Good news everyone, Jonathan Banks is in fact alive. Some dude told me he passed away a while back and I was so heartbroken that I didn't even fact check. Thank you all for letting me know. My sincerest apologies for spreading misinformation about an actual man's death in an N64 video. I swear it won't happen again. Jonathan Banks, if you're reading this, I'm sorry. P.S. Thanks for all the support so far! It has been mind blowing!!
you'd be shocked by how many old ladies like JRPGs. my grandma loved them, my mom (she's old now so it counts lmao) did, my neighbor when I was a teen did.. weirdly common
Randomly found this video at midnight, scrolling through UA-cam on the 15th of December, 2024 in Sasebo Japan. I loved every minute of it. I’m 30 years old and the N64 was a huge part of my childhood. Thank you for giving me a nice surge of nostalgia that added a little color to the mundanity of my day to day life.
unreal video , top to bottom. it's stylistically vibrant and so interesting to look at, you've got the mid-2000's television aesthetic running through your veins and i love it. your humour captured my interest too, i really love how peppered in the random jokes and memes were as the vid went along. keep doing what you're doing, you're a star
I really appreciate how personal and unique this look at a subculture of gaming history is. It's informative as hell, but the value I've found here is your interaction with learning all of this information. As time goes on, more and more people are going to learn this same stuff, hopefully with further context on the more mysterious entries. Seeing someone so thorough and intrinsically motivated to share the history and modern perspective on all of this makes me really happy. It's kinda weird to share in a random-ass YT comment, but I start a night job tomorrow, and the grind of work has worn on me a lot over the past few years. I've worked as a cashier, and you NAILED the interpretation of the disheveled TRS employee. It was a really weird space for it to happen, but I felt seen. It makes me want to overcome my exhaustion and persist in being passionate in this content like you are. Thank you.
i am knocking on 40 and the n64 feeling of mystery has never left me, either. it is with you for life. as someone who also makes very edited videos now, i really appreciate the time that went into this. you might like my banjo kazooie stop and swop mystery full deep dive video.
I'm 2 minutes into this video, 32 years old, and I'm digging the Kirby and the Crystal Shards appreciation in this video. Always thought that one was an underrated gem.
I wasn’t here for the journey but perusing the comments seems like this video was a long time coming. I’ve been getting super nostalgic lately watching videos about the games of my childhood when this one was recommended and I’m so happy it was. The whole thing was just awesome. Im getting the same kind of enjoyment with this as I did with some of the old Nakey Jakey classics the first time I saw them. Not saying this is derivative of Jakey because he definitely has his own thing going on, but in terms of enjoyment it hits on all the same types of things for me. I’m definitely sharing this dudes work with everyone I know.
I watch tons of in-depth consoles mysteries and other tales from the internet, but your video is one of the most enjoyable I've seen in a long time. The pacing is on-point, the editing is super fun, I found myself jamming at your chapter transitions. INSANELY Good video. You would definitely fit alongside the biggest video essay channels. Keep being amazing!!
Yeah man, **excellent** work on this. Love that it's like 1/4 sharing your personal obsession with the mystique of the console, 1/2 talking about all the games, and 1/4 dnb mix infomercial. Really enjoy all the editing and the graphics. Well done.
Getting to watch the making of this video unfold over the past 8 months has been something I won’t ever forget, and the amount of blood, sweat, and tears you have put into this video is completely paying off in the final product. Great job, Fish!! :^)
17:03 The reason that image was used was because it was one of the thousands of images that Silicon Valley Workstations provided to developers using there workstations and the developers thought the flooded aspect of it probably fit the atmosphere of the level
Great job! I'm 38 years old, grew up on the SNES and Nintendo 64. So cool to see all of the pre-internet rumors and general mysterious-ness laid bare. I remember pouring over the screenshots in Nintendo Power over Earthbound 64 and Zelda 64, imagining what would be in store. Now we get 4K HD trailers of the latest video game, which I appreciate very much. But still, I miss that feeling of seeing only a picture of something new and letting that churn around in my imagination.
5:22 the tv bezel frame is the exact color of youtube's ui that for a second I thought it was somehow part of the page, nice touch! And thank you for encoding in 4:3, I still watch youtube on my CRT monitor so it works great for all of the old videos/content for these retro vids.
I am GLAD you acknowledge the original name of the N64 as the "Ultra 64". The term "Ultra 64" was everywhere back in the day leading up to it's final release date.
I can't even fathom someone being born after N64, it was such a universal staple of the 90s childhood that the idea of someone "not knowing" about it seems absurd. It turns out the zoomers are going to be alright.
Ya, I’m a relatively young gen z (just turned 18, born in 2006) but I love the n64 and grew up with it cause my mom had it from before I was born, we also had a GameCube and an original Xbox for a bit before upgrading to the Wii and 360, but it’s given me a love for those older consoles
@WesDoesGames Dude I literally watched your x7 video while eating a turkey sandwich the other day. 🤯 Your comment made me do a double take. Keep up the good work on your stuff!
As someone whose first console was the N64, I'm very happy I found this video. You did the system and gaming history as a whole justice. About damn time UA-cam recommended me something good
amazing video, fantastic ! absolutely adore the silver case inspired visuals in the gigaleak segment, i started that game recently and seeing that just made me even more excited for when i play the next case also love all of the drawn art in the video, they're wonderful drawings and they make the vignettes that they're connected to feel that much more pure and beautiful great job ^_^ thank you
im so glad youre enjoying that game! its a big stylistic inspiration of mine! also it makes me happy youre a fan of the little drawings bc they took me a long ass time
This was a genuinely fun time. Made me feel old and appreciated. It's exceptionally well edited, written, and paced, definitely a new favorite. Thank ya for your work, I look forward to more. (Length between ain't an issue, art is suffering for everyone!)
I cant believe you put a picture of Jirard the Extortionist at the end there 💀 Fantastic video brother, you earned a shave. In all honestly, the end piece hit me harder than it should, I've been going through quite a bit in the last week and this was a nice reprieve. Thank you.
Just found your channel and this video. I spend an unfathomable amount of time watching video game history and retrospectives at work and such, and the sheer amount of cool trivia I've heard in your video is awesome. So many cool things I've never heard about before, like the N64 Promotional videos for store employees. Awesome stuff man.
