Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Zero Punctuation)

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  • @theescapist
    @theescapist  ปีที่แล้ว +69

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  • @ClumsyReaper
    @ClumsyReaper ปีที่แล้ว +1178

    I’m so glad I’m not the only one who believes playable Bowser is always a point upward

    • @aprinnyonbreak1290
      @aprinnyonbreak1290 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      As someone who has played almost exclusively Bowser in every Mario Kart, Smash Bros, RPG, Sports game, and even bought the Mario Party where Bowser was playable after skipping the last 6 or so...
      I agree

    • @mistermann4163
      @mistermann4163 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      In this game yes. He has a bazooka and windup drones as his weapons which both blow everything up. I try to use him every chance I can since he removes cover and the drones are useful as cannon fodder to enemy fire. Good thing they got rid of friendly fire in this game or half of the characters could kill everyone with there attacks.

    • @stevel7798
      @stevel7798 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Because he's always the most interesting character in any Mario game

    • @Scorpion19588
      @Scorpion19588 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Adding Boswer as a playable character has been a huge thumbs up for me. Feel like he never really gets credit for anything so when there is a chance for him to get credit in a game like this I always go straight for him. Also I ditched the mains first chance I got. My default 3 were Boswer, Rabbid Rosalina, and Peach. Best combo all the way.

    • @AaronDoolittle
      @AaronDoolittle ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the most I’ve ever agreed with Yatzee. From Bowser as a playable character, to the weird menu screens always closing. The only criticism I have is that I found the first game challenging at times and this one felt like a walk through. I wish they hadn’t cheaped out on an opening cut screen. Will the DLC be Zelda themed?

  • @StrikeWarlock
    @StrikeWarlock ปีที่แล้ว +998

    I like how despite being a villain, Bowser's painted as a model parent.

    • @Geedly
      @Geedly ปีที่แล้ว +135

      “You’re a bad guy, but that doesn’t mean you’re a bad *guy*”

    • @computernoise2209
      @computernoise2209 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Bowser is an antagonist, not a monster.

    • @boarfaceswinejaw4516
      @boarfaceswinejaw4516 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      if more villains were good parents, you wouldnt have annoying arcs were the child of a villain winds up allying/hooking up with the protagonist.

    • @mrbubbles6468
      @mrbubbles6468 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I mean he’s raised like 10 kids. Got to be pretty good.

    • @conorburke1999
      @conorburke1999 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@mrbubbles6468 The Koopalings retroactively aren’t his kids anymore according to Nintendo

  • @theatomiclemon1
    @theatomiclemon1 ปีที่แล้ว +1514

    I'm weirdly invested in Reasonable Horse slowly becoming a main character.

    • @DubiousKhan
      @DubiousKhan ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Reasonable Horse 2024.

    • @kadosho02
      @kadosho02 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I welcome our Reasonable Horse overlord

    • @WolfFireheart
      @WolfFireheart ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Pewh.. I'm not alone! I like that horse, very reasonable fellow!

    • @gabek5760
      @gabek5760 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kadosho02 Seems Reasonable

    • @Carlos-ln8fd
      @Carlos-ln8fd ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yahtzee had once promised to never use running gags because they're a lazy form of comedy...

  • @erickschusterdeoliveira2662
    @erickschusterdeoliveira2662 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    nice to see that not every Ubisoft employee has been amalgamated into The Blob (TM) and can still work on something not-as-derivative

    • @MungkaeX
      @MungkaeX ปีที่แล้ว

      Just make game and if possible sexually harass your coworkers for promotion opportunities seems to be the Ubisoft way.

    • @turkeyswag2831
      @turkeyswag2831 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Because its not the "standard" Ubisoft that had the lead on this project but the italian branch, Ubisoft Milan

    • @noheffthing
      @noheffthing ปีที่แล้ว

      Its stupid to blame overworked ubisoft employees on every bad game they work on. Have some brain

    • @psugab
      @psugab ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@turkeyswag2831 I thought you were making a Mario is Italian joke for a minute...

    • @Dtoszi
      @Dtoszi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I say the same thing about Fenyx. Might have definitely started as “make a BotW clone!” but it had so much personality in the end.

  • @bardiboi1517
    @bardiboi1517 ปีที่แล้ว +402

    It feels weird having calming music at the start of Zero Punctuation videos.

    • @AshPragasam
      @AshPragasam ปีที่แล้ว +41

      And then straight away being hit with the old thrash metal intro

    • @6Xyzzy
      @6Xyzzy ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It does make the thrash metal hit harder, though

    • @medaminebenhadjyahia6975
      @medaminebenhadjyahia6975 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I always mistake it for an add and start searching for the skip button.

