The Lion King - A Disney Soulslike?

[@AxMania]

NOTE: This is a re-upload from last year. The first video had copyright issues, so I had to replace a music track from the movie with an in-game track. I hope you'll enjoy the video nontheless.

[@timurkral3781]

Damn I was fapping so hard my gigantic palmtree. Please keep up your good wet work!!!

[@TheTombRaider]

I used to laugh while my mom yelled and raged at this game! I even showed this video too her and she said that just watching it was making her angry and giving her PTSD! 😂

[@AxMania]

Hahaha, that's awesome! 😂😂 Thanks my friend, and sorry for giving your mom PTSD 😬

[@TheTombRaider]

@@AxMania Nah, it's not your fault it's the games fault! 🤣

[@elysium540]

Thank you for bringing back this childhood trauma. 😅 I totally remember the elephant swinging, the waterfall and the stampede... That game was a nightmare. 😵

[@AxMania]

Haha, you are welcome! 😃😅

[@LolaBeM3]

Omg the stampede!!! 😂😂😂

[@dannydraper1550]

What can I say? You’ve once-again described my childhood. I could never defeat Scar and yes it wasn’t until my 30s when I played the game on Xbox when it was released with Aladdin that I did. No KZbin or easily accessible walkthroughs back in the day haha. Thanks Ax for another fantastic video

[@AxMania]

Haha, at least you got to Scar! That's pretty damn impressive. I never made it beyond the second level back then 😅 Thanks Danny, I really appreciate it!

[@cesare4926]

Nice change of pace from the usual TR videos. Still can't wait for TR3 Platinum tho 😂

[@AxMania]

Haha, thank you! I promise you it's coming, but it will probably be a while still.

[@Hirschilein]

Omg same! That mf game… 🤬 Did you play Aladdin too? Lol‘d hard at the „circle of death“ 😂

[@AxMania]

Haha, yes, I did! Aladdin was difficult too, but not nearly as evil as The Lion King 😅

[@DeanKopri]

I've never reached the 3rd level LMAO!!!! Hakuna Matata my ass indeed! xD

[@AxMania]

Did anybody ever reach that 3rd level!? 😂

[@djtoxicdhg]

The dificalty in this game gives me it's flash backs of Rayman 1 for the ps1/pc

[@scottneil1187]

I grew up playing games in the 80's, those were hard times!. Arcades were brutal and home computer games were equally as hard, 3 lives, 3 continues, if you were lucky and usually no saves.

[@AxMania]

Oh yes!!! Rayman is without question one of the hardest games I ever played as a kid. It's similar to The Lion King in the sense that it looks kid friendly, but isn't. I remember the music-themed levels being particularly evil.

[@Milky-Hazard]

dont forget about the Jaguar!

[@sageplaysthesims]

Ahhhh this game!! Reminds of all the frustration when trying to play this as a kid.... 😅

[@AxMania]

Haha, I'm sorry for bringing back frustrating memories 😅

[@vertyisprobablydead]

Bro The Lion King game was so good. I don't remember if I ever beat it but the Simba cub waterfall level + blasting Blues Traveler in 1995 was the vibe.

[@AxMania]

Haha yes, I love this game in spite of all the BS 😃

[@tonybeayno]

I loved what you said about the 2 things that marked your childhood, the Disney renaissance movies and video games. Because that's exactly what it was for me! Lara Croft and the 90's Disney movies were my childhood. The first VHS tapes I got were The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, on my 3rd birthday in 1993. And I met Lara Croft in 1996, a 6-year-old kid. And that was it! It starts... (to quote Timon)

[@AxMania]

Haha, cheers! And thank you for sharing! I guess a lot of us kids who grew up in the 90's have similar stories. Those were amazing years to be a kid in, am I right?

[@Diana-Josy]

OMG, that video made me laugh. 😂 Me & my childhood friend had a love-hate-relationship with this game...I didn't count how many hours...days we spent on trying to complete it and how many times we dropped the gamepad in rage. My boyfriend and I started playing it again lately for nostalgic reasons and we completely freaked out, before we even made it to the final level. 😅This game is one of the most cruel and unfair games ever made...and yes...THAT WATERFALL!😂👿 Thanks for this video.❣

[@AxMania]

Hahaha, that's awesome to hear! It really is! It's just absurdly hard. What were they thinking!? 😂

[@MrsVeronicat]

I never got to play as adult Simba. NEVER. One of the most frustrating games ever! If my parents only knew they would’ve let me play Mortal Kombat instead (which I did anyway in secret because I was so pissed at the Lion King I just wanted to play something easier 😂).

