lost kingdom is one of the most unique levels in recent Mario games. the lighting and the brilliant colors and the dark shadows make for one of the most beautiful levels in all of odyssey and painted swamp is the most memorable levels in all the new games.
One moment for me is the Tower levels at the end of Donkey Kong '94. You've been able to see the tower looming in the distance for the last couple of worlds leading up to it, and once you arrive the entire mood of the game changes with some seriously kicking music tracks and a foreboding climb that culminates in one of the best final boss fights in any Game Boy game.
Man, some levels from my childhood are so burned into my brain that they feel like homes away from home. Zora Hall (hell, most areas from Majora's Mask), Subrosia Village from Oracle of Seasons, Lavalava Island from Paper Mario, Jinjo Village and Jolly Roger's Lagoon from Banjo-Tooie, Ecruteak City from Pokemon Gold, Twilight Town from Kingdom Hearts...yeah, good times. Way too much time spent imagining what it would be like to live in some of those places rather than actually accomplishing any sort of gameplay objective haha.
All my life i've been a huge nintendo fan and I do thing I know quite a lot about the nintendo world. Today I discovered your channel and I really liked your videos style and editing. I've actually learned a lot watching your videos thank you so much for this videos!
Lake Lapcat. The Sand Kingdom. Princess Peach’s Castle in SM64 (and…). Tears’ Gerudo Town bunker. And many, many more. Amazing, memorable, joy-inspiring level design is why I find myself coming back to Nintendo games over and over again. That’s not to say there aren’t plenty outside of Nintendo. But it is certainly an art that they have focused on and perfected (or at least they continually try to). Their unique and sustained effort has not gone unnoticed. It’s why so many of us love these games, and why we will continue to love them for the rest of our lives.
I would also include Celeste. The level after she loses her mind, falls down the mountain and fights her bad self is extremely thought out. There are also other levels in this game which are really good.
I had a hard time narrowing down the list of games and levels I wanted to include. There are so many great NES levels I had on my list. I’ll make another one of these videos for sure
This is a beautiful video and although my list would be different I can’t fault you on any of those picks. The one that resonated the most with me hands down is Donkey Kong. It will always be such a magical game.
Donkey Kong Country is such a good game. Probably my favorite game of all time. What levels would you pick? You guys have played so many games, I'm sure it's hard to narrow your picks down.
What a great video. For Bioshock 1, have you noticed the "Would you kindly" on the package before the plane goes down? And it's cool that it takes after the works of Ayn Rand(a FPS that invites thought? Not bad. Btw, the 3rd game Infinite is one of my favorites, I streamed it in 4K60 here on RUclips-if that's an indicator-anyway I digress)and New Super Mario U, I actually was happy that we got a ACTUAL 2D Mario game! And to learn people were complaining about that? I sure wasn't, I was, "holy peaches, it's a Mario game at launch, and a 2D one at that!! Don't mind if I do!!" But for Mario Odyssey, meh. I'm actually gonna sell it on eBay. Didn't do it for me. Beat it once, and never played it again. Moving on to Zelda BotW, ah yes Zoras Domain. I recall it was a pain in the arse to get there, but yeah cool place to view and stuff, and hey Donkey Kong Country yay! Always good to see you feature older games! I so enjoy the broadcast cinema style you use. I really enjoy RUclips channels that do more edited stuff like you do. I really have and felt no need to livestream, I've always been more edited scripted stuff, and I'm happy that RUclips has given me a delivery platform to do so. Oh yeah for the greenscreen stuff I had mentioned the other day..... 😉 Have a wonderful day or night depending Neander. Keep up the most wonderful videos. Bye for now. 🎮🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🖖Marcus
Marcus, it's always great to see that I have a comment from you. Bioshock Infinite is one of those games that I've started countless times, but can never seem to play all the way through. I know it good, I just need to stick with it. I was also glad to get a new 2D Mario game as well for the Wii U. It's ulitmatly the reason I bought my Wii U. It still baffles me that people complain about the "New" Super Mario games. I think they're super fun! I'm thought Mario Odyssey was decent. I've never played past the first few levels of Mario 64, so I don't have the 3D Mario nostalgia most people have. Though i did beat Mario Odyssey and liked it. Breath of the Wild is one of my all time favorite games. I keep going back and fourth with it and Link's Awakening as my favorite Zelda game. The truth is, they're both really great games. I could get lost doing just exploring in Breath of the Wild and have an absolute great time. I'm on my fourth playthrough of it right now. I had to restart it to get the footage of Zora's Domain for this video. Thanks to that, I'm hooked again. The original Donkey Kong Country is my all time favorite game. There is no other game yet made that brings me greater joy to play. I think I reference it in just about every video I make. It's just so good! Thanks for always coming back to watch my videos and leaving these great comments. It was good to see you in the chat last Thursday as well. I watch on Twitch and on RUclips just to interact with you and Toasterdog during the podcast. I hope everything is going well for you!
