New Zealand in Video Games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2024
- New Zealand is a setting that's usually ignored in video games, but the rare times it is used can be pretty interesting.
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Games featured in this video:
Ace Combat 7
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Hitman 2
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Street Fighter V
Far Cry 3
Terranigma
Contra
Team Fortress 2
Syndicate Wars
Horizon Zero Dawn
The NewZealand Story
Jonah Lomu Rugby
big shout out to the community over at / newzealand for helping me find games for this video
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They always say “Where is New Zealand” and never “How is New Zealand”
or... why is new zealand
What is New Zealand?!
What is New Zealand
Firestrike gaming
I honestly don’t know
Kale Penquan well then ur stupid
New Zealand is also in Dirt Rally 2.0.
An entire rally stage set in Hawkes Bay, looks like an extremely accurate representation.
Ulysses bruh I was about to say that lol 😂
True that bro, nz has featured in many great rally games before as well
haha yea i'm gonna be honest with you, although it's set in hawkes bay the actual road design is from Raglan which is further north... sadly hawkes bay doesn't quite have that much rally driving, just some wine trails instead.
@@charlottet3485there is a major track in Waimārama
WRX STI. The Kiwi Bogan's Lamborghini.
I remember in the walking dead season 2 when I heard Clementine say Wellington I got me so hyped when i was younger because I thought she was talking about Wellington, New Zealand
Nah lmao Wellington in Europe
Try Fear The Walking dead, You'll see what I mean. lol
Same
Omg same!
There's a good riff on the 'maps without NZ' in Metro: Exodus. In one of the missions you can find a map without NZ on it and you'll probably just think it's the classic case of it being forgotten but later on you can overhear a conversations with two characters talking about locations to move to and one says:
'Pakistan? Why don't you throw New Zealand in there while you're at it'
and the other replies
'Actually it's not on any of the maps here'
I'm gonna go buy Metro: Exodus now :D
I played Exodus but don't remember hearing that. Do you know when and where in the game that's said?
Wow, so New Zealand just ceased existence to prevent getting nuked. Fucking legend.
@@Wolfbeast-gu8nk That's one of the positives of living in New Zealand. No one knows we exist, so we are safe.
The character Roadhog in Overwatch is seemingly a kiwi. He's officially Australian but his real name is Mako, which is Māori for shark (referenced in one of his skins) and two more of his skins are called "Islander" and "Toa". He has a line of dialogue referring to "wop-wops" and his blanket in his bedroom on the Junkertown map has a kowhaiwhai pattern.
A developer also said on a forum that if Roadhog had a pet it would be a kunekune.
I totally agree there, a lot of people born in New Zealand or Australia tend to move between countries whether it be for vacation or a new life entirely
So does mako shark just mean shark shark, never knew
@@zakaryloreto6526 Yep, just like Chai Tea means "tea tea" and naan bread means "bread bread"
The Maori in Civ 6 Rising Tide remain possibly the best representation, in my opinion. Not only is the Civ itself really good from a gameplay perspective, but my friends and I can see the Kiwi culture drip from every piece of content. Kupe makes jokes about the infamous Huhu grubs, and in response to friendship requests either gives the quintessential "yeah nah," or the playful "Yeah you're alright."
I also really appreciate the various Māori names given to seas and landmasses as you explore
As somebody who plays Civ a lot, whenever I end up with Kupe in my game im always very excited and I love seeing all the Maori names of the cities as well as one of his things that he likes being in Maori
At this point New Zealand goes so unnoticed I was overjoyed that they got a focus tree in a map game
@Jack Alexander yes
@@Prauwlet213 Praise be the Bob Semple Tank, a masterpiece of kiwi engineering and definitely the strongest form of weaponry in HOI4
I love how he said “ When we here youtubers say New Zealand we piss our selfs with excitement “ witch is true
It's funny how happy we are to see our tiny country mentioned! Excellent editing and content btw, keep it up!
Hey man
How are you?
Firstly,
I know there is a mentors mentees in nzgda programme and I can only get a mentor if I'm already working on a game commerically. I'm a begginer with no knowledge
I also know there is this school to learn from too but I have tried schooling from this school it is a great school and online courses both methods havent gotten me too far as I learn by 1 on 1 tutoring, thus i didnt get accepted to move up which is understandable as I dont think I have even scratched the surface of all this
I'm at a very begginer stage is it alright please if you guys can provide me with any tutor that can give me 1 to 1 help as I do better with 1 to 1 tuitions.
