TY the Tasmanian Tiger Series Retrospective: Rise, Fall, & Resurgence

[@TheGoldenBolt]

To get a 1-year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D3K2 & 5 travel packs FREE with your first purchase!, go to athleticgreens.com/goldenbolt! Thanks to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this video. What platformer or series should I cover next? I've got a lot in store for 2023, but there's always room to add some more!

[@BBWahoo]

SUCK MY CROC 🐊

[@ObsoIeteQuality]

Blinx? Metal Arms?

[@bbdawise]

Spyro would be good, but I bet you already plan on doing that one. You could branch out a bit and check out the Bloody Roar series! It was a really fun fighter with a goofy animorph gimmick. I always wondered what happened to that series.

[@MykonosFan]

Maybe you could do Spyro. Slide into my DMs anytime, friend.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

This channel is so underrated. Your videos are so good bro I look forward to every one. Here's hoping 2023 is a big year for you!

[@valiantattempt9417]

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger was actually one of the first games I was gifted when I got my PS2. It's a game that has stuck with me for two decades, and I'm so glad that it's getting more recognition now!

[@SluggedNugg]

Brooo same here!

[@CatzyCatzy]

I'm glad that is charming. A lot of people always chat to me with an Australian accent. It's very charming.

[@Maydaymayday84]

Same! Except GameCube.

[@Evoq_q]

Same here its well loved and It was my first owned game. I played it so much that right now I can pull the soundtrack into clear memory long after not being able to play it

[@Weedless]

I remember I got a ps3 back in 2007 and I was so upset that I couldn’t play Ty1 on backwards I had to whip out the old ps2 back then oh the good days

[@JomasterTheSecond]

I'm just gonna be honest, as an Australian this game and the series make me really really fucking proud. Seeing so many people outside of Australia knowing about and loving a game born and bred here is such a great feeling. Hell, I remember back when I went to Melbourne's ACMI as a kid and saw the stop-motion zoetrope with all the Ty characters, it blew me away, since it was so great seeing something I recognised as a gamer in reality - and I'm sure some international fans would have been the same way back then.

[@mrplayfulshade]

Well as a 11 year old from Texas back im the day I used to LOVE THE SHIT out of Ty 2. Had it on my gamecube as a kid and man I really loved it. Tbh I dont think I ever finished it or got far I would just explore the world around me it was definitely a highlight in my childhood

[@thehatter9400]

I got a real boomerang back in the day because of this series

[@killjoyprose6802]

Amazing 1 game makes you proud

[@Liliquan]

Pride as a concept makes me 🤢🤮. Especially when it comes to countries.

[@SATAN732]

Wow. I saw that same stop motion display when I was a kid, tho I thought I saw it at the exhibition center. It was super exciting 'cause I had played Ty 1 for the first time just a few months prior.

[@Ospyro3em]

What I love about this series is that it may not be groundbreaking or anything new, but it doesn't try to- it's just a charming platformer series that you can tell the developers pour their heart and soul into.

[@Sonicboom50000]

The fact that Ty was able to raise not one but TWO successful Kickstarters to rerelease the first two games on modern consoles shows that he could EASILY have an amazing comeback. He needs the KAO the Kangaroo treatment.

[@coochie8670]

The KAO reboot was mediocre. So hopefully the next entry with Ty won't be.

[@gonzalot.605]

​@@coochie8670 I have to respectfully disagree. I think the reboot succeeds in almost every department, without being anything extraordinary. It is a good game, even if is still far from being a masterpiece.

[@coochie8670]

@@gonzalot.605 I'm glad you enjoyed the game, I really wanted to enjoy it myself but after playing the demo it just felt off. The voices of the characters felt like they didn't match, and the gameplay just didn't feel smooth to me. Just happy that KAO is getting more recognition though.

[@gonzalot.605]

​@@coochie8670 I do agree that the voice acting was just bad for the most part. Hopefully we won't have to wait another decade for a new game.

[@bamban_garcia5562]

A comeback would imply Krome Studios have the funds to do so themselves without relying on crowd funding to kickstart said project

[@finnflash23]

Watching this great video while playing my Remastered Ty the Tasmanian Tiger on PS4! Good times, good times indeed!

[@bioshockm23]

Ty is a game i grew up with and i'm so glad you covered these games, they get overlooked way too often !

