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HOW?!
i feel a bit sad that your mfn vid has been out for at least a week more then this video and they have the same amount of views
Never thought a law firm would sponsor a garten of ban ban video
I'm proud to say something
All the changes in the newest update gives this game a better value of..
0.50 USD
I have never seen a _law firm_ sponsor a CZcams video. It seems I still have much to discover in life.
This is obviously the best chapter, the sheriff saying “GET TOADSTED” makes it an obvious S tier
I Hadn’t seen that part yet, and assumed this was a variation of that one overused copypasta. I’m unbelievably glad it wasn’t
I ruined the 69 likes
345 likes and one comment let me change that real quick
In chapter 6 Mr. Kabob Man says "Bird Up!"
So it's clearly S-tier as well
I actually think Garten of Banban is going from an "ironically fun" to a genuine "so bad it's good" type thing. Like, I'm not even pretending to enjoy this series as a joke anymore. Whenever a new chapter comes out I just grab some chips and watch it like I would an Old Godzilla movie...
If Garten of Banban actually ends up being a solid game in it's own demented, crazy-ass cheesy right by the end of all these chapters.... damn, I don't even know what I would say....
I feel like that's the thing. This game isn't necessarily good, but somehow it's just do fun to watch and makes you want more every time the chapter ends
I agree. This game is gonna go down as the "The Room" of Indie Horror.
@@hypnospaceoutlaw3376 the room is a great game series though
I like to imagine The Euphoric Brothers aren't from this world and so to them mascot horror is the fever dream that is Garten of BanBan
@@CoolSoupMan I didn’t even know Mascot Horror was a thing until people started talking about this
As soon as I saw the choo choo Charles cameo, all my doubts of the series being serious increased
The creator of choo choo charles allowed it to be in banban because it was funny sooo...
@@mothfox1that's actually hilarious, good for him
@@mothfox1
I've also heard it's because the developer of Choo Choo Charles is friends with the Euphoric Brothers.
You didn't have doubts before?
@@jacobsantana915 I did but they were small
Seeing people's reactions to Choo Choo Charles coming out of nowhere will never not be funny
nice bald zhongli pfp
I died laughing when that happened it's so fucking random 😭
@@CoolSoupMansame☠️
It’s the cut off explosion that’s funny
Dude I was laughing real hard because Choo Choo Charles appearing out of nowhere and was from a completely different horror game is funny and CZcamsrs reaction to it is even more funny
With each video covering this series, I can hear Daggz slowly descending into madness.
At this rate, Banban will be the next TRTF.
It's okay as long as he doesn't get to matpat's level of insanity
@@dejinnthedjinn5311 what's TRTF?
@@Dr_Damon_of_the_anti_furries You mean levels of "gregory is the crying child and freddy is michael afton" insanity?
@@thechosenone5421 The Return to Freddy's.
I still can't believe they're advertising Banban SIX before FIVE, if any game can achieve the weirdest impossible and the downright evil in a game series, it's Garten of Banban.
Ban ban give is going to be a prequel or flashback that's why at the end of the chapter it refers to 6 as a sequel
i'm aware! but still, they could've easily just had 5 be listed as a prequel in the description of the game rather than just skipping onto 6 being the next game to release. it's just really weird.
@@molypolly i agree that would be better
And that’s why I love this series
And now they are advertising Banban 7 before 5 XD
Now that there’s been a Choo Choo Charles appearance, any mascot horror character can appear. If Slenderman shows up I will buy every installment in the series
You’re going to regret that when he does lmao
at this point the damn toilet is more likely to appear and i hope that the devs won't include a reference to that cursed series
Daggz has finally embraced his status as the "crap on Banban immediately after release" guy
and that is a good thing :)
noo hes turning generic 😱😱
Well the game is pretty ass, I mean it's the equivalent of Elsa x Spiderman in video game form. Little kids will eat this shit up
@@PUMPJUMPLOLyes, bullying people just for making a mediocre game is ok
It's... been weeks
Seeing how easily that guy replicated banban from scratch with no knowledge of game development really made it easier to start working on my own game ideas, and I can't be the only one. Sooo, silver lining?
