the dumbest video essay on youtube

[@thelastchannelonyoutube]

Nick seems like a strange guy. I wonder what will happen when I google “why was Nick Robinson fired from Polygon”

[@iamjustkiwi]

Oh no! I did that thing and found out, it would really be a shame if more people ALSO did that!

[@Joel-oy5zc]

This comment should probably be pinned

[@Mike14264]

oooh I see

[@SsjkidsSaveCosmo08]

Damn guys I looked it up I sure hope you don't do the same

[@whizzerZero]

Oh so it is the same guy? I saw a comment somewhere a while ago alluding to this but I never found out if this was the same Nick Robinson who had a KZbin channel

[@smellvadordali9806]

it's so funny to characterize yakuza of all things as being ultra-grim and funless

[@smellvadordali9806]

also as fun as super monkey ball is, I feel like it's an idea that can only be iterated on so much before it gets repetitive

[@sexygirlmax2019]

I've never played Yakuza but didnt Nick do a video where the background was him spending all of his in game money on gachapon figures. So ultra grim and funless and evilllll

[@NocturnalTyphlosion]

"yakuza is ultra-grim and funless" yakuza 0: ...wanna hire a chicken? named nugget?

[@theboywonderlol]

The first two games were definitely darker than the rest of the series tbf, given that it was before the progressively quirkier side content became a main focus. Even with it being a big focus now, the main stories still remain pretty serious and emotional a lot of the time and I wish people talked about them when bringing up the games, but I get the sillier stuff is a big draw and it's not worth being gatekeep-y about. That being said implying Nagoshi's behavior was becoming "troublingly" reflective of the ACTUAL Yakuza is a hilariously insane stretch.

[@smellvadordali9806]

@@theboywonderlol I absolutely adore the way Yakuza handles its tone. I think the quirkier stuff suits the series better ultimately than the tone of the first two, but I like that it hasn't descended into farce. It doesn't feel inappropriate or jarring when it decides to be serious, or when it decides to be silly.

[@TheCursedJudge]

"the rise and fall of x" is the thing youtubers do when they dont have creativity and wanna dramatize the concept of... the history of some topic

[@iris_ofthestorm4260]

Hey, Judge! Neat to see you here

[@redactedoktor]

EYYYYY JUDGE-YYYY!!! Strange to see _YOU HERE,_ *NOT.* yeah thats about all i have to say...

[@adridaplague-boi]

heyo The Cursed Judge

[@TheCursedJudge]

@@iris_ofthestorm4260 hello hello, Patricia may or may not have converted me, so here i am

[@iris_ofthestorm4260]

@@TheCursedJudge - her videos rule, I’m glad to see her getting more attention.

[@squawk-box]

it's so weird to me that nick robinson was even allowed to make any kind of comeback in the first place considering he was like literally caught harassing women he worked with

[@Donut-Eater]

Wait what

[@ultimateidiot2344]

HE WHAT

[@jackthehacker05]

Need an elaboration on this thx

[@stonks3507]

Elaborate on this????

[@Senchi3]

For some ungodly reason he just keeps gaming the algorithm, it's happened so many times that I'm watching a video and 5 mins in I'm like wait fuck this is Nick Robinson again

[@willytor7899]

i remember when he made a video about rhythm heaven silver praising the translation and when that video came out the people behind the translation posted on their social media for the first time in years just to tell him he was a horrible person and to apologize for what he's done

[@spankypants2793]

that's fucking hilarious lol

[@Planterbannter]

Plzzz need those tweets

[@facespkz_osu]

they also made a forum post about the patch, and the 2020 edit calls out Nick with the allegations that got him fired

[@raccoonshideout]

wow that's actually pretty antisocial and rude to do if you think about it.

[@LazarLime]

@@raccoonshideout yeah, it is pretty antisocial and rude to harass your co-workers. You are so right

[@hexzyle]

Good job resisting the urge to make a 30 minute video about the Rise and Fall of Nick Robinson

[@ShirubaGin]

That's what Hbomberguy will be making

[@normalperson7]

​@@ShirubaGinjust need to wait 5 more months

[@nataliexists]

ending with a heavily edited picture of nick plastered on his front door

[@Taelen]

why tf did he find it necessary to talk about the dev like that

[@saintsea-hat7891]

Racism probably

[@LegoGoblin]

because his precious monkeylicious spheres were ROBBED

[@megamillion5852]

Tbh, it feels like people are either being purposefully obtuse about that, or simply haven't watched the video to gather the proper context. Nick isn't making any real comments at Nagoshi's expense. It's a purposefully stupid exaggeration of how it looks to a fan who knows nothing about the people behind what they love, that the man who once made the identifiably jovial and innocent series, now works on the one that is identifiably grim, and dangerous at a surface level. The framing of Nagoshi literally becoming a Yakuza member himself is meant to be ridiculous.

[@imadrian98]

"it's okay, I'm only pretending to be an entitled moron." Yeah. Fuckin. Right.

[@saintsea-hat7891]

@@megamillion5852 why are you defending a sex offender?

[@SharpieSkunk]

it's so insane that nick did the whole bit of "going to japan for something really unimportant" twice

[@duffman18]

He did it over 5 times. Not just twice. It's his only gimmick.

