Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (DS) Full Campaign

[@Mr_Chunk]

I played this game religiously as a kid, and I completely forgot the name of it for about a decade until I recently started looking into DS ROMs. Thank you for unearthing this ancient and forgotten childhood joy.

[@melonman8123]

This is one of the best yet most unknown Star Wars stories

[@jonathancharron7360]

This story is ridiculous. Felt like reading a middle schooler's fan-fiction

[@shadowofdread7018]

@@jonathancharron7360 I disagree. The plot of having one brother be good and the other be evil is a bit cliche, but the rest of the story had some good twists and turns. And I like how it tied in with both the prequels and the OT. Is it the best Star Wars story? Probably not. But it’s a good one

[@Arditi311]

I was never able to beat the final boss, thanks for showing me the ending I never got to experience as a kid

[@douglasmitchum1488]

For the 20 + times I did it I used my rockets and blasters and force abilities to get him down low enough then my saber

[@masterkratos0929]

It took me ages to beat X1 too. I just resorted to using everything I had in the heavy class before constantly throwing my lightsaber at him until he was finished

[@Dark_DragonLord]

I beated x1 on hard mode and on psp

[@spartan120_3]

I managed to beat X1 multiple times using just my lightsaber and the Force.

[@Furiac.]

1:57:07 I got stuck on this shooting section as a kid and never beat the game

[@sanlorenzo7896]

It’s sad how the psp version skimmed the storyline, but I’m glad to see it all fleshed out on this one. After so many years, it still bugs me to this day how a console version was never released.

[@SwornHeresy]

Well when Battlefront 3 got canned, they kept the mobile versions and renamed it Elite Squadron. Blame Free Radical for skimming LucasArts' money to finish Haze, and blame LucasArts for not allowing Rebellion to finish the console version when they offered.

[@PKryik]

Wait really? I was under the impression the PSP was the closest to the planned version

[@nicksmith-rz2dl]

Psp elite and renegade where wat bf3 was supposed to be just hey took out a lot of options maps ec because the console version was cancelled then along came ea who honestly could have took notes on the canceled bf3 but nope wat we got was lack luster ea bf1&2 was trash imo glad og bf2 on PC got mods that blow eas mess out of the water.

[@CritStanley]

@@PKryik In terms of gameplay, yes. But in terms of story, the DS version was the closest to what was planned. Basically before BF3 was canned, the two hand held versions skimmed down what they needed to to make it viable for their platform. Luckily(?) they both decided to skim down different areas so together, we get a pretty decent picture of what BF3 would have been.

[@nlrenzo9432]

The soundtrack and soundeffects still live in my head until today lol

[@nyoom9814]

The bacta tank sound plays in my head when I heal in video games

[@NatalieN500]

Same!

[@McStank01]

The Grievous fight gets me every time

[@sugdolomar]

Destroying the Turrets on his ship are what got me every time. That and the final X1 fight.

[@mohammadrezapahlavi4578]

@@sugdolomar hated the turret section(s?) in elite squadron

[@sugdolomar]

@@mohammadrezapahlavi4578 only the coruscant one. It was a pain in the ass because I keep getting insta-killed

[@mohammadrezapahlavi4578]

@@sugdolomar coruscant was the only one I remembered, I wish obi wan was more useful helping with the damn 70 turrets you had to take out

[@opcon3155]

It was scary and I used my rocket launcher

[@shroomish9496]

Every speeder section always gave me anxiety, especially Dathomir’s

[@sazechs_451]

This was my very first interaction with the Star Wars universe, I didn't even know any of the characters... Even living it again now, it still feels as great as back then. What I didn't remember is how hard the OST goes. It's absolutely great

[@soedirmanfighter5319]

Same with me, greatest introduction ever

[@ItsJustDawon]

Damn, this hits different now. I think I'm gonna replay this now.

[@jackhairston5330]

This game aged like fine wine

[@natspencer174]

it is a great game, i have played through it over 15 times.

[@bfelix4480]

Primeira vez jogando,até que está sendo bem legalzinho.

[@Leftylt1234]

