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In this video, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at Nintendo's history in China, covering everything from their iQue line of hardware as well as bootleg Nintendo games.
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[@waynetvofficial]

1:45 for the actual video

[@jadu307]

Thanks man

[@jozemrlz383]

Too long! And those games always look shite! I really hope nobody has actually downloaded

[@ac3kard284]

This comment should be pinned

[@mythosinfinite6736]

Thanks. I've been actively put off from playing that game. Ads don't work anymore in this day and age.

[@TheThursty100]

LMAO after they talked about a minute about this game working like any other RPG and explaining how any fucking RPG works I was so putt off that I honestly lost any interest in the video

[@TheKoopaManSho1]

1:42 also how fitting is it the video about china is started with an ad about a mobile gacha game

[@MegaShadowLink]

made me stop watching at the 1 20 mark and down thumbed

[@SmaMan]

Which was made in China. Seriously, all the questions about “Why Nintendo can’t seem to gain a foothold there despite many attempts” can be answered by the first minute or so of this video.

[@D0NU75]

Japan : Innovation and Technology China : Bootlegs and Regimen

[@Spolodaface]

@Velzek amongst all potential factors, I don't think having a declared advert is amongst the factors I would criticise about a channel such as DYKG. No matter the quality of the advertised-game, it doesn't affect the quality of the content

[@aagh8714]

@@D0NU75 excuse me folk

[@HipsterBlackMetalOfficial]

Shoulda gone more in depth with the bootleg scene in china and how the famiclone lasted an eternity lol.

[@carthius]

hey try to not have their videos go past 10 mins... If they didnt have an almost 2 min long ad they might of

[@yasink331]

Could be saving it for a part 2

[@mvnkycheez]

That's not about Nintendo though. This is clearly a video focused on Nintendo in China

[@helderoliveira2994]

My fisrt and last console was a famiclone

[@sion8]

Those things were even popular in Latin America! I should've known it was a Chinese bootleg, but it was always in English.

[@yaqigi]

Coulda sworn y’all said you were gonna chill it with the absurd length of your endorsements

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

No worries cause the top comment will always be the skip link

[@killersummer]

Soyoyagi right?

[@blacksheep9950]

I think the last big one was two or three minutes, so...progress?

[@atticusstephenson2895]

I just grinded up some bud and packed a bowl while the ad went on so I didnt mind, but i didnt realize they do this a lot now. I havent checked one of these vids out for a couple years

[@TheVoxxification]

"unique idle gameplay" how much did that hurt to say?

[@Neverknot47]

Langrisser is the only good mobile game because the gameplay isn't just turn your phone off and come back to it in a couple hours

[@MinatoAngelo]

"But first we're going to talk about today's spon-" annnd skip 1:43

[@YoshiDude-vh4rl]

Thanks

[@juanlinares6804]

Thanks

[@Ultimatedogfan]

Thanks

[@WinderBlitz]

1:43. if the ad is longer than 60 seconds. then it does not deserve your time or money

[@UrsaMinor-69]

ok

[@user-ov6jg4ug9d]

You do not get to make my decisions.

[@nuclearbiologist]

@@user-ov6jg4ug9d neither do you

[@user-ov6jg4ug9d]

@@nuclearbiologist no shit

[@aagh8714]

trailers

[@martluca_]

"You endorse our product for atleast 90 seconds"

[@InMaTeofDeath]

"Make sure to sound as emotionally invested as possible"

[@TotoTheBest91]

And why final fantasy xiv music in background? 🤔

[@essidus]

I understand the need for sponsorships, but a 90 second advert is too much. I'm not that interested in the video.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

And there's standard KZbin ad triggers along with that.. there's a reason why there's a sponsored content checkbox when you upload

[@tsunazx]

I don't know how to actually get this at the top but the Music during the ad isn't even the games music. It's from Final Fantasy 14

[@wtfsamusidk7574]

That ad was longer than ProJareds marriage

[@seereebee]

@@coltonandjen Nope

[@majinkz]

the ad lasted longer than this meme

[@Ardhamon5000]

Bruh

[@chou356]

@@coltonandjen like his marriage

[@DealsFS]

@@chou356 has played the reverse card

[@NitroRad]

I remember hearing about the weird NVideo shield stuff, but I had no idea they had such a long history of wiggling into Chinese markets with these iQue consoles. This was super interesting!

