Is Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension [SNES] Worth Playing Today?

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Is Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension [SNES] Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

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3 жыл бұрын

Totally forgot to mention the Genesis version, which is... nearly exactly the same as the Super Nintendo edition.
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@felixdaniels37 3 жыл бұрын

Man, we're going all out with the deep cut references in this episode.

@starlightwitch12 3 жыл бұрын

This game is remembered for the Chupa Chups sponsorship in the Amiga and CD32 version (and some versions, like Game Gear). The CD32 version of this game has a soundtrack by Neil Biggin and is known for the warning about inserting the game disc on a cd player and plays track 1. This game is known as Zool no Yume Bouken in Japan on the Super Famicom and Game Gear.

@ValkyrieTiara 3 жыл бұрын

ズールの夢冒険 (zuuru no yume bouken) translates to "Zool's Dream Adventure" for anyone curious. It's not a bad concept... setting aside whatever the actual original story is, it makes a LOT more sense out of the crazy myriad of locales to say "Yeah you're running through people's dreams" or something like that when you jump from a land made of sweets to a hardware store lol

@user-sl6gn1ss8p 3 жыл бұрын

The DOS version had the sponsorship as well, at least the shareware version

@renewagain6956 3 жыл бұрын

"It's like looking at a Trapper Keeper through a Kaleidescope." - SNES Drunk, 2021

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

Kaleide-uh-scope.

@kaitain7595 3 жыл бұрын

@@ostiariusalpha had to watch a little longer in to hear it. Yup.

@ggbetz 3 жыл бұрын

@@ostiariusalpha my wife found that funny

@sstteev 3 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 🚂all aboard RenewAgain's comment for some good ol' chop bustin' - kaleidyscope style 😎😘♥💘💖💗💓💜❤

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 3 жыл бұрын

I'm almost certain he did that on purpose.

@TheProgressiveStyle 3 жыл бұрын

Zool was actually the mascot of chupa-chups lollipops, thats why he is in the candy world :)

@CyberattackWorld 3 жыл бұрын

for real? that's amazing

@DiRF 3 жыл бұрын

I remember playing a shareware DOS copy long ago, and wondering why that company's logo was everywhere.

@csmadisun 3 жыл бұрын

Strictly speaking, that was just a sponsorship deal the game had. Chupa Chups paid a bunch of money to have their logo in the game, and the candy world was the best fit.

@goatbone 3 жыл бұрын

Was he actually a mascot? I thought Chupa Chups just paid to have their product in the game.

@elbitxo5945 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Zool wasn't ChupaChups mascot at all, the deal was just product placement on the game, and not even in every port.

@claymccoy 3 жыл бұрын

I love Garfield and Friends, use to watch it every Saturday morning. I had many Garfield books too.

@scottymagoo4025 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved Zool on the Amiga as a kid. It was regarded as as one of the coolest games on the system by me and my friends. Then I played it again recently and was pretty shocked at the colour scheme.

@jayhouston7054 3 жыл бұрын

Wow a random crazy obscure Garfield reference...most impressive.

@matttherrien9608 3 жыл бұрын

"Most impressive." Is that a nod to Vader?

@jayhouston7054 3 жыл бұрын

@@matttherrien9608 most impressive

@matttherrien9608 3 жыл бұрын

"Empire" baby!

@vapaperboi 3 жыл бұрын

Wasnt random

@matttherrien9608 3 жыл бұрын

@@vapaperboi Recognize biatch! i am your father.

@georgfriedrichhendl9881 3 жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid/teen in the mid 90's, when in my hometown the small video game shop had an Amiga CD 32 with Zool in the Window. I kept several minutes watching it and thought this was the best graphics I had ever seen.

@Der_Kleine_Mann 3 жыл бұрын

I got this game now on cartridge and I love it. Best money I spent on a game since a while. The beautiful designed levels seem huge if you don't know the easiest way. The caracters are also well designed. It is a bit like another game that I love, which is "pop'n twinbee - rainbow bell adventures".

