The PlayStation's Forgotten Platformer | Wild 9 

My cousin in Germany had this game and I forgot what it was called for the next 20 years until this video showed up in my recommended.

Such an underrated classic! I loved playing this back in the ps1 days

Games back then had a nice color pallete and looked more colorful than many modern games despite its limitations. Retro games werent afraid to try something new and take risks with new IPs and new ideas!

Thankyou Heavynsent now I can add this Batman beyond esque soundtrack to My collection.

Thank you for this one. This was a game my late older brother and I used to play all the time. Glad there’s another video out there about it to keep it alive

Something I'd love to do would be create a studio and physically re-release old near-forgotten games like "Wild 9" and/or even outright remake them. Beings *extremely* respectful and faithful the original I.P.. Be it the characters, lore, gameplay, and so on. Really something I'd personally love to do someday. There is a lot of fun, goofy, and interesting characters/art/lore of this game that is a dang shame nothing ever got done with it. And if someone beats me to Wild 9 before I ever get/got the chance, there's still PLENTY of others out there, in addition to my own ideas.

I had that demo disc and played so much of this. I discovered JRPGs around that time though, with Suikoden. I was addicted right away, and proceeded to basically ignore every platformer on the PS1 besides Spyro. I really need to go back and visit some of the ones I missed.

I just found this recently while I was browsing random games on an emulation site and thought it was pretty dope after playing a few minutes of it. I've always been intrigued by 2.5D games, especially platformers. They're able to create such a unique aesthetic that hasn't been done to death or, even copied very much. I'll add it my list. Thanks!

Definitely a hidden gem! I didn't even know about this game's existence.

Criminally underrated game. One of my firsts as a kid, next to the OG Resident Evil, let alone RE2. Again. Criminally underrated.

The commercial sold me on this game so much. And while I do love it, what's ironic is that wanting Wild 9 is what led me to discovering my favorite series of all time, Suikoden. PS1 games were in a B1, G1 bargain bin and I had to choose among various games I never heard of to go along w/ Wild 9. So in an odd way I have Wild 9 to thank for that, as well. And yes, the enemy sounds are permanently ingrained in my head, too.

This game walked so that Jak II, Vexx, Rayman 2, Ratchet & Clank Deadlocked, Shadow the Hedgehog, The Legend of Spyro and TY 3: Night of the Quinkan could all run and soar.

This game was so fire when i was a kid lol

I had the demo of this game on a demo collection. I played it as much as I could, and once I lost my Playstation in 2000, that's the last I've remembered of it. I didn't know the name of the game, details of any kind, other than dropping enemies on spikes, and that grotesque scream they made. Cue the search.

I used to play that same demo disc over and OVER for Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, and yes…Wild 9! MGS was groundbreaking even by today’s standards with how it played like an interactive movie and Wild9 was always pretty fun but I could never find a copy of whenever I went to Tower Records or Walmart w/ my Pops 🤷🏽‍♂️ If this was on PSN, I would download and play it rn in a Heartbeat just because I was reminded of it! Instead…I’ll have to sail the high seas ☠️☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

It was forgotten because it was forgettable. Commenting on this because the booklet that came with this game was fantastic pulp sci-fi. Incredibly imaginative, it could have easily been fleshed out into a series like Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. The game though ... was a dud. I recall everytime the main character (Wex) jumped, you heard "Wexcellent!". Playing this was annoying AF.

Doubt I could recommend anything new to you. Is Astro Boy on GBA or King of Demons on SFC really a hidden treasure after it's been mined for content so many times? And does either still hold up? As for Wild 9, it's bloody genius... but it felt like a missed opportunity. Why name a game this creative after what I can't do and won't see? Can you imagine Jet Set Radio demanding we stick to the character marketing chose for us? Also, personal taste, but I prefer the way the Deception series allowed more player agency in the silly sadism mechanics.

Great breakdown Great soundtrack Prayin for your success, bruthah! Great stuff!

