from the descriptions of various news outlets, the production company is looking to make "vertical slices" of games, comics, merch, and anything else. a vertical slice is a completed small piece of a product that is typically used to show off to an investment company, dev team, or publisher so basically they're looking to find people or a company interested in making various pilots and pitches to companies
I was initially excited but yeah as my nostalgia part of my brain calmed down, I got worried since this company is saying and marketing it all well but I feel like it's either a easy cash grab for them or something shallow made to get something better (for the execs). I hope this isn't the case and my cynicism is unfounded but we'll have to see
I cannot WAIT to spend $99.99 for 250 "backyard bucks" so i can buy packs for my Backyard Ultimate Team and gamble all of my money praying for the .000001% chance of pulling a pablo sanchez. LFG!!!!
@thatboy3930 Well, you cannot deny the truth. Backyard Baseball has not made a new game over 20+ years. So yeah. Whine all you want about the over used joke. It is true.
Vertical slices are sort of like proof of concept things for selling ideas to investors and publishers. So they're taking the remaster of the original game and then will show it off to publishers to try and get them to buy in to making all new games. Same thing with them making some merch to sell, it's all about testing out a market and getting backing.
I never played any of the Backyard games except for Backyard Football, specifically the 1999 version I think. Can't wait for that to be brought back as well. Loved that game.
I made my hockey water bottle stand out with a sticker of the entire roster from backyard sports minus the pros. And another sticker with the hockey commentators, Sunny Day and Buddy Cheque. Sadly, not too many of my teammates get it but I still love it! I also didn’t know there was a store so I just now bought the two pins!
Backyard Baseball was the first game they released back in 1997. It’s the best one to start the remakes with. Releasing on 10/10/2024 on Steam for $9.99.
@@xavierjohn495 Idk what Drue is doing. I can only think that he has had a real bad irl situation not letting him focus on his bread and butter, UGF Pandas!
@@corbincollier668It’s buggy yeah, but still playable. Plenty of examples on yt of people having entire powerhouse franchises. Still perplexed on why Drew is taking so long.
Yea my opinion the best backyard baseball game is the one with arod on the cover that’s the first one that came out on ps2 I think it was 2005 the first one with 3D characters I like these too but they play too damn slow I feel like the Pablo from that game looks way better as well has a bigger more noticeable stomach and the hitting is much better aswell
The way I see it: Playground Productions is doing what they can to drum up genuine consumer interest that they can show off to investors (the newly made Discord server and social media posts, for example) along with their produced material (the trailer, merch sales, etc). All in the hopes of getting the investor support needed to get the development of their game (a remaster/re-release or even a new game) really revved up with new employees and resources.
I absolutely loved the backyard sports games growing up, especially baseball and basketball. I still have baseball and basketball for ps2 somewhere around for safe keeping whenever I get the urge to play it.......which might be right now lmfao.
I hadn't played BYB in 15 years. I played it as a kid. I had BYB 2001 installed on my folks Compaq PC. I loved that game. It's wacky antics, the dialogue the gameplay. I was given a copy by a colleague during my freshman year in 2014. I still remember booting BYB 2003 I was given in a flash drive. I was excited! And I was instantly brought back to 2002 as a kid. The game still played as I remembered. I was in love again! I put maybe 100hrs into that game. Before I had to focus on school work. Almost another 10 years later it once again stole my heart!
By "modern features", I think they could be including an Ultimate Team-esque online mode... so yep, card packs and microtransactions Hope I'm wrong though!
I also grew up on Backyard Sports and can't wait to see how the revival stays true to the original yet at the same time modernizes itself for an upcoming generation.
This may be wishful thinking, but I hope what they mean by “modern features and gameplay that today’s audiences expects” is that the user interface and the controls are more fine tuned. Since I played it on pc back in the day I would, be clicking the area in front of my runner to advance to the next base, but then have to run back if the outfield had a strong arm. But clicking behind them didn’t always make them run back to the base. So I hope it’s something along those lines of gameplay. As far as features go. Since there’s not a lot of couch co-op anymore I would hope it would be things like online multiplayer and dynasties you can play with friends
i loved backyard sports as a kid, i always played the backyard football 2010 game on my Wii. hopefully they bring the football one back, along with the backyard baseball and basketball
The resurgance of this beloved shot of nostalgia for a great many of us is really cool to see. Assuming Humongous is involved, I'm just hoping/looking forward to them not trying to money grab it. Just develop it as a remaster for starters, and all but guaranteed folks are going to flock to it. Backyard Baseball, Hockey, and Football are all-time for myself and a lot of us that grew up with these games.
