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It's fascinating to see you also thought you need to ditch your ship in dark bramble. I was lucky, I figured the fish out in my 2nd visit to the planet, so finding the fossil was underwhelming to say the least, lol.

i was downloading this while i was watching, always wondered what it turnd out like. 45 min in ive pressed space bar like 1000000 times ot skip BS cut scenes and held down cast for 5 seconds. i dont know what theyve made but they really missed the mark on the new game. i cant even just mindless grind for nostalgia, even if ti would be OP for an hour the main thing actual old school failed on was single party quest rooms, thats where ppl would actually stick around. what you do to min max is up to you, if ppl want to whale it then let them, the appeal was always just pressing the button yourself

I agree that the Switch's UI leaves a lot to be desired, and the Eshop lost all of its personality. The loss of Miiverse also sucks, but something I heavily disagree with in this video is you act like 3rd party games are no big deal. We have gotten some of the best games of all time in portable form on the Switch, like Skyrim, Diablo 3, No Man's Sky, Borderlands 1-3, Persona 5, Nier Automata, Warframe, Minecraft, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Dark Souls Remastered, Both Ori games, Valkyria Chronicles 1 and 3, etc....On top of that, more 3rd party collaborations like you praised with Hyrule Warriors have happened, even with indie developers. The lifeblood of a great platform is its 3rd party support. Nintendo can't keep a platform up by itself, and that's been proven with the Gamecube, and Wii U both. While those two systems have some great games, most of those great games are 1st party, that's not a good thing. Also, most of Wii U's games have been ported to Switch, and nearly all of those ports have more content. So to me, someone who still owns his Wii U, the system is almost irrelevant at this point outside of Xenoblade Chronicles X, the only reason I still own mine. Also, I own a Steam Deck, and am even currently typing this on mine while it's in its $80 dock I bought from Steam (Ridiculous price BTW), and I still buy 3rd party games on Switch, wanna know why? Physical copies. I will never pay full price for a digital Steam game outside of an indie I want to support. With Switch, I'll buy a well made port if it's available physically in a heart beat. I have owned, and still own more games on Switch than any platform I have ever bought games for. There's so many games to play that I seriously can't keep up with them. The system is JRPG heaven for example, and while I love the genre, I can't put 50+ hours into all these games, but I love owning them, and will eventually get to most of them.

I still remember opening and booting up my WiiU on Christmas 2012. From there I created my Mii and enjoyed one of the best launch titles of all time: Nintendo Land. They really need something like this for the switch, I still have that same WiiU from over 11 years ago. Sure its battery sucks, but if you get a battery replacement (which there are tons on ebay) It can easily last for over 3 hours.

No idea if you'll read this as I'm very late to this video, but I lost my mom in April. I played Outer Wilds earlier in the year. I find myself coming back to this game again and again. I just keep thinking about it. How it's terrifying and frustrating and satisfying and beautiful all at once. Your video was so cathartic, and I thank you for making it.

The old Nintendo held back its consoles features so freaking much.

I do not miss old Nintendo. The Switch is easily my favorite system and it's not even close. The amount of high quality games I have on my system is more than what I owned between the SNES, Gameboy, Gamecube, Gameboy Advanced, DS, Wii, 3DS, and Wii U combined. Old Nintendo wishes it had this many amazing titles on on system alone. Even the SNES gets a run for it's money when it comes to the sheer quality and quantity on the Switch. Old Nintendo is long gone and thank goodness for that. I'm quite content with modern Nintendo.

Arg.. made me think ... All my guild members either died or unfriended me... kinna sad [victory]

your name seems familiar mappling

I agree 100% I feel the Wii u is the best console and switch is one of the worst in my opinion thought I was the only one thanks for relating

Nintendo now are doing great in areas that they were weak back then, but they’ve also taken a bunch of steps back. Unless the next Nintendo system fixes EVERYTHING wrong with Nintendo (hardware power, online service, online connection, third party support) then I’m probably fully done with Nintendo consoles. I’ll just pirate the games and I don’t care if people cry “wahhh emulation bad stahp it”. Don’t blame me because Nintendo decided to make terrible consoles but great games.

Thank you for this video, not only was it exceptionally well made- it was also incredibly kindhearted and genuine.

