Thank the indie scene for giving us spiritual successors to games that we'll (most likely) never get. And getting our own Wario Land-likes like this and Pizza Tower is a god send.
I like how Summitsphere has leaned more into the Crash Bandicoot side of Anton's inspirations compared to Wario Land in some of their more recent social media pushes and advertisements. People are going to make the Wario Land comparison just by looking at the gameplay, so it's important to let people know that, you know, there's more to this game than just Wario Land. ... ... ... ... ...And, you know, this game also isn't Pizza Tower, either, just FYI.
I think the best part about AntonBlast is how it proves that games like Crash Bandicoot, Donkey Kong 94', and the Wario Land series weren't simply flukes of their era, a "lightning in a bottle" moment in time that couldn't be improved upon or rejuvenated if a team ever came together to make another game of that style. The callbacks are great, especially if you've played Anton's inspirations, but the game speaks with such a wild and original voice, that those elements feel tertiary compared to all that it has under the hood. It's in your face without feeling tacky, it's just as intense as it is goofy, its snappy and well-paced while still having a lot of meat when it comes to stage design. The setup of the game is fairly straightforward, yet you still feel invested in this insane world and its characters. There's lots of flavorful bits all throughout that really showcase the stylistic essence they were going for, somewhere between the slightly profane works of an internet web series, and the bite sized interstitial gags of a WarioWare cutscene. We don't love Anton because we love Wario, or Crash, or heck even Mario himself. We love Anton because his game is something of a rarety in the modern video game landscape, a game entirely unrestrained in what it wants to do, a purely passionate work that sees nearly everything it set out to do till the end. Plus, I mean, I think we all could use some more stellar action platforming these days?
very happy to see more people are bringing attention to the crash bandicoot influence. antonblast almost certainly draws inspiration from wario land, no doubt; but the brilliantly demented artstyle, music, and sound design coupled with how your character leaves a trail of destruction throughout tricky platforming gauntlets feels distinctly naughty dog-era crash. it's great stuff
My first is impression was "Wow, those are 90s doors!" Like something from Day of the Tentacle or Arrrgh! Real Monsters. I love the art direction and visual design of this game 🤩
Wait, that Boostmeter on the right hand corner is Definitely inspired by the Crash Team Racings drift mechanic. They certainly do love both Nintendo and the Crash franchise
This is my favorite game like you put it. Anton blast is a new game that is proud of it's inspiration without the need to impersonate them even if I never played Wario land, sonic advance ,crash bandicoot. I would love this little red guy all the same.
The word "punk" in the title stood out to me, was curious how that would apply. And now i'm curious too of what you'd think of some other 2D games: Decline's Drops, Cookie Cutter and Magenta Horizon. Mainly DD and CC. Decline's Drops is a 2D platformer that likewise does something different in every level, Cookie Cutter is an *awesomely* hand-drawn animated colorful cartoony sci-fi/cyberpunk metroidvania. It gets bizarre, some people are put off by it while others resonate with it very strongly. Magenta Horizon is more of a 2D character action/hack-and-slash game and gets very difficult, but like the previous two games it has a very striking art style & direction. Combat gets tough and has a lot to offer.
I've seen a lot of people bringing up Crash Bandicoot as a comparison for this game plays, But I mostly felt the essence of the original Donkey Kong country trilogy here - with just how tight, demanding and still fair it all is
Kickstarter backer, so I'm gonna be there day 1. I've been excited for this game the second I knew it was happening, and all the demos just kept getting better and better and better. Easily my top game of the year contender, but there was still a lot of strong options to pick from, so I'll have to see how it fully shaped up. Still, I think SummitSphere knows exactly how to blast right through to my heart with all of Anton's antics, and I can not wait for tomorrow!
As a kid that grew up on family guy, south park,dragon ball and spongebob/Johnny test. We baby babies too much. I don't even see it as the right you raise you baby by making sure it doesn't learn about the world werid.
The game is really nice without being too long to finish the first time (take like 6 and half to 7 and half hours for a first launch to credit without grinding for more than 1 or 2 more HP but with 1 hour just for the final level and boss) Very nice crazy jazzy or rock musics and easy to learn but fun gameplay. Except the hard difficulty spike in the end and very rare annoying moments it's an amazing game.
@@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852 *Or* the devs are trying to make the best version they can on day one instead of needing to provide multiple post launch patches for a half-assed release, just a thought based on their official statement on the matter.
literally was thinking "oh cute another hotcyder video, another big video ess.." HEY WAIT 25K WTF I THOUGHT YOU WERE AT LEAST 500K, Future Hotcyder fans should be ashamed of themselves right now, ASHAMED!