I could see a cartoon series to go with the video games, but not a movie. Idk how they would do a movie. Though if they were, they should skip the first one and go straight to.............................................. Backyard Sports 2: Pablo's Boogaloo.
One thing I'd love to see is a few more power-ups for some of the kids who never got them. I feel like Kenny Kawaguchi should get a speed boost on cement or street fields in his chair, and also conversely a speed penalty on Sandy Flats. I also want Ricky Johnson to get some kind of boost. He's such a sweet kid, and he tries so hard, but his best stat is still basically average.
Honestly like a backyard baseball TV show or movie could be pretty good. The characters already have a lot of personality from the game. You could definitely make like a story about a ragtag bunch of underdogs that everyone underestimates because of preconceptions.
I think Drew maybe underestimates his own reach - yeah the Kelce brothers have a larger platform but Drew doing his videos had to have made an impact as well.
As someone who probably wasn’t born when the it’s were released (I’m not sure) but has loved watching so many people’s videos about it I’m stoked for this
I’m only 13 so I never got a chance to play these games. I found them like a week ago when I saw a video on the original bbl, and I thought it would look really cool. Then I found out about a remake being made, and I think I’ll get it. It looks cool.
Personally i played a lot of backyard basketball 2003 on my pc back then, i never played any of the other backyard sports games just the one basketball game but i’m definitely interested in playing the other sports, i just hope these also are coming to consoles and not just PC.
I did enjoyed playing those games as well and I'm only 26. I had the controller that you would plug into either your v. HS system or directly into your T. V.
I'm going to bet 2 things: 1. Pro teams will want to see how popular it is 2. Modern audiences expect is absolutely microtransactions to get actual pros
Ive grew up playing the Backyard Baseball on the PS2, which started my love of the Montreal Expos. I was born in 2004 and don't remember the team, but the fun and enjoyment that I got with playing the game and taking the worst team to the championship has always been fun. Hopefully it'll work and will be excited to try it out! edit: they should bring fans or older developers behind the o.g series just to overlook the progress and point out mistakes.
Hey NTE, I think it’d be worth giving Backyard Baseball 10’ for the Wii. I find it really nostalgic, the graphics arent terrible, and there’s a special power system. Just a thought, love the vids.
🔥🔥🔥 So hype! I want more sports games like this. Stopped buying the "simulation" sport games since 2018 since they are just yearly roster updates with somehow worse gameplay and game modes
Hope this does better than how the other Humongous titles have been treated. Just carbon copy rereleases on PC and Switch and kind of crazy prices for the age of the game. Would love to see an eventual new game with maybe a new generation of kids and new fields with unique features. But I’m doubtful.
I never knew this game existed until I saw your videos on it. Now I'm hyped because it seemed like an incredibly fun game. I'm hoping they bring back the soccer game as well. Would love to have modern day MLS players in it.
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UGF baseball recruit Pablo Sanchez
Y E S 😂😂
we need that
What's Ugf?
@@DGsenior his team
we need a UGF baseball team
I got Backyard Baseball from a cereal box. Those were the days
Same
Notice how everything went to shambles after they stopped doing that?
@@wakebrock I mean, you've got a point
Man I wish I could just get video games in my cereal box, so sad that they stopped doing that
@@wakebrockcoincidence? I THINK NOT
from the descriptions of various news outlets, the production company is looking to make "vertical slices" of games, comics, merch, and anything else.
a vertical slice is a completed small piece of a product that is typically used to show off to an investment company, dev team, or publisher
so basically they're looking to find people or a company interested in making various pilots and pitches to companies
I was initially excited but yeah as my nostalgia part of my brain calmed down, I got worried since this company is saying and marketing it all well but I feel like it's either a easy cash grab for them or something shallow made to get something better (for the execs). I hope this isn't the case and my cynicism is unfounded but we'll have to see
Can anybody tell me if it will be able to be played on Xbox?
