This might be hands down the best explanation of the Famicom for English language audiences on TH-cam or arguably any medium to date. Even though I've watched nearly every episode of Famidaily, this was excellent because you gave not only a comprehensive overview of the system but you also explained the context of what was going on in the Japanese market with each major release on the Famicom. I'm glad you explained how Nintendo's strict licensing not only affected us in the west but also caused problems in their own region. I'm ready for the Famicom Disk System project to begin so that way we can get the other slice of the pie from the add-on world. 😃
Oh man, thanks for such a great retrospective! The arcade bliss of 1983-1985, the esoteric era of 1986-1989, the hi-tech peak years of 1990-1991 and the peaceful retirement of 1992-1994. I like 'em all 😊
Congrats. And I can't believe I'm dork enough to post this, but Samus is the *third* female Nintendo protagonist. The first was Bubbles from Clu Clu Land, then Mach Rider. ;)
Happy birthday Famicom. Crazy how time moves so fast. Love to see it documented and note how these ancient games impacted the gaming landscape for decades to come
1:16:00 Koushinkyoku is the field-day spinoff of Monogatari. You're thinking of Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki. Also, I'm surprised by the lack of Gradius in this list. It was the biggest STG franchise of the 80's.
Great video! Thank you! I'm very interested in story about break between Namco and Nintendo that you've told about. Where did you find info about this?
Well, I noticed something was up when starting around February of 1989 every other game was published by Namco and the quality of those games dropped severely. And then looking ahead, I saw that this pattern went forward until July 31 and then Namco basically stopped publishing on the Famicom. I started poking around and I found discussion of it on some Japanese message boards. So I can't give you definitive sources, sorry, and no primary sources at all since it's not like Namco and Nintendo would talk about this publicly. It's just become kind of Famicom lore.
felt like I should save this one for last after finishing the months-long binge of famidaily proper. also cool to get a sneak peek at some of the FDS coverage definitely looking forward to that series! it was quite the journey indeed. I think I came across about almost 3 dozen games I'd never heard of but really wanted to try. #1 on that list had to be from the 'dungeon crawlers' category: Shadow Brain! I'm a sucker for cyberpunk-themed stuff, so seeing a dungeon crawler in that style had me curious! Found an english translation so looking forward to trying it out. But overall I think this was a great sample platter on what folks got with their Famicom over its decade plus long lifespan!!
It's a composition I did in Ikinari Musician, some not very good music making software for the Famicom. They got some back tracks and then I noodle around with the melody part.
I love how Final Fantasy III is so important, but the west treats it like the most “bland” Final Fantasy. Which is kinda strange considering a lot of people who say this place way too much importance on the first game, when this one is more important. Speaking of RPGs, it would be cool if you looked more at them and gave a list, because I would love to see what worthwhile NES RPGs there is, and even other genres like strategy games or adventure games.
So great to finally hear an English speaker admit that DQIV is a better famicom rpg than DQIII. It’s so grossly underrated, and most kids these days play newer versions. I beat the nes version on famicom hardware last year. It’s really the best.
Not a criticism: it seems as if the _Famicom Disk System_ is given very little significance on this channel... but many of the titles Americans knew on cartridge had better versions on FDS, and even when the FDS version is worse (e.g. Zanac A.I.) it's normally of some historical significance.
That's probably because RndStranger has an FDS project planned for later, so he's gonna cover all of them (around 200 games) individually at that point (next year IIRC; there's even a teaser - Metroid, Puyo Puyo etc. in this video). And well, he's just finished Famidaily episodes. ; )
Sure, but he said that the Disk System is considered a separate system, so they should get their own retrospectives. One of the biggest parts of this series is to show the Japanese perspective, which is very missing from Famicom/NES discussions. Super Famicom is much more represented in the west, and Famicom games are ignored. Like I am interested in RPGs, but i literally know nothing about Famicom RPGs except for Dragon Quest, Ultima, Wizardry, Final Fantasy and Sweet Home, but that is because they lasted longer or have a sequel that is well known with Sweet Home in particular
This might be hands down the best explanation of the Famicom for English language audiences on TH-cam or arguably any medium to date. Even though I've watched nearly every episode of Famidaily, this was excellent because you gave not only a comprehensive overview of the system but you also explained the context of what was going on in the Japanese market with each major release on the Famicom. I'm glad you explained how Nintendo's strict licensing not only affected us in the west but also caused problems in their own region. I'm ready for the Famicom Disk System project to begin so that way we can get the other slice of the pie from the add-on world. 😃
Oh man, thanks for such a great retrospective! The arcade bliss of 1983-1985, the esoteric era of 1986-1989, the hi-tech peak years of 1990-1991 and the peaceful retirement of 1992-1994. I like 'em all 😊
Congrats. And I can't believe I'm dork enough to post this, but Samus is the *third* female Nintendo protagonist. The first was Bubbles from Clu Clu Land, then Mach Rider. ;)
Mach Rider was female?