[@metaquester1570]

This channel is criminally underrated I havent even watched this video and already know its going to be a banger. This guy only puts out quality Edit: Just finished watching it. Did not disappoint. Tons of great facts and history of the game, the game studio, and the industry at the time.

[@KaitouSaintTailMeimi]

I really loved this series growing up, and I don’t think I realized how special it was that I was even able to play it as a kid. But it’s really something that people don’t talk about- but I remember enjoying the story, gameplay, and visuals a lot

[@thecommentsofyoutube7265]

Golden bolt is the goat, he always know how to tap into my nostalgia

[@Jasonwolf1495]

If I were to revive TY it'd be first game mechanics and style, but the hub and cast of 2. I really enjoyed the fact that TY has this ridiculously large cast of original characters who dont do anything. They're just all unique and weird and that makes me smile.

[@TheZebbga]

It is worth pointing out that Ty3 never released outside of North America so here I was in the UK, a massive fan of Ty 1 and 2 and I still to this day have hardly been able to play 3. I played it a little as a kid when I used my friends pirated copy but I thought the game was like some unfinished prototype or something (I was a kid, I wasn't smart) as it was hard, glitchy and kinda weird. I awaited the eventualy official release but there was nothing. I aodre the orignal two so much, Ty 1 was the first game I decided I wanted that wasn't appart of a known franchise as I just thought the boxart of him with fire boomerangs looked cool. When I head it was coming to Switch I bought it immediatly. I had 100% the first two games on gamecube but I wanted to support them. I have waited for Ty 3 to arrive on Switch because I felt it was a matter of time but I honestly didn't know its history and it sounds like I am not missing much. I will still get it if it arrives to try it for myself but I am not too hard broken if I never play it. But Ty was important for me as a kid in the early 2000's. I had a gamecube and besides my neighbour, everybody else I knew at school has a PS2, playing games like Spyro, Ratchet and Clank, Sly while I has Mario and Zelda. I think I won out to be honest and don't feel envy for them but I could never talk about games with the friends at school until Ty the Tasmanian Tiger and Sonic Heroes came out. I got my friends at the time into Ty and later down the road Pokemon and then the series dropped off in the UK with only two games.

[@njnjnjom2278]

Ty 3 is okay at best. It’s just a weaker version of Ty 2 in my opinion. It’s not a “unplayable” mess, it just feels like a lazier and shorter version of Ty 2.

[@TheZebbga]

@@njnjnjom2278 From my limited experience from when it first came out that tracks. I have played it to aome extent but I remember if being kinda bad. But again, I haven't played it since 2005

[@TheZebbga]

@@majinya6199 Oh, well yeah it never released most places, definitely not Europe.

[@TheZebbga]

@@majinya6199 Yeah, that and the fact it was a late GC/PS2/Xbox game and there was less of them made.

[@bchavez149]

Favorite game of my childhood, one of my neighborhood friends had the 1st game 20ish years ago and I thought it was sooo cool. I asked my dad for the game and he got the sequel, which I loved as well, then I got the 1st and 3rd titles as well. I've loved these games, the soundtrack and Boomerangs ever since 😊

[@trashcatlinol]

I was telling my husband about this game,because I just realized after watching this the first time that the game shared the nickname his parents gave him.... and not once did it click in ten years. I remember reading about how the game was made in Australia in a gaming magazine. Had to be Nintendo power, though I remember picking up a nother magazine here or there so can't really remember... I actually remember loving the game. The Sonic style of the main character caught my attention, and I loved how the slang didn't feel... stereotypical? My only real exposure to Australia outside of the game had been crocodile dundee, and people quoting it, paroding it....yeah.... Get the same vibes from a kids show called Bluey as I got from this game. Even if my only exposure to the Ty series was the first game, charming is definitely the word I'd use. Had no clue it had so many sequels! There's a whole lot I missed when I entered the workforce in the height of the recession. The fact I know I filled a sketchbook full of characters from the game at the time shows it stuck with me for a while at least. I lost most of my drawing books in moves and this was sadly one, but considering the only other series to get that level of love were Mario, sonic and Zelda..... that really says something, too.

[@TheNoMoreGamer]

“This game is piss easy” Child me: gets stuck on the shark boss because he’d never seen jaws

[@56bturn]

Gooboo Steve is basically a reference to Backpackers. If you're Australian, you know about Backpackers.