I really love this version of the game since, unlike the PSP version, it provides more context into the actions of X2 and X1 respectively, as well as their psychology. X2 reluctance towards fighting for the Rebellion as well as earning promotion after promotion, to the point of becoming a Jedi, stems from both the trauma of the actions he committed during Act 1. When he killed Ferroda on Cato Neimoidia and failed to save his father on Dantooine, he began to doubt the quality of his character, which greatly inhibited his trust in himself and felt undeserving of the future praise he would receive following those events. As a result, he became reluctant towards his promotions and his doubts on using the Force stems from how dangerous he could end up being if he decides to tap into that power. Luke himself becomes aware of this and assures him that when the moment comes, he'll know exactly what to do and knows he won't turn. However, his brush with the dark side on Dathomir reignited these doubts and he likely became unsure of himself before and possibly during his confrontation with X1. It wouldn't until said confrontation on Mustafar where he accepts the power he has and ends up using it to end the constant conflict rather than perpetrating it, taking pity on his insane brother and sparing him. This confidence in his judgement and acceptance in himself allowed the cloned Jedi to earn the rank of Master, a title which he accepted humbly but decisively. By contrast, while X1 might've had perceived his intentions of an army of aggressive Jedi as good, his fall to the dark side was an inevitability the moment he touched the Force. As he states during his brief interaction was his brother on Mustafar, he was able to sense the conflict on all of the soldiers and their aggression, comparing it to the lava from which they fought above it. While this is mostly speculation on my part, I believe that once X1 realized his Force potential, he tapped into it to sense the aggression and conflict within others and involuntarily fed on it to feed his own power, which caused a sudden addiction to continue this process. This makes X2's assumption of the paranoia of his brother make sense since he would want to keep himself alive to enjoy feeding off the conflict of others. He's like a cowardly version of Darth Malgus. Both emphasize the importance of conflict and aggression in the dark side and have been utterly consumed by it, but where the dark lord fights himself to experience the rush of it with his allies, X1 is content to let his soldiers do the work for him while he built up his power being feeding off them and his enemies. Ironically, this desire would be his undoing as his last attempt to kill his brother ended by Green Goblining himself, and being consumed by the raging lava from below. Overall, both characters are highly underrated and have pretty good development, particularly X2. I just wish we got to see more of his story following the events of the game and see how he would fare in the Yuuzhan Vong War and the other various conflicts that were going on following the Battle of Mustafar.

[@jonathancharron7360]

I doubt the game was canon even by legends standards

[@CaptinPelley]

Thanks for uploading this! What a nostalgia trip...

[@lorecore6434]

Been looking forever for this. Thanks

[@Cipher_Nine]

I remember that final X1 fight as a kid, Cancer in it's purest form.

[@a.g.3029]

holy facts

[@douglasmitchum1488]

I remember I kept my distance from him and used my force abilities and blasters and rockets then at when X1 was low health enough I used light saber

[@Cipher_Nine]

@@douglasmitchum1488 yeah, i remember using the dual wieldies pistol class, just run back and shoot, then after a short cutscene of him raising up rocks, he would start deflecting. I then switched to rockets and when i ran out he was low enough to which i could use my lightsaber or throw it. I was so proud after so many failures to be successful.

[@mcswaggins4123]

This fight was a pain when I first played it using the Heavy class. What I did was use the lightsaber during the first phase of the fight and use shockwaves to keep him off me. When he pulls out his blaster, I whip out the chaingun and unload on him. The during the second phase where he starts tossing lava rocks at you, I still use the lightsaber and sometimes use the rocket launcher to do some extra damage as well as using maybe a detpack or two. When his health gets really low, THEN I start spamming rockets and detpacks on his ass.

[@morsecode980]

DS: Best preserved version of BF3’s campaign PSP: Most similar gameplay to the old console games.

[@BrendanSith1997]

It's during the events of Revenge Of The Sith, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, and Dark Empire.

[@Cesar1492Enjoyer]

I had this game for a really long time but was only able to beat it when I was older, really underrated game imo

[@ZKP314]

1:48:06 I'm genuinely surprised the devs modeled Stormtroopers in the aftermath of the Death Star explosion...morbid, but interesting.

[@proboscismonkey-1413]

I remember being a little kid getting stuck on the hoth turret part. Originally I was stuck on grievous but waited a year or so and came back and somehow managed to get past him, eventually had to give up on hoth once my ds lites buttons gave out.

[@AwesomeSlug2]

This whole game reeks of nostaglia and pure fun as a kid. 👍

[@Paranoid_Warpig]

This game was so fun when I was 7 the memories this gave me and especially when I would play this and fight my favorite boss battle (x1 on the ship) at my Grandpa's house truly beautiful times!

[@iGremlinGod]

loved this game as a kid, the fact that there's a full extra hour of content compared to the psp version is crazy, really want to see a remaster, not a battlefront cl assic edition

[@RMAN3]

Thank you for uploading this. I needed to see my childhood again

[@Lkarma_65]

I always killed the birch in the end with the mini gun

[@TheDevilHydraProdsXXII]

The Heavy Class always worked out in boss fights.

[@supagloo]

Lmao same

[@jacksonbarinowski3966]

This is such a throwback. I played through this game so many times when I was a kid. Makes me want to see if my old DS still works so I can do it again haha

[@hunted7883]

This game was and still is absolute fire, I sunk so many hours of my childhood into this game

[@DrZom]

19:42 poor clone

[@Thuggg]

I recently found my old ds and dsi and I remember I had this game and loved it so much but sadly I lost it over the years😔

[@ZKP314]

Personal Headcanon Timeline of Elite Squadron, mixing both versions. Act 1-Clone Wars 1. Tatooine 2. Coruscant 3. Cato Nemoidia 4. Dantooine Act 2-Dark Times 1. Desolation Station 2. Death Star 3. Geonosis Act 3-Civil War 1. Yavin IV 2. Hoth 3. Endor IV Act 4-Clone Imperium 1. Bespin 2. Vjun 3. Dathomir 4. Mustafar

[@supagloo]

PSP should had the same story senarios as this. I still played both versions and beat the campaigns, but I was really hopping we could get this story on the PS4 but sadly the game (bf3) was cancelled.

