Fun fact: an older version of Yume Nikki was uncovered and in this version, you got the Fat effect by examining a mirror. I guess Kikiyama thought that was too obvious
That is actually the funniest thing I've ever heard. I know there are a bunch of different versions of Yume Nikki, but I never knew they varied that hard?
@@callen.johnson ua-cam.com/video/Gb6mCNHdkl8/v-deo.htmlsi=ARiJdEs0BkMqLjAX&t=194 Seeing it for myself kind of blew my mind because it's evidence that Kikiyama actually was going for some symbolism and was just trying to hide it
i think yume nikki is so special because of its total lack of narrative and direction... the game never ever tells you how to feel or how to interpret anything and it makes it feel so intimate. its the kind of game that everyone connects to and feels in their own way. because of its emptiness it allows you to find your own sadness, happiness, anxiety, and even humor. To me, yume nikki is such a unique game that the way it makes me feel is really hard to describe. also theres gonna be spoilers in this comment so be warned. the game feels like a very authentic representation of what loneliness feels like in a way thats hard to express. heres what i mean: people create their sense of self and meaning in relation to other people, and knowing what others feel makes us have a sense of truth. so the lack of structure and narrative, and the lack of characterization of madotsuki feels like a representation of the feeling of being totally isolated. youd think that the fact that we know absolutely nothing about madotsuki would make it hard to empathize with her, and maybe thats true for some people, but i think it lets you feel her loneliness firsthand in a way that only a game like yume nikki could. after all, without other people, how would you know what kind of person you are? how could you say anything about your identity or your personality, without any reference? her self is a collection of disconnected sensations and feelings which she explores through dreams. words are pretty meaningless when you know no one will ever hear them, so whats the point of showing what she is writing in her diary? and what is it all for? all she has is her own mind, deteriorating slowly like a circular fallacy, as it has no reference outside of itself... so after seeing everything it had to offer, and unable to escape her loneliness, death is all that is left. So there... thats my best at trying to describe my experience with the game. I cant remember when i first played it, but ive been playing it for quite a long time, ever since i was around 13 or 14 so. around 7 years ago. i played it again during quarantine but honestly sometimes it felt too real and too sad to play. To me yume nikki is absolutely a really tragic and heart wrenching game, in a way a traditional story couldnt really be... a lot of people these days are experiencing loneliness at higher numbers than ever. i dont know if many people had the same feelings i had while playing this game, but im sure a lot people resonate with this game because of its possible theme of loneliness. in a way, a game like OMORI is a more structured game that deals with the same feelings, bringing a lot of emotional understanding into it. but i think there is also something comforting about the quiet loneliness of yume nikki.
Assuming this is your first video this is extremely well put together even if it isnt.. You are extremely talented. Continue putting out content! you have earned a sub today.
This is really well done! It's cool to see your impressions on a variety of fan theories and show off a lot of parts of the game that we haven't seen yet (and probably never will). Looking forward to seeing what other games you cover. Good luck on your channel!
I watched this entire video thinking it had at least 2k+ likes, to see only 200 and you only having around 90 subs was so shocking. This is so incredibly well made, even better than similar videos I've seen on channels with thousands of subs
My personal theory is that the dream worlds represent Madotsukis view of the world. I think she wasnt assaulted or killed anyone. I think everything that happens in the game is how Madotsuki views the things that happen in the world. Seeing all the negative stuff that happens in the world, she isolates herself as a way to escape, but her dreams still haunt her, so she "unalives" herself.
I think thats a wonderful theory! Your idea really reflects the hikikomori aspect of the game, I think if there was a proper interpretation for the game's story this would probably be it. Thanks for watching!
I saw this video in my recommended, and had to watch it. I love Yume Nikki, with its wonderful droning soundtrack and strange world, and can never get enough of it. Thank you for making this amazing video, I am excited to see what you make next!
I've always found Yume Nikki to be a fascinating dive, though it doesn't have as much depth as it first appears. Yes, it's a surreal and mesmerizing journey, and even I think it's something incredibly unique. But the development stopped at some point, and that point makes it feel like you've seen it all. It's one of my few grievances with Yume Nikki. It's certainly an expansive world, but once you know what to look for, that's it. And that's why I love how its community has been inspired. Countless fan creations, expanding on the concepts present in Yume Nikki in new and interesting ways. Reinventing the concept of this game, with their own inspirations and identity. In that way, that's what makes it some one of the best games I've ever seen.
Hi! Very iteresting video! I recently just discovered this game thanks to my friend, and completed it today! I believe that Madotsuki isolation is caused by all reasons explained by theories in video. Madotsuki isolated herself after she saw how cruel world can be. Violence, Accidents, Sexual Violence etc. All dreams/worlds dont cover only 1 trauma or event but her whole personality. She sees other people as aliens (except some), she likes Mythical and crypid stuff like witches and UFOs. She likes Games (Earthbound style worlds). She loves Nature (Forest worlds, Cats, frogs etc) Madotsuki probably had trouble in society and is afraid of violence that she had seen, which resulted in her isolation where she sleeps all day. Her dreams twist and warp her life expirience into something else. But probably this game has no concrete story in the first place :) P.S excuse my bad english, i tried my best.
Im so happy that you commented! I think the best part about yume nikki is that no matter what your interpretation may be, its correct in its own special way. I cannot begin to explain how joyous comments like these make me. Discussions like these are what I'm always trying into start with videos I make and If my video made you do that then I am overjoyed. Its also crazy to me that somebody from a different background than me (be it simply language or nationality) enjoys my thoughts on this beautiful work. Thank you so much for watching!
I didn't really feel the "never quite alone creepy" vibe in yume nikki. I actually found it calming much more than it was ever unsettling. even when it did unsettle me I still felt calmed by it. yume nikki feels a bit like walking through a series of memories of emotions, if that makes sense. I think of the different areas of the game as a subconscious manifestation of different emotional phases of her life, likening the hiddenness of different areas to their respective memories' repressedness or how much madotsuki has forgotten about them. there were specific places in yume nikki where as I ventured to find them I felt as though I was delving into my own mind as much as I was madotsuki's. when I saw mars-san, I sat next to him for at least 20 minutes, and I think I cried. perhaps it's no surprise that as a socially anxious weird girl I should find myself empathising so heavily with madotsuki's dreams, but it still shocks me how much of an effect this game has on me. I don't think any other piece of media has ever hit me the same way and I doubt any ever will.
