best reminder of this is whenever Nintendo releases their N64 games and none of the Rare games are there which is like 50% of the list of the best games for the system
13:13 I'm not sure if it was Miyamoto or someone else on the development team, but I remember reading a quote (and I'm paraphrasing here); "Our first goal was to make Mario fun to control. We thought, if the player can't have fun just running around and playing with how Mario moves, the game won't be good. So that was our first priority: making him fun to control."
@@linkthehero8431I recommend Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Hat in Time, Frogun, and Here Comes Niko if you’re looking for some quality 3D platformers. But yeah, good 3D platformers are a weird rarity today. Either that or they’re not getting enough attention.
@@FedoraKirb My problem is I would only have the money if I dropped Netflix, which I refuse to do because even the Basic with Ads tier saves me a lot of money over even basic cable.
@@therobotwithhumanhair5659 Very much agreed. It is to this day my favorite game. I can legitimately say that, it's the only game I've played every year since I originally got hands on at my local daycare. A lot of games dont hold up in that era visually or otherwise. That game is still a masterpiece.
You just realized that? Nintendo has been scamming people for years for stuff that should just be standard. Selling halves of controllers is just the tip of the iceberg. They sold 3DSes without freaking charging cables.
One of my favorite N64 memories was trying (emphasis on trying) to play Goldeneye with an N64 steering wheel because my friend only had 3 controllers and we wanted to play 4 player. Needless to say, it didn't end well for me.
Beautiful, I love this! I recently tried emulating it with a few different controllers, and it was so hard to figure out what felt natural. Good on you for having the guts to try it.
@@Monsuco Play it on an emulator with a mouse and keyboard then. No seriously, there is a program to basically turn Goldeneye and Perfect Dark into computer games with the mouse controlling the aiming. And when you do that, yeah, those two games actually still hold up today extremely well.
Well, I don't think JRPGS have that much power needed to run, they are such simple games they are ridiculous. Goldeneye played on the system stop whining JRPGS.
@@MoeRon004 Saturn has a lot of overlooked gems, actually. All the big names were mostly Playstation but there's some proper quality stuff in that library.
What I most appreciate about this era of gaming was that each console was unique and offered a different experience. That said I think the 3D action/platformers on the N64 games aged better than PS1 or Saturn. Going back to the era of tank controls is tough and the fact that Mario 64 is still playable by today's standards says alot.
The N64's analog stick being there from the very beginning helped a lot, but I think the PS1 has some games that were designed very well with the D-pad like the Crash Bandicoot games. Those are still insanely fun and unique to this day.
@@The_Mexican_Dude I love Mario 64 to death, but future entries absolutely eclipse that game's controls. Not everything feels graceful, especially the turning and precise platforming. Odyssey especially is leagues ahead just due to how tight everything feels.
@@The_Mexican_DudeHaaaard disagree. Platformer games in general, especially Mario games, greatly improved on the gameplay. In fact, I’d even say M64 doesn’t feel great to play nowadays by comparison (particularly due to the camera). It’s not unplayable but it’s honestly unrealistic to say that it’s held so well that even odyssey isn’t at that level
It would have been neat if that game was the first to be localized instead of The Blazing Blade for the Game Boy Advance. Then people here in he U.S could have experienced it before Smash Bros.
My uncle recently gave me his old N64 for when he was a kid with a couple games like Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time. This was so cool to me. The controller and graphics were way better than I thought they would be. This console stands tall even today
@@OzoneDepleter I was going to write some shit here, but it turns out Goldeneye 007 came out before both Unreal and Half-Life which are basically as revolutionary as it, in the eyes of PC gamers Well... at least Half-Life introduced the "storytelling with no cutscenes, only scripted events" formula used in many games including Skyrim, while also introducing the WASD control scheme which is used in ALL 3D PC games nowadays (it was invented by doom fans but it was half life that made it a default control scheme)
Most of my friends had PS1 and having different games was really fun! We always got to show each other games the other hadn't heard of or played yet, it made your library of games more personal.
Hey Scott: if you make a video on the PS1, it should be subtitled, "Nintendo's worst mistake", not just to play this video's title, but also because it kinda is their worst mistake
@@brainlag.I think the Sony fiasco is worse, cus it led to one of the two biggest game console manufacturers existence, and it led to Nintendo have two generations of underperforming consoles (if the SNES CD addon was made, Nintendo would've probably adopted the format from the get-go, leading to the N64 using CDs, which would've eliminated the main reason why third party devs avoided the system like the plague). So yeah, compared to THAT, Rare being bought by Microsoft is not as huge of a deal
@@jackmesrel4933The biggest reason why the deal fell out was largely due to both companies disagreeing on which company would benefit the most revenue earned on the Super CD format. People tend to gloss over Sony’s side of the story and ignore Nintendo’s for the most part. With their initial agreement as follows: Any Nintendo game like Mario or Zelda on the Super CD format would be going into Sony’s pockets instead of Nintendo’s and had Nintendo and Sony worked around their differences, PlayStation wouldn’t be in the same league as it is today.
Seriously, the deal Sony was offering Nintendo was awful. They would have been stupid to take it. The real mistakes came in the aftermath of that decision. Sticking with cartridges was a misread of the market. And Nintendo didn't do much to counter Sony wooing over all the 3rd party developers with good support and generous licensing terms for the PlayStation. A big part of the reason Sony stole so much market share from Nintendo and Sega was because it stole the attention of all the 3rd party developers.
Oh my Gosh haha I grew up on the 3ds and WII and genuinely was so confused why the 3ds wouldn't go on the TV and and WII wouldn't go handheld which is why I love the switch so much
I was the only one in my friend group to choose a Playstation over N64 back in middle school. I was more focused on single player games and I was very happy with my choice in that regard, but when we were hanging out, we were all about the N64. Each system dabbled in both, but that was pretty much the choice you had to make back then: N64 for the best multiplayer experience, or Playstation for the most (and arguably, best) single player options.
Super man he flies through the rings Super man he does all the things just kidding he only flies through rings that’s all that he does and he’s not even good it’s basically the only thing he does in the game and he’s not even good at it.....
When talking about Mario 64, you live in an era where this is old hat. You can't image the excitement of seeing something like this for the first time EVER. No one had seen a game this good EVER. It's out dated and old for you but image if you could enter a holodeck and play a game now. That's how exciting it was.
This. This is why I don't really value his opinion on the mattter. He's completely removed from the time period it was released in. The kid was born a year after the console was released. Of course he's not gonna care or understand how big of a deal it is.
Yeah, Super Mario 64 was absolutely mind blowing and was one hundred percent a good enough reason to get a Nintendo 64. There simply wasn't anything else like it.
Mario 64 is old school not outdated lol Old school is something you want to go back to, mario 64 is still fun to play even to this very day outdated is something you don't want to go back to like tiger lcd games
There was an advert for the Game Boy Color where a guy takes his N64 for a long walk with a very very long extension cable into the country side, then when he finally sits down to play, his mum unplugs it at the house to put the vacuum cleaner in.
Not really, Sega probably bothered to ship units to Japanese retailers ontime whereas in the US there weren't enough of them to satisfy the pre-orders because Sega decided to bump up the launch date significantly. My brother had a Saturn and it was a pretty decent system. I've got a Dreamcast and it's a shame that it didn't get more time as it was a great console. The main issue I have with the systems is that they're disc based which makes for some issues in terms of preserving the games as optical discs are sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity.
@davidstenn2871 Yes, my brother had one and it was a good system. But, they botched the launch so badly that it killed the company when retailers wouldn't stock the Dreamcast in the next generation after having been burned by the launch date change.
