Games That Are NOT Mario Games for Fans of Mario Games - Retro Bird
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Everybody loves Nintendo's Mario games (well, almost everybody), but what are some alternatives? In this video, I give some game recommendations of games that I feel fans of Mario would appreciate.
Games That Are NOT Mario Games for Fans of Mario Games - Retro Bird / Best Non-Mario Games for Fans of Mario Games / Best Non-Mario Games for Fans of Mario / Best Platformers Besides Mario
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Games played: Super Mario Sunshine (0:00), Super Mario 64 (0:15), Little Nemo: The Dream Master (1:38), Super Mario Bros. 3 via Super Mario All-Stars (2:17), Dynamite Headdy (3:29), Rayman Legends (5:15), Klonoa (6:44), Billy Hatcher (8:53)
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Good call on Little Nemo. On that same vein, I would also recommend Monster Party (NES)
Multiple top-tier Retro Bird moments in this video. An instant classic.
Duuuuuude, the skippity-diggity-doggity killed me 🤣
"Don't underestimate the power of throwing candy i guess"...man that killed me....pure gold!!!!
That destroyed me too
In germany we throw candy on carneval. ruclips.net/video/MzJUkBsuUII/видео.html
Dude. Thanks for posting this! The unexpected cut to the candy throw made me laugh for the 1st time today....I needed that!
Happy to hear. Hope your weekend goes well for ya :)
Same here! My favorite part of the video lol
I noticed his slippers are too big for his feet
@@imjstmichael86I'm figuring out I need slippers with backs so I can go up stairs lol
The games in the bed scene killed me. All gamers have either done that or thought about it as kids. Seeing a grown man do it is just amazing.
These always hit at the perfect time on Friday evenings. Chill way to end the week.
It's also the perfect time for insomniacs in the UK.
I definitely agree Klonoa deserves more love. I actually just finished playing through both Klonoa 1 and 2 on the Phantasy Reverie Series recently and they still hold up well! I highly recommend Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series to any platforming fan!
Yea, I beat Klonoa 1 on the Switch collection. Didn't do a 100% though. Haven't done the 2nd game yet.
@@LittleBigKid707b Nice! I probably won't 100% either game. Getting all the Dream Stones is a bit of a headache as you basically need to do a perfect run.
It always makes me happy to see Little Nemo getting some love since it's been my #1 favorite retro game from childhood! So much so that the title screen music is my ringtone to this day. I ended up becoming the resident Little Nemo fan among my group of friends because of this game too. I own some of the original animation cels from the film as well as a store promo VHS copy, I'm working on a novel based around it, and I'm proud to say my name will be in both new Nemo games we're getting thanks to a contribution to the Kickstarters!
Man your videos deserve a much wider audience, I see videos with a million views that are so boring, but yours a so fun!
Keep at it mate and keep making that awesome content.
Thank you Chris. I appreciate it :)
Absolutely - I laugh out loud at these videos, so funny and well put together.
Banjo Kazooie would be good basically for people who love Mario 64.
Diddy Kong Racing is a better Mario Kart.
Yeah, Rare usually took Nintendo's game foundation and built on it. Though, sometimes they went a little overboard like in Donkey Kong 64 or Banjo-Tooie.
@Matt B Basically yeah how Jontron put it he called them The Beatles of Gaming.
Yep. Banjo Kazooie is a terrific recommendation for fans of Super Mario 64.
I always look forward to your next video. You're so full of energy and I love your lighthearted quirky funny bits in the videos as well. I hope you'll continue to release these for a long time.
Glad to hear it. Yeah, the plan is to make these videos for quite a while :)
@@RetroBirdGaming you don't happen to have a Discord server for your channel do you?
If you like 3D Mario, you should definitely check out De Blob 2. It's available for a ton of platforms ranging from the Xbox 360 to the Switch and the PC. The first game is fun, but it's more of a tech demo.
Think I picked up for the Wii at 7-11 of all places like a decade ago, but haven't had a Wii hooked up since before that
My favorite thing about a youtuber doing a 1-second hilarious bit where they smash candy against their fence is the visual I get of them having to clean it up afterward.
For a more recent indie game, I would absolutely recommend A Hat in Time for those looking for a 3D platformer with inspirations from Super Mario 64. It takes everything people love about games like Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, and brings that style of game up to speed for the modern day. Definitely worth your time.
Yea i played through it on Switch. Really enjoyed it, but I liked Super Lucky Tale even more. A Hat In Time was more of a adventure platformer. Sorta like the Banjo games. Lots of skill upgrades and such.
@@LittleBigKid707b New Super Lucky's Tale is also really fun. That's another great pick.
I've also tried out Lucky's Tale on the Oculus Rift (CV1, not Quest), but that one's more of a 3D platformer in a similar style to Crash Bandicoot. Definitely not as difficult as Crash, though.
Firing candy into a fence was unexpected, but delightful :)
Love that cutaway at 3:00 lmao
There’s definitely Mario vibes from all these. It’s a great list because many people like you said have nostalgia especially from Super Mario Bros 1-3 and are looking for their next Mario experience.
I'd say the Bonk's franchise would be quite comparable to some of the Super Mario games...definitely Bonk's Revenge and Super Bonk! Great job as per usual! :)
This was GREAT! Nemo is a 🔥 game! You got an arm man! That candy stood no chance! 😂
I really like the Little Nemo one and need to play it more. Also, I have the first two Rayman games and desperately need to play those some more. For those who like the early NES Mario games I would recommend trying Adventure Island if you haven’t already. It’s very challenging though, but still fun. And yes, I love getting the frog suit in Mario 3 and yes, it is very easy to lose😮 Man, countless memories of that game!!🎉
0:00 Retro Bird breathing. He even makes that funny.
00:24 Retro Bird's 🐦 hidden cache of Mario games.
00:43 Retro Bird as Rebel Gamer.
01:40 don't feed lions candy. Retro Bird dreams of monkeys feeding him bananas. 🍌
2:37 Retro Bird feeling worthless and helpless as a kid.
2:54 throwing candy. Such a good part.
4:20 Retro Bird is an incredibly happy man. That's probably why we all watch him.
4:54 throwing your face as a weapon. Watch for 20 seconds, two good shots.
5:23 Retro Bird is one pretty man.
6:08 "Team Player" who goes Rogue.
7:17 Obligatory Mean Girls allusion. Man, I love that one.
8:14 throwing enemies to jump physics clip.
9:55 Retro Bird being happy and skipping. Somebody bottle his brain chemicals and mass produce it as an antidepressant.
10:10 Retro Bird raging.
10:44 Retro Bird ignoring game requests. No shame in his game.
11:24 if you just need to listen to the best outro song ever.
Something about this channel stirs up memories of Homestar Runner, especially the theme song. I do mean that as a compliment, of course. You deserve more subscribers!
I always appreciate the way you capture game footage, I know how hard it can be to get a CRT to look good in video
The gamecube games looks sooo good on that crt. I honestly can’t believe how good Billy Hatcher looks
2:57 “don’t underestimate the power of throwing candy, I guess” 😂😂😂
I would suggest Banjo-Kazooie for a 3d mario like experience.
I was so happy to see Little Nemo and Billy Hatcher in this list. Nemo was a birthday present by my mother, when I was a kid.
A game series I can recommend are the Little Big Planet games, Ratchet and Clank and the JAK And Dexter games.
A hat in time is another game I enjoyed playing.
For the NES Little Nemo Dream Master I wish they included houses along the way where he would then have to trick or treat to get more candy at times. However, he has unlimited amount of candy to throw! I've never dreamed about unlimited candy before! This game is a must own for NES fans! I'm off to dream land to dream about unlimited candy!
The Great Giana Sisters (C64), M.C. Kids (NES), several Tiny Toon Adventures games from Konami for the 8-bit and 16-bit systems.
True story for ya: Back in '89, my Mom rented a game with a printed label on it that said 'Baby Mario' , and it had a Famicom to NES converter attached to it. I played the heck out of this game to the point that - because my Mom kept renewing the rental - my Mom asked the rental shop manager to buy the game outright; this was my second game for the NES after Q-Bert and it got all the play time. In later years, I would come to discover that this title was actually called Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa!! by Konami, which was a Famicom Disk System game in 1988 but that was thrown on a cartridge in other territories (before being put on cartridge in Japan in '93). My sister still has that cartridge, while I bought a Disk System just for this one game; it's one of my favourites!
Upa is a cute little baby character who crawls through platforming levels and whacks enemies with his rattle, which blows them up like a balloon. You can let the enemies float away, headbutt them to use as projectiles, or jump on them as platforms. Levels are really creative, being made of candy, school supplies, Lego, toys...all kinds of kid-centric things (one level is a cake you have to eat your way through, lol), and the music is what you'd expect from Konami.
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa!! is a wonderful Mario-like game that's a real trip with good challenge. You can play as Upa in the Parodius games, but his one solo experience certainly deserves a look by those who like Mario games!
Love reading stories like this from our past. Thanks for sharing.
