The Surprisingly Complex Music of Wii Play's Tanks!

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @emmettmulhern2665
    @emmettmulhern2665 2 года назад +32784

    There is now probably a music composer out there who is now very happy that they have received some sort of recognition for their very hard work on a small game years ago.

    • @Definitely_a_Fox
      @Definitely_a_Fox 2 года назад +1230

      According to google, Wii Play's soundtrack was composed by both Ryo Nagamatsu and Shinobu Nagata.
      Now, I have no idea what one of them composed this track or if it was a combined effort.
      If anyone knows, that'd be something I'd like to know.

    • @flimksi
      @flimksi 2 года назад +377

      just use they

    • @VerbDoesStuff
      @VerbDoesStuff 2 года назад +176

      They probably are Japanese and don’t know this video exists

    • @doyi984
      @doyi984 2 года назад +410

      We also mustappreciate the game designers. It's normally a joint effort between composers and them how to incorporate this sound work into the game. Such stellar collabs! wowow.

    • @erinashlee2690
      @erinashlee2690 2 года назад +143

      @@flimksi cry

  • @whatstuntman4876
    @whatstuntman4876 2 года назад +4416

    I remembered spending MONTHS on the Wii Play Tanks level trying to complete it in one setting. Got so bad that the music was engrained into my head and I memorized what song matched what tank. Been years since, and you talking about it kinda gave me a sorta Vietnam Flashback making me feel like I had unfinished business. Thanks for that mate.

    • @tomc.5704
      @tomc.5704 2 года назад +149

      Man, I've put so much time into this game. My brothers and I would compete (and sometimes kill each other), and a couple of us also made pushes into the late game. I probably made it into the 80's and 90's half a dozen times, but I only ever beat level 100 once.
      I can still hear the music, and the click of the green tank's missiles as they bounce off the wall to come get me. The death music, the next level music, the level up sound, mines activating....it's all burned into my head

    • @littlechickeyhudak
      @littlechickeyhudak 2 года назад +104

      It's a sign, you've gotta dust off the ol' wii and finish what you started

    • @Eliza-hb1nc
      @Eliza-hb1nc 2 года назад +24

      the 20 level fake or the chad 100?

    • @MadGameBoy
      @MadGameBoy 2 года назад +23

      WE GOTTA GO BACK
      BACK TO VIETNA- I mean
      WII PLAY'S TANKS

    • @virtuousthing9070
      @virtuousthing9070 2 года назад +11

      literal war trauma from all the tanks😭😭

  • @DE23
    @DE23 2 года назад +9272

    Fun Fact: The levels actually change in layout slightly whether your playing in 4:3 or 16:9 to suit the play space.

    • @thecelestialstarship
      @thecelestialstarship 2 года назад +632

      That's honestly sick

    • @ImmaSpam__________________Can
      @ImmaSpam__________________Can 2 года назад +446

      That is amazing because most games would just stretch the screen

    • @cloudtaker633
      @cloudtaker633 2 года назад +71

      Which aspect ratio is easier?

    • @rhylinzux
      @rhylinzux 2 года назад +179

      That's such a fun fact, I found a video on it: ruclips.net/video/x0uvEidm1EE/видео.html The first example may not be obvious at first, but the brown tank is actually closer to the player in 4:3. Second example in the video is more obvious, where the 2 spaces North and South in 4:3 become 3 spaces in 16:9, literally squishing the whole playing field.

    • @bertorrrr
      @bertorrrr 2 года назад +8

      @@ImmaSpam__________________Can or have blank space

  • @michaelgillespie8097
    @michaelgillespie8097 2 года назад +2398

    I literally never knew there were more than 20 stages. Me and my sister spent months even getting to the white tank level.

    • @lifinale
      @lifinale 2 года назад +128

      well, gotta go back and beat the 100th level for that platinum medal, then!

    • @thecrusader6429
      @thecrusader6429 2 года назад +61

      All I knew was 10 because I always died

    • @jymmykill1611
      @jymmykill1611 2 года назад +15

      @@lifinale wait there's something higher than gold?

    • @lifinale
      @lifinale 2 года назад +42

      @@jymmykill1611 Yup! Platinum requires you to rebeat a couple of games

    • @Boi_819
      @Boi_819 2 года назад +2

      Yeah i managed to get platinum. i think i did it twice

  • @moyai7594
    @moyai7594 2 года назад +1892

    Can we talk about how intelligent that ai was for that mini game as well? Good god that mini game got tough.

    • @Attaxalotl
      @Attaxalotl Год назад +129

      Tank Dark Souls

    • @MersuneLiku
      @MersuneLiku Год назад +32

      i never managed to get past level 10

    • @cringe2293
      @cringe2293 Год назад +41

      ​@@MersuneLikuI used to play with my older brother , sometimes we got to lvl 17 or sometimes we both die to lvl 5

    • @EagleScout2019
      @EagleScout2019 Год назад +4

      Seriously, I remember struggling in it as a kid but I loved it

    • @sungear
      @sungear Год назад +5

      I LOVED this game. Played hard core but never defeated it.

  • @QmanTheGamer
    @QmanTheGamer 2 года назад +1016

    YESSSS Wii play is one of those forgotten gems of the Wii era. Finally gets the love it deserves

    • @Oyebadumn
      @Oyebadumn 2 года назад +20

      It's not fully forgotten thankfully. Tons of games try to recreate this, like Toy Tanks on Switch and Tank Hero on mobile.

