Btw sorry if there are any weird lil visual quirks in this vid, I noticed one or two but this game is just really awkward to record for some reason lmao
Haha I played this game 12+years ago as a kid and just recently came back to it. Holds up, and for like 2$ on steam; why not? Also there is some serious meta to be had with a little RnG mix with the punchy penguin/metal bomb fish/eel/presto tadpol to swap between Angie and penguin. Nonstop punching for bombs or electric to shock guppies, never even gotta buy the special fish for each tank lol
Every game has speedrun. It was only until recently I realized there is a whole community dedicated to speedrun in Plants vs Zombies. They even have detailed strategy on how to do this or that. It's amazing. It's not even competitive but a whole collective people pursuing a single goal.
Insaniquarium be like: Patch 1.420 Notes - Reduced Rhubarb's pushback on larger fish - Increased Presto's transformation cooldown by 3000F - Adjusted Shrapnel's Bomb hitbox so that it doesn't hit fishes above him - Wadsworth's EX Swallow now protects carnivorous fish - Adjusted Clyde's model to include a black outline
@@BigYellowSilly fuck it why not add a nuke? how about a nuke fish? feed it radioactive food that makes it explode huger! if damaged will explode killing any enemy and friendlies nearby and wont be hurt by it's own explosions.
This is the gold standard of April Fools content. It's simultaneously EXACTLY what I'm at your channel for (serious mechanical analysis), and complete and utter nonsense (Insaniquarium)
Hey I really appreciate the video! For anyone wondering, I currently hold most of the world records for Insaniquarium so I just want to give my input. Overall your analysis is pretty spot on. Here are some extras to add: Prego is also pretty bad. She gives birth to a new guppy once in a while, but a guppy is just worth $100. If you do the math, not only is she a bad money making pet, but she forces you to have guppies instead of money. And after your first few guppies, having another guppy is actually a net negative since you have to feed it. Zorf in speedruns is only optimal if you haven't unlocked a better money making pet yet. Zorf gives level 2 food which is the best one, but Zorf also waits for your fish to go into the "starve" state (turning green) before feeding, which is the worst possible timing in terms of fish growth speed. Having Zorf is still better than paying $5 every time you want to drop a level 1 food, but having a good money making pet instead is just better. Zorf in tank 4 is actually god-tier, but it's only because of an exploit with the game's RNG system, and not because Zorf's ability is actually that useful. Brinkley generates a lot of money "on average" (more than Shrapnel, I believe), but it's deceiving. He takes forever to actually drop the treasure chest or pearls, even assuming you feed him perfectly fast (which you won't). So on any decently fast level, Brinkley is just a bad version of a money maker. The best pet strategy, once you unlock them all, is to use Walter + Amp + Angie (known as Wampgie). Walter punches Amp to activate his electricity, then you can use Amp to zap all your guppies to turn them into $200 diamonds. Angie saves the fish so they're ready to be zapped again. Peak Insaniquarium is an absolute bloodbath.
Thanks so much for the insight! I never considered the issue of Zorf waiting so long to feed your fish tbh, and I never heard about the RNG exploit in Tank 4, that's pretty wild. Nice to hear that my Brinkley hate is justified too
RNG manipulation is a whole can of worms. Basically once you boot up the game, you can predictably influence the RNG of the game depending on how you navigate the menus. This lets you set up pet positions, fish growth rates, drop rates, etc. for faster runs. You just have to reset the game after every level. Why is Zorf important? You lose control of the RNG once you click anything in the level, but I need to click to feed my fish. Since Zorf feeds on his own, he lets the level play out a bit longer without any of my clicks, so the RNG stays controlled. Zorf feeds the breeder in tank 4, and I can guarantee my first guppy will be a fast-growing guppy. After the guppy is born, I can start clicking.
"Clyde doesn't have a black outline" Cut my boy some slack, he can't help being transluscent. I love it when people take April Fool's to talk about weird crap they'd never talk about otherwise.
This reminds me of discussions on unit usefulness in Fire Emblem games. Talking about not only their individual usefulness, but also their availability and niches
Forde is cool, frick you mekkah. Also Eirika isn't really that bad bc you can give her all of the kills in chapter 1 and most of the kills in chapter 2 and she's basically a better character after that.
@@aigis9474 It's also always good to keep in mind story availability since some units will get fucked by the story and youll end up having used all your resources for a unit that wont be there for a pivotal moment in story mode. An easy thing that people tend to make a mistake on is using all of their resources on Sigurd for example in his respective game for obvious reasons.
“A small part of my audience would know about this game” Me; gods strongest insaniaquarium player: hm what an interesting video lets see what they have to say
Some of these pets, while not so useful in the main game, are VERY useful for earning money in the virtual pet tank during screen saver mode. Notably, Preggo, Zorf, the money collectors, and even Brinkly, for dropping stars
I kinda take presto less as its own pet and more just being an upgrade to one of your pet slots that lets you change that slot's fish at will. So to me they more make fish *more* viable/good (by allowing them to be switched out when they're no longer useful) than making them redundant. Though that's ultimately a perspective thing I suppose, since in a literal sense they are their own fish.
Unironically my eyes are being opened to all the references plants vs zombies made to this. From stinky to the aquarium being the water plant garden to even the sound effect for picking up money being in both.
i had no idea the zombiquarium minigame was basically just a clone of this. zombiquarium is one of my favorite minigames. i think i just found a new obsession.
the stranglehold popcap had on this 'casual-strategy' genre of game was unparalleled. insanaquarium, pvz, peggle, plus feeding frenzy, bejeweled, heavy weapon and more. they hardly ever missed
Honestly I wish more April fool’s day stuff was like this. Everyone else wants to just go “hahaha trust issues day” and it makes everything annoying. I rather everyone just do parodies of their normal material.
This game is a Certified Hood Classic. I remember my aunt buying this game for around 20$ from Popcap back in 2003. Saw it on Steam about 18 years later for 5$ and had to get it. Still fun to go back to here and there! Also that Tank 2 music is heavenly. Thanks for talking about this gem of a game! 💎
fuck me, I never even realized Presto can change AGAIN in the middle of the level. because I never used it!!!! because I'd already beaten the game by the time I unlocked it!!!!!
10:10 You forgot to mention how unberable are Ulysses' (the cyclops) projectiles, if you don't want to lose a fish (like a Beetlemuncher, specially in Challenge mode) you have to click over the projectile to "deflect" the ball, but this "activates" it meaning any fish that comes near the ball dies, which becomes very challenging when you already have a lot of fishes in the tank
the best april fools videos are the ones that still stand out as quality work even when the joke holiday is over. Great stuff. Wouldnt mind you doing quirky one off videos like this more often. Found you through the pokemon stuff, stayed for the fighting games. Your analyses are just fun to listen to.
Stinky/Clyde and Zorf are useful in Virtual Tank as part of auto farming setups, those being the easiest way to fund the bonus pets and upgrades for things like speedrunning without just downloading a save file. Even still, I hold Virtual Tank in the same regard as something like speedrunning, and the amount of shells needed for high end fish in that mode is pretty intensive as well. Also Rhubarb is even worse than you gave credit for, considering you can literally right click to tap the glass of the fish tank and influence nearby fish to move away from that area. Fantastic video, love this game.
I watch FrameRater because I never know what he's going to talk about next. I wouldn't even be sad if you made an offball video like this every month. Game mechanics are my favorite thing about video games and having someone discuss and break them down is something I could do all day, regardless of the game or genre.
Same! A logical breakdown of what separates characters in certain games is inherently interesting regardless of topic. Keep up the good work, @Big Yellow
I love how you covered Zorfs application. As a kid I never did any speed running, but the worst part about playing a lot of insane aquarium was getting the ball rolling at the start and growing the guppies ASAP.
Seeing anything related to Insaniquarium gives me some dopamine. Another pet I'd mark as one of the worst is Nimbus. His bouncing up coins and food is pretty meaningless compared to Clyde just collecting the coins and Seymour slowing coins way down. Not to mention, Nimbus often just hyperfocuses on one single coin while all the others fall down into the sands below. He can kinda combo well with Seymour, I guess, but you're better off using a different pet and clicking the coins yourself. Or better yet, just use Clyde in his place.
Btw, the other way Zorf is useful is if you have the screensaver set up. He will feed your fish for you so that they will produce shells more. Also where Stinky, Prego, and Clyde shine. Stinky and Clyde since they are your only options for collecting shells. Prego shines when you have piranhas, she acts as a food source for them.
Was Messing around with Brinkly and found out he triggers Zorfs ability which means its possible to potentially have a fish come in and eat it before they go green meaning you can potentially make the fish bigger even faster. also means Zorf uses his ability a bit more often.
Insaniquarium Deluxe is one of my all time childhood favorite games, so I unironically love this video to death. Can't wait for Fish Game Gold in 2023 :)
This game will always hold a special place in my heart for the fact that when I played through it in a discord call to a group on incredibly intoxicated people we all lost our minds when preggo the fish dropped. that was possibly the most intense hype I've felt in my life
that is so funny that you made a vid about this because I randomly just HAD to play this game less than a year ago and played through the entire thing. bless you.