  • @robbieking4070
    @robbieking4070 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    2:45 That’s just what happened to poor old Rayman. First game they both shared the spotlight, but then when the sequel came, the Rabbids kicked him out of his own franchise; scribbled his name out of the title and made it their world with him barley clinging onto it.

    • @Wargaminggirl
      @Wargaminggirl ปีที่แล้ว +36

      thats just wheat happens sometimes.

    • @ASR-Ansori
      @ASR-Ansori ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@Wargaminggirl Indeed, wheat happens sometimes.
      It happened with Popeye and Olive Oyl too, didja know she used to be the main character? And it only took like a week before Popeye was seen as the more entertaining character!

    • @stigrabbid589
      @stigrabbid589 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Rayman was still the protagonist in the 2nd game, but his role diminished a bit, and did even less by the 3rd game. By the 4th game (Rabbids Go Home, which is a pretty good game BTW) they were the protagonists and Rayman was nowhere to be found until his return a few years later in his own series.

    • @robbieking4070
      @robbieking4070 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@stigrabbid589 True, but like in this game with Mario, you didn’t have to play as Rayman and just be a Rabbid in all the minigames. And let’s be honest: we all played the Rabbid cause they had better costumes.

    • @bobbob3458
      @bobbob3458 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I didn't even realize rabbids and Rayman were from the same franchise. Poor Rayman indeed.

  • @GretgorPooper
    @GretgorPooper ปีที่แล้ว +262

    I'm not sure why, but I find it extremely wholesome when Yahtzee enjoys a cute, child-friendly game that doesn't take place in a dying kingdom full of undead or contains graphic violence and blood.

    • @shiv3rcubesolver664
      @shiv3rcubesolver664 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Are you sure?

    • @GretgorPooper
      @GretgorPooper ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@shiv3rcubesolver664 yes?

    • @mitchelldurward8863
      @mitchelldurward8863 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      When he admitted that he cried while playing Spiritfarer (which I also did... because bloody hell that game is heavy), I was like... oh wow. This dude is human. An amazing writer of a human for sure, but still a human. Very wholesome.

    • @GretgorPooper
      @GretgorPooper ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mitchelldurward8863 same!

  • @spence0703
    @spence0703 ปีที่แล้ว +587

    While the writing is still plagued by Ubisoft’s signature “pumpkin spice is still funny right?” Style of comedy. The personalities of the rabbid people are so good, they can carry the comedy on their own.

    • @cerdgold225
      @cerdgold225 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I gotta admit that pumpkin spice joke did get a chuckle out of me, though

    • @Dyskresiac
      @Dyskresiac ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I laughed my ass off at the first Pumpkin Spice joke. It was moreso the Key and Peele problem where a joke is repeated and dragged on so long by the end I was groaning. The game did that a lot of times not just with Pumpkin Spice and may be its only writing-based flaw. The only running gag that didn't get old for me was anything involving Rabbid Mario.

    • @papershadow
      @papershadow ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Dyskresiac The main thing I wish is that, having played half the worlds so far (in case this improves in the latter half), I wish the Mario characters were a bit more involved in even the comedic cutscenes. Kingdom Battle was pretty good about their presence, whether as a straight man like Mario staring at Rabbid Mario breaking out a Lute, or part of the zany elements like Luigi trying to sneak a peak at Rabbid Peach's pictures after the World 1 Boss.
      Sparks of Hope, while funny to me, moreso has the Mario characters there for the story cutscenes, but generally leaves a lot of the side-talk and flavor dialogue to the Rabbids. It feels a lot more like the Mario cast being swept up in a Rabbids adventure than the Rabbids colliding with their world as Kingdom Battle managed for me.

    • @Dyskresiac
      @Dyskresiac ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@papershadow There are side quests that give every character enough time to shine. I feel by the end though it isn't due to differential in screen time so much as it does memorable moments.
      Those sorts of themes you talk about are replicated but I feel they lack the punch the second time around.

    • @billybased64
      @billybased64 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@papershadow its unfortunate because the rabbids are never my favorite part of whatever franchise there apart of lol

  • @SnafuOrganization
    @SnafuOrganization ปีที่แล้ว +204

    Yahtzee used the word 'Yeet'. Two more omens and we get a free apocalypse.

    • @TheSibirianRaccoon
      @TheSibirianRaccoon ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I thought that coupon expired

    • @abloogywoogywoo
      @abloogywoogywoo ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Yahtzee says "UwU" unironically. The world ends.

