THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK BETWEEN WORLDS (Zero Punctuation)

[@littlefieryone2825]

Well that scene that played out during the credits was just the cutest thing... It's be nice if it really happened.

[@BobTheArchmage]

LittleFieryOne IKR? At first I thought "this will be dark", but then it went "D'awwww".

[@Sir_Bucket]

Now I want a war hammer game (they are usually edited bt Sega) on the Switch

[@aconfusedlacroix3965]

@@Sir_Bucket congrats

[@colonelboston]

I dig how even Yahtzee's compliments are insulting.

[@DigitalGamersX]

WiiU (Zero Punctuation) with special guest The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

[@zyad48]

***** lol so true

[@leonardorestrepo5196]

In a twisted way, this was sort of prescient: the wii u gave way to the switch, which was an even crazier combination of a handheld device and home console, and Nintendo doubled down on third party support, somehow getting some flipping insane titles (witcher 3 and Doom) to fit on cartridges. It's pretty flipping wild.

[@sleepysera]

I feel like the Switch is basically Nintendo's way of saying "Oh so the only thing you like us for now are our handhelds?? WELL FINE THEN. Have a handheld that is so good that it can run proper, actual console games and *never* complain again!" And that worked, because..yes. Of course it did. Who the fuck wouldn't love that?

[@aquamarinerose5405]

@@sleepysera As a somewhat avid nintendo fan who has/had a wii, a wii u, and a switch (though my time with Nintendo started with the DS and I don't have any nostalgia for anything earlier than that) I'd just say that it's the smartest decision that Nintendo ever made, less because of the whole snark of "Oh you only like us for our handhelds? well HERE!" and more because they realized that there's some untapped potential to make something that's actually unique. Honestly, the thing I adore about Nintendo is that they understand the concept of making a console into something that has personality and is more than a slightly worse version of a gaming computer with a buncha shitty decisions attached to it.

[@alexnoble400]

@@sleepysera Instead of splitting their efforts between a handheld and a home console like they always used to, modern technology allows nintendo to pool their efforts into one amazing new megaconsole, so now we'll never see game droughts again! Oh wait.

[@thevgmlover]

@@alexnoble400 Cut to today, and my wish list is now over 170 titles. The only reason I tend to have a drought now is because there's no way I could afford all these titles in the next maybe 5 or more years of my life. o-o

[@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee]

@@alexnoble400 well that seems to be fixed considering how many indie games and new 3rd party titles are now coming in. The only thing it's missing it's the ports of games that can no longer be bought like Legend of Zelda Twilight princess and Kid Icarus for the 3ds (or at least a remastered one, PLEASE SAKURAI LET IT HAPPEN). Which to my dismay, may start appearing in the Nintendo Switch online subscription (minus the 3ds since they wouldn't be crazy enough to port 3ds games when the 3ds is still operational prior to the end of their eshop.......right?)

[@RainbowPowerRangerX]

This is all well and good, but when are we going to get Tax Return Simulator 2015?

[@RainbowPowerRangerX]

jameshetfieldserbia That my comment has gone from the point of ridiculous joke to actually feasible reality saddens me.

[@guardingdark2860]

+SelfAwarePedant Isn't that usually in April? I'd guess around then.

[@timebomb4562]

+SelfAwarePedant why have a simulator when you can do the real thing every year

[@PsychicWars]

+SelfAwarePedant They release some weird shit in Europe.

[@JadePriestess]

There needs to be a game that teaches you things like this

[@nargeta2]

That's the first time I saw an image that implied EA being someone else's bitch. It was refreshing.

[@adamloga3788]

Nintendo doesn't play nice with others.

[@TreyDobe]

2:49 "While Sony and Microsoft compete to see who can make themselves obsolete the fastest"...best god damn line I've ever heard!

[@michaelkemel9711]

Five years on and they appear to be joining forces to make themselves obsolete even more quickly.

[@lacreatura4737]

@@michaelkemel9711 And Sony is getting obsolete the fastest. It seems.

[@internet_introvert]

To use a term that yahtzee himself coined ironically: PC MASTER RACE MUTHAFUKKAS! But seriously, this video is just legitimizing his ironic statement. Consoles are going the way of the dinosaurs. A console cannot be continually physically upgraded the way a pc can (I've had the same pc for the last 15 years the same way Thesius had the same ship his whole lifetime. But the gradual upgrades are easier to justify financially. New console generation? I just gotta upgrade 2 or 3 parts to stay ahead. And I can still do my taxes) Not to mention the legacy support (dosbox) and ease of piracy in the face of strong-arm business practices. The only dark horse is the mobile gaming trend that looks like it will render all but the most niche hardcore gaming obsolete.

[@henke37]

All part of the plan, at least on Microsoft's side. With their cross licensing to Windows they are slowly but surely taking back the audience.

[@Vilamus]

I used to play consoles for absolutely bitching single player experiences and PC was for RTS games. Now, PC games are awesome for multiplayer with my mates and decent plot driven single player games like Metal Gear Solid and God of War are pretty slim apart from, well, God of War.

[@EllieApperley]

That was amazing, BUTTT. I would've actually liked to hear what Yahtzee thought of a link between worlds.

[@CODRD]

Are you like everywhere?