31:07 “For every one thing Nintendo innovated with this console, there was another that was ridiculously close minded and stuck in the past.” Literally Nintendo as a company in one sentence. Could not put it better myself.
I'd argue, by and large, Nintendo isn't stuck in the past as much anymore. I think the main thing people have problems with right now is smash online and even then, it _works,_ it's just not incredible.
Forgetting a Scott the Woz episode is probably one of the best feelings to have. For me, it means being able to watch it again while still being able to truthfully laugh at the humor.
"For every one thing Nintendo innovated with this console, there was another that was ridiculously close minded and stuck in the past." This has, and seemingly always will be, Nintendo's Achilles heel.
I feel like not only was the Playstation superior and more innovative than the N64 but even the Saturn was debatably better too. Sticking with cartridges killed a large amount of interest before the thing even launched. Do you want the popular system with both tons of epic games, the biggest third-party support, and arcade-perfect ports? Do you go with the main alternative with seemingly endless hidden gems and JRPGs to discover, as well as a massive import scene? Or do you go with the console that has next to no surprises and a dildo for a controller? Oh, and Quest 64.
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN It may have looked like a dildo, but it did have the first analog stick. Also, the 64 was more powerful, most games looked better, and they had legacy IPs like Mario, Zelda, Star Fox, and Mario Kart. The 64 (obviously) had a lot of problems, as do every Nintendo console, but the older i get the more i realize the company's ups and downs have more to do with culture than anything else. From the mid 90s to the early 2000s, most people shifted their mindsets on video games, and decided they only wanted gritty, mature, and realistic games. Now, people seem to be shifting away from that, and now prefer nostalgia over everything else. Meanwhile, Nintendo never changed their strategy. They continued to do what they did best, regardless of reception. This has been both a good and a bad thing for them. Its bad in the short term, because they often appear tone deaf. But its great in the long term, because people have come to learn that they can always rely on them.
DK64 didn't require the expansion pack because of a bug, that was for something to do with the lighting system. There was a crunch-time bug, but Nintendo requested they use the expansion pack from the beginning, and those two stories got conflated.
Game packaging: “why does Scott have so many Atari carts?” N64: “HOW TF DID HE FIND (not) A 64DD?!” Also, does Scott not remember that Ocarina of time was originally titled “Zelda 64”? This is one case where I’m glad the 64 subtitled wasn’t applied to a game
We had an N64 during the prime of my childhood. We had enough time between game acquisitions that I never noticed a drought. It helped that so many of the games were really good. N64 was the best for 3D platformers and arcade-style racing games. Late in the console cycle we randomly got a PS1 for Christmas one year. I don't remember anybody asking for it, but it ended up having some fun games. My main takeaway from it, though, was "why does it load so slow?" One thing I really liked about the N64, and which increased its multiplayer versatility, was that each controller had its own memory card slot (Nintendo called them Controller Paks). It was nice to take your controller to your friend's house and have your data with you. Gamecube weirded me out when it had four controller ports but only two memory card slots. I remember my friend had one Gamecube game that allowed all four players to use their own save data, and you had to do some annoying card-swapping to make it happen.
I found it so odd that, aside from Conker, there was no mention of the silent boom of adult video games, which were the most controversial and most talked about topic in web chat gaming the late 90s
Man I just found your channel and am binge-watching it. You have a refreshing sense of humour that just clicks for me, and it's fast-paced enough that nothing gets stale. Nicely fucking done, man, you deserve twice the amount of subscribers that you have.
Nintendo didnt had much of an option. Either way, they would have get fucked. They just choose the lesser of 2 evils. The bruh moment was aproaching Sony at all. And I said that as someone who grew with PS1.
I fully believe Microsoft bought them just to remove them from Nintendo’s war chest. Pretty much all of rares games were good and Microsoft pretty much did nothing with them
17:12 It wasn't a memory leak or bug that required the memory, that doesn't make any sense because more memory doesn't solve that problem, and to prove it you can leave DK64 running for days, if it was a memory leak that wouldn't be possible DK64 has more advanced lighting and models than SM64 which is why it needs more memory to work with
"What are you going to do, take it for a walk?" I expected to see him follow that line with dragging it down the sidewalk, while having a roped wrapped around the console.
My favorite hilariously unnecessary adding 64 to the end of a game had to be... Madden 64. Considering that their usual naming convention is to just add the year, this makes Madden 64 look like it came out decades sooner than its actual release.
I’m only 16 but I grew up with the Nintendo 64. Around 2008 or 2009, one of my dad’s friends gave us his Nintendo 64 with dozens of games which wildly varied in quality. It was my first gaming experience and I have so many great memories of my and my brother playing Mario 64, Star Wars racer, spider man, diddy king racing, goldeneye 007, banjo kazooie, madden 99 and so many more
Some notable mentions: Starcraft 64, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and everyone's favorite: Star Wars: Pod Racer. Hear me out on the last one... If you get a Game Shark you can unlock the top speeds. This game is hilarious under certain circumstances, like the time I spent money on it and realized I had to use a Game Shark on it to find any lasting appeal.
Funny thing is, you didn't even need the GameShark. There's a code you can input in-game to access the debug menu in the pause menu. Setting top speed was one of the things you could do.
That game was so much easier when i realized the droids could only repair one item each. Maxing out only the Breaks, Turning, Acceleration, and Engine made that game a cake walk.
@@mergieismoronic Nintendo being themselves, are expecting developers to take a risk and make games for their weak console not knowing if the games will turn a profit. This is the same Nintendo that's gotten a bit full of themselves by constantly wanting to "innovate" in the game industry by getting people's attention on what gameplay gimmicks they want to show off. They're more concerned with flaunting gimmicks and toys rather than making games with substance. Games other than Mario or Zelda.
@@lefterisdim5423 You completely missed the point of my argument. By the way, I was talking about the Wii U not the Switch. Also, when did I mention "Sony" exactly? Where's your attention been at?
I found my Nintendo 64 this week. It was literally the best day I've had in a long time. Mainly my love for N64 is because it was my first game system, Christmas of 1998.
In mexico it's primarily Nintendo. It's awesome to see where in other regions video game consoles are called either "Nintendo,Atari,Sega and/or Playstation".
9:10 Playstations would regularly come with a demo disc too. I still remember the one mine came with had Tomb Raider II, and Crash Bandicoot 2. Giving people the chance to try the new games, and not have to go to some kiosk was awesome.
I had a Nintendo 64 at launch and loved it. It was incredible...at first. And then when I got a Playstation, it seemed lacking by comparison. The N64 was better with polygonal 3D graphics, but the sound and video quality and compression was so much worse. I still like the console, but I realized in a short amount of time how restrictive cartridges could be.
I feel like "the bit race" is still happening in a way, it's just evolved. After all, there's a reason Phil Spencer's most said phrase of 2019 was "4K"
@@techy804 sadly that's true for about 70% percent of pc gamers, I got tricked into buying a pc back in 2016, "it will be just 500 dollars and you'll get three times the power of current-Gen consoles!" they said, fast-forward 1 month later and I couldn't run battlefield 1 on the thing, I tried optimizing it but all I got was 25 frames, titanfall 2 ran decently at about 40 something fps, but after a bunch of trouble I decided just buying a ps4 pro and using the pc for work and playing team fortress 2, everything went well after, but I still fell shitty knowing that I couldn't refund battlefield 1 because I played too much.