I love your visual style, choice of music, transitions, and just the general atmosphere you created for the video. It was quite the journey, and I was very pleased by the end of it. Reliving such an exciting and memorable time in history is always fun, but it was significantly more enjoyable with the way you presented everything. I hope that your channel will continue to garner more and more attention so that everyone can see all the hard work you put into your editing and research. The amount of effort you put into the video certainly shows, and it would be wonderful if more people could see what I consider to be the incredible art you’ve created 💛
You are so good at doing 90s atmosphere it's kind of ridiculous I wouldn't mind a couple hour long video of just background noise and music similar to this
Just finished the video! I always love the care you put into the visuals to making jt into that like 90's style attitude ad/magazine look. Its obvious how much work youve put into the video since may. I really hope you keep making stuff cause its amazing dude!
Finally got around to finishing this one! Incredibly well put-together video. The talk at the end got me reminiscing too. A while back, back when I was still in high school myself, I had a group of friends over the internet. We were all super passionate about our own creative projects - making comics, making games, even making videos. We were all kinda shitposty, so every now and again the group chat would change its picture to something new, sometimes to things we were working on, and other times it was just memes. Every so often we'd all work together on a thing, and even though it'd fall through sometimes, it was always a lot of fun. A lot of my friends left when things got turbulent with one person in particular, the ones who remained booted the troublemaker out of the circle almost entirely. The people who stuck around, we all stayed good friends and still are today, some new faces too, but as a whole we distanced ourselves from the memories and left the group chats behind. Coincidentally, the last icon we left them with was a funny picture one of us drew of a Magikarp - this video, reminding me of those group chats, reminding me of this video. I still wonder about the ones who left. Sometimes I don't get to - or don't want to - know. Most of the time I find out they're still around and doing fine. In a way, it keeps me going. Thanks for the video, fish. Glad to see you're still alive! College is hell, but I know we'll see you on the other side of it one day, one way or another. You're awesome, man. Never give up, and...well, you know the line.
So glad this popped up in my recommended! Great vid man, made my work day much better and cracked me up quite a few times. As a 33 yr old who’s first console was a PS1 (besides playing my parents NES) It’s nice to see some one who grew up with iPads, but still has such a wonderful appreciation for the games, history, and creators of this era.
I'm so in love with the editing and general direction this video has, it's really captivating, also the music selection is just great, was so happy to see Speed Star from Y4 being used like that, amazing video
The music choices in this are so peak, I wish you would make some kind of Gdrive folder with all of it in order for us to download, it'd make for a banger playlist
finally finished the video and i gotta say holy HELL it was so good. i've been watching your stuff for 3 years now almost on the dot, when i saw your cozy games video on my feed and decided to check it out because the thumbnail really caught my eye. i've wanted to make videos my whole life and even after 18 years of living no one on this ENTIRE platform has inspired me to make videos as much as you have. i have a lot of ideas that i wanna try out but i can't atm because my computer just can't handle it but i wanna thank you for just being such an amazing creative force on this platform, and thank you for inspiring me and so many others to pursue their passions. thank you, fish. - gav
@ZomB-0ne ngl this made me really happy. thank you so much and i hope you have an incredible time making videos! i cant encourage you enough :) i wish you the best my friend
it's so crazy how the most stylish/aesthetically pleasing video i've ever watched is by a channel with less than 7k subscribers. i just finished and am already dying for more like this
You always see these N64 Supercuts that are often very objective and factual in nature, which is very insightful but ultimately cold and startle. I love this video so much due to the fact that it’s a very human approach, it details everything I felt when I had my N64 down to the emotions and even some of the same stupid little sounds I’d make when playing the games! I love how you portrayed the culture side of this console and the games, not just the cold hard facts and numbers! Well done, super high quality video!
Game Grumps played the most legendary rounds of Kirby's Dream Course. Highly recommended. Oh and holy sh1t. I just noticed this video is nearly 2 hours. Congrats, you earned this. Subscribed! *Bookmark 41:55
Your channel atmosphere is exquisite bro, and for as many n64 video essays I've seen (like seventeen or smth) I still learned new stuff here. I am going to rapidly consume all of the content you've created now.
Apologies in advance for the long comment lol, but I just wanna share a summary of own personal story with the N64. So I was born in 1996, October to be exact, literally in the same timeframe as the N64 was released. My cousin, who is 6 years older than me, eventually got one for Christmas in 1999. It's kinda weird that I have vivid memories from such a young age, but I'll never forget being 3-4 years old and seeing Super Mario 64 for the first time, and then actually teaching myself how to play it. Eventually, my cousin upgraded to a GameCube once they were released, and he gave me his N64 and all his games as a hand-me-down, because I loved playing it so much. Going from there, and then playing games like Wave Race 64, Snowboard Kids, Donkey Kong 64, Goldeneye, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, as well as the various WWF and WCW wrestling games that were on the N64, it was literally my introduction into video games, and I'll forever love the Nintendo 64 for that. By the way, great video here, man. You've earned a new subscriber with this one. This is the most definitive N64 retrospective I think I've ever seen.
personally think its one part hyperbole that was harmless at first until it planted the idea of "mario but silent hill vibes" in people's heads and it took off.
Ive never heard of your channel but this video was recommended to me and only 10 minutes in and i can tell this is a very high quality production! Seems like your channel will be getting alot of exposure from this video, keep it up youve earned a subscriber!
Incredible video. The editing and commentary were so well done. I really enjoyed the aesthetic you used throughout the presentation & kept me watching throughout.
The algorithm brought me here and I hope it brings more people here. I'm going through your older videos now and they're so good, like how do some of them only have like 2k views? I really gotta say you have absolutely stellar background music choices. Please keep making videos!
Absolutely insanely well edited and put together video. Can feel the passion you have for this mysterious time in gaming history oozing out of every pore of my screen. God those transitions were SO slick! Surprised by the age-reveal, most videos like this are made by people who grew up without internet, you really brought a unique perspective about what it was like discovering the N64 in the later 2000s. Can't imagine being a kid and hearing about this old-ass console being praised in such high-regard, like a mythical legend passed down from one console-generation to the next.
I grew up with a PS1, but have grown to appreciate the culture surrounding the N64 as time has gone on (at breakneck speed, as it always seems to). Fantastic video, btw. You deserve far more describers than you already have, and have earned an additional subscription from me.
Hey, so this video appeared in my recommended. I am currently watching the ad at Intermission II and I just wanted to say that I love the concept of your channel and the general aesthetic, production and edition of this video. I feel a general fascination towards 90s "futuristic" stuff, and this video captures wonderfully that theme.
