The Craziest Game Playstation Has Ever Made

Sony/Playstation only makes big budget AAA games these days. Back then, that wasn't the case, they made everything and the kitchen sink. Including this.
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[@kitterbug]

no matter how weird this game is, you have to agree, it's definitely some eye candy. stylization always ages better. I'm really sad that Sony just releases generic human character in dark moody third person game mostly now

[@KaminoKatie]

Astro's Playroom and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart: Are we a joke to you?

[@AluminumFusion22]

​@@KaminoKatieAstro's Playroom was great, but it was a tech demo first and foremost and Sony only lets Team Asobi do Astro games now, as much as I love the games and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart was made by an American studio. I think OP is talking about how Sony is afraid to take risks now and their library has to be safe and vanilla.

[@toaster9922]

I remember seeing Vinesauce stream this game and watching him lose it when a duck started speaking like Eric Cartman.

[@siralexander3359]

I remember this, wish I could find the clip

[@supermariohack3218]

A babe in need is a babe indeed.

[@minimanbeast1014]

"CAN YOU PLEASE STOP CALLING ME BABE" okay *honey*

[@PhantomMashupCreator]

@@siralexander3359 i think your referring to weird ps2 games #1, that game was Poine's Poin, a japan exclusive game for the PS2

[@PhantomMashupCreator]

@@siralexander3359 kzbin.info/www/bejne/imPdZ6hpo5l0nKc

[@dehparticles]

Despite how strange the game looks the PS2 era of graphics really emanated the creativeness that Sony went with for the console, truly an aesthetic

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

I agree

[@SwaggyG_2102]

Man, how come Japan gets to have all the weird and wacky games all to themselves?

[@Diwasho]

The west got some too during that time. Not many but they're just as obscure, most of them were US market's exclusive, even Europe had a few exclusives too. Go Go Hypergrind comes to mind, seems like many people have been discovering it for the first time in the last couple years.

[@beatziegraham6928]

Not all the times. We got karamari and that’s weirdly Japanese.

[@channel5980]

@@beatziegraham6928 Also God Hand, Muscle March and several others.

[@AluminumFusion22]

Ambitious Japanese games don't really come to the West much anymore because they could be considered money holes. They wouldn't make enough money back in the West to justify localizing it. It was easier to do that in the PS1 and PS2 era because games cost less money to make back then, but nowadays they'd lose more money than they'd make.

[@dogmendogmen]

​​@@beatziegraham6928It IS Japanese. If the question was a matter of exclusivity rather than origin, Katamari is still a terrible example. Namco had no plans to even release it in America because of how Japanese it is, and only ever did because the IGDA brought it to GDC, causing it to get tons of western media attention and pressure on Namco for an international release.

[@marreco6347]

The ps1/ps2 is an era so unique. Even nowadays with an these indie games you can't get a game like this. This can only exist when big companies are willing to throw money at unproven ideas for the sake of building a legacy. No concerns with immediate profit would allow for something like that.

[@tacitgamingfanREAL]

kid named Pizza Tower featuring Mort the Chicken from hit PS1 game Mort the Chicken:

[@moonlightostrich3690]

@@tacitgamingfanREAL this is getting obnoxious

[@VicerimusMortem]

@@tacitgamingfanREAL Yeah it looks unique, but it seems to just be like Hollow Knight and other games like it, a tried and true formula. Sure, there *could* be something unique that *is* made by indie devs, but I assume they're only just a small little game that's pretty niche.

[@yeeoof1995]

@@VicerimusMortem i feel like one of the most significant 'unique' indie games was the first fnaf game and even that turned into a formula in of itself

[@keyman245]

@@VicerimusMortem Pizza Tower is indeed "kinda" unique, It's a mix of old warioland and sonic games and the wacky transformations make It even more unique

[@jerodwolf5582]

I think we need to go back to 20 to 40 dollar experiences alongside the 60 to free to play experiences. I suppose the indie crowd is doing that, but there needs to be games where the game is just the fucking game, no $70 bullshit price point, no battle passes and microtransactions, no online only for single player dogshit, just make a good fucking game.

[@bigspaghettio]

i remember emplemon mentioned something about this in his video about the state of the video game industry while indie games do exist it's just not the same as when companies didn't need every game to be some big bombastic AAA 60 bucks MMORPG open world live service game

[@thechugg4372]

Well Hi Fi Rush just released!