@@bobalinx8762 Sorry to spoil the ending for you, I guess. ;)
This is insane work. The level of background detail of each review is amazing.
Happy birthday Famicom. Crazy how time moves so fast. Love to see it documented and note how these ancient games impacted the gaming landscape for decades to come
happy 40th 🎉
Happy birthday Famicom, thanks for reminding me that I am old
This was very well put together. Also my morning routine for som time has been an episode of famidaily and a cup of coffee. So there you go ;)
Happy anniversary Famicom and happy celebration Famidaily.
I feel like you could really gain some following by doing long-form retrospectives like these after you're done with the Famicom.
Really excellent choices. 40 fascinating games that really tell the story of the Famicom. Bravo.
1:16:00 Koushinkyoku is the field-day spinoff of Monogatari. You're thinking of Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki.
Also, I'm surprised by the lack of Gradius in this list. It was the biggest STG franchise of the 80's.
Awesome list of games and in depth information right here - nice work!!
Up there is an understatement they were 280 million ahead
Great video! Thank you!
I'm very interested in story about break between Namco and Nintendo that you've told about. Where did you find info about this?
Well, I noticed something was up when starting around February of 1989 every other game was published by Namco and the quality of those games dropped severely. And then looking ahead, I saw that this pattern went forward until July 31 and then Namco basically stopped publishing on the Famicom. I started poking around and I found discussion of it on some Japanese message boards.
So I can't give you definitive sources, sorry, and no primary sources at all since it's not like Namco and Nintendo would talk about this publicly. It's just become kind of Famicom lore.
that starting hand in mahjong DAMM
felt like I should save this one for last after finishing the months-long binge of famidaily proper. also cool to get a sneak peek at some of the FDS coverage definitely looking forward to that series! it was quite the journey indeed. I think I came across about almost 3 dozen games I'd never heard of but really wanted to try. #1 on that list had to be from the 'dungeon crawlers' category: Shadow Brain! I'm a sucker for cyberpunk-themed stuff, so seeing a dungeon crawler in that style had me curious! Found an english translation so looking forward to trying it out.
But overall I think this was a great sample platter on what folks got with their Famicom over its decade plus long lifespan!!
❤ famidaily ❤🎉 famicom
1:23:15 Yeah I've heard that Square would've gone with "Fighting Fantasy" had the name not been taken in America but don't quote me on it.
Yuji Horii was not involved with Door Door; that was Koichi Nakamura, another Dragon Quest co-creator.
Incredible project! Where's the outro song from? It's a real vibe.
It's a composition I did in Ikinari Musician, some not very good music making software for the Famicom. They got some back tracks and then I noodle around with the melody part.
@@RndStranger Have you considered publishing the composition/making a longer version? I quite like it.
I love how Final Fantasy III is so important, but the west treats it like the most “bland” Final Fantasy. Which is kinda strange considering a lot of people who say this place way too much importance on the first game, when this one is more important.
Speaking of RPGs, it would be cool if you looked more at them and gave a list, because I would love to see what worthwhile NES RPGs there is, and even other genres like strategy games or adventure games.
So great to finally hear an English speaker admit that DQIV is a better famicom rpg than DQIII. It’s so grossly underrated, and most kids these days play newer versions. I beat the nes version on famicom hardware last year. It’s really the best.
awesome!
1:04:32 The train is more or less sat over where I live in Japan :)
I tried looking up the Year of FDS series, but I can’t find anything, where can we see the Disk System videos?
The Year of FDS is next year, it's just I have the release schedule planned out so I dropped the episode numbers in there.
Oh
namco dicking over devs also led to triace
Come on 5k
Not a criticism: it seems as if the _Famicom Disk System_ is given very little significance on this channel... but many of the titles Americans knew on cartridge had better versions on FDS, and even when the FDS version is worse (e.g. Zanac A.I.) it's normally of some historical significance.
That's probably because RndStranger has an FDS project planned for later, so he's gonna cover all of them (around 200 games) individually at that point (next year IIRC; there's even a teaser - Metroid, Puyo Puyo etc. in this video). And well, he's just finished Famidaily episodes. ; )
Probably because he's doing famidaily right now lmao
Next year I might just go back and watch Famidaily from the beginning, but with the Disk System episodes interspersed in chronological order.
Sure, but he said that the Disk System is considered a separate system, so they should get their own retrospectives. One of the biggest parts of this series is to show the Japanese perspective, which is very missing from Famicom/NES discussions. Super Famicom is much more represented in the west, and Famicom games are ignored. Like I am interested in RPGs, but i literally know nothing about Famicom RPGs except for Dragon Quest, Ultima, Wizardry, Final Fantasy and Sweet Home, but that is because they lasted longer or have a sequel that is well known with Sweet Home in particular
Atari and intellivision SUCKED I saw the other's but always on the way to FIND GIRLS ALCOHOL and VAN HALLEN