    • @RiahGreen
      @RiahGreen 2 года назад +6

      you should watch silokhawk's video on it! it's a classic.

    • @WhoEvenIsAndr
      @WhoEvenIsAndr 2 года назад +21

      Tanks alone is worth owning the game. For me, the others are just extras.

    • @camo6465
      @camo6465 2 года назад

      Wii Play is one of the biggest running gags for Scott the Woz, so I don’t think it’s as forgotten as you might think lol

    • @Che8t
      @Che8t 2 года назад +2

      @@WhoEvenIsAndr the tank game was the only reason to buy this game

  • @Mr.Taco1111
    @Mr.Taco1111 2 года назад +3742

    I hold so much nostalgia for this game, and the soundtrack. It is one of those memories I completely forget until something brings it back up. Thank you for bringing it back up.

    • @PatientPete
      @PatientPete 2 года назад +10

      Me too, this is beautiful

    • @lolymop333
      @lolymop333 2 года назад +15

      Bro, I remember waking up early on Saturdays to play the fishing game as a kid right when we first got our Wii

    • @binoodle511
      @binoodle511 2 года назад +3

      This game brings back so many happy memories

    • @themoocow7718
      @themoocow7718 2 года назад +4

      I loved this game when I was younger. The green tanks shooting rockets always got me.

    • @onyxrafle8066
      @onyxrafle8066 2 года назад +2

      I actually forgot what the tanks looked like and If I ever played it until I heard the music again.

  • @-meinjuaco-6439
    @-meinjuaco-6439 2 года назад +1087

    I never would've imagined how badly i wanted this video to exist

  • @Timmy-fk8uk
    @Timmy-fk8uk 2 года назад +954

    i’d like to think that the people in charge of this “mini” game were having a lot of fun programming and designing it

    • @romanmay2867
      @romanmay2867 9 месяцев назад +6

      i hope most games are like that for their makers at least part of the time

  • @smizmi5467
    @smizmi5467 2 года назад +979

    I think what they had in mind was to turn the enemy tanks into “characters” that the player can feel more in touch with. It talks to our subconscious to give us a hint in what to expect from these foes with familiar musical language, adding to the actual gameplay. The composer definitely has a thing for games.

    • @necro_nova
      @necro_nova 2 года назад +35

      at the very least it makes the ai feel more human, which is always a great way to impress people

  • @puzzLEGO
    @puzzLEGO 2 года назад +7190

    Wii music to this day is the only music that consistently manages to wedge itself in my brain and stays there for the rest of my life

    • @CaT-pv5ki
      @CaT-pv5ki 2 года назад +83

      minecraft flashbacks

    • @BertJonesSon
      @BertJonesSon 2 года назад +72

      Nintendo games in general, breath of the wild had so much weird music

    • @juanrodriguez9971
      @juanrodriguez9971 2 года назад +6

      Man, the only songs that get stuck like that in my head are meme songs I end up hating.

    • @DarkLink1996.
      @DarkLink1996. 2 года назад +47

      Wii music, but not Wii Music, right?

    • @bananakinghaze8283
      @bananakinghaze8283 2 года назад +3

      You must not listen to much music.

  • @BynineStudio
    @BynineStudio 2 года назад +882

    this is so damn cool. they could easily have gotten away with a completely static track, but no they went the extra mile and it's awesome that you've documented it, and so well too

    • @BassBanj0
      @BassBanj0 2 года назад +18

      Good ol' Nintendo does that too ya

    • @BeALight-i3z
      @BeALight-i3z 2 года назад +55

      This is definitely the work of a developer who had ambitions far beyond Wii Play and put way more heart into the game than Nintendo expected.

    • @raphaelnej8387
      @raphaelnej8387 2 года назад +6

      or maybe they did put a way overkill budget into music and so the music team had nothing to do but to add more and more features to the already existing ones

    • @gamerboy0499
      @gamerboy0499 2 года назад

      @@raphaelnej8387 thats great since the music team at Nintendo is impeccable and has ideas of music that no other game company can even dream about making

  • @peggsnbacon
    @peggsnbacon 2 года назад +1122

    I broke out my Wii to play some a while back, and I thought I was just kinda hearing things when noticing the changes, but I didn't really get to appreciate it, so this is interesting insight into what's really going on!

    • @Its_JustJae
      @Its_JustJae 2 года назад

      crazy bc I never even got passed level 15... after so many years

    • @og_dumpster_fire4482
      @og_dumpster_fire4482 2 года назад +1

      Yeah tbh I just thought the music was static and changed based on what level you were on

  • @maxodalpoco
    @maxodalpoco 2 года назад +2899

    Awesome video, loved that nostalgia.
    At 1:18, there’s a code at the bottom: “SMM2:KNV-T2M-N0G”
    It’s a Super Mario Maker 2 level, made by Scruffy called “Advancing Tanks”
    Fun level, fun video. Keep it up Scruffy!

