The Downfall of Fossil Fighters: One of The Best DS Games

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  • Опубліковано 15 лип 2020
  • As one of the best games to come out on the Nintendo DS, let's talk about Fossil Fighters and how the series would meet its end.
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  • @Iceyia
    @Iceyia 3 роки тому +704

    I remember absolutely loving the first game. Staying up late past bedtime, sneaking around at night to go grab my DS off the charger, trying to make the click clacks of the DS opening and closing as silent as possible, just to play fossil fighters and Pokemon ranger. Those were the days.

    • @SlimekingYT
      @SlimekingYT 3 роки тому +18

      I did the same thing omg bruh

    • @Silver19897
      @Silver19897 3 роки тому +26

      Trying to get rid of that dust late at night... sheesh

    • @RaphtaliasCross
      @RaphtaliasCross 3 роки тому +13

      Yeah man I beat the first game at 3 am when I was 7 and I remember my exact team, Guan - T rex - seismo, that was the best fight of my life

    • @JaneValentine007
      @JaneValentine007 3 роки тому +2

      Oh my god, I did the same exact things for just about any game, FF was one of them hehe

    • @ZynetESLD
      @ZynetESLD 3 роки тому +6

      SAAAAME. BUT WITH CHAMPIONS. Let's be honest: this blows pokemon out of the water. And, I think a more action combat oriented spin off would play very well. Kinda like where you take full control of your vivosaur for a third person combat section using moves. FP is earned through either successfully evading the enemy moves, or through waiting for a small amount of time. As it constantly regens. And FP Plus would make the recharge cut down by 25%

  • @arthurvergolino6859
    @arthurvergolino6859 3 роки тому +1716

    fun fact:
    the first game went as far as having multiple romantic partner options. yes you can date the fossil girl who helps you out or date the dino girl.
    comparing that to frontier is.... sad.

    • @revolve0265
      @revolve0265 3 роки тому +206

      Big reminder how much of a cockblocker Gamefreak is.

    • @zackawesomeness2506
      @zackawesomeness2506 3 роки тому +214

      Duna gang rise up

    • @904funny
      @904funny 3 роки тому +46

      That scene where Nibbles gets left behind though...

    • @vivaty199
      @vivaty199 3 роки тому +78

      @@zackawesomeness2506 No sir this is a rosie only household

    • @yuyaricachimuel555
      @yuyaricachimuel555 3 роки тому +6

      How about Champions?

  • @saltysteambags4603
    @saltysteambags4603 3 роки тому +957

    Old school fossil fighters fans when they see how awful Frontier is: Look how they massacred my boy

    • @danield6633
      @danield6633 3 роки тому +12

      Salty Steambags yep growing up with it and looking at it now is sad so I play the old ones

    • @goldenguardian8753
      @goldenguardian8753 3 роки тому +6

      Agreed, it hurts my heart

    • @mr.tamales8582
      @mr.tamales8582 3 роки тому +3

      Well... sauroposeidon is not bad at all.... right?

    • @Yuu-gh3nl
      @Yuu-gh3nl 3 роки тому +14

      as someone who owned both the og, champions, and frontier, i disagree.

    • @iceburgess461
      @iceburgess461 3 роки тому +4

      L

  • @themadtitan8379
    @themadtitan8379 3 роки тому +437

    I played THE SHIT out of this as a kid and didn’t realize how much I missed it until now
    I also forgot just how much crack the story writers were on

    • @dr.dylansgame5583
      @dr.dylansgame5583 3 роки тому +30

      Also still mad that when you finally get the legendary ones they tone them down to overpowered regular vivasaurs which makes sense from a balance perspective but just really disappointed me

    • @TheDagger55
      @TheDagger55 2 роки тому +5

      @@dr.dylansgame5583 I had felt so much disappointment when they were nerfed.

    • @jamimuhammad3699
      @jamimuhammad3699 Рік тому +1

      I agree I feel the same

    • @lil_Wayyy
      @lil_Wayyy Рік тому +1

      @@dr.dylansgame5583 Are u talking about the three brain eating vivosaurs. There so much weaker when u use them its sad.

    • @phenex5190
      @phenex5190 Рік тому +6

      I know dude, it felt like 50% of the game was post-game content bc of how many big battles just kept coming. As in champions as well. So much stuff and it's the best, currently replaying them on desmume

  • @cartercrum1490
    @cartercrum1490 3 роки тому +348

    The fact that fossil fighters had good 3D graphics only two years after Pokemon Diamond and peril were barely chugging along with 3D modes shows how well they hold up. Fossil fighters was the first game I ever spent over 100 hours on one save file.

    • @PSIGOD
      @PSIGOD 3 роки тому +22

      It looks more animated than sword and shield

    • @jeremiahosorio2486
      @jeremiahosorio2486 3 роки тому +3

      Nigle Trollster bro on the first one i had over 380 hours, i’ve had the game since i was 6 😂😂

    • @moondoria8401
      @moondoria8401 3 роки тому +3

      Same. I love these games.

    • @hornetc5585
      @hornetc5585 3 роки тому +5

      To be fair, a lot of the viviosaurs attack animations were identical to the ones of similar/related ones. I guess this was still better than pokemon, since the animations were the same regardless of the Pokemon. I'm still scared by seeing dragon pulse come out of MT's crouch in Pokemon B&W 2!

    • @dacienfelice2993
      @dacienfelice2993 3 роки тому +3

      There you go, now you have more likes than hours you spent, lol

  • @Terumimi
    @Terumimi 3 роки тому +2283

    Dude... So many youtubers are talking about fossil fighters all of a sudden and i LOVE IT

    • @cheiftainvulpix
      @cheiftainvulpix 3 роки тому +56

      SAME. This game needs more attention.

