Why Sunshine’s Volcano is the Worst Level Nintendo Ever Made.

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  • Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
  • Nintendo built countless games over the decades, and Nintendo designed even more different stages for all those Nintendo games. Most of those games ended up being good, some ended up being weird, some were bad, and some are considered to be among the best games ever released. Yet out of all those games, featuring thousands over thousands of different levels, it is my honest belief that the volcano in Super Mario Sunshine is the absolute worst level Nintendo ever crafted, and that is not only because the level itself is bad. This isn’t just the story of how Nintendo crafted a bad in Super Mario Sunshine, an otherwise great game. This is a story of how Nintendo was showering in gasoline while playing with tindersticks. As I see it the volcano in Super Mario Sunshine is that one time, Nintendo came dangerously close to actually burning down their entire company.
    00:00 - Intro
    02:37 - Enter The Volcano
    08:36 - How To Burn Down A Franchise
    13:56 - The Worst Volcano
    ------------------Credits for the Music-------------------------
    Super Mario Sunshine OST - Bianco Hills
    Super Mario Sunshine OST - Delfino Plaza
    World of Warcraft OST - Legends of Azeroth
    World of Warcraft OST - The Shaping of the World
    The Legend of Zelda OST - Gerudo Valley
    Paper Mario, Origami King OST - Sweetpaper Valley
    Paper Mario, Origami King OST - The Elastic Entertainer Enters
    ------Holfix
    / holfix
    HolFix - Beyond The Kingdom
    • [Free Music] HolFix - ...
    ------Kevin MacLeod
    "Adventure Meme"
    Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
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  • @sablonanime650
    @sablonanime650 3 роки тому +2947

    Ceave then: Here's this cool mario maker trick
    Ceave now: Game industry messed up also I have a face

    • @Michirin9801
      @Michirin9801 3 роки тому +73

      Hard to ignore it anymore innit?

    • @meriotroid
      @meriotroid 3 роки тому +205

      I like the new video format/topics better ngl

    • @sablonanime650
      @sablonanime650 3 роки тому +24

      @@meriotroid I do too

    • @arthurjeannin3357
      @arthurjeannin3357 3 роки тому +74

      @@meriotroid I -really- don't, since there's waaaay enough youtubers doing stuff with facecam on these kind of subjects. Nintendo's not a good company, that's nothing new, but I'm more interested in fun themes than in rehashing that stuff while being overly critical on facecam. To each their own tho!

    • @fluffynator6222
      @fluffynator6222 3 роки тому +71

      @@arthurjeannin3357
      Honestly, is there ever a good company?

  • @Player_X_YT2
    @Player_X_YT2 3 роки тому +1728

    Alt title: Roasting nintendo until they put global ground icicles back day 7

  • @TwitterVS
    @TwitterVS 3 роки тому +492

    Now I want a remake of Sunshine with additional levels, fixed bugs and a revamped volcano

    • @anastasis2586
      @anastasis2586 3 роки тому +45

      3D All-Stars: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that.

    • @ProjectEchoshadow
      @ProjectEchoshadow 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah let’s make the volcano worse

    • @sometechydude2324
      @sometechydude2324 3 роки тому +17

      Nintendo: Yeah, let’s just put a time restriction on it, then we don’t have to put in any work and we can still reap the rewards!

    • @PurpleColonel
      @PurpleColonel 3 роки тому +13

      Check out Super Mario Sunburn, and don't tell Nintendo!

    • @DE23
      @DE23 3 роки тому +3

      Like Mario 64 DS?

  • @Ivytheherbert
    @Ivytheherbert 3 роки тому +859

    Luckily when they finally got around to re-releasing Sunshine 18 years later, they actually fixed the problems and didn't just do the same thing by rushing out the original running on an emulator, right?

  • @ZachGatesHere
    @ZachGatesHere 3 роки тому +1534

    That surprise breakdown of the short term profit incentive was impressive.

    • @DallinBackstrom
      @DallinBackstrom 3 роки тому +39

      the profit motive strikes again

    • @z-beeblebrox
      @z-beeblebrox 3 роки тому +122

      "Shiny but deadly coins" takes on a whole new meaning

    • @gamermapper
      @gamermapper 3 роки тому +20

      Capitalism.

    • @Patralgan
      @Patralgan 3 роки тому +6

      it really was. It should be obvious, but it wasn't, at least to me. I'm very thankful of this video.

    • @arnoldsenokopenko6093
      @arnoldsenokopenko6093 3 роки тому +12

      @@gamermapper Ah yes, the obligatory "Capitalism." comment. Because we all know the best videogames come from socialist countries.

  • @killean2645
    @killean2645 3 роки тому +790

    I never beat Sunshine as a kid because of that stupid boat. Who decided to place a boat in a lava lake?

    • @nukiradio
      @nukiradio 3 роки тому +111

      I love how the broken leaves melt in the water, but the boat is fine in the lava

    • @FriskyD.
      @FriskyD. 3 роки тому +32

      The boat's designed for mud, it's fine

    • @youtubeuniversity3638
      @youtubeuniversity3638 3 роки тому +12

      The devs.

    • @YounesLayachi
      @YounesLayachi 3 роки тому +22

      Just be slow and methodical about it, you can trade skill for patience.

    • @General12th
      @General12th 3 роки тому +27

      The boat mechanics make perfect sense, based on conservation of angular momentum.

  • @JoeContext
    @JoeContext 3 роки тому +274

    "Shiny, yet deadly coins" is taking on a whole new meaning.

