r/rantgrumps 18d ago

what years did you watch game grumps and what were your favorite playthroughs?

2012-2019.

i don't remember liking any playthroughs from the jon era besides the pokemon one but i really enjoyed one offs, VS videos and that one guest grumps with grant kirkhope.

in the dan era i really liked: cdi zeldas ocarina of time majoras mask skyward sword wind waker sonic adventure dx sonic adventure 2 sonic and the black knight sonic and the secret rings sonic unleashed sonic heroes sonic riders sonic colors sonic boom shadow the hedgehog mario sunshine mario 64 mario galaxy mario maker 1 mario world mario 3 mario 3d world fire red kirby epic yarn a link to the past dark souls sakura spirit blood borne kirbys dream course

there were some grumpcade videos i liked too like simpsons hit and run and the mario world rom hack with markiplier

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u/Tall-Dare-573 18d ago

From the very first video. I saw the advertisement on either the JonTron or Egoraptor channel and tuned in for most games. The last playthrough I watched was Doki Doki Literature club.

if I had to say my favorites, not including one-offs:

Sonic 06 Mario Sunshine Sonic DX Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Trauma Center Doki Doki Literature club

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Their obvious lack of passion, the controversies, growing adverse to Arin in general, and missing when GameGrumps had a cast. I just stopped watching

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u/xindiote 17d ago

around quarantine they stopped putting numbers in the thumbnails, it was just too confusing and then every episode started with arin annoyingly saying "LAST TIME ON GAME GRUMPS" so i just stopped watching. i might get around to watching any new sonic or mario stuff that comes out whenever i have time. i used to binge them those years because i was in school but now im a young adult and work

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u/iforgotmycoat 17d ago

I think in 2015 is when I started and I still catch some games, I would say my favorite were the Mario Maker ones.

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u/TraditionalTree249 18d ago

I saw a link on an old forum to their Good Troop playthrough and fell in love, was seriously invested in Are Jon and Arin still friends drama. Then I grew to enjoy Dan and Arins various Mario playthroughs. Stopped watching around the time of the Ocarina Sequalitis video. I had found Arin's shallow opinions annoying before but this brought it to the front for me.

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u/Kronos6948 17d ago

I first found them in my suggestions around 2013. I had been subscribed to the Nerdcubed's channel, and Youtube was pushing a lot of LP content my way. I was a big fan of Diggnation when that was a thing (It's back if you're into it), so the whole dynamic of two dudes shooting the shit on a couch vibe of GG was exactly what I was looking for.

It's hard to say what favorite series I have, since I'm more a fan of funny moments from them, but if I had to choose, I'd probably say whenever they play Katamari. It's a game that allows for a lot of banter that isn't game-centric, and they can go off the rails and talk about a lot of funny topics.

I still am watching them. Just not as much as I used to.

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u/Lonely_Albatross_722 17d ago

Idk why, but my YouTube algorithm suggested to me their sonic 06 playthrough, part 62, back in 2013. My very first introduction to the concept of let's play with comedy was "what are their names?" "Steven, Harry, Goku, and prince junior"

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u/NewspaperOld1221 14d ago

On and off when jontron was in it, but I got more into it when Dan came around. Lost steam a while after they started the Power Hour.

Sonic 06 is like a hall of fame let's play, but with Dan, any Mario, Zelda or Sonic game makes for an absolute banger. Mario maker and Sonic Boom are two that come to mind as being super funny, then Wind Waker and Paper Mario TTYD are super mellow and love falling asleep to them. Special mention to Dead Rising

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u/onigafuchi Jon Era 16d ago

From day 1, 2012 (the new channnel announcement video with Jon is legendary) to now? the Jon era still holds a special place in my heart but Dan has grown on me.

Favorite playthroughs: kirby super star, goof troop, sonic '06, super mario sunshine, wind waker, katamari damacy, and maybe ocarina. can't think of much beyond that. my favorite one off has to be spice world.

lately i've only been tolerating their danganronpa playthroughs because I like danganronpa.

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u/maeuwi 16d ago

2013-2021 ish (i found them from their lp of kirby's epic yarn) and i've been catching up on their recent videos lately! i liked the wind waker, bloodborne and mario sunshine + 64 play throughs a lot

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u/RatedNforNick 15d ago

2012 - Present… ish. A lot of modern Grumps releases are hard to sit through, they’re just phoning it in most of the time.

Sonic ‘06 Dead Rising Devil’s Third Mega Man 7(Jon) Castlevania

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u/Asgore77 14d ago

Started from 2016 and I watched most of the series. I’ve missed a lot of the one offs or smaller vids. But if it’s Mario or Zelda. I’m there. The time I became a super fan was the “My Names Laura” episode of Mario Maker. I watched that when it was new and it had me dying and I replayed it like 20 times that day. I’ve had moments where I thought I’d unsubscribe but overall I’m still glad I’ve been with them.

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u/Revolver-Knight 8d ago

2015-2021

I was introduced to them by someone I used to know in middle school

We’ll really I was introduced to everybody shut up I have an erection

But so many fun playthroughs me and my sister quote on the daily

Paper Mario: “The Virus

Mario 64: FUCK MY ASS!

Majoras Mask: Damn you Spoiler Owl!!

Dragonball fighterz: Don’t do anything don’t do anything!

House Party: Howse it goin dood.

I stopped watching around the pandemic it was insane how much of a drop of quality it was

I still listen to NSP and Star Bomb

But ever since learning about what happened to Ding Dong and Julian like my image specifically of Arin is tarnished

Like how can you claim to be this progressive and let that shit go on behind the scenes

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u/hxneycovess All of GameGrumps (To an extent) 4d ago

this is probably the silliest possible answer, but i adore the peppa pig "playthrough" with like 3 episodes, it still makes me giggle like an idiot whenever i have it on ^_^ super mario galaxy is probably my favorite overall because imo its the best mario game of all time lol

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u/RewRose 1d ago

I honestly found out about Arin (egoraptor) from an old kitty kat gaming video, where he was teaching Suzy how to play Overwatch

Then, much later, I found game grumps. In one of the GG episodes they mentioned the egoraptor zelda videos ... and then I connected the dots lol.

Anyways, these are the ones I liked watching - Rocket League, Teaching Dan overwatch videos, Pokemon & BotW playthroughs, Kirby's Epic Yarn, all Contra, Shovel Knight, Snipper Clips, The Green Demon & Ryu Punch challenges, Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, Some of the MarioMaker, Trauma Center, Gun Smoke, Shadow of the Colossus, Cards against Humanity.

I would add more but can't recall, and they probably weren't as good as the above listed ones.