I found this video as a recommendation and thought I'd give it a shot, as I love finding out obscure facts and lore about things that give me nostalgia. As much as I have a greater fondness for the NES and SNES, the N64 also made up a good chunk of my gaming memories. I gotta say, I'm hella impressed that such a deep, fact-filled video could come from someone who wasn't there to experience it first-hand. And the vaporwave aesthetic bumpers have nostalgia baited me in the best way. Thanks for the work you put into this. Please take my like and subscribe as gratitude.
15:47 is the best description of Mario 64's vibe ever. This is the most accurate representation of how it felt to see this game in magazines and in-store kiosks back then.
This is honestly one of the finest UA-cam videos I've ever seen. Not only well-structured, compelling, and funny, but it so effortlessly captures the technological appeal of the Y2K era. I was shocked when you mentioned you were an iPad kid, because the way you described the wonder of Ocarina Of Time is exactly how I felt as a child. (For context, I was 4 when OoT came out) Fucking good product my dude, shame you don't have a million more views. Godspeed Mr. Fish!
Criminally underrated UA-cam channel, i literally watched this whole video and only looked at the view count at the end and being at shocked that its only at 51k at this high of a quality. Bravo Vince.
I’ll always be proud of you and the amazing creations that mind of yours cooks up. The video turned out so great. Please, everyone share this around and give it all the love you can.
You scared the shit out of me around 1:13:00 when you said “the late great Jonathan Banks” LOL. That being said, I’ve been watching this vid over the course of a few days and I admire how much heart and art you’ve put into it. This is the kinda content UA-cam was made for
Thank you for making these videos. The effort that goes into the editing and aesthetic is so immense - but thank you most for having good faith and just awesomely researched info. Videos like yours are few and far between !
I don't know how you made swipes and visuals that are completely, totally, 100% 90s aesthetic. You really nailed it perfectly. It really brings me back.
Just discovered your channel man, i really love your editing style. reminds me of something id see on TV in an alternate universe G4 back in the day. I dig it a lot.
This is one of those vids, where it's so instantly impressive, you immediately subscribe. You got a great sense of editing and aesthetics, you're gonna go far on this tube
Dude where have you been?! So glad to see something new from you, I know life be doing it's thang but I'm glad you made one for us! Missed you man! ❤🫡 Thanks for taking the time to make another great video!!
ok this was really cool. I finished watching this last night but i came back to leave a comment, i love your editing style and I'm currently watching your older videos which are also really entertaining. i never had the n64 growing up, a bunch of my friends had them when i was growing up but i actually never had one until like 2014 after i graduated high school, so i missed out on alot of the games. I had emulation and such but its not the same as actually playing on original hardware, the n64 was kind of this missing link for me the console that i never really spent much time on, so it was really cool to see it from your perspective. i got my first game console the NES when i was 8 years old while the GameCube, ps2 and xbox had just came out, but i was trilled to get to play all these cool old games, so i can relate with you story. i frequently went thrift shopping with my mom to find old nes cartridges, even though the games were much older than me most of my friends in the neighbor hood always wanted to come over afterschool and play them because they had never seen them before, even though they all had xboxs and ps2 at home. I like to think a lot of these classic games are timeless maybe not graphically but if these games were made to day with modern graphics and released for the first time that they would be well regarded still because of solid game play and story telling.
I was 4 when I bought a PS1 with my own money in 1998, I did chores like cleaning up roadside trash from my grandfathers antique shop and bringing firewood in for my other set of grandparents 😆 So you theoretically could've gotten an N64 yourself lmao
The thing about OoT…you really just had to be there, man. Growing up playing NES and SNES, then seeing Mario 64 AND OoT about a year later (I know we got Mario at launch with the 64 in 96, but most of us couldn’t get our hands on one until at least 97) for the first time in 3D was absolutely nuts. We went from 2D 8 bit and 16 bit, that early StarFox Super FX stuff, to Mario and then the “open” world of Hyrule like that? With a cinematic, well written story? All that polish and solid gameplay? It was like magic at the time. There was nothing at all like it when it came out, and wasn’t anything like it for a long time after. It’s easy to find the flaws in it today, just as it’s also easy to just call it “the best” without context. But it was a timeless masterpiece, and drew you into a world like no other game could do. There wasn’t a break in immersion with long load times (a huge problem for us back then when playing any disc based games) and the atmosphere was so unique. It was just simply the best at the time, at everything it did. That’s why people still call it one of the greatest games of all time. That’s why after all these years, it’s gotten the most perfect review scores of any game. It was so far ahead of everything else, comparing it to whatever else was out at the time was pointless. It’s a work of art, and art is timeless. An absolute masterpiece. A flawed masterpiece, but one nonetheless.
Thanks for sharing that perspective! My view on the game is limited as someone who played the game in the 2010s, where OoT already had its famous legacy and conversation around it had evolved so drastically. The game spent so many years on this insane pedestal nothing could ever live up to. I def agree that its quality is timeless regardless of its flaws or shortcomings. Ofc that doesn't make it immune to criticism or mean everyone has to like it, but it's still a super significant game at the end of the day that I love so much.
@ I hear ya, man. It’s one of those things, when someone praises something so much, it almost ruins it for you when you experience it because at the end of the day, nothing is perfect. There’s been plenty of games and other media that’s happened to me with before; when something is put on the pedestal as you said, it almost ruins a part of it when you first experience it. Back when it was new, we weren’t all so interconnected and you didn’t have all that type of “reading a million opinions” about a thing while enjoying it. Great video btw! I’m very thankful UA-cam led me to this video, and your channel. Looking forward to watching the rest of your stuff, definitely subscribed. I’m very happy to see the younger generation (damn that made me feel really old to say 😂) is experiencing these games and appreciating them still. Though we grew up a generation apart, I had a similar experience wanting an N64 so badly after seeing one for the first time. My parents were very, very poor, so couldn’t afford things like a new game system, but my grandmother was a Nintendo fan hard core, she ended up getting one as soon as she could, so I was lucky enough to grow up with one when it was new. A few years later, Christmas of ‘99, I had one waiting for me under the Christmas tree. I was so happy to have my own, finally. I’m sure it was her who bought it to give me from my parents, but I can’t ask her, as she passed away a few years later in 2001. I still have most of her games to this day, keeping them in my game room in my house, hooked up and ready to play, always, but my two prized possessions are her copies of Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. I’ll keep those forever.
