Undertale Yellow Is The Prequel We Deserve

UNDERTALE is a very, very old game. It stands to reason then that a majority of the fanbase has moved onto greener pastures, and better things... but... not?
Over the course of 8 long, pain-staking years, Undertale Yellow has been in constant development and released last December, much to the surprise of everybody who had heard about it all those years ago. This fangame parades itself as a prequel to the global phenomena that was Toby Fox's UNDERTALE but can it truly hold its namesake without shame, or does it fall flat while walking in boots much too large?
Fill those revolvers with rocks, because there's some Justice to be dispensed.
Also I don't talk about Deltarune, I just wanted an excuse to draw Kris.
0:00 Intro
1:40 Once Upon A Time (Opening Thoughts)
4:50 What Makes "UNDERTALE"
10:40 It Expands On Undertale's Story (Spoilers From Here)
14:02 The Tragedy of Ceroba Ketsukane (Final Story Act)
17:17 Justice vs True Justice (Endings)
21:29 Vengeance (and why Clover is awesome)
24:08 Doing Undertale Justice
25:56 I DO talk about Deltarune!
26:03 Outro
Thumbnail, Audio, Editing, Written by me
Outro Music: • Sonic Rush - What U Ne...
#undertale #undertaleyellow

[@salmod7586]

Did you know ? The creator of Red ACTUALLY helped writing Red’s npc dialogue so she could stay in character, so everything she says is technically a result of taxiderby’s writing. (On top of that if you didn’t know taxiderby works on deltarune now)

[@AskaKwestan]

Oh, that's super cool! When I was talking to Red I found her to be really funny (since she's portrayed as kind of a dork), more so than any other NPC, so that makes sense!

[@N0rth_Star]

​@@AskaKwestanwish she was a major character ngl maybe in ut purple that looks like a pretty promising game ut green looks bad tho lol

[@crosssans9984]

what did green do to you lol@@N0rth_Star

[@jackislegitterrified3689]

​​@@N0rth_StarGreen is getting remade. I have high hopes for it

[@Lavenderflowergacha]

@@N0rth_Staris it because green is the color of grass and your profile is the cannon nerd😔

[@michaloid8351]

The first instance of clover being their own person and not a drone for you to control, which is also something nobody ever mentions is in the shufflers scene. Where they block stand in clovers way and they propose a challenge, but clover takes it as they want to fight and instantly enters a battle and a shuffler had to berate clover for even thinking of violence.

[@AskaKwestan]

To be honest that slipped my mind. It really goes to show how far Clover goes from Old Ruins to New Home. Thanks for watching.

[@Pudding404]

Guess you can say Undertale Yellow did Undertale *Justice.* I'm just in love with the whole reason Clover went to the underground in the first place compared to Frisk.

[@AskaKwestan]

Clover as a whole was made to be an actual character rather than a blank slate like Frisk. That alone made them more endearing, and their reason for going to the Underground really plays into that. Thanks for the comment!

[@johay899]

I think it provides contrast

[@ItsYaBoiMicah]

My favorite part of the "vengeance" route was in steamworks when Clover looked Flowey, who is pretty much a god, in the FACE and had the BALLS to order him to open the locked gate. Wonderful way to show that even geno Clover has personality.

[@user-zh7gy3yq2c]

I quite frankly find that geno Clover has the most personality out of all the routes, honestly.

[@user-uo8bn9su3j]

the fact flowey is the one in control of the save points is terrifying, no matter what point of the game your at

[@AskaKwestan]

It truly was. There was always a sense of "I can threaten you all I want, but I NEED you alive to get to Asgore so I can't actually do more than threaten".

[@fhyrajackal]

Dalv is underrated, his purpose is precisely to show you how a newly met friend behaves normally, in contrast to Flowey. It's setting up Flowey who we only know is sus because we know about the original UT, but it gives Clover a reason to be vigilant, because Flowey had never asked Clover his name, Dalv did that immediately, etc.

[@AskaKwestan]

That's an interesting insight. If Dalv's only relevance is something that we have to reach for (like this), it does still put into perspective how much the other characters were focused on and how much more they matter in comparison. It sort of gives me the feeling they changed the direction of writing part way through to have a more cohesive narrative but I might be looking too much into it.

[@fhyrajackal]

@AskaKwestan That's fair enough, I do agree he's not as interesting and fleshed out as the rest, but he still serves a purpose imo c:

[@DishonorableMentions452]

Flowey has seen clover fall down over and over again throughout the resets i bet

[@boomgirlbucko]

And the fact that if you look deeper, you can see that Dalv had a connection to Chujin. And that it was revealed that Chujin was the one who brought corn to him. Plus if you look in the attic in Ceroba's house, you'll find Kanako's room and you'll see a drawing of Dalv (and a drawing of Axis)

[@Mykolakola]

​@boomgirlbucko it was kanako who bought the corn, not chujin

[@morphstarchangeling8024]

One of my favorite things about the vengeance route is after the fight with Axis you can see Flowey starting to get kind of worried. Flowey has never seen anything like what Clover did by firing bullets from their soul, let alone the massive beam. Flowey is left stunned and can only ask. "Clover, W-what was that?" I think this moment right here is the most powerful moment of the game. It's this moment that I think Clover's sense of justice has grown so powerful that it caused their Determination to overpower Flowey's. There's only one fight left after this point and while walking you can see Clover's thoughts as they walk towards the castle and when you die Flowey no long talks to Clover. The text is replaced with only the word Again. You can look at this two ways, either Clover is demanding Flowey resets and brings them back or Clover is telling the player to click retry when they die as their justice overpowers the bounds of the game. There's also some neat details in the game. If you manage to break the sequence that Flowey wants you to go down by say waiting until Toriel returns, you can climb back up into the regular ruins but Flowey will crash your game and reset the timeline in order to make sure your soul ends up with Asgore.

[@AskaKwestan]

You can definitely see Flowey's concern throughout the game. I particularily noticed it when you finish the Wild East and he gives you "Friendliness Pellets" to use as ammo, as if to show Clover that he's still useful. At a certain point it's shown that Clover's DT is breaking into the Game Over screen which is why they just state they want to go "Again." And yeah, I was aware of that secret ending but I didn't feel it pertinent to say in any place as I wasn't sure where to fit it properly. Thanks a lot for the thoughtout comment!

[@Novastarsss]

I think the True justice is actually the most canon, because it shows how Clover's stuff would get to the trash dump (In the after credits part) so Bratty and Catty can grab it and sell it

[@egg_l0rd13]

Agreed, 100%

[@jamesverner9132]

what is True Justice? a neutral end with sad death of best bird...?

[@Novastarsss]

@@jamesverner9132 no, it’s just the name for pacifist where you space Corona after

[@Emerald_Hermit]

It also alludes to the Omega Flowey fight.

[@slaoqeubotoaq]

​@@jamesverner9132 nooo buhrgley is da best and smartest blue bird

[@desertsandfly2277]

"Vengeance" route spoiler: Another obvious reason why the Vengeance route can't really be called a genocide route is because Clover does choose to spare some monsters. For example, in Steamworks, you meet Mo for one last time and Clover pulls the gun out on him out of irritation. Mo pleads with Clover to let them go. And you are given a choice to simply let Mo go Or steal his money and then let him go. Another example is that Clover skips over waterfall and hotland. Clover is too focused on meeting with Asgore. Whoever gets in their path, dies. Everyone else, they can watch from the side as a warning message from humanity to the monsterkind.

[@tyquil825]

I did the pacifist ending and definitely cried multiple times

[@AskaKwestan]

I got very, VERY close! Music definitely helped. Thank you for the comment.

[@masonstewart6232]

@@AskaKwestan Gift and Undertale Yellow really hit in that sadness, tenfold

[@Poja_0811]

Bro i can't cry, like my body says "no we won't toss our water away in this bullsh1t" so yeah i can't cry even if i want or need to and if i somehow do it won't last more than a minute

[@GedanJ]

I admit...when i first watched the pacifist ending, after so long, the sadness really got to me. Even subsequent watches of other's experiences were sad. Maybe i wasnt crying fully, but i shed a couple tears silently. Eventually that plateau'd into "man this sucks, the music really makes you feel bad about clover" Sometimes all it takes is melancholic music with a sad new experience to make me :( It's happened before, i know it.

[@stormfiretheog9183]

I cry evry time I re watch it :'D

[@bloodhoundo9320]

The thing I love about Undertale Yellow is that Clover has a much more clear and visible personality, if only shown somewhat subtly at times. It really makes you realize that Clover isn't the player, and has their own thoughts, feelings, ambitions, whatever it might be, they're their own person. (Spoliers) It's best evidenced when fighting Axis during the genocide route. When Axis reveals that he had to "neutralize that human", Clover's LV goes up immensely, that very statement of an unjust killing of their fellow kind pisses them off to no end. It's a great showcase of the trait that Clover is known for, Justice. And it culminates with Clover blasting the shit out of Axis. (Ergo, Clover blast.)

[@AskaKwestan]

Ditto. I love Frisk but Clover is made to be much more endearing. Thanks for the comment.