    • @sheepcommander_
      @sheepcommander_ 2 года назад +45

      Woah cool

    • @amongsussyballs
      @amongsussyballs 2 года назад +42

      was about to point this out before i realised this video is like 3 weeks old or something

    • @ralek592
      @ralek592 2 года назад +35

      @@amongsussyballs Any video can get trendy more than once, not uncommon

    • @Hacker1MC
      @Hacker1MC 2 года назад +6

      @@ralek592 true

    • @mihailmilev9909
      @mihailmilev9909 2 года назад

      Oh that's so cool, y didn't he say it lol

  • @scluke
    @scluke 2 года назад +234

    I love how each tanks effect on the music kind of corresponds with what they do. Example: the red tank fires a ricochet pattern, resulting in two lines of travel for the bullet, and adds two instruments. Yellow tank has mines and adds the bass drum, simulating the explosive sounds in the music

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 2 года назад +1

      6 of the 9 enemy tank types fire once-ricocheting shells, so that isn't anything special. Plus, the pink tank adds anywhere from 1 to 3 instruments depending on the number of enemy tanks.

    • @m90e
      @m90e 2 месяца назад

      Green adds two brand new instruments (their bullets ricochet twice)

  • @regamae
    @regamae 2 года назад +2323

    Over 100 levels for what could be considered a “WiiMote Demo” mini game, including wildly varying adaptive music… Amazing! And, as always, I find the ingenuity of your character’s design and the fluidity of how they’re animated, absolutely charming~

    • @coded8527
      @coded8527 2 года назад +39

      Compare that to the Nintendo switch demo games lmao.
      Like one two switch

    • @nubmyr
      @nubmyr 2 года назад +35

      The levels after 20 are kind of randomly generated while using the level layouts of 1-20

    • @Beancent_
      @Beancent_ 2 года назад +8

      @@coded8527 which cost 50 bucks btw

    • @MakenaForest
      @MakenaForest 2 года назад +2

      @@Beancent_ so did wiiplay

    • @Beancent_
      @Beancent_ 2 года назад +16

      @@MakenaForest at least that came with a wiimote most of the time

  • @duimaurisfootball8134
    @duimaurisfootball8134 2 года назад +542

    I've always loved this bit of the game, but nobody else ever seemed to notice! the entire game was so underrated, with how surprisingly in-depth and creative it was!

    • @Grane1234
      @Grane1234 2 года назад +8

      To be fair, it's kinda hard to notice a tiny change in the music while focusing on not dying. It becomes harder when you are playing with other people and everyone is talking over each other

    • @keylimepie3143
      @keylimepie3143 2 года назад +1

      Man,
      It took me until the tubular bells to really notice it when I played the game.

    • @noct8225
      @noct8225 2 года назад +1

      yes i used to play it sm when I was younger 😌

    • @geli95us
      @geli95us 2 года назад

      I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people that didn't even realize the music was changing still got the intended effects out of it (increased tension against certain tanks, for example)

  • @bren1314
    @bren1314 2 года назад +3070

    You know it’s going to be a good day when Scruffy uploads.

  • @Anquilis
    @Anquilis 2 года назад +379

    This was my childhood and it's also my dad's favorite minigame, but I didn't even know there were black/white tanks and the fact there were 80 frkn stages to it?!
    Such an interesting video, thank you for this breakdown

    • @MoaoAyt
      @MoaoAyt 2 года назад +29

      It’s an additional 80, making a max round of 100 stages total. :)

    • @Anquilis
      @Anquilis 2 года назад +12

      Exactly, like how did they fit that much content into a minigame

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 2 года назад +20

      @@Anquilis It’s incredible what video game consoles started being able to do in the 21st century.

    • @hf7578v5
      @hf7578v5 2 года назад +6

      my dad also spammed wii play tanks lol. he never really played video games before besides poker simulators so this was kinda a big deal!

    • @Merip1214
      @Merip1214 2 года назад +1

      Congrats, you win! Now play again and... there's more?!

  • @OhYeah10100
    @OhYeah10100 2 года назад +831

    The Wii era was really something special. Not as popular in the grand scheme of things, but the foundation of a lot of our childhoods

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 2 года назад +54

      The Wii sold 101 million units.

    • @Deez927
      @Deez927 2 года назад +8

      Wii was a good product. I think gaming just got shit because of activision

    • @cc3
      @cc3 Год назад +14

      @@Deez927 I mean Nintendo are greedy as hell too.

    • @allypearlman5569
      @allypearlman5569 Год назад +18

      The Wii was like the 5th most bought console of all time it was hugely popular

    • @gustavoaraujopenha8463
      @gustavoaraujopenha8463 Год назад +8

      @@cc3 I prefer greedy and creative than greedy and... ahn... just greedy.

  • @davedadino
    @davedadino 2 года назад +150

    I love the tone when explaining how to get to the black tank. You can tell scruffy definitly didn’t enjoy that process.

    • @TheMaplestrip
      @TheMaplestrip 2 года назад +10

      Weird because I *loved* that process! It was kinda terrifying to suddenly make it through a lot of levels, knowing I could lose it all at any time, but damn I was in the *zone* ^_^

    • @Sp3ctralI
      @Sp3ctralI 2 года назад +1

      @@TheMaplestrip that’s what happened when I finally beat Mission 20 and tried to meet black tanks but died on Mission 43 (RNG caused a lot of purples with some others, can’t remember)

  • @theknightikins9397
    @theknightikins9397 2 года назад +551

    A couple years ago, I was able to beat all 100 levels and I still love this game. I had always noticed the changing music but never thought it was this complex.