@@SZF123456 absolutely. I really started noticing the games age when I showed it to my girlfriend. She’s only a year younger than me, but grew up in a PlayStation house, so never really got into Nintendo stuff as much until she was older. I saw first hand someone experiencing the game for the first time in our modern world, and you could see the cracks in it much more easily than just viewing it through nostalgia glasses. With that being said, she was blown away by a game that old having so many modern game mechanics, like Z targeting, which these games pioneered. Although it put a lot of the game in perspective to me, it was still a really awesome experience to watch it blow someone else’s mind for the first time, even in this day and age. I made a Zelda fan out of her, with her especially loving Breath of the Wild and Wind Waker, and she got me into games like Silent Hill and Skyrim.
Just found you thru the algorithm. I’m baffled your sub count is so low. Your content is so high tier man. I’m about to turn 34 and grew up with N64 so seeing someone much younger who appreciates the system and the same games is such a delight. Also you’re edits and whole style is incredible to me. The whole time watching I kept thinking “my god this must have taken forever to make”. Anyways I’ma stop glazing but I might be in love, thank you ❤ Also Banjo is my fav game
The algorithm absolutely putting in great work. First video or mention I've ever seen of you, the absolute talent and passion in this video is wild. I hope you do more things like this, but the N64 is my absolute favorite so at least we got this amazing video. Keep it up.
Hey man keep up the great work! Happy to see your views have really burst through the ceiling on this last video. Your content is exactly the kind of stuff I like to watch before bed and your style/editing/aesthetics are such a nice touch to it. Can't wait to see more!
this is so awesome.. im 20, so even tho i grew up with the n64 it always had this mysterious feeling.. it felt ancient to me when i was 4 lol. u really did a good job capturing that feeling also ur editing is so good that i got distracted and died 5 times in binding of isaac, so i stopped playing and paid full attention for the rest of the vid 🫡 hearing about prerelease stuff and unused content is always so fascinating to me too, i love to browse the site ‘the cutting room floor’ :-) vid as a whole is a perfect blend of history, cool facts, and personal but super relatable anecdotes… i love ur vids and the wait for a new one was worth it!!! (also if it’s not too much trouble you should make another music comp/radio mix because the songs you use in these are incredible) have a nice day :-)
It sucks getting old. I'm 43 now and seeing people half my age talk about these consoles that sre honestly still pretty fresh for me, in the same tone of voice i use to talk about the Atari 2600 or even the NES. I'm glad to see younger people still keeping alive a love and enjoyment for retro machines but by graces does it make me feel old.
Fish, I've seen many N64 videos and thought of the system over the course of my life. I got my N64 on Christmas of 98, played hundreds of hours on it, I've had dreams of Mario 64 dating back to the early 2000s and still have them (before I knew about liminal space and rom hacks), and I don't know man. I feel like you speak to me more than anyone else ever has about the N64. The system has this aura of mystery more than any other console. You can love it or hate it, but it's presence can't be denied. All of this is to say this is the best N64 video I've ever seen. This is art
...dude. for a channel of 7k subs, this thoroughness and quality info absolutely blew me away. And did so without resorting to algorithm-humping shorts, but a feature length form too! Was gonna be initially dismissive because 1. You stated you weren't even born when most these games came out and 2. N64 was a generation I didn't have much nostalgia for/considered inferior to the gamecube. Although like you I similarly only really discovered the N64 about 7ish years after the console was dead. But you seriously hit it out the park, even compared to the big league video game essay-ers. Made me appreciate this little console that could so much more, look forward to what's next for ya 🙈
Splendid video man. Took me way back to my younger years. Nostalgia truly can be beautiful, and great work and quality of it all! Fun fact: I too have a photo dressed up as buzz as a kiddo, that collective conscious goes crazy man 😂
Good news everyone, Jonathan Banks is in fact alive. Some dude told me he passed away a while back and I was so heartbroken that I didn't even fact check. Thank you all for letting me know.
My sincerest apologies for spreading misinformation about an actual man's death in an N64 video. I swear it won't happen again.
Jonathan Banks, if you're reading this, I'm sorry.
P.S. Thanks for all the support so far! It has been mind blowing!!
I thought you were just making a joke, but the good news is (and I'm sorry this is so morbid) you've future proofed your video
@BanjoJapin 💀
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Bro this video is so well made! Just subscribed! God bless ya and Jesus loves ya!
Red Forman? Is that you?@@combine161
criminally underrated this is insanely good quality
you'd be shocked by how many old ladies like JRPGs. my grandma loved them, my mom (she's old now so it counts lmao) did, my neighbor when I was a teen did.. weirdly common
@@AnAverageGoblin this comment is so dope
My mom ended up liking a few donkey kong games
With my mom it was Dragon Quest 7 lole
yeah my grandmother was really into final fantasy also.
i mean, if you played jrpgs in the 90s you are the old lady now.
Randomly found this video at midnight, scrolling through UA-cam on the 15th of December, 2024 in Sasebo Japan.
I loved every minute of it. I’m 30 years old and the N64 was a huge part of my childhood. Thank you for giving me a nice surge of nostalgia that added a little color to the mundanity of my day to day life.
unreal video , top to bottom. it's stylistically vibrant and so interesting to look at, you've got the mid-2000's television aesthetic running through your veins and i love it.
your humour captured my interest too, i really love how peppered in the random jokes and memes were as the vid went along.
keep doing what you're doing, you're a star
I really appreciate how personal and unique this look at a subculture of gaming history is. It's informative as hell, but the value I've found here is your interaction with learning all of this information. As time goes on, more and more people are going to learn this same stuff, hopefully with further context on the more mysterious entries. Seeing someone so thorough and intrinsically motivated to share the history and modern perspective on all of this makes me really happy.
It's kinda weird to share in a random-ass YT comment, but I start a night job tomorrow, and the grind of work has worn on me a lot over the past few years. I've worked as a cashier, and you NAILED the interpretation of the disheveled TRS employee. It was a really weird space for it to happen, but I felt seen. It makes me want to overcome my exhaustion and persist in being passionate in this content like you are. Thank you.
When I drew that disheveled TRS employee I had no idea it would resonate with someone so much. I'm so glad
i am knocking on 40 and the n64 feeling of mystery has never left me, either. it is with you for life. as someone who also makes very edited videos now, i really appreciate the time that went into this. you might like my banjo kazooie stop and swop mystery full deep dive video.
thats awesome ill check it out later!
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I'm 2 minutes into this video, 32 years old, and I'm digging the Kirby and the Crystal Shards appreciation in this video. Always thought that one was an underrated gem.
could SWEAR this channel had like 100k subs by the quality of editing, audio and all that stuff. brutal
I was thinking the same!
this channel deserves a lot more attention
Same I’m really impressed.
