They DIDNT help, they screw them and they went all in and outsold them. Helping will be giving advice, cooperating with them, exchanging parts or information. Not making a cheaper deal behind their back...
Nintendo is still too afraid in some fields, but the best way to fight piracy is engaging your community. Giving them good reasons to prefer original content (solid online playing to name one).
N64 and GameCube were failures because they were prime examples of Nintendo snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Both systems had the potential to smash Sony but Nintendo purposely limited both by using less robust media which made it hard to fully tap the power of both systems. Now Nintendo is a casual game company.
@@tweakPTCGhere’s the thing N64 and GameCube might been popular but they were in fact failures selling less than what the nes and snes had sold. Also being outsold by a small margin by Microsoft with their new and first console and being gigantically outsold by the ps1 in 1995 and the ps2 in 2000
And that is why i love nintendo. Even though some of their consoles are considered failures, they always think of how to make the next one special and how to upgrade the video gaming market.
I never knew the Nintendo 64 was a failure. Growing up, I had a 64, and a GameCube, and me and my sister loved them both until they stopped working. I remember using tape on the Red Yellow White cable cords just so we can get picture and sound. Plus, that's how my love of Smash Bros and Kirby started, was on the 64.
People can bash goldeneye all they want but they can’t deny that without goldeneye none of those other 3d fps games would exist and multiplayer definitely wouldn’t be where it is today without the existence of goldeneye. But I do agree that perfect dark in some ways is better
Huh. My best memories came from the N64. Not the playstation. I had both but only about 10 games for it while i had a ton for the N64. My favorites being Starfox and Jet Force Gemini
My teachers used to say that failure is always on the path to success because you learn from your mistakes and create something better then before, and Nintendo proved this saying right with the Nintendo Switch ;)
I had no idea this was considered a failure. I remember clear as day playing Mario 64 in the 90s and my friends had these consoles too. It was honestly the talk of the town in my youth. I’m perplexed honestly.
Every company has it’s ups and downs, but when it comes down to it and you learn from those mistakes you will succeed, and Nintendo learned from their failures.
I love seeing people being non-biased and critiquing things that are heavily considered to be masterpieces, when providing proper civilized reasoning. It ALMOST actually gives me some HOPE for the future of humanity... too bad there can’t be more people like you and me...
I still disagree on it pal. It failed in comparison to the newer runner up Sony and its more higher innovations but a failure would be the Wii U over there, Sega Saturn, Virtual Boy, Google stadia, etc. It still had sales and a hardcore audience that is dedicated to this day. I hate how people just look at graphs and make that assumption when it should be up to Nintendo on whether they mark it as a success or a failure. The failure* in the n64 was only the DD add on. Idc if Protomario claims it as such I think the guy isn't always right either. Also yeah, it did not sell well in Japan but remind me how big is that population to lets say America again?
I never understood why Nintendo would choose cartridges or a mini disc over the most popular formats of the day. At least they finally allowed DVD playback on the wii.
I grew up owning a Famicom and a Genisis then later on a PSX! It was a glorious era. So many IPs came out on the PSX that we still enjoy today. Subscribed for this video
Heh. Very nicely put Proto. A lot of people have the false belief that Nintendo was a company that was and always will be a Titan company. While true in some regards this video helps educate people of Nintendo's greatest failures.
The N64 is one of my favourite consoles, I don't think I've ever been as excited to play a game as I was Mario 64, however the price of games was way too much for me so I was limited to Mario 64/Kart, Pokemon Stadium and Turok, I missed out on Goldeneye :/ and I've tried to play it as an adult, I thought it was awful but I think I'd be in love with it if I played it back then :(
While I didn't consider the 64 and Gamecube failures personally, I can see now how they were failures compared to the Playstation 1 and 2. I must say the Switch is absolutely incredible and I'm glad it's doing well compared to its competition. Hopefully with this there will be a shift in how many 3rd party games we get on the Switch. Great video Proto
Being out sold and being a failure are two very different things. After seeing that prototype had nothing but the words "Sony" and "Playstation" on it I could see why Nintendo was worried lol. Backing out of that deal was probably one of the smartest decisions they ever made.
