Them dropping the console news and then just going radio silent is one of the worst decisions they’ve ever made. The announcement should’ve been much closer to launch or with a statement saying “more info coming in early 2025” or something
Honestly, if it goes to console it'll just be the first few areas most likely, going back to vanilla. I'm ok with this. Was kinda pumped not having to use steam anymore. Gotta give them credit though. It revived a lot of interest.
@@thewizard9383No, they already stated it’ll be “as close to PC as possible.” Pretty much as far as everyone has been told, console will be up to the most recent major update (Selenopolis) but any updates after are going to be delayed on console because console requires 90 days before an update can be pushed out
console? that is so 2016 this game needs a whole new game engine most of the dev team fired a pubic apology and almost everything after celestia reworked and pvp completely separated from the main game so spells don't randomly change because some 2 year old crying about balance issues in pvp this game is a dumpster fire. and will only get worse the fact they are even worried about consoles is a laughing joke and a real sign this company doesn't care about the players or game
I barely touch the game but definitely still watch the vids. I definitely believe level 200 MUST come out with darkmoor style dungeons. I remember darkmoor days. Game won’t ever go back to those, but hopefully they can try give us some more memories
literally, I'm pretty sure Wizard101's primary age group has always been older people. I remember playing this game when I was 7 and having 0 clue what I was doing, I couldn't even get past Marylebone, and it wasn't even till I made a second account in 2017 that I realized you could discard cards.
i think there are a few younger people in the game. as there are actually newer people. and in order to "de-kidify" it , KI would need to ban anyone under 13 from playing the game. it has to do with FCC regulations. i heard when P101 it was supposed to be like that there. but when it launched it was the same as W101 so i never bothered with it. i did see a few clips here and there of it as well as reading a few things of it.
@@travwill7147 when it came out it was mixed. the adults in the game were mostly parents or other relatives of the kids playing it. while there were a few players that were adults without kids , it was very few . although that is now the majority of it. one of the main problems i had with the game was a good example of what happened to you.
One more thing that might be coming is KI messing around with challenge modes more. I appreciate KI making some of the roadblock boss fights less of a pain, but I would love to see how they mess around with older fights too.
I last played with the release of Azteca. I used to be very good and then my account got hacked. I tried to restart but after I lost my friends over years it just wasn’t the same
One thing I want to see: the option to choose whether the Crown Shop page opens up when you first log in. When the Daily Quests with Aegon Statz came out, I was thrilled because it gave me motivation to go to my home more frequently and not only check what the quest is, but also, if I was in my castle, tend to my garden and do the daily reward if it's one of the special houses.
@ Having membership is fine but the paywall being so quick is BS in my opinion. Would be a lot better if at least Wizard City was free before a paywall. I HATE games with gambling tactics & micro transactions. I feel like oh we need to pay people is an excuse that they would use to screw the players over even more. I have no qualms about the membership besides the paywall being so quick into it. The crowns system needs a massive overhaul IMO. That’s all.
The main issue is that Kingsisle is incredibly out of touch with the playerbase. It's not an "exploit" to sell an item to the bazaar for someone else to buy; that's literally what it was designed for. More experienced players can sell their old gear and help newer players who need that gear. And the old bazaar ui was just fine, there was no need to change that either. Decisions like the bazaar "rework" and Kingsisle deliberately having this December's free membership period deliberately take place at the BEGINNING of the month, when a good chunk of the playerbase is focusing on things like exams and preparing for the upcoming holidays and therefore CANNOT play during the free period, Kingsisle someone manages to come off as more and more greedy. Which is surprising, considering they're still scummy enough to STILL market gambling to kids through lootpacks.
I started playing in 2008 back when lvl 50 was max played till lvl 100 was max but I took 5+ years off and I just started playing again 2 months ago I’ve been having to relearn everything so much has changed
I miss the old crit system and I wish they didn’t change the cards for PVE. That’s the moment I started becoming an on and off player. Just changing everything and making it feel like a totally different game. I play the game for nostalgia when it starts feeling like I’m learning a completely different game it becomes an issue for me.