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@@bIuecat. DOQ este mano esta falando
real ones know how monumental of an occasion this is
Real bots?
I am not a real ones. I’m a real wanderer tho cuz i found this through recommends.
@@DeltaFrazzle I welcome the wanderers
I’m getting running shine vibes and since they are done making videos this is my new home
I wasn’t here for the journey but perusing the comments seems like this video was a long time coming. I’ve been getting super nostalgic lately watching videos about the games of my childhood when this one was recommended and I’m so happy it was. The whole thing was just awesome. Im getting the same kind of enjoyment with this as I did with some of the old Nakey Jakey classics the first time I saw them. Not saying this is derivative of Jakey because he definitely has his own thing going on, but in terms of enjoyment it hits on all the same types of things for me. I’m definitely sharing this dudes work with everyone I know.
I watch tons of in-depth consoles mysteries and other tales from the internet, but your video is one of the most enjoyable I've seen in a long time. The pacing is on-point, the editing is super fun, I found myself jamming at your chapter transitions. INSANELY Good video. You would definitely fit alongside the biggest video essay channels. Keep being amazing!!
Yeah man, **excellent** work on this. Love that it's like 1/4 sharing your personal obsession with the mystique of the console, 1/2 talking about all the games, and 1/4 dnb mix infomercial.
Really enjoy all the editing and the graphics. Well done.
Well, well, well! Fancy seeing you here!
@HPRshredder dude your videos are fucking awesome thanks for stopping by!!
@ Thanks, man! I appreciate that! I’m subbed after this video. First I’ve had of yours recommended to me.
Good editing. Like your general vibe.
im glad!
Getting to watch the making of this video unfold over the past 8 months has been something I won’t ever forget, and the amount of blood, sweat, and tears you have put into this video is completely paying off in the final product. Great job, Fish!! :^)
@pandora_64 thank you brother 🥹 i really appreciate your support over all that time
17:03 The reason that image was used was because it was one of the thousands of images that Silicon Valley Workstations provided to developers using there workstations and the developers thought the flooded aspect of it probably fit the atmosphere of the level
Great job! I'm 38 years old, grew up on the SNES and Nintendo 64. So cool to see all of the pre-internet rumors and general mysterious-ness laid bare. I remember pouring over the screenshots in Nintendo Power over Earthbound 64 and Zelda 64, imagining what would be in store. Now we get 4K HD trailers of the latest video game, which I appreciate very much. But still, I miss that feeling of seeing only a picture of something new and letting that churn around in my imagination.
5:22 the tv bezel frame is the exact color of youtube's ui that for a second I thought it was somehow part of the page, nice touch! And thank you for encoding in 4:3, I still watch youtube on my CRT monitor so it works great for all of the old videos/content for these retro vids.
I am GLAD you acknowledge the original name of the N64 as the "Ultra 64". The term "Ultra 64" was everywhere back in the day leading up to it's final release date.
I can't even fathom someone being born after N64, it was such a universal staple of the 90s childhood that the idea of someone "not knowing" about it seems absurd. It turns out the zoomers are going to be alright.
Ya, I’m a relatively young gen z (just turned 18, born in 2006) but I love the n64 and grew up with it cause my mom had it from before I was born, we also had a GameCube and an original Xbox for a bit before upgrading to the Wii and 360, but it’s given me a love for those older consoles
I was born 2003 but a friend had an N64 growing up so I feel quite nostalgic about goldeneye since that's the main thing we played
born in 1999 technically a zoomer.. grew up with NES bc my parents were young and we had no money LOL
I'm so glad I found this guy talking about the Dreamcast back in 2019.
Godspeed.
@sirlimen333 youre an og 🥹
Your presentation style is immaculate
@WesDoesGames Dude I literally watched your x7 video while eating a turkey sandwich the other day. 🤯
Your comment made me do a double take. Keep up the good work on your stuff!
@afishsparadise5150 same to you brother I hope your future is full of delicious sandwiches
As someone whose first console was the N64, I'm very happy I found this video. You did the system and gaming history as a whole justice.
About damn time UA-cam recommended me something good
amazing video, fantastic !
absolutely adore the silver case inspired visuals in the gigaleak segment, i started that game recently and seeing that just made me even more excited for when i play the next case
also love all of the drawn art in the video, they're wonderful drawings and they make the vignettes that they're connected to feel that much more pure and beautiful
great job ^_^ thank you
im so glad youre enjoying that game! its a big stylistic inspiration of mine!
also it makes me happy youre a fan of the little drawings bc they took me a long ass time
Great Video, love the small Detail with 4:3 Aspect ratio, feels Like the Late 80s :)
This was a genuinely fun time. Made me feel old and appreciated. It's exceptionally well edited, written, and paced, definitely a new favorite.
Thank ya for your work, I look forward to more. (Length between ain't an issue, art is suffering for everyone!)
I cant believe you put a picture of Jirard the Extortionist at the end there 💀 Fantastic video brother, you earned a shave. In all honestly, the end piece hit me harder than it should, I've been going through quite a bit in the last week and this was a nice reprieve. Thank you.
Just found your channel and this video. I spend an unfathomable amount of time watching video game history and retrospectives at work and such, and the sheer amount of cool trivia I've heard in your video is awesome. So many cool things I've never heard about before, like the N64 Promotional videos for store employees.
Awesome stuff man.
I love your visual style, choice of music, transitions, and just the general atmosphere you created for the video. It was quite the journey, and I was very pleased by the end of it. Reliving such an exciting and memorable time in history is always fun, but it was significantly more enjoyable with the way you presented everything.
I hope that your channel will continue to garner more and more attention so that everyone can see all the hard work you put into your editing and research. The amount of effort you put into the video certainly shows, and it would be wonderful if more people could see what I consider to be the incredible art you’ve created 💛
You are so good at doing 90s atmosphere it's kind of ridiculous I wouldn't mind a couple hour long video of just background noise and music similar to this
@TheRedlotusblossom I actually made something like that already! It's called Paradise Radio!
Just finished the video! I always love the care you put into the visuals to making jt into that like 90's style attitude ad/magazine look. Its obvious how much work youve put into the video since may. I really hope you keep making stuff cause its amazing dude!
Finally got around to finishing this one! Incredibly well put-together video. The talk at the end got me reminiscing too.
A while back, back when I was still in high school myself, I had a group of friends over the internet. We were all super passionate about our own creative projects - making comics, making games, even making videos. We were all kinda shitposty, so every now and again the group chat would change its picture to something new, sometimes to things we were working on, and other times it was just memes. Every so often we'd all work together on a thing, and even though it'd fall through sometimes, it was always a lot of fun.
