up which is understandable as I dont think I have even scratched the surface of all this I'm at a very begginer stage is it alright please if you guys can provide me with any tutor that can give me 1 to 1 help as I do better with 1 to 1 tuitions. I know I can learn from online but I believe if I learn 1 to 1 it will make the learning curve easier for me. I have got an art tutor for game art i will start first lesson with him today he is from america. I however prefer someone who is a generalist and from same time frame (Indie game designer + creates his/her game art+Animation) If you could find a indie game designer with own studio or one of the top students (if they dont have studio) both of which or either or who has a solid programming and art background and knows all the game fundamentals: aspects of level design game mechanics dynamics etc it will be benefical. (Pre production sound design ai asset creation networking) I will accept indiengame designer/programmers (as I have already got an art tutor but prefer the above) who if not into game art will be ok to teach me too as long as he/she must have all the knowledge above minus the artistic knowledge, and if not game art knowledge it must include that he/she are top student or own studio and a few successful games under theirnradar It's also a requirement that they know the pipeline but I know they would as they are top students or run own studio I know most students would know this but I'm inexperienced. But I'm on a tight budget so cant afford someone too expensive sorry. I'm saying from my own personal experience just about everyone in every forum or facebook page has given up and told me directly or indirectly I'm better of studying with a tutor as it's hard for them to help me. I made a massive mistake of not getting a tutor when the head tutor told me to get one as I got rejected from the school as my skills were very bad. Goal: to run my own indie game studio that makes racing games I will design cars only and get rest of the assets online Thanks Nikunj

[@vannossfanhuh378]

So true

[@JV-km9xk]

Filipinos: I thought we were the only ones

[@chowmeowching159]

Same for us aussies even tho we do get mentioned a fair bit more

[@steveboy7302]

Why Filipinos always add themselves

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

The character Roadhog in Overwatch is seemingly a kiwi. He's officially Australian but his real name is Mako, which is Māori for shark (referenced in one of his skins) and two more of his skins are called "Islander" and "Toa". He has a line of dialogue referring to "wop-wops" and his blanket in his bedroom on the Junkertown map has a kowhaiwhai pattern. A developer also said on a forum that if Roadhog had a pet it would be a kunekune.

[@Malomalosi]

I totally agree there, a lot of people born in New Zealand or Australia tend to move between countries whether it be for vacation or a new life entirely

[@zakaryloreto6526]

So does mako shark just mean shark shark, never knew

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

@@zakaryloreto6526 Yep, just like Chai Tea means "tea tea" and naan bread means "bread bread"

[@korowheke3182]

Roadhog originally had a Maui skin (hence the hook) but it was a bit offensive given that he's an obese criminal so they left him in Australia, but he's ancestry is New Zealand

[@IcchiNutz]

Mako is a type of shark, not the name of all sharks. Mangoopare is the Maori name for Hammerhead

[@liamholmes8487]

The Maori in Civ 6 Rising Tide remain possibly the best representation, in my opinion. Not only is the Civ itself really good from a gameplay perspective, but my friends and I can see the Kiwi culture drip from every piece of content. Kupe makes jokes about the infamous Huhu grubs, and in response to friendship requests either gives the quintessential "yeah nah," or the playful "Yeah you're alright."

[@biponacci]

I also really appreciate the various Māori names given to seas and landmasses as you explore

[@x_L3m0n]

As somebody who plays Civ a lot, whenever I end up with Kupe in my game im always very excited and I love seeing all the Maori names of the cities as well as one of his things that he likes being in Maori

[@IcchiNutz]

Except it's hardly accurate. Weird they made Kupe the leader of the Maori when he was only an explorer. It would be like calling Captain James Cook the King of Great Britain. Kupe also has a Ta Moko which makes no sense as the art of facial tattoos developed exclusively in New Zealand in the centuries proceeding Kupe's death. Neither Tahitian nor Cook Island peoples have these features (these two places being where New Zealand Maori descend from). And weird they talk of huhu grubs. Kupe never went inland. He was a fisherman who grew up in temperate islands in the pacific. He exclusively sailed the coast of the north island, circumnavigating it before landing in Hokianga. then after that sailing home to tell of new lands.

[@Vulpix298]

@@IcchiNutz All the Civ leaders in the games are fictional, caricature representations of their cultures as a whole rather than the actual historical figures themselves. They're not meant to be accurate as individuals, they just represent the ideas of the nations they're standing in for.