    • @its_just_seb
      @its_just_seb 3 роки тому +41

      @Lillie Senpai well, theres Jaiden Animations, who did an animated review of it, which i really liked

    • @riven1823
      @riven1823 3 роки тому +17

      Same this hit so hard as a kid and it still does I have the original one with me I had it since like 2011

    • @yuyaricachimuel555
      @yuyaricachimuel555 3 роки тому +17

      With all this talk going on I’m just waiting for another game (and one that’s more like the originals and not Frontier)

    • @sweatyearth7458
      @sweatyearth7458 3 роки тому +1

      SAME

  • @E4439Qv5
    @E4439Qv5 3 роки тому +79

    13:24 had me briefly panicked, seeing the Miraculous Fossil screen with the Hammer tool active.
    One false move... /*shudders*

    • @blizzardkiehn2508
      @blizzardkiehn2508 2 роки тому +12

      That's why we save beforehand.

    • @gagelathrop7615
      @gagelathrop7615 2 роки тому +7

      I accidentally did that once. Legit lost hours of work just to try again

    • @azathoth2067
      @azathoth2067 2 роки тому +2

      The dark fossils were the worst because you couldn't drill the first layer. You had to hammer it.

    • @AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee
      @AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee 2 роки тому +3

      @@azathoth2067 you needed god's hand to be able to get above 90 with those. specially the ones that break EVERY LAYER in 1 hit

    • @azathoth2067
      @azathoth2067 2 роки тому +1

      @@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee highest I ever got was low. 70s.

  • @hellsfury1136
    @hellsfury1136 3 роки тому +141

    I remember tricking my mother into buying the first game when I was 6, when the only other game I had was Pokémon Platinum and never once did I see this game as a Pokémon clone. Also Frontier broke my soul, the story was sick, but beside that, it never held a candle it’s predecessors.

    • @alexzanderroberts995
      @alexzanderroberts995 2 роки тому +1

      The battling was annoying, and without thought

    • @xxyoboigxx
      @xxyoboigxx Рік тому +4

      facts. my brother and i are in agreement that ff champions is the best game out of the trilogy because it has all of the content of the first game but just improved upon it. unfortunately no one can say the same about frontier. although frontier had a couple of quality of life improvements but, that's really all it has on the previous 2

  • @icecreamcake5381
    @icecreamcake5381 3 роки тому +761

    Champions is my favorite Fossil Fighter game. Btw, in Fossil Fighter Champions there is an NPC staff at one of the areas that says this when you speak to him:
    "Fast cars are exciting, right? Maybe we could have people battle while driving around a racetrack!"
    He quickly follows it up with:
    "...No, you're right. That's a dumb idea."
    P.S. They were right lmao.

    • @moondoria8401
      @moondoria8401 3 роки тому +2

      Lol.

    • @mfs96
      @mfs96 3 роки тому +33

      And then, we got YuGiOh 5Ds, instead of cars and dinosaur, we got a motorcycle and virtual monsters. At least, it's close enough.

    • @syd4real961
      @syd4real961 3 роки тому +34

      @@mfs96 The difference is that the plot for Yugioh 5D's is awesome

    • @JTSquirrel
      @JTSquirrel 3 роки тому +7

      Isn’t this..more of a reference to Mario Kart?

    • @conflux1585
      @conflux1585 3 роки тому +1

      The story in champions is amazing.

  • @cloudwyrms9752
    @cloudwyrms9752 3 роки тому +403

    It’s sad that the series kind of went by the wayside (I was SOOOOO excited for Frontier, until I actually played it and was disappointed). Thankfully though, the rather small fandom around it is SUPER dedicated.
    The battle style is so unique and strategic, and pulled it off a lot better than Pokémon triple battles that came after.

    • @rainerj7337
      @rainerj7337 3 роки тому +3

      agreed. And now im gonna be looking for this community.

    • @beanburrito4405
      @beanburrito4405 3 роки тому +3

      Rotation battles are a better comparison, but even so, they were only in one generation and were still simpler than Fossil Fighters

    • @whovianjc4342
      @whovianjc4342 3 роки тому +1

      If you’d like a similar game try spetrobes

  • @iwannahavearockstar2994
    @iwannahavearockstar2994 3 роки тому +109

    This reminded me of a anime I used to watch when I was a kid called " Dinosaur King " , I loved the intro cuz it had dancing dinosaurs and the dinosaurs evolved and devolved like Digimon .

    • @vlitragaia5969
      @vlitragaia5969 3 роки тому +8

      They made a \game version of it and it was lit af

    • @anormalcorpus4804
      @anormalcorpus4804 3 роки тому +2

      I too remember watching it on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon

    • @wd3185
      @wd3185 3 роки тому +6

      Didn't watch the cartoon because I couldn't find it, but I did have the game, and I actually had no idea the show even existed until several years after I found the game. One of my first childhood video games, and one of my favorites.

    • @dervadveirzundluni
      @dervadveirzundluni 3 роки тому +1

      I found the show on netflix or hulu at one point, still as good as before

    • @g_kamikazi
      @g_kamikazi 2 роки тому +1

      i had the cards and i got upset because i could never find any of them ever… devastating for a 8 year old

  • @cambamslam3510
    @cambamslam3510 3 роки тому +176

    "Joe Wildwest" is the best American name I have ever heard lol

    • @onlyvirly2c
      @onlyvirly2c 3 роки тому +3

      Lol ikr. Like yes the most original name “Joe Wildwest” XD

    • @grantcole1898
      @grantcole1898 2 роки тому +1

      I kept on hoping that if there was a Fossil Fighters anime that Owen Wilson would voice Joe Wildwest!

    • @mechashadow
      @mechashadow 2 роки тому

      Jim West and him should make a movie together

    • @ExperienceExplosion
      @ExperienceExplosion 2 роки тому

      Haven't you heard of one Mr. glock 19 gen 5 mos? Now that's an American name.

  • @sushiroll3795
    @sushiroll3795 3 роки тому +838

    Frontier was the Fallout: 76 of my childhood.

    • @draconicslayer3593
      @draconicslayer3593 3 роки тому +15

      Yeah I used to play it all the time. It's a guilty pleasure for me

    • @kclink1579
      @kclink1579 3 роки тому +14

      The game was that rubbish and made people wonder why they even liked the series in the first place.

    • @danarcher4566
      @danarcher4566 3 роки тому +18

      The combat strayed from the first 2 games, bone buggies were neat but felt odd, they cut a lot of vivosaurs, and the butt jokes from that one kid got old incredibly fast. I've never heard a person use "hind quarters" in a sentence except for him.
      However! i love Nibbles.

    • @Virtualmess32
      @Virtualmess32 3 роки тому +1

      This is fact

    • @TheEmeraldboy100
      @TheEmeraldboy100 3 роки тому +12

      More like Sword and Shield.

  • @PK_Gaming93
    @PK_Gaming93 3 роки тому +724

    I remember replaying Champions over and over again because it had a New Game + feature so you could keep all your old vivosaurs. I wish Pokémon had a feature like that

    • @904funny
      @904funny 3 роки тому +51

      It also had DLC with returning characters and Legendary Vivos

    • @jrpgintrovert752
      @jrpgintrovert752 3 роки тому +29

      904funny too bad that their unobtainable now unless you already got them before the ds Online thing shut down, I lost my original copy and was so disappointed when I couldn’t get saladasaur

    • @904funny
      @904funny 3 роки тому +8

      I got the chickens into the first game via Nintendo Channel

    • @zackawesomeness2506
      @zackawesomeness2506 3 роки тому +16

      Degenerate actually there is a way to bypass the WiFi check to get WiFi dlc for chanpions

    • @LordKefka
      @LordKefka 3 роки тому +7

      Yep I got the DLC stuff for champions.

  • @kingdat4448
    @kingdat4448 3 роки тому +72

    I’m not letting it die! When I’m done with college, I’m making a remake of fossil fighters champions! Have hope!

  • @Enneamorph
    @Enneamorph 3 роки тому +76

    Fossil Fighters: YES
    Fossil Fighters: Champions: YESSSSSS
    Fossil Fighters: Frontier: no...no, nooooo whyyyyyyy

  • @shellknight1323
    @shellknight1323 3 роки тому +218

    *"Fossil Fights is Officially Extinct"*
    WatchMojo: *Top Ten Saddest Video game Deaths* 😥😢😭😫

    • @Xetheon
      @Xetheon 3 роки тому +10

      No no no.
      *Top ten anime deaths*

  • @Superstar5_
    @Superstar5_ 3 роки тому +442

    IGN: "Final Fantasy is just a ripoff of Dragon Quest, 5.9 out of 10."

    • @hugofernandes2347
      @hugofernandes2347 3 роки тому +63

      also IGN: Last of us 2 is too good to even exist on this earth 25/10

    • @miguelcondadoolivar5149
      @miguelcondadoolivar5149 3 роки тому +12

      Dragon Quest would be incredibly sexist and bigoted by their book, so any rip-offs would be 3/10 at best.
      Unless they do "Like DQ but with wokeness".

    • @E4439Qv5
      @E4439Qv5 3 роки тому +11

      _ugggh,_ I know exactly which review you're talking about, and I hate it.
      Rupert is _NOT_ Gary Oak.

    • @karstenkunneman5219
      @karstenkunneman5219 3 роки тому +13

      7.8/10 too much water

    • @rainerj7337
      @rainerj7337 3 роки тому +14

      Hate when IGN suddenly goes dumb like that. Really shows how simple minded some of there "reviewers" are when playing these type of games.

  • @isaiahnesheim2971
    @isaiahnesheim2971 3 роки тому +121

    Frontier can be summed up as "look how they massacred my boy"

    • @nesyboi9421
      @nesyboi9421 3 роки тому +5

      I 100% agree with this statement.

    • @firestar4407
      @firestar4407 2 роки тому

      Cars? Cars?! CAAAAAAARS!! And IIIIIIIIIIIII-HOLY SHIT! Will Always Love Yo-I CANT BELIEVE YOU DID THIS TO ME GODDAMMIT HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!?!

    • @cryptex8398
      @cryptex8398 2 роки тому

      @@firestar4407 r/ihadastroke

  • @Pale_7567
    @Pale_7567 3 роки тому +179

    Oh man I’m so glad I’m finding more and more people actually liking and recognize Fossil Fighters and FF Champions
    Frontier was such a massive disappointment and it’s good people can let that dissolve into the ether, hopefully since Nintendo purchased the ip they might do something but rn I’m just gonna hope for the best
    Great video dude

  • @manueljaramillo2520
    @manueljaramillo2520 3 роки тому +241

    I really miss Fossil Fighters. Champions is easily my favorite of the trilogy with Frontier being my least. The series deserved to go out on a better note.

  • @shellknight1323
    @shellknight1323 3 роки тому +360

    *I introduce my girlfriend to the first two games and she was clinging to it for life! Then she broke down in literal tears when she saw what Frontier did.*

    • @acetalos-4242
      @acetalos-4242 3 роки тому +26

      I almost broke down to tears myself

    • @thefrontier2288
      @thefrontier2288 3 роки тому +23

      Yep, I played 5 minutes of the demo, and then deleted it, I was so sad I absolutely loved the first game, I still have the game guide

    • @deltagearadvanced5140
      @deltagearadvanced5140 3 роки тому +7

      Frontier feels like whoever worked on it never heard of what a fossil fighters game was or is supposed to be.
      To this day I could never beat it because of the horrible battle system and awful system, not that i could bring myself to try very hard...

    • @brandoncampbell9144
      @brandoncampbell9144 3 роки тому +1

      @@deltagearadvanced5140 I was close but couldn't beat the final boss unless I grind

    • @sinny5404
      @sinny5404 3 роки тому +3

      Dude I couldn't beat the final boss either even though I was so overpowered the rest of the game ip to that point was an absolute breeze. Its like a paywall without the pay option xD

  • @bai-zewarrior
    @bai-zewarrior 3 роки тому +64

    I would love them to make a fossil fighters for the switch! As someone who dreamed of becoming a paleontologist this was one of my favorite game franchises

    • @bapiful5944
      @bapiful5944 Рік тому

      I SECOND THIS!!

    • @benjaminroos2996
      @benjaminroos2996 Рік тому

      I agree

    • @CaptainCretaceous91
      @CaptainCretaceous91 Рік тому +1

      I will only buy a Switch if, amd ONLY IF, Nintendo creates a new Fossil Fighters game for it. I'd write them that, but I don't think they'd listen, and I don't know there number.

  • @b_megamaths
    @b_megamaths 3 роки тому +29

    Man, nobody seems to talk about the announcers in the second and *especially* first games.

  • @DemonKingIX
    @DemonKingIX 3 роки тому +152

    Anyone else remember Spectrobes? It was also a fossil cleaning game, with a RPG feel.

    • @LunaP1
      @LunaP1 3 роки тому

      I only got the first two games and had bought the third one. Also remember the minisodes that were online?

    • @ditzyditz7329
      @ditzyditz7329 3 роки тому +5

      I liked spectrobes origins a lot

    • @eb.3764
      @eb.3764 3 роки тому

      i didn't like it that much

    • @gnarly_charley
      @gnarly_charley 3 роки тому +2

      Fun game!

    • @wd3185
      @wd3185 3 роки тому +3

      Another Pokémon-like game that was pretty fun and good in its own right, though I must say I vastly preferred Fossil Fighters to Spectrobes.

  • @chriveltalthemythic2553
    @chriveltalthemythic2553 3 роки тому +548

    While I never played it, I was always interested in playing Fossil Fighters, and I honestly feel it got the Yo-Kai Watch treatment of being seen as a mediocre Pokemon rip-off when they were actually pretty well-made games with interesting battle mechanics. And also like Fossil Fighter, I hope we get a Switch sequel (or even a remake) and the eventual localization of YW4 for the Switch.

    • @compatriot852
      @compatriot852 3 роки тому +27

      I never heard of the series being called a Pokemon clone.
      The act of fighting dinosaurs and cleaning fossils is something that is pretty different from Pokemon's Battle system

    • @chriveltalthemythic2553
      @chriveltalthemythic2553 3 роки тому +26

      @@compatriot852 Exactly, I've spoken with people about this, and they said that just looked at it, assumed it was just a rip-off or another ds shovelware title, and moved on when it comes to these games without giving them a shot.

    • @revolve0265
      @revolve0265 3 роки тому +1

      You'd have to deplete my iq to 0 to make me say something like that.

    • @alakazamlover4908
      @alakazamlover4908 3 роки тому +16

      it did get the yokai watch treatment :( especially since this game series can be hard and brutal (And dark sometimes) and yokai watch is also really amazing

    • @mattwo7
      @mattwo7 3 роки тому +9

      YW4 localization is already confirmed to happen. It's still somehow set for this year in spite of [current global crisis]. If you look at the release dates for the past few games 2020 is exactly when it should be too. Blasters 2 on the other hand, that one's not getting localized sadly.
      I wouldn't hold my breath for the YW Jam game getting localized which is a shame considering it's a school life/RPG hybrid like Persona and FE3H which are super popular over here.
      Also not holding my breath for the supposed localization of the Shadowside and Forever Friends movies. There was interest in localizing them but we haven't heard anything since then and considering the anime is dead over here, the odds are so very slim.

  • @indecisivecollector438
    @indecisivecollector438 3 роки тому +40

    I almost never sell or return games; I got rid of Frontier within 3 days. I loved the first two so much; they had a stronger system to work with and just ignored it. The only positive thing about it is I liked how some areas had wandering wild vivosaurs despite it not making sense lore wise.

  • @taintedtaylor2586
    @taintedtaylor2586 3 роки тому +33

    It’s so good people are remembering this game, I was obsessed with the series.

  • @ericargueta6333
    @ericargueta6333 3 роки тому +106

    Fossil fighters was such a beacon of hope in my childhood during my rough times

  • @Sebastian-tm6hk
    @Sebastian-tm6hk 3 роки тому +82

    The original and Champions are one of my favorite games I played while growing up and it makes me happy seeing more people acknowledge them.
    Hope it'll come back some day cuz Frontier really was an awful note to go out on.

  • @Goonz
    @Goonz 3 роки тому +11

    I remember my friend at summer camp was playing this and it shocked everyone cause at the time the only thing we played was Diamond / Pearl / Platinum and I instantly fell in love and forced my mom to get it that same weekend

  • @vaalreinhyena5042
    @vaalreinhyena5042 2 роки тому +16

    I'm so happy people are finally talking about these two amazing games. I grew up playing both of them and seeing it finally get attention brings my inner child so much joy

  • @yaboichipsahoy2275
    @yaboichipsahoy2275 3 роки тому +79

    Champions was one of my favorite games as a kid and I was SO excited for Frontier to come out. but then I hated it upon release. when a 9-year old can tell that a game is bad, then you know it’s REALLY bad

    • @echospace7347
      @echospace7347 3 роки тому

      Did you ever play the first ?