It's the equivalent of something like this from one of his last episodes: Parents: We don't like you Scott and we will have a divorce over you. Scott: Oh, okay. I appreciate your transparency. Parents: And Chibi Robo Zip Lash exists. Scott: NOOOOOO!
The Wii U is still relevant though. Star Fox Zero, Smash 4 is different enough to justify it still being played, and Mario in 3D World looks up Peach’s dress.
Idk, talking about the N64 doesn't seem that original and creative to me. Tho it's still a damn great video, like always. I just don't understand why you would think that this is a crazy video idea.
N64 controller is basically the SNES controller with grips to support the analog stick and a few extra buttons. I've heard that the reason for that is Nintendo wasn't sure if the analog stick would take off so they wanted the controller to have multiple hold options -- one for primarily D-Pad controls, one for primarily analog stick controls. Which completely sidestepped the issue the Playstation had, where it launched w/o analog sticks and had them added later, requiring people to buy more controllers.
@@irishjet2687 They need to officially announce and make Gen IV remakes, and then get off their usual schedule and take some time on the next original entry. There's so much good in Shield but so many missed opportunities, as well.
Pokémon Company needs to give Gamefreak more than a year to work on an open world game. Breath of the wild took years and years to make. Yet, people want that type of quality in a game made with a lot smaller staff and in only a year
@@BrendanJSmith I saw a lot of hype for it, yes. At least until the announcement about the National 'Dex. I don't know that I've seen hype stop that dead in its tracks since the Xbox One E3 conference in 2013. I personally felt that this streamlined a lot ideas from Sun/Moon but also that it felt like they were trying to make up for the slimmer quantity of content by squeezing people for money with the expansion.
4:51 even back then you could get onboard flash memory that was comparable and today they should be using SD cards or SSD's but they are slacking. As kid who was actively gaming in the late 80s and throughout the 90s I can say 100% the PS1 was ehhh at most. Now PS2 was wild.
That. 13:59. That's what I spent my childhood doing. Imagining scenarios out of thin air and jumping aimlessly in Mario 64, or riding Epona in OoT. Those were HOURS of pure pleasure.
Childhood memories! In Mario Kart my brother and me always had to play the balloon games a specific way. One track had to become the "banana land". Plant as much bananas and bombs as possible and shoot the shells in a wall. On the skyscraper level we had to drive in a circle (clockwise and counter clockwise) and use the stuff immediately. For my brother it's still a tradition to solve the christmas present task in Banjo Kazooie on christmas day (bring back the presents to the young ice bears).
Perfect way to end my Sunday. After working all week, and not having time to catch up with my video games or school, and then after two whole days of studying, exams, homework and taking notes. Nothing is better than ending my night with some Scott The Woz.
Phenomenal video as always, Scott! I never knew how drastic the difference in cartridge storage was between the N64 and PS1. Thanks for opening my eyes and making this video!
Donkey Kong 64 has a memory leak and Rare didn't know where it was, so they included the expansion pack so you could play it longer before the game crashed from running out of memory. if you play it long enough without restarting the console it'll still crash
Discovered this the hard way by leaving it on overnight when I was a kid. I hadn't saved before going to bed, and I had lost like 30 minutes worth of gameplay.
Random N64 fact!: The N64 doesn't have a proprietary sound chip in the console. Instead, instruments were compiled into an SF2 (or soundfont) file and MIDIs became standard on the console. This is why you technically can't replicate the sound of the N64: because it had multiple sounds!
I had a friend in high school who owned a Virtual Boy. So I pretty much have only played a VB one time, over 15 years ago lol. It's weird. The Wario Land game was my favorite. It played very smoothly compared to the prior Wario games. It was awkward though. I didn't last that long. 😂
That expansion pak requirement for dk64 was not to fix a bug. Tim Stamper from Rare did interviews in which he reveals that was an urban legend. The expansion pak was for the special oighting and shadow effects in DK64. Get your shit together, Scett
I always find it funny how it’s Nintendo’s fault that PlayStation exists. Nintendo is really responsible for all of modern games.
Dang, true.... never thought of it that way
True...
That’s the most mind blowing fact I’ve read tonight
They created their worst enemy.
I realized that about a year ago, but its still so mine boggling.
"That's like calling it the GDDR6!"
Direct X Box: Sweating Profusly
"Hey dude, you wanna play direct Xbox 360 with me"
Good thing they changed the name before release
Hey, do you want to play Halo on my X Xbox Series X One S 360?
Can't wait for the Direct Xbox Series X box
"That's calling the
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"It's no Pilotwings 64 but it has its charm." - my father after my birth
“It’s no Pilot Wings 64 but it’s got charm! “Your mother after seeing your father
@@nerdgentcare9989 "It's not Pilotwings but it has its charm"
Me, reading those comments.
@Canbreadwalk I also get sex. It's not Pilotwings, but it has its charm.
"its a multiplayer machine" when people talking about my *insert 5th grade joke here
Top comment. Ever.
Its actually insane how much Rare carried this system. Like literally half the games from the system that are worth playing today were made by Rare.
best reminder of this is whenever Nintendo releases their N64 games and none of the Rare games are there which is like 50% of the list of the best games for the system
@jabroni destroyer Nah
@jabroni destroyer Cope
@jabroni destroyer ratio
@jabroni destroyer nah I agree with you but the sheep will always defend their shitty garbage
No joke, I had a substitute teacher in high school who, upon seeing a classmate using his TI-84 graphing calculator, told him to “put away the Xbox.”
Its a box that you can draw X's with so see not wrong
one day people that ignorant will cease to exist, one day...
Put away the f(x)box.
@@thegardenofeatin5965 alright. that was a pretty good one
@@sebawuba8533 doesn’t it just mean ybox
“At least I did better than the Sega Saturn” is going to be my yearbook quote.
BeeJay agreed
Same
Timothy Owens it’s my biggest accomplishment
BeeJay
Hail Miieesch
Personally it’s going my my gravestone
Seeing Ocarina of Time onscreen when Scott calls this "one of Nintendo's mistakes" made my heart skip a beat.
You should probably get your heart checked out.
Damn man, that’s crazy! But who asked?
OOF
I was genuinely concerned too.
Can't believe Scott was wrong for the first time in his life
13:13
I'm not sure if it was Miyamoto or someone else on the development team, but I remember reading a quote (and I'm paraphrasing here); "Our first goal was to make Mario fun to control. We thought, if the player can't have fun just running around and playing with how Mario moves, the game won't be good. So that was our first priority: making him fun to control."
And that philosophy is why there are almost no decent 3D platformers aside from Mario these days.
@@linkthehero8431I recommend Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Hat in Time, Frogun, and Here Comes Niko if you’re looking for some quality 3D platformers.
But yeah, good 3D platformers are a weird rarity today. Either that or they’re not getting enough attention.
@@FedoraKirb My problem is I would only have the money if I dropped Netflix, which I refuse to do because even the Basic with Ads tier saves me a lot of money over even basic cable.
That was a really great philosophy to have
@@linkthehero8431piracy
"They also made Paper Mario"
*Yes they did Scott, and we are all the better for it*
Best game on the console
@@therobotwithhumanhair5659 Very much agreed. It is to this day my favorite game. I can legitimately say that, it's the only game I've played every year since I originally got hands on at my local daycare. A lot of games dont hold up in that era visually or otherwise. That game is still a masterpiece.
@@Gungho73 yep, best N64 game imo
Scott had better be saving Paper Mario for a separate video. His coverage of Paper Mario was “not a church.”
@@freehickeys I doubt it, he doesn't like RPGs. Shame, Paper Mario is really great.
