Frogs Make the Best Video Game Characters
A new video essay from Marty Sliva is now available!
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the "children who yearn to see Kermit with a keyblade" includes Marty, haha
9/10 no mention of Frinos. Hades II best boy.
The only Game Theory video I'll willingly watch is the one about how Frogger takes place in Australia and stars our Green Tree Frog. I believe every word. Is funny how frogs and toads have their own kinda legacy and association mostly from British children's fiction; The Wind in the Willows, Frog and Toad Are Friends and all. Being cute and inoffensive amphibians may give them a particular niche as creatures not particularly out of place in any environment yet not masters of any of them, making for ideal underdogs. Japan has its own associations with frogs, there's a reason Froakie evolves into a ninja. And also is introduced in the games set in Poke-France. It's funny the national stereotypes you can get away with when the nationality in question just mostly finds it cool.
No Frog Detective? Those croakybois can scoot.
Sounds fun. Can it be played without understanding the texts? My kids would probably love this, but we are not native speakers and they are only 6 and 8, so it's always a question if they can comprehend it without constant guiding
I’ve never played Kingdom Hearts, but that would change if they added the Muppets
I was gonna write out frog's theme in vocables, but that's too much work
Cheers Marty! Great editing job Jess, lots of different gameplay sections shown off with no obvious repitition *claps* I feel like there needed to be an explainer for the Swiss parade at the end though haha.
How do we feel about toads?
My mortal enemy.
not enough frogs, we nEED MORE FROGS
Ribid!
