Blinx The Timesweeper - Nitro Rad
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2016
- A cool cat trying to save the world from anomalies in time. Let's see how well Microsoft's shot at the mascot platformer holds up.
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"ＹＯＵ ＳＵＣＫ ＣＯＣＫ"
Words from some optional enemy that steals any surrounding gems
Savage
@@wschippr1 yes, if it's against your will
oh boy
While Nitrorad proudly wears a very inappropriate shirt just waiting to get demonitized. This was back before UA-cam decided to uhm... hurt content creators a year later.
Don't get me wrong, I missed those days.
This girl I dated for a couple years was a mega Blinx fan. Even named her cat after him. She was the most attractive woman I'd ever met and also an Xbox loyalist of sorts (didn't know anyone other than Halo Bros could be such a thing). Can't help but think of her when someone covers this game.
That sounds kind of sad.
You made a mistake letting that one get away.
@@Bryan_Kay Who knows? Maybe she wasn't that good of a person or... had to move on to another country or it just couldn't work-
That's too unfortunate
She's probably depressed rn as kao got a reboot and blinx didn't
How ironic. An xbox exclusive game using a voice synthesizer made for macs.
Ironic how?
@@Madman-bi5bf Ever heard of Microsoft Windows?
Yeah, I know! Also, Halo was originally gonna be a strategy game on Mac, but then Microsoft bought Bungie. So yeah. Gotta love Microsoft.
That's not irony.
@@ZigealFaust it absolutely is.
Actually, Blinx DOES wear the goggles- if you're swimming. They automatically go over his eyes if you end up in one of the waterfalls or similar body of water.
Also, if you use the fire sweeper.
Just like that one feature in Sonic 1 that went unused.
@@ScatterbrainPete they are saying it did get used tho
@@ScatterbrainPeteblinx wears it fully in forge of hours
@@TheDeathOfLucifer i think he was talking about the cut sonic 1 feature where when sonic was underwater he would wear goggles, obviously that was gone from the final release, since similar feature was in blinx the comparison was more about the goggles not the being cut part.
Nitro Rad looks like Takato from Digimon tamers in this thumbnail.
Thanks for the algorithm i just saw this and i am super interested to play.
I mean in the background, you can see a guilmon plush
Yeah totally thought too
With a dash of raz from psychonauts with the goggles 😁
yah same too.
That game deserves an HD remaster on XB1.
I want to see that happen, but apparently microsoft dropped the trademark a while back if memory serves correctly, effectively killing the franchise :'(
Yeah
Blinx 3 would be cool. Also, they dropped the trademark, yes, which means now new developers can take up the game if they wish. It would be cool.
PC
ㅤㅤㅤ you have no name...
I like to think that there's an alternate reality somewhere out there where Blinx became a popular series like some of the other platformers out there. RIP Blinx, your soundtrack was amazing.
It is 100% guaranteed there is an alternative universe where it was popular, space is crazy
Nah it's controls are too clunky and presentation too all over the place
@@drifter402 The camera controls could have used some work I recall, but honestly it was pretty on par with the jank I encountered in other games around that time.
Wow, how did this game get so many negative reviews? This looks and sounds pretty good!
Okay, maybe it didn't get super negative reviews, but in general I've NEVER heard good things about Blinx. Whenever I hear about this game, it's dismissed as a pathetic, crappy attempt by Microsoft to make a mascot for their console.
It's VERY solid despite what people would have you believe. Literally every critique of the game is a minor problem, and it does have a lot of minor problems, believe me, but it's super fun, super unique, and the soundtrack is GODLIKE. If you think you'd enjoy it, play it. Right now.
Personally, I liked Blinx but I found it to be too hard. The one hit kills got annoying by around the fire/ice level, the crystal mechanic got frustrating since i had to be careful with the crystals i picked up, and I felt blinx was too slow the entire game. That really hits hard when you get to the later levels.
Bear in mind I was like 10/11/12 or something when Blinx first came out, but by then i had played lots of Mario, lots of Sonic, some Crash Bandicoot...all of which were characters that moved faster and controlled better than I felt Blinx did. But beyond the character, Blinx was just a slow paced game in general.
