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Title: YouTube channel! (JonLeung1)
Post by: JonLeung on September 22, 2016, 11:18:01 pm
At long last, the first video of my YouTubing career is up! Here on Nintendo's 127th birthday, I review my favourite book about its pre-video game era - "The History Of Nintendo: Volume 1 - 1889-1980". I'm planning to do reviews on games, films, books, toys, as well as game discussion and gameplay and maybe just some general vlogging, so hopefully with varied content I'll have something you'll be interested in! As they say, please Like, share, and subscribe!
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Post by: TerraEsperZ on September 26, 2016, 08:15:32 pm
Subscribed!
On a more serious note, good first video. You seem pretty comfortable with the camera and I liked the humorous bits. The subject of course wasn't that interesting to me since I've had all three "The History of Nintendo" books for a few years now but you gave a pretty rounded look at the first one and I hope it gets more people interested in the series. I'm curious how relevant some of the information in the third book (NES/Famicom) might be in the English translated version since a lot of it is concerned with how the Famicom was released and supported in France.
Oh, I also wanted to offer some good news regarding the still unreleased fourth volume about the Game Boy family. A blog post by the author in June 2016 confirmed a tentative 2018 release. So it's going to be a while but it hasn't been abandoned!
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Post by: JonLeung on September 28, 2016, 12:29:02 pm
Thanks, Terra!
I hope I have the energy and time to make videos regularly. It's taking a lot more time than I thought, with this first video coming a little over a month since I first started thinking about seriously YouTubing. Even beyond the initial logistics and technical stuff, just the act of editing takes so long. My previous editing efforts have just been music videos, trailers for game tournaments, and birthday or wedding slideshows, which typically don't involve dialogue, so those generally go by quicker, or at least more steadily. This, not so quick.
Coincidentally, there were no VGMaps submissions during the time it took to put this together. Funny time for a drought; perhaps it was a sign that I was meant to get that first video done in time. I know I can't expect that to always be the case in the future, so let's hope I can manage my time so that anyone who's waiting for updates here or on my YouTube channel won't think any delay is because of the other. I still have a full-time job on top of these efforts, too. And I still need time for family, friends, church, and of course, playing games (I am already so behind as it is).
Despite what you said, I am actually not "pretty comfortable" in front of the camera, but thanks to the "magic" of editing, I take the best take out of several, which significantly cuts down on flub-ups, awkward pauses, nervous blabber ("uh", "um", "so like"), etc. As I get more used to it I'll need fewer takes and then editing will hopefully be quicker. Also, as part of personal development, I would think it should increase my comfort level with public speaking, and even improve techniques like projecting my voice to be heard and to assert confidence, etc. I can tell that I'm still stiff in some places, but I guess since most of you guys haven't had much opportunity to interact with me in person, you probably couldn't tell.
I have a lot of books (my library just keeps growing, I just received Pat Contri's Ultimate Nintendo Guide To The NES Library last night!), and I won't always be talking about books, let alone six-year-old books, but I figured, and thankfully the timing was right for its 127th birthday, that as a Nintendo fan my first video should probably be about that. I will also do gameplay and vlogging, both of which might show a more natural side of me.
But yes, please Like, share, subscribe, buy a Nintendo Quest DVD, etc., if you like it!
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Post by: JonLeung on September 30, 2016, 08:36:32 am
My second video is unscripted, probably obviously. This turned out longer than I thought and unfortunately it took over five hours to render so I just missed posting it by the end of the day yesterday, which was the 20th anniversary of the Nintendo 64's North American launch.
Don't ask me how I forgot to talk about Super Smash Bros. and didn't mention Mario Kart 64 at all. Or I could just say I assume everyone knows about them... :P
But I did remember to mention one of our mappers here...Peardian, if you were wondering why I asked you how you prefer to pronounce your name, this is why!
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Post by: JonLeung on October 03, 2016, 08:05:34 am
Because I forgot so many games in my N64 retrospective, here's an addendum.
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Post by: JonLeung on October 05, 2016, 09:09:17 am
Got my first dislike on this latest one...
Could be because I called out Super Smash Bros. players who turn items off as "elitist". If not that, then maybe it's someone who doesn't like when I referenced Jessica Chobot pointing out the proper pronunciation of "AT-AT". Or it could be that even though this addendum was longer than expected, that I still failed to mention an N64 game that they love.
In any case, aside from it being noteworthy that I have to mention it, I won't let it get me down. It actually kind of makes me feel "legit", as on the Internet, somebody's going to hate on anything. Plus if I really am going to make a career out of this, it was bound to happen sometime. And as a friend pointed out, getting a dislike probably means it's more than just friends and family watching my videos, so it's getting out there!
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Post by: JonLeung on October 23, 2016, 07:53:34 am
I share my thoughts on the Nintendo Switch reveal, including why I think the switch ability is a feature, not a "gimmick". What do you think?
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Post by: JonLeung on January 11, 2017, 08:50:40 am
I know there are some Mega Man fans here! In the "Mega Man: Robot Master Challenge", I ask six of my friends to try to name all 86 Robot Masters.
Title: Re: YouTube channel!
Post by: JonLeung on February 13, 2017, 10:41:16 pm
An old idea (dating back to 2008), but may be the start of a new sub-series on my channel.
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Post by: JonLeung on March 07, 2017, 10:32:37 pm
An unboxing video will follow soon, probably in a day or two. Hopefully sooner rather than later, so I can get back to Zelda: Breath Of The Wild!
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Post by: JonLeung on March 09, 2017, 11:56:43 pm
And, here's the unboxing video. Hopefully now I can get to really playing it! Anyone else get a Switch yet?
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Post by: JonLeung on March 22, 2017, 08:27:30 am
I review this hefty book, Pat The NES Punk's Ultimate Guide To The NES Library.
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Post by: JonLeung on May 15, 2017, 10:29:19 pm
Two of three Calgary Expo 2017 videos - the third will be an actual vlog of the event.
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Post by: JonLeung on June 14, 2017, 07:58:15 am
Took long enough, right? I finally got my vlog of the Calgary Expo up last night.
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Post by: JonLeung on July 23, 2017, 09:40:16 pm
Another book, and hey, some VGMaps maps in print!
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Post by: JonLeung on August 07, 2017, 10:21:12 pm
A vlog this time about a local event called "Taste Of Edmonton", not sure if it would be of much appeal to most of you, but hey, here it is if you are interested; why not?
