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@somefreshbread

13 күн бұрын

Okay but wait - did Tyler Durden suplex a train?

@invaderzim1842

12 күн бұрын

No thanks Imagine drinking this filth

@somefreshbread

12 күн бұрын

@@invaderzim1842 That's wonderful. Support creators by dissing their sponsors. The stuff's actually not bad. Was a good lunch replacement for me a couple of times a week.

@nuclearmonster

11 күн бұрын

Glad you’re getting paid but Soylent is genuinely a messed up company. Take one look at the Wikipedia page.

@mcj88

11 күн бұрын

Alright, but if they release a Green variant, I'm out.

ATS is Automatic Train Stop. Basically you fucked up so bad the train thinks you are probably incapacitated and stops itself

@RaposaCadela

13 күн бұрын

"Awful train-ing, stupid."

@dreamworldtony

13 күн бұрын

LMAO

@rfmerrill

13 күн бұрын

The way it worked for a long time is that trains have emergency brake valves mounted on the side and there are mechanical "trippers" or "train stops" on the side of the track that will stick up if the track signal is red or if you are going too fast. It's increasingly being computerized of course, with the train itself automatically stopping if it detects a violation.

@DaneeBound

11 күн бұрын

A so-called "dead man's switch"

@osurpless

10 күн бұрын

@@DaneeBoundYep, particularly when it comes to high speed rails, like the Frecciarossa 1000 in Italy.

"Yes Derek, we still have it" made me laugh SO HARD

“Yes, Derek, we still have it.” He could sense your impending demands.

My brain read 'Japanese Train Controllers'. My brain asked 'What?!'. My brain saw Derek. "Click"

@expendableindigo9639

14 күн бұрын

Caddicarus has a fun video with them too. Edit: it’s in the video lol.

@errantcondor9349

13 күн бұрын

YES!

@Roadent1241

13 күн бұрын

I did wonder if he got it off Caddy XD

@AzraelThanatos

5 күн бұрын

I half expected this to be some thing that someone had created using some game consoles to manage some model train layouts. Considering some of the things they use at the yearly christmas displays near me, that kind of thing would not surprise me

11:07 The clip of the guy pulling out a measuring tape to see if the train was "good enough," and everyone else waiting for the official measurement before anyone was willing to get on was extremely funny to me.

@Enecororo97

13 күн бұрын

I think that's from a commercial for one of the Densha De Go games

@Lucas_van_Hout

8 күн бұрын

@@Enecororo97well at least they are self aware about how absurd it is if your train stops 1 meter of the desired place.

You think you'll be remembered for this? Good luck, Uncle Zeebo.

32:27 HEY I'M ZARITHYA, THAT'S ME ZARITHYA Glad I could help you fix your busted capture card!

@Summertimefox

13 күн бұрын

👀

@steph_fergi

8 күн бұрын

Do you work on electronics regularly? Or was that a one off stream?

@Zarithya

7 күн бұрын

@@steph_fergi I actually try to stream electronics repair and stuff like that every Tuesday!

I went and looked up the protocol for the controller and it's slightly insane. On the Playstation, it always holds up and down on the dpad, then uses triangle, left, and right as three bits for the power lever and L1, L2, R1, and R2 as four bits for the brake. So if you pull back to power 5 you should go straight, then 2 and 4 let you turn. What's really weird is they use this sort of crazy mapping on every console, even though most of them let you say "yo I'm a weird game specific controller" natively.

@henke37

13 күн бұрын

Sounds like you could use one of those micro computers to translate this into something more sensible for the specific game.

@keiyakins

13 күн бұрын

@@henke37 You could, but you could also use software on the computer running the game.

@dibmuad

13 күн бұрын

Ah! Thanks for the details on its protocol!

@jackmcslay

5 күн бұрын

Interesting. I imagine the controller always holding down is probably a detect feature the game checks to see if there's the train controller connect, otherwise assume the player is using a regular PS1 controller and map the controls accordingly

The reason it says "Densya" is because of different standards of how Japanese characters are converted (or "romanized") into English letters. Most of us are familiar with what is known as "Hepburn-shiki", where certain characters like しゃ are written as "sha". But in another system "Kunrei-shiki", しゃ becomes "sya". The Japanese government officially uses and prefers Kunrei, but most other people prefer or are just used to Hepburn. So that's why it says "Densya" and not "Densha". Love ya Uncle Derek!!