Hey thanks for commenting! Back when I made this video I would have definitely told you that Yume Nikki scared me. But as I've gotten older and the world has opened up to me, I've found a weird sense of comfort within Madotsuki's dream world as well. It's familiar, safe (mostly), and I can leave whenever I want. In a lot of ways Yume Nikki feels like home for me. Thanks for watching!
@@callen.johnson isn't that interesting how it is so often comforting despite the subject matter? maybe part of it is that I assume that madotsuki regards her dreams as a comfortable enough escape from the real world. part of it too is that the game usually leans more bizarre than it does scary. something that strikes me about the game is how many characters are distinctly alien without feeling hostile. it's like you're a child learning what things are for the first time. in that way I feel like I was able to get into a kind of childlike headspace playing yume nikki, because everything is so confusing that it sort of reduces everything to "this music is scary so I think this is not a good place to be in" rather than some logical conclusion about there flesh and stuff being everywhere being a bad thing, because the game is just like that sometimes I guess. at the same time, it gave me the ability to approach the various characters in the game with the specific kind of childhood open mindedness, such that, even though if I were to ever encounter most any character from yume nikki in real life I would freak out, within the context of the game they mostly read as "friend :)". I think that's interesting
I totally agree! I've been thinking about redoing this video for a while now & talking more about my personal relationship with the game. The stuff you bring is up super relatable and I often find myself feeling exactly the same way about the bizzare nature of Madotsuki's dream world. A big part of that is my inability to find comfort or safety within most aspects of my life, but Yume Nikki has a unique way of capturing that safety I desire so bad and distilling it into it's own little world for me to explore. Kikkiyama is really a genius of atmosohere and art direction for accomplishing something like that.
The first time I ever heard of this game, was thru a friend but also thru the music. I’ve always liked songs that make you feel a certain way and the songs in this game are just so incredible to me and I just like to have such an infatuation with them. i’ve never played the game but i might just walk aimlessly forever just for the music
also wanted to say the song that plays when you write in your diary always made me feel happy, it always gave me a different vibe than all of the other songs, but I had no clue that the song is supposed to lighten the players mood and have a different vibe then the dream world songs
@@empty_ellie7538 I couldn't help but notice the parallels between the way yume nikki and silent hill/ resident evil handle the save menu. Its a genius piece of game design if you ask me. Thank you so much for watching
For me, I have such a unique relationship with my dreams. Things that appear in your dreams don't have to be things you experienced, but things you've seen and things you fear may happen to you. I think dreams are a reflection of the psyche and memories, thoughts, and feelings that reoccur the most throughout your day and life. My personal interpretation of Yume Nikki is that the things that are theorized to have happened or happened around Nikki fall short, I think its a combination of EVERYTHING. Sexual assault, driving accidents, murder, violence, those are all things potentially Nikki has SEEN or at least heard about and those things are the irrational fears that keep her from leaving her home. Overall a great video, I hope to see more from you soon!
Thanks so much for commenting, there are currently 2 BIG projects in the works and im very excited to release them. In terms of the games meaning to me its always just been about finding beauty in dreams. It doesn't have to mean anything, say anything, or have a point of any sort to be beautiful. For me thats what yume nikki is about
I think huge nerds (including myself) would be more likely to call earthbound beginnings Mother 1 rather than the other way around but I see your point either way Anyways great video, for real.
Lmao as a huge nerd myself i have to agree. I love the mother series so much and honestly the original is my favorite out of them all. Thank you so much for watching!
I really always liked to think that yume nikki has no meaning, it is some artwork using different designs and themes created by the k, wich also i respect and admire a lot because making tilesets, textures AND EVENTS is so hard (from experience) and it was even harder in 2004. But really awesome consideration you did from this game and giving your thoughts and theories, you make awesome content, i wil support you :)
So basically Japanese culture ridicules and shuns victims of sexual assault all because “they didn’t do anything to stop the attacker?” That’s some mountain-sized bullshit! The victims COULDN’T do anything while they were being attacked and yet they’re the ones getting blamed?! Unbelievable! WTF is wrong with you Japan?! FR though, this was a good video. I learned some new stuff from it about Yume Nikki that I didn’t know about already. Keep up the good work! 😊
Japan as a society is basically stacked against women, misogyny is rampant. I love japan and i plan on living there at some point but its definitely not a fair system. Thanks for watching!
I was honestly sueprised to see you didn't have as many susbscribers as I thought, and even more surprised to see this was your first video. You have a very clear and enjoyable way of talking and the video is so well structured! Please keep it up, I'd love to see more videos like these. Do you plan on doing a similar video on Omori?
As much as I love Omori, it got so much attention ((rightfully so)) and i feel like there isnt anything i could say about it that hasnt been said yet. The next video is gonna be about the Monster Hunter series for sure tho, thank you so much for watching!
Thank you so much! I've never heard of milk outside of a bag of milk, but it seems like the kind of thing i would enjoy, im definitely gonna look into it
Ah yes a new creator coming out with a banger in my feeds. I hope to see more from you! It's nice to see more creators really appreciate this piece of art. This game was a lot to me growing up. I originally came across it when my sister showed me Loudman's playthrough (the FIRST playthrough on UA-cam) back when it was still being recorded. I encourage ANYONE watching this video to really dig into the fan games and the community as a whole.
really great video! it's so nice that people still make videos about yn and ynfgs. unrelated, i'm sure someone's probably mentioned it before but the static censor sounds in the video are a bit loud. otherwise really well put together video though!!!
So many theories, and all of them all chilling. Yume Nikki is vague on purpose while using dreams as an excuse to make the player come to their own conclusion while never confirming or denying anything. Do you plan to have a theme for your content or is it just what you feel like making? Doesn't matter to me just curious.
Thanks so much for watching! I kinda just plan on producing whatever i want, theres definitely areas that i plan on sticking to, but over all its gonna be pretty sporadic
I feel like the reason why nothing will recreate the feeling of Yume Nikki is because YN is the unexpected. You never know what you'd find around the corner. Not only the content, but the feeling it'd give you too. Is the next room going to be scary, cute, disturbing ? Trying to recreate is by définition, giving the same feeling. You know the range of émotions the new game would give you because if it's too différent, it wouldn't be a Yume Nikki-like. Although, a game that gave me similar feelings for its entire length was OFF, a belgian game ( I'm belgian, yay) that also inspired Undertale. It gives the similar vibes of aaaaaah O_O , oh... And whaaa-
I love OFF! I don't plan on ever making a video about it but its a really wonderful game that has that same strange dychotomy that Yume Nikki has. Im also super jazzed that this video is being viewed by people all across the world (i have no idea if you are currently living in belgium lol) thanks so much for watching!
