The YouTube channel Boundary Break usually checks out what goes on out of bounds in video games, but their latest video breaks down some of Nintendo’s most well-known hardware to show secret messages and exactly what made your Zapper sound so weird.
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The most recent episode of Boundary Break scrounges through lots of interesting hidden content in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, but the best thing is a clarification of Pinstripe Potoroo's deepest desires.
Kingdom Hearts II contains dozens of worlds to explore and hundreds of cutscenes to watch. The latest episode of YouTube show Boundary Break sheds light on some of the tricks behind the game's awesome presentation. These include squishing characters' heads and building entire cityscapes that the player never gets to explore.
With the Spyro trilogy getting a remaster in September, it's a good time to revisit the purple dragon's original adventures to see just how many secrets it left behind.
The art of game creation is always interesting, but looking behind the curtain of Mario Party 8 is a particularly wonderful experience that shows the power of a highly controlled camera.
Most people are pretty familiar with that opening Skyrim scene, when Alduin lays waste to Helgen before the player can be executed. When Alduin lands on the tower and starts breathing fire, your perspective is blurred and forced to the ground.
Which, of course, is just a trick Bethesda uses to stop you from seeing what's really going on.
Nintendo games are fascinating for the things they hide, and Super Mario Galaxy is no exception. For instance, did you know the opening scene wasn't actually in space, but a floating image in the Mushroom Kingdom?
Ludendorff, North Yankton is where the prologue of Grand Theft Auto V takes place. You're there to steal some cash and then things go sideways, setting in motion the game's main events nine years later. The town is sort of an after thought, in other words, with lots of low-res textures and missing stuff. That's kind of what makes it great though.
Final Fantasy VII did a lot of things, but one was revolutionising the idea of how a turn-based battle could look and feel. On the latest episode of Boundary Break, YouTuber Shesez shows what these scenes look like from the outside.
In case you didn't know Toad is at the center of a heated, ongoing debate. On one side are the people who think the mushroom on his head sits there like a hat. On the other side are people who think the mushroom is part of his head. Thanks to the latest Boundary Break video, we have some new evidence to consider.
Sometimes, it's what outside of a level that's really interesting.
It's been almost 30 years since Super Mario Bros. 3 released for the NES, but we're still discussing its secrets in 2017. In this case: Glitch levels that are hiding within SMB3. Perhaps you've seen them before.
Built for speed and not exploration, racing games like Mario Kart like to keep players confined to a set track. Since developers always know what the player will be looking at, it's easier to hide things away, until a YouTuber like Shesez starts using camera tricks to explore beyond track borders.
