The Story Behind NFS Most Wanted's Disastrous DS Port

[@RetroPlus]

19:02 Something to note about these "negative ion emitting" products is that they are actually known to contain radioactive materials that can potentially increase your risk of cancer, i am not joking. You tuber bigclive did a fascinating yet disturbing analysts of it, and i'm pretty sure he looked at THE EXACT SAME ONES that site is selling!

[@player-lit5715]

a needlessly long analysis of an incredibly niche topic that most people wouldn't care about?? how did u know those were my favorite

[@Kohaku233]

Had me in the first half.

[@CLOYO]

@@Kohaku233 you must be new on YT

[@aluxtaiwan2691]

That's what we here all about!

[@mink03]

needs more big words

[@NigelMontezuma]

The Story Behind Kacey's Disastrous NFS Most Wanted Video!

[@thecultclassiccorner8615]

Came for the Need For Speed, stayed for the mismanagement and scams.

[@xehP]

That’s all there was, expected from a 50k channel though 💀

[@meehdrescher]

@@xehP content is still good for a 50k channel

[@someguy1865]

@@xehP I've seen lots of channels with even less subs with really good content. Subscriber counts don't make the quality of a video, it can have an impact but that's besides the point.

[@xehP]

@@someguy1865 either your standard for content is piss poor or you're intellectually inept. I've seen way better content from 50k, 50k isn't a small number.

[@someguy1865]

@@xehP compared to channels of 100 thousands to millions it's fairly small. Nonetheless it's one's opinion on how good content is on a channel. Not here to change your belief. (100k is considered first milestone for a playbutton on YT)

[@DustinEdenYT]

Very proud to own a physical copy of this 🙃 It's basically Big Rigs with tuning, but interesting to see the controversial history behind the dev team. Rip Bozo Sensory Sweep LLT... or Studios... or - ah forget it

[@meehdrescher]

sensory shit studios

[@father042]

The game's handling reminds me of Stellar Stone's first game Taxi Racer

[@stop...8975]

Most wanted on the ds is basically big rigs ported to the ds just with just need for speeds name slapped on it

[@SetsunaTheFandom]

you mean... *ahem* The Church of Latter-day Saints? 🤔

[@sebastiankulche]

Still way better than Big Rigs though. At least it has SOME kind of collision system.

[@NFSF1McLaren]

this story went from "Most Wanted - the DS port" to "Most Wanted - the effing incompetent CEO" considering the port, it sounds about right

[@HuskyGamersUNITE]

When you develop Most Wanted, you become Most Wanted

[@KarmaPoliceman158]

I think Sensory Sweep were definitely in touch with Pocketeers since the DS version of MW has the same music, blacklist and car list as the GBA version, it even has nearly the same 10 tracks with the same titles as the GBA port and 5-1-0.

[@Kaceydotme]

Having spoken to devs from both 5-1-0 and GBA, i think these were directions and resources provided by EA. Neither studio was in contact with Sensory Sweep

[@markdebruyn1212]

Strange because the GBA version has a near identical career as the DS version

[@Under10Hours]

I am ashamed to say I played the hell out of this on DS back in the day. Even recommended it to friends. I am no longer friends with most of those people at their request.

[@Eden_M0rgan]

That probably was a bad idea to do

[@oshe5k471]

Well atleast you clearly enjoyed it, why be ashamed 😭

[@GreatMossWater]

First racing game?

[@lostmindz2]

🤣🤣😂

[@997Productions]

Nah them friends were fake, cause the real ones would start a cult with you in curb stomping every copy of this game in existence

[@leirex_1]

I absolutely love how your narration style is calm and polite and then it cuts to you playing the game at 4:51

[@zipperguy7853]

uh oh a swear

[@LoremIpsum1919]

@@zipperguy7853 You're not old enough to be on the internet if you're not allowed to hear profanity.