I would like them to start providing reasons for bans, I was banned on all of my accounts and they have yet to give me a reason except to point me to a link so that I may guess why I got banned. Plus with the amount of years I have been playing this game for, I at least need a reason.
The OG graphics are always gonna be nostalgic and should always remain a core option, but does anyone else think it’s about time this game gets updated graphics? The game looks like it could run on a Wii… it’s 2025 and the game deserves a remaster w/ 4k textures
With the scale of the game, it would be virtually impossible to update the textures of the entire game. The size of the team and budget KI works with would only allow a world or two at most revamped per year (hence the krok update)
@@Blonded_Eclipse That virtually impossible you just pulled out of your ass, there are fans of games that fully remake old titles not just graphics and it takes a couple of years at most. Not to mention wiz has reused assets and stupidly simple models for everything.
KI has killed school identity which is integral to the game. they’ve tried to crush the community built EMP black market with the new bazaar update which nobody asked for nor does it work. bazaar has been fine for ages.
the fact its about 2025... jeesus the second you turn 18 life flies. Im 22 now o; Im so happy I get to enjoy the paramount game of my childhood and still watch videos abt it :>
Started playing again wiz101 after many years on my steam steck. I am hapoy to see that the game is far from dead. I was really concerned that there would be really few players so i would have to play full solo
I hope they eventually make cross play available for console because I don’t want to start over on a new account, I want to play the account I have invested time and money into. I’m also hoping for stitching with pets.
My wish is for them to fix that stupid damage bug That has been an issue since Karamelle. The amount of times would’ve legitimately one boss battle, but the game just tells me “nope. Not today”.
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"Anyone saying the game is dead or dying soon" is playing on EU servers. If you looked there, you'd be hard pressed to find 20 different people in total during the day, let alone just in Commons. Since they refuse to merge the servers I really think they are just waiting for most of the surviving players to leave and then they'll close down the EU servers for good saying no one is playing there anymore anyway.
i recently started playing a new mmo called Throne and Liberty and it's literally night and day. Basic things that you mentioned like extra buffs while in a guild or gold cap increase is just not that of a common sense thing to do for KI. Everything KI does is so meticulous and careful to make sure they're profiting off of it. Throne and Liberty literally gives out free items/currency when they have a maintenance as a sorry for the wait. I love wiz but the management is not for the player and even with the "limited" resources that they have, the systems in the game are implemented in such a horrible way. Just my two cents.
I hope you continue your walkthrough video on Balance walkthrough through next year on 2025 and the death wizards walkthrough because that would be awesome.😎
I just started it on steam because i wanted a fresh restart on everything as im turning 21 in january. But ive had my account since 2010, i just couldnt get into any othet mmorpg, i think im here for life
I love that there's so much more commentary on 🔮 Wizard 101 and king's Isle 🤴 I really hope With continued videos like this that they will pay attention to what it Is that players want from the game. The paywall is still way too early if they were smart they would make it right after Moo Shu and If you want to continue and finish the first Arc then you would have to pay for Dragonspyre. I think enough of us pay for mounts and housing that they can do that And yes player versus player Battles used to be Simple , quick to join and we're fun. The Bizarre was also perfectly fine I don't know why they needed to reinvent the wheel. 😮💨 Lastly yes a form of trade for Reagents especially please Kingsle 🙏 ! And if the game really wants to engage their audience even more there should be a way to have Open Mic 🎤 in game conversations between your friends.
Looking forward to the console release, it's a shame there will be no cross-play, but it will be fun doing a fresh start with the player base. I also wish they'd bring back Portal of Peril, I was using the tokens for spellements and I'm almost maxed on some.
I love playing on my computer but my Chromebook won’t let me play it & my Hp laptop is broken so I’m desperate for it to come out on consoles! I miss playing!
I did crowns. If first time or not pas arc 1 => member If returning and enjoying game and or like to take time off => crowns Only buy crowns on sale !!
i always stop playing past arc 1 because farming for gear and having a meta pet is so boring, i wish they can just have gear every 10 levels thats a little worse than farmable gear that you can buy in the bazaar
One big thing I hope to see changed is the pet system. It cannot, and should not, continue to exist as it is. Even the ability to reroll a manifested talent for 100 crowns would go SO far in improving the system.
