I remember being a senior in high school when Halo 4 was coming out. Right at 4:03pm when school let out, me and a friend drove to a GameStop where we had preordered the game to wait outside for the midnight release. We set up our folding chairs, and were the first two people in line. Soon after that people started lining up until eventually there was a line all the way down this strip mall where the GameStop was located. It was a literal sidewalk party, and people were playing music from their cars, and ordering pizza. It was an awesome experience. Really though besides the midnight release we also went for the exclusive gifts. Since we were the first two in line, my friend and I got these master chief display cards. Then they came out with some stickers that we and the next few people behind us also got. Finally they came out and gave my friend a huge poster of the games cover art. We all knew though that there was a life size weapon replica in there for the first person in line, that was the real prize. So the moment of truth is approaching, and a GameStop worker comes outside and tells everyone to make a formal line. Right after he comes to front of the line and asked for our pre order receipt so he can mark them. My friend was first but on his receipt the guy marked a 2, and I was second but on my receipt he marked a 3. We were confused by this but whatever we knew we were first in line.... then right midnight.... An employee comes to the door, and a minivan pulls up to the front of the store, and some little kid (probably 7 or 8) comes running out of the car, with a receipt that has a big fat 1 on it. He gets to the door, and only he is allowed in. They don’t even ring him up or take his receipt, they just give him the big weapon and a copy of the game and he runs out of the store in front of us, and jumps back in the car..... we were shook... definitely one of the biggest upsets ever.
Dude that was my experience with Halo 3. I was a senior in high school and nothing was more anticipated. We made arrangements with our parents the whole nine. My friends and I waited in line got our copies and broke lots of traffic laws getting home to put it in. The party outside was fun as hell and when it came time to fire it up and jump online, it felt like you were joining the world in a massive experience and VERY few games have come close to that for me since. There was a massive sense of community over this relatively benign video game about blasting aliens and your friends. We struggled to make it through class the next day and rushed home to jump back in and we did that for months, for some years. That game was a big part of my highschool experience and we had so much fun getting it at midnight.
@@heelsushi2734 nope, and it's even more prominent on the digital copies so the pirates are actually safer than people that legitimately bought the game because their rips were from a physical cartridge.
@@hiyajou Thats only for a different type of sd card, and only wipes your downloads/screenshots. So unless that image of a humorous thing you discovered is so important, its really not a big deal
@@Aspenisms yeah, it is just exFAT, but why are you making excuses? there is no excuse for a game to wipe any of your data regardless of how few people it happens to.
I had a dream last night where Scott had his own line of breakfast cereals. I met him while shopping in a grocery store. We shook hands and talked about his cereal. Nothing else. Just his cereal. I didn't get to try it, but I have good faith that it was meh.
"The launch of a hotly anticipated game is a magical thing." *shows Jumanji: The Video Game footage* See, it's the visual comedy that really helps keep this show fresh.
@@savagegamer81013 I hope your referring to the one with Robin Williams. Cause if your referring to both Dwayne Johnson movies, then you’re probably one of the ten people who still talk about Twilight to this day
Well at least scalpers had to work for the product now they just sit back and send a bot online. I don’t mind a scalper if they actually took the time to wait. The only way I was able to get my ps5 was to wait in line. This wasn’t launch date but it was 2 months after the release so it was rare to come by. The line was packed just as it was time for them to open. It was a pretty memorable experience
"I can get it next year" is the best way I can describe my desire for an NES Mini. And I made good on that promise, by purchasing one online at GameStop's website. I regret nothing and it doubles as a neat little decoration on my CRT TV next to my SNES and Genesis Minis. The PS Mini is sitting on the opposite side of the TV thinking about what it's done.
@@mauvedragontiddies9244 that's me I get it two to 3 years later when nobody plays it anymore and I can get for like $2 to $10. Or wait until next gen console comes out then I can get them for $1 ohhhh yeahhhh.
Midnight release of Smash Ultimate was actually magic. They had a screen showing the game awards. I've never heard a crowd louder than when Joker was revealed.
@OkayGotIt Looks like you're talking about r/wooosh in which case doesn't represent Reddit. Not all subreddits like r/wooosh and even make fun of it, but you'd knew that if you were 18 or older kid.
"What do you think this is, waiting for an excruciating amount of time in possibly some of the worst conditions imaginable all for something you have no idea is worth it or not? A PREGNANCY"
Me: “So Dad what was your childhood like?” Dad: “Oh well my friends and I played football in the spring through fall, played D&D, swam in the ocean, and stayed out all day playing baseball in the summer till dark, what was your like?” Me: “I stood online for Rare Replay for the midnight release”
@@lamasu8060 You can't call somebody a child and misspell "you're" in the same sentence. That's what's known on the streets as a "party foul," my grammatically-challenged friend.
I remember waiting for the Wii. It was November of 2006. Me and my best friend called our local Walmart countless times confirming where we needed to be to wait in line for the Nintendo Wii. They originally told us the garden center but we ended up in layaway. We brought blankets, our DS's, tons of warm clothes, food drinks, the works and we ended up in a heated building instead. Anyway, we got there at 6am. We were told they had 19 Wiis. We were 3rd and 4th in line respectively. They had us sign on a sheet. Essentially they did role calls from the list at random times and if you weren't there you lost your name from the list (they did it to avoid people wandering around). I remember talking with all the other people waiting. Discussing the games and what we thought the Wii would be like. As the day went on it got more and more chaotic. Not only were tons of people waiting for the Wii, lots of people were being turned away due to the list and reserve list being full. The most shocking thing was towards 7pm or so, one of the wealthier looking woman bought pizza for everyone waiting. She bought a bunch of pizzas and Walmart even got in on the action and gave us free cupcakes and rolled in a TV with a movie playing. They said they were rewarding us for being such a cooperative and calm crowd. That feeling of getting my Wii, games, and accessories was unmatched. I mowed lawns that whole summer to save up. My brother and his friend picked me and my buddy up at midnight. I remember there were people offering me $500 in cash for my Wii. I ignored all of them and felt so amazing. I went to bed and woke up at 6am the next day to play Zelda. Then an hour later I was back in bed with what appeared to be food poisoning. Ahhh good times indeed. Scott you are too young to experience what that was like. I was a freshman in high school, but I'll never forget it. You didn't do this video justice due to lack of experience as you as just a young lad.