Honestly, good for you man. The hardest part of getting good at anything is starting - I wish you the best of luck in your game dev journey :)
Hey,i've also started game development too. The games i make aren't that good. But hey! I'm trying my best to be good at game development soon :)
I’m going to make games soon too. they won’t be made to appeal to any specific crowd or anybody, but just because I wanted to create it for fun…and to show the truth about THEM
Garten of banban after the first 2 chapters went from “looking for lost child” to
*ACHIEVEMENT GET: WE NEED TO GO DEEPER*
yea we're doing ALL OF THIS just to find the lost child
the child might be dead at this point because i doubt there's edible food or running water here
either that or very hungry and dehydrated
Bouncelia's castle should have been a bouncy castle or a castle themed play area
Bittergiggle is seriously underrated in this chapter. A lot of films and games talk about the idea of a character who was designed to be evil, but BG wasn't ; instead he was designed to make people happy at the expense of being the one everyone laughs at, not the jokes. He's determined to take control of his purpose by actually making people laugh from his own skill and not as the punchline. It's really kind of depressing.
fuck gotham joker. bitter giggle is the new joker in tow
@@bellAa_akaPlusheenI love CZcams whitelisting comments forcing me to sort by new to see them
Late-ish comment, but I hope he gets more attention in the next chapter. He’s like, pretty interesting and I kinda wanna know more.
When you explain it like that its a lot less stupid
@@TheWifiRouter
one of the reasons why I hate CZcams
I feel the motive for the jester makes him both more likeable and it isn't outlandish
He was made to be a jester in the facility, to tell jokes and make people laugh. But he is being denied the one thing he was made to do. If you are something made to do one thing, and you are being denied it, you would go insane and eventually turn crazy and mentally unstable. All he wants is the queen to laugh, because that is why he was made. It's like an ai being made specifically to create original knock-knock jokes but then being told to stop making those jokes because they will apparently do bad stuff and kill people. The ai, if programmed to make jokes, will not want to stop, since it cannot be reprogrammed as the creators are long gone. He has a motive to get you, because that means that he can remove someone from the kingdom and maybe can tell jokes to. Also, since you are allies with toadster, who seemingly regularly throws his toadstars at bittergiggle, he will not like you.
As someone who watched Thinknoodles when they were a lot younger, I am shocked to just. See him in Banban?? Like what??????
he and the euphoric brothers are friends
I'm just imaging the next game's dream going like:
"Hey, you're not Opila. What are you?"
"THE MIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-"
"Its so sad Joe died of cancer..."
"Wh- Whos Joe???"
"JOE MAAMAAAAA-" *explosion*
“Hey, Jester.. JESTER! WHERE ARE YOU!”
“HUUGGY WUUUUGGGGYYY-“
5:06 "So to all the content farms that will inevitably exploit this remote to absolute death until we figure out its actual use, hope you're eating good tonight."
Oh trust me, Daggz, if you've seen Buggy Huggy's channel as of recently, they are DEFINITELY exploiting the everliving shit out of this new remote.
Yoooo mother 64 pfp
Bruh, Buggy Huggy and all these content farm channels are literally the personification of that “WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!” Meme from years ago
I cant believe garten of banban 4 is actually out, when I heard of its release I was so excited I actually became incapacitated for several weeks, it is truly the greatest game humanity has ever created
Yeah. Everytime a new Banban chapter releases I enter a state of "Banban watching spree" where I literally don't watch anything on CZcams except of Banban gameplay videos for several weeks.
@@tooftreefI do that too lmao
And all of that for only 10 dollars
🗿
I find it somewhat interesting how throughout all the previous chapters, we still don't know jack shit about our protagonist that we play as.
Sure, we know that they're a parent looking for their missing kid, but that's all we know of them.
We don't know if they're a man or a woman and we've never even heard or seen their thoughts.
It wasn't until FNAF SL where we learned more about who we play as, Michael Afton, and while it wasn't much, it was at least something to go off on.