[@father042]

I liked the part when the main character said "it's speedin time" and he speeded all over Razor, truly one of the racing video games on the DS #SensorySweep

[@Ikcatcher]

The studio’s story is more interesting than the actual game being discussed in the video

[@lipvandip6480]

Man, I had this game as a kid. So glad flash carts were a thing back then, I can't imagine how sad I'd have been wasting a Christmas/birthday gift on this 😂

[@AlexMwk1]

I must regret to admit that I not only completed the game in it's entirety more than 13 years ago but I replayed so many of the races with maxed out cars that the credit count actually includes letters because it's so high. I didn't really mind it as a kid

[@recklessprinny276]

didnt replay it that much but i did beat it

[@IamKursed]

Sad to say I 100% the DS version YEARS before I ever 100% on PS2. Really interesting story about how this came to be, as well as all the legal & shady shit happening. Great vid, Kac! 💜

[@riqopowpow]

You did what?

[@KurianKeralafromIndia]

What is this comment .

[@aujorduunforte2922]

im so sorry

[@fromplanetearth]

This guy is "I 100% the DS version" no waaayyyyyyy

[@recklessprinny276]

i still havent beat the ps2 version but i did beat this one lmao

[@McDonaldsWiFiHashiriya]

None of us expected the rabbit hole to go this deep lol. Best 20 minutes I've spent today

[@Mandarin9900]

The thing I don't get is, if EA knew how bad this port and studio would be, why didn't they just reskin Underground 2's DS port and make a game from that? That would've so much better

[@Wheagg]

5:15 "This seems very dull" "YES." Sounds like something made from two random voice lines for tf2, love it

[@kaiserlicheautoritatimpoleon]

I actually played througth that game. TWICE. In my defence, the DS was for the longest time of my childhood the only peace of electronic, where i could reliably play games. (Mostly Pokemon Mario Games and other racing games), since my old computer, where i played other racing games (mostly NFSU2 and Juiced), simply broke and i needed to wait 6 years, until i got a new one. so the best pivit was my ds.

[@TransbianKitty]

Wow, that story was one hell of a ride! Thanks for sharing it with us Kacey!

[@Fuuntag]

The irony being more people watched this than played the game and I’m so sorry for all the hardworking people caught up in this nonsense. ❤

[@sk84lyfe1211]

In 2007 or so my DS lite and a copy of this game (along with 3 other games) was stolen from me as a kid… looks like that actually worked out for the best lol. Didn’t realize how bad it was, I only played it a few times. I would’ve put in more time out of lack of options as I didn’t get games often, but I never got the chance bc of this. Parents ended up getting reimbursed from the guys employer as they were working on our house when he did it. Got a psp and a bunch of games in the end

[@Gui-bt6gp]

Ah yes, *Need for Speed Less Wanted.*

[@waste4245]

Did that cop just drop an entire porch with nails stuck in it and call it a spike strip

[@ThingusRaccomagucus]

I remember having this game as a kid and I loved it cause it was my first need for speed I luckily completed it lmao it took me a good while

[@motordragon1975]

I also had it, but i also had nfs carbon own the city and prostreet, the latter of which is objectively the best of the DS racing games. I did not like it as a result but hey. If it was your first game, you could only go up, as the games you play can only improve

[@ExtortedSins]

510 was my favorite, nfs ug gba was good too

[@roflBeck]

Also I wish I had that concept DS that Reggie held up at 9:27. Such a cool looking model.

[@RetroPlus]

Yeah i wonder where that specific prototype is, it looks way cooler than what we got in 2004

[@lpfan4491]

It starts with a bad game and ends with a story of a fraud going to prison and then becoming a con. Cool

[@MatWilson2612]

I remember as a kid, getting this on release for $80 - I actually only pulled it out the other day on my DS and I've still got my 100% complete game save on there. What a mess of a game.

[@MaytayMaya]

If I were you, I'd go hunting for my 80 bucks, you got majorly ripped off

[@r0b3rt_959]

You paid how much? Good lord.

[@MatWilson2612]

@@r0b3rt_959 that was RRP for DS games in Australia

[@r0b3rt_959]

@@MatWilson2612 that's almost 130 Aussie bucks in today's money. 85 USD for americans.