[@IcchiNutz]

@@Vulpix298 but the other civs had historical figures who actually held some form of political power. Nebuchadnezzar II was a great builder, but he was also the King of Babylonia. Kupe had a Waka and that was about it. He wasn't some big-time chief with armies to command, he was an explorer with a crew, like Captain Cook. And I don't remember Cook being the leader of Great Britain in civ. The only thing Kupe has going for him is the fact that all modern Māori agree he was the first to set foot here. But even then, he didn't explore far. He mainly stuck to sailing the coasts. He didn't explore the interior very much if at all. Other tūpuna like Tamatea Pōkai-Whenua have that distinction ("Pōkai-Whenua" translates to "Land-Eater") Since I'm talking about Tamatea Pōkai-Whenua, fun-fact, the longest placename in the world can be attributed to him. Perhaps you've heard of it "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauautamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupōkaiwhenuakitanataahu". Anyway, rant over

[@RobertSawrey]

The birds in Street Fighter are Takahe (not Pukeko), Kakapo and Kea... also it appears the sheep in the middle of the screen is Shrek.

[@FelixWalton]

Didn't notice until I had uploaded the video, I corrected it in the description soon after

[@blakejenkinson3299]

yeah tooo pudgy to be a pukeko

[@_r.angiunuhere]

New Zealand also gets mentioned alot in Battlefield 1

[@dawnhope7584]

I love how he said “ When we here youtubers say New Zealand we piss our selfs with excitement “ witch is true

[@Blixir]

I want a game purely in New Zealand. MADE BY NEW ZEALANDERS so they know how we act. Imagine how beautiful the landscapes could be.

[@jamainegardner4193]

An open world game set in Auckland would be awesome. Imagine going from the Airport to Rainbow's End to the Sky Tower to Piha, North Shore, and even to East Auckland (which I'm still not entirely convinced exists).

[@jrmloh]

Its not exact but there is the Online ARPG Path of Exile which is heavily inspired by and developed by Grinding Gear Games a Game studio based in Auckland and founded by Kiwis

[@BibleStorm]

Epic Games Studios Presents: Beached As, the Motion Picture: The Game.

[@eamonntee]

Umurangi Generation is that game! Its a fantastic game set in a future Tauranga where you take photos during a strange war against something??? (I won't spoil it).

[@caenir]

@@jrmloh But it's not based in NZ. Could also bring up bloons td made by ninja kiwi

[@Memu_]

I can absolutely understand getting hyped whenever New Zealand is mentioned. The same thing happens with Finland all the time. We even have a joke that whenever Finland is mentioned in the slightest we'll just spam "Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan" which translates to Finland mentioned! Meet you at the market.

[@edibleandsentientautomobil5396]

At least the Finns have a game made by Finns, set in Finland and reeks of Finnish references. Now My Summer Car has a pretty large following, even from those who know next to nothing about Finland

[@Memu_]

@@edibleandsentientautomobil5396 True and now we also got Alan Wake 2 which was filled with finnish references and was a mainstream release.

[@itfloyd_official]

3:09 Felix Walton: Comes from new zealand **Calls a takahe a pukeko**

[@outlawsaint3012]

I honestly got so hyped when Hawkes Bay got in Hitman, coming from a Hawkes Bay native.

[@TbYolo]

Yeah I got hyped also I live in Gisborne which is not far from Hawke's Bay and I found that crazy because I've been to Hawkes Bay so many times

[@PRIITCHARD]

hawkes bay all day

[@Blixir]

Same

[@mattzxo]

I know same, I was trying to see what beach is based of but there are so many so🤷‍♂️

[@middleearthmatt8595]

@@mattzxo 2yrs too late but i'm pretty sure it's Waimarama? Could easily be Ocean Beach tho.

[@Bludlungg]

It’s so accurate how whenever we hear or see anything New Zealand related in video games or media we get excited af lol

[@vedantbhard]

not from new zealand, but another country called singapore. the feeling is so relatable lol

[@connorgartland1143]

NZ has definitely had a rise in representation in film since LOTR. Lets hope the same extends to games in the coming years.

[@kinggrimm2700]

Ghost recon breakpoint probably did more bad than good lol

[@eugenejohnson1209]

NZ is also mentioned briefly in Front Mission 3. Front Mission 3 is set mostly in Asia, and in a future where various countries have merged into super-nations. It is an SRPG with mechas. In between missions, you can access the internet, which includes an email account and various websites. On a news website, there is a story about protests in Wellington against New Zealand joining the Oceanic Cooperative Union (a super-nation that consists of Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, a number of countries in Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands).