One hit kills, having to plan moves well in advance, being careful with what you pick up, and moving too slow to consistently avoid damage...
Blinx was a slow paced game about being tactical and accurate with your movements and understanding pattern recognition, not so much skill, though skill did play a factor.
this game came out in like 2002 i believe. At that time we had:
Jak and Daxter
Ratchet and Clank
Sonic Adventure 2
Super Mario Sunshine
Sly Cooper
Kingdom Hearts
Oddworld: Munch's Oddyssey
Prince of Persia was coming out next year
Halo
Mech Assault
SW:KOTOR
And a ton more games that I can't even think of at this moment in time. As a mascot for Xbox Blinx already had one hell of an uphill battle since at the time Halo was killing it in sales, being the main reason people bought an xbox despite them eventually shipping Blinx with Xbox, along with SegaGT and Jet Set Radio Future (JET SET RADIOOOOOO) and the other consoles already had very solid lineups for mascots. Gamecube had basically Mario and Luigi, and Playstation...clearly had an overabundance of cartoon characters.
As a stand alone game, while i can only speak for myself, i feel that the overly serious feel of the boxart, which actually kept me and my brother from playing it seriously despite hearing the good things, and the slower, unforgiving gameplay just didn't do it any favors with winning over the kids.
Those are just my thoughts though.
Joseph Hunhoff Lucky... I've been playing this game for YEARS and I just got passed the Everwinter levels. And then I accidentally deleted my save. Because I'm just that great.
RarefoilB graphics and music doesnt make a game its a good deal with a game but yeah
There’s something very comforting about watching Nitro Rad’s older videos. Like he’s that one friend you have who isn’t afraid of being in touch with his inner child and you feel like you can goof around with him.
imagine if somebody modded the game and put in Will Smith's famous line "Yah, it's rewind time" if you have a retry.
maybe Jontron's "Stop!" for the stop power. what else can we do, people?
Blinx is the weird brother of physconauts that doesn't get talked about as much, or praised as much.
What adds to the heroism of Blinx, is the seemingly fact, that he pioneered monster fighting.
So far, it is established the Time Factory sweepers are only tasked on preventing monsters to ever happen, but I guess Blinx decided to try use his sweeper for other things than... sweeping time crystals. I appreciate Blinx 2 for that alone, it really make it seem Blinx just started an era of time heroes. 😺
A Cool fact about this game is that is one of the very few non-Sega developed games that has music done by their Wave Master Studios (the guys who make music for pretty much every Sega game out there). That's why the music is good and has a funky Sega ish vibe about it
that iS cool. i always thought it reminded me of final fantasy or kingdom hearts or even tekken music
That is so cool
I feel like there are many odd Xbox games that had a Dreamcast-era Sega vibe to them, Blinx, Phantom Dust, MAD Dash Racing, etc. It really felt like the Dreamcast 2 to me, and is the most 2000's console of the bunch, a perfect time capsule of the early aughts. And Xbox isn't afraid of it's legacy either, re-releasing it's games or making them backwards compatible on even the newest systems.
Blinx deserves to come back
I named my cat blinx, after this game :)
Sid That's so cool! :D
rmna same!!
I did too! But hes dead now :(
Lol
@@alexextant9277 he should have skipped that part in time
I swear, this and Classic Sonic the Hedgehog are EASILY the two most creative platformers to ever exist. I thank Naoto Oshima entirely for this one. His work is nothing short of phenomenal.
The ending cutscene is the most wonderful, triumphant, heartwarming moment I've ever felt in a video game. Blinx (reluctantly) returns to the factory, only to be greeted by a standing ovation. Everyone is CHEERING, the dimension is restored, his work paid off, he became a hero for years to come!
And he still receives a proper goodbye from Princess Lena. It's all perfect.
To be honest, I really wanted to see Lena in the sequel. She's quite the persistent fighter. What if she somehow made it to the Time Factory just to find Blinx again and becomes part of an effort to fix ANOTHER time disaster?
I've 100% the game myself, got all the secret cats, even got that last sweeper that costs 90,000G. After years playing this game, I know it from front to back, I cruise through the stages now. But man, when you're playing it for the first time, it is a tough ride... But it does feel good when you clear those hard stages.