I have been watching so many of your videos lately.
It’s awesome to discover a new top-tier game reviewer.
Who else started collecting plastic bread clips? I’m keeping mine in a old spaghetti factory glass. Man oh man it’s been a blast.
Who's never heard of "ZenoJam?" Only one of the greatest games ever made. As far as "Little Nemo" is concerned; it's one of my favorite games of all time. The music, the art design, it's just a feel good game; even when it gets tough in the later levels. Just the right level of challenge for a veteran of the NES. Great video as always!
Rayman 2 and 3 are games I would easily suggest for Mario fans. Or fans of 3D platformers in general. They have amazing music, great controls, unique stories and characters, and a really fun world to explore. Though the games are mostly linear in their structure, your goal is generally just to get to the end of the level, the way you go about it is so varied and fun. I recommend the Dreamcast and N64 versions of Rayman 2, as for Rayman 3 you really can’t go wrong with any of the home console releases. The Xbox and Gamecube versions would be my picks though
Yea, Rayman is very under rated. Played the later ones years back and loved them. Just got Rayman 1 on PS1. Heard it was balls to the wall, hella hard.
My favorite game for fans of Mario is Kid Chameleon. A Sega classic platformer with unique level design and a fun powerup system. It also gives you a bonus for skipping prize blocks, which is a really neat built in challenge.
Little Nemo is definitely a classic - that was one of the early NES titles I remember playing as a kid.
Another recommendation for charming platformers for me would be Mischief Makers on the Nintendo 64 - really cool boss fights and a variety of world locations topped with a great soundtrack made it a very memorable experience for me, and it's another great title from Treasure.
Billy Hatcher feels like a Dreamcast game. In a good way. I wouldn't be surprised if it was intended to be one before switching over to Gamecube.
Glover on the N64 is a pretty good game and has a ball as the central focus like billy hatcher
Loved Dynamite Headdy as a kid, but I played it on Game Gear & didn't get the Genesis copy until recently since I don't play portable much anymore.
As for other games, I'd recommend the Donkey Kong Country SNES Trilogy, as well as Dodgeball Academia for fans of Mario RPG.
Another great video!. Think I've said it before, and I'll say it again "severely underrated channel!". Keep up the good work.
I’d say anyone who’s a fan of old-school 2-D platformers with lots of jumpin’ and stompin’ about would like Shovel Knight. That’s my recommendation.
Personally, I think of Klonoa as being somewhat closer to Kirby and Yoshi games. Why? Because Klonoa, like those games, is a platformer where you have to use your enemies. Kirby eats them for powers, Yoshi eats them for eggs as ammo, and Klonoa throws them for ammo and for movement. Also Klonoa tends to be on the easier side, much like Kirby and Yoshi games (also, yeah, I differentiate Yoshi games from normal Mario).
Not that Mario is that far off of a comparison, seeing as they're both fun and delightful platformers.
I have a lot of great memories of playing Little Nemo with my sister and cousins when we were kids!
definitely gonna give little nemo and klonoa 1 a try. Rayman Legends was easily one of my favorite games of the decade, but when I finally played Billy Hatcher it was definitely a miss for me.
A Hat in Time is a hard recommend for 3D platformer fans even if it skews a bit more to Banjo Kazooie than Super Mario 64
Throwing candy at stuff is my go to move, and it so rarely works out, so glad to see it may finally be useful !
Just any games by RARE… Banjo Kazooie, Diddy King Racing and any Crash Game. Crash 4 is awesome but gets pretty difficult!
Rayman 2, Sonic Adventure, Banjo Kazooie, Spyro The Dragon 1-3, ect
First game I thought of was Great Giana Sisters on the C64, great game for Mario lovers, I finally beat it recently too, it's got some challenge to it but it's not rediculously difficult. Also try I Want More Diamonds and Vincent on the C64, they're basically Giana SIster hacks with different levels and other things mixed in.
I love your easy going attitude and jokes. Keep it up!
Happy to hear that. Thanks!
Hey (fan from the UK, London) just wanted to say I love your videos and have been a sub for a while now! Thanks for the great content and really appreciate the uploads! Been a casual collector and seeing your videos is always a joy!
Maybe the obvibious suggestion is the Donkey Kong Country/Land Franchise :)
Love seeing klonoa get recognition
I have a feeling that you're just as jolly and skippy in your household outside of video skits. That's such an amazing personality to have!
Recently watched a ton of your videos. Great work! Love the skits and interstitials!
Thank you!
Ape Escape springs to mind for the Playstation.
