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  • Published on Feb 16, 2026
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    How could a year with Drag x Drive in it be anything other than a year with Drag x Drive in it?
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  • @ScottsStash
    @ScottsStash  Month ago +95

    Use code STASHFB50 to get 50% OFF your first Factor box plus free breakfast for 1 year at bit.ly/47xPcmn!

    • @kaboomer
      @kaboomer Month ago +12

      no.

    • @bobbyji-c1p
      @bobbyji-c1p Month ago +2

      w sponser bit

    • @PulseOfMe
      @PulseOfMe Month ago +2

      Youre a billboard, Harry

    • @celestialstar6450
      @celestialstar6450 Month ago +8

      Make a Patreon so I can throw money at you, Scitt

    • @VaporSprite
      @VaporSprite Month ago +18

      Please consider not using shortened URLs for anything that doesn't ABSOLUTELY require one. They're a security risk and teach your audience to click on links without knowing where they lead, as soon as they see your name. That makes it even easier for scammers and spambots to trick people. Thanks!

  • @zacharymccoy7091
    @zacharymccoy7091 Month ago +1361

    Close enough. Welcome Switch 2: Six Months In

  • @htoast_art
    @htoast_art Month ago +833

    Don't lie you HAVE opinions on Nintendo's 1964

    • @scubasteve7439
      @scubasteve7439 Month ago

      Was that when they tried running sex hotels in japan?

    • @jacobharris2456
      @jacobharris2456 Month ago +73

      “It was FINE.”

    • @shonen_x_trash2488
      @shonen_x_trash2488 Month ago +27

      They released the Nintendo Players Guide for their cards in 1964! What a year!

    • @bN_isheeere
      @bN_isheeere Month ago +24

      ​@shonen_x_trash2488 AND they released the Rabbit Coaster, a wooden track with little capsules that'd roll down similar to a marble race where the players try to guess which rabbit will win! Riveting!

    • @mistereagleman
      @mistereagleman Month ago +9

      He 100% does, waiting for a full video 😤

  • @Lonestarz95
    @Lonestarz95 Month ago +2133

    Finally, a Nintendo Switch: 8 years in video.

    • @TheSpeedfoever
      @TheSpeedfoever Month ago +9

      Can't wait to see it

    • @PixelPikmin
      @PixelPikmin Month ago +178

      We’re forgetting the bigger picture, where’s Part 3 of the Wii U retrospective

    • @DaBubby_
      @DaBubby_ Month ago +4

      Cope and seethe 😂

    • @T_Toroti
      @T_Toroti Month ago +39

      @DaBubby_is this supposed to be rage bait, on a Scott the Woz vid really?

    • @PrixtoTNT
      @PrixtoTNT Month ago +1

      Lmao

  • @CrisisMoon7
    @CrisisMoon7 Month ago +390

    Woah his background is different!!! He added a plant!

    • @anthonyjames5042
      @anthonyjames5042 Month ago +28

      Its just natually growing there.

    • @37654
      @37654 Month ago +10

      Kirby the forgotten world if it had raytracing

    • @butterfreedom5357
      @butterfreedom5357 Month ago +7

      If Scott was Sakurai we would have entire fake trailers of Petey Piranha in Smash by now

    • @Majinhero
      @Majinhero 29 days ago

      dude, spoilers!

  • @jamiesshorts6855
    @jamiesshorts6855 Month ago +833

    Holy shit Myles machenzie has a RUclips channel

  • @ilan_profile
    @ilan_profile Month ago +266

    24:02 He knows 😭

    • @Antonio-_713
      @Antonio-_713 Month ago +9

      😂😂😂

    • @jhunt7235
      @jhunt7235 Month ago +26

      Oh that resemblance is hilarious 🤣

    • @RacingSnails64
      @RacingSnails64 Month ago +1

      Myles would've been like 10x better if he was played by Scott honestly

  • @lkay44
    @lkay44 Month ago +198

    Scott "I played a couple hours" Wozniak

    • @Ninetaled
      @Ninetaled 29 days ago +14

      He really never fully plays games anymore

    • @HeavenlyDemon-ch5dy
      @HeavenlyDemon-ch5dy 28 days ago +7

      He used to but than the fire nation attacked

    • @LukeSwagwalker
      @LukeSwagwalker 28 days ago +17

      Truth is none of these RUclips gamers really play games all the way through.. they need to constantly churn out content so they have a jump from one game to the other very quickly. Gaming turns into a job at that point, its no longer a hobby.

    • @Progger11
      @Progger11 28 days ago +4

      ​@LukeSwagwalkerCapitalism eventually ruins everything. Guaranteed.

    • @lkay44
      @lkay44 28 days ago +21

      ​@LukeSwagwalkerI agree with this for more topical RUclipsrs. I don't think this applies to Scott though as it's clear he has always been more into collecting and learning about game history and less actually playing them.
      It's his life and his money to as he pleases, but I personally feel his collection is full of tandom junk and vast majority is unplayed. I think he should scaled back personally. Or make it more curated.
      But each to their own.

  • @cyrus2395
    @cyrus2395 Month ago +160

    He said it, he said he'll "always" do Nintendo Switch "X" Years In videos, can't wait for the 2041 edition

  • @TheRedCap30
    @TheRedCap30 Month ago +389

    Scott casually uploading movie length videos on a Tuesday evening

    • @37654
      @37654 Month ago +23

      For us, it was a Tuesday evening.
      But for Scott the Woz, it was a Tuesday evening.