I had a somewhat similar situation with the Switch's midnight release at Walmart. They had 10 systems that hadn't been pre-ordered, so I got my brother to drive me there. His car quit maybe three times on the way to the store, and I was also a freshman in highschool, so driving myself wasn't an option. Thankfully I ended up being one of the ten people who came sometime before 12. All 10 of us got a signed Post-It note with a number, so we were free to wander the store until like 11:30. I remember seeing groups of other people ask if there were more systems, but they'd all been reserved by then. I got the black Joycon Switch (I really wanted the neon, but they ran out) and Breath of The Wild. Walmart wasn't even supposed to sell it to me because I had one of my mom's checks and her ID, but she was supposed to actually be there. The next day, I brought my Switch to school and showed all my friends the different ways to play and all the junk. That was a pretty good time, of course, my Switch has the day one issue with the left Joycon's connectivity. I guess that makes it special 😉
ZeSuperEskimo I didn’t wait for my Switch. I got it probably a month after it released (no one really had them by that point due to scarcity.) but my left joycon has the drift problem. Nintendo isn’t doing anything until covid is over so that was an excuse for me to buy the pro controller ive always wanted! Lol. Honestly I’m a little underwhelmed by it, but it does the trick.
My first midnight release was an experience. I was finally old enough for my parents to let me go to one. It was the midnight release for black ops at a gamestop inside a mall and the line extended all the way down the mall, then went outside and looped all the way around the mall. It had Sooo many people and It was great to chat with all these people with the same interests. We all cheered on and clapped for the person first in line once he got started walking out with the ultimate edition. I was so exited to do it again for MW3 and black ops 2 but I noticed less and less people showed up to these releases so when I arrived to the release of COD Ghosts at literally the same mall in the same gamestop, maybe only 3 other people showed up. I came to a very sad conclusion that Midnight releases aren't going to be as popular and die off soon. Makes me feel old, I miss those days.
@AquaJetEmpoleon That's the *real* truth COD started sucking badly after Bloops. ( and by the time of ghosts it was a joke) Games just aren't an event anymore, hell most console launches are lame too.
LegendaryWarrior I think it has less to do with less people showing up to midnight releases and more to do with the CoD series stagnating with its recent games. Imo there really hasn’t been a good CoD games since Black Ops 2.
I remember the late night release of Kingdom Hearts 3. My town is pretty small and i’d never assumed it’d have many KH fans but there was a surprisingly long line. They even played KH music over the speakers in the store and there was a guy at the door dressed up as Sora.
This lad... Just sat in a chair, outside a freakin ALLSTATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT What A MadLad Edit: jeez this blew up overnight (3:06 is the time stamp if ur curious)
The only game I've ever really done this with is the Mega Man X Legacy Collection; I already own all 8 games in the collection separately (though 6 are in a different collection). Note that I got the digital version.
I went to a Fallout: New Vegas midnight launch with around 60 other people, and when the guy said "our only pre-order for PC!" I had never felt so alienated.
Yeah, the experience is whats the most important, even for movies. I went to Endgame on premiere at my local theater, and I cant enjoy that movie as much as I could the first time watching it. The community made it for me. My entire theater was so pumped. I even made a few friends.
@@A.S.28 Same thing though. I'm a gamer through and through. But I'm not getting mortally/seriously injured for a game/console, that's just way too committed. Bodily injury is right where I draw the line.
and thats why you can pay homeless to wait for you in line, buy the game then exchange it with you for drugs / more money they wont notice the difference dark humor
"It was camo, nobody could see it, that's right." I think this is the first time Scott has said a genuine, non-video game related meme out loud in a video.
When I was in my 20s my girlfriend (wife now) and best friend and I use sit outside gamespots for games. Was cool back then, you use to get merch. Now I'm old (33) and buy all games digital.
This video is legit, I miss the midnight launches. Halo 3 was my favorite. Me and a couple friends waited, some didn't even buy the game just chilled with us. Afterwards we went back to my place and all played multiplayer on the same screen! Those were the days
I think the old days of hanging out with your best buds waiting for a game release is a thing of the past in this digital era of video games. I remember Skyrim's midnight release at my old hometown GameStop on 11/11/11. The GM there brought out cardboard boxes, tape, and string and had a contest of who can make the best Skyrim theme costume before midnight, and the best 3 would get to pick up their copy first. My friends and I made a set of dragon armor and a sword, we won first place! Best memories.
6am launch for SNES Classic here! 5:50 @ WalMart: "What are you guys waiting for?" "SNES Classic!!" "Oh. Uh, I don't think we have any of those." "... To Target!"
@@ThrawnTheater Yes! And Target had their %@#$ together. Everyone was in a line, an employee came out and barked to the crowd -- "LISTEN UP. If you're here for the SNES Classic, we have enough for everybody who is here now, so stay in line and I'll come hand out a ticket to each of you. If you have a ticket, you get a Classic, so when we open the doors, CALMLY make your way to customer service and they'll check you out." It was that easy.
I wish I had been old enough for that. Currently the midnight release Ill never forget is for Breath of the Wild and the Switch. I had never been so excited for anything in my entire life. I couldn't play much though since the joycons had to charge right out of the box.
They're the easiest to remember because people got stabbed/shot trying to get their hands on them, and for nearly a year they were hard to find. And of course scalpers were selling them for outrageous prices online. I remember it took over a year and one depressing soulless Christmas for me to find a Wii actually for sale because I was in jazz band playing for the grand opening of a local Target and they had a whopping two Wii's for sale. Idk if Halo 3 was as vital of a midnight release to attend; if there was a shortage of copies of Halo 3 I wasn't aware of that.
@@NinjaTreeProductions Oh for sure not saying there's no hype when it comes to Halo, and I love those games, I just can't remember if back then the games sold out or if there was a shortage of games.