[@AxMania]

Neither did I 😫 Only many years later, when I was an adult, did I get to see something else than the first two levels in this game. Hahaha, somehow Mortal Kombat is more appropriate for children than The Lion King and it's hellish difficulty! 😂

[@Jenkinsmum]

I grew up with the DOS version in my childhood. I found out that you don't need to grab the rhino tails after the first ostrich section, you can just grab the hippo's ear and skip that section of the level. The waterfall in Hakuna Matata was indeed notorious. I did manage to get up the waterfall by easily by memorising the log patterns, but jumping on the logs that sank at the bottom was impossible for me to overcome. Kifo Mtego would have been a more appropriate name for the jungle level, which translates to Death Trap. I could never finish the final because like you I didn't have a manual that would tell me the throwing combo, so I was stuck hitting Scar infinitely.

[@AxMania]

What, really!? You can skip the rhinos!? I had no idea 😂 I'll check that out later. And yes! Kifo Mtego would have been a lot more suitable name. Imagine Timon and Pumba singing that to Simba instead 😂

[@Jenkinsmum]

@@AxMania Here's how you do it kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGnCoH-Dmr2lhLc . So far as I know it's possible on the DOS version, but not the SNES version.

[@MINI_91]

Disney specifically ordered the developers to make the game difficult to prevent people from renting it and beating it. The developers later apologized for the difficulty, since it wasn't their decision.

[@AxMania]

Yeah 😅 I guess Disney were evil, even back then.

[@ordinarynocturne]

This damn game. It and Tiny Toons: Buster's Hidden Treasure drove me up the wall with their difficulty. Lion King ramps it up faster which is immediately frustrating while Tiny Toon does it more slowly, but with the latter you think you're doing well and then suddenly it's like the game laughs at you for ever even thinking that. If you haven't played it, I recommend giving it a try. You'll probably beat it easily with your talents, but just imagine a seven-year-old trying to do the same. It was such a pain!

[@AxMania]

I have been recommended to check out this game before (was it you?) and it indeed looks crazy! What was it with games that seemed kid friendly on the outside, but then were just evil on the inside??

[@Jay-qs2oi]

Buster Busts Loose and Animaniacs were also a nightmare! It's so weird how hand-holdy games are now. We used to just keep at it and at it and at it until we beat it. Kinda want to go back and play them with years more gaming under my belt and see if they're any easier :D

[@Lasagnaisprettycool]

The only good thing about having played this game as a child is that this game created a brotherhood of bitter and broken adult men and women that all share the same childhood trauma. It's a sacred bond.

[@AxMania]

Hahaha, that's so true! 😂

[@sarahmarie34]

This video game.. 😫 I never got past the second level as a kid. Even now as an adult, I know I still wouldn't be able to do it! Will always love the movie, but may never touch that game again! 😂

[@AxMania]

Did anyone ever get past that second level as a kid!? 😂 The movie is one of the best ever, love it so much, but yeah... the game is just evil 😫

[@Yungbeck]

None of my friends ever saw stage 3 lol

[@AxMania]

For all I knew, anything beyond the second level was a myth, because I don't think many kids ever got to witness anything after that 😂

[@LolaBeM3]

Lolllll!!! This game was so hard! And definitely beautiful. 😂❤

[@AxMania]

Haha, yes... 😫... Agree on both points!

[@ariad-music]

As a child I loved this game. I didn’t recall all of these nightmarish moments before watching this video. I only remembered that the volcano level was extremely hard. Traumas are instantly reactivated by watching this! 😆

[@AxMania]

Haha, sorry about that! 😂 But yes, I loved this game as well, in spite of it being very cruel to me.

[@EazyB90]

Nice video, I was fascinated by this game as a kid, even though I didn't own it - we rented it a few times. I never understood why my parents didn't/wouldn't buy it... but then I realized it was because it was too damn hard! Weirdly I don't remember them spending too long on I Just Can't Wait to Be King, but I do remember my dad being up late into the night trying to beat the stampede. The only other thing I remember is my mom struggling for an eternity with the cave maze in Simba's Return. I think that was the day before we had to take the game back? Either way, my parents never met Scar. I went on to really play the game for myself as an adult and really enjoyed it for the most part, but I was also cheating my ass off using save states on an emulator. But to be fair, even then it was damn hard. I especially remember the boulders in Simba's Exile kicking my ass. Tomb Raider III looks at this game and says "Hey, I think you should ease up on the difficulty a little".

[@AxMania]

What an awesome memory of your parents playing the game. I wish my parents were into video games back then. If you Mom got all the way to the maze level, she must've been pretty damn good at the game! And yes, the game is really enjoyable, in spite of the difficulty. I still think it's one of the most beautiful video games ever. Hahaha, that last part is so true! 😂

[@confusedpsyduck714]

never got past the second level lol

[@AxMania]

Did anyone!? 😂

[@Jay-qs2oi]

Your childhood during the 90s? You're as old as me x) I had the gameboy version of Lion King. It was brutal. I don't think I ever finished it.

[@AxMania]

It was the BEST time to have your childhood, wasn't it? 😎 I didn't even know there was a Gameboy version, but I can imagine that was even harder!

[@Jay-qs2oi]

@@AxMania I can see having watched your video that it was the same game just worse graphics, no colour, and screen that you couldn't see during the day :D I also remember the stampede section was a bird's-eye view, and the monkeys that throw you didnt have a feature to change direction. Probably some more minor differences but otherwise like-for-like.

[@ilyishai4991]

I remember beating this game without failing (loosing this sun coin or whatever its name is) even once, damn I was a beast back in the day 😂

[@AxMania]

Holy crap, that's amazing!

[@NoInterleaving]

You were lucky, as a child because I had to play, only ‘heat of darkness’ 😢

[@187matmat]

😅

[@AxMania]

I love Heart of Darkness, even if that too is a stupidly hard game 😫

[@ThePMMpc]

what a flashback lol glad that you took a break

[@AxMania]

Haha, thank you! The Tomb Raider III Platinum Trophy video is on its way, but it will be a while still.

[@ThePMMpc]

@@AxMania take your time

[@JPgreekgaming]

For a second I thought I had mad deja vu and then I saw it's a re-upload 😂

[@AxMania]

Haha, yeah, I had some issues with it the first time, but it seems like KZbin is ok with my fixes for this version.

[@burge117]

No worries. No worries! That's exactly what the creators said when asked if they thought their game was too difficult 😂

[@AxMania]

Hahaha, for sure! 😂 @$$holes...

[@novelezra]

Along with Aladdin (Megadrive) and Mickey Mania, for some reason Disney games were just pushed the max in terms of difficulty. Weirdly it only seems to be the Western developed games. The Capcom games were usually quite breezy.

[@AxMania]

Hah, yes! It's so odd. The Sega Aladdin game is also difficult, yeah, but it's nothing compared to The Lion King at least, I don't think.

[@scottneil1187]

Thankfully missed this one back in the day, played the hell outta Aladdin though, was so easy, must have completed it hundreds of times on snes, The Jungle Book was pretty damn hard as I remember too. I was forged in the fires of the 80's gaming scene though, brutal arcade games and equally brutal home computer/console games.

[@AxMania]

I played Aladdin too, and that was a great game. Also difficult, but definitely nowhere near as hard as The Lion King. I've never played The Jungle Book but I'd like to. I love the graphics of that game. Haha, the 80's prepared you well for the difficult games of the future.

[@KyanoAng3l0_Mtvtks]

As a kid in the '90s, I never thought of games being too difficult. I just thought I was a total n00b, and I frankly was, heh. It never let it frustrate me enough to ditch the game; I thought I just needed to git gud or get help so I could enjoy more of the game. I remember spending half of my summer on beating TR3's Nevada demo on the PS1. It was a good first impression for the series, tho, and the complete TR3 became one of my coveted games.

[@AxMania]

Yeah, I didn't get this perspective on The Lion King until adulthood, because ad a kid, I didn't understand the concept of "unfair game design" or whatever. I just loved the graphics and all that.