[@maverickREAL]

people on the internet saying the exact same thing 800 times

[@bigspaghettio]

@@maverickREAL maybe they wouldn't have to if things actually changed for the better instead of becoming even worse

[@Thonato420]

Pizza tower is like 20 rn

[@toastwings9358]

i imagine the game could've easily been marketed in north america as like a parody of a children's game for teens and young adults. in other words, The Average Adult Swim Viewer

[@Masterge77]

Maybe about 10 years ago, but not in today's cynical world, where they think anything colorful is STRICTLY for kids, and that adults should only like gritty realistic stuff.

[@vanessaashford9203]

yeah the fact that it has a full-fledged English option makes me think that may have been the intention initially, but for whatever reason it never happened

[@Masterge77]

@@vanessaashford9203 I wonder if it was because the game was "Too Japanese" to be localized, or they weren't sure who the target audience would be once released in the west.

[@BinglesP]

To be fair, the only reason why they got away with swearing is because Japanese doesn't have any "swear words" so Japanese media treats English in the same way if it's not a translation. That's why the original version of Sonic X has Sonic swearing in English

[@OhNoBohNo]

I hear what you're saying, and as I understand it, every AAA game would be improved if we put the Eric Cartman duckball into them as a companion

[@joshuakhadaroo8475]

Facts

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Erick Duckman: "KICK THE BABY!!!"

[@pacomatic9833]

I'm starting to realize why it asks for your age. After all, this game is definitely something they would market to kids. So if your age is under a certain amount, it'll have more kid-friendly dialogue. That way they would still get a kids rating.

[@mistertagomago7974]

I tested it. Dialogue doesnt seem to change.

[@CarterShaw]

@@mistertagomago7974the word “wetass” stays in?

[@mistertagomago7974]

@@CarterShaw yup

[@quote4052]

I have nothing but mad respect for this game now. Everything about it is just so absurd and absolutely hilarious, sad it flopped, def deserves a following which it seems to be gaining nowadays thanks to Vinny exposing us to it. Great vid.

[@crystalqueen9711]

I can easily imagine this taking off if done by an indie dev today, because I want fucked up kid's games to stop being obvious cash grabs of horror games like Poppy Playtime or Garten of Bambam and more like this being an *actual* fucked up kid's game

[@MrKite]

From what I've researched, Christian Storms, Poin's VA, did a lot of television work in Japan. According to Storm's IMDbreen bio he was the translation supervisor for the Japanese dub of South Park. That's also where he got into acting.

[@jonmcintyre1144]

Aside from Cartman Duck, The character art style reminds me a lot of the classic 90’s anime “Samurai Pizza Cats” A.K.A. “Kyatto Ninden Teyandee/Legendary Ninja Cats”, as a matter of fact, Lilin and Lolo absolutely give me Lucille and Princess Vi vibes to their designs.

[@NovasPizza]

And now for a medal of honor just because you mentioned Samurai Pizza Cats

[@KRUSH-R]

"did you know" >shows image of Vaporeon goodness gracious

[@TheVengefulEagle]

Oh no, did I miss some lore?

[@KRUSH-R]

@@TheVengefulEagle nay it's referencing the start of "the vaporeon copypasta", look it up

[@geraldyeager7652]

​@@KRUSH-R 🤨📸

[@bigsky1047]

I really do miss when Sony and the like were putting out weird titles like this. For every mega blockbuster they put out now we could instead have so many weird experimental games and I would take that instead any day. At least companies are still doing that on some level with indie titles like ori being funded by microsoft.

[@islandboy9381]

It shouldn't all be done by just 3 or 4 AAA studios now. There used to be so many AA studios around with decent capital that were willing to put big amounts into these types of experimental titles, some of them even growing into beloved series. But the biggest publishers ate up those studios with acquisitions and then dropped them completely when they didn't meet their unrealistic sales expectations or shafted them to putting out average crap that can make quick profits.

[@yeeoof1995]

@@islandboy9381 it's a miserable wasteland now. there isn't any thought put in by the AAA corporations, and anything that deviates from their expectations is buried and hidden.

[@KaminoKatie]

The thing is that the studios under PlayStation are all based in North America and Europe while only having one studio in their home country(Team Asobi)

[@miltown3920]

@@KaminoKatieso?

[@guestb8389]

An obscure game with a complete identity crisis?! Oh boy, count me in! I need another one of those to add to my collection!

[@OrionUvalle]

The thumbnail looks like a fake playstation all stars 2 leak

[@senorapples1115]

It really sucks that sony has essentially betrayed its honor and roots. They had so much variety even during 3 and kinda early ps4. But nowadays it feels like a eclipse for them to make cool games even if they are non japan. Nintendo may leave some series in stasis or dead atleast they still celebrate them alongside the big ones.

