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Yahtzee reviews Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Castle Crashers, and the retro games in general.
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[@user-zf3fc9tn5k]

I'd so watch inspector gadget battling Hitler.

[@adrianshephard6321]

That's probably who Dr. Claw was.. A cartoony version of a wolfenstein-style version of Hitler...

[@Gojiro7]

would you settle for Captain Planet battling Hitler instead?? because that actually happened once.

[@TheLightningbro]

Gojiro7 SOURCE? PLEASE I must see this.

[@jolan_tru]

"Go-go gadget Earthquake Bomb!"

[@leovigild_]

Interstellar Bum Pirates on the Astral Thought Plains of the Universal Overmind was easily the best game of 2031. It is sad that all the other mainstream titles are cheap piles of shit, Chinese knockoffs, remakes or tasteless shooters about the Great North Korean war of 2019.

[@laughingjack845]

I totally agree, though Halo 3 still left me with some ace memories. Regardless, have you watched Rise of the dawn of the start of the beginning of the planet of the apes, yet?

[@Bartoc1988]

+Laughing Jack Star Wars Episode 912 in 4d was better. EA-Disney outdid itself there

[@burued]

they really should change the setting, like great google wars or third Trump-mexican war

[@nelly5954]

can't lie, the great north korean war almost happened

[@kin-3877]

@@nelly5954 yeah he was suspiciously close to being right

[@Khalith]

That ending cracks me up every time.

[@stephenscod2230]

R.I.P. LIVES How ironic.

[@nis5e]

*Fun fact:* The ending gag about Hitler at 04:23 is cut from the Zero Punctuation 2011 compilation.

[@magnusfundal1970]

The one "with no punctuation", right? The end credits are kind of important for that particular joke.

[@Calamity556]

Yahtzee. He hates everyone, and we love him for that.

[@TimeBomb014X]

and Columbo

[@SlimeBeast-xp7xf]

Calamity556 2:40 jonen vazquez? the dude who made invader zim?

[@ruilmonsezhi4088]

Are we in an abusive relationship with a fictional character created by a snappy Australian

[@Schwallex]

Yeah, if that's what you take from this video, or indeed any Yahtzee video, then you are a plum. And we hate you for that.

[@madeliner1682]

and we've come full circle. I have fond memories of playing castle crashers with my brothers as children

[@dkill34]

I wonder if Yahtzee has ever played Battle Block Theater?

[@SpookieD00kie]

Interstellar bum pirates? JJJAAAAMMMM

[@henryjohnson9148]

Mogworld

[@ZoruaHunter]

+Henry Johnson Double Bill also happens to be a character from Mogworld. I wonder why he decided to name the video such.

[@SpookieD00kie]

Really got to get around to reading mogworld...

[@ZoruaHunter]

'sbreddy gud

[@jodawoe]

It’s always fun to rewatch the origins of Jacques McKweon...

[@ToastyMozart]

1:52 Reminds me of "taking the long way" in VVVVV, in which a single 1ft^2 bump is blocking your path, and the only way past is to flip your gravity, fall through three screens worth of spiked pits until you find a touchable spot, then flip it again and go through a different spiked falltube and land on the other side of the bump.

[@UnrealSquare637]

This episode pretty much sums up my thoughts on Sonic Adventure 2.

[@angeldeb82]

LOLed at the credits in which Yahzee digs up the grave of Quick Time Events, and swats off the button press, only to be eaten by a giant imp seconds later! And the imp peeing on one grave... priceless! :D

[@CallmeGanonDragmire]

Interstellar Bum Pirates! (It is a reference from Yahtzee's book Mogworld.)

[@damobeck1]

Suddenly I want to read this book!

[@CallmeGanonDragmire]

Read both Mogworld and JAM. Both are great. Get them on amazon.

[@TiredTransbian]

Thank you for opening that logical circle. I have a feeling that this one can go on forever.

[@nis5e]

02:57 Is an excellently formed recommendation-critique tie-in.

[@888Rebirth]

Yahtzee's general sarcasm and cynicism is painfully evident in almost every aspect and most people catch on to it and like him for it. But for some reason, whenever he says something that they disagree with, all that logic goes out the window and their anus clinches harder than an 8 year old boy at mass. I'll never understand these things.

[@tommerker8063]

it's realy easy to understand though. people are idiots, simple as that.

[@kierannurmi5488]

Someone needs to remind all the people making HD remakes that our future space technology can do more than improve graphics.

[@JakesFavorites]

That comment about Nintendo taking ideas from children's scribbles... that is some very serious deja vu. I distinctly remember some of my homemade pokemon from a little after the release of third gen mysteriously making it into fourth as ancillary legendaries who have been notorious for having very little bearing on the plot.

[@CyrusBluebird]

hmm... MIDI music, Amusing quit messages, obnoxious difficulty... are you pointing to Wolfenstein 3D?