  • @pedrosaraiva
    @pedrosaraiva 3 роки тому +110

    you know, one of the biggest comforts I find in my 30’s is to find out that all those levels that made me feel I was missing something on the gameplay are actually the developers fault, not mine. Im a good gamer

  • @kees0313
    @kees0313 3 роки тому +346

    "One of them is weird"
    *shows luigis mansion 3*
    Me:I guess that's fair

    • @caydenjohns2440
      @caydenjohns2440 3 роки тому +9

      It’s weird but good

    • @Kelarys
      @Kelarys 3 роки тому +34

      I feel like Ceave might really dislike Luigi's Mansion 3, which is confusing because I think it's a fabulous game? He always seems to be making subtle jabs at it, but I actually can't tell if he means it or not

    • @senecavermeulen8110
      @senecavermeulen8110 3 роки тому +3

      @@Kelarys I also hate it tbh, I prefer Dark Moon much more

    • @clara4687
      @clara4687 3 роки тому +8

      In my opinion its as good as the first Luigis Mansion. It may be weird, but its also good

    • @Kelarys
      @Kelarys 3 роки тому +8

      @@senecavermeulen8110 fascinating, because I think Luigi's Mansion 2 is such an abomination it's a miracle they greenlit the 3rd game which saved the series

  • @Anddroiden
    @Anddroiden 3 роки тому +557

    This channel that started with dodging evil coins is now lowkey about Nintendo's business and design practices

    • @gnarly.bulblax
      @gnarly.bulblax 3 роки тому +5

      And-a UA-cam’s!

    • @ucantbeme
      @ucantbeme 3 роки тому +17

      It started with Mario Maker tips tho

    • @jakedematteo2172
      @jakedematteo2172 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah. And it’s slowly becoming worse.
      Funnily enough, he’s cashing in our trust

    • @frogg4711
      @frogg4711 3 роки тому +35

      @@jakedematteo2172 if anything it's getting better, it's gone from a generic channel video to an insightful commentary into the gaming industries political practices

    • @jakedematteo2172
      @jakedematteo2172 3 роки тому +6

      @@frogg4711 yeah, that’s the problem. A lot of his videos like this are extremely misinformed

  • @h.o.c.1753
    @h.o.c.1753 3 роки тому +206

    Ah UA-cam, such a magical place... A place where highly sexual content aimed at children is promoted (logan paul, all the strange spider man + elsa shit, a lot of ads, lele pons, use) but you have to censor the title of a maro level

    • @jackburns6403
      @jackburns6403 3 роки тому +20

      Yeah youtube is actual garbage these days but everyone uses it so its impossible to switch to a better site

    • @picanigeorgello2847
      @picanigeorgello2847 3 роки тому +8

      @@jackburns6403 I dont think that's the only issue tbh, other websites probably have issues with server space and delivering high quality video to users

    • @shayboual1892
      @shayboual1892 3 роки тому +3

      @@jackburns6403 UA-cam isn't actually profitable, other companies wouldnt really want to take its place cuz it doesn't make money

    • @ngotemna8875
      @ngotemna8875 3 роки тому +10

      @@shayboual1892 What? Back in 2019 YT Was responsible for 10% of Google's overall revenue.
      Rakes in billions for Google.
      Where did you get the notion that the MOST USED VIDEOPLATFORM on the planet wouldn't generate money?

    • @shayboual1892
      @shayboual1892 3 роки тому +1

      @@ngotemna8875 yeah ur right. Technically we don't know if yt is profitable because they don't release that data but with 15 bill from ads I've have to say it is

  • @DrakiniteOfficial
    @DrakiniteOfficial 3 роки тому +49

    Unrealistic deadlines: The destroyer of good games.

    • @juannaym8488
      @juannaym8488 2 роки тому +3

      The destroyer of any good work

  • @looserdood
    @looserdood 3 роки тому +693

    UA-cam: demonetizes the word “corona”
    Ceave: S U N S H I N E V O L C A N O

    • @kly8105
      @kly8105 3 роки тому +43

      It's not just the italian but also the spanish word for crown.

    • @looserdood
      @looserdood 3 роки тому +6

      @Kly I know that

    • @rk31
      @rk31 3 роки тому +16

      i live in a city named corona

    • @BooksandBuns
      @BooksandBuns 3 роки тому +3

      Also Polish, but with a k instead of a c

    • @LamgiMari
      @LamgiMari 3 роки тому +2

      @HF gaming A popular Austrian skiing town is named "Sankt Corona". Perhaps it's that one.

  • @theoldfinalchapters8319
    @theoldfinalchapters8319 3 роки тому +286

    Ah yes, Censored Mountain. Who doesn't remember dealing with that mess?

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli 3 роки тому +7

      Probably not the first time it's been called "censored mountain" either.

    • @souljynx
      @souljynx 3 роки тому +16

      yeah I never liked [REMOVED TO CONFORM WITH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CENSORSHIP LAWS] mountain

    • @studioarentain3960
      @studioarentain3960 3 роки тому +5

      I was crying playing it on 3d all stars
      Its so frustrating

    • @undefined06855
      @undefined06855 3 роки тому +2

      C
      O
      R
      O
      N
      A
      Mountain.

    • @platinum-or3y
      @platinum-or3y 3 роки тому

      me because i was like 5

  • @calebeedude5331
    @calebeedude5331 3 роки тому +89

    I love how each video he makes just seems like a retrospective at first, but turns into a big lesson in game design

  • @chandler2581
    @chandler2581 3 роки тому +23

    I only recently got to play Sunshine for the first time and I was surprised that Corona Mountain was the final level. It really doesn't feel like a final level. When it dropped me into the Bowser fight, my first thought was: "Wait, that was it?" I had a harder time navigating Rico Harbor.

  • @cranjismcbasketball3513
    @cranjismcbasketball3513 3 роки тому +100

    Not gonna lie I only died once on pachinko. That lily pad red coin river is ten times worse

    • @devin5201
      @devin5201 3 роки тому +13

      I had the opposite experience, I got terrible luck in the pachinko stage but entering the lillypad stage knowing how notorious it was I was super cautious and used fludd to almost completely stop the lillypad and take my sweet time collecting the coins.

    • @cranjismcbasketball3513
      @cranjismcbasketball3513 3 роки тому +5

      Well since the lily pads are more about skill, it took me like 15 tries. I would get close to the coins and barely miss them. I don’t know if I got lucky on pachinko, I just kinda played it safe and lined up myself

    • @devin5201
      @devin5201 3 роки тому +4

      @@cranjismcbasketball3513 yeah that's another point, steering the pads is a skill you can learn and also you find them in other places while the weird physics of the pachinko machine are seemingly random and you only find them in that stage so you can't learn it.

