Nintendo’s Most Underrated Platformers: The Starfy Games

With only one game localized, it's crazy how few people know about the Legendary Starfy. So to fix that, let's dive into all five of the Starfy games.
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[@zekeram129]

Starfy: The only game series that makes you _want_ a water level over a non-water level.

[@oneish7454]

I think a Nintendo Power review best summarized the Starfy DS game "The game is a cakewalk, but the cake is tasty and the walk an enjoyable one"

[@AstralPhnx]

Except for that final boss. Deadass my friend had to get me to do that final boss because the button mashing was just... So nuts he couldn't do it lmfao

[@coolmrwilson]

@@AstralPhnx I had to get my grandma to do it because somehow her old fingers were more superior than my 7 year old ones

[@kiduyeen]

I love learning I wasn’t alone when it came to final boss

[@sonicgamer999-]

Incorrect. The game is a cakewalk at the cost of one Y button

[@syonah]

Had the fortune of getting Starfy on the DS when I was young Starfy Gang rise up

[@callmecharlie4250]

Me and my siblings would role-play as some of the characters, and I'd play the dumpling mini game to prepare rations for a trip to other planets.

[@BudDinktrap]

@@callmecharlie4250 That's the cutest thing I've ever heard.

[@lillithemew3587]

@@callmecharlie4250 My brother and I did that too 😅. He'd pretend to be old man lobber sometimes

[@Itz_Mothii]

STARFY SQUAD! I love the dumpling mini game.

[@thatwerbgirl7105]

Mee too.

[@uprising4c19]

Olaf: "Their Parents are DEAD." Poor Moe, That was one rough childhood. Its making me cry. Man, the Starfy games are depressing with the lore.

[@PixelaGames2000]

Starfy definitely needs to come back Nintendo should remake the games and put them into a collection on the switch

[@hesterfranks9716]

Starfy 3 be like: Starfy 3: here are all your past enemies, they all die. Us: great! we hated those fuckers! Starfy 3: we redeemed all of them. now you miss them instead :)

[@calvinjoyal]

Ironically, starfy's lack of localization and transformation ability were the reason no one i knew as a kid wanted it. Everyone thought it was just a bad attempt at a Kirby clone, since everyone was playing Kirby Superstar Ultra at the time, and had no idea Starfy was already such a long running series. Really wish we hadn't all been a bunch of tiny hipsters and would've just played and enjoyed it lol!

[@blueocten]

Even nowadays I feel like most of the time when someone mentions the series, it's just to compare it to Kirby in a way where it feels like Starfy's entire identity to most people is just "Water Kirby" and nothing beyond that.

[@beanburrito4405]

The nostalgia levels have peaked from this video, the Fossil Fighters video, and the Pokémon Rangers video... thank you for unearthing forgotten games from our childhoods. Can you cover the various Bakugan games next?

[@GimmeMyHandleBack]

Wait... he made a fossil fighters video??? Honestly that game hit some feels with the emotions. When I saw the new Nintendo ds remake I’ve been wanting to try it. And I only recently beat the Pokémon ranger game (the legendary beasts are TOUGH) I got tripped up on the charizard, used flying and ghost to beat him

[@GimmeMyHandleBack]

Also, Bakugan game for the Wii RULES

[@skennyboy9702]

BROOOOO These games were my childhood. These 3 games are so underrated and no one talks about them.

[@autisticgamer24]

I still have my collection of the original Bakugan series.

[@carterferris07]

@@GimmeMyHandleBack I’ve played both the original and sequel to fossil fighters. If you like the original, then play the sequel (Fossil Fighters Champions). Now there is a game for the 3ds buuuuuuuuuuut, we don’t talk about that one. Ever

[@toxicastigator]

“Too Japanese.” Hasn’t stopped Nintendo in the past and they sure seem to have had a change of heart now with all the constant Fire Emblem promotion.