[@EmersonJS291]

you need Exp to increase LV in the original Undertale, this thing about being able to increase LV out of nowhere because it's more violent is just a plot hole in ghichtale that the community simply accepted.

[@GedanJ]

​@@EmersonJS291LoVe is the representation of distancing yourself from your emotions and whatnot. The more LoVe, the easier it is to hurt others, and the more you hurt others, the more your LoVe increases. While, from a basic design standpoint, yes, not earning ExP to level up is not how it is traditionally gained, the concept mentioned about still holds, if a bit more loosely than the rpg standard. It is your willingness and capability to hurt others, not a strict kill count. at that point Clover WANTED to hurt others(monsters) when they heard about axis killing integrity. They didnt know the story, nor did they care since at that point, axis killed a human, just like the monsters. What makes them any different? It proved their point in their form of justice. It went from finding the missing humans, to serving a justice they believed was correct. Avenging the humans that they know are dead and nothing more than souls. Taking those souls and killing their attackers was the little mercy they could give to the fallen.

[@EmersonJS291]

​@@GedanJMy point is about this scene being against what is canon in Undertale.

[@MirrorHall_Clay]

​@@EmersonJS291what is canon in Undertale is the fact that LOVE is your intent to kill. This isn't contradicting it. Nobody said LOVE can't be gained any other way.

[@redactedinfo8557]

I dont see many people talking about this so I want to justify Ceroba basically becoming a major character "out of the blue" and "taking over the story," along with touching on Clover's character a bit more. As said in the video, Clover has their own character. Clover is not like Frisk, Clover's motivations and actions are entirely their own. Clover began losing focus of their original mission the moment they began training for a role of deputy with Starlo, so when Ceroba invited them along to find Kanako, its not hard to believe that Clover would agree to this rather than bolting for the exit the moment they get the chance. I think it's suggested that Clover didnt have a great home life. There's flavor text in the Feisty Four's house that call the living conditions something Clover is familiar with, and the fact Clover's basically moved on by the time they reach Ceroba's house. And if base UNDERTALE is anything to go by, people who climb the mountain dont do so for very happy reasons. I wouldn't be surprised if Clover climbed searching for the five kids as a way to seek validation back home where they come from, but got a better life instead from the monsters they met, which is why they chose to give themselves up for them. Ive also seen a theory that Clover resets after a genocide run because that doesnt grant them fulfillment due to how bad their home life might be and the humans reacting negatively to the idea of what Clover did instead of praising them. lastly, while there is an argument to be made that killing the monsters is justice for trying to harm Clover, sparing them is also an act of justice too. The bosses in this game, particularly Ceroba, wind up becoming less about self defense and more about trying to save them instead. when you spare them, it gives them the chance to fix their mistakes and better themselves is a form of justice in its own way, too. In fact, it can be argued that killing Ceroba is basically letting her get away with her actions and never having to pay for them. I got very distracted from my original point writing this lol. Uhh, I think Ceroba is a fantastic character and a perfectly fitting final boss who unfortunately gets consistently misunderstood. (Like, I read a completely outrageous take that Ceroba was grooming Clover and i didnt read that on twitter. It actually feels like the fandom is recerting back to 2017 in a few ways like the "why would Chara do this" crap lol)

[@AskaKwestan]

Thanks for the comment. Your points sort of jump around so I'll try my best to comment on this and that. 1. Ceroba does hijack the story in TP, and it's a little similar to how we learn more about Asriel in the True Lab but this time spread over Steamworks, Oasis revisit, New Home. She does seem to have a tendency to strong-arm situations (like when she tries to take lead in Steamworks) and Clover has to roll with it as Hotland is on the way to the Castle so helping Ceroba out is just an extra thing they would have done. UT didn't have as much a story as it did an adventure with a message, and I love it for that. However, I think the story forced upon us here is consistent enough with the theming in all the areas prior so I liked it. 2. I remember in Ceroba's House and the Fiesty Five House there are references to Clover's living situation. We can headcanon all we want as to what parts of the led them up the mountain, but at the very least they derived a sense of justice and wanted to find those humans to fulfill it. It's a cool thought that they attempted Vengeance at first, then adopted Pacifist afterward but there can't be any solid concrete "canon" but IMO it does sound more convoluted than it's worth. The option to RESET is there just as a byproduct of having the most DT and giving the player another chance to play the game. 3. Of course we can ascribe "justice" to whatever moral we want. Morality will forever be subjective and it's a concequence of that thing we call philosophy. It's why I described Clover's Justice to be represented as Confrontation, Sacrifice and Vengeance respectively. Clover killing Ceroba is as much to administer justice in one way as it is letting her get away in another (death penalty, talk about whatever here). Same with letting her live. It's the nature of the beast. Finally, I do agree that the Ceroba slander is brazy on the internet. But the internet is what it is, and there's scant we can do to chance that (check out the TADC video hehe). Just ingore Twitter and form your own opinions. There's a reason I don't have an account on there; the brainrot is too much. Thanks again for the comment!

[@redactedinfo8557]

@@AskaKwestan well thank you for responding! sorry about how much my points jump around, i wrote all this on my phone right before going to bed so its pretty disorganized lol also just wanted to say this is very convenient timing for me to see your digital circus video. I've been interested in writing a story related to the topic so thanks for suggesting it!

[@AldinRamic]

I have a question Where did you read that ceroba was grooming clover?

[@redactedinfo8557]

@@AldinRamic so i was reading through some of the comments on a video going over what happens if you kill bosses on a pacifist route. most of the comments there were getting mad at Ceroba because "she was overreacting to Axis's death." if you don't know what happens, Ceroba gets really upset at Clover since Chujin made the robot and calls off her mission due to Clover not being "pure" not really relevant, but just to give my opinion, i think her reaction is perfectly rational. to get to this point, you'd have to have spared every enemy, and to kill Axis he'd have to have powered down and be vulnerable to the plan you and Ceroba cooked right at the beginning of the Steamworks. this, combined with how Chujin made him, and yes, her mission, yeah, sounds like a perfectly justified reaction if you ask me. plus, if you killed any robots in the steamworks before Axis she'd leave but in a much more calm and collected way anyways, back to the point, like i said, the comments were filled with people getting angry at Ceroba and there was a thread that culminated in saying Ceroba was grooming Clover, like whoever said that clearly doesn't know what grooming is. i decided there, "that's it, i'm done looking at discussions about this game because this is actual cancer." people are allowed to dislike characters i like and enjoy things that i don't, but there's a limit. the moment someone says something completely outrageous like that, that's when any semblance of respect goes out the window. the like ratio there also makes me wonder what the actual hell is going on this fandom, i might be wrong but if this is what's going down in youtube comments im sure it's an actual hellhole on twitter. i thought that we all moved past 2016 but it's starting to feel like we're moving back to square one

[@AldinRamic]

@@redactedinfo8557 thank you for your response and oh god that's completely outrageous she didn't groom clover completely ridiculous behavior to say that grooming is an act that a pedophile does is where a pedophile builds a relationship with a child for them to exploit that child later on and abuse them for sexual purposes and I'm sorry for the late response

[@Bandana719]

On the note of fan service, I really do like the respects it pays towards Red, and even Prunsel. Two of the most well known fan made characters.

[@AskaKwestan]

I might have missed the Prunsel reference... Where was that exactly?

[@Bandana719]

@@AskaKwestan It was in one of Flowey's Boss phases. Prunsel shoots rays of Orange and Blue beams

[@coolkenman]

"🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥"

[@Emerald_Hermit]

It also references Undertale Green's Cooper.

[@RabbitKetsukane]

Finally, someone who understands Ceroba. Undertale is about the characters so having a character like Ceroba is 100% fine and I’m glad she’s the focus of the story. While yes we did come to the underground for a purpose, we found out who was really struggling. If you talk to Ceroba while in the Steamworks she opens up so much that it makes her feel like she does care about Clover despite her motives. In the end, she says that she really did enjoy their company. I’m just so glad we got a character like her because she’s the kind of character I would want in this setting. I mean her design itself is just so good I couldn’t imagine hating her. I’m just glad that you talk positive about her.

[@AskaKwestan]

Ceroba is a cool character, but people's gripes with would be with the different approach UTY takes to storytelling than UT. UT was an adventure with a message, UTY was a journey that ended up having a story. That story centres on Ceroba. I don't mind it, but people have always hated different things.

[@RabbitKetsukane]

@@AskaKwestanMost people are just mad because doesn’t have funny skeletons or chara or whatever the fuck kind of repeated story beats like UT. It does something that I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fangame do, and it’s telling an OG story with OG characters. Something that is extremely hard to do but completely worth it if done right.

[@Typi]

The Vengence Route takes the original feeling of "I did it, but it doesn't feel right" from the original genocide route and dials it up to 11. It's the best ending for Clover, technically speaking, but you've essentially doomed the Underground. There is no Chara, there is no world ending event, it's just a twisted sense of Justice, fufilled at last. Most fangames have the "genocide" route be typically straight-forward with the story, but the devs for Yellow really outdid themselves on making each route feel unique in a good way.

