The channel passed 70,000 subscribers today, February 22 at 2:34 p.m.! If you're just coming in from Zelda 40, don't be a stranger! comment often and check out the last 10 years of the channel. For reference, the channel hit 60K on Nov 5, 2023, 50K on Christmas Day 2022 and 40K on June 13, 2022. The first 1,000 took just under a year! Many of those are still hear and we talk very often ^=^ Thank you everyone! 80K is next!
So how did 2025 turn out? Here's the scorecard! Thank you all for a great year and here we go with the next one! A few new videos are already done and one is on the way tomorrow!! The second, February 21. Hmm, what makes that day so special? Don't forget the 10th anniversary of the channel is on February 16!! We'll see you there for the 11th year of GTV!!
And the final video, number 19 of 2025, