Obscure Licensed Games - BenjaMage

[@mmx3374]

Person: Man I love Skittles, but I wished there was a fantasy adventure game where they’re a magical maguffin. Darkened Skye: Bonjour.

[@Corvus-]

I hate that they call a singular Skittle, a Skittles.

[@HistoryUnwound]

I never knew that before this video, and I refuse to refer to a single Skittle as such.

[@otaking3582]

Yeah, there were some Marvel Hostess ads that did the same thing, but with Twinkies.

[@Sweetie.21]

@@otaking3582 A Twink 🤣

[@valfreyviolet]

my absolute favorite thing about darkened skye is that it calls a singular skittle "a skittles". it's amazing. that's exactly the kind of thing i'd do as a joke to be silly. bite this skittles

[@Metacred]

Ngl this guy rules, seriously despite the slow uploads he values quality over quantity

[@CMGThePerson]

Ah yes, the most ancient and holy of artifacts. *skittles*

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

By god

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

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[@bluestreaker9242]

*insert clip of Nostalgia Critic's Care Bears review...you know the one* >;)

[@Rogar555]

​@@bluestreaker9242 TASTE THE RAINBOW MOTHERFUCKA!

[@Rusticabcd]

Hey, I've seen you from the Dafawfulizer server.

[@dylans.1741]

Something Ben didn't mention about Darkened Skye: Skye is voiced by Linda Larkin, who's better known for voicing Jasmine from Aladdin

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

I never knew that.

[@dylans.1741]

@@Nathan-rb3qp I thought her voice sounded familiar, but I initially thought it was Sarah Michelle Gellar

[@lukejohnston3117]

Just in case the game wasn't crazy enough. P.S. Hi Scarlet

[@dylans.1741]

@@lukejohnston3117 What's up, Luke Johnston?

[@kamenanew9867]

I actually got good chuckles out of the self aware humor. This is an older game, and such jokes weren't deadpooled to death, and it was legit the developers kinda poking fun at how they were making a fantasy adventure game...with skittles. Good voice acting too. I like darkened skyes still today. Bit janky but unique.

[@wootmasterzorsx]

Calling them Skittles in the plural despite being singular in every instance gives me “Look at all those Eggman’s robots” vibes, and I don’t know how to feel about that. I knew Darkened Skye was a thing, but I never saw or heard anything beyond that. And I also don’t know how to feel about what I saw. I really enjoy these videos, though. Congrats on 50 and thanks for all the fun content to watch. Here’s to future releases for the channel.

[@jurtheorc8117]

Fun trivia on some Disney characters: Horace, Clarabelle and Magica still regularly appear in the Dutch weekly Donald Duck Magazine, and Magica has also made numerous appearances (even stories based around her) in the Donald Duck pocketbooks. Europe, especially Italy, the Netherlands and *I believe* Germany and Denmark are pretty big on these comics. We've even got a few iterations on Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse that are a bit more mature-oriented, like Donald Duck by way of Marvel (Paperinik New Adventures) where themes like genocide, vengeance deliberate disruption of world peace to make weapons industries thrive, human-and-AI relationships and ethics in the future, and minimizing contact with your loved ones to keep them safe come into play. Heck, one story even touches upon what is essentially A.I. generated movies. There's also Mickey's Mysteries, which has as its first story Mickey inheriting a detective agency in another city-- after an old school friend of his vanished during a car crash. In that same story, Mickey's kidnapped by the mob and forced to have a foreign assassin arrested, which was hired by a local millionaire to silence a *previous* assassin that got arrested, and could tell the police some undesirable stories about said millionaire. Hope you found this interesting!

[@abareamphibia6812]

Hearing that they made a fantasy video game inspired by skittles honestly is making me think of Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears cartoon, purely for the fact that they both were inspired by said candies and are set in a medieval fantasy world

[@otaking3582]

Apparently, Darkened Skye was loosely based on a series of Skittles ads during that time period, and the folks at Mars were pretty hands-off aside from not wanting snakes in the game (which is a weird stipulation, but I digress).

[@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313]

The oddest thing about Darkened Skye is they got Peter Berkrot, the voice actor of Ignatius Mortimer Meen (I.M. Meen) and Chloe Leamon, the voice actress of Ophelia Chill (Chill Manor) to voice a pair of merchants in the game. So on top of the game somehow being a tie-in for Skittles, they also have two folks who voiced a pair of history (and general knowledge) hating magicians from two of the notorious CDi games previously listed.

[@Rabbitlord108]

Now I can't help but imagine the merchant from RE4 singing.

[@ilikecurry2345]

And apparently I.M Meen has a full name.

[@Confuzed54]

Not gonna lie, Darkened Skye’s giving me some hardcore Frogger: The Great Quest vibes.

[@Rabbitlord108]

Speaking of The Great Quest. Funny how Lumpy's voice actor is the only thing to carry over to the later games.

[@bababooey6201]

Yeah, same; take a somewhat lighthearted license and make it edgier, for better or for worse

[@sarasaland4709]

Watch out. He knows Frog Fu

[@Rabbitlord108]

@@sarasaland4709 But he's also a bit of a whimp since he can't move forwards or backwards while strafing.

[@isenokami7810]

Darkened Skye is the better game by a mile, though. Not because it has any particular pros, just that Great Quest is that bad.

[@alessandrobogazzi9224]

FINALLY someone talks about animaniacs the great Edgar hunt! I love this game, and used to play it a lot when I was little

[@MohabWali08]

This channel is the definition of Quality Over Quantity

[@rodrickgoldberg2324]

I think my brain stopped working for a minute or two when you talked about Skittles having a video game. Like… Skittles? SKITTLES!?

[@TheRevengeOfKhat57]

Every "obscure/weird licensed game" video I see, I hope in the back of my mind that Darkened Skye is covered. Thank you for bringing that bizarro game to light.

[@themojogamer75]

23:01 I'll actually defend this joke because it's lived rent free in my head since I heard it LOL The way Skye says what she's reading after the fact as dryly as she did made me laugh pretty hard lol

[@LJ101]

10:57 Brain’s delivery of “that would be dangerous” always makes me laugh out loud

[@Rabbitlord108]

Congratulations on 50 episodes since the relaunch. Even though I enjoyed some of your prior videos. I think the relaunch was CERTAINLY for the best.

[@grizz1y560]

5:02 That’s nothing compared to whoever was in charge of the character pictures in Disney’s skate adventure

[@isenokami7810]

For I Spy, I grew up with three of them actually, all on PC: Treasure Hunt (easily my favorite), Spooky Mansion (think that’s the name, easy to check because I think it’s significantly less obscure), and Fantasy. All three followed the same formula, but man was it a good formula. Explore an adventure game world looking for I Spy puzzles, with each one completed revealing a key item for the endgame resolution, such as a piece of a map in Treasure Hunt (usually one specific thing to spot reveals the item, but you still need to clear the whole puzzle to claim it). There are three looping scenarios, with three different I Spy puzzles at each location and three greatly different endgame segments. Well, in Treasure Hunt and Spooky Mansion at least: despite being my wildcard pick, Fantasy had three different adventure overworlds (space, underwater, medieval) that each followed this formula separately (so, three of these games in one basically). I doubt any of these old PC games work anymore, but if anyone knows how to get them working and is nostalgic for any of them, I’d recommend checking them out. Especially Treasure Hunt.

[@Jsslade]

I feel like Darkened Skye was originally a run-of-the-mill action RPG, but one of the devs was friends with a Skittles employee and the latter bribed the dev team into incorporating the product into the game

[@lukejohnston3117]

Fun fact: Skye is voiced by Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. Look it up.

[@colbykong1325]

23:42 This is the funniest part, hands down.

[@matthewmarkiewicz5206]

Congrats on the 50th video of your rebranding. I was at the beginning when you were called MaverickHunterZero75. Man, oh where the years have gone

[@kamenanew9867]

First vid I've seen of yours, and I love it. Good stuff man, I'll definitely be back.

[@AmethystLeslie]

I think I had I Spy School Days as a kid, and I remember liking it. It might be one of those things that got me into an aesthetic where I just like tiny worlds or toy-sized worlds cuz like LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES. THEY'RE ADORABLE!

[@samuraiturtle.2637]

11:18 this segment got me laughing hard

[@Terumimi]

My absolute favorite obscure licensed game is the first Bakugan game on... Pretty much every late 2000s console you can think of, minus gamecube and gba It has AMAZING music, great voice acting from the anime, a silly story, a bakugan that's so iconic it was included in the reboot (Leonidas!) And its just generally fun to play, mixing the real board game with the hyperstylized version from the anime and some video game logic. I'd genuinely recommend it a lot!

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

I love how for obscure license games, KZbin of all things... chose m+ms kart racer. ...it's like you can't escape it

[@BenjaMage]

I actually chose that deliberately, to keep the games in the video a surprise.

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

​@@BenjaMage ahh

[@Joshua_Quinzel_Isley]

When I saw Yakko Warner on the thumbnail, I needed to see this right away.

[@galacticglamourgirl]

Same. Wish Edgar Hunt was talked about more.

[@Joshua_Quinzel_Isley]

@@galacticglamourgirl I know right?

[@spongefan155]

As Soon As You Said That The Magic Artifact Is Skittles I Immediately Got Reminded Of The European Version Of Biker Mice From Mars For The SNES Where The Invincibility Power-up Is A Snickers Bar

[@Rabbitlord108]

And Fallout Brotherhood Of Steel (Once again. Referring to the console only game. And not Fallout Tactics) threw out the fictional drink Nuka Cola for the real energy drink Bawls.

[@Ferny48]

Good for you on getting to the 50th. You're videos are definitely relaxing, at least to me they are.

[@pun_dimen]

I would have LOVED that Animaniacs game when I was a kid. Looney Tunes Back in Action on the Gamecube was one of my favourite games growing up and the style and humor of Animaniacs would have won me

[@Wild-Sider]

I shall banish thee into the Shadow Realm, Dark Lord. TASTE THE RAINBOW!🌈

[@Rabbitlord108]

Watch him end up in the same one as Bionicle G2 Makuta.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

​@@Rabbitlord108We gotta fricking fight a Bionicle?! FRAG YEA!!!

[@TBoneTony]

I can imagine the Game Developers being confused when a Confectionary company came to them to fund a Game using their Confectionary brand. Developer A: Ok, how are we gonna sell this game based on Colored Fruit Candy? Developer B: How about make it a Medieval Fantasy game, like an RPG but simple for kids?

[@christianbuffum-robbins8904]

I Spy takes me back. They had a handful of pretty fun point and click games for PC in the late 90s/early 2000s.

[@SoundsideSherry]

Am I crazy, or does the witch in that Darkened Skye clip sound like one of the NPCs from the CD-i Zelda games? I kept thinking she was going to tell me how to make a Power Glove out of Skittles.

[@BenjaMage]

I just looked it up, and she is indeed not in the CD-i Zelda games.

[@liamsgreatbitgaming]

man seeing old I spy stuff is so nostalgic! I grew up on the spooky mansion PC version. The vibes there were immaculate

[@MrGamer07100]

That 3D Animaniacs platformer game has been a game of interests to play since randomly discovering it’s existence on the internet. I was surprised they made one. I know there were some Tiny Toons games around the PS1 GameBoy Color era that came along after the series run in the 90s as well.

[@X2011racer]

There was a Tiny Toons game intended for release on Gamecube, PS2 and possibly Xbox. It got canceled after the publisher went bankrupt, but there is a PS2 prototype that got dumped around the early 2010s, and it is fully playable from start to finish.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

​@@X2011racer And the best part. It's from Treasure.

[@MrGamer07100]

@@X2011racer I’ve heard about that too.

[@galacticglamourgirl]

It was originally supposed to come out in 2003, but it's original publisher went bankrupt. If I had to guess, it was originally supposed to be some sort of 10th anniversary project, like how "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!" aired after 3 years after PPG ended to celebrate it's 10th anniversary.

[@charlessegale6493]

Ah, hearing that Wacky Racers theme during the Smurfs segment brought me back. Mind you, I never had a Dreamcast, but my brother and I had the PC version of the game.