@arostwocents 3 ай бұрын

Wow. I didn't like this as a kid at all

@dcrock1592 3 жыл бұрын

Have a great rest of YOUR day bro!

@stevieavail5773 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, a State reference. "I'm Levon!" "And I'm Barry Sagittarius."

@cliftonb 3 жыл бұрын

In the final B&L sketch, they took the pudding to space, which could have been the ultimate tie-in to this game.

@corrado 3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one that caught it.

@billbyers2344 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes the spiritual prequel to the Wii classic, Ninjabread Man

@endymallorn 3 жыл бұрын

DDI actually presented Ninjabread Man as the tech demo for Zool 3. Thank goodness Zoo said no.

@Saxdude26 2 жыл бұрын

And then, last August, Zool got an actual remaster on PC! And it is INCREDIBLE!

@GiordanDiodato 2 жыл бұрын

@@Saxdude26 and apparently fixed a lot of the issues the original game had. Hope they rerelease the second game.

@Unquestionable 3 жыл бұрын

Always think back to the endless amount of mascot platformers in the 90s, the dozens of ads for them in gaming magazines, and how everyone knows at least one kid whose parents bought them for a Christmas gift instead of something like Sonic 2 or DKC. My heart always went out to those poor souls and when I would visit always made a major effort to act as if something like Zool was just as incredible as Super Mario World.

@GiordanDiodato 2 жыл бұрын

you were the Amiga kid?

@BaileysMariner Жыл бұрын

Hey screw you buddy! We amiga kids had a whole army of iconic mascots, the only thing Sega and Nintendo had that they didn't was a marketing budget. Zool, Dizzy, Harlequin, Titus, Chucky Egg, Rick Dangerous, the Giana Sisters, Lemmings, Turrican, the list goes on.

@Unquestionable Жыл бұрын

@@BaileysMariner fair point, Turrican is still one of my favorites of that gen

@javelin6831 3 жыл бұрын

When SNES drunk wishes you have a good day, you better have a good day.

@brettsmolski5402 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I haven't had a chupa chup for years. Also, I really like the Amiga aesthetic.

@KrazyKupo 3 жыл бұрын

Only ones sold around here now are sugar free and tiny but for the same price.

@hikaruk.981 3 жыл бұрын

Was NOT expecting anyone would ever make a Barry and LeVon reference, EVER.

@whosaidthat84 3 жыл бұрын

Same here! My brother and I still quote them sometimes 😂

@GeoffBarone 3 жыл бұрын

“Awww yeaaah”

@jaymethysell5111 3 жыл бұрын

I just here for $240 of pudding. Cook. And Chill.

@jesusflores-dc2mw 3 жыл бұрын

I remember renting this game on a rainy weekend, to play along with my brothers, we were looking for other games, but all of them were already rented, so we picked this one, we were so disappointed, but since we were already stuck with it, we had no choice but playing it until we beat it. This video brought fond memories though, keep up with the cool work you do Alex!

@phattjohnson 3 жыл бұрын

The soundtrack has a bit of an oldschool breakbeat vibe, reminiscent of some of The Prodigy's earlier stuff. I dig it!

@chrisb7841 3 жыл бұрын

For Amiga kids, Zool was the closest thing we had to Sonic.

@JomasterTheSecond 3 жыл бұрын

...Kid Chaos?

@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939 3 жыл бұрын

_Superfrog_ was better :)

@lnsflare1 3 жыл бұрын

There is no Sonic, *only Zool!*

@josephconnelly5195 3 жыл бұрын

@@lnsflare1 What a loving singing voice you must have.

