Nintendo’s Most Underrated Platformers: The Starfy Games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ส.ค. 2020
- With only one game localized, it's crazy how few people know about the Legendary Starfy. So to fix that, let's dive into all five of the Starfy games.
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I think a Nintendo Power review best summarized the Starfy DS game "The game is a cakewalk, but the cake is tasty and the walk an enjoyable one"
Except for that final boss.
Deadass my friend had to get me to do that final boss because the button mashing was just... So nuts he couldn't do it lmfao
@@AstralPhnx I had to get my grandma to do it because somehow her old fingers were more superior than my 7 year old ones
I love learning I wasn’t alone when it came to final boss
Incorrect. The game is a cakewalk at the cost of one Y button
Starfy: The only game series that makes you _want_ a water level over a non-water level.
Had the fortune of getting Starfy on the DS when I was young
Starfy Gang rise up
Me and my siblings would role-play as some of the characters, and I'd play the dumpling mini game to prepare rations for a trip to other planets.
@@callmecharlie4250 That's the cutest thing I've ever heard.
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My brother and I did that too 😅. He'd pretend to be old man lobber sometimes
STARFY SQUAD! I love the dumpling mini game.
Mee too.
Olaf: "Their Parents are DEAD."
Poor Moe, That was one rough childhood. Its making me cry. Man, the Starfy games are depressing with the lore.
Starfy 3 be like:
Starfy 3: here are all your past enemies, they all die.
Us: great! we hated those fuckers!
Starfy 3: we redeemed all of them. now you miss them instead :)
Starfy definitely needs to come back Nintendo should remake the games and put them into a collection on the switch
Ironically, starfy's lack of localization and transformation ability were the reason no one i knew as a kid wanted it. Everyone thought it was just a bad attempt at a Kirby clone, since everyone was playing Kirby Superstar Ultra at the time, and had no idea Starfy was already such a long running series. Really wish we hadn't all been a bunch of tiny hipsters and would've just played and enjoyed it lol!
The nostalgia levels have peaked from this video, the Fossil Fighters video, and the Pokémon Rangers video... thank you for unearthing forgotten games from our childhoods. Can you cover the various Bakugan games next?
Wait... he made a fossil fighters video??? Honestly that game hit some feels with the emotions. When I saw the new Nintendo ds remake I’ve been wanting to try it. And I only recently beat the Pokémon ranger game (the legendary beasts are TOUGH) I got tripped up on the charizard, used flying and ghost to beat him
Also, Bakugan game for the Wii RULES
BROOOOO These games were my childhood. These 3 games are so underrated and no one talks about them.
I still have my collection of the original Bakugan series.
@@GimmeMyHandleBack I’ve played both the original and sequel to fossil fighters. If you like the original, then play the sequel (Fossil Fighters Champions). Now there is a game for the 3ds buuuuuuuuuuut, we don’t talk about that one. Ever
The DS had the most infamous mashing sections that were impossible as a kid. Mega Mashtooth, Piranha Plant from Mario Party DS and Dark Fawful from Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story.
Oh yeah, and getting an Excellent for the snack attack against the squid thing in Bowser’s Inside Story as well
This comment awoke the deepest parts of my memories, 10 year old me never finished this game because of the mashing lmfao
whole heartedly agree
Dude I remember being in like first or second grade playing this game. Holy crap dude I remember the very final battle with the massive asteroids or something and having to mash so fast I was physically unable to so it.
Mario vs Sonic at the Olympic games had some of those things too for the DS.
this game took me 6 years to beat just because of that dang meteor, I honestly thought it was physically impossible and was super upset about it
“Too Japanese.” Hasn’t stopped Nintendo in the past and they sure seem to have had a change of heart now with all the constant Fire Emblem promotion.
U got that right
Well Japanese media has really caught on in the usa yeah? Probably enough interest in that stuff to keep it that way.
Ogura creates ten children from two orbs he pulled out of his nose.
You could say they're...
SNOT-NOSED BRATS!
(laughs uncontrollably for five hours)
That’s Actually A really good One!XD
Sammy Omane LMAOOOO
*Wheeze* That's a good one, geez! X-D
That's what i'd call men in pubs who drink g+t for some stupid ass reason
I cannot believe they made an entire world that is one huge reference to Wario Land 4. That's amazing.
but wario have long sleeve
I had the DS game but I'm pretty sure my cousin stole it when I suddenly "lost" it when I went to her house by airplane.
Beat her ass and tell her give it back. She committed a grave sin.
Mine also got "lost" when i was with someone
I am so validated by this video.... Starfy is STILL my favorite game, and it means a lot. I've replayed it SO many times over the years. When I discovered there were more games? YES. When I realized I was an adult with money and could order them on my own? Y E S!! I still need to get the fourth game, and finishing up the second and third games. But aaaah this made me so happy!! I'm so happy!! Starfy my boy finally gets recognition~
Starfy was so great. I first got the game when i saw him in smash, i would love to see him get a new game and be playable in smash
I had completely forgot about this game until I bought smash ultimate and he showed up. Brought a tear to my eye cause of the nostalgia I loved this game so much lmao
Still a shame that this series ended so quickly
Let's beg for a remake
The one thing that I wish is that there was a remastered trilogy for the Switch. Gotta give the Starfy some love
No truer words have been spoken
All I want is More reviews of underrated and unknown games
Klonoa... maybe...?
Cave Story?
Those all sound good to me
If I had all the power in the world, I would use it to make Nintendo treat EVERY IP they own equally. Not just Starfy, but also Custom Robo, Sin and Punishment, Fossil Fighters, Chibi-Robo, Nintendo Wars, even REALLY obscure stuff like Slide Adventure MAGKID or Doshin the Giant. Smash Bros. has shown that Nintendo has TONS of IPs just lying there gathering dust, and I'd give anything to see each and every one, or at least 80% or so, be given proper love and treatment.
The problem is, how do Nintendo and their underlings such as Game Freak, HAL, and Intelligent Systems keep making games for all the franchises once they run out of ideas?
Mario and Pokémon are particularly cautionary tales of the consequences of running on fumes.
@@autobotstarscream765 Well they could release only one game per series per console. One 3D Mario, one 2D Mario, one Zelda, one Pokemon, one Starfy, etc. They could also enlist Third Party developers to work on some, like how Mercury Steam and Ubisoft worked on a Metroid and Mario game respectively. They could also just make their studios larger with more employees over time, preferably young employees who may have played these games already, and have fresh ideas for them. They could also re-release the games on the eShop, and judge which ones have more potential by their sales, since giving every single one a fair shot is probably a real impossibility.
same, including making damn sure EVERYTHING got released worldwide. So many Nintendo games I really wanted to play never released in North America, like Giftpia, ASH, Soma Bringer, Jet Impulse, the Trace Memory & Hotel Dusk sequels ( thankfully I DID manage to import the PAL version of Hotel Dusk's sequel Last Window and it's amazing ), Tomato Adventure, Starfy 1-4, Zangeki No Reginleiv, Chibi-Robo 3, Nintendoji, Zekkyo Senshi Sakeburein, Marvelous, MOTHER 3, Rhythm Tengoku, the Card Hero series, Custom Robo 1 & 2, Magical Vacation....
hell at this point I'm also the crazy weirdo wishing Nintendo would have Platinum bring Project HAMMER back from the dead & make it for Switch....and I'm also the guy wishing they'd stop using the Nintendog in Smash, it triggers my PTSD :/
I was so upset when my Legendary Starfy cartridge got ruined I really liked Starfy.
If you want to, you can get it pretty cheap online
@@peppermintzoro4907 cool
The Diamond Voyagers yeah, you can get all 5 even
Yeah this franchise slaps! Thats what I was just saying 👁
@Reggielacey 223 Starfy is not Kirby!
Literally
@@awesomeocelot7475 exactly plus kirby is easy asf have u played the entirety of legendary starfy hard as fuck
@@supernatural.unicorn I mean Kirby isn’t always easy
@@awesomeocelot7475 starfys way harder
I'm so happy you got to talk about this franchise and not just the one that came out for the ds (which is the fifth one and the last one of the series)
I've played the game boy trilogy and loved the mechanics and wish I could also love it more if there was a translation for them (I know there's one being made for the first game but my favorite I wish to see translated is the third one for..."story" purposes :))
But yeah it makes me so happy that someone FINALLY is dwelling over the starfy games that weren't released to america
I gotcha back buddy! www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418
Even better: Starfy 2 has been completed as well
Honestly, If I knew the technicals of how, I'd take a crack at translating the Chinese release of Starfy 2
Damn, that little game has given me so many good memories. The adorable design, the unique storyline, the MUSIC especially, the button mashing at the end of the game, my brother and I doing missions as starfy and starly. Ahh, nostalgia...
