Robbit Mon Dieu | PS1, 1999 | The Jumping Flash That Got Away

[@importgamingftw]

Hey, everyone, thanks for watching--do you have any Jumping Flash memories? I had the first two games growing up and loved them, they were unlike anything else I had at that time, especially because my PS1 was basically the RPG machine for me. Anyway, this video has been a long time coming. No, really, I was set to do a video on Robbit Mon Dieu way back in 2014, had hours of Jumping Flash 1, 2 and Robbit Mon Dieu gameplay recorded, had some graphics/assets made, was working on a script...and I just dropped it. I don't even remember why. Well, 11 years later and at least I can say I made the video. Apologies if my voice sounds weird (-er than usual) in a few parts, I was dealing with a stuffy nose that just would/will not go away. Probably time to finally head to a clinic.

[@digiart4792]

It's a great feeling when you finish a project you started years ago, isn't it? Unfortunately, I don't have any memories related with Jumping Flash, I maybe got my first PS1 around '97. For some reason it wasn't that popular in my specific PAL region, so I never heard about the series until a decade ago! In a sense I missed the boat, but it looks like a very charming/appealing/unique early PS1 game, so once I find the time I'll be trying it out. I remember Hardcore Gamefan didn't like the third game much, which is probably why it's not as well known. I'll be watching this video a few minutes from now, during dinner. I'm expecting a good time as always. You undersell yourself, but you really shouldn't. Your videos are great and I rewatch them frequently because of that. Cheers!

[@pakasack]

Yeah get thyself to a clinic! Thanks again for your interesting content 😀

[@PastoKage]

I used to have a demo disc with a neat demo of JF in it as a kid. The bgm of one of those stages stuck in my head for ages. 20+ years later I decided to finally get the full game and beat it as an adult. Good stuff.

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

this is the perfect video to watch while I watch 2 other videos.

[@PROMANIA-q3v]

I got and have all 4 games on PS3 and tried the first two a bit a while back, watching this made me want too try this one. Though with it being in Japanese it really seems like you would miss out alot on not understanding the language. Hope it sees a fan translation someday!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Great video. Reminds me a bit of importgamingFTW, but more handsome!

[@CorbininJapan]

I know right! ImprortGamingFTW was good and all, but this Region Unlocked channel really has it goin' on ❤‍🔥

[@importgamingftw]

Agreed. Also more handsome than that CD-i fan channel guy I see pop up from time to time, but nowhere near as handsome as London Vice!

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

I've played both Jumping Flash 1 and 2 growing up, but I never got around playing Mon Dieu due to being more story focused/heavy with dialogue, and well, I don't know japanese, lol. Perhaps if a fan translation pops up one day. Also, shout out to all JF fans, I recently found out Robbit was modded into Doom, lol, complete with weapons and 3d model, plus the game's enemies replacing the Doom demons. From what I've seen, it's really cool and well done, you can even triple jump too, ahah.

[@importgamingftw]

I need to check out that Doom mod! Thanks for the heads up!

[@Caspicum]

I've never been able to handle Jumping Flash's camera. It feels like one of those things that'd put me down for the day because of how wonky it is, but I love the concept. Seems like Robbit Mon J- Dieu is effectively the same thing, but those visuals are incredibly charming.

[@importgamingftw]

I felt a little discombobulated by the camera when I was a kid, but now it's something I'm so used to that I don't even notice how disorienting it all is.

[@jamestunnell3359]

Love it

[@technozombie789]

Great video as always

[@importgamingftw]

Thank you!

[@user-dd6on5cr3u]

1. Love how this comments section has so many of my other favorite gaming KZbinrs commenting already. Your channel really is like the “band’s favorite band” of channels 2. Never could get into Jumping Flash but this game looks like a way more formed and playable gameplay style.

[@importgamingftw]

1. I'll take that description, thanks! 2. Not sure when the last time you played Jumping Flash was, but I find it pretty easy to pick up and play these days, even more so than when I first played it in the late 90s.

[@AvalancheReviews]

Some big dork just brought me a copy of Ghost in the Shell on PS1

[@importgamingftw]

*big handsome dork

[@putridscene]

It was nice to see the series get a nod in the Astro Bot games. I loved this series back in the day and it always felt like one of the early games that helped the Playstation stand out. There's nothing quite like it!