How did you manage to beat the level 7 (everwinter) boss without losing a LOT of retries? I think I have tried to beat this boss 50x or so, and I still can't beat this boss in a reliable way. I either loose or win but loose a lot of retries. I personally think this boss is more difficult than the level 8 boss. And... By the way: Do you know the level 6 boss exploit? It makes it very easy to beat the level 6 boss with rank S+ without buying anything in the shop.
Hey man. Sorry for the late reply, I probably didn't get notified by your comment when you posted. Anyways, Boss 7 from Everwinter is hard indeed, but I don't think it's harder than Boss 8 from the Forge of Hours round. I guess that's a matter of opinion, of course. With Boss 7, just make sure to keep double jumping while running around when the monster is up in the air before hitting the ground. This way you won't get hit the the red wave of the impact. Same thing when he's dumping the trash at you. It's really important that you don't stay at the same place for too long, you gotta keep moving. Aside from that, just make sure to make EVERY shot at him count. Because if you miss too many shots, all the ground will be sunk before you win the stage. And leave the large middle ice ground, don't let it sink, because that's the largest piece of ground in the stage. Now, the Boss 6, from the Mine of Precious Moments round, that's hard too, I really hate that boss. I don't know what you mean by the exploit, is it some kind of trick?
I know it was a joke about him not using the goggles, but when you use the fire sweeper, he puts them on. The more you know :P
Watching more of the video, you can actually see this at 14:13
+blinxguy Great review btw! Can't believe I didn't say that in the other comments, you got my sub!
@@blinxguy well that was akward
@@blinxguy xD did... You forget to switch accounts?
ABStart why would I need to switch accounts to update my comment and/or compliment NitroRad on his review of the game? Also, this comment is almost 4 years old, I didn't know at the time that you could edit UA-cam comments. Or maybe you actually couldn't on mobile, I can't remember
this game on 3DS or Vita would be amazing with the touch screen.
Imagine if it got a remaster on Switch 😍
Vita is fucking dead
@Milan Andreoli Microsoft puts their IPs on Nintendo consoles every now and then so Blinx on a Nintendo platform could happen if Microsoft actually wanted to revive the IP.
@@BloodRedFox2008 For Microsoft X-box really is just an afterthought. So if they really have any plans for a game they will allow Nintendo to use it.
Lol I first thought he is wearing a Digimon Takato Cosplay on the tumbnail
Well there is a Guilmon in the video background!
This game was too ahead of its time. In my opinion a 10/10.
To this very day, I am glad to have both the first and second game, and both in excellent condition. These games had good graphics for the years they were made, great soundtracks, good gameplay, and uniqueness. I really wish a third game would have been made, but unfortunately it hasn't happened yet. At least some people still remember Blinx even after so many years.
I would LOVE to see Blinx make a return on the Xbox One.
The games turning 15 this year. #Blinx15th
I may have overlooked Blinx a little bit back in the day. I'm a playstation kid but I think Blinx does deserves a proper and well respected next gen total reboot and it coukd be a Ratchet & Clank Competitor. It might have just been a little too ahead of it's time really, I loved the time travel gameplay in rachet & clank a crack in time on playstation 3. it builds you up to the more complex time puzzles and feels natural. But this is just the Clank gameplay on that game. I remember in Blinx, not really knowing what I am supposed to be doing when I first tried it. I dont remember any time travel play even being an option. Maybe if the cutscenes where just more frequent and engaging and more informative throughout the game and just gave me a more fleshed out world to get started in, i might have loved it more than anything. I love time travel and for some reason I don't love this game. But i really only remember Getting bored and just playing halo again after I tried Blinx lol. So I have a biased memory, but I completely 100% would support a Blinx reboot. There is just something special about that time in history when everyone was trying to shatter crash Bandicoot with a new and better thing. I feel liked it birthed the new console celestials ratchet & Clank, jak & Daxyer, blinx. I even remember a junkyard robot game. The promise of something greater than playstation1, for me it was seeing Ratchet & Clank and Jak & daxter for the first time on a playstation 2 demo on TV. This was the first time I saw a next gen anything and it had me sold from the moment I saw these new worlds. I just knew that I had to explore everything there is to know about this because everyone at school is going to be talking about it.