This game was my first PC game, and maybe the first real video game I got as a kid. It feels so surreal that people are still talking about this obscure little game. Fantastic video, thank you so much for the nostalgia :’D
Yes! Insaniquarium is so damn well made and I even have thr cd around here somewhere from my childhood. I need to buy it again probably but it's like a clicker game with gameplay which makes my mind fuzzy. Also somehow didn't notice you got all fine up nails till nearly the end, nice colors dudeski
This game is so nostalgic for me. Me and my mom would play it together on the family desktop when I was seven or eight, and for years we had a disc or something of it so each new computer we got we could put it on it. We lost it when I was around 12 but last year I was able to get it on Steam and relive the happiness. It gives me such a comfy warm feeling when I play it, reminds me of when I would crowd behind my mom and get excited while she played. I remember it took us ages to get the bonus pets and each time she got one we would get so excited. This game is the best. Also, really love the video, it’s hilarious!!
I still hold an unreasonable amount of love for this game in my heart. I am delighted to know a speed-running community exists! I played very casually, but I remember Blip being high tier. I could never grind enough to get all the bonus pets at once. ; w ;
I played Insaniquarium so much, love this breakdown of the usefulness of the pets. But how could you say Rhubarb is low tier when he's the cutest pet in the game?
Played this as a kid and it still holds up to this day. It's insane the overlap between my interests and this channel. Melee, Smogon, Fighting games, and now insaniquariom
I knew I heard some later tank music in the background of one of your other videos... Absolutely delightful game. Final boss breaks my hand worse than abstaining for 2 and a half weeks, but you know :3
One of my favorite childhood games, thanks for bringing it up as a topic in 2022! I haven't seen your other videos (yet) but seeing your analysis here made me happy. This and the RCT (Rollercoaster Tycoon) franchise (Specifically 1 and 2) are my favorite banger old PC games and I love seeing them get a spotlight even if it's for an April Fools video.
I was watching the SM64 Waluigi video and you said 'Insaniquarium video' and I nearly had breakdown as I haven't heard anyone talk about this game passively in ages. lol Truly the best subscription I've ever made. lol
BRO!! I LOVE this game!! My grandma and I used to okay it all the time when I was a little kid and she still plays it! I have such fond memories of this game
Here's a fun bit of trivia. This video was originally called "Fish Game Garbage: Worst Fish Pets". Posted it so it wouldn't get lost to the sands of time
I will say, if you're able to get the Screensaver working, Zorf will feed your fish in the virtual tank, allowing you to make really good passive income over time
11:06 ah yes. I know that pet loadout all too well. Makes the first 2 tanks a joke and then some of the others at time. Had this on the physical disc as a kid. I quickly found out you could install this on any computer as many times as you like. Obviously I "loaned" this game to all my friends.
Honestly since I've barely played Street Fighter yet I still watch your SF videos. It's honestly a pretty close feeling of confusion yet entertainment when I'm watching your SF videos
what the fuck is wrong with me im trying to watch this video but i keep pausing because every 2 minutes i’ll remember “fish game garbage” and start cackling
Oh my gosh this video has unlocked hidden memories. I used to play this game on some game browser that worked like an “arcade” and I had to (well my parents had to) buy coins to play games like this. I used to play this one so much
Insaniquarium fucking SLAPS, I played the shit out of it as a kid and still go back to it. It may be the most unique game I've ever played, there is truly nothing else like it. I spent days, hours, and months grinding and time traveling so I could get a virtual tank filled with nothing but king guppies. Too bad that feature is dead now that screensavers are a thing of the past, but I thought it was the coolest shit back in the day on windows XP. To anyone interested: The game sells for $5 on Steam and goes on sale for $1. NG and NG+ is roughly 12 hours of content combined. You could easily double that if you do all the challenges, time trials, and bonus pet unlocks.
Funny how this game uses aliens as enemies, considering that Plants VS Zombies, another game by PopCap, was originally about plants battling aliens. Good to see that PopCap games are connected by those little details
Dude I'm so happy this video showed up. I've been a long time sub but I haven't been very vocal, I love the mix of fgc, smash and pokemon content. This video sealed the deal, joke or not. I adore this game. I played it a lot young, and even when I went back to it when I was around 22, it was still a blast to play through. Kudos. Thank you for this vid
Clyde is ironically slower and clumsier which means he takes a lot of time maneuvering through the tank and likely to not collect anything at all, he is better when the tank is crowded or you have an awkward feeding chain like in tanks 3-4
The problem with Gumbo is that he's a double-edged sword. Wadsworth is indeed good if you're a new player, because he at least ensures that you will always have surviving fish, effectively making losing impossible. Gumbo lures all your fish in one spot, and they can just get projectile murdered all at once, or chomped by one fast alien in a flash if you're not careful, since Gumbo will be maneuvering them around the tank depending what you and the alien are doing. Accidents do happen, especially in the last tank with Bilaterus. Great video! Loved this game as a kid.
