Super Nintendo (SNES) Game Facts

[@DidYouKnowGamin]

If you want more trivia, here's one hour of Nintendo Facts ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnure6qgd7WVb7s

[@MrKerr9000]

In Europe we had a just all-stars cart to start with then later got a cart that was all-stars and world combined.

[@CloudHiro]

a interesting fact about american mario 2 though? it actually WAS mario 2. Not so widely known was that when mario 2 was in development, before Myamoto was the man that could do no wrong in the company and had complete creative control, he origonally wanted to make mario 2 vastly different than the original. but then nintendos owners went "no, more of the same game that was super successful" thus his origonal work on mario 2 was scrapped. BUT was reused for Doki Doki Panic. so in a round about way we ended up getting the real mario 2 over here. Look it up!

[@RhizometricReality]

SERIOUS EPILEPSY WARNING 3:50 to 3:58 watch out. ⚠️⚠️⚠️

[@1JAM229]

@@CloudHiro Yup. Gaming Historian explains it all.

[@chickenwings6172]

Aladdin and the lion king is way better on Sega Genesis. And yes i was a SNES kid and made fun of my cousin and the Genesis all thru the 90's. Genesis does have better sports games hands down no contest.

[@Forever_Zero]

I appreciate that instead of censoring Cyan's book in FFVI they made the sex joke even more obvious for the GBA

[@atre5763]

Even to this day. I love the Super Nintendo! So many games that pushed the boundaries of what games can be.

[@Robert-tl2vg]

The same can be said of any console in history.

[@Blackcard_XCII]

Yup, until the PS1 came and swallowed that mf

[@SECONDQUEST]

@@Blackcard_XCII yup until pc came around. Wait a minute... That's not the point of what OP said, is it?

[@Bandrik]

Limitations really do help an artist shine. The SNES is a perfect example. :)

[@lucidexistance1]

I love gaming but have trouble enjoying the classics I loved. Earthbound is a rare exception, but my god. I've got an emulator and nearly every SNES game on my phone and I just find myself getting sad quickly. 😂

[@dtdimeflicks6708]

The 16-bit era still stands as the best and most innovative in gaming. So many boundaries were pushed and limits exceeded.

[@EnwardHiggins]

Yeah so innovative, platformers just like in the NES era and JRPGs just like in the NES era.

[@EnwardHiggins]

@@Tsukiru The most popular games on the SNES are the same shit than the NES.

[@dtdimeflicks6708]

@@EnwardHiggins what's it like to be so cynical? I've never tried it because life is better when you appreciate things more. I'm guessing you probably weren't even born before home consoles leapt out of the 1980's and showed us things we never thought possible.

[@scottcaves1258]

@@EnwardHiggins In terms of storytelling, gameplay mechanics, the hardware, and just the overall replayability, the SNES was such a step up from the NES. Like there are very few NES games I go back and play, but the SNES has dozens I can go back and play again today.

[@LordCowCow]

@@dtdimeflicks6708 While I don't agree with what Espeoni said, isn't it also a bit cynical to say that the games 20-30 years ago were better and more innovative than anything after it?

[@Sly88Frye]

That is actually really cool that the developers thought about that on earthbound. You have a full inventory and buzz buzz just gives that last item to somebody else to keep. That was very thoughtful of them. They probably noticed the problem when they were testing the game and finding an error constantly happen every time they tried to get through that part when they filled up their inventory. Even though I feel like the odds of having your inventory full that early in the game are pretty unlikely

[@LordPichuPal]

Yeah, you can't go into town or buy anything before then. All you can do is hope the crows drop cookies when you beat them, and that could take a while to get a full inventory from.

[@MegaHarv]

I love skipping the Sound Stone, I do it every time I play Earthbound now out of principal. There's even a part later in the game where if you hit select on the second controller when Tony is recording your name in Summers, the flag on the boat at the bottom of the screen will flop up and down.

[@GabePuratekuta]

What if you did it out of vice principal?

[@MegaHarv]

@@GabePuratekuta Not sure. I don't have the "detention span" to figure it out

[@Rpodnee]

I skipped the sound stone once. But the time and energy it takes to do so really outweigh the tiny reward.

[@metallicoustic6733]

Just started my 2nd playthrough. Wish I knew this handy trick! I just finished Threed so I'm a bit to far in now to reset again

[@sharmat1611]

@@Rpodnee especially with the constant theft of all manner of cookie and bread roll

[@Level1Sword]

Sakurai is both a madman and a genius. Love that guy!

