Nintendo's Holiday Titles Throughout the Years

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash.
Edited by Sam Essig
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[@ExaltedUriel]

Scott's random and bizarre shade towards Super Mario RPG serves as a stark reminder that he's Not An RPG Guy

[@kaitomaitoamv7114]

This is easily the video with the most Pokemon mentions Scott has made and each time it feels like he's doing so at gunpoint I love it

[@meraki_mage]

54:22 i find scott catching a shiny while recording footage of x&y and naming it NICE BUG to be very amusing

[@IamReptar95]

They set such a high standard in 2013 that will never be topped

[@MaxM210]

I'm gonna be real, I couldn't put down Mario RPG, and I have struggled to find the motivation to finish TTYD, so Scott saying the opposite vexes me. Also Xc2's release is pretty special for me, because when I was making my Christmas list for 2017 as a teenager, I put the game on my list having literally zero knowledge about it. I had not seen one trailer, not one sound bite, not one entry in the series before that, not even a photo or screenshot. I put it on my list because the Switch had a limited library in 2017, and Botw's dlc happened to include an armour set from it, and I thought the outfit looked cool. Christmas Morning I went into that game 100% blind, and seven years later, It's still my favorite game of all time. Now, as an adult who follows gaming way more closely online, I don't think I will ever have the experience of a completely blind playthrough of a new release game ever again.

[@giganticmoon]

same thing happened to me with botw in july 2017 had to be like 12/13 getting bullied for that

[@rouge939]

I found the Mario RPG remake way too easy and simple. I was ready for it to end even though it’s one of the shortest RPGs ever

[@derekarnold9]

@@rouge939It’s short and easy. But the story is wonderful and the characters/world are fantastic. The bowser personality that we know and love today originated from this game. And the battle system is addictive. But if you’re looking for a challenge, the additional post game bosses aren’t a breeze.

[@jenkos4real]

Same thing happened to me with Pokémon shield, at the time I only had Odyssey and Splatoon 2. Ended up completing the entire post game and completing the Pokédex for the game. Was extremely happy when they announced DLC for the game

[@somedude4487]

Both ttyd and mario rpg are amazing, they both have strengths though mario rpg really does feel short when you're paying 50-60 dollars for it

[@DebiohTBT]

Scott giving us feature length films on the side channel casually through the week

[@Nora-dl2vu]

scott’s stash upload saving me in these trying times

[@JC-hi8fk]

Everything is okay

[@burritobison7700]

His state was red

[@Nora-dl2vu]

@ he would never his state would but he would never

[@fang4590]

@@burritobison7700 toledo was blue lol

[@cannonbyrd1755]

I mean he could, we don't know his political views and quite frankly we don't need too, wether he voted red or blue is irrelevant to us. ​@@Nora-dl2vu

[@shaolinotter]

I randomly decided to wait in line at a wal mart for the midnight release of the wii. it was november so I had to go inside and get some snacks and a jacket. Wiimania seemed to hit during the night, and the line got huge. hecklers literally drove by bragging out how cool the ps3 was. getting twilight princess, wii sports, and the virtual console all at the same time was pretty amazing.

[@simonkim8646]

Petition to get Scott to play through phantom hourglass and spirit tracks so he could actually appreciate the games

[@Tirgo69]

I feel like the only person who really enjoyed Phantom Hourglass it makes me feel crazy sometimes

[@tenworms]

@@Tirgo69 I love Phantom Hourglass! Not a huge Spirit Tracks fan though, unfortunately

[@emilyhorton996]

I think that "niche" games like Wario Ware are much better suited for release in the off seasons. In the middle of a content drought, a new entry in a beloved (if niche) series will excite many fans, and it stands the best chance of new players paying attention to it/deciding to buy it because there's nothing else coming out right now :P

[@MrEcosystem-AM]

Love these long type of videos

[@hurgcat]

scott sit down and yaps at us for 1.5 hours. perfection

[@JoshTheWoz]

18:14 *HE SAID THE THING*

[@josephhildenbrand1674]

I snorted uncontrollably at that 😂😂😂

[@CocatGaming]

2007 was a year for holiday titles.

[@WaterMeLoan64]

Take Mii back.

[@austinthegamer100]

Best year in gaming for me.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Just imagine waiting weeks, counting down the days till Christmas, hoping you get the game you want, just to receive Ultra Smash. Rather get coal

[@myriadmediamusings]

And then I’m guessing for 2024 it’ll be Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, and Mario & Luigi: Brothership?

[@raifintune]

Right on the money

[@KSWAN1287]

Luigi’s mansion 2 never gets the love it deserves.