    • @ssaunders1122
      @ssaunders1122 Month ago +5

      How else does one upload a video?

    • @TheRedCap30
      @TheRedCap30 Month ago +4

      @ssaunders1122 On a Wednesday evening

  • @scass1100
    @scass1100 Month ago +58

    The lead up to the release of MP4 felt like even Nintendo wasn’t excited for it.

  • @ChaossX7
    @ChaossX7 Month ago +27

    He getting louder and louder and even more animated than on the main channel. Maybe he's permanently changing into his Scott the Woz character.

  • @JagGentlemann
    @JagGentlemann Month ago +236

    I'm pretty sure that when people ask for an open world Metroid game, they mean stage design without arbitrary barriers. Open world doesn't have to mean big empty square.

    • @Chronoflation
      @Chronoflation Month ago +9

      Nintendo: "BUT BUT.... BOTW!!!"

    • @agu9302
      @agu9302 Month ago +40

      ​@Chronoflation you say this but MP4 is basically the antithesis of botw, it's a lot more like Skyward Sword with the hand holding NPCs and the empty hub

    • @emilytheimp
      @emilytheimp Month ago +3

      I mean... Thats what we got with Dread right? That games design is very non-linear if you know what youre doing thanks to a plenty of sequence breaks

    • @literallygrass1328
      @literallygrass1328 Month ago +5

      @Chronoflation nintendo didn't mandate the open world, retro said they decided to try it since open worlds were so popular at the time

    • @JagGentlemann
      @JagGentlemann Month ago +2

      ​​@emilytheimpwell I don't know how complex are those sequence breaks, but having to know exploits (not saying it's the case here) doesn't count.
      But maybe you are right and people was literally asking for an empty square because they lack imagination.

  • @Crusader1089
    @Crusader1089 Month ago +14

    It's 2026 and Scott still pronounces Lara as Laura

  • @wastelanderone
    @wastelanderone Month ago +72

    I think that the Switch 2 release is just a reflection of the state of the gaming industry as a whole. Games are mostly, just here?

    • @elGringo69
      @elGringo69 28 days ago +25

      You are starting to understand how the average normal person views video games in general. They aint that deep and they aint that important.

    • @OctoNico
      @OctoNico 27 days ago +17

      I think it's just generally funny that people project their own oversatisfaction of video games onto the games and imply it's the game's fault when it's just your subjective view of games - or you're just growing up and you view of things change. Take your pick.

    • @Alorso_
      @Alorso_ 27 days ago +3

      It's enshitification, it happens to all major corporations at some point

    • @synthtonic4954
      @synthtonic4954 25 days ago +10

      No, gaming-wise 2025 was actually one of the best years since ages. Banger after banger after banger. Nintendo just wasnt part of it.

    • @summerycast7936
      @summerycast7936 18 days ago +1

      @synthtonic4954
      I still argue for BANANZA, but outside of that it’s been relatively mild.
      Wait! Throw in Air Riders too! Sakurai nailed that game!

  • @bloodofredmoon
    @bloodofredmoon Month ago +28

    Kirby Air Riders is no Madden 08 I’ll tell you that

  • @NationX
    @NationX Month ago +160

    At this point this is his main channel now since we’re seeing more uploads here and his whole body this time

    • @LARAUJO_0
      @LARAUJO_0 Month ago +24

      Your "main channel" is not simply where you upload most often, but rather where you put out your "main flavour of content". Otherwise it'd be like saying Mario sports games are the mainline Mario series since they come out more often than the platformers

    • @Scarfysmom
      @Scarfysmom Month ago +1

      ​@LARAUJO_0 you're telling me Mario isn't a professional athlete?

    • @thebestworst8002
      @thebestworst8002 Month ago +5

      @LARAUJO_0even that’s very subjective. More and more I’m noticing that I’m enjoying Scott ramble about random topics as his authentic self than play a character that is loosing its charm

    • @Epicsauce2698
      @Epicsauce2698 13 days ago

      @thebestworst8002that’s also subjective i never get tired of wacky scott shenanigans it’s my kind of humor

  • @bigdaddy5864
    @bigdaddy5864 Month ago +85

    No coincidence he does this the day we get our 2025 Year in Review w/Nintendo.

  • @glenness10
    @glenness10 Month ago +14

    30:00 Scatt’s Metroid Prime 4 review “after a few hours of gameplay” 🤣🤣

  • @MichaelMacaw
    @MichaelMacaw Month ago +62

    1:20:10 Once Upon A Katamari is so good, I hope more people give it a shot. It’s pretty much We Love Katamari 2.

    • @kylelitwack
      @kylelitwack Month ago +1

      How does it control? I got katamari reroll on switch and it felt wrong to me. Can’t really explain it but it was so difficult to play compared to back in the day on ps2.

    • @modermonkula
      @modermonkula Month ago

      I wish they had an option for modern twin stick controls, instead of the sort of tank track style they have

    • @Hamood113
      @Hamood113 Month ago +7

      ⁠@modermonkulaThe classic controls make the experience. You’ll get used to it.