[@clademirya2699]

Oh, you did not just remind me of this game... I could never get past 2nd level.

[@AxMania]

Haha, sorry! I don't think anybody could 😅

[@DarkMagicianMayu]

I didn't even know this game existed but somehow I'm not even surprised about a Disney game being this sadistic. XDDDDD I confess I lost it at the "Hakuna matata my ass" moment. I love your sense of humor X'DDDDDD

[@AxMania]

Haha, thank you so much! 😃

[@TKRevRay971]

The memories here...I... Was I in a government psi-op?? This is like a fever dream 😳

[@AxMania]

Hahaha, I'm sorry if I brought back troubled memories 😅

[@nekokna]

My only trouble is that speacial adult move simba makes tha ti do not know how to trigger

[@AxMania]

Yeah, that move is so obscure to figure out 😕

[@POLE7645]

Thatnk goodness the Disney Classic Games collection (by Digital Eclipse) has a rewind function for the bullshit part. Hey, if the game is going to be unfair, so can I.

[@AxMania]

That's a very good point, and totally fair 😉

[@PiscesPrincess327]

I only beat this damn game because of the Disney Classic Games Collection 😂😂 You bet I abused that rewind feature damn it!

[@AxMania]

That rewind feature is a godsent! That will be how I play the game going forward 😂

[@hubsternova]

I remember playing this and the Aladdin game with childhood friends and absolutely sucking 😂

[@AxMania]

Oh yeah! The Aladdin game was also very hard, but definitely easier than The Lion King 😅

[@dummyroll01]

Yeah I remember this shit 🤣 Played it on the Mega Drive when I was about 8 or 9. After Lvl 2 I was obviously completely stuck so I think I just level skipped to my heart's content all the way to the last boss, where of course I could never figure out how to end the fight. I'd be there for ages beating the shit out of Scar, slapping him across the face mercilessly even though his life bar was completely empty, but somehow I read in a game guide magazine you had to do this damn judo flip and toss him into the fire 🤣🤣 Ridiculous game

[@AxMania]

Hahaha, I think you just described everybody's story with this game 🤣 What were they thinking unleashing such a hellish game on kids?

[@irishrose90]

The Aladdin game was also quite difficult! I had/have it got the Sega. 😂

[@AxMania]

Yeah, it really was! 😩 I don't think it was quite as unfair though 😅

[@ZeroHedgehog1996]

I never played a Lion King video game, but I did watch the 3 classics from Disney. If I had to choose between this game and Simba's Mighty Adventure, I'll choose the later, it's less hard and there are several parts of the 2 films as cutscenes

[@AxMania]

I'd actually love to play Simba's Mighty Adventure. I've never played that.

[@theLoreRaiderOG]

Good on you for making videos you want to make even if the views take a hit. I myself find doing so really hard to do

[@AxMania]

Yeah, I think it's important to make videos you want to make always, no matter the views etc.

[@MdB92]

You had Lion King, while I had Aladdin and Mowgli/Jungle Book on GBC (and Donald Duck on GBA) - although those weren't as difficult/unfair as this one I'm sure🙄I think I only managed to complete the latter but that was definitely no easy task... which reminds me that I still want to know what you think of Tomb Raider: The Prophecy😁 I quite liked playing that one on actual hardware (GBA) back in the day during those long summer holidays... I'm afraid you'll hate playing it on emulator, but at least you'll have the added benefit of save states😅

[@AxMania]

All those Disney games were so good, but bizarrely difficult for some reason 😅 I actually want to dive deep into all those Tomb Raider handhelds some day, because that's ANOTHER part of Tomb Raider I know absolutely nothing about 😮

[@LisekTod]

Almost all games in 80s and 90s were much harder than modern games. The Lion King SNES/Genesis difficulty is actually moderate for 90s standards. I've never been an expert in video games, but I can easily complete levels from 1 to 9 without save states. I only struggle with the final 10th level, because of the weird strategy of fghting with Scar and no check points. But well, being fan of retro games equals being fan of hard diffulty. However, the real reason why I love The Lion King SNES/Genesis so much is because it's definitely the cutest game ever made. I really wish Disney made a new The Lion King game, as a modern 3D platformer, with graphics like original 1994 movie. Long live the king of cuteness! 🐾

[@AxMania]

You are absolutely right. The games back then were just brutally hard, and often really obscure mechanics and solutions. If you can complete this game without trouble, you are definitely a gaming expert! 😅😎 And yes, I agree. Plus, the graphics are downright beautiful. It's the perfect version of a 16-bit era video game, graphically.