[@EllieApperley]

Yeah I kinda feel the need to comment on every video I watch. Lol :)

[@CODRD]

Hahaha, so strange. You should comment on this; /watch?v=fGoZGYxmFGg

[@ArtemyMusha]

He did go into further detail on Link Between Worlds on this week's Extra Punctuation column, so there you go.

[@EllieApperley]

Ah awesome thank you, I'll look that up

[@WadeTheWilsonTV]

Meh. Just skipped to the end. About what I expected to hear. Doubt I missed anything.

[@suicidalcunt9651]

But jokes n shit

[@chunkykong1846]

Fuck I wish I was cool as this cat

[@astrodev3578]

Aaron Moylan no one give a shit

[@chunkykong1846]

ASTRO DEV I'll give you my shit

[@XD4Lifeington]

Am homeless; will take shit for shit. Call 555-SHIT and I'll talk shitty to you. I've just gotta shit my way through college, you know?

[@HQ_Default]

Damn, Nintendo has watched this video a whole lot.

[@MatthewSanthos]

this is the only guy that can make a review about a game, don't talk about the game and make me like the video.

[@austin5259]

Even though Yahtzee bashed on Nintendo, he bashes on Sony and Microsoft too, also he shares my opinion that Nintendo seems to be the only one with a GAME console rather than a pc imitator

[@MrPiccoloku]

Austin Elliott The word "opinion" doesn't belong there. You are speaking the objective truth. I still have a PlayStation 2, a heart-wrenchingly pleasant memory of what consoles used to be, what true consoles are: pick-up-and-play, no-clicking-on-shit fun. That is what they were and what they are supposed to be. Modern "consoles" betrayed what consoles were about, and now I exclusively PC game.

[@austin5259]

Sir Fur I myself am a Nintendo/PC gamer, so I definitely side with you regarding the other consoles, and man I remember those days of gaming on the PS2 and GameCube

[@jasminejo2424]

Austin Elliott I still own my ps2 as well, I also still own my snes and a lot of games for it. Like you Austin Elliott I am a pc/Nintendo gamer. if I want to play alone or online I use my pc, if I want to play with friends I use my 3ds or Wii u. the problem with pc gaming is that myself and my husband both have a gaming rig in our living room just so we can play games together, but then again pc's have never been marketed as something the family can play on in the living room so that ok.before the pc's we had 2 Xbox 360's as most 360 co-op is online co-op. I don't understand why so many next gen console games don't even have a simple 2 player mode, as a kid now you have to have a console in your room as you cant hog the TV to play in the living room if other people cant join in. as a grown up with a partner you either sit here playing a game and ignoring your other half (or never get to play on the console) or you have to buy 2 consoles 2 TV's 2 games and 2 controllers to be able to play together! this is what I love about the Wii u, my hubby and I loved the old dynasty warriors games and when hyrule warriors came out we could both play at the same time on the same console even using an old Wiimote instead of the new Wii u one. and the Wii u is backwards compatible with all the old controllers and games!

[@austin5259]

jasminejo2424 I agree very much with this, gaming has most certainly changed for the better in some aspects, and the worst in many more, such as lack of local multiplayer

[@PauLtus_B]

+Austin Elliott Happy the Nintendo/PC gamer seems to be a bit of thing. Because I am one. Weirdly I see people taking some weird pride in playing games on PS4 and XBone.Why are they hoping for a console release if they can already play it on pc? Seriously, why? Unless your pc is absolute crap there's no good reason for it, and if your pc is absolute crap maybe you should've considered adding your console budget to your pc budget and you'd probably have a better system to play games on. Next to that you don't have to rebuy the bloody game when it's rereleased on a console that can actually properly run it.

[@TheDrCN]

Wow, amazing how he just spent a whole video talking about how terrible the new Zelda is. That's 5 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

[@lolmaker777]

Don't worry about those 5 minutes, you would have wasted them anyway ;)

[@butts_unlimited]

That was a very clever comment DrCN but I don't think the guy replying to you understood it.

[@2Scribble]

Wow, amazing, this must be your first Yahtzee video

[@thebackofdoctormanhattanshead]

@@caleb-gaertner He had five years to get the joke and he still missed it...

[@josuebartley7272]

A. S. Time is an illusion burn the children

[@The7wc]

I think this was the closest thing to an apology anyone's gonna hear from Yahtzee

[@Raya.T]

basically yes.

[@AGentertainmentofficial]

So basically, he pretended to talk shit on Zelda because we know what he would say, so diehards would cry and leave the video early, to only shit on the Wii U and Nintendo while simultaneously defend them to bash the wannabe PC XBOX One since the Wii U is an actual video game console that unfortunately has a third party support problem like its predecessors. Good video, and as much as I'm enjoying my Wii U, it's a shame that it seems like Nintendo doesn't know what to do with it now. I remember when I was at E3 and they showed that trailer with a whole bunch of Mature games, as well as EA of all companies on stage with them promising a variety of crap that never showed up, that Nintendo was going back to its SNES days where it was a true gamer's machine. Now it's in the same place the N64 was in when then Nintendo President Howard Lincoln had to defend N64 saying "it's not about quantity, it's about quality" when people were saying "N64 HAZ NO GAIMEZ!" Then last Christmas it was apparent they gave up the whole reason they slapped on "U" at the end (because it's a console that U can make your own) and just resorted to marketing to families and kids to "upgrade" their Wii to Wii U. It's like having that girlfriend that none of your friends like. She's great, but for some reason your friends can see all of the problems with her that you overlook, so they try to stay away from her.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

He actually said that? He actually said "Quality, not quantity?" Well, then how does he, or any of Nintendo's die hard fan base explain Superman 64?

