The Death of Unlockables in Mario Games

[@JellalTellme]

Awesome video, this is amazing. Also quick note, Mario Tennis (N64) does have unlockable characters. Shy Guy and Dk Jr. They are also very hard to get lmao

[@CesarTorres61296]

Beat the Star Cup on Singles & Doubles to get both Shy Guy & DK JR

[@JellalTellme]

@@CesarTorres61296 It was hard for me. Im still good at the game but it took me sometime to get there

[@joshua2400]

Jesus Christ the sovereign God loves you 😊 I hope you can personally get to know the Holy Trinity, God miraculously healed me of my chronic breathing issues that plagued me for years on a near nightly basis if not every single night God did this healing instantaneously within a group anointed prayer over my health, doing what nothing else would for years

[@jaredarenas7542]

Lets have a moment of silence for everyone who didn't have Mario Galaxy, and instead unlocked Rosalina by having 4,950 races

[@السراقالمجهول]

no you just need to get a star on all mirror cups

[@mrhalfsaid1389]

That would be sad, too bad I didn't have a skill issue

[@Fabian.J]

You can also just play Mirror… …But you gotta get a 1 ⭐️ on each cup! Mirror is STRESSFUL in Mario Kart Wii lemme tell ya 😭

[@hunterkehler671]

Somehow my local used game store never got a copy of SMG1 so when I 100%'d MKWii, I beat all the staff ghosts and got at least one star in all grand prix. Took over like 30 hours to do it but it was really fun, great use of my summer lol

[@herojosh7912]

When I was a kid I didn’t fully understand the meta, but I got a star on every cup using the magikruiser. It was a total slog lol

[@fernando98322]

Unlockables were something special back in the day, specially from the start of the 3D era up until 2010. Then the DLC era attacked and nothing has been the same. Unlockables are the reason Brawl is my favorite Smash game, because there is single player content and it's actually fun. What a concept!

[@cryguy0000]

Brawl is also just feel of details and love. The All Star mode, Subspace, the boss battles, stickers and trophies. It feels like the most full smash game

[@KLGB76]

I miss unlocking stuff in games. I can understand that it's not everyone's cup of tea but I think they shouldn't have removed it. They could have just gone the way they did things in Mario Sports Mix and give the player the option to either unlock everery thing with hard work and game dedication or just get everything with a code. Some indie games like Ultimate Chicken Horse still do it today and I think it's the best way around it.

[@dry4smash946]

super mario mix mentioned, therefore i am being summoned, and you know what, i agree :)

[@IronBlaze77]

@@dry4smash946I always feel like I’m the only person who played that game because of how forgotten it is-nobody talks about it.

[@dry4smash946]

@@IronBlaze77 samee here :))

[@dustinduzgames1276]

Mario kart 8 is a cakewalk even for a complete noob I'm sure and unlockable or two wouldnt break the game for them

[@Galaxy45678]

I know it wasn’t mentioned in the video but huge shoutout to Mario sports mix: the unlockables were GREAT. You practically had to unlock everything in the game and it’s such an addicting game. Taking the secret paths is so much fun. Hoops 3 on 3 was also really good too

[@declanmcsherry9368]

Oh my god no one ever talks about hoops 3 on 3 and that game was literally my childhood

[@YOSHBAG]

Unlockables gave you a reason to play and get better on your own when you had nobody else to play with. As an only child growing up, Mario kart Wii kept me coming back as a kid, as all the neighbors always said I could never unlock this or that. Now here I am having unlocked everything & rocking all my friends in this game whenever I play.

[@mariobroultimate1808]

Unlockables add replay value. I feel a sense of progression when I unlock something. Unlocking a new kart part every time I collect a certain amount of coins by itself will not suffice.

[@linkvos8151]

A new character or a whole new kart would get me so happy, but the little kart parts feel like I get something I don’t even want

[@zachellenburg5738]

I feel like the majority of people don’t play Mariokart for the unlockables. Most people play it for the multiplayer, and having every character already unlocked makes everyone happy. There are plenty of games with unlockables if you want them.

[@mariobroultimate1808]

@@zachellenburg5738 Easy fix. Allow us unlock things in multiplayer. A problem with Mario Kart Wii was a lack of a Grand Prix mode in multiplayer, making unlocking things near impossible.

[@mariobroultimate1808]

@@zachellenburg5738 What about us single player folks? We can't just be left in the dust! Remember Mario Kart DS's mission mode? Yeah, bring that back so we have single player content and progression.