    • @cranjismcbasketball3513
      @cranjismcbasketball3513 3 роки тому +3

      @@devin5201 yeah, so many people complain about chucksters but it really comes down to aiming where you talk to them

    • @devin5201
      @devin5201 3 роки тому +1

      @@cranjismcbasketball3513 one thing I'll give people is that these things, lilly pad, boats, chucksters, Noki Bay scuba diving, these things don't build on the core mechanics that really make Sunshine so fun instead opting to halt the action completely in favor of weird gimmicky junk.

  • @Jacob-Sophia
    @Jacob-Sophia 3 роки тому +654

    I absolutely love this channel’s transformation into a soft economic/political commentary channel based on video games. You’ve really found your niche and I’m enjoying it.

    • @kittli9227
      @kittli9227 3 роки тому +23

      Yeah I also really love it! Amazing content😍

    • @frogg4711
      @frogg4711 3 роки тому +18

      This channel has improved from a channel I watch to waste time to one of my favorite youtube channels

    • @legoboy7107
      @legoboy7107 3 роки тому +38

      I do still miss him being like the Mario Maker science guy though. I really liked all the Mario Maker videos.

    • @sagacious03
      @sagacious03 3 роки тому +7

      @@legoboy7107 Yeah, I'm more into the scientific & analysis stuff that explains more mechanical things. "Is X Level fun/well-designed?" is only sort of fulfilling that niche for me?

    • @JD-xz1mx
      @JD-xz1mx 3 роки тому +2

      Hard disagree. He objectively has no idea what he's talking about on economic issues.

  • @typhoonthunder
    @typhoonthunder 3 роки тому +22

    there's actually an unused title card for corona mountain in the files of the game, which lends extra credence to the idea that corona mountain was going to be an actual level instead of a bonus stage!

  • @Neo_Bones
    @Neo_Bones 3 роки тому +62

    “Guys the Volcano in Mario Sunshine predicted 2020!”

    • @sm.r3751
      @sm.r3751 3 роки тому +4

      So did corona beer

  • @kwisowofer9872
    @kwisowofer9872 3 роки тому +130

    That coin flip sound effect actually startled me

    • @SushiVolcano
      @SushiVolcano 3 роки тому +9

      There was a coin flip sound?

    • @kwisowofer9872
      @kwisowofer9872 3 роки тому +9

      Süshi~Vølcano at 5:15

    • @NonisLuck
      @NonisLuck 3 роки тому +5

      ME TOO! I looked around me hahahaha

  • @TheKastellan
    @TheKastellan 3 роки тому +51

    I saw the title and got confused when it said "Volcano"
    Then I remembered the "Mountain's" name.

  • @ppowersteef
    @ppowersteef 3 роки тому +19

    This went from "I didn't knew you can water slide with Fludd" to "I didn't knew that the gamecube era wasn't actually selling well" by the end of the video.

    • @Tamacat388
      @Tamacat388 9 місяців тому +2

      Its so nuts how as a kid the three consoles felt like they were all equally popular but really the Gamecube and Xbox sold like 20+ mil copies compared to the PS2 selling 150+ or so? Insane. In retrospect I guess it explains why Nintendo decided to never release a direct competitor to a Playstation ever again.

  • @peeelan
    @peeelan 3 роки тому +32

    This is the most elaborate “slow and steady wins the race” tale I’ve ever heard

  • @hmmmm398
    @hmmmm398 3 роки тому +255

    Ceave realy rants about Sunshine a good bit.

  • @MillRunner
    @MillRunner 3 роки тому +163

    The recent Mario 3D Collection shows that Nintendo is trying other questionable ways of getting money through exploiting trust and nostalgia...

    • @azeoyi4793
      @azeoyi4793 3 роки тому +9

      It's just an emulator, I bought it just because I did not have any of the original

    • @spongey01234
      @spongey01234 3 роки тому +39

      @OctagonalSM64 nostalgia isn't all about graphics

    • @jacketofdiamonds
      @jacketofdiamonds 3 роки тому

      @@spongey01234 woosh

    • @dylandoyle9079
      @dylandoyle9079 3 роки тому +40

      @OctagonalSM64 That's really dumb then. They all have their own controls, level design and aesthetics that separate them from Odyssey. The 3D All Stars collection is a loveless cash grab designed to make money with nostalgia, cruddy limited-time releases and nothing more. No polish, no extras, no care. In a market where games are remade from the ground up to be modern works, three untouched emulators from one of the biggest companies is egregious and you shouldn't defend it.

    • @darkgrundi9543
      @darkgrundi9543 3 роки тому +5

      @OctagonalSM64 why would anybody buy them then? I can play all of those on my original consoles in their shitty graphic, but my eyes will burn down doing so, because i am used to better graphic now. Why would i play something which looks as shitty as the original. Nostalgia has nothing to do with graphics. It is the games mechanics that made it worth it back then.

  • @Wirby.
    @Wirby. 3 роки тому +22

    I come in these videos expecting a reason on “why sunshine’s mountain is the worst level ever made” then come out with a whole ton of information that I never knew before.

  • @GamerLeFay
    @GamerLeFay 3 роки тому +21

    The same exact thing happened with Wind Waker! Rushed out to meet a Christmas deadline in order to prop up the Gamecube, so it had a lot of cut content and became a real slog in the second half. Even if you don't know that going in, you can just *feel* that stuff was cut as you're playing it. And then it too ended up not meeting Nintendo's expectations, and they (to my knowledge) didn't rush another Zelda game since. (I mean, just look at how long it's taking for them to even *mention* Breath of the Wild 2 again...)

  • @notapro6430
    @notapro6430 3 роки тому +168

    All 7 Ocarina of Time Water Temple fans are popping off right now

  • @darkdakurai3292
    @darkdakurai3292 3 роки тому +43

    Ah yes, I remember how hard headgear that kings and queen's wear to show royalty mountain was for me

    • @nukiradio
      @nukiradio 3 роки тому +3

      Oh yeah... carolla mountain. Good times, that toyota mario

    • @Polska_Edits
      @Polska_Edits 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah! Head mountain was *pain*

    • @benikujaku4567
      @benikujaku4567 3 роки тому +1

      Isn't it tiara mountain?