[@aleqxsz]

Fun fact, Smurfs Kart is the second race videogame with Smurfs in it, the first one was called "3 2 1 Smurf" released in the early 2000's on the PlayStation 1

[@SaddieMoon]

0:09 It’s okay, I love your videos anyways so you deserve a break.❤️❤️❤️

[@HybridAngelZero]

Glad to see ya back in action! Congrats on 50 Benjamage episodes! I'll throw one of my own favorite licensed obscurities out there: Yu-Gi-Oh Falsebound Kingdom for GameCube! Despite the franchise, it's not a TCG game, it's actually a hybrid RTS-RPG! It has a really cool original story with the OG cast stuck in a virtual fantasy and having to battle their way with classic YGO monsters as their army. Each unit is a team of there monsters, and when they clash on the field, it turns into a 3v3 turn-based battle. The game is uniquely fun and is definitely worth a try if you can find it at a decent price (or if, ahem, a Dolphin gives it to you)

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

Technically Smurfs Kart is a sequel to 321 Smurf.

[@HammMann]

Oh shit, The Great Edgar Hunt was in that category of licensed PS2 games that i will forever hold closely to my heart. Wacky Races PS2 is obviously at the apex of those, but considering how many good licensed games i grew up with, it surprises me how bad the stigma of licensed games are. On a side note, it's odd that almost all of them were either Europe exclusives, or Europe exclusive versions of games released everyone on other platforms. i think overall like 75% of them fit that bill. weird.

[@ShadowXemnas13]

You wear a disguise To look like the bad guys... But you're not a mook, You're a Chicken Boo!

[@eastonmoon]

They actually made a board game version of the first game you covered, & I have it

[@Pryexel]

Unless you already covered it, there is an older Smurfs racing game called Smurf Racer (3, 2, 1, Smurf in the UK) made back in 2001.

[@Manectrix2000]

Congrats on reaching 50 videos with your rebrand! Here’s to more great videos! If you cover this topic again, I suggest Bakugan Battle Brawlers for Wii/PS2/maybe Xbox. Personally had the Wii version growing up but never beat it, so I sold it. Years later, I bought the game only to discover that there are two versions of the game. A regular copy, what I bought, and a Toys R Us version. The only difference between them is two bonus Bakugan in the Toys R Us version (one of which was my first Bakugan). Also I looked in the Save Data of the Wii, these two versions have separate save data just like a Pokémon game. Regardless of version, you thought the I Spy song was good? How about every song being a banger in Bakugan! The Aquos arena’s theme is a particular favorite of mine.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

I had the Wii and DS versions of Bakugan. Absolute bangers.

[@ChaloopaJoe]

So good to see you again, Ben! ❤

[@rychadelko]

The interesting thing is that the world(s) in Darkened Skye were inspired by four Skittles commercials from the 90s.

[@herowatcher8403]

Darkened Skye was Skittles!? I mean I heard of the game before thanks to my curiosity. But SKITTLES!? & I thought The Incredibles game & LJN’s games were a trip

[@blueythedragonknight3949]

Who knew there was an Action RPG based on Skittles of all things, I guess tasting the rainbow can have strange and powerful benefits.

[@ilikecurry2345]

To celebrate 50 Bens, we have Animaniacs, Disney Think Fast, Skittles.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Also, with the new Smurf show and the subsequent Smurfs Kart, this makes Smurfs: My First Racer (or 3-2-1 Smurf) no longer the only Smurf-related car game.

[@TheOldArchiver]

That Emoji Kart Racer looks and feels like shovelware developed for the Wii, i had no idea that games like that were still made today...

[@erindelgado9639]

Glad you made it this far for your 50 Videos and those are very…… interested games you shown us. I got to try the Disney’s Think Fast game one day. For my own liensed games I’ve played are two of the Bakugan games (Battle Brawlers & Defenders of the Core), the Adams Family Mission Masnion one. But if I would suggest some games for you, I would still offer Steven Universe Light Trilogy (aka Attack the Light, Save the Light & Unleash the Light). Look forward to what you’ll do next Ben, you have a great day.

