I am a Patron of both NRB and Wrestletalk, so believe me when I say: I would pay for full streams of Sullivan doing commentary on sports games, even ones that aren't the Beautiful Game. Even ones he is NOT playing. ESPECIALLY one's he's not playing, frankly. Solo or with someone else, no matter how much/little they know about the sport.
Kinda sad that none of them caught onto the order you choose the characters actually matters A LOT in this game. Your first pick is always your striker, so you want someone with lots of shooting and technique. Rosalina is undoubtedly the best for this. Your second and third picks are your wingers. They're the ones who will be scrambling to get the ball most often, so high speed and passing are ideal. I personally like Peach and DK in those roles. Peach is a great secondary scorer if Rosalina is heavily guarded and DK is a tank that can bully opponents to get easy steals. Your last pick is the defender, the one sticking to the back to try and take the ball before the other team can rush downfield. Waluigi is just about the only pick for this role. He has high speed, high strength, and decent passing so he can get to whoever converts the ball quick, tackle them down, steal the ball and pass it off to someone better at shooting. Of course, gear makes it more flexible but if you're going with a gearless game... the ideal all-around team is Rosalina, Peach, DK and Waluigi in that order specifically.
@@Kvalln If you have to ask that question, you'll fail to grasp that these Mario games have so much more depth to them than you realize. Whether it's Mario Kart, Mario Strikers, or anything else... the stats mean something. They aren't just for show. Literally the only Mario game that is truly luck based is Mario Party, and even that can be mitigated somewhat by playing the mini-games with skill. Part of why they struggled so much to even score one time was because they just picked people randomly. Even if they picked sub-optimally, if their choices were made with roles in mind it wouldn't have felt like the goalie was nigh impossible to get past.
Sullivan probably has more soccer knowledge than the other 3 combined. But it can't do much against pure button mashing in a goofy little mario game. He'd probably dominate a PES game.
I'm surprised that none of you commented on the fact that Pauline has the highest strength of any of the players, including both DK AND Bowser! 😅 Amazing as always. Tempest dominates, Laurie in close second, poor Sully needs a pick me up! Then again, his comments about dinosaurs make me think this is all karma...
If you use the left stick to aim you have a better chance of scoring, e.g. moving it up as you shoot will make the character aim in that direction, if you don’t do that the shots will always be central, which is why, when the keeper is stunned you kept on shooting at him instead or around him.
I like the lore of the Waluigi splinters. On Laurie's side, Waluigi and Wario reconciled with their family and the four brothers live in relative peace. On Ash's side, Daisy and Peach are loving the goth aesthetic and being a bit bad, choosing Waluigi and Bowser respectively over Luigi and Mario.
Hate to break it to you Laurie, but there is a mechanic in Mario Kart that allows you to dodge the dreaded Blue Shell, so it is in fact a skill based game. That being said, Tempest did get luckier there with how often it activated.
Anyone else thought Ash was going to say I am I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was, to catch them is my real test, wait a minute, sorry wrong genre! 😁😁🤣🤣
Still have no idea how this game didn't even get a nomination for soundtrack/sound design. Even almost a full year later the music with the hellpod launch and extraction just goes hard, not to mention the battle music feels so eerie for the illuminate. (And yes, i know the illuminate music wasn't out when the awards took place because they shadow dropped it during the awards).
Spoiler Maybe the reason sullivan struggled with the buttonmashing is that the prompt "lies" he fills the arrow then stops mashing, and thus fails the block. Ash keeps mashing loads until well after the arrow goes away and boom boom is in a cutscene, and successfully stops the double score goal. She still always end up with a rebound goal after though.
I don't actually believe that's true because this is not a US-based channel, (well that and he stumbled over his own friend and colleague's name mere seconds later🤣) but have my like anyway because it's still a funny joke
Waluigi acutally isnt related to wario or the mario brothers at all and is just a semirandom guy who only turns up to play sports and party games with them
Fun fairly popular mario lore. Mario and Luigi are twins so luigi is same age, also waluigi isnt a cousin or even related at all. he is an actor wario hired.
Glad this is here while NRB are taking a break - Likely they could have filmed the whole thing over a weekend and we still get weekly content. Pity they're all modern Mario sports games though as they really suck these days compared to the days of old. Mario Strikers Charged on the Wii was far superior to Battle League.