I was only 7 at the time, but I stayed awake for my dad to get home from the midnight release. I was hooked after my dad finished it and stopped playing. I spent so much time on the multiplayer and messing around with forge. It was great. Still have the helmet from the Legendary edition. I have the special dvd somewhere
Went to a midnight release of MK11 recently and got it on switch so while people were still in line I was able to hand them a joy con and we played while they waited. It was a good time, great community
I was first in line to get the Wii at my local Walmart back in 2006. Today is actually exactly 13 years since the day I got in line! Back then midnight releases weren't a thing, and instead you had to wait all night until 7am when the store finally opened to get your prize. Being a Canadian November, it was well below 0 with howling winds that night, but I look back fondly on the experience now. There were probably almost a hundred others in the line along with me. We spent the night talking about how excited we were for the Virtual Console, and how it would make owning any other Nintendo console completely irrelevant. How we'd finally be able to play Twilight Princess after it'd been delayed what felt like a million times. How the motion controls looked super cool (ah how naive we were, flash forward to one Kinect and one PlayStation Move later and we'd be cursing Nintendo for the curse they brought about gaming). So after somehow surviving the night I finally managed to get my hands on the Wii, along with Twilight Princess , a Classic Controller, and a 2000 Wii Points card. I went home, set up the console, tried each of the Wii Sports games, played Twilight Princess for about an hour, and then crashed to sleep. I woke up almost 20 hours later, just in time to get ready for school the next day (Grade 9 at the time). Midnight releases have kind of eliminated this sort of adventure, so I couldn't be happier that as silly as it may seem, I was part of the madness that was the Wii launch.
Doomguy 6 21 3 11 Dude, I looked it up and Colombia Ohio only gets an average of 22 inches of snow per year, which is 6 inches below US average. Where I live in Canada, we get an average of 50 inches of snow (a little over 4 feet) and we’re below average. On the east cost of Canada, they get an average of 8-10 feet of snow
Man all these videos are so rewatchable. There is so much hidden humor in these videos. The best one was "the release of a hotly anticipated video game" and he shows the jumanji game
Miss the days when me and the boys would meet at LameStop (wasn’t as lame back then unlike now) for the midnight release of halo 2 now that was a launch release. Miss those days! Kind of feel bad that kids now a days won’t experience it.
The halo 2 midnight release was definitely my favorite. I was working at EB games, and was in college. Before the store closed we went out to get beer and pizza. We closed the store and got to play for 3 hours until midnight. After we closed again a few of us hung out and played for a couple of hours. It was so much fun.
@yootubesucks123 "Woah! Thanks for letting everyone know that Scott said this in 2019! Not like I can't see for myself in the description what year the video was uploaded in! Geez thanks a million!" - yootubesucks123, 2019
The whole comment section: Scott should’ve uploaded this at midnight. Portugal and Greenland: I guess you guys are just living in the wrong time zone. Edit: So, I looked it up, and it’s not the main land mass of Portugal that it would’ve been midnight for, when Scott released the video, it’s just a Portuguese island far off the cost, and I didn’t realize that until now. But yeah. Most of Portugal 🇵🇹 is not in that time zone.
Portugal can kiss my butt!!! Fake edit: I hearby apologize to Portugal (and to a lesser extent Greenland). I've been dealing the Pokemon "fans" all weekend and I'm a bit on the aggressive side at the moment.
Dude, I worked at a game store in the UK called Gamestation from around 2004 - 2010 and we used have midnight launches all the time. The best I can remember is when Halo 3 released. We hired a Master Chief costome for one of the staff to wear and everyone was hyped beyond belief. About 300 people turned up for that one. Resi 5 was good one too, we stood in red paint and walked around the store leaving bloody footprints to follow for the queue and all dressed up as zombies and resi characters. Awesome times
I literally watched this video while sitting outside GameStop. It was my first time doing an event like this, I'll definitely do it again in the future!
I've been to three midnight releases in my time, but the only one I actually attended for myself was the launch of Fallout 4 and I do not regret it. The sense of hype throughout the line and the store being decorated from wall to wall was super wholesome. The second was being bribed into standing in line with a friend for the midnight release of Black Ops III (I got free McDonalds out of it, okay?) and the third was unknowingly wandering into the midnight release of FIFA 16 at a supermarket after me and a couple buddies had been out having a drink. We saw a group of people from our college near the front of the line and they called us over and let us stand with them, so we ended up all grabbing our own copies too.
When smash ultimate came out last year my friends and i went to Gamestop and the capacity of the store was filled. They had a tournament going on with money and prizes and as a young boy in middle school waiting for halo 4 to drop was one of the best memories of that time. I've gone to maybe like 4 different midnight release and they have all been wonderful
Midnight releases of the XBOX360 and more Halo 2 are still some of my favorite memories. Biking home with my buddies with backpacks full of next gen goodness, or Master Chiefs new addictive drug, shot gunning mountain dew with strangers in the parking lot... what more can you want.
Did something similar at a GameStop for the PS5 two days before Christmas, except it wasn’t technically midnight. There’s definitely something fun about waiting with other people for something you all value so much
(0:50) I remember the days where I did order games online to get them on release. They made sure that I would get it on release, so I got it one day early. Every time I made an order, it came one day earlier. It was nice that way. Screw waiting for the midnight release, I got to play it half a day in advance! - Nowadays I don't buy them on release no more, and just wait until I'm interested in a game, and buy it at a reduced price.
6:45 the cowboy hat is flipped upside down. Which means scott has proper cowboy etiquet, because you always flip a cowboy hat upside down to prevent the brim from going flat whenever you rest it.
Imagine looking outside your local Bob Evans and seeing a guy in a lawn chair
How can he? The guy in the lawn chair's wearing camo.
You know they filmed those scenes really quick before the cops could show up.
What the hell is a bob Evan's
Biggie ig a restaurant that’s... sorta like a chili’s, but whiter
@@shizaanimations7634
>Sorta like Chili's but whiter
What the fuck does this mean
I remember being a senior in high school when Halo 4 was coming out. Right at 4:03pm when school let out, me and a friend drove to a GameStop where we had preordered the game to wait outside for the midnight release. We set up our folding chairs, and were the first two people in line. Soon after that people started lining up until eventually there was a line all the way down this strip mall where the GameStop was located. It was a literal sidewalk party, and people were playing music from their cars, and ordering pizza. It was an awesome experience. Really though besides the midnight release we also went for the exclusive gifts. Since we were the first two in line, my friend and I got these master chief display cards. Then they came out with some stickers that we and the next few people behind us also got. Finally they came out and gave my friend a huge poster of the games cover art. We all knew though that there was a life size weapon replica in there for the first person in line, that was the real prize. So the moment of truth is approaching, and a GameStop worker comes outside and tells everyone to make a formal line. Right after he comes to front of the line and asked for our pre order receipt so he can mark them. My friend was first but on his receipt the guy marked a 2, and I was second but on my receipt he marked a 3. We were confused by this but whatever we knew we were first in line.... then right midnight.... An employee comes to the door, and a minivan pulls up to the front of the store, and some little kid (probably 7 or 8) comes running out of the car, with a receipt that has a big fat 1 on it. He gets to the door, and only he is allowed in. They don’t even ring him up or take his receipt, they just give him the big weapon and a copy of the game and he runs out of the store in front of us, and jumps back in the car..... we were shook... definitely one of the biggest upsets ever.