Mom: "son what are you playing"
Son: "Playing sonic"
Mom on phone with aunt: "Son is playing nintendo"
lol
There are Sonic games in Nintendo Consoles though
64 likes lol
@@n-chan8896 really though
@@n-chan8896 No kidding?!
I only just realised that the Wii’s nunchuck is basically just an isolated middle grip of the N64 controller.
No
Plus a c button
Holy shit
Misuse of the word 'literally'
You just realized that? Nintendo has been scamming people for years for stuff that should just be standard. Selling halves of controllers is just the tip of the iceberg. They sold 3DSes without freaking charging cables.
One of my favorite N64 memories was trying (emphasis on trying) to play Goldeneye with an N64 steering wheel because my friend only had 3 controllers and we wanted to play 4 player. Needless to say, it didn't end well for me.
Beautiful, I love this! I recently tried emulating it with a few different controllers, and it was so hard to figure out what felt natural. Good on you for having the guts to try it.
That's awesome
I have very similar memories. Playing super smash brothers melee with a donkey Kong bingo controller… we had four n64 controllers though haha..
Trying to play Goldeneye today after having been exposed to ANY modern controller is a chore.
@@Monsuco Play it on an emulator with a mouse and keyboard then. No seriously, there is a program to basically turn Goldeneye and Perfect Dark into computer games with the mouse controlling the aiming. And when you do that, yeah, those two games actually still hold up today extremely well.
One thing cartridges will always have over CD’s: They are way more satisfying to put into and take out of the console
A lot sturdier too
@juliette Irene yes there is
@juliette Irene yes, quake 64 well "building" screen
Plus they can't scratch and get absolutely rekt
@juliette Irene ah, don’t know that
when someone asks me how sex is: "it's no pilotwings 64 but it has it's charm"
Did you forget? Only virgins can watch Scott's channel.
Toopienator it’s ok I’ve played enough donkey kong tropical freeze to balance it out
@@duracell9575 Oh, then it's fine.
Hmmmm......... Ok
Read my name
Nintendo: "We're sticking with cartridges!"
All the top JRPGs: "oh god Sony please take us
Sega in the distance: I'm free too and I'm use CDs as well
Top JRPGs: Nah PlayStation is fine
Well, I don't think JRPGS have that much power needed to run, they are such simple games they are ridiculous. Goldeneye played on the system stop whining JRPGS.
@@airplane6417 Goldeneye has aged like a fart in a jar. I don't want to play an FPS with the performance from the 1970s.
@@MoeRon004 Saturn has a lot of overlooked gems, actually. All the big names were mostly Playstation but there's some proper quality stuff in that library.
And now the "biggest revolution" in next-gen consoles is "no load times", when N64 was doing that 25 years ago lol
What I most appreciate about this era of gaming was that each console was unique and offered a different experience. That said I think the 3D action/platformers on the N64 games aged better than PS1 or Saturn. Going back to the era of tank controls is tough and the fact that Mario 64 is still playable by today's standards says alot.
The N64's analog stick being there from the very beginning helped a lot, but I think the PS1 has some games that were designed very well with the D-pad like the Crash Bandicoot games. Those are still insanely fun and unique to this day.
@@The_Mexican_Dude I love Mario 64 to death, but future entries absolutely eclipse that game's controls. Not everything feels graceful, especially the turning and precise platforming. Odyssey especially is leagues ahead just due to how tight everything feels.
@@The_Mexican_DudeHaaaard disagree. Platformer games in general, especially Mario games, greatly improved on the gameplay. In fact, I’d even say M64 doesn’t feel great to play nowadays by comparison (particularly due to the camera). It’s not unplayable but it’s honestly unrealistic to say that it’s held so well that even odyssey isn’t at that level
@@SuspiciousScoutgames that were made in 3d but not made to take advantage of that fact
Saturn has aged well. N64, yeah still fun. PS1 and PS2 aged really poorly, imo.
There was originally gonna be a fire emblem game on the n64 but during its development it turned into path of radiance for the gamecube
It would have been neat if that game was the first to be localized instead of The Blazing Blade for the Game Boy Advance. Then people here in he U.S could have experienced it before Smash Bros.
path of radiance? i always thought the subtitle was: path of debt.
Also there was going to be a Mother game which was turned into [Refer to Scott's depiction of caring for the system]
Gross... Fire emblem on n64 🤢🤢🤢
I mean also there was a fire emblem game that came out on the super famicom in 1999 sooooo
I swear that middle stick always looked like it could break at any moment
I think your controller is a bootleg, because mine felt like it could stand a tank running it over.
@@jaydeedoan3022 looked like it would. Not felt.
@@DJPantspis_er my bad, lmao, also, mine has recently broken! 😂
@@jaydeedoan3022 c o m e d y
@@DJPantspis_er h a h a f u n n y
My uncle recently gave me his old N64 for when he was a kid with a couple games like Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time. This was so cool to me. The controller and graphics were way better than I thought they would be. This console stands tall even today
Get goldeneye
@@Curlyheartgolden eye does not hold up even a little bit. It was revolutionary, doesn't feel good to play today.
@@OzoneDepleter doesn't mean it ain't fun anymore.
@@OzoneDepleter I was going to write some shit here, but it turns out Goldeneye 007 came out before both Unreal and Half-Life which are basically as revolutionary as it, in the eyes of PC gamers
Well... at least Half-Life introduced the "storytelling with no cutscenes, only scripted events" formula used in many games including Skyrim, while also introducing the WASD control scheme which is used in ALL 3D PC games nowadays (it was invented by doom fans but it was half life that made it a default control scheme)
WWF No Mercy
Before super smash brothers there was no mercy! You won't regret this one 👍
Did I just see Scott go from trending on gaming to trending on TH-cam
Hell yeah you did
Ye
Lol nice cool
Kewl
Bruh
Scott’s not just trending on YT gaming: he’s trending on TH-cam in general
as he should be
What he deserves
He’s becoming too powerful.
69th like :P
Nice!
GroundedOnTwo you must be fun at parties
I recently watched Netflix’s “High Score” documentary series and throughout it I kept saying “Oh yeah I remember the Scott the Woz episode about this”
Scott is my main source of gaming history
He didn't make a vid on ultima, but honestly I really did not enjoy that series much at all. Felt very kiddie and like dumbed down.
MegaMattroid thats why i watched it with my parents who know literally nothing about video games lmao
@@elimichaud901 Oh nice man
Eli Michaud I watched it with them and even then they asked questions
Most of my friends had PS1 and having different games was really fun! We always got to show each other games the other hadn't heard of or played yet, it made your library of games more personal.
Yeah... It's kinda fascinating how back then there were so many third-party exclusives
Nowadays it's a rare thing really
“That’s like Sony naming their next PlayStation the GDDR6”
Looks at Other Sony products*
Scott don’t give them ideas
I can't wait for Microsoft's new Xbox X Series 360 Box-X One 4k Scarlet.
Rick Cutshall with Kinect 3.0
Newnintendo3d2dswitchxl+amiibouandknuckles
Just slap on some more sequels.
Well they already called their own gaming console "Play Station" !
Scott is like that school teacher that makes learning fun.
That's what I was thinking 😁
No no no he IS that school teacher
Yes
They don't exist
True. I have my fair share tho
Mr walice, I’m looking at you lol
Ima guess the seven who liked this also went to winterbourne
"What're you going to do with a Nintendo 64, take it for a walk?"