@HyroHarvad

14 күн бұрын

Even the Japanese government recently changed its stance on Kunrei in favor of Hepburn

@LadyBrightcynder

13 күн бұрын

That's really interesting, thanks for the info!

@d3v1lsummoner

13 күн бұрын

To add, while Hepburn makes a lot more phonetic sense to someone who natively uses the alphabet in english, there is still a logic to kunrei especially for native japanese. While 'sya' may look strange, in japanese that sound is denoted with しゃ or 'shi' followed by a small 'ya'. The english 's' indicates it's of the 'sa s(h)i su se so' characters and the 'ya' indicates the ゃ as well as the final vowel sound (as opposed to something like 'syo' しょ). I still vastly prefer Hepburn though.

@medalkingslime4844

13 күн бұрын

So like… 続ける would be romanized as tudukeru? It makes sense for native speakers but man that feels very weird. But I suppose if the Japanese government uses Hepburn now they realized it’s probably better to use a system more intuitive for foreigners since that’s going to be the primary user of romanized signs.

@d3v1lsummoner

13 күн бұрын

@@medalkingslime4844 yes, and you can even use kunrei when typing which is often fewer keystrokes, though only debatably more efficient. It throws me that many older japanese typing games use Kunrei and my brain doesn't like it. Though I will say I actually prefer things like ぢ-di and づ-du. Frankly, I mix the two systems in everyday use.

I like that all the music you used is just train stage themes from various games

@BaranKRool

13 күн бұрын

Que haces aqui?!

@Stormkyleis

7 күн бұрын

I kinda wish he didn't add any music at all. I'm watching this video about weird chill trains for, well, the weird chill trains, I don't need Mario Kart music

2 dozen or so controllers for these train games, and like 80% of them make sure to include the spot to place the conductor's pocket watch. It was such an odd detail that I had to look into it. Apparently there was an official watch for these controllers. Uncle Derek, keep an eye out

As an owner of two Power Shovel controllers I can tell you that the controller does in fact work with the NTSC version of the game and system!

@RippahRooJizah

12 күн бұрын

I didn't even know Power Shovel was part of this series. And my hopes were, indeed, shot down when I heard the JP controller doesn't work on the US version

The Green One, it’s just Mint, and Chocolate, and People…

@fullauto86

13 күн бұрын

lol I thought the same thing. Soylent brown was the stuff from a different story where people drink people but it was a chocolate drink that time.

@Yixdy

13 күн бұрын

​@@fullauto86what? There was another story about people eating people in the form of Soylent + (a color) but instead of Soylent green, it was brown? Wtf?

@lexacutable

12 күн бұрын

​@@Yixdyyeah that's definitely new to me lol

@gggooodddyyy

11 күн бұрын

@@YixdySoylent Green had multiple different colours, although brown was not one of them

45:49 Technically, Soul Edge IS the correct name, and that's what the arcade and Japanese PS1 versions go by. It was renamed Soulblade in the US and Europe due to a trademark issue over the word "Edge". Infact, that's why the sequel was called SoulCalibur, just so they wouldn't have to deal with this again.

@keiyakins

14 күн бұрын

oh god I remember that. the one magazine that claimed to own the word edge in all contexts.

@Gantradies

13 күн бұрын

@@keiyakins the twit responsible for maybe one of the two times EA was remotely sympathetic?

@failedstateupdate

13 күн бұрын

​@@keiyakinsAlmost. The gaming magazine was actually a victim of the Edge copyright/trademark trolling. The guy who changed the name was Tim Langdell, based on the fact that he owned a defunct ZX Spectrum publisher called the "the edge games". He was eventually destroyed by EA and their lawyers whom discovered the evidence he had submitted to prove he was still using the trademark was either fabricated or a straight up lie. So his trademark was invalidated. Then the edge magazine sued him, and it turned out he'd lied and fabricated evidence to convince them to pay him a fee for the name, and then he fabricated further evidence during that court case and lost. So yeah. Not the gaming magazine. Tim Langdell.

@failedstateupdate

13 күн бұрын

​@@keiyakinsAlmost. The gaming magazine was actually a victim of the Edge copyright/trademark trolling. The guy who changed the name was Tim Langdell, based on the fact that he owned a defunct ZX Spectrum publisher called the "the edge games". He was eventually destroyed by EA and their lawyers whom discovered the evidence he had submitted to prove he was still using the trademark was either fabricated or a straight up lie. So his trademark was invalidated. Then the edge magazine sued him, and it turned out he'd lied and fabricated evidence to convince them to pay him a fee for the name, and then he fabricated further evidence during that court case and lost. So yeah. Not the gaming magazine. Tim Langdell.

