the Maple *Story* was never really good. it wouldnt be very fun playing offline. this game had charm because of its online community and nostalgic 2D environment
i always thought what gave the game its appeal was its 2D environment. every other mmo, especially at the time, were mature 3D worlds, maplestory broke the mold by being a big 2D world designed for a younger audience
Easier to scale up 3D graphics than 2D graphics, the fact that the first game is in 2D is apparently why it never got upscaled to HD. I think that reason is pure BS myself but due to limited knowledge on the subject, I'm not in a position to argue it.
SIMIFU nah the ds version was epic. The 3ds version is based off of nothing. The ds version is actually based off of MapleStory the comic. I’m korean so I always read comic MapleStory. The characters in the ds game are the main characters of the comic MapleStory, so yeah.
They're using a fan-translation. I ended up playing an unfinished fan-translation on an Action Replay as a teen, but I decided to go with the Japanese version since I was already able to read it and it was more complete than the fan translation.
The 3DS title's combat animations look flippin' amazing. A shame we didn't get it here in the West. We could always use more beautifully animated sprite-based games on modern consoles.
There's more to releasing a game in a different region than just translating it. You have to consider the cost of marketing, distribution, and customer support.
I'd literally open up the game and just have the title music going in the background. I'd even rate it a step higher than yoshi's island, one of my favorite soundtracks ever.
@@zuludude2 the title song now only reminds me of losing connection, forgetting your password and getting banned for no apparent reason. Since that's when I got to hear its full 3 minutes. There's literally a moment in the song where the "you should have logged in by now" stress kicks in.
Fun fact: The playable characters in MapleStory DS are actually the artwork of the original classes in the original pre-Bing Bang MapleStory before the Pirate class were available. A long time ago.
"When asked about the only playable character's gender, Hong Sung-Joon, the team leader, simply stated that the character is pretty and cute." Flawless logic. Bless you, Hong Sung-Joon, you glorious bastard.
I made a group of truly memorable friends from San Francisco back in the day when I played Maple Story for hours on end. Although I was on the East Coast, we always found time to chat and play after school and weekends. Coincidentally they went to the same high school as my former supervisor and her brother during the years he attended that school! Looking back at it and every other memorable time in my life, it wasn't the smooth game play and flashy animations that got me addicted, it was knowing that I could log on and make friends to chill out with. These days, I just don't feel the same way playing video games. Perhaps I simply grew out of it.
The early mmo craze came out of the fact that the internet was still newish, and people loved just talking to others around the world. The medium of a different world where you go to talk and hang out with friends was what enticed people to Maplestory and many other games. As time went on the gaming market simply grew away from that, Social media and cell phones made communication easier and people got used to the idea that they can talk to others miles away. People don't tend to grow out of what they enjoyed from their childhood, the world just evolves over time to something else.
I was utterly *addicted* to MapleStory back in the day. I remember grinding my Assassin up to Hermit at zombies... I was getting like 10% of a level an hour grinding. Then when you would die, you would lose a good 30 minutes of grinding, 4 or 5% of your exp. This was back in probably 2005 or so, back when there were only a handful of classes, 3rd jobs, and Ludi was the only PQ. Since then, there's all these new classes and you can level up to lvl 70 in a week or two of casual playing. I played Maple 2 when it released and it was pretty fun, but those kind of games are not for me anymore. I remember hearing about the DS Maple, but there wasn't any way for me to play it in English at the time. Maybe I'll try out that 3DS version sometime. Thanks for the nostalgia, DYK.
I played around that time too, but I had such a bad internet and was a terrible english speaker so I didn't get too far but I do remember how difficult it was to level up, it could take me hours to level up and I wasn't very well equipped so everything killed me too fast hahahahaha I wonder if going back to the current official server is worth it or if I should look for a private old school server
46 classes right now.... f$%£ me sideways and yet whenever i return to work on them until i get bored a friend of mine still plays and she got them all at least 200... Talk about dedication!