    • @w21aaaaa
      @w21aaaaa Month ago +1

      ​@Hamood113 yeah, I dunno how you'd control Katamari with 1 stick.
      Once Upon Katamari actually has that option but it feels soooo unintuitive to me.
      The twin stick controls is pretty integral to the feel.
      Now that they gave the option to make the dash into ZL button it's even more amazing to control.

    • @MichaelMacaw
      @MichaelMacaw 25 days ago

      @kylelitwack it's the same two control options as all the recent re-releases, so either single stick Simple or the tanky dual-stick Classic.

  • @AlwaysTriggered9
    @AlwaysTriggered9 Month ago +1419

    I think Nintendo would have avoided so much controversy if they released Mario Kart World at $70.

    • @superduper160
      @superduper160 Month ago +3

      Exactly

    • @Cappuccino1250
      @Cappuccino1250 Month ago +42

      Good thing they released it at $50

    • @DukeMinty
      @DukeMinty Month ago +72

      Seeing Nintendrones try to defend the pricing definitely exacerbated the internet's opinion on this situation, it became less of an argument and more of a war.
      ...to be fair, I will stand my ground and say that if you actually tried to defend a giant company releasing an $80 game, you should be ashamed of yourself. Always push for companies to do better by the consumer, anything less is comically embarrassing.

    • @determinedboss
      @determinedboss Month ago +74

      Its crazy how unbelievably true this is

    • @SALTYTOAD00
      @SALTYTOAD00 Month ago +37

      ​​@DukeMinty Ashamed because I enjoy something you don't? I'm not saying the game is worth the $80 price tag, but the way you word you comment sounds like if you enjoy this game as all, you should be ashamed of yourself.

  • @scattscoot1013
    @scattscoot1013 Month ago +156

    scott honestly would fit in with the barbie franchise

    • @lonelyboi7547
      @lonelyboi7547 Month ago +19

      dear commenter, what does this mean and why do I want to agree?

    • @scattscoot1013
      @scattscoot1013 Month ago +24

      @lonelyboi7547I had a Luigi logic moment

    • @MrMoptop2
      @MrMoptop2 Month ago +10

      Just say he's Michael Cera coded

  • @ronnievanhout755
    @ronnievanhout755 Month ago +73

    He hasn’t got to the green crystals in Metroid 4 yet…
    oh boy.

    • @HeavenlyDemon-ch5dy
      @HeavenlyDemon-ch5dy 28 days ago

      What’s wrong with the green crystal?

    • @Progger11
      @Progger11 28 days ago +9

      ​@HeavenlyDemon-ch5dyIt's how that whole quest is implemented. It turns into a slog and very much not fun.

    • @BigHailFan
      @BigHailFan 26 days ago +4

      @Progger11 it's seriously overblown. it'a not hard to do, and you don't need to do all of them unless you're going for the gallery unlock. people MAJORLY overblew it.

    • @BigHailFan
      @BigHailFan 26 days ago +4

      oh you mean the thing people majorly overreacted to and is insanely easy to do? get the chunks in the shrines and the gibardium chunks with power bombs. otherwise just run through them when you're going place to place. you only need half the crystals to beat the game unless you're getting the gallery unlock.
      so terrible!

    • @BigHailFan
      @BigHailFan 26 days ago +6

      @HeavenlyDemon-ch5dy people majorly overreacted to it thinking you need all of them to beat the game (you don't) and then don't even bother getting while playing the game ans then complain the end is a slog because they weren't collecting any during the main gameplay....even though that would be easy to do and having to do them at the end now os their own fault.

  • @dodrod1353
    @dodrod1353 Month ago +11

    The lighting in this video is very warm and inviting, probably the best it’s ever been. Great job Scott The Stash.

  • @Laromlab
    @Laromlab Month ago +9

    this is very off topic but im super jealous of scott's camera setup rn

  • @Lxx00Jxx00
    @Lxx00Jxx00 Month ago +66

    if CDPR did cyberpunk with the gamecard speed anyone can cmon

    • @pablocasas5906
      @pablocasas5906 Month ago +9

      Well, I'm not a game developer, but I'd like to know if it's completely true that some games truly run better on the Switch 2 when they're read directly from the internal storage, or if some major titles cannot fit in a single Game Card, with titles like Star Wars: Outlaws and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade it kind of makes sense apparently

    • @sundhaug92
      @sundhaug92 Month ago +6

      Cyberpunk is originally a PS4/Xbox One game though

    • @Lxx00Jxx00
      @Lxx00Jxx00 Month ago +22

      @sundhaug92 hardly. it barely worked on those videogames (that used HDDs that are slower than a cartridge)

    • @joshuaso627
      @joshuaso627 Month ago

      ​@sundhaug92they even pulled the PS4 version from the store for a long while because it was unplayable

    • @luigifan4585
      @luigifan4585 Month ago

      ​@pablocasas5906 a shit ton of current Switch 2 key card releases can easily fit in a 64 GB cart
      It's the fact that the flash storage Switch 2 carts use is just unfortunately too expensive for these game devs to see as worth paying to have manufactured

  • @CaptainJZH
    @CaptainJZH Month ago +55

    someone get the blinding white light out of Scott's face

  • @zacvh_
    @zacvh_ Month ago +25

    he shows off his skylanders boxes to show that he is an authority on video games.