I know I can learn from online but I believe if I learn 1 to 1 it will make the learning curve easier for me.
I have got an art tutor for game art i will start first lesson with him today he is from america.
I however prefer someone who is a generalist and from same time frame (Indie game designer + creates his/her game art+Animation)
If you could find a indie game designer with own studio or one of the top students (if they dont have studio) both of which or either or who has a solid programming and art background and knows all the game fundamentals: aspects of level design game mechanics dynamics etc it will be benefical. (Pre production sound design ai asset creation networking)
I will accept indiengame designer/programmers (as I have already got an art tutor but prefer the above) who if not into game art will be ok to teach me too as long as he/she must have all the knowledge above minus the artistic knowledge, and if not game art knowledge it must include that he/she are top student or own studio and a few successful games under theirnradar
It's also a requirement that they know the pipeline but I know they would as they are top students or run own studio
I know most students would know this but I'm inexperienced.
But
I'm on a tight budget so cant afford someone too expensive sorry.
I'm saying from my own personal experience just about everyone in every forum or facebook page has given up and told me directly or indirectly I'm better of studying with a tutor as it's hard for them to help me.
I made a massive mistake of not getting a tutor when the head tutor told me to get one as I got rejected from the school as my skills were very bad.
Goal: to run my own indie game studio that makes racing games I will design cars only and get rest of the assets online
Thanks
Nikunj
So true
Filipinos: I thought we were the only ones
Same for us aussies even tho we do get mentioned a fair bit more
Why Filipinos always add themselves
Some NZ uh... 'representation' is one of the costumes in Sleeping Dogs. Its a mob jacket that looks an awful like a certain canine themed gang, which also gives you Moko. Funnily enough, it also gives you 50% more melee damage too
Ha.
I knew instantly what it was pertaining to but lowkey reminded of Nig and the Toa gang from Once Were Warriors lol
🤙
The birds in Street Fighter are Takahe (not Pukeko), Kakapo and Kea... also it appears the sheep in the middle of the screen is Shrek.
Didn't notice until I had uploaded the video, I corrected it in the description soon after
I want a game purely in New Zealand. MADE BY NEW ZEALANDERS so they know how we act. Imagine how beautiful the landscapes could be.
An open world game set in Auckland would be awesome.
Imagine going from the Airport to Rainbow's End to the Sky Tower to Piha, North Shore, and even to East Auckland (which I'm still not entirely convinced exists).
Its not exact but there is the Online ARPG Path of Exile which is heavily inspired by and developed by Grinding Gear Games a Game studio based in Auckland and founded by Kiwis
Epic Games Studios Presents:
Beached As, the Motion Picture: The Game.
Umurangi Generation is that game! Its a fantastic game set in a future Tauranga where you take photos during a strange war against something??? (I won't spoil it).
@@jrmloh But it's not based in NZ. Could also bring up bloons td made by ninja kiwi
(edit in caps because people cant read): I KNOW IT'S A TAKAHE, I'VE BEEN GETTING COMMENTS ABOUT IT FOR 2 YEARS
since people are still finding this video and i still get the occasional comment about my takahē fuckup - i've known about that mistake since the day i uploaded this 😭 im a filthy aucklander okay im ignorant to most of our beautiful native birds! please forgive me!
Ok! Hape katoa!
Its alright im from chch and still sound very weird speaking any maori language.
It’s fine… I’m from Hamilton myself so I made this mistake once too… when I was six… any way, ka rawe, great video!
You a westie?
AUEEEEEE!
New Zealand also gets mentioned alot in Battlefield 1
I honestly got so hyped when Hawkes Bay got in Hitman, coming from a Hawkes Bay native.
Yeah I got hyped also I live in Gisborne which is not far from Hawke's Bay and I found that crazy because I've been to Hawkes Bay so many times
hawkes bay all day
Same
I know same, I was trying to see what beach is based of but there are so many so🤷♂️
NZ is also mentioned briefly in Front Mission 3. Front Mission 3 is set mostly in Asia, and in a future where various countries have merged into super-nations. It is an SRPG with mechas. In between missions, you can access the internet, which includes an email account and various websites. On a news website, there is a story about protests in Wellington against New Zealand joining the Oceanic Cooperative Union (a super-nation that consists of Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, a number of countries in Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands).
NZ has definitely had a rise in representation in film since LOTR. Lets hope the same extends to games in the coming years.