[@oldben8261]

I loved the first game as a kid! My folks were really the driving force behind me getting PS2 games since they mostly got it as the family console for my dad to play Madden, so I assume they walked into a Wal-Mart and just sort of asked an employee what the big seller was for kids at the time. For the most part I missed out on the actually great games on PS2 in favor of the Nickelodeon THQ licenced stuff that I begged them to buy me, but I'm glad that they somehow were able to bring this one to my attention. Was funny seeing the one developer saying that their goal was to make kids learn Australian slang. Used to shout "you ripper" on the playground to headscratches from my classmates. :)

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Such wonderful games. To kid me it was like the true crossover of Crash’s Australian inspirations and edge with Spyro’s levels, collectibles and general whimsy. It may have never reached the same peak popularity of other ps2 platformers like Sly Cooper, ratchet and clank or Jak and Daxter but I could never forget about Ty.

[@uncannyvalley3190]

I remember playing this game on the PS2 when I was a kid. Watching a video talking about Sokka's boomerang when I suddenly remembered it and now I here I am lmao

[@slumptydumpty3058]

This was such a banger of a game. I didn't have a memory card back then but I did not mind replaying the beginning part lol

[@MIKENIKEDOG]

Loved the first game as a kid!

[@_ThatJaceKid]

19:50 that cog specifically always takes me so long to land perfectly

[@jamalzawadi1622]

When my brother got his PS2 I got the shared Xbox and this was one of the first games I got that was for just me. I have very fond memories of it even though I know I never beat it lol

[@SamwiseTheNotSoBrave]

I always love seeing these kind of retrospectives, even for series that I never played (like this one). The only thing I have to say is that, having owned three Windows phones, I loved that OS. Shame that they couldn't hold out in the market because I think they were genuinely good phones.

[@diamondfool937]

Ive been fighting an itch to revsisit Ty 1 for ages, especially since I dont see anyone talking about it at all. I'm definitely going to play it for my wife now.

[@esk8jaimes]

As much as I want to try TY 3, I'm thinking it might need a slight remake treatment to fix all its issues, that being said, TY 5 seems like their destiny project!

[@lonestar98]

I love the first two Ty Games as a kid and love the remakes on Switch now, that would be something special if they were to make a modern and new game

[@ericvandenavond8748]

33:06 I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

[@GeneralLee131]

Ty was sick. I loved this series as a kid.

[@picblick]

I loved the game on PS2 and had no idea it was also released on PC. I just bought them all. Boomerangs are the best!

[@Da-killa]

Seeing as how my name is Ty these games have a special place in my heart

[@randombongrips968]

bro my gma used buy me games to watch me play them and she bought both of these for me and god i miss her good times

[@melociraptors]

TY 4 looks like it was trying to emulate what the revival UbiArt Rayman games did (which are absolute masterpieces), but ended up missing the mark. Ubisoft built an entire new engine for those and even considered making it available for other devs to build games on. It’s a shame they never did because I would love to see a proper 2D TY platformer that pays homage to its game mechanics the same way Rayman Legends did.

[@notasandwich2080]

jokes on you I played all 3 as a kid and it was amazing

[@TheMountainMan-wz8xf]

I was much happier when I forgot the grapefruit technique existed...

[@calamityknyte]

Funny enough I only ever beat Ty 3. Never got to finish 1 as it wasn't mine and I had to return it and I never beat 2. Of all the mechs I used in the games, my favorite was the Shadow Bunyip and I relished the chance I got to use it or something like it.

[@Nt.2477]

Ahhhh, the nostalgia...

[@CrossOutBryce]

Okay you name dropped Jak 2 so much that you HAVE to do a Jak and Daxter retrospective. I think you would change your mind on parts of it!

[@TheGoldenBolt]

I've played that game enough times to know that a third or fourth playthrough isn't gonna change too much, don't you worry. One day!

[@Mike-sp7zv]

44:55 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!