@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939 3 жыл бұрын

Lassi Kinnunen 81 That doesn't mean that it's a better game :) (although "better" is, in this context, in many ways subjective)

@DoctorTalon 3 жыл бұрын

I was introduced to Zool through Zool 2 on the Atari Jaguar. Sadly the loose/slippery mechanics hasn't changed much, but the soundtrack is kick ass! I actually didn't know Chupa Chups existed until playing Zool 2.

@briantaylorcloe7725 3 жыл бұрын

This nearly got me to buy a Jaguar! (10$ bin games, 20$ bin system - KayBees Days of Lore)

@DoctorTalon 3 жыл бұрын

@@briantaylorcloe7725 I remember KayBees fondly! They were my go-to place whenever I would visit my nearby mall. I think KayBees was where my brother got our Jaguar, and he also got a Sega Master System II over there. Chances are, that's were he also got the Zool 2. Great memories!

@Elbethium 3 жыл бұрын

that intro never gets old

@LemonTree9280 3 жыл бұрын

I hold my bong hits for it and it can get difficult

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol 3 жыл бұрын

I still can't tell if it's getting longer or if I'm just that stoned when I tune in

@Elbethium 3 жыл бұрын

@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol that i absolutely agree

@Elbethium 3 жыл бұрын

@@LemonTree9280 how big is the bong

@LemonTree9280 3 жыл бұрын

@@Elbethium Oh Billy Bong Thornton is average size

@ketcherinthery5079 3 жыл бұрын

The State reference ftw! Fuckin LOVE The State! Met Kerri Kenney-Silver once and she was a gem!

@MegaDeox 3 жыл бұрын

Used to play this (or maybe Zool 2?) on MS-DOS back in the 90's. I remember not knowing where to go, but it was fun.

@JazGalaxy 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap. When you started with 240 I was like “yeeeeeeessss” and the you said “dollars worth of pudding” and I practically cheered.

@socialistprofessor3206 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that episode of Garfield. My hometown is actually just down the road from that of Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield. In fact, I used to help him when I worked at GNC long ago. He is a super nice, down to Earth guy so Garfield is like religion where I was brought up.

@MM12684 3 жыл бұрын

There is no Dana only Zool

@antoniogarciaiii 3 жыл бұрын

The references in this episode are top notch

@demo-z2y 3 жыл бұрын

I have been in an Amiga roll and grew accustomed to the psychedelic visuals to the point that I kinda like them now, plus the amazing 80's Amiga music. Great review as always!

@stephenrosanelli6164 3 жыл бұрын

A Garfield and Friends reference and a State reference in the same episode? I know there was a reason I loved this channel!

@veilscarecrow 3 жыл бұрын

The nostalgia hit me hard, I used to own this game on SNES as an adolescent.

@LaVeyCharkusVeros 3 жыл бұрын

My man SNES drunk has finally turned into a full time comedian! 😂

@tubedouin 3 жыл бұрын

And I always thought he was some kind of ninja ant. I remember ads for Zool and Zen being all over the comic books I'd read as a kid. Apparently intergalactic ninjas were big in the early nineties.

@stevecotter6883 3 жыл бұрын

Lol he had to mention that Home Improvement game 😂

@ggbetz 3 жыл бұрын

Had the sequel back on my free to me and thus free to another jaguar, I liked the garish colours, and general amiga-ness (since I didn't know what one was), exactly what I like out of video games (that work). Wish there was more of these kinds of console games

@WrestlingWithGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Obscure garfield and The State reference? Amazing lol.

@whosaidthat84 3 жыл бұрын

3:30 Barry and LeVon from The State?! SNES Drunk is officially the Reference Master!

@DGFTardin 3 жыл бұрын

That music pumped me up indeed!

@SpongeTheKid 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the Garfield and Friends mention

@AFnord 3 жыл бұрын

For some reason magazines back in the days kept claiming that Zool was an ant ninja. It was just one of those things that were repeated to the point where people just ended up accepting it as true, despite Zool clearly not being an ant.