    • @Dragonsamuari
      @Dragonsamuari ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@abloogywoogywoo ...with you

    • @phenomanII
      @phenomanII ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Dragonsamuari ...wu

  • @bird3713
    @bird3713 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    I want to know who else is at the pessimistic TH-camrs conference, and why isn't Yahtzee their king

    • @awesome7067
      @awesome7067 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Lazerpig probably. Ssethtzeentach.

    • @rory8182
      @rory8182 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@awesome7067 Sseth is aboslutely the guy that doesn't always show up but when he does he is on enough meth to kill an elephant

    • @OmegaX9
      @OmegaX9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I’m just wondering if he would be elected king of all the pessimistic TH-camrs, or just king of all the pessimistic gamer TH-camrs.

    • @FallingSport
      @FallingSport ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Critical Drinker for movie reviews

    • @Duca767
      @Duca767 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      RedLetterMedia boys for sure

  • @punklingyt
    @punklingyt ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Hearing Yahtzee unironically use the word "Yeet" in context just sent me for a loop

    • @MusicoftheDamned
      @MusicoftheDamned ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same as someone who finds the word silly and tries not to use it even mentally. Rather fitting that the end slides of this one parody a zombie infection given this word feels like the verbal equivalent of one at times, like this is _Pontypool_ or something.

    • @Lindzwood
      @Lindzwood ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I came in comments to say exactly the same thing.

    • @freetoplayking7362
      @freetoplayking7362 ปีที่แล้ว

      yup

    • @ArifRWinandar
      @ArifRWinandar ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Months of playing D&D with a character called "Yeet" has desensitized Yahtzee to the word.

    • @fraziercrawford
      @fraziercrawford ปีที่แล้ว

      Came for this comment for sure 😭

  • @spectrumbots4268
    @spectrumbots4268 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    The Tomb of the Unknown Cupcake sounds like something that would fit well in the Mario Universe.

  • @kingvideogames
    @kingvideogames ปีที่แล้ว +126

    If this actually ends up in Yahtzee's Top 5, that means that this would be not only the first Mario Game in the top 5, but also the first Rabbids game there as well. We live in confusing times...

    • @ciphergacha9100
      @ciphergacha9100 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yahtzee will probably keep it out for that very reason, he’ll lose all his anti-mainstream credentials

    • @RuleroftheSandcastle
      @RuleroftheSandcastle ปีที่แล้ว +30

      To be fair, he said that he would've put Odyssey in his top 5 of 2017 if not for a Hat in Time. He acknowledged that it was one of the year's best games, he just didn't want to flood the list with cartoon-y platforming games.

    • @concinnus
      @concinnus ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It would also be weird for a Ubisoft game, which are generally shoo-ins for blandest.

  • @namelessdork2256
    @namelessdork2256 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    I will say that that the sequel is a lesson in learning from what was wrong from the first time. It ain't perfect, but it is better. Also, it's kinda refreshing that the rabbids have a IQ higher than a rest stop marmalade sandwich, and actually have distinct personalities and character types.

    • @aprinnyonbreak1290
      @aprinnyonbreak1290 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Then the third time goes a bit too experimental, someone forgets to, ahem, "work something out of their system" before they start writing, someone definitely takes some shrooms, and then Nintendo big men come bleach everything and everyone starts to hate it.
      Every. Damn. Time.

    • @namelessdork2256
      @namelessdork2256 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@aprinnyonbreak1290 I mean, yeah. Don't remind me. Though I don't think a third game would come out for this cross over. I mean, by all standards, the story is done and over, taking in account the dlc possibilities. And to say there's another surviving fragment of the incident from the first game would be just horse shit.

    • @Raines1911
      @Raines1911 ปีที่แล้ว

      I read this in Yahtzee’s voice. Well done sir!

    • @namelessdork2256
      @namelessdork2256 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Raines1911 thank you.

    • @ED-gw9rg
      @ED-gw9rg ปีที่แล้ว

      What was wrong with Kingdom Battle? Secondary Weapons, Secondary Skills, relatively balanced fights, a Couch PvP mode, references galore, creative jokes, tolerable Rabbid shenanigans, and some of the most hilarious enemy designs I've ever seen:
      - Ziggies are just fun to shoot. They sure talk a lotta ship for basic enemies in one-turn-kill range!
      - Smashers are one of the best mid-gameplay punchlines I've ever seen. A tank that's also a melee glass cannon that's also a speed demon if you don't play your cards right? Somebody's getting bullied, and it's either you or the Smasher!
      - Peekaboos, the sniper enemies...have Magnet Dance. It sounds like a _terrible_ moveset to play with, and it's a good thing making that garbage work isn't your problem!