Something im very worried about is whether or not we'll be able to use our current accounts on pc on console, or will we have to restart? I dont want to restart :(
Tc has an overflow, you can place them in several decks and they don’t count toward total, then they can move them around when needed. Personally I don’t see much need for too many tc there are only so many you actually use. Tc feint or blades basically
They'll have to address Wiz on other consoles eventually. People are excited because they want their accounts on the go and such. People want cross-play. People want cross-save. People do not want a copy of the Europe server. The "paywall" thing you and others wrongly go on about is an event they sometimes do. It's been happening for awhile, and it's always temporary. Doubt we'll see the TC vault or Bazaar fix because of their mentality about it. They don't care about the bots, its the economy they're trying to cripple. They're going to extremes to stop the black market. What they should do, is just remove the source: get rid of Empower.
Them dropping the console news and then just going radio silent is one of the worst decisions they’ve ever made. The announcement should’ve been much closer to launch or with a statement saying “more info coming in early 2025” or something
Second time they did this.
Honestly, if it goes to console it'll just be the first few areas most likely, going back to vanilla. I'm ok with this. Was kinda pumped not having to use steam anymore. Gotta give them credit though. It revived a lot of interest.
@@thewizard9383No, they already stated it’ll be “as close to PC as possible.” Pretty much as far as everyone has been told, console will be up to the most recent major update (Selenopolis) but any updates after are going to be delayed on console because console requires 90 days before an update can be pushed out
This means its actually canceled
console? that is so 2016 this game needs a whole new game engine most of the dev team fired a pubic apology and almost everything after celestia reworked
and pvp completely separated from the main game so spells don't randomly change because some 2 year old crying about balance issues in pvp
this game is a dumpster fire. and will only get worse the fact they are even worried about consoles is a laughing joke and a real sign this company doesn't care about the players or game
I hope this game lasts for so much longer
Copium for all the money you spent
Tbh I be seeing new players that don’t even know about the game I don’t think it’s dying, and rn for me 4 realms is full
@@XentriaNova lowkey 😂
We all do
Yeah just got into this game, never was able to play it as a kid, gotta say I for sure enjoy it as an adult.
Level 200 gonna be crazy
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!
Forgot about it I've been 170 for so damn long 🤣🤣
On stream yesterday you said you went in on the intro and you definitely delivered! it looks great!
I rewatched it so many times to make sure it was good haha, thanks!
@@BlazeLifehammerare you still doing story mode with Wizard101 cuz I really enjoy that I don't know how long the story mode is in this game
I barely touch the game but definitely still watch the vids. I definitely believe level 200 MUST come out with darkmoor style dungeons. I remember darkmoor days. Game won’t ever go back to those, but hopefully they can try give us some more memories
My wish is that they make stitching gold-based instead of crown-based. Especially due to the Rate My Stitch event.
They need to "de-kidify" it! We're all in our 20s now...
literally, I'm pretty sure Wizard101's primary age group has always been older people. I remember playing this game when I was 7 and having 0 clue what I was doing, I couldn't even get past Marylebone, and it wasn't even till I made a second account in 2017 that I realized you could discard cards.
@@travwill7147 nah fr id get lost and not know how to do quests when i was 9 or 10 playing
Nah that'll take the excuse for alit of the bullshit they do away
i think there are a few younger people in the game. as there are actually newer people. and in order to "de-kidify" it , KI would need to ban anyone under 13 from playing the game. it has to do with FCC regulations. i heard when P101 it was supposed to be like that there. but when it launched it was the same as W101 so i never bothered with it. i did see a few clips here and there of it as well as reading a few things of it.
@@travwill7147 when it came out it was mixed. the adults in the game were mostly parents or other relatives of the kids playing it. while there were a few players that were adults without kids , it was very few . although that is now the majority of it.
one of the main problems i had with the game was a good example of what happened to you.
This game is still around?!?!? I remember seeing the commercial when I was a kid back in 2007, feels like it was just yesterday
The arcanium is what I like to think of as your wizards collage lol
I agree it was a great addition. I was starting to think our characters were beginning to become powerful for the Ravenwood professors to teach.