OH MY GOD STARFY!! The nostalgia!! I never clicked on a video so fast 😭
I love that funky little star boi.
I don't understand how anyone beat that mashing section, I had to use a coin.
I cheated and looked up a way to beat it online hehe
@@a.j.2915 same bro
I couldn’t beat that part, and lost mine.
The LazyImp Who Draws
Big fat *F* for you my dude
I just straight up asked my dad to complete it for me after like attempting it 30 times. 😂
When Moe spit those bars about friendship before the final fight... I left that
The legendary starfy was basically my life for a few years
I love the DS one, I have lost all hope for future games but I pray we can get some of the old ones in English via a potential NSO GBA collection.
Backup has arrived. 4 is the last one to be translated
www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418
I’m on board for almost anything, your toxic community videos are what introduced me to your Channel, and I grew to enjoy everything you produced. Do what you want!
Never played Starfy as a kid, but I wish I did. Looks like a game I would've enjoyed a lot.
Also dat FF14 clip at the end with the whales. That was fun to watch!
well, it's never too late to purchase a copy online
*I thought Starfy was a fever dream I had as a kid.*
Man right when I cleared my phone's notification I saw the Starfy thumbnail and thought they are brining back the games with an American release. I love The Legend of Starfy when I was a kid and my sister and I would share turns playing it since we only had one copy.
I had a friend who let me play the localized one on the DS. If this series was localized, I would have totally been all over it. Great video!
Edit: one year later, I just bought a used copy of The Legendary Starfy for $10 on eBay. It's just as great as I remembered!
Man for some reason I remember this game, but it feels like a fever dream...
Do more on games that not that many people know or don’t get the love that they deserve
Like ape escape 2-3.wario land series,gex,sly cooper,golden sun and many more
Agreed
I would add the Wonder Boy games, Ecco the Dolphin series, and Ristar too
@Reggielacey 223 no u
This Game gives me Kirby Vibes. I might just play it.
I still remember playing a demo of the DS one on one of those DS displays at a store when I went to get my first Pokémon games (Diamond & Pearl) when I was 7. It's a tiny piece of nostalgia for me; i might just see if i can find the game somewhere so i can play the entire thing
I think I remember seeing one of those!! Legendary Starfy was my second ever DS game and I love it to pieces. ^^
The memories have just come flooding back when I saw this video
Remember when Nintendo released Starfy as a mystery mushroom costume in Mario Maker? That made me so happy. I really wish they decide to do something with Starfy again, it's such a wholesome franchise
Shoutouts to my boy Moe
During my emulator craze a decade ago, I found out about and eventually bought the first 3 off ebay several years ago. I can't understand the story, but I could always tell by its presentation that it has so much to tell.
If you still have the games, I've got a translation of two and three backing them up
www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418
Starfy was my first DS game I bought with the console
I remember being in a hotel room with my mom in toronto and teling her I wanted a DS with that game after seeing the ad on tv (the one with the giant squid attacking a boat)
My birthday was soon and I needed something to do on the car ride back home
Best deicison i made as a kid ahah i played it soooo much
I was literally just thinking about you today, I'm so glad you're back ;D
You ever cry over a Clam's backstory?
I honestly blame Moe's father for being a lazy, deadbeat dad 😠... but yeah his backstory is no doubt 😢 & 💔, however I am glad he was able to help out his mom by raising his siblings & go on adventures with Starfy so Moe can use the rewards to give his mother & sibs a better life.
That's true dedication of a brother & son. 😁
I just had a flashback to 10 year old me hiding under the blankets playing this and getting caught by my mom
I love these old game reviews you do i really wish you would do more
One of my favorite videos from you was definitely the Kirby Lore Explained one. I would be down for you making more vids like that in the future. The videos you’ve made on Underrated DS games are also fun.
Hey man thanks for making this video! The starfy game on ds was my childhood game I love that it's getting some recognition
The title alone is enough for me to like this.