[@joelthefanboy3303]

U got that right

[@BentDoorFrame]

Well Japanese media has really caught on in the usa yeah? Probably enough interest in that stuff to keep it that way.

[@The_Holy_Wooomy]

The DS had the most infamous mashing sections that were impossible as a kid. Mega Mashtooth, Piranha Plant from Mario Party DS and Dark Fawful from Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story. Oh yeah, and getting an Excellent for the snack attack against the squid thing in Bowser’s Inside Story as well

[@angelthevolcano5330]

This comment awoke the deepest parts of my memories, 10 year old me never finished this game because of the mashing lmfao

[@ProtoSpectra]

whole heartedly agree

[@ninjaandocean3345]

Dude I remember being in like first or second grade playing this game. Holy crap dude I remember the very final battle with the massive asteroids or something and having to mash so fast I was physically unable to so it.

[@Mufflin]

Mario vs Sonic at the Olympic games had some of those things too for the DS.

[@3am246]

this game took me 6 years to beat just because of that dang meteor, I honestly thought it was physically impossible and was super upset about it

[@resentfulsidecharacter3713]

I had the DS game but I'm pretty sure my cousin stole it when I suddenly "lost" it when I went to her house by airplane.

[@_Koyomi_]

Beat her ass and tell her give it back. She committed a grave sin.

[@mr.snooze257]

Mine also got "lost" when i was with someone

[@kecleonfan7495]

Ogura creates ten children from two orbs he pulled out of his nose. You could say they're... SNOT-NOSED BRATS! (laughs uncontrollably for five hours)

[@SammyOmane]

That’s Actually A really good One!XD

[@PixelBoye6546]

Sammy Omane LMAOOOO

[@WebkinzLiker264]

*Wheeze* That's a good one, geez! X-D

[@IFarmYouDefend]

That's what i'd call men in pubs who drink g+t for some stupid ass reason

[@dutchminers66]

Still a shame that this series ended so quickly

[@Zynet_Eseled]

Let's beg for a remake

[@jaksaa18]

Starfy was so great. I first got the game when i saw him in smash, i would love to see him get a new game and be playable in smash

[@uncleulysses2328]

I had completely forgot about this game until I bought smash ultimate and he showed up. Brought a tear to my eye cause of the nostalgia I loved this game so much lmao

[@Mystic-Aidan]

I cannot believe they made an entire world that is one huge reference to Wario Land 4. That's amazing.

[@pastaboy5639]

but wario have long sleeve

[@CakeoftheMews]

I am so validated by this video.... Starfy is STILL my favorite game, and it means a lot. I've replayed it SO many times over the years. When I discovered there were more games? YES. When I realized I was an adult with money and could order them on my own? Y E S!! I still need to get the fourth game, and finishing up the second and third games. But aaaah this made me so happy!! I'm so happy!! Starfy my boy finally gets recognition~

[@firesoul7002]

All I want is More reviews of underrated and unknown games

[@arielalbertim8630]

Klonoa... maybe...?

[@_Koyomi_]

Cave Story?

[@firesoul7002]

Those all sound good to me

[@MaipleLeaf]

The one thing that I wish is that there was a remastered trilogy for the Switch. Gotta give the Starfy some love

[@PixelBoye6546]

No truer words have been spoken

[@HyperImaginative]

I was so upset when my Legendary Starfy cartridge got ruined I really liked Starfy.

[@peppermintzoro4907]

If you want to, you can get it pretty cheap online

[@HyperImaginative]

@@peppermintzoro4907 cool

[@peppermintzoro4907]

The Diamond Voyagers yeah, you can get all 5 even

[@jacobs.9661]

If I had all the power in the world, I would use it to make Nintendo treat EVERY IP they own equally. Not just Starfy, but also Custom Robo, Sin and Punishment, Fossil Fighters, Chibi-Robo, Nintendo Wars, even REALLY obscure stuff like Slide Adventure MAGKID or Doshin the Giant. Smash Bros. has shown that Nintendo has TONS of IPs just lying there gathering dust, and I'd give anything to see each and every one, or at least 80% or so, be given proper love and treatment.