5:58 To be exact, there are three Zelda games for CD-i. One played like the typical top-down Zelda games, while the others are side scrollers starring Link or Zelda depending on which game you picked.
Failure almost always leads to success! I knew that once I heard that the Wii U was a failure, that something good was coming in the future and now we have the Nintendo Switch(even though I don’t have one)! Nintendo learning from their mistakes!
Great video. When talking specifically about consoles Nintendo has struggled the last few generations with the big exception being the Wii and the most glaring failure being the Wii U. However what many don't acknowledge is the absolute domination of the handheld market Nintendo owns. They haven't had any close competition ever in the handheld space and the PSP isn't even close even though it sold 80 million because the DS sold 155 million. Merging the development teams for both the handheld market and the console market with their new hybrid device the Switch was a stroke of genius because they've carved out their own market - a hybrid device that allows you to play AAA games on the go. Both the console market (lack of portability) and the smartphone market (lack of AAA games) can't offer what the Switch offers which is why it's a runaway success.
I don't consider the N64 a failure, but I always wondered why it had so few games compared to other platforms. The N64 section of any late 90s store electronics section stood out next to the PlayStation section because of how much smaller it was.
I loved the N64, GameCube and PS1&2. To me they all had the best games I've ever played. Right now I own a GameCube with only one game (Zelda Wind Waker) so far and I'm working on buying more games for it and a PS2. I never really knew about the Console War in-depth though so this was an interesting video to learn more about that lol thanks dude!
The N64 wasn't the only failure. You could consider 1993-1995 as a bad time for consoles and gaming in general as a lot of the consoles had botched launches, poor software support, and the market was simply oversaturated. The Playstation dominated and continues to dominate even to this day. Right now, the Switch and PS4 are killing it and the Xbox One is pretty much a third rate system with the lack of exclusives and mostly remasters of older games. Granted there's some decent games but not that many.
I agree it got no third party support partly to the name. I mean for awhile I thought it was just a Wii add on where you could play off a game pad which wasn’t a selling point to me but once I saw it was a whole new console I bought it
A goddamn stinkin' failure on ALL accounts! 👎🗑 Had mine stored in the closet for at least 3 YEARS (sealed/unopened) before I was forced to give it away for FREE. NOBODY wanted to buy it!
I really like Nintendo's ferocity, their failures are what eventually drives them to keep moving forward. That's even if they flop really hard on an idea that was too early in its era like the virtual boy. But still, a lot of it was in mind for the experience of the consumers. So hopefully they stay with us to continue great innovations that change the playing field.
I can’t wait till they become a third party developer tbh so I can play their games I’m not gonna buy a seperate console for literally only their first party games
The picture you used for Final Fantasy VII comparing PlayStation disc to N64 cartridges incorrectly says 1 CD. It was 3 discs. Sorry I don't mean to sound condescending or rude I just wanted to point it out. But great video!
Well, Nintendo DID unintentionally create another competitor. And yes they did cling to the cartridge when everyone else had moved on. I can't argue that, but the N64 still did pretty well despite all of those things.
Wasn't a failure overall, the only real big failures were the Virtual Boy and Wii U. N64 and GameCube weren't really successes, but they weren't failures imo
If the Nintendo 64 was truly a complete failure, prorably Nintendo would only be manufacturing only handheld consoles. And the Nintendo GameCube would not exist
The numbers don't lie about the 64 failing in comparison. But neither does the many and lengthy memories of joy it brought me and my friends. Who do I believe?!