[@zachellenburg5738]

@@mariobroultimate1808 Like I said before, the majority of people playing Mariokart play multiplayer. You are in the minority.

[@PlayersPurity]

Back when Rosalina felt unique... Nowdays she's just a tall Peach-

[@darronbroderick9622]

Totally agree and I’ve thought the same thing where have they all gone! Mario Kart Wiis unlockables were so rewarding and they urged you to get better at the game. They were hard but so fun I feel like

[@TVObe]

I cant belive it, after i attempted a 1st modern playthrough of mkwii i basicaly unlocked everything untill my wii died again sigh.... i guess im stuck in a loop of dlcs and more waiting for worse updates

[@JazzyWaffles]

Yeah I've been kinda disappointed about the lack of good unlockables in recent Mario games. I totally get why it might seem like a chore, though. Smash Ultimate, for example, took it a little too far (only 8 to start with plus DLC? kinda harsh given the sheer number of characters).

[@Unchainedful]

Smash Ultimate unlockables weren’t hard at all though. You unlocked a new character after every battle. It took me 30 minutes to unlock all the characters after release.

[@turbobist2889]

Ngl, I feel like Brawl and 4 had better unlockables than Ultimate. Not only were the requirements to unlocking characters were stronger than just "have some fights or do world of light", but we also had unlockable stages, unlocking trophies which felt more satisfying than unlocking spirits, masterpieces, and so much more. Honestly, while the core gameplay of Smash Ultimate is the best the series has, in terms of extra content, it's quite dissapointing.

[@GottaBGlitches]

It's a shame all the unlockable characters nowadays are just "pay for the DLC and wait until it releases"

[@PoketronPokey404]

What’s worse about Mario tennis aces and golf super rush was that the “dlc” characters were already in the game as CPUs in the story mode. You can pick apart the roster and it shows.

[@odiplol]

Yeah, unlockables were the most fun i had on mario kart wii as a kid, the feeling of unlocking funky kong is just amazing.

[@davidwilson2916]

This is why Mario Kart Double Dash is my favourite game in the series: the unlockables. New characters, vehicles, courses, stages, modes... all of that was your reward for investing time into Grand Prix, accompanied by an awesome unlock screen. Booting up Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and having everything unlocked from the start is just so boring in comparison.

[@dimentioo]

i remember when i was a kid i used to always delete my brawl and mario kart wii saves just so i could relive the experience of unlocking characters again haha

[@stonedscone]

this is the charm of unlocks! glad im not the only one who replayed Mario Kart Wii 100 times

[@ThomatoSauce]

How dare you forget the best Mario Sports game: Sports Mix.

[@Bluetonium_19]

I’m so incredibly happy Nintendo is bringing back unlockables in “Super Mario Wonder” and actually incorporating theme into the gameplay as well!

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

My favorite thing they did with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is make it so that getting a rank on a higher difficulty automatically gave you that rank on all difficulties below it as well. One of the most annoying thing of older Mario Kart games was being forced to go through the slog that is 50cc in order to unlock things. I'm very happy that was changed, though it makes it matter slightly less now that they removed stars next to your name in online multiplayer.

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

Wait, you're telling me I wasted my time getting stars on 50 and 100cc each wave the whole time???

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

@@EmperorPenguin1217 only in Mario Kart 8 and 8 Deluxe, all the other games don't have that feature.

[@Xile179]

@@EmperorPenguin1217im just learning this now to 🥲

[@wutadam]

4:04 Mario Kart 7 had nine unlockable characters: one for getting first in each cup in 150cc, and Miis for beating every cup in any cc.

[@4thelols740]

100% agree, I miss the days of unlockables games sadly aren’t the same without them 😭

[@MushroomEater64]

Mario games just doesn't feel the same anymore like they used to.. And it's sad..

[@traviscunningham7062]

Let’s hope Mario Wonder has some unlockables with the purple coins

[@NickMario1]

Mario spin-offs you mean. But yeah I agree but hopefully after that Mario direct we had Nintendo starts to care more about the series again which I think they are

[@ikoopa15]

I can remember that feeling when I unlocked Funky it was incredible

[@BigGreen945]

The level of excitement I had when I unlocked a new vehicle in Mario Kart Wii just isn't there with Mario Kart 8. The game just feels so much more bland.

