Terranigma (SNES) | Hidden Gems

[@nekoplanetary4244]

Beautiful game. This ending made me cry, just finished the game yesterday.

[@leandrogonzalez3552]

It makes me sad that this video doesn't have many views, it's very well put together. Terranigma is one of the best games I've ever played and it needs more recognition!

[@AlfredoAVA]

I'm very happy you enjoyed the video! It was a total pain to edit together 🤣 And I agree, this game deserves a hell of a lot more recognition :)

[@mueslisnipes9515]

I think that every RPG lover knew about Terranigma I think. Illusion of Time was a major hit (and rightly so) and the european magazines commented on the release way before its release, I had no idea this game wasnt released in teh US. What a loss my guys, it is such a superb game.

[@miamimagicians]

IOG wasn’t that good. Beyond Oasis is MUCH BETTER

[@mike2859]

Illusion of time is my favourite game of all time

[@NEWDOR1A]

Got this one from my dad at my thirteenth birthday. One of my best childhood memories. Also, great in depth review! I hope your channel will boom.

[@Katlick]

Thanks for the video! Terranigma still sticks with me as such a lonely game, from leaving his home village to losing his ability to speak with the plants and animals he became friends with. It's great to see other people appreciated it at the same level

[@AlfredoAVA]

They definitely packed tons of emotion into this game, which is impressive given the limitations of the console :) And yes, always great to meet like-minded fans!

[@iliasmastrogiorgos5508]

At some point in the story you come close to the mountain where the goat incident happened. If you take a look inside the cave you find the skeletons of both side by side. Hands down the best game of that era and one of the best action jrpgs ever made. This game shaped my childish mind back then.

[@AlfredoAVA]

I actually never knew that; I've never thought to return to that ice cave afterwards, but bow I wish I did. Crazy how the developers thought to include that ❤️

[@michaeldecker5554]

Fun Fact: in the german release Yomi is called Fluffy^^

[@AlfredoAVA]

Oh my god I love that 🤣

[@donaldsneed8130]

Wonderful video Al. Makes me reminisce my experiences with Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, and Illusion of Gaia, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound. I would have loved this game and played it multiple times during my she's gaming days. Nice to see the gaming community and gamer geeks like you keeping its legacy alive.

[@phenel]

lufia 2 was better than chrono. it fell through the cracks and chrono got all the love.

[@isodoubIet]

@@phenel Lufia 2 had interesting puzzles and an unusual difficulty for games of its time but you're tripping

[@phenel]

@@isodoubIet nope, not even a little. It was significantly better across the board.

[@isodoubIet]

@@phenel Nonsense.

[@phenel]

@@isodoubIet yes, that is what you are speaking.

[@vincenthashsa6195]

This man made the start of rpg games, hes a legend sad he ended stopping making games

[@bluerhizome]

never knew about the text-fixing patch, makes me want to replay it again. Great video.

[@TheBreadPirate]

This was so good! Great explanation of the story. It's super complicated, but you broke it down so that it was easy to understand.

[@AlfredoAVA]

Thanks! I had to rewrite the script several times to try and cut it down; the video was originally longer than it already is 🤣

[@TheBreadPirate]

@@AlfredoAVA I can imagine! I beat the game this Tuesday and have been scouring the internet for videos on Terranigma. I'm lucky to have found yours. Honestly, I would love to make videos about Terranigma. If only I weren't so busy with Zelda. 😅

[@AlfredoAVA]

@@TheBreadPirate Just checked out your channel and I gotta say, awesome stuff! I'm a Zelda fanatic myself 🤣 Just subbed to ya too :) And hey, if you do wind up doing a vid on Terranigma one day, I'd love to see it! :)

[@TheBreadPirate]

@@AlfredoAVA Ayy, thanks Alfredo!

[@AlfredoAVA]

@@TheBreadPirate No prob dude! You've got quite an impressive following! And deservedly so :)

[@hardinge84]

Great video. I grew up with this game and it remains as one of my favorites (currently in another playthrough) Sucks you guys didn't get to experience it upon release.

[@xano2663]

thanks for a trip back to old and fond memories. in europe we were a bit luckier, as Terranigma released in december 1996 here. I was 10 years old und my christmas present this year was Terranigma. I spent the whole christmas holidays playing this game and i am holding it dear to this day. the music was enough to make me cry. these plot twists... thank you

[@gJonii]

The dude fading away was obviously a "he was dead all along" moment.