[@importgamingftw]

I still need to play the new Astro Bot, but I figured the Robbit was in there. Yeah, Jumping Flash was such a unique title in the early PS1 library, when I was a kid I felt like it was the Mario 64 of the system.

[@321cheeseman]

*_"There's nothig quite like it!"_* Well, there's Geograph Seal on the Sharp X68000 also made by Exact just a year before Jumping Flash!, which plays near identically but with more focus on the shooting and less on the jumping.

[@MrSerpico145]

Love Jumping Flash. I bought the first game back in the day. Such a great experience to play it during its time.

[@importgamingftw]

I was lucky that my mom just randomly picked up Jumping Flash for me one day in 1998 shortly after I got a PS1, long box and all.

[@MrSerpico145]

@@importgamingftw Nice! I have a real soft spot for long box PS1 games... so much nostalgia.

[@Larry]

Always gutted this never saw a Western release, even more so that Sony has done nothing with the license other than the odd cameo in Astro Bot games.

[@importgamingftw]

I feel that if Sony would have treated this and several of their other early IPs right, they could have been close to Nintendo level 1st party franchises by now.

[@Larry]

@@importgamingftw Sony has always sucked at creating mascots for their systems. They've had multiple chances over the years to buy the rights to Crash Bandicoot, and now it's in the hands of their biggest competitor.

[@ksenolog]

Huh, never knew this existed, just thought of original game as one off. Good video, thanks! Separate thanks for including sentai sequence!

[@importgamingftw]

Thanks--and if there was a man who would appreciate robot bunnies and sentai guys, it's you!

[@ksenolog]

​@@importgamingftw one of these days you'll have to feature some pure toku or robot games in their full :D

[@importgamingftw]

@@ksenolog I already have plans on doing just that.

[@CorbininJapan]

I keep forgetting that you rebranded your youtube channel >_< That being said, LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PBandJo]

Very niceeee

[@chasonlapointe]

I had no idea that there was a third Jumping Flash game, I love the more story driven focus that it has. This would have been a definite purchase had it come out in the states.

[@importgamingftw]

Glad you know now--and yeah, this would have been an easy purchase for me as a kid. Take my chore/birthday money!

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

I've never heard of this game before!

[@importgamingftw]

I'm happy you know now!

[@chuckbanzai]

Woah, there is a third game!?

[@fazares]

i own and love it

[@rayphoenix7296]

I think the Jumping Flash games are some of my favorite games on the Ps1. They are some of the most unique games to ever exist. I wish there were more games in this franchise. I remember telling a friend about Jumping Flash and he didn't believe me that it was a real game. He exploded when he found out it was a real game by me showing him the copy that I have of the first game.

[@DGR_Dave]

I imported this a couple years ago and really enjoyed it! It's a shame to not know Japanese though as I couldn't understand the cutscenes which seemed to only add to the games charm. Great video as always my friend! P.S. love the rebrand! Meant to comment on that last video and forgot 😅

[@FuzzballRenakitty]

Awesome stuff! This is the Jumping Flash game we never got- and sadly even trying to get PAL copies of the originals can be a lil pricey, especially the second game! :) Thank you for doing a vid on this, was very curious and its wonderful to hear a familiar and friendly voice talking about games when it can be a lil anxiety inducing to look up new content.. is that a weird thing? Hmm..

[@importgamingftw]

Good luck finding those PAL Jumping Flash games--I'm happy I own the NA copies, but they're at my family home in the States at the moment. I think my old copy of JF 2 has the manual cover, but all the pages are missing (must have been a rental store purchase). I understand the anxiety, I get it too! Even just checking messages online can be a bit daunting.

[@LucaBoldrini-td4qy]

Strange that theres no fan translation, i think Sony should remaster all 3 jumping flash i mean they all look very good and clean so they just analogic control and more definition

[@importgamingftw]

That would be a day one purchase for me.

[@pedrohenriqueboscofi]

The "mon jew" is k*llin me every time

[@importgamingftw]

Am I...mispronouncing it? I checked some pronunciation guides and I thought it was OK...also, the Japanese way of saying it is "monja," so I thought I wasn't too off.