[@NathanGaming395ngGamer]

Huh yeah

[@justsomedouchebag8937]

I love seeing people so interested but never come back to see comments.

[@tianranwang6732]

If that company was actually successful I can’t imagine what dr yan can come up with. Maybe Nintendo+Dr. Yan can get some powerful beast instead of the switch

[@ferm65]

You guys should do a follow up with a history of Nintendo and Sega in Korea where they partnered with Hyundai and Samsung to release consoles there due to the Japan import ban.

[@nickes1176]

The fact that the iQue player was deliberately made cheap so that the less fortunate could still have fun is really good to know. I know this was a business tactic, but it's also super wholesome.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

It's a fEeL gOoD sToRy.

[@MapleMilk]

Imagine buying a console for a grand total of 2 games Even the Virtual Boy didn't do that bad

[@ThePurpleSpartan]

Yeah I thought Austrailia had terrible video game censorship issues but shockingly it seems the country behind Tiananmen Square might be worse.

[@D0NU75]

the PS3 did that

[@angolin9352]

No, but the Wii U did. Bayonetta and SSB4 were the only really good games on the system, and everyone's moved to SSB Ultimate so there's no point in playing that one anymore. Want to play the best version of Bayonetta 1? Buy a Wii U. Want to play literally anything else? Buy anything except a Wii U. You want to play that exclusive Wii U game? No you don't, it's okay at best.

[@TurboPikachu]

@@angolin9352 Bayonetta 1 and 2 are on Switch, with Bayonetta 3 soon to follow All the Wii U has left is Splatoon (inferior to Splatoon 2, and hurt by the loss of Miiverse), Super Mario Maker (inferior to Super Mario Maker 2, and crippled by the loss of Miiverse), NintendoLand, Wii Sports Club, and Wii Fit U. (and worthless titles like Wii Party U, Mario Party 10, and Game & Wario) The only titles I even play on my Wii U anymore are Call of Duty Black Ops 2 (which I have a ridiculously good combat record on compared to any other CoD I've played), and Need for Speed Most Wanted U (literally the last good game Electronic Arts ever put out)

[@chrisrichfield8906]

@@TurboPikachu ZombiU had a pretty fun local multiplayer mode. The player on the TV was basically playing Nazi Zombies while the other player with the gamepad was the one placing zombies around the map.

[@Camad]

Mr Furukawa definitely has the right mindset. You can’t go swinging into a new market and always expect to succeed.

[@0boro]

Idle RPGs, games you can barely play and then pay money to play even less. These literally aren't games anymore.

[@AquaTwist_]

Oboro it’s really sad how these “games” continue to exist. 😐

[@DJRainbowDash]

Is anyone else going to talk about the Sohm Al theme from FFXIV playing during the intro ad?

[@ItDaBiz]

I was wondering which dungeon theme that was. God Heavensward was a good game.

[@soulreapercloud12]

I was almost thinking the game ad itself had the Sohm Al music in it. Nice theme either way

[@ORANGE200_]

Keeper of the Lake also uses that song and i got flashbacks now thanks DYKG

[@robotiod]

Yeah I was wondering if they stole the track for their gacha add or DYKG added that to their video.

[@brittanyr613]

Lol!!

[@topSurely]

I hope the 90 second ad paid you a lot, haha

[@armitx9]

I don't

[@LunaTulpa]

@@armitx9 woah man we got a badass here who was inconvenienced for 90 seconds so people can make a living

[@neitsuke]

@@LunaTulpa Doesn't matter if it's for a living or not (Which I'm pretty sure they don't need that on top of normal ads on all the previous videos) It looks extremely forced and annoying

[@SomersBugtopia]

@@LunaTulpa It's still shit.

[@LunaTulpa]

I'm sorry you guys had to press the arrow key on your computer 18 times, or tap the screen 9 times to skip it truly tragic and I'm sorry you had to go through such tramua on a video you watched for free

[@punchybot3403]

That music for the game you advertised is music from FFXIV.

[@ZidaneTheTribal]

Sohm Al!

[@squalled90]

Yeah I know, I used Sohm Al’s dungeon music! I love me some Final Fantasy XIV

[@PubstarHero]

Im glad someone else caught this. I couldnt put my finger on what dungeon it was though.