[@KaminoKatie]

The thing is that the studios under Sony's PlayStation devision are all based in North America and Europe while only having one studio that was actually in their home country

[@Gatherway]

I once went on a research binge investigating all things PS2, so I was aware of this game even before it appeared on Vinesauce. I couldn't wrap my head around it back then, and I still can barely do so now - HOW did this game happen? WHO MADE THIS? It was clearly made in Japan, had all the leanings of a Japanese absurdist comedy in a cutsey super-deformed style, something along the lines Super Milk-Chan, and yet the ENTIRE game is in English with only subtitles for Japanese speakers. On top of that, the script itself is perfectly adequate when it comes to the fluency of the English, which tells me that at least one of the people in charge of directing this entire thing HAD to be a native English speaker living in Japan. I would so love for somebody who was at the heart of this game's conception to come forward and explain just what the HELL was going on at the studio at the time, it would be such a fascinating topic.

[@Diwasho]

I don't really get the impression that Alvion had a native speaking writer on their team, the dialogues may seem clean and grammatically sound but they still feel like something a Japanese mind would wright, it's bordering on Engrish without actually being Engrish. To be fair, plenty of Japanese people know fluent English, it's easy to forget but some of the biggest game series with fully English scripts like Resident Evil and MGS were written entirely by Japanese developers.

[@garydiamondguitarist]

​@@Diwasho Lines like "you were almost a Jill sandwich!" give the game away for Resi though.

[@CHECKthisvid]

2:25 Well, Sony (the corporation) is STILL a Japanese company technically, but in terms of PlayStation the past couple years, their studios have mostly been based out of America and Europe (I.E. Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Guerilla Games) with currently one PlayStation Studio being based out of Japan (Team Asobi).

[@AluminumFusion22]

Kojima Productions is a Japanese studio too.

[@xXSKY64Xx]

I can feel the Tezuka inspiration radiating from this game.

[@kiricappuchin]

I adore Poinie's Poin and how much it basks in the silliness. Its silly. Its stupid. It's nigh incomprehensible, but i LOVE it. One of the bosses, Tom, has a catchphrase. "Check it to the genius!" I have no goddamn idea what that means but its so..catchy? I quote it randomly. Same with "Hey, Green! Either pee or get off the pot." This is Alice in Wonderland if Wonderland was made of candy and plastic rubber DollarStore toys.

[@HogSlopp]

this is what FLCL was trynna tap into

[@darkdoctor1915]

I miss the old era of Sony, it just feels the same now, Ps1 and Ps2 era was the best

[@rhy45bianchi31]

Man i feel you too i enjoy the First the last of us (only the First one) but i miss games like Little Big Planet that exsperimeted with a lot of things 😢

[@Professional_idiot98]

"eat your ass- i mean heart out midna" damn... he just like me fr fr

[@Esitaro3670]

This game is nothing but the definition of charming

[@skeletonking2501]

I'm getting Earthbound vibes of all things. Like this feels like an elaborate game of pretend by a bunch of children slamming their stuff toys around and trying to create a plot.

[@islandboy9381]

That would fit the outta pocket cussing

[@moosesues8887]

So smash bros

[@Aureo-nt1gy]

I absolutely enjoy the games Sony currently outs out as Ghost of Tsushima’s quickly become one of my favorite games of all time. But I also wish they’d balance and vary their first party output by beating, weird, experimental and creative like they were with this game. They have many diverse dormant ip like Gravity Rush, Sly Cooper, and LoD but they only focus on AAA cinematic games. We can have BOTH. AAA games take forever to make too so while we wait for those, release the smaller scale games in between

[@masterseal0418]

Poinie's Poin is truly an adorable but weird masterpiece from the PS2 era; there are companies to create experimental games that become beloved, and the PS2 is no stranger to having the most bizarre games avaliable to the point where I had to list them down next to some other strange projects made for the PS1 and Nintendo consoles.

[@GGamerLiam]

Parappa: Hold my noodles

[@anidiot4702]

The CEO of Sony was probably high and was like: “heheh yeah let’s do that lol” and they did.

[@ahmedseen]

Thank you for satiating my obsession with old obscure bizarre video games, and good job on documenting a game that hasn’t gotten much attention

[@phorchybug3286]

Looks more like a really expensive GameCube game than a PS2 game in my opinion. Just gives off those kinda vibes, y'know.

[@succubastard1019]

Since the game asks you your age, maybe it's to not show swearing in the dialogue if the player is too young or something. I know that Japanese as a language works very differently that English, so the swearing could be just Japanese writers not being fully aware of the vulgarity of these words, but maybe they were legit unsure whether to make this a kids game or a parody of some sorts and they just went "fuck it" and did both things at once. Would potentially explain how unfocused the plot it as well.

