Wow. Hearing all of this makes me feel actually bad for Bubsy. The second and third games were near-essentially sabotaged by staff that literally hated the game and intentionally didn't try...
travc765 Because the release date got announced too early. This was also the issue of Accolade being less and less competent throughout the 90's and Bubsy 3D being the pinnacle.
No. Wrong. They weren't. That's not what the stuff in this video says. This is the sort of fantasy you see a lot of people on the Internet use as an excuse. What happened was that that they were put on a project they didn't like, and they tried their best at it, but they understood the project was doomed and the concept was bad.
@@Dorian-_-Gray wtf are you talking about, it's obvious they were sabotaged because they hated the character. That explains why the first game is the better one on the franchise
Knowing that Bubsy's original creator left after the first game actually explains EVERYTHING that went wrong with the follow-up games. Like, wow, it's so clear now. God poor Michael Berlyn, he just wanted to make a fun Sonic-y game and it got gouged to pieces by the ruthless 90s marketing wars.
Yeah, I'm a little more sympathetic to this character now after watching this. Because before, he really just looked like a cynical cash grab from start to finish, with stories like the developers shitting on their own games confirming it to me. Now I see that that wasn't really the intention.
if you move too fast, you are supposed to bump into things. That's why Sonic health system is genius, they allow you to continue playing even if you touch enemies without you feeling that game is too easy. So, after studying hours and hours of Sonic... he decide to go with one touch death.
I don't. They knew from the start that it would be an uphill battle, eventually becoming the butt of the joke. Instead of simply taking advice from professionals, they fought the giants and failed. Crash looks exactly like a middle finger aimed at Bubsy, being a bandicoot for starters, and wearing pants. Nobody wanted anything to do with the bobcat.
imagine developing the first idea of its kind game ever, and then you look over in japan and they were busy making the best game of all time with the same idea.
Fact. Especially when they tried a3d one. 😂 To compete with Mario 64 good luck still one of the best n64 games ever. That ocarina of Time and smash brothers and GoldenEye are probably the best right? Then trying to have siphon filter compete with GoldenEye had no chance... Poor guy.
Gonna be honest, this developmeny story behind Bubsy is actually pretty sad. I feel bad for all of the devs who tried to make this a success and fell flat on their faces at every turn. RIP, you psychotic furball.
I mean, Accolade DID get Black Forest Games to develop it, and those guys made the amazing Giana Sisters reboot, so maybe it WON'T end in a cat-astrophic failure! We can only hope.
Lol, Bubsy 3D being shown off is like doing a presentation in school. Yours is okish, not that great, gets you a C. Then right after you give your presentation here comes Mario 64/A+ presentation that just makes you feel stupid as hell.
METALRON It's more like the teacher gives you an assignment for a project, but it's so vague that it's impossible to tell what they meant by it. So you do your best and wing it, only for the first kid to show off his project has the most amazing diorama ever. The teacher is so amazed that they not only give the student an A+, they also use that project as the standard for every other project from then on. And so you just slink back into your chair, knowing you're completely boned and that your project is a failure, but there is nothing you can do about it.
"Critically panned". Uh check the reviews for Bubsy 3D, it got mostly positive reviews when it was released. Most major game review groups on average gave Bubsy 3D 6/10 reviews, and some review groups gave Bubsy 3D 8/10s and 9/10 scores.
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But... first off, Bubsy 3D actually sold alright. There were those (that were maybe too young to know better) that liked the game. Also because of their knowledge in 3D development, and maybe in knowing what they would do the next time, they excelled in Syphon Filter and other projects they were called to do afterwards.
What could possibly go wrong? I don't know, Bubsy, but judging by the level titled "Cheese Wheels of Doom", I'm willing to assume that EVERYTHING COULD GO WRONG!
Not everyone gets to be so lucky, unfortunately. Even the most persistent and dedicated person can succumb to the realities of their field. Especially if they get an iconic reputation.
@DarkRetro95 Did you played Syphon Filter back then? It was in fact a really good game. Only Bubsy franchise was doomed, but creators themselves weren't incompetent. Just too small studio with too large ambitions.