    • @aydenegan8507
      @aydenegan8507 2 года назад +3

      Liar no one has beat this game

    • @chizknowsdabizyeet7609
      @chizknowsdabizyeet7609 2 года назад +2

      CAP

    • @theknightikins9397
      @theknightikins9397 2 года назад +1

      @@aydenegan8507 I’m pretty sure I did. Maybe I’m misremembering, it was a while ago, but I feel like I’ve beaten it.

    • @SpikyBlade
      @SpikyBlade 2 года назад +5

      WAIT THERE'S 100 LEVELS ??? Bro I got to like 19 and thought I almost Beat the game

    • @calebp6114
      @calebp6114 2 года назад

      No when you beat level 20 you unlock the rest of the levels (you have to start over). I remember being so happy beating them all at 8 years old :)

  • @Lagoonn
    @Lagoonn 2 года назад +16

    1:13 ah the nostalgia of that little jingle..

  • @razi_man
    @razi_man Год назад +45

    Dynamic music that changes with the gameplay requires not just good musical skills, but also good programming knowledge.
    Honestly, this is amazing.

  • @cosinex8361
    @cosinex8361 2 года назад +31

    Not only I'd the music composer very talented, but the programmer who creates the code for what music plays when each tank is added or removed is very clever. There are probably a lot of overlapping loops and conditional statements

  • @wortletalks
    @wortletalks 2 года назад +398

    Very interesting, I didn’t know Wii tanks was this complex with it’s background music! Amazing how each tank has their own priority and rank with the music instruments.

    • @crazydragy4233
      @crazydragy4233 2 года назад +1

      Indeed very cool! It's nice that you can find such awesome tid bits of music in such humble places haha

  • @dogwithacoolhat
    @dogwithacoolhat 2 года назад +265

    Didn't expect to get a shot of wii nostalgia. This brought back so many old memories of playing with my sibling. Also I realize I must have gotten to a stage with green tanks because I remember hearing all the double plonks of the ricocheting rockets and also that I didn't make it very far past those levels because I never heard the themes of the more advanced tanks. Think it's kinda strange how my brain held onto the music and sound effects but not that much of the gameplay itself.

    • @codyplayzgamez3874
      @codyplayzgamez3874 2 года назад +1

      Same, I used to play this with my sibling all of the time back in the day. We ended up beating Mission 20 and abandoning it though... I never knew it went up to 100. Time to bring the old Wii back out...

    • @yoshifan2334
      @yoshifan2334 2 года назад +2

      That seems likely yeah, since there's a certain stage where you're up against like 5 green tanks in a claustrophobic set of walls and its just generally a wall of a stage, because yknow, green tanks are the devil

    • @mywither7878
      @mywither7878 2 года назад +1

      I have heard that the brain remembers music and tunes the best and when one is suffering from dementia, that's one of the last types of memory to go away, so if this is true, that would explain why you remember the sound patterns after all this time.

    • @IgnatRemizov
      @IgnatRemizov 2 года назад

      *_plink_* *_plink_* *BOOM* restart...

  • @razlight789
    @razlight789 2 года назад +125

    I think one more rule that applies is that regardless of the tank's metronome condition, the metronome will always be active if there are three or more tanks present (Mission 12 is an example), as if to say "You got tanks to destroy, let's get going!"

  • @expired_esoup
    @expired_esoup 2 года назад +229

    one thing I found interesting is that the trumpet fanfare heard at the start of every level is actually in a different key then the rest of the music. It's in Eb major, closer to the trumpets natural key signature and thus sounds more open and vibrant. Unless it's in C minor, which changes to C major for the main piece.

  • @isaiahwarlock
    @isaiahwarlock 2 года назад +308

    I used to play this game a lot growing up, and multiplayer is fun too. But I never knew there were stages after 20.

    • @codyfarkas7673
      @codyfarkas7673 2 года назад +30

      SAME!! When he showed that there were 80 levels after you finished the first twelve I gasped. Like what the FUCK

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 2 года назад +5

      @@codyfarkas7673 twenty*

  • @binoodle511
    @binoodle511 2 года назад +100

    It's great to know that little me wasn't stupid for genuinely thinking the Wii play tanks theme was a bop

  • @kilianta
    @kilianta 2 года назад +212

    it's not often a video make me feel like "WHAT THERE IS ANOTHER TANK? AND HE DO SYNTHETIZER?! AMAZING!"

    • @NuiYabuko
      @NuiYabuko 2 года назад +2

      I chuckled.

    • @squiddesauce9589
      @squiddesauce9589 2 года назад +2

      It's a very similar experience when playing the game, after you see the green tanks' absolute bullshit aimbot and ricochets, dying to them many times, and then slowly adapting to their shooting pattern, every time you see a new tank after that, it's terrifying.
      I remember getting to stage 20 on 1 life, seeing the white tank disappear and just metaphorically shitting my pants. Luckily it was pretty easy by looking at the tank treads. I never got to the black tank haha

  • @turtleturt27
    @turtleturt27 2 года назад +601

    This “mini” game was always my favorite and i spent so many hours trying to get to high levels. really interesting how dynamic the music gets and it felt so much more stressful at later levels with all the parts. awesome video!