[@SyrisDuhVyris]

Just gotta find the right people. I played the shit out of the switch port, even getting a 3 star file😂 i missed it quite a bit cus I don’t have a 3ds atm.

[@blu3g]

In defense of Age of Calamity, the soundtrack f**king rocks and is super underrated and this game gave us a lot more time with the characters we never really got the chance to know too well

[@sevvycat]

“some people liked brilliant diamond” I have a ton of pokemon fan friends and NONE OF THEM like those remakes lmao

[@Bubbabyte99]

I liked it. That game was VERY overhated.

[@Water90435]

Hence the wording ‘some’

[@thebeetlecrew]

I had a fun time with Brilliant Diamond. The QOL features make it my preferred version of the game

[@thenewjgg]

14:07 so fun fact, they're actually the ds games with a new coat of paint, literally, turns out they pretty much have the same code as the og releases of diamond and pearl even having the same softlock on the ice gym than the og games had, because they were the exact same thing

[@chibimango5028]

And imfamous glitches from the og game such as the bike one even still work

[@ArtTheGaleWind]

48:32 Super Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is straight up a fan favorite title with amazing ost that acted as the culmination of everything up until that point, being the series conclusion, genuinely just feels disrespectful to say it's on the same level as a tech demo mario tennis game with no passion put into it

[@frealish6622]

Scott forgets Xenoblade 3 exists

[@Tirgo69]

Age of Calamity done dirty here for being easily the most approachable and best themed Warriors game just because it isn't what we were lead to believe it was. It's not really fair to forever condemn a game for not being what you wanted it to be.

[@thousandyeargems4360]

Idk if that Mario RPG take is going to fly well... That remake is beautiful and very addicting to play

[@orangemonks894]

Bro this is the not an RPG guy.

[@leeeroyjenkins555]

2022 was a big year of gaming for me. Kirby and the forgotten land, PAC-MAN World Repac, the Cuphead dlc, Splatoon 3, Mario + Rabbids 2, Pokemon Legends Arceus, I think I also got Digimon Survive? And on December Pokemon Scarlet which was... egh, not the worst I played despite everything

[@sammcmullen6331]

Wow 23 seconds old, so glad to be here.

[@YourUncleBenis]

0:00 My pet goat giving me a Christmas present:

[@theGhost349]

Huh?

[@slushier.]

Christmas came early today!

[@aramis4347]

0:00 Scott might secretly be an actual goat

[@Markimark151]

We called holiday titles as Fall or Winter blockbuster titles like with Call of Duty, Battlefield, Assassin’s Creed, that are released during that season to generate sale numbers for the gaming company!

[@gl0nely]

Scott’s Go-To Game Review Lines :) 1. “I mean, it’s faaaiiinne” 2. “And, you know, [Bad/Questionable Game] is… [Bad/Questionable Game].” 3. “Like, who caaeeyyres man” 4. “And then we got [Bad/Questionable Game], like, uhkeyyy. 5. “Now theeese games here man, *small chuckle* back in the day I absolutely- 6. “Now I wouldn’t necessarily call it a “bad game” BUT-

[@deibone4194]

Will we get an 8 years in video for the switch?

[@CathyDotUK]

See all the Mario Party's are released in October so they can give it to me on my birthday simple as

[@dragoon1090]

My favorite was in 2014. Super smash Bros for Wii U and pokémon Omega Ruby and alpha Sapphire came out the same day. It was expensive but amazing.

[@alextechz]

perfect timing! now I can fall asleep to Scott's rants

[@oscarzxn4067]

Idk, I liked Mario RPG more than TTYD to be honest, if you are gonna talk about boring there are a lot of chapters of TTYD where you barely do anything gameplay wise or do annoying backtracking, very charming in many cases but very boring when it comes to fun, while Mario RPG is just nonstop fun gameplay and also charm.

[@SyrisDuhVyris]

I’ve never played mario rpg and was thinking about getting the remake but got ttyd instead. I still wanna play it though, cus i’ll be honest the ttyd remake is PAINFUL to replay. It sucks too cus i love the game, but that text speed is no joke what makes replaying it a pain💔

[@randomreviews4278]

55:15 Yokai watch was great man

[@tehpanda64]

Scott really invented the "month and year this game came out" type game

[@seansmall665]

Hey Ya’ll Sean here

[@Something_dumb]

Thank you

[@lifespanofafry1534]

Sean, my son, my child, did you brush your teeth before bed like a good boy?