Started playing back in 2010 this game has changed so much since then
That new bazaar UI does not look good to me.
The new bazaar in general doesn’t look good nor work
I despise the new bazaar
oh boy the good old days playing this game man so much changed in this game its truly the childhood game fr
2025 better have arc one, all of arc 1 for free 'for i crash out
Blaze is GOAT
I got back into playing this game when you started your balance walkthrough. It's nice playing where I left off as I made it to khrysalis finally
cant believe ive watching since like 2018 - love your content, even if i stop playing i always keep watching
One more thing that might be coming is KI messing around with challenge modes more. I appreciate KI making some of the roadblock boss fights less of a pain, but I would love to see how they mess around with older fights too.
I last played with the release of Azteca. I used to be very good and then my account got hacked. I tried to restart but after I lost my friends over years it just wasn’t the same
I also remember then my max Ice wizard barely passing 7k health 😂
One thing I want to see: the option to choose whether the Crown Shop page opens up when you first log in. When the Daily Quests with Aegon Statz came out, I was thrilled because it gave me motivation to go to my home more frequently and not only check what the quest is, but also, if I was in my castle, tend to my garden and do the daily reward if it's one of the special houses.
I would play this game again if it wasn't so based around spending money. I wish they would consider changing their model.
How do you think they pay salaries and for new tech .Would you work for free?
@ Having membership is fine but the paywall being so quick is BS in my opinion.
Would be a lot better if at least Wizard City was free before a paywall.
I HATE games with gambling tactics & micro transactions.
I feel like oh we need to pay people is an excuse that they would use to screw the players over even more.
I have no qualms about the membership besides the paywall being so quick into it.
The crowns system needs a massive overhaul IMO.
That’s all.
@@kitseaby4810the complaint is the paywall being pushed so early given the content is like 95% membership requirement come on now
The bazaar/economy needs to be fixed so badly. I think KI needs to realize that they don’t need to hyper control everything about the game.
The main issue is that Kingsisle is incredibly out of touch with the playerbase. It's not an "exploit" to sell an item to the bazaar for someone else to buy; that's literally what it was designed for. More experienced players can sell their old gear and help newer players who need that gear. And the old bazaar ui was just fine, there was no need to change that either. Decisions like the bazaar "rework" and Kingsisle deliberately having this December's free membership period deliberately take place at the BEGINNING of the month, when a good chunk of the playerbase is focusing on things like exams and preparing for the upcoming holidays and therefore CANNOT play during the free period, Kingsisle someone manages to come off as more and more greedy. Which is surprising, considering they're still scummy enough to STILL market gambling to kids through lootpacks.
love the editing of this :D
Marleybone revamp would go so hard 🗣️🔥
I started playing in 2008 back when lvl 50 was max played till lvl 100 was max but I took 5+ years off and I just started playing again 2 months ago I’ve been having to relearn everything so much has changed
I Would also like the increase in GOLD as well, it’s been long overdue KI
I miss the old crit system and I wish they didn’t change the cards for PVE. That’s the moment I started becoming an on and off player. Just changing everything and making it feel like a totally different game. I play the game for nostalgia when it starts feeling like I’m learning a completely different game it becomes an issue for me.
Same for the most part.
I would like them to start providing reasons for bans, I was banned on all of my accounts and they have yet to give me a reason except to point me to a link so that I may guess why I got banned. Plus with the amount of years I have been playing this game for, I at least need a reason.
The OG graphics are always gonna be nostalgic and should always remain a core option, but does anyone else think it’s about time this game gets updated graphics? The game looks like it could run on a Wii… it’s 2025 and the game deserves a remaster w/ 4k textures
With the scale of the game, it would be virtually impossible to update the textures of the entire game. The size of the team and budget KI works with would only allow a world or two at most revamped per year (hence the krok update)
@@Blonded_Eclipse That virtually impossible you just pulled out of your ass, there are fans of games that fully remake old titles not just graphics and it takes a couple of years at most. Not to mention wiz has reused assets and stupidly simple models for everything.