  • @nicklager1666
    @nicklager1666 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    I wonder if we are getting more of this partnership down the line. Mario must save princess peach in Radio Tower Land. Unlock all the map to see where Bowsers minions are hiding. Or maybe King Boo Assassins Creed.

    • @Royal__Kitsune
      @Royal__Kitsune ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I feel like having King Boo be an Assassin would be a cheat of sorts. considering he can go completely invisible

    • @dontaskdontjudge
      @dontaskdontjudge ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Royal__Kitsune maybe he'll be forced to stop in place if he's in his target's FOV regardless of being invisible?

    • @nicklager1666
      @nicklager1666 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Royal__Kitsune I was thinking for the sake of gameplay its an ability you need to unlock. As Ubisoft games love their ability trees.

    • @Royal__Kitsune
      @Royal__Kitsune ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nicklager1666 Ohhh true, its late where i am so i took you literally. my b

    • @boarfaceswinejaw4516
      @boarfaceswinejaw4516 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      when you think about it, the plot of Far Cry 3 isnt too different from the plot of super mario.
      Jason - Mario
      Jason's brother - Luigi
      princess Peach - Citra
      Bowser - Vaas

  • @B4rb0ssa
    @B4rb0ssa ปีที่แล้ว +68

    As someone who played football matches on a freezing pitch with the overly enthusiastic parents on the sidelines when I was a kid, that football-parent Bowser at 1:36 made me laugh probably more than it should have 😆

  • @HellsingRuler
    @HellsingRuler ปีที่แล้ว +62

    "That one mario sunshine level" yeah I felt that one, i recall that level.

    • @matthewmuir8884
      @matthewmuir8884 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I remember it as well. When I replayed Mario Sunshine a year ago, I realized the trick to making it easy (well, a lot easier; I still nearly ran out of health): the manta can only be over objects; it cannot be underneath them. Have Mario stand underneath any roof/ceiling/tree and it can't touch Mario.

    • @abloogywoogywoo
      @abloogywoogywoo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why I have nostalgia for that horrid game I'll never know.

    • @HellsingRuler
      @HellsingRuler ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@abloogywoogywoo i recall it as a good game, and the level was not that bad ones I came back to it...... 10 years later

    • @matthewmuir8884
      @matthewmuir8884 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@abloogywoogywoo Probably because Mario Sunshine was a good game that was an unfortunate victim of rush (it and Wind Waker alike due to Nintendo having needed to get new Mario & Zelda titles onto the GameCube as soon as possible due to the GameCube's disappointing sales numbers).

    • @Subject_Keter
      @Subject_Keter ปีที่แล้ว

      I always just hovered like crazy, the one i got flashbacks is the lava goo and i only beat it cuz i saw how if you dunk in the river, it will make enough of a path to cheese and recover FLUDD.

  • @joeking3860
    @joeking3860 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Mario's pose on the games cover art sorta reminds me of Chris Pratts Guardians of the Galaxy posters

  • @vinnythewebsurfer
    @vinnythewebsurfer ปีที่แล้ว +80

    And soon enough, Ray Man will join the party and then Spark of hope becomes GOTY

    • @stigrabbid589
      @stigrabbid589 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That would be cool to have Rayman help the Rabbids instead of fighting them in my opinion.

    • @gregvs.theworld451
      @gregvs.theworld451 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@stigrabbid589 It's gonna happen. Ubisoft released a DLC teaser before the game even came out confirming Rayman as a playable DLC character.

  • @GameKeeper28
    @GameKeeper28 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I will always be thankful to the series that gave Princess Peach what is essentially a shotgun.

  • @mitchellblake1475
    @mitchellblake1475 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    They named the piss take on an edgy anime character "Edge?"
    Game of the year material

    • @stabbykinz1446
      @stabbykinz1446 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A small, mildly ashamed part of me unironically thinks it's a cool name, and I know exactly how that sounds. It really does just speak to the edgy teen boi in me in the most direct, simplest fashion possible.

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is also FFIV Edge, which despite is name is more of a typical anime character.

  • @sasukesarutobi3862
    @sasukesarutobi3862 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I saw that Mean Girls reference! I know it means that Yahtzee liked another mainstream thing! Looks like it's even longer in the Wheelie Bin of Shame for Yahtzee!