Absolutly loved Omori's soundtrack in this video. I actually learned about Yume Nikki bc I was looking for games that had a similar vibe to Blackspace! Anyways, this video was amazing and I hope you keep making content ⭐
Thank you so much! I actually ended up finding omori bc i was looking for more games like yume nikki lmao. Definitely look forward to more content from me!
heck yeah awesome video!! good thoughts and good jokes a lot of analysis videos like this have a lot of lame jokes that are distracting hahaha but yours a were good and added to the video, so nice job there
I think that serial killer theory is ridiculous, anyone can have violent dreams. Hell, some antidepressants can even cause blood and gore to become a common sight. I took prozac for five yeara and had the most fucked up disgusting dreams almost every night. About a month after I stopped taking itz my dreams became normal again and I now sleep like a baby.
I agree 100% but for some reason its such a popular theory? It might have something to do with the rising popularity of games like yandere sim around the time yume nikki was gaining its first wave of popularity? Idk, its Definitely not supported by enough evidence to even be considered
As much as I love this game, it only took me about 2 weeks to complete this game. Meanwhile I've been playing Yume 2kki for over a month and still haven't seen half of it, which is why I slightly prefer Yume 2kki (I still love both)
@callen.johnson That'd be awesome; It seems like it's often overlooked compared to Yume Nikki, because it's ridiculous how many interesting details and weirdly beautiful art there is in it. It's crazy impressive
This was nice :) I feel like the audio for the clips used was a bit too high sometimes and your voice was a little too quiet. I had my volume up a bit high for when you were talking and the clips of music you played kinda hurt my ears a little lol. But still I like what you had to say about the game
Lmao, unfortunatley my recording setup wasn't the highest quality on recording (i was literally holding my mic under a blanket) which caused lots of sporadic audio levels. Fortunately when i saw the attention i was getting i decided to invest in a better set up, so future videos wont have the same issues
why doesnt anyone play the original version anymore? it is always the easyrpg version or the steam version... i dont understand. It's obvious, because the actual game doesn't look like that. That's either steam or easyrpg. It isnt RPG maker 2003. Why?
Really good video, hope I'll remember to check in on your eventual future projects! Out of curiosity, what _was_ the last effect you found? And did you use a walkthrough in the end?
My first playthrough I refused to use a walkthrough bc I felt like it would ruin the fun. I ended up finding the triangle kerchief last, just bc I didnt know interacting with the flowers in the sky garden did Anything lmao. Thanks so much for watching!
I’m still the fans of Yuma Nikki But I never discuss with other people about my feelings for this game To me,this is more than just a game When I play it,it feels like I’m the dreaming one It helps me looking at myself better I enjoy this game with a way different from enjoying other games
I hate the SA yume Nikki theory and I skipped over that last part bc of it but the rest was an incredible watch also thank you for saying the famicom world is based on mother not earthbound LMAO
Im glad you enjoyed the video! Earthbound begginings is the" Americanized'" title of the original mother game. Tbh i dont know why they changed it, Mother always sounded better to me
Honestly when i got into late game yume nikki i was missing i think 3 so i just went to the wiki and went to find the location of the effect so i could find the effect without any actual walkthrough My most favorite world is the snow world :) Edit: now that i think about it, i dont think the imscared face was inspired by uboa. I dont know when imscared released but i dont think its enemies are inspired by uboa
My one gripe with yume nikki is the fact that it can be really frusterating to beat the game without looking up a walkthrough lmao, thanks for commenting!
If I had a hat on, I'd definitely be taking it off right now. Though it has certainly been quite some time that I watched a Yume Nikki video or interacted with the fandom in any sense, this has to be what I hold as the best video on this entire website on the game. It's truly funny, we both found this game by the EXACT SAME means haha and I can certainly say the same in terms of what that discovery led to artistically and personally. This video wastes no time to be redundant or explain things outside of what it needs to, much opposite to what I feel a lot of more recent videos on the game do. I have a strong feeling that some are going to find this video and then go on to play the game for the first time with the best initial push they could've received, its mystique/charm and overall surprises still for the most part in tact. Theories have always been somewhat grazed over, but using the context of the game to use a good entire half of the video to discuss them and then further using that to tie it into the main idea of the video of the game as a tool to help the player truly walk through their own ideas of self and conscious in almost ink-blot fashion made my eyelids spring open. I'm so glad I could find a video that encapsulated what makes this game so important to me and someone else. It truly stands above even the legendary original Jordan Underneath video that brought Yume Nikki to a forefront of popular youtube culture. I'm not sure if you plan on making more introspective videos, but if you do I can certainly say there is much to anticipate.
This is the highest compliment i have ever recieved on any piece of work ive ever done. That original jordan underneath video is something i hold near and dear to me and you feeling that i surpass his level of quality is almost unbelievable to me. Thank you so much! And to answer your question I plan on making many more 'introspective' videos in the near future sure hope i can match the level of quality you want
Wait yo that’s the same way I heard of Yume Nikki too! Didn’t become more interested in it til I learned of all the fangames surrounding it, and all the other RPGmaker games.
I think that dismissing a coma or similar theory out of hand is a little odd. Sure they tend to be eyeroll inducing like in pokemon or something but I think it's a bit more worthy of consideration in something about dreams and layers of dreams. Anyways great vid definitely going to sub
Thanks so much! To be honest this got 1000× the amount of views I expected it to lmao. But im making videos because i like making them, not for the attention. None the less thank you for watching!
i loved this video so much i instantly go to subscribe and this is the only video so far !!! i’m so excited for whatever may come next in the future !!!