All of that for a poorly aged game
@@theofficialpollo damn, that’s true as hell.
holy shit damn that blows
Dude that was my experience with Halo 3. I was a senior in high school and nothing was more anticipated. We made arrangements with our parents the whole nine. My friends and I waited in line got our copies and broke lots of traffic laws getting home to put it in. The party outside was fun as hell and when it came time to fire it up and jump online, it felt like you were joining the world in a massive experience and VERY few games have come close to that for me since. There was a massive sense of community over this relatively benign video game about blasting aliens and your friends. We struggled to make it through class the next day and rushed home to jump back in and we did that for months, for some years. That game was a big part of my highschool experience and we had so much fun getting it at midnight.
Wouldn't school finish around 3?
Is anyone going to talk about the fact how Scott went out in the cold darkness to film outside of a closed Best Buy?
That’s called Determination and commitment my man. Something some of us wish we had.
Or he recorded some video and tried to figure out how to build an video around it😂
“Oh it’s midnight” xD
The bloopers just came out, he did a loooot more than just that
“Uhh.. Boss, there’s a man outside of the store talking to a camera, should I do something?”
Scott: *gets Pokémon Shield*
Also Scott: *plays Pokémon Sword*
let’s hope his sd card doesn’t get wiped by the game.
@@catarianepeta that only happened with modded consoles/hacked copies
@@heelsushi2734 nope, and it's even more prominent on the digital copies so the pirates are actually safer than people that legitimately bought the game because their rips were from a physical cartridge.
@@hiyajou Thats only for a different type of sd card, and only wipes your downloads/screenshots. So unless that image of a humorous thing you discovered is so important, its really not a big deal
@@Aspenisms yeah, it is just exFAT, but why are you making excuses? there is no excuse for a game to wipe any of your data regardless of how few people it happens to.
I love the fact that somewhere in the world, this was a _midnight release_
Yuh I was there
Your so cool Pretendo! I wish I was friends with you at school!
@@mattmonstesmash2999 are you little timmy from 1st grade?
By the way I just made a UA-cam channel if you want to check it out!
@@pretendo OMFG I AM
Nintendo: *cuts ekans from Sword/Shield*
Scott: "got my snake bite kit"
No Ekans! His name is snake backwards! That's a very important thing!
@@tomhill3248 now we just have to wait for ekans dilos
xolotltolox what’s muk backwards?
@@EnZo1rst no
Silicobra, it is a cobra.
"This guy stood foot on the Moon and this guy stood on line for the Kinect"
I lost my shit at that point
I'm glad you have best girl Marie your pfp
Same
I don’t do midnight launches. I only do dark hour launches.
the duality of man
Some weeb On the internet Marie is worst girl
I had a dream last night where Scott had his own line of breakfast cereals. I met him while shopping in a grocery store. We shook hands and talked about his cereal.
Nothing else. Just his cereal.
I didn't get to try it, but I have good faith that it was meh.
How do you know it wasn't reality? Maybe you're dreaming right now.
Was the cereal named "Hey, All's"?
Meh!? I bet you wouldn't say it to his face!
Limp handshake for sure
You mean “Wet Dream”?
"The launch of a hotly anticipated game is a magical thing."
*shows Jumanji: The Video Game footage*
See, it's the visual comedy that really helps keep this show fresh.
My God that's a real thing, I'm not surprised I didn't hear about it
Halo 3, now that's a midnight launch
It’s an okay game and an even worse movie
i bought that game as a joke, but found 0 fun while playing
@@savagegamer81013 I hope your referring to the one with Robin Williams. Cause if your referring to both Dwayne Johnson movies, then you’re probably one of the ten people who still talk about Twilight to this day
Shoulda released this at midnight, Scott. I’m disappointed.
It's midnight here in the Netherlands, so I count it as a W!
Scott lives in the Netherlands? 🤔
What about Ohio?
It’s midnight in the uk
Aren't we all
"I hope the bug spray repels the snakes"
- Scott the Woz
Also Scott: in Ohio in the winter.
No need to worry about the snakes anyways, Ekans got booted from the game.
super goron Yeah the snakes in the area are sentenced to go under ground during the winter.
RectalDiscourse uh I think the joke flew over your head...
Only midnight release I will attend, will be the release of the Scott The Woz: The Video Game!
We got Scott Pilgrim, why not Scott Woz?
Scotts life 3D
If the game doesn’t start with him saying “Hey all, Scott here.” I will boycott video games.
and soap
I read it like it was a children’s rhyme
It don’t rhyme
" I don't even like Pokémon." - Scott 2019
He sacrificed his own time just to show to us the experience of midnight launches.
Respect to the woz
I'm like 99% sure I just saw you on a different Scott's livestream
i was about to say he already said that before, he dosent like rpgs why did he bought it?
To be fair now is a food time to not be a fan of Pokemon.
@@xxsephiroth420xx6 now is a food time to be a fan of beef stew rations
i like how you left the tags on everything because you're clearly going to return it.
The ladies do love a penny pincher.
Would you buy a camo hat worn by Scott?
@@nocturn333 I would buy scott if I could
I knew that too😂
sonicase this man is a fraud and a phony.
Can we just appreciate the simpler times when we can wait in line without having scalpers to take literally every gaming system
Fortnite
“HaHaHa I have bought all of the copy’s of super Mario All Stars🤓🤓🤓”-average 300 pound scalper
Well at least scalpers had to work for the product now they just sit back and send a bot online. I don’t mind a scalper if they actually took the time to wait. The only way I was able to get my ps5 was to wait in line. This wasn’t launch date but it was 2 months after the release so it was rare to come by. The line was packed just as it was time for them to open. It was a pretty memorable experience
Meanwhile, there’s other people who are like: “Yeah, I’ll just get it tomorrow morning.”
As well as "I can get it next year." or my personal favorite "Yeah, I'll never get it."