I absolutely loved The Legendary Starfy growing up. I competed with myself for hours on end playing the same minigames and trying to personalize my own Star just because. If theres any game I will ever speedrun, it would be The Legendary Starfy.
Thanks for bringing light to this great series
You’re the one who introduced me to these other four Densetsu Stafy games I cannot even thank you enough!
Thank you for making this! Starfy is my childhood. It holds such a special place in my heart
such a great video! i still have my copy of the ds game from when I was a kid, im a huge fan of kirby so of course I love starfy as well. I had no idea there were other games! thanks for making such a pleasant informational video :D
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Me: *looking at the mouth* so that and tragic backstories are why starfy's GBA Trilogy wasn't localized.
I absolutely loved the legendary starfy game that actually got released in America, I was always curious about the franchise I knew was there but never knew much about, it’s a shame starfy’s other games never got properly localized they honestly look fantastic, thank you for talking about this series it was super informative and fun to see someone talk about starfy
I got good news for ya, mate. I found translation of 2 and 3
www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418
You wanna talk about underrated 16 bit star-based protagonists? Let’s talk about Ristar
Amazing video. Always wanted to play legendary starfy back in the day but was always one of those games you intend on playing but never get around to.
you just dug up so many good memories with this game :)) Thanks
This series looks so cute and charming.
Thank you for talking about this series!! Would love a new game
What is with third installments in Nintendo series being depressing?
That is why Galaxy and the 3D Series never ended.
ruby and sapphire weren't really depressing.
Mother 3 Stans: On Thursdays we wear sunflowers
@@GODFRAUDBUDDHA finnaly
It took a year
Legend says the creator is still working on the 6th starfy game till this day
I love watching your videos ^^ always so informative
Give him a trilogy remake!
Oh, and could you pls make some videos on Miis, King Boo, Ratchet and Clank? Though I do hope that you will continue to inform mii about more obscure Nintendo games.
I love the content man! Keep up the great work.
Oh I thought this Channel was dead! I love this content, its such a difference from what I usually watch
Starfy is one of my favorite games and I'm so glad your talking about. It gives me so much nostalgia. :3
Seriously thank you for making this video to shed light on this underrated series! I was yet another who grew up playing and adoring Starfy 5 only to find out later that the rest of the games were Japanese exclusives, and this taught me a ton of things about the series that I never even knew!! Hopefully if the rest of the franchise gets a translation then I can properly play them all, but until then I hope this video continues getting attention and that maybe our spinny boi might even make a proper return someday 🥺
I got you mate. I found translation of 2 and 3
www.youtube.com/@someuselesstranslations8418
I've always really enjoyed The Fandom Files but I love your personality and the way you talk in general so honestly any sort of review or documentary type video would be rad. Maybe diving into internet rabbit holes and exploring some spookier stuff would be interesting! But at the end of the day I'm here for whatever you feel like producing :]!
Ooh I hope you go and do a video on Conquest. I only rented it once and never got the chance to afterwards, but it looked like a fantastic game! I'd love to learn a little more about it
this series had a massive impact on my childhood. I found this today, September 6th 2021. Starfy turns 19 today. Starfy 3 is one of my favourite games ever, and seeing Ogura's last words translated brought tears to my eyes...I didn't know that it was that deep. jeez, man.
I loved the one game that was localized. I don't know when I got it, but it was one of my favorite games to pop in on car trips.
The legendary starfy had amazing amount of content and secrets and detail put into it I remember loving the commercial I saw for it on the DS in the early 2000s and wanting it thankfully my dad bought it for me and I had a good time enjoying it and the story
Honestly loved the video up until now I had no idea the previous games existed. I got the DS game when I was about 5-8 and I played the hell out of it as a kid I still go back to it every now and then. Honestly now knowing about the other games I would have loved to play them too bad they never got localized, here's to hoping someone translates the other games or better yet Nintendo release remakes of the old ones translated. Thanks for the awesome video.
It was the localized Starfy game that introduced me to takoyakis. And it was Konfucious Eats that showed me how to properly eat them, too. Love this game so much.
AAAH, YESSSSS! thank you for reviewing Starfy, I loved Starfy so much as a kid.
It is so awesome seeing a big TH-cam bring attention to all my childhood favorites like Starfy and Fossil Fighters. Two other underrated games I'd recommend would be Ubisoft's Combat of Giants series and Freakyforms, I'm sure both of those would make excellent videos.