Hey what are the games you showcase at the beginning? Specifically I don't recognize the one at the very start and the two at 0:11 one after the other. Thanks for the review!
In order from the beginning: Penny's Big Breakaway Sonic Superstars Super Mario Bros. Wonder Astro Bot BOOM! Buster Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture Steel Assault
How would you say it compares to Pizza Tower? Are they really similar or are they pretty different? Pizza Tower being very very movement/speedrun focused, while this looks like there's a lot more visual spectacle going on.
Honestly, I'd say despite having some inspirations in common, they're different enough that they don't feel like they're retreading the same concepts. Both are going to thrive on replay/mastering the controls, but how you do that is going to be different. For the record, AB is far more my speed than PT. It's a bit like Hollow Knight vs Cave Story: if you like one, you'll probably like the other, but not feel as if it's too samey.
For future videos, could you turn down the music a bit compared to your voice? I'm enjoying the video but feel like the background music could be turned down to place focus on the person speaking.
superstars was kinda mid, it was just boring and lazy, like they couldnt even make all the music for it original, I CAN DO THAT and im solo, and so can all indie games that have even a SINGLE artist im just mentioning this since it was in the intro antonblast and pizza tower im super damn satisfied with, while superstars felt like a punch in the gut ig..
this just looks way too similar to pizza tower, which i just played a few months ago. glad to hear it's good for fans of that. i think i'm too old for that formula, but pizza tower was solid.
In Terms of gameplay or Art ? Because yeah both are wario-likes or inspired by wario Land but in Terms of Art Style? Pizza Tower have this MS Paint feel and antonblast Looks Like a Gameboy advance Game. Both are inspired by 90s and early 2000s Cartoons.
@@maxg3677 both really. animations more than the art itself, but pretty close. i know they are wario-likes, but this looks closer to pizza tower than old wario.
Thank the indie scene for giving us spiritual successors to games that we'll (most likely) never get. And getting our own Wario Land-likes like this and Pizza Tower is a god send.
Now I want a spiritual successor to Darkstalkers.
@@Jigen0more Wario is always welcome
@@Nando75549 And I want a successor to Jazz Jackrabbit 2
I like how Summitsphere has leaned more into the Crash Bandicoot side of Anton's inspirations compared to Wario Land in some of their more recent social media pushes and advertisements. People are going to make the Wario Land comparison just by looking at the gameplay, so it's important to let people know that, you know, there's more to this game than just Wario Land.
...
...
...
...
...And, you know, this game also isn't Pizza Tower, either, just FYI.
Its a perfect blend of both :)
I think the best part about AntonBlast is how it proves that games like Crash Bandicoot, Donkey Kong 94', and the Wario Land series weren't simply flukes of their era, a "lightning in a bottle" moment in time that couldn't be improved upon or rejuvenated if a team ever came together to make another game of that style.
The callbacks are great, especially if you've played Anton's inspirations, but the game speaks with such a wild and original voice, that those elements feel tertiary compared to all that it has under the hood. It's in your face without feeling tacky, it's just as intense as it is goofy, its snappy and well-paced while still having a lot of meat when it comes to stage design.
The setup of the game is fairly straightforward, yet you still feel invested in this insane world and its characters. There's lots of flavorful bits all throughout that really showcase the stylistic essence they were going for, somewhere between the slightly profane works of an internet web series, and the bite sized interstitial gags of a WarioWare cutscene.
We don't love Anton because we love Wario, or Crash, or heck even Mario himself. We love Anton because his game is something of a rarety in the modern video game landscape, a game entirely unrestrained in what it wants to do, a purely passionate work that sees nearly everything it set out to do till the end.
Plus, I mean, I think we all could use some more stellar action platforming these days?
I misread the title as "ANTONBLAST is PEAK Platforming Perfection" lol
@@Miksy51 I mean, not wrong
I feel as if both titles are pretty much interchangeable. Anton Blast IS peak after all.
I hope it makes a splash as big as Pizza Tower.
very happy to see more people are bringing attention to the crash bandicoot influence. antonblast almost certainly draws inspiration from wario land, no doubt; but the brilliantly demented artstyle, music, and sound design coupled with how your character leaves a trail of destruction throughout tricky platforming gauntlets feels distinctly naughty dog-era crash. it's great stuff
There are some direct references too, like some crash graffiti and freako’s design and song looking and sounding suspiciously like ripper roo
My first is impression was "Wow, those are 90s doors!" Like something from Day of the Tentacle or Arrrgh! Real Monsters. I love the art direction and visual design of this game 🤩
“Do you suppose that Antoine thinks about me?” 🥺🥺💅💅👹👹
One may call it Punk Platforming Perfection
One may also call it STRAIGHT UP _BLASTIN'_
Who up blastin their antons rn?