Nitro Rad: Pause, obviously enough, pauses time.
Me: *ZA WARUDO*
You Fool! Blinx is the ULTIMATE STAND! Blinx has the power to stop, rewind, fast forward, record, slowdown, and can revive himself, he basically has the powers of KILLA QUEEN BITEZ ZA DUSTO, ZA WORLDO, KING KREMSON, C-MOON, D4C, and Made in Heaven! Blinx has the raw power of Tusk Act 4, The survivability of GER, and he has the bullshit of Star Platinum.
i cringed reading that
I don’t like boss rushes but I do have to say I like the way they explained the boss rush with time rewinding.
I think the best part is, that way, that boss ends up using ALL time controls!
Rewind for the boss rush.
Rec for the second phase.
All other during battle.
Kickstarter for Blinx spiritual successor when?
@@heliospah I aknowledged two days ago that both the trademark and the watermark for Blinx franchise are dropped. So technically some company can reclaim it and make a third installment.
@@markunread1771 Yes. Microsoft should take it back.
I'm considering that idea myself since I miss this series.
When i can understand unity and got a better computer
Blonx the Clock Janitor.
I missed this game so much.
That's Blinx son in the future. Comes to Xbox one in 2020.
So Blinx is like Sparkster, eh? Cute but still badass?
Eh?
I love how you've made your reviews feel a story and make references to comments made about your previous reviews. It makes the entire channel feel so well connected and like I've been part of some kind of journey with the channel as we've seen each game review. I'm super excited to see the next episode!
Artoon? Artoon! ARTOON!!!
*Shakes fist in the air while screaming at the heavens*
Yep, the same guys who would later develop Blue Dragon for Xbox 360, alongside Final Fantasy creator Hironobo Sakaguchi with his studio Mistwalker, which they also did Lost Odyssey...
(Waves arms up in the air)
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who fondly remembers this game. So many memories :'). Great review btw
One of my favorite games as a kid. Really wish the license to the game wasn't in purgatory since Microsoft dropped it.
I think it's cool that the game records your gameplay for each level and plays it back on the results screen.
that makes sense that a japanese dev made it, it feels very nintendo. but im amazed how well this game aged the graphics still look so good to me and the game mechanics still feel unique
This game was one of my favourite games growing up. It’s also one of the hardest games I’ve ever played, I never finished it as a kid (never got past ice world) and only recently in my 20s did I actually complete it.
I think it is a masterpiece and truly one of the most underrated games of its generation. Great review!
Playing it now, it definitely can throw you off with its difficulty. Its very good game i agree, wish i played back in 02-03. But i bought xbox not thinking about platformers and discovered the game years later
AHHHHHHHHHHHH THE CHILD HOOD
AGREED NOSTALGIA ATTACK HELP
I HAVE NOT HEARD THE THEME SONG IN 15 YEARS
@@madisongreen7975 yeah xD
This game was SO HARD but i loved it
Blinx is my favorite game too, I have all 2 games and they are great.
Would be nice if a 3rd game was made though. I am a Blinx fan too.
All Platforms Gamer ikr :(
"All two games" lol. Sorry it's just funny how you said it instead of both games or all the games.
Nate TheGamer
lol, all two, can't tell if you are being sarcastic or sincere because of that.
Poorly Aged Things is keeping the face and name of Blinx alive on Twitter XD
I wonder if blinx ever played minesweeper??
He would've rage guitted
he would cheat
I saw a cover for this game ONCE for 5 seconds in a video... I was so intrigued by the design I looked up the game just to draw Blinx! he just has such an appealing and cute design, kind of a shame he never caught on as xbox's mascot.
When I heard the Text to Speech Whisper on your intro, I thought you were going for an Xbox and Blinx vibe. I always associated that with those
You look like you're cosplaying Takato from Digimon Tamers in the thumbnail.
Though I guess with the guilmon plush in the background that might have been done on purpose.