Definitely late to the party on this one, but Rhubarb has the very funny distinction of being the 11th best pet for idling in the virtual tank. After upgrading your tank to max, you get the ability to have 11 pets simultaneously, which makes Rhubarb part of the optimal build for maxing out on shells
Dude I thought I was the only one to have played Insaniquarium holy crap! Great content here. Pretty good analysis. I'm surprised there's a pretty deep following for this *phenomenal* game
To this day I still have this game's shortcut on my Task Bar and return to it when I need a rush of nostalgia or want to reminisce about the good old days. My most cherished childhood game & the one that made me fall in love with both Fish & Video Games.❤ Hell, even the credits theme "Lullaby" makes me cry.
Seymour actually is great if you also have Shrapnel since it slows down the bomb (that I inevitably forget about). The only downside is if you have a starcatcher level, it'll either help you or be a detriment based off how much star production is happening (I had the mermaid spam the stars with only 4 star guppies and Seymour slows it down enough that they hang out on the floor for a while, allowing starcatchers to kinda feed and hang around a spot)
I was really bad at it when I was a kid so it took me months to get bonus pets and I remember being really mad at Nostradamus cause I wanted all the bonus pets to be cool and broken
Btw sorry if there are any weird lil visual quirks in this vid, I noticed one or two but this game is just really awkward to record for some reason lmao
Can we have a full breakdown of all the pets? I think this vid could be cool
Thank you for talking about this game. This game was my favorite to play during my middle school years
Never knew people still played this game, so nostalgic!
I only remember playing level 1 so most of this is new for me haha
Plz do some "Plant Game Garbage" With Plants vs Zombies.
I FUCKING LOVE metagame analysis
I WANT TO FUCKING learn about optimal strategies in games I've never played
FUCKING YEAH
I FUCKING LOVE
I WANT TO FUCKING
Haha I played this game 12+years ago as a kid and just recently came back to it.
Holds up, and for like 2$ on steam; why not?
Also there is some serious meta to be had with a little RnG mix with the punchy penguin/metal bomb fish/eel/presto tadpol to swap between Angie and penguin.
Nonstop punching for bombs or electric to shock guppies, never even gotta buy the special fish for each tank lol
You should Def get this game, cheap fun for a few days at the least
THE reason I'm subscribed to this champ.
Using the phrase 'in a casual setting' when talking about literal casual games always cracks me up.
People can turn even the most casual of games into a competition. Ever heard of speedruns?
Every game has speedrun. It was only until recently I realized there is a whole community dedicated to speedrun in Plants vs Zombies. They even have detailed strategy on how to do this or that. It's amazing. It's not even competitive but a whole collective people pursuing a single goal.
THIS GAME IS NOT A JOKE IT IS SERIOUS BUSINESS
Hello wadsworth
Your icon: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaa
Insaniquarium be like:
Patch 1.420 Notes
- Reduced Rhubarb's pushback on larger fish
- Increased Presto's transformation cooldown by 3000F
- Adjusted Shrapnel's Bomb hitbox so that it doesn't hit fishes above him
- Wadsworth's EX Swallow now protects carnivorous fish
- Adjusted Clyde's model to include a black outline
-Added a hurtbox on frames 1-16 of EX Walter Punch
@@BigYellowSilly fuck it why not add a nuke? how about a nuke fish? feed it radioactive food that makes it explode huger! if damaged will explode killing any enemy and friendlies nearby and wont be hurt by it's own explosions.
- Updated the localization files
- Swapped rhubarbs sprite with every pet in the game
-Solved an issue where Stanley's balls could be bigger than intended
This is the gold standard of April Fools content. It's simultaneously EXACTLY what I'm at your channel for (serious mechanical analysis), and complete and utter nonsense (Insaniquarium)
How dare you. Insaniquarium is a masterpiece. The fact it lost the Game Award it deserved to Last of Us Part II is a disgrace.
NitroRad
I remember playing this game since I didn't have internet
Hey I really appreciate the video! For anyone wondering, I currently hold most of the world records for Insaniquarium so I just want to give my input.
Overall your analysis is pretty spot on. Here are some extras to add:
Prego is also pretty bad. She gives birth to a new guppy once in a while, but a guppy is just worth $100. If you do the math, not only is she a bad money making pet, but she forces you to have guppies instead of money. And after your first few guppies, having another guppy is actually a net negative since you have to feed it.
Zorf in speedruns is only optimal if you haven't unlocked a better money making pet yet. Zorf gives level 2 food which is the best one, but Zorf also waits for your fish to go into the "starve" state (turning green) before feeding, which is the worst possible timing in terms of fish growth speed. Having Zorf is still better than paying $5 every time you want to drop a level 1 food, but having a good money making pet instead is just better.
Zorf in tank 4 is actually god-tier, but it's only because of an exploit with the game's RNG system, and not because Zorf's ability is actually that useful.
Brinkley generates a lot of money "on average" (more than Shrapnel, I believe), but it's deceiving. He takes forever to actually drop the treasure chest or pearls, even assuming you feed him perfectly fast (which you won't). So on any decently fast level, Brinkley is just a bad version of a money maker.