Also, please subscribe! I have more game-related stuff in the pipeline and my personal goal is to get to 250 subscribers by the end of the year. Thanks!
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Post by: JonLeung on October 02, 2017, 10:22:25 pm
I've been YouTubing for a year now, and yet this is my first video dedicated to VGMaps.com? Here we go, my picks for the best 15 map sets on VGMaps!
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Post by: JonLeung on October 28, 2017, 07:28:31 pm
Funny, I expected some response from the 15th best map sets. Ah well, it's a month old, but here's my vlog of the recent Edmonton Expo.
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Post by: JonLeung on November 27, 2017, 08:30:31 am
Another game book review, this time of the Nintendo 64 Anthology, which SHOULD be of interest to people here, I would imagine.
(I posted this last night, turns out yesterday was one year and one day after getting the book... I will make more effort to be sure these reviews are more timely, though in this case I believe the Special Collector's Edition is still available.)
Title: Re: YouTube channel!
Post by: JonLeung on January 01, 2018, 02:10:33 pm
Six Degrees Of Super Mario! Someone's got to find this interesting, right?
Title: Re: YouTube channel! (JonLeung1)
Post by: JonLeung on January 14, 2018, 08:36:20 pm
I finished a review of The Unofficial SNES/Super Famicom: A Visual Compendium (and I only got it two days ago, on Friday! What a weekend)! Yes, timely content - it comes out on February 1! Check it out!
Title: Re: YouTube channel! (JonLeung1)
Post by: JonLeung on January 18, 2018, 08:32:05 am
So I don't know if you heard the news from two evenings ago, but YouTube changed the monetization eligibility rules for the YouTube Partner Program, so that Tubers with less than 1000 current subscribers and 4000 hours of playtime in the last year no longer generate any ad revenue. While it is true that a large percentage (they say 99%) of the people affected were making less than a couple bucks a year anyway, what is really aggravating is how it feels like YouTube is throwing small content creators under the bus. Being only two weeks after the Logan Paul incident where he published a video which included a dead body, while he was punished, most would say not severely or quickly enough, it makes it more obvious that they favour big Tubers (and let them get away with just about anything) and don't care about small Tubers (not only revenue, but we might lose out on some tools and features). EDIT: Okay, maybe we don't lose as much feature-wise as I was originally led to believe, but it's still about their attitude towards small creators more than the miniscule amount of revenue.
Those currently in the YouTube Partner Program (like myself) are not grandfathered in, and will lose monetization by Feb. 20 if the current requirements are not met.
So of course, I would absolutely hope that you subscribe to my channel. But I would also encourage everyone to subscribe to any YouTuber they like to watch, most especially if they have under a thousand views.
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Post by: JonLeung on January 21, 2018, 10:36:22 pm
Decided to review the elgato green screen I recently got (thanks to bustin98 for helping me out, too)! I actually managed to conceive of, film, edit and publish this video all within one day! Hopefully future videos using a green screen will look better than the old green cloth I used to use... for like the one Mega Man video, heh. But you can expect more soon!
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Post by: JonLeung on March 11, 2018, 02:32:59 pm
The long-awaited follow-up to the "Mega Man: Robot Master Challenge" is, unsurprisingly, the "Mega Man X: Maverick Challenge". Check it out!
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Post by: JonLeung on March 16, 2018, 09:41:26 pm
Another video within the span of a week? Well, this one required little editing, so...
Anyway, this is an unboxing of ShiftCam's RevolCam!
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Post by: JonLeung on April 05, 2018, 06:09:11 pm
Another "Games About Games" video, where my friends try to distinguish between Metal Gear and Mega Man X characters.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Remember April Fool's Day twelve years ago (https://www.vgmaps.com/NewsArchives/April2006/index.htm#MegaManSolidXGunsOfTheMavericks)? Yes, I mention Revned, bustin98, osrevad and Grizzly in this video...
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Post by: JonLeung on May 05, 2018, 09:53:19 pm
I was at the Calgary (Comic & Entertainment) Expo last weekend, so here's my first video about it, showing the POW!: Parade Of Wonders cosplay parade! (Neither me nor my brother participated this year...)
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Post by: JonLeung on June 09, 2018, 07:28:58 pm
Sorry it's so late, but here's the full vlog of the Calgary (Comic & Entertainment) Expo 2018! More geeky (but non-vlog) videos are on the way!
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Post by: JonLeung on June 26, 2018, 10:51:13 pm
Just a fun thing I did. "Take On Me" by a-ha is one of my favourite songs, after all!
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Post by: JonLeung on July 03, 2018, 07:35:20 pm
Here's a look at the LEGO set 70917: The Ultimate Batmobile, from The LEGO Batman Movie series. This took me a while to make, partly because I had other projects, and partly because doing a time lapse was a bit more involved than I originally thought.
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Post by: JonLeung on August 05, 2018, 10:21:34 pm
Here's a clip of iJustine responding to me (at the 8:26 mark (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBoqnqXj0E8&t=8m26s)). I started this video a few times but for some reason never finished it. I randomly clicked on it, randomly clicked near the end, and then saw that she actually responded to my question. How about that? An almost-missed celebrity interaction, found months later!
I guess you guys don't seem to respond much to my YouTube videos but I should have another one up (hopefully tomorrow or the day after at the latest) that will be VERY VGMaps.com-related.
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Post by: JonLeung on August 09, 2018, 08:41:08 pm
Yay! A bit late, but here are my picks for the 16 best map sets, as well as the 16 best 16-bit map sets, here on VGMaps.com for its (belated) 16th anniversary! No, the video's not 16 minutes. >_>
This was particularly frustrating because there appeared to be a rendering error. After trying a few more days to fix it with no luck, I decided to upload it anyway - only to find that the error does not appear on YouTube. Sigh. What a pointless delay.
Anyway, here we go! Anyone here going to comment on this?
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Post by: JonLeung on August 23, 2018, 07:06:26 pm
More 16-bit love! Since it is the 27th birthday of the Super NES, I look at Jeffrey Wittenhagen's "The Complete SNES: Collector's Book & Ultimate Guide - Definitive Edition". What do you guys think of the Super NES library, and do you like books like this?
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Post by: JonLeung on September 03, 2018, 08:25:07 pm
More of The Geek Fiction Multiverse! I finally connect Astro Boy and Mega Man, thanks to some Switch games!