A lot of my friends left when things got turbulent with one person in particular, the ones who remained booted the troublemaker out of the circle almost entirely. The people who stuck around, we all stayed good friends and still are today, some new faces too, but as a whole we distanced ourselves from the memories and left the group chats behind. Coincidentally, the last icon we left them with was a funny picture one of us drew of a Magikarp - this video, reminding me of those group chats, reminding me of this video.
I still wonder about the ones who left. Sometimes I don't get to - or don't want to - know. Most of the time I find out they're still around and doing fine. In a way, it keeps me going.
Thanks for the video, fish. Glad to see you're still alive! College is hell, but I know we'll see you on the other side of it one day, one way or another. You're awesome, man. Never give up, and...well, you know the line.
This sent me back in time man. I hope life has been treating you well. Means a lot you're still checking my stuff out after all this time. 🙏 God bless
@@afishsparadise5150 Absolutely, dude! If you ever wanna reconnect, I use the same name almost everywhere. It'd be nice to chat + hang out again.
hi sprinklez :D
So glad this popped up in my recommended! Great vid man, made my work day much better and cracked me up quite a few times. As a 33 yr old who’s first console was a PS1 (besides playing my parents NES) It’s nice to see some one who grew up with iPads, but still has such a wonderful appreciation for the games, history, and creators of this era.
I'm so in love with the editing and general direction this video has, it's really captivating, also the music selection is just great, was so happy to see Speed Star from Y4 being used like that, amazing video
Seeing this made the world a few shades brighter. Like seeing an old friend after so long again. Glad to have you back. c:
I am now old enough that the commercials of my childhood are featured as retro material in documentaries. What a world!
The music choices in this are so peak, I wish you would make some kind of Gdrive folder with all of it in order for us to download, it'd make for a banger playlist
@@seagullmoe there is a playlist on the channel
finally finished the video and i gotta say holy HELL it was so good. i've been watching your stuff for 3 years now almost on the dot, when i saw your cozy games video on my feed and decided to check it out because the thumbnail really caught my eye. i've wanted to make videos my whole life and even after 18 years of living no one on this ENTIRE platform has inspired me to make videos as much as you have. i have a lot of ideas that i wanna try out but i can't atm because my computer just can't handle it but i wanna thank you for just being such an amazing creative force on this platform, and thank you for inspiring me and so many others to pursue their passions. thank you, fish. - gav
@ZomB-0ne ngl this made me really happy. thank you so much and i hope you have an incredible time making videos! i cant encourage you enough :) i wish you the best my friend
one of the most informative and entertaining youtube videos ive ever seen. bravo. smashed that like button and subscribed.
it's so crazy how the most stylish/aesthetically pleasing video i've ever watched is by a channel with less than 7k subscribers. i just finished and am already dying for more like this
Yes, welcome back dude, looks like Christmas is coming early.
Insanely high quality man, great work
You always see these N64 Supercuts that are often very objective and factual in nature, which is very insightful but ultimately cold and startle. I love this video so much due to the fact that it’s a very human approach, it details everything I felt when I had my N64 down to the emotions and even some of the same stupid little sounds I’d make when playing the games! I love how you portrayed the culture side of this console and the games, not just the cold hard facts and numbers! Well done, super high quality video!
hey, thanks for the video. i really enjoyed the choice of images as well as everything you spoke about. cheers.
Game Grumps played the most legendary rounds of Kirby's Dream Course. Highly recommended. Oh and holy sh1t. I just noticed this video is nearly 2 hours. Congrats, you earned this. Subscribed! *Bookmark 41:55
Your channel atmosphere is exquisite bro, and for as many n64 video essays I've seen (like seventeen or smth) I still learned new stuff here. I am going to rapidly consume all of the content you've created now.
Apologies in advance for the long comment lol, but I just wanna share a summary of own personal story with the N64.
So I was born in 1996, October to be exact, literally in the same timeframe as the N64 was released. My cousin, who is 6 years older than me, eventually got one for Christmas in 1999. It's kinda weird that I have vivid memories from such a young age, but I'll never forget being 3-4 years old and seeing Super Mario 64 for the first time, and then actually teaching myself how to play it.
Eventually, my cousin upgraded to a GameCube once they were released, and he gave me his N64 and all his games as a hand-me-down, because I loved playing it so much. Going from there, and then playing games like Wave Race 64, Snowboard Kids, Donkey Kong 64, Goldeneye, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, as well as the various WWF and WCW wrestling games that were on the N64, it was literally my introduction into video games, and I'll forever love the Nintendo 64 for that.
By the way, great video here, man. You've earned a new subscriber with this one. This is the most definitive N64 retrospective I think I've ever seen.
My entire childhood I never found Mario 64 creepy or unnerving. I wonder why everybody used to think that🤔
Same. It never had that effect on me.
personally think its one part hyperbole that was harmless at first until it planted the idea of "mario but silent hill vibes" in people's heads and it took off.
Yeah was gonna say nobody thought Mario 64 was creepy when it was current
@@Okla_Soft I still don't think it's creepy now.
It's a gen z thing, that was made up for views. It worked
Ive never heard of your channel but this video was recommended to me and only 10 minutes in and i can tell this is a very high quality production! Seems like your channel will be getting alot of exposure from this video, keep it up youve earned a subscriber!
Incredible video. The editing and commentary were so well done. I really enjoyed the aesthetic you used throughout the presentation & kept me watching throughout.
This must have took forever to edit. Awesome video brother
It did 💀 Thanks man!!
Not kidding, I checked your channel a couple days ago and hoped we'd get a new video soon. What a great surprise!
the air ride cardboard anecdote is the most delightful thing i have ever heard. thank you
If these 1990's AF transitions are all original and by your channel, BRAVO. If not, still well played in the action of choosing them. They are great.
Most lopsided quality to subscriber ratio I've ever seen, fantastic work!
it's the Ben Shapiro picture. that's why people don't subscribe.
The algorithm brought me here and I hope it brings more people here. I'm going through your older videos now and they're so good, like how do some of them only have like 2k views? I really gotta say you have absolutely stellar background music choices. Please keep making videos!
new fish paradise moment ??!!?!?!!?!!?!!
we are so back
Video has hardly started and you already earned my respect with the Allan Holdsworth.
@@thatoneeli1038 the goat 🥹
Honestly this is probably one of the best videos I’ve seen in a very long time covering this sort of topic. Keep up the great work!