  • @Nickname-lm7ch
    @Nickname-lm7ch Month ago +9

    I think he likes the new hyrule warriors game

  • @rickymusic9792
    @rickymusic9792 Month ago +8

    Music gets a little loud in the middle

  • @Hollower_
    @Hollower_ Month ago +21

    I think that one thing Scott will be sad to find out is that a lot of the locations in Prime 4 are very linear and not exactly Metroid like they were in the past Prime games

    • @Leonkennedy19992
      @Leonkennedy19992 Month ago +1

      Yeah. I dont mind the characters that much. My favorite prime is prime 3. But I just can't stand that im walking straight for the whole game. Its like baby's 1st metroid

    • @Cheesehead302
      @Cheesehead302 Month ago +8

      Yeah that's the main problem. The characters made me cringe at times but the core issue is the level design. It's all straight lines. There is a sequence in the mine that is just moving forward with NPCs, shooting enemies, moving forward and it's like the whole area.

  • @NaOkii
    @NaOkii Month ago +23

    Scott, I think being a "Switch 2 Edition" means running natively on the Switch 2, so it's essentially a port. All the other games that got Switch 2 "updates" are more there to either unlock frame rate or bump up the resolution, but when they have to do more that you cannot do with the backwards compability then it's in need of a Switch 2 edition

    • @laitha2550
      @laitha2550 Month ago +3

      The take that switch 2 editions are somehow worse than the wii u ports is insane to me, they do more to the games in the switch 2 editions and it's only like a $10-20 upgrade. The Wii U ports on the other hand had only a couple of changes most times and were full price.

    • @NaOkii
      @NaOkii Month ago +1

      ​@laitha2550I agree, and you can see that Scott had no real worthwile counter argument to the comparison between these two and why the Swirch 2 Editions are somehow "worse"

  • @うきあ39
    @うきあ39 28 days ago +5

    But when will we ge Metaphor: Refantazio on Switch 2?

  • @CommanderGrape01
    @CommanderGrape01 Month ago +73

    I’m just happy we got a new Kirby air riders that will be a hit with me and my friends for years to come

    • @Anaverageplant342
      @Anaverageplant342 Month ago +11

      And the racing is fun this time!

    • @Chris-iq5pr
      @Chris-iq5pr Month ago +1

      Yea RGT and Scott saying it’s not good is messed up. Yet he says Mario kart world is “not a bad game” 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @AKAgambini
      @AKAgambini Month ago +6

      ​@Chris-iq5prmkw isnt bad and neither is kirby. I can see people not enjoying air riders because of the control scheme and the fact it forces the one button mechanic which feels like a hindrance sometimes. I still like the game but i cant really justify that decision and to some its off putting enough to keep them from playing. Mkw controls and plays like a dream in comparison to the previous games in the series. I can also see people not liking the content in mkw and preferring air riders. Both games are flawed but are great games with a ton of quality content.

    • @Kimonia6
      @Kimonia6 4 days ago

      ​@Chris-iq5prHe doesn't really say that, he says that he respects it

  • @IasIow
    @IasIow Month ago +4

    It's going to be a duskbloods machine and nothing else take it or leave it

  • @lapis9909
    @lapis9909 Month ago +20

    This is way better than sleeping

  • @dudemistah94
    @dudemistah94 26 days ago +1

    Donkey Kong country re-re-released hd switch 2 edition

  • @Dre3010
    @Dre3010 Month ago +8

    I fully replayed BOTW on the Switch 2 and it was amazing all over again. The game is absolutely stunning now, there were times were I’d just walk slowly admiring the beauty of the game

    • @modermonkula
      @modermonkula Month ago

      couldn't tell you a single memorable song from that game

  • @HannibaI247
    @HannibaI247 Month ago +21

    One of my biggest problems with prime 4 is that there is no way for left-handed people, i.e me, to use mouse mode

    • @chunkymonkey7983
      @chunkymonkey7983 Month ago +3

      Really??

    • @HannibaI247
      @HannibaI247 Month ago

      ​@chunkymonkey7983Only the right joy con is able to be used. If you try to use the left joy con nothing happens

    • @hive-sys
      @hive-sys 28 days ago +3

      i'm not surprised, every left handed person i know (myself included) had to learn to use a mouse with their right hand. i can't even begin to use mice with my left hand.
      that being said though, it's incredibly disappointing they don't have a left-hand mouse mode. the left joycon 2 has mouse capabilities just like the right one does, right? should have been hella easy for them to add that support into prime 4.

    • @HannibaI247
      @HannibaI247 28 days ago +1

      ​@hive-sysI was luckily never forced to do anything with my right hand.
      But what I think the main problem is with them not making mouse mode available for the left joy con in prime 4 is the layout of the right joy con with the analogstick being closer to the bottom which isn't very practical to hold and use the analogstick at the same time.

    • @martyfromnebraska1045
      @martyfromnebraska1045 18 days ago

      Based

  • @-Down-D-Stairs-
    @-Down-D-Stairs- Month ago +25

    Nintendo's 2025 and the Switch 2 launch has been the epitome of ok / mixed bag.

    • @mrconroy4672
      @mrconroy4672 Month ago

      What really matter is whether or not the next years do better or not.