    • @foxface16s58
      @foxface16s58 2 года назад +1

      We should play sometime bro

    • @JaharNarishma
      @JaharNarishma 2 года назад +1

      We were 4 (+1 uninterested) that played this a lot for a while. We weren't particularily good, but we enjoyed it a lot. Had it not been for one of the friends losing vision due to a genetic illness, we would probably have continued playing and beat stage 13.
      Fun game! Liked the music too.

    • @BurgoYT
      @BurgoYT 2 года назад +1

      @@JaharNarishma I think 13 was the one I got stuck on as a kid lmao

    • @brr4519
      @brr4519 2 года назад

      @@JaharNarishma you can get it for free on PC and try to run it back.

    • @Green_Bean_Machine
      @Green_Bean_Machine 2 года назад

      same

  • @zcoop98
    @zcoop98 2 года назад +51

    The idea of live, adaptive, MIDI instruments is absolutely blowing my mind; that possibility has never ever occurred to me… And in a game from 2006!! That’s so awesome.

  • @BleachWizz
    @BleachWizz 2 года назад +130

    0:44 - dude. This music is literally in the rithim of the bounces... the beats aling exactly when the ball hits the table and the rackets. With more beats in between to try tricking your ears.
    I find it really cool

    • @carsextendedwarranty
      @carsextendedwarranty 2 года назад +2

      rithim isn't a word lol u mean rhythm

    • @jwbartel6
      @jwbartel6 2 года назад +3

      it's not tho

    • @StratophonicDubstep
      @StratophonicDubstep 2 года назад +2

      I think they purposely didn’t do that for whatever reason. But it’s definitely not on beat

  • @matthewmatthew981
    @matthewmatthew981 2 года назад +263

    Just a reminder: i love the animated avatar, but I also love your content enough on its own that I'm not dependent on it to keep my interest (the sound of your voice is charming enough for me!). So don't be afraid to leave it behind anytime it becomes a burden to your work schedule!

    • @globin3477
      @globin3477 2 года назад +20

      It might not actually be that much work. That avatar could easily be a 2D rig; If that's the case, it could easily be animated with minimal work from the producers.
      In fact, a lot of 2D animation these days uses 2D rigs. They don't work for heavy action, or for super detailed animation, but they work very well as time-savers for casual animation where characters are mostly standing and talking.

    • @rains0return
      @rains0return 2 года назад +1

      Wait, I don't get ut

    • @Jamesharveycomics
      @Jamesharveycomics 2 года назад +1

      Yeah I don't love the animated avatar. It doesn't add much, and if anything, it takes away from my imagined versino fo what Scruffy looks like. Plus, in a series about music, it makes sense to have a presenter who only exists as sound.

  • @onon7976
    @onon7976 2 года назад +819

    I’ve seen a handful of other Wii play “Tanks” music rundowns, and i think i learned more from this one than from the others combined. The attention to detail this guy has is beyond that of any other RUclipsr I’ve come across. I’m very impressed!

    • @kyarumomochi5146
      @kyarumomochi5146 2 года назад +3

      Where are the other videos about it?

    • @dandischinosvarietyhour1655
      @dandischinosvarietyhour1655 2 года назад +4

      Yeah, that's par for the course with scruffy. I've watched a lot of RUclips explanations, and it's pretty hard to find someone in the same stratosphere as them.

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 2 года назад

      @@kyarumomochi5146 Ditto.

  • @MaritinleYoshi
    @MaritinleYoshi 2 года назад +104

    I don't get it. Every time Scruffy does a video about dynamic music in video games, I simply can not let the video wait in my to watch list. It's way too interesting, and way too greatly made. Thank you Scruffy for making these.

  • @upset3rdweel952
    @upset3rdweel952 2 года назад +16

    The last time I saw my grandpa, about 5-ish years ago, I played this game with him. The last time I played this game was also then. I haven't heard that tune since then. My heart actually fluttered when that tune came on. Thank you so much for this improvement to my day

  • @Sp3ctralI
    @Sp3ctralI 2 года назад +73

    OH SCRUFFY!!!
    There’s another few games… from none other than Wii Fit/Plus/U that have their music change based on progress, though not nearly as complex as TANKS!
    Table Tilt
    Hula Hoop
    Rhythm Parade (Wii Fit Plus Only) (Especially Advanced)
    Big Top Juggling…maybe (Wii Fit Plus Only)
    Obstacle Course
    Perfect 10

  • @CrohnieMan
    @CrohnieMan 2 года назад +112

    I remember back when I was a kid playing this game with my friend and we could never get past level 15. Back then we never even payed attention to the complexity of the music, of course. It is so fascinating how a small game like this has this many layers to it.

  • @kirbymaster4813
    @kirbymaster4813 2 года назад +63

    I had no clue the music in this game was so complicated. Goes to show that Tanks truly is the best Wii Play game

  • @cosmostardust5624
    @cosmostardust5624 2 года назад +73

    Dude, the absolute NOSTALGIA I got from this was astounding. Great vid!