[@TheMark01]

So China got the FF7 which would have fitted on a N64 cartridge. ;)

[@VGail85]

A Nintendo cartridge. I was under the impression that was fan made.

[@FoxMan_FF]

It is one hundred percent real, and it's delightful. On top of that, though, the company that made the bootleg FF7, Shenzhen Nanjing Technology, also made a port of Pokemon Yellow on the Famicom and a very odd version of Minish Cap that turns the game into a turn-based RPG, among many other games and demakes that I'm not going to mention without turning this post into a wall of text! They're still alive to this day, and they're still making bootlegs, although from the look of their website it seems like they've shifted primarily to clone consoles.

[@LeviathanRX]

It was built with the FF2(NES) engine and the combat suffered from unbalanced to-hit rolls It was fun to look at tho

[@ChristopherMoom]

The entire history with China is just the -Grand- bootlegs that were made

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

Christopher Moon Grabd dad is so 2016

[@Nutshaq]

@@Ihartwalrusguy Grand Dad never dies

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

Nutshaq It is dead to me no wonder siiva stopped using it

[@Nutshaq]

@@Ihartwalrusguy it's still used in rips

[@AirKangLocker]

@@Ihartwalrusguy i dont care about fad followers and i dont care if its dead to you. I still love graddad memes and so do 97 people!!

[@DidYouKnowGamin]

Would you like to see more videos that focus on subjects like this, or do you prefer traditional DYKG videos that focus on a single game/series?

[@Duncan7699]

I'd love more of these, especially with Mr. Weebl voicing them! 😍😍😍

[@brianshaw3903]

Aslong as they don't have a 90 second sellout at the beginning sure that idle game is ass and you guys know it fuck it though aslong as the check clears right?

[@DH-qu8wh]

Subjects like embedded 90 second ads? Nah thanks.

[@chimpchamp5558]

Brian Shaw Yeah same, I hate it when the entertainment being provided for free requires us to press a few buttons that benefits the creator

[@gregorioguerrero1124]

@@brianshaw3903 That's what channels have to do to survive, or do you want them to work for free?

[@koalataco555]

“Then president Reggie Fils-Aime” bruh :(

[@CristianMartinez-rg9sz]

What a sad bruh moment

[@diamondarrow4567]

Hello cring police? I wanna report a sad bruh moment

[@vitorkk328]

Right in the Fils...

[@harrylane4]

@@vitorkk328 hi this is the name police, you're gonna have to pay some Fils for mispronouncing Fils

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

That's a sharp poke in the heart everytime it is said.

[@SarahExpereinceRequiem]

Why does the idle game have FFXIV music?

[@oldking8276]

Wondering the same question, that's Sohm Al or something, right?

[@SirVG]

@@oldking8276 Correct. Sohm Al Normal.

[@Spolodaface]

Jackie Chan was known as the Little Tyrant?!?

[@SaiyanHeretic]

Well, Jackie does admit in his autobiography that there was a period in his life as a young star during which he was a massive prick.

[@killaspongebob666]

And then later in his life when he beat his children and disowned his daughter for being gay and cheated on his taxes. Dudes a real fuck.

[@viniciusgonzalezromero8620]

Yoshi doesn't pay his taxes, and he isn't a "real fuck".

[@spaceace9103]

@ Andrew Badley Can you give me a link to the source you found this information from?

[@tjlnintendo]

Andrew Badley Is this true?

[@ziqi92]

Ah yes, I remember buying bootleg Game Boy games from China's street vendors when I was a kid. It was honestly a lot of fun seeing what was available, and if you knew what to look for, you could get legit fully functional games for super cheap. I managed to get Megaman Xtreme 2 for only US $5.

[@360Chrism]

SM64 on iQue is a good meme

[@Crystalluss]

chrisGrin

[@shawnmcfadden6900]

give this guy credit in the video, he deserves it.

[@GoombsSR]

chrisEyes

[@Madd]

@@Crystalluss chrisOops

[@rngsilvercraft3995]

Yes, I'd like to play some超级玛利欧

[@MrKajithecat]

1:43 If your ad is more than 30 seconds long you failed.