  • @skyllalafey
    @skyllalafey ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Long live Reasonable Horse, the video game review sidekick we never knew we needed

  • @Wintercat1
    @Wintercat1 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think the best praise praise for Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope's humor is that it seems to have been an inspiring muse for Yahtzee. I was laughing non-stop throughout this ZP, at the one-liners, the captions, the visual jokes, all of it. Maybe a goofy and positive bent is just a nice change of pace from Yahtzee's usual dourness, but I get the feeling he just really enjoyed putting this video together.
    I'll definitely pick this up on the Switch at some point.

  • @DJdoppIer
    @DJdoppIer ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love that you portrayed Luigi as a trigger-happy psychopath and continued the bit throughout the entire video. Good stuff.

  • @WillWakeFromSleep
    @WillWakeFromSleep ปีที่แล้ว +12

    R.I.P. Rabbid Yoshi. (I wonder if he tasted like cookies, ala that one matching game spin-off of Dr. Mario on the GameBoy...)

    • @naarcissus
      @naarcissus ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yoshie's Cookie. I had it for the SNES and apparently it was also released on the NES.

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one ปีที่แล้ว

      I played that one!
      XD

  • @fighteer1
    @fighteer1 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Surprisingly positive review. I guess Nintendo really does take the ball gag off of the writers for second installments of experimental IPs, before tying them down again lest they ask for raises.

  • @AutoReroll
    @AutoReroll ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I wonder if Reasonable Horse is an emerging dual personality for our dear sweary internet man.
    All of the optimism and fun that he is surpresses after a day full of minor joys is forcing it's way into his art.
    Reasonable Horse cannot be denied!

    • @abloogywoogywoo
      @abloogywoogywoo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It would be unreasonable to deny him.

  • @arcane02
    @arcane02 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Slight praise from Yahtzee? I think this will be in the top 5 this year for sure

  • @gstewart86
    @gstewart86 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "HOSTILES!" LOL the captions in this one are top notch

  • @masterofdoom5000
    @masterofdoom5000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Luigi shouting "HOSTILES" fucking got me so good, it's strangely....in character?

  • @MungkaeX
    @MungkaeX ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This is sadly one of those games I’d have already bought if it wasn’t from an awful company that promotes those who engage in sexual harassment rather than punish them.
    I’ll file it in the back of my head under “Must Buy as soon they do SOMETHING meaningful about their workplace culture that not only condones Sexual Harassment, but rewards it as well.” Just the bare minimum for human decency, thanks.

    • @masonasaro2118
      @masonasaro2118 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      buy it used, then, you play a great game, and ubishit doesn’t get a penny!

    • @noonenowhere877
      @noonenowhere877 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Pwuz Oddly naive of you to think there's a chance of them ever doing anything about their workplace culture. Leadership informs what a company gets away with and the Leadership at Ubisoft hasn't changed.

    • @AtrumDelorox
      @AtrumDelorox ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I admire your conviction.
      You could also try Gamefly, if not buy it used. Others are going to inevitably buy it, but at least they won't get a penny from you.

    • @mohamedbelkacem9889
      @mohamedbelkacem9889 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What about piracy?

    • @papershadow
      @papershadow ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If it makes you feel any better, I have seen little evidence that Ubisoft Milan who have handled these games have been involved in any of the outed problems, so publisher issue aside the game seems to have been made by a developer team on the up-and-up at least.

  • @jamesroocie9564
    @jamesroocie9564 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey, we don’t get our politicians from the daycare, they’re all from retirement homes and the urgent care center in hospitals.

    • @ryanhoover6240
      @ryanhoover6240 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best quote related to this by something like the fact that the very old often relegate back to the very young on their attitude and sense of the world. I suppose sometimes I can be a good thing and sometimes a bad thing depending on the circumstance!

  • @zigslotheon
    @zigslotheon ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yahtzee Rosalina isn’t a princess. She’s just space mom.

  • @anangryninja2824
    @anangryninja2824 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    3:39 I never in my life would have expected Yahtzee to say "yeet" unironically and I'm not sure what to think of it.

  • @espio87
    @espio87 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I had my eyes on this one since I liked the first, so I'll take Yahtzee's endorsement to heart.
    Also, are the credits a Mr. Frundles reference?

  • @jq4767
    @jq4767 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very solid punchline at the end there, absolutely got me. Good review in all!

  • @NeuroticPixieSlasher
    @NeuroticPixieSlasher ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:00 you wrote "Jam", Yahtzee, you tell us.

  • @dovakiin296
    @dovakiin296 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You had me at the AI support character and ship AI getting catty with one another.