[@MatWilson2612]

@@r0b3rt_959 it'd be eve equivalent of buying a game for $50 USD back in the day. Gotta remember it's before we all had smartphones, I was like 12 when I got it.

[@Papapaya101]

I love your videos! It's nice to see someone talking about underappreciated (sometimes for good reasons) games. I'd love to listen to you talk about ridge racer unbound, lots of people use that game as a punching bag but I find it to be a pretty interesting game, mostly because it's made by the flatout people

[@Papapaya101]

lol, right after posting this I noticed the very first comment I saw said basically as same as what I posted, oh well.

[@NytroDesigns]

I love the Ridge Racer series. Unbounded is not a Ridge Racer game, iirc Bugbear was working on it before Namco came knocking and slapped the Ridge Racer name on it. Before though, it would have been a rather mediocre game, it's not amazingly good, but it's competent. I enjoy it myself, but god damn it having the RR name hurts. I do agree though, by Kacey talking about it would be interesting at least!

[@makmakg242]

@@NytroDesigns imo RR Unbounded felt like a Spiritual Successor to Burnout Revenge than being your ordinary Ridge Racer game

[@warhawk3972]

That was a bizarre start to the video, given how I freaking loved this game as a child and thought this would be a nice trip down memory lane...guess I'm in for an interesting retrospect as an adult!

[@depressiospaghettio3521]

i actually loved this game as a kid, although tbf i didnt have many games on my ds edit: yes I've completed the game, twice

[@Emran_Ahm3d]

Careful... He's a Hero

[@RollingTheOC]

Hi, Utahn here, we have one of the highest rates of people falling into MLMs because of the church. If it's not a Mormon at your door when someone knocks, it's probably your neighbor that got sucked into sentsy or some other MLM

[@ArcticWolfOfficial]

Lol this is quite literally the epitome of "We have Need for Speed at home"

[@balazs7235]

I can just imagine little Timmy being all excited, that the new NFS game released, and while he only has a DS he still has the ability to play it because EA are just so nice and want everyone to enjoy it. And then he loads the game and is greeted by this:

[@TrillMurray]

When you showed the mug shot, I imagined the guy is impressionable and tried to be most wanted in real life

[@imacookie1217]

Man, actually living in Utah makes this story much more interesting imo. and as an exmormon, learning about Hal being a part of the church does not surprise me at all

[@lol-ih1tl]

If you count all versions of Most Wanted (2005) as one, then Most Wanted (2005) is both the best and worst NFS game

[@n1ch0l4st8]

I remember i asked a Senior of Sensory Sweep LLC, whom i will not name to ask them about what happened to them and they said that time management was a big problem because they had quite the DS-Experienced team, but he said that the problem is that the Designers don't know how a Racing game should look or feel like, especially on the DS, and that they tried Pocketeers' NDS Underground 2 but still couldn't understand how to make a good game like it, and ended up wasting a lot of time building a game engine and wasted too much time thinking that they decided to rush to meet deadlines

[@VeraTheTabbynx]

The phrase "negative ion" set off a ton of alarm bells! That crap quite often includes radioactive thorium powder!

[@219SilverChoc]

If Kacey's next video takes even longer to make, we know who's responsible.

[@jordandriverlp]

The worst thing is: Most Wanted DS was my first DS game... I could have everything: Nintendogs, other NFS DS games (seriously, Carbon Own the City is Goat actually), Mario Kart, Bros., Party, ... But my parents like: Let's give him Most Wanted DS

[@Birdknives]

Detective Kacey in da house! Damn this goes very deep. Great video! I imagine it was hell getting all of it together

[@DyaMetR]

I don't know how tf I managed to complete this game when I was younger.

[@endymallorn]

The moment you mentioned they were from Utah, especially SLC, I was waiting for the LDS to show up.

[@goodie2shoes874]

Will you ever make a Ridge Racer video? Would love to see someone bring more attention to the series.

