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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 24, 2023 13:32:59 GMT -5
(Language and poop jokes as usual)
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Feb 24, 2023 13:53:59 GMT -5
Kid Icarus...what a strange game.
Apparently popular enough in its day that its main character was one of the protagonists on Captain N, but it didn't amass the kind of success like other game series that started on the NES like Castlevania, Mega Man, Metroid, Zelda etc..
Also another game that debuted on the Famicom Disk System instead of the Famicom.
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Post by Sephiroth on Feb 24, 2023 14:49:17 GMT -5
Kid Icarus...what a strange game. Apparently popular enough in its day that its main character was one of the protagonists on Captain N, but it didn't amass the kind of success like other game series that started on the NES like Castlevania, Mega Man, Metroid, Zelda etc.. Also another game that debuted on the Famicom Disk System instead of the Famicom. Not popular? What-icus are you talking about-icus? |
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Post by horsemen4ever on Feb 24, 2023 14:54:29 GMT -5
Okay I did some research and read the plot of the game, and the whole backstory is is almost identical to the beginning of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
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Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 24, 2023 15:01:06 GMT -5
I made it maybe halfway through that video. I’ll go back at some point, but man did I not enjoy that.
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Post by Paul on Feb 24, 2023 15:46:41 GMT -5
I like when James throws in educational content into his videos like he does here. That's cool.
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Post by Cyno on Feb 24, 2023 15:57:01 GMT -5
It's weird how the series was just abandoned between the OG Game Boy game and the 3DS game. I wonder if they ever had any plans to bring the series back for SNES, N64, or GBA, but it never took off.
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If you wanna know the truth, you gotta dig up Johnny Booth.
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Post by tirtefaa on Feb 24, 2023 16:03:00 GMT -5
Wow...I'm a third into the video and he's just finally getting to the game, only to detour quickly again. Just so much filler.
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Post by Hypnosis on Feb 24, 2023 16:05:21 GMT -5
Wow...I'm a third into the video and he's just finally getting to the game, only to detour quickly again. Just so much filler. I think he and Maffew should both end their respective series, as harsh as this is for me to say. |
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If you wanna know the truth, you gotta dig up Johnny Booth.
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Post by tirtefaa on Feb 24, 2023 16:27:18 GMT -5
I think he and Maffew should both end their respective series, as harsh as this is for me to say. I think the big issue is just the length of this video. It didn't need to be 21 minutes. He had about 6 actual criticisms and comments about the game, and could have easily done this video in 10 minutes. Probably the lengthier "jokes" and cutaways took the most amount of time to produce, and they fall flat on their face. So again, he could have kept it simpler and probably had this released a few weeks ago and been working on another episode. Instead, this will probably be the only Nerd content till May. In the meantime, here's more countdowns from videos you've already watched! |
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 24, 2023 17:37:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I was really not liking this review. I've always found Kid Icarus and its unique place in early Nintendo history to be really interesting and was really hoping we'd see some sort of exploration of that and its gameplay. Instead we get James telling gross old mythological stories.
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Post by Display Name on Feb 24, 2023 20:22:36 GMT -5
I fell asleep watching this a couple of hours ago, if that tells you anything.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Feb 25, 2023 3:34:47 GMT -5
Kid Icarus movie? Who said anything about that? Ooh I did, thats right.  |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 25, 2023 4:22:38 GMT -5
Not watching the video but the original Kid Icarus is kind of just such a strange beast of a game. Kind of a shoot-'em-up, kind of a platformer, turns into a Metroidvania for boss levels, then climaxes in a bullet hell for some reason, and it's definitely at its hardest at the very beginning and gets easier as it goes. I like it but it's just very unusually put together.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 25, 2023 7:59:02 GMT -5
Count me in as another one who wasn't a fan of this video.
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Feb 25, 2023 16:08:20 GMT -5
I think the biggest takeaway we can all take from this video is: ancient people were a bunch of weird ass pervs, and Greek mythology has some shenanigans that would cause Florida Man to stare at them in shock and tell them to have some dignity for heaven’s sake.
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Post by Mike Strike on Feb 25, 2023 23:30:04 GMT -5
Kid Icarus movie? Who said anything about that? Ooh I did, thats right. |
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