    • @brutalnobody5240
      @brutalnobody5240 3 роки тому +3

      @@echospace7347 probs not but I can agree that FFC is the best of the 3 the post game was real meaty, the new game plus added a lot as well as it added a reason for using vivosaur like shanshan thought the whole game and the worse vivosour though sadly I couldn't beat the last joe quest for beating him like 4 times in row

    • @IceSpiceMuncherr
      @IceSpiceMuncherr 3 роки тому

      I played the first 2 before frontier and 13 year old me was so excited to get it and try it out. Just like you I remember being super disappointed especially when it cost me $40 and I bought the first and second from gamestop for about $5 for the original and $20 for champions

  • @AndreaMusso99
    @AndreaMusso99 3 роки тому +209

    Every time I saw one of these games ( not just this series though, But also other similar series) on Gamestop I always thought they were just some Pokemon rip offs and they were not worth buying them.....I regret that now :v

    • @umbrellaeyethingguy4665
      @umbrellaeyethingguy4665 3 роки тому +18

      I made a worse mistake, I heard good things about the series and bought frontier, thinking it would be like the praised ones.

    • @AndreaMusso99
      @AndreaMusso99 3 роки тому +4

      Damn, You made a big mistake :v

    • @BrickHeadGamin
      @BrickHeadGamin 3 роки тому +6

      Go fix this error and buy the first two

    • @yuyaricachimuel555
      @yuyaricachimuel555 3 роки тому +1

      Umbrella eye thing guy that’s CRIMINAL!

    • @hesterfranks9716
      @hesterfranks9716 3 роки тому

      @@AndreaMusso99 lucky for you they're still only like 15$ pre-owned at gamestop

  • @2ndsnake899
    @2ndsnake899 2 роки тому +4

    I remember asking for Champions and got the first one instead. Never having played any Fossil Fighters game beforehand, it was still amazing.

  • @WowieItsMeowie
    @WowieItsMeowie 3 роки тому +11

    Fossil Fighters games were my childhood. Instead of Pokémon games I played the Fossil Fighters series haha. Thank you for making a video on this awesome and nostalgic video game series! It warms my heart to see that there are still fans out there! 😊

  • @shellknight1323
    @shellknight1323 3 роки тому +54

    "There was one more Fossil Fighter Gam-"
    Ad: *ARE YOU TIRED!*
    ME: YES I AM! I Refuse to Acknowledge that game!

  • @lord_boneman
    @lord_boneman 3 роки тому +68

    Oh god seeing Frontier again was painful. But holy damn do I love the two older games. Maybe we can show Nintendo that we love these games, and not cars.

  • @Orion-nq2qr
    @Orion-nq2qr 3 роки тому +22

    there will always be a special place in my heart for fossil fighters, i got introduced to the series by a cousin i met at my great grandfathers funeral. i was visiting his house for a weekend, and he let me try the game out, i fell in love with the series instantly, and it was, and will always be, some of my favorite games. i even enjoyed frontiers but only for driving my car around lol, otherwise frontiers sucked ass

  • @kainitekaiju3227
    @kainitekaiju3227 3 роки тому +10

    With all the nostalgia blasts, I’m honestly super tempted to draw some of these vivosaurs & characters out of pure admiration. The original almost felt like a Saturday morning cartoon show the more I think about it.

  • @ExtremalMetal
    @ExtremalMetal 3 роки тому +24

    3:49
    "And honestly, that's just scratching the surface"
    I see what you did there

  • @TLF_Dragon
    @TLF_Dragon 3 роки тому +46

    Personally I just wish Nintendo would just do a remake of the old games with updated graphics. But sadly that might not even be a thing they could do.

    • @zordonelite
      @zordonelite 3 роки тому +7

      If they remade the first 2 that would be so cool

    • @nesyboi9421
      @nesyboi9421 2 роки тому

      Yes that and add online random battles

  • @alexwithsauce2556
    @alexwithsauce2556 3 роки тому +17

    Seeing Fossil Fighters finally get the respect it deserves makes me die of happiness. Loved the first 2 games and played them so much, and the 3rd game was....ok, I guess.

    • @Jgrant711
      @Jgrant711 3 роки тому

      3rd game was like a day old sandwich.

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 3 роки тому +16

    I really wish they would do more with this franchise. I loved it. It was so fun.

  • @ratmonsters6712
    @ratmonsters6712 3 роки тому +73

    This is hilarious, I've been replaying this game recently. Glad it's getting attention! It's a great game series.

  • @jazzminrice
    @jazzminrice 3 роки тому +87

    It’s great seeing a game I always thought was niche getting attention
    as I kid I loved dinosaurs and getting older I loved Pokémon, this game was the love letter I wanted and it was much more than what I was asking for
    I really gotta check out Champions one day as one thing that threw me off as a kid was the artstyle change, I’m willing to be more open towards it now

    • @andresmarrero8666
      @andresmarrero8666 3 роки тому +5

      What threw me off was that there was no mention of the events of the previous game.

    • @ogmechsftw
      @ogmechsftw 3 роки тому +7

      Champions was pretty good imo. The original game was still more charming, but Champions holds its own.

    • @nomireelnom4265
      @nomireelnom4265 3 роки тому +1

      @@andresmarrero8666 in the post-game tournaments Rosie from the first game returns as a competitor and is stated as being one of the champions from her home island

  • @Regunes
    @Regunes 3 роки тому +30

    Next thing we know they'll start praising "Custom robot arena"

    • @jeremiahgardner5486
      @jeremiahgardner5486 3 роки тому

      Let's hope so. I love custom robo

    • @mistery8363
      @mistery8363 3 роки тому

      @@jeremiahgardner5486 same

    • @nesyboi9421
      @nesyboi9421 2 роки тому +1

      I can't tell if this is meant to be an insult or compliment

  • @switchblade6
    @switchblade6 3 роки тому +10

    Bruh this evokes memories from a part of my brain I didn't know existed

  • @foodwithweirdrice9410
    @foodwithweirdrice9410 3 роки тому +131

    Fun fact-- you can battle online in the second game using Wimmfii! god the meta is so out of balance but like oh babey is it fun.