Note for the power cards, too many powers are related to drawing more powers or stealing powers or blocking powers while not enough seem to do anything worth stealing or digging or protecting.
I wish real soccer worked like this. Put the players in a big plexiglass cube that the ball can bounce around in. No more out of bounds. Full contact. Five minutes to end 1-0 instead of 90. Simply a better sport.
Hey guys, while you're at it, please adapt Tables Lists and Chairs and call it Ladder Match. It fits because ladder competitions (notably e-sports) are lists of competitors where everyone tries to be number one. It's also best when your lists match, and it's a nice nod to TLC. You could do best/worst game of 2024, best Final Fantasy game, best Nintendo game...
Loved this episode, immediately bought the game 😂 may i request that you hold the mario leauge score board at the beginning and end a little longer? I had to jump back and pause
Funny thing is, you are not wrong, soccer is the original name of the sport but when it started to gain popularity in America the British decided that it was unacceptable to have something in common with America and changed the name, and since at that time the British had a pretty good amount of influence on a large part of the world, a bunch of other countries followed the British naming scheme America stuck with the original name.
@@EPIC2X_ Actually soccer is short for association football, to differentiate it from other types of football, for example gridiron (american) or rugby. But you're right that they used it in the UK originally.
Yesss. Plenty of chance to hear Sully's football commentator voice on this episode.
He must have spent hours studying footage of the great Brian Children.
"You'd love to see it!"
He is so good at it xD
So enjoyable to have this series while NRB is on hiatus for the month,
No kidding, and the house rules on the channel as well? This channel is solidifying quickly for me as a favorite
I loved Sullivan's singing, he's completely insane 💙
Obsessed with Ash's maniacally laughing in triumph
Sullivan's commentary is fantastic haha
I'd pay for it! I'd pay money for his commentary!
Of course Sullivan loses a football game against someone who doesn’t care about football 😂😂
Can we appreciate how great Sully and Laurie were harmonizing at the one hour mark? I want to hear more of them singing now.
They sing quite a bit on board game club
I am a Patron of both NRB and Wrestletalk, so believe me when I say: I would pay for full streams of Sullivan doing commentary on sports games, even ones that aren't the Beautiful Game. Even ones he is NOT playing. ESPECIALLY one's he's not playing, frankly. Solo or with someone else, no matter how much/little they know about the sport.
i can't WAIT for whatever shenanigans the gang gets up to this time
Kinda sad that none of them caught onto the order you choose the characters actually matters A LOT in this game.
Your first pick is always your striker, so you want someone with lots of shooting and technique. Rosalina is undoubtedly the best for this.
Your second and third picks are your wingers. They're the ones who will be scrambling to get the ball most often, so high speed and passing are ideal. I personally like Peach and DK in those roles. Peach is a great secondary scorer if Rosalina is heavily guarded and DK is a tank that can bully opponents to get easy steals.
Your last pick is the defender, the one sticking to the back to try and take the ball before the other team can rush downfield. Waluigi is just about the only pick for this role. He has high speed, high strength, and decent passing so he can get to whoever converts the ball quick, tackle them down, steal the ball and pass it off to someone better at shooting.
Of course, gear makes it more flexible but if you're going with a gearless game... the ideal all-around team is Rosalina, Peach, DK and Waluigi in that order specifically.
Why would they possibly have known any of that
@@Kvalln If you have to ask that question, you'll fail to grasp that these Mario games have so much more depth to them than you realize.
Whether it's Mario Kart, Mario Strikers, or anything else... the stats mean something. They aren't just for show. Literally the only Mario game that is truly luck based is Mario Party, and even that can be mitigated somewhat by playing the mini-games with skill.
Part of why they struggled so much to even score one time was because they just picked people randomly. Even if they picked sub-optimally, if their choices were made with roles in mind it wouldn't have felt like the goalie was nigh impossible to get past.
"Do they continue lasting until another time?" feels a lot like "They say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is..."
I love Sullivan's play-by-play
Sully you are awesome
Daisy doing her best Scott Sterling impression.
His jaw drops as the ball goes in!