[@autobotstarscream765]

The problem is, how do Nintendo and their underlings such as Game Freak, HAL, and Intelligent Systems keep making games for all the franchises once they run out of ideas? Mario and Pokémon are particularly cautionary tales of the consequences of running on fumes.

[@jacobs.9661]

@@autobotstarscream765 Well they could release only one game per series per console. One 3D Mario, one 2D Mario, one Zelda, one Pokemon, one Starfy, etc. They could also enlist Third Party developers to work on some, like how Mercury Steam and Ubisoft worked on a Metroid and Mario game respectively. They could also just make their studios larger with more employees over time, preferably young employees who may have played these games already, and have fresh ideas for them. They could also re-release the games on the eShop, and judge which ones have more potential by their sales, since giving every single one a fair shot is probably a real impossibility.

[@newageBoundhippie]

same, including making damn sure EVERYTHING got released worldwide. So many Nintendo games I really wanted to play never released in North America, like Giftpia, ASH, Soma Bringer, Jet Impulse, the Trace Memory & Hotel Dusk sequels ( thankfully I DID manage to import the PAL version of Hotel Dusk's sequel Last Window and it's amazing ), Tomato Adventure, Starfy 1-4, Zangeki No Reginleiv, Chibi-Robo 3, Nintendoji, Zekkyo Senshi Sakeburein, Marvelous, MOTHER 3, Rhythm Tengoku, the Card Hero series, Custom Robo 1 & 2, Magical Vacation.... hell at this point I'm also the crazy weirdo wishing Nintendo would have Platinum bring Project HAMMER back from the dead & make it for Switch....and I'm also the guy wishing they'd stop using the Nintendog in Smash, it triggers my PTSD :/

[@BakedPotonion]

Yeah this franchise slaps! Thats what I was just saying 👁

[@awesomeocelot7475]

@Reggielacey 223 Starfy is not Kirby!

[@supernatural.unicorn]

Literally

[@supernatural.unicorn]

@@awesomeocelot7475 exactly plus kirby is easy asf have u played the entirety of legendary starfy hard as fuck

[@awesomeocelot7475]

@@supernatural.unicorn I mean Kirby isn’t always easy

[@supernatural.unicorn]

@@awesomeocelot7475 starfys way harder

[@yriaskun7175]

I'm so happy you got to talk about this franchise and not just the one that came out for the ds (which is the fifth one and the last one of the series) I've played the game boy trilogy and loved the mechanics and wish I could also love it more if there was a translation for them (I know there's one being made for the first game but my favorite I wish to see translated is the third one for..."story" purposes :)) But yeah it makes me so happy that someone FINALLY is dwelling over the starfy games that weren't released to america

[@IFarmYouDefend]

I gotcha back buddy! www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418 Even better: Starfy 2 has been completed as well

[@Aur0raAura]

OH MY GOD STARFY!! The nostalgia!! I never clicked on a video so fast 😭 I love that funky little star boi.

[@frankdamsy9715]

Honestly, If I knew the technicals of how, I'd take a crack at translating the Chinese release of Starfy 2

[@massivelegend3599]

Damn, that little game has given me so many good memories. The adorable design, the unique storyline, the MUSIC especially, the button mashing at the end of the game, my brother and I doing missions as starfy and starly. Ahh, nostalgia...

[@d.b.scoville]

The legendary starfy was basically my life for a few years

[@knightshade2654]

When Moe spit those bars about friendship before the final fight... I left that

[@Jerooen]

I’m on board for almost anything, your toxic community videos are what introduced me to your Channel, and I grew to enjoy everything you produced. Do what you want!

[@cadetjones9205]

This Game gives me Kirby Vibes. I might just play it.

[@dacienfelice2993]

I love the DS one, I have lost all hope for future games but I pray we can get some of the old ones in English via a potential NSO GBA collection.