[@meta527II]

I think I've played that one Disney's Think Fast game before, when some people brought it to my school.

[@modermousev2ofthegoldendeer]

17:30 WHAT? I CANT HEAR YOU, I Haven't BEEN THIS DEAF SINCE SHREK TREASURE HUNT.

[@Speed_311]

I love every joke from that skittles game. And looking at this video, I realize that my humor is probably broken.

[@miilexthemii9353]

I thought that the emoji kart game will be the next joke game i want to play... But ya sure prove me wrong, a fantasy game about Skittles... I NEED to play this!!!

[@Princess36621]

Sorry I wasn't able to make the premiere, but I think this was a good video. Also, people have made a video game promoting Skittles and a terrible Halloween movie promoting Hawaiian Rolls. This world is going insane.

[@cybermadness2503]

I remember playing Darkened Skye in my pre-teen years and having a lot of fun playing it. For an original story, world and lore, I honestly thought it was great.

[@skapokonroll]

I am not surprised that I Spy has so many games considering there's a whole game genre called Hidden Object Games. It's a match made in heaven

[@Danominator]

Toy Story Racer is so unironically good, I can't believe how well it's held up

[@Pamjamelia]

This really was the bee's keys

[@ryancarless7921]

I remember the I SPY books, very obscure, didn't know they made a game

[@misterzygarde6431]

I’d like to bring up that for Animaniacs, it and Tiny Toon Adventures along with Pinky and the Brain were being rerun despite their ends. Heck they were being rerun on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons and hell, Pinky and the Brain was on Jetix alongside Batman The Animated Series and Superman the Animated Series. Keep in mind, Jetix was a block on Toon Disney, granted this was before Disney bought Marvel but still. At this point it wouldn’t have been a surprise if hypothetically, Animaniacs and Tiny Toons got reruns on 4Kids TV.

[@bubbles46853-ep9if]

Okay, the marketing joke actually made me chuckle. And the “It’s written in… BACKWARDS!!” cracked an amused smile. I liked the orange, green, and yellow ones best. How about you?

[@matrixguardian4539]

That Smurfs kart racer is now out on PS4 and Xbox One, so it’s no longer a Switch exclusive. But please don’t remind me of that emoji kart racer, please.

[@SmokeTheHorsehog]

Some games leave me at a loss for words. That Skittles game did that.

[@michaelmcgowan6242]

Somehow animaniacs for the gamecube is expensive, I really wanna try it out, out of curiosity

[@ericwijaya2119]

When I think obscure licensed games the first thing that came to mind was that free Oreo Fruit Ninja-like that was sold on Play Store

[@LuckyLeverVIEJO]

fun fact: darkened skye's executive producer was the director of the Zelda CDI games

[@WillieManga]

I'm not the kind who minds the slow frequency of content creators (mostly cause I got Stardew Valley to preoccupy my time anyway XD). I get it, sometimes things are complicated, and I just care that they're safe and not doing something really shady. So what have we here? Oh man, Darkened Skye is so ridiculous I am fascinated. Like, replace the Skittles with literally anything else, and that magic combination system would still be interesting, but maybe everything else about it would feel more generic. Even if you are subscribed to Projared Plays, you may not have caught his own playthrough of it. In fact, only a bit over 40 thousand people watched it. My personal pick for this topic is the California Raisins game, The Grape Escape. Like the Gorillaz, the California Raisins were an animated band that almost transcended the line between fiction and reality. Remember the guy who made arguably the scariest Satan in the Mark Twain movie? Will Vinton was also pretty well involved in marketing, creating both the Dominos Pizza's mascot The Noid, and the California Raisins, both of whom got NES games. Sadly, the latter was never officially released, and I only heard it through the grapevine, as it were, when Jontron covered it on his licenced food based games video. I find it strange that they cancelled it, as it was almost fully ready to be released, even if it was only cancelled due to the declining popularity of the brand. Considering I'm the only one who talked about it here so far, it's pretty safe to say it qualifies, though only ROMs of it exist.