Absolutely insanely well edited and put together video.
Can feel the passion you have for this mysterious time in gaming history oozing out of every pore of my screen.
God those transitions were SO slick! Surprised by the age-reveal, most videos like this are made by people who grew up without internet, you really brought a unique perspective about what it was like discovering the N64 in the later 2000s. Can't imagine being a kid and hearing about this old-ass console being praised in such high-regard, like a mythical legend passed down from one console-generation to the next.
I grew up with a PS1, but have grown to appreciate the culture surrounding the N64 as time has gone on (at breakneck speed, as it always seems to). Fantastic video, btw. You deserve far more describers than you already have, and have earned an additional subscription from me.
Hey, so this video appeared in my recommended. I am currently watching the ad at Intermission II and I just wanted to say that I love the concept of your channel and the general aesthetic, production and edition of this video. I feel a general fascination towards 90s "futuristic" stuff, and this video captures wonderfully that theme.
I heard your voice for like literally 20 seconds and instantly subbed, then i saw the editing and did not regret my choice. 10/10 Video
I've missed you, glad you're back.
I found this video as a recommendation and thought I'd give it a shot, as I love finding out obscure facts and lore about things that give me nostalgia. As much as I have a greater fondness for the NES and SNES, the N64 also made up a good chunk of my gaming memories.
I gotta say, I'm hella impressed that such a deep, fact-filled video could come from someone who wasn't there to experience it first-hand. And the vaporwave aesthetic bumpers have nostalgia baited me in the best way.
Thanks for the work you put into this. Please take my like and subscribe as gratitude.
Thank God you're back 😭🙏
I love your aesthetic so much you got my follow dude!
I’ll take inspiration from that intro for some of my stuff
Did a double take when I saw the subscription feed. Great to see you again man, you really do keep getting better!
Good to see you too! Hope you've been doing great in life!!
Hey dawg-just wanted to say, your intro is super heartfelt and sweet, and I like your visual style a lot. Keep it up!
15:47 is the best description of Mario 64's vibe ever. This is the most accurate representation of how it felt to see this game in magazines and in-store kiosks back then.
This is honestly one of the finest UA-cam videos I've ever seen. Not only well-structured, compelling, and funny, but it so effortlessly captures the technological appeal of the Y2K era. I was shocked when you mentioned you were an iPad kid, because the way you described the wonder of Ocarina Of Time is exactly how I felt as a child. (For context, I was 4 when OoT came out)
Fucking good product my dude, shame you don't have a million more views.
Godspeed Mr. Fish!
This video transported me back straight into the 90s. The Nintendo X Sega era was just so good.
Criminally underrated UA-cam channel, i literally watched this whole video and only looked at the view count at the end and being at shocked that its only at 51k at this high of a quality. Bravo Vince.
I’ll always be proud of you and the amazing creations that mind of yours cooks up. The video turned out so great. Please, everyone share this around and give it all the love you can.
🥹❤️🫎
This is a great video! Awesome editing. I love the b roll and old-school shit. Funny, too.
You scared the shit out of me around 1:13:00 when you said “the late great Jonathan Banks” LOL. That being said, I’ve been watching this vid over the course of a few days and I admire how much heart and art you’ve put into it. This is the kinda content UA-cam was made for
SORRY 😭
Thank you for making these videos. The effort that goes into the editing and aesthetic is so immense - but thank you most for having good faith and just awesomely researched info. Videos like yours are few and far between !
I don't know how you made swipes and visuals that are completely, totally, 100% 90s aesthetic. You really nailed it perfectly.
It really brings me back.
Just discovered your channel man, i really love your editing style. reminds me of something id see on TV in an alternate universe G4 back in the day. I dig it a lot.
This is one of those vids, where it's so instantly impressive, you immediately subscribe. You got a great sense of editing and aesthetics, you're gonna go far on this tube
Dude where have you been?! So glad to see something new from you, I know life be doing it's thang but I'm glad you made one for us! Missed you man! ❤🫡 Thanks for taking the time to make another great video!!
ok this was really cool. I finished watching this last night but i came back to leave a comment, i love your editing style and I'm currently watching your older videos which are also really entertaining. i never had the n64 growing up, a bunch of my friends had them when i was growing up but i actually never had one until like 2014 after i graduated high school, so i missed out on alot of the games. I had emulation and such but its not the same as actually playing on original hardware, the n64 was kind of this missing link for me the console that i never really spent much time on, so it was really cool to see it from your perspective. i got my first game console the NES when i was 8 years old while the GameCube, ps2 and xbox had just came out, but i was trilled to get to play all these cool old games, so i can relate with you story. i frequently went thrift shopping with my mom to find old nes cartridges, even though the games were much older than me most of my friends in the neighbor hood always wanted to come over afterschool and play them because they had never seen them before, even though they all had xboxs and ps2 at home. I like to think a lot of these classic games are timeless maybe not graphically but if these games were made to day with modern graphics and released for the first time that they would be well regarded still because of solid game play and story telling.
This is one of the best gaming UA-cam videos I've ever seen. Keep up the good work.
This really deserves all the attention in the world. Just rewatched it with some friends and we were transfixed for two straight hours.
@Sparkys_World-0 Dude you're so real for that. Thank you so much! I could say the same thing for your Sonic CD video! 🙏
This dudes editing skills and overall video quality is incredibly underrated, love the video
I was 4 when I bought a PS1 with my own money in 1998, I did chores like cleaning up roadside trash from my grandfathers antique shop and bringing firewood in for my other set of grandparents 😆
So you theoretically could've gotten an N64 yourself lmao
The thing about OoT…you really just had to be there, man. Growing up playing NES and SNES, then seeing Mario 64 AND OoT about a year later (I know we got Mario at launch with the 64 in 96, but most of us couldn’t get our hands on one until at least 97) for the first time in 3D was absolutely nuts. We went from 2D 8 bit and 16 bit, that early StarFox Super FX stuff, to Mario and then the “open” world of Hyrule like that? With a cinematic, well written story? All that polish and solid gameplay? It was like magic at the time. There was nothing at all like it when it came out, and wasn’t anything like it for a long time after.
It’s easy to find the flaws in it today, just as it’s also easy to just call it “the best” without context. But it was a timeless masterpiece, and drew you into a world like no other game could do. There wasn’t a break in immersion with long load times (a huge problem for us back then when playing any disc based games) and the atmosphere was so unique. It was just simply the best at the time, at everything it did.