[@ori.g4mi]

Just here to clarify: The footage of the FFVII Demake is actually a ROM hack of the chinese bootleg that translated it in english and changed the sprites and locations to match FFVII more. The ACTUAL bootleg game has lots of weird stuff in it, like candles chandeliers in the reactor you are supposed to bomb in the beginning, is entirely in chinese and the sprites are off (Tifa has blue hair etc) I recommend people to check the english translation of the bootleg out. It's legitimately good, unlike the unmodified bootleg that was sold in China.

[@TooMuchDad]

I'm usually all for channels getting sponsors, but that was a lllllooooooooonnnnnnggggg ad

[@Deuzen_FIN]

Doesn't help their case that they used music from an entirely unrelated game to advertise it (FF14 by Square-Enix)

[@DEMENTO01]

tbh I've just skipped it asdfasfj

[@misas2988]

That's why sounded so familiar is from a dungeon Sohm Al mode 😂😂

[@theluckiesteh9058]

"Wow, China! Just like in the cartoons!"

[@theluckiesteh9058]

@Kev Walthall That was a quote from Ed, Edd N Eddy.

[@DisasterxUs]

So glad I pay for KZbin Premium and still have to deal with your longer and longer ads

[@Daigon95]

pffffft paying YT for something u can just add adblocker to for free. *b-b-but exclusive content!* So? *But what about watching vids offline?* Ever heard of the many sites to download YT vids off of? FYI: YTs ad software tht is used for vids to help creators make more money, doesnt offer much anymore (if u hav been keeping up with the news the past 3 years). Reason why u see more and more vids getting sponsored and advertising their sponsors product within the vid itself. BC IT PAYS MORE THAN YTs AD REVENUE! U just wasted money, u fuckin shill! I'm disappointed in u....

[@suicidaljell]

KZbin vanced and fast forward...

[@alpkarakaya2502]

Just skip them you dumbass

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

@@Daigon95 also how bout watching KZbin outside the app.. thankfully picture in picture mode on phones solves this for the most part

[@DisasterxUs]

@@Daigon95 shill for what? Not wanting videos with embedded ads? Last I checked, I would have to root my phone to use Adblock for Android. I use it on my desktop but on my phone I would rather just pay a little bit than have to always skip ads. Now it is slowly getting more and more common for channels to sneak ads everywhere in their videos. If a creator needs the money, they should make content that is good enough that people will want to buy merch or become a paid subscriber on here or patreon.

[@Tik115]

I think I've played FF14 too much, I knew the music in the sponser section was from the game instantly

[@DarkxShadowxZeta]

lol same

[@AndyAkita]

Haha, came here looking for this comment! Same! :D

[@milkyandco]

Are you allowed to use music from ffxiv to plug a different game? I'm fairly sure that's not allowed.

[@ArcadeTheatre]

I had FFXIV pulled up on my other monitor and the music confused me.

[@Tatsumase]

ARCADE THEATRE I’m playing it and I was just straight up confused lol!

[@mattfick5502]

The bootleg NES systems have always been interesting to me, especially because they were really popular here in South Africa. They're still being manufactured and sold to this day

[@Dragon_Screamer]

Could you please make the ad longer? It still has some relevant video on it.

[@Demonicnoobie]

The iQue WAS used by speedrunners a few years ago for ocarina of time, but thanks to new glitch discoveries in the virtual console version the iQue is now slower and obsolete

[@0M3GA64]

Shorter ads and sources for music used in the video would be nice

[@TheGrandFrig]

Music is from Final Fantasy XIV, its a dungeon theme

[@0M3GA64]

@@TheGrandFrig no I know the one in the beginning but the other ones are what I can't seem to figure out

[@PinClockFuntime]

You guys really gotta stop with the minute+ long sponsors at the beginning

[@thenostalgiabusiness]

The Chinese currency, "yuan" is pronounced exactly like it's spelled, not "won," which is the South Korean currency.

[@SullySadface]

Over 10% of this video is an ad.

[@tyrus1235]

Over Tencent of the video*

[@Steven18634]

Video starts at 1:42

[@seacliff217]

The FFVII 'port' while a clunky game on its own, is a really impressive achievement. There's a fan patch that improves on the game too. Still mostly a novelty to play it today though.

[@Lullalicious]

The Won and Yuan are two seperate currencies haha. Its a subtle thing, but its killing me haha

[@sion8]

It sounds like he is just pronouncing “uan” without the ‹Y›.