Interestingly, the protagonist had been referred to gender neutral term, but I think most of the protagonist's child's notes had been reference Mommy, so it can safely considered that the protagonist is a woman. Although, I do agree that we don't know much about our stereotypical silent protagonist
@@amirulamani1487 nah they're neutral no one calls the player a he/she btw by mommy I think it means he's sending that note to his mother, and we're not confirmed to be one so yea
Seeing Garten Of Banban 5's sneak pics, Maybe what's gonna happen is that we will get some insight about our protagonist
@@amirulamani1487 for all we know, those notes could belong to a different child as the protagonist doesn't react at all
I don't know what to say anymore about this game. We've strayed so far from the original intent but it further descends into insanity. I try to stay away yet I can't help but look at it.
Original intent?
@@dylansharp8471 Check out the dev logs from the Euphoric Bros. released between Chapter 1 and 2 for context. There's a brief discussion of the original ideas and what they wanted to do.
Fun Fact:
2 Star games (creator of Choo Choo Charles) approved of his appearance in BanBan 4 and apparently he’s friends with the Europhic Brothers
Take that last part with grain of salt because I just saw some comments saying that
I guess we'll find out in due time
the weirdest part is that this damn train introduces many unexpected questions
the fact that it appears in the weird scene implies that either the protagonist or the jellyfish or both are aware of this creature's existance
and that opens up a whole new can of worms
it's most likely not a gyvanium creation as daggz thought, but anything else could be true:
- flynn saw charles despite being stuck underground this whole time
- the protagonist saw charles at some point in the past
- both of them saw charles somehow at some point
- it's a massive coincidence and the train engine is not actually related to charles and it just happens to look exactly like charles
- the devs simply stopped giving a damn about the story or the implications of cameo appearances
Screw Legend of Zelda, Garten of Banban should win GOTY.
peakpeak
PLEASE TELL ME UR JOKING
Garten of the Year
@@Rand0m-gUy. hes not, garten of peakpeak is truly peak
it is a joke, don’t worry. I’m pretty sure these games are considered to be the worst games of 2023
21:38 That NOOOOO was so genuine
I have a feeling that the Euphoric Brothers are actually very talented at game development, and they’ve only made Garten of Banban so bad before to garner attention. My theory is that the games are going to keep improving as more chapters release, with the last few games being genuinely good and worth the money.
They actually had some talent. But yeah...
100%
I would love to believe that
The entirety of the internet can only hope
It's the fourth game, they already made a shitton of money, they are clearly not interested in improving because they don't need to, people will keep playing even if the game is barely playable
There is no context storywise for Choo Choo Charles to be there other than as a loose callback when Bittergiggle makes his joke involving a train. That scene was just a dream sequence and was a continuation of the dream sequence from episode 3 with the car. Two Star Games gave the Euphoric Brothers permission and approved it. I hear people saying that the devs are friends but I couldn't find a post where they outright say that. Apparently, TSG thought it would be funny to include Choo Choo Charles in the game and even on Twitter he was joking about it and wasn't taking it seriously.
The saddest part of this game is that Jumbo Josh got no gameplay segment since he had the best gameplay in the last.😢
Also the fact that we're four games in and Captain Fiddles has still had no gameplay specific to him is probably the funniest thing in this entire series.😂
I my honest without sugarcoating it, this chapter was my favorite and the best one of the three, the environments were better the voice acting (especially the voice for sheriff toadster) was so much better and the only thing I had problems with was the big ass room in the beginning that you have to backtrack every time to fix the elevator and the ending chase sequence wasn’t that well executed. Still a huge step- up for the games
Also thank fucking god that the drone remote got fixed :)
technically these arent even chapters (at least, theyre not marketed as such), theyre whole ass games. this is the fourth game in the "garten of banban" franchise. the era of banban is here
One thing I love about Banban is that in every game, for every time they actually add one of the characters in the game (with a model), they also decide to add new characters without actually showing them in-game at all.
I mean, it took 3 games for Stinger Flynn, one of the 6 original characters to show up.
