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Angry Video Game Nerd
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Kyle Justin was awesome in this as well, love his random cameos! Also, did anyone notice the intro theme was done in the same style of the older episodes?
To be fair, this is the first one in a while that's had such focus on theatrics. The ones of recent memory have a strong focus on the games.
GavinGT said:
To be fair, this is the first one in a while that's had such focus on theatrics. The ones of recent memory have a strong focus on the games.
Net_Wrecker
Member
:lol @ the AVGN having continuity. The guy behind the couch got me...so random. And the Looney Toons references were classic.
nincompoop
Banned
Not a great episode, he didn't talk enough about the actual games and the fight scenes were too drawn-out and repetitive, although the occasional Looney Tunes references were hilarious.
A Black Falcon
Member
Jazzem said:
I think they are fairly decent puzzle-action games, he just wanted an excuse to do some more fighting with Bugs Bunny... though some other more recent Bugs games are probably worse, so I don't know why he chose those, other than that one was on the NES and NES games are what he most likes to review.
I mean, I think they all got decent reviews and obviously did well on handhelds, given that there were five of them. And note that he doesn't actually say much negative except for "they're boring"... doesn't spend much time talking about the games at all, really. It's a long video, but it's mostly taken up with the fights. I will admit, though, that being a rabbit it's kind of odd Bugs Bunny can't jump...
but really, they are decent games. Somewhat slow paced, but not bad. Quite decent as far as handheld platform-puzzle games go, really... nothing amazing, but nothing awful either. I remember wanting some of them back when my only console was a Game Boy... they looked pretty good. Still do.Some stuff he doesn't mention about the series:
As someone said the original version was actually a FDS Roger Rabbit game, ported to the US as Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle for the NES. The first game did also have a Game Boy port, which in Japan was "Mickey Mouse" and starred, well, Mickey Mouse. The second game was a Mickey Mouse game as well in Japan. The third and fourth ones were Bugs Bunny everywhere, and the fifth was Woody Woodpecker everywhere, though.
Also, the third game is a black-cart game, as you can see in the video, so it actually has a colorized mode; in the footage he's playing it on Super Game Boy (it's easy to tell, in the footage the games use the SGB's default palette for non-SGB enhanced titles) so it's in B&W, not color. Play it on a GBC or GBA (such as that SP there in the video) and it'd be in color.
Actually, yes, I do like it more when he focuses more on the games than the theater... that Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout one was actually one of my less favorite episodes for example, because of how much of it was taken up by the fight. This one, yeah, it'd have been nice... but as about the only bad thing about these games is the slow pace and potential boredom factor, it's not THAT bad, and the fight was very well done, particularly those Looney Tunes refences, I agree (those were pretty funny...
). Still, yes, more about the games themselves would be great, even if they are all pretty much the same in gameplay. I guess that's the problem though, they aren't actually bad games, so how do you justify such a massive fight scene (centered around the Nerd's hate for the games) if you admit that? So spend as little time on the gameplay as possible I guess and just focus on the fights...I mean, I liked the episode overall for sure. It just wasn't one of my favorites of his... but he obviously likes these fight scenes, so they happen every so often. Given that the last few before this have been heavily focused on the games in question, which HAVE actually been awful games, a change of pace for one episode isn't so bad.
rollingstart
Banned
I actually own Crazy Castle 2 on the Gameboy. I remember enjoying it a lot when I was younger.
still looks pretty fun, tbh.
still looks pretty fun, tbh.
ChoklitReign
Member
No shit? The last one was one of his best because it had none of that. Th first Bugs Bunny episode fight was the moment he jumped the shark. Does anyone want to rename it "kicking Bugs Bunny's ass"?GavinGT said:
Shadowlink
Member
Too many Crazy Castle games. :lol
Red Scarlet
Member
Hey, a Commando reference.