[@AskaKwestan]

I agree. Each route feels extremely distinct in the most important ways. In the end, even Clover isn’t completely insane as they still have the option to reset if they ever wish to try things a little differently. Thanks for the comment.

[@goldyjh]

@@AskaKwestan Hey I got a completely unrelated question to this but is there any reason why Integrity was chosen to be the human before Clover? The internet says kindness was before Clover, idk maybe im just reading too much into it and the creator of Undertale Yellow just wanted to use integrity

[@ConfusionUwU]

⁠​⁠@@goldyjh According to dialogue in the game, the human before Clover was aggressive (attacking Dalv is an example) and was probably a genocider (thus, Axis had no choice but to neutralize them). Doesn’t make much sense for kindness to do that, does it? It also shows the blind justice of Clover on the genocide route, enacting vengeance on behalf of integrity, despite the fact that integrity themself was a bad person.

[@gabrielmatossantarem5713]

​@@ConfusionUwUIt makes sense to exchange kindness to make sense of the attack but not for integrity, integrity is the character of a person who is honest, has morals and principles. I think he changed it to match the fact that Chujin needed a pure soul, besides we know that the soul attacked Dalv but we don't know if it attacked anyone else or why Dalv was attacked, and how Dalv got away after the attack he may have been considered dead by the soul

[@ConfusionUwU]

@@gabrielmatossantarem5713 I mean, you don't need to be dishonest to attack people, and morality is a subjective thing, just like justice. Their morality might just be as screwed up as Clover's justice in the geno route, as if they thought they were ending the monsters' misery or something (which explains why Dalv is the only clear target for them. he is pretty miserable). Maybe they weren't actually genociding, but they weren't a pacifist either.

[@SergeantSnivy_]

22:34 Small note, Clover doesn't necessarily "follow the rules" here. Star tells you to take ten paces, but the "DRAW" text fades in long before the paces are complete. So you're free to shoot him earlier than you're "supposed to" according to the rules of the duel.

[@AskaKwestan]

You’re right, but if the option is there then the thought is present. You still CAN play fair, and still win, and it doesnt take you off genocide. And if we’re being technical they take way more than 10 paces anyhow. Thanks for the comment!

[@unkpo5189]

Dual*

[@wisteri_]

AND (no-mercy/vengeance spoilers) starlo basically plays a losing game in that duel, literally shooting clover with a BB gun instead of his actual six-shooter if you let starlo win the dual. and then clover shoots him regardless. kind of an interesting detail that individualizes clover as someone entirely different from the player and frisk, plus there’s the added benefit of emphasizing certain traits + differences between clover and starlo

[@guster-animations]

i’ve heard from countless people who forgot that undertale yellow wasn’t canon while playing it and then got sad when they realized it

[@drfidelis558]

I mean, it’s separate enough from undertale that you could argue that it is indeed entirely canon in the larger Undertale universe.

[@jevilsugoma1743]

Wdym? It is not canon

[@drfidelis558]

@@jevilsugoma1743 I said you could ARGUE that it is indeed canon, not that it IS canon, smh...

[@jevilsugoma1743]

@@drfidelis558 Btw do you know how YT works? Because from the looks of it, you clearly don't. My reply was to the op, and not to you.

[@drfidelis558]

@@jevilsugoma1743 ah, forgor, mb man, sorry

[@cetadel6597]

I love how it perfectly overlays Undertale’s DETERMINATION driven characters (papyrus giving up on his dream but making new friends, Undyne realizing that determination to kill you isn’t the only way, etc) with Justice (Martlet is a Royal guard, AXIS is a security droid, etc.)

[@realnamegone]

I headcanon that Yellow is an official prequel just because of how much it fits Undertale and how its (objectively) a little better than the original

[@AskaKwestan]

I personally would say that the characters in UT are more memorable, but the story in UTY is stronger. Plus visuals, but Team Yellow had an additional 8 years as well as an entire dev team. Without what Toby built eight years ago, this wouldn't exist and it's important to remember that.

[@MikeJoe-jy5kp]

Thank you

[@potatodawise4166]

Something I feel like that you went over completely is that frisk was supposed to be a blank slate, they were supposed to have a personality. Our determination was the thing that moved frisked along and play throughout the story. We chose what we wanted because we were determined to do it that way, Frisk never had a meaning to go into the underground but they have a reason to leave. Which is like the reverse for Clover

[@AskaKwestan]

I sort of only touch on that aspect of Frisk. There was a small note at 10:26 that explained that I understand thats that Frisk was supposed to be an insert of the player, but that I preferred controlling a character that actually had a personality. Thanks for the comment.

[@ChimeraLotietheBunny]

@@AskaKwestanrespect for preference. But that’s why it’s fun int the video game. Like Link of Legend of Zelda has varied personalities hinted base in the game they had or even FINAL fantasy pixel era. Mario , Sonic. EVEN NESS from earthbound and other more games I wanna think Mc of. I think each game serves a protagonist for their purpose As always love the contrast as CLOVER is one of the fave preauel fangame mCs but also Oc base on the yellow soul (my fave color) and trait of Justice is amazing!!!!! I fully believe that’s why definetely Toby Fox is open to fans creating games inspire from undertale and it’s amazing!!!! One not just love one similarity. GENDERLESS Clover and Frisk heehhehe

[@sparkywashere]

23:05 "Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the Just one. Take the justice, and the vengeance, and smash together those two different expressions of soul to create and push out imaginary mass. [ IMAGINARY TECHNIQUE: F*CK YOU - YELLOW ]."

[@AskaKwestan]

Clover would win.

[@kevinnd5794]

But Would You Lose against Asgore? "Nah, I'd Win" - Clover

[@shreehang.248]

@@AskaKwestan You've done well so far, AXIS - 014, but up until now i was only using a mere 5% of my power, now let's see how you will fare against my.. CLOVER BLAST!

[@bloodhoundo9320]

​@@kevinnd5794i fucking love clover

[@omegagamer8834]

stand proud axis, you were strong

[@Argalipete]

I think the way the neutral route represents from the theme of justice can be given by flowey as he describes the color yellow during his fight saying it reprisents consequences instead of justice wich is thechnicly a consequence because you flip flopped between sparing and killing and aren't consistent with it meaning that all you're misdeeds caught up with you and why it doesn't really embodies justice completly unlike the other endings. meanig you could call the neutral ending the consequence ending.

[@AskaKwestan]

That's an interesting take on it. Thank you for the comment.

[@thefrubblewarrior4678]

8:09 You know what’s funny? Undertale has always had this as well… In the form of you CALLING Papyrus and Undyne after becoming friends with them. Papyrus doesn’t know waterfall that well, but when Undyne joins the calls the calls for waterfall change. Neither of them know Hotland that well but have entertaining dialogue throughout. After doing the Geno run and reseting before cursing my files I decided to use to actually call them throughout my playthrough and it made the playthrough MUCH more enjoyable the second time round.

[@AskaKwestan]

Yes, I do talk about this! I find it more endearing to have the character there behind you though, which is a point I develop in the video.

[@thefrubblewarrior4678]

@@AskaKwestan made that comment before seeing that bit… Sorry.

[@apancakeperson2691]

Undertale yellow is such an amazing game with its characters and the way it turns justice into two different kinds! Also for the flowey fight the “corrupted” bosses you fight and areas you run through depend on who you killed in the neutral route which is amazing having flowey remind you of those you murdered and turn them into fear is such a cool idea!

[@AskaKwestan]

Damn I didn’t pick up on that. That really is cool. Thanks for letting me know!

[@Yuti640]

Spoilers! I really really wish we could learn just a bit more about how Clover thinks, which i really think is an opportunity that was missed in the no mercy route, the few bits we get of introspection for Clover are so amazingly interesting, like the cramped housing conditions in The Wild East, Clover noticing their ruffled image and their thoughts of home in the Ketsukane house I really wish those utterly pointless acts in the no mercy final boss would maybe give us a few more lines of introspection for Clover, cause i really really wanna know more about them

[@soragames6]

As the strongest human Clover begins to reload his gun, Asgore shrunk back in fear and Clover said: *"Stand Proud Asgore you are strong"*

[@minicrewmate7865]

i love how in the vengeance route clover just goes "Imaginary Technique: YELLOW." to axis and doing a biden blast successfully

[@soragames6]

Lmao i tought the same thing when u kill axis

[@Flowey-Yourbestfriend]

No it was “Imaginary Technique: F*** you… *YELLOW”

[@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487]

23:06 "I was forced to neutralize the human." _"What?"_ "I KNOW that sounds bad."

[@JezElectro13]

Fun Fact: It's possible that Integrity SOUL wasn't the one before Clover since we can assume Omega Flowey SOULs attack in order they fell in considering Clover being the one before Frisk, and Justice SOUL is the last of 6 human SOULs.