[@LisekTod]

@@AxMania No, I can't call myself a gaming expert at all. I've seen many people speedrunning retro games or completing without single hit. The reason why I'm so good at The Lion King SNES/Genesis is because I keep playing it regularly. All you have to do is just to learn all moves by heart. There are a looooooooot of games are waaaaaaaay harder than The Lion King. I just noticed many people can't complete the 2nd level only because they gave up after playing only a few times. As a contrast, for me this is the one of most re-played game from all games I've ever played.

[@Cacolantern]

Hey Alex, do you think your Tekken video will be reuploaded?

[@AxMania]

Thank you for asking! Yes, I will some day. Tekken celebrates its 30th Anniversary in September, so that might be a good time.

[@elibonham4388]

I still havent played a single soulsborne game i need to fix that

[@AxMania]

You totally should, they are really fun! I'd probably recommend starting with Demon's Souls.

[@elibonham4388]

@@AxMania I really wanna play elden ring since everyone talks about it

[@1878Originals]

I only played Simbas Mighty Adventure

[@AxMania]

I've never played that game, but I'd love to.

[@1878Originals]

@@AxMania it’s fun, but much easier

[@Petersmith57921]

No tomb raider then

[@AxMania]

Soon, I promise.

[@Synthia17]

I love this game, never finished it but hey, love it still!

[@AxMania]

I never did either as a kid, but I still loved it! 😃 I could play the first level over and over again.

[@Synthia17]

@@AxMania I think I got to the part of being an adult simba once and that was about it :D

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Hot damn dude you can tolerate platnium relicing crash 4 but not this? I'm not flexing btw but I don't like even trying to 100% crash 4. I guess you now given me motivation to get off my butt and actually 100% crash 4 now. As a kid I used to help so many other kids beat the Lion King, including sonic 2, Alien 3, Sega Aladdin.

[@AxMania]

Crash Bandicoot 4 was HELL. But it was... fun hell? It was really addicting and satisfying to conquer. The waterfall in The Lion King is just misery. That's awesome, btw!

[@xRocketzFighterx]

@@AxMania I really need to get to actually completing Crash 4 maybe not until middle of 2025 but it's not anytime soon.

[@neptune0869]

Hi Axmania how are you doing hope all is well

[@AxMania]

I'm well, thanks for asking, how are you Neptune?

[@neptune0869]

@@AxMania you're very welcome I'm glad you're doing well I'm also doing well thanks

[@NowifeHappyLifeMGTOW]

I beat that game as a kid!

[@AxMania]

Impressive! 👏 I got to the second level... 😂

[@kieranwalker7830]

the only way I was able to beat this game as a kid was with the cheat code B-A-R-R-Y to give max lives

[@AxMania]

Haha, I didn't even know that. Why BARRY, I wonder? 🤔

[@kieranwalker7830]

@@AxMania idk either lol, that's just the button sequence

[@JOGEXAI]

What version did you play? Snes, dos or sega genesis?

[@AxMania]

I technically played the SNES version, but it was the Disney Classic Games Collection for PS4. As a kid, I played the DOS version.

[@JOGEXAI]

@@AxMania you should have gone for Sega version because the genesis version is a bit more polished when it comes to controls.

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

I have this on Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System. The former is the same game but with an oversight that makes the second level easier, and the latter has more appropriate game design in the context of its target audience. The NES version is hilariously awful. 😂

[@AxMania]

Yeah, it's funny how different each port is. The NES version is indeed terrible 😂 It's crazy they still made ports for the NES in 1994!!!

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

@@AxMania *1995

[@AxMania]

@@fictionalmediabully9830 Even crazier! 😂

[@johnyoung5413]

Dark souls got nothing on this game

[@AxMania]

Fact!

[@Eaglesoars8891]

Crazy😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@imjustagirlnotathreat2289]

Hey this is not the Tomb Raider 3 platinum video 🤨

[@AxMania]

It's coming, I promise, but it'll take a while. Sorry.