    • @turtleturtleturtleturtle
      @turtleturtleturtleturtle 3 роки тому +1

      for me headgear that kings and queens wear to show royalty mountain wasn't that hard. I died several times but it was easy if compared to SPOILER ALERT FOR SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY
      Darker side of the moon

    • @devin5201
      @devin5201 3 роки тому

      Carlotta Mountain

  • @rattyeely
    @rattyeely 2 роки тому +11

    I love the new direction this channel has taken. The video essay format but applied to video game mechanics is so fun, and I'm addicted to the "the year is 19xx" sections.

  • @DaxSchaffer
    @DaxSchaffer 3 роки тому +32

    I love Sunshine, but its shortcomings are unavoidable in any playthrough. It really makes me wonder what might have been if they had spent more time polishing it like Galaxy or Odyssey.

    • @thesupervideogamenerdmore3171
      @thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 Рік тому

      We wouldn't have stupid hit box glitches, weird FLUDD physics when on a trampoline in the Pachinko stage, no Pachinko stage, teaching you how to correctly use the boat, and Corona Mountain apparently was a full course originally. Imagine a Bowser In The Sky-style volcano stage.

    • @callmeobsequious
      @callmeobsequious Рік тому

      @@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 I don't think we wouldn't have had the pachinko machine game if Nintendo hadn't rushed, to be honest. We wouldn't have had that really annoying bug for sure, though. But the concept for the pachinko level is actually really cool, and could've worked well if they polished that experience.
      Would I miss THIS SPECIFIC pachinko stage experience? No. But I'd like to see what a good fix would be.

    • @digitaldigdug7811
      @digitaldigdug7811 Рік тому

      Thats easy to say when Sunshine didn't have the modern benefit of zero day patches. Nowadays, a game can be launched basicallly half done and just have the fixes waiting on install.

    • @TheTrueBrawler
      @TheTrueBrawler 4 місяці тому

      ​@@digitaldigdug7811 64 and Galaxy also didn't have the modern benefits of zero day patches, and neither of them felt anywhere near as rushed as Sunshine did. In fact, they both barely felt rushed at all for their respective times. Clearly Nintendo is capable.

  • @1337metalfan
    @1337metalfan 3 роки тому +33

    I absolutely agree that they learned their lesson on this front. Just look at how long BotW was delayed before they finally had it ready. Or better yet, restarting from square one on Metroid Prime 4 after it not living up to their vision after years of development on it.

    • @SongbirdOfficial
      @SongbirdOfficial 3 роки тому +3

      And yet they also released the All Stars Collection for a limited time and also the whole shift in design philosophy of recent Pokemon games.

    • @GygasDistruttore
      @GygasDistruttore 3 роки тому +4

      @@SongbirdOfficial yeah, the timed and emulated incomplete collection doesn't paint a good picture.
      So does Pokémon, and the insistence about the non-existence of the joycon drift.

    • @arieltroncoso3871
      @arieltroncoso3871 3 роки тому +6

      @@SongbirdOfficial I see a lot of people piping up about Pokemon but here's the thing.
      Nintendo has no real design hands on Pokemon, lmao. That's all GameFreak and Nintendo is largely complacent to it.

    • @SongbirdOfficial
      @SongbirdOfficial 3 роки тому

      @@arieltroncoso3871 Well, them being complacent to it is also a problem, is it not? :P

    • @arieltroncoso3871
      @arieltroncoso3871 3 роки тому +4

      @@SongbirdOfficial Oh, absolutely, but it's a much different issue than Nintendo directly handling the direction for Pokemon.
      In many ways, they have their hands tied unless they want to go to extremes to take the IP out of GameFreak's hands, and they don't want to do that, and I don't particularly blame them.

  • @dinoman6481
    @dinoman6481 3 роки тому +201

    Love how people can't say the real name of this level these days because it has the c-word.

  • @elliotburing87
    @elliotburing87 3 роки тому +22

    It’s heartbreaking to realize they did what they did to save a dying console that may not of sold well but has some of the best games (and quite a few of my personal faves) to ever be made on it.

    • @WaterKirby1994
      @WaterKirby1994 8 місяців тому

      GameCube wasn't dying it was merely facing the most intense competition to ever exist. PS2 was an unstoppable force & Nintendo was starting to panic. What I will never understand is how Xbox sold 20 Million Units when it had such a poor library compared to PS2 & GameCube.

  • @Mauripsu
    @Mauripsu 3 роки тому +28

    "UA-cam doesn't like the Italian word for crown"
    Try the Spanish one

    • @Anodoni
      @Anodoni 3 роки тому

      You do know that the Spanish and Italian word for crown are the same... ?

    • @Mauripsu
      @Mauripsu 3 роки тому +16

      @@Anodoni joke
      /dʒəʊk/
      noun
      a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.

    • @Mauripsu
      @Mauripsu 3 роки тому +2

      @@Anodoni If that was a bit too rough, I do know. That's the joke. I'm a Spaniard myself

    • @nukiradio
      @nukiradio 3 роки тому +2

      @@Anodoni that's the *joke*

  • @diamondjub2318
    @diamondjub2318 3 роки тому +4

    fun fact, the boat controls actually make sense, spraying to the left in the front of the boat turns the boat right, spraying left in the back turns the boat left, and vice versa

    • @Polska_Edits
      @Polska_Edits 3 роки тому

      Yea but the water would evaporate also, wood on lava

    • @diamondjub2318
      @diamondjub2318 3 роки тому +1

      @@Polska_Edits there's a guy renting those same boats in noki bay and he says theyre made of mud

    • @MYNAMACHEF
      @MYNAMACHEF 3 роки тому

      @@Polska_Edits the hover function of fludd would be physically impossible in real life, why even bring up logic in a videogame

  • @magicalgio
    @magicalgio 3 роки тому +56

    "UA-cam doesn't like the Italian "crown" mountain."
    I am actually laughing WAY hard that I should (I am Italian ngl)

    • @excrementgaming9050
      @excrementgaming9050 3 роки тому +1

      Whats the italian word for crown?