[@RaymondTracer]

Whats with channels shilling these crappy mobile RPGs?

[@Valanway]

they give the most money

[@IanThunderbolt]

China for some reason thinks the west gives a shit about their ripoff bootlegged P2W RPGs

[@numbasfk2508]

1 word MONEY

[@reubenoakley8967]

KZbinrs need to eat too

[@nectarium8760]

moneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoney

[@chrischagnon5955]

Ahhhhhhh I remember when I bought an iQue DS Lite (special China edition red/black with a dragon on it; still have it) - I asked at the shop about what games they had to buy, and they just gave me a really weird look and told me they didn't sell games, you were just supposed to go online and download them 😂

[@dogsbecute]

Lol that 1 minute 45 second intro... Wtf man..

[@liinkx88]

Dude, For real. WTF was that. do you really need to shill out some shit mobile game? You don't make enough through YT?

[@ItDaBiz]

DYKG, proving that you can't have an ad for Chinese mobile rubbish without stolen assets from proper games. In this case, the excellent FFXIV soundtrack.

[@vVAstrAVv]

Pretty sure they added that music through editing. And it wasn't through the game. I might be wrong But just saying

[@leverposteifantomet]

I went to China in 2008 and saw iQue products in the store. I remember thinking that you could buy bootleg DVDs and stuff at reputable grocery stores here, so these must be bootlegs as well. But even though I was young, I realized that these were unlike the other cheap knockoffs that I had encountered before. These had actual promotional images, and flyers that they handed out. I did keep one of those flyers, and even though I really wish I had bought an iQue machine now, I'm pretty happy that I kept the flyer

[@JohnnyD1986]

Another possible reason Majora's Mask was never released in China is because it prominently had a time travel mechanic, which is illegal to portray in media in China.

[@anthonyhutchins676]

Lol thats just ridiculois

[@ethanhayes7038]

Why!? Why must China have a problem with everything!?

[@Davethe3rd]

So, how'd they handle Avengers Endgame?

[@aagh8714]

@@Davethe3rd travelling to the past can't affect your future, so they just mf planned ahead

[@zzz66688]

And where is your evidence? Last time I checked, Avengers Endgame was selling like hotcakes in China, and it contains travelling back in time. No offense, but you really shouldn't take everything you read on the internet seriously, some of it is just total bullshit.

[@rndmpinkiepie64]

1:47 to get to the actual video because you're paying for KZbin Prime and are paying for *NO ADS*

[@FlappySeal]

SE are normally quite fussy about how FFXIV music is used in videos, I can't imagine they'd be too thrilled to know it's being used to advertise some rando mobile game.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Hence why DYKG has a hard coded sponsorship that takes up the first two minutes of the video

[@RinSenna]

Doubt very much that SquareEnix would be please with their music from FFXIV being used during an advertisement...

[@user-ov6jg4ug9d]

Fuck them square died years ago the only good games they have made is hitman since the merger with Enix.

[@tjlnintendo]

47 1776 Dragon quest is still great

[@woweezowie5826]

@@user-ov6jg4ug9d FF7 remake, Dragon Quest 11, FF14, Nier Automata

[@NekoMichi]

Damn, I remember having a Subor keyboard Famiclone. Funnily enough, Subor's still around but they now make household electronics. My rice cooker is made by them.

[@IammeoramI]

Lol does your rice cooker play Nintendo game cartridges?

[@ronnielenroberts6136]

Didn't they make the Z+?

[@NekoMichi]

@@IammeoramI Nope, unfortunately it only supports Philips CDi discs.

[@brycevo]

China's video game history is really interesting. Especially the iQue

[@Ben-do1bf]

Especially interesting when you look into how involved iQue's founder was with Nintendo. He worked on the N64's hardware, led ArtX which made the GameCube's hardware, founded iQue of course, founded a company which was involved with the Wii Remote and Wii Remote Plus, and founded a company which handled part of Nintendo's 7th and 8th gen online services. Now hes on the board of Acer I think.

[@Mario123007]

And no, please aware the video game distribution in Taiwan and Hong Kong are not the same as mainland China.

[@Ben-do1bf]

@@Mario123007 Well aware of that. Kind of the issue at hand.