Regarding Portal of Peril, they confirmed that they're working on fixes for it and that it's slated to return at the start of 2025.
ugh love your input
Last played this in 2011 and got back into it this year and I'm enjoying it sm❤
KI has killed school identity which is integral to the game. they’ve tried to crush the community built EMP black market with the new bazaar update which nobody asked for nor does it work. bazaar has been fine for ages.
Keep the bazaar UI and make it real time transactions again. Also allow to trade reagents and mega snacks.
saw myself in the commons and smiled :D been a fan for a long time happy to see you posting again
I just started back from not playing for about 4 years. I love the new updates!
2024 went so fast tbh
Ty for this!
I have been playing Wizard 101 since 2009 and I still Love it . Play everyday for a few hours.
The guild part of this video, I 100% agree with
the fact its about 2025... jeesus the second you turn 18 life flies. Im 22 now o;
Im so happy I get to enjoy the paramount game of my childhood and still watch videos abt it :>
Good video. Keep them coming please.
Yeah I miss Wizard101 it take me back from the good old days but thank you for making this video
I'm still waiting to stitch my mount so I'm not constantly using my ghulture
I want this to be on mobile because I don't have a PC 😢
Started playing again wiz101 after many years on my steam steck. I am hapoy to see that the game is far from dead. I was really concerned that there would be really few players so i would have to play full solo
problem with the consol is the same one with the steam release , i would need to start from scratch
I hope they eventually make cross play available for console because I don’t want to start over on a new account, I want to play the account I have invested time and money into. I’m also hoping for stitching with pets.
I literally was thinking of hoping back ok this game yesterday ❤
My wish is for them to fix that stupid damage bug That has been an issue since Karamelle. The amount of times would’ve legitimately one boss battle, but the game just tells me “nope. Not today”.
"Anyone saying the game is dead or dying soon" is playing on EU servers. If you looked there, you'd be hard pressed to find 20 different people in total during the day, let alone just in Commons. Since they refuse to merge the servers I really think they are just waiting for most of the surviving players to leave and then they'll close down the EU servers for good saying no one is playing there anymore anyway.
i recently started playing a new mmo called Throne and Liberty and it's literally night and day. Basic things that you mentioned like extra buffs while in a guild or gold cap increase is just not that of a common sense thing to do for KI. Everything KI does is so meticulous and careful to make sure they're profiting off of it. Throne and Liberty literally gives out free items/currency when they have a maintenance as a sorry for the wait. I love wiz but the management is not for the player and even with the "limited" resources that they have, the systems in the game are implemented in such a horrible way. Just my two cents.
HEAVY on the base energy and gold cap!!
I hope you continue your walkthrough video on Balance walkthrough through next year on 2025 and the death wizards walkthrough because that would be awesome.😎
I’m hoping in the future they plan to improve on the big grind to max being faster and more fun.
Wizard101 still thriving in 2025 is honestly so impressive
I just started it on steam because i wanted a fresh restart on everything as im turning 21 in january. But ive had my account since 2010, i just couldnt get into any othet mmorpg, i think im here for life
I love that there's so much more commentary on 🔮 Wizard 101 and king's Isle 🤴 I really hope With continued videos like this that they will pay attention to what it Is that players want from the game. The paywall is still way too early if they were smart they would make it right after Moo Shu and If you want to continue and finish the first Arc then you would have to pay for Dragonspyre. I think enough of us pay for mounts and housing that they can do that And yes player versus player Battles used to be Simple , quick to join and we're fun. The Bizarre was also perfectly fine I don't know why they needed to reinvent the wheel. 😮💨
Lastly yes a form of trade for Reagents especially please Kingsle 🙏 ! And if the game really wants to engage their audience even more there should be a way to have
Open Mic 🎤 in game conversations between your friends.
Nice emojis
BANGER
can we just get wizard101 classic? like maybe end it at khrysalis or something?
Wish they would start Pirate101 Again
They did!! Krok is coming
@@gabrielebisu1682they already added that and it… wasn’t a full world
It took me until I hit 170 to have a complete-ish gear set for my storm. Definitely looking forward to Lv200 😌
I'm thinking of starting this game back up after a decade but a rework to the polymorph/ minion spells would guarantee me coming back.