[@IFarmYouDefend]

Backup has arrived. 4 is the last one to be translated www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418

[@coolbluedudette27]

Never played Starfy as a kid, but I wish I did. Looks like a game I would've enjoyed a lot. Also dat FF14 clip at the end with the whales. That was fun to watch!

[@luigihorror6455]

well, it's never too late to purchase a copy online

[@ShadowJinjoYu]

Do more on games that not that many people know or don’t get the love that they deserve Like ape escape 2-3.wario land series,gex,sly cooper,golden sun and many more

[@DavidDumbedDown]

Agreed

[@Giovaughn-do9gp]

I would add the Wonder Boy games, Ecco the Dolphin series, and Ristar too

[@ShadowJinjoYu]

@Reggielacey 223 no u

[@weebleflufflycakes7238]

*I thought Starfy was a fever dream I had as a kid.*

[@dacienfelice2993]

I don't understand how anyone beat that mashing section, I had to use a coin.

[@a.j.2915]

I cheated and looked up a way to beat it online hehe

[@dacienfelice2993]

@@a.j.2915 same bro

[@nightly145]

I couldn’t beat that part, and lost mine.

[@a.j.2915]

The LazyImp Who Draws Big fat *F* for you my dude

[@levi_octavian]

I just straight up asked my dad to complete it for me after like attempting it 30 times. 😂

[@papaG6423]

I had a friend who let me play the localized one on the DS. If this series was localized, I would have totally been all over it. Great video! Edit: one year later, I just bought a used copy of The Legendary Starfy for $10 on eBay. It's just as great as I remembered!

[@TheKotaCan]

Man for some reason I remember this game, but it feels like a fever dream...

[@ricochet0928]

I still remember playing a demo of the DS one on one of those DS displays at a store when I went to get my first Pokémon games (Diamond & Pearl) when I was 7. It's a tiny piece of nostalgia for me; i might just see if i can find the game somewhere so i can play the entire thing

[@WebkinzLiker264]

I think I remember seeing one of those!! Legendary Starfy was my second ever DS game and I love it to pieces. ^^

[@madalynharris4321]

The memories have just come flooding back when I saw this video

[@toddstrange9184]

Man right when I cleared my phone's notification I saw the Starfy thumbnail and thought they are brining back the games with an American release. I love The Legend of Starfy when I was a kid and my sister and I would share turns playing it since we only had one copy.

[@radicallaruby]

During my emulator craze a decade ago, I found out about and eventually bought the first 3 off ebay several years ago. I can't understand the story, but I could always tell by its presentation that it has so much to tell.

[@IFarmYouDefend]

If you still have the games, I've got a translation of two and three backing them up www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418

[@skyvenger7724]

Starfy was my first DS game I bought with the console I remember being in a hotel room with my mom in toronto and teling her I wanted a DS with that game after seeing the ad on tv (the one with the giant squid attacking a boat) My birthday was soon and I needed something to do on the car ride back home Best deicison i made as a kid ahah i played it soooo much

[@shilohgrayson]

This series looks so cute and charming.

[@maggyfall9012]

You ever cry over a Clam's backstory?

[@lucienhalf7105]

I honestly blame Moe's father for being a lazy, deadbeat dad 😠... but yeah his backstory is no doubt 😢 & 💔, however I am glad he was able to help out his mom by raising his siblings & go on adventures with Starfy so Moe can use the rewards to give his mother & sibs a better life. That's true dedication of a brother & son. 😁

[@mysticat]

Shoutouts to my boy Moe

[@justjames4]

The title alone is enough for me to like this.

[@ThatGuyOnTheSpectrum]

Thanks for bringing light to this great series

[@pyrojack8230]

I absolutely loved The Legendary Starfy growing up. I competed with myself for hours on end playing the same minigames and trying to personalize my own Star just because. If theres any game I will ever speedrun, it would be The Legendary Starfy.