@MixMasterLar 3 жыл бұрын

He looks as close to an ant as Sonic looks like a hedgehog, to be fair

@cliftonb 3 жыл бұрын

I needed a Barry and LeVon moment to start my day. Thank you for that.

@Tandiamonds 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome channel. Love the edits

@nickdirienzo2849 Жыл бұрын

Zool looks like a Gremlin in Bomberman cosplay.

@saulmendez3969 3 жыл бұрын

I have not thought about that particular State Sketch in years...god bless you, sir!!!

@MrChrommeur 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah Zool, I also have this game. Love the different worlds and the music is great. Still have that manual with the comic :) Pretty sure he's a ninja ant tho But yeah, playing it as a kid, the lack of saves or passwords was very frustrating. The final boss and ending are nothing special too. But I still love this game.

@XanthinZarda 3 жыл бұрын

I like how I can't tell what's foreground vs background or what's obstacle vs platform.

@23Scadu 3 жыл бұрын

That's the 90s European platformer experience for you.

@guyunderwood2297 3 жыл бұрын

@@23Scadu The checklist is Awkward controls Hard to read visuals Water drips that damage you

@pferreira1983 3 жыл бұрын

@@guyunderwood2297 You're judging Amiga games by stuff only some games had???

@guyunderwood2297 3 жыл бұрын

@@pferreira1983 well almost every game had up to jump because of limited buttons on the controllers. I'm sure there were some games that didn't have hard to read graphics or water drops that hurt you but it's a common complaint for a reason.

@pferreira1983 3 жыл бұрын

@@guyunderwood2297 I'm pretty sure there are western made games that punish you for falling into water. It's hardly fair to judge European gaming with specific technical elements games from other cultures do. Also while true about jumping it wasn't a problem on Amiga because joysticks allowed more direct control.

@magmamaster1801 Жыл бұрын

Played this game through the Redimensioned remaster and how far it lets you zoom out really helps with the visuals and seeing obstacles coming. I recommend it.

@nocuh 3 жыл бұрын

Came for the game, stayed for the Barry and LeVon reference

@sketchrfl 3 жыл бұрын

the state was such a great comedy show!

@marscaleb 2 жыл бұрын

My name's Doug, and I'm outta heeeeeeeeere.

@tonythepokemonguy751 3 жыл бұрын

That Garfield reference was too notch, plus that Tim Allen boss sounds like the perfect resident evil boss

@jimm7346 3 жыл бұрын

Also, fun fact: the shitty Nintendo Wii game "Ninjabread Man" was originally going to be an official Zool sequel, but the creators of Zool thought it looked so terrible they pulled the license from the developers

@Gatorade69 3 жыл бұрын

And then those same developers went on to sell NinjaBread man reskinned like three or four other times.

@MentalLiberation 3 жыл бұрын

And then the game, Ninjabread man, was copied 3 times after.

@kicksex 3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only person that remembered The State! Nice pudding reference. I remember seeing that sketch so many times back in the day on MTV and cracking up. I think I even recorded it on A VHS tape. Man MTV used to be a lot better

@petsematarykeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making great and consistent content...and YOU have a great rest of your day :D

@SNESdrunk 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, same to you

@wildbillstatone 3 жыл бұрын

“Like looking at a Trapper Keeper through a kaleidoscope!” That’s hilarious!

@RaizenLim 3 жыл бұрын

I like this kind of music. Gives me a nostalgia of my childhood.

@brunocpimenta 3 жыл бұрын

I"m already having a great rest of my day! Thanks SNES drunk!

@bwillythekid8249 3 жыл бұрын

How can you not have not made a Zool video until now. Mind blown.

@scarletspidey6898 3 жыл бұрын

Omg Barry and LeVon reference from The State..I'm forever following your channel...you get it sir.

