The Biggest Video Game Controversies - Diamondbolt

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[@yaboythecorgiwithacap8593]

“Have you played mass effect?” “No” “Then why are you doing a report on it?” “Money”

[@AdvanceAU]

The Overwatch 2 situation is a pretty good example of a huge controversy as well. Nothing new for Blizzard.

[@Santoryu90]

That whole thing is just one big oof and I don’t even play Overwatch or games like it.

[@Ultrakrill2411]

Blizzard moment

[@FIVEBASKET]

Blizzard

[@dravenhuffman]

And don't forget the infamous DoN't YoU aLl HaVe PhOnEs? Statement from blizzard

[@charKT-7461]

Maybe, maybe not. The controversy is pretty much gone at this point, I don't hear anything about it anymore. It all lasted like a week and then it was just all gone

[@Emperor_Redgrave]

The “typical woman” clip at the end KILLED ME. He really thought he could save himself with “God forgive me” lmao

[@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137]

Lmao i was drinking soda and when I heard it i almost choked 💀

[@theantagonist801]

At least he's good at humor xD

[@turtato2155]

That was so out of left field 😂

[@JamesJome123]

And before Battlefield fans got mad at that, they yelled about a black man on the cover of Battlefield 1, my god I’m disappointed in us.

[@UnskippableCinematic5875]

@@theantagonist801 fr

[@animeluigiboy]

I’m a Catholic, and hearing someone saying that Mewtwo is "hailing Satan" was just gold.

[@IdentifiantE.S]

😂

[@King_of_Gamers2099]

The first thing that popped into my head was the woodland critters from South Park

[@slendertv3616]

As a Christian, I still laugh at the whole “Pokemon = Satan” debate. That Mewtwo “hailing Satan@ was hilarious

[@Quetzal00358]

Me who was born with only three fingers on one of my hands: 0_o

[@theelitebrawlersbakuganleg4224]

i died when he said that🤣🤣

[@nitrostormskystriker478]

​@Craig McIntosh Holy water

[@Archive_7802]

I saw that years later, and I remember being like, “Soo… the Ninja Turtles are evil? The Bat-Grapnel is evil? A camera TRIPOD is evil?” I began my smartass evolution right then and there

[@shiverfan4867]

​@Craig McIntosh they had some good dealers lmao

[@Crocogator]

That Geoff line of "Stick with 360 that's your plan?" was so savage. Could see in the dude's face stock prices going down in real time.

[@Finamajig]

Geoff was not there to play around that day

[@randomkidstv6720]

As a Christian, I find the Pokemon controversy (and the whole satanic panic in general) to be one of the most embarrassing things to ever happen to Christianity in recent times.

[@CrimsonChickenPatty]

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[@ondururagittandeska2004]

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[@KraylebStudios]

There sure is one of them

[@aliastheabnormal]

In retrospect it was clear that these were a bunch of old men who were jealous that their fuck toys weren't giving them their full attention.

[@admiralstone2456]

Funny enough, my mom is Christian and finds this controversy stupid as fuck.

[@bluejay21.]

7:52 "Have you played Mass Effect?" "No" That killed me.

[@themachomanrs]

12:49 Bro that “Thanks” was directed right at the Xbox Presenter ☠️

[@real_Malachy]

The Batman Arkham Knight Jason Todd Controversy is one of my favorite. They went around marketing Arkham Knight as a brand new character, specifically stating "He's not Jason Todd" just for him to be Jason Todd.

[@icravedeath.1200]

Why the fuck did they do that?

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@icravedeath.1200 they care about bait and switch money.

[@babybluejustice]

and it was SO obvious too, when i was first playing the game, me and my brother, after hearing like one line from him, were like “yeah that’s jason”

[@thedman1754]

The thought of a religious person looking at a pink ball with cat ears and big glass eyes and thinking "AN AGENT OF SATAN BEGONE WITH IT" is hilarious

[@Shenanigans_333]

“THAT THING GETS RAILED ANALY 👿”

[@thedman1754]

@@Shenanigans_333 w h a t

[@Shenanigans_333]

@@thedman1754 9:46 Hopefully this explains 😂

[@thedman1754]

​@@Shenanigans_333oooooohhhh yeah i get it now

[@SprainedSentinel]

“JEWISH SWINE!” But it’s a fucking Pikachu that they’re reacting to

[@WhyYouWahYoo]

I find it funny you keep calling the Pokémon panic a past tense affair. To this day, if I even show my Nintendo Switch on my Church premises, the consequences will be life-destroying.