As an old man gamer my go to is normally "eh, I'll just throw it on the backlog"
@@mauvedragontiddies9244 Don't forget "I'll wait until it goes on sale / I see it in the bargain bin."
"I can get it next year" is the best way I can describe my desire for an NES Mini. And I made good on that promise, by purchasing one online at GameStop's website. I regret nothing and it doubles as a neat little decoration on my CRT TV next to my SNES and Genesis Minis. The PS Mini is sitting on the opposite side of the TV thinking about what it's done.
@@mauvedragontiddies9244 that's me I get it two to 3 years later when nobody plays it anymore and I can get for like $2 to $10. Or wait until next gen console comes out then I can get them for $1 ohhhh yeahhhh.
"The memorable kind of sleep deprived."
Oh so my entire life then?
You have a memorable life? Congrats
You botched your depression meme and turned into a (kinda) wholesome one accidentally
enjoy your permanent brain damage
Babylon Redsworth same bro
Midnight release of Smash Ultimate was actually magic. They had a screen showing the game awards. I've never heard a crowd louder than when Joker was revealed.
I had to drive an hour and a half to GameStop since my college town didn’t have one anywhere close
Joker xDDDD
This dude looks like every Peter Parker ever all mashed up into one
+ Nintendo fever
He kinda looks like the new Spiderman but with glasses
Woaw...
Paul DeCurtis he is not just a dude
Omg Scott pin this!!
I’m mad that this wasn’t released during midnight.
*cough* timezones (I'm from South America btw)
For me it was
Well, it was midnight somewhere at least.
For me it's 2 am hahaha
@@JustAnotherGeekX yeah but it wasnt midnight in his timezone, est, it was about 8
I legitimately cackled at “I don’t even like Pokémon”
Could you imagine buying something you don't even like?
@@SEiMEi_EXiSTS you know how some people buy final fantasy 2
The whole time I’m like “I thought Scott didn’t like Pokémon 🤔”
😂
@@mcglavin9337 Yall see the fight that emerged from this comment, yeah so i just edited the og h comment
Lmao
OkayGotIt please be sarcasm
@OkayGotIt ok zoomer
OkayGotIt ok neckbeard
@OkayGotIt Looks like you're talking about r/wooosh in which case doesn't represent Reddit. Not all subreddits like r/wooosh and even make fun of it, but you'd knew that if you were 18 or older kid.
"A lawn chair and an open schedule"
My favorite
A good way to pass time
This is my new favorite scott episode.
It just feels so cozy while Scott talks about the crippling anxiety and terror of midnight launches
"What do you think this is, waiting for an excruciating amount of time in possibly some of the worst conditions imaginable all for something you have no idea is worth it or not? A PREGNANCY"
Me: “So Dad what was your childhood like?”
Dad: “Oh well my friends and I played football in the spring through fall, played D&D, swam in the ocean, and stayed out all day playing baseball in the summer till dark, what was your like?”
Me: “I stood online for Rare Replay for the midnight release”
Your dad would ask you what your childhood was like? Sorry to hear that.
Damn
Your still a child tbh
@@lamasu8060 You can't call somebody a child and misspell "you're" in the same sentence. That's what's known on the streets as a "party foul," my grammatically-challenged friend.
Lockheed, putting @ in your sentence is not exactly what we call “Proper Grammar”.
"I hope the bug spray repels the snakes"
~Scott "will eventually look at the first megaman game" Wozniak (working title)
I hope the bug spray repels the snakes
"I got a snake bite kit..... It's a Pokemon launch."
You could interpret that joke a thousand different ways and it's still funny. Well done.
When Scott uploads a video, we should all say "Hey Scott, all here."
like that one guy in the Christmas speciel
well everyone does. I don't know what you've been doing for the past year
silverhunter88 not saying “Hey Scott, all here” obviously
george persaud ok bet
obviously. That just sounds dumb. Just a simple hey scott is enough. I don't care if I'm in church its fine my pastors name is scott.
5:13 this is honestly one of the most underrated Scott skits, especially the fish maps
Just incase Scott eats all his food before the game releases.
"Here's my mug shot to prove it."
-Scott 2019
I remember waiting for the Wii. It was November of 2006. Me and my best friend called our local Walmart countless times confirming where we needed to be to wait in line for the Nintendo Wii. They originally told us the garden center but we ended up in layaway.
We brought blankets, our DS's, tons of warm clothes, food drinks, the works and we ended up in a heated building instead. Anyway, we got there at 6am. We were told they had 19 Wiis. We were 3rd and 4th in line respectively. They had us sign on a sheet. Essentially they did role calls from the list at random times and if you weren't there you lost your name from the list (they did it to avoid people wandering around).
I remember talking with all the other people waiting. Discussing the games and what we thought the Wii would be like. As the day went on it got more and more chaotic. Not only were tons of people waiting for the Wii, lots of people were being turned away due to the list and reserve list being full. The most shocking thing was towards 7pm or so, one of the wealthier looking woman bought pizza for everyone waiting. She bought a bunch of pizzas and Walmart even got in on the action and gave us free cupcakes and rolled in a TV with a movie playing. They said they were rewarding us for being such a cooperative and calm crowd. That feeling of getting my Wii, games, and accessories was unmatched. I mowed lawns that whole summer to save up. My brother and his friend picked me and my buddy up at midnight. I remember there were people offering me $500 in cash for my Wii. I ignored all of them and felt so amazing. I went to bed and woke up at 6am the next day to play Zelda. Then an hour later I was back in bed with what appeared to be food poisoning. Ahhh good times indeed. Scott you are too young to experience what that was like. I was a freshman in high school, but I'll never forget it. You didn't do this video justice due to lack of experience as you as just a young lad.
Dang, that's pretty awesome actually!!
@@jhrk4279 besides the food poisoning
I had a somewhat similar situation with the Switch's midnight release at Walmart. They had 10 systems that hadn't been pre-ordered, so I got my brother to drive me there. His car quit maybe three times on the way to the store, and I was also a freshman in highschool, so driving myself wasn't an option. Thankfully I ended up being one of the ten people who came sometime before 12. All 10 of us got a signed Post-It note with a number, so we were free to wander the store until like 11:30. I remember seeing groups of other people ask if there were more systems, but they'd all been reserved by then. I got the black Joycon Switch (I really wanted the neon, but they ran out) and Breath of The Wild. Walmart wasn't even supposed to sell it to me because I had one of my mom's checks and her ID, but she was supposed to actually be there. The next day, I brought my Switch to school and showed all my friends the different ways to play and all the junk. That was a pretty good time, of course, my Switch has the day one issue with the left Joycon's connectivity. I guess that makes it special 😉
Only 19?