We need videos like these to remind us how sophisticated Sullivan Beau Brown is.😌
The IT Crowd reference from Ash after her first goal was gold 😭😭
Ash Is Great Keep Her On Every Episode On CTRL Freaks! 📺🎮
Ash having like 10% possession in her games, an absolute beast of a keeper and squeaking out wins was so funny 😂
My hype for this series grows everyday
43:30 - 44:18 what sublime commentating! I would watch an hour long video of that!
Ash's laugh is so menacing 😂
Cool vid! I also really enjoyed the aliens videogame you played! So scary
Sullivan probably has more soccer knowledge than the other 3 combined. But it can't do much against pure button mashing in a goofy little mario game. He'd probably dominate a PES game.
The Hand of Donk joke went severely under appreciated
I'm surprised that none of you commented on the fact that Pauline has the highest strength of any of the players, including both DK AND Bowser! 😅
Amazing as always. Tempest dominates, Laurie in close second, poor Sully needs a pick me up! Then again, his comments about dinosaurs make me think this is all karma...
Sulliy with that righteous sports commentary.
If you use the left stick to aim you have a better chance of scoring, e.g. moving it up as you shoot will make the character aim in that direction, if you don’t do that the shots will always be central, which is why, when the keeper is stunned you kept on shooting at him instead or around him.
Ash is STRESSING ME OUT changing which character she is controlling every second like that
I like the lore of the Waluigi splinters. On Laurie's side, Waluigi and Wario reconciled with their family and the four brothers live in relative peace. On Ash's side, Daisy and Peach are loving the goth aesthetic and being a bit bad, choosing Waluigi and Bowser respectively over Luigi and Mario.
I find it funny that Pauline is somehow stronger than the literal silverback gorilla that kidnaps her.
Subtle Toronto reference by Tempest for naming Jozy Altidore, even though he hasn’t played for TFC in years
Sully was so focused 😂😂
I'll be honest, y'all doing this got my Switch out for the first time in years!
"I will push you into the sea"
Sully's been spending too much time around the Yogs.
The highs and lows of Boom-Boom are an early contender for best NRB storyline of 2025
Sullivan doing commentary is amazing!
Hate to break it to you Laurie, but there is a mechanic in Mario Kart that allows you to dodge the dreaded Blue Shell, so it is in fact a skill based game. That being said, Tempest did get luckier there with how often it activated.
When I see Sullivan, and I see "football"... I yell "CHELSEA!!!!" uncontrollably.
Can they do it on a cold wet Tuesday in the mushroom kingdom?
Anyone else thought Ash was going to say I am I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was, to catch them is my real test, wait a minute, sorry wrong genre! 😁😁🤣🤣
Petition for a CTRL Freaks shirt that says Boom Boom Want Live
As the great poet Baldrick once said: Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom
Love this series, SBB to win 💙
Still have no idea how this game didn't even get a nomination for soundtrack/sound design. Even almost a full year later the music with the hellpod launch and extraction just goes hard, not to mention the battle music feels so eerie for the illuminate. (And yes, i know the illuminate music wasn't out when the awards took place because they shadow dropped it during the awards).
Spoiler
Maybe the reason sullivan struggled with the buttonmashing is that the prompt "lies" he fills the arrow then stops mashing, and thus fails the block.
Ash keeps mashing loads until well after the arrow goes away and boom boom is in a cutscene, and successfully stops the double score goal.
She still always end up with a rebound goal after though.
It's rumored that Luigi is a proficient shooter.
4:16 I wonder why Sullivan stumbled over mentioning that Luigi (allegedly) wasn’t as good at shooting (allegedly) lol
I don't actually believe that's true because this is not a US-based channel, (well that and he stumbled over his own friend and colleague's name mere seconds later🤣) but have my like anyway because it's still a funny joke
Oh, come off it, mate. Americans really do see secret messages in everything.
Engagement for the algorithm
Sullivan's comeback is going to be epic
36:00 they do have hockey in the 2010 winter games game for wii and it fucking slays
Great episide
Boom Boom want live.
Waluigi acutally isnt related to wario or the mario brothers at all and is just a semirandom guy who only turns up to play sports and party games with them
iirc I remember reading a Nintendo Power magazine that lists Wario & Waluigi as “just two nice evil guys who found each other” 😂
Aside from star wars characters, he has the worst name of any fictional character.
Fun fairly popular mario lore. Mario and Luigi are twins so luigi is same age, also waluigi isnt a cousin or even related at all. he is an actor wario hired.