[@bv1825]

I like this channel :3

[@importgamingftw]

Thank you, I like that you like this channel!

[@bv1825]

@@importgamingftw No problem. I could suggest you at least 3 games of the ps1, but that will be up to you Pop'n Tanks Rakugaki Showtime (I think) Panzer Bandit With that said, keep it up man

[@importgamingftw]

@@bv1825 Those three games are literally sitting to my right in a pile of future/potential videos as I type this!

[@bv1825]

@@importgamingftw Great, along SeanSeason, it's good to have chanels that focus a bit more deep on those rare games that never left Japan. Especially those coming from the Ps1, considering the actual state of Sony and that most of their Ips are...well...in a "better place" Dare to say I met your channel checking the London Steampunk RPG video you made 8 years ago.

[@bpcgos]

Region Unlocked Japan? I never remember subbed to the channel but then familiar Jimmy Happa voices heard, oh ok, Im the one forgot about the name change ...lol

[@importgamingftw]

I hope you'll get used to it soon.

[@pakasack]

Great video! Uh stupid question but is the original Robbit an actual robot bunny or does he also have a little guy inside him piloting him, like the one in this game? 🤔

[@importgamingftw]

Thank you so much for the donation! I was always under the impression that the Robbit was an autonomous robot, and it wasn't until I played Robbit Mon Dieu years back that I, too, questioned that. I think that it's another pilot (supposed to be you, the player), and probably works something like Ghost in the Shell where the fuchikomas/tachikomas where the vehicles have personalities (except Robbit doesn't speak). I also think that it's a pilot because of the dashboard, which also includes your dangling AI buddy as if it was decoration hanging from the rear view mirror.

[@pakasack]

@@importgamingftw ahh ok, yeah that's a good breakdown. The endless mysteries of retrogaming! 🤪

[@RetroDrew]

I attempted to review this game a few months back and was rather unimpressed. I made sure to revisit the first 2 games and found that they actually hold up well enough but something about the missions in this game didn't quite do it for it for me. Clearly, it's a graphical upgrade to the previous entries and the controls feel ever so slightly tighter, but I can see why this wasn't brought over. As you mentioned I'd love to see this series come back. I'd kill to see what the Astrobot team could do with Jumping Flash. Doesn't have to be a big game but give me a quick 4 to 5 hour budget title akin to Astro's Playroom. I'd love that!

[@importgamingftw]

I think it starts off a bit slow--missions are kind of simple, and there are too many jumping & ring diving ones early on, but it eventually gets pretty addicting and engaging, especially since you come to know the characters better. The best missions I played, however, were after beating the final boss.

[@mattsephton]

The history of this games goes back not just through EXACT and Geograph Seal but also to an old Macintosh game called Samurai Mech (1992)

[@importgamingftw]

I knew about Geograph Seal, but Samurai Mech is new to me. Looks cool, thanks for the info!

[@forcedfeedbackclassicgamer5499]

Love Jumping Flash.

[@davidscottheath]

Great video! Playing Katamari Damacy for the first time really made me wish we'd gotten a PS2 Jumping Flash with dual analog controls at 60 FPS. Real shame Sony has continued to sleep on this series.

[@importgamingftw]

Katamari Damacy is such a good game/series, I hope Bandai Namco make a new entry (instead of reskins).

[@Pridetoons]

I was just looking into this game. It looks pretty interesting.

[@Pridetoons]

😊😊😊

[@importgamingftw]

It's definitely worth picking up if you think it's even vaguely interesting, since it's still so cheap.

[@MellowGaming]

I remember reading about this game years ago but hadn't seen it properly. Looks really nice. You can tell it's a late PS1 game with all the dithering. Quite dig the lower focus on combat too.

[@CommonSense-hy2sn]

I'm up for more Jumping Flash! Wish first person platformers were more of a thing, really enjoyed Mirrors Edge and me and my buddy always had a blast getting out of bounds in fps games through platforming, genade jumps, giving eachother boosts etc Gonna get Jumping Flash a go once I have my new place setup and the CRT out of storage. Great vid Jimmy!