ZeSuperEskimo I didn’t wait for my Switch. I got it probably a month after it released (no one really had them by that point due to scarcity.) but my left joycon has the drift problem. Nintendo isn’t doing anything until covid is over so that was an excuse for me to buy the pro controller ive always wanted! Lol. Honestly I’m a little underwhelmed by it, but it does the trick.
Scott's stash : "I hope the bug spray repels the snakes.. x 274 times
Scott talks about video game releases like how most talk about his uploads
My friend has the same profile picture so I was like what they finally decided to watch but no
Wondering what he's doing with his life?
My first midnight release was an experience. I was finally old enough for my parents to let me go to one. It was the midnight release for black ops at a gamestop inside a mall and the line extended all the way down the mall, then went outside and looped all the way around the mall. It had Sooo many people and It was great to chat with all these people with the same interests. We all cheered on and clapped for the person first in line once he got started walking out with the ultimate edition.
I was so exited to do it again for MW3 and black ops 2 but I noticed less and less people showed up to these releases so when I arrived to the release of COD Ghosts at literally the same mall in the same gamestop, maybe only 3 other people showed up. I came to a very sad conclusion that Midnight releases aren't going to be as popular and die off soon. Makes me feel old, I miss those days.
It's just more convenient to do it online now.
LegendaryWarrior it still exists!! I sat in a line of 100+ people to get Pokémon sword
@AquaJetEmpoleon
That's the *real* truth COD started
sucking badly after Bloops. ( and by the time of ghosts it was a joke) Games just aren't an event anymore, hell most console launches are lame too.
LegendaryWarrior I think it has less to do with less people showing up to midnight releases and more to do with the CoD series stagnating with its recent games. Imo there really hasn’t been a good CoD games since Black Ops 2.
I remember the late night release of Kingdom Hearts 3. My town is pretty small and i’d never assumed it’d have many KH fans but there was a surprisingly long line. They even played KH music over the speakers in the store and there was a guy at the door dressed up as Sora.
This lad...
Just sat in a chair, outside a freakin ALLSTATE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
What
A
MadLad
Edit: jeez this blew up overnight (3:06 is the time stamp if ur curious)
He was in good hands...
Bit mad
Scott’s a freaking champion
Oh my god!? He did that?!
A madlad
when scott got the balance board he seemed so proud of himself like a kid who just buttoned up his jacket for the first time
Scott:“I did it daddy! *I bought a Wii balance board!*”
Scott’s father:“…”
Scott’s father:“You’re gonna die a virgin, son.”
Imagine the tears in Scott's mother's eyes.
Well, what's wrong with dying a virgin?
2:06 THAT BLONDE IS MY MOM GETTING A WII FOR ME AND MY SISTER WTFFFF
Zachmartinsmusic well gg
Yo that odd
Show it to your mom
@El Ultimo Pibe Piola de Internet callmecarson?
Is she single?
“This beef stew ain’t that bad”
-Scott the Woz 2019
"This game sucks, why aren't you playing Bookworm Adventures Deluxe?"
-Beef Stew
Shane Morton it is pretty good
All of that brand of food is tasty. Especially the lasagna.
Hey you watched the fucking video too?
"The first game i bought on midnight release was super mario 3d world"
*yeah that is truly no sex for you scott*
2000 subs with videos Well my GF loves it, great game✌🏼
The only game I've ever really done this with is the Mega Man X Legacy Collection; I already own all 8 games in the collection separately (though 6 are in a different collection). Note that I got the digital version.
*VIRGIN POINTS ACHIEVED*
The best 3D Mario. Virgins rise up
@@a.starke682 r/wooosh
“It’s the memorable kind of sleep deprivation.”
-Scott 2019
I went to a Fallout: New Vegas midnight launch with around 60 other people, and when the guy said "our only pre-order for PC!" I had never felt so alienated.
classy profile pic
scott buys a physical copy of shield and a digital of sword.
"I don't even like pokemon" - Scottthewoz
Imagine being at the midnight release for Anthem or Fallout 76 XD
*Broke:* Attending a midnight release.
*Woke:* Standing outside overnight until the store opens in the morning.
MissAshley42 oh god thank you I now know what I’m doing at some point, I mean this unironically
did that for smash ultimate, not even joking
So, you mean Black Friday shoppers back when Black Friday was JUST the Friday after Thanksgiving?
Every Black Friday I've been to
I was never so early on a Scott video
I must say something to be remembered for future generations...
OH SH*T YOU GOT FLINGSMASH?
Yeah, the experience is whats the most important, even for movies.
I went to Endgame on premiere at my local theater, and I cant enjoy that movie as much as I could the first time watching it. The community made it for me.
My entire theater was so pumped. I even made a few friends.
"It was a bad night to wear flip flops" What a great first sentence of a detective story!
“IS THE PS3 WORTH TAKING A BULLET FOR?” 💀
*G U N*
No it wasn't.
I don't think there's been a game or console launch yet I'd take a bullet for. It's always just hype nothing more.
here in Europe it would say "worth getting brutally stabbed for?"
@@A.S.28
Same thing though.
I'm a gamer through and through.
But I'm not getting mortally/seriously injured for a game/console, that's just way too committed. Bodily injury is right where I draw the line.
That sounds like an Austin evans title
Midnight releases give people a taste of what it's like to be homeless.
and thats why you can pay homeless to wait for you in line, buy the game then exchange it with you for drugs / more money
they wont notice the difference
dark humor
@@ForumcoldiArchon least funny joke I’ve heard in months
@@ForumcoldiArchon please never go on the internet again
@@ForumcoldiArchon no one takes you seriously, you play genshin lol
@@ForumcoldiArchon you really don't know how homeless people work, huh?
5:26 Scott the Woz is now cancelled, you can't just get political like that
politics... oN MY SCOTT THE WOZ?!
How quickly someone can ruin their reputation...
NOT EVEN AN HOUR AFTER THE VIDEO GETS UPDATED I CAN’T ESCAPE FROM CHARA- THE COMMENT SECTION FANATIC.