    • @j-lo2098
      @j-lo2098 3 роки тому +1

      Whats wimmfii

    • @foodwithweirdrice9410
      @foodwithweirdrice9410 3 роки тому +23

      @@j-lo2098 basically a substitute for the nintendo ds wifi. I think it also works with the Wii too,,,
      fossil fighters champions was made compatible with it like two months ago, waiting for the original to be compatible so i can get spammed with compso dynal frigi

    • @emblemwarrior11
      @emblemwarrior11 3 роки тому +1

      @@foodwithweirdrice9410 I was always curious about what a competitive scene for the first game would've looked like. I know Cryo was good in the first one, and that the Link trio was popular, but I never knew much about it.

    • @peeko1599
      @peeko1599 3 роки тому +14

      @@emblemwarrior11 If you want to get into competitive fossil fighters, we made a discord server so people can participate in tourneys. Also, we have a restricted list so the game can be more balanced. Here's a link to the discord. discord.gg/g4MqjsJ

    • @904funny
      @904funny 3 роки тому

      I thought it was stupid that on the preview screen, you can’t swap out to your benched vivosaurs in WiFi battles

  • @joshuawilliams2501
    @joshuawilliams2501 3 роки тому +14

    This perfectly summarizes how I feel about fossil fighters; A great series then frontier happened following the "make games easier for kids" trend.......

  • @danielturchan4092
    @danielturchan4092 3 роки тому +10

    The first fossil fighters games and Champions still to this day remain as my favorite games, whenever anyone asks me, those r my responses, however, whenever anyone asks what my least favorite game is, I say fossil fighters: frontier. Not only is it disappointing compared to the previous 2 installments, I couldn’t even play it as a stand alone game, I played it for a few hours and kept tying to love it and get into it, but it sucks, reeeeeally bad. I replay the first 2 games every few years bc I can’t stay away, I just have so much fun every time, no matter how old I am

    • @dr.dylansgame5583
      @dr.dylansgame5583 3 роки тому +1

      Same the original is the only damn game cartridge I've kept since I was a kid somehow

  • @kholdkhaos64ray11
    @kholdkhaos64ray11 3 роки тому +4

    God bless you for talking about Fossil Fighters. It was one of my favorite monster catching RPG series.
    I'm still forever salty at Pokemon fans completely dissing anything that even looked remotely close to Pokemon because I think this series could have gone much farther without that stigma.
    Minus Frontier though. That game can get flushed

  • @mattwo7
    @mattwo7 3 роки тому +21

    26:33 Terry from Dinosaur King, is that you?

  • @mihinkarunaratne
    @mihinkarunaratne 3 роки тому +34

    "Jaiden animations has joined the chat"

  • @SunfishV
    @SunfishV 3 роки тому +13

    Who could forget about the best dinosaur girlfriend.

  • @ethandressler9156
    @ethandressler9156 3 роки тому +4

    Dude when you said “tadpole planet eater” all I want is a fourth game with gunash just being a baby version or something and the main villain being an adult

  • @ssbmbrim4071
    @ssbmbrim4071 3 роки тому +16

    YES!!! Another UA-camr talking about Fossil Fighters in 2020! Thank you RPG Monger! This was my very first DS game! I love the series so much that i made a comic dub of the manga of this game, this game has been so good. God bless you

    • @E4439Qv5
      @E4439Qv5 3 роки тому

      Ooh.
      Did you upload it?

    • @ssbmbrim4071
      @ssbmbrim4071 3 роки тому

      Check my UA-cam channel

  • @emblemwarrior11
    @emblemwarrior11 3 роки тому +40

    Fossil Fighters is fantastic! Good lord, I played this damn thing endlessly.

  • @guillermoguzman8953
    @guillermoguzman8953 3 роки тому +4

    I’m replaying fossil fighters currently, feels amazing to play this again. Last time I had it I was like 12

  • @docbaker3333
    @docbaker3333 2 роки тому +1

    Oh my god...the Childhood nostalgia is overwhelming me this was one of my favorite DS games of all time. It was tough as hell but it was very fun and rewarding You my good monger have some of the best Videos on all of UA-cam.

  • @JikuAraiguma
    @JikuAraiguma 3 роки тому +28

    I loved this series and played all 3 entries to completion. Absolutely one of my all-time favorites with 2 being the high point. It is nice to see all of these videos popping up out of the woodworks for this franchise, and it gives me hope that the series will be revived better than it was left.

  • @SHNorria
    @SHNorria 3 роки тому +20

    SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT FOSSIL FIGHTERS?!
    my day has been made.

    • @ricetomeatyou852
      @ricetomeatyou852 3 роки тому

      I’m going to assume you have watched Jaiden Animations’ video on Fossil Fighters

    • @SHNorria
      @SHNorria 3 роки тому +1

      @@ricetomeatyou852 yes i saw that as well and i also screamed and freaked out when i saw cause now it means the game is getting more good attention like it needs

  • @xeronh9514
    @xeronh9514 3 роки тому +1

    this game was such a huge part of my childhood. i used to play it on my ds and my dad would play it along with me on his ds. we would always spend so much time together trying to get every vivosaur and getting all the secret ones in post game then getting them all max level. then when frontier came out i got it and played it for maybe 20 minutes and never touched it again. it was so disappointing seeing such a memorable and lovable franchise thrown away.

  • @Vandal_Hawk63
    @Vandal_Hawk63 9 місяців тому

    I still remember seeing the commercials for the first game. I practically begged my parents to get it for me for Christmas. Needless to say, after I got it, I almost never put that game down.

  • @mattwo7
    @mattwo7 3 роки тому +26

    4:11 That reviewer didn't even mention Dinosaur King DS did he?