MapleStory really gives me a feeling of nostalgia I haven't had with other games. Between gameplay, music, etc. So much stuff worked really harmoniously in that game. Great memories with real life friends and many people I've met in-game.
Yay awesome episode!! I have always been curious about the ds and 3ds releases so this was super informative. I've been playing Maplestory for a long time and it makes me very happy whenever I see content like this pop up on my feed. >u
Maplestory DS was a well hidden gem, i played a translated copy on a flash card for my ds and 100% all four story lines, it has the same game play and feel as the pc version and to any curious fans i'd recommend it for the nostalgia trip
@@JarlBarbossa If you 100% it like I did, getting all cards, skills, and equipment, yes very grindy, though if you just play through the story lines its not grindy at all
Oh man. The moment I saw Maplestory in the thumbnail and hearing that classic login theme had all the memories of me being a kid playing the game just came flooding back in.
I only knew about maple story through the comic books! My grandma took me to buddhist gatherings, where they had like clubs for kids. The comic books followed the characters of the DS game.
As someone who loves Maplestory and played a ton back in the day and even sometimes now... I wanted these for the longest time but they never came :c I waited for a US release but it just never came. The title screen song just brings back so many memories and so much nostalgia. Such a great game even with all the mtx. Also the books for skills is pretty close to how it used to be back in the day for mastery books. Had to find the exact book for each skill, though now its just any mastery book for 4th job skills.
I miss the original maplestory. The music was so frickin good. Sleepywood always creeped the hell out of me with its music. Big bang made the base game so easy. Anyone remember the ios game from 2010?
I played it back when Aqua Road hasnt even released yet and it took forever to level up back then until Big Bang came along. You can easily max your level (200 at the time) in just two days.
@@Bigdaddymittens ikr. I remembered the time that i finally got to Third Job after playing for so long (back then only had the weekends off from school). But one thing i never like about MS was the marketplace. How the hell do you grind that much money to buy all these OP equipment people made from curse scrolls or cash items.
Nice video, I have good memories of playing Maple Story DS and Jump Ultima Start while figuring out with guides and faqs how to proceed in the game whenever I got stuck xD
I remember hearing about maplestory for the DS from something. I always thought it would've been amazing to have it as a portable title. I never got super high leveled or super into it but it was fun.
I've always said, if they just took MapleStory and put it as a single-player version on the 3DS (or now the Switch) with the same classes, gameplay and story, designed to be a bit quicker without microtransactions, it would probably be one of my most-played games.
i feel this way about a few MMOs honestly, they’d make for great singleplayer games if they were just way less grindy and didn’t have microtransactions to get any of the cool stuff
There’s also maple story comic books and there was a maple story musical in korea The main maple story comic book Maple story offline rpg Just recently ended with the 100th book in February But there’s a bunch of spin offs with a educational math ones, there is a Greek mythology themed one, there is a new comic book called Maple Story online rpg which follows more closely to the pc game Also, the 4 main characters in Maple story DS are from the comic book Maple Story offline rpg 도도 아루루 바우 댈리키
What is this Sorcery? 3 DS Videos in a row? Most have forgotten about the DS. Its nice to see that at least you still remember it. There are so many awesome DS Games. But nobody talks about them if its not Mario Pokemon Zelda or Kirby
Wow, the second game actually looks pretty decent. The pixel art, movement controls and everything else seems like a huge improvement on a formula that was already numbingly simple even before removing the multiplayer online element.
Never knew Maplestory had a DS and 3DS game. The Girl of Destiny actually looks really fun, I might have to give it a look if I can find a copy anywhere.
My Ex plays maple story. More specifically she plays a mod on a custom server that makes the game grinder (instead of kill 50 slimes it asks you to kill 800).
Some would consider that grindier, others would consider it classic. I still remember the 999 Zombie Mushrooms quests back when it was difficult to actually do that quest at the appropriate level
I'm a korean and maplestory ds is considered one of the best in the ds In korea and has a cult following And this is far more story based than maple story My friends and i didnt even played the online version but we played a lot back in the day whoever can play the game play it is one of a kind
I remember seeing the DS game when it came out and I was way too into MS at the time. Was waiting hopefully for it to come to NA, of course... it never did.