[@AGuyNamedAl]

What Does Nick Do When He Wants to Find The Origin of a Meme? HE GOES TO JAPAN! What Does Nick Do When He Wants To Interview The Creator of Something Made In Japan? HE GOES TO JAPAN! What Does Nick Do When He Wants To Find Out Why J.K. Rowling Is a Bigot? HE GOES TO JAPAN FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME!

[@alaw4581]

Nick Robinson's videos are so devoid of personality that it always takes me 5 minutes to register that it's the guy fired from polygon for sexual harassment.

[@iamjustkiwi]

Uhm excuse me for some guys sexual harassment IS their personality. That's weird, they're weirdos. Have you ever seen them NOT commiting sexual harassment?

[@digdogbulldogdog]

huh??????? Thanks for accidentally informing me I’ll look into it

[@digdogbulldogdog]

Some of his videos were pretty good and entertaining tho Like all the deep dives into obscure games he really liked Sucks that okayish KZbinrs can still be bad people with skeletons in their closet

[@lancesmith8298]

“Who’s this guy again?” “Oh, the guy I listened to in 2017 about that one preinstalled baseball game on the 3DS, back when I was also a reactionary dumbass.”

[@christiandecoster6132]

I honestly think that's how he made a comeback. He's just so forgettable and has no personality, your brain just kinds refuses to put two and two together that yeah, that's him.

[@cirkruh]

I love the quote "You don't deserve anything from artists, make your own game."

[@iwakuraWired44]

the funniest part about this video to me is the thumbnail. the visual language indicates that this video is about the dark secret of the monkey on the ball in super monkey ball. he even has a censor bar to protect his identity. what fucked up crime did he commit, nick robinson??????

[@Starkweather133]

I think that’s a joke, friend

[@formersamonellaclone]

well certainly at least the monkey wasn’t caught harassing women at work!

[@kuribirdie]

ate too many banana

[@Planterbannter]

He sexually harassed women on twitter

[@normalperson7]

mimi released the twittelonger

[@AnnDVine]

Yakuza is wacky as hell, and despite the subject matter, is consistently and thoroughly delightful. Nick's suggestion there isn't a straight line from Monkey Ball to Yakuza in terms of creative ambition is laughable

[@Flameclaw123]

Not to mention Monkey Ball being referenced in the Yakuza games with the UFO Catcher prizes, so clearly there's still lots of love for Monkey Ball from the team working on Yakuza

[@ZSquaredPlusC]

youcee. The rise of monky ball is when you ein a level. It flys up The fall of monky ball is when you lose a level. It fals down

[@bingusbongus9807]

real and true!!!! thank you greek philosopher!!!

[@Simon_Dunkaccino]

you’re a genius ZSquaredPlusC

[@sappy.7z]

ummmmmm idkkkkkk

[@HISCORERD]

I read this in the voice of the peanut guy from smiling friends

[@tftc97]

true

[@jdh96]

Nick Robinson is the perfect example of why "cancel culture" is such nonsense, dude legitimately got fired at Polygon for sexual harassment yet, went on like literally nothing happened, suffering basically no consequences, while building a successful KZbin channel.

[@fuksake]

*YES!* Finally, someone talks about the futility of cancelling people! I swear, if I got outed for doing some heinous stuff, and I in turn get cancelled, there's nothing stopping me from hopping on a new account and continuing to do my terribleness. There are legit actual criminals still on the internet and not in jail.

[@limitless_valley]

HE PURCHASED THE BAD SUPER MONKEY BALL GAME. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. HE BOUGHT THE BAD GAME. how did he survive this calamity???

[@bagea]

"you dont deserve anything from artists" is a line that is so real...

[@bagea]

@tiredideaboxTHOSE ARE REALLY GOOD TOO

[@vacantvisionary]

as someone who cared about polygon and mbmbam in 2017 this is a real "thought you died" moment. how the fuck did we let this man get a career again, i thought we chased him off the internet.

[@mesoseven1633]

what happened with mbmbam??

[@roberthombre9057]

@@mesoseven1633 ​ Nothing happened with mbmbam but Nick used to work at Polygon with Justin and Griffin McElroy. Him and Griffin in particular made a lot of content together such as Car Boys, CoolGames Inc. and Touch The Skyrim amongst others. In 2017 Nick was fired from Polygon for creeping on several women in the games journalism industry. So the mbmbam connection is that if you enjoyed the McElroys around that time you were probably a fan of Nick as well

[@Vizion0513]

Nick is the "guy who makes videos about stupid self imposed problems to be mad/passionate about so he can fly to japan and accomplish nothing about them" guy

[@Feasco]

Nick is also the "send nudes guy"

[@powernade]

CD's face rotating faster and faster in the corner is the greatest narrative arc put to film

[@ArsonRaboot]

The rise and fall of that little CD face in the corner of the video.

[@keaton4192]

Still genuinely floored that he's porter robinson's brother

[@xerroxslugg]

the fact that robinson's family has the most influentual electronic producer of 21st century and sex offender is insane

[@a-love-supreme]

what the fuck

[@etasjo]

stop reminding me

[@unblorbosyourshows9635]

WHAT

[@Planterbannter]

Now that explains the endless money he seems to have

[@PopitTart_]

i dont think i ever watched this specific video of his but i genuinely laughed when you starting talking about how this one yet again ends halfway through its runtime and leaves the second half to be a flight to japan where he does nothing of substance

[@82licious]

Callie pfp!