That’s why people still call it one of the greatest games of all time. That’s why after all these years, it’s gotten the most perfect review scores of any game. It was so far ahead of everything else, comparing it to whatever else was out at the time was pointless.
It’s a work of art, and art is timeless. An absolute masterpiece. A flawed masterpiece, but one nonetheless.
Thanks for sharing that perspective! My view on the game is limited as someone who played the game in the 2010s, where OoT already had its famous legacy and conversation around it had evolved so drastically. The game spent so many years on this insane pedestal nothing could ever live up to.
I def agree that its quality is timeless regardless of its flaws or shortcomings. Ofc that doesn't make it immune to criticism or mean everyone has to like it, but it's still a super significant game at the end of the day that I love so much.
@ I hear ya, man. It’s one of those things, when someone praises something so much, it almost ruins it for you when you experience it because at the end of the day, nothing is perfect. There’s been plenty of games and other media that’s happened to me with before; when something is put on the pedestal as you said, it almost ruins a part of it when you first experience it. Back when it was new, we weren’t all so interconnected and you didn’t have all that type of “reading a million opinions” about a thing while enjoying it.
Great video btw! I’m very thankful UA-cam led me to this video, and your channel. Looking forward to watching the rest of your stuff, definitely subscribed. I’m very happy to see the younger generation (damn that made me feel really old to say 😂) is experiencing these games and appreciating them still. Though we grew up a generation apart, I had a similar experience wanting an N64 so badly after seeing one for the first time. My parents were very, very poor, so couldn’t afford things like a new game system, but my grandmother was a Nintendo fan hard core, she ended up getting one as soon as she could, so I was lucky enough to grow up with one when it was new. A few years later, Christmas of ‘99, I had one waiting for me under the Christmas tree. I was so happy to have my own, finally. I’m sure it was her who bought it to give me from my parents, but I can’t ask her, as she passed away a few years later in 2001. I still have most of her games to this day, keeping them in my game room in my house, hooked up and ready to play, always, but my two prized possessions are her copies of Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. I’ll keep those forever.
*Chefs kiss* 🤌🏻
Yeah really had to be there. 100% get why zoomers might not like it. But it and Majora will always be amazing to my old ass
@@SZF123456 absolutely. I really started noticing the games age when I showed it to my girlfriend. She’s only a year younger than me, but grew up in a PlayStation house, so never really got into Nintendo stuff as much until she was older. I saw first hand someone experiencing the game for the first time in our modern world, and you could see the cracks in it much more easily than just viewing it through nostalgia glasses.
With that being said, she was blown away by a game that old having so many modern game mechanics, like Z targeting, which these games pioneered. Although it put a lot of the game in perspective to me, it was still a really awesome experience to watch it blow someone else’s mind for the first time, even in this day and age. I made a Zelda fan out of her, with her especially loving Breath of the Wild and Wind Waker, and she got me into games like Silent Hill and Skyrim.
Just found you thru the algorithm. I’m baffled your sub count is so low. Your content is so high tier man. I’m about to turn 34 and grew up with N64 so seeing someone much younger who appreciates the system and the same games is such a delight. Also you’re edits and whole style is incredible to me. The whole time watching I kept thinking “my god this must have taken forever to make”. Anyways I’ma stop glazing but I might be in love, thank you ❤ Also Banjo is my fav game
The algorithm absolutely putting in great work. First video or mention I've ever seen of you, the absolute talent and passion in this video is wild. I hope you do more things like this, but the N64 is my absolute favorite so at least we got this amazing video. Keep it up.
I appreciate how your video is in 4:3.
I agree!! I have an hdmi to av converter for my CRT, and videos like this are perfect for it!
Hey man keep up the great work! Happy to see your views have really burst through the ceiling on this last video. Your content is exactly the kind of stuff I like to watch before bed and your style/editing/aesthetics are such a nice touch to it. Can't wait to see more!
this is so awesome.. im 20, so even tho i grew up with the n64 it always had this mysterious feeling.. it felt ancient to me when i was 4 lol. u really did a good job capturing that feeling
also ur editing is so good that i got distracted and died 5 times in binding of isaac, so i stopped playing and paid full attention for the rest of the vid 🫡
hearing about prerelease stuff and unused content is always so fascinating to me too, i love to browse the site ‘the cutting room floor’ :-)
vid as a whole is a perfect blend of history, cool facts, and personal but super relatable anecdotes… i love ur vids and the wait for a new one was worth it!!! (also if it’s not too much trouble you should make another music comp/radio mix because the songs you use in these are incredible)
have a nice day :-)
@@peepunderscore I wouldn't have been able to make this video without the cutting room floor! Its an awesome website :)
this video was absolutely incredible. immediately subscribed after watching. can’t wait for more content brotha
It sucks getting old. I'm 43 now and seeing people half my age talk about these consoles that sre honestly still pretty fresh for me, in the same tone of voice i use to talk about the Atari 2600 or even the NES.
I'm glad to see younger people still keeping alive a love and enjoyment for retro machines but by graces does it make me feel old.
Yo I’m at 1:30 and I’m already hooked by your way of storytelling
Fish, I've seen many N64 videos and thought of the system over the course of my life. I got my N64 on Christmas of 98, played hundreds of hours on it, I've had dreams of Mario 64 dating back to the early 2000s and still have them (before I knew about liminal space and rom hacks), and I don't know man. I feel like you speak to me more than anyone else ever has about the N64. The system has this aura of mystery more than any other console. You can love it or hate it, but it's presence can't be denied. All of this is to say this is the best N64 video I've ever seen. This is art
Only a few minutes in and the production quality is crazy, insane editing
Those Kirby air ride clips are mouth watering and tear jerking 😭
fr 🤯
...dude. for a channel of 7k subs, this thoroughness and quality info absolutely blew me away. And did so without resorting to algorithm-humping shorts, but a feature length form too!
Was gonna be initially dismissive because 1. You stated you weren't even born when most these games came out and 2. N64 was a generation I didn't have much nostalgia for/considered inferior to the gamecube. Although like you I similarly only really discovered the N64 about 7ish years after the console was dead.
But you seriously hit it out the park, even compared to the big league video game essay-ers. Made me appreciate this little console that could so much more, look forward to what's next for ya 🙈
ur editing is masterful. thank you for this gift
Splendid video man. Took me way back to my younger years. Nostalgia truly can be beautiful, and great work and quality of it all!
Fun fact: I too have a photo dressed up as buzz as a kiddo, that collective conscious goes crazy man 😂