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The Kong That Time Forgot
Delving into the mysteries held within even the earliest appearances of Mario and Donkey Kong - including a mysterious Kong that time (and I) forgot! The latest revelation in the Kong-tinuity is here, and seemingly, even Nintendo doesn't know the answers.
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Mystery Dungeon & The Meaning Of Life
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What does Mystery Dungeon mean to you? In this video, I retrospect on the series' often-overlooked debut: Torneko's Great Adventure, a Super Famicom classic that's not only fun - but just might hold the answers to some of life's biggest questions.
Mario Map 2 - To The Edge Of The Marioverse
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This time, we expand the Mario Map in pursuit of uncovering the mysteries lying in wait at its furthest edges, and stumble into a potential connection to Pikmin that could permanently alter our understanding of the Mario universe. Do not try this at home.
Celeste's Secret Predecessor
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An extensive deep-dive into the lesser-known Celeste predecessor you might not know about. While it may not have the accolades of Maddy Thorson's later games, Jumper is a series should definitely play - as it helped pave the way for many indie games to come. Thank you to MaddyMakesGames / ExtremelyOKGames for the games over the years - check them out here: www.maddymakesgames.com/
Are The Mario RPGs Canon?
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With multiple Marios and contradictory evidence abound, we delve headfirst into the confusing canon of the Mario universe once more to answer one question: are the RPGs canon? Link to seandwalsh's amazing Mario timeline: seandwalsh.tumblr.com/timeline
Pikmin 4 Analysis | The Good, The Bad & The Oatchi
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Pikmin 4 finally graced the Nintendo Switch this year, and I'm analyzing all of the creative decisions made this time around in painstaking detail. Part review, part rant - all Pikmin.
Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.06 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
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An overview of the most recent additions to Pikmin TD in the new 0.06 update. Follow development more closely and try the game out for yourself here: pikpik-factory.itch.io
A Map of the Mario Universe
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Finally - we uncover the secrets that have been hiding in plain sight throughout the Super Mario universe. Maintenance of canon not always guaranteed.
Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.05 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
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Another semi-regular update for Pikmin TD, this time introducing an overhauled UI and a few new tools. Try the game out for yourself: pikpik-factory.itch.io
Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.04 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
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Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.04 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.03 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
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Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.03 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.02 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
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Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.02 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.01 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
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Pikmin TD - Test Version 0.01 AVAILABLE NOW on itch.io!
Pikmin TD - Devlog #1
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Pikmin TD - Devlog #1
I'm Making a Pikmin Tower Defense Game To Celebrate Pikmin 4
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I'm Making a Pikmin Tower Defense Game To Celebrate Pikmin 4
Haribo Tier List - 50 Flavors Ranked
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Haribo Tier List - 50 Flavors Ranked
Mario Movie Pre-Release Thoughts
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Mario Movie Pre-Release Thoughts
MultiVersus Is Even Worse Than I Thought
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MultiVersus Is Even Worse Than I Thought
The Kong Family Tree - A Danger To The Space-Time Continuum
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The Kong Family Tree - A Danger To The Space-Time Continuum
MultiVersus Sets A Bad Precedent
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MultiVersus Sets A Bad Precedent
transmission: the end of super smash bros.
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transmission: the end of super smash bros.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Ideal Roster
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Ideal Roster
E3 2021 - Super Smash Bros. Speculation [Finale]
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E3 2021 - Super Smash Bros. Speculation [Finale]
E3 2021 - Super Smash Bros. Speculation [Round 4]
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E3 2021 - Super Smash Bros. Speculation [Round 4]
E3 2021 - Smash Bros. Speculation [Round 3]
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E3 2021 - Smash Bros. Speculation [Round 3]
E3 2021 - Smash Bros. Speculation [Round 2]
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E3 2021 - Smash Bros. Speculation [Round 2]
E3 2021 - Smash Bros. Speculation [Round 1]
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E3 2021 - Smash Bros. Speculation [Round 1]
The Potential of Ganbare Goemon in Smash Bros.
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The Potential of Ganbare Goemon in Smash Bros.
How Smash Bros. Fails An Entire Genre
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How Smash Bros. Fails An Entire Genre
The Potential of DOOM in Smash Bros.
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The Potential of DOOM in Smash Bros.