    • @Polska_Edits
      @Polska_Edits 3 роки тому +2

      Same with other launges btw

    • @MyHandleIsAplaceholder
      @MyHandleIsAplaceholder 3 роки тому +7

      @@excrementgaming9050 corona

    • @magicalgio
      @magicalgio 3 роки тому

      @@excrementgaming9050 basically the name of the virus

    • @magicalgio
      @magicalgio 3 роки тому

      @@MyHandleIsAplaceholder can UA-cam demonetize comments?

  • @theunknowndrummer2972
    @theunknowndrummer2972 3 роки тому +37

    When you can’t say the name of the volcano because the video will get flagged as talking about a pandemic

  • @Clever_Potato
    @Clever_Potato 3 роки тому +7

    Right when "Episode 2: How to Burn Down a Franchise" showed up I got an ad for Mario's 35th anniversary. I thought that was funny!

  • @krysto2012
    @krysto2012 3 роки тому +102

    Ironic that the closest Mario has come to burning down was inside a volcano.

    • @ekuu8918
      @ekuu8918 3 роки тому +6

      Isn't that the opposite of ironic? 🤔

    • @terradasher
      @terradasher 3 роки тому +6

      @@ekuu8918 no, irony can go both ways

    • @groszak1
      @groszak1 3 роки тому +1

      Nintendo had to rush the level so they almost burned their company in attempt to make volcano level

    • @danielwan2410
      @danielwan2410 3 роки тому +1

      also there is the name.....

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli 3 роки тому +3

      @@ekuu8918 A physical object burning in a physical volcano would be the opposite of ironic because there is a causal connection to make it expected. An intellectual property metaphorically burning due to something that by simple coincidence happened to be volcano themed is ironic because without any causal connection it happened upon a thematic connection.

  • @flow1194
    @flow1194 3 роки тому +33

    who would win?
    a: The Volcano
    b: Ceave's Waterbottle

  • @Jasupa
    @Jasupa 3 роки тому +4

    "Corona mountain," it all makes sense now.

  • @jakl
    @jakl 3 роки тому +2

    I lost it at "..leading up to demonetize mountain" 😂

  • @incorporealnuance
    @incorporealnuance 3 роки тому +58

    _watches the whole video, then takes a long, sad look at Pkmn Sword & Shield_

    • @PanGuy_
      @PanGuy_ 3 роки тому +3

      They're really not bad imo

    • @Bookmaster19
      @Bookmaster19 3 роки тому +23

      I read this as "Pikmin Sword and Shield" and was very confused.

    • @louiepikmin3184
      @louiepikmin3184 3 роки тому +12

      I loved sword and shield. But if they even waited another YEAR and polished it like they polished the dlc, they could've been some of the best pokemon games. But instead, the pokemon company decided to give them an unreasonable time to finish it and it ended up being slightly better than the other 3d games, which isn't saying much

    • @Polska_Edits
      @Polska_Edits 3 роки тому +5

      My biggest problem with it is the lack of All pokemon, especially beloved ones like garchomp. Oh and a moves/ mega evolution being gone.

    • @louiepikmin3184
      @louiepikmin3184 3 роки тому +6

      @@Polska_Edits I was honestly fine with that. My problem was just how rushed it felt. Like so many aspects of the game could've been just amazing but they rushed it out and you can notice that lack of polish. Take the story, for example. It wasn't bad, but they could've definitely let you have more involvement in it for example.

  • @devilette
    @devilette 3 роки тому +58

    This level was the singular reason I just stopped playing Sunshine on my most recent playthrough after not playing it since I as a kid. This game had so much more BS in it than I remembered.

    • @Insanityy2323
      @Insanityy2323 3 роки тому +3

      I quit cause of the chuckster secret level lol

    • @YounesLayachi
      @YounesLayachi 3 роки тому +2

      Try to get the 8 red coins in the final (8th) level of Monte village

    • @gnarly.bulblax
      @gnarly.bulblax 3 роки тому +1

      I just wish they actually play-tested their game

    • @ZackBogucki
      @ZackBogucki 3 роки тому +2

      @@gnarly.bulblax Not sure if you missed the entire second half of the video, but I guarantee Sunshine's problems didn't come from a lack of testing. These were almost certainly known problems that weren't given the resources they needed to be fixed.

    • @gnarly.bulblax
      @gnarly.bulblax 3 роки тому

      @@ZackBogucki I was being sarcastic

  • @ZackBogucki
    @ZackBogucki 3 роки тому +21

    Situations like this also bring up interesting design philosophy questions. For instance, when remastering a flawed game, is it worth improving rushed aspects and fixing old bugs, or is it more important to keep the original intact as much as possible under a fresh coat of aesthetic paint?
    I know which approach I'd prefer every time, but it's not so straightforward as it seems.

  • @givrally7634
    @givrally7634 3 роки тому +7

    This can't be the worst level ever, there's Mario Maker.

    • @nukiradio
      @nukiradio 3 роки тому +1

      Pfft🤣

    • @TheGoldenDunsparce
      @TheGoldenDunsparce 3 роки тому

      Those damn Pick-A-Pipe levels...

    • @givrally7634
      @givrally7634 3 роки тому

      @@TheGoldenDunsparce Where the good pipe changes every time...

  • @mickgorro
    @mickgorro 3 роки тому +26

    "Demonetized Mountain"

  • @Flymerick
    @Flymerick 3 роки тому +22

    The familiar voice, the familiar music, the familiar themes... watching Ceave videos is like watching your favourite TV series!
    Entertaining, instructive... we never get bored!

    • @Flymerick
      @Flymerick 3 роки тому +2

      And I wrote this before seeing that the video is divided in episodes lol

  • @Mommavery
    @Mommavery 3 роки тому +7

    Don’t worry Ceave, I’m not sharpening my pitchfork
    Because that level took me 3 MONTHS TO BEAT

  • @connorp3764
    @connorp3764 3 роки тому +1

    0:12 that transition was pretty sick, props to your editing skills.

  • @redanglerfish
    @redanglerfish 3 роки тому +20

    I feel like this video woke me up to why we keep getting broken games lately.. it’s sad :(

    • @IvanFranco120
      @IvanFranco120 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, it really bad.