[@srawadernam2367]

we should make yatzee create a game and then give him amnesia to make him forget he made it and then have him review it.

[@moonraven6145]

I kind of wished the "Strangely", with Yahtzee in a ghost sheet saying "wooo" was a shirt

[@THEBEEDOOBOP]

4:06 I got that joke. And I'm not going to specifically point it out just to confuse the person who reads this until somebody else who read that book validates my authority. God, what am I doing with my life?

[@BatesChannel]

Anne Frankly, that make's me fuhrerious!

[@SeCONdagenda1]

Ed Norton is probably the most underrated actor I can think of!

[@thu4167]

4:00 I'm 14 and Interstellar Bum Pirates on the Astral Thought Plains of the Universal Overmind sounds like a freakin' fun game.

[@theJOYSofANALpenetration]

Frankly that's a fun game regardless of age level. Interstellar Bum Pirates, ages 9-99 now on the ATPotUO3 for $60 or your regional equivalent.

[@thu4167]

The joys of Anal Rape -._.- nice name

[@theJOYSofANALpenetration]

Thu Collist Kid full disclosure, I am the PR guy for Interstellar Bum Pirates. That's why this is my name.

[@theJOYSofANALpenetration]

Thu Collist Kid Indeedidoodle. We say that in the future, it's like saying "radical" or "swag".

[@thu4167]

The joys of Anal Rape Cool.

[@cassandrafalkner3405]

Yes! I knew I wasn't alone!

[@TooMuchSascha]

It was a quote by the Scarecrow (A.K.A. Dr. Jonathan Crane) when discovering Batman in the shed filled with drug-smuggling teddy bears, just before covering him in gasoline and lighting him on fire. I know that movie like the back if my hand! Well, sort of. Actually, I think I did miss a word or two. I don't quite remember. "Want my opinion? you need to lighten up." *lights Batman on fire*

[@theagonylord]

wait... that last sentence... waitwhatnow?

[@manny27392]

in a few videos he does hint to that.. also.. try playing around with his name.. say it out loud a few times maybe replace a letter or two just to see what comes out

[@aquatictoaster]

Joe m. joe Yaght-zee Naght-zee

[@subtlewhatssubtle]

Playing the original decades ago, I did wonder why A both extended as well as retracted the claw, when I realized it was one of the game's few mercies. For instance, if you accidentally double tapped A in Area 6 while in the middle of a swing with the original controls, you weren't going to throw yourself out to sea and instant death like you would with attach-detach controls. Sure, you'd be hanging from a light pole, but you could always climb up, slide off, and try again when you were ready.

[@keiichimorisato98]

i loved the game, it looked great, the platforming was solid, and FLUDD was awesome.

[@shady4091]

"God I love yellow" rofl

[@turkeysamwich00]

@1:05 lol I just watched American History X

[@QuirkyView]

There is a fine line between psychotic and genius. Yathzee somehow managed to find grey in the line anyway.

[@SonOfMeme]

So THIS is where the "Interstellar Bum Pirates" comes from. I knew I had heard it before when I read his books.(Which you should, too. They were fucking awesome)

[@grandmaster1200]

*watchs credits* Ohoho man, dodged a bullet there.

[@Tralfazz74]

Thank God that someone isn't so obsessed with their childhood of the 64 to realize that the gamecube versions were better.

[@Megasevo23]

3:10 Oh GOD the Necromancer fight. End of discussion.

[@indianawilson6973]

I get the _Bum Pirates_ reference

[@MrDark93]

Heheh, didn't think he'd referance goldn axe, as it was one of my favorite games on the genesis.

[@ki11bunny]

I think if you watch the Oot3D for about the first 30 secs you will find that what he actually says is, he had never played Oot all the way through. Which does not mean he had never played it just means he had never finished it.

[@RetroWrathX13B]

"Drink down that Burn sauce, Fat boy"

[@Beriorn]

Well, this goes onto the list of "ZP reviews where the last joke is one you definitely don't want your parents to hear when they walk into your room."

[@PETHRIS]

I just realized how many quotes from this video can be found in MogWorld. Holy Shit.

[@thenamelessone83]

I did! "It's not that it didn't try to do better it's that it made huge mistakes that killed the game." It was some of the stuff (not all) that was added that's the problem.

[@nightwishfan1991]

Thank you! I have been having the same issue will all these nostalgia freaks. Ok I don't mind playing old school games but some of the changes were for good reason. Hell take Oblivion for example. The interface was a mess and they barely did anything to explain the way classes work. Skyrim, love the interface and love how your character evolves by his skills your using. Sometime change is good, not all the time but that doesn't mean we should stay in the dark ages of gaming.

[@andrewsantos4801]

Out of pure curiosity I want to see if you will respond to this comment you made 9 years ago. If you can please do so.