For once I'm glad there wasn't a cutaway gag
I was dissapointed tbh
I would've been fine if he walked a brick with a n64 picture taped to it lol
Hey Scott: if you make a video on the PS1, it should be subtitled, "Nintendo's worst mistake", not just to play this video's title, but also because it kinda is their worst mistake
That would be awesome.
rare's aquisition by microsoft might be the biggest blunder they've had yet
@@brainlag.I think the Sony fiasco is worse, cus it led to one of the two biggest game console manufacturers existence, and it led to Nintendo have two generations of underperforming consoles (if the SNES CD addon was made, Nintendo would've probably adopted the format from the get-go, leading to the N64 using CDs, which would've eliminated the main reason why third party devs avoided the system like the plague). So yeah, compared to THAT, Rare being bought by Microsoft is not as huge of a deal
@@jackmesrel4933The biggest reason why the deal fell out was largely due to both companies disagreeing on which company would benefit the most revenue earned on the Super CD format. People tend to gloss over Sony’s side of the story and ignore Nintendo’s for the most part. With their initial agreement as follows: Any Nintendo game like Mario or Zelda on the Super CD format would be going into Sony’s pockets instead of Nintendo’s and had Nintendo and Sony worked around their differences, PlayStation wouldn’t be in the same league as it is today.
Seriously, the deal Sony was offering Nintendo was awful. They would have been stupid to take it. The real mistakes came in the aftermath of that decision. Sticking with cartridges was a misread of the market. And Nintendo didn't do much to counter Sony wooing over all the 3rd party developers with good support and generous licensing terms for the PlayStation.
A big part of the reason Sony stole so much market share from Nintendo and Sega was because it stole the attention of all the 3rd party developers.
This and the GameCube are consoles that weren’t necessarily viewed in the best light but are now loved my so many
Who hated this console
Except gamecube games were fun to control
They're loved by the same people who loved them then.
The GameCube Controller is also the best ergonomic controller Nintendo ever created.
“My so many”
I’m convinced that “it’s alright” and “it’s ok” are Scott’s catchphrases
Don’t forget “it’s fine”
@@AxeIRad ah yes, can't forget that one.
@@AxeIRad it LOOKS fine
And last but not least, "Hey all, Scott here!"
"It looks fine"
Thanks to the N64 8-year-old me thought Japanese people had three hands...
Oh my Gosh haha I grew up on the 3ds and WII and genuinely was so confused why the 3ds wouldn't go on the TV and and WII wouldn't go handheld which is why I love the switch so much
Bro your so wrong *_chernobyl people have 3 hands_*
I mean... have you asked?
I remember my little hands constantly switching prongs like how am I supposed to use the d-pad and shoot with z?
@Figgy Newton lmfaoooo
I was the only one in my friend group to choose a Playstation over N64 back in middle school. I was more focused on single player games and I was very happy with my choice in that regard, but when we were hanging out, we were all about the N64. Each system dabbled in both, but that was pretty much the choice you had to make back then: N64 for the best multiplayer experience, or Playstation for the most (and arguably, best) single player options.
N64 had single games as well. Getting 4 people together (let alone 4 controllers and the specific games and an expansion pack) wasn't always easy.
“There will always be a reason to fire this thing up” duh, Superman 64
"Then there's no time to waste!"
Ironically its the reason I have one now
Super man he flies through the rings Super man he does all the things just kidding he only flies through rings that’s all that he does and he’s not even good it’s basically the only thing he does in the game and he’s not even good at it.....
golden eye
Hell yeah, Superman 64. The only game you should care about in this world. Well, it and maybe Big Rigs.
I'm disappointed, Gex 64 wasn't even mentioned once.
Ikr! It's like Halloween at Rip Taylor's or something
Smh this video was like watching Jontron at Dunkey's house
But the important thing is "It's Tail Time"
Note to self: Don't drink tap water at Jerry Garcia's
He did mention ogre battle 64
When I realised the Wii's nunchuck is just the central stem removed from the N64 controller I had to sit down.
.0.
more like a gamecube stick with a Z button
and a r trigger
Wow.
Yeah but it never squidged out of my grip. The nunchuck sucks.
@SunOnShine not even out yet, how can you be so sure it'll be good?
When talking about Mario 64, you live in an era where this is old hat. You can't image the excitement of seeing something like this for the first time EVER. No one had seen a game this good EVER. It's out dated and old for you but image if you could enter a holodeck and play a game now. That's how exciting it was.
This. This is why I don't really value his opinion on the mattter. He's completely removed from the time period it was released in. The kid was born a year after the console was released. Of course he's not gonna care or understand how big of a deal it is.
I’m with you guys. N64 blew our minds at the time. I can still find nostalgic beauty in N64 games.
Yeah, Super Mario 64 was absolutely mind blowing and was one hundred percent a good enough reason to get a Nintendo 64.
There simply wasn't anything else like it.
Exactly! I was 13 when the N64 came out. Mario 64 and ocarina of time blew my mind.
Mario 64 is old school not outdated lol
Old school is something you want to go back to, mario 64 is still fun to play even to this very day outdated is something you don't want to go back to like tiger lcd games
“What are you gonna do with an n64, take it for a walk?”
are you challenging me, scott?
There was an advert for the Game Boy Color where a guy takes his N64 for a long walk with a very very long extension cable into the country side, then when he finally sits down to play, his mum unplugs it at the house to put the vacuum cleaner in.
Thats why they put a handle on the gamecube
fenhen Thats pretty 10/10
"What you do an take for walk?"
you me,
@@user-or5so6zt6g I'm crazy!
“the higher the number the gooder the fun” best quote
i would like your comment, but you’re at 64 and i think it would be an atrocious crime to undo that.
@@buddacreem6877 I appreciate it my chum
Crazy how Saturn outperformed N64 in Japan. First time Sega beat Nintendo in their home market. It would also be the last.
Segata Sanshiro!!!
because the 64 was more geared to western audiences while Japan were still into 2d games like many on the Saturn.
Not really, Sega probably bothered to ship units to Japanese retailers ontime whereas in the US there weren't enough of them to satisfy the pre-orders because Sega decided to bump up the launch date significantly.
My brother had a Saturn and it was a pretty decent system. I've got a Dreamcast and it's a shame that it didn't get more time as it was a great console. The main issue I have with the systems is that they're disc based which makes for some issues in terms of preserving the games as optical discs are sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity.
@davidstenn2871 Yes, my brother had one and it was a good system. But, they botched the launch so badly that it killed the company when retailers wouldn't stock the Dreamcast in the next generation after having been burned by the launch date change.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade yes really... Where am I wrong?
0:00 Intro
1:13 Development/History
4:40 Cartridges VS CDs
8:50 Console Design
9:48 Controller
11:54 Video Games
30:55 Final Thoughts
31:07 “For every one thing Nintendo innovated with this console, there was another that was ridiculously close minded and stuck in the past.”
Literally Nintendo as a company in one sentence. Could not put it better myself.
I'd argue, by and large, Nintendo isn't stuck in the past as much anymore. I think the main thing people have problems with right now is smash online and even then, it _works,_ it's just not incredible.
AniMariBro their online in general is stuck in the past
@@lacanm1554 I wouldn't say that. A lot of their games work quite well online, and it only helps to have a wired connection in the first place
Mario galaxy 2 intensifies
Still lingers on today with Nintendo Online
"It's no Pilotwings 64 but it has its charm" - My girlfriend when I whipped it out for the first time
0-0
And by “it” you obviously mean Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo 64 right?
@@Sonaholic 😏
@@Sonaholic He means Aerogauge
Whipped what out? Mario 64?