  • @MrGrayNk
    @MrGrayNk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve found the first one to be much more entertaining and thought out than the sequel. Precisely because the “free” movement is so clunky and wishy-washy now. You can never tell how far you can really go, unless you commit to the action - you can’t “undo” dashes and team jumps, you can’t see the hit chance from your destination unless you get there, etc. The style change and the black-loading-screen-arenas with respawning random encounters in the overworld are just adding salt to injury. The jokes and dialogue seem way more cringey as well - I mean do you remember the Phantom of the Opera scene from the first one? Nothing like that in the sequel (yet, I’m in the second world and have a strong desire to skip every cutscene)

  • @samuelc6246
    @samuelc6246 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm glad we finally got the sequel we all wanted, needed, and deserved.
    Reasonable Horse's Second Coming Part Deux: the return of the sequel: Still reasonably aware of what you did after several summers: Neigh-sayers' cut
    Also happy Mario and Rabbids got a sequel. Less "eureka!" out-of-nowhere surprising answer to a question never asked, more polished deep dive in the questions that answer had inspired. Arguably the best we could have hoped for, and not in a belittling way.

  • @digitalboy80
    @digitalboy80 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:11: Good to see that I'm not the only one getting scarred for life by that level.

  • @rainyfeathers9148
    @rainyfeathers9148 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can't lie, I would try Yoshi meat😅

  • @MrBanditoRazor
    @MrBanditoRazor ปีที่แล้ว +27

    My heart sings anytime BYC loves something even if I wouldn't. Just ....I don't know... Hopeful, despite it all being a persona (golden) that he puts on.

  • @simple-commentator-not-rea7345
    @simple-commentator-not-rea7345 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm kinda reminded of that Nostalgia Critic bit where he praised something, and then it cuts to him sayin "I can like things!"

  • @strikermodel
    @strikermodel ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Mario RPG games (including the paper series) have always had good comedic writing. I guess the writers get to finally do something and let their creative energy flourish before everyone is a silent character again.

  • @Ric_Vicious
    @Ric_Vicious ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yahtzee having children has certainly softened his outlook, ESPECIALLY with this one, lol. Check the tone of the first rabidds vid of his, to this one. Happens to the best of us, ol' boy!

  • @darkwatershadow
    @darkwatershadow ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The biggest improvement in the game for me was the pacing. Most non boss battles go by very quick so even if you're trying to do all the sidequests it never feels as grindy as the first game. My only gripe is that it still doesn't tell you what reinforcements are about to spawn. I like that they come out of portals instead of emerging from underground (and how you can sometimes target and kill them to prevent additional spawns) but sometimes you expect a shooty boy and you get multiple spawns of goomba groups who proceed to stampede into the nearest party member. So if a portal opens that you can't destroy the only way to really be safe is to move as far away from it as possible.

    • @ninjamaster9094
      @ninjamaster9094 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's weird that the portals don't give you that info, especially since I remember the first game telling you what types of enemies are spawning through the tacticam. I feel like this game withholds a lot of info from the player compared to the first game, like it doesn't take drop down ledges or pipes into account when showing you enemy movement, and it never tells you what the elemental effects actually do until it finally gives you the tutorial on it. Like I had to look up what shock and ooze actually did because it wasn't all that clear in game, and even then it took me a while to realize the ooze effect spreads to others by touch.

    • @awesomesmileyguy
      @awesomesmileyguy ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly, I liked it. It's a little annoying yeah, but it adds a bit of surprise and challenge to a game that's otherwise way easier than the first.

  • @numebernode
    @numebernode ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "grumpy insecure divorced blue collar dad figure who works hard but always shows up to his kid's football games and gets a little bit too into it."
    I can totally see Bowser being the football dad for his kids (Bowser Jr. and the Kooplings, unless the later group was retconned).

  • @TomBombadil515
    @TomBombadil515 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    That last slide before the credits is killing me. I love it.

  • @wadelee05903
    @wadelee05903 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Every slightly different title Yatz gave got me. "Mario and Rabbids Farts a' plenty" legit made me laugh out loud at work. So good.

  • @glorkbork776
    @glorkbork776 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think of this less as a mainstream thing and more like a very niche mashup, similar to that Ninja Turtles vs Batman movie. It's a combo that seems like it only makes sense on a spreadsheet superficial way (two sets of bouncy platformer characters) ends up sounding and looking very stupid, but still somehow just kinda works.

  • @awesomesmileyguy
    @awesomesmileyguy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You really didn't care at all for the Skill Tree updates? I loved making Rabbid Mario even more broken and unlocking the Stomp for Mario. I'm glade you kinda liked it though.

  • @GallowglassVT
    @GallowglassVT ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Does this mean Mario and Rayman exist in the same universe or have the proto-Minions been divorced from that part of the deal?