Yeah he went too far on that one, dehydration is one of the best things to ever happen to politics in history
Mauve Dragon Tiddies
susie with bad username
SHE’S IN ELEMENTARY FOR GOD’S SAKE
"It was camo, nobody could see it, that's right."
I think this is the first time Scott has said a genuine, non-video game related meme out loud in a video.
_virgin points deducted_
Tinder
people just jokes memes now
"A pregnancy!" LMAO
Ihrab Mustafar it’s over anakin I have the high ground
You underestimate my power
Don't try it.
Me: about to go to sleep
Realizes I have to wait till Scott’s video comes out
PRIORITIES
@@ryanscottnix What the f**k are those!
When I was in my 20s my girlfriend (wife now) and best friend and I use sit outside gamespots for games. Was cool back then, you use to get merch. Now I'm old (33) and buy all games digital.
Damn
You can see the effort and the magic he puts in his videos, they’re all perfect. You’re the best Scott.
The midnight launch for Kingdom Hearts 3 was amazing
best midnight launch I've ever been a part of
"If I gotta fish, I gotta fish."
-Scott the Woz, 2019
This video is legit, I miss the midnight launches. Halo 3 was my favorite. Me and a couple friends waited, some didn't even buy the game just chilled with us. Afterwards we went back to my place and all played multiplayer on the same screen! Those were the days
“And then we can have no sex”
Ya when you say your first midnight order was super Mario 3D world.
Mine was Halo: The Master Chief Collection. No sex and I got kicked in the face.
@@shanez1215 😂😂
“I hope the bug spray repels the snakes.”
-Scott
Yes he sure said that
Why do you have a Knuckles hotdog profile picture?
Robert Thorburn he didn’t know the difference between a jpeg and a png
GIVE ME THE SOURCE OF THE PROFILE PICTURS
It’s probably a screenshot from Sonic Boom, Ningen_slayer. (Don’t know what episode though.)
I think the old days of hanging out with your best buds waiting for a game release is a thing of the past in this digital era of video games. I remember Skyrim's midnight release at my old hometown GameStop on 11/11/11. The GM there brought out cardboard boxes, tape, and string and had a contest of who can make the best Skyrim theme costume before midnight, and the best 3 would get to pick up their copy first. My friends and I made a set of dragon armor and a sword, we won first place! Best memories.
Scott: *releases video about midnight releases*
Also Scott: *releases the video at 8pm*
I always come back to rewatch episodes after Scott uploads the bloopers and outtakes for that episode.
“If I gotta fish I gotta fish”
I felt that
yootubesucks123 I feel the need to fish on a bro-personal level. A duty, some would say, to fish.
Did you just reply to yourself?
6am launch for SNES Classic here!
5:50 @ WalMart:
"What are you guys waiting for?"
"SNES Classic!!"
"Oh. Uh, I don't think we have any of those."
"...
To Target!"
...but did Target have any? And did you encounter Target Employee? I need closure!!
@@ThrawnTheater Yes! And Target had their %@#$ together. Everyone was in a line, an employee came out and barked to the crowd -- "LISTEN UP. If you're here for the SNES Classic, we have enough for everybody who is here now, so stay in line and I'll come hand out a ticket to each of you. If you have a ticket, you get a Classic, so when we open the doors, CALMLY make your way to customer service and they'll check you out."
It was that easy.
I can truly say that Smash Bros. Ultimate was my first early release experience of a game and you're right! It was made good by the sense of community
“Everything’s frozen! My legs. My ears. My asssssspirations.”
I’ll honestly never forget going to the midnight release of Halo 3
I wish I had been old enough for that. Currently the midnight release Ill never forget is for Breath of the Wild and the Switch. I had never been so excited for anything in my entire life. I couldn't play much though since the joycons had to charge right out of the box.
@@ChriSaito I was there for halo 2 and it truly was glorious
I have very fond memories of midnight releases back in 2006-2010. Good times man
“Were back at Best Buy with bug spray and no camouflage hat”
-Problably some guy 2019
"The midnight releases I most remember are from the Wii and PS3."
*Halo 3 would like to know your location*
They're the easiest to remember because people got stabbed/shot trying to get their hands on them, and for nearly a year they were hard to find. And of course scalpers were selling them for outrageous prices online. I remember it took over a year and one depressing soulless Christmas for me to find a Wii actually for sale because I was in jazz band playing for the grand opening of a local Target and they had a whopping two Wii's for sale. Idk if Halo 3 was as vital of a midnight release to attend; if there was a shortage of copies of Halo 3 I wasn't aware of that.
@@a_nervous_wreck I bought a Wii with years of my allowance for 370 dollars a couple months after release after a scalper. Now that's regret
@@a_nervous_wreck The only midnight release I've been too was Halo Reach and I must say that Halo Releases are pretty mythical.
@@NinjaTreeProductions Oh for sure not saying there's no hype when it comes to Halo, and I love those games, I just can't remember if back then the games sold out or if there was a shortage of games.
I was only 7 at the time, but I stayed awake for my dad to get home from the midnight release. I was hooked after my dad finished it and stopped playing. I spent so much time on the multiplayer and messing around with forge. It was great. Still have the helmet from the Legendary edition. I have the special dvd somewhere
Went to a midnight release of MK11 recently and got it on switch so while people were still in line I was able to hand them a joy con and we played while they waited. It was a good time, great community
I was first in line to get the Wii at my local Walmart back in 2006. Today is actually exactly 13 years since the day I got in line! Back then midnight releases weren't a thing, and instead you had to wait all night until 7am when the store finally opened to get your prize. Being a Canadian November, it was well below 0 with howling winds that night, but I look back fondly on the experience now.
There were probably almost a hundred others in the line along with me. We spent the night talking about how excited we were for the Virtual Console, and how it would make owning any other Nintendo console completely irrelevant. How we'd finally be able to play Twilight Princess after it'd been delayed what felt like a million times. How the motion controls looked super cool (ah how naive we were, flash forward to one Kinect and one PlayStation Move later and we'd be cursing Nintendo for the curse they brought about gaming).
So after somehow surviving the night I finally managed to get my hands on the Wii, along with Twilight Princess , a Classic Controller, and a 2000 Wii Points card. I went home, set up the console, tried each of the Wii Sports games, played Twilight Princess for about an hour, and then crashed to sleep. I woke up almost 20 hours later, just in time to get ready for school the next day (Grade 9 at the time).