Forgetting a Scott the Woz episode is probably one of the best feelings to have.
For me, it means being able to watch it again while still being able to truthfully laugh at the humor.
Forgetting Scott Woz is one the feelings have.
me, means able watch again still able truthfully at humor.
@@user-or5so6zt6g you just repeated what they said but making even less sense
@@user-or5so6zt6g wha
@@user-or5so6zt6g dementia
@@swf_buccellati2098 Judging by whatever the fuck their username is, I'm gonna guess English is not their primary language.
Expansion pak fixing the DK64 bug is a common myth. They fixed the bug before releasing the game, but the pak helped with in-game lighting.
"For every one thing Nintendo innovated with this console, there was another that was ridiculously close minded and stuck in the past."
This has, and seemingly always will be, Nintendo's Achilles heel.
*cough* Switch's online functionality *cough*
I have friends living in Japan, and this is spot on of Japanese business culture, I just never realized until Big N made it this obvious.
I feel like not only was the Playstation superior and more innovative than the N64 but even the Saturn was debatably better too. Sticking with cartridges killed a large amount of interest before the thing even launched. Do you want the popular system with both tons of epic games, the biggest third-party support, and arcade-perfect ports? Do you go with the main alternative with seemingly endless hidden gems and JRPGs to discover, as well as a massive import scene? Or do you go with the console that has next to no surprises and a dildo for a controller? Oh, and Quest 64.
@Finlay McMullen Amen.
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN It may have looked like a dildo, but it did have the first analog stick.
Also, the 64 was more powerful, most games looked better, and they had legacy IPs like Mario, Zelda, Star Fox, and Mario Kart.
The 64 (obviously) had a lot of problems, as do every Nintendo console, but the older i get the more i realize the company's ups and downs have more to do with culture than anything else.
From the mid 90s to the early 2000s, most people shifted their mindsets on video games, and decided they only wanted gritty, mature, and realistic games. Now, people seem to be shifting away from that, and now prefer nostalgia over everything else. Meanwhile, Nintendo never changed their strategy. They continued to do what they did best, regardless of reception. This has been both a good and a bad thing for them. Its bad in the short term, because they often appear tone deaf. But its great in the long term, because people have come to learn that they can always rely on them.
"There's a reason I dug this grave deeper than usual" has such raw power to it
As long as he doesn't sexually abuse corpses, I'm fine.
My gravestone will say "I did better than the Sega Saturn"
That'll really narrow it down.
DK64 didn't require the expansion pack because of a bug, that was for something to do with the lighting system. There was a crunch-time bug, but Nintendo requested they use the expansion pack from the beginning, and those two stories got conflated.
When I was 10-ish, I made a PowerPoint about the history of the N64 with this exact title and showed it to my parents in hopes they’d buy me one.
Camo Clone Trooper did it work?
We need to know
cuentanos
@@mikeval1525 it's a joke
@@comments6482 how you know, its something that a kid would really do lol
That's exactly what my parents call me. Their best mistake.
I'm so dead inside.
Yo Camelot!
Aren't we all
Buddy, tell us the real truth.
We all know they didnt say best.
Cus thats what MY parents said too.. im their mistake
:)
At least you not their worst mistake
I mean, how many of us were planned? I bet I could count that on the number of fingers I'd have left playing Russian Connect Four.
Game packaging: “why does Scott have so many Atari carts?”
N64: “HOW TF DID HE FIND (not) A 64DD?!”
Also, does Scott not remember that Ocarina of time was originally titled “Zelda 64”? This is one case where I’m glad the 64 subtitled wasn’t applied to a game
Get ready, he's gonna get the Prototype of The Nintendo Playstation
AND WHY DID HE THROW IT
@@bernebelmont1857 he only throw the box lol
@@arvorejoana4350 still hurts
I mean... This is the same man who slams copies of Chibi Robo Zip Lash into the toilet. It's totally not anything unordinary for him.
We had an N64 during the prime of my childhood. We had enough time between game acquisitions that I never noticed a drought. It helped that so many of the games were really good. N64 was the best for 3D platformers and arcade-style racing games.
Late in the console cycle we randomly got a PS1 for Christmas one year. I don't remember anybody asking for it, but it ended up having some fun games. My main takeaway from it, though, was "why does it load so slow?"
One thing I really liked about the N64, and which increased its multiplayer versatility, was that each controller had its own memory card slot (Nintendo called them Controller Paks). It was nice to take your controller to your friend's house and have your data with you. Gamecube weirded me out when it had four controller ports but only two memory card slots. I remember my friend had one Gamecube game that allowed all four players to use their own save data, and you had to do some annoying card-swapping to make it happen.
Drinking game:
Take a shot every time Scott says 64.
Please don't
Of water. Remember water is way more healthy than alcohol
O bama talks about pewds Pp check on ma chnl before it gets recommended after 7 years ( not pasting link cuz it would be marked spam)
@@gametests what?
@@gametests reported
Scott is the only person who can talk about how goodbad the N64 is for 32 minutes and keep me thoroughly entertained the entire time
Disclaimer: Doesn’t mention South Park 64
I found it so odd that, aside from Conker, there was no mention of the silent boom of adult video games, which were the most controversial and most talked about topic in web chat gaming the late 90s
oh God I remember that game. You were defending yourself from a bunch of wild turkeys with a NERF GUN.
It's also on ps1 and pc
TouchedBigfoot8 I’d argue that South Park 64 was better than Goldeneye, at least the multiplayer anyway.
7:37 So close
Man I just found your channel and am binge-watching it. You have a refreshing sense of humour that just clicks for me, and it's fast-paced enough that nothing gets stale. Nicely fucking done, man, you deserve twice the amount of subscribers that you have.
I'm just barely starting my binge 😁👍
Honestly Nintendo being responsible for the creation of their biggest rival is one of the biggest Bruh moments in gaming history
To be fair, Nintendo backed out of the contract because it would've gave Sony publishing rights to everything on disc.
KhakiCube I mean it’s still mildly amusing either way
@@KhakiCube but, its hilarious they outclassed the company they were going to work with
You say that, but how different would the gaming world be if they didnt? All the games and classics we have today may not exist. So be thankful.
Nintendo didnt had much of an option. Either way, they would have get fucked. They just choose the lesser of 2 evils. The bruh moment was aproaching Sony at all.
And I said that as someone who grew with PS1.
Rare was so good that not even the bad movie game curse could defeated them
Could defeated them yes
Goldeneye was also not rushed to be released alongside the movie.
Not so with the sequel "The World is Not Enough"
microsoft sure could
I fully believe Microsoft bought them just to remove them from Nintendo’s war chest. Pretty much all of rares games were good and Microsoft pretty much did nothing with them
@@tenkenroo Needed more devs.
It’s our fault. If humanity had just evolved that third hand for the trident controller things would’ve been different.
Terydactyl foot controller.
As goofy as that controller looked, think how much it invented that are standard today. Thumbstick, rumble, "z-targeting".
If human evolution provided us with 3 hands, the N64's controller would've had 4 handles.
Miyamoto is inevitable
@@EvilApple567 your probably right
I always held both handles and reached the analog stick just fine with my left thumb.
Small hands/short thumbs btfo.
17:12
It wasn't a memory leak or bug that required the memory, that doesn't make any sense because more memory doesn't solve that problem, and to prove it you can leave DK64 running for days, if it was a memory leak that wouldn't be possible
DK64 has more advanced lighting and models than SM64 which is why it needs more memory to work with
"What are you going to do, take it for a walk?"