@chaospoet 3 жыл бұрын

I think I must be messed up in the head because I love the look of Amiga games. Not that I've seen many since I live and grew up in the States but it has it's own style where you take one look and say "That's an Amiga game." They're unique. They look like an Acid Trip and this one looks like Alice in Wonderland and Candyland had a baby at the Kobra Kai dojo, but you rarely see anything else like it on other systems. The only three I can think of is Sonic CD along with Knuckles Chaotix, and Tempo on 32x. But on Amiga it was practically every game I've seen and I applaud them for it, because I'm clearly out of my tree here.

@23Scadu 3 жыл бұрын

That last song sounds like early Prodigy, pretty cool.

@7thangelad586 3 жыл бұрын

So many great zingers-those 80’s & 90’s references are flawless, Mr. Drunk.

@Xebelan Жыл бұрын

Trapper Keeper Kaleidoscope can be a really awesome setting for some games-- katamari, for example.

@TheRealJPhillips 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball is a severely cut back version of baseball stars 2

@sjake8308 2 жыл бұрын

Zool is the type of game that makes a lot more sense on the Amiga and Atari ST than the Mega Drive and SNES. The game was designed around a single button controller and the 16-bit computers didn't have platform games of the calibre of Mario and Sonic. Zool was possibly the best mascot platformer on the Amiga, which probably says a lot.

@HybridAngelZero 3 жыл бұрын

I remember a friend had this on Genesis when I was a kid. I do remember liking it quite a bit, but I was surprised when I found out Chuppa Chupps were a real candy

@justsomebody-1665 3 жыл бұрын

I came for the Ghostbusters joke. Was not disappointed. The KGJPMLB joke was just icing on the cake

@SplinterAce 3 жыл бұрын

Lowkey my favourite channel on KZfaq

@benjaminramsey4695 2 жыл бұрын

"It's like I'm looking at a Trapper-Keeper through a kaleidoscope!"

@squiresphone 3 жыл бұрын

5* for 2 90s cultural references that few probably understood. The Garfield one was a test of age. The Barry and Lavon pudding reference, was a cultural test on taste. Where did you get $240 worth of pudding? Shhhhh.. Ain't none of your concern, baby! Awe yeah.

@SNESdrunk 3 жыл бұрын

Levon, the instructions on the box say "Cook, and chill." Why's that Barry? Because that's what we do, we cook... and then we chill. Awwwwwwww yeah

@squiresphone 3 жыл бұрын

@@SNESdrunk just caught up to this reply and dude you're the best! 🍻

@mrdrybonestv 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this game getting a lot of advertising in game magazines when it was close to release. It always looked interesting but I never tried it.

@MrTheMighty 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, I totally remember that grapes looking alien!

@GiordanDiodato 2 жыл бұрын

this was originally a home computer (specifically Amiga) game, so its design philosophy was very different from a console-styled platformer. Most home computer (and even early DOS) platform games were known for their awkward level design. thankfully the remastered version on Steam is vastly improved and gives you an easy mode.

@travisshallenberger9486 3 жыл бұрын

Every now & then, you pull out a game like this that's truly obscure. You're right about the music though. And I GOTTA love the obscure Garfield reference!

@justinsymington 3 жыл бұрын

The State references are rare in general but SNES Drunk is the last place I would have expected to see one, you just made my day

@likealaddertothesun 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reminder about the music. I had forgotten how stupid good it was.

@benhicks7652 3 жыл бұрын

Snesdrunk drinking game: if he says "Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball" you finish your drink.

@tethanabby 2 жыл бұрын

Dude my mom rented this for me and I forgot it. The cover in the thumbnail took me back! Oh man. Wow. I’m old.

@GamingBroductions 3 жыл бұрын

Kinda reminds of the ninjas from that one Dexter's Lab episode that have a newspaper throwing contest with Dee Dee

@Jackrost01 3 жыл бұрын

Now I want to see comic crossover Zool with Plok with this funny nonsensical plot

@thenostalgiafactor5023 3 жыл бұрын

Total length of video: 329 secs. Total length of "SNES Drunk": 6 secs. 1.82% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk".