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Post by: JonLeung on October 28, 2018, 09:33:17 pm
A vlog of last month's Edmonton (Comic & Entertainment) Expo. (I was sick on and off with three different things the past few weeks which set me back a bit, yet this was still published on the same day as I published last year's... hmmm.) Here, we get a photo with Amy Jo Johnson, the Pink Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!
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Post by: JonLeung on November 21, 2018, 06:13:00 pm
Happy 20th birthday to The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time! Here's my review of Dark Horse's The Legend Of Zelda Encyclopedia: Deluxe Edition!
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Post by: JonLeung on December 02, 2018, 10:34:48 pm
I think this is my best "Geek Fiction Multiverse" video yet! To hype up to this week's release of "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate", I take a look at the ten guest characters and show how they are already connected to Mario and the Nintendo universe - WITHOUT using Super Smash Bros.!
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Post by: JonLeung on January 08, 2019, 06:47:21 pm
Christmas was a couple weeks ago, but I finally got around to editing the footage from that fateful morning when I gave my brother Jason ten awesome NES games, include a few rare ones! For those who have seen "Nintendo Quest", you know of two of them in particular that share a moment!
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Post by: JonLeung on February 03, 2019, 02:10:53 pm
Do you guys like point-and-click adventure games? I know some of you here must! I finally got around to making this review of "The Art Of Point + Click" by Bitmap Books! I especially like how this review turned out, but feel free to let me know what you think!
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Post by: JonLeung on March 02, 2019, 08:45:38 pm
A rare instance of me being able to edit a video in less than a day, here's my take on the two best lines from the recently-released second trailer for the "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" movie.
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Post by: JonLeung on March 23, 2019, 10:12:11 am
Yet another book review! This time I review Geeks-Line Publishing's GameCube Anthology: Ultimate Edition, which covers the history, hardware, and of course, reviews of every single GameCube game! What do you think of all these book reviews?
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Post by: JonLeung on May 06, 2019, 08:50:17 pm
My first 4K video is of the POW!: Parade Of Wonders and opening ceremony of the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo 2019!
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Post by: JonLeung on July 13, 2019, 10:38:05 pm
Finally, here's my video of the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo 2019! See what me and my brother are up to... and will someone's shoes get ruined again?
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Post by: JonLeung on July 23, 2019, 07:37:44 pm
Getting caught up on my vlogs! Though MechaFest 2019 MMXIX was before the Calgary Expo, I finally got around to finishing and uploading the video just now. (Don't worry - I'll be back to video game-related content soon!)
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Post by: JonLeung on September 09, 2019, 11:12:25 am
Not my video, and not about me, but in DidYouKnowGaming?'s A Complete History of Zelda Rumors - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Remix (Part 2) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-kw80fZ8pU&t=5m40s), published just two days ago, VGMaps.com is mentioned twice, at 5:40 (for The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening Advance (https://vgmaps.com/NewsArchives/April2005/index.htm#LegendOfZeldaLinksAwakeningAdvance) for April Fools' Day 2005) and at 7:00 (for The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Hours (https://vgmaps.com/NewsArchives/April2008/index.htm#LegendOfZeldaOracleOfHours) for April Fools' Day 2008). Almost can't believe those projects were that long ago (and that they still get brought up)...
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Post by: JonLeung on October 05, 2019, 04:53:58 pm
Here's my look at The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo And Its Games by Brett Weiss! It's actually two volumes. Together, they are the second of at least four publications that seek to cover the Super NES library. Be sure to subscribe and I'll get to them all, as well as other geeky stuff, of course.
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Post by: JonLeung on November 13, 2019, 09:48:33 pm
This is one of those videos that feels cursed because of the seemingly new but ridiculous challenges that went into making this. But anyway, it's done. It's my vlog of the Edmonton (Comic & Entertainment) Expo 2019, where me and my brother got to meet Felicia Day (The Guild, Geek & Sundry, Supernatural), Jason David Frank (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, other Power Rangers series), Robin Lord Taylor (Gotham), and has an opening and closing by Veronica Taylor (original voice of Ash Ketchum on Pokémon). Please check it out so my effort feels worth it, and please subscribe! I'm not at 1000 subscribers yet (which I need for monetization :P).
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Post by: JonLeung on January 27, 2020, 06:55:54 pm
In the biggest and best episode (so far!) of The Geek Fiction Multiverse, by way of "Six Degrees Of Separation" with Mario, I explain how the first Fighters Pass characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate already have connections to the "Nintendoverse" even without Super Smash Bros.! Also, I take on some requested challenges from viewers of previous episodes!
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Post by: JonLeung on April 07, 2020, 07:11:44 pm
I review the "Super Nintendo Anthology", which is yet another "Anthology" book from Geeks-Line Publishing, and also yet another book that looks at the whole Super NES library. Is the book as great as it sounds?
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Post by: Lerion on May 06, 2020, 03:58:48 am
Great channel, thank you for sharing. I've subscribed ;)
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Post by: JonLeung on May 09, 2020, 01:15:17 pm
Great channel, thank you for sharing. I've subscribed ;)
Thank you! People don't seem to reply in this topic, but I'm happy to hear from people. Would like more feedback about if my videos are of interest to anyone and maybe what more I can fix or focus on. Have been doing this for three and a half years yet I don't feel like I've made much progress. Of course, I have a full-time job as well as VGMaps.com, so it's not like I expect to be able to do this full-time and actually for a living, but I would hope to have 1000 subscribers eventually. Still in the 300s...
Got a new one today - it's been months in the making (years if you count figuring out scheduling with friends) for multiple reasons I won't get into... but I hope it is worth it! I hope to be able to put out the "Games About Games" stuff more frequently, but that will likely require simpler games where I don't need everyone at the same time...
Anyway, in the newest and biggest episode of "Games About Games", my friends do the "Video Game Box Art Paper Telephone Challenge"! Can they guess which video games the box art is from after describing and redrawing it?
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Post by: JonLeung on August 24, 2020, 05:33:34 am
This latest video is of a time-lapse build of LEGO set 71374: Nintendo Entertainment System! The NES is fairly accurate and the TV has a mechanically scrolling screen showing a Super Mario Bros. scene.
It took a long time to edit - the time-lapse was a challenge, and really tasked my computer. But I'm really pleased with how it came out. Please watch it in 4K (once that resolution is available)...
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Post by: JonLeung on September 29, 2020, 07:49:31 pm
How did I forget to post this the other day? Here's the follow-up of the LEGO NES - the LEGO Super Mario: Adventures With Mario Starter Course and two Expansion Sets.
