hahaha

It's luck, Jim, but not as we know it

OwO

"if theres a hole, it's a guy's job to thrust into it"

Sounds like Matt's approach to criticism

That just screams Schezo Wegey levels of phrasing.

I think this is at least partially to do with what I say at the start of the video. People like to have an avatar rather than manipulating things from afar, it makes the game more comprehensible I think. Mr. Driller might be a good gateway game for this reason.

He said on his second channel he doesnt want to say it anymoire

The reason surely is that there are no ladies to greet

@@normmcnormalson6952 Cause he didn't want to start every video the same way anymore, he said he'll still do it for commentaries though as can be seen in his Viewtiful Joe one

imagine giving a shit about whether he says the catchphrase or not

@@pirateray Don't take it too seriously pal

I didn't realize the new version was coming to Steam as well, that's nice.

the switch is kind of a mobile platform

And the inevitable, crushing doom that awaits you at the end of every attempt at progress

😂 but the same time 😢

He really needs to play Downwell. It's a fantastic little game and is literally only descent further and further down a well to see how deep you can get

@@duffman18 He already made a video on it

Not only is there a video but I think it’s mentioned

@@_rykos oh damn you're right. I'm a dumb dumb Well let me suggest he play Exit the Gungeon. The sequel to Enter the Gungeon, obviously. It just came out, and it's not as deep a game as the first one, and it involves climbing up wells rather than going down them, but it seems like exactly the kinda thing he'd like.

Jacob geller has the perfect video for you lol

it says that in japan but in the us it has no date. werid. oh well 2 days after my birthday!

Yeah I went on the US switch store (I'm in the UK) and it had a new Mr Driller, so I'm excited about that. Also I keep trying to find info on grhe new Space Invaders Invincible Collection which I really really want, and it's already out in Japan, but there's no news whatsoever about a western release. And I mean it can't need tons of translation to English, it's space invaders for christ sake. But yeah the newer modern space invaders games look so cool, much like the new Pacmans that were essentially the same gameplay but just everything looked much cooler Maybe I'll just go on the Japanese store and buy the Japanese version. And the Japanese release of the new Mr Driller. Because it'll come out first and it's not a text heavy game, you wouldn't need to know Japanese to play it, surely. Unless there's some kinda story mode

@@duffman18 other than the original the only one I played is space Invaders extreme which was so awesome. I hope that's in the new collection but I'll still buy the collection cause it sounds cool!

Aye, I know that feeling. Thanks for the Ys reviews by the way. I know that this isn't really the place to say that but you ended up getting me to marathon the series to completion over the last couple of months lol.

@@itsbrunhilda9704 Thank you. Happy to hear you enjoyed the games!

This game was originally gonna be called "Dig Dug 3" plus the main character of this game (Susumu Hori) is the son of Dig Dug who has a name (Taizo Hori) and is playable in the later titles

@gibbdude _That's fair. I think I just meant it in a "continuous flow" kind of a way where he expresses points linking to one another without having a harsh break in between them. As well the video itself even fits within a larger flow of short videos elaborating on smaller details that would often be taken for granted. I didn't really consider the literary critique connotation. It's been quite a while since I've done anything like that, so I apologize for the confusion. I hope that clarifies things a bit. _I like your profile avatar by the way.

and Baraduke's son as well

I remember this too, it was a polar bear eating snow blocks and instead of a timer it was a bloat meter, you also had to drink strange potions to burp

@@Pusga2 yaaa. the lil bears name was like dieter, if i remember

Fuck I think you're right. Fuck both these games then

Yeah , i distinctly remember the theme.

webkinz too, tunnelling twigzy, literally a reskin with a caterpillar in a tree

He gets better with every video honestly. Every video is creatively structured to mesh with the script

What's your opinion on the DS game? I've been thinking of buying it but then there's the Switch port of the Japanese exclusive Gamecube game coming soon.

i haven't really played the ds game but it came out after the initial team pretty much disbanded, so i don't think it adds very much? drill land is easily the best and pretty much the finale of the early mr. driller games, it adds tons of stuff, has some really flashy presentation and amazing music, and has a pretty charming story mode. i actually didn't know they were porting it to switch, but it's easily the one i'd recommend, though i'm sad g isn't getting much love cause that game does a lot of interesting stuff too.

@@thecolonel3496 Cheers, I may emulate the DS game to test it out.

Truly a nitpick, but Binding of Isaac came out a year before Rogue Legacy and that was the Roguelite kickoff.

I love Puyo, but do you think such a small format would do it justice? There's way more to unpack with Puyo.

Just so that anyone reading this comment doesn't get this is a joke (It is lol) Matt said he made most of these BEFORE the pandemic got too out of hand and its just a coinsedence that it started when he decided to start uploading them weekly...

This video and comment is what made me purchase. Those are the best games lol

What

I'm not great at the likes of Tetris or Puyo Puyo but I've played a lot of these types of games at this point, including Lumines and I think it's strange you'd say it's one of the harder ones when I think it's one of the easiest. I could even loop all the way through the tracklist in the first game. Just goes to show that some of them worm their way into your mind easier than others. Anyway, I enjoyed my time with Lumines back in the day but I'd probably rather spend the time with Tetris or Puyo Puyo now. It's a nice little game but I think a single play can drag on too long. The way the music bar sweeps across the screen is interesting though.

To butt in cuz I love the game: Lumines is one of the first games I cared about scoring in, but it frustrated me. You can get locked out of perfect clears/one color clears past a certain point (or at least, cleaning up the board becomes very inefficient in comparison to combos). Maybe it's on purpose for the game to have that arc from slow to manic, but sometimes I'm only in the mood for one or the other and they don't weave together. Lumines is one of the hardest puzzle games just for what it asks the player to do to unlock all the avatars, like getting a perfect run of the Vs. CPU mode (brutal!).

Have you played on Fightcade? Matches can get crazy, that game makes my hands move so fast. For me it's one of "the controller disappears" games Matthew mentions every now and then. Not to mention some japanese people on Twitter who seem to understand the layouts that will come next so they destroy everything like it's nothing.

@@EdgardR. The setup I was using was (someone else's) Retro Pi in an arcade cab with two pads. There really is no spare time or brain space available if you want to remain competitive

Pf u major

I think he mentioned it in a podcast or something saying he dropped it after like 10 hours or so

@@troubleman4125 That's unfortunate. :/ I dropped it on the first time as well, but I'm glad I gave it another chance.