@lexacutable

12 күн бұрын

I still remember the "SOUUULLL... EDGE" title announcer voice in the arcade version back in the 90s... god I'm old

I played this game in Japan last year…. IT WAS A FULL SIZED TRAIN COCKPIT YOU WALK INTO! I’m not sure but I think that arcade cabinet had full surround sound, vibration, and high definition recreations of train lines. My sister watched me play and said it was entertaining despite having no idea what was happening

If you wanna do a follow-up Punching Weight to this video; check out the original PSP version!! It actually uses fully pre-rendered video to display the graphics, and it's one of the most ambitious things I've seen on the PSP! You could also check out the translated N64 version and a few of the other ports, this game goes a lot deeper than just these three ports!

I was waiting for the Soylent Green reference on the promo.

@larrylaffer3246

14 күн бұрын

Don't you get it!? Soylent Green is People, It's People!

Derek was tempted to finish the video with "That's it for the moment. As always, thanks for watching."

@theincrediblegeneral5135

14 күн бұрын

???

@MeanderBot

14 күн бұрын

​@@theincrediblegeneral5135 It's a reference to Techmoan, who generally makes videos about old audio tech but has made one about train games and their dedicated controllers.

@cubeflinger

14 күн бұрын

​@@MeanderBot 😅 I thought this felt familiar

@theincrediblegeneral5135

13 күн бұрын

@@MeanderBot oh thanks! I haven't watched techmoan in a bit!

@IrrationalNick

13 күн бұрын

Yay uncle Derek!

6:12 It says "Densya", because most Japanese use Kunrei-shiki romanization for their language. Most Westerners use Hepburn romanization, which would say "Densha", which is closer to the Japanese pronunciation.

@petershillito

14 күн бұрын

Came here to mostly say this, although as I understand it Hepburn, or specifically Revised Hepburn, has overtaken other methods of romanisation, and in January it was proposed to make Hepburn the official romanisation system of Japan, replacing Kunrei-shiki, which is officially the standard but not really used as much. All railway station signage uses Hepburn these days too, which made visiting railway museums interesting as old signs taken from stations have different romanisation methods on.

@NealMohansMicroPenis

14 күн бұрын

Well hey, thanks guys. I learned something today.

@illiiilli24601

13 күн бұрын

​@@petershillitoyeah, visiting the Kyoto railway museum was kinda weird because I was used to Hepburn

WHEN WILL THESE SKELETONS STOP FIGHTING ALREADYYYYY

@richardwilliams877

12 күн бұрын

Keep watching and maybe they will 😎😎😎

Hahaha Derek, my man, “don’t act like you’re on my level of dumb” immediately after “here’s all the patrons that paid for it” that was either advanced trash talk or hilariously unfortunate.

Did you seriously Tyler Durden in the Train Suplex, Derek? ....Niiiice.

45:45 Edit: please read the first reply, I misremembered the facts Don't apologise, the game was originally called Soul Edge until a bullshit lawsuit by a gaming magazine that believed that they owned the rights to the word "Edge" for video games and related media.

@failedstateupdate

13 күн бұрын

Almost. The gaming magazine was actually a victim of the Edge copyright/trademark trolling. The guy who changed the name was Tim Langdell, based on the fact that he owned a defunct ZX Spectrum publisher called the "the edge games". He was eventually destroyed by EA and their lawyers whom discovered the evidence he had submitted to prove he was still using the trademark was either fabricated or a straight up lie. So his trademark was invalidated. Then the edge magazine sued him, and it turned out he'd lied and fabricated evidence to convince them to pay him a fee for the name, and then he fabricated further evidence during that court case and lost. So yeah. Not the gaming magazine. Tim Langdell.

@DeaDGoD_XIV

13 күн бұрын

@@failedstateupdate ah, guess I misremembered, thanks for the correction

@muizzsiddique

12 күн бұрын

​@@failedstateupdateYou need to send this to Larry Bundy Jr.

I like trains. I like Uncle Derek. I like controllers. This video has it all.

Crazy Taxi but with Trains, alright talented indie developers. Derek has laid down the challenge, it’s up to you to make it Real. Bonus points if it’s compatible with these Train Controllers.

@PredictableEnigma

14 күн бұрын

Does Snakeybus count?

@keiyakins

14 күн бұрын

compatibility with these wouldn't be too hard, actually. The mappings are weird but perfectly possible to work with, and there's even example code out there because train people wrote input plugins for modern simulators because of course they did.