Oh man, I seriously thought you had more suscribers, this video is so well done! I haven't yet played yume nikki myself but I'm stunned by its soundtrack, I could go on about it for hours, it's hautingly beautiful. The game looks so interesting too, I'll definitely play it, someday, when I've had more than 3 hours of sleep
As a poor ab*sed child, I loved this game since I ever saw this. Well, was 11 or 12, but It stills makes me happy.... Good memories, and scary moments, nice video 💕
I only discovered Yume Nikki around July of last year, and I only began my playthrough in August. Since then, it has become my absolute favourite game. I loved it's nonsensical nature and I found a profound comfort within it. It managed to depict a type of confusion I was experiencing at the time, and I fell in love with almost every room. Don't even get me STARTED on the soundtrack. The soundtrack is composed very strangely but much like the odd nature of the gameplay, it gives a fantastical vibe from it. My favourite tracks from the game would have to be Checkered Tile Path, Martian Underground, Mars, Teleport Maze, FEVER and FC Pyramids. I genuinely feel like naming the entire soundtrack but those are the ones that stick out to me the most. Amazing video, dude. This was great! I loved hearing about your experiences and your opinions on this wonderful game. Keep it up, man! Thanks for letting me relive this game again !!
So omori's blackspace is obviously inspired by yume nikki (tbh idk why i didnt make that comparison) but in blackspace we do get dialogue and story presented in some kind of context. But yume nikki, by its very design is made to be completely surreal, out-of-context nonsense. So for me Omori makes far more sense than yume nikki. Thanks so much for the question!
Great video! I’d now like to play Yume Nikki when I get a chance, as I am a big fan of Earthbound and would like to play more weird games like it. Can’t wait to watch your channel grow!
You should cover the fan games Nitro Rad didn't cover, while they can't capture the original energy of Yume Nikki I think they all have their own charm and story to them
Ive thought about it, but I feel like a lot of the other fangames don't have as much to talk about regardless of quality. Are there other fangames of quality that nitrorad hasn't covered? Thank you so much for watching!
Holy fuck dude I never comment on videos but the fact that this dude has 172 subscribers genuinely blew me away I thought I was watching a video of somebody with at the very least 10k subs but holy shit man good work keep it up
The OST is nothing short of haunting, and it puts you in this state of emotion that the english language doesnt have words for. Thank you for watching!
The sigmund freud jumpscare was the scariest
Sigmund freud was the scariest.
The scariest was Sigmund freud.
Was the Sigmund freud scariest
The goku jumpscare got me
@@greenberrygk freud sigmund the scariest was
Fun fact: an older version of Yume Nikki was uncovered and in this version, you got the Fat effect by examining a mirror.
I guess Kikiyama thought that was too obvious
That is actually the funniest thing I've ever heard. I know there are a bunch of different versions of Yume Nikki, but I never knew they varied that hard?
@@callen.johnson ua-cam.com/video/Gb6mCNHdkl8/v-deo.htmlsi=ARiJdEs0BkMqLjAX&t=194
Seeing it for myself kind of blew my mind because it's evidence that Kikiyama actually was going for some symbolism and was just trying to hide it
i think yume nikki is so special because of its total lack of narrative and direction... the game never ever tells you how to feel or how to interpret anything and it makes it feel so intimate. its the kind of game that everyone connects to and feels in their own way. because of its emptiness it allows you to find your own sadness, happiness, anxiety, and even humor.
To me, yume nikki is such a unique game that the way it makes me feel is really hard to describe. also theres gonna be spoilers in this comment so be warned.
the game feels like a very authentic representation of what loneliness feels like in a way thats hard to express. heres what i mean: people create their sense of self and meaning in relation to other people, and knowing what others feel makes us have a sense of truth. so the lack of structure and narrative, and the lack of characterization of madotsuki feels like a representation of the feeling of being totally isolated. youd think that the fact that we know absolutely nothing about madotsuki would make it hard to empathize with her, and maybe thats true for some people, but i think it lets you feel her loneliness firsthand in a way that only a game like yume nikki could. after all, without other people, how would you know what kind of person you are? how could you say anything about your identity or your personality, without any reference? her self is a collection of disconnected sensations and feelings which she explores through dreams. words are pretty meaningless when you know no one will ever hear them, so whats the point of showing what she is writing in her diary? and what is it all for? all she has is her own mind, deteriorating slowly like a circular fallacy, as it has no reference outside of itself... so after seeing everything it had to offer, and unable to escape her loneliness, death is all that is left.
So there... thats my best at trying to describe my experience with the game. I cant remember when i first played it, but ive been playing it for quite a long time, ever since i was around 13 or 14 so. around 7 years ago. i played it again during quarantine but honestly sometimes it felt too real and too sad to play. To me yume nikki is absolutely a really tragic and heart wrenching game, in a way a traditional story couldnt really be... a lot of people these days are experiencing loneliness at higher numbers than ever. i dont know if many people had the same feelings i had while playing this game, but im sure a lot people resonate with this game because of its possible theme of loneliness. in a way, a game like OMORI is a more structured game that deals with the same feelings, bringing a lot of emotional understanding into it. but i think there is also something comforting about the quiet loneliness of yume nikki.
I certainly think yume nikki has a more abstract lonliness thats really hard to recreate elsewhere, thank you so much for watching!
Assuming this is your first video this is extremely well put together even if it isnt.. You are extremely talented. Continue putting out content! you have earned a sub today.
Thank you so much! I look forward to making more content in the future
Possibly insane snuuy
3:44 you really called me out on that... 80 hours...
Those 80 make you a real one tho ✊️
This is really well done! It's cool to see your impressions on a variety of fan theories and show off a lot of parts of the game that we haven't seen yet (and probably never will). Looking forward to seeing what other games you cover. Good luck on your channel!
Thank you so much! I plan on releasing an essay on the monster hunter series here in a couple months so stay tuned!
@@callen.johnson That's awesome! Good luck! You're doing amazing!
I watched this entire video thinking it had at least 2k+ likes, to see only 200 and you only having around 90 subs was so shocking. This is so incredibly well made, even better than similar videos I've seen on channels with thousands of subs
Thank you so much! I honestly never thought this video would get any attention
People have been making videos of this quality since '14. UA-cam just stagnates like every other industry.
My personal theory is that the dream worlds represent Madotsukis view of the world. I think she wasnt assaulted or killed anyone. I think everything that happens in the game is how Madotsuki views the things that happen in the world. Seeing all the negative stuff that happens in the world, she isolates herself as a way to escape, but her dreams still haunt her, so she "unalives" herself.