The N64 could add more trick effects to improve the low poly look of the games BUT ultimately it couldn't chuck around anywhere near as much polygons as the PS1. Nintendo only survived due to the Pokemon craze at the time and massive sales of Gameboy along with a billion crappy Pokemon games released constantly for the little kids. It's like when Frost escapes from Blade surrounded by little kids. It's a shitty way to 'win'.
I can see why it was a failure in many regards it only sold about 30 million units compared to PS1's 100 million units sold, it had an awkward controller and the cartridges hurt it more than helped, final fantasy 7 being a good example and at the time people buying the PS1 as a cheaper alternative to a CD player, so while 1st party games on the N64 were amazing its 3rd party suffered drastically which has been a common trend until recently.
Imo tbh i am having one off my childhood dreams being realized with the Nintendo Switch. As a child, going to visit relatives from Oklahoma to California driving the entire time, i wanted to play my SNES games on the go. With the Switch i can now do that. Im content with my PS3 and frankly this generation will only support the ps3.
Gunpoi Yokai was the creator of the original GameBoy and Metroid, tasked to create the Virtual boy, he created the prototype which was hastily taken from and produced as a real device.
Samuel Islam Basically Nintendo screwed over the creator with what they did. It was originally intended to use more colors but Nintendo wanted it to be made cheaper so they used the blinding seizure inducing and brain damaging red and black. And its more surprising that nobody sued Nintendo over health damages alone over that.
If Nintendo wants to keep the Switch Relevant they have to keep doing more things to keep people interested. Yeah it had a great first year in 2017 but it needs to keep up the pace otherwise people will not be too interested. There is a lot of things they can do to make people interested in the Switch but like they learned from the Wii U it needs to have better Marketing and More Great Games from Third Party Developers.
@J Jackson You're crazy as hell,The playstation 1 looks way worse and the loading times are shit. Don't compare something that was made YEARS ago to today's standards. Many people still buy there consoles till this day, even collect the different colors, spend hundreds of dollars... I can go on and on but I got to go lol. N64 was a god for it's time.
I had a PS2, but switched to PC-gaming when I got bored of the terrible load-times (wait two minutes for a quick round of Worms ultimate mayhem? NO THANKS) and new games looking just like the old ones in terms of graphics (just compare NFS Undercover's PS2 version to the PC version, you can hardly call them the same game) and been almost exclusively gaming on PC (except for the occasional round of Tetris or Super Mario on the NES) for almost ten years now. I recently started collecting retro consoles and Nintendo's consoles are the only ones that interest me for the more recent ones. Why should I buy a Playstation or an X-Box? I can just buy one or two X-Box 360 controllers (best controller EVER), hook my PC up to my TV and play the same games the same way as the PS and X-Box consoles can. Most of those games have a PC version, which is better anyway and if they don't I can simply use an emulator and actually get a better experience (talking loading times and controller) on that. Nintendo, however? You just don't get the same feeling playing Mario or Pokemon on an emulator and the ways in which the handhelds and the big consoles work together to unlock extra content and stuff just doesn't work in emulation. It's funny to me that the Wii was such a success, cause I never cared and still don't care about this one and it's refresh. It just looks too generic and the controllers seem more like a stupid gimmick to me. Sure, the Wii is probably the best console ever for casual party games, which explains it's success, especially with middle-aged audiences, but I think for an enthusiastic gamer it doesn't offer much, besides it's exclusive Mario and Zelda games. The Wii just doesn't really stand out from the competition, which also had those weird movement-based controllers, just as an add-on, rather than the default and better games. The switch looks very interesting again. But since I newly acquired a SNES and a gamecube and I still have my NES that has long been the only console
The Nintendo 64 and GameCube weren't failures. But they weren't Nintendo's biggest successes. Yes, the Virtual Boy and Wii U were failures. I think your definition of 'failure' is different from what it actually is.
The Nintendo 64 helped to create it's biggest competition today, Sony PlayStation, and then was out sold by that 3x over.