[@kallendracovitch238]

Hey now, you gotta be fair and include the PiSPoor lol.

[@SadButter]

I suppose Wii U fans can only hope that Nintendo is going through the same with Wii U that Ubisoft went through with Rayman. At first they did a few lame titles no one gave fuck all about and then all of the sudden they would release something amazingly awesome that everyone liked.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

Being a former N64 owner myself, I'll be the first to admit that it had some quality titles (which admittedly haven't aged well.) I suppose my main point is that if the big N were as strict on quality control as that message Lincoln said implied, then somebody should've told Titus Software to start all over or go eff off with their giant steaming pile of poo they called a game. Ultimately Nintendo's let me down with the Wii. I actually have more classic games on its v-library, and I've played those games for longer periods of time than its stock Wii titles and from what I've seen with the Wii U, I see no reason to upgrade. (Not that Microsoft gets off the hook, mind you.)

[@SkyePredator]

Maybe It's you who is ignoring the problems with your girlfriend because you have been her friend for years, and your friends are trying to help. Oh, what? We're talking about the Wii U? It's ok I guess.

[@superleviathan]

Well, Yahtzee was certainly right about the situation straightening itself out.

[@ECL28E]

These comments keep crying about how he didn't actually review the game. When you think about it, ALBW, as great a game as it is, is still a Zelda game. Same items, same dungeons, dual-world gameplay...etc. The only differences are the item rental system and the wall-merging. What more can you say?

[@zyad48]

yeah it's just basically ALTTP with some extra stuff

[@adamslivka9436]

Exactly, I remember last year when this game was getting tons of praise which doesn't make sense at all. It's the same as A Link to the Past and it doesn't mask it at all, it has the exact same overworld as it because Nintendo couldn't be bothered to make something new, the same visuals, same items, same dual-world concept, same goddamn game. The only difference besides the useless item rental was the plot which is so insultingly stupid that I refuse to believe that anyone willing to defend it has a properly functioning brain.

[@zyad48]

Adam Slivka the plot aint winning any awards but maybe its cuz fans prefer to see what made the games good back in the day even though I would personally like to see new stuff happen, in sonic's case, I would prefer that sega would go back to the old working ways that sonic had, for zelda, it had something going for it, although it's like fanservice, if you wanted to play ALTTP with 3d visuals and a new portrait power then this game would seem like heaven, i'm going to get it because it looks fun, i wouldn't defend this game, i mean it doesnt do anything new which really makes me wonder why ppl still try to defend COD since it does next to nothing new with the exception of COD:AW with the double jump, but thats it. its like having a graphically enhanced remake of ALTTP on a handheld which is good, i mean its like having both cave story and cave story 3D, my point is that the game just looks good and ppl like to see the old stuff that worked. plus as for the locale being the same, this game was sold as a follow up to ALTTP despite it pretty much just being a remake since in ALTTP we're told that the master sword stays in its place for the rest of time which would conflict with this game since link gets the master sword in this game

[@zyad48]

kyotheman69 or in the case of the xbox one, a fuck-ton of features that ill never use, its UI is windows 8 based which I dont like to begin with, i have windows 8.1 but I never use the metro start screen for anything nor do I use any of windows 8.1's features, i simply use it to get better performance since windows 8.1 has the performance of windows 7 along with the added performance for games that are specifically designed for windows 8 like battlefield 4 as well as have all the backwards compatibility with older programs and drivers etc.

[@razsmash7082]

Idiot

[@snakelord2]

"i picked up a bf4 then i put it down and stamped on it a few times" only yhatzee can sum up a game that way lol

[@Interesting_Failure]

It's interesting to see how this has aged. In particular, the Wii U is now more obviously an exploratory step towards the Switch and Nintendo's entry into the mobile game market makes the commentary on people using phones/tablets/etc. for gaming very interesting. I think the takeaway is that they do actually know what they're doing even if it doesn't really look like it sometimes.

[@R9000]

That end credits animation-thingy was pure genius.

[@sonicshot55]

Well, not what I was expecting, but it was extremely amazing.

[@lyingpancake95]

Was... Was that sympathy I heard? GET IN YOUR BUNKERS, PEOPLE!

[@emiledlund9559]

It genuinely made me feel emotion

[@Greener221]

Real title: An Open Letter To Nintendo.

[@Ehzvarious]

you have the audacity to offend me. I like that

[@roman11777]

this is the funniest thing I've read all week

[@NotSatanDisguised]

I'm glad I didn't miss anything by skipping to the end.

[@THEMO918]

"The Boston Basher strap-on: When you want something more than the message to get through"

[@scaper12123]

Well he was right about one thing: the whole thing did straighten itself out

[@Goldyboot09]

BEFORE: Time to get mad about him for raging about one of my fave 3DS games! I'll be back at the end! MIDDLE: Um. Why is there no Link Between Worlds yet? AFTER: ... Okay. Not mad. Huh.