The best pet strategy, once you unlock them all, is to use Walter + Amp + Angie (known as Wampgie). Walter punches Amp to activate his electricity, then you can use Amp to zap all your guppies to turn them into $200 diamonds. Angie saves the fish so they're ready to be zapped again. Peak Insaniquarium is an absolute bloodbath.
Thanks so much for the insight! I never considered the issue of Zorf waiting so long to feed your fish tbh, and I never heard about the RNG exploit in Tank 4, that's pretty wild. Nice to hear that my Brinkley hate is justified too
RNG manipulation is a whole can of worms. Basically once you boot up the game, you can predictably influence the RNG of the game depending on how you navigate the menus. This lets you set up pet positions, fish growth rates, drop rates, etc. for faster runs. You just have to reset the game after every level.
Why is Zorf important? You lose control of the RNG once you click anything in the level, but I need to click to feed my fish. Since Zorf feeds on his own, he lets the level play out a bit longer without any of my clicks, so the RNG stays controlled. Zorf feeds the breeder in tank 4, and I can guarantee my first guppy will be a fast-growing guppy. After the guppy is born, I can start clicking.
You are a legend
"Clyde doesn't have a black outline"
Cut my boy some slack, he can't help being transluscent.
I love it when people take April Fool's to talk about weird crap they'd never talk about otherwise.
Dude Presto was designed to be top tier the same way Yun was in SFIV.
Holy shit I can't believe Capcom ripped off PopCap???
@@BigYellowSilly CAPcom? PopCAP?! THEY EVEN TRIED TO STEAL POPCAP'S COMPANY NAME
@@wordcroutons LMFAOOO
clyde is a jellyfish, which is translucent. The lack of outline might be a stylistic choice to represent that.
This reminds me of discussions on unit usefulness in Fire Emblem games. Talking about not only their individual usefulness, but also their availability and niches
Forde is cool, frick you mekkah. Also Eirika isn't really that bad bc you can give her all of the kills in chapter 1 and most of the kills in chapter 2 and she's basically a better character after that.
@@alishegamer8490 Why are you bothering to say this on some random comment? Regardless of the validity of the statement, it isn't relevent
@@aigis9474 It's also always good to keep in mind story availability since some units will get fucked by the story and youll end up having used all your resources for a unit that wont be there for a pivotal moment in story mode.
An easy thing that people tend to make a mistake on is using all of their resources on Sigurd for example in his respective game for obvious reasons.
@@aigis9474 you ever think about about AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@@alishegamer8490 That's not very Seth of you
“A small part of my audience would know about this game”
Me; gods strongest insaniaquarium player: hm what an interesting video lets see what they have to say
Some of these pets, while not so useful in the main game, are VERY useful for earning money in the virtual pet tank during screen saver mode. Notably, Preggo, Zorf, the money collectors, and even Brinkly, for dropping stars
My god i just realized why her name is Prego 😂😂
I kinda take presto less as its own pet and more just being an upgrade to one of your pet slots that lets you change that slot's fish at will. So to me they more make fish *more* viable/good (by allowing them to be switched out when they're no longer useful) than making them redundant. Though that's ultimately a perspective thing I suppose, since in a literal sense they are their own fish.
Unironically my eyes are being opened to all the references plants vs zombies made to this. From stinky to the aquarium being the water plant garden to even the sound effect for picking up money being in both.
even to little things like the menu set up or the Pick your pets thing
i had no idea the zombiquarium minigame was basically just a clone of this. zombiquarium is one of my favorite minigames. i think i just found a new obsession.
the stranglehold popcap had on this 'casual-strategy' genre of game was unparalleled. insanaquarium, pvz, peggle, plus feeding frenzy, bejeweled, heavy weapon and more. they hardly ever missed
@@Arden2000 does Bookworm Adventures count? Cause those games are freaking bangers, and def requires some bit of knowledge about vocabulary.
@@ammagon4519 i didnt even know they made bookworm adventures. that game was amazing too
Can confirm Insaniquarium is an amazing game. Plants vs Zombies pays homage to it in one of its bonus levels. Same devs after all.
Also, Stinky appears in the Zen Garden doing the same thing he does in this game.
Stinky the Snail and Zombiequarium
Honestly I wish more April fool’s day stuff was like this. Everyone else wants to just go “hahaha trust issues day” and it makes everything annoying. I rather everyone just do parodies of their normal material.
I got Rickrolled like three times yesterday.
One by QR code.
(In other words, somewhat by choice.)