    • @frogg4711
      @frogg4711 3 роки тому +6

      It's capatilism functioning as intended

    • @atkvin
      @atkvin 3 роки тому +4

      I learned recently (well, I think I learned it from Jim Sterling before but forgot) that most of the budget studios announce for their games, unless explicitly described to fund the games, is just for marketing.
      All that money used to justify raising prices, just to advertize and market the damn thing and make CEOs even more money that will barely trickle down to developers crunching to ship out the product that will already be set up to fail the astronomical expectations.

  • @ericjamesraackf
    @ericjamesraackf 3 роки тому +22

    Speaking of remakes they wasted the potential to fix some issues on sunshine on the 3D All-stars collection

    • @Tatokat
      @Tatokat 3 роки тому +1

      3D All-stars is not a remake. If it was, all three games would have been sold separately to the full prize. You know, like every other actual remake.

    • @AlryFireBlade
      @AlryFireBlade 3 роки тому +3

      @@Tatokat you mean like the remakes of spyro and crash bandicoot? Oh wait the are sold as 3 games in 1 for less money.
      And these games were really created, not mostly only portet.

    • @Tatokat
      @Tatokat 3 роки тому

      @@AlryFireBlade No, I'm talking about remakes like "Link's Awakening" or "Final Fantasy VII" or "Demon's Souls". All sold to the full prize (or more) upon release. The difference between the ones you named and the ones I named, is that yours haven't gotten all that much love over the years. Remakes are a good way to see whether there are actually still people who would buy those games if you're planning on ever continuing a pretty much dead franchise, or to get back into the good graces of the fanbase if you screwed up with previous games. If you make a remake for those reasons, you of course ask for less money. But the Mario franchise is still very much alive and very well received, so there is absolutely no reason for Nintendo to do that.

    • @ericjamesraackf
      @ericjamesraackf 3 роки тому

      It would be more akin to bug fixes and minor adjustments I suppose. Patches weren't a possibility back in the gamecube days but these aren't the gamecube days anymore

    • @AlryFireBlade
      @AlryFireBlade 3 роки тому +2

      @@Tatokat No to me its an asshole move to sell the same games again for so much money.

  • @themexiflan
    @themexiflan 3 роки тому +5

    I am really enjoying these deeper dives into gaming history, this video was amazing.

  • @fishfinger1699
    @fishfinger1699 3 роки тому +1

    i love how you break down such incredible specific topics. great!

  • @TheStrangeBloke
    @TheStrangeBloke 3 роки тому +6

    What's curious to me is that the best selling game on the gamecube, melee, was *also* a totally rushed, messy affair and yet its fans just ended up loving it in spite of (and to some extent because of) that.

  • @thetempest9330
    @thetempest9330 3 роки тому +13

    "Their games almost never feel like a rushed mess"
    Pokemon sword and shield have entered the chat

    • @vyor8837
      @vyor8837 3 роки тому

      switch BotW too...

    • @Michirin9801
      @Michirin9801 3 роки тому +4

      Umm, when has a Pokemon game NOT felt like a rushed mess? lol

    • @vyor8837
      @vyor8837 3 роки тому +2

      @@Michirin9801 Emerald, gen 2, gen 3...

    • @ramensamosa8186
      @ramensamosa8186 3 роки тому +3

      @@vyor8837 ?? How's switch botw rushed?

    • @vyor8837
      @vyor8837 3 роки тому

      @@ramensamosa8186 it's performance was ass on launch

  • @RipVanFish09
    @RipVanFish09 8 місяців тому +1

    Coming back to this video a few years later, really just makes the absurdity of “crown mountain” so much better.

  • @uiinpui
    @uiinpui 3 роки тому +9

    This video needed to be created when he said that crown mountain was "as much fun as its name suggests" in the blue coin video.

  • @LowReedExpert1
    @LowReedExpert1 3 роки тому +5

    That is most fair and true to life description of the boat I've heard. People over exaggerate it acting like it's bad enough to just be luck based when in reality it is really easy to control, but boring.

  • @DiamondRocksIt
    @DiamondRocksIt 3 роки тому +116

    First the beer and now Sunshine’s volcano. Any other unfortunate names of things out there?
    (Also notification squad rise up)

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 роки тому +5

      Why is Donald Trump pretty and I am not? But why does he only have a wife but I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS who I show off in my masterpiece YT videos? Do you know the answer, dear dia

    • @mr.monchie6231
      @mr.monchie6231 3 роки тому +11

      @@AxxLAfriku what...

    • @binglerinosthefirst1848
      @binglerinosthefirst1848 3 роки тому

      Im notif squad

    • @yesnomaybesoidk
      @yesnomaybesoidk 3 роки тому +1

      RISE UPPP

    • @dangerjones4632
      @dangerjones4632 3 роки тому +9

      There's also the Vtuber doggo, Korone.

  • @Speckadactyl
    @Speckadactyl 3 роки тому +1

    I’m not a super regular viewer, but I’ve been watching your stuff for a few years on off and I gotta say it’s always so weird whenever I see a UA-camrs face for the first time that I only ever associated with a voice. That Mitten Squad face reveal is the one in recent memory that hit me the hardest

  • @siphillis
    @siphillis 3 роки тому +2

    “Wind Waker” was also rushed out the door, hence the Triforce fetch quest at the end. Nintendo was in bad shape after the N64 and GameCube flopped.

  • @deboogs
    @deboogs 3 роки тому +57

    "The volcano in Sunshine is the one time Nintendo came dangerously close to actually burning down their entire company."
    Look those Corona Mountain blue coins are hard to get but they aren't THAT hard to get.

  • @yoshifighter727
    @yoshifighter727 3 роки тому +12

    It took me FOREVER to beat Corana Mountain when I was a kid

  • @river555
    @river555 3 роки тому

    Loving all the topics of your videos, the new format is great. You have hit your stride!

  • @lightningbug6234
    @lightningbug6234 3 роки тому +3

    I wish I could experience the alternate universe where Sunshine wasn't rushed to release and has much more content and fewer bugs

  • @catriamflockentanz
    @catriamflockentanz 3 роки тому +5

    1:01 "I see" sounding like "icy" whilst showing the "icy" intro of DKCTF. Well edited Ceave, well edited.