[@dairenoh693]

Yikes...

[@boryolmung9548]

in Turkey Pokemon anime is removed from air because some kid (known as Pokemon Ferhat) jump from balcony while screaming ''Pİkachu''. Is known as ban in here but there is no legal action but yeah.

[@phantom-X2086]

I'm a Christian myself, but the Pokemon panic stuff was so stupid, I know they haven't done research on the games, and I'm a big fan of the series (my 3rd favorite game franchise), cause there was so much blatantly wrong about what they kept saying about Pokemon.

[@xenoemblem7]

@@boryolmung9548 No offense and RIP, but that kid was dumb as heck.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

​@@boryolmung9548 I heard some adults talking about that! "Pokémon kills children by making them believe they're Pokémon!" or something. Something was definitely lost in translation..!

[@TheArceusftw]

I think the biggest game controversy I can think of is regarding Super Mario 3D all-stars. When it was announced that it'd only be on store shelves and the Switch eShop from September 18, 2020 to March 31, 2021, it immediately drew backlash for relying on artificial scarcity and FOMO to drum up sales, and being compaired unfavoribly to the Disney Vault.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

I feel like people really overreacted to that. Like, it was still a mass produced game that would be on shelves for months and would also be available during Christmas. If you wanted the game, than it was easier to get than I think people thought it would be

[@lucasdellamaggiore]

​​​@@Nerdtendo6366What about Mario 35 and Fire Emblem 1 though? The former was an online game that you can never play again and the latter was the only legal way to play that game with an official english translation, not to mention it was digital only and was made available in december, meaning if you didn't buy it in the 4 measly months that it was available on you could never play it period.

[@andresreynoso7254]

@@lucasdellamaggioreMario 35 was the most fucked up one At least you can emulate Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy and the fire emblem game But Mario 35 was a different experience that you can’t play anymore because of that dumb decision

[@video-luver769]

Heck, there are STILL copies of 3D All-Stars on the shelf of my local Walmart.

[@MariOmor1]

On the bright side, the YT channel Siivagunner made a whole event around that

[@LunrFox]

"Have you ever played Mass Effect?" "No." Thats all I needed to hear to say that the woman had no god damn idea what she was saying.

[@blairebaker7211]

Literally crying over a blue alien who isn’t even real lmaoo 😭😭 I love mass effect and find it so funny that they were crying over like a 1 minute scene tops lmaoo

[@nickthepick8043]

I was in college when Battlefront 2015 and 2017 came out. My schoolmates and I thought it was all kinds of BS. I appreciate you looking into "Historical" controversies. I'd like seeing more out-of-touch news freaks tackle topics they don't know about the subject of gaming. My mom still thinks Video Games are the source of violence. Keep up your videos man, I've been a sub since 2018. You've achieved a great deal in life and somehow didn't lose yourself in the process. Great job!

[@Evets_03]

I was still in middle school. When I got battlefront 2 I liked it a whole more than 1 but I wasn’t aware of all the problems. I sorta just kept playing and when they reworked progression that’s when I started becoming aware and watching videos to keep up with everything. I don’t play that much anymore and HvV is not that fun when players are always gone. Especially hard when you have no friends that wanna play. If I had to guess when the games was the most fun, I would say early 2020. When the droid heroes were added in February and remember when Grievous was OP. That was good times

[@theantagonist801]

​@@Evets_03 Grievous is still OP

[@UnclePalpy]

Even one of my teachers at school was annoyed that she couldn’t play as Darth Vader at launch

[@evaneleven4897]

The priest saying stuff about the devil while showing jigglypuff made me burst out in laughter

[@donisamwentete5079]

😂 Hilarious

[@EssyTico]

Clefairy being called a sodomite was my breaking point lmao

[@LaggingLeland]

I’m pretty sure Diamondbolts background change was the biggest gaming controversy

[@Dinosaurianationazation]

Hahahahahahaha

[@musicwalls]

It's always funny to me that Pokemon was seen as this evil, satanic video game back then when the original monster collecting RPG series, Shin Megami Tensei, which didn't make it out of Japan until the 2000's, was literally filled with demonic and occult stuff, with the monsters you catch being called "demons" (though they were based on creatures from various mythologies) and the story having to do with picking a side between God and Lucifer.