    • @E4439Qv5
      @E4439Qv5 3 роки тому

      God, I hope not.

    • @mattwo7
      @mattwo7 3 роки тому +1

      @@E4439Qv5 My point is that it really goes to show their mindset when they hyperfocus on Pokemon and not even consider the other DS mon RPG with dinosaurs in it. The footage of Frontier in this video shows that the franchise fell so far that it copied Terry from the Dinosaur King anime, how he starts off small when not in battle then grows big when his card is scanned.

  • @nulllex0099
    @nulllex0099 3 роки тому +80

    *sees title*
    Just here to say Spectrobes Gang!!!!
    Alright, okay, I'll give it to you, even with three games under its belt, I'm finding this story more enjoyable than Spectrobes'
    But still, Spectrobes Gang for life!

    • @captainhades1583
      @captainhades1583 3 роки тому +14

      Beyond the Portals FTW

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo 3 роки тому +9

      Well, I loved Spectrobes, ND never saw this game before.
      In terms of the fossil gameplay, they're quite similar, but in terms of plot, battle, and character design, I feel more appealed by Spectrobes.
      In terms of plot both are too different and the antagonist motivation is quite different.
      Well. This one has a cute dinosaur waifu... So...

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 3 роки тому

      Yep!
      Two games I had to excavate from my 2DS drawer...

    • @marshmardgames9884
      @marshmardgames9884 3 роки тому +4

      Oh my god, I’ve found another...
      Spectrobes was great. Too bad I lost the two ds games and GameStop doesn’t have any in stock currently.

    • @nulllex0099
      @nulllex0099 3 роки тому

      @@marshmardgames9884 Oh that's terrible. Hope you can get them back soon

  • @LunarArray
    @LunarArray Рік тому +1

    Watching this made me relive the memories of receiving and cleaning prehistoric chicken fossils from a Wii channel event. Ah, memories…

  • @sunset7424
    @sunset7424 3 роки тому +1

    God I remember this game when I was 10. This was my first ever strategy game and got me into JRPGs I got so close to completing the whole thing and I honestly should look for my DS card and play it again

  • @TheSoleToast
    @TheSoleToast 3 роки тому +14

    There is an app called Amino where it has a Fossil Fighters community so if you want a place to talk about the game there is a place.

    • @themasterblaze7563
      @themasterblaze7563 3 роки тому +3

      There's a reddit for it too. Everyone there is super nice.

  • @ojjo5548
    @ojjo5548 3 роки тому +162

    I will review any pokemon game and call it a shin megami tensei rip off

  • @superchrispiks
    @superchrispiks 3 роки тому +7

    A part of me is holding out hope for the series to make a return despite all the odds stacked against it

    • @axf-22
      @axf-22 3 роки тому

      we all do, the day that happens I will shed tears of joy

  • @condeaarondarkusexcubitor3155
    @condeaarondarkusexcubitor3155 3 роки тому

    I think I saw some advertisement for the original title back when I was a kid.
    But I never had the opportunity to play anyone of this title. My head was dug into Pokémon and Bakugan. But I must, admit, It looks promising, and for an strange reason, I feel nostalgic towards it. Perhaps because I remember the advertisement that was in a manual and it remembers my childhood?.
    Nice video.

  • @CaptainCretaceous91
    @CaptainCretaceous91 3 роки тому +25

    It's so sad that RED got bought out. This game was my life. I actually like some of Frontier's redesigns, specifically Tricera and Mihu, along with variations from different countries and renames after famous skeletons, i.e. Sue, Stan, and Big Al.
    Well, now that I know that the series really is dead, I'm gonna go mourn and think up a new dinosaur RPG.

  • @lovelivefestival
    @lovelivefestival 3 роки тому +11

    Damn, I haven't heard anything about this trilogy in years. I feel old

  • @corwinamber8427
    @corwinamber8427 3 роки тому +16

    Me as a kid: aw i wanted Pokemon
    Me now: i wish Pokemon went out of business instead

    • @ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew
      @ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew 3 роки тому

      Please don't say that, just because you don't enjoy Pokémon, doesn't mean me and others can't enjoy it. I still enjoy Pokémon and i don't want it to end especially since my birth country still needs to become a Pokémon region

    • @torchthe62nd63
      @torchthe62nd63 2 роки тому

      @@ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew "ALLOW ME TO CONSOOM THE PRODUCT"
      You are in a very small minority, please just let that piece of shit franchise fucking DIE already, it's miserable for all of us.

    • @ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew
      @ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew 2 роки тому

      @@torchthe62nd63 No need to be so dam rude and no i'm not in a small minority, in fact there are many of us that still play Sword & Shield and other current Pokémon games every single day. Just because not everyone speaks up for the games, doesn't mean there are only haters! I love Pokémon and so do many others that i see play every day

    • @nesyboi9421
      @nesyboi9421 2 роки тому

      @@torchthe62nd63 that was rude to literally all the people here who like both franchises. Will say though its gone down hill since sword and shield released.

  • @Dinoyipi
    @Dinoyipi Рік тому +1

    I get the feeling that in addition to simplification for a younger audience, part of Frontier's problem is that it was trying to emphasize the multiplayer experience at the expense of singleplayer. For one thing, the new battle system in Frontier works better in multiplayer, since you have real people to strategize with. Also, you can't pause the game even in singleplayer. This wasn't a problem in the first two games because there were no roaming enemies (with one specific exception that I recall) and battles were turn-based and not timed, but neither of those are the case in Frontier. (The rogue Vivosaurs can even _interrupt your fossil cleaning_ which causes you to lose the fossil.)

