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disliking for lack of iceberg picture inclusion, lame

Theres a few others I haven't seen people mention. Smash Ultimate has a few spirits that you can unlock from having save data from other games (Persona 5 Strikers save data gives Sophia, Dragon Quest 11 gave the Tockles), P5 Strikers also gave bonus items if you had P5R/P5 save data (or Smash Ultimate on Switch). Persona 3 FES had an option where you could transfer your save data from vanilla P3 to FES and would transfer Persona Compendium, Fusion Spells, Character Stats, and Items from Maxed Social Links. A super recent case is Astro Bot is gonna let you transfer all of the new Special Bots you save in Astro's Playroom.

they really should've just reworked stop n' swap to work while the system was on smh

What is the game at 1:16?

Imagine multiplayer games now days having skins unlocked by putting in another game disc woulda been better than selling them lol

My favorite is Harvest moon series with DS and FOMT and awl.

watching this video was worth it just to find about the harry potter 2 x monster rancher 4 promo lol

a lot of games still have these, albeit they're typically pretty minor things. games like smash ultimate, persona 5/persona 5 royal/persona 5 strikers, ff7 remake/ff7 rebirth, pokémon like you mentioned, etc.

Was I imagining things or Medievil had a thing too?

In Ace Combat Zero, having the save data from AC04 and AC5 made unlocking the X-02 Wyvern and ADF-1 FALKEN easier to unlock

Really entertaining I haven't thought of save data excusives in forever, such a cool concept

Yakuza series usually give you little bonuses for having save data from the previous game.

I see people mentioning Rachet and clank, Jak and Daxter did the same thing, for instance Jak X combat racing allowed you to play as Ratchet or Clank if you had, i believe, up your arsenal, or Deadlocked saved data

I think one of my personal favourite examples of this is in the original ratchet and clank trilogy, where if you had a save for the previous games you’d get bonuses depending on which one Ratchet and clank 1->2 gave you the chance to buy back some weapons from the first game for free if you had them in the first game, but if you didn’t then you’d have to pay the price it was in the original Ratchet and clank 3 had this feature for some other weapons from 2 but they did something different for having a save from ratchet and clank 1 In the first game, if you got to a certain point, a moment in the story happens where you’d get a weapons discount after 2 years, insomniac released 3 and they kept that in because it was made 2 years after the first, so you would get that discount However, intentionally or not, if you didn’t have a save file that was after this moment in the story (and doing new game plus resets this as well fyi) the discount isn’t applied until you get to that point of the story again Kinda weird but the games were made in a time crunch so I won’t complain Overall thing I still think it’s a cool way to reward players for sticking to the franchise, especially by the time you get to 3

TRANSFORMERS DEVASTATION SHOWN RAHHHHH

Exclusively in Ace Combat Zero, if you have an Ace Combat 4 save file, you can unlock the Wyvern jet for purchase after completing the first mission instead of having to go through the story campaign twice on two different pathways. And if you have an Ace Combat 5 save file, the Falken jet can be unlocked by going through the story campaign three times (Mercenary, Soldier, and Knight morale pathways) to obtain the regular medals instead of going for the SUPREME medals which are more difficult to earn.

The fact that you even mentioned saint seiya as an american🤯 reason enough for me to sub 🤘🏾

I remember Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition on PS2 would automatically unlock Hard Mode and Vergil if you had a save of the original release. In NTSC-U and PAL regions the prior release had the difficulty increased (easy was normal, normal was hard, and hard was a new difficulty which became very hard in SE) so if you were used to that you could hop right back in on Hard, plus having the new character playable right away since you probably already played Dante’s campaign.

Bestie your accent in Spanish is hot

Excelente video, saludos!

We can unlock 4 new bots in Astro's playroom and transfer them to Astro Bot.

Nintendo still does this. The most recent one i can remember which was awesome was Mew and Jirachi in Pokemon Lets Go

SMT: Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 actually have very interesting save data bonuses when using a new game + save data from the first game when starting the sequel. You unlock hard mode from the beginning (which is normally ng+ exclusive), you gain stat bonuses based upon your game completion, you gain different items and equipment depending on the optional bosses you defeated, and depending on your choices in the first game you can bring a party member back in the story and even unlock one of the strongest moves in the entire duology.

Putting that YT money to good use on Haunting Ground 💰💰

Suikoden! Why no Suikoden.