lost kingdom is one of the most unique levels in recent Mario games. the lighting and the brilliant colors and the dark shadows make for one of the most beautiful levels in all of odyssey and painted swamp is the most memorable levels in all the new games.
I totally agree!
One moment for me is the Tower levels at the end of Donkey Kong '94. You've been able to see the tower looming in the distance for the last couple of worlds leading up to it, and once you arrive the entire mood of the game changes with some seriously kicking music tracks and a foreboding climb that culminates in one of the best final boss fights in any Game Boy game.
I’ve only played a little bit of Donkey Kong 94. I liked what I played. Maybe I’ll give it a full play through.
@@NeanderMeander Yes, definitely play it through to the end. It really is fantastic.
Sonic 2 chemical plant zone blew my mind. It was the most intense, speedy, dangerous, futuristic zone. It made me hooked as a player forever after.
It's, very nice to see videos like this. They are informing and enjoyable. Good work you've done there.
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it
Man, some levels from my childhood are so burned into my brain that they feel like homes away from home. Zora Hall (hell, most areas from Majora's Mask), Subrosia Village from Oracle of Seasons, Lavalava Island from Paper Mario, Jinjo Village and Jolly Roger's Lagoon from Banjo-Tooie, Ecruteak City from Pokemon Gold, Twilight Town from Kingdom Hearts...yeah, good times. Way too much time spent imagining what it would be like to live in some of those places rather than actually accomplishing any sort of gameplay objective haha.
This is a great comment! I used to imagine being in the levels in was playing. It made them more fun to play thinking I could really go there.
Love your cinematic videos man. Makes me wanna start collecting.
Thanks! What games and systems are you into?
@@NeanderMeander Gameboy, color, and advance games are what I really wanna get more of. Especially since the Analogue Pocket came out
Love the amount of time he puts into his videos. Amazing video as always!
Thanks! They do take me a while to put together.
All my life i've been a huge nintendo fan and I do thing I know quite a lot about the nintendo world. Today I discovered your channel and I really liked your videos style and editing. I've actually learned a lot watching your videos thank you so much for this videos!
Wow, thank you so much! It's so great connecting with like minded people. I'm really happy you've liked my videos so far.
Lake Lapcat. The Sand Kingdom. Princess Peach’s Castle in SM64 (and…). Tears’ Gerudo Town bunker. And many, many more. Amazing, memorable, joy-inspiring level design is why I find myself coming back to Nintendo games over and over again. That’s not to say there aren’t plenty outside of Nintendo. But it is certainly an art that they have focused on and perfected (or at least they continually try to). Their unique and sustained effort has not gone unnoticed. It’s why so many of us love these games, and why we will continue to love them for the rest of our lives.
I would also include Celeste. The level after she loses her mind, falls down the mountain and fights her bad self is extremely thought out. There are also other levels in this game which are really good.
I’ve started Celeste so many times, but never got that far into it. I really need to sit down and give it a play through.
So many great memories this one brought back. I remember so much great memories from the NES era
I had a hard time narrowing down the list of games and levels I wanted to include. There are so many great NES levels I had on my list. I’ll make another one of these videos for sure
@@NeanderMeander that would be so epic to have you do that and just cover the NES
Looney toons and digimon world had amazing levels for ps1 games simple but well thought-out.
I’m going to have to take a look at them. Thanks for the comment
Have to throw in The Silent Cartographer from Halo CE and The Suicide Mission from Mass Effect 2
Oh yeah! The Silent Cartographer is awesome!