What is even more incredible is the fact that i play maplestory to this date, i love the changes and prob will try one of those translations eventually
@@TehSymbiote Its the core Maplestory feeling, classic mmo from korea, grindy AF, but now theres more than 40 classes, 5th job, game feels like a diabloesk kinda gameplay, more damage, more power, more destruction, screen cleaning attacks, hypers and whatnot, also Reboot servers are non p2w, but also slow to progress and items are locked to a single character, no trading avaiable. Personaly i keep switching between reboot and pserver (up to date), since private servers are less grindy.
Last I played the OG, I felt no sense in community. I blew through leveling up to 145 or so in only a week or two and then got bored of it. All the PQs are dead, some monster cards are impossible to get, there's way more min-maxing, there's an idiotic amount of ways to boost stats and items, and a lot more I'm forgetting.
If only the PC version could focus more on storylines too... Reboot server was a good start by reducing a lot of the grind... but it still get grindy once you reach lv 100+ and longer and longer in between characters main storylines.
0:46 Anyone else remember New Leaf Saga? I still want to know what the hell happened to Blabberbox. Least New Leaf Saga got a proper conclusion I guess...
I wish I knew how I could play the other game. Loved playing the PC game as a kid and was always curious about playing the DS game. (Only now of watching this video did I learn of the 3DS game)
Ms2 has a lot of problems, toxic community that focuses on gear score, an underutilized building system, lack of exploration and time gated raids, I would still recommend people at least pick it up and decide for themselves but as a beta player, I can say the game did not improve with time
@@JBLZFTW Me saying it's fantastic doesn't dismiss it's flaws. Every game won't appeal to everyone. This isn't meant to be a 1up, but friends and I got kms accounts to play in 2015. There's systems from that I wish we're still in it now, but also appreciate a lot of the changes made currently. Also complaining about gear score is dumb af because they've made it insanely easy to progress outside of dungeons now having concurrent players enough to run them. I've never really involved myself with the communities on either ms1 or2, but every communities toxic af. Like bruh name ONE game community that doesnt have shit people in it. People should always play a game for themselves. But I can still praise a game for doing things right for the player (especially when it's coming off from ms1 which is a fucking MESS)
of course, I don't mean to offend, I'm glad you enjoy the game, i just don't want people to get any kind of false impression that the game is flawless (as stupid people tend to do from youtube comments) As far as toxic communities go, ms2 is pretty damn bad, like yes lots of communities are shit, but just like ms1, if you don't know what you're doing or you're trying to meet new people, you're met with hate and criticism for trying, i see this all the time in ms1 and I hate it, and try to urge people to welcome newcomers.
I played this. And the characters are based off of the real comic MapleStory. I’m korean so yeah. The main character is the guy with pink hair and his name is “dodo”. I know, that’s a weird name.
Funny how many people in the comments talk about MapleStory as if it's no longer a thing. Guys, the game's still around; in fact, there's a 14th anniversary event going on right now. I wish I could get in on that, but I don't have access to my own computer right now since I'm house-sitting for my mom.
Imagine if we get Mugi or however you spell her name from the second MapleStory he discussed as a Smash Bros game and boom we get a Maple Story for Switch
Any chance you could do a region locked of Last Ranker? It's a pretty good JRPG from Capcom on the PSP that sadly never had a full fan translation because it's not really popular outside Japan.
Actually, MH Frontier would be a good one as well. Alot of newer players to the franchise have probably never heard of the Japanese exclusive version that is more MMO than traditional MH. Actually, Monster Hunter Online too which was a China exclusive would be an interesting vid too. Several mechanics from these are actually in World, meaning it was only a matter of time for us to get something similar.
You make it sound like MapleStory online is also not playable. I know you mentioned it is still being played today but it sounded so distant and nostalgic.