@@BeckettJackson-z4y I don't think we know any of platforms it'll be on right now but I'll be sure to tell you as soon as I know.
@@BeckettJackson-z4ywe don't know yet.
I cannot WAIT to spend $99.99 for 250 "backyard bucks" so i can buy packs for my Backyard Ultimate Team and gamble all of my money praying for the .000001% chance of pulling a pablo sanchez. LFG!!!!
So Excited! Fun fact, in my 2k franchise I saw Pablo Sanchez in the draft pool and had to pick him up. Now I have Pablo on my team. he's a 6'7" PF
Is he good what’s his stats
which game are you talking about?
@@IvanioXD NBA 2k24
@@bingbong17760 I mean, he’s a solid 81 ovr back up. He’s really really good, just have a superstar PF ahead of him
@@StripesTT Is there pablo sanchez in that game?
When we needed him back the most, Pablo Sanchez said: I got you!
We got backyard baseball before GTA 6 💀
Bro that's crazy 😂
You guys need to find a new joke to repeat over and over before GTA 6
Lol
@thatboy3930 Well, you cannot deny the truth. Backyard Baseball has not made a new game over 20+ years. So yeah. Whine all you want about the over used joke. It is true.
ENOUGH WITH THAT JOKE ALREADY!
Seriously, it's getting stale.
Pablo is gonna inspire a whole other generation
Vertical slices are sort of like proof of concept things for selling ideas to investors and publishers. So they're taking the remaster of the original game and then will show it off to publishers to try and get them to buy in to making all new games. Same thing with them making some merch to sell, it's all about testing out a market and getting backing.
I never played any of the Backyard games except for Backyard Football, specifically the 1999 version I think. Can't wait for that to be brought back as well. Loved that game.
I made my hockey water bottle stand out with a sticker of the entire roster from backyard sports minus the pros. And another sticker with the hockey commentators, Sunny Day and Buddy Cheque. Sadly, not too many of my teammates get it but I still love it!
I also didn’t know there was a store so I just now bought the two pins!
It’s called backyard sports, I’m pretty sure it’s all of the sports but it only showed baseball because it’s the most nostalgic.
Or because its just the intro to the backyard baseball game theyre most likely making
The last ones that were made were called backyard sports as well. So it’s just the new brand lol
@@jknifgijdfui fair
Backyard Baseball was the first game they released back in 1997. It’s the best one to start the remakes with. Releasing on 10/10/2024 on Steam for $9.99.
LETS GO PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER MOVIE
I cannot wait 😭😭 i remember getting backyard baseball in a box of cereal and played it for years
I can't wait to play this with my son, just like my dad did with me with the originals.
We got Backyard Baseball before the UGF Pandas
Bro real I was hoping this break was for that
@@xavierjohn495 Idk what Drue is doing. I can only think that he has had a real bad irl situation not letting him focus on his bread and butter, UGF Pandas!
@@InSaNeRuSsELL59He’s already said the TeamBuilder isn’t working for him
Cfb25 teambuilder kinda sucks rn and is full of glitches
@@corbincollier668It’s buggy yeah, but still playable. Plenty of examples on yt of people having entire powerhouse franchises. Still perplexed on why Drew is taking so long.
This man done willed a dead franchise back to life. I thought only Dunky could do that.
There needs to be a Backyard Racing. Could you imagine what a Mario Kart clone with the Backyard Sports kids would be like?
The gamecube era game slander in crazy. Those games were amazingly fun. Football and baseball in particular.
Yea my opinion the best backyard baseball game is the one with arod on the cover that’s the first one that came out on ps2 I think it was 2005 the first one with 3D characters I like these too but they play too damn slow I feel like the Pablo from that game looks way better as well has a bigger more noticeable stomach and the hitting is much better aswell
They should've waited until next years and release it during the weeks of the LLWS.
The way I see it: Playground Productions is doing what they can to drum up genuine consumer interest that they can show off to investors (the newly made Discord server and social media posts, for example) along with their produced material (the trailer, merch sales, etc). All in the hopes of getting the investor support needed to get the development of their game (a remaster/re-release or even a new game) really revved up with new employees and resources.
0:19 already missing Seattle in the background
It was unexpected that Backyard Baseball would make a massive return. ⚾️
THE MAN! THE MYTH! THE LEGEND! PABLO RETURNS!!!!