[@IamJigle]

Im maori and its hard to put anything Maori in any game because Maori gatekeepers will be up in arms without a cut

[@IcchiNutz]

No, it's because every time an outside culture attempts to represent ours they consistently get aspects and details wrong. Have you seen Avatar 2? The bloody sea peoples made me laugh with how fake their pukana was. They didn't understand that to pukana does not mean to stick your tongue out. Pukana is best translated as "death stare" or "face of death" because that was when you were meant to use it, before a decisive blow. Away with you plastic, because you too lack this understanding

[@TRD86X]

Jonah Lomu rugby was the greatest rugby game ever made. I want a remaster!

[@Hagridslefttoee]

New Zealand is so overlooked and rarely ever mentioned that I get so hyped and full of serotonin when someone even gives it a bit of attention.

[@theoneandonlyducko]

Not even gonna lie. I do also get hyped when NZ is mentioned xD

[@biponacci]

Probably a lesser known one, and a pretty non-extensive one at that, is the inclusion of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch as airports in Pocket Planes, an old iOS app. As with any airport, each of these have their own unique factoid in the info tab. The game also has an achievement for flying from Nome, Alaska to Wellington, the longest possible flight in the game, given the devs seem to think the world is flat.

[@mattzxo]

Almost all flying sim games on mobile and pc include the major New Zealand airports as they’re pretty popular in aviation

[@biponacci]

@@mattzxo I’d say this example is somewhat different since it’s not a flight sim and the world map used takes many artistic liberties. Many countries are missing from the game, so it’s definitely nice to see NZ included, although yeah, being quite a large island, it’d be hard for the devs to miss it out.

[@mattzxo]

@@biponacci oh I didn’t realise that, I haven’t played the game seems pretty cool

[@vilic1215]

0:08 ah, there's the country I live in, that's that's that is art

[@stuffedram]

A video I never knew I wanted. Thank you for that!

[@spooky_electric]

"It came out three years before I was born" *screen shows 1997* I've never felt so old.

[@mkirefu]

So accurate with kiwis getting excited when we are mentioned, every kiwi that saw this pop up in recommended clicked instantly haha

[@_azurejake]

Another rough mention is in Pokemon, they joined Australia and New Zealand together to form Doduo which is Ostrich and Kiwi.

[@CrazedGamer117]

No Hearts of Iron 4?!? there's an entire NZ unique focus tree and tech , hell is even an inside joke for all players.

[@KRISHAL.]

I get really excited when I see Nepal in games and when I found out that far cry 4 was in Nepal, I was so hyped.

[@bennyinferno1176]

Also Gibraltar in apex legends has a skin that makes him look like a mongrel mob member along with the silver fern and southern cross. Whoops

[@IcchiNutz]

He's Samoan

[@r3bel383]

New Zealand is references in the game Slseping Dogs, in one of the DLC packs, one of the main characters skins include a skin very similar to once were warriors.

[@bacon-is-lyfe]

This randomly blowing up 5 years later😂

[@connorburnett6135]

Dude don't even upload no more 😂💀

[@thequietkid4887]

In the Team Fortress 2 universe, as shown by the comics, New Zealand is basically a cross in between Atlantis and Krypton; it sank to the bottom of the ocean and thrived as an underwater country, and as a twist on the classic Superman origin story, the Sniper, who is a baby at this point, climbs into a rocket his father built so he could try to escape the imminent destruction of New Zealand. However, the part to note here is that Sniper’s father built the rocket for himself, and he intended to abandon his wife and child. The baby climbed into the rocket, launched it, he landed in Australia. Boom. Story done.

[@TheGallery534]

No way he called Tākahe pūkeko

[@theoutsider01]

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint has some references to New Zealand. Aurora archipelago is NZ owned but leased to Skjelltech.

[@drumshero03]

I was gonna say that, as a Portuguese, I can entirely relate to this. When I got to 6:45 and noticed that the Syndicate Wars image says "Manual translated in Portuguese" I got hyped and saw the irony in it

[@edifire9737]

Pretty sure I recently read an interview with Gabe Newell where talked about how he is currently living in New Zealand and mentioned it’s a possibility Valve could move some staff to New Zealand and open an office there.