[@LuccianoBartolini]

Wow, I never thought I would have given him a like, I think this is the first time (from what I watch) he decides to put the whole video to actually talk about something he is passonate. For the first time ever, i'm hyped to see his take on the games that Nintendo showed on E3 2014, especially Bayonetta. I think I'll watch this again.

[@trazac]

Watching this years later, it's somewhat impressive that Yahtzee almost accidentally predicted that Nintendo's next console would be an integrated device. The Switch seems to have won over the many.

[@japzone]

This was great, but I was kinda looking forward to you going all out on Zelda.

[@JaconSamsta]

Yeah, the game was verry disapointing and I finished it after about 8 or so hours. Then I went and replayed the old 'A Link to the Past' and sunk an entire week of gaming into it, strugling with bosses I thought I would ACE this time. Please stop making games this easy, it almost feels insulting.

[@windywave7271]

TheBernhard100 Heck, I felt insulted by Skyward Sword. All the bosses are inexcusably easy, any puzzles that MIGHT have had difficulty to the are instantly explained away, and any tension is broken up by one of the most annoying companions in the entire franchise.

[@Gurpwnder]

TheBernhard100 I definitely agree. Many modern Nintendo games (Wii onwards) have become too easy for my tastes and lack imagination.

[@Graphomite]

Wow. He's giving constructive criticism for once.

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

And people are still mad at him for "being mean" to poor, defenseless, Nintendo

[@mrjman2541]

Graphomite when is he not?

[@mrjman2541]

Graphomite actually a better point it that he is known more as a reviewer/critic, not IGN giving tripleA game titles a piece of candy saying it ok your good if you want to be, while afriad that they might beat IGN up and tear the torso right off.

[@Shaymin0]

What do you mean he only uses constructive criticism. That's why he's a real critic.

[@dagrahelmonas7455]

im sorry is a critic not suppose to be critical of something and not give critical feedback?

[@saucercrabzero]

Nintendo listened to Yahtzee and is releasing Pokemon Go on Apple and Android.

[@Maxywaxy60]

Damn, that was the most accurate summary of Nintendo I've ever heard.

[@geoffschannel94]

"I smelled a fart" - Yahtzee Croshaw, 2014

[@Dillo64]

As an avid Zelda fan, I could only stomach the first thirty seconds or so of this before I just skipped to the end to see his conclusion, and it was pretty much what I expected (Smelda? Really?). Clearly we can't expect any kind of substance or intelligence from Yahtzee anymore and he is just a talking head void of any real depth or analysis of Nintendo's role in the gaming industry. I doubt there's anything else in this video that shows otherwise. ..... :p

[@halocray]

Nice bait

[@IMmephiles]

was that ":p" really necessary? Kind of ruins the joke, and only a huge moron wouldn't get what you're talking about.

[@Dillo64]

IMmephiles True. Unfortunately though, KZbin is full of huge morons.

[@IMmephiles]

TheExplodingcheez But this one is literally adressed in the video, anyone who doesn't get it then doesn't deserve to.

[@IMmephiles]

TheExplodingcheez Then that guy was an idiot.

[@archaicconsul2278]

That bearded man......he is me.

[@vcom741]

4:54 "It will all straighten itself out" A console later, and...lol...it did :P Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[@iank472]

The best part is it straightened itself out exactly because Nintendo stuck to making a pure gaming console instead of a "multipurpose entertainment system".

[@AskJoe1]

I died at the Colonial Marines bit.

[@rampantbacon]

hope you're ok

[@jac4026]

I'll say nice things at your funeral.

[@kerplunk99]

I heard him reeling up for a pained sigh at the end there

[@maxx_2245]

Now that you mention it, me too.

[@banethesithari]

2:49 that is the most accurate thing ever said

[@sirderpington7704]

Across the meadows of new ideas you stride like a colossal don't you oh how I love you yazhee

[@CaioEspinola]

"strap in while i strap on" hahahahahaha

[@zc630]

Personally I'm sick of hearing people talk about which console is better, and how a console can be improved to be better than the others. I just want to hear how consoles can be improved. Period. When someone says something bad about Nintendo, and how to fix it, the Nintendo fan will yell "WELL, THE XBONE IS WORSE BECAUSE OF THIS (insert reason). I'm not singling out Nintendo fans, this happens vice versa also. The first person never even mentioned the Xbox One, so why was it brought up by the second one? Because the second guy didn't care about how bad his favorite console is, he only cares about how it is better than the competing one. I just want to see constructive criticism about a console without bringing the other ones into the discussion.

[@BizzLeVrai]

this video remember me we are in march and I need to do my taxe return

[@chrstwrg]

A much needed Nintendo intervention.

[@simak363]

is no one gonna point out that nintendo teamed up with some company and is now also gonna make mobile games? in relating news, that washing machine by etch a sketch is coming out soon

[@Will.P.Wareing]

I could not stop laughing when he said, "Oh, a boomerang and a hookshot? Slow down, Stanley Kubrick!" hahahaha.

[@DashiSmash]

i don't get it... ?