Komentáře

  • @OliverKlaus-fs7mp
    @OliverKlaus-fs7mp Před 38 minutami

    Lanky Kong works in IT nowadays.

  • @Chubby_Bub
    @Chubby_Bub Před 2 hodinami

    hey, I'd watch a video about Bullet William. What's his relationship to the other guys like Banzai Billiam and Torpedo Theodore?

  • @Eris1987
    @Eris1987 Před 3 hodinami

    I'm pretty sure it is just meant to be Donkey Kong Senior and it is a visual thing. That's also more of a brown that is orangish. In addition in games like Donkey Kong Junior, Donkey Kong Senior's color is more of an orangish brown but it's still Donkey Kong Senior.

  • @maxwellattacks6645
    @maxwellattacks6645 Před 3 hodinami

    One question that's been bothering me is what happened to Stanley the Bugman and who the hell is he (this is both in universe and meta question he confuses me)

  • @Unithrex
    @Unithrex Před 3 hodinami

    I really love your wholistic, evidence based interpretations. I hope maybe you'll tackle other series' stories too. Especially ones that have subtle world building like Mario

    • @backseatsakurai
      @backseatsakurai Před 3 hodinami

      Thanks! That's probably what's next. Not sure it will always be as silly and reality-bending as the Mario stuff but I have a few ideas.

  • @theblacklorax
    @theblacklorax Před 8 hodinami

    Algorithm fuel ⛽

  • @NitnerockBobarr
    @NitnerockBobarr Před 9 hodinami

    I think the second Mario of Donkey Kong Jr. is a coworker of Mario, of some kind. Maybe from his extended family of italian imigrates, of maybe not. It could be Luigi but I more like to think he was not involved with Mario's career until their plumbing start up project. Could be Spike, a long time co-worker of Mario, at least in the demolition site industry. But it could also be another carpenter or random italian dude that happens to help Mario to the task of keeping the construction site safe by capturing the ape with him, and also happens to looks like Mario. It's not too far-fetched to me

  • @IncredibleCactusRoll
    @IncredibleCactusRoll Před 9 hodinami

    The Stacky Kongs, maybe relatives of Cranky with orangutan genes

  • @Doktario_Mystario
    @Doktario_Mystario Před 10 hodinami

    7:15 That's just Luigi, easiest fix ever

  • @thisisasupersayin376
    @thisisasupersayin376 Před 10 hodinami

    1. Crash is already in Skylanders Imaginarors 2. There's an offhand line in God of War Ragnarok that implies Kratos' story in PSASBR is canon. 3 The character in Captain N is not Pit. His name is Kid Icarus. He's never called Pit in the show.

  • @gabrielsantosesilva2082
    @gabrielsantosesilva2082 Před 12 hodinami

    Now this it politics

  • @erfthe
    @erfthe Před 12 hodinami

    Now whenever i see Lanky Kong ill think of this video and how his family's strife lead him to where he is now.

  • @pingas6429
    @pingas6429 Před 12 hodinami

    Don't Overthink It, The Orangutan Is Supposed To Represent Donkey Kong.

  • @aydenbaldwin3041
    @aydenbaldwin3041 Před 12 hodinami

    The 2nd Mario in Donkey Kong Jr could be Luigi

    • @pedrogarcia8706
      @pedrogarcia8706 Před 12 hodinami

      That's what I thought. Just because he always wears green doesn't mean he can't wear red and blue. It's just clothes

    • @aydenbaldwin3041
      @aydenbaldwin3041 Před 12 hodinami

      @pedrogarcia8706 also luigi was a mario clone in the early games

  • @ellie7252
    @ellie7252 Před 12 hodinami

    why is this actually interesting? great video

  • @Dieselnaut16
    @Dieselnaut16 Před dnem

    actual peak direct, I will not listen to anyone who tells me that Metroid prime 4, New Zelda, fucking mario and luigi is somehow not up to standard

  • @hinobye14
    @hinobye14 Před 2 dny

    I don’t think there was a point in not including smash at this point

  • @FloridusMan
    @FloridusMan Před 3 dny

    2:40 Someone has clearly never watched any of the episodes with Kenny the Cat

  • @nicholaslienandjaja1815

    My idea for Arle’s Classic Mode route if she gets into Smash 6: Her opponents will represent other Puyo Puyo characters. The final boss of her Classic Mode route will be Dracula from Castlevania (representing Satan/the Dark Prince).