Midnight releases have kind of eliminated this sort of adventure, so I couldn't be happier that as silly as it may seem, I was part of the madness that was the Wii launch.
Scott: Ohio has a ton of snow
Me: *Laughs in Canadian*
Me: Laughs in Syracuse, NY (snowiest city in the US)
Me: *Laughs in ohio knowing he was true*
Edit: if I'm correct Scott is 2 hours away from me
Laughs hardest in Alaska
Eh, eh, eh...
Doomguy 6 21 3 11 Dude, I looked it up and Colombia Ohio only gets an average of 22 inches of snow per year, which is 6 inches below US average.
Where I live in Canada, we get an average of 50 inches of snow (a little over 4 feet) and we’re below average. On the east cost of Canada, they get an average of 8-10 feet of snow
The pure irony of Scott going to a release of Pokémon makes this video so much better
“ A pregnancy” - Scott 2019
Bean yoda Gaming you officially have the best channel name of all time
Scott the Woz: "I dont even like Pokemon."
Scott the Woz's comment section: "Scott the Woz: I dont even like Pokemon. - 2019"
Yep
“Scott the Woz: I don’t even like Pokemon.-2019”
Don’t worry Scott, no one likes Pokémon this year.
Man all these videos are so rewatchable. There is so much hidden humor in these videos. The best one was "the release of a hotly anticipated video game" and he shows the jumanji game
GameStop when there’s a new game coming out:
Well, we know what we’re doing tonight
Miss the days when me and the boys would meet at LameStop (wasn’t as lame back then unlike now) for the midnight release of halo 2 now that was a launch release. Miss those days!
Kind of feel bad that kids now a days won’t experience it.
The halo 2 midnight release was definitely my favorite. I was working at EB games, and was in college. Before the store closed we went out to get beer and pizza. We closed the store and got to play for 3 hours until midnight. After we closed again a few of us hung out and played for a couple of hours. It was so much fun.
"This beef stew ain't that bad."
- Scott, 2019
Hey you watched the fucking video too?
@@mynewaccount2361 No I watched the platonic one
@yootubesucks123 They said it because it's a meme to quote someone and put it in the format of quotes that include the name and year
@yootubesucks123 "Woah! Thanks for letting everyone know that Scott said this in 2019! Not like I can't see for myself in the description what year the video was uploaded in! Geez thanks a million!"
- yootubesucks123, 2019
@@mynewaccount2361 yeh man, it was really cool! I hope you enjoyed it too!
The whole comment section: Scott should’ve uploaded this at midnight.
Portugal and Greenland: I guess you guys are just living in the wrong time zone.
Edit: So, I looked it up, and it’s not the main land mass of Portugal that it would’ve been midnight for, when Scott released the video, it’s just a Portuguese island far off the cost, and I didn’t realize that until now. But yeah. Most of Portugal 🇵🇹 is not in that time zone.
*riso maléfico in Portuguese*
Portugal can kiss my butt!!!
Fake edit: I hearby apologize to Portugal (and to a lesser extent Greenland). I've been dealing the Pokemon "fans" all weekend and I'm a bit on the aggressive side at the moment.
Portugal deez nuts
Greenland?
Wow. You know we exist? :D
Gum Skyloard, Hey Gum!
Dude, I worked at a game store in the UK called Gamestation from around 2004 - 2010 and we used have midnight launches all the time. The best I can remember is when Halo 3 released. We hired a Master Chief costome for one of the staff to wear and everyone was hyped beyond belief. About 300 people turned up for that one. Resi 5 was good one too, we stood in red paint and walked around the store leaving bloody footprints to follow for the queue and all dressed up as zombies and resi characters. Awesome times
Scott: I don’t like Pokémon
Also Scott: I’M STAYING UP FOR A MIDNIGHT RELEASE OF POKÉMON SWORD AND SHIELD
Rewatching this after coming home from the midnight launch of Tears of the Kingdom.
The launch was awesome!
I literally watched this video while sitting outside GameStop. It was my first time doing an event like this, I'll definitely do it again in the future!
Best moments of gaming history, halo 3 the hype and midnight release was legendary
Scott: “How do you prove you like video games?”
*Lawn Chair*
"I only buy my games from 12:01 am to 11:59 pm"
Wait. Thats like 23 hours and 58 minutes.
Methinks Scott did a mixup...
@@QuasarManiac The joke was that he's never been to a midnight release/bought a game at midnight.
qactustick OOOOOOH. I misheard him the first time, well jeez ok then
I've been to three midnight releases in my time, but the only one I actually attended for myself was the launch of Fallout 4 and I do not regret it. The sense of hype throughout the line and the store being decorated from wall to wall was super wholesome.
The second was being bribed into standing in line with a friend for the midnight release of Black Ops III (I got free McDonalds out of it, okay?) and the third was unknowingly wandering into the midnight release of FIFA 16 at a supermarket after me and a couple buddies had been out having a drink. We saw a group of people from our college near the front of the line and they called us over and let us stand with them, so we ended up all grabbing our own copies too.
Brawl was my first ever midnight release and it was awesome. A Melee tournament, awesome fans, and free freaking pizza. Oh yeah it was fantastic.
When smash ultimate came out last year my friends and i went to Gamestop and the capacity of the store was filled. They had a tournament going on with money and prizes and as a young boy in middle school waiting for halo 4 to drop was one of the best memories of that time. I've gone to maybe like 4 different midnight release and they have all been wonderful
Midnight releases of the XBOX360 and more Halo 2 are still some of my favorite memories. Biking home with my buddies with backpacks full of next gen goodness, or Master Chiefs new addictive drug, shot gunning mountain dew with strangers in the parking lot... what more can you want.
Did something similar at a GameStop for the PS5 two days before Christmas, except it wasn’t technically midnight. There’s definitely something fun about waiting with other people for something you all value so much
I’ve only done this back when the Nintendo Switch launch. It was fun.
(0:50) I remember the days where I did order games online to get them on release. They made sure that I would get it on release, so I got it one day early. Every time I made an order, it came one day earlier. It was nice that way. Screw waiting for the midnight release, I got to play it half a day in advance! - Nowadays I don't buy them on release no more, and just wait until I'm interested in a game, and buy it at a reduced price.
I am always excited when these vids come out
6:45 the cowboy hat is flipped upside down. Which means scott has proper cowboy etiquet, because you always flip a cowboy hat upside down to prevent the brim from going flat whenever you rest it.