[@Will.P.Wareing]

Stanley Kubrick is noted for creating very controversial films that push the envelope. Even in the era of antiheroes, where we can learn to love a meth dealer via Breaking Bad, we are still slightly uneasy about Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, which idolizes a serial killing rapist. The audience was forced to sympathize with a character that would always be hated in modern society. The joke is really only for people who also have a good knowledge of film and film history, which I've taken several classes in. I just like how Yahtzee can appeal to such a huge audience in such creative ways. It was unexpected because he tends to stay on the side of video game media.

[@DashiSmash]

I know who Kubrick is, I've seen plenty of his films including ACO. I still don't understand what boomerangs and hookshots have to do with Stanley Kubrick and his films... ?? What's the joke?

[@Will.P.Wareing]

The joke is that literally all Zelda games have the boomerang and hookshot. Yahtzee is being sarcastic in implying that it's controversial and pushing the envelope.

[@DashiSmash]

ahh, okay. I understand now.

[@eyebrowsGreg]

This WAS a link between worlds review, right?

[@jackelboy]

I am a die hard Nintendo-fan, but it is starting to get hard defending Nintendo. At least the 3DS is looking good.

[@user-nx1du6zk9y]

congrats now we have switch

[@JacobWilsonVO]

0:47 that would be amazing

[@Cowboycomando54]

I wish Nintendo would would go back to the game cube format and just have a fun console with little gimmicks. Hell even the gimmicks back in the day were nice like being able to play you hand held game on you tv through an attachment to the console or controller. They should also bring back some lesser know classics like Star Wars Rouge squadron. Imagine the things you could do with the core of the old game and the abilities of new hardware. I am just glad they do there own thing and avoid the console wars.

[@BOBMARIYO]

Title of video should be "Love Hate Relationship with Nintendo". That said I actually enjoyed it :)

[@FlintDragoon]

i wish consoles were a lot less of a pain in the ass to deal with at times, "buy game" "install game with disc 1" "take out dist 1 after installation" "put in disc 2 to start playing" "wait for updates before you actually start playing" You know how much a pain the older consoles were? "buy game" "insert game" "start playing"

[@ZanathKariashi]

realize the NA port was completely broken at the 80% mark. Rage impotently until you finally manage to dig up a walkthrough on that new fangled World Wide Web thing that allows you to finally get past the broken section and finish the game.

[@БогданСлавчев-ю3з]

Now that is a first world problem

[@Schensue]

Wow, Yahtzee is doing this for years and still comes up with clever new concepts for his videos, that's really impressive.

[@Kanic12341]

To those who think he is a nintendo hater, this vid actually suggests that he respects nint more than the others , maybe he is even a fanboy

[@shotguntornado]

I wouldn't go quite so far as to call him a fanboy... But I am glad he shows respect for Nintendo and admits he doesn't know what they should do to better themselves

[@SirBlackReeds]

I can think of one reason, besides sales, that third-party isn't interested in the Wii U: it uses proprietary discs made by Nintendo instead of say, Blu-ray.

[@TheAnimator1808]

Yes they are proprietary, but they hold exactly the same amount of data as a Blu-ray disc, they're virtually identical, it's the same with Ps4 and Xbone, they are both Blu-Ray discs, but why do you think you can't play a ps4 game on an xbone or vice versa?

[@SirBlackReeds]

TheAnimator1808 Because the hardware's different. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the developers left something in the code to make sure that the discs replay on their respective consoles.

[@Melkac]

TheAnimator1808 I think third party developers need to PAY Nintendo to use these propietary discs, meaning...you should know what that means.

[@TheAnimator1808]

Unshaved Stuff But they have to pay to use the discs on the Ps4 and Xbone so...what's your point?

[@hedgehog3180]

Sega did get their hands on the Total war franchise which has had good sales but they did make Rome 2 so...

[@gardenclaw6995]

Having recently played on a switch it's like Nintendo watched this and took notes. Switch feels like what an old console used to be with a few clever tricks up it's sleeve. Solid games, Portable, fun and easy to play with friends. Use it's own screen or any you have to hand. Hell even the controller splits into bits so you can immediately split screen. Deffo a big step in the right direction.

[@Darkington]

As much as people say they want innovation, they're all lying. Everyone wants the SAME copy paste crap over and over again; why else do Call of Duty and Madden Football increase in sales every year? Also, Link Between Worlds wasn't bad, fuck you Yahtzee, blah blah blah, we all love you.

[@snickerdoodle7877]

I saw that video. While I agree with Game Theory, you dumbed it down too much. You see it everywhere, gamers DO want innovation. The thing is, COD is fucking *fun.* It really is fun. So people buy it. That doesn't mean we don't want new and exciting things, that just means that certain games perfected/greatly improved certain formulas.

[@Darkington]

I don't understand, you opened with how I dumbed down GameTheory and then say Call of Duty is fun and make no supporting argument... sorry if I missed something, I wouldn't call myself greatly intelligent,but I don't see your point. But if what your saying is that games can be improved without much innovation, Call of Duty Ghosts took away some of the better ideas of Black Ops II multiplayer and made the plot make less sense and made no attempt to innovate. And if you call that a bad example, Modern Warfare 3 took away some better ideas from Black Ops. I guess my point is Infinity Ward is a bunch of whores and I think I've gone off topic... oh well I'm not smart enough to respond effectively and I apologize for this spam you will receive.