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Post by: JonLeung on September 29, 2020, 07:51:51 pm
Happy 24th anniversary to the Nintendo 64! I don't normally do gameplay videos on my semi-gaming channel, but I thought someone might get a kick at seeing me struggle with "Tower Of The Wing Cap" in Super Mario 64 (though on the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection on the Switch). I couldn't seem to get all eight Red Coins in a single pass which means looping back around to get them, but that means almost zero room for error.
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Post by: JonLeung on November 21, 2020, 06:49:40 pm
I've got some more of my own original content in the pipeline, but with the return of Animaniacs yesterday, I decided to do a quick edit of the opening to include all the word gags for this first reboot season.
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Post by: JonLeung on January 22, 2021, 07:25:52 am
Back to my own original content, here's a comparison of four Super NES books that claim to cover all of the Super NES games! Which one is the best?
(This video took a long time to make, so I hope it's worth the wait!) I also realize that I could do a NES one, as well...
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Post by: JonLeung on March 15, 2021, 08:35:39 pm
Yet another Super NES book? Embarrassingly, when I was working on that previous video, Chris Scullion's book "The SNES Encyclopedia" got released. So I got around to reviewing that too, and then compared it to all the previously reviewed books. See if I like the fun facts and British humour... and some Virtual Boy, too!
That should do it for the Super NES encyclopedia-style books for now. I have more interesting videos in the works!
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Post by: JonLeung on March 28, 2021, 09:12:49 pm
Just got to 500 subscribers! Meant to do this idea I'd had since at least as far back as last summer: a video taking Daft Punk's "Technologic" and replacing some verbs with more common video game actions. Would have been a good fit to release around Daft Punk's split last month if I knew it was coming... How many video games can you recognize, and can you spot the five "alternate takes" that appear only once?
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Post by: JonLeung on May 15, 2021, 09:53:44 pm
Now for something not-so-Nintendo-related: my review of "Coin-Op: The Arcade Guide", by Darren Doyle, published by Greyfox Books. I decided to utilize my green screen fully for this one, hope it looks all right. Some of you arcade fans *coughGeorgescough* might be interested in a book like this!
Also, this was the last video I made before my eyelift - hopefully I'll be more handsome in the next video!
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Post by: JonLeung on July 21, 2021, 09:58:08 am
Another Nintendo-related book review! It's Geeks-Line Publishing's NES Anthology! I loved all their other books (N64, GameCube, Super NES), so will I love this one based on the revered NES?
I did three new things here: 1. I got a new microphone. 2. I put in proper subtitles. 3. I waited until the 4K version was processed before publishing it.
Am I professional yet?
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Post by: JonLeung on August 03, 2021, 06:33:04 pm
To fill the interim between videos, I decided to rerelease "Video Game Logic", my parody of Daft Punk's "Technologic". The difference between this and the one from a few months ago is that I cut out the 30-second intro. The video's analytics showed that a lot of people were tuning out before getting to the good part, so even though it took some work to match the original Daft Punk video frame-by-frame (ugh, that creepy doll), I figured it was best to cut it out. Maybe this will have a better chance to go viral.
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Post by: JonLeung on October 08, 2021, 11:54:16 am
It's been a while - I had some quick content on my channel - including some movie leaks that got taken down, LOL. Back to original content, I am close to finishing my review of Bitmap Books's "A Guide To Japanese Role-Playing Games". But I had to shift gears to quickly make a new episode of "The Geek Fiction Multiverse" to see how the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Fighter's Pass 2 characters are connected to Mario, with Sora (from Kingdom Hearts) being revealed only three days ago. Probably one of the fastest videos I've ever made of this size! This is one I'm proud not just because it's timely, but also technically. Full subtitles, green on a shirt while using a green screen... fun times! Let me know what you think!
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Post by: JonLeung on October 20, 2021, 11:41:43 am
Bitmap Books's latest and largest book is "A Guide To Japanese Role-Playing Games". 665 role-playing games or series are thoroughly described in 652 pages. If you love JRPGs, you have to check out this massive tome. Is it as epic as it sounds? Find out in my book review! I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out. I used some maps from VGMaps.com for the backgrounds, so thanks to DarkWolf, Jaromaru, Revned, Rick Bruns, Tropicon, and Troy Lundin.
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Post by: JonLeung on November 07, 2021, 09:40:38 pm
I guess I forgot to post this the other day, kind of ironic because of how quickly I put these together. Season 2 of the revival of Animaniacs was on Friday, and by the early afternoon that day, I had already edited and uploaded these. This is the opening, but with all the word gags at the end edited together, from all of season 2, or both seasons. That's the fastest I've edited two videos - I think the season 1 word gag compilation was a day later.
Don't worry, there's more of my own original content coming soon, including another book review, but it will be the first book I was given a copy of, directly from the authour, specifically to review! That must mean I'm legit now, right?
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Post by: JonLeung on December 09, 2021, 04:53:51 pm
This is a milestone video of sorts, as I am now a legit influencer! Or I'd like to think so, since I was given this book for review purposes. Despite doing 17 book reviews, this is the first time this has happened. So that's exciting for me.
Rey (who you may know from VGMuseum.com (http://www.vgmuseum.com/)) is the one who put together this book, "The NES Endings Compendium: Years 1985-1988". As you can guess by the title, it covers the endings (over 150) of early NES games. If this book sells well, he will eventually do more and more years (1989 is enough for a whole book on its own), and hopefully be able to do all of them up to 1994. I know you guys love the NES, so definitely check this out, and support Rey if you can!
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Post by: JonLeung on February 22, 2022, 11:48:12 am
Any fans of Monkey Island here? I'm particularly proud of this video, partly because (but also annoyed by the fact that) it took almost two months to put together. Anyway, I unbox the Monkey Island Anthology from Limited Run Games. Lots of booty in this treasure chest. Putting the video together, though, I'm reminded... other than a few in-game maps from Monkey Island 2 (thanks, Will Mallia), we don't have any other maps from this series, which is really quite surprising...
You know, this thread isn't just about me posting my YouTube videos... you guys ARE allowed to post if you have any comments. Constructive criticism is welcome, and actually appreciated, as I try to improve.
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Post by: JonLeung on March 05, 2022, 04:18:08 pm
Super quick content here. For those who saw my previous video, The Unboxing Of The Monkey Island Anthology (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi82Cajxass), you may have noticed some Monkey Island references. I decided to make a short video comparing those segments to how they looked in the original games.