    • @doommaker4000
      @doommaker4000 22 days ago

      ​@synthtonic4954 Which part of "Nintendo's 2025" did you not understand

    • @synthtonic4954
      @synthtonic4954 22 days ago

      ​@doommaker4000lol, as I just responded to someone calling 2025 a bad year for the games industry in general right before I replied to this, I seem to have missed exactly the part you called me out for. Ouch, my bad! Thanks for pointing that out. How on earth did I miss that. 😂

  • @averypatrick5279
    @averypatrick5279 Month ago +38

    The new hyrule warriors always struck me as something you'd only care about if Nintendo games are the only games you ever play, so Scott is spitting facts.

  • @cullbear55
    @cullbear55 Month ago +45

    32:17
    Who the hell actually believes in Mother 4? I feel like the sentiment within the community is mostly just to get an official translation for 3 and/or remakes. Especially for the first game.

    • @Bobo12300
      @Bobo12300 Month ago +16

      Nah I definitely heard requests for Mother 4 back in the day, although mainly from smash fans who didn’t understand that the series ended with 3

    • @cullbear55
      @cullbear55 Month ago +22

      ​@Bobo12300
      Yeah, real fans aren't expecting 4 especially. Makes sense that normies don't know Itoi is pretty much done with game development lol. He did say if he ever would make a 4th, its theme would've focused on romance from what I've heard since each game tackles a different form of love.

    • @DukeMinty
      @DukeMinty Month ago +8

      On an unrelated note, I don't think the people asking for an official translation know what they're getting into. No modern translation of that game done by Nintendo is going to be as good as the fan-made one, you're just asking for a worse version of the game you can already emulate.

    • @joshuaso627
      @joshuaso627 Month ago +9

      Mother 4 already exists, it's called Undertale

    • @FMVupscales
      @FMVupscales Month ago +3

      @DukeMinty Yeah, there's no way NoA wouldn't butcher Mother 3. Of course, Nintendo drones are always happy to consume censorship.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga Month ago +4

    About the closest thing we’ll get to Scott year in switch vids for some time

  • @8BitWalugi
    @8BitWalugi Month ago +11

    Best way to think about virtual game cards is allowing individual Switch consoles to access specific games without verifying online every time. I have a bunch of classic games loaded to my Switch Lite that I take out and about (Megaman Legacy Collection, for example) while still leaving my Switch 2 at home as my primary console. MML doesn’t need to authenticate online when I’m away from home, and I don’t need to worry about carrying my bulky Switch 2 case places. Is it necessary? Absolutely not. Could it be made a lot clearer and easier to understand? Definitely.

  • @Nukatha
    @Nukatha Month ago +5

    I'm interested in hearing Scott's final thoughts on MP4. I was more optimistic like him shortly after finishing the first Volt Forge visit (which is where he is based in B-roll), and my expectations have only been on a downward trajectory since.

  • @KooTheBird
    @KooTheBird Month ago +411

    Hearing scott gas up prime 4 and saying he’s only played a couple hours is like when a cop in a movie says he’s only a week from retirement, like there’s just a palpable sense of dread there

    • @hyrum404
      @hyrum404 Month ago +20

      he HAS to glaze nintendo he can’t help it

    • @nikodemvankenobi
      @nikodemvankenobi Month ago +108

      @hyrum404at that point of the video he was fairly critical or indifferent about every game mentioned beforehand, what do you mean lmao

    • @snausages43
      @snausages43 Month ago +49

      Metroid dread?

    • @overcooked2808
      @overcooked2808 Month ago +30

      @hyrum404did you watch what he said about it

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 Month ago +26

      I mean yeah, a lot of Prime 4's biggest faults only really hit towards the end. Like the crystal hunt, the story/Sylux, the last to maybe second last areas in general. The first half is really much better I think.
      (Although I personally quite liked the game overall, probably more than most)

  • @prettymucheverything1033

    35:59 this is basically just the boomerangs from DS Zelda games but in 3D

  • @Ninetailsmaster16
    @Ninetailsmaster16 Month ago +17

    thank god for a 1 hr 30 min scott the waz rant vid upload. I didn't know how else I was gonna get all my work done today

  • @Murillos1
    @Murillos1 Month ago +3

    YES!!!
    We always LOVE to hear your thoughts Scott!🙌🎉

  • @counterhitasmr9196
    @counterhitasmr9196 Month ago +26

    Not gonna lie, if someone told me in person that they wanted an open world Metroid game I would look at them like they just asked for a linear Elder Scrolls game.

    • @theterribleclaw4285
      @theterribleclaw4285 Month ago +14

      Not every Game needs to be Open World. some Games are part of a Genre that doesn't depend on Open Worlds, Metroid is one of those Games.

  • @Logylia
    @Logylia Month ago +2

    For Prime 4 I had to get a third party mouse grip and remap some of the buttons, I was committed to using mouse mode just because it was so fun

  • @LeroiPOV
    @LeroiPOV Month ago +6

    Scott: This isn’t gonna be a comprehensive video
    Video: 1 1/2 hours

  • @beelow84
    @beelow84 Month ago +1

    New set looks like a Lifetime movie

  • @blademaster12349
    @blademaster12349 Month ago +11

    1:02:50 Uhhh, Star Wars Outlaws was not a PS5 exclusive...?