[@benjaminellis6571]

There is also the Black Whale map in Jump Force which is a fusion of New Zealand & I think the dark continent from Hunter x Hunter

[@sven_bender]

Great video! Was pretty cool to see all the examples of NZ popping up in video games - particularly all the obscure ones. I was literally playing MGR the other day and marked out a little bit when he said Rosemary was in NZ too! Another little nod to New Zealand I found was in Dead Island. Similar to Far Cry 3, that game appropriated a few details to give it a more island feeling In one of the hotels at the start of the game, you can find some artwork on the walls using distinct koru patterns, as well as the red, black, and white colour scheme Maori designs are known for.

[@KakarikiNZ]

3:10 Kea: ARE WE A JOKE TO YOU?

[@LongNeck277]

dude those birds in the background of Street Fighter 5 are Takahe

[@SnivTen]

Theres a cool thing with postal 2 in New Zealand, where it's banned there and you get a massive fine and jail time if you play it.

[@nuhuh9455]

Forever butthurt about that.

[@caaleb1819]

I’m abit late to the party here, but the game “the hunter, the call of the wild” have a hunting ground based in New Zealand down South Island

[@toddlewis]

As a fellow NZer I dig how deep you went into this. The Civ game looks worth a checking out!

[@twosnakse]

Love this vid bro! Your inclusion of Maori words (and great pronunciation) is awesome too. I’ve always kept my eyes out for NZ in games and learnt a bit from this vid - I don’t know if anyone mentioned SSX 2012? There’s levels and your main support fulla in the helicopter has the thickest Simon Bridges accent ever lol

[@broganking9830]

Jonah Lomu Rugby on PS1 was my whole childhood. Absolute banga of a game

[@iamnotmental]

i played that too, all you needed was to run right or left as far as you could close to the sideline, then when the ball was cleared pass the ball the opposite direction to the wing on the far side, guaranteed try every time lol, those where the days

[@mozartssidepiece9544]

What’s funny about sniper is that tf2 thought making sniper a New Zealander would have everyone scratching their heads so they water it down by making him Australian

[@Xtraqk220]

As a New Zealander, wait we’re on a map?💀💀💀

[@AlexWithington]

With the hitman level i can say as a local in hb the beachs is accurate atleast plus we get the squeaky kiwi throwables that when walked over squeak Ill also add now that this vid popped up again. Hunter call of the wild and ghost recon breakpoint.

[@justanotheridiot1709]

I must say that the variety of how new zealand is presented is impressive, i live in a similarly sized and populated country (norway) but its pretty much presented the same everywhere, very good video that i didnt know would be this interesting

[@hydro5168]

New Zealand's been pretty consistent in rally games over the years. We do have the best stage after all :)

[@magdalena_dewinter]

7:04 i mean, you could count that as the cardboard cathedral

[@carsnshii_]

Oi that's so fkn true bro. Every game that mentions New Zealand I get HYPED ASF

[@imeverywhere5518]

It is so true about getting excited when we get mentioned!! One time one of my favourite KZbinrs said NewZealand and I was just like, Eeeeeeee!!

[@modelchili]

Yay you included my Syndicate Wars reference! Loved that game.

[@firstnamesecondname8280]

NZ is in DiRT Rally 2.0 and it has the best stages in the game. They are based on the Whaanga Coast stage in Raglan

[@anarupassi5097]

Cheers for the vid brother.. I appreciate the work involved ..SUBBED!

[@bobjones6154]

oh dude me and my nrother used to hire jonah lomu rugby out from united video every 2nd weekend when we were kids, we fing loved it. the cheat codeas were awesome, being able to play as a team of jonahs and fend the entire opposing team off to score (jonah had the best "fend" stats in the game by far) with every player was amazing. it genuinely was a really good game with amazing commentators.

[@priniz]

I get the same feeling when someone says Brazil. Even though our country is massive, it's not as much featured in media outside. And yes I also got happy about Metal Gear Rising because of Sam being brazilian lol

[@RickReasonnz]

In Star Trek DS9, when Sisko's kid mentioned he was going to a prestigious art school in New Zealand I got soooooo hyped.

[@cucumberkarl9155]

0:34 is so true LMAO

[@Ultra_jaden123]

Very much so like how I freaked the fuck out when I was watching a tf2 lore video and found out sniper was canonically from New Zealand

[@cucumberkarl9155]

@@Ultra_jaden123 DUDE FR

[@screwumods8094]

I remeber in bigbang when Leonard wanted to send the firesrone lord of the ring stone back to new zealand i was like shshIJhzHhHHhdhddjjd

[@shredded_nike3871]

Ghost Recon breakpoint is also based in New Zealand . A made up island called Auroa which is technically NZ. Make shift Maori Villages , Native trees , There is also mention of the Indigenous people . Not to mention the names of places are In Te Reo. For example there’s a island called Maunga nui “Big mountain in the Maori language. Something worth reviewing In my opinion.