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Post by: Grizzly on March 06, 2022, 02:20:20 am
I love the Monkey Island series, too. Your video has lots of great references. I also like that you explain them in the subtitles for those who didn't play the games.
I started playing the games around 1992 when I began attending school (in the afternoons after school, of course). I can't remember much about the two last games because they were play-once-forget-fast titles for me. So I kind of understand that they don't get much attention in the book. But I also think that it's a missed opportunity.
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Post by: JonLeung on March 20, 2022, 03:32:38 pm
Here are some Oculus Quest 2 (I guess it's now Meta Quest 2) videos of me playing Beat Saber in VR. Mixed reality, as they call it, mixing live and in-game VR footage. Because I'm still trying things out, I call these "tests", and they were originally left unlisted (so only my friends could view them) but today I have decided to make them public, despite the technical hiccups.
The first one was recorded using the Mixed Reality app WITHOUT a green screen, and wasn't even positioned properly to see the score and whatnot. The later two were done with a new green screen, a new green floor, a new webcam (Logitech Brio), different software (Liv) and on my brother's laptop. And the camera is positioned better so you can see my full body and the score. So overall, it's much better, but there seem to be some portions of video that skip. Not sure how to fix that, maybe my brother and I will fiddle with some settings.
I can certainly do more that just Beat Saber. Let me know what you think.
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Post by: JonLeung on July 03, 2022, 07:01:27 am
Latest book review, this time for Brett Weiss's "The NES Omnibus". Wow, this one took a while to edit, but mostly due to random things I had to take care of in real life. It's not easy being a YouTuber while also having a full-time job and also doing VGMaps.com and other things. Anyway, enjoy this thorough look at some thorough books on the entire NES library. I also go a bit nuts about one screen in Blaster Master that keeps coming up for some reason, and Brett Weiss hates the number 3 like Valve does...
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Post by: JonLeung on July 28, 2022, 03:40:23 pm
I appear in Gamology's first episode of "Ask A Gamer" at 0:56 here, where I answer the question of what I think the most disappointing game is.
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Post by: JonLeung on August 21, 2022, 02:26:52 pm
I appear in Gamology's third episode of "Ask A Gamer" at 3:50 here, where I answer the question of what game or game series needs (another) sequel.
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Post by: JonLeung on September 04, 2022, 02:28:06 pm
I appear in Gamology's "Ask A Gamer" at 0:37 here, where I answer the question of what game was the first I played. I said the ColecoVision version of Donkey Kong, but they showed footage of Donkey Kong 3 for some reason... at least they're making good use of my green screen. The Little Samson cartridge you see in the thumbnail was from footage in response to a different question, which hasn't aired yet... Maybe they wanted to use it for clickbait - that's right, I'm on the thumbnail! It was a surprise to see myself when the video showed up in my feed when it was only 43 seconds old.
EDIT: They changed the thumbnail. Here is the original:
Some of these people make me feel old when they talk about SoulCalibur or Pokémon: FireRed Version or New Super Mario Bros. or whatever as their first game...
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Post by: JonLeung on September 06, 2022, 11:35:53 pm
After the relative success of the Monkey Island Anthology video, I wondered if I should do more unboxing. I figured I should get the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection - Limited Edition. The collection itself is of thirteen classic Turtles games, and the Limited Edition includes physical collectible goodies. That's what his video is about. Are you a Ninja Turtles fan? Also, do you like the thumbnail?
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Post by: JonLeung on September 17, 2022, 10:02:17 am
I appear TWICE in this episode of Gamology - at 1:24 and 4:07 here, where I answer the question of what video games are overrated/underrated! Yes, I have controversial opinions about Zelda!
To clarify, I do love The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, and I did get all 900 Korok Seeds. I just think that after a couple years - let alone five - it's time to move on. No matter how good a game is, it seems ridiculous to hang on to that when there are so many other games to experience.
And as for The Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GameCube), it is too frequently confused with just Four Swords (GBA). While Four Swords Adventures IS intended to be played with four players each with their own GBA and GBA-GC Link Cable, you CAN play the game with only one or two players using REGULAR GameCube controllers. So many Zelda fans have deprived themselves of another Zelda adventure (even if this one is very linear) just because they don't understand this. If anything, it's a good-looking game - it's got A Link To The Past's style, but embellished! We have some maps of them here on VGMaps.com, courtesy of PiranhaPlant (https://vgmaps.com/Atlas/GCN/index.htm#LegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures)...
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Post by: JonLeung on September 29, 2022, 02:24:24 pm
Another Gamology "Ask A Gamer" clip - see me at 2:24 here, where I answer the question of what video game world to live in. Is my answer a bit of a cop-out?
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Post by: JonLeung on October 19, 2022, 02:31:13 pm
Another Gamology "Ask A Gamer" clip - it's eight days old, but I didn't even notice until today! For my sixth appearance on this series, which is at 4:43 here, I answer the question of what game(s) I have spent the most on... Is this a bit of a flex?
EDIT: Now that I've watched the whole video, I'm surprised everyone else talks about in-game downloadable content and I'm the only actual collector. That is really weird.
Or maybe they're the weird ones because I'm actually buying real physical artifacts.
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Post by: JonLeung on December 05, 2022, 10:00:09 pm
Back to some original content - I spent the last few days working just on this video (I even took Monday off from work), to ensure that this EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK is indeed that. I'm getting some YouTube clout!
"Ultimate Game Guide For NES", is an app by Embraceware, who was nice enough to grant me a sneak peek. This has got to be the best NES video game guide/reference/tracking app EVER! Check it out - I'll be giving away redemption codes for the app, too.
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Post by: JonLeung on December 12, 2022, 02:14:36 pm
Another Gamology "Ask A Gamer" clip - see me at 0:22 here, where I answer the question of what game is/was my secret guilty pleasure. Does my answer surprise you?
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Post by: bustin98 on December 17, 2022, 01:30:50 am
I enjoyed the old Facebook games, Mafia and Vampire Wars. Probably gave away too much personal information by playing those games.
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Post by: JonLeung on February 15, 2023, 11:19:09 am
Just got to 1000 subscribers on my YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@JonLeung1 (https://www.youtube.com/@JonLeung1)
Thank you all so much for your support! You're the reason I keep making videos!
(Turns out, my 1000th subscriber is my brother, who was waiting for this moment... that's so like him...)