[@Nyxiebodinkles]

Wasn't expecting FF14 music right off the bat, a nice surprise

[@mel_arky]

actually think this game unrightfully uses it

[@mel_arky]

but yea was fighting Skoll and I thought he just started out of random using this music

[@cedjogos]

This history is very similar here in Brazil. In 80's and 90's we've got a lot of famiclones like Phantom System, Turbo Game and Dynavision bocause of the very expensive taxes on games. Today, we still sell very clones like Polystation and Sega still sell Mester System and Mega Drive, by the TecToy Hands.

[@SirVG]

Interesting use of Final Fantasy XIV music in your ad there. Still skipped it, too long.

[@harrylane4]

Honestly, mobile game companies are the WORST in their ad demands. Gus Johnson did a video on it, they're almost all insanely demanding and require anywhere from 1-2 minutes in the beginning of the video, or in some cases, an entire 10 minute video devoted to the game

[@billfusion]

I like how DYKG did a video on Nintendo's history in China, it something different from them.

[@KurffyOriginal]

I think they did it because they officially translated the pokemon press conference for china

[@tengufactory]

Never even made it to the video.. I got so turned off by advertisement for neopets with swords I just left the entire video..

[@bubblegum9713]

Video starts at 1:43 btw

[@Steelwaterfall1]

Actual video starts at 1:45.

[@retsapb6319]

Damn, never seen a longer in-video ad

[@sundaylee91]

fun fact, as Chinese, I played PS1, Sega SS, MD to PS2 ,XBOX360 throughout my childhood (they were bought by my father who really likes video games till this day) like most of my friends , we bought those consoles from local gaming store which imports consoles from Hong Kong, then when I grew up, we have XBOX ONE and PS4 PS5 etc officially released in China, then we use some methods to register PSN\XBOX accounts in Hong Kong to play more games which not available in mainland China. By estimate, I think there were tens of millions consoles sold in China since 1990s.

[@jettfire4424]

So final fantasy VII could get a demake on a bootleg nes but it took until the release of the switch to get the actual game

[@fattiger6957]

Even after their relationship recovered, Square never put any mainline FF game on a Nintendo home system until now. It's very strange, considering Nintendo got exclusive FF spinoffs and remakes of FFIV and FFIII on DS.

[@toweringtower]

10:15 "Meanwhile, then president of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime..." ... too soon man

[@GabePuratekuta]

That stuff with China is why Reggie left

[@dr.papaphilips3526]

Ι dont get it

[@GabePuratekuta]

Reggie Fils-Amie quit and left NOA to Doug Bowser

[@dr.papaphilips3526]

@@GabePuratekuta yeah we all know that so?

[@GabePuratekuta]

SO I was making a joke about his departure from the company being an arbitrary reason that's unrelated to the actual circumstances

[@d3su273]

Bud, either put the massive ad at the end of the video or cut that down to under 45secs. I shouldn't have to skip two minutes into the video to watch the video I clicked on.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

I concur. At least take ten seconds to let us know there's a hard coded ad, and place it at the end

[@qurn]

"Let's pay for a 90 second add on a gaming channel, and write our copy as if the people we're advertising to had never played a game before." Nice, mid rolls on top too.

[@gh0rochi363]

I mean they get paid for the ad. People don't pay to have ads they get paid to advertise.

[@aagh8714]

@@gh0rochi363 he's speakin from the sponsor POV i assume

[@lrgogo1517]

Daaaang, the kid at 3:40 WASN’T having it. They even held that end pose for extra time 😮

[@smiith5]

Wut

[@MrV902]

Video starts at 1:42. You're welcome.

[@illusionizeZero]

You copied another comment lol

[@Nephrite_Harmony]

RARTED SPONSOR ENDS AT 1:41, THANK ME LATER

[@kurtp2003]

That's a really intrusive sponsor spot. I dunno if they require such a long ad, but maybe you should get different sponsors.

[@tangoelgato]

0:14 Ohh no, Skeleton King Bootleg was defeated again

[@kirbykirbykirby1212]

Why does the ad have FFXIV dungeon music?

[@Falkon491]

I really wouldn't care about videos including the ads for their sponsors if they also disabled normal youtube ads.

[@Secondary_Identifier]

That feel when you're familiar enough with the structure and run length of foisted sponsorships to skip right to 1:51 your first try. Feels good man.