Back when I first got my Wii U, it was crazy, I got the 32gb black version with New Super Mario Bros U + Luigi U and the music was a bop, it left more of a lasting impact because of its personality. The switch is fun and all but it really lacks the special charm that Nintendo put into their older consoles. I believe that the reason why the switch is so lifeless is because of the Wii U being a flop and Nintendo thinking that they can’t do anything similar because it might end up being a flop too which is really sad because that stuff made the Wii U special.

also I never liked how they messed with the shadow partner, flash jump AND (only for NL) how the stars get thrown.... idk the original looked better or is it just me?

thanks to maplestory I learned english lol I cant imagine another reason to learn it I could have had back then lol especially with how bad school english is in austria... well helped me keep a #1 in school when it came to english D: Idk why but it was easier to talk to people online and make friends then try to talk to people at school xD

I feel exactly the same. Playing wiiu was a whole magic experience, fun, complete, from the moment you turned on the console until you turned it off. The truth is that the Nintendo experience has been downgraded with the Switch. Nintendo's magic was at its peak with the wii/wiiu, ds/3ds. I grew up with NES and SNES and at some extent they're my favorite consoles so this has nothing to do with nostalgia. Thank you Iwata-san!

In the blink of an eye, Its the last Day Of School, A 2 Miles walk home in 95 degree heat, I open the back door shoes & jumper are off, Moms telling " Dinner will be ready in 20 mins Son! " But there's no time for that, 3rd Job is out & this Spearman has a party waiting, A Level 64 Hunter, A Level 66 Cleric, A Level 67 Bandit & Me, A Level 67 Spearman, Its training time at FoG, We talk about 3rd Job Skills, Laugh & F3, friends Training and making priceless memories that would last years to come. In the blink of an eye, The last day of school was Many Years Ago. They have passed & So has Mom, Maplestory is changed, A New game for a New Generation, Those Friends moved on, I wonder if they think of me from time to time like I do them? Or have they passed too? Being here now, I know I am not alone in this pain. Thank you God for Those times & For those memories.

I had 3 Nintendo Switch, I was trying to find something in it, but I didn't. I do not resonate with Nintendo anymore, and it was a very sad thing to realize. So I bought I Nintendo 2DS, now im happier, really.

After Iwata's passing it just hasn't been the same.

Outer Wilds' community is simply what a community of thought (Philosophical, Religious, etc) should be. They respect pretty much everyone, and I find that beautiful and admirable. When it released, it gave a window to Nihilistic Optimists and their worldview, and it's a cultural touchstone of that philosophy. It will be discussed for years to come. We're all going to die, the Universe is cold and dark and scary... but the world isn't. Children laugh, games like Outer Wilds exist, and we can choose to be kind in the face of the Universe.

promo sm

What are your thoughts on maple worlds remake of osms in Korea called maple land?

Well this perfectly describe how gaming was in the 90s and 00s compared to how it is now.

Dude your story with about Tina sparked a bunch of memories of me playing MapleStory when I was in middle/high school! There was an archer I spent hours chatting with and just hanging out over the course of 3 years or so. Her character name had the name Sara in it so I always assumed it was that. I remember I just stopped playing with no goodbye or farewell. I hope all is going well for her!

I watched this video 2 years ago and I just rewatched it and I still very much agree with all your talking points maplestory is a product of the time and damn I miss those times…

Always got to give a thumbs up to outer wilds! Beautiful game, beautiful music. I wish i could erase my memory of this game just so i can play it for the first time again. Also the dlc was amazing! Cool video.