  • @WhoElseButZane
    @WhoElseButZane 3 роки тому +17

    ya so we gotta this little lava level started still needs some work though
    HOLY SHIT THE GAME SHIPS IN AN HOUR

    • @benjulc9271
      @benjulc9271 3 роки тому +2

      Or as a wise man once said.
      YE ESTÁ EN TIENDAS.

  • @RedWhaley14
    @RedWhaley14 3 роки тому +1

    This channel has experienced one of the biggest 180’s in terms of the tone of the quality of their videos, and I’m all for it.
    I’ve always been a fan of your more laid back silly content but your recent, more serious content concerning topics that a lot of people would gloss over has been really good. It’s been very nice to see the evolution of your channel, because while your previous content was already pretty good, your new content is much more impressive
    Thanks for all of your great content, and continue making exceptional videos like this one. The passion and drive behind your new videos has been very very tangible and I think you deserve way more subscribers.

  • @your_sweetpea
    @your_sweetpea Рік тому +2

    The boat section gets 1000% easier if you use a speedrun strategy called "speedboat", funnily enough. This strategy involves pushing against every instinct you have and just going to the back of the boat and spraying full throttle, using small left and right movements to adjust your heading.
    It's really funny to me because it is *genuinely easier* than the way casual players drive the boat, even on your first try, but no casual player would ever, unprompted, choose to do it because it's an utterly ridiculous thing to do, going full throttle on a boat you're already struggling to control.

  • @weezlewax6839
    @weezlewax6839 3 роки тому +6

    Sunshine is a masterpiece and my favorite Mario game but i gotta admit the final level and boss are hella underwhelming

  • @johnnysaurus04
    @johnnysaurus04 3 роки тому +20

    Zoomzike was brave enough to say Corona Montain.

    • @ashercoates4345
      @ashercoates4345 3 роки тому

      Zoom zike also has a lot smaller of a following

  • @Anty-ie3ft
    @Anty-ie3ft 3 роки тому +4

    To be honest, I love corona mountain. I have no problem with the first half of the stage. The ONLY thing that bothers me is the boat. However, there are ways to make this boat ride easier. Such as speedboat and some boatless ways. I DO recommend learning some of these things, although being speedrun tricks.

  • @Taikofan04
    @Taikofan04 3 роки тому +1

    These kind of videos help explain things like level design and why things in games happen, hope you keep making this kind of content :)

  • @ElariaFlori
    @ElariaFlori 3 роки тому +3

    Just gotta say, I have always loved Ceave videos, but I am loving them even more since he started using his webcam. It opens up many more opportunities for jokes and makes everything more entertaining. The production quality is much higher as well. Thank you for the amazing video as always, Ceave. 11/10 fuzzies for you/

  • @ninjabunny8842
    @ninjabunny8842 3 роки тому +9

    Ceave 2018: here is a fun little contraption in mario maker
    Ceave 2020: CONSPIRACY THEORY

  • @ItsMrBozToYou
    @ItsMrBozToYou 3 роки тому +1

    I could feel the struggle from all of that Pachinko footage. I haven't even played it and I can imagine the joystick slammed all the way to the left and Mario's just... stuck.

  • @HatInLime
    @HatInLime 3 роки тому

    Honestly dude I have been loving your discussion videos more and more these days. Well done.

  • @empirecrumbles615
    @empirecrumbles615 3 роки тому +7

    ceave looks like an overworked 7th grade sience teacher ngl

    • @qbert362
      @qbert362 3 роки тому +7

      God I’d love him as my science teacher

    • @Shrek_es_mi_pastor
      @Shrek_es_mi_pastor 3 роки тому +1

      The fact his Eastern European (From Austria, right?) adds to the science theme lol

  • @TorchOG
    @TorchOG 3 роки тому +6

    This is a good video to eat cereal to

    • @Keb1c
      @Keb1c 3 роки тому

      true

    • @Ludamus
      @Ludamus 3 роки тому

      when u spend 10 minutes trying to find a video long enough to eat your food to

  • @acoolduckinabanana7274
    @acoolduckinabanana7274 3 роки тому +3

    19:06 3D all stars has joined the chat

  • @teslafistforge8716
    @teslafistforge8716 3 роки тому +2

    really enjoying the recent sunshine videos. i just finished a playthrough on 3d allstars a few days ago. its really nice to see stuff on such on old, underrated, and frustrating game.

  • @WarioCreeper
    @WarioCreeper 3 роки тому +3

    Fair point, but nothing can be worse than the Pachinko Machine level

    • @goober4135
      @goober4135 3 роки тому

      You haven't watched the full video

    • @WarioCreeper
      @WarioCreeper 3 роки тому

      I did, i still feel like the Pachinko is worse

    • @toad6453
      @toad6453 3 роки тому

      The leaf river
      Not only the leaf controls are awful, but you need yoshi to get there and with those unpresize controls, I wasted way more time that I would like to admit just to reach the pipe. I got a game over after finally reaching the pipe and I do not want to try again. I swear the Pachinko machine took me way less time and I did not game over

  • @peke6987
    @peke6987 3 роки тому +7

    "It's just as fun as the name suggests"

  • @jcunj2051
    @jcunj2051 3 роки тому +10

    Spaniards reading Corona Mountain:
    Yeah it’s crown mountain
    Everyone else: it’s pestilence mountain

  • @henkwasmachine1373
    @henkwasmachine1373 3 роки тому +15

    I've got a bone to pick with the Pachinko section. I've been modding Super Mario Sunshine for a while now, and in terms of mechanics, there is nothing in Pachinko that is actually broken. The reason Mario gains so much speed at the top of the 'machine' is because there's a trigger area placed there which gives Mario the speed. While this does make the stage pretty tedious, there isn't anything broken about the stage. The trigger area actually does what it's supposed to do, and it can easily be removed with certain tools. Doing so does make the game somewhat more playable, although it does get considerably harder to get the red coin in the top right of the 'machine', which I assume is why it's there. Lastly, this comment isn't supposed to be me throwing shade at you or your opinions, I just really wanted to clarify this

