Makes me glad to see someone make a full dedicated video to this game with effort put into it, this game was straight up my childhood to. Also I’mma have to disagree with u on Kayak Slalom and Air Racing cause they honestly some of my favorite sports in the series but I completely agree with you on sports like Basketball and Dodgeball they were straight FIRE 🔥🔥🔥
There was never a 4th mainline game on the Wii U or Switch but there were 3 other games of the same format on the DS, 3DS and 360 Kinect... Deca Sports Extreme, the 3DS game, was the franchises final installment back in 2011, there aren't even any obscure mobile games, PC Games or anything after Extreme
Something I'd like to add about the League mode in Deca Sports 1 and 2: There's a mechanic specific to the mode called "Conditions" where, on the member select before every sport, there will be an emoticon beside every character's portrait; a yellow happy face (😄) means the character will play "above and beyond expectations" (according to both game's instruction manuals), meaning they'll perform better (I'm not exactly sure what "better" means in this context, but still) in the sport you use them in; a green neutral face (😐but green) means they'll perform at a normal rate, same Build advantages and all; a blue sad face (😖but blue) means they won't perform as well in the sport you use them in (again, not exactly sure what that means in this context). Interestingly enough, whether the Conditions change from sport to sport feels kind of random. You might use a '😄' character in one sport, but then in the very next they'll suddenly be a '😖', no matter how much he/she is used in the sport beforehand. Additionally, you can choose NOT to use a '😄' character for a sport, then he/she becomes '😐' or '😖' in the next sport you can pick them; this is especially the case for any 5v5 sports (Soccer, Dodgeball, etc.) where one character doesn't contribute anything, but his/her Condition drops anyway. Deca Sports 3 completely removes the "Conditions" mechanic for League mode entirely, most likely because of its '6-person team' dynamic and the fact that you mainly play with one member for the most part. (Technically Deca Sports DS [which came out a few months before DS3] had the '6-person team' dynamic and Conditions removed for League mode, but that's a spinoff so I'm not counting that.)
Yeah I completely forgot to mention that in the video, it’s a really cool idea, when I was younger I was thinking this exact same idea you were explaining but as I got older and when I was playing the games for this video, I actually thought it was based on the characters ability and willingness to play said sport… for example if Tony had a yellow smiling face in Archery then that would basically mean he’s more than willing to participate but what you were explaining and according to what the game manuals say, makes the most sense
Also i would definitely watch a video on the lore and timelines you made, I think it would be really cool
That would be a huge project cause that’s 40 different characters and 100% head-canon but I’m not against giving it a shot one day
Makes me glad to see someone make a full dedicated video to this game with effort put into it, this game was straight up my childhood to. Also I’mma have to disagree with u on Kayak Slalom and Air Racing cause they honestly some of my favorite sports in the series but I completely agree with you on sports like Basketball and Dodgeball they were straight FIRE 🔥🔥🔥
Ayyy Deca sports 2 turned 15 today
I like that you did this thank you. I played these 3 games with my gramps fun memories! Can you tell me what happen to deca sports 4? or no info
There was never a 4th mainline game on the Wii U or Switch but there were 3 other games of the same format on the DS, 3DS and 360 Kinect... Deca Sports Extreme, the 3DS game, was the franchises final installment back in 2011, there aren't even any obscure mobile games, PC Games or anything after Extreme
Something I'd like to add about the League mode in Deca Sports 1 and 2:
There's a mechanic specific to the mode called "Conditions" where, on the member select before every sport, there will be an emoticon beside every character's portrait; a yellow happy face (😄) means the character will play "above and beyond expectations" (according to both game's instruction manuals), meaning they'll perform better (I'm not exactly sure what "better" means in this context, but still) in the sport you use them in; a green neutral face (😐but green) means they'll perform at a normal rate, same Build advantages and all; a blue sad face (😖but blue) means they won't perform as well in the sport you use them in (again, not exactly sure what that means in this context).
Interestingly enough, whether the Conditions change from sport to sport feels kind of random. You might use a '😄' character in one sport, but then in the very next they'll suddenly be a '😖', no matter how much he/she is used in the sport beforehand. Additionally, you can choose NOT to use a '😄' character for a sport, then he/she becomes '😐' or '😖' in the next sport you can pick them; this is especially the case for any 5v5 sports (Soccer, Dodgeball, etc.) where one character doesn't contribute anything, but his/her Condition drops anyway.
Deca Sports 3 completely removes the "Conditions" mechanic for League mode entirely, most likely because of its '6-person team' dynamic and the fact that you mainly play with one member for the most part. (Technically Deca Sports DS [which came out a few months before DS3] had the '6-person team' dynamic and Conditions removed for League mode, but that's a spinoff so I'm not counting that.)
Yeah I completely forgot to mention that in the video, it’s a really cool idea, when I was younger I was thinking this exact same idea you were explaining but as I got older and when I was playing the games for this video, I actually thought it was based on the characters ability and willingness to play said sport… for example if Tony had a yellow smiling face in Archery then that would basically mean he’s more than willing to participate but what you were explaining and according to what the game manuals say, makes the most sense
Y'know, maybe one day you can look at the Deca Sports "spinoffs?" (yes, including "that" one)