    • @lewa358
      @lewa358 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This game is getting Rayman DLC...that doesn't actually feature Mario. So yes but also no.

    • @GallowglassVT
      @GallowglassVT ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lewa358 honestly, I dunno what's worse: trying to smush two distinct IPs together or turning everything into a shared universe.

    • @lewa358
      @lewa358 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@GallowglassVT Honestly at this point I'm just happy that someone remembered that Rayman exists.

    • @GallowglassVT
      @GallowglassVT ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lewa358 the third game was and still is one of my all time faves. I honestly rank it as one of the best platformers ever.

  • @StephenAslett
    @StephenAslett ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Was not expecting the Anthony and Cleopatra reference. Well done.

  • @Raveg64
    @Raveg64 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love how Yahtzee is more annoyed that he's forced to use Mario than being forced to use a Rabbid

  • @TUG3284
    @TUG3284 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know what's funny that minions an Identity stolen from the rabbit's becomes more horrible, the rabbit's themselves are becoming good

  • @immortalzealot9725
    @immortalzealot9725 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The original Mario + Rabbids was great. Shocking, but true.

  • @Jebbtube
    @Jebbtube ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bowser needs his own turn-based strategy game.
    He has his own army of colorful characters, so why not?

  • @tristandahn2284
    @tristandahn2284 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This game is like 6 times easier then the first game. Though it didn't matter to me because the combat and general gameplay is really fun.

  • @LaughtersAssassin22
    @LaughtersAssassin22 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yahtzee: this nintendo game wasn't too bad
    Some people: I ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS A SECRET NINTENDO FANBOY!!!!

  • @CJusticeHappen21
    @CJusticeHappen21 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Reasonable Horse still rides!

  • @mattpierce5009
    @mattpierce5009 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    on the subject of tired schtick omg yahtzee blind eyes all other companies to pick on mario as a tired ip. i mean, seriously, what should nintendo do, just axe their mascot and plop down a new one outta nowhere? they're in it for money, always have been, and have been re-using mario since 1981 so get over it

  • @alexcat6685
    @alexcat6685 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:23 while Kids can be stupid, generally it's better to treat them as smart but naieve, they can take sometime to understand a joke, but once they get it they feel like gods, continuing when they get older since Kids media should inclued adults aswell as kids because those kids grow up.
    Anyway I feel the game is missing in the story mattering department, like character interactions in combat feel non existent(same goes for the first game), combat is flexiable though a bit generic in enemy useage, I miss when enemies had intros to show you a new threat to deal with, the same goes with bosses.
    Some personality was added, and some removed. Little things that would've made the game Great.

  • @tenkenroo
    @tenkenroo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Favorite bit about bowser in Mario rpg was the weapon where bowser throws Mario

  • @MelodicQuest
    @MelodicQuest ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yahtzee forgot to mention that the soundtrack kicks ass

  • @thetruemandalorian2637
    @thetruemandalorian2637 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man I think I'm the only person that actually misses the Yoshi's. And sue me! I like when the Rabbids go bwah! It's funny! I like things too! ...I am so ashamed.

  • @A_two_tone_rebel
    @A_two_tone_rebel ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want to see a full review from reasonable horse. He always makes good points

  • @ryle4h
    @ryle4h ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, you really nailed off the clock Bowser's characterization.

  • @wom_Bat
    @wom_Bat ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first one starts with like a 2 minute unskipable cinematic.

  • @danielasilva69457
    @danielasilva69457 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really like Reasonable Horse, but i kinda miss passing cowboy and decapitated pig

  • @justinrodriguez5957
    @justinrodriguez5957 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Should we be concerned for Bowser at this point? The dude does try.

    • @mrbubbles6468
      @mrbubbles6468 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No. It’s clear him and Peach are happy when off the clock. Normal Mario games are created to pay the bills. Kind of like an overcomplicated film.

    • @abloogywoogywoo
      @abloogywoogywoo ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He deserves better than Peach.

  • @freedomsflame688
    @freedomsflame688 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a lover of the squad tactics genre, I absolutely adored the first M+R game. So glad to see it didn't suffer from sequelitis.

  • @Sadarak1980
    @Sadarak1980 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fiver says Bayonetta 3 is next week because yahtzee happened to have his switch out for this ;)

  • @Estolcles
    @Estolcles ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "It's like celebrities still hanging out with their terminally ill fans the day after the Make A Wish Foundation shoot."
    You, sir, have obviously never heard about the gift to humanity that is Mick Foley.

  • @harrygoad329
    @harrygoad329 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:52 Glad to see Yahtzee isn't above a good Undertale reference.