[@amadeuscrossing7061]

I loved these games ❤

[@ExtravagantEthan]

He knows his audience

[@nicholashoezee1386]

Im so lucky i experienced all 3 original games when i was kid

[@caged3249]

Ty 1 will always be my favorite. I have a ton of nostalgia for it, and the writing is just so charming. It's actually become the first game I've speedrun & that's been an amazing journey. I also just prefer the hubs & teleporting to levels in this style of game. Ty 2 on the other hand was a game I didn't know existed until a few years back and I was really pretty disappointed. There were flashes of good writing, but it never had the same charm for me. The worst thing in the entire game though was that truck between missions. The controls are so stiff and slow that I got 0 enjoyment out of it. It just felt like they were trying to connect the world and be like GTA for the sake of it, and that killed it for me. I also disliked the focus on bunyips. I just want to platform as Ty. Ty 3 surprisingly was more fun than 2 for me despite probably having more vehicles and bunyip sections. I could feel it was rushed, & obviously it's all over the place. The combat was meh, but it had cool ideas I suppose. Despite all that, I felt that it tapped a little more into the classic Ty charm, and I just enjoyed it for what it was. I think the biggest factor though was that the crab is infinitely more fun to control than the Ty 2 truck. If I'm forced to drive to each mission, at least it's in a vehicle that I'm able to have some fun in. Obviously it's imperfect, and flipping and losing all speed was annoying, but it also had a higher max speed, and chaining jumps together before inevitably flipping was pretty fun. Still meaning to get around to Ty 4, so can't say much. Overall, the series is very up and down for me, but I love Ty 1 to death, and the speedrunning community is amazing. Anyone who's curious should come check it out :)

[@echronothemiserable1500]

The game was able to happen due to having a good kickstarter campaign and it just goes to show that we can still have indie games that can be decent if you’re tired of the same buggy unfinished triple A games we’ve been getting nowadays

[@EmilyParagraph]

i find it absolutely hilarious that thylacines are well known for being able to open their mouths a full 120 degrees, but ty, sly, and fam are constantly grimacing and talking through their cheeks

[@VexAcer]

In fairness for Ty, in his biting animation he does open his mouth super wide for it. It's just that it's only for a split second so it's really hard to catch.

[@Jakewake52]

I think its even funnier in the original you can see with Sly there is like a slit for his mouth that isnt on Ty so it makes him look like hes got an underbite or a massive nose

[@caged3249]

@DarkNinja yeah we have an emote for that frame of the bite animation in the Ty speedrunning community called TyChomp & it's gold

[@omeagadeku7180]

Bros got a point

[@brutusisadog]

@@caged3249 why have I never considered there being a whole speed running community for ty!!

[@nateg3998]

The Better Call Saul theme had been driving me crazy since 2015. I had no idea what it reminded me of. Thank you so much.

[@mistergrool3941]

I'm not exaggerating that I say that Ty 1's levels made for one of the most atmospheric games that I've ever played, only rivaled by Breath of the Wild. Thank you for this fantastic retrospective on the first game series that I ever played!

[@roonkolos]

Ty deserves one more good chance and one more good game with people While I mostly had the 2nd & 3rd games that i happily dumped HOURS into as a kid, I've seen plenty of those whom have such a love for this series and it genuinely is a fun time to have

[@DissonantSynth]

They're bringing out a new game for the nintendo eshop. It's 2D though. I would buy it, but I don't own any nintendo devices!

[@Viesta]

@@DissonantSynth TY 4? that's a couple years old now im pretty sure.

[@DissonantSynth]

@@Viesta no, it's not that. It's a different game. Perhaps it's not Ty-related. It was on their twitter.

[@thestone741]

I have to be clear. I never comment on videos, but when I see this game get recognition it feels like seeing my childhood friend on TV. Ty the tasmanian tiger will always have a special place in my heart and I appreciate the coverage bro. 🤙🤙

[@Soulskiez]

FUN FACT: the 'dreaming' place ty's parents go to is actually a terminology used in aboriginal culture(native australians), it is a place of ancestral beings and involves connection with spiritual power.

[@thetoondevil]

Can we all agree, TY has one of the most relaxing theme songs for a mascot platformer.

[@Bthakilla4rilla]

I'm one of the folks who was lucky enough to have the original TY be a part of my childhood, right alongside those like Jak, Ratchet, and Sly. Thanks a ton for giving this series a chance and waving it about in front of folks who might've never heard of it. I'll admit it's been a long, long while since TY was on my mind, but I've got more than plenty of fond memories with him and I'm glad to hear that Krome is still alive and apparently still so passionate about all this.

[@phoenixaki3458]

I am HUGELY passionate about speedrunning Ty 2, but speedrunning the series as a whole has been getting a surge of popularity (relative to what it was like before, it's no Mario 64 or anything) so it's been awesome that the casual gaming world is also starting to appreciate it more. It's been so underrated for so long and always been top tier for me :) Also worth mentioning we have an entire category "Steve%" where the goal is just to find Gooboo Steve all 10 times ASAP as we bow down to his infinite wisdom and power 😂

[@SpaceCaptSteve]

That's nuts and I love it.