  • @walrust225
    @walrust225 2 года назад +86

    Nintendo is almost notorious for having very interesting music, as well as having the music being added in for other parts with many patterns for different stages, I first figured this out in a classic Wii Fit/U minigame called "Obstacle Cource" from many years ago, and each stage added a new part, but I never expected to see anything that took a very long time of thinking

  • @monheim9
    @monheim9 2 года назад +63

    This production is next level. Wii Play is a great game! Good stuff.

  • @DragstonDev
    @DragstonDev 2 года назад +9

    5:45 That ricochet sfx still haunts me to this day.

  • @hilalstein4236
    @hilalstein4236 2 года назад +78

    I had a music professor in Videogame Production who said to a classmate "the music of this game isn't complex enought for you to make your essay about it". Oh god, i'm gonna love this video.

    • @geli95us
      @geli95us 2 года назад +2

      Did he do it in the end?

    • @jayhips625
      @jayhips625 2 года назад +2

      Well it’s not really complex, dynamic would be a better word as it changes through the game based on your actions which is what this video explains. You can make an essay on even the simplest music though it not really the goal to be complex either, it’s very fitting for what it was made for and that’s the thing to appreciate. The composer managed to not make it complicated as to not take away from the gameplay but to enhance it.

    • @hilalstein4236
      @hilalstein4236 2 года назад

      @@geli95us no he didn't, the profesor was a jerk, so we just did what he wanted (just to pass the subject honestly) through the whole year. I can also say that, in a test, he desacredited mine (and other students) examples of videogames because he didn't played them.

    • @hilalstein4236
      @hilalstein4236 2 года назад

      @@jayhips625 i mean, i bet i could fill a 4 pages (which he asked for) essay about the music of this game, saying "it's not complex enough" it's just so... arrogant and mediocre.

    • @jayhips625
      @jayhips625 2 года назад +1

      @@hilalstein4236 well you can right 4 pages on literally anything. To be fair he might not have known how it changes with the gameplay and thought of it simply as a game soundtrack. But obviously you said he never played them so sadly he just brushed it off from his lack of knowledge. It was probably his goal to get people away from video games and into a frame of mind when he was younger learning about it but most people younger would not care about his experience just as he doesn’t understand theirs.

  • @LAN2D
    @LAN2D 2 года назад +68

    I actually love this game. Used to play it all the time. Thanks for making this video

  • @GenericHuman54
    @GenericHuman54 2 года назад +14

    Not sure if you'll read this, but honestly I really appreciated the exaggerated delivery at 7:50. I know that your persona for these videos is much calmer, but that juxtaposition made it a whole lot funnier. wanna hear more voices like that now lol.

  • @dabi_
    @dabi_ 2 года назад +42

    Whoa, as someone that does a few of my own RUclips videos, I wanna pay respects how incredible this video is. The concept is not only fluid but the combination of animations, understanding the musical layers, and increasing complexity made me literally say wow multiple times. The level of effort for this video is insane. Well done you guys 👏👏👏 immediately subbed forever

  • @Squicx
    @Squicx 2 года назад +50

    This entire video had me sitting for legit 9:42 straight up thinking about the memories I had playing that game during the hot summers with my brother. Scruffy just single handedly made my week

  • @benjaminadams9607
    @benjaminadams9607 2 года назад +48

    Amazing video, Scruffy! I always thought Tanks was an underappreciated gem when it came to smaller Wii games. All the other games on Wii Play are good, but Tanks was something else, so much so that it would be really nice to see it get some sort of installment in the near future.
    Though I don't think I even remotely made it close to stage 20 growing up, let alone get through the absolute plethora of stages.

  • @PikaBolaChan
    @PikaBolaChan 2 года назад +64

    duuuude the invisible tank level was so difficult for me i’ve only ever gotten to it once or twice, watching this video is so nostalgic

  • @emperorza5777
    @emperorza5777 2 года назад +13

    The original tank loop song made me. That was the ONLY Wii game my sister would ever play with me, we played for hours and it really symbolized our relationship at the time. That music brought me back to those times! Awesome video

    • @wetube6513
      @wetube6513 2 года назад

      Ew.

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 2 года назад +1

      @@wetube6513 Oh, get your head out of the gutter.

    • @tacothedank
      @tacothedank 2 года назад +2

      @@wetube6513 saying ew says a lot more about you than it does them lol

  • @MrFastFox666
    @MrFastFox666 2 года назад +11

    As a kid I did notice the music changing, but never realized how complex it actually was. Tanks was definitely my favorite game from Wii Play, and one of my favorites of the Wii, period.

  • @Xcog
    @Xcog 2 года назад +56

    Scruffy’s “hello” is one of the closest things to instant happy I’ve found in my 23 years of living..

    • @AdeneTzr
      @AdeneTzr 2 года назад

      Kinda sad life ye got tbh

    • @c0zmozys
      @c0zmozys 2 года назад

      @@AdeneTzr so do you

  • @oshawott5308
    @oshawott5308 2 года назад +31

    I am so happy someone is finally talking about this, not only was the tank game pure bliss to play, the music was great as well for almost every mini game and adaptiveness is always 100x better than normal tracks.

  • @freddypowell7292
    @freddypowell7292 2 года назад +51

    I have bizarrely strong memories of going to a friend's house, playing this, and getting stuck on what I now know to be the fifth stage (having forgotten). The teal tanks were a nightmare.