[@iamrealiswear]

I don’t watch him he’s done this twice???

[@BunchOfOats]

I love near the end of the video when Nick mentions that Sega has ties to the actual yakuza and that he could get killed for putting a piece of paper on a wall.

[@dogpond12fan15]

"choking back bile, i purchased the bad video game" get ooovvvverrrrrrrrr yourself bro oh my god

[@MyNameIsNotPa]

Your honor, I was FORCED to buy the product!

[@Fokeno]

Nick's primary talent at this point appears to be airline travel and padding videos out for time. He sometimes finds really engaging premises, but you're gonna be sitting there for an hour before he actually gets to it.

[@gatsbysdead]

I was not a polygon watcher during this saga and only became aware of it through osmosis, every single time I hear about Nick, I remember “Oh yeah, Porter Robinson has a brother that sucks.”

[@radarhead82]

THEY'RE SIBLINGS??

[@Nam3y123]

I kinda feel like Nick's appeal is similar to Mr. Beast's. He is able to spend enough money to make something feel bigger and more important than it is, with enough flair for the dramatic to mask that fact.

[@delt-4462]

Nick robinson videos are pretty neat when you watch 2-3 of them, because thats when you realise that "And then i traveled to japan" isnt so much a sign of his passion and dedication as it is something he does every fucking video as if hes got a timeshare a d needs to go every fucking year or something

[@Bashfluff]

Nick gives off major SunnyV2 energy. Same melodramatic scripts and same lack of empathy.

[@skel_i_tn3643]

"Choking on bile" cause he thinks he HAD to buy a video game is crazy

[@samant7101]

KZbinrs when something can't have infinite history and eventually has to end:

[@opalpersonal]

i'm confused as to why captain disillusion was spinning in the corner with mario, but now i know that nick robinson is back on his bullshit

[@mdstevens0612]

I had no idea those were two different people and had to ask, wait, did the silver mouth guy who yells about green screens do a bad? But then no, he isn't even the subject of the video, it's a different white guy who makes TV episode length videos.

[@Person.1234]

Well this channel more recently did a video on Captain Disillusion, so you could look to those for a bit more context

[@cathyrayTV]

the whole protest art bit is kind of funny in concept to me but also totally feels like it's baiting out those annoying "can we just appreciate for a moment that this guy did this thing all for a video?" comments. not to mention that im never inclined to watch any of these "rise and fall" video essays/rants because those that i have seen always come down to baseless and subjective "old good new bad" takes

[@akumatsutranslations]

Almost all of his videos are like specifically made to evoke those sorts of comments. They're just these elaborate ways to bullshit people into funding his vacations to Japan.

[@KEBJD]

he does not deserve to be the first thing you see when you search dominos app ft. hatsune miku

[@kylekreep2887]

I used to watch him not knowing the horrible shit he did at polygon, but I stopped after his recent video where he RECORDS AND CLEARLY SHOWS THE PROPERTY OF A RANDOM FAMILY OF THE GUY THAT TOOK HIS GIRLFRIENDS CUSTOM GAMEBOY HE DIDNT HAVE TO MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS

[@nessie-from-earthbound1601]

I also believe his girlfriend had broken up with him before that video and asked him to take it down, which he has not done

[@qwaabza]

i watched a bit of that video and something in that struck me wrong. you don't just do that...

[@NotArmani31]

@@kylekreep2887 JESUS CHRIST

[@nataliexists]

WHAT

[@QT3.14-w2p]

Iiirc he only censored the faces of one or two people in the video. Most of the people in the video, including the family of the guy who stole the Gameboy had their faces *uncensored*. I hope he had permission to record from them but I kinda doubt it.

[@SuperMonkeyVivi]

I remember when Nick and the original announcer Brian Matt spent years lying about having leaked Banana Mania, insisting Brian Matt was returning. Brian is STILL saying he’s coming back. It’s actually kinda disgusting how they treated the SMB community, especially with how nice everyone was to them. It got to the point where SEGA had to make a statement that they were completely unaware of what they were claiming. As someone whos’s incredible active in the SMB community, I can say from close encounters that Nick Robinson and Brian Matt are very gross and vindictive opportunists. Nick is also a total creep.

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

I am sad that many in the fandom are toxic.

[@Chimera-man-man]

Looking it up as well a SEGA director Masao Shirosaki said that "When considering how to bring Super Monkey Ball to modern platforms with the limited time and budget we had, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz was the most reasonable option" which just which is like oh yeah duh, its on newer hardware than the olds ones and it probably sold quite well since it came from the wii. The dude even said in the same interview "I’m really grateful for the fans who still support the Monkey Ball series after all these years, and who motivate me to create only the best for them. And of course, I am aware that the most favored titles are the first two games." - like Nick, I really don't think this was a vendetta against you personally bud, I think it just made practical sense to do this one first.

[@mariamiranda111]

"we deserve better" come on, man, you looked at a video game you though was trash and bought it for 30 bucks, you got exactly what you paid for.

[@thelegalsystem]

I forgot Nick Robinson existed and frankly I am going to make it that way again.

