Episode 40: A Console's Last Game

A Console's Last Game is the 40th episode of Scott The Woz, the video was uploaded on October 8, 2017, by Scott Wozniak on Scott The Woz.

Description
Scott takes a look at the sorry sack full of games that ended a console's life!

Characters

 * Scott Wozniak

Credits

 * Scott Wozniak as Scott Wozniak

Plot
The video begins with Scott lamenting on how sad it would be for one's last words to be "Frogger for the SNES", then noting how he knows how the SNES itself feels about that. This introduction leads Scott into the topic about the last games released on consoles. Near the end of the video, Scott finds out that the last game on his favorite console, the Nintendo GameCube is Madden NFL 08. Scott turns to his collection of Madden 08 and proclaims something about a "prophecy".

Music

 * Mute City - F-Zero
 * Intro Stage - Mega Man X
 * Stickerbrush Symphony - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
 * New Donk City - Super Mario Odyssey
 * Breakout - 3D Dot Game Heroes

Cards

 * The Games That Time Forgot
 * Game Consoles That Refused to Die
 * Nintendo Before Video Games
 * 2D to 3D
 * Lost in Localization

End Cards

 * E3 1996
 * Console Wars
 * Game Consoles That Refused to Die

Transcript
Scott Wozniak: ''Hey all, Scott here and don't you just hate it when your final words are Frogger for the SNES? I think the SNES knows how that feels.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Your final breath is a beautiful thing, so you better not blurt out something fucking stupid like Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for Game Boy Color. In terms of the last game released on a game console, you may think companies end their systems with a bang and a half, releasing a swansong for the ages. But instead, the last games released on a console are incredibly underwhelming, or just plain odd. So let's take a look at the last games released on consoles. We'll mainly be looking at these in terms of North America unless I say so.''

Scott Wozniak: ''The Nintendo Entertainment System received a good amount of support from Nintendo, even after the release of its successor, the Super Nintendo. A handful of these were in the forms of puzzle games, released on both the NES, SNES, and sometimes the Game Boy, such as Tetris 2, Yoshi's Cookie and the final official game released on the NES, released on December 1, 1994. Wario's Woods is a puzzle game that is a piece of work. It's a pretty simple game when you get down to it, but I never figured out how to play it. The controls always confused me and I'm sure I angered at least a good fourth of the population by saying that. Now that's in terms of the NES. It's Japanese equivalent, the Famicom's last game was Adventure Island 4, released on June 4, 1994.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Clocking over to the SNES and Genesis for that matter, Frogger in 1998 was the last games for both systems. Released on October 6, it was Frogger all right! Of course, if you want to get wacky with this statement of the last SNES game released, you can now say Star Fox 2, as it was finally given an official release on the SNES Classic Edition in September of 2017. But, it wasn't released on an official cart, so you can go either way with that statement honestly. Now with the Super Famicom, this is a bit interesting. Metal Slater Glory: Director's Cut is a visual novel made by HAL Laboratory, and was released on November 29, 2000, and guess who didn't sell well? Being released so late in the console's life and being a pretty demanding game took a toll on HAL's game publishing business, and after this release, they were just straight-up bought by Nintendo, making them simply a developer rather than a publisher. The Nintendo 64's last game was pathetically nearby the introduction of the GameCube. You see, with the NES and SNES, at least the last games on those consoles came out a few good years after their successor hit the market. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, the last N64 game, released on August 20th, 2002, less than a year after the launch of the GameCube. Weirdly enough, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was a launch title for the GameCube, being released on November 18, 2001. Nintendo's handhelds always last an embarrassing amount of time. The last official Game Boy release was Pokemon Yellow on October 18th, 1999 in North America. And apparently this fucking thing in Japan in 2001.''

[a Wikipedia article about a list of Game Boy games is shown, stating that Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru: Kanji no Tatsujin was released in Japan on March 30, 2001]

Scott Wozniak: The Virtual Boy's last game was 3D Tetris, and wouldn't you believe it didn't save the Virtual Boy!

[the release date of 3D Tetris pops up as March 22, 1996]

Scott Wozniak: ''The Game Boy Color's was obviously Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on November 15th, 2002, pretty common knowledge at this point. And the Game Boy Advance's final game was Samurai Deeper Kyo on February 12, 2008.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Going off on a Sega tangent, while the Sega Master System reigned supreme outside of North America for many years, it's last game here was the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog, released on October 25, 1991. Outside of North America however, the final game was Mickey's Ultimate Challenge in '98. The Saturn's was Magic Knight Rayearth on December 11, 1998, and the Dreamcast's was NHL 2K2 on February 14, 2002, with the Japanese final release being Carros on March 8, 2007. The old Game Gear's final release here was The Lost World: Jurassic Park in August of '97. Both the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 were lucky enough to get soccer games as their last releases, with FIFA Soccer 2005 released on October 12, 2004. for the PS1, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, released on November 8th, 2013 for the PS2. Also, the original Xbox's last release was Madden 09 on August 12, 2008, how fun! It was just one year off from being worth a damn!''

Scott Wozniak: ''Welcome to Atari Minute! Today, we're bumbling past the last games that were released on Atari consoles. Klax on the 2600, 1990. Gremlins on the 5200, 1986. Sentinel on the 7800, 1991, Europe only. North American last game is hard to find.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Wanna hear a joke? The Gizmondo! This is an obscure console release on October 22nd, 2005 here in North America. It had a lot packed into it for a handheld at the time, a GPS, a camera and an abroarish amount of ads. Yeah, there were two versions. One cheapo variant for a swift $230 that came caked with advertisements, and one with no ads for a reasonable $400. Also, the device had ties with the Swedish Mafia. With executives linked with such a ragtag group and a laughable lineup of games and price point, the Gizmondo flopped so hard here in North America, that its launch titles double as its final titles. Now in Europe, the releases were much more spread out, but in North America? Yeah, October 22. Nothing really got past that date.''

Scott Wozniak: It's always interesting/incredibly anti-climactic to see just how a console ends, but we still have yet to see what the final game for my favorite console the GameCube was!

[the GameCube's last game is revealed to be Madden NFL 08, released on August 14, 2007. After hearing of that, Scott Wozniak turns around to face his Madden NFL 08 collection]

Scott Wozniak: The prophecy!

Trivia

 * Scott Wozniak says how Madden 08 being the last game for the GameCube is part of the prophecy, he mentions this prophecy in other videos as well.
 * In The Legend of Zelda | Tales from the Backlog, it is revealed that since Breath of the Wild Isn't Perfect, Scott Wozniak has had a string around his thumb; however, the string is not visible in the episode.
 * The video uses the most Info Cards on the Scott The Woz YouTube channel (along with FIRST TIME VAPE SHOP VISIT! - VLOG), with 5 of them.