[@kazuYoshi_]

Remember when Nintendo released Starfy as a mystery mushroom costume in Mario Maker? That made me so happy. I really wish they decide to do something with Starfy again, it's such a wholesome franchise

[@lucidvalidity7056]

The legendary starfy had amazing amount of content and secrets and detail put into it I remember loving the commercial I saw for it on the DS in the early 2000s and wanting it thankfully my dad bought it for me and I had a good time enjoying it and the story

[@thecoolcario9048]

I was literally just thinking about you today, I'm so glad you're back ;D

[@confusedcephalopod3496]

I absolutely loved the legendary starfy game that actually got released in America, I was always curious about the franchise I knew was there but never knew much about, it’s a shame starfy’s other games never got properly localized they honestly look fantastic, thank you for talking about this series it was super informative and fun to see someone talk about starfy

[@IFarmYouDefend]

I got good news for ya, mate. I found translation of 2 and 3 www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418

[@gianlucacolangelo6578]

What is with third installments in Nintendo series being depressing?

[@conic2721]

That is why Galaxy and the 3D Series never ended.

[@firewarrior8298]

ruby and sapphire weren't really depressing.

[@GODFRAUDBUDDHA]

Mother 3 Stans: On Thursdays we wear sunflowers

[@gianlucacolangelo6578]

@@GODFRAUDBUDDHA finnaly

[@GODFRAUDBUDDHA]

It took a year

[@ScribbleSpirit]

Seriously thank you for making this video to shed light on this underrated series! I was yet another who grew up playing and adoring Starfy 5 only to find out later that the rest of the games were Japanese exclusives, and this taught me a ton of things about the series that I never even knew!! Hopefully if the rest of the franchise gets a translation then I can properly play them all, but until then I hope this video continues getting attention and that maybe our spinny boi might even make a proper return someday 🥺

[@IFarmYouDefend]

I got you mate. I found translation of 2 and 3 www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418

[@Kappuchinoanimations]

you just dug up so many good memories with this game :)) Thanks

[@StoryTeller796]

Give him a trilogy remake! Oh, and could you pls make some videos on Miis, King Boo, Ratchet and Clank? Though I do hope that you will continue to inform mii about more obscure Nintendo games.

[@anthonyfazio5726]

Hey man thanks for making this video! The starfy game on ds was my childhood game I love that it's getting some recognition

[@tmoney1487]

I love these old game reviews you do i really wish you would do more

[@vigilantea6822]

Amazing video. Always wanted to play legendary starfy back in the day but was always one of those games you intend on playing but never get around to.

[@anrriveradxndsigamer1495]

16:51 Me: *looking at the mouth* so that and tragic backstories are why starfy's GBA Trilogy wasn't localized.

[@timothyroehm4307]

You’re the one who introduced me to these other four Densetsu Stafy games I cannot even thank you enough!

[@Itz_Mothii]

Starfy is one of my favorite games and I'm so glad your talking about. It gives me so much nostalgia. :3

[@sebc8253]

such a great video! i still have my copy of the ds game from when I was a kid, im a huge fan of kirby so of course I love starfy as well. I had no idea there were other games! thanks for making such a pleasant informational video :D

[@Wisplore]

Thank you for making this! Starfy is my childhood. It holds such a special place in my heart

[@Arcadenblog]

One of my favorite videos from you was definitely the Kirby Lore Explained one. I would be down for you making more vids like that in the future. The videos you’ve made on Underrated DS games are also fun.

[@gravityqueen5879]

Thank you for talking about this series!! Would love a new game

[@cinderlorion6152]

Honestly loved the video up until now I had no idea the previous games existed. I got the DS game when I was about 5-8 and I played the hell out of it as a kid I still go back to it every now and then. Honestly now knowing about the other games I would have loved to play them too bad they never got localized, here's to hoping someone translates the other games or better yet Nintendo release remakes of the old ones translated. Thanks for the awesome video.