The 1k subscriber milestone was a goal I wasn't sure I would reach before spring, as I only had 900 by the end of December 2022, after doing this for over six years seriously. To be monetized, I also need to have and maintain 4000 hours of watch time over the last 365 days, so there's still work to do. It's not about money (not at this point, anyway, as it would be pennies to start with), but I think there are more tools available to me and a greater likelihood of my content being promoted by YouTube now, so hopefully the next 1000 won't take another six years and five months!
I'm currently working on another book review video, this time for The N64 Encyclopedia, by Chris Scullion, where near the end, I say "I hope to reach 1000 subscribers soon" - guess I now have to edit that! Hopefully that video will be out soon... yes, I said that last week too... such is the life of a YouTuber... but now I can really say that I am one!
Thanks again!
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Post by: JonLeung on February 17, 2023, 01:58:30 pm
I do have a review of The N64 Encyclopedia (by Chris Scullion) coming out soon (I know I said that last week)... but I had to edit some quick things to rack in some views. :P
On Sunday, a video promoting The Super Mario Bros. Movie was released, showing a plumbing commercial featuring the opening theme from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Not much of an edit to put them side-by-side, but it was cool to see that they used the song without really changing it.
And today, the final season of the reboot/revival of Animaniacs came out, so since my previous edits of the Season 1 and 2 openings (featuring all the word gags) consistently do well on YouTube, of course I had to make a third and final one. Hope this will be as evergreen as the last video!
All right, back to my real content... :P
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Post by: JonLeung on February 19, 2023, 07:55:35 pm
Got sidetracked again today - with the release of three more The Super Mario Bros. Movie TV spots, I made a compilation of all 13 clips (https://www.youtube.com/embed/GVeerZuNZYc). Which is pretty cool, but not original content.
But I SORT of made original content - or a new arrangement of them - by splitting up all of that footage and rearranging those shots into what I THINK is chronological order, essentially reconstructing what I can of the movie:
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Post by: JonLeung on February 21, 2023, 08:33:16 am
Back to my brand of content, here's my review of Chris Scullion's The N64 Encyclopedia!
This one took four weeks to edit - I kept getting sidetracked - but I wanted it done a lot earlier than that. I bought The N64 Encyclopedia initially from an online book store based in the UK, as it got an official European release first. I had sort of forgotten about it (I have a big list of things I'm waiting on for delivery, due to various Kickstarter campaigns and stuff, but though it was on the list, I didn't think much of it). When I did remember, it was months later, with the North American release looming. I inquired about the shipment and they said that it was lost. So I got a refund and then bought it again from Amazon (the Canadian site seemed to have it before the American site). I got the book soon after, but wasn't able to read it all and edit the video and publish it on the day of release in the US (since most of my audience is American, that would have been nice). It's just annoying that when I actually took the effort to get ahead of the game and have more timely content, that forces beyond my control thwarted me. I guess that means that if they really did send it, and it really is lost, someone out there in the world is another copy of The N64 Encyclopedia with my name on it.
Another suspenseful frustration - I also spent most of my three-day long weekend editing this, and the 4K version wasn't ready by the time I had to go to bed last night, the last day of that weekend. So I didn't really relax this weekend at all, and it's only this morning that I am able to publish it, since I insist on having 4K and subtitles ready.
I'm glad this review is out there now, especially after I snubbed his The NES Encyclopedia due to timing, and forgot about The SNES Encyclopedia the first time I compared many Super NES books against each other (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfu5FCseY0c). Though I did still review it and compare it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBQT1eAGyK8), it would have been nice to have done so the first time. I don't know how obligated I should feel about reviewing every book in any series like these, but it is kind of the bulk of my original content. Wish the YouTube algorithms knew what to do with me sometimes, though...
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Post by: JonLeung on March 09, 2023, 07:10:52 pm
After the release of the final trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie (which I put in this compilation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAYfz32t864)), I reedited my previous edit of all the footage assembled into what I think is chronological order, now that there's a whole 8.5 minutes. Out of 90-some minutes, that's actually a good chunk, close to 10% of the movie!
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Post by: JonLeung on April 05, 2023, 02:38:23 pm
The Super Mario Bros. Movie content on my channel (mostly trailer compilations) made up a lot of views and watch time, and even subscribers (I recently got to 1000, but am now at 1241 already), but my application for monetization was declined, as I was told I need to have more watched hours of my OWN original content to qualify. Which I'm not upset about, that actually makes sense, though you'd think they would be more clear about that up front.
Anyway, I do have some original videos on the go, and I decided to "quickly" whip this particular one up to get the people interested in Mario movie stuff (since probably a fifth or more of my subscribers subscribed specifically for that). It's a review of Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission To Rescue Princess Peach! (1986), an anime film that hasn't gotten much attention, but now probably should. I also did this whole video as a voiceover, just to try something different. Should be a nice segue back into my original content!
But boy, this ended up being more work to put together than originally expected, but I'm glad to get it done today. Probably should have gotten it done yesterday when all the critics' reviews were going up on YouTube, but at least it's not "too" late...
EDIT: Here's an image of all the Mario & Luigi designs as seen in that video, just because:
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Post by: JonLeung on April 17, 2023, 10:38:55 am
A book - actually two books - that you might be surprised I didn't review earlier - it's "Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom" and its "Greatest Hits Edition", both by Brian Riggsbee of retrogamebooks.com (https://retrogamebooks.com/). Is it an atlas or an art book? A guide or a gallery? Check out my review!
My Maniac Mansion map (https://vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/index.htm#ManiacMansion) is in print! Also, Guillaume Saint-Amant's Solstice map (https://vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/index.htm#Solstice) and MikeIsguder.com's map of Home Alone (https://vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/index.htm#HomeAlone)! This video also makes reference to Vorpal86's Jajamaru Gekimaden: Maboroshi no Kinmajou (J) maps (https://vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/index.htm#JajamaruGekimadenMaboroshinoKinmajou) (though slightly modified to fit) and one of StarFighter76's maps for Jajamaru Ninpou Chou (J) on GameFAQs (https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/587682-jajamaru-ninpou-chou/map/11578).
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Post by: JonLeung on May 06, 2023, 10:27:12 am
I just made my longest, and maybe most ambitious video to date...