Lol, at the "nitro rad" at the beginning, I thought you specially made that in that voice to match the blinx intro hahha
That CGI opening is CLEANNNNNN for how long ago this was.
you should do psychonauts
Yeah good thinking!
And I-Ninja.
Also - fun fact - Psychonauts was originally supposed to be an Xbox exclusive.
I know
Hell yeah, I-Ninja!
@@ThePreciseClimber And now Microsoft owns the rights to Psychonauts along with Double Fine. I bet $5 that they are going to task Double Fine with making Banjo Threeie once they are done with Psychonauts 2.
I can't believe they made a game based on the Poorly Aged Things twitter account
Yeah ikr
My favorite world was Mines of Precious Memories, and coincidently Blinx is full of Precious Memories to me....
palindinX awwwwwwww
I love that stage too! Even though ironically it’s the most forgotten stage in the fan base
Literally all I've seen of the princess is her kicking the villain in the face and hugging Blinx, and I love her. And Blinx, obviously-- I'm a sucker for cat characters.
Blinx was always the character I saw once in a gaming magazine as a kid... and sometimes just remembered as a quick flashback in my head that made me wonder "....what IS this character?? Was it even a thing???"
But I think I saw this video a long time ago and got... unexplainably excited because he IS REAL!
Never finished this game. The later levels got way too damn hard!
Yeah same! I remember stopping at that one Lava Robot boss. I beat him once, though the platform broke last minute and I ended up dying, so I gave up.
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@@RinsedCheeks you were so close to finishing though!
I got stuck on the last boss back in the day. Still own the same copy of it. Should pop it into my Series X and rectify that in 4k.
I’m semantically satiated on the word “time” now.
Bro this is one of the first games I played on my original Xbox I’m 22 now and I got my Xbox for my 5th birthday and I don’t remember any of this so thank you for this blast from the past I must not have ever got past the first level but I remember playing this a lot
I loved Blinx, both of the games. Still heartbroken it never got a PC release. :(
found your channel a few days ago. great quality videos. and glad to see you cover the more obscure and forgotten platformers.
As a fan of platformers this always caught my eye but I've never know anything about it. Looks like a fun time. Time.
I'll leave.
Great video though, looking forward to Blinx 2!
Blinx 2:Masters of Time and Space is awesome and my most favorite out of the two-games series.
We all were...
I played Blinx as a kid, and I was pretty young so I don't remember exactly how far I got. I can say that I recognized just about every location and boss except the last one from your video. It was memorable enough that all these years later I looked up this video trying to remember what it was like.
I played Blinx back in like the spring/summer of 2003. All I remember is being in the level at 5:44 with all the water and waterfalls. I remember being freaked out by the enemies. It's been a while since I've played it since I played it on my cousin's step brothers' Xbox, but eventually they no longer lived with my cousins, so I couldn't play it anymore, and I only had a GameCube during the time. Recently, I've actually been kinda interested in playing it. I used to shrug this game off because of how hard it was. But I'm now wanting to play it for some reason.
As a huge fan of this game, I'd say it's worth giving it another try. You can play it on the 360 as well, only there's more lag.
This game was my first obsession as a kid, I used to vacuum my room every day because of it hahaha, I built my own time monsters out of boxes and trash and beat the shit out of them. I miss Blinx
blinx is adorable!!!!
Blinx is sooooooo cute! That ending is so adorable too. It's crazy how well the graphics hold up.
The world building of the game is so underrated!
It is clear Momentopolis' boss is the critical mass monster the Time Factory main computer freezes the dimension for, due to the music use of that cutscene.
It probably has a mythical status for the Time Factory dimension.
And why wouldn't it! I just freaking love final bosses that are the only enemies to be able to tamper on your own powers.
Woah man nice work, this is one of the only videos I've watched on UA-cam without any dislikes. I like how informative you are in you're reviews, soon you will be at 100,000 subscriber's for sure.
I so miss this game. I'll never forget the time it took me to master it and how grand and satisfying it felt when i did
R.I.P. Great Minds UA-cam Channel 2020-2022
I always saw the trailer of Blinx in the Game Demos section in the game Whacked and the Exhibition demo disc and I've always wanted to get the game, but it wasn't until YEARS later where I finally got my hands on the game.
