Disclaimer: the tier list is subjective… your mother may or may not know Samus👀 correct me if I’m wrong in the discord!: russvandy.com/discord Also, correction: - Yoshi first appeared in 1990 NOT 1997 (lol silly reading) - the Koopalings first appeared in SMB3
Wolf made his first appearance in Star Fox 2 not Star fox 64 Larry,, Roy, Wendy, Iggy, Morton, Lemmy, and Ludwig made their first appearance in super Mario brothers 3 on the NES not super Mario world and snake made his first appearance on metal gear on the MSX not the NES.
@@sharonlowman8806 the original release of star fox 2 was cancelled though. As a result Star fox 64 released 2 decades before star fox 2 when it was finally released as part of the SNES mini console so star fox 64 is considered Wolf's debut.
Correction: Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins on the original Game Boy was released in 1992, not 1996. Also, Wolf’s design in Ultimate is based on his appearance in Star Fox Zero
Steve actually originates from an incomplete game called "Zombie Town". While the game never released there are very few videos online of the incomplete build. Notch later reused the model for "Cave Game" which was then renamed to Minecraft: Order of The Stone. A single build later the name was changed again to Minecraft.
Simon's first game was actually Castlevania 1 for the FDS, it's just that the first game released on the West was it's MSX port called Vampire Killer. Both games are called Akumajō Dracula in Japan.
Honestly, you could technically say Lucario is a movie-original character. Plus, will need to rewatch the movie in the near future, but I remember liking it growing up.
I believe current DK IS junior's son. Kranky was the original DK, then Junior is his son then Junior… retired? Haha dunno, but somehow current DLk is his child.
Arcade DK and DKC DK are the same character. Smash Bros Ultimate literally identifies him as a character that originated in 1981 and the one that kidnapped lady (a.k.a. Pauline) and tried to stop Mario from rescuing her.
1:52 - 2:18 Actually, according to Gregg Mayles, who was a designer for Donkey Kong Country and also wrote Cranky's dialogue and the manual for that game, Cranky actually IS DK's grandfather, and the reason he called DK his son in DK64 is because he's become so senile that he doesn't remember their actual relationship. Cranky is also consistently being referred to as DK's grandfather as of Donkey Kong Country Returns. The one time Cranky is referred to as DK's father in current times was in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, but the backstory is all different there anyway: the entire Kong family lives in the same dimension as the Mushroom Kingdom and Bowser's army, which is established to be an entirely different dimension from where Mario and Luigi (and Pauline) come from: New York City, and that the Kongs did not meet Mario until the events of that movie. This means that Cranky NEVER kidnapped Pauline and NEVER fought Mario before, and that Cranky NEVER had the "Donkey Kong" moniker in the first place: the Mario rivalry and the moniker went to his son, meaning that his son now is the original Donkey Kong and NOT Donkey Kong Jr or even Donkey Kong III or something (in fact, Donkey Kong Jr probably _doesn't even exist_ in The Super Mario Bros. Movie). So, Cranky being DK's dad there means nothing concerning their respective identities. (Also fun fact, _Diddy Kong_ was originally intended to be Donkey Kong Jr, but the design was so different that Nintendo requested to make him an entirely new character instead)
Yup! And I'm big into Pokémon and she's learned about a few things about the franchise from me here and there, but I'm pretty sure she does not know who Mewtwo is, much less the origins of Mewtwo.
Technically, you're wrong about Toon Link. He first appeared in Four Swords in 2002, before Wind Waker in 2003. Also, Super Mario World in 1997? Super Mario Land 2 in 1996? And I guess those were just random Koopa bosses and not Koopalings in SMB3 then.
That is true. I think a few characters are notable for being created for one game, but got an earlier appearance in another as foreshadowing or because the game was quicker to make Luigi - Mario Bros (Arcade) - Mario Bros G&W Sonic -Sonic the Hedgehog - Rad Mobile Lucario - Pokemon Diamond Pearl - Mystery of Mew Toon Link - Wind Waker - Four Swords (Except Japan) Byleth - Fire Emblem Three Houses - Fire Emblem Heroes Banjo (no Kazooie) -Banjo-Kazooie - Diddy Kong Racing There's also Wolf, created for Star Fox 2, but had to wait for 64
If it's any consolation, I only knew about Sephiroth because he was mentioned in Cloud's Final Smash trophy in Smash 4; I otherwise never saw him until Ultimate. My story with Cloud is even worse. I _heard_ of a character named Cloud from Final Fantasy VII, but didn't know what he looked like. When he was confirmed for Smash 4, I was surprised to see that he was a swordsman, not a mage or deity. Ironically, Cloud would go on to be my favorite swordfighter in Smash. I don't quite agree with your statements on Donkey Kong; I see him as one and the same from the 1981 arcade game, but I'm not going to pretend that's a big deal. Seeing the origins of every fighter in Smash is neat.