[@aubrey326]

I love Did You Know Gaming, so no hate here.. but a flash warning would have been nice before minute 4 came. That was very intense, as someone who has ailments that are triggered by light sensitivity I was not expecting that.

[@HelpTheWretched]

Yeah, I don't even have any such condition, but it still hurt my eyes.

[@TheBetterGamer]

8:31 I'm not sure if this is a correction or whatever, but there is an NES style version of "The Lost Levels" if you consider "Super Mario Bros. Deluxe" for the Game Boy Color. However, in that version, not only is it still confined to the dimensions of the GBC, it's also missing worlds 9 through D. Don't know if this counts, but I figured I'd mention it because it's basically an NES skin of what we got.

[@HelpTheWretched]

So it has all of SMB1 and the first 8 worlds of The Lost Levels? That is a pretty sweet bonus that I never knew about.

[@spacephantomranger]

we hosted exchange students when i was young and i remember finding out about the difference between japan and us mario 2 way before it was ever common knowledge from one of my Japanese friends. he was just as shocked as i was finding out.. he was also super pumped to be able to play a different mario game he hadnt played before.

[@EnigmaticLucas]

Fun Fact: the American version was eventually released in Japan as "Super Mario USA"

[@springcheese3642]

9:04 I think something similar happens when you press select on controller 2 when you’re entering the player’s name for the first time in Toto, there is a flag on a ship and you can make it appear and disappear by pressing the button.

[@MrKerr9000]

In Europe there was the regular All stars cart with just the NES Mario games on then later there was a combined all stars and world cart just wanted to clarify

[@tetravega567]

Yeah we have All Stars, and the later All Stars + World here in North America as well.

[@TheBlackSeraph]

AFAIK, for PAL territories SMAS+W was only available as a console bundle.

[@Link_1129]

Can also confirm that there was a release of the 5-in-1 Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World in the U.S.. It was the game that was bundled with my Super NES in early 1995, and _might_ have only been available as a bundle, but it exists.

[@BR-jw7pm]

“Look, we know it’s a meme but we’re gonna keep bringing up to explain context” Like that little break in character there

[@Deathtank75]

I liked the ending about Elden Ring more, lol.

[@GunmanJag]

Yo, those flashes at 3:50 might be worth an epilepsy warning. Short, but fairly intense

[@mushymcmushington7176]

Absolutely loving how fed-up he sounds at 7:03

[@BamonBoy]

Super Nintendo Chalmers

[@LordPichuPal]

I had never known that about Earthbound before, that's a crazy little life hack to fill your inventory before the Sound Stone. I can see the value in doing that if you really want to grind out that many cookies before talking to him but that'd definitely take some time and effort.

[@L33PL4Y]

Can't you just keep talking to Tracy for infinite cookies? I'm pretty sure you can fill your inventory that way.

[@LordPichuPal]

@@L33PL4Y I actually don't know, that's also something I never tried before. But could be worth a shot to see if she does give more than one.

[@sharmat1611]

@@L33PL4Y nope.

[@retrospect]

I owned a NES as a kid but not the SNES, always had to go to my friends house to play Super Bomberman 2

[@Ph0mega]

Yooooooo Super Bomberman 2 had THE BEST multiplayer, glad someone else remembers!

[@cecillewolters1995]

I’m still down to play Bomberman games :3 Although I doubt you live in The Netherlands ^^’

[@Toastedtasty42]

Same here, I finally picked one up in 2016. One of the best systems ever made, no nostalgia.

[@damianmcintyre2605]

The music was great in that game.

[@Lilliathi]

..thanks for the info? Wait, you're just fishing for new subs aren't you?

[@Skogles]

Breath of Fire is one of my favorite RPGs of all time! I never knew about Karn, thats crazy!

[@kaitoudark1]

Thing is, I actually like the localized look far better! It even matches the aesthetic of the area where you find him!

[@elecmagpulse7385]

The Lion King fact reminded me of how LEGO Star Wars The Video Game was developed alongside Revenge of the Sith, so the level Ruin of the Jedi from that game (and subsequently The Complete Saga) is based almost entirely off of deleted scenes.

[@darinstaley1993]

The same can be said about the Revenge of the Sith video game which had levels based on deleted scenes and early concepts

[@ZipplyZane]

The Othello change seems an odd choice. Why not just use the public domain game Reversi? That's the game Othello is based on, after all.

[@averypatrick5279]

The super nintendo is when companies really started figuring out 2D game design and so many games hold up so well.