@ADTribalChild

13 күн бұрын

It's the Initial D train game footage that got me on the floor.

@dqroto8681

13 күн бұрын

Multi-track drifting is real 2401

Derek briefly mentioned it, but I know about the N64 version of _Densha de Go!_ because a guy named Thabeast721 played it about two years ago as part of his ongoing series called _Beating Every N64 Game,_ which includes Japanese only releases. He also had one of these special controllers.

I own the original Densha de Go! Plug & Play (which happens to be the second version, as the first one apparently had some issues), and it's a really impressive device. It's not simply "based" on the PS2 controller for Densha de Go!, it's actually a self-contained re-release of DdG! Final, making it possibly the most ambitious device of its type. While every other company was doing devices for old arcade, NES, SNES, Genesis, PC-Engine, & 80s micro computer games, Taito just goes "Yeah, well OUR plug-&-play device is for a PS2 game!".

@AssaulteedOne

13 күн бұрын

Best part - that controller can be soft-modded to add back missing jingles from the PS2 release, and you can add controller functionality to the USB port so that it can also be used as a Densha de Go controller on PC. The PC version of DenshaFinal was recently translated into English, so now more people can learn how to drive Japanese Train routes circa 2004.

That callout to Caddy at the beginning. I really do wish we have localized versions of the games, sometimes, as... stressful as they are. Also gotta love the "I'm the best at trains!" while hiding your final score because you still did awful despite you pay-to-winning via continues. I feel like you got bankrupt not because of buying the controllers, but because you spent all your money on having to continue on every stage.

@TeruteruBozusama

11 күн бұрын

I wish the countries would share more strange and weird stuff like this..!

I got really into Densha De Go a while back, starting with the N64 game which turned out to be a smart move because it’s one of the few translated versions. The translation helped me learn most of the symbols and warnings, so I didn’t quite have the same experience of confusion as to what all the warnings meant. But it’s still a tough game, and it really does go from peaceful railway riding to stressful management of lots of different variables at the drop of a hat.

@dacollbns6336

13 күн бұрын

Yeah, I have been playing the japanese Densha De Go on PS1 back in the day. Im enjoying it still but didnt understand how to properly play until translation of DDG 64 came. It teach me about coasting, the meaning of the sign and how to properly play it. There is also translation patch for Densha De GO Final PC version, but after playing the 64 version we all will understand how to play properly in the rest of the series

Derek is like an old friend you don't see super often but when you do it feels like no time has passed

A few people have already commented on why it's written "densya", but I want to add a bit more explanation. The difference in Kunrei (densya) vs Hepburn (densha) romanization is basically a difference of romanizing for consistency vs romanizing for pronunciation. The 'sha' portion of "densha" is written しゃ, which is a 'shi' し modified by a small 'ya' ゃ to make the sound 'sha'. That's why in Kunrei it's written as 'sya', to match the 'ya' や character even though it's pronounced 'sha'. This goes for all "yō-on", where a character is modified by a small 'y-' group character, and is therefore written with a 'y' in Kunrei. There are a few different pronunciation mismatchs to keep in mind when reading Kunrei.

btw, this train game being brutal, is because, in Japan, trains are super strict to use, they have very strict rules when carrying passengers to their next stop

The Soylent ad killed me. You can't make this stuff up, he actually just didn't know what taking that sponsorship meant.

@daveraschke

6 күн бұрын

ITS MADE OF PEOPLE

Was NOT expecting my music to suddenly pop up in this vid :') Very cool! Really made my day that! :D

Always love the esoteric controllers. Would love to see a breakdown of exactly what each of the levers actually does, i.e. what they map to (if they do at all) on a regular controller, which might explain why the functions seem to change depending on position, and why the buttons don't always work. Maybe how they look on something like a gamepad tester...

People: Oh hey, a controller for trains. Derek: But does it play Doom?

I saw that frame of Sabin suplexing a train during the game intro, Derek! Well played~

Thanks Derek for being there on rough days. If my real life's going to shit, nice to see at least a new SSFF vid in my feed.

I love it when ad reads are relevant to the content, you did it hilariously here, and Renn's Reviews does some amazing ad reads as well

This is exactly the brand of insanity that makes me love this channel so much. I'd love to find out how these controllers actually work. Also, as soon as I saw the name of the sponsor was Soylent, all I could think of was "CAAAAAAARL." Thank you for at least addressing that.