I think thats a wonderful theory! Your idea really reflects the hikikomori aspect of the game, I think if there was a proper interpretation for the game's story this would probably be it. Thanks for watching!
Relate to this one.
yume nikki holds a big place in my heart and seeing more people talk about it makes me so happy! thank you so much for uploading this
Thank you so much! I love your pfp btw
thank! moral orel is such a good show
@@Grave_of_flower147 i actually know about yume 2ikki! its such a great project aswell
I saw this video in my recommended, and had to watch it. I love Yume Nikki, with its wonderful droning soundtrack and strange world, and can never get enough of it. Thank you for making this amazing video, I am excited to see what you make next!
Thank you! Production on the next video has started so it wont be too long of a wait
I've always found Yume Nikki to be a fascinating dive, though it doesn't have as much depth as it first appears.
Yes, it's a surreal and mesmerizing journey, and even I think it's something incredibly unique. But the development stopped at some point, and that point makes it feel like you've seen it all. It's one of my few grievances with Yume Nikki. It's certainly an expansive world, but once you know what to look for, that's it.
And that's why I love how its community has been inspired. Countless fan creations, expanding on the concepts present in Yume Nikki in new and interesting ways. Reinventing the concept of this game, with their own inspirations and identity.
In that way, that's what makes it some one of the best games I've ever seen.
I agree 100%! Thanks so much for watching
The Nexus reminds me alot of Blackspace and headspace in general in omori. This game definitely served some inspiration for Omori lol
I am 100% convinced that Yume Nikki's nexus was the inpiration for black space, there are so many parallels lmao!
@@callen.johnson I remember omocat saying that blackspace was directly inspired by yume nikki
Omori is honestly my favorite Yume Nikki. Other fangames copy the formula. Omori *uses* it and builds smth.
hearing duster in the background.. great choice of music and a great essay :)
Thank you!
Hi! Very iteresting video!
I recently just discovered this game thanks to my friend, and completed it today!
I believe that Madotsuki isolation is caused by all reasons explained by theories in video.
Madotsuki isolated herself after she saw how cruel world can be. Violence, Accidents, Sexual Violence etc.
All dreams/worlds dont cover only 1 trauma or event but her whole personality.
She sees other people as aliens (except some), she likes Mythical and crypid stuff like witches and UFOs. She likes Games (Earthbound style worlds). She loves Nature (Forest worlds, Cats, frogs etc)
Madotsuki probably had trouble in society and is afraid of violence that she had seen, which resulted in her isolation where she sleeps all day. Her dreams twist and warp her life expirience into something else.
But probably this game has no concrete story in the first place :)
P.S excuse my bad english, i tried my best.
Im so happy that you commented!
I think the best part about yume nikki is that no matter what your interpretation may be, its correct in its own special way.
I cannot begin to explain how joyous comments like these make me. Discussions like these are what I'm always trying into start with videos I make and If my video made you do that then I am overjoyed.
Its also crazy to me that somebody from a different background than me (be it simply language or nationality) enjoys my thoughts on this beautiful work.
Thank you so much for watching!
I didn't really feel the "never quite alone creepy" vibe in yume nikki. I actually found it calming much more than it was ever unsettling. even when it did unsettle me I still felt calmed by it. yume nikki feels a bit like walking through a series of memories of emotions, if that makes sense. I think of the different areas of the game as a subconscious manifestation of different emotional phases of her life, likening the hiddenness of different areas to their respective memories' repressedness or how much madotsuki has forgotten about them.
there were specific places in yume nikki where as I ventured to find them I felt as though I was delving into my own mind as much as I was madotsuki's. when I saw mars-san, I sat next to him for at least 20 minutes, and I think I cried.
perhaps it's no surprise that as a socially anxious weird girl I should find myself empathising so heavily with madotsuki's dreams, but it still shocks me how much of an effect this game has on me. I don't think any other piece of media has ever hit me the same way and I doubt any ever will.
Hey thanks for commenting!
Back when I made this video I would have definitely told you that Yume Nikki scared me. But as I've gotten older and the world has opened up to me, I've found a weird sense of comfort within Madotsuki's dream world as well. It's familiar, safe (mostly), and I can leave whenever I want. In a lot of ways Yume Nikki feels like home for me.
Thanks for watching!
@@callen.johnson isn't that interesting how it is so often comforting despite the subject matter? maybe part of it is that I assume that madotsuki regards her dreams as a comfortable enough escape from the real world. part of it too is that the game usually leans more bizarre than it does scary.
something that strikes me about the game is how many characters are distinctly alien without feeling hostile. it's like you're a child learning what things are for the first time.
in that way I feel like I was able to get into a kind of childlike headspace playing yume nikki, because everything is so confusing that it sort of reduces everything to "this music is scary so I think this is not a good place to be in" rather than some logical conclusion about there flesh and stuff being everywhere being a bad thing, because the game is just like that sometimes I guess.
at the same time, it gave me the ability to approach the various characters in the game with the specific kind of childhood open mindedness, such that, even though if I were to ever encounter most any character from yume nikki in real life I would freak out, within the context of the game they mostly read as "friend :)". I think that's interesting
I totally agree! I've been thinking about redoing this video for a while now & talking more about my personal relationship with the game. The stuff you bring is up super relatable and I often find myself feeling exactly the same way about the bizzare nature of Madotsuki's dream world. A big part of that is my inability to find comfort or safety within most aspects of my life, but Yume Nikki has a unique way of capturing that safety I desire so bad and distilling it into it's own little world for me to explore. Kikkiyama is really a genius of atmosohere and art direction for accomplishing something like that.
always cool to find a new creator early on,, love the vibes, can't wait to see more!
Awee thank you so much! I will say im getting major levels of impostor syndrome from this video lmao
The first time I ever heard of this game, was thru a friend but also thru the music. I’ve always liked songs that make you feel a certain way and the songs in this game are just so incredible to me and I just like to have such an infatuation with them. i’ve never played the game but i might just walk aimlessly forever just for the music
also wanted to say the song that plays when you write in your diary always made me feel happy, it always gave me a different vibe than all of the other songs, but I had no clue that the song is supposed to lighten the players mood and have a different vibe then the dream world songs
@@empty_ellie7538 I couldn't help but notice the parallels between the way yume nikki and silent hill/ resident evil handle the save menu. Its a genius piece of game design if you ask me. Thank you so much for watching
For me, I have such a unique relationship with my dreams. Things that appear in your dreams don't have to be things you experienced, but things you've seen and things you fear may happen to you. I think dreams are a reflection of the psyche and memories, thoughts, and feelings that reoccur the most throughout your day and life. My personal interpretation of Yume Nikki is that the things that are theorized to have happened or happened around Nikki fall short, I think its a combination of EVERYTHING. Sexual assault, driving accidents, murder, violence, those are all things potentially Nikki has SEEN or at least heard about and those things are the irrational fears that keep her from leaving her home. Overall a great video, I hope to see more from you soon!