[@importgamingftw]

Thank you, and I love unconventional first-person perspective games. One of my favorites is Break Down for the Xbox, and the original Mirror's Edge is awesome (still one of the best looking games I've seen, something about how it moves and the simplicity of the colors/lighting). Hope you enjoy Jumping Flash!

[@rayphoenix7296]

This reminds me of when someone asked me what my favorite FPS is and I answered, "Jumping Flash."

[@grimnir6169]

We need a remaster for the ps5. ❤

[@importgamingftw]

Jumping Flash Archives and Jumping Flash Jumping Again when?!

[@grimnir6169]

@@importgamingftw that’s so much jumping!!!

[@joshuaryuken]

Is it still worth going back to Jumping Flash 1/2?

[@RetroDrew]

They hold well enough. I actually prefer 1 & 2 over this game

[@importgamingftw]

UNDOUBTEDLY!

[@321cheeseman]

They're fantastic in their own way. Exact's Ghost in the Shell is also well worth checking out.

[@PROMANIA-q3v]

For anyone who wants too play this game or any other jumping flash game: Both Jumping flash 1,2, Robbit mon dieu and pocket muu muu are available on the PS3 Store 1 and 2 are available on the American one. I know 1 is on the European one. Not sure about 2 And all four are available on the Japanese one

[@MN_-]

wow this game looks awesome

[@FlavourFool]

Did you get this on the Japanese PS3 shop? Wondered if you've also come across the weird MuuMuu game... Edit: Yes, you have come across it!

[@importgamingftw]

I've had the actual game for so long, I never had a need to download the PSN shop version. I hope to talk about MuuMuu Pocket in the future!

[@SamuraiSam]

I hope this one gets a translation patch someday!!

[@kylestyle5693]

I’m liking the new style. Can’t wait for the next Japanese gem!

[@darktetsuya]

I do have fond memories of the first, but don't think I ever got around to the sequel, much less this third JP-only sequel. bizarre there's no strafing, I mean looking it up it said it does support the analog controller, so the lack of strafing is weird, indeed. we're definitely way overdue for a sequel, but I suppose that could be said about many PSX-era Sony titles.

[@importgamingftw]

Definitely one of many Sony IPs that needs some kind of proper update. I'm hoping the Astro Bot success triggers something like a renaissance of 1st/2nd party PS1 games that aren't trendy and modern...but I have no faith in Sony. You know, I'm so wired to using the d-pad for Jumping Flash that I didn't even test out analog movement when I recorded my gameplay for this video!

[@321cheeseman]

For whatever it's worth, when you're in the air you move laterally rather than turning, and your first jump is a relatively small hop that doesn't point the camera downward, so you can sort of use single jumps to strafe.

[@rayphoenix7296]

@@importgamingftw That describes how I view the analog control in the Wipeout games. I got accustomed to using the d pad to play the first two Wipeouts so when I play Wipeout 3, I pretty much always use the d pad even though that game fully supports the analog controller. I am also like that with the later Wipeout games too.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

I love Jumping Flash. Just feels good to play, and is a nice, fun experience. I cannot believe Sony didn't resurrect the IP for at least ONE PSVR title - that would've been _wild,_ but with Jim Ryan in charge, their whole "f**k Japanese games and legacy IP" attitude was in full swing so they could focus on live service and Naughty Dog-style "narrative driven" AAA blockbusters, ugh. Now that Hideaki Nishino is President, I hope things will change for the better but I'm not holding my breath. I do miss when Sony's Japanese studios were allowed to just be weird and fun and memorable and colorful and pump out games like this or Hermie Hopperhead or Ape Escape.

[@infasis]

Oh, these were Import Gaming FTW videos!... I'll obviously watch them either way now that I know what they are lol, but the old branding was pretty great, because it felt really unique and more personal... I'm just happy you're sharing videos with us though, so whatever works :p

[@importgamingftw]

Thank you, and I'm glad you figured out the not-so-mystery! I wish IGFTW would have worked out, I was so used to it, but honestly I should have made the change back in 2015 when I was really considering it, or just went with Region Unlocked or one of the other names I considered from the start.

[@Rikku12e]

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