This is a beautiful video and although my list would be different I can’t fault you on any of those picks.
The one that resonated the most with me hands down is Donkey Kong. It will always be such a magical game.
Donkey Kong Country is such a good game. Probably my favorite game of all time. What levels would you pick? You guys have played so many games, I'm sure it's hard to narrow your picks down.
What a great video. For Bioshock 1, have you noticed the "Would you kindly" on the package before the plane goes down? And it's cool that it takes after the works of Ayn Rand(a FPS that invites thought? Not bad. Btw, the 3rd game Infinite is one of my favorites, I streamed it in 4K60 here on RUclips-if that's an indicator-anyway I digress)and New Super Mario U, I actually was happy that we got a ACTUAL 2D Mario game! And to learn people were complaining about that? I sure wasn't, I was, "holy peaches, it's a Mario game at launch, and a 2D one at that!! Don't mind if I do!!" But for Mario Odyssey, meh. I'm actually gonna sell it on eBay. Didn't do it for me. Beat it once, and never played it again. Moving on to Zelda BotW, ah yes Zoras Domain. I recall it was a pain in the arse to get there, but yeah cool place to view and stuff, and hey Donkey Kong Country yay! Always good to see you feature older games! I so enjoy the broadcast cinema style you use. I really enjoy RUclips channels that do more edited stuff like you do. I really have and felt no need to livestream, I've always been more edited scripted stuff, and I'm happy that RUclips has given me a delivery platform to do so. Oh yeah for the greenscreen stuff I had mentioned the other day.....
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Have a wonderful day or night depending Neander. Keep up the most wonderful videos. Bye for now.
🎮🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🖖Marcus
Marcus, it's always great to see that I have a comment from you. Bioshock Infinite is one of those games that I've started countless times, but can never seem to play all the way through. I know it good, I just need to stick with it.
I was also glad to get a new 2D Mario game as well for the Wii U. It's ulitmatly the reason I bought my Wii U. It still baffles me that people complain about the "New" Super Mario games. I think they're super fun!
I'm thought Mario Odyssey was decent. I've never played past the first few levels of Mario 64, so I don't have the 3D Mario nostalgia most people have. Though i did beat Mario Odyssey and liked it.
Breath of the Wild is one of my all time favorite games. I keep going back and fourth with it and Link's Awakening as my favorite Zelda game. The truth is, they're both really great games. I could get lost doing just exploring in Breath of the Wild and have an absolute great time. I'm on my fourth playthrough of it right now. I had to restart it to get the footage of Zora's Domain for this video. Thanks to that, I'm hooked again.
The original Donkey Kong Country is my all time favorite game. There is no other game yet made that brings me greater joy to play. I think I reference it in just about every video I make. It's just so good!
Thanks for always coming back to watch my videos and leaving these great comments. It was good to see you in the chat last Thursday as well. I watch on Twitch and on RUclips just to interact with you and Toasterdog during the podcast. I hope everything is going well for you!
Man, your videos have crazy quality
Thank you so much!
I have nostalgia for some Ds games like my Sims kingdom and Lego Batman 2
That’s great! It was tough narrowing down a list of only a few levels.
@@NeanderMeander yeah that would be hard. Have you ever played my Sims kingdom
My list would definitely include the finale of Journey. Amazing game.
That game looks gorgeous
Great video concept!
Glad you liked it!
Awesome video buddy 👍
Glad you liked it!
as carefully crafted as usual. what was the last track to play in the outro?
Thanks for coming back! That is a song by Blake Ewing called: A Hidden Place
@@NeanderMeander lotta sections for a 2:45 song too
Dang. I've never played Bioshock, but now I wanna! Is the Switch game any good?
I think it’s really good. I captured the Switch version for this video.
All three of the Bioshock games are wonderful. 1 and Infinite are my favorites.
Thanks!
Wow! I really appreciate this
Cool how every one of these games is on switch.
I love playing my Switch
Dude's videos quality on par with mkbhd
Wow! Thank you! That was nice to read today
Mario Odyssey always felt kinda meh to me after experiencing the last two galaxy games
I’ve only played the first Galaxy game. It was really good! I should track down Galaxy 2 and give it a play through