Thanks so much for commenting, there are currently 2 BIG projects in the works and im very excited to release them. In terms of the games meaning to me its always just been about finding beauty in dreams. It doesn't have to mean anything, say anything, or have a point of any sort to be beautiful. For me thats what yume nikki is about
I think huge nerds (including myself) would be more likely to call earthbound beginnings Mother 1 rather than the other way around but I see your point either way
Anyways great video, for real.
Lmao as a huge nerd myself i have to agree. I love the mother series so much and honestly the original is my favorite out of them all. Thank you so much for watching!
I really always liked to think that yume nikki has no meaning, it is some artwork using different designs and themes created by the k, wich also i respect and admire a lot because making tilesets, textures AND EVENTS is so hard (from experience) and it was even harder in 2004.
But really awesome consideration you did from this game and giving your thoughts and theories, you make awesome content, i wil support you :)
Thank you so much! Idk if im gonna be covering more RPG maker stuff for a while. But i seriously hope people stick around
So basically Japanese culture ridicules and shuns victims of sexual assault all because “they didn’t do anything to stop the attacker?” That’s some mountain-sized bullshit! The victims COULDN’T do anything while they were being attacked and yet they’re the ones getting blamed?! Unbelievable! WTF is wrong with you Japan?!
FR though, this was a good video. I learned some new stuff from it about Yume Nikki that I didn’t know about already. Keep up the good work! 😊
Japan as a society is basically stacked against women, misogyny is rampant. I love japan and i plan on living there at some point but its definitely not a fair system. Thanks for watching!
I always love people talking about this game, great video.
21:21 can anyone tell me where to find these two games I haven't found any game from that type from YEARS
Holy shit, fantastic first video man! Instant sub.
On an unrelated note, hand over that foxy sauce 🔪
On god, i just had my friend (same one in the end bit) send me the best lewd fnaf stuff he could find. I wish you the best if luck in finding it tho!
I was honestly sueprised to see you didn't have as many susbscribers as I thought, and even more surprised to see this was your first video. You have a very clear and enjoyable way of talking and the video is so well structured! Please keep it up, I'd love to see more videos like these. Do you plan on doing a similar video on Omori?
As much as I love Omori, it got so much attention ((rightfully so)) and i feel like there isnt anything i could say about it that hasnt been said yet. The next video is gonna be about the Monster Hunter series for sure tho, thank you so much for watching!
This is such a good video! I'm really excited to see the future of this channel. Also, have you played Milk Outside a Bag of Milk?
Thank you so much! I've never heard of milk outside of a bag of milk, but it seems like the kind of thing i would enjoy, im definitely gonna look into it
@@callen.johnson There's also the prequel, Milk Inside a Bag of Milk which you should check out first, but I think you'll really enjoy it!
I also highly recommend both games
Brilliant video! Can't believe it's your first and has so few views.
Tbh i expected the view counter to be at a zero when i posted it lmao. Thanks so much for watching!
duster - constellations, very good choice of music
Thanks! I felt the song fit with the video perfectly
Ah yes a new creator coming out with a banger in my feeds.
I hope to see more from you! It's nice to see more creators really appreciate this piece of art.
This game was a lot to me growing up. I originally came across it when my sister showed me Loudman's playthrough (the FIRST playthrough on UA-cam) back when it was still being recorded.
I encourage ANYONE watching this video to really dig into the fan games and the community as a whole.
Thank you so much for watching! Yume is nikki is such a special game to so many people, im really glad you could connect with my video
I'm always on the lookout for games like this. I'd love to hear your recommendations! Can't wait to see any future content :)
As a general rule, i only make content about things im passionate for. So if you want reccomendations just take a look at the videos to come lmao
@@callen.johnson haha my bad, didn't mean to put you on the spot. I'll stay tuned 📡
really great video! it's so nice that people still make videos about yn and ynfgs. unrelated, i'm sure someone's probably mentioned it before but the static censor sounds in the video are a bit loud. otherwise really well put together video though!!!
Thanks so much! I was definitely still getting the hang of audio mixing when I made this haha
Another underrated youtuber! Hope to see you're channel grow!
Thank you! I hope i can keep up this level of quality lmao
You earned another sub today. Can't wait to see what you do next!
Thanks! New content is coming soon
NO WAY THIS IS YOUR FIRST VIDEO, YOU HAD TO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH A HIDDEN CHANNEL OR SOMETHING
Lol, I've made a few video essays before this for school but this is the first one ive ever posted. Thanks so much for watching!
Keep making content
Thank you so much! I look forward to producing more
So many theories, and all of them all chilling. Yume Nikki is vague on purpose while using dreams as an excuse to make the player come to their own conclusion while never confirming or denying anything.
Do you plan to have a theme for your content or is it just what you feel like making? Doesn't matter to me just curious.
Thanks so much for watching! I kinda just plan on producing whatever i want, theres definitely areas that i plan on sticking to, but over all its gonna be pretty sporadic
lmao i learned about yume nikki the same way you did, on that old pbg video
Its a wonderful video-
Yume Nikki ost is just somehow kinda relaxing for me, it just hit me somehow
100% agree. I keep finding myself listening to the ost when going to bed
I feel like the reason why nothing will recreate the feeling of Yume Nikki is because YN is the unexpected. You never know what you'd find around the corner. Not only the content, but the feeling it'd give you too. Is the next room going to be scary, cute, disturbing ?
Trying to recreate is by définition, giving the same feeling. You know the range of émotions the new game would give you because if it's too différent, it wouldn't be a Yume Nikki-like.