Also wtf how deep is this facility I refuse to believe this is a legitimate kindergarten
they might've needed a lot of permits too
then they would need a lot of bribes and "persuasions", as this thing is way too deep to be built without the government stepping in
and idk if anyone checked how deep the unnamed facility actually is, but the deepest known building is the jinping underground laboratory in china, it's 2,4 kilometers deep
i suspect that this facility is somehow even deeper than that
also the earth's crust varies and in canada, where this game most likely takes place, it's approximately 29 - 40 kilometers thick
if we assume that garten of banban takes place in quebec, then the crust would be around 30 - 40 km thick
so if the facility goes even deeper, the pressure and rising temperature will become a problem, and if they go deep enough, they'll reach SEMI SOLID MAGMA
I've seen Raycon sponsors, the NordVPNs, the Manscapped, even Adam & Eve that one time... but I was not expecting *_Morgan & Morgan: The Injury Lawfirm_*
Honestly, a few of the characters have great voice acting and i can't get enough of their voices.
agree especially the queen (≧▽≦)
but in the other side we have banban's voice acting that's it.... well yk(~_~;)
something that really confuses me is that the point of this game is for the person we play as is to find our lost child in the kindergarten, but like every chapter has like no nods to the lost child so I'm pretty sure most people have forgot about the whole plot.
How much more demented can this series get? Only time and/or the brothers will tell.
Its a beautiful day when daggz loses his mind over a bad horror game for literal 6 year olds
Edit: holy shit i didnt think this would blow up in like 5 seconds
That doesn't change the fact, that mob games, and PoppyPlaytime are bad
Don't change my mind, fnaf is better, it should exist alone
What i like in garten of banban, is, that this game can make anything weird in the game like, choo choo charles, fever dream, liminal spaces, that's why it should exist, but not as a horror game, it should be adventure-like game
@@FatCat_Channel_OfficialYou're right, it isn't a horror game.
@polarbearYT1134 you hate it and I can understand why, but I love poppy playtime because it actually tries to be horror instead of being a ca ching game
I’m having a feeling the euphoric brothers are trying to build up characters based on their backstory and what they’re been doing and stuff but I find the voice acting in this one is actually pretty cool!
BitterGiggle's so far my favorite character
[The funny goofy fellow]
When choo choo charles showed up it felt like a fever dream.
This whole game feels like a fever dream...
I wouldn't be surprised if the ending was that the whole game was a dream.
“PREPARED RO GET TOADSTED” Best line in the entirety of the Garten of Banban
As absurd and giddy as it is I got 2 new favorite characters
1. Sheriff Toadster
2. Bittergiggle
Yeah. When I saw another CZcamsr play Chap 4, I thought they just used Barons fan design without a thought because it looked significantly more appealing than most of the original characters Banban has.
This game can be good, I feel like it can, but it just isn't most of the time. Bittergiggle and Sheriff Toadster are the best characters by far.
I think what would be a better villan motivation for bittergiggle would be that they/he want the queen to laugh. But no one is alowing him to because "If you make her laugh the queen's pouch will open and is very dangerous." But the only thing he thinks is coming out of her pouch is bullshit. So when he does, he'll go "(oh sh*t)" and joins us in future chapters.
Are you worried about misgendering goddamn bittergiggle
Ironically enough the baby Oplila bird got more time than Vanny in security breach
So this series has officially become the "Riverdale" of mascot horror games
i love bittergiggle's voice
Same
So we’re just not gonna mention this man got a sponsorship deal with a full on *law firm*
I mean it happened to UhYeah like 3 times so this doesn't really surprise me
still kinda surreal seeing CZcamsrs just... get sponsored by Lawfirms of all things
Let's be honest with ourselves here, Daggz has basically turned into a BanBan youtuber now.
The campfire scene was the closest this series has ever gotten to quality.
What about the car ride? Remember?
True, that doesn't mean anything
Bittergiggle's VA on that Dollar Store Monokuma grind
He literally reminds me of Kokichi’s version of Monokuma
The Choo Choo Charles appearance was just for shits and giggles; as the 2 devs are friends!!