[@SpeedyCheetahCub]

Yeah, it's generally accepted that the order of the SOUL phases matches the order the humans came to the Underground, though it also matches the order that you can pick up their weapons and armors as you travel. First is Aqua/Patience with the Toy Knife and Faded Ribbon in the Ruins, then Orange/Bravery with the Tough Glove and Manly Bandana in Snowdin, then Blue/Integrity with the Ballet Shoes and Dusty Tutu in Waterfall, then Purple/Perseverance with the Torn Notebook and Cloudy Glasses from Gerson's shop, then Green/Kindness with the Burnt Pan and Stained Apron in Hotland, and finally Yellow/Justice with the Empty Gun and Cowboy Hat from Bratty and Catty's shop. However, Bratty and Catty explain that they found the gun and hat in the garbage dump in Waterfall, so the locations of the items do not necessarily correlate with the locations the humans were killed or the order in which they arrived.

[@jaydenmcglothin5111]

Saw the trailer randomly on twitter, I played and loved the game the moment it came out

[@AskaKwestan]

I really warmed up to it while playing it. Definitely one of the most faithful and fantastic Undertale games out there. Thanks for commenting!

[@Peppinos_leftleg]

Honestly this game makes you think more about the idea of self defense which I love. In the justice route even though we can see why we ended ceroba we can also understand how starlo feels, no matter what a person you’re close to trumps ideology and reason. You killed someone who was his life long friend, it doesn’t matter if you’ve spared everyone else. Which puts more into perspective of fighting anyone, they had lives, goals, and family who are devestated. It doesn’t matter if it’s justified, it hurts people. A life is important and undertale yellow really shows that, it really makes you think about the lives You’re taking or sparing.

[@user-gw3bs2in5i]

When it comes to prequels and spinoffs, I really love it when they build off of the original world. Both in story, and in this case, mechanics. Needless to say, Undertale Yellow does this extremely well. I would honestly love to see the characters from this game interact more with other characters. Beyond that Martlet and Alphys interaction. Also, since Alphys is my favorite character in the original Undertale, I really appreciated that ngl.

[@jamesfuerza4987]

Actuallynthe true justice is probably the most canon ending since in the end the Gang olaces Clover’s Hat and Gun onto a raft that falls into waterfall. And when you buy thise items from Catty and Bratty they’ll say they got it in a dumpster in waterfall!

[@Daydreamer244]

Thank you for making such a wonderful video 💛 it's really amazing to see someone take such a deep dive into our game in the way you've done here (I especially love the way you recapped Ceroba's story. It really does it... justice 😏)

[@AskaKwestan]

Thank you for watching! I'm really glad you liked what I had to say. Good luck on any future projects!

[@estesh8049]

Imaginary technique Hollow yellow Child with a gun

[@AskaKwestan]

The scariest thing Monsterkind has ever known. Thank you for watching!

[@cetadel6597]

In the Zenith Martlet fight, your buttons change from BRAVERY to INTEGRITY. You’ve stayed true to your mission. You’ve exacted JUDGEMENT, if not JUSTICE.

[@johay899]

Vengeance

[@glitch8059]

Well at 22:35 Clover does agree to a duel, but I’m pretty sure that the player usually just cheats and shoots Starlow before the sound. What is cool is if you let Starlow shoot you he can’t actually kill you and thanks you for letting him seem cool before you shoot him

[@resolutionblaze363]

I think you should have spent a bit more time talking about the Neutral Ending. Because its the perfect example of fridge horror in the game. The way the Neutral Endings recontextualize the entire adventure regardless of what run you're on is honestly terrifying. Because unlike in OG Undertale, where you have complete control of the timeline, Clover is instead a victim of said timeline. Flowey admits to having reset Clover *hundreds* of times, almost losing count, mostly to see what Clover would do and if it would benefit Flowey the most. Undertale Yellow starts after Flowey intentionally intervenes in Clover's timeline to separate him from Toriel. Meaning those resets are all canon. Meaning even in the best case scenario Clover has been a victim of Flowey's resets for ages, and just doesn't remember them. This paints an unease over the pacifist endings, even True Pacifist. Because in Flawed Pacifist, Flowey admits that he could just reset the timeline again even after he achieves his ultimate goal. And Flowey in True Pacifist implies the same thing, but is easier to miss, especially if True Pacifist is your first playthrough (which is very likely most people's first playthrough). Even in the best case, most peaceful scenario, it plays right into Flowey's hands, and even then there is no guarentee that Clover is finally put at rest. It only ends when Flowey's determination is overridden by Frisk/Chara. This Neutral Ending, imo, in terms of horrificness, blows OG Undertale's neutral endings out of the water, just for the sheer lack of control Clover has and how it reframes the events of the best endings into this area of discomfort, and the only way you can break this is by destroying the continuity of the game as a prequel and make Clover break through on the dust piles of other monsters. and override Flowey's control of the timeline.

[@WGY_Games]

Martlet is just the best, objectively. That's just a fact. There's a reason they only survive in the games' only canon ending, they are necessary to the world's survival.

[@AskaKwestan]

Strong words! Martlet is very cute, I will say. Thanks for commenting!

[@sashaesb]

UTY’s true pacifist ending is the only time in my life a video game has made me cry

[@johay899]

Same

[@epicstar86]

if the pacifist ending made me nearly tear up (as a person who doesn't easily shed tears), then it's a very good story

[@AskaKwestan]

Yes! It was extremely well done as an ending, despite how people may have gripes about the story.

[@tajskaowo7222]

damn now we have to weit 8 years for undertale blue

[@johay899]

True

[@JezElectro13]

I feel like the fact these characters appear outside their areas and it being important is why I feel like the world becomes even emptier in Genocide of this game than in the original Undertale.

[@JezElectro13]

Vengeance Route doesn't have new puzzles, the lab one is from Neutral Route. But it is worth playing.

[@hahafuni1183]

Honestly one of my favourite reviews on undertale yellow i’ve seen so far lol

[@AskaKwestan]

Thank you for watching man!

[@HiddenDesign]

This video is incredible. I'd expect to see this from someone with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Keep doing what you're doing! A few notes I'd like to mention: When AXIS mentions the human they killed, Clover's love increases due to it's definition. I believe it's something along the lines of "How easy you can bring yourself to kill someone". When Clover heard AXIS mention they killed someone, Clover knew how to bring Justice. In True Pacifist (True Justice?) Clover realizes that they save the monsters by sacrificing themself, but as well, there's one less life required to be taken for the barrier to be shattered. While Clover does want to bring justice by helping the monsters, they're saving a future human life while doing it. Anyways great video. You're gonna make it big.

[@AskaKwestan]

Thanks for the kind words! I didn’t explain it too-too well but I do get why Clover’s LV increased after Axis admitted murder. Justfication is reason is emotional distance. Thanks for the comment!

[@Alex-hu9uc]

"This isn't judgement nor vengeance, after all yall aren't even humans Is a wolf evil for hunting a deer, or is a farmer evil for slaughtering the cows they raised from birth? It's just your nature to lust after the soul of humans, and what better way to get those souls by preying on little children Either way im no judge nor did i start this war. im simply a hunter putting down wild animals" ~ clover(lv 20) to Asgore

[@utkarshtrichal3728]

Clover be like: 👴🏻 "Make the Underground Great Again"

[@Soneone.]

One of the greatest Fangames IMO. It fits perfectly as a prequel to Undertale, the story writes itself perfectly into it, and some of the more bold things in it make sense if you think about them. Of course there would have been something before the CORE, of course the Asriel statue wouldn't have always been in waterfall, of course there would be more areas around the Underground to explore, of course cowboy fanboy, of course somebody would've made plans on how to combat humanity once monsterkind escaped. No wonder it took so long to make it! Bravo, Team UTY, bravo! ...Only thing I'd love is to see the aftermath of Vengeance on the Underground... that's basically a whole different idea for a fangame!

[@johay899]

That would be a great idea for a potential game. A few great ideas actually. that would be a great idea for a potential game. A few great ideas actually idea 1 frisk arrives in the underground but now Undine is the empress outside of the nice goat lady in the ruins, everyone hates monsters way more except, perhaps sans and Papyrus considering the game implies, they arrive after the events of Undertale yellow undine would probably be empress with some version of the banished queen ending with Toriel, probably taking place even if frisk made it to the empress, she’s not a boss monster meaning frisk could not leave the underground with her soul also no flowy considering he dies(unless he grows back horrortale style) which means no souls battle (also, all the souls are gone so there’s that too) speaking of the soles with no additional soles there would be no way to break the barrier meaning a pacifist neutral ending is the best that could be hoped for and the only way to leave the underground would be to kill goat lady right before leaving the underground or some other undesignated boss monster there could be a final choice given to the player on whether to stay in the underground with Toriel, or to kill her and cross the barrier as for how this AU would be developed in more detail I have a few ideas feel free to take inspiration if anyone wants I would replace undine in waterfall with a reconstructed axis commissioned by the Empress to hunt down any humans in the area I expect the empress undine to extremely militarized and vigilant the underground with much more competent and ruthless royal guards and greater precautions due to the last human coming through, killing the king and countless others before completely undoing all of their progress on freeing monster kind The theme of the game could be about despite how hard it is frisk healing, the damage that clover has done or dying trying even if there is no way to free monster kind without the souls or Azriel dreamer either way this could be a unique idea for perhaps a undertale AU