Oddly enough i did play this game back when i was a kid It was truly a bizarre feeling for me to have the game giving you the ability to hold your enemies and mess around with them like toys or dolls, i do believe it is kind of undercooked in some areas but the atmosphere, the tone and the style of the game kept it memorable enough for me to want it to find it a decade later and wanna play through the whole game again If they didn't end up making more games like this or a continuation of sorts because of the popularity of Earthworm Jim back then i understand but if it came back someday whether officially or not i wouldn't mind seeing their mechanics being touched up to work better and make it a more enjoyable experience, Speaking of EJ it did throw me off that one of the levels they straight up use a level track of that game in this but other than that and sooooorta feel like it kind of drags at times it is a worth unique experience to check out, heck maybe i'll come back and play it again this month Pretty solid video!

I still have this game to this day. If my memory still serves me,there's an exploit in the beginning of Bombopolis. If you go left and keep jumping up on this column, you can get multiple lives. Hope that helps someone.

This game looks ill, captures that late 90s/early 00s dystopian industrial aesthetic that Abes Odyssey had

interesting how the main character of the game looks so suspiciously like the creator of the game...

As someone who's extremely jaded with modern gaming I really enjoy these forgotten retro games videos..I look forward to more!!

I actually have a copy of wild 9. It's from when i was a kid, and it's been so long that i can't even remember whether i finished it. I'll have to dust it off after watching this

you could have cut those first two minutes. I feel like most people watching something like this would know what a platforming game is.

Hey I think this style of video is super awesome for your channel--I like how youve been mixing up well known with lesser known stuff!

I had this game as a kid and completely forgot about it until I see the thumbnail for this video.

I've never forgotten.

Just a nitpick but MDK is not a first person shooter its third person with first person aiming

tbh i only followed for the hard intro. if you were a producer that would be the hardest tag EVER

Wish they put guns in this game like Jim, i´ts so boring and stressed grabbing enemies all time...

mans not plugging it here but I peeped his insta cuz it looked like he dropped music and he does. it's p dope

This game makes for a great speedrun ive found some really crazy skips. It had so much potential with the characters and setting sad it never got the love it deserves

Playing this currently. Honestly. It's so good

i was a Shiny mark retroactively because of MDK 2. i have made 2 custom Kurt Hectic action figures. i like EWJ, and Messiah is really actually good (don't hit me). Sacrifice is a bit beyond my concentration ability- but super intriguing. Wild 9... i owned it but it never clicked with me. i should get it back... *grabs eyepatch*

I rememberd this game and was so intrigued of what the story was about.

When It came out there were ads for It on TV and magazines everywhere, After all It was made by the same people Who did Earthworm Jim and mdk. The game itself wasn't bad but was ruined by the stupid mechanic, the only way, to kill enemies which becomes tiresome After the First level

I just found this at an event ha. It's basically a cartoon

Was that picture @2:23 printed in blotter paper? 😅

YOOOOOOOO lol i bought this last year because i used to own the demo disc that had it on there! man it took me waaaayyy back!

The goat, spyro year of the dragon

I loved this game

This is the game I remember playing a lot from a demo disc. I thought Wild 9 was a fun game but never got to own one (had an N64). Despite that, this game left a strong impression in my head, one of those games that accomplishes what other less memorable ones lack. RIP Shiny Entertainment.

"Your grandmama's mama!"

AI video suggestions 😂 anyways. What a great rare and underrated game .Perhaps a port to Google Play would do it some justice.

Wild 9 needs a remake!

Nice one, and also E.Jim and W9 came from the same people, that's even cooler. I have no PS2 games to suggest except the usual suspects of that console. But I LOVE God Hand, and i started playing in 2018.

loved earthworm jim as a kid cant believe i never heard of wild 9

Damn. I payed this game on a demo disc years ago and never remembered it. Thanks for making the video and thanks yt for the recommendation

I love this game. I used to play it all the time on that demo disc as a kid.

I used to love this game as a kid

Ayyyyyye!!! We in here, y'all!!!

Tommy Tallarico, Doug TenNapel, a lot of very toxic men... It leaves a bad taste in my mouth...

It's only a "hidden gem" because a solid majority of the people here in the comments were born in the late 90s to 2000s. Wild 9 advertisements were everywhere. The demo made it even less of a hidden gem. There's nothing "hidden" about this game.