[@spennywenny]

I guess it's because SMT wasn't aimed at kids, unlike pokemon

[@ninjajack6457]

As a Game & Watch main, I remember when his Ultimate side smash was in hot water

[@vustvaleo8068]

the irony of Pokemon offending religious groups because the game is inspired by a Japanese children's past time of catching bugs outdoors and raising said bugs.

[@Algebruh2407]

Just out of curiosity, how is that ironic? I don't really see any irony in it because catching bugs and raising them isn't what got the religious groups offended.

[@TyrantDweller]

Can't forget the 8-something failed game launches with bad performance and insane bugs that have come out in just the first half of this year alone, thank you greedy videogame producers, known for rushing clearly unfinished games out, for making this the default launch state for any AAA for the foreseeable future. 😀

[@isuckatusernames4297]

ima be real, at that point I blame the consumers/ppl who buy this shit despite the clear and obvious signs

[@justjackorwhatever]

But hey, we got bangers like tears of the kingdom at least

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@isuckatusernames4297 Most people don't care about the clear and obvious signs. That's why Pokémon games continue to sell well despite having tons of online controversy. The people who care about graphics, the national dex, move animations are a loud but small minority. P.S. I don't hate most of the modern Pokémon games I just used it as an example sense it's a franchise I'm a personal fan of.

[@supersonical8770]

At least there’s Spider-Man 2!

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

​@@justjackorwhatever and RE4R

[@thevenomspino]

To clear something up about the national dex one, when the DLCs came out, you didn't need to buy them to get the Pokémon that were available in the DLC, you just needed to find a NPC who would give you a dex upgrade that then allowed you to get the pokemon. It still wasn't every Pokemon, but it's was an improvement

[@TheArceusftw]

Yet it still didn't stop people from claiming "Game Freak/Nintendo are activley locking half the Pokedex behind a Paywall", and accusing anyone trying to clear up any misconceptions of being a "Corporate shill", or "excusing scummy practices from Nintendo/Game Freak".

[@thevenomspino]

@@TheArceusftw Well granted, Game Freak and Nintendo should be criticized for dumb scummy practices, the fact they cut the national dex to begin with, and then lied about the reasons for why it is scummy

[@misirtere9836]

Misconception: You still can't actually *get* the Pokemon even after the dex upgrade. They didn't suddenly start showing up in areas that were available in the base game. You have to TRADE for them from OTHER people who THEMSELVES bought the DLC. And don't forget that this was in the first generation where being able to trade with other people online was itself made into a paid feature. Granted, that was a general change for all Switch games, but it's *completely realistic* for this to be the first time some people don't have access to the online trading they would need to get the new Pokemon without buying the DLC, because like... if they're not buying the DLC, it's presumably got something to do with the price tag, and online trading also has a price tag on it now, so people who don't buy the DLC are more likely to also not have the option of online trading. Also, you have to agree that it's a LITTLE scummy that they gave you exactly one new Pokemon as part of a free update. Specifically, the new Slowpoke. How do you evolve it into the new Slowbro or Slowking? You CAN'T unless you buy the DLC. Pay up.

[@thevenomspino]

@@misirtere9836 You could also trade the Pokémon in from Pokémon Home as well if you didn't get the DLC

[@misirtere9836]

@@thevenomspino That also costs money. You had to have Pokemon Bank, which was exclusively a paid subscription service, even if Home technically has a free version (although one that is deliberately inconvenient in order to encourage you to pay).

[@guncannon109]

@11:27 Just a clarification on this one, as I was there at the time. At the time of the Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra's release there was a free update to the game which added the data of a number of older pokemon that were not previously available in the base game of Sword and Shield. So yes, while they were made catchable in game via paid dlc, the update to be able to use and transfer them in from older titles was given to everyone for free.