AND IT'S OUT TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!
edit: TODAY!!!!!!!!
IT’S HAPPY HOURRRRR
This game is basically Wario 4 meets Crash Bandicoot.
Then that means Pizza Tower is Wario 4 meets Sonic
I also See some influences from donkey Kong country
@MyBoi976 Exactly
@@MyBoi976Yeah
I like pixelart games that have rotation and scaling yet actually bother making it fit the virtual resolution.
Yeah it goes a long way for style
This is how you do nostalgia games. Take a good formula, then build on that foundation to make it your own.
Antonblast feels like a blast of acid and cartoons to the brain
I'm a simple guy. I see HotCyder AND antonblast? I like the video
ANTONBLAST MY GOAT + HOTCYDER MY GOAT = PEAK ENTERTAINMENT
Wait, that Boostmeter on the right hand corner is Definitely inspired by the Crash Team Racings drift mechanic. They certainly do love both Nintendo and the Crash franchise
Very excited for the release tomorrow!
Great review, I had no idea AntonBlast was scheduled to be released before the end of the year!
Game screams "im a banger. Bang me."
Gladly 😏
Can't wait for the game. Sounds like a blast.
LAUGH.
God i've been waiting for this game ever since the 2022 kickstarter demo. Cant wait to play it tomorrow!
This video review is absolutely beautiful, and a good teaser of things to come tomorrow! Good use of antonball’s OST throughout as well!
This is my favorite game like you put it. Anton blast is a new game that is proud of it's inspiration without the need to impersonate them even if I never played Wario land, sonic advance ,crash bandicoot. I would love this little red guy all the same.
Very nice discussion and analysis here!
Thanks!
Now I can rest assured why cinnamon springs is going to be in ANTONBLAST
The word "punk" in the title stood out to me, was curious how that would apply.
And now i'm curious too of what you'd think of some other 2D games: Decline's Drops, Cookie Cutter and Magenta Horizon. Mainly DD and CC.
Decline's Drops is a 2D platformer that likewise does something different in every level, Cookie Cutter is an *awesomely* hand-drawn animated colorful cartoony sci-fi/cyberpunk metroidvania. It gets bizarre, some people are put off by it while others resonate with it very strongly.
Magenta Horizon is more of a 2D character action/hack-and-slash game and gets very difficult, but like the previous two games it has a very striking art style & direction. Combat gets tough and has a lot to offer.
Mario & Luigi Brothership, Antonblast & Daisy's Crazy Adventure (SMW Romhack) are the top 3 best video games in 2024/GOTY 2024!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY DID IT THEY FIXED THE DOORKNOB IN THE INTRO ANIMATION
I OFFICIALLY CONTRIBUTED SORT OF
We are getting gameplay of the BLAST before december 3rd
Wow. I'm not on the fence about this one anymore. Looks amazing!!
Can’t wait to get the physical version of Anton Blast!
literally a Crash bandicoot and warioland mix!
I love it!
Lore of ANTONBLAST is punk platforming perfection momentum 100
I've seen a lot of people bringing up Crash Bandicoot as a comparison for this game plays, But I mostly felt the essence of the original Donkey Kong country trilogy here - with just how tight, demanding and still fair it all is
Kickstarter backer, so I'm gonna be there day 1. I've been excited for this game the second I knew it was happening, and all the demos just kept getting better and better and better. Easily my top game of the year contender, but there was still a lot of strong options to pick from, so I'll have to see how it fully shaped up. Still, I think SummitSphere knows exactly how to blast right through to my heart with all of Anton's antics, and I can not wait for tomorrow!
Happy hour? More like happy _24 hours_
As a kid that grew up on family guy, south park,dragon ball and spongebob/Johnny test. We baby babies too much.
I don't even see it as the right you raise you baby by making sure it doesn't learn about the world werid.
awesome review man!
@@PointyLagoon fanks 🙏
Fuzzy Tower
This game sounds like it'll be an anton
My first reaction to this: 😂WHAT?!
Now, THAT'S full on Red Guy from Cow and Chicken, right there!! 2:03 5:58
OMG, MAULBUSTER AND BRAWBUSTER IS BACK
They never left they just didnt reveal their fights
Great video you could even say it's a blast.. Hehe..
I'll see myself out
day 1 until anton steals our wallets instead of his spirits
he's coming, oh god please help us
Mega-bosses has 3 Phases?!