[@adamgreaves634]

The music to this was epic the story was awsome one of my favorit games

[@alexisjosephquejas3600]

nicely done. watching this made me want to play terranigma again 👏

[@ThyGreenKnight]

Just finished the game for the first time. So many melancholy moments. Fantastic game overall. I only used the magic twice. Once to see what it did and another time to teleport out of the forest. I didn't know that the ring or pin changed back to a magirocks or I would have used magic more. You can use the magic by selecting the ring in the jewel box while in the inventory, but that's even more cumbersome than having the box equipped and cycling through the rings. Before this I had recently completed Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia. Now on to Granstream Saga.

[@ThatOldSchoolMagic]

23:50 Its good that you warned Us before going into spoiler territory in the Review. Many people Don’t do that enough unfortunately. I’ve been interested in the game for a while but my backlog is at the point where sometimes I don’t know where to even begin. So I tend to jump around a lot between systems. I’ll see when I can get to it so I can finish this video but Good work in your review so far. Keep going and persevere. 👍

[@AlfredoAVA]

Thank you very much! And yeah, I HATE when videos don't include spoiler warnings, which is why I try to make a point to include them. A video should entice an experience in my opinion, not ruin it ;P But anyway, hope you enjoy the game when you do get to it! It kept me hooked from start to finish :)

[@Also_ParadoxTheBox]

Terranigma is definitely one of those games where it’s almost required to go in blind. If I knew what the plot was I before I played it I definitely wouldn’t hold it as highly as I do now, as the pacing would have been entirely messed up.

[@PistolPattt]

I've played many SNES rpg's, but none of them had scenes that I still vividly remember a decade later.

[@Chr1s_1986]

for everyone that wants to cry even more about the goat scene go back to the cave were the goats were when you cant speak to animals anymore.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I did it, the lack of music is so well done, and it’s about the fate I expected… I’m impressed the developers included it though, for players who would want to go back and check.

[@rasendori20]

Jesus how may times was this game gonna make poor Elle say good-bye? It's as if the writers discovered the perfect way to kill the same character over and over yet make it feel impactful instead of tiresome or absurd. Christ, if a one hour video gave me this much anxiety i probably wouldn't be able to a whole playthrough. Also the way Elle runs out the door at the end is all i needed to know about who was on the other side idgaf about anyone else says! Holy shit what a ride, thank you for it.

[@AlfredoAVA]

Wow, thank you very much! I tried my best to convey the emotions of the game through the video. But believe me, experiencing the game yourself is still totally worth it :)

[@bozlakian3329]

Great video & retrospective mate ! Awesome stuff, loved the little insight into Quintet as well. Great content & coverage 🙌🏻👍🏻❤️

[@GuakH03]

4 min in I’m already baffled on this. You deserve more subs tbh

[@Klikoderat]

A greatly underapriciated youtube video about a greatly underapriciated video game. Thank you for making this

[@AlfredoAVA]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the kind words! 😁

[@gravesend9663]

This is so dope ! More hidden gems !

[@Strangelove20]

One of the best videos made about this fantastic game. Brilliant job!

[@AlfredoAVA]

Thanks so much! 😁

[@nicholaswatson3554]

Great review, man! I recently finished my first play-through of Terranigma, and man, was I enamored by it! It's tragic that the US never officially got to experience this masterpiece (but fair I guess, since Europe never got Chrono Trigger, FF6, or Super Mario RPG back in the SNES days). Anyways, great job hitting on all the high points of the game. Hope this video gets noticed!

[@AlfredoAVA]

Thanks man! Very glad you enjoyed the review! And yeah, this game is definitely a gem. Hence why I was able to talk about it for nearly an hour 🤣 I hope you were eventually able to experience Chrono Trigger, Mario RPG etc. eventually as well!

[@hedgeetmanu]

THANKS GOD THANKS !!! This game is f**** AWESOME !! What a story, what musics... I cried at the end... I LOVE this one ! Thanks for the review !!