I absolutely loved the backyard sports games growing up, especially baseball and basketball. I still have baseball and basketball for ps2 somewhere around for safe keeping whenever I get the urge to play it.......which might be right now lmfao.
I imagine the major feature is integrating online multiplayer. Not sure how much depth it’ll be, but hope to see you guys on the ballpark.
I'm more hyped than when I was for college football 25
Just re-release the og games on steam and im happy
that seems like step 1
I hadn't played BYB in 15 years. I played it as a kid. I had BYB 2001 installed on my folks Compaq PC. I loved that game. It's wacky antics, the dialogue the gameplay. I was given a copy by a colleague during my freshman year in 2014. I still remember booting BYB 2003 I was given in a flash drive. I was excited! And I was instantly brought back to 2002 as a kid. The game still played as I remembered. I was in love again! I put maybe 100hrs into that game. Before I had to focus on school work. Almost another 10 years later it once again stole my heart!
Backyard sports is back hype is real!
By "modern features", I think they could be including an Ultimate Team-esque online mode... so yep, card packs and microtransactions
Hope I'm wrong though!
I also grew up on Backyard Sports and can't wait to see how the revival stays true to the original yet at the same time modernizes itself for an upcoming generation.
Praying they release a ps5 port of the backyard sports games. It's all I need in my life
I want to see Caitlin Clark hooping against the virtual Van Lith twins, Sidney and Ashley Webber
3:45 BOBBY WITT JR MENTION 🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️ MVP
BOBBY FOR MVP GO CROWNS
I too want a Switch release.
In the trailer if they played Pablo’s music when he stepped up to the plate with the wind blowing would’ve been immaculate
Yay backyard baseballs coming back
Greatest game of all time!
This art style reminds me of old Cartoon Network and I love it
0:54 I know they’re not the best but Backyard Football 12 is the only backyard game I’ve played and it’s pretty decent imo
26 years later and Pablo still has a shirt that doesn’t cover his belly 😂
Fingers cross that Amir Khan comes back. ^^
Cause man... you can't have Achmed Khan without his little brother. :)
The cartoon look reminds me of KND
This may be wishful thinking, but I hope what they mean by “modern features and gameplay that today’s audiences expects” is that the user interface and the controls are more fine tuned. Since I played it on pc back in the day I would, be clicking the area in front of my runner to advance to the next base, but then have to run back if the outfield had a strong arm. But clicking behind them didn’t always make them run back to the base. So I hope it’s something along those lines of gameplay. As far as features go. Since there’s not a lot of couch co-op anymore I would hope it would be things like online multiplayer and dynasties you can play with friends
i loved backyard sports as a kid, i always played the backyard football 2010 game on my Wii. hopefully they bring the football one back, along with the backyard baseball and basketball
Oh my GOD!!!! This is amazing news!!! Pablo is BACK!
The resurgance of this beloved shot of nostalgia for a great many of us is really cool to see. Assuming Humongous is involved, I'm just hoping/looking forward to them not trying to money grab it. Just develop it as a remaster for starters, and all but guaranteed folks are going to flock to it. Backyard Baseball, Hockey, and Football are all-time for myself and a lot of us that grew up with these games.
Backyard UFC. I wanna see Pablo Sanchez beat the hell out of Kenny with Vinnie doing his best Joe Rogan expression in the background.
Welp, time to pull out my wallet. Nostalgia aside, this is a franchise I would love to see introduced to new generations.
I am praying that these games are great. I need my hero, Pablo Sanchez
Vinnie the Gooch.
oh the content is gonna go hard
Wow. I was just thinking how cool this would be!
Take it, take my money now!
Game out today, let's go! 🎉
I could see a cartoon series to go with the video games, but not a movie. Idk how they would do a movie. Though if they were, they should skip the first one and go straight to..............................................
Backyard Sports 2: Pablo's Boogaloo.
I can’t wait for this game
One thing I'd love to see is a few more power-ups for some of the kids who never got them. I feel like Kenny Kawaguchi should get a speed boost on cement or street fields in his chair, and also conversely a speed penalty on Sandy Flats. I also want Ricky Johnson to get some kind of boost. He's such a sweet kid, and he tries so hard, but his best stat is still basically average.