  • @kodyballard49
    @kodyballard49 3 роки тому +8

    Fossil Fighters & Spectrobes were the must haves for my when I was a kid

  • @AviatorZoroark
    @AviatorZoroark 3 роки тому +8

    Yes... I'm so glad Fossil Fighters is making the rounds on YT!!

  • @Nemmy72
    @Nemmy72 3 роки тому +2

    0:21
    *Shows footage of spectrobes
    "You get fossil fighters!"

  • @Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves
    @Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves 3 роки тому +4

    I mean, the plot sounds a bit like parts of several pokemon games. But the gameplay is very different, aside from "creature fighting creature" but like you pointed out that's not an uncommon game type.
    I'm kinda sad that I never heard of this until now.

    • @yuyaricachimuel555
      @yuyaricachimuel555 3 роки тому

      Yeah it’s pretty unfair comparing them like that tbh. It just takes away any identity fossil Fighters has (and any other game that has the premise of collecting powerful animals without ripping anything off)

    • @Pinnaporaptor
      @Pinnaporaptor 3 роки тому

      Please, do give it a try!

  • @deathwizard1996
    @deathwizard1996 3 роки тому +26

    I bought it 6 months ago but still haven’t played it yet

  • @mr.e6889
    @mr.e6889 3 роки тому

    Nice to see people still remember Fossil Fighters lol, I actually just started a new save file for the 1st game yesterday for nostalgia.
    Also, yes... I died a little when I saw the first trailer for Frontier and the music started, although I still bought and played all the way through because it was part of the franchise I so dearly missed. But most of the experience was so forgettable that I don't remember much.
    BUT, I will say that as someone who always sticks with his starter, I do remember and did like Nibbles. He would honestly be the only thing from that game I would want to keep

  • @nillstan5564
    @nillstan5564 3 роки тому +2

    It's some of my favorite content on youtube, watching people rediscover my favorite games and realizing how great they were. The Fossil Fighters series are my two favorite games if all time, and my least favorite mistake.

  • @MonoHerobrine
    @MonoHerobrine 3 роки тому +15

    This reminds me of another dinosaur vs dinosaur adventure series that also had a game on the DS... but i can't place my finger on it.
    (meanwhile in the background): *Dinosaur King theme intensifies*

    • @Crow0567
      @Crow0567 3 роки тому +3

      *DINOSAUR KING IS WHATCHA WANNA BE YEA-*

    • @MonoHerobrine
      @MonoHerobrine 3 роки тому +4

      @@Crow0567 MAKE YOUR MOVE! C'MON AN' MAKE YOUR MOVE!

  • @jlt-kjv2840
    @jlt-kjv2840 3 роки тому +12

    Wow, finally someone else who knows about Fossil Fighters! Easily on my top 5 favorite games of all time. Shame the franchise got screwed over.

  • @HybridAngelZero
    @HybridAngelZero 3 роки тому +1

    I admit it, you really got me wanting to try the first two games. I absolutely love how wild those stories are

  • @Glimbosgold69
    @Glimbosgold69 3 роки тому +2

    i actually had this game as a kid, it was really fun and even though i sucked at cleaning the fossils it was really rewarding when you would clean one perfectly, man i miss this game

  • @guanglaikangyi6054
    @guanglaikangyi6054 3 роки тому +5

    Just now I realized Fossil Fighters and Dinosaur King are different franchises.
    Never played or watched either, but I always assumed they were the same thing.

  • @xdialga361445x
    @xdialga361445x 3 роки тому +10

    Have you played spectrobes? I remember a digging minigame in it where you blow into the microphone to blow off the dust. And maybe between send fossil into a machine to bring it back to life if I'm remembering that right.

    • @jamimuhammad3699
      @jamimuhammad3699 Рік тому +1

      Omg I LOVE THAT GAME SWITCH BRING IT BACK OR DISNEY BRING IT BACK

  • @kalebmoody-felix7896
    @kalebmoody-felix7896 3 роки тому +8

    I bought each of the fossil fighter games when they were first released. I remember seeing the third game in game stop and being really excited to get it. I was incredibly dissapointed

  • @FreedVoid
    @FreedVoid 3 роки тому +2

    Man, lots of good memories with this game especially playing it during long road trips.

  • @IAmDawnPatrol
    @IAmDawnPatrol 3 роки тому +14

    You're alive! :D

  • @MinergamesWasTaken
    @MinergamesWasTaken 3 роки тому +21

    *sees frontier*
    Look at how they massacred my boy.

  • @hikaru9624
    @hikaru9624 3 роки тому

    I recall seeing those games on shop shelves years ago, sadly I was burned out on such games like that back then. Maybe I'll look into the series sometime soon.

  • @namedropper9237
    @namedropper9237 3 роки тому +1

    Omg I remember seeing this on tv and really wanted it. Can’t believe I found it after all these years.

  • @mattwo7
    @mattwo7 3 роки тому +6

    21:49 I have to wonder about how similar that actually is considering they tried to replace Pikachu with a female version of the Rum Tum Tiger.

  • @cresoma
    @cresoma 3 роки тому +3

    I remember playing Fossil Fighters Champions all the time when I was a kid, thank you for the nostalgia

  • @MarMar5654
    @MarMar5654 3 роки тому +1

    I LOVED that game, I collected every dinosaur possible in that game, it's kind of what got me into pokemon too

  • @UltraSteelix
    @UltraSteelix 2 роки тому +1

    I remember watching Disney Channel and seeing year 3000 covered by the Jonas brother only to lead into a fossil fighter commercial. That's why the year 3000 is forever engraved with fossil fighters in my mind lol it was basically my two loves mixed together. Pokemon and dinosaurs.

  • @shinyhuntersmo4982
    @shinyhuntersmo4982 3 роки тому +30

    You know my line, "you cant be IGNorant without IGN"

    • @E4439Qv5
      @E4439Qv5 2 роки тому +1

      7.8/10, too derivative.