  • @Snooty4835
    @Snooty4835 Před 3 dny

    Question…did you count the Viva Kingdom from All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.? Did I just miss something?

  • @GUNUFofficial
    @GUNUFofficial Před 4 dny

    What if all paper mario after the 64 version is just fanfiction.

  • @shannonhoward4792
    @shannonhoward4792 Před 5 dny

    The safe way we can look at it is to call every RPG canon except Paper Jam, because it sucks. Or if we want the stupid way, the original Paper Mario did have that 4th wall breaking Bumpty. Paper Mario could actually be a brand name. Like, the paper games could be summaries of 5 more adventures that the real Mario had, but Herringway chose to make it Paper themed, changing the style and theme of the locales, and as for Paper Jam, the book could have been magicial for plot reasons, consisting how the 4th paper game did feature magic in it. So, the Paper Mario we see is just regular Mario, but translated to Paper form, and we are playing within Herringway's story. TL;DR: The Paper games are extra Mario adventures, but translated to book form by Herringway, and the Paper games are playing within the book's story.

  • @backyarddad4198
    @backyarddad4198 Před 5 dny

    Sticker Star could still be a second mario from the book in the mario universe that just so happens to have collected pictures of peach that fell into the book from the real world…

    • @geoffabbythomas7293
      @geoffabbythomas7293 Před 7 hodinami

      But the pictures are of paper peach so that can't work

    • @backyarddad4198
      @backyarddad4198 Před 7 hodinami

      @@geoffabbythomas7293 they look like paper peach because we’re viewing it through the lense of paper mario. It’s like the top layer characters can look normal if you view them through another lense, but the paper jam paper mario with a white outline looks like paper mario even in other games. The same thing happens for those pictures.

  • @masterboa6321
    @masterboa6321 Před 6 dny

    my thought is that the paper mario games have an unreliable narrator in the form of Penningway who allegorifies some of the more body-horror-ish elements of mario's journey (i.e. becoming a plane) into a paper representation to avoid scaring the kids who read his books.

  • @Kokatsona
    @Kokatsona Před 7 dny

    So the game went back online and dear god..i didn’t think i wanted the beta back more than ever - Attack Decay basically doesn’t exist so there are spammers galore - If you didn’t get much of the characters from beta or are new to the game, don’t bother. Characters are extremely hard to grind out since you’re provided so little currency for them. - Rift Mode is boring as hell and feels like something that was slapped together for “Single Player Content”. - Again, no ranked mode on launch. But then again why would you WANT to play ranked with how slow the game is now? - The game is WAYYY too slow now. I’ve heard that this game was on a forced 30 frame delay which for a fighter is crucial as those type of games need the least amount of latency and lag. - Trying to play on Xbox period. Enough Said. - The blast zone seems to have shrank for the ceiling, mixing with the fact that there’s almost no attack decay and how the characters PROBABLY got stronger you could see yourself dying seconds into the match at 50%. Oh yeah i also heard from somewhere that WB or Multiversus itself that there are more marketers than programmers and coders. I’m not joking. What was that one line from that one Far Cry characte? “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting it to change”

  • @ProGamez262Archived

    I like this video a lot, but one thing I think you got wrong is that the bean kingdom is supposed to be right next to the mushroom kingdom.

    • @backseatsakurai
      @backseatsakurai Před 7 dny

      You're 100% right, this is one of the errors people have pointed out. Glad you enjoyed the vid though, I appreciate it

  • @98voteforpedro
    @98voteforpedro Před 7 dny

    Finally someone eho understands manky is a single kong

  • @ShiOreard
    @ShiOreard Před 8 dny

    Hello? Are you going to make a video again on Multiversus? it seems that the game has problems

    • @backseatsakurai
      @backseatsakurai Před 8 dny

      I'm split. I feel like continuously making vids repeating that I dislike the game is a bit pointless. I'll check it out though...

  • @Twentydragon
    @Twentydragon Před 10 dny

    3:15 - Where did you find the information that Candy is Dixie and Tiny's older sister?