ProtoMario failures always will lead to success. It’s something that EA doesn’t seem to understand... 😜
ProtoMario but proto there was 3 Zelda CD-I games not 2
They DIDNT help, they screw them and they went all in and outsold them.
Helping will be giving advice, cooperating with them, exchanging parts or information. Not making a cheaper deal behind their back...
ProtoMario It’s a real shame for the gamecube, it had some of the best game selections for its time.
thats a lot
Nintendo is still too afraid in some fields, but the best way to fight piracy is engaging your community. Giving them good reasons to prefer original content (solid online playing to name one).
The Wii U, yes, Virtual Boy sure, but come on Proto. We all know the GC and N64 were fantastic. Far from failures.
32 million and 21 million wasnt that bad u know?
GameCube and N64 was still count as successful consoles too
N64 and GameCube were failures because they were prime examples of Nintendo snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Both systems had the potential to smash Sony but Nintendo purposely limited both by using less robust media which made it hard to fully tap the power of both systems. Now Nintendo is a casual game company.
@@tweakPTCGhere’s the thing N64 and GameCube might been popular but they were in fact failures selling less than what the nes and snes had sold. Also being outsold by a small margin by Microsoft with their new and first console and being gigantically outsold by the ps1 in 1995 and the ps2 in 2000
And that is why i love nintendo. Even though some of their consoles are considered failures, they always think of how to make the next one special and how to upgrade the video gaming market.
I never knew the Nintendo 64 was a failure. Growing up, I had a 64, and a GameCube, and me and my sister loved them both until they stopped working. I remember using tape on the Red Yellow White cable cords just so we can get picture and sound. Plus, that's how my love of Smash Bros and Kirby started, was on the 64.
It only has a handful of great games like Zelda smash bros Mario kart Diddy Kong kart racing I loved the 64
Even though the Nintendo GameCube didn't sell that well, it had some very fun titles! Mario Kart: Double Dash was a thrilling experience! :D
Mr. Oshawott LOOGI'S MANSHON
Super Smash Bros. Melee and the Mario Party series were legendary.
Mr. Oshawott - windwaker and twilight princess
Mr. Oshawott Not gonna lie. I was hoping to see Double Dash style gameplay to return with MK8D. Alas, it aas not to be.
Mr. Oshawott It had F Zero GX and Metroid Prime in it.
I was born in the same week the N64 was released in Japan! Glad I haven't aged as badly as Goldeneye!
Danny Marshall Ever try Perfect Dark? It's literally just a better Goldeneye.
@@TheRedRaccoonDog ever try literally any other shooter game from the 2010s? its literally just a better perfect dark
People can bash goldeneye all they want but they can’t deny that without goldeneye none of those other 3d fps games would exist and multiplayer definitely wouldn’t be where it is today without the existence of goldeneye. But I do agree that perfect dark in some ways is better
The 64 wasn’t a failure
Sony PlayStation - 100 Million
Nintendo 64 - 30 Million
ProtoMario Sales don't matter! The Apple Pippin was the most popular console ever! And it had bad sales!
Huh. My best memories came from the N64. Not the playstation. I had both but only about 10 games for it while i had a ton for the N64. My favorites being Starfox and Jet Force Gemini
ProtoMario If there’s one thing The SEGA Dreamcast taught me, sales don’t matter as long as the consoles is good and it had good games
From an objective sales point of view is failed compared to its competitors
My teachers used to say that failure is always on the path to success because you learn from your mistakes and create something better then before, and Nintendo proved this saying right with the Nintendo Switch ;)
Golden Brick Gaming Sega died, should have learned from your mistakes 😂
Nintendo proved it a lot earlier than the switch.
The switch shows that Nintendo is still getting better and better.
@@RB-sh4lo And Getting Worst At The Same Time
@@danielotano9956 with drifting Analog Sticks and short battery life and bad ports.