[@Planterbannter]

It’s weird because I’ve known about him for a while and I thought he was just a Nintendo nerd he seemed like a KZbin staple to me

[@Planterbannter]

Also he still has a lot of subs I feel ppl should at least know about his past

[@cicadaseance]

Nick treating Monkey Ball like it's the only time anyone has ever made a marble balancing game is so funny to me for some reason. There are so many amazing fan made projects inspired by Monkey Ball, just go play one

[@mistymysticsailboat]

to be fair he does mention Rolled Out in a later video

[@oddie97]

IDK if anyone pointed this out but Yakuza is one of the goofiest franchises i've ever seen even with it's more serious themes, where'd bro get the idea that he 'lost his wondrous charm or whatever'?

[@anonymous-rq2lh]

he looked at the title and visuals and decided “this is a serious and gritty game, not at all like the whimsical and silly super monkey ball”. bro literally judged a book (or game, w/e) by its cover

[@jvts8916]

As a Megaman fan, I do understand his frustration with leaving a series he cares about in limbo. As a fan of Compile Heart overall, I have to say that there can be some merit in focusing less on one franchise to experiment with others then returning to your main one.

[@akirbyobsessee7396]

as a puyo fan, absolute facts

[@jvts8916]

@@akirbyobsessee7396 yeah, I've seen a lot of people say Sega should stop making the Sonic series do everything and start focusing on some of their other ones to give it some rest. Given the sheer popularity of Like a Dragon and the fact that when I played Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 it was incredibly fun, I'd say those critics were right. Also a funny coincidence you brought that one up, given that series used to belong to Compile before the rebuild and rebrand.

[@akirbyobsessee7396]

@@jvts8916 Yeah that’s why I brought up puyo cuz i saw you mention compile and the whole reason compile went under was BECAUSE they over-focused on the success of puyo and flew too close to the puyo puyo sun

[@jvts8916]

@@akirbyobsessee7396 I was actually referring to how they shelved the Neptunia series after Megadimension aside from some spin-offs and rereleases to focus on the Mary Skelter trilogy that I love and some other games up until Sisters VS Sisters. I didn't know that part of the story, guess it's never too late for them to learn their lesson.

[@akirbyobsessee7396]

@@jvts8916 Yeah, back when Compile Heart was just the original Compile, they made Puyo Puyo as a spinoff to their computer rpg series Madou Monogatari. The success of Puyo went absolutely BONKERS, well beyond any previous successes, so they fully adapted the Madou universe into the new puzzle game series, changing its tone and lore to fit a new identity, and then went ham on making tons of different games and ports, organizing entire massive irl tournaments, and merchandising the series as hard as possible. All the cash thrown at the publicity and merchandising caught up with them when it started to underperform, so SEGA was brought in to start being Compile’s Puyo-publisher, resulting in SEGA’s branding on Puyo Puyo Box. Compile was in too deep, though, so a deal was cut to buy the Puyo franchise *alone* off of Compile, while the original company maintained their other IPs, *including Madou Monogatari.* The legal repercussions of this is that Compile Heart- which legally retains the rights to its old projects- can now use the Madou Monogatari name, but not its characters. SEGA, thanks to the Puyo acquisition, can use Madou’s full character roster so long as they’ve appeared in a Puyo product (Arle, Schezo, Rulue, Satan, Carbuncle, etc), but *can’t* use the Madou Monogatari name. This is why SEGA, upon initially acquiring Puyo’s license fully, rebooted the franchise with the Fever games, which focused on SEGA original characters in a new dimension. Arle and Carbuncle only made small appearances, and SEGA only felt confident enough to use the original cast again after they reappeared in 15th Anniversary. Compile Heart released a spiritual successor to the Madou games under the original title, but with brand-safe clones of the original character archetypes. Luckily for us, though, Compile and SEGA are working together again; a true Madou Monogatari sequel in the modern day, with the original cast and art style, is in development as we speak!

[@liljerry5836]

THE VIDEO ESSAYISTS ARE FIGHTING

[@85percentnation]

I swear to God, all of Nick's videos are an elaborate excuse to go on holiday to Japan, it starts to get stale after a while.

[@skep2923]

They’re like Adam Sandler movies in that way.

[@hadd_]

losing my shit at 4:18 the cinematic stinger while the camera focuses on "Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD" is just, goofy.

[@synkree]

peak manchild behaivour lol

[@giwake]

it feels like hes 3 seconds away from crying and screaming "MOMMY! MOMMY!! THE GAME!!! THEY MADE IT BAD!!!!!!"

[@skep2923]

It’s very early-KZbin-video-game-review.

[@Dantethedemonkiller]

I didnt know about the polygon stuff for awhile until i brought him up and my sister referred to him as "disgraced Polygon Journalist Nick Robinson" and now i can never refer to him as anything other than that

[@vissersixty-nine6246]

him saying "they're HOLDING THE FRANCHISE HOSTAGE" is so weird like... no??? sony is a corporation??? they're obviously not going to put more money into something they know won't sell well??? this is common practice amongst nearly every corporate entity on the PLANET?????????

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

*SEGA, not Sony.

[@kittyess]

His Michealsoft Binbows video pisses me off and I can't believe he's been allowed to make a comeback after the polygon incident.

[@rotisseriepossum]

It’s been a while since i watched but what’s wrong w the michaelsoft video?