    • @backseatsakurai
      @backseatsakurai Před 10 dny

      it's speculation and debatable but it fits cleanly - all blonde haired female apes, and it doesn't cause any conflicts in logic elsewhere. I suppose if we say she isn't their older sister, she would just be a total anomaly outside of her romantic relationship with Donkey

  • @ganmakurel
    @ganmakurel Před 13 dny

    Ngl i thought you had more subs and more views on this video. Leaving a comment for the algorithm

  • @Robot_972
    @Robot_972 Před 14 dny

    “B-but paper jam has them standing next to each other” Partners in Time Luigi’s Mansion multiplayer Mario Party Island Tour Nearly every single sports title Seriously, Mario characters standing next to themselves is practically a right of passage. And characters literally being made of other materials isn’t new either considering woolly Yoshi is explicitly meant to be regular Yoshi.

    • @backseatsakurai
      @backseatsakurai Před 14 dny

      This is somewhat fair - and I appreciate the comment. But, with Partners in Time, it's time travel - same characters, just at different points in time. With the sports games / Mario Party stuff I would weight this way less significantly as far as canon given what I'm assuming you mean is the ability for multiple people to choose the same character. I don't really consider that a true "event" happening in-universe as much as just a necessary feature of most multiplayer games. Point taken, but i think Paper Jam is the only example of a genuine meeting of two Marios to my knowledge.

    • @Robot_972
      @Robot_972 Před 14 dny

      @@backseatsakurai Fair enough. Apologies if I came off as a bit condescending and rude

    • @backseatsakurai
      @backseatsakurai Před 14 dny

      @Robot_972 nah you didn't, believe me I understand - I was a youtube commenter for many years before being a youtuber. Appreciate the input sincerely

  • @junenei
    @junenei Před 17 dny

    As a diehard Pikmin fan since Pikmin 1 this video is exactly how I feel about this game (except for the cave slander lol) Oatchi is the worst thing to ever happen to the series because he completely breaks the very mechanic that makes this game so unique. And it drives me nuts how everyone adores him despite this just because he's a cute dog! I like your idea of turning him into a bulbmin and restricting him in a way that leaves combat, carrying objects and hazards mainly to the pikmin. They weren't even needed for half the game because after enough upgrades you could do most things more easily with Oatchi instead. And I also hate that the canon got rewritten to shoehorn the dogs in. It's not even about inconsistencies of the lore at this point but for the game to just do a J.K. Rowling and go "alright now let's pretend Olimar actually had the help of a dog in the first game!" is just bad writing I'm sorry. Why even bother then to tie it to the first game at all if you have to rewrite it to somehow work? And the atmosphere of the first two games was just completely lost. The post apocalyptic earth aspect and the sense of loneliness and unfamiliarity already wasn't really there anymore in the third game but Pikmin 4 just throws it out the window by even designing a whole map as a perfectly intact house and stuffing so many characters and so much dialogue in the game. On it's own it's a fun and good game but it just doesn't feel like a pikmin game.

  • @thejonbrownshow8470
    @thejonbrownshow8470 Před 18 dny

    17:40ish well sonic 3 was made with a McDonald's collaboration in mind or something like that too 😅 , another piece of evidence i presume lol but loving this lol

  • @shadowkirby7210
    @shadowkirby7210 Před 19 dny

    To me, Super Mario RPG and the Mario and Luigi series are canon to the mainline canon and Paper Mario has its own universe which was shown to be inside of a book in Paper Jam.

  • @VaniRoyal
    @VaniRoyal Před 21 dnem

    I hate that everyone just assumes that DK Jr is somehow the father of the modern DK, and write it on wiki pages as if it’s fact. It is pure speculation, there is absolutely no official source, misinformed or otherwise, calling DK Jr DK’s father. Sure, Cranky has been *implied* to be the original Arcade DK, and that DK’s Son is DK Jr, and he was *originally* referred to as DK’s grandfather, but even if he is, that doesn’t automatically mean that DK Jr *has* to be DK’s father, Cranky could just as easily have had a different, older son, and *he* is DK’s father. or if DK Jr *is* DK’s father, he could’ve been the DK seen in DK ‘94, and *that* games Jr is our modern DK. or of course, the most obvious answer is usually the correct one, and the character we’re told is named “Donkey Kong” who, in all most recent examples, has been called the son of the original “Donkey Kong” and showed up right as the character “Donkey Kong Jr” stopped appearing, even “replacing” him in every Mario spinoff appearance, is, in fact, Donkey Kong Jr. But all of that is still just speculation, DK Jr. has never once been confirmed to be DK or his father and it’s about time somebody changed the wikis to remove false or redacted information. Besides, every most recent appearance of Cranky calls him either DK’s father, or the vague “DK’s elder” and Nintendo most likely doesn’t even consider the “Cranky is the OG DK” bit from the original DKC to be true, they use that same bit to sorta imply that cranky in the newer DKC games is somehow the DK from the SNES games, saying things like “back in my day, WE TOOK TURNS! None of this simultaneous multiplayer malarkey!” (I’m probably paraphrasing, but I know they made that joke) they probably see it as the original design intent, which was for DKC to simply be a redesign, and Cranky a new character. That’s kinda the only way modern DK appearing alongside a child DK Jr in Mario Tennis could make sense without time travel (although, that game does have baby Mario in it…)