I had no idea this was considered a failure. I remember clear as day playing Mario 64 in the 90s and my friends had these consoles too. It was honestly the talk of the town in my youth. I’m perplexed honestly.
Every company has it’s ups and downs, but when it comes down to it and you learn from those mistakes you will succeed, and Nintendo learned from their failures.
At least Nintendo is stepping up
I love seeing people being non-biased and critiquing things that are heavily considered to be masterpieces, when providing proper civilized reasoning. It ALMOST actually gives me some HOPE for the future of humanity... too bad there can’t be more people like you and me...
Tracytron 54321 With people like you, there is no hope.
sarah18497 and exactly what makes you say that?...
TAKE THE THUMBNAIL BACK! REEEEEE!!!
nintendo learning from it's mistakes
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And making many more in the process.
Not all of them, just some of them.
I think the rumor that Nintendo 64 is Nintendo's biggest failure was false...
People don't believe me when I tell them that the N64 was a failure. But I'm always right on these things. Lol.
You don't know the fact that the Nintendo 64 sold better than Sega Saturn except in Japan.
I still disagree on it pal. It failed in comparison to the newer runner up Sony and its more higher innovations but a failure would be the Wii U over there, Sega Saturn, Virtual Boy, Google stadia, etc. It still had sales and a hardcore audience that is dedicated to this day. I hate how people just look at graphs and make that assumption when it should be up to Nintendo on whether they mark it as a success or a failure. The failure* in the n64 was only the DD add on. Idc if Protomario claims it as such I think the guy isn't always right either. Also yeah, it did not sell well in Japan but remind me how big is that population to lets say America again?
Nintendo: coming back from their failures to create the most convenient console ever.
Convenient? 3 hour battery life is not good and no online play while out and about. Xcloud and steaming games is the future
@@israelruelas5756 please shut up and get out of this reply section
I never understood why Nintendo would choose cartridges or a mini disc over the most popular formats of the day. At least they finally allowed DVD playback on the wii.
I grew up owning a Famicom and a Genisis then later on a PSX! It was a glorious era. So many IPs came out on the PSX that we still enjoy today.
Subscribed for this video
As for the Switch, it has no games, the rampant port begging, too underpowered. Ps4 and Xbox one the best.
@@vie3147 that didn't stop it from outselling xbox one
Heh. Very nicely put Proto. A lot of people have the false belief that Nintendo was a company that was and always will be a Titan company. While true in some regards this video helps educate people of Nintendo's greatest failures.
Wow. I have all Nintendo consoles (except the virtual boy) mentioned in this video.
The N64 is one of my favourite consoles, I don't think I've ever been as excited to play a game as I was Mario 64, however the price of games was way too much for me so I was limited to Mario 64/Kart, Pokemon Stadium and Turok, I missed out on Goldeneye :/ and I've tried to play it as an adult, I thought it was awful but I think I'd be in love with it if I played it back then :(
It sold more than the sega genesis which is considered a sucess
Still have my N64:)
The N64 is even better with the Everdrive 64.
Greatest Success vs greatest failures of Nintendo ! This will be interesting 😊😊❤❤
While I didn't consider the 64 and Gamecube failures personally, I can see now how they were failures compared to the Playstation 1 and 2.
I must say the Switch is absolutely incredible and I'm glad it's doing well compared to its competition. Hopefully with this there will be a shift in how many 3rd party games we get on the Switch.
Great video Proto
Wow protomario i like your take on this topic, very good points you made. Keep up the good work!
the N64 still sold enough to survive.
Nintendo survived thanks to all that NES/SNES/Gameboy money.
Being out sold and being a failure are two very different things. After seeing that prototype had nothing but the words "Sony" and "Playstation" on it I could see why Nintendo was worried lol. Backing out of that deal was probably one of the smartest decisions they ever made.
Yes people say that Nintendo should've stuck with the deal but I disagree!
Oddly enough, my uncle did put a NES emulator and every NES game on a disc. I now have this on my computer.