[@mariarome1780]

I loved it when you broke character to reaffirm the knowledge of American Mario 2's Doki Doki Panic Origin. Also I'm surprised The Lost Levels was once a standalone cart

[@apollolux]

DYKG: SNES video with Chrono Trigger music in the background Also DYKG: no mention of Chrono Trigger throughout the video Come on, Shane, why you gotta blueball us like that?

[@TheCreepypro]

as an older gentleman I watch these videos in a very academic manner but since I am also a 90's kid the nostalgia in my heart exploded great video and thank you very much

[@Lucas-db2jq]

I am blown away by that Sound Stone fact.

[@berzerkbankie1342]

SNES is hands down the best home video game console ever made

[@alchemistofsteel8099]

Did you know that the Fuzzle Pickle man is omnipresent? There's no escape no matter how far you run. Just submit to his will

[@LycanLink]

Did he say, "Docky Docky Panic"? 🤣

[@endermanrock4390]

The SNES had some of the best games to offer! 😁

[@PLATESWEEPER]

*has

[@AwesomeNick94]

So happy to learn something new about my childhood favorite game, Kirby Superstar. Thank you!

[@MB-gl2bl]

SNES, EARTHBOUND 🌎❤️🥺 God bless it! OH LAWD, BREATH OF FIRE TOO?! Ahhh, the nostalgia!

[@thatoneguy119]

What game is the first bgm used in this video from (from 0:00 to 0:40)? Sounds so familiar, but I can't place it.

[@ZipplyZane]

Just FYI: SNES games have slightly rectangular pixels. You need to scale them by a factor of 1.17 horizontally to make them look like the original 4:3 as they were intended to appear.

[@Hydro-Dynamic]

I remember reading a comment somewhere about the Sound Stone skip, and I did it on Earthbound on NSO. I got the sound stone back though, I wanted to see the extra dialogue lol.

[@DefinitiveDubs]

Toy Story had a similar development to The Lion King. The boss fight "Nightmare Buzz" was based on a deleted scene from the movie.

[@pentagonofpeople]

Hearing Corridors of Time at the beginning soothed my soul

[@TheBlackSeraph]

Whilst talking about FF6 censorship, Kefka's curse toward Edgar, "son of a submariner", was a way to censor the line, "son of a b*tch". The GBA uses the uncensored version, and it's kinda disappointing because "son of a submariner" is so much more amusing. Also, I'm not sure if I'm misremembering, but that mid-battle dialogue betweeen Terra, Edgar and Locke in the Figaro escape section can be triggered later if you don't use Terra's magic in that fight.

[@darinstaley1993]

They even changed it the Pixel Remaster

[@xnamkcor]

You you develop a game where inventory is limited and you make an item that isn't just a flag or in a special menu, but rather make it take up inventory space, you should think about what you've done.

[@Minecraftfreak661]

I'm glad there are some breath of fire facts in here

[@organicketchup5171]

I don’t know if I’m resentful or secretly happy for not having a SNES as a kid. On one hand, it’s a pity that I missed out on becoming completely familiar with so many great games, but on the other hand, NOT having access to them gave them a mystique and enigmatic quality that I wouldn’t trade. The SNES was a console to be played with friends at their houses, rather than on afternoons home alone.

[@HelpTheWretched]

While I eventually got a SNES, 3 or 4 years after release, I definitely know that feeling and appreciate that others experienced it too.

[@TalkingVidya]

Did you guys just referenced Loss at 03:07?

[@IamaPERSON]

Did you really just translate your comments to English for clout? Why go through the trouble?

[@asundayraine]

great video as always, but as someone who uses subtitles I really wish that subtitles for a video like this included whatever silly little adlibs the narrator might add. basically to base the subtitles on the final audio, not their script. thank you

[@thezenitsufan1249]

Why do I Iove the Super NES? Two words. Chrono Trigger.

[@GabePuratekuta]

You said "Dragon Quest III Remake" wrong.

[@lilwyvern4]

Always nice to revisit the magic of days gone.

[@TheGeekPunkGamer]

Super Nintendo, favorite game console of all time!

[@End_Zionism]

Othello should not be a copyrighted name it’s the title/character of one of Shakespeare’s greatest most culturally significant works!

[@EdoUchida]

6:16 Final Fantasy 6, but the CC say Final Fantasy 4

[@midsnacker]

Alright that Earthbound inventory trick is new to me. Gonna have to use that on my next playthrough

[@cmndrkool321]

I got Mario Paint second-hand, and could never play it as a kid. 20 years later, I found one in a resale store with the mouse and pad, and the game was broken. I bought it and paired it with my game I held for 20 years; and it worked perfectly!