The Platforming and Dual-Shock only gameplay compatability made it stand out from the crowd at the time, and i enjoyed the game very much.
Sidescrolling ... but combat : 4 cool ones
Kick Master (NES), Skyblazer (Snes) Musya (Snes), Samurai Pizza Cats (Famicom)
I'm getting Little Nemo and Rayman Legends because of this! Side note I was sitting here laughing at the funny b-roll and now my wife thinks I'm crazy!
Haha :)
Billy Hatcher is very good. I'd add Kid Chameleon. You change suits constantly and there is hidden stuff everywhere. That's a Mario thing.
Prolly go with Ducktales for those who liked Mario 2. It's like Mario 1 and 3, but with a twist.
Yeah Ducktales is awesome game. The original & the remake.
Toy Story 2 is surprisingly a very solid 3D platformer in the vein of Mario 64. I highly recommend it, don’t judge a book by its cover is the mantra that thing lives by.
I tell you buying the JP version of some games is just the best way to go. You can pay like 200+ on Megaman X 3, or you can pay like 20 dollars for Rockman X3.
Exactly. Unless you're playing Rpgs, most games play perfectly fine in Japanese form. I own many imports myself. Bought a complete copy of Super Aleste for $120.00. Space Mega Force (North American version) complete goes for $800.00-1,000.00.
@@LittleBigKid707b Ya for most games it's not really needed to be able to understand the language. Hell alot of times menus and stuff might still be english, or katakana spelling english words. I can understand a little, but I wouldn't be getting the full experience out of a story driven RPG, so for those types of games going for the english version be more worth it.
All good choices! I've played all of these games and owned most of them. Sega actually had a number of platformers that were odd, but fun! Dynamite Headdy and Billy Hatcher are actually some of my favorites!
There are a number platformers I would recommend if you enjoy Mario: *Mischief Makers (N64), Adventure Island 2 or 3 (NES), James Pond 3 (Genesis), Rayman 2 The Great Escape (various platforms), Toki (NES/Genesis), Buster's Hidden Treasure (Genesis), Pac-Man World 2 (GameCube/PS2), Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (N64) and Spyro: A Hero's Tail (PS2/GameCube/XBox).*
Cool vid and a very solid list there. I skipper Billy Hatcher and Giant Egg, but I'll keep an eye out for it now. Games I think would be nice additions to this list are Marvel Land, Castle of Illusion/World of Illusion, Cool Spot, Buster's Hidden Treasue, and Rayman Origins.
Had to rewatch you throwing the candy about ten times laughing before I was able to move on
great recommendations. I also really liked the Mickey Mouse games on the Genesis as well...
Crash Bandicoot games on the PS1 were great 3d platformers. During the N64 generation I jumped over to Playstation(I needed my Final Fantasy fix). I missed Mario but Crash was a good replacement for my action needs.
Banjo Kazooie is an obvious recommendation but still a good one
Great recommendations and love your videos! 😂 Also think Klonoa can be found on the PS3 store for cheap if ya don’t mind digital!
I believe you're right! I think it's still available there.
2:57
"Damn this candy is not as good as I thought it was going to be, but it would be such a waste to just throw it away...
Hey, I've got a great idea for a new video about not Mario games like Little Nemo!"
Thanks for the video. My older brother isn't into gaming like me but he loves to play mario on his nes and he is way better than me. I ordered him little nemo as a b-day present and I am sure he will love it.
Speaking of suggestions, I think you should review the wackiness of "Twisted" from the Panasonic 3DO.
You are the purest form of a gamer
First time watching your content and it only took me this video to subscribe. Fantastic topic, especially for casual gamers that are not familiar with deep cuts. There are quite a few games in this video that I never heard of before that I’m excited to try in the near future.
1:07 “Is it the shoes!!!?!!!”
LOL some sad truth about the Wii U in there. But oh did it have some good games!
Great video. Love these suggestions.
I agree. I love my Wii U.
Definitely the best skipping I’ve ever seen
All great choices
If we're including headdy, Ristar, and rayman I would recommend Plok. It's also a mario inspired game where you throw your limbs and also very challenging like those, it's not very similar to mario games but it has the bright colors, catchy music, and strange levels.
It also inspired the visual style of Yoshi's Island, ironically enough. And Nintendo themselves almost published it.
Plok has amazing music, although the first couple levels are a weird combination of boring/weird difficult if you aren't patient.
Loving that red N64 controller in this video! I wish Nintendo would bring back the see-through colours for the Switch joy-cons.