The N64 was my all time favorite gaming console
There are 3 Zelda CDI, its the Unholy Triforce
5:58 To be exact, there are three Zelda games for CD-i. One played like the typical top-down Zelda games, while the others are side scrollers starring Link or Zelda depending on which game you picked.
Failure almost always leads to success! I knew that once I heard that the Wii U was a failure, that something good was coming in the future and now we have the Nintendo Switch(even though I don’t have one)! Nintendo learning from their mistakes!
Thanks for the history Proto. I didn't know alot of this
Great video. When talking specifically about consoles Nintendo has struggled the last few generations with the big exception being the Wii and the most glaring failure being the Wii U. However what many don't acknowledge is the absolute domination of the handheld market Nintendo owns. They haven't had any close competition ever in the handheld space and the PSP isn't even close even though it sold 80 million because the DS sold 155 million.
Merging the development teams for both the handheld market and the console market with their new hybrid device the Switch was a stroke of genius because they've carved out their own market - a hybrid device that allows you to play AAA games on the go. Both the console market (lack of portability) and the smartphone market (lack of AAA games) can't offer what the Switch offers which is why it's a runaway success.
I still have my Nintendo 64. I had a blast on it when i was a kid.
Proto rocking that Mario hat
Great taste of gaming history, I love this video and would be grateful to see more
N64... A failure? How?! Almost everyone I knew had one.
It wad outsold by the PS1 but it still didn't fail. The one that did was the Sega Saturn.
I don't consider the N64 a failure, but I always wondered why it had so few games compared to other platforms. The N64 section of any late 90s store electronics section stood out next to the PlayStation section because of how much smaller it was.
probably your best episode yet.
I thought Nintendo 64 had sold a lot of more units than that.
This video has me hyped for the Turok release on Xbox next week :) never beat it as a kid but I fucking loved that game.
I loved the N64, GameCube and PS1&2. To me they all had the best games I've ever played. Right now I own a GameCube with only one game (Zelda Wind Waker) so far and I'm working on buying more games for it and a PS2. I never really knew about the Console War in-depth though so this was an interesting video to learn more about that lol thanks dude!
The N64 wasn't the only failure. You could consider 1993-1995 as a bad time for consoles and gaming in general as a lot of the consoles had botched launches, poor software support, and the market was simply oversaturated. The Playstation dominated and continues to dominate even to this day. Right now, the Switch and PS4 are killing it and the Xbox One is pretty much a third rate system with the lack of exclusives and mostly remasters of older games. Granted there's some decent games but not that many.
Love the video mate
Tbh i think the wii u would of sold much better if its name was different. If it was called the super wii or the wii 2 it seems it would sell better
GreeneBeau's Paradise changing the name wouldn't have done anything. There were no games on the system.
Sayr No games? Explain Smash 4, Super Mario Bros. U, Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D World, Sonic Lost World, Bayonetta 2, Yoshi’s Epic Yard, etc.
Sayr it had good first party. I will admit the 3rd party was hot garbage though
I agree it got no third party support partly to the name. I mean for awhile I thought it was just a Wii add on where you could play off a game pad which wasn’t a selling point to me but once I saw it was a whole new console I bought it
There was no games because no sales if you move the units the games will come but it couldn’t move units
A goddamn stinkin' failure on ALL accounts! 👎🗑
Had mine stored in the closet for at least 3 YEARS (sealed/unopened) before I was forced to give it away for FREE.
NOBODY wanted to buy it!
I really like Nintendo's ferocity, their failures are what eventually drives them to keep moving forward. That's even if they flop really hard on an idea that was too early in its era like the virtual boy. But still, a lot of it was in mind for the experience of the consumers. So hopefully they stay with us to continue great innovations that change the playing field.