[@ScratStitch]

NGL I seriously want an entire video on the Skittles game now.

[@Triforce_of_Doom]

*Dark Skye's boxart is shown* why do I feel like I know this game? *shot of Skye holding the artifact brings back memory of another video* OH

[@SociallDrinkerr]

Been wanting to cover or see someone cover that Animaniacs platformer! Amazing work man😂

[@Real_Bossclips]

I was thinking "Are emojis technically a license? Are they not essentially just public domain?" But then I realized they were in cars and to use them you DO need a license. A driver's license. So it does count, and now I don't have to write a comment pointing it out!

[@aeonixhope8383]

Definitely a great video! The I Spy game especially appears interesting...

[@Seven-rz3vg]

I SPY! I REMEMBER THAT! YOU TRIGGERED MY NOSTALGIA!!!

[@montanajackson3713]

I remember renting Disney’s think fast from my local library.

[@BugsyFoga]

Time to head down the license hole

[@meta527II]

10:58 Pink and the Brain are from the Animaniacs? I thought they debuted in their own show! Guess I heard wrong.

[@BenjaMage]

Yep, they're Animaniacs characters (and got their own show because of how popular they became).

[@meta527II]

@@BenjaMage yeah, I knew they had their own show, I just thought that was their debut appearance.

[@jaygooese4242]

Alright then ever played Mega man Legends PS1?

[@Geno746]

There's another Smurfs game called Mission Villeaf. Its a 3D platformer and it seems pretty fun but I haven't played it or seen many people talk about it. MARSUPILAMI - HOOBADVENTURE could be interesting too as it seems to be a donkey kong country clone for another episode like this.

[@Aster_Iris]

One more recent licensed game that I really loved and honestly had no idea was a license game until I tried to look up fanart of it was Deedlit in the Wonder Labyrinth. That game is. So good. The perfect game to scratch any Metroidvania itch even if you're a scrub who knows nothing of classic anime like me.

[@jordanhunter3375]

16:12 Wouldn't you say they....DRIVE YOU UP A WALL? 😂

[@lilsunny7399]

Not sure how obscure it was but in the same universe as Shrek Party and four different Shrek platformers. Anyone else remember Shrek Super Slam? Loved that shit as a kid. Think Power Stone with Shrek and various Fairytale characters where you won by getting the most KOs, you got those by throwing enemies off the stage or saving up a SLAM meter and doing a super move. also Prince Charming and The Black Knight were OP as heck.

[@jamesrodney951]

“Stars with cars and bees at keys” 😂😂😂😂

[@GameFactsSpecial]

This episode is gonna be hype!

[@erindelgado9639]

I remember I did played Gravity Falls: Legend of Gnome Gemlets on the 3DS as that is a very obscure Disney game, and it was all right and very short. Heard of it, since you did enjoy the show itself?

[@princesspixel3151]

17:26 I think I heard a child crying in the deafening crowd

[@OtakuJuanma2]

Yes, I would love yo see a second part.

[@wolvesretro]

I'm really diggin your content! Just found your channel today and have been listening to it at work all day today!!🎉

[@korhol2065]

I remember I spy, such as I spy fun house It was a good twenty minute brain teaser

[@starbit5065]

I honestly wish I was a fly on the wall to know the full story behind the creation of Darkened Skye. I wonder if it was originally meant to be it’s own thing, but the studio was too low on funds to finish it. And that’s when Skittles came in and said “We’ll give you the money to finish your game, but at a specific cost.”

[@BenjaMage]

It was the reverse, believe it or not; it being a Skittles game came first, and the fantasy adventure angle came second. XD

[@starbit5065]

@@BenjaMage Not gonna lie, that actually makes the end result all the funnier. :P

[@skapokonroll]

Wasn't it inspired by a series of Skittles commercials of the era which took place in a fantasy world?

[@bluestreaker9242]

Oh gee...a kart-racer centered around emojis isn't very good...consider me shooketh. XD Yeah, soon as I saw the title of the last game, I knew what was coming... Why yes, I DO watch PBG, how could you tell? XD

[@Klonoahedgehog]

That Smurfs game looks way better than it has any right to be.