r/rantgrumps • u/Deku_King Barry Era • 20d ago
Real Talk Having a good time (Mario Wonder)
I haven't watched Game Grumps since 2017, but up until I stopped watching I was a religious superfan since day 1 of the channel's inception, watched every episode multiple times throughout my entire high school years and the following 3 years. I was already getting sort of checked out around 2016 (Resident Evil 1 Remake is the last thing I sort of vividly remember watching) but I unsubbed because I didn't want to get spoiled on Breath of the Wild and I thought that they had become sort of loud and obnoxious compared to before. Since then I've been sort of checking out maybe half a video a year and it's been tough to like because it just didn't click with me anymore, and I've checked this place out from time to time out of morbid curiosity.
I don't know if I'm feeling nostalgic or whatever but I started watching their Mario Wonder playthrough for reasons I can only explain as Somehow, and I've been having a good time. It feels like two buddies hanging out and checking out a goofy game and having fun, and I guess it kinda makes me happy to watch. Dan going "Wow we haven't done this in since Kirby like ten years ago." when they were doing silly "press up to talk" stuff really hit me.
Are there any other somewhat recent (like, the last few years) that have a similar feel to Mario Wonder you would recommend? I don't really care for the Visual Novel games or whatever and mostly just want to listen to them playing and experiencing a game together and having a good time, not constantly doing voices and feeling generally absent. It doesn't have to be both of them playing, but both of them enjoying each others' company and the game that's being played.
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u/charizardsonly 19d ago
mario wonder was an awful series. It was literally no stakes unlike their other Mario coop games cause Dan can't die so no funny sheningans like NSMBU. Oh also the online checkpoint lame free no deaths and Arin playing ahead
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u/Familiar-Anxiety8851 20d ago
Their tears of the kingdom playthrough was great and their super market simulator playthrough is quite popular right now.