Ape Escape, for PS1! Great 3D platformer with a huge variety of worlds, via time-travel. Even the camera mechanics are similar to Super Mario 64!
10:04 🤣🤣🤣 the moment that made me subscribe
Retro Bird On The Late Night Another Great Topic Of Discussion My Retro Brother
Some fine choices here RB. Especially Klonoa and Rayman legends (SO GOOD). I had a really good time with Rayman 3 on GBA as well and it’s still not very expensive.
And hey, for anyone who has ever wished that Mario was a robot and had a gun for an arm, maybe try some mega man!
Super Fighting Robot
what about that one game? you know, the one with the gorilla who is bonkers for bananas and constantly at war with a crocodile.
@Vesper F You never heard of Donkey Kong Country?
Donkey Kong Country. Go with Part 2.
@Vesper F Thought so lol. However you can't tell by messages or texts
I might've brought it up, but I've already covered those games pretty thoroughly in the past. Still, there's a good chance they'll be brought up again in the future :)
@@RetroBirdGaming don't mind me, 'only here to bait folks into making more appreciation videos for DKC 🍌
3:00 Your neighbours must think this guys really got issues lol. :)
Love your content btw.
I'm a Sonic fan, but I do have my favorite Mario games. Anyways I like Aero, Bubsy, and Astal. Then Rayman , High Seas havoc, Dynamite heady, and Ristar came into my life . I have more mascot platformers I love but there is so many
High Seas Havoc is such an overlooked and underrated game. I thought I was the only one that appreciated it. Glad to see I’m not.
@@segaboy1773 Well I do look for mostly under rated plat formers that catch my interest☺
Great recommendations, RetroBird. I can recommend all, too, except Little Nemo since I've never played it.
We need more videos like this:
Games for Zelda fans (we already got that "Zelda clone" for Genesis, it's on Genesis 2 Mini)
Games for Metroid fans
Games for Mega Man fans (Mighty No 9 is one example)
Games for Pokemon fans
Games for Final Fantasy fans
And so on, and so on...
The various Tiny Tunes games are all very enjoyable and easy to pick up and play.
I have Billy Hatcher and Dynamite Headdy. I need to get Klonoa and Little Nemo. They look awesome.
Thanks, Little Nemo is great! If I might add... Monster World IV [Genesis] 🥰👌
Nice recommendations. I've been playing a game called Spinch recently which I would definitely recommend to Mario fans. It's a very unique 2d platformer with psychedelic visuals and awesome synth music. Definitely go for the Steam version if you can though as the Switch port has issues.
I've tried Spinch before, and while I found the game alright, I honestly couldn't stand the underwater mechanics, and the last level has a major difficulty spike that can take you by surprise if you aren't ready. Swimming underwater felt like swimming through molasses to me.
Klonoa is great. Years ago I bought a loose disc copy, it was $90 CAD, I thought that was expensive then. Defanatly try the Switch version, it's a fun time.
I gotta check out those first two! For me, I think two games that I would recommend to Mario fans are A Hat in Time and Kirby and the Forgotten Land. A Hat in Time is just as good as any 3D Mario game (albeit less polished, as an indie) and its combination of open world collectathons and linear platforming should satisfy fans of any 3D Mario game. I would put it third to 3D World and Galaxy 2!
As for Kirby and the Forgotten Land, I specifically recommend it because it is very much Super Mario 3D World with a Kirby coat of paint. I think if you like the level design of 3D Land and 3D World, you will like Forgotten Land. It scratches the same itch.
A Hat in Time is a great nod to Mario 64!
Great video. Just bought Rayman Legends for the PS3. Cheers dude.
Rayman Legends is my favourite platformer. A lot of people recommend A Hat in Time for those who enjoy the 3D Mario games, but I have never tried it.
More games for my pile of shame now, thank you! I wonder why I as a Sega fan didn't know the game Billy Hatcher. And I wonder why Sega didn't make sequels to it, looks not too bad for me.
the Croc games for the Playstation were pretty 3D Mario-esque
The games Tomba/Tombi 1 & 2 should 100% be on this list or on a future list. Believe it was for the PS1
One thing the video doesn't mention, is that, even though I LOVE Treasure and was really looking forward to playing Dynamite Heady for the first time last year, I thought it was ruined by the game's imbalance and difficulty spike in the second half of the game. Felt very cheap. Apparently, the owner of Treasure, Masoto Maegawa said in an interview that Sega Of America insisted on that . The Japanese version has much better balance. Play it on the Genesis Mini and just switch the language to Japanese.
The Japanese version has a lot of other regional differences as well, so it's definitely worth checking out.