[@crayken8329]

I love that the add portion is shamelessly using FFXIV music XD

[@YumiGoblin]

I appreciate the FFXIV music during the sponsored segment at the start.

[@xXgamer11Xx]

They prolly got Stormblood with the sponsor so that it's actually worth to do this shit

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

That and when square enix eventually claims the video, they win either way

[@opaqueistaken]

Two ads before the video, the video starts with a paid advertisement and then has two more ad breaks with two ads each during the video. 7 total ads for a 13 minute video.

[@gameboy967]

Almost a 2 minute ad?!? Smh

[@j.t.6113]

Man, the line "then president of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aimé" really hurts

[@DankBoyy00]

Damn, I wish we got the iQue player, that would have been pretty cool

[@sion8]

It could've sold well in Latin America and Africa, but most countries in both regions don't have such restrictions as mainland China. I mean Brazil and other countries in Latin America like to tax the heck out of consoles, which makes them super expensive for no good reason and that's onto of high shipping costs!

[@duhimdave]

I get doing sponsored content, but a whole 90 seconds? C'mon

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

For real, there's better ways to execute that..

[@SuperRosie39]

Animal forest came out 13 years ago today on the ique player

[@philthethotdestroyer4194]

thats a cool coincidence

[@SuperRosie39]

It sure is!

[@tron0150]

I hate that ad blocker not blocking ad in videos.

[@cottonfluff1317]

They gotta make money dude

[@Zanytiger6]

Wow 1:42 is probably the best part! :D

[@joeadrianmendoza]

That commercial was too long...

[@Ehtis1]

Copyright issues, copyright issues and more copyright issues

[@SmartBatto]

When you realize the ad for the app game uses Final Fantasy XIV music (Solm Al, Dungeon)

[@jhynjhiruurekrap5725]

Apart from the enormous number of mistakes, large amount of out-of-date info and one or two mistranslations that have even been corrected on Wikipedia, this video is great!

[@Rumbl_]

Very true. This man is part of a group that specializes in the history of iQue, and its history. He would know if something was wrong or not. P.S. One of your sources for videos, ChineseNintendo, is also part of this group, and I think he would take the same side of the both of us as well.

[@saibalaji4713]

I don’t know why Nintendo pushed their limits to enter into Chinese market and why didn’t they even bother to enter into Indian Market. In India there are no Nintendo bootlegs so there is no need for Nintendo to worry about loosing the market. And also most of the Indian resellers import Nintendo switch to sell it in India and several Indian gamers/streamers still buy them along with Playstation and Xbox.If they have made some move to enter into Indian market officially they could have competed with Playstation and Xbox in India.

[@mescool15]

ahem.... TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE AND WINNIE THE POOH

[@KashiwaDaisuke]

I get Tianamen Square, but why Winnie the Pooh?

[@angroidgames]

@@KashiwaDaisuke Winnie is banned in China because of a meme likening China's president to him. Not kidding. Google Winnie China for more Info ;)

[@luminus9556]

CHINA NUMBER 2

[@parks97]

Lol that 2 minute long ad before the video really makes me want to keep watching dude

[@mik4k6]

I find it interesting that one knockoff system used the name Subor, which reverses to _Rob Us._

[@viralillie]

Loving that FFXIV music, thank you blessed DYKG

[@neil352]

Jackie Chan promoting bootleg consoles is hilarious 😂

[@Renwoxing13]

Well he is a bootleg Bruce Lee himself. He just happened to transcend that label by being the craziest stunt man to ever exist a and a illegitimately amazing comedic actor!

[@jdb2002]

Especially since he did a PSA alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger speaking out against pirated movies.

[@teamneerd]

I just found out the iQue Player was a thing like a week ago and then you guys made a video so that was convenient, so thanks!

[@cinnamondan4984]

I love in China. Nintendo Switch is incredibly here. You see it at Starbucks, in the metro, and even in classrooms. Many Chinese have additionally experienced the Wii and quite enjoyed it. Most Chinese are portable and PC gamers so they care little for console gaming outside the novel experiences brought by Nintendo. PS4s only really remain popular in coastal areas.

[@thevapeisdead]

You couldn't pay me to play dungeon rush rebirth

[@fridaynightnicktoons6885]

I feel the same on fighters. Shit roster and bad English acting

[@chasedavis7403]

love your vids