I generally dislike April Fools because of the amount of lying people do on it. Teasing fake things and like you said, fucking with trust issues
This game is a Certified Hood Classic. I remember my aunt buying this game for around 20$ from Popcap back in 2003. Saw it on Steam about 18 years later for 5$ and had to get it. Still fun to go back to here and there! Also that Tank 2 music is heavenly. Thanks for talking about this gem of a game! 💎
That level feels like you've been playing for months.
fuck me, I never even realized Presto can change AGAIN in the middle of the level. because I never used it!!!! because I'd already beaten the game by the time I unlocked it!!!!!
10:10 You forgot to mention how unberable are Ulysses' (the cyclops) projectiles, if you don't want to lose a fish (like a Beetlemuncher, specially in Challenge mode) you have to click over the projectile to "deflect" the ball, but this "activates" it meaning any fish that comes near the ball dies, which becomes very challenging when you already have a lot of fishes in the tank
Not going to lie I put an absurd amount of time in this game growing up. Unironically stoked you’re talking about this game hahaha
the best april fools videos are the ones that still stand out as quality work even when the joke holiday is over. Great stuff. Wouldnt mind you doing quirky one off videos like this more often. Found you through the pokemon stuff, stayed for the fighting games. Your analyses are just fun to listen to.
Thanks! I do have more one off vids in mind tbh, might be a while til I get to them tho cause April's gonna be mad busy for me
Stinky/Clyde and Zorf are useful in Virtual Tank as part of auto farming setups, those being the easiest way to fund the bonus pets and upgrades for things like speedrunning without just downloading a save file. Even still, I hold Virtual Tank in the same regard as something like speedrunning, and the amount of shells needed for high end fish in that mode is pretty intensive as well.
Also Rhubarb is even worse than you gave credit for, considering you can literally right click to tap the glass of the fish tank and influence nearby fish to move away from that area. Fantastic video, love this game.
I stg I always put stinky and vert as the most useless while forgetting rhubarb exist
I love him simply bcs he looks cute
I watch FrameRater because I never know what he's going to talk about next. I wouldn't even be sad if you made an offball video like this every month. Game mechanics are my favorite thing about video games and having someone discuss and break them down is something I could do all day, regardless of the game or genre.
Same! A logical breakdown of what separates characters in certain games is inherently interesting regardless of topic. Keep up the good work, @Big Yellow
I never expected Insaniquarium on this channel. That was the game of my childhood.
i love April Fools just because UA-cam becomes the funniest website on earth.
and I'm not surprised Big Red made a funny video for the occasion
This video has convinced me, I will now be dropping all other games and exclusively playing the funny fish game
this was a huge thing for a while at my middle school during computer class
I love how you covered Zorfs application. As a kid I never did any speed running, but the worst part about playing a lot of insane aquarium was getting the ball rolling at the start and growing the guppies ASAP.
Rhubarb is an absolute chad for just being himself and not letting the haters get to him.
I can’t believe I watched a 16 minute video going off about the current state of the Insaniquarium Deluxe Meta and stayed fully interested
"... Is not a game I expect a large part of my audience to remember"
>Is not part of audience
>Game is a core memory of mine
Hm.
I know right I was like “is his audience infants???” I can’t imagine growing up without pop cap
Seeing anything related to Insaniquarium gives me some dopamine.
Another pet I'd mark as one of the worst is Nimbus. His bouncing up coins and food is pretty meaningless compared to Clyde just collecting the coins and Seymour slowing coins way down. Not to mention, Nimbus often just hyperfocuses on one single coin while all the others fall down into the sands below. He can kinda combo well with Seymour, I guess, but you're better off using a different pet and clicking the coins yourself. Or better yet, just use Clyde in his place.
I keep waiting for him to mention nimbus yet I get to hear about rhubarb
YEAHHH INSANIQUARIUM !!!
Very happy to see you appreciate the game of all time 🙏
woaj yahu moment
Gumbo was my personal vengeance. He lured all my fishes by crossing through The two headed boss body. Hate him so much lol
Btw, the other way Zorf is useful is if you have the screensaver set up. He will feed your fish for you so that they will produce shells more. Also where Stinky, Prego, and Clyde shine. Stinky and Clyde since they are your only options for collecting shells. Prego shines when you have piranhas, she acts as a food source for them.
Almighty internet. Holy Schmidt this is a jewel on the crown of all nostalgia.
I'm 29 and haven't thought of that game since I was a kid. Wow. 👏🏻
Was Messing around with Brinkly and found out he triggers Zorfs ability which means its possible to potentially have a fish come in and eat it before they go green meaning you can potentially make the fish bigger even faster. also means Zorf uses his ability a bit more often.
Brinkly is also able to eat Nostradamus' snot
Bro Insaniquarium??? I remember playing this all the time on my grandma’s trashy computer for hours at a time.