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

And everyone else wishes he would keep at it, so you're outvoted.

@zladvevo9724 3 жыл бұрын

@@primesuspect8567 ye buddy. No one else wants it gone.

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

@@primesuspect8567 Great idea, and you know where to stick it.

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

@@primesuspect8567 You think 10 seconds is long? SNES Drunk'll learn ya' a lesson, boy. LOL!

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

@@primesuspect8567 That's not my like, but thanks for playing!

@JomasterTheSecond 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I could really go for a Ninjabread Man now.

@despondentisthmus 3 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness for a normal episode after that April Fools one. I'd like to have heard what you thought of the Sega one. You know, see if the larger screen, the faster processor, the different sound chips or the controls resulted in a better or worse experience.

@marscaleb 2 жыл бұрын

3:32 You peered deep within my soul and found out how to speak to me in a way that no one else can.

@KingFossilFER 3 жыл бұрын

The amiga version has a few differences, like secret areas that lead to a bonus flying section

@Ujabuja 2 жыл бұрын

How are you supposed to use the flip move? I see it in controls but it wont do anything for me.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 3 жыл бұрын

As a 90s kid I must say that music was fairly banging. Especially that last tune very catchy.

@acupuncturekid 3 жыл бұрын

So many games on the snes and genesis had those "get hit because the screen is scrolling" I wonder if they were redone today with widescreen and nothing was cropped would it be easier to play?

@RenegadeX28 3 жыл бұрын

I remember going to my local mom and pop video game rental shop back in the day and saw this on the shelf and rented it. I tried so many times to play it and beat it, but the controls were so sloppy.

@doraeguyakaneddie6586 2 жыл бұрын

0:43 Hey look it's "Wet dry world"

@Jutrzen 3 жыл бұрын

The music isn't from Super Offroad, it's from the Lotus series (also Amiga).

@DarkReturns1 3 жыл бұрын

Just played this for the first time with my boys lol! Great timing!

@StabStabStabStabby 3 жыл бұрын

Amiga was my childhood gaming machine so it's funny when you shit on amiga "style" graphics because to my nostalgic eyes the amiga games look really good. I used to play this game quite a bit on the amiga. Also worth mentioning Zool was the official mascot of the amiga computer (at launch, not sure if he was dropped later) , that's why this game is somewhat high quality.

@XanthinZarda 3 жыл бұрын

Don't get him wrong; he wasn't calling Amiga graphics bad, but more the ethos of games that looked like Trolls; a psychedelia experience purely meant to show off all 206843683 colours the system could pull.

@tsian7328 3 жыл бұрын

The music actually seems pretty good, might have to check out the OST thanks to this!

@melon3109 3 жыл бұрын

i'll never understand how the developers, testers, anybody would think this type of camera that flails around at a 100 mph is ever a good idea

@hananezumi 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've tried to play this game, and I want to like it but the camera is just awful. Makes me dizzy and makes the game unplayable for me.

@colins1358 3 жыл бұрын

your reviews are insanely good 👍

@ArcaneAzmadi 3 жыл бұрын

Just looking at it, what I don't like about it is that the camera lags slightly too far behind your character when you start running, putting you too close to the approaching edge of the screen and not giving you enough time to see incoming threats. I mean did you think we wouldn't notice how you were getting hit every 2 seconds for almost the entire video?

@Ggggggmmmm324 3 жыл бұрын

Last song sounded a lot like Lotus 3 Metal Machine

@TheDeeps6911 3 жыл бұрын

I got a the 240lbs of pudding joke. “....and The Pope’a Is’a coming to dinner!!!!”

@BabusGameRoom 3 жыл бұрын

Zool was my favourite game on the Jaguar. My second favourite game on the Jaguar was Bubsy. I think it says more about the Jaguar's library than my taste in games.