[@holyduq]

Came to find who else would mention breakpoint. In the game they say auroa is 2000 miles off the coast of Auckland

[@IcchiNutz]

@@holyduq that would make it somewhere in Australia

[@harrisondejoux8520]

BTW The bird in street fighter is not a Pukeko, it's a Takahe. Only found in new zealand. (Difference is the color of the wings Green=Takahe, Inky blue=Pukeko). Infact we almost exterminated the Takahe because they were confused with Pukeko (Not native) in a conservation effort for Takahe.

[@goose_]

I knew the tutorial level in Hitman 2 looked familiar! I can't believe I missed all the articles about it.

[@jacksonland2091]

The same thing in Australia, we are barely in anything, more then New Zealand, but at least you made it into hitman, my favourite game series

[@winterdragon8236]

We need more aussie and kiwi stuff 🇦🇺💫🇳🇿 and characters voice bi people from here and new Zealand

[@mattzxo]

Heaps of Australian in battlefield 1

[@rhysduncan8676]

@@mattzxo Also a map and two characters from Australia in Rainbow 6 Siege

[@jkp3218]

This video was great, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Chur 🤙

[@FireeAtWill]

So true! I always get excited when people mention our country New Zealand.

[@kimemes]

Lmao, great video, I actually found this looking for the MGR reference lol

[@captainkeeli7561]

Ghost Recon breakpoint is set on the fictional Island of Auroa which is suppose to be near Auckland Island

[@MaceyLooLoo]

3:08 auto-generated subs heard "pukeko" as "poo kicker" wtf 😂

[@Mikemonster311]

NZ is also briefly referred to in Battlefield 1. In the Australian campaign the main protagonist jokes with the supporting character about being a "kiwi", and how that would make him soft if he were. Gives me classic Aussie vs NZL rivalry vibes. The ANZACs are also mentioned in the dlc content.

[@Onthelimi]

Who else wants a Forza game bassed in New Zealand

[@severzz1108]

We got Australia and uk so nz should come too

[@generalboyit7867]

That would be cool

[@severzz1108]

@@generalboyit7867 wait nitro? By chance do you go to mrgs u were in my classics class this year. Im pretty sure that's you right

[@generalboyit7867]

@@severzz1108 I an indeed that nitro hi

[@severzz1108]

@@generalboyit7867 oh sup man didn't expect to find you here. Do you have any other social media so I can talk to you in private so I can tell you my name

[@Rfono97]

Ghost Recon Breakpoint takes place on a fictional island with its closed neighbor being New Zealand so theres a few references to nz. It even has structures in the game resembling marae

[@stoveone4031]

you sound like an auckland redditor

[@stoveone4031]

and i was right lmao

[@goobergoon6177]

@@stoveone4031 yeah

[@stoveone4031]

@@goobergoon6177 many such cases

[@goobergoon6177]

@@stoveone4031 my man

[@Ravenscannotfly]

There's a first person shooter I can't remember what it was. But it got a lot of controversy for one of it's levels being set inside the original cathedral square church ( the one we had before the earthquakes fucked it up)

[@DeathByFilmStudios]

Regarding Far Cry 3, apparently (according to the head writer) the white saviour elements were meant to be satirical, mocking the insecurities of the main character, a rich white kid from California who chooses to keep killing people as the game goes on because he feels more like a man than he could back home. The fact that the tribe purposefully cater to his ego and dress him up as a white saviour was supposed to be part of the satire. I think a lot of this was lost, unfortunately. People ended up taking it dead seriously because the actual intent of the writing did not come across all that well.

[@FelixWalton]

I've read that very same thing since making this video! I consider myself to be pretty good at recognizing satire but I definitely saw far cry 3 at face value when I played it (I was much younger back in 2012, though) regardless of ubisoft's intentions I think the gun-shooty pew pew audience of 2012 just wasn't self-critical enough to read it as satire, so regardless of what the director intended the far cry 3 we experienced, and the far cry 3 ubisoft promoted, definitely weren't satirical

[@saintdenisslicker2020]

@@FelixWalton I haven't enough experience with farcry 3 to fairly critique it, but, white savior, really? I'm doing my research and when I'm back we'll talk.