Although, a game that gave me similar feelings for its entire length was OFF, a belgian game ( I'm belgian, yay) that also inspired Undertale. It gives the similar vibes of aaaaaah O_O , oh... And whaaa-
I love OFF! I don't plan on ever making a video about it but its a really wonderful game that has that same strange dychotomy that Yume Nikki has. Im also super jazzed that this video is being viewed by people all across the world (i have no idea if you are currently living in belgium lol) thanks so much for watching!
I thought OFF was french?
Fun fact:yumi nikki (a Japanese word)means dream journal.
If u can up audio on mic by 25 percrbt will be perfrct
Thanks for the advice! My recording setup isn't very good atm. But i plan on fixing that by the next video
Absolutly loved Omori's soundtrack in this video. I actually learned about Yume Nikki bc I was looking for games that had a similar vibe to Blackspace! Anyways, this video was amazing and I hope you keep making content ⭐
Thank you so much! I actually ended up finding omori bc i was looking for more games like yume nikki lmao. Definitely look forward to more content from me!
heck yeah awesome video!! good thoughts and good jokes
a lot of analysis videos like this have a lot of lame jokes that are distracting hahaha but yours a were good and added to the video, so nice job there
Thank you so much! Im always hesitant to show any kind of humor so im glad you thought it was funny
I think that serial killer theory is ridiculous, anyone can have violent dreams. Hell, some antidepressants can even cause blood and gore to become a common sight. I took prozac for five yeara and had the most fucked up disgusting dreams almost every night. About a month after I stopped taking itz my dreams became normal again and I now sleep like a baby.
I agree 100% but for some reason its such a popular theory? It might have something to do with the rising popularity of games like yandere sim around the time yume nikki was gaining its first wave of popularity? Idk, its Definitely not supported by enough evidence to even be considered
Ive always loved this game and love this style of video. Thank you for making this.
i actually think yume 2kki captures what the original did perfectly and even surpasses it to a degree, great video
Thats totally valid. Yume2kki is amazing in so many ways!
As much as I love this game, it only took me about 2 weeks to complete this game. Meanwhile I've been playing Yume 2kki for over a month and still haven't seen half of it, which is why I slightly prefer Yume 2kki (I still love both)
Well I might have to do something with Yume2kki then...
Thanks for watching!
@callen.johnson That'd be awesome; It seems like it's often overlooked compared to Yume Nikki, because it's ridiculous how many interesting details and weirdly beautiful art there is in it. It's crazy impressive
This was nice :) I feel like the audio for the clips used was a bit too high sometimes and your voice was a little too quiet. I had my volume up a bit high for when you were talking and the clips of music you played kinda hurt my ears a little lol. But still I like what you had to say about the game
Lmao, unfortunatley my recording setup wasn't the highest quality on recording (i was literally holding my mic under a blanket) which caused lots of sporadic audio levels. Fortunately when i saw the attention i was getting i decided to invest in a better set up, so future videos wont have the same issues
why doesnt anyone play the original version anymore?
it is always the easyrpg version or the steam version... i dont understand. It's obvious, because the actual game doesn't look like that. That's either steam or easyrpg. It isnt RPG maker 2003. Why?
Really good video, hope I'll remember to check in on your eventual future projects!
Out of curiosity, what _was_ the last effect you found? And did you use a walkthrough in the end?
My first playthrough I refused to use a walkthrough bc I felt like it would ruin the fun. I ended up finding the triangle kerchief last, just bc I didnt know interacting with the flowers in the sky garden did Anything lmao. Thanks so much for watching!
I’m still the fans of Yuma Nikki
But I never discuss with other people about my feelings for this game
To me,this is more than just a game
When I play it,it feels like I’m the dreaming one
It helps me looking at myself better
I enjoy this game with a way different from enjoying other games
I agree! Yume nikki has a air of mystery around it that other games just dont match. Thank you for watching!
I just hid in the save center for the game (until I discovered Yume 2kki)
The save room is very comforting lmao
i love ur commentary and i love yume nikki
Im glad my video is background noise quality! lmao
And what if all the theories about the plot are combined into one whole, then it turns out...
Then it turns out i need to make a yume2kki video...
I hate the SA yume Nikki theory and I skipped over that last part bc of it but the rest was an incredible watch also thank you for saying the famicom world is based on mother not earthbound LMAO
Im glad you enjoyed the video! Earthbound begginings is the" Americanized'" title of the original mother game. Tbh i dont know why they changed it, Mother always sounded better to me
@@callen.johnson same I’m a huge mother 1 fanboy too so I just love the references in Yume Nikki
i love lamp!! i listen to yume utsutsu everynight before bed its like my lullaby
i also love yume nikki so this is a good video
Yume Utsutsu is a wonderful song, it was the inspiration that i used to make this video
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Honestly when i got into late game yume nikki i was missing i think 3 so i just went to the wiki and went to find the location of the effect so i could find the effect without any actual walkthrough
My most favorite world is the snow world :)
Edit: now that i think about it, i dont think the imscared face was inspired by uboa. I dont know when imscared released but i dont think its enemies are inspired by uboa
My one gripe with yume nikki is the fact that it can be really frusterating to beat the game without looking up a walkthrough lmao, thanks for commenting!
one thing UA-cam does right is recommending me small channels that make videos like this about games I love, thank you for this video
You're welcome! And thank you too
16:34 I like that hylics music
same :)
Thanks! Im a big hylics fan
great video, its great for someone with not so big of a following :3
Thank you!
You have talent for video making, writing and were blessed by the algorithm. Make the most of it!
Thank you!
Yet another small youtuber dropping the finest most fun video I've watched this week
Thank you so much!
@@callen.johnson no need to thank me. Just keep up the amazing and hard work!
If I had a hat on, I'd definitely be taking it off right now. Though it has certainly been quite some time that I watched a Yume Nikki video or interacted with the fandom in any sense, this has to be what I hold as the best video on this entire website on the game. It's truly funny, we both found this game by the EXACT SAME means haha and I can certainly say the same in terms of what that discovery led to artistically and personally. This video wastes no time to be redundant or explain things outside of what it needs to, much opposite to what I feel a lot of more recent videos on the game do. I have a strong feeling that some are going to find this video and then go on to play the game for the first time with the best initial push they could've received, its mystique/charm and overall surprises still for the most part in tact. Theories have always been somewhat grazed over, but using the context of the game to use a good entire half of the video to discuss them and then further using that to tie it into the main idea of the video of the game as a tool to help the player truly walk through their own ideas of self and conscious in almost ink-blot fashion made my eyelids spring open. I'm so glad I could find a video that encapsulated what makes this game so important to me and someone else. It truly stands above even the legendary original Jordan Underneath video that brought Yume Nikki to a forefront of popular youtube culture. I'm not sure if you plan on making more introspective videos, but if you do I can certainly say there is much to anticipate.