[@Lord_Hengar]

Steve% actually sounds pretty interesting, he's got some good hiding spots. I'm kind of surprised 100% is only 2:42:33 I would have thought all the collectables would take _much_ longer, but I guess that's why i'm not a speedrunner.

[@NovaZoneTV]

I think TY 5 following 1's formula would be the best option with current trends. Keeping the old boomerang system would be safest for combat, but I think they should go the ambitious step of giving every minor enemy diplomatic immunity to spice things up.

[@NEETKitten]

Personally, I think the combat should be a mix of Ty 1/2 and Ty 3. Give us separate buttons for melee and ranged attacks, with some kinda combo system that lets you chain them together seamlessly. Actually this just sounds like Devil May Cry with more platforming.

[@trustytrest]

A true immunity community

[@gonzalot.605]

_"Break the Geneva conventions in Ty's latest adventure!"_

[@CatzyCatzy]

Also add New Zealand as a new place. They should add the Emu Battle Royale

[@CatzyCatzy]

​@@gonzalot.605oh yes....

[@weirdotzero7065]

Great video but One correction. The Legend of Spyro was published by Sierra. They wouldn't be merged into Activision until their parent company Vivendi acquires Activision in 2008. Now this doesn't change the core of the part of the video where this is brought up, as Krome would still have their hands full with trying to make Ty 3 the same time as a high-profile game that was definitely draining more workmen hours than their own IP, but thought of mention it for before someone "Well actually" and dismisses the whole video because of a minor factual error in a theory.

[@TheGoldenBolt]

Yeah wait, I knew that like a hundred times over - why did my brain just let that part slip by? Good shout! Like you said, it doesn't matter beyond being a dumb little supposition, but even if I was being generous, the Activision-Vivendi buyout wasn't in the works until I wanna say mid-2006 at the earliest so there's no world where that works out!

[@ericvandenavond8748]

Wait, the same Sierra that published half life?

[@weirdotzero7065]

@@ericvandenavond8748 Yes. As well as King's Quest. They were bought by Vivendi-Universal Interactive Studios(the owners of Crash and Spyro) in the mid 2000s. And since Sierra was a bigger name publisher, Vivendi rebranded the parent company as Sierra(ala Infograms with Atari)

[@connorbeith3232]

Fun fact: Back in, I think 2013, Krome Studios tweeted that they wanted TY to be in PS All-Stars. If another was made, somehow, I wonder if they'd still be down for TY to join.

[@hwanniggles187]

PS All Stars was one of the biggest crossover fumbles ever. It sucks we couldve had something great

[@jeyewilkins6451]

Crazy timing, I recently started a job at an indie VFX company down here in Sydney and after working here for a month I learnt that some of the older guys I work with actually worked on this game, they worked at animal logic as animators for the prerendered cinematics, crazy meeting the people partly responsible for making games that began my journey as a game developer and inspired me from the beginning!

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

That's cool! Do you know their names and roles they've played during the game's development?

[@galaksina]

Oooh, the memories of playing Ty 2 - I was so amazed by the giant map, the different biomes and cruising along the beach (to the east I think), was some of my favourite memories - what a fun surprise to see this

[@Rexdrinkredbull]

This is gonna sound a little silly, but I feel like you could show a little kid who LOVES Bluey (an Australian cartoon that has blown up in popularity worldwide in the last couple of years) this game and they'd love it - both Ty and Bluey are unapologetically Australian, and I feel like kids now would appreciate it more than some did 20 years ago.

[@joshdaymusiced]

@@Rexdrinkredbull I was just thinking that. I feel like half the reason I live Bluey so much is because Ty was my first video game ever and I never stopped being obsessed with it.

[@brutusisadog]

Thunder eggs are a real thing!! I only just learned this a couple weeks ago. They are stones that can grow a bunch of crystals inside. I had only ever heard of them while playing this game, so I was really excited to see that they are real gemstones

[@Adrian-qr6gk]

yup they're also called geodes. I collect them and they're beautiful to look at.

[@CatzyCatzy]

Yeah. They even got names. Based on gem type. My favourite is Milk Egg...

[@FeverSwampHL]

Oh god TY 1 was one of the games i loved as a kid. I never put it down on the ps2 and was one of the first games i actually %100. TY is such a goofball and i think adds to the charm of the game.