[@wisdomwolf1651]

I'm happy to see breath of fire being mentioned. It's so rare

[@sharmat1611]

No, it was Capcom

[@spunkyfidget70]

I thought I knew a lot about Earthbound as it is, but those two pieces of info are incredibly surprising!

[@khodexus4963]

7:15 Nope this is a false myth. Doki Doki Panic was a reskin of the in development Super Mario Bros 2 after Nintendo made a licensing deal to make a game using a Japanese media company's mascots. They had already been making the Mario sequel long before the licensing deal. Myamoto even said in an interview once that they wanted to experiment with vertical scrolling after the first game only scrolled horizontally, which influenced the game's design. It was only after they'd started working on the third game that it was decided to release some cut content from the first game in Japan as a numbered sequel so SMB3 wouldn't have to be renumbered in different regions.

[@garymcnabb]

My last comment was deleted I'm assuming because I included source links to external websites, but Doki Doki Panic wasn't a reskin. Aside from being on a different platform, there were a bunch of differences between DDP and SMB2. The lost levels also wasn't just cut content, the levels were based on the arcade game Super Mario Bros. Vs. The reasoning given for going with a completely different game was that it was both too hard, and not different enough and may alienate western audiences from the franchises. Essentially the same dev crew worked on all three games though (SMB2, DDP, SMB2LL). You are correct that Miyamoto wanted to explore vertical scrolling, and a prototype was shown to him which became the basis for DDP using Mario assets, so an argument could be made that DDP started development as a Mario game, but according to the information that I could find (statements and interviews with Miyamoto and Kensuke Tanabe) the prototype wasn't engaging enough and shelved until the ideas could be retooled into Doki Doki Panic. I wouldn't call it a false myth, more a murky misunderstood one. Information is out there, but it's difficult to pin down an exact timeline and over time the origins of these games have become distorted.

[@KarmaJolt]

9:03 YOOO MY BOY MEGAHARV!!! Dude is legit you should check out his Tag Team Live Streams!!

[@inktendo]

May we get a Genesis/Mega Drive facts next!

[@luliby2309]

You seem to have put Final Fantasy "4" instead of "6" in your captions. The SNES is so great. So many good games. I do feel like it gets a bit weird if you go off the beaten path too much though.

[@Sevenigma777]

The original NES does look and acts like it's age but the SNES will forever look great and be fun to play

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

My childhood, and all-time favorite console. The library remains legendary, especially my favorite SNES game, EarthBound.

[@GabePuratekuta]

You lon't like Final Fantasy VI or Terranigma?

[@sharmat1611]

@@GabePuratekuta he never said that wtf

[@ecocodex4431]

OMG SOMEONE REMEMBERED THE EXISTANCE OF BREATH OF FIRE!!!

[@Dreadjaws]

6:21 - The subtitles say "4" instead of "6". Had it said "3" instead it could have passed for a clever reference.

[@Boojakascha]

I think you forgot about Nintendo's pong consoles in your plug at the end ;P

[@dr14ertley]

Mario paint was FIRE!! 🔥

[@nickchemist723]

Earthbound . Best game ever created in my opinion . Played this with my dad when I was about 7/8 . Now I get to enjoy it with my son

[@modell1084]

As a black American, dance appearance is not offensive

[@modell1084]

@Marc Carran so instead of having any representation it’s better to have none? I highly doubt any black person would think that’s racist. Rather, someone else decided it was racist for black people with no input. Like pokemon jinx, mr. popo from dragon ball. I’ve never known any black person that has ever complained about these depictions. I find it more racist that someone else decided something for me.

[@modell1084]

@Marc Carran there are a ton of characters with similar designs that get a pass but assuming it’s all just black face is racist in itself. I think the PR team that was behind this game’s distribution assumed it was offensive, assumed it a play on blackface , without having asked or taken a consensus. When you can look at it honestly, and it could have been a design of a black person from a naive Japanese person. If they didn’t change it, they would get real feedback from actual black people enough to improve black peoples appearance in Japanese content. It’s naive to assume these companies actually do research for what people actually think. At least back then. So then it becomes. Someone that’s not black explaining something’s racist because look at it. So if black people actually have larger lips, then is ir racist or accurate? Or the combination of dark skin ,lips, instantly racist? You can’t have a dialogue if you just assume something and take it away.