[@Kaceydotme]

I’ve been thinking about it lately

[@yrrr4871]

Nfsmw05 on consoles and pc: 😎 Nfsmw05 on handheld consoles: 💀

[@Vincevon95]

I’m very proud to an actual copy of this very game. After playing the original on my PlayStation 2 when I was little, I wanted the same for my DS. I was very, very disappointed. I still have it, in a random blue plastic 3DS case. You know those? With the four game slots?

[@emaheiwa8174]

Love your videos!! Keep up the good work 🙌🏻. I would like to know what do think about Ridge Racer Unbounded.. That game was so weird lol. Thanks for the sacrifice

[@Nilli_Vanilli]

I know I'm in the minority for this, but I loved the port. I likened it to a cross of the old Hot Pusuit graphics with the gameplay of Most Wanted and must have finished it 3 or 4 times. I still have my copy in storage, waiting patiently for another playthrough.

[@timw2547]

I like this port too. And I still have my copy and occasionally play it.

[@dervpool]

I love how much the rose tinted googles worked for me as a child. I had this before I had the PC version and i just now realized how awful this was.

[@limpetarch98k]

Finished the entire game on my own. Shortly after, my Nintendo DS vanished completely out of my house for good. I dont even remember how it did.

[@TheLimboOfTheLost]

Great video, I love hearing about stories like this. A more pressing question, though: what Windows theme is that in the final screenshot? It makes me nostalgic for Windows 7

[@foxymoron7337]

it's windows vista, the operating system made before 7 and after xp. was notorious for being incredibly buggy and unstable and not much people actually used it

[@TheLimboOfTheLost]

@@foxymoron7337 I know it's based on that era, but I suspected from the taskbar that it's a Windows 10 custom theme which mimics elements of Vista and 7. Was just curious which one

[@foxymoron7337]

@@TheLimboOfTheLost ah right, can't help you with that, sorry maybe just looking it up on google or something you'll find... something hopefully

[@zephyr_855]

I've personaly completed this game around 10 years ago, when I was about 5-7 years old, unfortunatly, I deleted the save file and i'm unable to complete it now, but yes, this game is really hard

[@Nyukes]

Wanna hear a tragic history?, when I got my ds back in 2009 this was the only game I got for almost a whole year... my mom and dad thought one game was enough for a lifetime. I spend so much time on this game I actually mastered it. My dumb ass wanted to beat the whole game with the first car because I got attached to it I think it was the vw golf, of course I couldn't beat the game with that thing it was complete garbage but I somehow managed to get to the 10th or so blacklist race through weeks and weeks of trial and error My god...

[@hereskyubi3333]

This video was wild, could you do a review of LA Rush next and cover the Starforce DRM included in the PC version?

[@paulnavarro8795]

I still have the cartridge and yes… I finished it, I remember the last stages of the game where horribly difficult.

[@pleasureslave6473]

Clearly, they've given you severe brain damage.

[@nickgt1997]

I remember when my main platforms were PSP and DS, and I was so shocked how bad is the MW DS after I was enjoying U2 on DS

[@Jesus_PK]

I still remember when I got this one as a kid alongside my DS, good times hahaha I do remember getting stuck on some parts but I somehow managed to finish it back then, I don't think I could touch the game these days.

[@HonduranMegatron]

“The madman on Gamefaq is the only person to ever beat this game” 11 year old me: *raises hand with shame* I beat it, somehow

[@violetmonarch99]

"This seems very dull" "Yes" 🤣

[@BLKBRDSR71]

In the battle of bad games, NFS:MW is WAY better than Flatout 3. Here are some reasons why. 1: MW wont crash when you boot the game 2: MW wont randomly crash while you play the game (I think) That's all I can think of.

[@fila1445]

i finnished this game back in 2006 i was 12 and didn't know any better :P

[@joniivee]

Leave it to EA to hire the shadiest company they could.

[@Neoproxy_]

I finished this game as a kid, and all it took was indeed waiting for the opponents to get stuck in a wall

[@ruddgrandprix-speedrunraci8515]

When you mentioned spike strips. The console counterpart did capture the behavior of spike strips. While the DS conversion these things are overpowered. From high speeds to stand still. It'll get you very effectively. Instantly busted you. Guaranteed And WTF moment.