I can’t wait till they become a third party developer tbh so I can play their games I’m not gonna buy a seperate console for literally only their first party games
The picture you used for Final Fantasy VII comparing PlayStation disc to N64 cartridges incorrectly says 1 CD. It was 3 discs. Sorry I don't mean to sound condescending or rude I just wanted to point it out. But great video!
The kids who grew up with the NES grew up but Nintendo didn't grow up with them. Thats why many of them ditched Nintendo for Sony.
If you enjoy first person shooters you had to have a N64. Turok, GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, etc, etc, those were the good times.👍😎
Keep up the good work proto
N64 GameCube and Wii U are some of the best consoles and it makes me so sad that they’re considered failures
The ps1, and 2 had much better games which explains why the GameCube didn’t sell as much PlayStation had the most while Nintendo didn’t
Far from a failure without sold every single Sega Console
Neither the N64, WiiU to virtual boy were failures... they were stepping stones for the 3DS and Switch
I mean with sales they were failures. but in gameplay and learning from mistakes yeah they weren't a failure
Just wait guys for new pokemon generation game. The sales will be off the charts.
I loved the n64 but it did have some problems... pros and cons. And once again great video Proto
What a video man very informative thanks
Well, Nintendo DID unintentionally create another competitor. And yes they did cling to the cartridge when everyone else had moved on. I can't argue that, but the N64 still did pretty well despite all of those things.
Wasn't a failure overall, the only real big failures were the Virtual Boy and Wii U. N64 and GameCube weren't really successes, but they weren't failures imo
i wouldnt consider it a failure due to the amazing amount of games it brought us such as mario 64, wave race, golden eye and many others
If the Nintendo 64 was truly a complete failure, prorably Nintendo would only be manufacturing only handheld consoles. And the Nintendo GameCube would not exist
The Nintendo 64 was great but I see how it was technically a failure, I honestly loved it
Dang what a good argument
The numbers don't lie about the 64 failing in comparison. But neither does the many and lengthy memories of joy it brought me and my friends.
Who do I believe?!
The N64 could add more trick effects to improve the low poly look of the games BUT ultimately it couldn't chuck around anywhere near as much polygons as the PS1. Nintendo only survived due to the Pokemon craze at the time and massive sales of Gameboy along with a billion crappy Pokemon games released constantly for the little kids. It's like when Frost escapes from Blade surrounded by little kids. It's a shitty way to 'win'.
Love the Switch. The history is crazy and interesting.
I have been watching since 2013 proto merio but bring back the Pokemon theory's
I can see why it was a failure in many regards it only sold about 30 million units compared to PS1's 100 million units sold, it had an awkward controller and the cartridges hurt it more than helped, final fantasy 7 being a good example and at the time people buying the PS1 as a cheaper alternative to a CD player, so while 1st party games on the N64 were amazing its 3rd party suffered drastically which has been a common trend until recently.
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DUNDUNDUUUUUN!
Great video very informative
Nice video!
I’m feeling the switch in March, so close.
7:22 Were you referring to one disc from FF7 is equivalent to 13 N64 game cartridges?
There were 3 Zelda abominations for the CDI.
And by abominations I mean games that deserve to be called abominations (and don't deserve to be called games)
I don't think the 3rd one was as bad.
. . . . *HOW!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?*
Those 3 CDI Zelda games made some of the best game grumps episodes
and memes
Imo tbh i am having one off my childhood dreams being realized with the Nintendo Switch. As a child, going to visit relatives from Oklahoma to California driving the entire time, i wanted to play my SNES games on the go. With the Switch i can now do that. Im content with my PS3 and frankly this generation will only support the ps3.
Why does it matter: Who on earth in their right mind decided to make the virtual boy
Gunpoi Yokai was the creator of the original GameBoy and Metroid, tasked to create the Virtual boy, he created the prototype which was hastily taken from and produced as a real device.
Samuel Islam
Basically Nintendo screwed over the creator with what they did. It was originally intended to use more colors but Nintendo wanted it to be made cheaper so they used the blinding seizure inducing and brain damaging red and black. And its more surprising that nobody sued Nintendo over health damages alone over that.