[@zealantis]

@@saintdenisslicker2020 its been a year mate

[@sennenlaing6639]

Honestly it was nice in Far Cry 3 having NPCs with a Kiwi accent, as someone who was born in New Zealand and moved to the UK it felt homely to me for whatever reason, the white saviour shit is mainly just based on the power fantasy its self, so the NPCs being trash is really more of a Ubisoft NPC issue, but I enjoyed the vid. One of the best Kiwi integrations was for TitanFall 2, the very first dude you meet is kiwi, and your homie for a short period, some of the enemies are kiwi as well, so plus points for that already excellent game.

[@angustepuni1068]

Great job bro! Feel proud to call Aotearoa New Zealand home. Nga mihi

[@Shapeplusform]

In Jonah Lomu rugby you can unlock a team called Team Lomu where every player is Jonah Lomu. Goated

[@itzVolkii]

I remember walking past an npc in far cry 3 and he was reciting a karakia, tripped me out

[@lukesmith1648]

kia ora as an new zealander I AM SO EXITED WHEN EVER THERE WAS A GAME WITH NEW ZEALAND

[@HorsesArePeople2]

I'm from Nebraska and we also get unreasonably hyped whenever Nebraska is ever mentioned in anything

[@nikolairubinskii6450]

5:25 lol never knew Gulag was just off the coast of New Zealand

[@Chakkiii]

Fr, whenever nz is mentioned, it’s a core memory

[@DamienMortemus]

Reverie is a zelda like game set in New Zealand. It's pretty cool. It's my favorite game to be set in New Zealand. It's developed by an indie dev team from New Zealand so it feels a lot more authentic than pretty much every game in this video. You should check it out.

[@lindaridings8307]

As a kiwi, the beginning of the video is so reliable.

[@KiwiKoNZ]

I get hacked off when NZ isn’t on a map or globe on a movie or game, I think that’s why I get mega hyped when NZ’s mentioned at any point in time for any reason really lol … Oh yeah, I still got my PS1 copy of Jonah Lomu Rugby too. I never play it but it’s still a dope relic to have! 🇳🇿👈😎👍✨

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Why worry about the small stuff like that . Nothing you can do about it best not to wind your self up .

[@KiwiKoNZ]

@@unnamedchannel1237 People that come from massive countries and continents are obviously oblivious to the fact, hence your comment … Now to answer your question “Why worry about small stuff like that?” It’s because when New Zealanders have made or done great things in the past, and this will definitely happen in the future too, we are 99% of the time never mentioned or we are labelled Australian at best! Come on dude 😩 How would you feel if throughout history your people/country aren’t given the proper recognition and props they deserve? Put that in your digireedoo and smoke it! 😒

[@trenchbat]

Path of Exile. Made in west Auckland and released in 2012. The first area looks like much like the west Auckland coastline. Even the zombies are accurate.

[@dostwood5103]

Battlefield 1 came to mind for me. In the multiplayer, you can play through the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 as the British Empire against the Ottoman Empire. While playing as the British Empire on this map/operation, some of the player's soldiers are reskinned to resemble ANZAC (Australian & New Zealand Army Corps) forces who took part in the battle against the Ottomans.

[@poweredaqua]

2 years late, it's worth mentioning Apex Legends' Gibraltar is seemingly from new zealand, with one of the skins featuring a silver fern patch and a (very springy) haka emote.

[@AlfaFilms1NZ]

I'm from Wellington and I live in Rotorua so I can happily say my wait for something about the Bay of Plenty is in here

[@SquelchwardManzeron]

I am guilty of being one of those kiwis that basically shits themselves in excitement every time NZ is mentioned in a game, ngl

[@NZealandese]

Mad Maggie was introduced a while back in Apex Legends. She has some Maori related voice lines and packs an accent to go with it. There's also a side character called Jonah in 2013s Tomb Raider, he is a half Maori half American, and continues to be the Chef/Assistant for Lara Croft through the rest of the trilogy(kind of like a butler in a way but more adventurous).

[@N42B18]

New Zealand also exists in the Grand Theft Auto universe as well. In the Enhanced Version of GTA 5, the Radio Mirror Park DJ announces The Ruby Suns song 'In Real Life' by saying "time for some indie/pop from New Zealand"

[@amnedits4898]

If games had world maps in it, it would be rare to se New Zealand in it. It would always show Australia but never us… but the rare moments we were included I felt so happy 💀

[@charliescales6398]

It's a crime that this video doesn't have as many views as it should have