It’s so accurate how whenever we hear or see anything New Zealand related in video games or media we get excited af lol
not from new zealand, but another country called singapore. the feeling is so relatable lol
A video I never knew I wanted. Thank you for that!
Not even gonna lie. I do also get hyped when NZ is mentioned xD
Here's an idea, imagine if they made a Assassins creed game based off the ancient maori and Polynesia warrior cultures, like what they've done with Vahalla.
I remember when farcry primal was coming out I thought it would be cool to have a maori one where you could do a war haka before battle
YOOOOOOOOOOO I NEED THIS RIGHT NOE
that would be sick
Probably a lesser known one, and a pretty non-extensive one at that, is the inclusion of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch as airports in Pocket Planes, an old iOS app. As with any airport, each of these have their own unique factoid in the info tab. The game also has an achievement for flying from Nome, Alaska to Wellington, the longest possible flight in the game, given the devs seem to think the world is flat.
Almost all flying sim games on mobile and pc include the major New Zealand airports as they’re pretty popular in aviation
@@mattzxo I’d say this example is somewhat different since it’s not a flight sim and the world map used takes many artistic liberties. Many countries are missing from the game, so it’s definitely nice to see NZ included, although yeah, being quite a large island, it’d be hard for the devs to miss it out.
@@biponacci oh I didn’t realise that, I haven’t played the game seems pretty cool
I can absolutely understand getting hyped whenever New Zealand is mentioned. The same thing happens with Finland all the time. We even have a joke that whenever Finland is mentioned in the slightest we'll just spam "Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan" which translates to Finland mentioned! Meet you at the market.
At least the Finns have a game made by Finns, set in Finland and reeks of Finnish references. Now My Summer Car has a pretty large following, even from those who know next to nothing about Finland
@@edibleandsentientautomobil5396 True and now we also got Alan Wake 2 which was filled with finnish references and was a mainstream release.
"It came out three years before I was born" *screen shows 1997*
I've never felt so old.
0:08 ah, there's the country I live in, that's that's that is art
Jonah Lomu rugby was the greatest rugby game ever made. I want a remaster!
I get the same feeling when someone says Brazil. Even though our country is massive, it's not as much featured in media outside.
And yes I also got happy about Metal Gear Rising because of Sam being brazilian lol
New Zealand is so overlooked and rarely ever mentioned that I get so hyped and full of serotonin when someone even gives it a bit of attention.
So accurate with kiwis getting excited when we are mentioned, every kiwi that saw this pop up in recommended clicked instantly haha
No Hearts of Iron 4?!? there's an entire NZ unique focus tree and tech , hell is even an inside joke for all players.
Great video! Was pretty cool to see all the examples of NZ popping up in video games - particularly all the obscure ones. I was literally playing MGR the other day and marked out a little bit when he said Rosemary was in NZ too!
Another little nod to New Zealand I found was in Dead Island. Similar to Far Cry 3, that game appropriated a few details to give it a more island feeling
In one of the hotels at the start of the game, you can find some artwork on the walls using distinct koru patterns, as well as the red, black, and white colour scheme Maori designs are known for.
Cheers for the vid brother.. I appreciate the work involved ..SUBBED!
Also Gibraltar in apex legends has a skin that makes him look like a mongrel mob member along with the silver fern and southern cross. Whoops
Love this vid bro! Your inclusion of Maori words (and great pronunciation) is awesome too. I’ve always kept my eyes out for NZ in games and learnt a bit from this vid - I don’t know if anyone mentioned SSX 2012? There’s levels and your main support fulla in the helicopter has the thickest Simon Bridges accent ever lol
I must say that the variety of how new zealand is presented is impressive, i live in a similarly sized and populated country (norway) but its pretty much presented the same everywhere, very good video that i didnt know would be this interesting
Thoroughly enjoyed this mate, thanks bro
There is also the Black Whale map in Jump Force which is a fusion of New Zealand & I think the dark continent from Hunter x Hunter
New Zealand is references in the game Slseping Dogs, in one of the DLC packs, one of the main characters skins include a skin very similar to once were warriors.
I get really excited when I see Nepal in games and when I found out that far cry 4 was in Nepal, I was so hyped.
I knew the tutorial level in Hitman 2 looked familiar! I can't believe I missed all the articles about it.
3:10
Kea: ARE WE A JOKE TO YOU?
As a fellow NZer I dig how deep you went into this. The Civ game looks worth a checking out!
Pretty sure I recently read an interview with Gabe Newell where talked about how he is currently living in New Zealand and mentioned it’s a possibility Valve could move some staff to New Zealand and open an office there.
I get hacked off when NZ isn’t on a map or globe on a movie or game, I think that’s why I get mega hyped when NZ’s mentioned at any point in time for any reason really lol … Oh yeah, I still got my PS1 copy of Jonah Lomu Rugby too. I never play it but it’s still a dope relic to have! 🇳🇿👈😎👍✨
Awesome bro! Loved the video!
now this is how the youtube recommendation should work, 1k subs, and still beautiful content. hope you come back and make content again!
It is so true about getting excited when we get mentioned!! One time one of my favourite TH-camrs said NewZealand and I was just like, Eeeeeeee!!
subbed, enjoyed this mate
I was gonna say that, as a Portuguese, I can entirely relate to this. When I got to 6:45 and noticed that the Syndicate Wars image says "Manual translated in Portuguese" I got hyped and saw the irony in it
3:09
Felix Walton: Comes from new zealand
**Calls a takahe a pukeko**
Thank you so much for this video for how illuminating it is and mainly for giving me the correct pronunciation Maori
He does not pronounce Maori correctly in this video lol.
With the hitman level i can say as a local in hb the beachs is accurate atleast plus we get the squeaky kiwi throwables that when walked over squeak
Ill also add now that this vid popped up again. Hunter call of the wild and ghost recon breakpoint.
Oi that's so fkn true bro. Every game that mentions New Zealand I get HYPED ASF
Lmao, great video, I actually found this looking for the MGR reference lol
NZ is in DiRT Rally 2.0 and it has the best stages in the game. They are based on the Whaanga Coast stage in Raglan
The same thing in Australia, we are barely in anything, more then New Zealand, but at least you made it into hitman, my favourite game series
We need more aussie and kiwi stuff 🇦🇺💫🇳🇿 and characters voice bi people from here and new Zealand
Heaps of Australian in battlefield 1
@@mattzxo Also a map and two characters from Australia in Rainbow 6 Siege
Theres a cool thing with postal 2 in New Zealand, where it's banned there and you get a massive fine and jail time if you play it.
Forever butthurt about that.
there was gonna be a Mt Maunganui map in overwatch years ago but it never come, i also remembering playing far cry 3 and hearing kia ora for the first time and was hype as
Yay you included my Syndicate Wars reference! Loved that game.
Ghost Recon breakpoint is also based in New Zealand . A made up island called Auroa which is technically NZ. Make shift Maori Villages , Native trees , There is also mention of the Indigenous people . Not to mention the names of places are In Te Reo. For example there’s a island called Maunga nui “Big mountain in the Maori language. Something worth reviewing In my opinion.
Came to find who else would mention breakpoint. In the game they say auroa is 2000 miles off the coast of Auckland
NZ is also briefly referred to in Battlefield 1. In the Australian campaign the main protagonist jokes with the supporting character about being a "kiwi", and how that would make him soft if he were. Gives me classic Aussie vs NZL rivalry vibes. The ANZACs are also mentioned in the dlc content.
Great job bro! Feel proud to call Aotearoa New Zealand home. Nga mihi
I get so excited when we get mentioned
The fact you had the same reaction as my friend and I in the metal gear rising scene made me cracked up man we felt the same thing
March of 2019 certainly put you guys on the map
Great video!!
I’m abit late to the party here, but the game “the hunter, the call of the wild” have a hunting ground based in New Zealand down South Island
YES! You mentioned Jonah!
Im maori and its hard to put anything Maori in any game because Maori gatekeepers will be up in arms without a cut
That fist of the north star yakuza music caught me off guard, noice
Great video👍
Cool content bro. Maybe cause I'm from NZ but nah I reckon it's dope
Reverie is a zelda like game set in New Zealand. It's pretty cool. It's my favorite game to be set in New Zealand. It's developed by an indie dev team from New Zealand so it feels a lot more authentic than pretty much every game in this video. You should check it out.
Your pronaciation of māori is on point👌🏾
Te Reo Mary
There's one I remember, there are two NZ stages in Top Gear 2 for the SNES, namely Auckland and the Canterbury Planes. Only reason I found them was by searching NZ cities on Spotify and finding the relevant track under Auckland. From what I understand, the game has you racing all over the world, starting in Oceania and Australia. I'm not sure if the tracks are good, as I haven't played them at all lol
It's 2021 and I just found this!
There's a first person shooter I can't remember what it was. But it got a lot of controversy for one of it's levels being set inside the original cathedral square church ( the one we had before the earthquakes fucked it up)
I liked and subbed. I'm from auckland too
In the Team Fortress 2 universe, as shown by the comics, New Zealand is basically a cross in between Atlantis and Krypton; it sank to the bottom of the ocean and thrived as an underwater country, and as a twist on the classic Superman origin story, the Sniper, who is a baby at this point, climbs into a rocket his father built so he could try to escape the imminent destruction of New Zealand. However, the part to note here is that Sniper’s father built the rocket for himself, and he intended to abandon his wife and child.
The baby climbed into the rocket, launched it, he landed in Australia. Boom. Story done.
Funny how the yt algorithm pointed me to this video 2 years later 😂🤣 but I did enjoy this video bro. Mean as ✊🤙
So true! I always get excited when people mention our country New Zealand.
Yeah I remember watching Step Brothers, and they mentioned they were going to sail to New Zealand
hey that's where i live :)
I remember walking past an npc in far cry 3 and he was reciting a karakia, tripped me out
Great Video!
New Zealand also exists in the Grand Theft Auto universe as well. In the Enhanced Version of GTA 5, the Radio Mirror Park DJ announces The Ruby Suns song 'In Real Life' by saying "time for some indie/pop from New Zealand"
New Zealand's been pretty consistent in rally games over the years. We do have the best stage after all :)
Who else wants a Forza game bassed in New Zealand
We got Australia and uk so nz should come too
That would be cool
@@generalboyit7867 wait nitro? By chance do you go to mrgs u were in my classics class this year. Im pretty sure that's you right
@@severzz1108 I an indeed that nitro hi
@@generalboyit7867 oh sup man didn't expect to find you here. Do you have any other social media so I can talk to you in private so I can tell you my name
We do get excited
Honestly it was nice in Far Cry 3 having NPCs with a Kiwi accent, as someone who was born in New Zealand and moved to the UK it felt homely to me for whatever reason, the white saviour shit is mainly just based on the power fantasy its self, so the NPCs being trash is really more of a Ubisoft NPC issue, but I enjoyed the vid. One of the best Kiwi integrations was for TitanFall 2, the very first dude you meet is kiwi, and your homie for a short period, some of the enemies are kiwi as well, so plus points for that already excellent game.
On GTA V you can get gang patches from New Zealand like Mongrel mob, Black Power etc
What’s funny about sniper is that tf2 thought making sniper a New Zealander would have everyone scratching their heads so they water it down by making him Australian
i think wherever you are from you love it when people like your culture, im same and im from the UK! i get ecstatic about people mentioning fish and chips or sunday roasts! deffo a sub from here brother, love the video, Edit, Assassins creed valhalla russled my jimmies most with its map of england, and made quite well :)
I'm from Wellington and I live in Rotorua so I can happily say my wait for something about the Bay of Plenty is in here
It's a crime that this video doesn't have as many views as it should have
Awesome video , +1 sub brother
Ahem...
Colin McRae Rally
DiRT Rally 2.0 (Hawkes Bay)
Microsoft Flight Simulator (duh)
Project CARS (Ruapuna Park
ToCA Race Driver (Pukehohe)
WRC 1, 2 & 3 (Rally of New Zealand)
Kiwis as playable charecters
Assetto Corsa Competizione (Earl Bamber and Nick Cassidy)
F1 2018 (Brendan Hartley)
Superbike 2000 (Aaron Slight)
Games with Kiwi choons
DiRT 2: My Delirium - Ladyhawke and Sideways Here We Come - Die! Die! Die!
Sleeping Dogs: Black White and Blue - Ladyhawke
Grand Theft Auto 5: Tennis Court - Lorde
Life is Strange Before the Storm: Taking You There - Broods
Forza Horizon 3: The River - Ladyhawke, A Love Song - Ladyhawke
"Choice"
- Kupe
I got really over the top when I got to play in hawks bay and ghost Wildlands brake point
My two favorite games got mentioned😎 metal gear rising and far cry 3
such a well made video and only 29k views, you deserve way more attention bro an i hope you get it
- p.s. nothin wrong with aucklanders except their ability to drive
126k views now! Also I can confirm there are some driving problems here in Auckland xD