Borderlands 1 till pre sequel you player loyalty rewards for having a save progress for previous games like bl2 gave you items and weapons from bl1 and pre sequel (i think) gave you items and weapons from bl2

Please make a video of more examples

Idk if anyone else potentially commented this already.. but relating to the videos mentioning of the little sprites and stuff you got to see on the PS2 memory card. I was pretty captivated by that as a kid, too. Whenever you'd get a new game, or rent one.. first, you got to read the little booklet/manual on the ride home. Like cover to cover, likely multiple times if it wasnt a short ride. Well, wait. Before even that, before even buying or renting the game, obviously, you checked out the back of the case first. As a young and stupid kid, for the longest time.. a little longer than I should have prob, my decision to buy games like 85% came down to the stuff on the case. Mostly stuff on the back, since cover art can be receiving. When I was a little older, I had subscriptions to video game magazines and would make more educated purchases through that, that's another whole conversation in itself. But anyway.. so there was the reading and studying of the physical case of the game and the booklet. If it came with one. If you're buying used or renting, a good amount of the time it sadly didn't. Then you'd get home, pop the game in and play the shit out of it for a good while.. then when you got a little bored, it was like this extra little treat or cherry on top to be like "I wonder what the save data looks like" and go check that out. But ALSO, it's not JUST the little sprite or picture that depicts the save data. They'd often change if you went to delete them, which felt slightly dangerous. It's like the feeling of inching close to the edge of a tall surface and risking falling or something. I worded that less than eloquently but struggling to think how else to phrase it.. But when you'd click "delete" it'd have an additional window pop up like "Are you sure? Yes / No" and the sprites would often change or do a little something different. Most commonly they'd go from cute to crying or something. Or at least change expressions, how their head etc etc. Which, I rarely ever actually did. It was sort of just an additional test and like layer of checking out this new piece of entertainment you got. There wasn't a hell of a lot to do for long periods of times, at least when I was a preteen. There wasn't readily access to the internet and even if there were, it's not like much interesting existed. You just killed 2 hours playing clash games on Newgrounds or whatever and there wasn't much else to do or incentive to go back. I'm specifically talking even pre-youtube, but even the first years of CZcams had very little and very different content on it. Certainly not the video essay type stuff we have today, that I find myself consuming for hours on end and am incredibly grateful for. I haven't experienced the feeling or sensation of "boredom" since I was something like 16. I think part of that comes with getting older and getting hobbies and aspirations, but I think part of it, for me at least, definitely is attributed to the advancements of technology. And thank fucking god. I think about if I were born even 15 years earlier, it would've been hell for me.

Champions: Return to Arms for PS2 allowed you to transfer your character from the previous game, Champions of Norrath.

8:24 idk if this counts but you could link a ruby/saphire cart with an emerald one this is one of the legitimate way to get the eon ticket in emerald

Borderlands gave you skins and extra golden keys i believe

Need for speed underground 2 save file on memory card would give an extra $10,000 in Need for Speed Most wanted. Ratchet and clank 2 would give a few free ratchet and clank 1 weapons with save data from 1, similarly Ratchet and clank 3 you would get a 10% discount on gadgetron weapons if you had a save from the first game, only catch was it had to be a certain way through the game and I believe you needed the weapons in your R&C save, slim cognito would also give free R&C 2 weapons if you had them in R&C 2 and (I think) you had to have their mega versions in NG+

The Naruto series of games on the PlayStation 2 had the save data bonuses =^-^=

I still get them in Yakuza games

Pachizord wasnt released over here in the UK as the P word on its own is racist towards people from Pakistan so we avoid that one.

The Pokemon Black & White to their sequels was my absolute favorite thing they did.

Good vid

Holy crap! I can't believe you never brought up the infamous Power Rangers fanfic "Agony in Pink" that was so bad, it got an entire website banned in Australia. For those who don't what that is, look it up at your own caution.

WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2006 if you connected your PSP to the PS2 you can unlock Jake Roberts and this was the only way to do it.

In Mario Kart Wii, you could unlock Rosalina early by having save data of Super Mario Galaxy.

Shout out to Saint Seiya... it should be bigger than it is

You should play the trails series where your level carries over to the next game as well as bonuses for an in game rank achieved as well as NPC’s remembering who you are

fun fact, tag force got one final game on the psp that went all the way up to pendulum and xyz summoning. on the psp. when the psp was already basically phased out by the PSVita

While it isn't save data, if you have a GBA game inserted in your ds while playing a generation 4 game you can catch exclusive pokemon. Pokemon Dash also had a similar feature allowing you to make a track based on any pokemon you have on your save in the gba game.

If need for speed carbon saw save data for Need for speed most wanted on your memory card you'd get an extra 10 grand.

46:46 I recently found an even older one. It's one of the original die-cast "chogokin" style 4.75 inch figures but it's gold instead of red. It's awesome and I wish i could afford the 3 grand asking price on ebay lol

DOT HACK MENTIONED LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

How do you pronounce the Ark Phone?

The Witcher games had this and inspired me to play through them all from Witcher 1 to 3. The only discrepancy was there was one particular character that could die to a decision the player made in the Witcher 1 but would reappear in the Witcher 3 regardless.

The Forza games had some cross-save bonuses, for example: - If you played the first Horizon by a specific date, you unlocked an exclusive Viper for the main game. Same for Horizon 4, but with a T-shirt and no time limit. - Horizon 5 gave you the hero cars from the previous entries if you played them. - You unlock stuff in Motorsport 4 depending on your progress in Motorsport 3; there is even an achievement for it. - If you played the Fast & Furious spinoff, you unlocked something in the main Horizon 2 game.