I expected to see him follow that line with dragging it down the sidewalk, while having a roped wrapped around the console.
I was too. And there's already enough destruction and reckless smashing of consoles together in his videos, so I didn't need any more.
same!
My favorite hilariously unnecessary adding 64 to the end of a game had to be... Madden 64. Considering that their usual naming convention is to just add the year, this makes Madden 64 look like it came out decades sooner than its actual release.
Lol
Unless... it was _actually_ released in 1864!
Ahead of its time
@@yeaaaaaaaaaaahff They're gonna have a problem when 2064 rolls around.
@@firstnamelastname7244 definitely will be amusing to see the title
I’m only 16 but I grew up with the Nintendo 64. Around 2008 or 2009, one of my dad’s friends gave us his Nintendo 64 with dozens of games which wildly varied in quality. It was my first gaming experience and I have so many great memories of my and my brother playing Mario 64, Star Wars racer, spider man, diddy king racing, goldeneye 007, banjo kazooie, madden 99 and so many more
Lucky!!
im 14 and grew up with an actual super nintendo till i was 10
The N64 was the 90's console for people that had more than one friend.
Scott: I don’t hear many people talk passionately about the ps1
Caddi: well......
Caddy, walking shirtless: *screeches*
2030:
Me:I hear many people talk passionately about the Wii U,not so much the PS4
Random Sony fanboy:Well...
so true
@@NFSF1McLaren comes out of cupboard ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Daddy-Caddy is still one of my favorite gamey-tube bois, but 'not many' still applies lol
Some notable mentions: Starcraft 64, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and everyone's favorite: Star Wars: Pod Racer.
Hear me out on the last one... If you get a Game Shark you can unlock the top speeds. This game is hilarious under certain circumstances, like the time I spent money on it and realized I had to use a Game Shark on it to find any lasting appeal.
I hate pod racer, I think Rogue Squadron was so much more fun
Pro Skater was way more a PlayStation title in my mind, it's just not the same without that CD audio soundtrack
Funny thing is, you didn't even need the GameShark. There's a code you can input in-game to access the debug menu in the pause menu. Setting top speed was one of the things you could do.
That game was so much easier when i realized the droids could only repair one item each. Maxing out only the Breaks, Turning, Acceleration, and Engine made that game a cake walk.
Starcraft 64 was a great achievement for the 64. Also needed the upgrade chip for multiplayer and brood wars
Nintendo 64: teaching kids that really good highs are worth any lows
Wii U: teaching kids that their favorite company can be pretty full of themselves after not learning from their past failures.
+Doc Louis
The Wii U was mismarketed and had barely any games at the start and end, hence why it failed.
@@mergieismoronic Nintendo being themselves, are expecting developers to take a risk and make games for their weak console not knowing if the games will turn a profit. This is the same Nintendo that's gotten a bit full of themselves by constantly wanting to "innovate" in the game industry by getting people's attention on what gameplay gimmicks they want to show off. They're more concerned with flaunting gimmicks and toys rather than making games with substance. Games other than Mario or Zelda.
@@doclouis4236 Not everyone has to do what Sony does. Nintendo does its own thing and Switch is currently doing amazing.
@@lefterisdim5423 You completely missed the point of my argument. By the way, I was talking about the Wii U not the Switch. Also, when did I mention "Sony" exactly? Where's your attention been at?
29:00 damn I remember seeing a 64DD in a swap meet in California with the box. I should have bought one but I was 11 years old
I found my Nintendo 64 this week. It was literally the best day I've had in a long time. Mainly my love for N64 is because it was my first game system, Christmas of 1998.
Same
Did it still work?
I'm considering buying one, as the Switch is my first Nintendo console...
Yeah it still works. It was in a box. Those things could survive a bombing.
@@TucBroder n64s are really tough. Like durable tough.
@@TucBroder You can play lots of games from the older Nintendo consoles for free if you subscribe to the online service.
Me: needs to get a good nights rest for my first day of high school
Scott: I’m about to end this mans whole career
Lucky I started 4 weeks ago
i started 10th grade 5 weeks ago
I hate school bro (worst part is, have like 7-8 years to go) :(
I started college 3 weeks ago
I'm in Australia, and need to say: WTF? We start school at the start of the year because that makes sense not mid-september.
Fun fact: a lot of cubans, and probably a lot of hispanics have "atari" instead of "nintendo" as their blanket name for all videogames.
awesometico In the Dominican Republic, some people use Sega as a blanket term, not everyone one though, the majority use Nintendo.
In mexico it's primarily Nintendo. It's awesome to see where in other regions video game consoles are called either "Nintendo,Atari,Sega and/or Playstation".
in Spain it's usually playstation
@@escuiper4494 ahhhhh yes , un playestation.
And Iranians
9:10 Playstations would regularly come with a demo disc too. I still remember the one mine came with had Tomb Raider II, and Crash Bandicoot 2. Giving people the chance to try the new games, and not have to go to some kiosk was awesome.
Plus they were also rewards for some Pizza Hut contest
Scott: "I don't care about the N64."
90's Kids: "So you have chosen *death*."
2000s kids:I hate the Wii U
2010s kids:Ah,so you have chosen death!
I didn't grow up with the N64 either, so...
As a 2000's kid, I wholeheartedly agree with this statement.
I grew up in the 2000’s and the 64 is still my favorite console of all time...up there with the ps2
I had a Nintendo 64 at launch and loved it. It was incredible...at first. And then when I got a Playstation, it seemed lacking by comparison. The N64 was better with polygonal 3D graphics, but the sound and video quality and compression was so much worse. I still like the console, but I realized in a short amount of time how restrictive cartridges could be.
Damn, that timing, man. Right when his final speech ended so did the SM64 staff roll theme. That was satisfying.
I feel like "the bit race" is still happening in a way, it's just evolved. After all, there's a reason Phil Spencer's most said phrase of 2019 was "4K"
Yeah and there's the whole digital eyelash rendering thing
Jacob Underwood pc: 16k
@@shidder24 8k*
@@nintenaya137 Me: 900p
@@techy804 sadly that's true for about 70% percent of pc gamers, I got tricked into buying a pc back in 2016, "it will be just 500 dollars and you'll get three times the power of current-Gen consoles!" they said, fast-forward 1 month later and I couldn't run battlefield 1 on the thing, I tried optimizing it but all I got was 25 frames, titanfall 2 ran decently at about 40 something fps, but after a bunch of trouble I decided just buying a ps4 pro and using the pc for work and playing team fortress 2, everything went well after, but I still fell shitty knowing that I couldn't refund battlefield 1 because I played too much.
people: "the higher the number the gooder the fun!"
ping: "let me introduce myself."
"Nintendo made buttons! What did you do dad!?"
~Scott the Woz 2020
"I made you, son"
~Dad 2020
It's the equivalent of something like this from one of his last episodes:
Parents: We don't like you Scott and we will have a divorce over you.
Scott: Oh, okay. I appreciate your transparency.
Parents: And Chibi Robo Zip Lash exists.
Scott: NOOOOOO!
“There was cool connection to other Wii U owners”
Yeah it’s called virginity
Lol
you beat me to it damn
Yeah, I mean who owns a Wii U anymore? Right guys? I sure don't. Hehehehe...😭
Daily reminder n64 sold more than the Wii u
The Wii U is still relevant though. Star Fox Zero, Smash 4 is different enough to justify it still being played, and Mario in 3D World looks up Peach’s dress.
Everyone’s favorite console is the one that they played when they were 12 years old.
Thats insanely true
When I was 12, I played PS2. However my favourite console is the SNES.