[@darknessreborn2608]

People in the undertale reddit are calling this concept "horrortale if it made sense" which is hilarious to me😂

[@johay899]

@@darknessreborn2608 undine becomes queen

[@nosneb_]

I would like to see more undertale fan games about the previous souls, I think if done right like Undertale Yellow it would fit into the official undertale universe

[@nts0n]

I loved this game from start to finish, but I do have some small critiques I think would be worth posting here: - The game contradicts Undertales existing lore quite a lot, though in the pursuit of making things more interesting which I'm okay with. A good example of this would be Flowey. In Undertale, any human soul would clearly overpower the artificial determination of Flowey. All human souls have determination, and the red soul isn't the "determination" soul like a lot of fan theories would have you think. This also means Flowey would have no way of meeting Clover since he only comes into existence a long time after the Justice SOUL is taken by Asgore, due to never having his power overridden before meeting Frisk. Even if we do ignore all of this then it's still weird we never see Sans considering his sole mission is hunting down and stopping Flowey (or in the UT Genocide route, us). - All of the final bosses are cool, but a bit over-the-top if you ask me. Did Ceroba really NEED 4 phases and all these visual effects like we're fighting Asriel on crack? Flowey's fight doesn't even really make any sense, but it's my favorite so whatever. Martlet I can only draw comparisons with: imagine if on the UT Genocide route, fighting Papyrus actually ended up with a full-blown Disbelief fight, for no real reason other than it looks cool. Thats how I feel about that fight. Martlet did not feel like the kind of character to have a boss fight like Undyne or Sans, and the way she powers up is super contrived. - The idea of Clover's justice felt so under-utilized, and it could've been used as a subversion or expansion of Undertale's ideas. What if a "pacifist" route became impossible because Clover forces us to enact "justice", allowing us to only do Neutral or Vengeance? Instead of control being wrested from us only occasionally by Chara, Clover could make their presence known through the whole game. The justice SOUL mode could also be a bigger part of the game's combat system, with bullet patterns that utilize it appearing more frequently. - It's really weird that our goal throughout the entire game is to make it to Asgore but no matter what route you take you never actually end up fighting him properly. In Vengeance he gets vaporized by an anime laserbeam which is almost comedic. In "Justice" they made a banger remix of ASGORE for him but don't let you actually fight him, only look at some bullet patterns from Undertale before credits roll. Asgore is always getting disrespected, fangame or not. He's supposed to be harder than Sans!

[@AskaKwestan]

Hi! Thanks for watching! You make a few interesting points so I'll make some comments of my own. Many of your critiques seem very personable to how you see UT and that's fine. Opinions are based on personal experience and perspective so here are my own: 1. I do agree alot of UT lore is taken liberty with. That's not necassarily a bad thing - as you mention - but your example does have some nuance. It's true that artificial DT should be weaker than any human DT but iirc Flowey was supposed to be made with essence relating to Asriel who had fully fused with Chara's soul, so there could be an arguement made that even the remnant's of Chara's DT filtered through like 3 layers is still stronger than Clover's. I never do mention that the Red SOUL is related to DT, and I even make a small visual drawing that into question near the start. We also don't know anything ABOUT Sans or why he has the powers or knowledge he has, so him not being here could be due to a number of reasons (i.e the joke I made at the end about him still being in DELTARUNE as many fingers point to him and Papyrus "showing up" in Snowdin in the time before Frisk came to the Underground). 2. No, Ceroba did not need 4 phases. But that shouldn't matter. If the team has the ability to create amazing visual set pieces and effects, who are we to stop them because Toby was limited as a solo programmer? It being "Over-The-Top" is just a matter of taste as they incorporate and expand on what UT had (musical cues, visuals, animations; Asriel Fight). Flowey's fight was simply an interpretation of Clover resisting their absorption into Flowey, which is in turn an interpretation of how he sees his power after gaining the human SOULs (hence all the similarities). Martlet having the Genocide fight is up to preference. If you think it's in her character as a Royal Guard to stand up to you ONLY when you eradicate all the monsters you come across, and ignore that and try to better you in all other cases then that's fine. If you don't, that's fine. At the end of the day, it IS shown that she had the means to access Alphys' experimental DT due to her previous station (so from some POVs, her power-up is less contrived than Sans' because we literally no nothing about how he has the powers he has). 3. I disagree wth this point. If you watched the video, you know how I feel about Clover and their stance on Justice. Justice is dependant on moral obligation and philosophy. It isn't "just" to murder people who had nothing to do with the missing humans. At the same time it's not "just" to murder everyone for association with the missing humans. Justice will always be nuanced and it's good to think of it as such. Furthermore, Clover DOES make their presence known. They don't "take control" because they're ALWAYS in control. From a meta narrative nobody is controlling them, unlike in UT and DR. I should also say that Chara never "wrestles for control" in UT, they only TAKE CONTROL at the end when you submit to your desires. The spirit of Chara represents your own will, after all. I do agree that the bullet mechanic should have been utilised more, though. It being introduced only at the end was cool, but a little wasteful. From a programming POV it makes sense though. 4.The "injustice" you see Asgore being given isn't unwarrented, but again its your own perspective. Asgore is an extremely strong monster, shown in TP where we are unable to beat him as Clover (who is assumed to have continually died until Flowey gave up LOADing). If we could beat him in any route, it wouldn't make sense to call this a "prequel" to UT. He is also not the focus of the story in UTY (which revolves around Ceroba), unlike in UT where he was the final obstance in our adventure. He isn't being disrespected, he's simply not the most important character. Giving yet ANOTHER boss fight after Ceroba would have been gruelling and weird. Clover beating him in Geno makes sense only because a LV 20 Frisk anhilited him without question, so Clover would realistically be able to do something similar. Also him being stronger than Sans is an interpretation on in-universe lore and mechanics, from what we experience, Sans is definitely the harder fight. Thanks for the comment! The discussion is welcome!

[@nts0n]

@@AskaKwestan Thanks for replying! I do have some things to elaborate on: 1. Yeah, this part is just me being a nerd about Undertale lore. I've never actually heard this theory before, and it is really interesting. This was mentioned in another point but I disagree with Chara being represented as the will of the player. Despite the ominous speech about how they grow stronger through LV, it's shown throughout the game that Chara is also their own character just like Frisk and attaching them to you as the player is yet another false assumption, likely on purpose in the same way as Frisk. Chara went along with what you were doing and was named by you, but does not represent your own will completely. The twist of the Genocide ending works because Chara has been acting on their own throughout the game, but in accordance with what you were going to do anyway to give a false sense of security. In the ending, it's different and Chara mocks you for not realizing they were already in control and could go against you. This is definitely a hot topic within the community even to this day, though. 2. I suppose my real issue is that it didn't feel earned with the characters. I love all of the characters but it's interesting how I see Asriel and Sans' boss fights as built up to quite well but Ceroba's and Martlet's as sort of coming out of nowhere. Ceroba's fight feels a lot like Sans in that we had no idea where she comes from or how she's so powerful before the fight, except with Sans we at least had plenty of hints as to his true intentions and his constant teleportation showed his ability to break the game in a way. Sans' fight is meant to be surprising but once it actually happens you begin to understand why things are the way they are, and it's all very consistent with his character. I didn't really get that same feeling with Ceroba or Martlet. Martlet especially who I really do think is super contrived. Conveniently assigned to the lab, conveniently goes into the true lab with the expectation of finding something to fight against a human, conveniently finds exactly what she's looking for and conveniently doesn't suffer any of the side effects until the end of the fight. It sort of broke my suspension of disbelief, which I think even if you disagree you can understand. 3. Not disagreeing with this at all, it's more "vengeance" than true justice. My thought process here is that since Undertale and Deltarune both deal with choices and the idea of a character controlled by the player having their own will, Yellow could've expanded on this in some way. My idea was having our character's will be something that limits our options, having a narrow-minded philosophy of "Justice" (rather, Vengeance) that, by trying to be nice to the monsters and meeting new characters, could genuinely have their mind changed instead of manipulating them to do whatever we want. It doesn't have to be that of course, my ideas aren't the best or anything. I don't think you NEED to have a meta-narrative in order to be an Undertale game, but I personally feel a disconnect between the games without one. 4. In the Genocide route Clover straight up goes "fuck the canon timeline" and biden blasts him so I don't see the point about things having to be canon. You could have a "give up" option under the Retry option if you wanted to go the canon route. Again, personal, but I see it as a missed opportunity to actually take advantage of the prequel setting, which the game seems to be deliberately avoiding for the entire game. I do agree it would get a little cramped right after Ceroba or Martlet though. You would have to sacrifice or tone down one of the original fights to do Asgore justice, which just isn't an option with how much love and care was put into them.

[@yungmuney5903]

I literally fail to see how Ceroba and Martlet are ANY more guilty than Hyperdeath, Undying and Sans. Like you shamelessly demand more of Martlet than Sans it's not even funny.

[@nts0n]

​@@yungmuney5903 I guess? Yellow's other bosses are just as good as Undertale bosses, or in some cases surpass those expectations to be even better in all areas. I thought the final bosses, story and character wise, were a letdown in comparison, but in other areas they exceed expectations again. The fights for Ceroba and Flowey were far bigger and better than I ever could've expected, and even the music managed to surpass Undertale somehow! The one exception I feel is Martlet which really hurts because she was my favorite character, but her fight AND the story behind it didn't work for me. Not because she wasn't Sans or anything, I just thought it wasn't as good as the rest of the game. I can't say I actively dislike the whole thing though. Still a cool boss.

[@Emerald_Hermit]

I love how in the Vengeance Route the Justice leitmotif never plays (unless you die). It really nails in how wrong the route is supposed to make you feel. Instead, it's replaced with the Enemy Retreating leitmotif. Even checking the description of the final boss (at least the first phase, I didn't think to check the second) has nothing to do with delivering justice. Instead, the description is "A worthy opponent." just nailing in how the vengeance route isn't true justice.

[@someone6531]

Isn't there also the Post-Pacifist route in Undertale? Where you did the Genocide route 1st and give Chara your soul, than the Pacifist or True Pacifist route. That and the reason why Clover levels up without killing is because the LV isn't increased because of XP, but because of the less hesitancy to being harm to others. Aka, you hesitate less and less to kill more, which increases your LV.

[@ComedicNuno]

Awsome video! Love how you adapted the names of the routes to make it "more of its own", an expression that I would say describes UTY pretty well, and ones I'll be using from now on if you don't mind! :) The best part of the video for me is the analysis of Clover, because GOD WHAT A GOOD CHARACTER AND PROTAGONIST! It kinda gives me hope for Kris in Deltarune to not be like Frisk in Undertake, just an emotionless vessel. While the True Justice Ending is definitely my favourite (and the only one I'll ever play, once), all of the moments where Clover stood up and acted for themselves, those either being blasting Axis into two for what he regretfully did, or pointing their gun to Asgore as they don't believe their eyes, in the Justice Ending. It's funny to think that I have made so many comments on so many UTY-related videos and they still turn out to be HUGE essays, because there's always something different to talk about. I will say it.... in my opinion this game is better than Undertale. And I think I would be wrong in it, because I wandered through Deltarune first, back in 2021 when Chapter 2 was about to drop, and only got down to WATCH the entirety of Undertale in 2022, while with Deltarune I watched and then played for myself. With UTY, I didn't know anything about it, and the experience was amazing! One to never forget! So, even then, after I present to you my "excuse", can you really blame me for considering Undertale Yellow better than Undertale? Again, great video, ya got a new sub :D

[@AskaKwestan]

Thanks for watching! In my opinion I believe the story of UTY to be more engaging that UT's story (there wasn't so much a story as much as an adventure with a message) but UT's character's being better and more memorable. If Deltarune turns out to go in the same direction as Deltatraveller and have Kris rebel against the player's will, I'm all for it. This fangame is wonderful enough to have an hour+ video but I'd just never get through it all in time to still be relevant. We all have our preferences, but I think my message was that UTY was definitely worthy of having the name of Undertale attached to it. It's all parts Undertale where it matters.

[@ComedicNuno]

@@AskaKwestan Yeah, it's like... I love UT's characters, but I can't say I have a lot of story with them, while UTY is clearly different to me. Also, clever of you to reference Deltatraveler there! That fangame is amazing really. Not too sure if I would be fond of Kris battling against the player for their actions, or for the control that they have over them. But do I want Kris to form and SHOW that they have a personality throughout DELTARUNE? YES SIR! Then again, Undertale Yellow is recent, and maybe I'm a bit too emotionally attached to it's tragic story and colourful characters still, so there's a bias I can't exactly let go for some time at least.

[@dia9665]

The feature of being able to TALK to characters reminds me so heavily of Ib, and that made me want to interact with every little thing constantly, over and over, and exhaust all the dialogue. I'm SO glad I didn't see any spoilers over the past few months, because when I played this game, I loved it as much as I did Undertale. It nailed the humor, the charm, and adding different gameplay features made fights so fun. The story, the characters, the music - everything. Toby Fox greenlighting the project led to one of the best fangames that can be headcanoned to fit into the story, because the way it ends all lines up perfectly. I love that last message, the last time Clover is acknowledged. *You hear someone call for help... *You answer the call. It was fangame-y enough with the amazing cinematics of the final fights, and it was perfectly balanced with the original feel of Undertale. It's brilliant the way every route has some aspect of Justice, whether it's twisted for revenge, or maybe it's self defense. Or.. the sacrifice of oneself for a greater cause. Undertale Yellow is amazing, and Clover is so interesting - showing personality through small movements, or large efforts for their mission - whether it's the eradication of anyone who gets in their way, or the sympathy and understanding for the monsters they once thought to despise. I like to believe that just like Martlet, Clover had a pre-existing notion of monsters - that they're scary, killers, deserved to be sealed underground. But through small efforts to just understand their enemies, they learn the personalities of monsters, and learn to SPARE them. At the end, Martlet's fate and viewpoint of the world will go the same way that Clover's is. Believe that the other race is the enemy? Martlet will feel the same to you, but both of you feel an exception towards each other until Flowey ruins it. Go to an extreme to kill everyone you see? Martlet will go to the extreme to kill you. Understand the monsters, and flip the script to befriend them? Martlet's viewpoint will also change on humans. No other character in Undertale Yellow is more fitting to be the most reoccurring one than Martlet, and face you in the end no matter what route you're on. She and Clover are two sides of the same coin - both different races, with a mission that they believe in. Both have a sense of their own justice, and even in the Vengeance route, Martlet's eye shines yellow - why else would the devs choose that color? Deep down, both are very similar. And both of their missions can be dismissed because of the understanding for each other - where Clover accepts that the humans they searched for are dead and that there's no point in revenge, but rather believe the monsters they've come to befriend deserve freedom. And Martlet, who was ready to stop Clover if they had gone out of control, but now know that humans aren't all dangerous - some can even be one of the best and most influential people you can meet within such a short period of time, before leaving forever. Just like Martlet says, it may just be a blip in the big picture when it comes to our lives, but oftentimes that blip can make the biggest impact. Like Clover and Martlet, the two knew each other briefly, yet had an unbreakable bond in the Pacifist route. Games like this don't take very long to play through, yet the effect it has on us can last for years. That's why I think Undertale Yellow is such an amazing game.

[@ShadwSonic]

An interesting little coincidence... When I first played Undertale, I did the whole Pacifist thing and then Genocide... except I somehow screwed up in the last section of the game. For whatever else I've done that's related, I haven't made that sort of mistake (unless you count missing a secret boss, but that doesn't affect routes). But here, I _again_ made that exact same type of mistake... at the exact same stage of the game. Which means that, _twice_ now, I've had robots mock me for failing a Genocide run and forcing me to start over from the beginning. Of course, unlike Undertale, Yellow actually has a reason to finish a Neutral run, so it's not really a waste.

[@X-SPONGED]

22:36 Small correction. The dual with Starlo in Vengeance is inherently unwinnable if you play fairly. Clover can (if you so choose) just disregard any honor in the act of dueling by turning and shooting early in the press of a button. If you do however, play by the rules, you are instantly met with a bullet to the dome. Well, a rubber bullet, that is. But still, if Starlo really wanted to, he could've killed you right then and there, too bad he was too much of a coward to do it.

[@AskaKwestan]

Ah, I see. I did assume you could still win as when I did it I waited for the characters to take 10 paces before pressing fire. Starlo not going for the kill-shot makes a little more sense when he hasn't actually seen you murder anyone yet, so he's a little apprehensive to add onto his naturally unassuming demeanour. The option to play by the rules is still there as you said, so it doesn't stab my point in the gut. Thanks for the insight!

[@zainy_inc154]

I love how it made me feel more informed about the actual world of undertale after playing it. Strange for a fan game🔥

[@craftyy128]

2:06 this is my favorite part

[@oXGoldenHeartXo]

I Kinda Wish Toby Asked For A Character In SSBU, Not A Mii Costume. just imagine it, Sans, as a playable character, literally

[@AskaKwestan]

I feel as thought it was due to time constraints. An Undertale character isn't out of the cards for a future game past Ultimate though!

[@oXGoldenHeartXo]

Lets Hope!@@AskaKwestan

[@stellarrev9833]

This is the best review of UT Yellow I've seen so far. It touches on each unique ending and doesn't dismiss Ceroba as a shallow character for the game focusing on her story for the final hours of the True Justice route. I appreciate the spotlight given to Clover, as they were not merely just a vessel for the player. I also really like the humor in this video. Great work!

[@AshnSilvercorp]

that point about the talk button was real. I had to sneak back another quick reset cause I realized I locked myself out of an important item to make the game easier. And when I went back through the lab with Ceroba, I used talk everywhere. That made that character for me. Meanwhile I hear that people did not like having her around in the lab. And I feel like that might be because they thought she was just a tagalong. I learned so much more depth just by using that. Some of her best quotes are in those short snippets too. Post edit: I think I didn't mind Ceroba's predictable tragedy brooding maybe cause I went through something like it. After dealing with tragedy like that it's easy to get overreflective and closed off to people like that with a know-it's-all-going-to-be-horrible attitude. It steels you for more hardship, but isolation hurts. (All of that mess made the hug at the end directly to her mean something, rather than just being a corny requirement to the cherry on a "good ending" which... well, technically doesn't happen.)