    • @titan1umtitan
      @titan1umtitan 2 года назад +1

      I don’t remember the stage (could be the one you’re talking about), but you’re left in a small square surrounded by holes with a horde having their sights on you, truly terrifying

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 2 года назад +1

      @@titan1umtitan That would be Mission 4.
      I find it interesting to think that there are “Tanks!” players who literally didn’t know that yellow tanks exist until they watched this video

  • @TranquillShot
    @TranquillShot 2 года назад +15

    I think we also need to acknowledge how surprisingly complex this video was and how well it was done. Massive Kudos!

  • @joecardenas7015
    @joecardenas7015 2 года назад +7

    1:48 holy crap the wave of nostalgia that hit me when I heard this. Tanks used to be one of my absolute favorites on the Wii.

  • @nothingclever7582
    @nothingclever7582 2 года назад +36

    I've always loved the sound of the tank game. Mix of toy and army march

  • @camwoodstock
    @camwoodstock 2 года назад +6

    Rewatching this for background audio, and I just noticed the scuba gear from the Subnautica & Snell's Window video can be seen in the "main menu" at 0:17! Gotta love that call-back. ;P

  • @philyk.illagan3161
    @philyk.illagan3161 2 года назад +97

    This is so nostalgic. A few years ago, my brother and I made a spreadsheet of the instruments associated with the tanks, but we missed a lot of the nuances that this video covered.

  • @sheonmybingbong
    @sheonmybingbong 10 месяцев назад +6

    3:18 (eight year old me is screaming out of fear.)

  • @veronicatoothpaste8576
    @veronicatoothpaste8576 2 года назад +2

    7:40 I don't think you understand what you've done too me.... last year I hacked my wii and I downloaded wii play, I loved the tank game as a kid and i decided to try and beat it. After a week or two I hit 20 and celebrated....I did not know there's 80 more levels I had been missing out on.

  • @deviantgazer4626
    @deviantgazer4626 2 года назад +38

    This was my favorite game to play whenever the Wii first came out. I played it with my cousin for hours ti hours on end, trying to beat the final level

    • @trickytreyperfected1482
      @trickytreyperfected1482 2 года назад +1

      Level 20 or level 100?

    • @deviantgazer4626
      @deviantgazer4626 2 года назад +1

      @@trickytreyperfected1482 we beat level 20, but not level 100. I think we got to 72 but stopped

    • @azazellon
      @azazellon 2 года назад

      Same. He tried for hours trying to get past the final level. Finally did. Never picked up the game again lol.

  • @Spooglecraft
    @Spooglecraft 2 года назад +76

    the nostalgia hits hard with this one :'D
    really cool how a few short segments and some simple rules can create such dynamically adapting background music

  • @ashley_bl2
    @ashley_bl2 2 года назад +43

    this is insanely complex LMAO. i hope when you need something simpler to talk about, you do a short (probably less than 5 minute video) about pikmin 2's cave themes and their random measure selection. really well done video and the visuals are super helpful in describing whats going on, i used to love wii play tanks.
    edit: now that i think about it, have you ever done a video on the just basic overworld themes of pikmin and how they change based on what the pikmin are doing and time of day? its not crazy complex like wii play tanks, but it seems like something you would have covered - maybe i just can't find the video though

  • @ltsgobrando
    @ltsgobrando 2 года назад +3

    Thank you. I'm a game dev and have composed all of the music in my games... this is brilliant and I'll be implementing this in my future projects. Seriously, thank you!

  • @GhostrifterOfficial
    @GhostrifterOfficial 2 года назад +2

    how great the time was spending an entire day to finish 100 levels in one sitting

  • @dillion308
    @dillion308 2 года назад +34

    me and my cousins spent HOURS beating tanks at my grandparents’ house where the wii was. always wondered how that same tune was not insanity inducing as we played and replayed every level.

  • @manoflego123
    @manoflego123 2 года назад +19

    Damn that's impressive. First off, 14 years after I first played it this is the first time I even knew Tanks had 80 extra levels, let alone music that complicated!

  • @nanokapp7794
    @nanokapp7794 2 года назад +10

    Everybody’s known how and why the music changes but seeing it explained in detail is something I never knew I needed

  • @orange0666
    @orange0666 2 года назад +7

    This game deserves it's own release.

  • @Thanks4AllTheFunTimes1221
    @Thanks4AllTheFunTimes1221 2 года назад +4

    6:22 Me, a percussionist: *Badass sobbing *

  • @gamecubebro
    @gamecubebro 2 года назад +48

    The amount of effort You, DavoGato and Wolfgang put in these videos are things that I adore and appreciate to the end. You could just pop gameplay footage and I would've been fine with that but I love the extra mile you guys add

  • @quinnxxe1445
    @quinnxxe1445 2 года назад +15

    I never thought the music was actually this fascinating and complicated. But the most mind blowing thing for me is that I thought that stage 20 was the last stage throughout my entire childhood... So whenever I get to that stage I just do a little celebration like yay I finished the entire minigame. But you tell me now after what.. 5 YEARS that YOU CAN CONTINUE TO STAGE 80??? Guess who's going to boot up their wii and finish this once and for all.
    Edit: typo (said minigames)

    • @DespOIcito
      @DespOIcito 2 года назад

      does it not continue to stage 21 the second time you complete stage 20?