    • @pablocasas5906
      @pablocasas5906 27 days ago +4

      It feels like people forget that the Xbox exists and treat the PC as a separate thing

  • @mathgod3015
    @mathgod3015 Month ago +2

    They haven’t learned to write scenarios better than in Other M, samus just doesn’t talk this time

  • @trickytristan1
    @trickytristan1 Month ago +3

    The "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" being visible on every game that it applies to feels like an equivalent to the "The X Game for the Nintendo Switch Family of Systems" phrasing they use when they talk about any game in a direct

  • @WesleyWhiteside
    @WesleyWhiteside Month ago +22

    This might be the most I've seen Scott complain about Nintendo. It was a pretty controversial year, but it's interesting to see how people complain about some things more than others. Like Scott seems real pissed about Virtual Game Cards, but is warming up to Game Key Cards. Yet outside of that sentiment, I probably agree with a lot of what he said. Heck, even I'm upset about needing to "eject" a digital game from one console in order to play it on another, but this was the first year I even tried 2 consoles. So I don't know if that was easier before.
    It wasn't like Nintendo had any major stinker that ruined the company. It was, rather, many paper cuts. My biggest complaint this year might be the fomo events added to the DK Bananza DLC. Like, the game just came out on a brand new console and you want us to pay for the DLC, complete the game and play exclusively on holiday weekends just to unlock unique statues unattainable anywhere else in the game? That's just a jerk move.

    • @hive-sys
      @hive-sys 28 days ago +6

      DK Bananza was incredible but the entire time i played through it recently, all i could think was "they already have dlc for this". it's nowhere near an old game and they had that dlc locked and loaded as if it was originally supposed to just be part of the game.

    • @Epicsauce2698
      @Epicsauce2698 13 days ago

      Paper cuts is right. I don’t see the value in Switch 2 myself and I urge others to consider a while if it’s a large purchase they’re going to be happy with in the long run with how expensive it all is (it wouldn’t be cheap regardless, gaming’s an expensive hobby, always has been, but seriously, about $50 or $10 less on the console, or mariokart, would have made all the difference. It’s not all black and white, but i’m just disappointed that Nintendo is joining the pack with the other major gaming companies to screw us over as much as possible. They already overpriced before but it’s getting ridiculous now.

  • @Nerdtendo6366
    @Nerdtendo6366 Month ago +37

    They had Drag X Drive guys this company is at its peak!

    • @InfinteIdeas
      @InfinteIdeas Month ago +7

      That should have been the pack in game

    • @Marku912
      @Marku912 Month ago +1

      A game I would've honestly given a chance if motion controls weren't mandatory.

    • @mike1989libra
      @mike1989libra Month ago +12

      @Marku912then wat would be the point in playing

    • @Marku912
      @Marku912 Month ago +2

      ​@mike1989libraTrying out a new IP? Hopefully entertainment? Why does one play video games Albert Einstein?

    • @catfishsorrow
      @catfishsorrow Month ago +12

      ​@Marku912the game was created because of motion controls, and motion controls is the game

  • @SonicTheCutehog
    @SonicTheCutehog Month ago +2

    Crazy how we now have two years where both a Mario Kart game and a Kirby Air Ride game released the same year

  • @BoomingInfernape
    @BoomingInfernape Month ago +5

    Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes runs at 60 on Switch 2. It has uncapped FPS.

  • @ciaranainsley6563
    @ciaranainsley6563 Month ago

    loved the plant the woz cameo in this video

  • @lstairvideos
    @lstairvideos Month ago +4

    Air riders really makes me want a switch 2…

  • @TheoSenpai87
    @TheoSenpai87 Month ago

    That was the best sponsorship I've ever watched.

  • @Vinnyc6708
    @Vinnyc6708 Month ago +300

    I really thought that Prime 4 was going to be like a Metroid Dread for the prime series. Just taking everything we love about Metroid and cranking it up to ten, and taking the more annoying things and enhancing them.
    Instead it’s more like a Samus Returns. Yeah, it’s Metroid Prime. But it doesn’t properly display the qualities that made me fall in love with Metroid in the first place. It checked a lot of the boxes, I’m glad it happened, and it had some real highlights, but it wasn’t what I was hoping for.

    • @Anaverageplant342
      @Anaverageplant342 Month ago +60

      That’s the most respectful opinion on the game I have heard.

    • @Joseph-qd9ew
      @Joseph-qd9ew Month ago +1

      I haven’t played Prime 4, but I thought Samus Returns and Dread were of similar quality, which makes sense because they’re developed by the same team

    • @cameronwallace8265
      @cameronwallace8265 Month ago +35

      I mean, at least Samus Returns is a pretty quality remake of Metroid II, even if it's held back by the structure of the original.

    • @HabitsRabbits
      @HabitsRabbits Month ago +40

      This is it exactly imo
      Prime 4 is a solid game that I'm glad exists, but that wasn't really what I was looking for

    • @LanceEnjoyer
      @LanceEnjoyer Month ago +10

      kinda insulting to Samus Returns honestly

  • @spamusyt
    @spamusyt Month ago +1

    hey its roy from catching up episode two!