    • @dancinswords
      @dancinswords 3 роки тому +4

      Whether "the trigger area actually does what it's supposed to do," is a matter of perspective. If you define "what it's supposed to do" narrowly, as imparting the acceleration, then it's not broken. But you could also define it at a broader level, that it's supposed to contribute to an enjoyable experience, in which case it seems to not be working right.
      Something can be broken because of a purposeful design choice which does itself function as intended, but which ultimately conflicts with the purpose of the overall design

    • @henkwasmachine1373
      @henkwasmachine1373 3 роки тому +1

      @@dancinswords that may be true, but the point I'm trying to make is that in terms of mechanics, nothing is actually broken. The level itself may be considered broken by some, but there is objectively nothing in the level that's not working as it should

    • @xPanda25
      @xPanda25 3 роки тому +1

      @@henkwasmachine1373 you are using a different definition of "broken" entirely than Ceave clearly was. That mechanic may work just fine for the top right coin etc., but it breaks the top left coin which breaks the flow of the game, and really breaks immersion if you're struggling to complete a stage due to poor game design (such as a badly placed accelerator trigger) rather than skill/etc.

    • @isetmfriendsofire
      @isetmfriendsofire 3 роки тому

      It being broken or not really depends on if you're a whole picture or a detail person.

    • @dancinswords
      @dancinswords 3 роки тому +2

      @@henkwasmachine1373 You also can't necessarily determine if something's working "as it should" by looking at what's there. You can determine what it does, but what it _should_ do is a matter of the intent of the designer. Video game elements can literally only ever do what they're programmed to. Even game-breaking glitches are the product of things doing what they're programmed to do. Clearly the standard for "working" can't be merely that it does what it does

  • @a-zadri
    @a-zadri 3 роки тому +66

    First, Ceave hates coins
    Now, Ceave has moved onto capitalism
    And I'm here for it

    • @WaluigiisthekingASmith
      @WaluigiisthekingASmith 3 роки тому +15

      This entire short term profits over long term sustainability thing is less because of capitalism and more because people don't behave rationally. It's largely a consequence of delay discounting where people care more about a small benefit in the short term rather than a big one in the long term. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_discounting

    • @BeaverThingify
      @BeaverThingify 3 роки тому

      @@WaluigiisthekingASmith Tragedy of the Commons.

    • @ebonyobrien5895
      @ebonyobrien5895 3 роки тому +9

      ....which is such a common thing BECAUSE of capitalism and how it functions 😐

    • @orb3796
      @orb3796 3 роки тому

      @@ebonyobrien5895 exactly

    • @WaluigiisthekingASmith
      @WaluigiisthekingASmith 3 роки тому +4

      @@ebonyobrien5895 uh no? Procrastination is this exact thinking but it's not dependant on the existence of capitalism.

  • @Melloaf
    @Melloaf 3 роки тому +27

    "Nintendo release good games, but some were weird..." (puts footage of luigis mansion 3) me: And I took that personally.

    • @koolaid33
      @koolaid33 3 роки тому +4

      Same, Luigi doesn't deserve that type of disrespect and cruelty. Also shouldn't Luigi's Mansion 3 technically be called Luigi's Hotel?

    • @SuperLuigiGuy64
      @SuperLuigiGuy64 3 роки тому

      @@koolaid33 yes, it should have been lol.

    • @jasonreed7522
      @jasonreed7522 3 роки тому +1

      @@koolaid33 the thing is the brand is "Luigi's Mansion" which immediately tells us Luigi is vacuuming up ghosts. Like how "Super Mario ______" is the brand for 3D Mario game with fun platforming.
      "Luigi's Hotel" probably wouldn't sell as well due to the less consistent branding.

  • @breakingglass27
    @breakingglass27 Рік тому +1

    I managed to figure out the sweet spots for controlling the boat after a few frustrating deaths, and it ended up being very quick and easy.
    Try it yourself: when you're standing in the back half of the boat, spraying water left turns you left, and spraying right turns you right (the opposite of what you would think, but it's consistent). Once you learn to stay out of the front of the boat, you can get the blue coins in three minutes.
    Also, you can find some UA-cam videos about how to cheese the pachinko level, I managed to get it first try with those tips

  • @simjani.
    @simjani. 3 роки тому +1

    not only your videos are really enjoyable and good but your community is so nice as well. I just love watching and scrolling through the comments:)
    i just wanna say thanks

  • @commanderblackheart5856
    @commanderblackheart5856 3 роки тому +5

    I just realized that picture of ruto to the left, it seems like his setup is slowly evolving with each passing video.

    • @qbert362
      @qbert362 3 роки тому

      Imagine it in five years

  • @XperimentorEES
    @XperimentorEES 3 роки тому +9

    Hopefully the colossal failure that cyberpunk was will finally open up gamers' eyes to stop preordering promises. But I doubt that'll happen, as we've had such a blatantly disappointing event that was preemptively successful nearly every year for the past couple of decades.

    • @D_YellowMadness
      @D_YellowMadness 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah, people are so pathetic they preorder digital games even when there's no reward for doing it.

  • @evanbowl
    @evanbowl 3 роки тому +2

    You know when you go into any of the 7 stages and there is a shine select with the level’s name on top? Corona Mountan has it’s own shine select name unused in the game data. It was planned to be like the original 7 stages. How disappointing!

  • @SirThecos
    @SirThecos 3 роки тому +1

    "We're truly living in the most stupid timeline imaginable." Nothing to add here.

  • @coltonk.3086
    @coltonk.3086 3 роки тому +5

    Sunshine is like the Crash Twinsanity of the Mario series.

    • @MYNAMACHEF
      @MYNAMACHEF 3 роки тому +2

      My favorites from both series

  • @chinchilla2302
    @chinchilla2302 3 роки тому +6

    I actually completed this level first time on my first play through. While I can see its potential to be frustrating, it wasn’t anywhere near as difficult as I thought. The boss battle was awful, though.

  • @martjanamoon1785
    @martjanamoon1785 3 роки тому +1

    sk8er boi is iconic!
    also this is an impressive video, Ceave, as always

  • @HylianSwordsman1
    @HylianSwordsman1 3 роки тому +3

    I love how he wasn't afraid of the pitchforks of Sunshine fans because he knows even us Sunshine fans hate that level.