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

Exactly

[@MetaBro]

12:52 Honestly Tracer’s Over the Shoulder is one of the most unique. It was a genuine effort to change a weird pose that didn’t even make since for the character

[@MyNameIsNotSteve]

i remember when Kotaku said one of the P5 songs had a slur despite it obviously not being that and this cause basically everyone to unanimously decide to stop trusting them

[@internettraveler8666]

Or the time a journalist said they couldn’t enjoy the ps5 because of trump or something

[@MyNameIsNotSteve]

@@internettraveler8666 or the time they said it was homophobic because u cant date Ryuji and not because of the literal gay predators

[@ImTheFigure]

13:03 I lost it at the end

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

Lmao

[@megasnowey7177]

5:45 she sounds like a pokemon game villain who doesn't know that some pokemon evolve via friendship. Also as a Christian I am ashamed by how some of us assume everything is satanic (my mom just hated the fact the world evolution was used)

[@Santoryu90]

I had a teacher who was against Pokémon, but because she thought it supported animal abuse, which is still kinda silly but I guess a bit more reasonable by comparison than thinking it’s all satanic.

[@megasnowey7177]

@@Santoryu90 I mean, I already said something that debunks your Peta teacher, but also even what people call "pokemon satan" Giratina, isn't really related to Satan and is a very kind pokemon.

[@Santoryu90]

@@megasnowey7177 I don’t think she was part of Peta at all and I’m not saying she was right in anyway. Giratina is probably the closest thing to a devil and or fallen angel in Pokemon but yeah it’s not really evil.

[@FTChomp9980]

My Parents knew Pokemon was fun and as a Christian not all of us are Religious mind you.

[@gibleyman]

Being someone from a third world country, it's arguably even worse here. For a short while, mfs in my place genuinely believed Ben 10 of all things was about worshipping Japanese Gods and hence is against Christianity (shit still baffles me to this day). There's also this one time people genuinely believed that Micheal Jackson was legitimately satanic and had satanic powers or some shit after a dubbed version of a video explaining the symbolisms in his songs came out. Which is also quite hilarious in my opinion. And then there's the usual "Dragon Ball Z or any anime in general is about worshipping other Gods" type beat just because the characters are ridiculously overpowered and hence most adults just assume they're meant to represent some random ass foreign God.

[@art-baranov]

There was a guy in Russia, who played Pokemon GO in a church. It was a huge controversy at the time. I don'r remember how it ended, but there were talks about the guy getting into prison because of this or smth. Crazy stuff.

[@megasnowey7177]

What's ironic about dexit is it backfired because from what I've seen, most people got so fed up with the outrage (from people like distantkingdom and twip who each made atleast 20 videos about it) that they cared even less about it.

[@admiralstone2456]

Yep, and now the games are set to make all the money in the world, but at the cost of quality. This series is done for in terms of that.

[@megasnowey7177]

@@admiralstone2456 oh, so you agree with those people who made videos

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

Yep, people now in the community settle more for less.

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

The new games are ass now

[@Falapin_Enjoyer]

@@megasnowey7177 tf u defendin them for? Stop bootlicking

[@dobo2232]

My school had a poke stop in it and they got so pissed that they tried to remove it because they were under the impression that students would play Pokémon go on their phones during school hours. Surprisingly people didn’t really use their phones near this place because it was out in the open. I believe the poke stop is still there.

[@littlemisstfc]

9:38 LoveIsLove Clefairy is the hero without a cape. 💕

[@ziontrask3459]

the biggest appeal of pokémon is having a TON of variety in the pokémon. so then getting rid of some pokémon in the game takes away a lot.

[@friendlyotaku9525]

You can still have variety while not including them all.

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

@@friendlyotaku9525I would rather have them all

[@andresreynoso7254]

I agree, if they don’t let us catch every Pokémon with no National dex, it’s fine, since Gen 7 doesn’t have it as well, but what it does have is the ability to transfer EVERY single Pokémon, for example you can’t get oddish in Gen 7 at all, but it’s still programmed in the game so if by using the GTS or by transferring, you can get one. But since Gen 8, if you wanted a Greninja on your switch game, got luck, because you couldn’t get it until the next generation dropped

[@friendlyotaku9525]

@@xlbthedemigod5662 that's just not feasible.