[@countdooku9521]

One of the best ds game

[@atomic8026]

The final boss in this game is BRUTAL

[@jakeb.7997]

Forgot how stupidly overpowered the mini gun was (at the cost of having to listen to the sound of it firing) And this video also reminded me just how hard that final boss really was

[@sazechs_451]

"Dark Souls is hard" people when they have to fight X1 on Mustafar 😰

[@Irishfatboy]

General grievous and X1 were the hardest boss battles

[@nyoom9814]

I used to play this game over and over and over again as a kid. I still have it in my ds somewhere cause it was the only game I owned so I never took it out. I opened up my ds about 2 years ago and played a bit of the hoth mission before it died. Still need to buy a charger :^)

[@robert-thorpe181]

I had this dog crap strategy for fighting lightsaber boss battles when I was a kid. I used that same strategy I was using before I got the lightsaber and that strategy was to run backwards around the whole arena. I would use the classes to my advantage like the bazooka and grenades, but when I ran out I had to just throw the lightsaber the bosses, this would only remove centimeters off their healthbars. I wish I used this guy’s strategy of striking and backing away quickly.

[@tbsupratom7232]

Absolute nostalgia trip

[@user-xd6bm1wl7m]

Muchas gracias ❤ el juego de mi infancia y adolescencia

[@whatsthisaboveme6064]

Psp(the gameplay)+ ds(the story)= the true game

[@CrimZen9000]

The nostalgia… I have the game case but lost the game cartridge

[@valshades6515]

2:23 to this day i read this in landos voice

[@SomeOrangeCat]

N-Space and the DS were a match made in heaven.

[@K.J.Richard]

3:33:10 Dont tell Harry!

[@arkfounder7056]

3:33:05 - Godspeed Spider-Man.

[@Falkriim]

I had no idea there was a DS version of this game. I prefer the PSP version but I’m a little biased because the PSP version was one of if not my favourite childhood games haha, spent hours playing the multiplayer. Interesting to see another take on the formula though. That artwork is really good though.

[@richterdelgan123]

This aparently has a more flesh out story and bossbattles

[@SGTLuPolt]

I played the shit out of this games as a kid Finished it more than once Amazing game

[@bort-oy6ux]

i remember i used exactly the same strategy as you against the final boss lol

[@Paranoid_Warpig]

1:56:11 this part was really hard growing up one of the biggest roadblocks I had but I still overcame it!

[@rektorlimbo2322]

i beat the game like 20 times :D

[@lucasrosendal3420]

Dude I completed this game like 3 times on my DS. Simpler times

[@Sonoma1992]

This was the first game I played all the time, I beat it like 20+ times.

[@wyatthen55]

The memories 😢

[@BrendanSith1997]

It's like Bionicle to the next level.

[@Dave_Chrome]

26:53 Grievous falling into traffic lmao

[@azote339]

So underrated

[@holgerlord_winkler88]

I forgot about this game i played it as a kid

[@ConnerVain]

X1 is underrated.

[@jonathancharron7360]

He's ridiculous

[@foxandroidtm2623]

I genuinely wonder how did you configure it to that high graphic.

[@Starwarsfan1253]

0:10 I am surprised the Star Wars theme sounds good in the ds.

[@brandondavis8584]

I bought the DS version thinking it was just going to be like the PSP version boy was I mistaken.

[@dercoxile9939]

PSP gameplay >>> DS gameplay DS campaign >>>>> PSP campaign

[@seanmuller7579]

Does ANYONE know what the title screen music for the ds version is called?

[@prozbinh9858]

This must be Starwars Battlefront III :((((

[@nightmarefuel8537]

The final boss was so hard

[@SadAndVengeful]

The only thing I didn't like in this game was that they gave Ferroda a blue lightsaber. If it comes to the rest, this game is superior to it's PSP counterpart.

[@samuraicoachgamer3367]

3:33:53 best moment

[@Silversurfergio]

X1 Is a Very strong Boss but i defeated him.

[@bankai7087]

he was ez to me

[@BrendanSith1997]

DESTROY MAINFRAME!

[@seigneurpalpatine12]

22:10 What's the song please

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

This: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5bXqHauad5noqc&ab_channel=TheGhostCritic Starting at around 0:50.

[@BrendanSith1997]

Jedi can't use guns.

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

Luke did.

[@thesaviordj1987]

So did Obi-Wan. Lol

[@jonathancharron7360]

Tell that to Sabine Wren

[@jonathancharron7360]

While the game is impressive for the DS, this story is fucking ridiculous! Secret Jedi clones? Really? X1 thinking that he's special because he's an hour older, and now he's just evil all of a sudden? "Peaceful planet of Tatooine" 😂 And why does X2 have to be involved in every major battle from the OT? "Oh, look, X2 flew behind Vader in the Battle of Yavin after fighting Stormtroopers on Yavin IV's surface! This makes you, X2, very important to the SW lore! Don't you feel special?" 🙄 This is like SW middle school fan-fiction.

[@piranhaattack4836]

It’s funny to think they used assets to from planned battlefront 3 in this game after cancelilinf it and it’s like they gave us this instead