So let's talk about the hate of Bubsy of the developers. At some point towards the end of the development of the first Bubsy game, Cyndi Kirkpatrick was brought in to wrap up the design of the game. As stated, Cyndi would be the designer of Bubsy 2. According to Berlyn she hated Bubsy and at one point had the Bubsy plush hanging by a noose with a pencil stabbed in it's head. This to me was insipid because the first Bubsy game did bring in a lot of revenue for Accolade. My theory is that it did do so well and with Accolade as strapped as it was, Bubsy used a lot of the resources not allowing for other projects that Cyndi wanted to work on. In the end, Cyndi's only project as designer is Bubsy 2, and on her IMDB she is only listed as a tester for other non-Bubsy related games. www.imdb.com/name/nm1950125/
Adrian Bourne was an artist on the Bubsy 2 project that put a lot of pride in his work and liked Bubsy. Above all, it was Cyndi who hated Bubsy more than likely, and sadly the attitude of management stands out in any organization. atariage.com/forums/blog/234/entry-4960-adrian-bourne-bubsy-2-artist/
To be completely honest, I can't blame Berlin for how bad his games were, it seems that the team gave him hell, he got told to give up, and the people that worked for his games disliked the franchise. This game was doomed to die from the start
Huh. I used to just see Bubsy as a meme, but after hearing about the dev process and the creator, I feel sympathetic to the character I guess. His creator loves him so much. RIP Mario killed Bubsy Imagine if Bubsy had been the industry standard for 3D platformers first though.
I was expecting mention that Rob Paulsen voiced Bubsy in his first two games and the TV pilot but dropped and disowned the role. This is one of only two roles he's disowned out of the thousands he's taken.
"Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel!"(Matthew 23:24) This bible principle is the only thing that I have to say Rob Paulson because his regrets for Coconut Fred & Bubsy is hypocritical and foolish.
@@E3kHatena It doesn't matter what is on his resume because the former suffers from a divisive fanbase and the latter is not going to have a bright future now that Stephen Hillenburg is no longer with us.
Wow, i would have never thought that Bubsy was such a passion project. It's so personal that i almost feel bad for memeing so hard on it. This is actually kind of sad.
Bernard Wiseman Hitler's political career was a passion project, but the results were awful for humanity. It's not about your intentions or something's potential. Bubsy deserves criticism and ridicule, the end.
I get your point, but i don't think your comparison is quite fair. It's not mass murder, it's a subpar franchise. Besides, i'm not saying people should now say that Bubsy is a good game or that it doesn't deserve criticism, i'm just saying it feels kinda sad to see something with so much passion put into it become... well, Bubsy. The fact that the end result is what it is only adds to the effect.
@@Hanbei I mean, at least Bubsy 1 is quite good. If that one and FFT were the only ones released, the franchise would be much less of a joke these days.
Despite the shitty series that spawned from him, I still respect Berlyn for trying to branch out and try something new, and even despite its failure, he kept going.
In the Bubsy Fractured Furry Tales source code the comments were talking about in the Hansel and Gretel stage where they try to hit Bubsy with "Cherry bombs". I think what the developers were trying to avoid was avoiding any references to "Popping cherries". I thought it was funny to see this dialog in the source code so I mentioned that to Faran Thomason (Bubsy FFT producer) when I interviewed him. He got a chuckle out of remembering that.
Wow... I was expecting a bunch of low-key jokes and talk about the RU-vid influence, but there was actually tons of serious history I no idea ever happened.
They wouldn't do an episode unless it had a lot of stuff like this... Hence why I reckon they should do an episode for Skylanders. There's practically a months worth of trivia there! Here's one for you now: Did you know that the stories for Spyro and Cynder were designed so that fans could fill in the blanks and decide their own fates? That's completely true!
I was very impressed in how this was reported. As a Bubsy fan I am used to seeing some people digging on Bubsy for shock, but DYKG (and a few others lately) have really been trying to understand more of Bubsy and how the games were made. I learned a few new bits of trivia from this video.
And Ken Macklin being an artist explains why Bubsy was so beautifully looking at the same time. No Berlyn did not know platformer games, but took his creativeness, applied it to Sonic and gave his intepretation. In the end the first 3/4 of the first Bubsy game was Berlyn with the last 1/4 being Cyndi Kirkpatrick. Cyndi (who hated Bubsy) headed up the design of Bubsy 2. Yet another team for Bubsy FFT with Mark Hooley and Jody Cobb credited for level design.