I recently listened to ALL of the NES music to bring you a nearly-12-HOURS-LONG video of ONE MINUTE of music from EVERY official Nintendo Entertainment System game. (Also, there's clean box art and title screenshots of all of these games.) Check it out here:
There's 677 North American NES games, 35 PAL region-exclusives, 1 Hong Kong-exclusive game, 2 competition carts, and I also added EarthBound Beginnings at the end because though it's a Wii U VC release and a Switch NSO NES app game, it got official box art, so sure, why not. Plus it's ironic to end with "Beginnings", so I had to!
The current maximum length of a YouTube video is 12 hours (720 minutes), so at 716 minutes long, it's only just four minutes short of that.
The box art is from The Cover Project, but I cleaned up some of them more, so this might be one of the cleanest sources of NES box art. When I was cropping them from the full covers, I noticed the width of the front cover is 1536 pixels at their standard size. A NES screenshot is 256 x 224 pixels, so the largest integer it can scale up to to fit in 4K is 9. And then 9 x 256 means a width of 2304 pixels. 1536 pixels (box art) + 2304 pixels (title screenshot) = 3840, which is EXACTLY the length of 4K resolution, so I knew it was meant to be, I just HAD to do it in 4K. But in order to easily render it, I had to make it 10 fps, and I also avoided any motion or transitions. Kind of plain, but that's how it has to be.
I wrote a LOT more about it in the description, but that part was the most fascinating thing I wanted to share here.
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Post by: JonLeung on October 25, 2023, 11:30:03 am
Now you can see why I'd disappeared for months...
After five months of editing, the ten-episode "Jon 'N Jason In Japan" series will be released on my "JonLeung1" YouTube channel! See my brother and I check out the sights in Osaka and Tokyo. The two-episode series premiere will be released this Saturday, October 28 at 10:00 AM MST, with subsequent episodes releasing each Saturday until the end of the year.
I think I consider this my magnum opus... it's definitely been a lot of work, and if it's not the best, it's certainly up there! I hope to be able to reapply for monetization partway through the series's run... YouTube can't say THIS content is "not original content"!
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Post by: JonLeung on October 28, 2023, 10:09:42 am
It has begun! The first two episodes of my series, "Jon 'N Jason In Japan" are now available! There are ten episodes in total, a new episode will be added each Saturday until close to the end of the year.
These first two episodes will probably be of interest to gamers and fans of themed attractions, as we check out Dragon Quest Island and Super Nintendo World, both in Osaka.
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Post by: JonLeung on November 05, 2023, 05:15:54 am
Forgot to mention that yesterday, Saturday, the third episode of "Jon 'N Jason In Japan" was released.
In this one, we ride the Shinkansen to Tokyo, and then my brother seeks out some Pokémon stores.
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Post by: JonLeung on November 11, 2023, 10:12:16 am
New episode of my Japan series is now up; this time it's for Day Four, our first full day in Tokyo.
Gamers might get a kick out of the video game-related food in this one, as it includes the Kirby Café, Pikachu Sweets by Pokémon Cafe, and Artnia Square-Enix with some Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy eats.
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Post by: JonLeung on November 18, 2023, 10:25:28 am
Time for another episode of "Jon 'N Jason In Japan"! My brother and I go to Yokohama to check out the giant Gundam and visit the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, then return to Tokyo to see the iconic Shibuya Scramble Crossing and then dissolve some bears into soup at Kumachan Onsen.
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Post by: JonLeung on November 25, 2023, 10:19:57 am
This week's episode of "Jon 'N Jason In Japan" will appeal to gamers, as my brother and I shop at Nintendo Tokyo, the Capcom Store, and Pokémon Centers, and eat at the Pokémon Café.
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Post by: JonLeung on December 02, 2023, 10:43:42 am
In this week's episode of "Jon 'N Jason In Japan", my brother and I try to see Mt. Fuji from the most photographed spot in all of Japan, the famous Chureito Pagoda in Fujiyoshida. Then in Tokyo, we spot Godzilla and eat at the 2D Cafe, and have conveyor belt sushi at Kura Sushi.
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Post by: JonLeung on December 09, 2023, 10:13:49 am
In the eighth episode of "Jon 'N Jason In Japan", my brother and I go to Tokyo Disney to check out Tokyo DisneySea. (It's a short episode, but episodes nine and ten coming up are the longest and best!)
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Post by: JonLeung on December 16, 2023, 11:01:56 am
In the ninth and penultimate episode of "Jon 'N Jason In Japan" (which is one of the longest and best, IMO), my brother and I check out the man-made island of Odaiba and the geek paradise of Akihabara. Gamers and otakus will like this episode!
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Post by: JonLeung on December 23, 2023, 10:48:51 am
In the tenth/final/longest/my favourite episode of "Jon 'N Jason In Japan", Jason and I go on a Harajuku Food Tour with Japan byFood! Can you guess why I like it?
Now that the series is complete, have you watched every episode of our Japan vlogging?
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Post by: G.E.R. on December 27, 2023, 02:32:19 am
I've been watched all videos and I have several questions. You visited many restaurants of japanese kitchen, are there such cafe/restaurants in USA/Canada where cooking exactly the same dishes as you eated in Japan? Fully "japanese kitchen" not "something similar". What is the Sonic exposition on ninth episode? Is this a theme stand or gaming zone?
And I saw the plush Kirby with rabbit's cap, but I don't remember that ability on Kirby's games. What game is this ability from?
I've been watched all videos and I have several questions. You visited many restaurants of japanese kitchen, are there such cafe/restaurants in USA/Canada where cooking exactly the same dishes as you eated in Japan? Fully "japanese kitchen" not "something similar". What is the Sonic exposition on ninth episode? Is this a theme stand or gaming zone? And I saw the plush Kirby with rabbit's cap, but I don't remember that ability on Kirby's games. What game is this ability from? (https://ale-nov11.narod.ru/Host/Image_20231227.png)
Regarding the Japanese restaurants, I have had Japanese food here in Canada, but I don't really know if I can tell you which ones are truly authentic. Some of them certainly look like they could be, like Izakaya Tomo. I tried searching on Google Maps for "authentic Japanese restaurant", but I think it's just pulling up any Japanese restaurants in the area. You'll probably just have to check with the descriptions and reviews at the ones in your city, I don't eat out enough to tell you for sure which ones. (And as for the other cool restaurants, like character cafés, I definitely haven't seen those around here in Canada.)