[@Venemofthe888]

​@@andresreynoso7254Greninja is now in Scarlet and Violets data

[@Flinch9000]

Funny enough, the whole Pocket Monsters being “Satanic” is somewhat parodied in a game called Hypnospace Outlaw, where the spoofed version known as SquisherZ has a few spots in Open-Eyed that even reference the whole fiasco in some way. It’s hilarious.

[@dsnever3041]

Not even watched it, already a classic

[@PureleafFilm]

True

[@AdolfSmeargle]

Ok

[@sharonv3597]

That's bullshit.

[@brutallybrutal]

​@@sharonv3597these are the type of people to click on a video because they want to comment first

[@DaMemeManDan]

That Diablo Immortal thing was funny is hell they were getting cooked live on stage the the “Out-Of-Season April Fools Joke” guy.

[@crimsonphoenix2094]

Now that we've seen the worst of gaming. I want to see some highlights of gaming's greatest movements and impacts

[@Mike-zb1cg]

minecraft steve in smash bros ultimate

[@Barnacle_Goat]

Nintendo trying not to milk the shit out of Pokémon challenge: impossible

[@Random_User666]

It’s more or so the entire Pokémon Company as a whole. Nintendo only owns 32% of the franchise.

[@piranhalettuce]

You mean The Pokemon Company? TPC is the reason why Game Freak releases half assed pokemon games every year nowadays.

[@friendlyotaku9525]

​​@@piranhalettuceokemon games don't come out every year. There isn't one this year for instance

[@TeruteruBozusama]

​@@friendlyotaku9525 DLC is coming, and Violet and Scarlet came out during the end of the year including to Arceus. So Violet and Scarlet could count as games of this year in all honesty, probably had made them better too with more development time.

[@friendlyotaku9525]

@@TeruteruBozusama DLC doesn't count as a game.

[@emcmcbee9309]

I love these videos. They’re so good. A really funny one is the BHVR controversy where one of the developers in an interview got asked “are you planning to revert the bad changes of survivors” and the dev said “if you don’t like how we make the game. Just play a different game. I hear Civ6 is good” so good lmao

[@emcmcbee9309]

Bhvr has a couple really rough controversies. There’s also one where a dev yells at a viewer on his stream for asking about the colorblind mode (like if it’s being made or smth)

[@Delta21OnYT]

​@@emcmcbee9309 Downsey getting his Twitch shirts removed because of one of the devs dumb statement is some of the funniest and pettiest things I've seen in the DBD community

[@kaiserfranzjoseph9311]

dbd is a pretty insane story as a whole. Like, I have never seen a single member of the community of that game that actually likes the game

[@wickdcodm5195]

The intro already makes this legendary

[@Shoyro]

Dexit was pretty much what killed all my love for Pokémon. I got Sword and Shield with the DLC for Shield. I was loyal but understood that the games couldn't have every single Pokémon allowed. I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I would have been fine if I could interact with my collections (shiny Pokémon and my near complete living dex) that I brought along with me starting all the way back to Ruby. I hoped Pokémon Home would have been like the Pokémon Pelago found in the Gen 7 games. But no. It was basically like its predecessor, Pokémon Bank, but had online trading added , Mystery Gift, and nothing else. The actual games were barebones. Basically, beat gyms, become the champion, Battle Tower if you're competitive, and nothing more. The story was pretty much nonexistent, and there were no side activities like contests. The DLC for Gen 8 only added some stuff that should have been in the base game for the longtime casual players. After that, I was like, "HELL NO!!!" and dropped the franchise. Seeing how Scarlet and Violet are, I am not regretting my choice. The games are focused on kids, and I personally feel that they mostly don't care about their longtime fans who have been with them since the beginning. That and they just keep finding ways to cut game development time and sell what's cut as separate DLC. I fear the day when games are released at 20% development, and players must pay for the rest of th game as separate MTX to even work in the first place.

[@MichealAfton1983]

Fun fact: I’m pretty sure I’ve heard that Apple mentioned that Peely, a Fortnite skin was naked, and epics response was “it’s just a banana” (which it is literally just a human banana) but idk how true this is

[@germanscience7246]

BF2 actually had a huge come back and I highly reocmmend it

[@JamesGilbert_]

Very surprised that the _Overwatch_ Gamergate one wasn't directly mentioned.