[@snickerdoodle7877]

Darkington Brethren You dumbed it down in the sense that you said, "gamers are liars, they don't want innovation". It's not actually that clear cut. I mean, biologically speaking, violence is pleasurable. It triggers a dopamine release in the brain, just like orgasms, crack, laughing, and social media (nope, not kidding). And you gotta give the devil his due, COD's got a great control scheme. It's fast-paced, fun, and the gameplay is just *good.* I mean, it really is. So, why change it? Why innovate COD? Innovation can be had elsewhere; while COD does need new things, major change isn't really a big deal. Most people play SP once then go to multiplayer, so gameplay is the most important aspect, and changing core gameplay is a mistake. What I'm saying is something I haven't seen a lot. I'm saying that if it's not broke don't fix it; instead, build something else, brand new. Leave COD alone, it's fine the way it is. Innovate something that isn't already really good.

[@Darkington]

If Call of Duty is fine the way it is, then why keep buying it? Look at Valve and Team Fortress 2; Team Fortress 2 was a great improvement upon its predecessor and since 2007 Valve has been improving the game without making another game because they know they may never have to make another Team Fortress because they improve what is already there without rebranding it and charging people $60 for it. Additionally, the multiplayer in Call of Duty was made worse in almost every way when it comes to MW3 and Ghosts by forcing players to adapt to the older less interesting format after using a highly competent new system that improved on several things shown in the Black Ops games because Infinity Ward clearly wants nothing more than your money.

[@snickerdoodle7877]

Darkington Brethren If COD is fine the way it is, why NOT buy it? It's good. It may have only very rare self-improvement, but it's shooty and fun. And it works. Yeah, they're obviously after my money, so's every company ever. That's what companies do; they sell people shit. My point is, innovation is good. New stuff is good. But just because something is stagnating doesn't mean it isn't fun.

[@nintendowalk]

I came here expecting someone to take another shit on Zelda and piss off the whole fanbase (again). Instead I got some great points on Nintendo. Thank you sir and hopefully you continue to view every point of view instead of one.

[@dreww823]

I feel like the beginning of this video is a hint that maybe yatzhee isn't such a huge nintendo hater, and that he just pretends to hate 95% of the games he plays

[@tcrpgfan]

One of the things I've learned about yahtzee is that he's all about calling a game out for it's flaws even if it's a perfectly good game because he's one of the few people who work within video game journalism who actually demand that game developers do better with the games they make.

[@ZobmieRules]

Ehhh, boring video, just skip to like 4:58.

[@MetroidMann]

+Rafael Lopez WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHH

[@GreysonMacAllister]

+Rafael Lopez went right over your head didn't it?

[@Akijolive]

+Rafael Lopez That informative video should've been about the 3DS

[@crono3015]

+Jonathan Mallet Um, no. At least the 3DS is still getting a lot of good stuff. Heck, it's even getting Monster Hunter Gen.

[@wbtu897]

Rafael Lopez woooosh

[@thr3351]

I love how only a minute or two of this video is actually about the Zelda game that's in this video's title. But then I realized it's a Yahtzee video.

[@RG-Zeldaplayer]

Simplicity is a much underrated thing in gaming and the WiiU's small catalogue of games does that exceedingly well... Picking up, Pokken, or Hyrule Warriors or Bayonetta, or Mario Kart (regardless of their shortcomings) is a simple experience that's well suited to casual short bursts of your gaming fix. Compare that to the seemingly endless epics that grace other consoles that are desperately trying to be the next massive PC RPG and really who can be bothered to plough hours and hours of your life into a game your likely to get bored of before you get close to finishing. I mean take Skyrim for instance... it's main quest was dull as dishwater and the 10,000 or so sidequests where predominantly lather rinse repeat fetch quests that required you to spend ages playing QTE minigames to build up armour and weapons in prep for.

[@DeMomcalypseLive]

This is why I like Yahtzee. Unlike other reviewers, he makes it clear about how recent nintendo sequels have been doing nothing new and are just retreading old stuff with some nooks and crannies to give the illusion that it is new. Like people are praising Nintendo for "going back to basics" with Link Between Worlds, when really they're making the game in a format that's easier to program than 3D games. Also I don't get that fact, Zelda games worked fine as 3D games and reached their peak with Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, and arguably Twilight Princess. It's just a lot of people forgive Nintendo for this because they're primarily the only game company making games for the sake of making games: Fun. And while that's commendable in this day and age, Nintendo has been doing a lot of shady shit that I just can't ignore and will never forgive.

[@Domwompy]

TheGrandRevo Except many critics, especially Yahtzee, continuously call lazy devs outs when they pull that shit. CoD gets railed every year when it releases the same gameplay we've come to expect since 2008.

[@BaranZenon]

@Tommy-Ray Collyer Yeah, but since he did that every year maybe it is like in that phrase from his from Half Life 1 review - They were "...truncheoned with a disembodied horse cock for so long and so hard, that now it’s the only way they can wake up in the morning" and they just dont care anymore. Hell! They except it with a lazy wave of the hand saying "Who cares, people will still buy this shit no matter how fucking bland it is". The best way to fight it off is just not talking about it. If the haters will forget about it, so will the fanbase eventually.

[@arcownsya]

THE WII U (Zero Punctuation)

[@poof346]

More fitting title.