[@BlueKnightV20]

This series is honestly something special to me, 'cause alongside SpongeBob Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, Crash: Wrath of Cortex & Spyro 3. Ty 1 was one of, if not my very 1st games I ever played! So seeing these games become relevant again in recent years, it's truly amazing to see! And being given the chance to finally play Ty 4, is gonna be interesting for sure. While I still find some enjoyment with Ty 3, and oddly enough I recently found out a couple months ago that Krome actually put in a post credits scene teasing the next game at the time. I did wind up shifting views & came to the same opinion that Ty 2 was the best game in the trilogy, while still enjoying the others just as much! Also, there was apparently a TV show in the works when Ty 2 released. Since it was long believed to be cancelled, I asked Krome themselves about it on Twitter a few years ago, and this is what they said - "We stopped trying to find a distributor for it because there was no interest for it at the time and we moved on to other projects. Nothing to do with EA or Activision, It's just that TV networks were the only options back then." It's sad it didn't come to fruition, but it's an interesting piece of Ty history regardless. So here's hoping a Ty 5 can finally happen someday! Awesome video by the way! :)

[@qrowing]

Flying Dutchman was one of my first games as well! I remember the construction site being crazy frustrating! Shame about the Ty show, honestly. Didn't Tak and the Power of JuJu get a TV show adaptation around this time as well? Heck, they were throwing around ideas for a Kingdom Hearts TV show too! Almost makes you wonder where video game media would be had more of those actually panned out.

[@BlueKnightV20]

@@qrowing Tak actually got a show shortly after the 3rd game released. As for Kingdom Hearts, it has been reported that a show was happening in 2020. But no other updates as far as I know. I never played Kingdom Hearts, so I don't really keep up with it. Whenever I do hear about it, it's usually from VTNVIVI's channel. :)

[@daemedeor]

i'm not entirely sure about the collectables cause I've never played it. But they look a lot like geodes rather than grapefruits. I think the implication is that they're like gems of Ty's world.

[@DissonantSynth]

Definitely

[@SluggedNugg]

I THINK he calls them Grapefruits as a meme, because myself and a couple of others called them stuff like Grapefruits.

[@moist_donkey_ear3368]

There thunder eggs in the game

[@CatzyCatzy]

I call them Grapefruit too.

[@TheGreySpectrum]

I had the first game and adored it as a kid. We ended up getting the second, I think, too. Played less of that one just on account of me probably being more interested in other, much bigger, titles at the time. I honestly had no clue there was a resurgence in interest in the game/series, or that it ended up being a cult classic, so this video was the first I'd heard of that. Sure, I'm four months late, but hey.

[@VexAcer]

As a kid one of my aunts gave me the trilogy for PS2 as a gift. Most of my memories are with the first game as I got stuck on one of the first missions in the 2nd and would basically just always get lost in the 3rd.

[@alliealasia]

Im so glad Ty is making a comeback, this was the first game i ever played and it shaped my childhood. Ive been praying for a new game for over 10 years and thought there was no chance but seeing videos like this of bigger youtubers talking about my favorite childhood game gives me so much hope❤ thank you so much for making this!

[@LARKXHIN]

I had Ty 1 for gamecube, and for the life of me, I dont know how I got it, but I remember spending hours in the island level just trying to go past the boundary an glide from island to island as well as the river down the tree. It was just a cool place to explore!

[@randomcommenter1433]

When I first heard of the name 'Tasmanian tiger/thylacine', I thought it was some sort of made-up fictional creature. But then I did some research and it turns out that it was an actual animal before it's extinction in the mid 1930s.

[@CatzyCatzy]

Oh yeah...

[@kowaighozt]

WOW, WHAT TIMING!!! I actually JUST bought the games on Steam a little while ago, and I've been having fun playing it. I'm halfway through the game already reliving through my childhood, and seeing this pop up in my recommended feed is something else! I'm going to have fun watching this. :)

[@DesignFrameCaseStudies]

This is fascinating! I may have heard of Ty.. sorry, TY.. before but had no idea about its history. But I'm also someone who still wants to but hasn't played some classics like Sly Cooper and Ratchet & Clank. Great work buddy!

[@ZomGKiwi]

I played Ty when it first came out. It became one of my favorite sires growing up. It even inspired me to even go to Australia a couple years later.