[@heytoon_]

I love the content man! Keep up the great work.

[@explodinglamps2021]

You wanna talk about underrated 16 bit star-based protagonists? Let’s talk about Ristar

[@BunstonStarGamer]

Legend says the creator is still working on the 6th starfy game till this day

[@tmoney1487]

Oh I thought this Channel was dead! I love this content, its such a difference from what I usually watch

[@CuantumQ]

I loved the one game that was localized. I don't know when I got it, but it was one of my favorite games to pop in on car trips.

[@BowJish44]

Ooh I hope you go and do a video on Conquest. I only rented it once and never got the chance to afterwards, but it looked like a fantastic game! I'd love to learn a little more about it

[@stellanova4308]

this series had a massive impact on my childhood. I found this today, September 6th 2021. Starfy turns 19 today. Starfy 3 is one of my favourite games ever, and seeing Ogura's last words translated brought tears to my eyes...I didn't know that it was that deep. jeez, man.

[@mysticusfreeze]

I just had a flashback to 10 year old me hiding under the blankets playing this and getting caught by my mom

[@renrenthemadscientist]

I love watching your videos ^^ always so informative

[@Bob_Beaky]

Having vainly waited for years for someone to translate these games, it's great to see that at least the first one has finally been tackled. I really hope that the others get the same treatment. Starfy has always held a bit of an exotic fascination for me. If you're still looking for suggestions for future videos, I'd love to see more GBA coverage. The system has a really varied and interesting library.

[@monoex2989]

I loved starfy so much as a kid!!! When starfy was added in the new smash I only just learned of the other titles and had no idea what happened in those games so thank you for going over the plot of each one!!!

[@GGchannel1025]

It is so awesome seeing a big KZbin bring attention to all my childhood favorites like Starfy and Fossil Fighters. Two other underrated games I'd recommend would be Ubisoft's Combat of Giants series and Freakyforms, I'm sure both of those would make excellent videos.

[@kakuhous9294]

I've always really enjoyed The Fandom Files but I love your personality and the way you talk in general so honestly any sort of review or documentary type video would be rad. Maybe diving into internet rabbit holes and exploring some spookier stuff would be interesting! But at the end of the day I'm here for whatever you feel like producing :]!

[@LilyCelebiFlipnote]

I remember this game, big time!! It was one of my first ever games, and I remember seeing the bizarre ads on TV with that fisherman before receiving this game and Professor Layton one Christmas. I didn't like the puzzles in Layton and ended up selling it when younger, but I absolutely fell in love with Starfy, and remembering how shocked I was at Moe being such a sweetheart for a hardy character, the cute costume and gacha side content, and the takoyaki and fishing minigames was great! Thanks for telling me how the other games went -- I had no clue there were four more titles, and it was a series!! My favorite character, by the way, was Bunston -- I always loved bunnies, and his story was the only game story to successfully make me cry around that time other than those in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games I had around the same time. Funnily enough, too, this game is what made me hone my button mashing skills as well for that final Mashtooth battle! I was so proud of myself. Again, thanks for the nostalgia! Played this game to death as a kiddo too, and I still have the cartridge!

[@vivitheoctogirl255]

Finally, it's about time someone talked about these games! I got the fifth game when I was 5 after seeing my cousin play it, and I loved it from the comic book style cutscenes (since I do like to draw comics and manga), soundtrack and the gameplay was quite fun! I thought the story was the best thing before I saw the story of the third game and Moe's backstory which just makes me sad that this series may never come back. There still is one last thing I must mention though... Starfy should be playable in Smash Ultimate rather than an assist trophy, change my mind.

[@paigespears2106]

AAAH, YESSSSS! thank you for reviewing Starfy, I loved Starfy so much as a kid.

[@cjmarshall7970]

Thanks for talking about this game! This shit was my childhood!