[@jainkans5794]

The switch puts this all in a new light.

[@builder396]

I always loved the local mutliplayer part about consoles, especially on the Wii. I myself own a PC, so a LAN Party is the closest I can go to local multiplayer, it is extremely rare that there is any game with a local mutliplayer that requires only one computer. Why? My CPU can handle 4 instances of Left 4 Dead without sweating, Id just need to plug in 4 mouses, keyboards and screens and 4 people would be happy. But even if three of these people would complain about the control layout, and that they dont know the map, or that the game is unfair to them for some reason, or its just because im better because I had 100+ hours at the game, know the controls and the map and figured out how I can be unfair to the game. But whenever I visit friends that own a Wii we always have something to play, especially something that I can do reasonably well even if I havent even heard of the game. You dont need much extra hardware except for the controller, most games have straightforward controls, especially stuff like Wii Sports, and they are genuine short term FUN. There is pretty little to hold against it actually, because it excels at what its designed to do, but it threw away the stuff it doesnt need for its purpose, but thats just the stuff everybody wants to have for some absurd reason. Like you give someone a hand warmer, and they expect it to cook food.

[@danielmeaney2308]

yahtzee giving us a heads up on tax season back in 2014 hit me like Hollywood undead reminding us to wear seatbelts during the rise of "click it or ticket"

[@michaelkerr4686]

i need to go do my taxes...

[@Kaalcite]

I haven't seen a tangent this big since I took geometry in high school.

[@Lookosone]

That seemed more like a WiiU review... Don't care. Still funny.

[@PedroIgori]

because it was?

[@DarkAngelEU]

It was a Nintendo review, basically.

[@noizepusher7594]

1:28 That actually sounds like the plot for a great short film.

[@rozasupreme]

I agree with Yahtzee. The West Midlands is a blight on humanity.

[@Crossplay]

Say what you want about Nintendo but I can respect them for one thing: integrity. When the Wii U didn't make their expectations, the top brass took a paycut as penance. I can't imagine Microsoft or Sony ever doing that.

[@Centuries_of_Nope]

Yhatzee makes a great point. I want a powerful gaming machine, not something that has multimedia functionality and sacrifices processing power for it. If microsoft were to make the Xbox one, strictly for gaming, no multimedia crap, and remove the kinect, Good Lord, all that R and D money would have made the most delicious, easy to use, piece of hardware in gaming in history.

[@ericspace121]

That's quite the username.

[@laurensweyn]

While I too think the kinect isn't a good idea for gaming (and against consoles in general), I must say that the research for the Kinect didn't entirely go to waste. It's currently used for robotics and computer vision applications. This was possible in the past, but would set you thousands of dollars back with not very functional hardware. The kinect being as mass produced as it is, and with it's popularity, it became an extremely cheap way to perform advanced computer vision, with many community-made algorithms out there too.

[@theBlazethecatfanboy]

What? you dont wanna watch TV on your TV? XD

[@nockos4341]

Eric Moore I wonder how the matrix signs in...

[@SirBlackReeds]

Nothing wrong with having multimedia stuff on a gaming console. I mean, were you complaining when you heard that the Playstation could play CDs, or that the PS2 could play DVDs, or that the PS3 could play Blu-rays?

[@Carbide195]

Hey, I've already watched this _'Let's Drown Out...'_ (a-hue hue hue)

[@Yuzling]

Fantastic video, but I have one major gripe. Local multiplayer on PC is extremely easy. Effortless in fact. You just need one long HDMI cable to your living room TV (or have your main monitor in a position that easily facilitates local multiplayer, as I do) and you're good to go. I have a Chinese knockoff USB thingy that I found on ebay for £4.50 that allows multiple wireless XBOX controllers to sync to the PC, and it works like a charm. I've been playing everything from Gang Beasts to Bomberman on a gamecube emulator to spelunky to FIFA with my flatmates... local multiplayer on the PC has never been better.

[@Optilex42]

I think those brief picture sequences at the very end during the guitar rifts are my favorite part to these videos.

[@peteross9433]

Got to say i kind of agree with all this. Oddly enough. Well i mean with the WiiU being a dedicated gaming platform and people actually not caring that much for it. I think it's more along the lines of too much marios and zeldas on there. 3DS suffers from the same, i mean sure there are few interesting titles but a lot of the others are really grindy cartographers RPGs or just plain N games. They even SNES mario game on their store.... Comon N, please give us a new franchise? What happened to all the creativity you had stored? How come every game you come out with feels like a rebranding of a previous game? I mean, Ocarina of time 3D? Really? Windwaker HD? Really? Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D? Really? Another goddamn pokemon game? like we haven't had enough of those since 1986....

[@VegaMyster]

The 3DS is doing great and those games you've listed have sold very well.

[@peteross9433]

Vega M Right and maybe because a lot of kids buy the 3Ds but as a grown up adult i don't care much for Mario, Zelda or Pokemon at this point. Animal Crossing is a thing i'll never understand, It's like one of those games like Harvest Moon and Rune Factory where you don't actually do anything interesting in the game....

[@VegaMyster]

I play games for fun, personally don't care for Pokemon/Animal Crossing games from a gameplay perspective but the 3D Mario games (Not the Nsmb games) & Zelda in general have lots of good elements that make them enjoyable. Either way the 3DS is doing great and i've seen lots of adults enjoy it including myself.