Afaik, the joke is supposed to be the shitty game. Every now and then he shits on a decent or mediocre game and it just doesn't resonate with me at all. Most of the games he reviews are genuinely crap, though.
Were you under the impression that he's been reviewing gems all this time and the joke is that he's finding bad things to say about them?
Were you under the impression that he's been reviewing gems all this time and the joke is that he's finding bad things to say about them?
Christopher
Member
cringy worthy new episode
Mr. Enigma
Member
I definitely hate the theatric-heavy videos like this. I want to watch him rip apart the game, not all this drawn out fight shit.
Thumbs down.
Thumbs down.
Jonny The Pie King
Banned
AnEternalEnigma said:
Agreed. Same thing happened with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre video. Just isn't worth watching.
On the other hand, look at the Plumbers Don't Wear Ties video, that was amazing, and it pretty much was all about the game. Good stuff.
Lumpy Onion
Member
I usually prefer the game reviews over his little skits and all, but this time it was the opposite. I thought it was hilarious, especially seeing nerd get tossed around like a rag-doll and his room being trashed. Not to mention being pelted with rabbit crap. :lol
As for the game, I found just the fact that there are 5 Crazy Castle games to be funny by itself. Nerd didn't have much to say probably because they are so damn similar. Almost the damn same game for all 5. Can't wait for the next AVGN.
As for the game, I found just the fact that there are 5 Crazy Castle games to be funny by itself. Nerd didn't have much to say probably because they are so damn similar. Almost the damn same game for all 5. Can't wait for the next AVGN.
A Black Falcon
Member
Drkirby said:
Castlevania II?
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I don't understand you guys. He went into enough depth during the first crazy castle (let's be honest, let's not blame him, the game itself was shit). Then it was pure fighting and short clips of the sequels BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL THE SAME SHIT. You want him to reiterate the same crap over again? At CC3/4, you knew the games were cookie cutter pieces of shit and that was the gag itself.
Link1110
Member
Some things he missed:
1) The Game Boy version of Crazy Castle 1, which was a direct port of the NES version.
2) Crazy Castle 1 was a localization of a Roger Rabbit Famicom Disk System game. He probably could've at least done a Roger Rabbit callback there. Youtube Link
1) The Game Boy version of Crazy Castle 1, which was a direct port of the NES version.
2) Crazy Castle 1 was a localization of a Roger Rabbit Famicom Disk System game. He probably could've at least done a Roger Rabbit callback there. Youtube Link
A Black Falcon
Member
Kuro Madoushi said:
But that's the whole point, they aren't bad games. Not at all. Not the best games ever, but certainly not bad. They're all average to good games. It is true that they're all extremely similar, though.
ZealousD said:
Oh, absolutely, his complaints were definitely valid... but I think most people agree that hte game on the whole is great. Including him I'd guess, outside of the 'Nerd' persona. The point in that one was pointing out the flaws in a good game... different from this one, where the point was an excuse for epic fight scenes.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
A Black Falcon said:
If you say so...I've never played this myself. And after watching 3 levels of virtually the same crappy gameplay over and over again on Youbute, I wonder how ANYONE could've beaten all 80 levels
DarthButcher
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EdgecrusherLSU said:
I sat there the entire time going "Please don't bleed on that poster. Please don't bleed on that poster. Please don't bleed on that poster." I thought I was alone. :lol
firehawk12
Subete no aware
GDJustin said:
That was the joke they were referencing...
a Master Ninja
Member
I watch the AVGN for the shitty games, not the skits, but I still found this entertaining. I probably laughed the hardest when he was handed Crazy Castle 2, there was like 14 minutes left to go, and you just knew there would end up being a bunch more sequels to follow. Anyway, it's not like he's stopped making episodes that were solely focused on the game. He mixes it up and I can't begrudge him for that.
More Fun To Compute
Member
Bottom was a good, funny show. (this isn't)
PetriP-TNT
Member
Kyle Justin was the best part!