Insaniquarium Deluxe is one of my all time childhood favorite games, so I unironically love this video to death. Can't wait for Fish Game Gold in 2023 :)
This game will always hold a special place in my heart for the fact that when I played through it in a discord call to a group on incredibly intoxicated people we all lost our minds when preggo the fish dropped.
that was possibly the most intense hype I've felt in my life
I would unironically watch a series like this
that is so funny that you made a vid about this because I randomly just HAD to play this game less than a year ago and played through the entire thing. bless you.
I loved this game as a kid, I've noticed you've been using music from this game before. Glad to see a video on it 😊
This game was my first PC game, and maybe the first real video game I got as a kid. It feels so surreal that people are still talking about this obscure little game. Fantastic video, thank you so much for the nostalgia :’D
Yes! Insaniquarium is so damn well made and I even have thr cd around here somewhere from my childhood. I need to buy it again probably but it's like a clicker game with gameplay which makes my mind fuzzy.
Also somehow didn't notice you got all fine up nails till nearly the end, nice colors dudeski
This game is so nostalgic for me. Me and my mom would play it together on the family desktop when I was seven or eight, and for years we had a disc or something of it so each new computer we got we could put it on it. We lost it when I was around 12 but last year I was able to get it on Steam and relive the happiness. It gives me such a comfy warm feeling when I play it, reminds me of when I would crowd behind my mom and get excited while she played. I remember it took us ages to get the bonus pets and each time she got one we would get so excited. This game is the best.
Also, really love the video, it’s hilarious!!
I still hold an unreasonable amount of love for this game in my heart. I am delighted to know a speed-running community exists! I played very casually, but I remember Blip being high tier. I could never grind enough to get all the bonus pets at once. ; w ;
I played Insaniquarium so much, love this breakdown of the usefulness of the pets. But how could you say Rhubarb is low tier when he's the cutest pet in the game?
Oh for cuteness he's top tier easy he's just a funny little guy in a funny little shell
I love hearing about obscure niche games like this, it doesn’t need to be April fools day.
I used to LOVE playing this game at my grandma's as a kid when I visited. Played it again last year, still loved it.
Came for the cute April Fools' Day review; stayed for actual footage of Big Yellow.
Played this as a kid and it still holds up to this day. It's insane the overlap between my interests and this channel. Melee, Smogon, Fighting games, and now insaniquariom
I played this game like 16 years ago and have been trying to remember wtf it's called ever since. Thank you so much.
I knew I heard some later tank music in the background of one of your other videos... Absolutely delightful game. Final boss breaks my hand worse than abstaining for 2 and a half weeks, but you know :3
One of my favorite childhood games, thanks for bringing it up as a topic in 2022! I haven't seen your other videos (yet) but seeing your analysis here made me happy. This and the RCT (Rollercoaster Tycoon) franchise (Specifically 1 and 2) are my favorite banger old PC games and I love seeing them get a spotlight even if it's for an April Fools video.
I was watching the SM64 Waluigi video and you said 'Insaniquarium video' and I nearly had breakdown as I haven't heard anyone talk about this game passively in ages. lol Truly the best subscription I've ever made. lol
Rhubarb voted "worst pet ever", asked to leave aquarium tank
BRO!! I LOVE this game!! My grandma and I used to okay it all the time when I was a little kid and she still plays it! I have such fond memories of this game
Never heard about this game but it seems amazing. Almost as good as the nail + hoodie combo :)
Here's a fun bit of trivia. This video was originally called "Fish Game Garbage: Worst Fish Pets". Posted it so it wouldn't get lost to the sands of time
Ngl just talking about a cool chill game is all I could ask for on april first
the UA-camr who got me into 3rd Strike is also an Insaniquarium Deluxe fan???? this is the best thing ever
I've been waiting FOUR EV ER for you to talk about the Insane aquarium deluxe meta
I will say, if you're able to get the Screensaver working, Zorf will feed your fish in the virtual tank, allowing you to make really good passive income over time
11:06 ah yes. I know that pet loadout all too well. Makes the first 2 tanks a joke and then some of the others at time. Had this on the physical disc as a kid. I quickly found out you could install this on any computer as many times as you like. Obviously I "loaned" this game to all my friends.
Further proof that pre-EA PopCap was based enough to trust kids with DRM free games
Yoo this game was my childhood.. never beat it though, them aliens got hands
I am very invested in insane aquarium speedrunning so no we know what's up my man
Back when PopCap was the king of pc games...
Honestly since I've barely played Street Fighter yet I still watch your SF videos. It's honestly a pretty close feeling of confusion yet entertainment when I'm watching your SF videos
What the hell looking at video unlocked childhood memories of spending hours playing the demo of this game
Even when you’re not talking about Street Fighter or Pokémon, your analysis stuff is very entertaining
I don't know why UA-cam placed this video in front of me, but I'm all here for it and invested in hearing about this game I've never heard of before.