[@miltonbuu]

The psp version runs laps over this 😅

[@skullndguns]

My first DS game, got it with my DS on my birthday :D completed it almost twice... due to savegame corruption, a real piece of quality right there XD

[@cabalcore2555]

"I am stupid and also dumb" I relate to that so much lol

[@AlessandroCussino]

Interesting and well made video, good job 👍😊 Fun-fact : Even the GBA version look better then the DS version. At least for me.

[@father042]

and the JAVA version too

[@strike_not_found]

That NFSMW DS version looks like something i could've Made in blender

[@father042]

Do you plan to review the other Need for Speed games for the DS or is it redundant when Dustin Eden already made a great video about them? Unless you have something very different to say that he didn't

[@tonyblitz1]

That NFSHP2 ost outro got me putting on my rose tinted glasses and soaking in nostalgia. Unpopular take: GameCubes barrel bombs are way more fun than PS2s missiles. And the boaty handling encourages you to attempt turning every track section into a high stakes straight line.

[@paulcarmi8130]

Both versions have barrel bombs.

[@PuNkY-fr]

Nice work of research ! Thank you for the video :)

[@PuNkY-fr]

@@father042 c est sorti deja

[@nogoat]

The reason for handing it to Sensory Sweep makes no sense. Even if Pocketeers took longer and Underground was delayed, the hard work was already done. It was just a matter of adding new tracks and cops to the engine made by Pocketeers.

[@PacoRobbins]

I was a teenager when Most Wanted came out. I've never played it. Last NFS I remember was Carbon and then didn't really play again until Heat.

[@StevenSenile]

This game was the dark side of my childhood. The music, earraping car sounds, handling, Framerate, just everything on the DS lite was terrible

[@zZiL341yRj736]

Those are cars? I'm sure it's just moving boxes.

[@ignyted1418]

I remember buying most wanted DS and Ridge Racer DS when a store in the mall was going out of business. Got on the metro bus. Put it in played it. Got off the bus. Went back into the store, tried to return it. Was told NO 🤣🤣🤣 Sat through it. Being young and would play any racing game had me questioning the car models and sounds more than anything.

[@FastR080T]

that was a nostaigic hit. still can't belive the GBA port was my 1st MW game. I some how beat the GBA and DS port.

[@ProStriker92]

My first GBA game was NFS MW and for a long time my only cartridge on that system. I spend hours of my teenage years playing that game. Makes want to unleash my DS to play it again.

[@FastR080T]

@@ProStriker92 the one thing that I loved and hated about the game, was the sound track. The sound track was stuck in my head for so long

[@motorcycle-man]

When I played this, I was at a age where I did not care about the looks or shabby gameplay. I remember having lots of fun with it. I miss those times.

[@FroztiProductions]

Before the DS came out I had a bad ass promo booklet that showcased the device but there was some false advertising. One of the upcoming games was nfs underground 2, with a screenshot of the actual console game. I thought it would be and direct port and I can't describe my excitement at the time.

[@bigmooseplays]

This game looks like if MKDS got drunk, licensed cars and got stuck in a never-ending hangover

[@gonzalochervet8127]

that timer using half the screen was actually helping us

[@B4R0N.]

I actually owned this port lmao. This video's soundtrack brings back so many mediocre memories! I did finish this game too. And you got that right: if you've played 1 hour, you've played the whole game. Endgame was non-existent. Now knowing the whole story, it all makes a whole lot more sense.

[@KuroFoxxo]

Having played this just last week I just wanna say it's even worse to actually play than it is to just look at and that's just sad

[@alecuaalecu1]

I genuinely played the game, as back in the day nobody was watching reviews.. Damn.. I now understand why I sold my DS

[@lohs117]

woah...how did I finish this and actually enjoy it back in the day?