I'd switch the tier placements of Kazuya and the Shotos because I'm pretty sure anyone's grandma would know what Tekken is, even the first one, but not everyone knows about the first Street Fighter game. Hell most folks thought Ryu and Ken debuted in SF2 I feel
Mario is actually a Donkey Kong character, Sonic is a Rad Mobile/Flicky character, Banjo is a Diddy Kong Racing character, Roy is a Smash character, R.O.B is a 4th Party. It’s just funny to think about a character’s actual first appearance.
For Bowser, I think the explanation is that since he has a castle or area of power in a part of the Mushroom Kingdom. He wants to take control of ALL of Mushroom Kingdom. So he needs to kidnap Peach to take control of her land.
One detail about Sheik is that unlike his appearances in other Smash games, the suit she wears is based on the stealth suit seen in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
@@ninmar9931sheik was masculine in the original ocarina of time so you can say Zelda transformed into a man through the use of magic and stuff, so yeah sheik can be a he. Nintendo made sheik more feminine following the remakes of ocarina of time and onward though.
Kinda weird that somebody only knows that Snake's first appearance is Metal Gear from NES. Actually the first console game is in MSX2(along with its sequel, Metal Gear 2:Solid Snake) made by the creator Hideo Kojima (The same creator who made Metal Gear Solid 1)
! (*Insert Encounter*) Actually🤓☝️ Snake first appearence was in the MSX version of Metal Gear, not the NES version (which is different). Also, even in Brawl, Snake is an hybrid version of Solid Snake and Naked Snake modelwise, though the codec calls confirm we are playing as Big Boss' enfant terrible named David.
This was a good, entertaining video, but I gotta say some of the placements here are definitely a bit strange. For the FE characters, why are Chrom and Lucina in a separate tier from Robin, when all 3 of them originate from the same game, and Chrom is literally the main protagonist of Awakening? Also, while Ike is definitely popular, there is no way your average gamer knows the origins of Ike more then Chrom and Lucina, since both of Ike's games are some of the worse selling games in the FE series. Also, while Wario is obviously a very well known character, most people aren't gonna know that he originated from Mario Land 2 on the Game Boy. These aren't a huge deal or anything, but I felt they were worth pointing out.
41:30 I mean yeah, but no, B&K was being made WAY before DKR, since 1995. Saying Banjo & Kazooie came from DKR is wrong, still is the game they are named after they came from, doesn't matter which came first, especially since the game was shown off PRIOR to DKR's release.
That version of Zelda isn’t the same as the one from the original game but from a link between worlds (and unlike link, she isn’t the reincarnation of the original Zelda but simply a descendants)
@@Sjono That Was Not A Retcon, It Was Shown In The First Donkey Kong Country's Opening Scene, Where Cranky Is Seen On The Girders From The Original Game, Playing The Original Game's Theme.
@@Sjono Cranky Was In The In The Original Donkey Kong, Where He Was Donkey Kong, And If You Don't Believe Me, Go Onto The Donkey Wiki And Search Up "Donkey Kong", And It Will Bring Up The Current DK Showing His Name To Be Donkey Kong III, Making Cranky The First, And DK Jr. The Second
@@SjonoNM I Found On The Super Mario Wiki's Page For Donkey Kong It Says He First Appeared In Donkey Kong, But It Also Says "As The Original Donkey Kong", With The Original Donkey Kong Text Having A Link To Cranky, So We Were Both Right.
Do not call pokemon by the singular "they". Mewtwo has always been an "it" in the series. If you do not know the gender of a singular pokemon, then it will always be referred to as an it.
🤦🤦 Yoshi did not make his debut in 1997... You apparently googled your resources without prior knowledge. But I can't believe you didn't double check your material before uploading this. Who on earth thought that Mario World was released in 1990. Even your mother knows this...
But r.o.b will not be their for the next video game crash that will be worse than 1983. Nintendo and the rest aaa and indie game companies will be bankrupt when the video game crash of 2025 happens. And believe me. It will be worse than 1983.
The dk we all know and love is actually dk the III donkey Kong jr is HIS father also known as dk the II and for filler the original dk in the arcade game is actually donkey Kong the III’s grandfather Cranky Kong meaning cranky was the og dk and yes I saw the part with the rare ware interview thing but apparently Nintendo acted like never existed and still called dk the grandson of Cranky Edit: Fun fact some people say donkey kong III’s son is diddy Kong but dk had no children and Nintendo confirmed diddy was his nephew