I got into maplestory during the RED update. the update that introduced Zero. So this was late 2014 when it came to GMS. I did much of the same stuff you did. My first class was xenon, i almost couldn't get to lv 30 since i had no idea where i was going or what quests to do so i just did a bunch of them but still felt like i was getting nowhere. It was certainly an experience. I eventually managed to get to lv 30, then 60, then 100, then 140. Hell, it wasn't until at least 2-3 years ago that I was able to hit lv 200 at all. It literally only happened because 5th job lowered the exp requirement But to get back on topic with my oldschool experience, it was much like what you did. I did ludi PQ all the time when i was still in single digit levels. It was so fun. I joined a guild and talked with a bunch of people back in my main server of windia. (Once reboot came out, i migrated to there.) Someone even gave me the gold to do a job change back when i was a buccaneer trying to go back to corsair. The guild did dailies together, things were fun, but when i logged in after a long time, i noticed that even the owner of the guild just kinda went blank. they hadn't logged in in so long that whatever role they were was no longer visible. she was a F/P mage to my knowledge but alas, only to my knowledge. back during those days of RED, the game was crazy fun. I could play it nonstop all day. I remember getting shade to lv 100 in day 1 of his release because i was that invested into the game. I remember watching updates for cannoneer and dual blade release at the same time. the heroes of maple story arc coming out, fucking ELUNA being the biggest hax in the game for leveling up your characters fast. I loved it so much but i know they'll never bring it back. I remember jett before the rework, and then again before they completely deleted him. I remember so much about my time spent playing this game. It was there for me much like how it was for you in a dark spot where you didn't have many friends. I played it pretty dedicatedly for a good 3 years and then moved on to other stuff in 2016 and then came back later in 2019 for about a year. Even now, in 2024, I still pop back in to play the game and see whats new. Mainly when theres a new burning event, i go in and try to max out the newest character at the time. Most recently, this was adele which is just discount irelia from league of legends. I'm ranting on WAY too long but overall what i'm trying to say is that this video resonated with me a lot because no matter how much I could play maplestory now, it'll never be the same game that made me emotional, comforted, and just happy spending a lot of time. It simply can't be that way anymore and while it's sad, i'm overjoyed at the memories i made playing it. lol, actually got teary writing that last paragraph. this game really means a lot to me ❤

Honestly Mapleroyals been butter for me nostalgically

I just realised the silly avatars Facebook tried so hard to make would have succeeded if they made a game in the early 2000s to go along with it instead. Oh wait.

modern maple is like a diff game wearing old maple as a skin mask

Miyamoto insists on having a new “way to play” to justify bringing back old series like Starfox. Well here’s an idea: Make a Starfox Roguelike. Rail shooters are kinda out of style, but roguelikes are in, and it’s new territory for Nintendo. No other Nintendo IP would fit the roguelike genre better than Starfox. You do runs, each run you select ship upgrades, unique enemies and bosses in each section, until you die. Gain some currency to spend on permanent level-ups back at base. Its fresh, would be totally unique in Nintendos IP lineup, and would maintain Starfox’s core gameplay.

Switch success is because games are nothing but micro transaction machine, that's why people running to Nintendo. Nintendo forgot they succeed because others are failing on their mission, meanwhile switch mission is try to regain the audience and succeed. After they succeed there's no more mission for them.

i rewatch this video every time i cycle through a pikmin hyperfixation

There was a wario game on the ds

I'm sorry this must be a generational thing. Because I was an adult when the Wii U came out and the big take aways from the Wii U era were these. Nintendo resting on their loreals the biggest example of that being the stale New Super Mario Bros series that they released two of in the same year. The other thing is the looooong many month long software droughts. The Wii U era was a tough time for us Nintendo fans.

for all of u guys want to play again maplestory 2003 experience u should downdload RoyalsMS. Its a private server easy to install, its has like 2k players u can u train and party quest like the old times!!.. I love it take me back to the golden ages of MS.