[@blooder3732]

Wonderful video, it looks really professional: your voice, montage, structure etc. I absolutely agree with your points, the game is just awesome. The characters are so charming and memorable, they even encouraged me to start drawing. If someone said to me that this is a real prequel, I'd definitely believe it. Toby's already noticed the game because of the music issue and it's sad he didn't leave any comment on how cool the game acctually is. Hope we'll at least get a cameo of some of the characters from UT Yellow in future Deltarune chapters.

[@AskaKwestan]

Fan characters in future DT chapters would be pretty nuts. Red would have to be included first, though as the OG. Thank you for the kind words!

[@itsumokaneshi]

man toby gotta make this canon if undertale ever gets remastered or small hints about this in chapter 3+ of deltarune

[@EnderStine]

i like the difference between neutral flowey and vengence flowey you try to fight flowey and in the neutral route flowey is able to reload the save to stop you while in vengence he cant do it and you give him a taste of his own mess if he wont respect the rules neither will you

[@t0nyxaka90]

Best review of the game, and something I was kinda craving for, actually. You did really well, bud! Also these names for the Routes are awesome, I'm using them as well, thank you. :]

[@AskaKwestan]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! The route names were a little self-serving but I'm also glad you liked them.

[@t0nyxaka90]

@@AskaKwestan Nahhhhh. The names are good. I guess you could say that... You did them *JUSTICE.* [BA-DUM-BANG!] Hehe. Apologies for the pun. I simply could not resist. ;]

[@Bub8les]

Wow, I have no words other than this is such a amazing video! Great work!!

[@AskaKwestan]

Thanks man!

[@JackDout]

I wasn't ready for the imaginary technique.

[@AskaKwestan]

Throughout Heaven and Earth, Clover Alone Is the Honored One.

[@irvan8099]

CAN WE TALK THAT CEROBA'S THEME HAS A REFERENCE TO TENEBRE ROSSO SANGUE OR AT LEAST SOUNDS LIKE IT, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE CEROBA CAN SHOOT CRIMSON COLORED PROJECTILES-

[@ChimeraLotietheBunny]

Always love great fangame prequel content that still ties lorewise

[@Nathan133.]

Honestly, is a pretty good game and even better considering that all the characters are original and it's hard to create characters by 0 and considering how long ago the other 6 human souls fell in the underground characters like Undyne Alphys sans and papyrus would not be around or even exist yet making even more hard to even make a game or series about the other 6 human souls and making it have sense, my only and most big complain with the game probably is flowey existing since for as far as I know flowey never knew/meet the 6 humans considering in the genocide route he himself talks about how he tried millions of ways to get asgore to show him the human souls but just won't that and the genocide route being even more inaccurate but the pacifist ending is really cool and kinda compensates it

[@EmersonJS291]

This does not indicate that he has never met a human soul.

[@Nathan133.]

Yes it does??? Flowey states himself he has never seen them and that asgore just won't let him see the souls besides even if he did meet them it wouldn't make sense for flowey to try to be friends with the human souls by the very fact the first thing flowey did when he meet frisk was try to steal their soul because that's what he wants the most, a soul if he ever meet the other humans souls it would just most likely go the same way the only reason the human souls died is because they most likely just gave up as one of flowey dialogue states that if we just give up he will take control again

[@EmersonJS291]

​​@@Nathan133.Flowey says he never saw the souls when they were locked up with Asgore, not that he didn't meet any of the other humans.

[@somebadrobloxboy5068]

HOW DOES THIS NOT EVEN HAVE 5K VIEWS THIS IS SO GOOD

[@Spamton123]

what's more is that it's toby approved!

[@angeldariogaribaydelatorre6395]

Wat?

[@Spamton123]

@@angeldariogaribaydelatorre6395 toby said yes to this existing.

[@seepylilthing]

I literally discovered undertale yellow 3 days prior to its release . I just got into undertale April of last year . So I'm still very new to the whole fandom . It's a wild confusing ride but damn it I love this place .

[@lukaza1261]

I low key got si upset when Clover hugged Ceroba. I mean, it was a nice gesture and all, but ever since meeting Martlet, i had wanted to give her a hug, and far as I've seen, been unable to fulfill that. The fist bump was nice, but still no hug. And then at the end, they just go up to hug Ceroba, who granted, probably needed it more, but they had also tried (and many, many times succeeded) to kill you, not 5 minutes prior. You did then get to hug Martlet shortly after, which was nice, but that then got turned into a group hug, which, while also nice, i just wanted to hug Martlet...

[@charismaentertainer1657]

This is a really good review! Loved your analysis.

[@AskaKwestan]

Thank you very much for the comment!

[@Charziken]

I personally consider True pacifist/Justice the actual canon ending. Clover does relinquish their soul, eventually falling into Asgore's hands. Though the gifts they place on the raft at the end of the game coincide with how Bratty and Catty find the gun and hat in Undertale Proper, being found at the dump.

[@BlackgamerX1997]

WTF, one of the BEST Videos I've EVER seen. THIS is Content!

[@IamDoru1]

Just wanted to say you absolutely nailed this review of Undertale Yellow, as someone who's been waiting since the day came out in 2016 I'd say you did the game justice on just about everything. Best part about it all is making art for it and seeing all of the different reactions out of people, it's geniunely such a nice thing to be able to enjoy the media along with others. My only complaint with Undertale Yellow is I wish they handled the Pacifist ending slightly better, but it still made me cry like there's no tommorow so it's still a 10/10 for me. Clover will always be canon in my heart💛

[@AskaKwestan]

Glad you liked the video! The TP runs really depend on whether or not you can get behind a solid, lengthy narrative that revolves around basically a single character. Personally, I thought it was great - but it makes Dalv seem like an afterthought as he's more in line with the UT style of writing than what UTY ending up being.

[@IamDoru1]

@@AskaKwestan Well said! Yeah, maybe I'm saying this simply because out of my friend group, I was the only one who found the pacifist ending to be satisfying, and getting emotional for it. The rest either had no reactions, were frustrated Clover did all of that or willingly gave up or were like "oh well". Personally, I felt like it was the best thing devs could come up with, everyone expected Clover to die by Asgore's hands. Make him sacrifice himself for the future humans who'd fall into the underground is sweet.

[@Swonestone]

I just wish the legit fight with asgore was at least beatable.Because at that moment clover should be at his most determined as he is face with the human souls.So even if this fight would be harder than in vanilla undertale , there should still have been hope for clover winning.

[@johay899]

I think what they should’ve done is added in an option. Where you can fight him like normal but if you die, you immediately go to flawed pacifist ending if you win, however you have a version of the omega flowery fight if you win that then flowery will simply reset the game

[@Opalkitsune.]

Theres also a crossover character from undertale green in the wild east that appears iirc after the trolley problem the characters name is cooper from chapter 1 of undertale greens demo ch1&2 iirc are being reworked for green

[@AskaKwestan]

Ah, he was a crossover character too? I never actually played through Green, so that's cool.

[@corruptedstriker67]

This review gets everything perfectly freaking love UNDERTALE YELLOW

[@mr.kfakking]

When i played ut yellow, i feel, like i plays again ut first time... that was amazing.

[@DemlogYT]

Yeah it was worth the wait for this fan game amazing work

[@Linkle642]

I had an aneurysm, trying to understand the eight-year-old nephew bit in the intro.

[@AskaKwestan]

Internet's a wild place man. It was simpler back then. Thanks for the comment.

[@SnipehOne]

This game made me feel like I'm 8 years younger. I really loved undertale when it came out but throughout the years i've been distancing myself from it more and more. Becoming more cynical with age I kind of started disliking its worldbuilding and characters, finding plot holes one after another. But with this game? It's like it invigorated my love for Undertale as a whole. It's an almost perfect love-letter to it, at times even better than the original. At first I was sceptical - the dialogue style felt alien, character design seemed like an obvious furry-bait and etc. But as the story unveiled more and more, as I've seen more of the beautiful sprites, as I've fought more fun battles that increased in diffuculty, as i got to know the characters much closer and heard more of the FANTASTIC OST of this game... I've started simply craving for more. Neutral ending wasn't enough, i was just hooked. And things just got better from there (although the finale of neutral route is truly a bombastic experience). In the end, I was really moved by the story of true pacifist route, despite some of its possible flaws. It made me feel emotions I don't often feel while playing videogames. And for that I respect Yellow. And I gotta say, the "Vengeance" route felt really interesting and fun too, which i cannot say about one in original Undertale. There is a real significance and purpose to it here. Not just some meta-narrative bullshit creepypasta, that almost feels like an eyesore now.