  • @angeldeb82
    @angeldeb82 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOLed at the "bloody weather" running gag, along with the Bwah stuff, and the characters going bug-eyed in the end credits! :D Imp clusters! :D

  • @mistermann4163
    @mistermann4163 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I fully agree with the menu system being not well put together. For me the biggest problem is music and idle animations when selecting characters unlike the last game where they had a intro animation when selecting them. But the one thing I don't get is why they got rid of the power orb system to purchase skills the further you progress through the story. It's like they were going for the XP progression in that who you had on the field would only get XP but they decided to just make it so everyone gets XP but not bother to just make it a single bar instead of showing 8 XP bars go up at the end of a battle.

  • @timebomb4562
    @timebomb4562 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man he still knows how to end a video

  • @lowhp_comic
    @lowhp_comic ปีที่แล้ว

    The little bunny ear'd shits killed off Rayman and now they're trying to kill Mario too

  • @eljoel89
    @eljoel89 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I do like how their spaceship takes the form of a Mercedes Sprinter work van.

  • @thejoyfuldragon887
    @thejoyfuldragon887 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    humour was super on point in this one. laughed out loud at least twice. loved it.

  • @wallyhackenslacker
    @wallyhackenslacker ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:23 it had been a while since the last instant-Yahtzee-clippable-singing-moment.

  • @longdongsilver3267
    @longdongsilver3267 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nothing really to say, but I enjoyed this video. Thanks for making and sharing it.

  • @camwyn256
    @camwyn256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is Nintendo trying to replace Mario with Rabbids as their mascot?

  • @FirestormMk3
    @FirestormMk3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Of course the vaguely define black goo enemies are related. It's all laid out in the TNG episode "Skin of Evil."

  • @TheKritken
    @TheKritken ปีที่แล้ว

    Nintendo did metroid prime twice and we got prime 2, and it's black goop is... quite good.

  • @kamisama69666
    @kamisama69666 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is there have to be lofi at the beginning, I'm here for the heavy metal riffs

  • @stormyd1869
    @stormyd1869 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:23 I know who you're talking about there and you did not need to do her dirty like that-

  • @jackpollard550
    @jackpollard550 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh fuck, that ending gag with the Rabbid gun fucking killed me.

  • @PebkioNomare
    @PebkioNomare ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn, I was hoping you'd review the other big-name game this week:
    Anything Else Besides Another Mario Game.

    • @PebkioNomare
      @PebkioNomare ปีที่แล้ว

      Grounded recently came out of beta. That could've been fun.

  • @TheRealBatabii
    @TheRealBatabii หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never once used the autofill button because I wanted to make sure I was getting all the most overpowered abilities rather than spreading everything out or whatever it does by default

  • @Zersetzung
    @Zersetzung ปีที่แล้ว

    “Disgusting black creatures, get out my sight.” ~ Shadow The Hedgehog

  • @AFistfulOf4K
    @AFistfulOf4K ปีที่แล้ว

    Majora's Mask was a chinese romhack made in Japan and I'm tired of pretending otherwise.

  • @HeavyMetalMouse
    @HeavyMetalMouse ปีที่แล้ว

    Generic broody anime-RPG protagonist named Edge?
    I'm reminded of when a friend was playing through a PS 3 or 4 rpg (turned out to be 'Star Ocean: The Last Hope') and, as we are want to do, I started riffing on the dialogue in whatever scene was in progress... only to be stopped breathless with laughter when the name *Edge Maverick* popped up for one of the characters... Really? Just... Really?

  • @TheMarkoSeke
    @TheMarkoSeke ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reasonable Horse is my favorite recurring character

  • @MusicoftheDamned
    @MusicoftheDamned ปีที่แล้ว

    For second there I misread things and thought the SNES _Super Mario RPG_ was on the "less good" side and got surprisingly offended at s difference of (wrong) opinion for once. Whew. Shame we'll still likely never get sequel, though maybe that's for the best with the current Square Enix. I wouldn't trust them to make it good given Yoshi P has other priorities, especially if they let Nomura anywhere near the writing. Ugh.

  • @dreadpiraterobertsnumba5
    @dreadpiraterobertsnumba5 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:50 "BOY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SONIC FRONTIERS REALLY SUCKING ASS"
    Ah *HA!* We got ya there, 'cause it *DOESN'T* suck ass!
    IT'S REASONABLY *OK!*

  • @GigaOtomia
    @GigaOtomia ปีที่แล้ว

    Joke's on you, the Sonic fandom thinks Frontiers is at the very least okay!