Always putting out bangers! Love the content man! Always learning stuff 🤯

I am surprised the sponsor hasn't a flavor called Green. Also Derek, you do realize that the Light rail is coming... if a bit slower than some of us would have wanted.

@StopSkeletonsFromFighting

14 күн бұрын

Yes I am VERY aware! Been watching it slowly be built the entire time I’ve lived in Seattle! Can’t wait for the new extension to open, then it’s MY turn to be the drunkard on the train!

@NealMohansMicroPenis

14 күн бұрын

​@@StopSkeletonsFromFightingYou are in Seattle ? I've always wanted to take the ferry over and check out some of the game stores like Pink Gorilla.. I'm just right across the canal and do enjoy the ferry trip. Only few time I've been to Seattle is just to catch a baseball game but want to just take the ferry over one day and walk around and see the sights.

@GoldenPickaxe

14 күн бұрын

The green flavor is mint chocolate

@Neer-yy5nm

14 күн бұрын

Light rail came to my city. Slow is right, and paaacked.

@tipulsar85

13 күн бұрын

@@Neer-yy5nm the Puget Sound getting light/commuter rail was originally supposed to happen in the 1960s, after getting rid of the last version in the 30s. Slow rollout is one thing, slow realization that it is needed after all is another. Both were involved here, to the point that the Everett portion will have been without a rail link for over a century.

You know, this video brought me joy in some tough times, thanks Derek.

huge credit for such an in-depth vid! the ratchety clicks of the controller levers are really satisfying

Always great to see a new SSFF video c:

I find it unlikely that Taito specifically blocked the controller; rather the wild inputs may be triggering some kind of soft reset function or (perhaps more likely) are simply crashing the software during the load lol Great video!

First off, the Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks music that kicked in for Densha De Go! 2 on Dreamcast? _Brilliant move,_ Uncle Derek - that game is amazing and that theme is low-key one of the best in the entire series. PERFECT for train... train, um.... goodness? Train goodness; let's go with that, lol. Secondly, this exchange - "Yes Derek we have it... I'll put it aside for you" - That's amazing! 😄

Love the Peanut Butter GDQ shirt, Derek. Was such a wonderful run with not just a unique controller, but a unique runner! Oh yeah, crazy that these train controllers exist.

I've been hoping you'd put out another video soon AND I've weirdly had a lot of train controller questions building up so this is excellent 🤠

i can't help but feel the japanese bubble bobble is not kicking you out on purpose... it would probably just give a popup that says wrong controller. i feel the controller accidentally triggering a button combo for soft resets is more likely.

I was just thinking today would be a good day for a SSFF video.

Derek, I am someone who in fact, loves the hell out of trains. I've never been into video games about them, because I am very particular about what I would want, but I did appreciate the heck out of this video.

My day always seems a bit better whenever an SSFF vid pops up in my feed! 👍

I'm endlessly fascinated with this stuff, great video.

ALWAYS READY FOR THE GOOD GOOD UNCLE DEREK CONTENT

Just as a side note: While not part of the Densha no Go series nor made by Taito, there's the Japanese Rail Sim 3D games made by Sonic Powered Co that pretty much play exactly the same but with the added bonus of being available in fully translated English! Two were released for the 3DS's digital store (if I remember correctly) although that shut down so I have no idea how to get them now, and one should be available on Steam.

Happy (super) belated birthday, Uncle Derek

Woohoo Uncle Derek is back, it's him, Uncle Derek! 🎉🥳

From hearing your into so much, I’ve been implementing my own greeting for people named Nathan, Nate, or Nathaniel. It goes, “Hey Nate, it’s me, Nate! How’s it going, Nate?!” Just thought you’d like to know you influenced me for so long. :)

45:55 It's okay Derek, you've simply immersed yourself so deeply in the Japanese train-controller life that you've shed the need for Western worries like cars or localized game titles.

Yeah! ^^ More Derek. I really love rewatching your old HVGN videos, and your 13 year anniversary episode where you gave commentary on the first half of your HVGN videos library. Do you ever think you want to do another commentary episode of the rest of your HVGN videos? Clash at Demonhead onward?

A whole hour of Derek talking about stupid controllers? Sign me up!!

"analog steering controller compatible" means what it says, you can play it with the neGcon, dualshock, etc.

Honestly I do love the wacky oddball stuff Derek covers regularly on the channel, it makes my day. Either be the Zeebo or in this case Train Controllers, such awesome.

Love your content, dude!