[@funkyunkymatt6667]

Hey Sean, all here

[@AdallynD]

​@@lifespanofafry1534I took Sean's teeth.

[@BugsyFoga]

Glad to see Nintendo definitely knows how to deliver with their holiday titles

[@theforgotenJuan]

48:08 rex jumpscare

[@dominicyeomans8107]

11:50 very foreseeable past

[@Noah-vm7yl]

Perfect opening. I asked for that for Christmas lol.

[@NinHenry]

sorry to hear that

[@milliondollarmistake]

I don't know why but when I first played Sticker Star as a kid I absolutely loved it. A shitty friend of mine at the time had it and we played it together for a bit and for some ungodly reason I was just completely enamoured. I bought the game as soon as I could and had fun until I got to the part where you have to hunt down Wiggler parts which is when I got bored and never touched it again. Again I don't know what it was that made kid me such a big fan for that short period of time because now I can look at it and go "oh this is garbage why did they do any of this". And I sorta liked RPG's as youngin' too, I played through most of the Pokemon games, I played through Thousand Year Door, etc, but Sticker Star was still so cool to me for that sliver of time. There was probably something in drinking water.

[@rattrayce1390]

You are validating all of my Nintendo purchases for the last 6 years 😅❤

[@JamesShow]

Scott, you're NOT an RPG guy!

[@sc3ku]

Diddy Kong Racing! the lack of any older games pains my childhood self 😄

[@cdgui267]

years

[@alfonsobiggers2452]

48:08 It's just f*cking _tennis!_ *SCREAMS IN REX MOHS*

[@connorbrowns3678]

Wow im kinda surprised he doesn't like Mario RPG I mean everyone loved it and- Oh right.

[@TheBigTopaz]

Just what I needed today, it’s been rough💀💀💀

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Can’t forget Flingsmash, released in early November. Definitely the greatest Holiday Title Nintendo pushed out

[@flipdiesel9652]

I can’t listen to you talk about City Folk dude I’m sorry. You’re not a fan of the series at all and you said you played it for 30 minutes. That game is absolutely incredible and you’re siding with a “general consensus” even though, again, you literally said you played it for 30 minutes. Now.. Wii Music was also a QUALITY release. Shit was so damn fun if you had a history with guitar hero and rhythm games in general, and a good group of friends that also enjoyed music video games AND playing music in real life a lot. Moral of the story is AC City Folk is my second favorite AC game in the series and you just don’t get it, Scatt. I’m sorry. Rest of the video was incredible! Just never speak of 2008 again, cause you just weren’t there yet mentally. I am 3 years older than you so I that also factors in but I stand by what I say. You’re incredibly wrong regarding what you said about City Folk Okay Edit here: caught the tail end of your opinion on City Folk.. you’re talking about the Box Art being spring/summer timey, You are aware that AC plays in real time right? So everyone that bought it in November, when they started the game, it was pure beautiful HD snowy, cozy, holiday, BLISS. It honestly couldn’t have gotten more in Holiday theme if it tried, on release. Just because the artwork on the cover shows the game in spring time, doesn’t mean that’s how the game always looks my dude. Idk how they could actually depict all 4 seasons artistically and tastefully on the box art. It’s just kinda tradition that all of the artworks for the AC games show the world in Spring/Early summer because that is marketably, the smart move. That environment and atmosphere/aesthetic appeals to the masses more than a depiction of a frostbitten, cold, snowy night. Thus, more sales on the game just from the Box Art alone. That game was PEAK holiday snow day coziness

[@starsuper64]

Ultra Smash would make for a good replacement for coal

[@lifespanofafry1534]

I play a lot of Ultra Smash with my mother.

[@myriadmediamusings]

Ultra smash would be a downgrade because coal at least could be used as fuel or something. What the heck could Ultra Smash be used for?

[@Moocow2003]

rahhh new scott stash 🔥🔥

[@PradaKicks]

2018 and 2021 definitely had the best holiday titles for switch

[@Niko_G117]

i love these long videos of scott just rambling, my favorite companion to put on the background

[@alexweinberg3913]

57:53 “highest quality pile of shit” is going to be my phrase going forward for describing many games

[@cardarom]

Why did he say “lineup” like Trump 25:08

[@rouge939]

Lmao he did

[@JC-hi8fk]

Scott, what do you like about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet besides it being open world?

[@Leo_Styrofoam]

Love ya Scott!