[@AskaKwestan]

You make some good points! UT is definitely the kind of game that only a very, very special kind of person can make with a straight face. It's so stupid, in-your-face, and silly but still attempts to have something emotional to latch onto. When I was playing UTY I won't be afraid to say that I wasn't feeling it at first, but I think mid-way through Snowdin I started to get behind it. So many of the songs really are amazing; Trial by Fury has no excuse being such a hard track, and I think it trumps even Zenith Martlet's theme. The character designs of the prominent characters all being humanoid and even some shopkeepers being conventionally "cute" by many standards had me laughing to myself. I definitely thought that someone on the team really liked furry characters, which I think is fine. It's not an aspect that's really pushed, and more a thing to think about when you start comparing the games. I didn't do so here because I felt no need to push that narrative, even for a joke. Your comment on UT's underlying meta-commentary on the completionist mindset and games focusing on the player is interesting because when UT did that, I think it was pretty new. DDLC and the "Monika-effect" came out a couple years later because then everything became meta in some way. IIRC there was some meta stuff in the Mother series which Toby probably drew from. That along with a lot of the very intentionally vague things present in that route to keep everything up in the air. In a way, perhaps that was for the best because people to this day still can't decide what the spirit of Chara even truly is.

[@nicolassalazarmartinez9819]

unrelated but i noticed limbus company music despite how quiet it was, the pmoon brainrot is real

[@AskaKwestan]

Heh… Thanks for the comment.

[@user-mj7vi3pi9o]

Did you make the thumbnail it's so sick!

[@AskaKwestan]

I did! Thanks for watching!

[@FlameeeeeeeClaw]

My two favorite lines: "And Clover administers the harshest sentence admissable by a child, gun" "Imaginary technique, Fuck you, yellow"

[@Unknow680]

Fun thing is game even help you out during axie fight i dead kinda alot and game put heal me ever turn. Not sure how much but it make me me more will to keep going.

[@Unknow680]

Pacifiac run in just in case.

[@r0021]

i agree with a lot of what you said here. honestly, my only massive problem with this game was just how fucking hard the final boss is. The first 3 stages were manageable for me, but the fourth one completely destroyed me. way too much shit happened on the screen for my liking (and for my skill), but even then, there are still many, many things that were done right in that fight. also damn i really regret how i went out of my way to spoil myself for the flowey bossfight. playing it on the neutral route completely blind could've been one hell of an experience

[@AskaKwestan]

Zenith Martlet was about x10 as hard as Ceroba TP, so good luck with that if you plan on doing Vengeance! Too bad about the spoiler as well. That fight was nuts. Thanks for the comment!

[@gamesing3022]

holy shit dude your art is so good

[@doodlebloom_]

i know frisk being a blank slate was intentional but even so i love how clover has an actual character. i also like how their character actually makes sense! i also love how their face is always just like " '-' ". like is a resting bitch face a trait all humans have?

[@thejgamingyt]

guess i gotta work on ut green with different things than other ut green takes as of rn because i wanna take my time

[@Mykolakola]

I think true justice is canon, because we hear frisks call for help+our belongings go to waterfalls dump, were the shopkeepers found them in undertale(they tell you about it)

[@matti.8465]

I really hope your comment about Sans being in Deltarune during the events of Yellow ages well, it would be so funny

[@AskaKwestan]

To be honest, I'm not sure Toby would ever explicitly say Sans will dimension hop in the actual DR story - unless the machine is some Universe Reset thing like MIH from JJBA. I do personally like the theory though.

[@God_tf2]

Now we need 5 more prequels

[@GG7311_YT]

THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ONESHOT

[@thekidinyourbasement524]

Hold up, so technically dalv is the reason the blue soul was impure and so is the reason of kanako’s unalive

[@Originkappy]

I thought i left my limbus company menu on then i realized it was your video

[@kilimachevsk623]

I think the best thing about the game is it's cast of unique characters. SO much fanwork and fangames are just twists on what we already had. What if the characters were evil, what if the characters were mixed up- it's never been something that interested me. Undertale Yellow doesn't lean on those characters, though. It takes the structure and world of Undertale, and uses it to tell a completely new story. The only recurring characters who have any sort of real role are Asgore, who's presence looms over the entire narrative, and Flowey, who's in a VERY different role than he is in Undertale. That said, though, I wouldn't say the game is without flaws. Ceroba's obviously resonated with quite a lot of people, but she never landed for me. Her cool, composed demeanor serves as a nice contrast to the antics of the Feisty Five, but she didn't have enough personality to really connect me to her when she took the stage solo in the Steamworks. Not only that, but, well... I didn't find her story all that 'tragic'. She is SURROUNDED by all the evidence of her husband's incompetence. The best his coworkers can say is that 'he tried', he confidently presented things to Asgore that failed in spectacular fashion every time, and in the end, he got himself killed with his own reckless experiments. And the entire time, Ceroba is praising what a great man he is, talking about how brilliant he is, criticizing Asgore for firing him before he saw Axis 014, who's the TRUE culmination of Chujin's genius, and, just, like. Ma'am, your husband's shining accomplishment that you're so proud of is so poorly programmed that it's actively trying to MURDER US. And you KNOW this. You KNOW THIS, because you WATCHED those videos, and when you found one that made your husband look bad, that explained how his robot killed someone unintentionally- you hid it away, you buried it behind your husband's grave so nobody could ever try and say he wasn't perfect- And then, you went and did the ONE thing that he asked you not to do, and doomed your daughter. So I didn't wind up feeling nearly as emotionally invested and bad for Ceroba during the final boss as I think I was meant to. A friend of mine also took great issue with a child deciding to kill themselves, and every adult present just letting it happen- it pretty much ruined the ending for them. While it didn't bother me as much, I do think it's a little weird, and there could've been some better ways to handle it. I also can't help but think it's a biiiit absurd for Ceroba to be the one saying it's fine and to let Clover do it- since it didn't exactly end well for her the LAST time a child wanted to do something that endangered themselves, and she decided to respect their autonomy and let them take the risk instead of putting her foot down and saying that, no, a child SHOULDN'T be allowed a choice about that actually. And also the juxtaposition of Ceroba wanting to die and Clover refusing to let her, followed immediately by Clover wanting to die and Ceroba saying 'well hey if that's really what you want' is kind of odd. ...That's a lot of negativity about a game that i really, REALLY wound up loving. So I'll say some more positive things. Like, I thought the flashback scene of Chujin and Asgore- it seemed odd to me at first that he put his foot down so firmly and told Chujin to leave and never come back. What we see of Asgore in Undertale doesn't imply he has remotely that level of backbone- when Alphys has had comatose monsters in her lab for an extended time with no updates, it's just gentle reminders and 'oh by the way I found this teacup that looks like you :)' But then, his last experiment set fire to Asgore's flower garden- the place where Asriel's dust was scattered, effectively his son's grave. The same son who's death prompted him to have an uncharacteristic fit of rage and declare war. So yeah, that being the thing to finally set him off and fire Chujin makes sense. I also ADORE Martlet. She's such a fun, lovable character. The game really sold me on the idea that, in anything short of a Vengeance Run, even if Clover's killed almost everything else they encountered, Martlet is the ONE character that can reach Clover, convince them to stop, and come home with her. I like how understanding Martlet is, also- recognizing that you're a child in a world that wants to kill you, that if you've killed in turn there's a very good chance it was because you're scared and confused, or because your hand was forced, like with Ceroba. When Frisk is criticized for killing, the criticism isn't aimed at them, since they're just a blank slate; it's aimed at you; the invincible player who could never be harmed by the monsters. But Clover is much more of a character, and Martlet acknowledges much more what that would actually be like for a child. Like how if you abort a Vengeance Run by apologizing to her in your first encounter, she doesn't know what to think and ultimately concludes that you must've been scared. I could never do a Vengeance Run of this game. I never could for Undertale, but I especially couldn't for Yellow. A very good, and very *heart-wrenching* detail of the game, is the way that monsters get visibly hurt when they're damaged. Their dialogue and text changes- and as I was displeased to learn while illustrating the the mechanic to a friend, all the dialogue for the 'ACT' commands change as well. The monsters are no longer interested in making friends with someone that tried to attack them. (I'm very curious about what all the different ACTs for injured monsters say... but I could never find it out myself, because I felt so incredibly bad when Clover just started taunting Penilla or Sir Slither). And having to kill Martlet in the end? I could never do it. I love her too much, and like... Undyne the Undying, going out with a smile on her face, glad she bought time for everyone else- I can deal with that. But Martlet, breaking down, terrified to die, begging for help? That's- that's just the worst to me, I hate seeing that, I could NEVER be responsible for that. The final thing I'll mention I like is that, even in the Vengeance Run- Clover still shows character. They don't ever kill a monster who's not fighting them. When Martlet surrenders, they let her go. When she shows up again, Clover aims their gun as a threat but doesn't fire and lets her leave. They let Mo do their thing since he's just selling stuff, until they get more filled with vengeance- and even then, will only rob him, not kill him. Martlet in her final battle mentions that, even then, Clover seems like they're LOOKING for some reason to hate her. They have their own morals and code that they're sticking to. The game's really, really good. There's so much here to love, and even the problems I have with it are just ways I think things could've been done better rather than being outright bad- and are subjective and not shared by everyone on top of that.