I been following Derek since Space Money Octagon. I'm glad to see mans doing well in his passion. Hilarious video!

Derek uploads a new video, I watch immediately

Good to see you back!

Great video! I'm really curious now what it would look like to play the train games on a regular controller. It looks like the levers are combining all sorts of button combinations together, so I bet there would be some pretty entertaining finger pretzels going on.

Thanks for your unending dedication to weird gaming Derek! Was nice to meet you at MGC, shame the Faceball setup wasnt working at the time i was near that area 😢

Great video, super fun. I love the newer train sims like journey to kyoto and jr east on steam but haven’t seen the older ones yet and you played so much more than just train games, wow!

Speaking of Zen connections to Doom controls, I once beat the entirety of episode 1 with the screen flipped upside down and the left and right controls mirrored. I wanted to prove that our proprioception system is highly adaptable and given a consistent set of inputs, even the most literally backwards controls become second nature. And yes I wished I had recorded it but my PC is from 2009 and OBS can't run at more than 0 frames per second 😢

The first thing I thought of was those clicks! They were really satisfying to hear for some reason! Also spinning, whee!!! 😂😂😂

I'm glad you didn't run through the emenies. 10/10 video!

There is no other KZreadr who makes me feel like I'm in the room with him. Great, fun guy! :D

Can't believe how much I loved a video about TRAINS, but, then again, it is Derek we're talking about.

I literally thought you were like 32, you look great :) also this video is incredible thanks derek! I love your desire to play doom on everything

Honestly I'm amazed as many of the games recognized the train controllers in the first place as they did, regardless of how well they may or may not have functioned.

Not only is this vid about something obscure, its nearly an HOUR LONG. Derek, you madlad

This was quite the undertaking 🤯

It's always a nice surprise to see a new SSFF

I'm glad you're back, gang

Somethings are worth waiting for… SSFF is one of them!!!

The fact that they still make train controllers for the Switch truly blew my mind! Also, happy belated birthday, Uncle Derek! 🥳 You don’t look a day over 35! 😅

Still looking pretty fly for 40, Uncle Derek! I’m looking forward to the second video, in which you go into the full history of all the Go games and play them all using their respective controllers. ;)

This must be a good one. Densha de Go rocks. Not to mention the by far best episode of GameCenter CX is about this game.

Oh Derek don't worry, it's always okay to insult the colonialist governments of England, the U.S., and Japan! Glad to have you and Producer Grace back!

A+ video dude. I remember as kids a buddy and I tried this with the Guitar Hero controller on 360. I beat the Yaris game on it (honestly the BEST free XBLA game)

Super interesting seeing how the train controllers work with games they weren't designed for. That can tell you a lot about how they work under the hood. The fighting games look like they could be great fun with two players, both with train controllers. I didn't know I wanted a deep-dive on this, but apparently I did. Thanks for sharing this with us!

Don't think you could sneak the use of all those train-themed video game levels by me. I caught Final Fantasy 8 "Martial Law" and Megaman X4 "Slash Beast"

This caused me to go down the rabbit hole of watching the initial D crossover and now I *MUST* get my hands on them for multi-track drifting

Has Derek just invented some Speedrunning Catagories?

Awesome episode. SSFF lightning in a bottle

Ya know, I don’t think I would have watched this if Derek wasn’t so delightful. This is soooooo dumb… But Derek makes it endearing in a way I can’t properly articulate.

welcome back derek 🗣️

you know how deep a rabbit hole has become when Derek is almost exasperated listing off the number of controllers

So mad KZread didn’t tell me this came out sooner, absolutely love Punching Weights about weird controllers

that "yes, derek" phone call really was the perfect start to this journey... i've never tried densha de go, because i don't speak japanese and i don't have the budget to import than batshit controller (and i don't really think it'd be much fun without it), but if you want to try something similar without having to hunt one of those (awesome) pieces of equipment or stuggle with your understanding of kanji, i can't recommend the *tetsudo nippon/"japanese rail sim"* series on 3ds enough. (especially monorail trip to okinawa and journey to kyoto) swapping a bulky plastic lever and throttle for a simple stylus is just handheld train-driving heaven :P (note, most games in the tetsudo series also have playstation, switch and steam ports, but playing these with a standard gamepad doesn't feel nearly as appealing) also, YES, be an authentic video game train driver, *do* put your cheap off-brand non-regulation railroad *closed* pocket watch on its dedicated holder !

Man, if I were making a company called Soylent I would avoid putting out any flavour with green packaging