  • @SenpaiRed
    @SenpaiRed Month ago +41

    OH BOY, A NEW SCATT VIDEO

  • @BluntStop
    @BluntStop Month ago +2

    Ive gotten a switch 2 if it had a port of Unreal Tournament 2004 running

  • @pyroco101
    @pyroco101 Month ago +5

    As a mouse-user for Prime 4 I highly recommend a third party mouse grip and to play in 120fps mode. The combat design doesn't lend itself the most for the control scheme but it's still the best way to play. Also mouse acceleration is on by default so turn that shit off immediately when you can.

  • @bustedmusketproductions357

    “Im still gonna do those”
    ITS BEEN 2 YEARS SCOTT!!!!!!

  • @ChidsterXD
    @ChidsterXD Month ago +4

    I think the reason its so lukewarm is because of how long it took to get this Switch 2. People have been asking for as Switch Pro or some sort of upgrade to the processing power for years now. If we received it earlier it would have been received differently

  • @JustReaganYT
    @JustReaganYT Month ago +1

    Scott could actually make a video called “my thoughts on Nintendo in 2014” and I’d still watch the entire thing

  • @KirTheBeetle
    @KirTheBeetle 28 days ago +22

    Scott is the Nintendo centrist. He will not bad mouth bad choices or praise the company unhealthy. He lirterly is in the middle of all of this.

    • @CSnakeSchulz
      @CSnakeSchulz 24 days ago +12

      I feel like 90% of people are like this, it’s just that the online bubble favors extreme opinions.

  • @Viola_The_Rosa
    @Viola_The_Rosa Month ago

    The bike sharing my name is so weird lol

  • @PixelPikmin
    @PixelPikmin Month ago +475

    Scott lowkey cooking in the beginning, everybody was grifting last year with a ton of clickbait videos (both positive and negative bc shocker grifter doesn’t mean negativity) and it made it super annoying being a neutral guy because almost everyone else was insufferable

    • @gothclay301
      @gothclay301 Month ago +102

      ppl were sooooo mad at him for taking a """centrist""" stand in the game prices video when literally all he did was give a balanced analysis without being ridiculously reactionary

    • @2-Way_Intersection
      @2-Way_Intersection Month ago +58

      And when it came to just general discussion online, while i feel like nintendo glazing has kinda died off (at least compared to the switch 1 era), nintendo hatred has gotten just.... ridiculous and hard to take seriously.
      FFS ive seen people unironically compare them to EA and fucking nestle, like jesus christ all they do is overcharge

    • @Gungho73
      @Gungho73 Month ago +33

      As someone who has been negative on Nintendo in recent years, I agree as well. The negative youtubers were fishing for viewership so hard it could've forced governments to list Nintendo as a protected species of whale. There was no end of reddits created with "facts" that either were quickly disproven, or completely unrespectable and opinionated. They earned their mockery. And the positive ones were so tone deaf to the extreme with their videos not seeing consumer issues it resulted in aggressive backlash and in some cases, made those RUclipsrs back down so bad in the other direction it caused a second wave of backlash due to not being their own damn people with their own opinions. Again, I'm a negative commenter by some peoples measures on the issue. I'm grown up enough to admit that. But I don't want bootlicking to appeal to my frustration, nor will bootlicking a company that actively doesn't care about positive PR help things either. I found both sides totally insufferable. I could only imagine how someone like you with an actual attempt or neutral viewpoint must've struggled being in the middle of all this @PixelPikmin! :(

    • @2-Way_Intersection
      @2-Way_Intersection Month ago +54

      ​@gothclay301honestly, like, scott had the best stance on the whole thing acknowledging that yes, these prices do make sense on a technical level, but practically they're unreasonable for most people because of factors outside of gaming

    • @SALTYTOAD00
      @SALTYTOAD00 Month ago +39

      ​@Gungho73 The fact that a lot of said grifters use AI for their thumbnails is enough for me to disregard their opinions altogether.

  • @VezixHaikal
    @VezixHaikal Month ago

    with the length of the video i wonder if its possible to get scott the Woz and tim Rogers collab

  • @JonathanHolt1988
    @JonathanHolt1988 Month ago +4

    My kids LOVEEEEE Kirby Air Riders. I haven’t played it yet, but it’s great for the kiddos

  • @decimat777
    @decimat777 Month ago +1

    I just started my switch 1 library I’ve been collecting while I wondered when they’d release a console that could actually play the games.

  • @Wayhoo
    @Wayhoo Month ago +10

    Weirdly enough, 2025 brought me back to Nintendo with the Switch 2. Is some of the pricing (especially games) stupid? Yes. But I get Chinese copies of games (that automatically turn into the English version when inserted) on AliExpress for like $40 cheaper so it doesn't matter.

  • @MandelaLite
    @MandelaLite 29 days ago +1

    oh hi jon tron nice to see you again.

  • @yukinagato1573
    @yukinagato1573 Month ago +88

    I'm happy to see that, in the middle of all this internet chaos, we got Scott as a sane voice. The amount of insufferable comments in the Nintendo sphere is honestly overwhelming. Blind positivity, unfair negativity, sh*t talk, etc.
    It's not to say the criticisms aren't valid, or that the games are bad. But yeah, things are definitely being overblown in all sides, which is very sad to see.

    • @spyroclone152
      @spyroclone152 Month ago +19

      Totally agree man, the Switch 2 discourse in 2025 was just an exhausting experience overall. It really made me rethink how I consume gaming media and brought to light just how much slop there is on the RUclips gaming space in regards to coverage and discussion. I don't like what Nintendo is doing in the slightest, but I hate misinformation and unwarranted mud slinging even more. Both the people on the extreme side against and in defense of Nintendo was just straight insufferable.