[@ShadowX012]

Animal Crossing and HV/RF are games you play when you want to relax o.O' how do people not get that lol. Honestly, I'd like an actual Lost in Blue for console, or a 3DS one. To me, those are casual games, not candy crush and angry birds.

[@nworder4life]

Damien GUIBBAL Dude, do a search on all the 3ds games, you'll find more 5 star games than you could imagine.

[@benson55545]

Kind of funny that 2014 became Nintendo's year, I guess he was kind of right it did work it self out.

[@benson55545]

They still did the same thing they always do but it was still good.

[@darthlobster]

benson55545 Nintendo has always known how to make great games. It was just incredibly obvious this year because nobody else was apparently interested in competing with them.

[@ArkCiD_Z3r0]

benson55545 rather, "They still did the same thing they always do but everyone else did their job horribly". Nintendo is kinda stable in their execution, in that sense.

[@garfieldpuzzlebox5410]

***** Not really. While nintendo does repeat many gameplay formulas and elements, especially with mario, most of their games have enough innovation to make it a different game. Take zelda for example. Wind waker and twilight princess are two completely different games. They work off the same concept but play entirely differently. Or you could look to pokemon which has very repetitive and re used gameplay, but always adds new things and keeps it fresh. Obviously you aren't a fan of nintendo and thats ok but claiming that it's just the same game over and over again isn't really true with a lot of their content.

[@TheRealGunfish]

Hey thanks for the Zelda review, ya knob.

[@aegeanghost6261]

you know, after all this time and I still return to this video every now and again. I think it is one of the most insightful.... and I respect that... 2:55

[@Dice12K]

I concur! I find it soooo hard to play local multiplayer games with my siblings nowadays... D: I ended up finding Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes to be a fun local multiplayer game for a while... Now, it's Borderlands 2 and Gundam EXVS FB.

[@ECL28E]

"Nintendo's never been good with third-party relations" *Cuts to Nintendo shooting EA at the feet, to make it dance* Thanos: You should've gone for the head!

[@TheSPACECOWBOY33]

Both Sega and the Nintendo had a massive library of games during the supernintendo and Sega Megadrive day's and they havent taken advantage of it on the E store. It's sad.

[@morpheus176]

I've enjoyed my wii u so far

[@Tristan1062]

then there is something seriously wrong with you...

[@crono3015]

Tristan Pitzi I like Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.

[@BEkov-kd8cf]

Tristan Pitzi There is nothing wrong with the console you are just repeating shit you herd someone say.

[@crono3015]

Hazztech Mario isn't kiddie. Same goes for MH3U and Kirby, and the next smash game.

[@crono3015]

Hazztech Violence. Now, a good example of a kiddy game would be Dora the Explorer: Click and find. Is your gaming license expired?

[@LanceThumping]

Reminds me of a suggestion for Nintendo a friend of mine made. They should start manufacturing their own retro combination machines. I think everyone would love to buy a Nes, Snes combo system from Nintendo themselves.

[@LanceThumping]

***** Yeah, it could do something along those lines. Virtual Console doesn't interest me either, I feel it's much too limited. If they are selling me a digital copy of the game they could at least make it available on other platforms.

[@joshwelshman7272]

i'm actually proud of the fact Yahtzee mentioned my home city in a video, yep my lifes that sad.

[@HiroshiiYuki]

Not sure if I'm offended, living in the West Midlands and all... ;D

[@simonthebison]

Yes, the West Midlands is very offensive.

[@lividd3ad]

As someone from the West Midlands, I'm completely in agreement with Yahtzee.

[@Logicalporkpie]

lividd3ad That makes 2 of us :).

[@ryan43816]

THE MIDLANDS ARENT REAL

[@dkill34]

You really love the metal boxes from Fallout 3 don't you.

[@Melkac]

Let me guess, he's gonna hate it because Nintendo =Sees the review= ...What the fuck did I just watch.

[@tcpsolution]

Ya i know eh. This guy.....

[@Melkac]

Fearless Jay I...usually sort of enjoy Yahtzee's reviews but...was he on drugs when he wrote the script for this episode? Wow.

[@robotsnake9374]

I still use a hand-cranked brontosaurus feeder. Automated feeders still have problems. My brontosaurus had a hard time eating its food without stones to help grind the food up.

[@catiseith]

"Make me a new Metroid game" "First let me glue my limbs back into my body and then we talk"

[@JonMalbrough]

this was brilliant. Well Done!

[@R.T.and.J]

I don't think a lot of people realize that the point of this video wasn't to actually review A Link Between Worlds.

[@AnnePackrat]

Yahtzee seems inordinately focused on his taxes. Is there something you aren't telling us?

[@dewbs815]

The only problem I had with Link Between Worlds was that structuring the game so that you can freely explore the world would've been cool if I hadn't already explored it in a much more compelling way 15 years ago when I played Link to the Past...

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

The hilarious thing in hindsight is that it did all sort itself out on the end when the Switch went gangbusters. It outsold the Wii last month, making it the second best selling console of all time behind the first affordable DVD player - the PS2. And it might even hit that mark before it's finally put to bed in the mext few years.