[@thatmanatite]

Excellent video, I’m surprised it doesn’t currently have more views! Great work! :D

[@jarrellfamily1422]

Unlockables are a great way to add single player value to a multilayer game aside from a story or mission mode cause it gives a sense of progression without it the only reason to play the game is to play it in the intended multi-player or to take up time when you don't have a single player game you're excited to play

[@Rezector]

the fact that mario party superstars includes no unlockable characters

[@JaySurf27]

if smash bros ever stops letting us unlock characters then gaming is screwed

[@angeldude101]

Super Mario Bros Wonder seems like it'll have the largest playable roster in a mainline Mario platformer, though none of them seem to be unlockable. We did hear from the director that part of the reason is to prevent players fighting over who gets to play a particular character. (More specifically his daughters would fight over who gets to play as Peach, so he added Daisy so they could both play as different princesses, in the process making Daisy's first appearance since her debut that isn't a spinoff or Super Mario Run.) We do however get unlockable badges, some of which seem to be from completing small challenges, and others purchased with in-game currency, which change up parts of the gameplay.

[@Snicky-D]

A little surprised you didnt talk about mario hoops 3-on-3, the unlockables in that game were amazing I was hooked as a kid

[@darthtroller]

As a kid I didn't get far enough to know about FF characters being in it, weirdly I do remember being able to play as Boo which ig didn't really happen since I had never gotten past Sherbet Land, rn I'm tryna beat the hard mode of the gold trophy Rainbow Airship

[@TheMexicanVaquero]

I think online play is what killed these games. Before hand Nintendo had to think about the value of the game and what would keep people playing as a way tk justify the price, playing against other people is obviously a reason but back in the day that wasn’t a guarantee so stuff like unlockables and mini games were a good way of adding content to a game to increase its replayability. But with online play on the rise with the Wii, wiiU, and definitely the switch, Nintendo probably feels there’s no need to add replay value to a game because the multiplayer aspect of the game is what will keep it going and online ensures you’ll always have someone to play with, so they just slam some DLC on it for a quick buck and keep the game on life support a little longer and they call it a day. Truly a shame I think people loved the earlier games because of the unlockables and single player aspect of it. I loved a lot of these games growing up and I never had anyone to play them with.

[@TrollSlayer2001]

Unlockables are now being replaced with paid DLC and microtransactions.

[@Unchainedful]

The problem with unlockables not just in Mario games is due to esports. All players must have equal opportunity and ability to play as any and all playable characters. This is even a thing with Smash Ultimate since Nintendo actually offers to unlock all characters for you upon support request(requires your esport sponsor). This is why now in fighting especially, there are no unlockable characters, maybe just one which is really easy to unlock. All esport competitive players must be given the chance to play as and train as all characters so one person doesn’t have an advantage over another. You will never have a character that’s very hard to unlock because of this, it causes an unfair advantage.

[@DDKoD]

And as a TO for a Smash Tourney, we had to make sure every set up was online for the dlc update, that by itself was a work let alone actually unlocking all 68 ather base game characters

[@skipperbut]

7:50 you would've loved mario sports mix. Its so under rated. I played that game so much with my brother trying to unlock new modes and hidden characters, especially for harmony volleyball.

[@dry4smash946]

Someone actually mentioned mario sports mix therefore, i am summoned.. and man the unlockables were actually fun, my only issue with it is some of them can be too tedious to unlock through the cup mode, especially flower cup, the only thing keeping me away from replaying the game is just how easy is the first cups without hard mode, expert is sooo fun ngl even to this day

[@skipperbut]

@dry4smash946 yup. I remember trying to unlock ninja on star cup. Took me a while to realize I'm trying to make a star shape with the secret paths and had to draw myself a map to remember which direction to go

[@dry4smash946]

Ninja is genuinely one of the coolest characters to unlock, i dont rly consider him tedious tho

[@jackscrivens9520]

Perhaps the mainline games could be covered in another video. I'm surprised that they weren't covered here.