In the ninth episode, the sign with Sonic at 22:01 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEAVuYd5Yto&t=1321s) refers to "Joypolis", the Sega arcade that my brother and I go to starting at 22:48 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEAVuYd5Yto&t=1368s). The Sonic The Hedgehog thing seen inside is the current theme for the "Geki-On Live Coaster" ride/game where we have to hit the buttons to match the beat of the music from the Sonic games while riding the roller coaster. Is that what you are referring to, or is there some other Sonic thing in that episode that I forgot about?
I didn't even notice the Kirby with the rabbit ears, or if I did, I didn't think much of it. I am not aware of Kirby with rabbit ears in any of his games, or I just can't recall, as he's worn all kinds of hats and headgear in his many adventures! A quick Google Images search isn't bringing up any results that are from a game, but there certainly are many plushes of Kirby wearing them! It must be some cute thing that has become popular but maybe hasn't - or hasn't yet? - appeared in a game...
Thanks for watching all of my Japan videos! I am hoping they get more views, as travel videos seem to do well on YouTube... but mine haven't picked up much steam... I changed the thumbnail of the tenth episode today to see if Shizuka's pretty face will draw more clicks than when I had a big question mark over her mosaiced face, trying to draw in curious people...
I'll be back to making video game-related content soon!
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Post by: G.E.R. on December 28, 2023, 01:47:28 am
Perhaps that this Kirby's ability will appear in a next game?
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Go to starting at 22:48
A small note, but Roof Top Run level in the video only for PS3/XBOX360 version, not for Wii/PS2. (http://ale-nov11.narod.ru/Host/Image_20231228.jpg)
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Post by: JonLeung on December 30, 2023, 10:19:35 am
Now that my "Jon 'N Jason In Japan" series is done, it's time to get to clearing out the backlog of other videos in my editing queue, before they are no longer timely. Thankfully, I got the Edmonton Expo 2023 video done before the end of the year... Phew! It's the first expo we've been to in a while! Met Morena Baccarin, John Rhys-Davies, Carl Weathers, and Giancarlo Esposito!
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Post by: Grizzly on January 05, 2024, 08:59:11 am
I finished watching the Japan vlog series today. I liked them very much. Very great musical selection, so much content flowing together by the great editing and it was just so much fun to watch them. Thank you for creating this series. :) I think day 10 was easily my highlight just by how the longer like-one-take interaction scenes made me feel as if I was there with you in these spots.
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Post by: JonLeung on February 07, 2024, 09:08:05 am
I finished watching the Japan vlog series today. I liked them very much. Very great musical selection, so much content flowing together by the great editing and it was just so much fun to watch them. Thank you for creating this series. :) I think day 10 was easily my highlight just by how the longer like-one-take interaction scenes made me feel as if I was there with you in these spots.
Thank you for the compliments, Grizzly! Sometimes when I'm staring at video timelines while editing and having to rewatch the footage over and over, I forget how interesting it might be to someone else who's seeing it fresh, or I'm overthinking and recalling all the other ways that I could have edited it. I'd like to think I'm steadily improving, but I can never really know how people will like the editing, or the content in general. Thank you for commenting on the musical selection, I provided the names of all tracks I used because I hope people will notice that most of the songs I chose for the situation based on the name of the track besides how it fits, musically.
Day 10 is also my favourite because I got to hang out with someone cool! It was nice to be able to surprise my brother with Shizuka Anderson's appearance. I'm glad she and Ellie were cool about being on camera, and afterwards they said they really enjoyed that video! Glad to have their approval. I like the recap at the end; I tried to make the credits interesting.
I'm glad people enjoy this series. I hope they get more views. The only real downside is that they put me almost half a year behind on the videos I have planned to do, but thankfully, in a way, 2023 was a quiet year for things that I want to review. Still a bit behind, though... On that note...
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Post by: JonLeung on February 07, 2024, 09:11:42 am
I surprised my brother with over 50 gifts related to Mega Man 2! There are some expensive and obscure items here - bet you haven't heard of all of these! Even I didn't know about some of these things until I had to research this stuff, so I was buying stuff from the summer all the way to Christmas (and even after). I don't think many other NES games have had close to this many rereleases!
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Post by: JonLeung on February 17, 2024, 10:16:09 am
You've probably seen/heard my "One Minute of Music from every NES game" video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoLTzC48x9I), but now here's the next one... "One Minute of Music from every SNES game (US & Canada)"!
Excluding Super Copa (a reskin of Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer which apparently came out in Mexico, not just South America and some Central/Latin America countries as I previously thought), there are exactly 720 games that were released for the Super NES in North America, and 720 minutes (12 hours) happens to be the current maximum length of a YouTube video. That was one of the reasons I felt it was too fitting to not make, and this easily is my longest video ever.
I'd actually been working on this on and off since the NES one, usually as a way to keep myself from burning out when I needed to step away from other video projects. It's been sitting on my hard drive, completed for a while, and figured I might as well get this out there. It's hard to know how many actual hours it took, but there was a LOT of cleaning up of box art. Most are originally from The Cover Project, but hundreds of those still needed a few obvious scratches to be removed and for the black background to be made solidly black. This may be the cleanest Super NES box art on the 'net!
This and the NES music video are great to have running in the background while you do your work. ;) Hope you enjoy this!
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Post by: JonLeung on April 07, 2024, 05:39:30 pm
Here's a review of "NES Endings Compendium: Vol. 1: 1985-89". If that sounds familiar, it's an upgraded version of a book I'd reviewed earlier, that one only went up to 1988. 1989 was a big year for the NES, so this book is considerably bigger!
Apologies that this took so long. It's a video I had promised to do, but I had some setbacks, the Japan trip from almost eleven months ago really took a toll on my intended video releases. I'm glad it's done, and I think it's just as good as any other review video I've done.
I am considering reapplying for monetization soon... so any views you can get on this would certainly be appreciated!
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Post by: JonLeung on April 13, 2024, 10:24:42 pm
Yes, I skipped Kyononis Shrine in The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom. What's up with that?
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Post by: JonLeung on April 20, 2024, 10:57:14 am
Finally, here is a minute of music (and clean box art/title screenshots) from all of the remaining SNES games (Mexico, PAL regions, and special competition cartridges). Enjoy!
You've probably seen earlier on that I did an almost-12-hour one for the NES ones and the exactly-12-hour Super NES (Part 1: US & Canada) earlier.
I don't know if I will ever be able to do Game Boy, Genesis, and Nintendo 64 ones, as I alluded to here (https://www.vgmaps.com/forums/index.php?topic=4126.0)...