[@belac0662]

My mum once joked about those video games cause violence and called the people on the news actual idiots

[@Archive_7802]

6:51 You mean the lightweight that can be RKO’d in Smash? Damn… that must’ve been some time…

[@lightbluesquid]

Mad respect for using Miitopia music during the Pokémon segment. OST is too good. 😎👍

[@joel9104]

About the pokemon go thing, I think the concerns are valid but the solutions given were shit. The best solution to it was... good parenting. As a child during that era my mum always said "if you wanna play pokemon go, I need to come with you" and as a kid that was epic because it didnt feel like she was watching over me to make sure i didnt get hit by a train, it felt like she was interested in it and wanting to be a part. Just fucken be supportive of your children it's not that hard

[@ajpoland1094]

Not sure whether or not anyone else has mentioned this, but I wish to bring attention to the Portal 2 situation from way back when. If you don't know, in a nutshell, a guy got mad because Wheatley called Chell (the main character) adopted.

[@FTChomp9980]

The National Dex still hurts to this day as a Pokemon Fan! But I would say sending death threats to the Developers is wrong these people work on the games and I plan on getting into the Gaming Industry.

[@friendlyotaku9525]

While it sucks the cut was sadly inevitable; especially with over 1000 Pokemon now!!

[@KraylebStudios]

Yeah some fans are just entitled

[@Mewtwo_150]

man who cares if the sexy fish isn't in the damn game. you got like 80 brand new ones to gawk over

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

To this day, there are still pokemon you can't have on a switch game. Two generations, seven games and four dlcs, but my Shiny Emboar still won't be able to go further than Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon without being trapped in Home...

[@danielbarnes1241]

No one would have cared if they actually updated the models and animations like they said lol. Instead like 6 pokemon got a cool unique animation. But sure whatever

[@BedBuggy]

Literally any Sonic Twitter discussion could go on here lmao

[@dt3331]

The worst thing with the Battlefront 2 one was if they never made it so that you could pay to unlock heroes it would have been annoying and kinda cool for when you see a hero for the first time

[@lil-nicco0610]

I remember how my mom and dad would explain to ym siblings and I how ground breaking Mortal Combat was and how much controversy it got into back in the day. Pretty tame stuff then than it is now.

[@carterretrac24]

My favorite argument…. “You have Uno!”

[@elliebingo]

I DON'T HAVE IT

[@carterretrac24]

@@elliebingo You have uno

[@kaneaquino8295]

Maybe not huge, but the Saints Row reboot. A bit because of how Volition ignored the fans from the massive disliking of their announcement trailer, but how the social media manager on Twitter went on a spree of saying how people who hate their decisions were "Terrorists" and "Misogynistic". Lucky us, the game was a dud, with an awful story and buggy as hell, and Volition had to become a part of Epic games after digging their own grave, lol

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

I always enjoy watching a new Diamondbolt video on Friday

[@BN0FFICIAL]

7:58 To be honest doing a news report on h*ntai games would only end up informing more people on what they are (which is basically just free advertisement)

[@indranilroy4822]

That mass effect one reminds me of the postal game controversy where news outlets falsely reported that you could kill kids in the game(the kids were essentially invincible NPCs in the game and the only characters postal guy couldnt kill). Even after clarification from the devs they didnt retract their report lol

[@richbrine64]

i havent even watched this video yet but i can tell its already amazing

[@jett_power]

Considering you mentioned Sword and Shield, I'll never forget that one guy said that complaining about not having all the Pokemon being in the game is comparable to the Hong Kong protests. Another dude said that bringing back the national dex is more important than racial protest in the US. They were not satire, btw.

[@Random_User666]

Are you talking about DistantKingdom?

[@-_-blanker-_-4103]

I legit had to leave the pokemon subreddit at that time bc the complaining and low effort memes were insufferable

[@jett_power]

@@Random_User666 Oh yeah that guy, I remember now.

[@piranhalettuce]

@@-_-blanker-_-4103 Tbh going on reddit at all was your first mistake

[@KraylebStudios]

​@@-_-blanker-_-4103 same

[@Seidr-Bane]

6:11 Okay but Mewtwo only has three fucking fingers. How else is he supposed to hold up his hand?