13:41 context, Dr Uthman didn't turned into Banban, the notes said that Banban's human genome donor was Dr Uthman and he regained most of his memory prior to banban's conception and is also stated that he entirely believe is actually Dr Uthman
If you thought Kittysaurus was weird just get a load of Syringeon, they’re a secret character that was revealed through a locked door that you need to find a special keycard for and they’re so goofy I love them
I feel so bad for Daggz that he has to endure the mess that is Garten of Banban😭
Shut gaten is a gg
@@farzanarahman4142no it ain’t
FR!@@stuffjuststuff6067
Its really not mate.💀🤦♀@@farzanarahman4142
This game feels like something you would see in the background of a better horror game that ironically is peak.
i never thought id see Morgan & Morgan sponsoring a BanBan video
Who?
finally another video on the best mascot horror game ever created! love this video daggz!!!!!!!!
Erm welll actually ban ban is bad bad and you should have actually thought before you commented on this video b3cause BANBAN I SBAD AND STINKY you see the graphics are HORRIBLE AND STUDIO!!! and don't even get me started on the game play the game play SUCKS with all of the mechanic's being underused and stupid and jumbo josh isn't even that JUMBO CAN YOU BELIVE IT????? ban ban has to be one of the worst mascot horror games ever and your opinion is WRONG
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In my opinion, I kind of like Kittysaurus’ design, due to how “realistic” its features look compared to the other characters, which are just blobs of color. Their jumpscare is also kind of cool.
gotta love how the highlight of the character design is just a stock asset with small edits
@@PrestaPretzel true tho, it’s probably the reason it looks so realistic in the first place
A cool design wasted on a awful boss fight, also I want to ride on kittysaurus and yell “MOTHERFUCKING T REX!”
@@guineamasterlove1756 yep
I honestly prefer more Banban games than getting an Introvert sequel.
2:02 Bro I love his reaction to this part.
He literally didn't expect it. Which is the point of the start lol
the thumbnail art is actually really fucking cool, the art style is wonderful
Banban is the only game where its hidden lore has the most sense. I'm talking about cases files. The biology makes a lot of sense - it isn't some mumbo jumbo crap like in fnaf or bendy but when you read those files, you actually can understand what's going on :)
It's so refreshing comparing to the ambiguous lore of many indie horror games
I don’t know why no one is talking about how stinger flin is now like, one third of his size
If by the end of the last chapter the developers reveal the whole game is a parody of mascot horror, my surprise will be immeasurable
to be honest the va for bittergiggle isn't even bad, just wish the character's design had more work put into it
Sheriff Toad: Prepare to get Toasted! (This is the part where you're supposed to waddle away)
Fiddle Giggle: understandable have a nice day
Lowkey, fucking love the thumbnail art for this video, particularly bouncelia and bittergiggle
I like how you knew their names but still just called them a lizard
The yellow remote is probably just Toadster's trap, similar to his trap for Jumbo Josh being veggies.
8:34 I mean, introductions by definition only really happen once so like...
Wait, didn't Thinknoodles exist before the cat emoji thing?
14:59 That's Aqua, not Blue
Wait, you don't like Kittysaurus's design? They're like, the only character that feels right here. Literally the whole vibe should be "Knockoff kindergarten mascots" and a chimera of a cat and a dinosaur feels JUST like that, down to the on-the-nose name.
I mean if you're just insulting the in-game model sure, but there's wall art in this chapter.
Love your videos man! I'm making a horror game right now and your videos are helping me with what to do and not to do! Thank you!
The baby opilia bird was the best thing to ever happen to me 😭
same
I'd bet you $10 that Choo-Choo charles was an asset they just bought off the store, and they searched "spider creature" and it was number one.
The brothers and the creator of choo choo charles were friends and the creator of choo choo charles shared the euphoric brothers the asset because it would be funny. So, pay up.
I’ve got a theory:
The characters don’t have animations when they talk because the brothers don’t want to try to do lip syncing.
But that’s just a theory!