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 2 года назад +1

      You can continue to Mission 100, since 80 more than 20 is 100.

  • @Cameo221
    @Cameo221 2 года назад +8

    I've always remembered this detail in the tanks game. It literally encourages the player to get better to find out what the next instrument is!

  • @TranquillShot
    @TranquillShot 2 года назад +5

    This game's soundtrack has been living in my head EVERY DAY for years. I love it. It's great.

  • @firenzarfrenzy4985
    @firenzarfrenzy4985 2 года назад +2

    I love it when mini games turn out to not be mini but little thrillers on their own. I really wanna play Wii tanks being a tank enthusiast myself, though while I have an old Wii, I don’t know where to find this game

  • @HelicopterDown
    @HelicopterDown 2 года назад +80

    I'm actually making the soundtrack for an upcoming game, and we're implementing adaptive/dynamic music similar to this!

  • @luigi64fan
    @luigi64fan 2 года назад +29

    Never thought I'd see Wii Play's Tanks on this channel, but you did a damn good job covering it.
    Tanks for the Switch maybe?

    • @luigi64fan
      @luigi64fan 2 года назад

      @Master Shifu That's not really the same. They are both pretty damn different from eachother.
      There aren't many stages plus you can lob shots over walls. Generally moving is slower, too

  • @Spinnight
    @Spinnight 2 года назад +7

    I'm really impressed that this channel already has 346k subscribers, usually channels like this that are focused on niche topics especially music and sound theory have at most 50k subscribers, it's not all that surprising I suppose, these videos ooze with an unique style that's both minimalistic and bold at the same time that makes it easier to possess information on screen and keep your attention simultaneously. Fantastic work!

  • @jaffa3717
    @jaffa3717 2 года назад +2

    I used to play this game religiously when I was like 5 or 6. This music still gives me anxieties like I have digital war PTSD

  • @Sneeks416
    @Sneeks416 Год назад +1

    The way you used the short 1 second “stage complete/game over” bit for transitions was the best use of that sound you could’ve possibly had

  • @davidarsham
    @davidarsham 2 года назад +4

    This is awesome! A friend and I played this a ton back in the day. Looking back years later now that I’m composing my own music I have a totally new appreciation for this gem of a mini game. Patiently waiting for the grand Tanks 2 Nintendo Direct reveal…

    • @AG-zv9jo
      @AG-zv9jo 2 года назад +2

      I’ll second that. For Tanks 2.

  • @qwedsan3942
    @qwedsan3942 2 года назад +13

    That was a sick video dude. I love how random but surprisingly complex this games music was. Maybe I never noticed because of how bad I was

  • @kaitlynweeks4143
    @kaitlynweeks4143 2 года назад +7

    I can't describe how excited I get from watching one of Scruffy's videos. They're entertaining, educational, and itch my love for music/audio. Keep up the high quality work Scruffy!

  • @thecurlyheaddude
    @thecurlyheaddude 2 года назад +1

    I never beat tanks but I came very close to level 100 with making it to level 92. This video is putting me on edge with the many hours of scraping by with 1 or 2 lives left dealing with trick-shoots in difficult positions.

  • @Xingchen_Yan
    @Xingchen_Yan 2 года назад +1

    This is amazing work that you broke it down. I have always been noticing those patterns in different gameplay design but never thought this clear about it, thanks!

  • @ethernetcable4672
    @ethernetcable4672 2 года назад +7

    Dude this is so cool! I had noticed the subtle music changes when playing, but I just figured they were tied to how far in you were or how many tanks were left, not that it would be changed based on a whole bunch of requirements and priorities! Ahhh, now I wanna go back and play this again, Tanks was my favourite game of Wii Play and now I have even more reason to love it!

  • @cweoweo8838
    @cweoweo8838 2 года назад +6

    this game is so nostalgic to me. i only get to play it about 1 time a year and seeing somone go in debt of the music makes me very happy :)

  • @quesadeeowl7845
    @quesadeeowl7845 2 года назад +5

    Excellent and informative video! Music is one subject that I think is pretty underrated when it comes to video games so finding someone who actually talks about them in such detail is a breath of fresh air

  • @eggfryedrice.
    @eggfryedrice. 2 года назад +4

    Never realised how 'complicated' the music is in Wii Play. Mesmerising and Nostalgic.

  • @jamesonshekmeister
    @jamesonshekmeister 2 года назад +2

    I always love it when games do this. Adding more melodies to just one song and removing some when appropriate adds personality to certain situations.

  • @sillyman2
    @sillyman2 2 года назад +4

    1:18 SMM2 ID to a Mario Maker tank course made by scruffy.

  • @Cochu
    @Cochu 2 года назад +12

    I've heard this track before but I never knew ot was this complex! That was super interesting and very nicely explained

  • @black.baron_angel
    @black.baron_angel 2 года назад +16

    I was sitting here, bored out of my mind, wondering if I could find something gold to watch and sure enough, a video that would bring tears to my eyes the whole way through emerged!
    Thank you for bringing back my childhood in a whole new way.

  • @SenatorDodo09
    @SenatorDodo09 2 года назад +1

    respect for actually making it through those stages and listening to music while tryharding. Those minigames may be simple but they get harder and harder to the point of insanity