[@spencerboyce6227]

4:57 why does this sound like something Jigsaw would say 😂

[@crazct]

every since they shrinked the puddles gaming has never been the same

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

Love your Silver the Hedgehog cosplay Bolt

[@ReaperTheGodOfGames]

9:16 is the funniest part. xD

[@Davin-rp1nf]

“ay what the fuck”

[@mosaicarts828]

Hearing that even the official sonic twitter account got in on a gaming trend is shocking and hilarious.

[@kenepo4u496]

Nintendo certainly got exposed for some of their controversial business practices, such as cancelling an online Melee tournament for using a mod.

[@FatY0shi]

"3 fingers means satan" The Ninja turtles:

[@galaxyglow5187]

As a christian myself, I do not find the tmnt satanic in any shape or form. They're four turtles who love pizza and video games.

[@thatanimatorteen4290]

Never have I laughed this much at one of your videos! Keep it up! Edit: So at 12:14 this probably explains why my parents bought be a 360 instead of a One for my birthday.

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

Lmao true

[@johnnycraft4583]

You should cover the video games that defined a genre or made new genres

[@mirzapramudya1580]

If he does this, he can't forget Doom

[@benc77]

Doom, halo, super Mario 64, mortal Kombat are some of the most influential imo

[@johnnycraft4583]

@@benc77 Yeah, that for example🤌🏿👌🏿👍🏿🤘🏿🖐🏿

[@WikiHL]

​@@benc77 Mortal Kombat isn't close to Street Fighter when it comes to being relevant for fighting games

[@benc77]

@@WikiHL mortal kombat quite literally made the age rating system for games, sure street fighter is up there too but mortal kombat was all over the world

[@australianfbi4440]

Great video! In responce to your last statement, one I would have liked to see you to talk about are the numerous controversies surrounding Mass Effect 3. From its Day 1 DLC to its extremely divisive ending.

[@Moon-nk3co]

Dexit still goes down as the biggest blown over controversy in history. Which is a shame, because some people believe if Sword and shield failed, we could’ve had quality control. With that being said, I really enjoyed your approach on this Adam, it’s a nice topic and you were able to handle them respectfully

[@horsehay]

7:43 aaayyyyy i never needed to play Mass Effect to think that amirite brotha ahahahaha she must be a fan for it

[@pizzatime4430]

Great video man, keep it up

[@gamefanmik]

Boy howdy, I can't wait to watch this video on "Controverises". (Thumbnail)

[@diggitydog998]

I do agree with the Pokémon controversy being a little bit overblown however I’m very in support of blasting game companies when they straight up lie. They said they built the models from the ground up, and they didn’t. It was a desperate lie to escape their controversy over a problem they caused and only made it worse for themselves.

[@friendlyotaku9525]

They didn't lie, it was just a bit of a mistranslation/miscommunication

[@SERMareep2007]

​@@friendlyotaku9525 Stop defending them for lying. It wasnt a miscommunication it was a straight up lie

[@friendlyotaku9525]

@@SERMareep2007 except it was.

[@SERMareep2007]

@@friendlyotaku9525 No it was a lie. How much are they paying you?

[@friendlyotaku9525]

@@SERMareep2007 I wish. But no it was a miscommunication/mistranslation. That does happen especially with translations.

[@DrAwe-fi6we]

I dunno if Overwatch 2 scrapping it's co-op story mode (aka the one of the very few things that arguably validated it being a sequel instead of a glorified update) was a thing when this video was being made, but it may go down as one of the bigger controversies in gaming. Still not Blizzard's worst controversy sadly.

[@cliffturbo2146]

0:26 is that a gamer or a dog XD

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

hell of a clip to leave on with that pastor, geeze luis, not you of course but him. anyway thanks for posting this video i did get a few good chuckles out of it, i've been enjoying your content

[@eletrobonnie5887]

Yes. Been waiting for this

[@randomname468]

I would like to see you talk about Sad Satan. It's an obscure controversy, but it's more focused on the actual bad things in the game, so it would be different than what you talked about here.

[@genericname2747]

Yeah, it had actual child pornography

[@icravedeath.1200]

​@@genericname2747 wtf

[@genericname2747]

@@icravedeath.1200 Game was messed up

[@icravedeath.1200]

@@genericname2747 oof, I hope nobody has easy access to it then.