A BANBA-
I started crying earlier when I realized that gobb and ccc were in the same universe and I think I may have just died. I would ask someone to resuscitate me, but I don't think I want to live anymore.
Holy shit I fuckin love these games.
Admittingly this chapter is rather long and stretched out, but I do like what they did with it. It's honestly pretty good. I was really happy when we got the VAs for Toadster, Bouncelia, and Bittergiggle. and I enjoy the lore they put in this game that is surprisingly interesting to learn about (some of that is due to me liking Biology as well, and understanding the terms they'd use in the earlier chapters)
the definition of "we came this far, might as well see it through"
You know it's a good day when Daggz posts a video about Garden Of BanBan 4.
Giggle: You have any food?
Me: is that a penith?
*Starts laughing and runs*
Me: HE'S PULLING HIS-
I’m sorry but chapter four was literally the BEST chapter comparing to the other ones. THE VOICE ACTING IS FINALLY GOOD!!!!!!!! And that’s the only credits I’ll give them so now I’m hooked.
I just want to know how this is going to end
I’m starting to think the devs are doing better with each chapter, but will always have flaws that won’t help justify its worth.
pretty banger analysis- its such a guilty pleasure to watch someone play through these game
also i really love your avatar/profile pic, he’s very cute and well drawn!! ^-^
No one talk about the fact that stinger Flynn is tiny now
i hope this was worth the 72 days
My main question is why are we watching/playing this obvious train wreck? To see the craziness? To see how it ends? To see if the MC will finally get their children? Who knows, but it sure is hard to look away 😓
It's like a car crash. We want to look away yet we keep being drawn to it to see how much damage was done.
of course i wana see the craziness of this trainwreck, i mean- who do you think the audience gonna do if a car crash happened? ignore it and go to their normal lives (if they even have one)
Hi bro, I wanted to make an animation to order, how can I contact you?
About the flynn venting thing
Yeah, yeah its totally the dev venting. In one of their older games they had a very similar thing
Fun fact, if kittysaurus bumps into the button located near the door that leads to the elevator piece last, you need to quite to the main menu since you’ll be stuck otherwise!
Imagine Garden 5 just makes you wait 2 hour on the title screen
(14:50) sad to see thinknoodles be reduced to "the guy who uses the cat avatar", he used to be a great among minecraft youtubers
At least my gecko seems interested in ban bans visuals
Ok but the thumbnail art >>>>>
Truly beautiful!
I just assumed that because they’re made of clay they don’t really move the face
Also Charles is there because apparently the devs are friends or something
Idk whats more out of place , The Skyrim reference in chapter 3 or The special guest cameo of Choo Choo Charles in this chapter
Man it’s incredible that David Baron is now canon in garten banban
stinger flynns sad monogue during the mindtrick cutscene is one of the deepest and most heart wrenching moments in. gaming history
Oooo jumbo josh be packin that
Also for the characters barely moving at all while conversing part, I honestly didn’t feel much boredom, after all I am a genshin impact player, I’m used to worse exposition dumps that are lengthier and unvoiced
And Bittergiggle I feel is an adorable name, I like it
You haven’t experienced ridiculous names until you’ve seen bugsnax names like Gramble Gigglefunny, Eggabell Batternugget and Snorpy Fizzlebean
9:04 if you pause on Nabnabs jumpscare, you see his teeth are seperating from his mouth💀💀
I loved the part of the game where sheriff toadster said “it’s toadsting time” and toadsted all over everybody
Well Bittergiggle motive is to tell jokes but the queen can’t laugh or the LITERAL BEAM OF DEATH will escape her pouch so they banBANNED Bittergiggle from the kingdom and sheriff toadster got a actual job
I now only know of TWO youtubers who have been sponsored by a law firm.
[Insert Doofenshmirtz nickel quote here]
7:11
THE MIMICCCCCC
Hello friend, I want to make you a custom animation, how can I contact you?
I think the idea behind Charles' appearance is that Nabnab and Charles are both vaguely spider-like beings, and they somehow recognize this in each other and bond over it. I cannot, however, say why that matters for either character.