The sad part is the man tried. He researched Sonic for hours on end, but just couldn't grasp what made Sonic great. You'd think the ten hours a day would help him learn the basics of the level design, but instead we get Sonic's speed + crap draw distance.
BrawlTheMan Though, to be fair, the graphical limitations already made Bubsy look a bit like a bunny and if they tried to zoom him out even more, most characters would look unintelligible. Still doesn't excuse Super Bubsy for Windows though!
I’m here again, after hearing the death of Bubsy’s creator Michael Berlyn. R.I.P. Mr. Berlyn. Even though your creation may be hated, I still have a soft spot for that furball.
thank you micheal berlyn for creating us bubsy, he was my favorite 90's mascot I could ever create and of course I don't care if those idiots make fun of your art on the internet because I love bubsy until the end, I LOVE BUBSY🐱❗🧶🛸
Hi, I made the music for Bubsy The Woolies Strike Back and had a lot of fun writing the music for that game (hey it's a decent Bubsy game!) What could possibly go wrong?! Not the music, Bubsy, not the music! :) Cheers, Rapture
Music was never an issue for Bubsy games. Not sure about your game, I never played it, unfortunately. I bought once Bubsy: Paws on fire (?) for PS4 and it was awful 😭
I remember reading long ago that the original game was going to feature a catnip powerup that would have been similar to the "Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy" effect from Super Mario World 2, and a decapitation animation for certain death states, but both were dropped during development for thematic reasons.
I'd say they were trying to go for something different... xD It's not that bad the fall damage, that's why you have the glide thing, so you can land safely :)
Nitro Rad's review is a lot better. At least he shows the final levels. It's pretty obvious that Jon went like "Yep, that's level 2, I had enough, I quit". What a professional. If you're going to review a game, at least play the whole thing.
Ghiman the guy If I had to talk in depth about it, yes, I'd totally play it from start to end. Because _that's the friggin' idea of a review_ Doing what JonTron did was like watching the first episodes of a tv series and deciding he wouldn't watch more and just say it's shit based on what he watched. That's bullshit, and you can't deny that. Tho I must say, Nitro didn't play any of the 2D Bubsy games in camera. He only played Bubsy 3D.
2:07 Level 3 and Level 7X/7 have errors in them... Level 3 should be 979323 instead of 979358 Level 7X and 7 should be switched to be in the right order for π
"Wanna get into the game industry and don't know how?" You lead up to that making me think you were gonna say "port games to random consoles", which is far better advice than Full Sail.
The story behind the Bubsy failure always makes me sad. I hate it when when someone’s passion, talent and drive just gets wasted. Poor dev. He kept going and going with this and just ate it in the end, but at least Bubsy wasn’t totally forgotten, people memed it up and it’s infamous as hell, but I adore this game cause I grew up with it. Loved the carnival level.
The first was good? Good how? Because of the awful level design directly clashing with Bubsy's movement speed that makes you stop every few seconds? Because of the one hit kills that make you stop every few seconds so that you don't get killed? What about the bad collision detection, was that it?
Sup Sha And with worse design because of the Mario-style levels, and with bad design decisions like falling damage and "branching paths" that can take you back to the beginning of the level
It kinda feels like Accolade was trying to make a Woody Woodpecker for the gaming industry. I can't be the only one, right? Mario is Mickey Mouse, Sonic is Bugs Bunny, and Bubsy was SUPPOSED to be Woody Woodpecker. Now the gaming world's Woody is Crash Bandicoot, so at least we've got him to fill in the gap!
David Rechtmann sickening isn’t it? Trust me, I’m with ya. Oh and let’s just add Ninja Gaiden, Metal Gear, and Castlevania to that list of dead franchises that are still dead while this yapping furball gets to live again
You might as well change the Spyro one to "Spyro/Skylanders," since the toys-to-life department is starting to die out... There wasn't even a Skylanders game this year, after yearly releases for the past 6 years. From an Activision IP, that's scary... Still, the argument you make is unchanged. How is this thing getting a new game?!