[@kittyess]

@@rotisseriepossum tbh I don't really have a deep critique of the video lmao it just kind of seemed overly sentimental in a way that wasn't genuine.

[@akumatsutranslations]

@@kittyess he always finds a way to try and make these things about himself and then acts like it's a deeply sentimental, profound thing.

[@kittyess]

@@akumatsutranslations yes! you've summed up my thoughts exactly lol

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

Ngl I really liked that video, but have seen nothing else from him and am kinda shocked at all this.

[@sprucesoultree3833]

I wouldn't be surprised if most of the videos Nick has put out about things made in Japan, have just been excuses for him to fly to Japan.

[@Kolbatsu]

"Super Monkey Ball stopped being good after my parents broke up." -- Nick Robinson Also isnt he the guy who got fired from Polygon for (allegedly) being a sex pervert?

[@AGuyNamedAl]

Yeah.

[@mads_in_zero]

I remember seeing a video like "Super Monkey Ball's FAILED REVIVAL" about how no new game had been announced after Banana Blitz was supposed to be a series relaunch. About a month or so later they announced a new game. **EDIT:** The video I was thinking about was probably about Banana Mania. I'm not really a series fan.

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

Banana Mania release in-between BBHD and 3 years before the new one in June.

[@mads_in_zero]

@@ChiefMedicPururu I'm not a Monkey Baller and may have misremembered which game the video was about.

[@quiggums]

literally i think he just makes these videos as an excuse to go visit japan

[@cursedkevin]

“Choking back bile, I finally caved in and purchased the bad video game” This is literally some Mr. Enter “I want my 90s back” ass statement and I cannot believe an actual flesh and blood human being said something like this 💀

[@liz7457]

He said "bile" and I said out loud "WHAT?"

[@Simon_Dunkaccino]

“choking back bile” is something i feel like i’d expect to see in some book and NOT a video about Super Monkey Ball

[@wtgkanp2431]

real life soyjak

[@ManaphyandManaqua]

At least Mr. Enter discovered self reflection and realized that was a stupid take at some point Some people never do, like the person this video is about

[@cupofdirtfordinner]

i looked up after a while and saw Cap rotating at a higher velocity like a washing machine. i hope he'll be okay when he gets out of the centrefuge

[@wantonwhirlpool9473]

mr disillusion is very sick and he sadly will not recover

[@Omnywrench]

Nothing makes me cringe harder than someone who unironically treats video game fandom like a cultural identity or an oppressed class, performing impotent protests and giving over-dramatic speeches as if the act of selling a game that's not as good as they hoped is comparable to a war crime or something. I mean I'm sure Nick here is mostly just putting on a hyperbolic act to generate clicks, but I've seen more than a few regular Joe Schmo gamers who act like that for free. They don't need better games; they need more real problems.

[@pkmnherofan22]

I keep asking “why is Nick being such a weirdo about this” then I remember it’s Nick Robinson

[@elle.mack.wednesday]

The worst part is that he refuses to acknowledge that touch and roll is clearly the best monkey ball

[@grunkleg.2934]

When you're fighting a video essayist and they pull out "The Rise and Fall of [Insert your name here]": But yeah, people need to hop off this video essay train. It is the least interesting video genre on the entire platform. If no one's done this yet, video essay bingo would go kinda wild. Squares including: - "This video is sponsored by..." - Appeal to emotions - Retelling of events when it's not needed - Rereading the Wikipedia article verbatum - Criticize capitalism - "The rise and fall of..." - "_____ is [better/worse] than you remember" - "Why _____ is [overrated/underrated]" - Bar covering the eyes of someone on the thumbnail or otherwise - 3+ hours / being way longer than it has any right being - Busting out the thesaurus - Talking about something popular like it's underrated or vice versa - Nothing unique and/or interesting to say - Using low engagement social media posts like they're valid sources - Visual effects that look sorta interesting but don't do anything else - Very late to the party on something a lot of people already know - Way too early to the party, specifically something very recent we don't have all the facts on - Video essay voice (you know what I'm talking about) - No sources cited

[@mutantfreak48]

what's the vice versa of talking about something popular like it's underrated

[@gobogoo2329]

A lot of video essays just feel like they were written by a student trying to reach the word quota

[@nidgithm]

​@@mutantfreak48I guess talking about something underrated like it's popular

[@mutantfreak48]

@@nidgithm i guess but like, who has ever done that? the closest thing to that i think would be talking about something kinda insignificant and dumb like its the biggest deal in the world (like the guy in this video does about the remastered monkey ball game in the lead-up to him buying it) but it's still very different phrasing

[@explodingegg123]

don't forget " ___": the best game/movie/piece of media you've never played/watched/read

[@worldofjake2012]

Thank you for making a video about this. That video was honestly bugging me for a while now. I find it hilarious to me that Nick treats Banana Blitz like it killed his entire family. As someone who really loves the Super Monkey Ball series, and has played Banana Blitz (both the Wii and HD versions) I can say that while it isn’t as hard as the original Monkey Ball games, it does still offer a good amount of challenge. I'd never describe the game as being entirely easy. Besides, of course, it wouldn't be as hard as the original Monkey Ball games. It was a launch title for a console mainly aimed at a casual audience. I just find it hilarious that Nick takes that as such a personal attack and that he's speaking for an entire fanbase. Besides, everyone knows the worst Super Monkey Ball game is Super Monkey Ball Adventure lol

[@hgmd3284]

huh. have you tried bananna splitz? i quite like that one. (speaking as someone who has the original hardware.)