Arc 3 had three worlds, arc 4 had four. I want Arc 5 to have five full worlds.
they should bring back grub guardian or a faster method to level up pets like in pirate 101
totally agree!!!!!!!!
every few years i come back and play for nostolgia and i jus got a memebership to enjoy it all again lol
I love this game it is definitely one of my favorite games!!
Hopefully we get a fun world.
Looking forward to the console release, it's a shame there will be no cross-play, but it will be fun doing a fresh start with the player base. I also wish they'd bring back Portal of Peril, I was using the tokens for spellements and I'm almost maxed on some.
I love playing on my computer but my Chromebook won’t let me play it & my Hp laptop is broken so I’m desperate for it to come out on consoles! I miss playing!
Unexpected intro sequence
awesome video it make azoth farming easier if they made tcs 999 each
Great ideas for 2025!
What do you think is currently better; a subscription or buying crowns when needed?
I did crowns.
If first time or not pas arc 1 => member
If returning and enjoying game and or like to take time off => crowns
Only buy crowns on sale !!
I haven't played in 10 years, might have to jump back on.
I think they should get rid of the gold cap cause usually I'll spend gold on useless hatches so I can continue to sell
i feel like as the world remakes in arc 1 comes out they should be making them permanently free
i always stop playing past arc 1 because farming for gear and having a meta pet is so boring, i wish they can just have gear every 10 levels thats a little worse than farmable gear that you can buy in the bazaar
I can't wait
I played avidly as a beta tester to the 5th year or so. Sorry to say but i picked it up and within minutes i realised how nothing has changed.
My boy we’re not even there yet
Now do Pirate101 in 2025 😅😅😅
Ha it would just be the intro and then 10 mins of black screen
I wish free realms could’ve stuck around longer ❤
Unfortunately I let my membership expire but I might come back to this game in the future to finish leveling my death (who’s in empyrea).
One big thing I hope to see changed is the pet system.
It cannot, and should not, continue to exist as it is. Even the ability to reroll a manifested talent for 100 crowns would go SO far in improving the system.
Sad I quit when they nerfed ice into the ground 😔 my lvl 120 ice spells weren’t even as strong as tempest.. which you get at like level 20 lmao
if W101 is coming to console, does that mean the game on PC is also getting controller support? cause i'd love to play it on steamdeck or something
Think with some software u could run it on SD
It’s crazy how long I’ve been playing this game. I now play it with my husband 😂
Are you still excited for the game coming to consuls
They need a Gardner for the fish pond in the Oasis of Krok. It looks horrible!
Something im very worried about is whether or not we'll be able to use our current accounts on pc on console, or will we have to restart? I dont want to restart :(
You have to restart
You have to restart
they need to change the new art director, most pack and skill recently is out of magic idk how to explain i miss the old skills direction
so excited to try out wiz on console just to start completely over and lose all of my friends/progress
Get a buzz cut bro 👍
I came back to check out the game and I really don’t like what they did with the bazarr it’s wack
Tc has an overflow, you can place them in several decks and they don’t count toward total, then they can move them around when needed. Personally I don’t see much need for too many tc there are only so many you actually use. Tc feint or blades basically
Wizard101 🔥
I wanna be able to see what my total jn game playtime is
that would actually be really cool. Kinda scared to see my playtime tho LOL
They'll have to address Wiz on other consoles eventually. People are excited because they want their accounts on the go and such.
People want cross-play. People want cross-save.
People do not want a copy of the Europe server.
The "paywall" thing you and others wrongly go on about is an event they sometimes do. It's been happening for awhile, and it's always temporary.
Doubt we'll see the TC vault or Bazaar fix because of their mentality about it. They don't care about the bots, its the economy they're trying to cripple. They're going to extremes to stop the black market.
What they should do, is just remove the source: get rid of Empower.
What they need to do is be nicer to ice wizards. I don’t know what they’re deal with ice wizards is, but they need to give us a boost
Then they would need to remove resist otherwise OP