[@vini64]

Great video! I also share the same sentiment, I LOVED unlocking things in every Mario game from the GameCube and Wii era, especially MKDD, MKWii, Smash Melee and Smash Brawl. The latter two I'll never forget the memories of unlocking the characters, I think I even have a recording of me unlocking King Boo and Petey Piranha in MKDD, it truly felt like an achievement back in the day. Also, I never unlocked Petey Piranha in Strikers Charged despite trying hard, I just couldn't beat that last cup, it was INSANELY hard! I'd just like to make some quick corrections btw: 1) Daisy and Waluigi weren't unlockable in Mario Party 3, they already came with the base roster. They WERE planned to be unlocked, as seen in pre-release media, but they backed out in the final game. 2) There IS an unlockable board in Super Mario Party, being Kamek's Tantalizing Tower (but it's so underwhelming I can forgive you for forgetting you had to unlock it). 3) Mario Tennis 64 does have unlockable characters besides the transfer pak ones, being Donkey Kong Jr. and Shy Guy. 4) The adventure mode for Tennis Aces was available at launch, it wasn't an update. Maybe what you got mixed up was the fact they added that intro cinematic for it in an update.

[@VerrouSuo]

this showed up in my recommended right after the mario wonder direct …dang

[@awesomeocelot7475]

How was Boo not playable in Mario Party Superstars?! He’s one of the Main Mario party playable characters!

[@ElJosher]

I just hope the next mario baseball (if it even happens) doesn’t suffer from the same issues as all the other switch mario sports. 🤞🏻

[@kiinii-pixel]

EXACTLY. the sad thing about all of this is that the actual good games with fun unlockables are so old that they cost a fortune now.

[@xondarium7691]

they way your mic picks up every single time you breath really makes this video 100x more enjoyable

[@MagerBlutooth]

This is something they really seem to understand in the indie roguelike sphere. In a genre where you're meant to play a game multiple times, it helps to have an overarching goal to work towards beyond simply winning. If winning is the only goal, then the game ends after you win. Games like Monster Train and Streets of Rogue have phenomenal unlocking systems that are tailored to the roguelike formula. By tying the unlocks to an achievement system or points gained in a run, it lets you feel a sense of progress even after a loss. Both also have victory-based achievements as well that still keep the sense of accomplishment from victory meaningful. Streets of Rogue in particular unlocks overpowered versions of each character class you win the game with, which is a nice flavorful reward for demonstrating mastery with that class. And then of course most roguelikes employ the Ascension system popularized by Slay the Spire, which lets you play at a slightly higher difficulty each time you beat the previous tier, which carries both a sense of steady accomplishment and also lets you refine the difficulty level to just where you want it to be. It can also be useful to gate variety behind skill-based unlockables to tailor the early player experience to be more beginner-friendly and dripfeed the more complex aspects as the player proves they have the skill to warrant them. That's what they did with the mobile card game Marvel Snap, which uses unlockables to create one of the best on-boarding experience I've had in recent memory. Instead of drafting a hundred cards from the start and weeding through the fodder to find the best ones, each individual card is meant to have viability and compete for a deck slot, like when you get a new character to potentially add to your team in Mario Baseball. Maybe this new guy's got synergy with this other guy, but those two would work better with this third guy that's been on the bench this whole time. Or maybe I can just build a new team around this new guy's ability. Games like these make me think unlockables as a game mechanic still has potential to do things that developers haven't come up with yet.

[@humdum_yt]

21:13 i was genuinely really caught off guard when five nights at f boys started playing in the background. it took me a whole minute for it to register in my brain that this actually happened.

[@stonedscone]

welcome to stoned scone videos where fnafb is everywhere

[@humdum_yt]

@@stonedscone *immediately subscribes out of sheer respect for another fnafb fan*

[@milddiffuse]

Smash Ultimate was when I realized how things had changed. The mystery of unlockables is just kind of not a thing anymore, the internet just kinda makes that impossible now (At least when it comes to unlocking characters or stages). I completely do understand why they revealed all the characters before the games release. This way we at least get to enjoy some of that mystery and revelation, just not inside the actual game. Regarding Mario Kart 8 I wouldn't be surprised if the absence of these kinds of unlockables even increased sales. Just a shame things had to change like that.

[@cryguy0000]

Unlockables and cheat codes are just gone now. Because it's easier and more profitable to make things DLC, it sucks. Gaming peaked around the ps2 and early ps3 era (gamecube and wii for nintendo). And now it's on a downward slope and it's so tragic, I'm not even excited for new games anymore

[@agentswrath]

wow, gotta say im shocked to not see mario sports mix on here, because the only ones i thought about prior to watching was that, mario kart, mario party and super sluggers

[@agentswrath]

great video though, definitely subscribing

[@stonedscone]

i’ve never played sports mix on the wii so i didn’t want to review a game without not knowing all about it since i don’t wanna get stuff wrong

[@lakitudude7577]

unlockables suck love bringing a new game to the function and having like 4 characters to choose from. the only time unlockables in a couch multiplayer game are good is if you're a loser with no friends

[@Maxxieuguu]

As a kid I never unlocked everything in mkwii all because funky kong, for some unexplainable reason, scared the fucking shit out of me back then.😂😂

[@MontyMoleLoreMaster]

There are Roblox simulator games with more content and depth than Mario Strikers: Battle League.

[@ayo.2022]

In my opinion, I think that Kirby Star Allies took the best approach to having post-launch update content: have the characters already downloaded into the game, but not have them playable until you reach certain levels where they're most relevant to the plot. That way, new players will still have extra stuff to look forward to, and people who beat the game beforehand get the characters from the get-go because they've already fulfilled the conditions, and they can enjoy the new routes in Guest Star Mode. If Mario spinoffs want to go down the update route, I'd say this is the best way to do it going forward

[@krubbington]

This was a video we needed. Unlocking stuff is really fun and I'm glad how you called out the absolute lame-ness of the modern free update system. It's worth mentioning that when a new Mario Baseball game was rumored for the switch, there were soooo many people apathetic to the idea of it because everyone was expecting it to be another shallow release with "new content" only being dropped in free updates. That's how hard Nintendo has dropped the ball with the sports titles on Switch.

[@Luigi_bros4321]

6:36 Wario Party 10 is censored

[@stonedscone]

glad someone noticed!!

[@Luigi_bros4321]

@@stonedscone lmao you answered 6 months later after I commented that

[@ThePanameno507]

Now all is a DLC, thanks all paying rich americans

[@PizzaPasta256]

This is an awesome video! And it’s making me really miss the older games’ style in terms of content. Hopefully we get something similar to the GameCube and Wii again. Also correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe they added computer difficulty settings to Mario Golf Super Rush WAAAAAY after launch, which is still really embarrassing. Also my guy, you forgot to talk about 👏Mario👏Sports👏Mix👏 I don’t know what others think of it, but for my friends and I, it was Mario PEAK Mix.

[@arianagrandefromfortnite]

Awesome video, made me remember how much unlockables like this meant to me as a kid, they really drove me to experience all I could with these incredible games. Also, dude you *really* need a pop filter

[@Discretion234]

For me personally, the best sport game of the Mario franchise is Mario sport mix. That game was sooooo fun. Playing dodgeball with Mario and co. Is just something that made sense. The unlockables weren’t Mario characters tho

[@claypetrosky5674]

My brothers and I are praying that the next Mario baseball is thought out like the other two. Sluggers had such a giant roster and a fun story mode to unlock everybody. We still play them today, so much fun. That is… if we get another

[@Stupidfunnelol2288]

Fun fact, Daisy and Waluigi aren’t unlockable in Mario Party 3. They were supposed to be but in the final game you can play as them from the start. The first Mario Party game with unlockable characters is Mario Party 4. With Toad, Koopa, Boo, Shy Guy, Bowser and Koopa Kid in the Beach volley folly minigame in extra mode (Also Shy guy and Dk Jr are unlockable in Tennis 64)

[@aqualacerta3961]

i'm sad you didn't talk about mario hoops 3 on 3, actually i'm sad nobody talk or even know about this game, it had it all: many unlockable characters and cups with some being difficult/funny to obtain, like playing a certain cup on the evening to unlock a character, amazing course and the freaking best soundtrack i've ever heard in a mario sport game, yes even better than mario strikers, BY FAR. This game need some love man

[@RejectedGalaxy]

Yuuup. Unlockables were the best thing in the ps2 and ps3 era. I still to this day emulate older fighting games like Tekken and just play through arcade with every character to unlock more characters and see each of their endings. Pair this with Retro Achievements and you're set the unlockable dopamine never stops.

[@MuscledRMH]

I absolutely agree. I love Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and it is a fantastic game to play but do I miss the incentive to play the game on solo except for just killing some time having fun racing.

[@oreogod1985]

Watched this while eating dinner, absolutely LOVED it Subscribed. Can’t wait to see what else you’ve got in store👍

[@Zer0_245]

Finally a video explaining the unlockables of Mario. Mario kart 8 deluxe didn't mind me as it was only the characters already unlocked. Super mario party had 4 locked characters and 1 locked stage then Mario tennis aces happened and there wasn't any other unlockables in any other mario games on switch. Great Vid

[@ashketchup94]

Not mad that the characters were available from the start but missed opportunity for Mario kart 8 deluxe to have the dlc characters/stages from Wii U and the inklings as unlockables so there was a reason to clear all the Grand Prix cups. Mario Kart Wii did the unlockables perfectly that I personaly make different files to experience it all again.

[@SaddieMoon]

The only time Nintendo would give you content you have to unlock post launch, is when the game’s categorized with the first letter being M- and the last letter being -obile.

[@TheDarkEnigma]

This is why im glad i still play older games. between free content updates and dlc, theres no charm to a lot of gaming now. Why should i commit my time to something when you can just buy it or have it automatically unlocked? Kills some of the fun of chipping away at a goal til you achieve it. Like if super mario sunshine came out now, the sunglasses and shirt set wouldn't be an unlockable from time and effort, it'd just be unlocked automatically or included in some random dlc package. progress is fun and the feeling of achieving something is amazing. I miss that feeling in a lot of games now.

[@chillysu]

amazing video !! you shoulda talked abt mario sports mix tho that game also had an insane amount of unlocks. personally one of my favourite mario sports games

[@NicTube]

Great video, I agree with mostly everything you said. Similarly, I'd absolutely love Nintendo finally adding achievements to all of their games. It would actually make you wanna play a game even AFTER finishing the main story mode. I don't really count those NSO missions as achievements as they are.. pretty lackluster - not comparable to Steam or Sony achievements at all (saying this as someone who doesn't even have a PS himself). However, I gotta defend Mario Tennis Aces. First of all, I think it definitely is the most finished and polished one of the main three Mario sports games on the Switch, but much more importantly: At (16:06) you put "no adventure mode on launch". Which isn't the case, as it had the full Story Mode given at the very first day it released. The only thing added somewhen after was the new bonus Postgame DLC island FOR said Adventure Mode. Still, fantastic topic and I really enjoyed that video! Keep it up :)

[@SUPERSHYGUY233]

How dare you disrespect mario kart 7 like that :(

[@coyotemontana4558]

Now that's the rise and fall of unlockables in Mario Games.

[@9-VoltGaming]

I just think is weird when Daisy is an unlockable character, to me she's part of the main cast, is like making Luigi unlockable

[@SociallDrinkerr]

Don’t know how this got recommended but glad it did, brb boutta binge 🔥

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

It's interesting to see where the priorities of every development studio lie when they're forced by Nintendo to release them early. Next Level games prioritizes character animation, because that's the only cool thing Battle League has, really fleshed out stuff. Camelot on the other hand removed all the unique animations there were in Mario Golf 3DS and narrowed it down to two win animations per character, but introduced some weird gimmicky mode. And both lack interesting courses/fields.

[@Kirbyfan7209]

Mario maker 2 has them still, it’s just near Impossible to do

[@sirmoony5633]

I love how you gave the censor bar to the title from the cover art of Mario Party 10! LMAO

[@jozajab6849]

I haven’t played Mario Strikers Battle League since launch day. That’s how bad it is.

[@stonedscone]

:( such a missed ippurtunity

[@djinnspalace2119]

you know, back in the day i started playing as fly guy in mario tennis for the gamecube. not because i liked shy guys or because he was a good character but because i had to put effort into unlocking him.

[@DDKoD]

Honestly as 30yo adualt, I don’t miss unlocking stuff anymore and actually glad most games comes with nearly all character and stages at jump and I don’t think most of newer kids like unlocking stuff either. Like I straight up groaned when I to unlock my mains for Ultimate cause I just wanted to go online and play with my friends. Like most of people who missed unlocking stuff are people who grew up with it and honestly I can still play through a game and enjoy it even without unlockables. And lets be real some unlockables were straight up BS like unlocking Mewtwo in Melee, god that was horrendous!

[@ksauceyt]

Hey, this video is kind of poggers. You got yourself a new sub

[@FilthyTea]

Mario Krat 😀

[@pumpkinteen9192]

This was a good video to see the big picture of modern Nintendo, just a shame to see how much energy has been sucked out of the spinoffs, As for unlocking stuff, I feel like it would be even cooler if nintendo didn’t announce every single itty bitty detail before, Being surprised and wowed by a game when you see something new makes it feel more like an adventure. Thats also another reason why Ive disliked modern pokemon also, they hype up a big mystery pokemon and they end up just showing it off on twitter anyways, what a letdown.

[@briansalamander]

thank you for your rant about strikers i feel the exactly the same in all the ways so i feel very seen. look what they did to my boy!!!!!!

[@leeeroyjenkins555]

And the worst part is that this isnt even the worst! A lot of other companies use unlockables a deluxe pre-order fomo shit!

[@U1coolguy]

As Scott the woz once said for Mario tennis ultra smash: ITS JUST TENNIS!!!

[@stonedscone]

at least it has more unlocks than aces kinda not really eh, maybe i like wii u too much

[@mariopokemon955]

i was very happy learning in smash ultimate you had to unlock every character other than the original 8, i was much more disappointed at the fact the only way to make unlocking the characters fun, was to play world of light, in comparison to previous games where every character had an interesting unlock method

[@BahuschBahusch]

Mario Party 3 had no unlockable characters. Daisy and Waluigi were just not playable in Story Mode.

[@ShadwSonic]

For me, what matters more than there being unlockables is what you need to do to unlock them in the first place. In a very real sense, unlockables serve the same purpose as achievements do to incentivize gameplay, when they aren't also involved with progression. I actually don't like how Smash Ultimate handled it, because they all get handed to you with time. You want to have a "cheat" way to do it? Fine, whatever, make it X Versus Matches, that would need to be intentionally sought after, and is useful for setting up tournaments or whatever. But where's my "beat the game without losing a stock"? Or "complete all Target Tests with a low total"? Or even "recruit them in Adventure"? The unlock has to _mean_ something, is what I'm getting at, otherwise it's just mindless grinding instead of a reward. But then again, Nintendo seems to be utterly dismissive of achievements as "purely extrinsic", so it makes sense why they don't understand what makes unlockables a good concept.

[@worldof2ndfluteclarinet353]

Not just Mario games. Kids today won't remember ever having to unlock Daisy or Waluigi

[@RisingJericho]

At last, a fellow stan of Super Circuit

[@fusionoftheaces9097]

That moment when i can be thankful (so far) that my favorite of the Mario Sports games, died on the Wii, Mario Baseball! Granted I think sluggers campaign mode was still a downgrade to the superstar campaign as you actually played more baseball in the original compared to just the minigames, but there were far more unlockables in Sluggers.

[@Mizai]

only BUYunlockables

[@nakkleee]

I know you said you won’t be mentioning certain sport games but did you ever play “Mario sports mix” because that game is awesome. I loved this game growing up so much and for me it was up there with Mario Kart Wii, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

[@kylewood4488-b9r]

Well we still do get unblockable... just not any hidden ones. Damn I miss when the internet freaks didn't literally dig up every detail from every game before release.

[@stringcheese27]

The amount of times Ive reset my mario kart wii file to unlock everything again…

[@stonedscone]

this is why I made the vid! Mkwii is so much fun to grind out, slowly seeing your tiny roster of racers expand. some people didn’t even know Mii Suit B existed when I was a kid. thanks for the watch!!

[@JC-hi8fk]

I don’t think the vast majority of people who only bought Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for multiplayer would only benefit by characters be locked…

[@xdmurderer5087]

I played Mario Kart Wii soo much as a kid and i never knew Funky Kong was on it and i watched videos on youtube and thought it was a mod. I got a wii u today so i can replay all the amazing wii titles and im buying Mario kart first

[@VeinTrippin]

The Mario sports games had plenty of unlockables that made it very fun to play

[@doggiegirler]

i dont think a rerelease of an already pretty popular game not retaining its unlock system, which was already pretty lacklustre, is an indication of anything, But mario kart 9 better have the best damn unlockables known to man

[@MrGutzs]

As we age we don’t wanna spend hours unlocking stuff anymore, most people just come home from work and wanna play a few games before heading to bed and I think Nintendo realized that lol

[@meowmasterL346]

I highly doubt the working adult population is the main demographic for mario sports games. And explain the triple A games from ubisoft/activision/fromsoft that all have oversaturated gameplay these days?

[@jeremiahhester6408]

Smash Ultimate have you unlock all those character was like a dream come true! But they had to ruin it by having all 108 stages unlocked! WHAT THE HELL!!

[@stonedscone]

i do think that was weird

[@luma4682]

so no one is gonna talk about mario sport mix on the wii and his unlockable?! I mean final fantasy character and similar was crazy