[@keiichimorisato98]

Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device, essentially the thing that spouted water out.

[@prointernetuser]

well said, Yahtzee, well said.

[@sp5rk]

The reason I liked Ocarina of Time better was because it didn't feel as linear and had a lot more secrets, but in Twilight Princess I found myself catching the same bug turning it in for the same amount of rupees then going to get another item, in Ocarina of Time there were parts were it forced you to go out and explore for a bit. This made it feel more sand boxy which was a big relief after going through 3 dungeons without stopping. Minigames. Twilight Princess doesn't do them well.

[@sobosswagner]

I like wind Waker out of nostalgia but even taking that factor out it still rocks.

[@pauldee3568]

Isn't wind waker relatively new? Ngl, played ocarina and thought it was meh so didn't follow the rest of the series but I swear windwaker was like 08?

[@sobosswagner]

Paul Dee Wind Waker was like 2001-2002. You're probably thinking of either Phantom Hourglass or Spirit Tracks.

[@pauldee3568]

Cascaded Volcano no way serious?? i swear it feels like only a few years ago wind waker came out.. ive wasted too much of my life since then :')

[@pauldee3568]

***** you may be correct, idk why it just feels like its 2010 or something

[@Foxtrot760]

signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1929, that initially lead to the second world war being declared in 1939 with Hitler's invasion of Poland. The social side of the party was slapped on with some prik stick glue and was just there because they needed more support in the early days of the party when it was just the German Workers Party. When Hitler first joined the party, he was only the 55th member, but was labelled the 555th member as if they showed they [continued in the next comment]

[@retrogamelover2012]

4:11-4:22 And then GTA 4 came out which made him start retracting that mind-set.

[@REgamesplayer]

It is true. We played in group pf 3. At the start we both got wiped and our friend had to go alone. Not only he had completed entire level with the archer, but also soloed boss easily. Game actually becomes considerably easier then you can see your character and where the fuck enemy is.

[@LilianOrchard]

He said he never played it all the way through

[@alexhuje]

@7CellarDoors WRONG! The Zelda games on the GameCube (WW and TP) are probably the most underrated games of all time. They both get rid of many of the design flaws of the N64 games, such as removing that annoying magic meter, so you no longer need to search for magic. There are less “Guide dang it” moments, less linear gameplay, (WW gave us an entire ocean to explore.) more fun items (Bombs + Arrows = Bomb Arrows = MEDIEVAL GRENADE-LAUNCHER = AWESOME!) and better combat systems.

[@alexhuje]

That is because I went to sleep right after I wrote the first reply, and then I didn't check my private mail, until I got home from work the next day.

[@alexhuje]

@7CellarDoors WW tried something new by putting the entire games world in an ocean that you could fully explore on your own. This gameplay mechanic alone makes this one of my favorite games. It was the first true open world 3D Zelda. It was also the game that introduced me to the series.

[@Fuddleton]

Hey Interstellar Butt Pirates! From your book Differently Morphous!

[@jodawoe]

This was the origin of the Jacque Mckeown saga, in case anyone needed to know that...

[@PandaCosmiec]

He said, "Never played it all the way through" I believe.

[@alexhuje]

@7CellarDoors TP took inspiration from all the previous games, removed anything that people didn’t like and added a whole lot of improvements to the old formula like the armor that converted useless rupees to health (seriously, how often do you have a full wallet in the old LoZ games and nothing to spend it on). That is why if you read old reviews of the game you can see people call this game “OoT but better”

[@killa432546]

What if there was a game where you had to perform quick time event finishing moves to mercilessly beat quick time events to death with a cricket bat?

[@DemonClawShadow]

That jokes already been made, TO THE CAMP!

[@MrSargentmike]

yay! I LOVE castlecrashers, oh yahtzee is revieing it...

[@mitchmo95]

Hail to that!

[@OctopusGrift]

So much of what Yahtzee said about retro games I agree with. It's alright to think games you liked when you were a kid were good, but don't pretend that they were perfect and that modern convinces would do nothing to improve them.

[@TheFreemanVids]

Someone prefers Sunshine to 64? YES! I'M NOT ALONE! WEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEH!

[@guardingdark2860]

This kinda makes me want him to review Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. I know it's not exactly "retro", but it's an older game that I liked a lot despite its flaws.

[@Anangryviking]

Ah, Link's awakening. As a kid, I loved that game. And to this day, the ending still makes me sad.

[@alexhuje]

Shure, Ocarina of Time had more sandbox elements, but the sandbox elements in Ocarina of Time was kind of shit. TP decided to be more linear and let you teleport from the beginning of the game, but OoT pretended to be open-ended by having you walk long distances in the beginning of the game, just to get anywhere, until you could teleport there, and the world in OoT was even more naked than the world in TP. Ocarina of time didn't do minigames well ether. I wish there weren’t a 500 character limit

[@MERIPURSU]

These puns are Göering to kill me.