[@muney2874]

Oh btw dykg, did you guys know that Super Mario Bros 2 in the west was actually a reskin of a Japanese video game called Doki Doki Panic :D

[@JackWoodham]

Yep, instead of the Mario gang it was a group of mascots and that’s why the game is so unusual for a Mario title

[@Compucles]

Why didn't they just change the line to "It's kind of like Reversi"?

[@tylerfun3158]

Mario paint dude is praising the Moon as hard as he possibly can. Did the artist end up at FromSoft?

[@markb5249]

If that robot's error x was a bit bigger it'd be great for causing seizures as a high frequency alternation between red and blue. Coincidentally, this broadcast predates Pokemon Shock by a few months.

[@renav.3239]

Well shit, I didnt know the Sound Stone thing in Earthbound. I thought i knew everything about Earthbound

[@michaelklinker935]

Captions say Final fantasy 4 instead of 6..great video regardless

[@rookwall8697]

That picture of Sakurai at the beginning is unflattering, makes him look like a grandmother.

[@Vulpas]

4:44 Racism is everywhere, even where it's not, because you're looking for it.

[@SpringdayAutumnmoon]

7:14 Well Actually, the correct pronunciation is Derkay Derkay Perncick

[@2fast4u28885]

Can somebody please tell me what song plays at 8:50?

[@GL_099]

Well it's definitely some version of Pollyana, as in, the main theme of the Mother/Earthbound series.

[@2fast4u28885]

@@GL_099 thanks man I found it. It's called home sweet home

[@yuzzem64]

What's the music at the beginning?

[@dilihimer5813]

I see a DYKG on the SNES, i click like.

[@stevecooper6578]

5:00 I think if they toned down his lips it might be okay

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

Its funny cause the official artwork depicted on the screen before the sprite work shows that his lips look the same color as his skin.

[@sanityismadness]

People aren't grey

[@jlev1028]

@@sanityismadness You've never heard of argyria, have you?

[@vishalkalicharan7710]

Do a video on Twisted Metal!

[@danbauer3669]

Dude. I was playing Mario Paint today. I made a Vault Boy stamp and did Master of Puppets on the music maker. That game is still great!

[@Neku628]

2:42 I think I remember playing TLK game on the Gameboy or at least the Gameboy Advance.

[@RhizometricReality]

⚠️⚠️⚠️SERIOUS EPILEPSY WARNING 3:50 to 3:58 watch out.⚠️⚠️⚠️

[@tetravega567]

4:54 That's some dank info there... Also, Doki Doki Panic was originally going to be a Mario game, It then became Doki Doki Panic, then became Mario 2.

[@АртёмУстенко-г1ш]

3:09 I'm might Lost something here...

[@yoshisdeepdive2244]

Hey DYKG team, could you please tone down the strobing effect at 3:48 ? It was short, but it kind of messed with my eyes. I wouldn’t want anyone else to experience that. Thank you and keep up the good work!

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Great to hear some facts and history about gaming especially Nintendo. PS: Nintendo release all this games on SNES on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP

[@xx7secondsxx]

I have the MARIO PAINT main sing saved on my phone. Along with Phantasy Star 2 and DKC2 music!! Motá and the music!!!.... Takes me back 20 years if not MORE! To when I still had the souls whom bought them for my bro and I

[@xnamkcor]

I would have changed it to "It's kinda like [REDACTED]."

[@shdw787]

Crono Trigger ost at the start? That's a Like

[@ybfriendlystrawberry]

Oh~ had no clue of that Breath of Fire trivia :0

[@cacodemon6665]

Do you feel good about yourself? Calling porky your friend!!!

[@michawhite7613]

5:47 Why not just call it "Reversi"?

[@PhazonEnder]

I swear there are far to many people out there that sit around all day long dreaming up ways to "prove" that something in a game is racist, when that couldn't be further from the truth. How pathetic.

[@aaron_my_lungs]

When did you guys stop/reduce using KZbinr's for narration?

[@pcm1011]

Where is SNES drunk when you need him

[@ThisNameIsBanned]

Nice little knowledge i can flex with later ;)

[@brycestrife5605]

Spectacular. Thank you! And I'm LOVING Elden ring. See you out there tarnished. -Kron of Calm.

[@TornixGalensti]

The snes was truly Super.

[@tristanscatliffe9840]

Still have my cartridge of Earthbound and I’m currently going through Mother 3.

[@bmkraft715]

it would be so nice if they added Breath of Fire III and IV to this! I'd instantly subscribe to Nintendo Online for that!

[@Harpic]

I love this channel so much