I loved starfy so much as a kid!!! When starfy was added in the new smash I only just learned of the other titles and had no idea what happened in those games so thank you for going over the plot of each one!!!
Oh my god it’s funny to hear the button mash segment was hard for you as a kid as well, I had to ask my dad to help me haha
Should we ask Nintendo for a remake of the legendary starfy for the switch already?
Ah thanks for covering this game! When I was a kid playing the fifth game, I had always felt like I, as a player, was missing context, and looking into it confirmed my suspicions. But I was sad that they were never localised :( it was super fun though, and the music still plays in my head sometimes to this day.
A Klonoa vid from you would be heavenly. Also, since I watch your Kirby lore video like every other month, I'd love to see more Kirby stuff.
I remember this game, big time!! It was one of my first ever games, and I remember seeing the bizarre ads on TV with that fisherman before receiving this game and Professor Layton one Christmas. I didn't like the puzzles in Layton and ended up selling it when younger, but I absolutely fell in love with Starfy, and remembering how shocked I was at Moe being such a sweetheart for a hardy character, the cute costume and gacha side content, and the takoyaki and fishing minigames was great! Thanks for telling me how the other games went -- I had no clue there were four more titles, and it was a series!!
My favorite character, by the way, was Bunston -- I always loved bunnies, and his story was the only game story to successfully make me cry around that time other than those in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games I had around the same time. Funnily enough, too, this game is what made me hone my button mashing skills as well for that final Mashtooth battle! I was so proud of myself. Again, thanks for the nostalgia! Played this game to death as a kiddo too, and I still have the cartridge!
I would really love if Starfy could get in smash as a playable fighter instead of just an assist trophy.
Hi! my favorite video coming from you is actually when you talk about this kind of underrated content and game. I wanna try to find a copy of starfy to try this out. ^^
Oh man I had no idea the Starfy lore could get even darker! Starfy 5 is one of my fav games of all time; it was definitely the best 2D platformer I played as a kid. Great vid; thanks for sharing all this! Subbed.
I remember the 5th entry fondly, but also with PTSD of the second moon phase... I remember actually needing an action replay to beat it just for that as my fingers even back then, were not fond of button mashing. Though what brings the fondness were two things: the aesthetic and the music. Shame you never brought up the ladder as the music for the games are fairly good even now. Though I've never subscribed and have seen a few videos of yours, I'm glad you're making a return even if I almost forgot what you did. Twitch clip was nice. Enjoy your day.
I just remembered that he exists as a trophy in smash bros brawl.
He’s in SSB4 and SSBU too!
Thanks for talking about this game! This shit was my childhood!
Having vainly waited for years for someone to translate these games, it's great to see that at least the first one has finally been tackled. I really hope that the others get the same treatment. Starfy has always held a bit of an exotic fascination for me.
If you're still looking for suggestions for future videos, I'd love to see more GBA coverage. The system has a really varied and interesting library.
I love this game so much, it’s one of the first DS games I’ve played and seeing people talking about it again brings me back so much nostalgia.
I loved Starfy 1. Thank’s for recommending it!
This brings a tear to my eye. I remember when I first saw the commercial, I was instantly hooked on getting the game. Once I saved up for it to purchase it, my sister and I adored the game for how unique it was from the other DS games we had. It felt like we were playing a Kirby game that was very unique.
You know, this may sound strange, but I've actually been wanting to make a Starfy game, like one that kinda has the feel of the GBA games. However, problem is, I don't know how I am going to make this dream come true. I have been practicing fun story-writing, and I have been having fun in sprite-making. It's just the coding department that I'm not good in.
Anyone got any ideas to help me out here? It'd be greatly appreciated! :>
I almost spit out my drink when you said ‘all five’, I thought there was only one!
I love Starfy. Thank you for giving this game series love! We NEED more Starfy love.
I played this game when I was about 8 and oh my goodness (aside from seeing him as an occasional assist trophy in smash) I really missed him and the franchise! Seeing this video brought back so much nostalgia thanks for bringing these great memories back!⭐
If your looking for video ideas how about doing more "what happened to certain series" videos for series that have pretty much ended like MGS? Hell maybe even some more FF content since that is the namesake of your channel and your past videos on the series were excellent