[@Jedi_Mind_]

Superb video Alfredo !!!! Thanx soooo much !!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@AlfredoAVA]

Thank you very much! 😁

[@Arkmoon_]

Servas was a ghost, Ark can see spirits, in some point even merchants were souls, so Servas was in the way but Ark cannot progress due to Servas's promise to reunite with Nana, i believe that's why he disappears because both died in some point but they didn't know how to reunite again and the ring was the "link" .

[@Arkmoon_]

good video btw, few knows the amazing journey of terranigma give.

[@Klonx]

Three things about this best best RPG of all time: 1. I think Ark is not dreaming to be a bird, I think it is his reincarnation. 2. There is a german fan project for a sequel Terranigma 2. It is a Windows game and they are still working on chapter one of the story. There Ark is starting as a bird and then being transformed back to human, because he gets a new mission to save the world again. 3. There is a youtuber who is creating great modern reinterpretations of the great Terranigma soundtrack. You must look out for the channel of Roman Heuser.

[@AJHyoton]

Ya seemed a little choked up there at the end of the video. You were talking about the end of the game and seemed at the breaking point. About to bawl? Cwy!? Yeah, this game nearly gets me every time. Has to be the music. Or the story. Or how well the two go together. Or the fact that, well, having to say goodbye to all you love. Anyway, when one understands the cause of tearjerking the wuss factor becomes null. Anyway, great video!! I am surprised I made it all 54 minutes through, but Terranigma is just that good!

[@AlfredoAVA]

Might have been the ending, or just might have been the exhaustion of recording this at 2 in the morning 🤣 And thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@phillipcarlroberts4640]

Its one of the best 16 bit action RPGs ever made, I played this about 15 years ago and loved the blind playthrough, about a month ago I decided to play it again and I do not regret it, what a game :) good video by the way, its impossible not to spoil it when you are trying to explain it....and you gave ample spoiler warnimgs :)

[@rangerscoach]

OK!! first gotta say that i love everything about this review. particularly how you broke down why certain scenes resonate. I play TGC games mostly and journey and sky are mostly A to B straight line linear experiences. so why do they resonate?? its a fundamental difference to the polish and people being subverted not by weird changes to a story (FF7r) but by gameplay mechanics that evoke a particular response from the player. i thought terranigma was a clear cut 9/10 game when i owned it when i was young. its a straight up 10 by the standards we set for 10s today.

[@KorenLesthe]

Still to this day my favorite game of all time. Just like in Illusion of Gaia / (Illusion of Time in France), the french translation was pretty ood. It was done by Julien Bardakoff, who also translated A TON of games in french for Nintendo (like Ocarina of Time or the first two generations of Pokemon, including naming all the characters & Pokémons with french puns, even a joke from a french comedian about Red’s rival that went under the censor radar)

[@mateusbertolaccini3805]

Awesome video game review. Thank you very much

[@AlVash2]

Great video on this master piece

[@JonathanBaxter]

amazing video! the ending still hits me hard to this day. you mentioned how the Ys series is one of your favorites, so I was wondering if you would be willing to cover the games at some point in the future

[@AlfredoAVA]

Thank you very much! And right? The ending is still heavy for me too 🤣 I would love to do a video on Ys one day, but I'm not sure if the series is really as 'hidden' any more. But either way, if I'm able to dedicate a video to it in the future, I'd love to :)

[@JonathanBaxter]

@@AlfredoAVA that's fair, especially after VIII came out on modern hardware and really made people start paying attention to the series. but I still think the original duology, wanderers and mask/dawn are quite overlooked unless you're a diehard retro player so I think there's still some merit to showcasing them

[@AlfredoAVA]

@@JonathanBaxter That's very true, you don't hear too too much about the original entries in the series :) Dawn of Ys on PC Engine is probably my favorite of the 'retro' Ys games, but Book 1&2 are right behind it ❤️

[@cravis123]

Such a great video for such a great game!