This is the highest compliment i have ever recieved on any piece of work ive ever done. That original jordan underneath video is something i hold near and dear to me and you feeling that i surpass his level of quality is almost unbelievable to me. Thank you so much! And to answer your question I plan on making many more 'introspective' videos in the near future sure hope i can match the level of quality you want
Wait yo that’s the same way I heard of Yume Nikki too! Didn’t become more interested in it til I learned of all the fangames surrounding it, and all the other RPGmaker games.
I think that dismissing a coma or similar theory out of hand is a little odd. Sure they tend to be eyeroll inducing like in pokemon or something but I think it's a bit more worthy of consideration in something about dreams and layers of dreams. Anyways great vid definitely going to sub
>see yume nikki, click on video
>hears lamp song
:)))))))))))))))))))
Lmao, they work so well together
@@callen.johnson they really do!! also i finished the video and you did a great job i cant wait to see more videos from you in the future :D
Oh, this is just brilliant. PBG was my intro to Yume Nikki as well! This video was wonderfully edited and agree with the majority! Keep it up!
Thank you so much!
You deserve many subs! Love this vid! You seem like my kinda guy!
NO WAY ITS LAMP!!!!
had to drop a sub, really surprised how low the view count is based on the quality of the vid
Thanks so much! To be honest this got 1000× the amount of views I expected it to lmao. But im making videos because i like making them, not for the attention. None the less thank you for watching!
i loved this video so much i instantly go to subscribe and this is the only video so far !!! i’m so excited for whatever may come next in the future !!!
Thank you so much! New content is in the works, im shooting for a release before the end of next month so please stay tuned
Oh man, I seriously thought you had more suscribers, this video is so well done!
I haven't yet played yume nikki myself but I'm stunned by its soundtrack, I could go on about it for hours, it's hautingly beautiful. The game looks so interesting too, I'll definitely play it, someday, when I've had more than 3 hours of sleep
Lmao yume nikki will put you in a weird state of being if you play it sleep deprived (speaking from experience) thank you so much for watching!
As a poor ab*sed child, I loved this game since I ever saw this. Well, was 11 or 12, but It stills makes me happy.... Good memories, and scary moments, nice video 💕
Lmao, I got too many references from this game, really cool
Thank you so much!
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Love this video man!!! It’s every good to watch!
Thank you!
what if madotsuki did witness a car crash
That would probably mess her up a bit
oh hell yes, upcoming cozy channel
I sure hope so! Thank you so much
Nice video,whats the name of the song that plays in 13:50?
Thanks for watching! The song is FC demon room
@@callen.johnson thank you
I only discovered Yume Nikki around July of last year, and I only began my playthrough in August.
Since then, it has become my absolute favourite game. I loved it's nonsensical nature and I found a profound comfort within it. It managed to depict a type of confusion I was experiencing at the time, and I fell in love with almost every room. Don't even get me STARTED on the soundtrack. The soundtrack is composed very strangely but much like the odd nature of the gameplay, it gives a fantastical vibe from it. My favourite tracks from the game would have to be Checkered Tile Path, Martian Underground, Mars, Teleport Maze, FEVER and FC Pyramids. I genuinely feel like naming the entire soundtrack but those are the ones that stick out to me the most.
Amazing video, dude. This was great! I loved hearing about your experiences and your opinions on this wonderful game.
Keep it up, man! Thanks for letting me relive this game again !!
Thanks so much for watching! Im glad this video can connect with so many people in the way i wanted
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Agreed.
In your mind, is Omori's blackspace creepier or Yume Nikki? But also, which one makes less sense?
So omori's blackspace is obviously inspired by yume nikki (tbh idk why i didnt make that comparison) but in blackspace we do get dialogue and story presented in some kind of context. But yume nikki, by its very design is made to be completely surreal, out-of-context nonsense. So for me Omori makes far more sense than yume nikki. Thanks so much for the question!
@@callen.johnson Thank you for making this video, I enjoy smaller channel's content more than bigger ones, I appreciate it
Very nice video glad it came in my recommended keep it up!
Thank you!
Great video! I’d now like to play Yume Nikki when I get a chance, as I am a big fan of Earthbound and would like to play more weird games like it. Can’t wait to watch your channel grow!
Thanks so much! Yume nikki is free on steam + it runs on every computer I've ever tried it on, would definitely recommend it
well made right from the start :)
Thank you!
i love that yume nikki is still loved
it really had an impact on the stuff i like now and i could not be more grateful of its existance
I agree completely! Yume Nikki had an impact on indie gaming that is still seeing ripple out
You should cover the fan games Nitro Rad didn't cover, while they can't capture the original energy of Yume Nikki I think they all have their own charm and story to them
Ive thought about it, but I feel like a lot of the other fangames don't have as much to talk about regardless of quality. Are there other fangames of quality that nitrorad hasn't covered? Thank you so much for watching!
I did not get the mars event in my entire playthrough...
Awesome content. Do the Middens game next please.
Ive never heard of middens but ill have a look at it!
Holy fuck dude I never comment on videos but the fact that this dude has 172 subscribers genuinely blew me away I thought I was watching a video of somebody with at the very least 10k subs but holy shit man good work keep it up
Thanks so much! All the support is overwhelming lmao
@@callen.johnson Of course man I have never heard of the game before but after this video I'm considering playing it, it seems really interesting
sick video dude cant wait for more content
Thanks so much! More content is coming very soon
Dude this is a really good video. I’ve never heard of this game before until now but now I’m obsessed.
Im glad! Yume nikki will never have enough detention
really nice video about one of my fav games. lovely work, also nice choices of music throughout
Thank you!
Yume Nikki ost is melancholic, and the remix of save screen song is amazing
The OST is nothing short of haunting, and it puts you in this state of emotion that the english language doesnt have words for. Thank you for watching!
Amazing content. Couldnt stop watching till the end. Keep it up!
Thank you!
Underrated video.
Thanks!
very good video mate, less references to fnaf r34 next time though D:
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Thank you!
very cool video
Thank you!
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