[@connor3284]

But it seems the English game was the original version based on what it says in the menu, despite being released in Japan.

[@succubastard1019]

@@connor3284 Then unless the Enlish script was written by unexperienced Enligsh-speaking japanese writers or something, idk.

[@susumeyun]

Well, it does have words like "wetass" and "sucker", which parents would probably complain about if they saw their kids playing this game. I think it makes sense

[@zulimations]

pretty sure the game had english writers, so they probably didn't really care knowing it would be a japanese release where that stuff matters less

[@DavidJBurbridge]

Regarding the Eric Cartman voice in Japan, I don't think that guy had anything to do with it. Cartman is actually played by Lilico, a Swedish-Japanese TV personality. In the movie Cartman is played by some guy called Tetsuya Yanagihara (he's from Osaka. They made the bizarre choice of dubbing the movie in Kansai dialect)

[@FairyRat]

Looks like an awesome game, such an atrocity it never left Japan. It begs a remaster and a rerelease.

[@bitwize]

Highly experimental, Japanese PlayStation games are an aesthetic.

[@ToxicKappa]

I played through this to completion recently; I can't believe how absolutely fucking bizarre this game is, but man, does this game have some banger songs. Also the difference in voice acting is staggering, which is made weirder by this being an 'in house' translation. Like, Lolo is so much less annoying in japanese, I'm curious about the choices... But oh well. Yippie yo.

[@fluffcake]

This looks so aesthetically bizarre and I am EATING IT UP!! love stuff like this

[@ibrahimzonbia155]

It looks like if a unicorn projectile vomited everywere

[@ibrahimzonbia155]

Seriously I’m gonna get a seizure

[@leftysheppey]

This is the type of rare game that just feels like I'm on drugs

[@MarkiplierMeatMuncher8]

2:30 holy shit big floppa

[@joebidome384]

I fucking love these whimsical random topics, this guy is in my top ten favorite creators for sure

[@comixproviderftw_02]

You got that range man. You definitely should be a voice actor.

[@VortexKiller2]

LSD emulator would make more sense than this my god...

[@babsteinbabbenburger2578]

Fascinating find, great jokes (and in-jokes), comfy vibe, you're rapidly becoming one of my favourite youtubers my man

[@psi_rockin]

I only knew this from a Vinesauce video. It looks pretty cute honestly! Especiallly the creature designs, like the eclairs. I'm a fan.

[@vincentvalentine4401]

God I hope you become a voice actor. You just have the voice and chops for it!!!

[@テリ照り]

Man ps2 games where so much nicer and fun to play! They where actual games! Where we also got full games, and actually polished instead of the 30% of a game we get now that is also broken

[@BigBoss0331]

“YOURE FUCKIN SLACKIN” killed me XD

[@NotOnLand]

I had Ape Escape 3 as a kid, it was my favorite game. It was the first game I ever tried to 100% but sucked too much. I've never heard anyone else bring it up until now!

[@NOISEEROOM]

“I thought we passed a law that banned French people” 💀😭😭 why did that make me laugh so hard….

[@dankwaifu2093]

Seems like the character designer from Dotto Koni-chan worked on this.

[@jart1984]

Poinie's Poin is the dark souls of poin-type games

[@thecosmic8248]

I remember a KZbin I used to watch reviewed this game like 7 years ago, he was pretty obscure though and don’t think he ever got past 10 thousand subscribers. He might’ve also deleted his account his I can’t find it anywhere.

[@larrymantic2635]

Not only is Strawberry Mama someone with a dead son, she’s actually 24.

[@personalspace6270]

I miss the times with Legend of Dragoon, Twisted Metal, Dark Cloud, Gravity Rush, ICO, Shadow of the Collosus games i miss the AA games. They where cheaper experimental, original and pallet cleansers. But with gaming going mainstream, CEO's having the dollar signs in their eyes and the worst thing gamers going for the same shit over and over I think we are screwed.

[@gplastic]

17:22 "I thought we passed a law banning French people. Oh well..."

[@redactedredacted1860]

This feels like what would happen if the 4Kids Dubbing crew made a video game.

[@MondoJaeKusai]

1:53 Vaporeon Jumpscare.

[@user-some_failure]

my brain melted trying to understand this

[@nicholasmcnuggets6950]

How do videos like this talking about the game just suddenly come out after I literally just learned about the games existence a month ago?