Well I love you talking about whatever game you liked so, more varied content ❤️
this is the TRUE Big Yellow video i have been waiting for all my lifetime!
what the fuck is wrong with me im trying to watch this video but i keep pausing because every 2 minutes i’ll remember “fish game garbage” and start cackling
Oh my gosh this video has unlocked hidden memories. I used to play this game on some game browser that worked like an “arcade” and I had to (well my parents had to) buy coins to play games like this. I used to play this one so much
I grew up playing Insaniquarium! I had so much fun taking care of my fish and defending them from the aliens... Good memories. :)
This is one of few games where you have memories playing it but you didn't know how you get it in the first place
You're so right I had no idea where it came from when I was younger
Insaniquarium fucking SLAPS, I played the shit out of it as a kid and still go back to it. It may be the most unique game I've ever played, there is truly nothing else like it. I spent days, hours, and months grinding and time traveling so I could get a virtual tank filled with nothing but king guppies. Too bad that feature is dead now that screensavers are a thing of the past, but I thought it was the coolest shit back in the day on windows XP.
To anyone interested: The game sells for $5 on Steam and goes on sale for $1. NG and NG+ is roughly 12 hours of content combined. You could easily double that if you do all the challenges, time trials, and bonus pet unlocks.
Funny how this game uses aliens as enemies, considering that Plants VS Zombies, another game by PopCap, was originally about plants battling aliens. Good to see that PopCap games are connected by those little details
Dude I'm so happy this video showed up. I've been a long time sub but I haven't been very vocal, I love the mix of fgc, smash and pokemon content. This video sealed the deal, joke or not. I adore this game. I played it a lot young, and even when I went back to it when I was around 22, it was still a blast to play through. Kudos. Thank you for this vid
Clyde is ironically slower and clumsier which means he takes a lot of time maneuvering through the tank and likely to not collect anything at all, he is better when the tank is crowded or you have an awkward feeding chain like in tanks 3-4
The problem with Gumbo is that he's a double-edged sword. Wadsworth is indeed good if you're a new player, because he at least ensures that you will always have surviving fish, effectively making losing impossible. Gumbo lures all your fish in one spot, and they can just get projectile murdered all at once, or chomped by one fast alien in a flash if you're not careful, since Gumbo will be maneuvering them around the tank depending what you and the alien are doing. Accidents do happen, especially in the last tank with Bilaterus. Great video! Loved this game as a kid.
Found your channel because I was interested in this video and I'm not even joking, I fucking love this game so much
i played this so much as a kid but I completely forgot about the name and stuff and couldn't find it, I've finally found the best game ever again
I already knew all of this stuff before watching the video, but I was still like "YOOO" when I saw this in the sub feed.
Definitely late to the party on this one, but Rhubarb has the very funny distinction of being the 11th best pet for idling in the virtual tank. After upgrading your tank to max, you get the ability to have 11 pets simultaneously, which makes Rhubarb part of the optimal build for maxing out on shells
I played Insane Aquarium years ago on HP Games, was such a fun time. I never got too far in it so I’m glad to learn about what I never got too
Wtf this is genuinely one if the greatest surprises of a video
do you know how FUCKING HAPPY I AM THAT YOU MADE THIS. FUCK. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS GAME SINCE I WAS 6. FUCK. I LOVE THIS. THANK GOD.
Look, this might just be an April Fool's day video, but this is unionically one of my favorite games of all time soo.... I ain't complaining
Dude I thought I was the only one to have played Insaniquarium holy crap!
Great content here. Pretty good analysis. I'm surprised there's a pretty deep following for this *phenomenal* game
Can't wait to see the in depth Gold analysis next year for Spectrobes on the DS
To this day I still have this game's shortcut on my Task Bar and return to it when I need a rush of nostalgia or want to reminisce about the good old days. My most cherished childhood game & the one that made me fall in love with both Fish & Video Games.❤
Hell, even the credits theme "Lullaby" makes me cry.
This video unlocked memories of this game I didn't realize I had. I played this shit so much with my siblings as a kid
OMG I used to play this all the time as a young kid. You just brought back so much memories.
I completely forgot this game existed until I saw this video. It used to be one of my favorites as a kid. Thank you Big Yellow 💘
Seymour actually is great if you also have Shrapnel since it slows down the bomb (that I inevitably forget about). The only downside is if you have a starcatcher level, it'll either help you or be a detriment based off how much star production is happening (I had the mermaid spam the stars with only 4 star guppies and Seymour slows it down enough that they hang out on the floor for a while, allowing starcatchers to kinda feed and hang around a spot)
I instinctively tried clicking the coins and diamond that appear at around 9:14 because I have the Tetris Effect but for Insaniquarium.
holy shit this game
i never got too far because i was a dumb child but this is taking me back to the simpler days.
I was really bad at it when I was a kid so it took me months to get bonus pets and I remember being really mad at Nostradamus cause I wanted all the bonus pets to be cool and broken