  • @MagicMan77718
    @MagicMan77718 Před 21 dnem

    pikmin actually already appear in one of the mario tennis games im pretty sure

  • @kanbeikurodasamurai7
    @kanbeikurodasamurai7 Před 21 dnem

    I remember my steam review about the beta got attacked for the same criticism, I mentioned how it focused too much on micro transactions and lack of single player content, and the fact that it's trying to be like smash Bros and should try to brush up the system. But no I guess people are okay wailing on games like this, this is why I consider these type of games shovelware

  • @maritoxico9982
    @maritoxico9982 Před 22 dny

    Paper Mario is both a book and a real story, book paper mario went to the next paper mario games, real paper mario went to the mario & luigi games, and he was not paper, he was just real mario.

  • @pinokio9951
    @pinokio9951 Před 23 dny

    "there is no cohesion in this roster" mf, you play a game where banjo kazooie fights solid snake but you can't envision batman fighting the iron giant in another game 💀

    • @backseatsakurai
      @backseatsakurai Před 23 dny

      I don't love every Smash Bros character inclusion and think some of them are outright bad / lack cohesion. That being said, the vast majority of the roster are either Nintendo characters or characters that are highly relevant to Nintendo's history. Even at their worst, they're all characters that originate from the same medium. Metal Gear is something I never cared to see included in Smash - but even then, there were NES/Gamecube Metal Gear games, and Smash pretty much treats the entire "gag" of Snake's inclusion as being the fact that he is a tonal misfit. I get the point - but Smash has a foundation of cohesion that it sometimes strays from, whereas Multiversus is starting is "Fortnite crossover" territory.

  • @dredi99
    @dredi99 Před 26 dny

    Super Mario is a JoJo reference

  • @BellmoTheGreat
    @BellmoTheGreat Před měsícem

    Considering how loosey goosy the Mario series plays it's cannon to begin with if we take into account EVERY single Mario game and Spin Off ever including the RPG's, a better question would be does it really matter if the RPG's are truly cannon or not?

  • @Lysvsyl
    @Lysvsyl Před měsícem

    My feelings in short: Pikmin is still very fun, and getting Pikmin content that I haven't played yet is fun. But every change has been for the worse. It's still fun, just worse than every other Pikmin game.

  • @ChaoDee
    @ChaoDee Před měsícem

    Fun fact: Paper Mario was originally planned to be a sequel to Super Mario RPG

  • @imhooks9403
    @imhooks9403 Před měsícem

    I'm umiharing my kawase rn

  • @matefarkas5604
    @matefarkas5604 Před měsícem

    No tropi frutti? They are the best man

    • @backseatsakurai
      @backseatsakurai Před 28 dny

      There are simply too many to cover all of them in one vid! Those do look pretty good though

  • @TomGreen99
    @TomGreen99 Před měsícem

    Take a drink every time he says _Paper_ or _Mario._

  • @hectorbeck4350
    @hectorbeck4350 Před měsícem

    Going on from the PlayStation All-Stars thing, God of War is also canon, and since Kratos was a DLC character for the PS3 version of Mortal Kombat 9, Kortal Kombat is also canon, and since Mortal Kombat characters feature as DLC in both Injustice games and in Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, one can extrapolate that the DC multiverse is also canon to the Mario lore, which also allows for stuff like TMNT, Watchmen and Scooby Doo to be canon Thanks for coming to my TED talk