[@peteecobarrubias7566]

12:25 I think they release a lot of party games in October cause the 2 major family holidays are right after. So for family gatherings and friends that celebrate together, they can have a copy of the latest mario game for everyone to play? At least that’s what I think Nintendo hopes to happen

[@rivsrivers]

why do you leave ring fit out of holiday 2019 when it also came out in october

[@derekarnold9]

Love your videos Scott. They always make me laugh. But I’m a little disappointed with you after this video. Mario RPG is boring?! What?!?! You are missing out, sir. And as much as I love Dread, saying it is the best Metroid made my eye twitch a little. Those things aside, great video.

[@Water90435]

The Chad 8/10 paper Mario sticker star vs the virgin 5/10 Mario and Luigi brother ship.

[@_3Three3_]

Scott is the GOAT

[@PrixtoTNT]

I'll take any opportunity I get to hear Scott talking about Mario Wonder!

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

Holiday titles are interesting for Nintendo!

[@zacharymccoy7091]

If Nintendo has their holiday title next year be the new console's big 3d Mario which is also rumored to be open world, it could be a serious match up for GTA 6 around that time.

[@extremepayne]

can’t believe Scott doesn’t own Pokemon Brilliant Diamond smh

[@michaelvangelista335]

Metroid: Samus Returns came out in October of 2017. You forgot that one!

[@extremepayne]

can’t believe Scott doesn’t have Pokemon Sword smh

[@extremepayne]

Can’t believe Scott doesn’t own Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee smh

[@rafresendenrafresenden.1644]

"The pokemon battles are more alive"

[@CathyDotUK]

Love the way he says calamity

[@GeorgeSimpleton]

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

[@crimsonhunter6538]

I will not stand for such mario rpg slander

[@nintenjoe6418]

I kinda wish that instead of Bowser’s Fury being bundled in with 3D World on Switch we’d have gotten 3D Land ported over with 4 player co-op. Like 3D Land + 3D World on Switch

[@braedenwolf]

Scott, I love you man, but I will NOT tolerate Yokai Watch slander

[@sabrina-online]

oh yeah we going to sleep with this one 🔥🔥🔥

[@Hutch2Much]

pokémon scarlet and violet weren’t just “poorly running games,” they ran so atrociously that it caused NINTENDO to offer REFUNDS and for the pokémon company to re evaluate their release schedule it was _that bad_

[@Whattheflip64]

Scott, can you please let me out of the basement now?

[@TheLegoNation]

3:10 huh…😢😢😢

[@aaronferguson3169]

I am glad to know there were lot of video games released on holidays throughout the years😊😊😃😃😆😆.

[@UltraGoldStar]

how will Scott the woz change the outcome of the presidential debate?

[@coolioman9073]

why is nobody talking about the unbleeped swear at the start this isn't scott it's an imposter

[@dabababadoo]

When will we get Mario Party Christmas Edition

[@JRocmasta]

I just speedran this video, when is the next one coming?

[@Real_Faygo]

6:03 The Quilava is named Runkert.

[@trufthmob]

scott- im sitting here listening to your mario odyssey take... all i can think is how im gonna force my gf to 100% the game soon. get gf for game refresher

[@theplinko9840]

Scott, you do realize that criticizing a game doesn’t make it part of this mythical “cycle,” right? Yeah, people thought that Twilight Princesses intro was way too long, it’s still one of the most beloved games in the series and that’s never not been the case. It’s not like Windwaker where the general perception had a major shift from negative to positive over the years. Also the DS games are some of the best in the series. Phantom Hourglass in particular is fantastic and better than just about anything that came after it.

[@davidpeterson6521]

Tysm for uploading a 90 minute video today this is what America needs rn

[@crimesgooch]

age of WHAT

[@blubba818]

1:15:13 to be fair, Mario Kart Wii was a massive disappointment to many hardcore Nintendo fans. It felt like a lazy step down in quality that was aimed more heavily at the casual market. I know people who sold their Wiis after playing it. Brawl was extremely divisive too. There was a lot of debate as to whether it was better than Melee at all. The Wii was a rough era for a lot of Nintendo fans.

[@SMPandanic]

fun fact: I bought pokemon Violet on day 1 by complete accident... yeah I forgot the date

[@Gizmosauce]

DONT DISS BIG BRAIN ACADEMY!!!!

[@moeclunk8811]

"Arkius"

[@TheKryce]

I don't really get the "WarioWare games are too short" argument because by that same logic, Mario Kart games are also 2 hours long

[@extremepayne]

Can’t believe Scott doesn’t have Pokemon Violet smh

[@TheGameboys_Alex]

18:24 clam titties caught me so off guard 😂

[@SuperOcelot_]

I didn’t think Nintendo really did holiday titles