[@mkht22]

I remember buying it due to my love to the series. My hopes were high and shatered immediately. I remember finishing the game but only because my parents will not let me buy a new game, so I was stuck for a while with it. I lost the cartridge but still own the case with booklets and everything. In the end, ds was a pokemon machine for me and Im sure it was for many as well 😅

[@NALTOHQ]

I hate Sensory Sweep. Mostly because of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: the Genie and the Amp. But it’s nice to know they never really hit the mark with any of their games. I prefer Most Wanted 2012 to 05, but even I can’t get any enjoyment out of this.

[@REPOMAN24722]

Try SRS handling with the RX7 its like driving on ice, the drug and the frozen water at the same time.

[@tuff_lover]

WE don't talk about Street Racing Syndicate...

[@Kaceydotme]

maybe YOU don’t…

[@tuff_lover]

@@Kaceydotme Ladies weren't all that sexy back then, let me tell you, not at all A SELLING feature.

[@pvpsushi]

the fov is what makes it feel very slow. try it in any modern game, lower fov slows the sense of speed

[@manthegangster]

I completed the game, but I am convinced that was due to the rubberband ai crashing into a pole. I tried the last race at least 50 times when I was 12 and thought I was just dumb for failing.

[@HuskyGamersUNITE]

"Wouldn't it be easier to slap some new assets on this, rather than hire an unqualified unknown studio to make....this?" [[ Rockstar Games and Grove Street Studios enter the chat ]]

[@frds_skce]

This video title implies that Most Wanted DS is the worst version of Most Wanted We all know that Most Wanted on GBA exists as well

[@thawkade]

The GBA version is a better game lol, sure it kinda looks worse but it's way more fun to play

[@roguedogx]

14:14 I was half expecting to hear mail fraud in there somewhere.

[@eggsbox]

UH. ON THE CATION SHIELD THING. You _might_ want to contact the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), who have an entire team dedicated to "negative ion" products, because 98% of the time, those products are just poorly secured containers filled with *thorium,* and for various reasons, the USNRC generally considers uncontrollably contaminating an area with radioactive material to be... perhaps not the best idea!

[@leonidas14775]

This would be cool as a college student's programming project, but as a game you're expected to pay for this is embarrassing

[@Shiroishi_Hajime]

i remember buying the DS port back in 2007 or 2008, and constantly getting a headache from it. The blurry visuals and suchlike just didn't sit right with me.

[@maluch792]

You going with 100 mph entry to a 90° angle left turn, break and opponent rams into you at 120mph and takes the turn without crashing NICE

[@SouveraineMiaa]

Hey sista! I'm wondering if one day you'd make a video on the Call of duty zombie games ? I know you like doing nostalgia videos on games from our younger years, idk if you ever played it or not, but it could be very interesting to see you do reviews of it (Waw, BO1, BO2...) In any way thanks for your videos, they're great and always entertaining to watch ^-^

[@Kaceydotme]

Heya! Thanks for the kind words :) I’m not a Cod zombies fan but I’m definitely interested in doing something with those old iPod/iPhone cod zombies games one day

[@SouveraineMiaa]

@@Kaceydotme ahh haha yeah, the old cod zombie mobile game, I have it on my Google play account since 2015, but now you have no way of playing it IIRC, even if you own it you can DL it but it won't launch because it needs access to a server or something Very scummy of Activision as always :(

[@Kaceydotme]

@@SouveraineMiaa at least the early iOS one still works on my old phone

[@SouveraineMiaa]

@@Kaceydotme wow really ?? Well that's lucky xD

[@Santiago_Vids]

what is the game in 7:11 ??

[@ZinkyStinky]

I hate to tell you a year late but it's one of the killzone games for PS3. I didn't own a PS3 but I know how crazy those games looked back in the day.

[@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer]

Babe, wake up, new Kacey just dropped.

[@XenoGenic]

I remember having this game as a Kid, for whatever reason, I liked it along the lines of other racing games like Asphalt Urban GT or GRID, and I do remember the stupid little Boss Wraps that you could get by getting your heat level to MAX, that and I had to do everything to 100% it because, yknow... 11 year old me, didn't know any better...