The Fall and Rise of 2D Gaming - Scott The Woz

Scott's on his dimension kick again.

Music Used:
"Main Menu" from WarioWare: Get It Together!
"Lineland Road" from Super Paper Mario
"Inside a House" from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
"War of the Woolies" from Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
"Cool, Cool Mountain" from Super Mario 64
"Evil Pig Boss" from Tomba!
"Granny's World" from Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
"Ricco Harbor" from Super Mario Sunshine
"Corkboard" from Kirby Super Star
"Minor Battle" from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
"Tornado Man" from Mega Man 9
"Tarrey Town" from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
"Overworld (Versus)" from New Super Mario Bros.
"Athletic Theme" from New Super Mario Bros.
"Main Menu" from Wario Land: Shake It!!
"Title Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
"Title Screen" from Donkey Kong Country Returns
"Mabe Village" from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019)
"Breakout" from 3D Dot Game Heroes

[strrjms]

If Scott were to be a best man at a wedding, he’d start with a speech, but by the time his bit is over, it’s been a 40 minute rant about the e-reader.

[MusicDecomposer]

Fun fact: every _Five Nights at Freddy’s_ game before the VR one is technically 2D. Similar to the special stages of Sonic 2 and 3, it just uses pre-rendered sprites and backgrounds.

[vipa]

Scott clearly has not played 5D Chess with multiverse travel on steam yet. 5D is the future of all games.

[reportmelolz]

The 2D-3D transition of around 1996 was the defining gaming era of my childhood and I’m pretty offended Scott couldn’t even bother being alive during it.

[nigelbassett]

I like to think that Scott is just constantly pissed at shit no one cares about and 5 minutes before each episode someone makes an offhand comment that starts a rant

[Genra]

14:50

Scott: "And great animation-"

*Shows Wario's shaking butt*

I suppose Scott has his priorities right

[jordanhingoo]

The fact that Scott put together an entire game of mousetrap just for 2 seconds of content is absolutely hilarious to me

[SMCwasTaken]

The thing i love about scott the woz is that he has hundreds of facial expresions each frame

[Patterrz]

Some genres just work way better with 2D gameplay, most fighting popular fighting games are all 2D, Smash, Fighterz etc. Then there's bangers like Celeste and Hollow Night. 2D games just as great

[Sacrow]

I can actually imagine Scott walking into his family reunion, sitting at the table with the adults, and starting a conversation on why the Wii u is the misunderstood black sheep of the Nintendo console family. For 40 minutes.

[zake]

17:34 I think another important reason why so much 2D stopped cutting it was that the casual audience doesn't give you much longevity. There is really no brand loyalty or investment in the medium. Grandma is usually content with buying a single 2D Mario game and calling it a day.

[NintendoCollecting]

Scott in 2D would be wearing that hoodie

[gumtree]

Scott really just saw all the people complaining about metroid dread being a 2D game for $60 and made an entire video about it.

[Christian-grgu]

I love that it seems Scotts friend was visiting, and he just wanted to use him the most he can

[LordOberic]

"There was a time where 2D Mario was basically extinct."

*Laughs in Metroid*

[thesneppurd]

"JOIN THE OCCULT DAD"
Best Scott The Woz line

[BitHorse]

As someone who runs 2D-exclusive gaming websites, I've had this conversation a lot over the years, and you nailed it in this video. 2D gaming went from ubiquity to handhelds, to indie games, to its modern renaissance. The 2D gaming resurgence over the past decade has been wonderful!

[DaSheepKiller]

Scott just uploads randomly now and I love it.

[dabluepittoo-aqua]

Honestly the best part about this video is that Scott never talked about Sonic's transition to 3D and rocks

[RenegadesReact]

RPG Footage... in a Scott The Woz video... What Sorcery is this?!?