@@NicholasCalzada-j6r some have more 👀
🤘😆🤘 Yeah!
The game is really nice without being too long to finish the first time (take like 6 and half to 7 and half hours for a first launch to credit without grinding for more than 1 or 2 more HP but with 1 hour just for the final level and boss)
Very nice crazy jazzy or rock musics and easy to learn but fun gameplay.
Except the hard difficulty spike in the end and very rare annoying moments it's an amazing game.
im ready for antonblastoff
This is one of the most succinct and clear reviews i have ever seen
@@yo-yo9939 I aim to please!
I really find your reviews both helpful and entertaining thanks for putting antonblast on my radar getting me to download the wario games
Tell that to whoever spiked their weed for Delaying the Switch version
I blame Miyamoto
Me Too
it’s because switch is poo poo and sometimes lags in certain rooms/moments within games, even lower specs requirings such as antonblast
@@TriangularBallsNah it was probably just lazy devs.
@@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852 *Or* the devs are trying to make the best version they can on day one instead of needing to provide multiple post launch patches for a half-assed release, just a thought based on their official statement on the matter.
literally was thinking "oh cute another hotcyder video, another big video ess.." HEY WAIT 25K WTF I THOUGHT YOU WERE AT LEAST 500K, Future Hotcyder fans should be ashamed of themselves right now, ASHAMED!
Hey what are the games you showcase at the beginning? Specifically I don't recognize the one at the very start and the two at 0:11 one after the other. Thanks for the review!
In order from the beginning:
Penny's Big Breakaway
Sonic Superstars
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Astro Bot
BOOM! Buster
Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture
Steel Assault
@@hotcyder thank you so much for having been so exhaustive, I really appreciate it! Have a great day!
Play Grapple dog And cavern of dreams
6:59 What’s Justice?
How would you say it compares to Pizza Tower? Are they really similar or are they pretty different? Pizza Tower being very very movement/speedrun focused, while this looks like there's a lot more visual spectacle going on.
Honestly, I'd say despite having some inspirations in common, they're different enough that they don't feel like they're retreading the same concepts. Both are going to thrive on replay/mastering the controls, but how you do that is going to be different. For the record, AB is far more my speed than PT.
It's a bit like Hollow Knight vs Cave Story: if you like one, you'll probably like the other, but not feel as if it's too samey.
crash bandicoot land 4
satan like more red guy vibe
What game is at 0:17, i'm straight up befuddled at how i haven't seen it anywhere or played it
Steel assault
@@jknifgijdfui Beat me to it, thanks!
You actually like pinball mire? Ok, what’s your secret? How’d you make it playable?
@@TheCreativeType use the Attack button to charge/tweak your movement a bit
@@hotcyder Yeah, I tried. It still feels unwieldy as all hell
!?!?How did you get it is not even 3 of Tuesday!?!? D:/
For future videos, could you turn down the music a bit compared to your voice? I'm enjoying the video but feel like the background music could be turned down to place focus on the person speaking.
@@jurtheorc8117 of course - always a tricky balance!
Hey hotcyder, a friend of mine told me he thought that Annie reminded him of Captain Syrup. Does she remind you of Captain Syrup?
Not really!
There was actually a skin which is based of Captain syrup in the one Blast Demo.
@@maxg3677 Wow really? I had no idea. Even the creators themselves think so!
superstars was kinda mid, it was just boring and lazy, like they couldnt even make all the music for it original, I CAN DO THAT and im solo, and so can all indie games that have even a SINGLE artist
im just mentioning this since it was in the intro
antonblast and pizza tower im super damn satisfied with, while superstars felt like a punch in the gut ig..
Good video, but I think you could’ve done less spoiling of the later levels and moments of the game.
@@that1gamurguy-91 why have you spoilt in the comments they were from later levels?
@ I haven’t mentioned anything specific yet!
how did you get all this gameplay?
@@eggs437 I was given an early copy by Summitsphere and recorded it myself
@@hotcyder ok
this just looks way too similar to pizza tower, which i just played a few months ago. glad to hear it's good for fans of that. i think i'm too old for that formula, but pizza tower was solid.
In Terms of gameplay or Art ? Because yeah both are wario-likes or inspired by wario Land but in Terms of Art Style? Pizza Tower have this MS Paint feel and antonblast Looks Like a Gameboy advance Game. Both are inspired by 90s and early 2000s Cartoons.
@@maxg3677 both really. animations more than the art itself, but pretty close. i know they are wario-likes, but this looks closer to pizza tower than old wario.
The game isn’t even out yet bro 😭
00:36