I don't know where it came from originally but they would chant "ziggy zagga ziggy zagga oi oi oi!" at the end of episodes of the Man Show.
Boom Boom live. Boom Boom not worried.
Glad this is here while NRB are taking a break - Likely they could have filmed the whole thing over a weekend and we still get weekly content.
Pity they're all modern Mario sports games though as they really suck these days compared to the days of old. Mario Strikers Charged on the Wii was far superior to Battle League.
WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO THROW THE BALL INTO THE GOAL!!!???
This just in, Canada beats England in Football!
Note for the power cards, too many powers are related to drawing more powers or stealing powers or blocking powers while not enough seem to do anything worth stealing or digging or protecting.
Look I knew Sully was gonna be bad at football because he's a Chelsea fan but I did not expect Tempest to be so good at it. Bloody hell!
How long is "Boom Boom want live!" gonna be a thing now? 😂
This game looks like it must be very frustrating to play if the computer goalies are always this difficult.
Hopefully we get Mario party jamboree
thicc Tempest is the best Tempest
I soooo badly want to see the British people attempt Mario Superstar Baseball....
I wish real soccer worked like this. Put the players in a big plexiglass cube that the ball can bounce around in. No more out of bounds. Full contact. Five minutes to end 1-0 instead of 90. Simply a better sport.
Also I realized belatedly that I just basically described hockey
Ash's goal keeper is actually Hans Halldorsson
Also I like that Ash's team was just Peach and Daisy playing soccer with their boyfriends
Hey guys, while you're at it, please adapt Tables Lists and Chairs and call it Ladder Match.
It fits because ladder competitions (notably e-sports) are lists of competitors where everyone tries to be number one. It's also best when your lists match, and it's a nice nod to TLC.
You could do best/worst game of 2024, best Final Fantasy game, best Nintendo game...
Poor Sully. Doninated posession 1st match. Got burned bad
boom boom indeed want live
i would like to go to a football match with sully
I am a simple man whenever I see the gorgeous and talented Ash Millman I click
I didn't know the English say YA-shi instead of YO-shi!
Wouldn't that be a reptile team and not a all lizard team
They need to fix the master sword in the background it's bent
Chelsea have the worst chants Sullivan ! 😅
Love to see some Mario Strikers!
German here: Timo Werner ist one of the most overrated players we had...
its why he ended up at chelsea to be fair.
Loved this episode, immediately bought the game 😂 may i request that you hold the mario leauge score board at the beginning and end a little longer? I had to jump back and pause
54:26 that's German
It is reassuring to know that NHL 94 strats of ABUSE THE ONE TIMER works. And of course the Canadian just rips one tees
it would help if you actually aimed the ball into the corner with your D pad while shooting....jus sayin'
Pauline is also in Super Mario Odyssey, singing Jump Up Superstar.
A Strikers video on the same day Arsenal beats Tottenham? it is a good day indeed
North London is RED!
Why does he wear a mask?
Some excellent SOCCER matches 😂 kidding of course. Just an ignorant American here 😁
Tempest had the boost andf items and did not clear the field for a super kick. I was so sad
Zigzag zagga zigs zagga Oi Oi Oi may be older than this (Sully says so as I type this) but in America it was on the Man Show in the 90s.
This Mario series really makes me wish they'd play cyberpunk or forza.
Ash can throw her passport in the basket bc she couldn't remember the word Goal. You're a vagrant now lol. Ps I'm insulted as an American haha
Net would have also been acceptable
First!
Hey just FYI, this game is actually based on Soccer not Football. Silly Brits.
Funny thing is, you are not wrong, soccer is the original name of the sport but when it started to gain popularity in America the British decided that it was unacceptable to have something in common with America and changed the name, and since at that time the British had a pretty good amount of influence on a large part of the world, a bunch of other countries followed the British naming scheme America stuck with the original name.
@EPIC2X_ Yeah I knew that. And then they turn around and call us the crazy ones for calling it the name that they made up.
@@EPIC2X_ Actually soccer is short for association football, to differentiate it from other types of football, for example gridiron (american) or rugby. But you're right that they used it in the UK originally.
So... What culture and wrestletalk have joined forces?
Thought Ash wasn't with Whatculture any more?