I loved this game as a kid. Ahh the nostalgia.
I loved Blinx! I played it a lot back then. I never got Blinx 2, but I remember playing a demo of it at Target way back in 2004/2005.
Wait, there was a playable demo? Please tell me in detail about it I’m dead curious
You have no idea how surprised I was to find this video. I remember having vague memories of this game from my childhood but could never remember enough to actually find the hand. Seeing you review the game has easily made my day since I’ll be able to check the game out myself.
Riddle me this: When is Nitro's video like Christmas Holidays - eagerly antcipated and brings me joy? The answer is always!
"Oh theres on for tork!" Did you just ignore pychnaughts?! Still waiting for that review from you!
Blinx's tail in the thumbnail keeps making me think you're doing a salute.
"They Got Artoon to make Flingsmash but they had to made Voodoo Vince themselves"
I love your videos, NitoRad! I never owned an Xbox as a kid, or a Playstation, so learning about these games through your videos has been interesting!
Damn, this game is as old as me and it still looks very good
18:35 Awwwwwwwwww!!! That's so cute! I love it!
i like how you own blinx 2 and have it on your shelf and then act like you never knew it existed.
They should reboot this
Holy balls! It's been like a decade and a half since I've heard this game's name and I got a flush of memories because of it!
I played it when I was like a tween and very much enjoyed it but couldn't quite beat it as I got stuck on the final boss rush, damn I hate that ice douche! So I guess this does give me some closure on the ending but I also played the 2nd one and barely remember it except for beating the ending which is probably a bad sign and it was much easier though so at least there's that
I love the art of the game and the music. I played this game with my childhood best friend. I almost want to cry when I remember those Friday evenings after school playing this game.
Just came across your channel now, and you've earned a sub. You put great effort into your videos, and it shows. Keep it up man, you're definitely underrated. Great video.
The ending almost made me cry
I am confused of James’s thought process when picking the shirt to wear during the video
I love the way that, to start the video, you actually give a little bit of praise to a case that’s seen better days. Everyone wants things perfect with the registration card crisply next to an untouched manual. I’ve always been like “as long as the disc/cart is okay, whatever”.
my wife LOVED this game as a kid-- we just recently got a kitten and she named him blinx so now this game/character has extra sentimental value
it's a bummer this series never took off like it deserved to, it's a fun concept with a really cute mascot
11:50 goes to show how Japan makes everything more cute and bearable lol.
I've never played this game, so I have a question: Would it have been better just to have an energy meter for all the time powers instead of collecting these required items, or would that break the game?
Love the forensics on the box at the beginning :)
I was searching for a review of Blinx about 4 years ago, I found your channel and the rest is history.
9:55 She's flirting with the hero.
He reminds me of Klonoa design wise
Oh yeah...
I used to love this game to death as a kid, especially collecting all the optional cat medals. Also I loved the skit at the end showing what the next video is going to be, definitely keep that up!
I like your channel. Reminds me of AVGN but my generation of games. I'm 24 by the way. I always wanted AVGN to cover these games but this is nice too! I like how your your own person and does your own thing. Underrated channel.
That would be really really cool if they came out with Blinx remastered on Xbox 1. I would definitely get that game ASAP, too bad they abandoned it though :(
It's backwards compatible and with the internal resolution boost, it holds up graphically.
"A smooth ride right into hell"
Marvelous.
Love your Takato from Digimon cosplay in the thumbnail
Hello!
I loved this video, I loved Blinx! It was one of my very first game and Xbox was my first console. I was not able to beat it back then, too young and almost no game experience, i think even with my cousin's help we never got past world 3 or something, aha.
When I saw this in my recommandations it was a nice surprise! I actually put it off for a while because i wanted to finish the game first, but was unable to boot up my old xbox... I looked for let's play and even found out there was a speedrun community for it that's still somewhat active!
Anyway, really nice video, it brought back memories of a time long gone, it was kind of a nice rewind aha, thank you!
I remember playing this game when i was like 7 i loved this game wonder how i could play it now
you really deserve more suscribers man ^^