[@hdofu]

I can't help feeling this is a spiritual sequel to Pu-Li-Ru-La

[@mastatheif9909]

The "you're slacking" parts are funny

[@TheCaledioScope]

"You are close to beating your mom, but you've run out of points." ~ MagicMush 2023

[@Protoplosion]

been trying to look for this game forever now on the internet and NOW you tell me their ain't no wiki for it? I just like the wild art direction so I wanted to know more about it but couldn't remember the name, so for my final attempt I searched "obscure playstation game" and out popped this video. thanks.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Ever thought of doing a video on Cookie's Bustle

[@Doodles1265]

bruh this game has the same energy as cookies bustle

[@LordSleven]

This game is actually super cute... I kinda want to play it now!

[@nolongeranobody869]

Main girl Sounds like asuka from adv evangelion

[@earlyej3008]

My favorite part of Poinie's Poin is when Poinie said "it's Poining time!" and Poined all over those guys!

[@ultimapower6950]

My favorite part is the… spirals shhstgxbxhsuwydnm

[@NotGalaxsu]

A remaster of this game would save the ps5

[@alfack5338]

THE MOST NORMAL PLAYSTATION GAME EVER MADE!!!!

[@schlopusmodangle]

Does anyone else think the PS5 sucks?

[@cooldud7071]

I personally know the man who wrote the vaporeon copypasta. He's in our discord server.

[@minimanbeast1014]

This is highly cursed and both 100% unnececery and nececery at the same time

[@TypeKK]

Ask him to make a Snorlax copypasta

[@smodr]

17:22

[@magicmush1998]

based

[@Creighty]

Ayo-

[@austinsavage5962]

These videos are great to just zone out and learn about some weird shit you never fathomed would exist

[@lowres5447]

Love the dimitri theme in the background. Sly 2 is a masterpiece.

[@codenamexelda]

Ape escape was my favorite PS1 and PS2 games, and Sly Cooper was my older brothers favorite PS1 and PS2 games Also love me some obscure Japanese stuff

[@Barakon]

If you like poinie, you will love Ena!

[@minimanbeast1014]

there different kinds of sureal, i agree tho, ena and this realy do have simmiler vibes, tho i wonder about the vibe of bbq dream quest, cuz it looks realy eerie

[@voety]

oh this game reminds me a ton of Planet DOB ! its another bright, colorful game on the PS1 from Japan. Its quite notable because of its banging soundtrack, which was created by the Japanese band "Date Of Birth", which the game was made for/based on

[@animationunlimited2958]

And I thought LSD Dream Emulator was the strangest game on the PS.

[@SofaKing2001]

Another MagicMush banger keep making these videos they're all good

[@lumirairazbyte9697]

So that explains PS fans celebrating Jim Ryan’s departure. Love the Poin, and cease all Live Services.

[@lenz7809]

MagicMush if you like strange games you will love ENA: Dream BBQ

[@doodoopop8385]

IT'S OUT!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@partyblook7699]

I played this and it was kinda fun but also I extremely stoned playing it lol. It’s also now have become a joke in my friend circle. Thank you Mush

[@BrainDamageComedy]

it was SKYRIM that caused the 3rd person action game with stealth elements trope.

[@jordanloux3883]

Something tells me that the age question affects the dialogue, and takes out the swearing if you're under a certain age

[@CrisisMoon7]

2:05 this is the second time I’ve noticed a KZbinr use Dimitri’s nightclub theme in their video.

[@Xalusc]

Hell yeah this is my kind of shit Thanks for this video, gotta play that game someday

[@Denneth_D.]

Me: *sees the title *XENOGEARS.*

[@Enforcer_Hound1]

Love how the background music is from jak 1 sly 2 and my childhood lol I miss those games

[@TheLexusKitsune]

This game now lives in my head rent free as of now

[@nazgulsenpai]

This is even funnier to watch after Concord.

[@VikCC]

i watched this video halfway and I come back to "TAILS. THOUSANDS ARE DEAD."

[@Romero_m8]

Good drug game, super weird and over the top, but still kinda chill

[@vaultdweller94]

10:07 great looking water

[@haoqo2928q7uxj]

This game reminded me that Ween song called "Happy Colored Marbles", which makes me very unconfortable.

[@favoritemustard3542]

_White Pepper_ is an awesome album, though...

[@haoqo2928q7uxj]

@@favoritemustard3542 yeah sure is

[@AluminumFusion22]

It sucks that Sony is pandering entirely to the West now. Back in the PS1 and PS2 days, it was a crapshoot for whether you'd find a diamond in the rough or something god awful, but nowadays it's just derivative and boring. Sony banking entirely on realism is gonna bite them in the ass.

[@PropaneNightmarezz]

I've gotta play this, this sounds like so much fun

[@JD69Han]

Good lord this game looks awesome!!