David Rechtmann maybe so for metal gear or Castlevania. But considering they’re Konami properties, they may as well be dead and having their corpses parades around as pachinko machines. But we haven’t had a Ninja Gaiden game in almost 5 years, and I don’t count Yaiba as a Ninja Gaiden game.
A reminder that Bubsy has another game that is supposed to come out on October 31 called Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back. Seems like Halloween really is time to raise the dead.
Holy crap, this video helped me make sense of a thing I did as a kid that always struck me as very weird and confusing. So when I was in 5th grade or something, I did this custom cover for one my notebooks that consisted of a drawing of Bubsy I carefully copied from the title screen -- I distinctly remember sitting in front of the old CRT TV with the SNES turned on with the game in it. The thing that always bugged me whenever I recalled that is the fact that I wrote right next to Bubsy "π ≃ 3.14159". I always assumed that was a random thing I did for no reason, but now I realize it's entirely possible I noticed the first password corresponded to the first six digits of π and decided to record that fact. Once again, holy crap! I can't believe I had completely forgotten this.
tbh i rly like bubsy not the games but just bubsy himself but hearing his backstory now rly makes me feel rly bad for him i rly hope he comes back with a GOOD game someday
my favorite ones are "the mexicans are making enclaves on the south to try to retake north american land" or "we must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children" man what a funny guy, it takes you right back at 1940
I still do wonder was he always that fucked up buying Nazi lies or did he got turned between 2013 and now? dude is completely lost on himself it's kind of sad to see, used to love him but maaaan guy went NUTS
Very good research also thanks for crediting the artist Ken Macklin I've done some searching on his work and he has a good resume of awesome comics and artwork. Just ordered Adventures of Dr Watchstop..
If I was given an opportunity to make a bubsy game, I would based bubsy's personality on deadpool, and bubsy's sidekick Arnold the armadillo on courage the cowardly dog.
I was just thinking about Ken Macklin the other day. I had a couple of his comics back in 2000 because I recognized his art style from the Bubsy comic that came with the game.
This brought back so many memories. My uncle worked at some retail store and brought this game home one day. I played it and loved it, I remember he told me I should consider myself lucky because the game was in high demand and no one had it in stock.
Had it not been for freaking JonTron, I would barely remember Bubsy as that garbage Sonic rip off I rented as a kid... he's everywhere. He's even got an upcoming PS4 game... because of freaking JonTron.
Funny that he was able to write a paper about exactly what made Sonic great, and then not apply any of it to his game, making an inferior clone of Sonic with tons of problems.
That thing at the beginning where he had to write an analysis of Sonic the Hedgehog boggles my mind This guy clearly knew how good game design works What happened with Bubsy!?
lol i love the ad at the end "Here's this game that clearly describes development hell from the inside out; btw wanna learn how to make em? here's an ad for Full Sail University"
Trevor's Gaming Room I went, their percentage of people who drop out is very high and the online instructors are hardly ever available to actually help you. I had a really really hard time. A friend went on campus and had a better experience but I def would not recommend the online courses. I learnt more just looking up RU-vid videos using unity and unreal engines. Lots of that on RU-vid for free.
6:54 Lol, that is funny considering that in DuckTales reboot they in fact confirm that Donald do wear pants, just they are in feather color, so they only look that way.
I've disliked this video simply because of the full sail advert. They are a for profit college, meaning they will cut corners wherever they can to make an extra buck or two. They are not a good college.
That producer was trying to save us from the horrors that would become Bubsy. He will go down in history as one of gaming's greatest heroes along with Marauder Shields and Green Bike Guy...
So fair warning. Full Sail University kinda sucks. I dont know why DYKVG is allowing themselves to be sponsored by them, maybe they need money or want more idk. Just don't faill for Full Sail Universities shit.
Bubsy sounded like a fun thing to work on A bunch of guys who fucking hated what they were working on just joking around in the office and fucking up the game Fun times
Did you know? Bubsy isn't ALL that bad. Sure, it had the bullcrap in some levels (like the river taking you to the beginning of the level) but it's not that bad. EDIT: but bubsy 3D IS bad. The snes one was good.
I really liked Bubsy 1. I had a genesis and it was one of my favorite platformers as a kid. This isn't that subjective of an opinion, because the game has a bunch of qualities, arguably beating even the mighty Sonic 3 on some aspects.