Biggest falure? Wii U says hi
Lanabot The wii-u didn't create a really successful competitor.
TheRedRaccoonDog virtual boi: *hold my beer*
Death Pixel The virtual boy was just cartoonishly bad.
TheRedRaccoonDog I want an occulus rift just so I can make the she’ll look like a virtual boy
Death Pixel Heh. Neat.
N64 had the balls to use cartridges when everyone used CDs. however im kinda sad the n64dd died :(
I know it's not important but FF7 isn't on only one CD (for the comparison with cartridges).
If Nintendo wants to keep the Switch Relevant they have to keep doing more things to keep people interested. Yeah it had a great first year in 2017 but it needs to keep up the pace otherwise people will not be too interested. There is a lot of things they can do to make people interested in the Switch but like they learned from the Wii U it needs to have better Marketing and More Great Games from Third Party Developers.
Proto, are you sure these new cartridges even do anything for the loading times? I mean, have you PLAYED Breath of the Wild?
Nintendo success matters not just for Nintendo but for whole gaming industry even sony knows the same thing.
Is that a high quality rip I hear?
Loved this video! 🐉👏👏👏🖒
Nintendo 64 was not a failure, I still play their games till this day.
@J Jackson You're crazy as hell,The playstation 1 looks way worse and the loading times are shit. Don't compare something that was made YEARS ago to today's standards. Many people still buy there consoles till this day, even collect the different colors, spend hundreds of dollars... I can go on and on but I got to go lol. N64 was a god for it's time.
Nintendo and PC are the only things worth buying
Sometimes we create our own worst enemies
What is Proto's favourite console though?
You brought up Virtual Console at the beginning yet never talked about it during the rest of the video
Sjono Virtual boy
I felt to see how the GameCube or the N64 were failures…
The N64 had TWO launch titles too.
I had a PS2, but switched to PC-gaming when I got bored of the terrible load-times (wait two minutes for a quick round of Worms ultimate mayhem? NO THANKS) and new games looking just like the old ones in terms of graphics (just compare NFS Undercover's PS2 version to the PC version, you can hardly call them the same game) and been almost exclusively gaming on PC (except for the occasional round of Tetris or Super Mario on the NES) for almost ten years now.
I recently started collecting retro consoles and Nintendo's consoles are the only ones that interest me for the more recent ones. Why should I buy a Playstation or an X-Box? I can just buy one or two X-Box 360 controllers (best controller EVER), hook my PC up to my TV and play the same games the same way as the PS and X-Box consoles can. Most of those games have a PC version, which is better anyway and if they don't I can simply use an emulator and actually get a better experience (talking loading times and controller) on that.
Nintendo, however? You just don't get the same feeling playing Mario or Pokemon on an emulator and the ways in which the handhelds and the big consoles work together to unlock extra content and stuff just doesn't work in emulation.
It's funny to me that the Wii was such a success, cause I never cared and still don't care about this one and it's refresh. It just looks too generic and the controllers seem more like a stupid gimmick to me. Sure, the Wii is probably the best console ever for casual party games, which explains it's success, especially with middle-aged audiences, but I think for an enthusiastic gamer it doesn't offer much, besides it's exclusive Mario and Zelda games. The Wii just doesn't really stand out from the competition, which also had those weird movement-based controllers, just as an add-on, rather than the default and better games.
The switch looks very interesting again. But since I newly acquired a SNES and a gamecube and I still have my NES that has long been the only console
There were actually 3 Zelda CDI games.
People just get blind from nostalgia
The Nintendo 64 and GameCube weren't failures. But they weren't Nintendo's biggest successes. Yes, the Virtual Boy and Wii U were failures. I think your definition of 'failure' is different from what it actually is.
Phillips made 3 Zelda games, not just 2.