[@genericname2747]

@@icravedeath.1200 Pretty sure it's only available on the dark web. But there's normal versions of the game without anything illegal. (Also some versions of the game fill your computer with nasty viruses)

[@Quetzal00358]

Some "smaller" and more recent ones I remember: - The journalist claiming Cuphead was too hard cuz it took like three minutes to beat the tutorial - IGN rating ORAS 7.6/10 for having too much water - Scott Cawthon being "canceled" because fans found out his political beliefs - People spoiling Hogwarts Legacy because they didn't like J. K. Rowling and her beliefs even though she'd be making little to no money

[@beans5307]

The fact you got CAM CLARKE to voice over the tweet is AWESOME!!!!!

[@JoeDouglas]

Who?

[@kittykitkat7614]

12:02 resident evil 4 sound

[@AdrielDoesGaming]

I remember these controversies, they were insane

[@techyrelic]

8:13 how did she lose with tht

[@Terexerate]

The goat's back on Damn was that a video

[@octobotimus]

Covering battlefield 5’s controversy would be interesting. EA pissing everyone off by calling fans of historical accuracy sexists and it backfiring was certainly entertaining to watch.

[@Serrated-Needle]

I'm slightly upset you didn't talk about the Postal 1 & Postal 2 controversies. The dev team who made the Postal franchise got sued by the USPS.

[@Mr.Feather130]

Wait how did the postal devs get sued by USPS?

[@Serrated-Needle]

@@Mr.Feather130 The title is a reference to the term "going postal" which originated from an act of mass murder in which workers of the United States Postal Service just, went nuts.

[@Mr.Feather130]

@@Serrated-Needle oh okay LoL like who the heck want to sue a studio over a title of the game?

[@Frostycrypton]

This was a great trip down memory lane!

[@yaboythecorgiwithacap8593]

I still think its hilarious that Mortal Kombat is fully responsible for the ESRB because parents can’t read.

[@Samwise_Ass]

I think Night Trap was the one that triggered it

[@Celticgamer89]

@@Samwise_Ass that game was 80s cheesy and parents complaining about the games scene was the bathroom scene.

[@theamazingg3773]

2:28 pretty sure the sonic redesign in he movie is another one

[@VmothN99]

8:02 where is the clip from I NEED TO KNOW!!!!!!

[@lab_coat8278]

Bro I took a break from youtube and it's Amazing to see diamond bolt

[@windowone]

Yes! The day is good again! Diamondbolt uploaded!

[@bigcartoonman1457]

I know it's more of an American thing, but the "Satanic Panic" in the 1980s I think would be an interesting topic for a video. specifically the outrage about Dungeons & Dragons.

[@kiwigaming09]

That was half dumb but also half understandable cuz it was a brand new thing at the time that people overreacted to

[@crcoghill]

Trust me. I am not a fan of needing to give money, but I get it. Free to play games need money somehow, and sometimes you don't need to give a cent. But seeing Pokemon Unite in this video reminds me how stupid it can get. Like you only get so few in-game currency to get Pokemon you really want, and they can cost thousands of coins to get 1! And I can get behind the more popular or legendary/Mythicals being a bit pricy cause they are rare Pokemon, but explain to me how Dodrio, a Pokemon people rarely talk about, is the same price as FUCKING MEW!? it's so dumb and even when I get it through grinding, I still ripped off cause it took so long. It's a fun game, but the in-game prices ruin it for me.

[@cIII545]

Stopped playing Unite a few months ago for this very reason. Unless you play every day, progression feels so slow, which is a shame cuz there are a ton of cool Pokemon to use. Dodrio was actually my main lol.

[@Mr.Feather130]

I felt surprised that there wasn't any mentions about the multiple controversies on the super smash bros games

[@EricHernandez-vx8cv]

The big thing about Dexit wasn't that fact that you couldn't physically encounter and catch every Pokemon in the game, but instead that data itself for every Pokemon wouldn't be in meaning that you couldn't even transfer old Pokemon you may have had since 2002 if the data wasn't in Sword and Shield. (Keep in nind, there is lots of unused data from other games that's just copied over from as far back as the DS games without being used.) This combined with Pokemon Home being a paid service where any pokemon not in those games would be left in until another game that allowed them to be transferred.

[@pepperthe2008]

7:16 god fucking damnit