[@iriidav]

holy shit props for "the bite-speed dash"

[@EvilMike349]

Bro, what is it with KZbin showing me all these awesome channels I haven't heard of before that are posting EXACTLY what I want to see? I love Ty so much, can't wait to watch this when I have time! Edit: Holy crap, that intro got me so ridiculously hyped. It's such a good feeling to see my favorite series from when I was a kid getting all this love so many years later! These games really deserve it, and it makes the possibility of a fifth game feel more possible than it ever has.

[@SuperFlashDriver]

Fun Fact: I heard about this guy on Bitchute back in 2018. Yeah, some creators actually went towards bitchute for content when youtube wasn't helping the new creators get a jumpstart into their platform...Man how the days have changed since 5 years prior.

[@EvilMike349]

@@SuperFlashDriver That's so wild, I'm really glad that KZbin has at least seemingly gotten better for some of these underrated content creators who really deserve a hell of a lot more attention. Weird to think of a time when KZbin wasn't necessarily the best place for that kind of thing!

[@SeedemFeedemRobots]

i remember as a kid playing this on the PS2, the thing that stood out for me was just how impressive and clean the water rendering looks with the flora. to me it was so vibrant

[@TheBlackRam666]

I fondly recall playing Ty games on my grandma's GameCube in the aughts, awesome classic platformer!

[@varelasensei]

My biggest regret with the Ty series, besides Ty 3 as a whole, is how they fumbled the character of Fluffy. Definitely did not deserve the ending she got in Ty 3 and the way she was soft retconned back in later installments.

[@DissonantSynth]

Gooboo Steve was a caricature of Steve Stamatiadis (a dev)

[@johnsupergeil7098]

I remember playing this as a little kid, but ended up losing it somewhere along the way, and thought this was just a game I made up in my head because I never saw anyone else talk about it

[@catlowe92]

I often borrowed Ty 1 from my cousin and then years later the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne had a PlayStation set up with the game. I would wait ages for a turn to play again as I never owned it till now with the remasters. They also had a really cool zoetrope, but I think it was taken away when they updated it recently :( kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ2yaWyag6uVgqM

[@tomswart5585]

Not going to lie, Ty was my first real experience learning about Australia and Australian culture. As an American, I’ve been referring to the toilet as the dunny pretty much my whole life now. It introduced me to a whole new way of life, so similar yet so different. I have been studying Australian history for years and to this day, I keep up to date with current events, and I am very close to submitting a job application to a job in Brisbane. With Bluey on the air it occurred to me recently that my daughter very well may have a similar experience.

[@Iinneus]

7:36 - I gotta be 100% honest right now... when you said "this boomerang mechanic MAY be..." as it was fading to goddamn _Darth Vader_ gave me severe flashbacks to the Croc video. I spent that entire section waiting for the joke, and was pleasantly surprised (and a little shocked) when it was just... no no that's a real story, they really did work on that game and it DOES have a boomerang blade mechanic

[@Geomaster97]

Still haven't beaten Ty 2 yet but I'm hyped for the Ty 4 port also lets face it Ty isn't getting the remaster treatment unless Krome REALLY did some serious work on it and please please PLEASE do a retrospective on Viva Pinata next!

[@kingoftropes922]

As a fan of the classic early to middle 2000s style of platformer since that was the era a grew up in, Ty wasn't exactly a quintessential game series for me, but I remember both the original 2 games found, especially really enjoying 2 for how lived in and vast it felt at the time as an open world mission based game set within the confines of what is basically an underrated Saturday morning cartoon. The kind that 'technically' has a plot but only has a handful of actual plot relevant episodes, you know? I loved it and it made me really wish i found some way to get my hands on 3, only to learn years later missing out on 3 was *probably* for the best lol I don't know what the future has in story for the series given only half the games in it I would actually go as far to say are actually good, but if Krome hasn't given up on the little extinct furball, why should I? It's a little hokey to admit the level of dedication they have for their little Australian scrimblo is downright inspiring for anyone in the creative field and I wish them nothing but the best

[@xscythe67]

Something to point out: the rail grinding minigame in Ty2 was originally from a "running away from something" perspective, such as some of the Sonic or Crash stages. We're actually supposed to be seeing the giant beetle behind us, I don't know why Krome didn't fix the camera perspective for the HD version

[@alexhurd148]

I was the only one of my friends who ever played this as a kid. I remember the first one very fondly. I'm gonna go back and play the remasters now and recommend them to my friends. I can't wait to see where this serious goes. My little nostalgic heart can't take it.