    • @cwega2463
      @cwega2463 Month ago +8

      i think it’s because for many years, nintendo was THE company to defend in terms of quality and output (even when it wasn’t deserving). so the outpouring of negativity probably has to do with it being the first time it’s been acceptable online to hate on them without being silenced by toxic positivity.
      every channel used to be blind praise like nintendo life or gamexplain. less so now.

    • @rugrugrugrug
      @rugrugrugrug Month ago

      As long as there is a divide, there will be someone up there on that fence pointing at the people choosing to have an opinion and saying “hey, don’t do that”

    • @yukinagato1573
      @yukinagato1573 Month ago +2

      ​@rugrugrugrug But why there must be a fence in the first place? Are people so scared that they only see counterarguments as personal attacks? Do people need that much to protect their egos and opinions with swords and shields and barricades?
      My point is that these divides in social media have long become uninteresting to me, as they're more about who screams louder. It's much more of an emotionally-charged divide than an intellectually honest one.

    • @yukinagato1573
      @yukinagato1573 Month ago +3

      ​@cwega2463 I agree. And this creates this exact atmosphere we're talking here lol. Everyone pretends this is a new thing. "Oh, Nintendo was never so bad like that!", "Nintendo in the past only delivered the best; now they're becoming like any other anti-consumer company!". When in fact, lots of what's going on had precedents.

  • @saturos5403
    @saturos5403 Month ago

    Did he mention Golden Sun in the video i cant watch yet

  • @telethia6428
    @telethia6428 Month ago +6

    I wonder, has scott ever talked about the nintendo online playtest? Feels like it'd be the kind of interesting topic to give thoughts on here

    • @gr8nachos469
      @gr8nachos469 Month ago +7

      The thing about the playtest is that nintendo has asked for people to not talk about with others or on videos, so if scott did make a video about it nintendo would immediately politely ask him to take it down

  • @chrisstephenson8311

    “Gaming according to Scott” new series coming to RUclips!😝👍🏻

  • @LebanonJames420
    @LebanonJames420 Month ago +4

    Get the switch vouchers before the months done, then upgrade the games at what ever Nintendo is charging for each and it’s like par with a switch 1 game

  • @aintthatapotofeffluck8926

    Kirby Air Riders is goated.

  • @ClippyTBD
    @ClippyTBD Month ago +7

    30:11 why does Scott begging to do tricks on it? 🤨

    • @periwinkuru
      @periwinkuru Month ago

      I mean I'd give my life savings to Samus if she let me do tricks on it

  • @justanotherbrodie
    @justanotherbrodie Month ago +2

    i would like for the switch 2 to actively give me money

  • @radiantstarlight0428
    @radiantstarlight0428 Month ago +9

    i feel like open world and metroid are inherently incompatible

  • @nickmiyoshi
    @nickmiyoshi Month ago

    8:16 read an image comic lol

  • @ChrisOsburn95
    @ChrisOsburn95 Month ago +19

    1:00:53 it’s so funny bc while I agree, I’ve already put more hours into the short time of owning the Switch 2 than I did the 8 years of owning the Switch 1. I don’t know what it is; as you said the novelty isn’t there. I looked at it like your phone analogy, except more like the PS4 and Xbox One to PS5 and Xbox Series; they’re fantastic upgrades to what’s currently out there, but your mileage will vary based on many factors, how much of the previous library you’ve played being a big one.

  • @TheNiceSeal
    @TheNiceSeal Month ago

    Lovely new background, good job

  • @Braxten90
    @Braxten90 Month ago +3

    you did deltarune dirty. it should’ve at least been a gallon.

  • @ymmot08
    @ymmot08 Month ago +1

    Aw man, I was hoping for the 1925 one

  • @ShOwOba
    @ShOwOba Month ago +66

    I'm pretty sure more people learned about Wario World on NSO from Dunkey's vid than from anywhere else

  • @RodaTex
    @RodaTex Month ago

    Is it me or Scott's Switch 1 footage still freezes here and there?

  • @bigdaddy5864
    @bigdaddy5864 Month ago +14

    The realization in 2026 that Scott's Stash is the main channel now.

  • @ketchup7867
    @ketchup7867 Month ago +1

    I’ll join the switch 2 train as soon as the OLED model hits. If😅

  • @IanTho1
    @IanTho1 Month ago +12

    KIRBY AIR RIDERS IS AMAZING

  • @AllenTranBoba
    @AllenTranBoba Month ago

    Love the ads, the style reminds me of my childhood

  • @Grooveedood
    @Grooveedood Month ago +10

    I like the idea of playable Groose in hyrule warriors, but my main criticism is whyyyyy did they make Agatha playable when there were way better options in twilight princess? She’s a completely optional, story-irrelevant character and she is no fun to play as. I think they should have included Yeto and/or Yeta. They could have had the ball and chain for a weapon!

    • @eywrong
      @eywrong Month ago +3

      The ball and chain is a weapon in that game isn't it?

    • @burn_kikes
      @burn_kikes Month ago

      I read it as Agartha and got a whiplash

    • @FMVupscales
      @FMVupscales Month ago

      Because girl characters upset you.