I feel so conflicted about Sea of Stars. (Warning: loooooong comment.) I started gaming in the 16-bit era, so Ninja Gaiden and the whole 8-bit aesthetics don't do anything for me. Yet, I gave The Messenger a try after seeing the positive buzz it was generating. It blew my mind to an astounding degree. It was GENIUS, from all perspectives. I loved how smooth and fluid the gameplay was, I loved the story, I loved the subversion of genres and the cross-generational graphical style. Above all, I loved the writing. And above all the writing, I loved the writing for the Shopkeeper. In reading the Shopkeeper's stories, I got the feeling that Sabotage studios had a stellar writer who was perhaps even a little bit frustrated with having to work on a game that wasn't dialogue-based. I have heard critics say The Messenger is "overwritten", and I agree! I just don't think it's a negative. The Messenger is just not the sort of game that needs to be so well written as it is. So when I heard the next game by the same studio was going to be an RPG, I was like "of course!" It felt natural to me that they'd be working on a genre with more space for the writing to shine. Sea of Stars immediately became my most anticipated game. And for the entire time, from announcement to release, it maintained that status. Not even Zelda Tears of the Kingdom managed to quite capture my hype as much as Sea of Stars. I am not used to feeling hyped for games like this, so I literally didn't know what to do with myself in the last 2 or 3 months leading up to Sea of Stars' release date. Even though I am not a fan of RPGs, the only way I found to tide myself over was to play other indie RPGs, so I started CrossCode. When Sea of Stars finally released, I was around 40% through with CrossCode and I was enjoying it a lot, but I immediately dropped it, of course. I started playing Sea of Stars and… I felt weird. I didn't recognize the writing. More than not recognizing it, after the second or third major area of the game, I had to admit to myself I wasn't really enjoying it. It didn't feel as sharp and creative and bursting at the seams with style. It didn't feel like it had been written by the same team or person that wrote The Messenger. And although the graphics were certainly very pleasing to look at, I was also not enjoying the game itself. I could recognize the battle system was well designed and creative, but it just wasn't captivating to me. Progression wasn't feeling super good. The music was surprisingly not great as well (although certainly far from being bad). I was disappointed. I decided to give it a few days and go back to CrossCode in the meantime. Then, I was surprised by how much more I was enjoying it than Sea of Stars. The game I merely used as a distraction to tide me over to Sea of Stars ended up becoming my favorite RPG of all time, surpassing even Chrono Trigger. As for Sea of Stars, I never got too far past the part when we first encounter The Sleeper. I just watched another video on Sea of Stars, a scathing critique by someone who wanted to like it as much as I did, and it didn't for many of the same reasons I didn't. After watching it and feeling validated, I remembered I had this video in my Watch Later for weeks now, so I decided to watch it as well, for a counterpoint. After watching these two long videos, one full of criticism and another full of praise, I think I'm decided for now: I'll wait for Sabotage's next game. I'll see if it hits me closer to how The Messenger hit me, or closer to how Sea of Stars hit me. If it pulls me into this world, I'll gladly give Sea of Stars another chance, and I'll play it even if for the worldbuilding alone. If not, then… well, at least it indirectly caused me to find and play the best JRPG I've ever known.

This but runescape

You forgot Starlink: Battle For Atlas. Not really a Star Fox game, but all the Star Fox DLC that they threw in there makes it worth at least mentioning.

Tell me u have OSMS-itis without saying it ^

Thanks for this video.I played EMS around 2007 (pre big bang,pre pirates) and have made some life long friendships from the game. Haven't logged in since 2011 or so and also my account seems to no longer exist, but sometimes I would love to play once again (but the game I used to play, not today's Maple 😅)

Im kinda nervous that the Nintendo Switch successor will somehow be even more minimalistic and bland than the Switch…

I have found my tribe

Star Fox fans have been asking for more on-rails missions since SF64, and Nintendo seems allergic to it. Adventures had 4 on-rails segments and we wanted more. Assault was only 40% on rails and we wanted more. Command was good but we didnt get anything on-rails So Nintendo's big brain move was to give us another game that was mostly all-range mode and completely nuke the controls In retrospect, maybe it's a good thing they havent touched F-Zero since GX

Please.... Let's all come back.. I need to go back to my happy years

Nostalgia

For Pikmin 5, they should reimpose a time limit that can be extended like in Pikmin 3. But take a page out of Pikmin 2's book and have it be because the company is in debt, perhaps with Louie being "busy" with Olimar, the president had to instead he the one to deliver the shipment of golden pikpik carrots with the huge twist being that the actual is attacked by a ravenous space bunny. By paying off a certain amount of the debt you earn back more time from the loan sharks until you have paid off the debt and go to return to Hocotate. But in a surprise twist, this time it's Olimar who gets unexpectedly left behind, perhaps kidnapped by the Plasma Wraith. So it's now up the the president, Louie, and maybe even Moss to find him and collect more treasure, without a time limit this time.

You miss shitty consoles and no games?

I loved starfox adventures as a kid. Was actually the first starfox game I've played. It's a shame that it left suched a tarnished reputation to the series. I don't think it was the series deviating from the genre, either. Look at how loved mario RPG games are like paper mario and games like superstar saga. If starfox wasn't used as a blatant replacement for dinosaur planet and had more original sound effects and game mechanics I think it would have gotten better reception even as a series deviation

34:58 i was in 6th-8th grade during old school maple, i used to walk miles to target to get a NX card (only to waste it on gach ot something). Nowadays it might be harder to monetize, but i know for certain if i get on a server with old school exp rates i will RARELY be training without a 4hr 2x exp card. And would be more than willing to invest money (again 🫣) if i knew the game would stay supported for a couple years