[@worldofjake2012]

@hgmd3284 I wanna play that one, but alas, I don't have a Vita. Shame, because I heard some pretty good things about that one. I suppose I could always try emulating it, though. Wouldn't hurt.

[@hgmd3284]

@@worldofjake2012 definitley best experienced on a acual vita, see if you can get one, not just for bananna splitz, but the other gems on vita.

[@abbieburton2794]

If mario got to the other side of that obstacle, then tried to go back at a certain angle, he would be smushed into a fine paste. Terrifying stuff.

[@404maxnotfound]

It sucks because Nick Robinson actually has good videos related to niche parts of history of games, and media then he comes out this weirdness.

[@averyfields8183]

I liked when he fixed that hacked Pokémon cartridge but that's all I really enjoyed.

[@Fredfellow]

Honestly I only knew Rick Robinson for three things. 1.) The guy who doesn't like how Mario's hair looks in Super Mario Odyssey's renders. 2.) The guy who didn't like how Pikachu looked in the Detective Pikachu movie. 3.) The guy who lost his sh*t over the word "kindness" being misspelled in Animal Crossing New Horizons. I was already well aware that he was some guy who just whines about the most meaningless things you and I can think of, like "oh no they dared to render Mario's hair as individual strands instead of making it look like solid flat plastic" and "oh no they made the Wii U logo fuzzy on this Super Mario 3D World box". Also is the guy who worked on Super Monkey Ball not allowed to work on the Yakuza series Nick?

[@lintwizardly5654]

nick robinson hasn't done anything of worth since being the other half of griffin mcelroy's bit generator in Car Boys

[@LimeyLassen]

I thought the Dominos Miku video was pretty neat.

[@piranhalettuce]

The McDonalds DS game video was interesting

[@Pawg_Alf]

I'm assuming the spinning Captain Disillusion is there to stop people from splicing speedruns of the vid. Like like in Super Meat Boy

[@Alex_Mo]

Also to blame the creator to not make maze games his entire career is weird and dumb. Even disregarding the normal path of someone to move to new projects, Super Monkey Ball probably isn't the most exciting thing to make over and over.

[@eldritchtourist]

Right? Imagine wanting to make a critically acclaimed, colorful game about yakuza instead. Crazy. Who in their right mind would ever want that.

[@boreal3255]

Bruh I'd totally work on this Japanese gangster simulator over monkeys spinning monkeys the game​@@eldritchtourist

[@crtchicanery9605]

oh, god. before realizing it was nick, I remember watching the video about that mcdonald's training game for ds. I was so annoyed by how he kept going on and on about the auction process and how much he paid that I finally checked what channel I was watching and closed it immediately. bad vibes.

[@skep2923]

Is it not common knowledge that Nick Robinson is kinda weird? I dunno what Hbomberguy might have that’s especially new.

[@anarcho-yorpism]

he's a sexual harasser, not "kinda weird"

[@redactedoktor]

@@anarcho-yorpism Oh good lord... that's actually terrible. Does this also mean Hbomb is going to make a third installment of the "Listen about this thing real quick, and then about how much this fucker sucks real long" series?

[@griffinhunter3206]

i didn't know he was kinda weird tbh, this is news to me

[@BigReggie101]

@@griffinhunter3206 Well if I know Hbomberguy (and I don't), his next video will educate you plenty!

[@jambott5520]

@@anarcho-yorpism If hbomberguy is making a video on nick robinson I imagine the shit going on will be a lot more interesting than just, he is a sexual harasser. If what you say is true I imagine that will be a part of it, but I have to wonder, what else is there?

[@jazzsharkoon2342]

I am in such an unfortunate circumstance with Nick. He managed to play a big part in the revival of the community for Phantom Dust.

[@hesho24]

Wildest part of this entire video to me is learning that super monkey ball and yakuza were made by the same person

[@Daniel-wr9ql]

Manchild crying on the internet about x children videogame being now mid will never stop being my favorite thing

[@carlosemilio5180]

remember kids, always call out people with the heavily edited gongon snowboard pfp. crazy how you still see so much of them nowadays

[@verylostdoommarauder]

Can't wait for HBomberguy to reveal that Nick never actually went to Japan.

[@barrysteakfriessimp_real]

i am very much not over the way he talks about Nagoshi, it's so wacky and dramatic. fellas is it "sacrifice" for newer creative art forms to take more priority in your career and to *checks notes* change your appearance

[@EggmanDrCuckooMan]

It's not even like Yakuza/Like a Dragon was a sudden shift in Nagoshi's creative output as a director - just look at SpikeOut, an arcade beat-em-up that carries quite a bit of Yakuza's goofier energy and has recently been given a more direct connection than ever by being featured in Infinite Wealth as one of its included arcade games. (SpikeOut also fucking slaps as a game, and if you play it, you'll quickly hear a couple sound effects used again in Monkey Ball, to complete the circuit of connections further.) Also, while a more tenuous connection, another Nagoshi-directed Amusement Vision Gamecube game features over-the-top melodrama with often ludicrously silly scenarios to compliment them. That's right, F-Zero GX, baby - Nagoshi really did direct one of the best arcade racers ever made, shortly after two incredible arcade marble-type games, shortly after one of the best classic arcade beat-em-ups of all time, all before creating an absolute smash hit crime drama/slice-of-life brawler RPG series that is now a pillar of Sega as a whole. It's kind of insane how absolutely cracked Nagoshi's catalog of work is for how little people ever seem to connect him to any of it besides Yakuza and, occasionally, Monkey Ball.

[@elysia_exists]

The framing of 'The Rise and Fall of' or 'The Death of' etc. in the context of video games is so annoying to me. Like, as though a video game (or worse, the intellectual property it uses) is a living breathing thing, and it only stays alive as long as people keep playing it. The more time people spend playing it the more good the game design is and I guess Fortnite is the best game ever made.

[@yeethittter1285]

That kind of video always takes way too fuckin long to get to the point and then the point is either "I liked the old stuff better" or "It didn't make much money"

[@philipsalama8083]

He 'sacrificed his baby'? Anyone who knows anything about Yakuza/RGG knows that it *was* Nagoshi's baby. He had to fight to get that first game made, as Sega wasn't remotely confident in it.

[@campbellmaggs4384]

Saying that Nagoshi "sacrificed his baby" in the name of Yakuza is WILD if you know that he literally staked his career on the first game's success when Sega expressed scepticism about it.

[@DinnerBlaster]

2:58 love this little Freudian slip

[@Aburner1109]

"Choking back bile, I finally caved, and purchased the bad video game" Legitimately funny line, and quite revealing

[@waddledeep]

i legitimately thought he was talking about an actual child until I remembered he was talking about super monkey ball, talk about dramatic.

[@lan.goblian]

i think it should be emphasized that banana blitz HD read (to me at least) like an attempt to redeem a game that people were sour on in the past by updating its control method and changing the level design to accomodate said control method. it's a perfectly fine game and i dont know why fans got so aggressive towards sega for this release, especially when putting work towards games with poor reception feels way more interesting than "remaking" games that were already good in the first place.

[@BigChallenges]

I remember in 2017 or so hearing him complain on coolgames inc about nagoshi moving from working on monkey ball to working on the rgg series and thinking "wow, what a weird hangup to have". I am astounded and perversly amused to learn he still has this chip on his shoulder.

[@unblorbosyourshows9635]

god, super eyepatch wolf has done irreparable damage to the youtube essay community. no one knows how to do his style well

[@liviawannavibe]

I like Super Eyepatch Wolf's videos and I dunno what you mean? I don't wanna start no beef I just wanna know what's up

[@NotArmani31]

​@@liviawannavibeI think they're just saying his content was so good that everybody started trying to copy it... to an abnormally ridiculous degree

[@MxPokirby]

​@@NotArmani31 Far from the first KZbinr to become so popular, they unintentionally inspire a bunch of low-quality knock-offs that dilute the concept until everyone hates it.

[@NotArmani31]

@@MxPokirby Ah, yeah that sucks. I really liked his Undertale video

[@unblorbosyourshows9635]

@@NotArmani31 basically yeah

[@alexandric9678]

why does nick specifically point out the creator of yakuza being tanned. like hey buddy, bit of a weird thing to point out huh

[@MishKoz]

Dark Secret of Monkey Balls: they will make more games in the series if you buy the most recent entry. 😱 thank you Nick for this investigative journalism

[@ratewcropolix]

nooo i didnt know the funny binbows guy was bad :(

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

Same :(

[@GlassCameraEnthusiast]

I also find it irritating that this isn't the only time he's travelled to japan for monkey ball related content when i dont think it was even necessary.

[@cheesybrik]

I think he’s a japanophile

[@jwanbesande2734]

I can't believe this is the Michaelsoft Binbows guy

[@sighrelief]

i'm not like a nick robinson fan or anything (i think the monkey ball video is bad, even), but his writing feels very silly, facetious, and tongue in cheek here. I dont think he actually harbors any resentment towards toshihiro nagoshi or thinks that he "sacrificed his baby" or anything like that. I'm not even sure it's particularly dry. Its a video where he compares nagoshi to a yakuza member and then by the video narrative's logic plans a crime to protest "a bad video game". I remember back when i was like 16 and did watch his videos, he liked the label "investigative shitposting" to describe his work. I dont really think there's any investigation being done but shitposting very much so. Though i think there is an argument to make that the video may be some flavor of post-ironic. Like, i think he does genuinely resent the fact that sega chose to remake banana blitz, but i also think he recognizes the absurdity of the things that he's saying and is playing them for laughs.

[@Hasselia]

Being ironic leaves you pretty open to being misinterpreted. Folks may not realise you agree with them and reject your media because they don't agree with the ideas you're presenting. Worse, though, is people who may not agree with you but agree with the ideas you're presenting and embrace it as a piece of their culture. Having ironic humour as the backbone of a video essay / informative media seems like a terrible idea to me honestly. Also, who is Nick Robinson? Genuinely never heard of him before.

[@sighrelief]

@@Hasselia i agree that it can lead to miscommunication, i dont think the monkey ball video is supposed to be all that genuinely informative nor do i think its trying to genuinely persuade anyone into believing anything. also his channel is in the description, but he's just some gamer guy. Used to work at polygon but was fired for being a creep.

[@Hasselia]

@@sighrelief I see. Thanks for letting me know!

[@ardentdrops]

A lot of people hide behind irony to dodge criticism of otherwise sincerely held beliefs. It's frustratingly common these days.

[@sighrelief]

@@ardentdrops I agree, however I do still think his primary goal is absurdist humor despite it being inspired from a seemingly sincere place in disliking banana blitz

[@Something_Maybe]

Video essayists trying not to be pretentious be like

[@fishactivation5087]

I still see that sticker as the PFP of so many nobodies.

[@mossboss5695]

I can't believe Toshihiro Nagoshi would sacrifice those poor ball rolling monkeys to become the Yakuza guy LMAO!!!

[@CassiusStelar]

So... Is this essay gonna be the "Godzilla Doesnt Work in America" of MonkeyBall once HBomberguy gets to covering Nick?

[@digestivecookie7026]

My ass hearing “sacrificed his baby” and thought he meant a real ass child LMAO

[@Slicetheidiot]

looking at the comments it is clear i would get chased off the internet for admitting that i ever liked this guys content

[@Feasco]

seeing how even he hasn't been chased off the internet for being a huge sexpest I somehow doubt it

[@Prof_Pangloss]

Nope. I liked his content too. And then the entire videogames industry spoke up about how he's a sex pest and serial harasser. You're allowed to acknowledge what you liked in the past and revisit your opinions after new information comes in.

[@radicard5193]

When that Hbomberguy video will drop, I really do hope Porter Robinson comes out of it unscathed

[@boreal3255]

Has porter Robertson commented on his brothers behaviours

[@SnufflySpy]

Can I share a bit of a hot take I've been holding onto? I dislike the "I tried (Insert media here) so you don't have to" type of content. I think it takes a lot away from the experience of viewing and critically thinking about your own opinions of the media you consume. People should make less of that type of negative content, and should instead encourage people to consume said media and form their own ideas about the media I know this isn't really related to the topic of this video in any way, I just wanted to share, I dunno

[@mdstevens0612]

All I'm saying is that trying Babylon's Fall is $70, but watching Austin Eruption is free. Do what you want with your money and finite minutes on this earth, but I'm not going through all that.

[@etasjo]

@@mdstevens0612 this is really sad like do you not want to experience things do you just want to consume

[@etasjo]

i really hate that a lot of video essays now are just hour long recaps of shows without any type of analysis

[@ThatSkiFreak]

@@etasjo You can only experience a finite amount of things in life, was their point im pretty sure. Going out of your way to experience things you probably won't like just to make sure you don't like them for the correct reasons or on the off chance enjoy them is probably not a great use of time in most situations, there's so much out there to do and you have to pick what you're doing with your time somehow. I'm not sure how the extremely tiring and played out consumption vs experience/art yapping is relevant to this, especially telling people they're sad for saying very normal things. Sorry if this comes off as hostile, I've seen similar reply patterns to this one so many times and they're getting annoying to me lol. Yes, blindly adopting the media opinions of video essays one watches is very silly, but you don't NEED to experience everything you come across just to have an informed opinion on it, everyone doesn't need to and can't have an informed opinion on everything.

[@etasjo]

@@ThatSkiFreak average lukewarm water enjoyer

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

That Monkey Ball video was nothing but the toxic side of the Monkey Ball fandom reunited in one video. You cannot like anything but SMB1 and SMB2.

[@ratewcropolix]

super mario bros

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

@@ratewcropolix Both Super Mario Bros and Super Monkey Ball share the same initials. I was talking about the monkeys.

[@ratewcropolix]

@@ChiefMedicPururu maio

[@wantonwhirlpool9473]

super monkey bros

[@birdonline2751]

yakuza kicks ass and is also goofy as all hell. basically every sidequest ends with kiryu/ichiban/akiyama etc making someone's life better. kiryu sits down and has a heart to heart with a trans woman and expresses support. in another sidequest, he mishears a woman saying she needs a visa as needing "pizza" and runs around town getting her a pizza before it cools off. i wish instead of sliding into DMs, nick robinson would slide into Dknowing Mwhat he's talking about

[@peanutbutterrocket]

I think Nick was being silly and you took it to heart. Im sure Nick still loves the monkey ball creator. It’s just… being a monkey ball fan and only having 2 good games in the whole series is tough

[@CalebTibster]

This has absolutely nothing to do with what you’re talking about, but it’s something I’ve wondered. What’s the blue thing the pup is holding? I’m guessing it’s some kind of fidget, but for some reason my brain says hairbrush. Anyway, imagine having the expendable income to make a trip to Japan on a whim. (Or the business funds to spend on doing it for a gag.)

[@AcrosArchive]

I believe she said it's a stim toy.

[@epicgamer-hq6dx]

@@AcrosArchive yeah she said it somewhere in the dont hug me im scared video i think

[@Taelen]

yeah spot on, it's a little silicone brush stim toy! (i know bc i drew the pup lol)

[@CalebTibster]

@@TaelenAh, so it’s both! Neat!

[@AndyTheWatchdog]

​@@TaelenThat's awesome! You did a great drawing her she looks great!! :D