[@AlfredoAVA]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@alexgrundig715]

Terranigma is one of the best Games on SNES. In Europe you can say, that the first 3 places for the best RPGs are FF VI, Chrono Trigger and Terranigma. Was my first owned game for SNES and I loved it. Still playing it ;) The music is just insanely good! Not to forget about the Story and the Graphics (for this time). I could already see some different parts in the story. For example: The light Arc, kills dark Arc, but he told him that he can't beat the dark Side, because he is dark Arc and needs to be reborn in the light world. The only way to do so and to be a part of both sides, is to kill him :)

[@AlfredoAVA]

Well said! Such an awesome game, and incredibly deep for a SNES game too. It's a shame it never got released here in the US, which was one of the reasons I've been wanting to do an in-drpth video about it for a while. It's a great game that needs more exposure :)

[@merlinluca4317]

For me it's the best game ever made, looking from the outside I know it has its flaws, it's not the best game. I got it when I was five and couldn't even read. Remembering being absolutely terrified of the luran-zombie world, singing along with the fluffy-(German) theme trying my best to beat this game, even tho it took me 7 years back then =). Showing this to my now wife because it's one of the most important thinks for me. Alle the memories. I can say this game is a big part of who I am. And now that I'm grown I see this game different, I understand all the dept that's I has. There is no single piece of media that means more to me. ❤️

[@ObsidiaOpal]

I got really good at geography because of this game 😂 my teachers were mad impressed

[@AlfredoAVA]

That's awesome! And they say video games aren't educational 🤣❤️

[@deboraron2794]

Thank you so much for this ❤

[@Fabstron]

My dude would've been a huge game reviewer in 2010 for sure.

[@agustiniturrideluca6051]

Nice video Dude I also do the same in tales of the abyss, still haven't finished it yet

[@ivenstorm]

One little key note about its lack of release in the North America. Enix closing their US offices wasn't the only reason it wasn't released here. Nintendo chose at that time to focus solely on the release of the upcoming N64, so many newer SNES titles never managed to get pulled over to North America.

[@wickedredgoblin]

keep this up!! itll pay off soon!!

[@vincenthashsa6195]

why is this the best game i ever played:(

[@Wesleyrpg]

nice review, but only 480p? Come now it's 2021, not 1995 :)

[@AlfredoAVA]

You're absolutely right, my bad :) Still trying to get the hang of the nitty-gritties of film editting, and it didn't help that I was filming these from a phone camera 🤣 I actually just bought a real camera, so I'll ensure the next reviews are in HD :)

[@ZetaCancri]

Awesome review!

[@AlfredoAVA]

Thank you very much! :)

[@james441]

Incredible video. Hope it comes to switch

[@Gomezli16]

The world map reminds me of the Hollow Earth from Godzilla VS Kong.

[@AlfredoAVA]

That's actually a pretty accurate comparison :)

[@cosmo_4785]

this is why is love emulation

[@rga1605]

Terranigma was a great game, I wish there was a remake to iron out some things of the original, but it's unlikely; still, it has a great story

[@tiboro26]

Hi all! What is the incredible ending? Beacuse still i dont understand who knocked the door...! Someone tell me?

[@ark5875]

I don't think there is a conclusive answer, some say it's bird Ark since it's the end of the dream sequence, some say Light Ark. Honestly the mystery makes it such a memorable ending

[@tiboro26]

@@ark5875 yes, absolutely!

[@GiordanDiodato]

From the creators of Nihon Falcom's flagship series Ys.

[@9ElevenGamer]

You look a lot like Christian Bale man, wow!

[@AlfredoAVA]

First time I've ever been told that 🤣 Thanks!

[@PiterburgCowboy]

KZbin algorithm was brutal to this channel. Heavily undersubbed despite good content.

[@ZetaCancri]

Terranigma and illusion of Gaia are some of my favorite RPGs to this day.

[@AlfredoAVA]

Been wanting to play Illusion of Gaia for a long time but was never able to get around to it. Definitely on my list though :)

[@mateusbertolaccini3805]

And the sex appeal status? Do you remember that, dont?

[@terranigmabook4090]

it is not a hidden game, it is the people who are blind. sad that you haven't uploaded any more videos after the terranigma one and also that sonic has more views than terranigma. this world xD

[@AlfredoAVA]

I've come to realize that not a lot of games are really 'hidden' any more, but I still try to pick worthwhile games for the show that I feel the common gamer may not have heard of. Either way, Terranigma kicks ass, so the more exposure it gets, the better 🤣 And yes, I apologize I haven't uploaded in a while. Life's been busy :P But I have a bunch of videos in the pipeline, including the next Hidden Gems episode.