LETS GOOOO PABLO THE GOAT IS BACK
I’ve not bought a video game in years. Your videos reignited my love of baseball. This might turn me around
Started watching your Backyard sports for pure nostalgia. I missed it so much, and was tempted to emulate it too. But it's returning? HELL YES!!!!
i was just on the website, and i saw the curser from the humongous entertainment games.
Honestly like a backyard baseball TV show or movie could be pretty good. The characters already have a lot of personality from the game. You could definitely make like a story about a ragtag bunch of underdogs that everyone underestimates because of preconceptions.
I think Drew maybe underestimates his own reach - yeah the Kelce brothers have a larger platform but Drew doing his videos had to have made an impact as well.
When can we expect UGF Drewski?
Fr
I bet we’d get online play. That’s my guess. I’d love for this to come to console plus with online play.
As someone who probably wasn’t born when the it’s were released (I’m not sure) but has loved watching so many people’s videos about it I’m stoked for this
BACKYARD BASEBALL HELL YEAH
Yes!!! It's been 8 years since the last game!
this is a sign you need to release more backyard baseball content
They will add online most likely so be prepared to see pablo every where
This is incredibly exciting! Holyyyyyyyyy the Humongous Melonheads are back babyyyyy
I’ve never really cared for sports video games but this series has so much charm that I’m really excited to play it.
Vinnie the Gooch is luvin that!
I’m only 13 so I never got a chance to play these games. I found them like a week ago when I saw a video on the original bbl, and I thought it would look really cool. Then I found out about a remake being made, and I think I’ll get it. It looks cool.
I mean, they do have a live action Pablo.It's Binnie Rodriguez. From the sand lot
Personally i played a lot of backyard basketball 2003 on my pc back then, i never played any of the other backyard sports games just the one basketball game but i’m definitely interested in playing the other sports, i just hope these also are coming to consoles and not just PC.
Oh this is awesome news!
Legit the only sports game you can get me to play, I grew up on backyard baseball and backyard soccer
I think it's all the backyard games Pablo about to be the most used player
I did enjoyed playing those games as well and I'm only 26. I had the controller that you would plug into either your v. HS system or directly into your T. V.
yeah backyard baseball comin' back yeah
GOATd announcement this was! I remember playing this demo and Operation amongst others
Not too much on the latest Backyard Sports. Sandlot Sluggers was FIRE on the Wii!!
Never played the game but glad those that did can enjoy it if it comes out hopefully it does and it's great.
This game had so much potential
I'm going to bet 2 things:
1. Pro teams will want to see how popular it is
2. Modern audiences expect is absolutely microtransactions to get actual pros
Ive grew up playing the Backyard Baseball on the PS2, which started my love of the Montreal Expos.
I was born in 2004 and don't remember the team, but the fun and enjoyment that I got with playing the game and taking the worst team to the championship has always been fun.
Hopefully it'll work and will be excited to try it out!
edit: they should bring fans or older developers behind the o.g series just to overlook the progress and point out mistakes.
I’m ready to rock it with the khan brothers on my team
This is going to be the HYPE
Hey NTE, I think it’d be worth giving Backyard Baseball 10’ for the Wii. I find it really nostalgic, the graphics arent terrible, and there’s a special power system. Just a thought, love the vids.
🔥🔥🔥 So hype! I want more sports games like this. Stopped buying the "simulation" sport games since 2018 since they are just yearly roster updates with somehow worse gameplay and game modes
They should bring back the robot that pitches for the batting practice/ home run derby
Hope this does better than how the other Humongous titles have been treated. Just carbon copy rereleases on PC and Switch and kind of crazy prices for the age of the game.
Would love to see an eventual new game with maybe a new generation of kids and new fields with unique features. But I’m doubtful.
Not The Expert, cool content
I never knew this game existed until I saw your videos on it. Now I'm hyped because it seemed like an incredibly fun game. I'm hoping they bring back the soccer game as well. Would love to have modern day MLS players in it.
I like how they decided to bring back the old art style instead of the one from those OTHER Backyard Sports games we don't talk about
STORM THE DIAMOND
I hope they also release the versions that had professional players in them as kids.
This game absolutely belongs on the Switch!