ActRaiser (SNES) James & Mike Mondays 

@@poptigre more like don't get shlong by my long hit

He was low key getting sassy.

Get the knife, get the knife, get the knife Don't get the knife, don't get the knife, don't get the knife

​@@fuzzymotionsure, but Mike always says 'don't get hit' when health is low. It's like an encouragement/reminder. Dude in the middle got unnecessarily sarcastic and low key snarky.

Tonindo Actraiser 2 is great, fun challenge and very addicting, not to mention great graphics, a very underrated game

And Revenge of Shinobi.

branaa09 he's recently done work for wangan midnight games and he's still awesome

Mind blown.

Etrian Odyssey, Ys1&2, brilliant man.

Glad he moved on to the better system to make great music.

I LOVED this game and so did my friends. When Act Raiser 2 came out, the disappointment was deep. The city building was gone.... baffling.

The Quintet games were so good. In my mind, if you talk to a "gamer" who claims to have loved the 16-bit classics and they mention still existing franchises but not a Quintet game, I know they're full of it... Unless of course they mention something else obscure, ie, have a real opinion actually built from renting games and begging their parents for games as a kid.

The third game, Terranigma, is probably top 5 on the SNES for me. So good! When they were talking about best looking SNES game I was like "Please someone say Terranigma" the whole time haha. I agree, wish they would check out the Gaia trilogy.

John Wolfe Indeed. I bought Terranigma super cheap a few years ago (40 bux) because I loved Illusion of Time so much... And it did indeed deliver. Beautiful thought-provoking game ahead of its time. Buuuut, and this is a controversial opinion; I believe Illusion of Time is better. Probably because there were so many likable characters in there and spectacular character development. Especially for a 16-bit game. Quintet

I've recently seen an in depth video about Actraiser 2 which kinda changed my mind about that game. I'd link it but it's in german.

It's a little bit more complicated than that. The subtitle for Illusion of Gaia in Japan was "Soulblazer 2", but then in Terranigma an NPC developer calls the game "Illusion of Gaia 2". So Terranigma is like, Soulblazer 3, Illusion of Gaia 2, those games aren't even a straightforward trilogy. Honestly the Actraiser games have way more things in common with the Soulblazer games than most people realise. The town development stuff is obviously in there, but also the item trading stuff to develop towns returns in Terranigma, some of the magic God uses in Actraiser is the same in Illusion of Gaia. Enemies are the same, final boss is the same in all 5 games. It's just the side scrolling part which was lost and replaced with top down RPG style fighting, but for all intents and purposes you can say that Quintet tried to make the same game 5 times with varying success. If you ask me, Terranigma is best. Soulblazer is cute but also a bit lacking in character development and mood, Illusion of Gaia and Actraiser 2 are the outliers because of the lack of town building. Illusion of Gaia was still great because it got the mood just right. Actraiser 2 was basically a failure. I love how the games, particularly IoG, capitalise on a certain early 90's craze for ancient ruins and aliens and stuff. It's all mysterious and a little educative at the same time.

Fair enough. A lot of re-used audio assets, then?

KaneMagus Ahh that’s what I thought but the OP almost blew my mind, like, “wait a minute, WHAT?!” I would love a modern Actraiser, even though Enix is part of Square now and I’d be surprised if anyone at the company even has any knowledge of this game.

You didn't really build a city in soulblazer so much as unlock it a piece at a time.

@@jaythomas468 square enix was one being .... look in cartidges James has all write in them both names

yes and i remember how horrible most of the kids were on that show, loved Nick Arcade but wow was it terrible how bad the kids flopped, they didnt even try to make it out like they was trying when they werent supposed to win.

The Gaming Paladin Yeah! It was like they got those kids from a parallel universe in which video games didn't exist.

yeah amazing how they found a "scoring" method to use on this game to work it..even though its only like 30% of the game

If I am not mistaken, SFX was all done by Mr. Koshiro himself.

oldgraphics Exactly. As your city advances, you burn it down and let them build the fancier houses!

He’s one *complainy boii*

Sean Larkin You weren't expecting Sean or the boob in the background? Lol

Fretburn333 The boobs, lol.

It's in my top 5.What is your top 10 games?

Ever try not trying so hard?

CynicalBastard Ever try not trying to imply he's trying so hard?

Videogames 101: just don't get hit.

Love how Mike tried to banter Ryan and he gave it right back at him by beating the stage

I prefer the sequel because it dropped the SIM parts out. It really clashes with the side scrolling monster bashing.

They're all stoned dude. You need to get stoned too

Visine

LOL what proof do you have of this? I see zero evidence

because the game is good. the person playing the game is below average.

@@BeatdownGG I'll be honest, I don't really find Ryan funny or informative but I don't find him that offensive, either. He's like background noise to me - when he's speaking I just sort of phase him out.

and....don't die.

Christopher Martin When being shot at by the enemy, hide behind cover!

I don't know, both music tracks in Northwall are serious contenders for best tracks in the game. But yeah, Fillmore act 1 is a solid second best for me.

All music is great, but Filmare is terrific...

great game

Rickard Gustafsson agreed 👻

Very fun game; never owned Actraiser but it was a game I rented frequently.

Your nemesis is literally called Satan in the Japanese version, and you are supposed to be God.

@@kekeke8988 well white world could not use god and Satan cus censorship

They're already here, you just left a comment on one of their videos ;-)

Soup or Nintendo? He means like just james and mike. The other shows are fine for other people, but james and mike mondays should always be just them.

I agree ;)

Ryan is great. These guys are great. They all have their own life's going on. As viewers we can't expect James to be there every time.

Yep, tits at 2:01

So pessimistic lol

Skull V watch your fucking mouth you son of a bitch

Gilligan: I have an idea that may well be instrumental in securing for us deliverance from our enforced isolation.

You people complain too much about the littlest things lol ;-)

Austin Herrera seriously stop Complaaining

Oh, okay.

End it rightly

Actraiser II spawns so many enemies on the screen the game's FPS slows to a crawl. That is ridiculous

It's better when they Nintendo switch it up

+Panthers Hockey also I'm not "white knighting" you nerd it's my opinion that I'm entitled to just like everyone else

there are about 4 years of videos you can watch without Ryan, he can join them once in a while if he'd like to.

you probably didnt say that about the jontron episodes.

Randy naw he speaks for me too. So STFU.

An act raicist?

HI-YOOOOO!!!

Wing Zero Straight Edge How is it a cameo when he's in every other video released lately? He's practically the star now. Man. Like I said, I don't really mind seeing him so much but you white knights for Ryan say some dumb shit. People who want more James have a legit gripe when Ryan starlights the one consistent time a week we get the dude we actually want to see.

Huh? They have guests all the time.

I'd be cool with a number of James & Ryan videos too, actually.

OJ The Viking That would be cool. Ryan is Mike's friends really.

Agreed 100%

Him correcting Mike one after another really grinder my gears.

I agree. N he like hogs the controller, give someone else a chance. This might cross the line but ud think a guy like Ryan, who like dedicated his life to video games he should b a lot better . N Mike asks him questions that he never answers. I'm just sick of this dude.