[@blueocten]

I know that we probably won't see Starfy again for a long time in any meaningful way, but I would love to see Starfy be considered an actually relevant franchise. I barely ever see anyone mention the series anywhere nowadays which is really sad considering how high quality these games really are. I'd love to see Nintendo and Tose take a chance and translate/remaster/remake one or more of the Japanese games and give the series a proper second chance.

[@BNWilliamGaming]

I loved Starfy 1. Thank’s for recommending it!

[@crumb5756]

This whole video I was waiting to see if you'd mention the button mash against Mashtooth. I am so glad to hear I wasn't the only person to struggle with that as a kid. I had to have my older brother come help me beat that part since I was 7 (I think) at the time

[@volcanolotus64]

Ah thanks for covering this game! When I was a kid playing the fifth game, I had always felt like I, as a player, was missing context, and looking into it confirmed my suspicions. But I was sad that they were never localised :( it was super fun though, and the music still plays in my head sometimes to this day.

[@razorandlipstick]

I love this game so much, it’s one of the first DS games I’ve played and seeing people talking about it again brings me back so much nostalgia.

[@sofiaaa6808]

Oh my god it’s funny to hear the button mash segment was hard for you as a kid as well, I had to ask my dad to help me haha

[@AngelGomez-zb9ii]

I played this game when I was about 8 and oh my goodness (aside from seeing him as an occasional assist trophy in smash) I really missed him and the franchise! Seeing this video brought back so much nostalgia thanks for bringing these great memories back!⭐

[@anarchypoisons]

A Klonoa vid from you would be heavenly. Also, since I watch your Kirby lore video like every other month, I'd love to see more Kirby stuff.

[@nick-cepticon782]

Oh man I had no idea the Starfy lore could get even darker! Starfy 5 is one of my fav games of all time; it was definitely the best 2D platformer I played as a kid. Great vid; thanks for sharing all this! Subbed.

[@misterniceguy429]

This brings a tear to my eye. I remember when I first saw the commercial, I was instantly hooked on getting the game. Once I saved up for it to purchase it, my sister and I adored the game for how unique it was from the other DS games we had. It felt like we were playing a Kirby game that was very unique.

[@ScottE-2]

I remember the 5th entry fondly, but also with PTSD of the second moon phase... I remember actually needing an action replay to beat it just for that as my fingers even back then, were not fond of button mashing. Though what brings the fondness were two things: the aesthetic and the music. Shame you never brought up the ladder as the music for the games are fairly good even now. Though I've never subscribed and have seen a few videos of yours, I'm glad you're making a return even if I almost forgot what you did. Twitch clip was nice. Enjoy your day.

[@twilighttoast01]

If your looking for video ideas how about doing more "what happened to certain series" videos for series that have pretty much ended like MGS? Hell maybe even some more FF content since that is the namesake of your channel and your past videos on the series were excellent

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

We NEED more translations!!!

[@fyremage3075]

I really wish I saw this video when it was first uploaded, but YT recommended kinda sucks still, but glad I finally got to hear someone else talk about these awesome games! And if we still need a translator, I'm pretty sure Nick Robinson knows someone who could translate it and has translated other Japanese only GBA/DS games... At least I hope he still has contact with them.

[@IFarmYouDefend]

Hey mate. I got your back for 2 and 3. www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418

[@heyindiegamer7831]

Thanks so much for making this video. I've loved playing this game when I was 10, but I didn't beat the main story until I was 16, due to the awful button mashing at the end. The minigames were certainly the most memorable, especially the dumpling (Takoyaki) minigame. I never knew about the other 4 games in the series, but I'm glad we got the 5th game at least. And I have more respect to Moe as a character. All in all, Starfy is a great underwater "Kirby" game, I highly recommend it for anyone willing to try.

[@briannamiller9011]

i am overjoyed to find this video!!! i own the gameboy advance games and have been searching everywhere to find the story behind them.

[@BROXBasher]

It was the localized Starfy game that introduced me to takoyakis. And it was Konfucious Eats that showed me how to properly eat them, too. Love this game so much.