[@DissonantSynth]

Ty's soundtrack is phenomenal

[@SpiderKnife1]

I hate that I saw the title for the video & thought "Thank You The Tasmanian Tiger' " I'll see myself out.

[@SMthegamer1]

Having grown up with him, it's always shocking to me when someone says they've never played a Ty game

[@MikaelBu]

I loved ty so much as a kid! To me it was always right up there with Ratchet and Sly, but looking back, i think i was the only kid who actually had it. Guess i was lucky my dad had a talent for picking out games

[@LiquidSolidus9000]

I remember renting this game a bunch before ever owning it and it's pretty nostalgic for me. Random fact, this was the first game to make me start using the analog stick; up until that point I was still just using the D-Pad in every game, but specifically remember being surprised when Ty wouldn't move and I had to use the stick instead :P

[@jfb173jb]

I still have the second game in the series. It's a good one. Something of fun note btw; Ty is voiced by the guy who does the "That's gotta be the best pirate I've ever seen" from Pirates of The Caribbean.

[@PorcelainMaid]

God I adore these games and really do hope they can do more with TY in the future

[@joshuasanderson7359]

42:46 fun fact, Australia didn't go into recession in 2009/10 so we don't call it The Great Recession here. That still currently (🤞) refers to the early 20th century for us. We call it The Global Financial Crisis.

[@TheGoldenBolt]

There was actually a good bit more time that I spent giving a deeper insight into exactly that! I ended up cutting it from the script since in the case of the games industry, the recession Stateside had the huge tail-on effect, and "currency exchange rates" was a way to cover the gist of some of the issue without oversimplifying or spending a few extra minutes going into the weeds for the same effect

[@joshuasanderson7359]

@@TheGoldenBolt I'm just glad I worked at Halfbrick and not Krome at the time

[@Omniskrub]

When I saw the kick starter for TY 1 I instantly backed it. I’m so hopeful for a 5th game it would be such a surprise and welcome addition!

[@MrBob-nt9gx]

5th? I thought there was only 3?

[@Mesuducki]

@@MrBob-nt9gx There's 4 main games, Krome has been teasing ideas of a fifth game for a while now.

[@Abduckted]

I remember driving home from the gamestore with my dad and seeing my best friend on the street as we near our house, I remember putting this up against the window and him coming along to play it together. Good times.

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

I actually played the first Ty the Tasmanian Tiger game when it came out and I remember it being a really decent platforming game with some actually good content like the racing minigames. I had no idea it went on to have more games down the road. This is definitely one of the rarest gems people overlooked with Kao the Kangaroo and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg being extremely rare.

[@MikeyInsanity]

Coming back to this video since Krome Studios announced they're going to be re-releasing Ty 1, 2, and 4 as a collection physically on Switch.

[@jewelsdragonfly]

Hey if Kao can get a second chance, I can see TY getting another chance in gaming.

[@SonicWind149]

As someone who played the original game on his old PS2 as a kid back around the time it came out (and got the remaster of it on Steam six years ago), I thank you for doing your part in exposing this series to more people. I never really _beat_ the game my first go-around, though-- just found cheats online, got to the later parts of the game early, and didn't have a fair playthrough until I got the remaster. It was certainly a good way of exposing me to Australian culture, however. As for the other games, I just never got around to picking them up the first time around, but I intend to do so with their remasters at some point, even more so after this video reminded me that I still have to. I realize you didn't have the most glowing appreciation for TY 3, but I'll get it anyway, if only to further support Krome's future efforts. They still seem to believe this ol' thylacine has life in him yet, and with their Kickstarter successes and the ongoing platformer resurgence, I kinda can't blame 'em. I may not be a fan of this series the way I am with Sonic or Ratchet & Clank, but it still had a hand in my formative years, and I did wind up playing some of Krome's other projects (their Legend of Spyro games and Blade Kitten, namely), so I'm certainly rooting for their future success.

[@StorytellerWMD]

I bought a used copy of Ty 2 from a small mom-and-pop-esque game store near me as a child and instead the game inside was Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Was my first GTA but I was, like, eleven at the oldest so had that info come to light at the time I am sure the gamestore would have gotten in a bit of trouble. My mother thankfully thought it was funny at the time. Watching this I do not think I ever actually played Ty 2.