Mine is the GameCube
My favourite console is the Sega Dreamcast even though I wasn't alive when it released
@@TusharSundarka that's my second favorite.
7:05 I don't think the worst version of Rayman 2 at the time is a good example.
My gf: I bet he's thinking about other girls...
Me: How the hell does Scott The Woz come up with these video ideas?
Lie, you have no gf
Like ANTS.
Steven - I-... you're right..
Scott brain: Scott here
Idk, talking about the N64 doesn't seem that original and creative to me. Tho it's still a damn great video, like always. I just don't understand why you would think that this is a crazy video idea.
I just realized how similar the analogue handle for the n64 console looks to the Wii Nunchuk
Wii Nunchuck is much better though.
Wait till you look at the gamecubes analog.
Now I can never unsee that... 😳
And the Wiimote is just a Nes controller turned 90°
N64 controller is basically the SNES controller with grips to support the analog stick and a few extra buttons. I've heard that the reason for that is Nintendo wasn't sure if the analog stick would take off so they wanted the controller to have multiple hold options -- one for primarily D-Pad controls, one for primarily analog stick controls. Which completely sidestepped the issue the Playstation had, where it launched w/o analog sticks and had them added later, requiring people to buy more controllers.
"I'm just surprised Nintendo didn't force them to make a true N64 pokemon adventure."
20 years later on the switch, we're asking the same thing again.
Seriously, GameFreak and the Pokémon Company need to get their act together.
@@irishjet2687 They need to officially announce and make Gen IV remakes, and then get off their usual schedule and take some time on the next original entry. There's so much good in Shield but so many missed opportunities, as well.
Ryan Ahr remember the pure hype behind Sun & Moon? Was there ANY of that hype for Sword & Shield?
Pokémon Company needs to give Gamefreak more than a year to work on an open world game. Breath of the wild took years and years to make. Yet, people want that type of quality in a game made with a lot smaller staff and in only a year
@@BrendanJSmith I saw a lot of hype for it, yes. At least until the announcement about the National 'Dex. I don't know that I've seen hype stop that dead in its tracks since the Xbox One E3 conference in 2013. I personally felt that this streamlined a lot ideas from Sun/Moon but also that it felt like they were trying to make up for the slimmer quantity of content by squeezing people for money with the expansion.
4:51 even back then you could get onboard flash memory that was comparable and today they should be using SD cards or SSD's but they are slacking.
As kid who was actively gaming in the late 80s and throughout the 90s I can say 100% the PS1 was ehhh at most. Now PS2 was wild.
“Family photo: oh that’s embarrassing” slaps a serial killer “that’s better” had me dying
I just think it's hilarious that he shows more love for the Wii u, even holding the game pad up to his face, while disowning the 64.
Read my name
That. 13:59. That's what I spent my childhood doing. Imagining scenarios out of thin air and jumping aimlessly in Mario 64, or riding Epona in OoT. Those were HOURS of pure pleasure.
I can relate, one time my brother tried to convinced me that Peaches Royal Raceway was in the game.
Childhood memories! In Mario Kart my brother and me always had to play the balloon games a specific way. One track had to become the "banana land". Plant as much bananas and bombs as possible and shoot the shells in a wall. On the skyscraper level we had to drive in a circle (clockwise and counter clockwise) and use the stuff immediately.
For my brother it's still a tradition to solve the christmas present task in Banjo Kazooie on christmas day (bring back the presents to the young ice bears).
The days
i did this with NYC for Spiderman 2. which was GC not N64 but still, there's so much simple fun in a 3D adventure game
Being a neighbor in front of Scott's House is an honor, we can all agree this...
No one asked :)
@@alex-zj6ef But it's still cool to be in front of him right ?
Alex Dawgo true
You are lying. Stop trying to get attention. It's sad.
Balloon Boy ???
Fun Fact: The Wiimote nunchuck design is basically just the middle prong of the N64 controller.
"Criticism is just whining "
- Scott(2020)
In the case of the 3D All stars “controversy” this is especially true.
But muh *”FrEe SpEeCh”*
George of the Jungle for PS2
@@brandonwilliams6119 *coughs in 'no one asked you'*
What millennials go by today unironically
“bet you won’t” was nintendo’s response to sony developing the PSX with out nintendo’s help.
*100 Million+ units sold later*
Perfect way to end my Sunday. After working all week, and not having time to catch up with my video games or school, and then after two whole days of studying, exams, homework and taking notes. Nothing is better than ending my night with some Scott The Woz.
I just realized the Nintendo 64's strange middle leg is just a wii nunchuck...
Phenomenal video as always, Scott! I never knew how drastic the difference in cartridge storage was between the N64 and PS1. Thanks for opening my eyes and making this video!
Y ur pic a homosexual toddler?
@@ruspotter2037 You trying to ask him out on a date?
Sounds like you’re trying to sell me something
Donkey Kong 64 has a memory leak and Rare didn't know where it was, so they included the expansion pack so you could play it longer before the game crashed from running out of memory. if you play it long enough without restarting the console it'll still crash
Discovered this the hard way by leaving it on overnight when I was a kid. I hadn't saved before going to bed, and I had lost like 30 minutes worth of gameplay.
How long do you need to play it in order to break it? :O
@@IceSpoon I think around 20 hours with the xpac, but that could be wrong. Without the expansion, DK64 crashes within a few hours.
@@drewp.weiner5708 someone didn't patch a memory hole. 't happens
Nice.
Man, Scott’s new upload schedule is _very_ strange. Like, I never expected him to start uploading at 1:00 AM, but here we are.
Hey all Scott here! It’s 1 am! You know what that means!
It actually got delayed
Timezones buddy, I got this at 9 pm
Man, I wish people knew timezones existed, it’s *very* strange, but here we are.
I’m still pretty sure he uploaded at 1:00 AM in his time zone.
So is no one going to talk about how wholesome the family photo of Scott and four of his consoles is? No one?
no one
how is it wholesome it has the N64 in it
@@gezi5927 oohhh, yeah, right.
I don't know if having a family photo with a serial killer is wholesome but it's definitely tolerable than having a N64 on one.
@@kakyoindonut3213 man I love your profile
Random N64 fact!: The N64 doesn't have a proprietary sound chip in the console. Instead, instruments were compiled into an SF2 (or soundfont) file and MIDIs became standard on the console. This is why you technically can't replicate the sound of the N64: because it had multiple sounds!
Who gives their child the middle name “the”
The same psychos who would name their kid Scott "will eventually take a look at the first mega man" Wozniak (working title).
Sonic and Mario have the middle name the
@@wesleydavis9869 Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario the Mario
Mario the human
@@wesleydavis9869 super the mario
The ultra design looks like an old leap frog tablet.
You just unlocked a memory I forgot I had.
I see no problem here
I can’t believe that you’re so right
Scott should do a leapfrog video
The most surprising part of this video is that he owns a Nintendo Virtual Boy.
You don’t?
@@jman507gaming4 no.
I had a friend in high school who owned a Virtual Boy. So I pretty much have only played a VB one time, over 15 years ago lol. It's weird. The Wario Land game was my favorite. It played very smoothly compared to the prior Wario games. It was awkward though. I didn't last that long. 😂
How much does it cost over there ?
You mean like every videogame you tuber? Wow my mind is blown.
That expansion pak requirement for dk64 was not to fix a bug. Tim Stamper from Rare did interviews in which he reveals that was an urban legend.
The expansion pak was for the special oighting and shadow effects in DK64.
Get your shit together, Scett