[@JayFandango]

I beg your pardon, you are indeed correct sir.

[@Buster_real]

1:09 One of the "obsolete retro gaming tropes that died out for a good fucking reason" were quick time events... Oh Yahtzee, how naive you were in the past...

[@Jaceblue04]

In his OoT3d review, he said he never played it all the way through.

[@XEarlCielX]

Oh hello the Welsh Dragon X3

[@keiichimorisato98]

i loved it, i really wish it got a HD remake a la WW HD. and i am glad you aren't being pig headed i get that a lot on the internet when you have a different opinion. respect is so far and few in between.

[@alexhuje]

@7CellarDoors "removing that annoying magic meter" "There are less “Guide dang it” moments" "less linear gameplay" "more fun items" and "better combat systems" are all worthwhile opinions. Saying that OoT is better than TP is like saying that Donkey Kong (the arcade game) is better than Super Mario Bros. You jump over stuff in both games but in SMB you can also jump ON stuff. That’s is way more fun. It is just overall a more fun game. OoT is a classic game, but TP improves it alot.

[@alexhuje]

@7CellarDoors SS is weary different to the rest of the games in the series due to its motion controls but the game is still an incredible game and takes the top spot on my top list of Zelda games. Just like WW it tried something new and it works. The entire series is built on good and sometimes wired ideas but having motion controls that actually WORKS! is an amazing and crazy idea. Plus, the whole flying aspect of the game reminded me of WW.

[@roarshach13]

Intersteller Bum Pirates?! IS THAT WHERE HE GOT THAT FOR MOGWORLD AND JAM?!

[@Maxwell_Twist]

Minecraft does have an objective, somewhat. The objective is to kill the Enderdragon that is in the End. Also after you "beat" the game, you get a poem that is kind of like a story of the game, where two fucking divine beings are communicating to teach other and you are seeing their conversation about you.

[@qrpth]

oh the Mogworld quotes

[@Colleywoodstudios]

locker room hard ons... god i remember trying to not get those

[@khisanthez112]

had stiffies in gym cuz we were co ed but not in the locker room. ponders

[@LankyMF]

The thumbnail was too interesting to pass up

[@Foxtrot760]

They called it the National social party in order to gain more support for the party. Just because it says that on the label doesn't mean that it's what you get. The night of the long knives was a night where Hitler's SS went around eliminating about 90% of the SA as they head of the SA Rohm wanted Hitler to act on his social policies and threatened him if he didn't with the SA. After the Reichstag fire, all communists were killed/sent to the camps. [continued in the next comment]

[@SilverW01f]

I've gotten nein so far! Concentration is key!

[@Wahsrocity]

Are you kidding me, there hitlarius!

[@ZlatkoTheGod]

No worries, you're Paragon, you can't fail.

[@BrightSpark]

These puns make me führerious!

[@bowrey118]

Theres over nein thousand, can't be that hard.

[@alexhuje]

You also said that you wanted to beat Midna to death with a shovel. Why would you do such a cruel thing to her? She could teleport you, and transform you and, pull of special attacks to help you. The most useful partner you ever had, and you want to beat her to death? That’s not weary nice. But... Maybe she also represents something you are afraid of... Just like the rest of the game...

[@lindlekindle]

Anyone else notice the Welsh dragon in the thumbnail?

[@maxthebeast11]

now you're just making me furherious

[@nightshade616]

To be fair, I grew up with the n64, played and beat ocarina of time and mario 64 before either of the gamecube ones came out...and twilight princess is the greatest zelda game in history, while mario sunshine is easily the most fun mario game to play

[@fenden32]

1:04 is that an American history x reference? Because that's awesome if it is

[@vtheawesome]

yes.

[@iAspireee]

@nintendonut999 He wasn't. He brings this up again in his Ocarina of Tome 3D review.

[@SleazyShell]

I played the Zeldas and Marios in chronological order and I see where Yahtzee's coming from somewhat, in retrospect. IMO for Mario: Galaxy 1/2 > Sunshine > 64 but for Zelda: Wind Waker > Skyward Sword > Majora's Mask > Twilight Princess > Ocarina of Time. So I'd say it's more like there's no correlation rather than that older games are worse.

[@TurboPastor]

Whoa, i did Nat Zi that ending coming

[@alexhuje]

@7CellarDoors Then tell me, why is OoT so great? It was the most groundbreaking game ever back when it first came out. It took all the elements of the 2D LoZ games and managed to translate them to 3D almost flawlessly. It was the first time anyone has ever done a game like this and it blew everybody’s minds back in 1998 with great graphics and gameplay. But let’s pretend that we live in the futuristic space year of 2011: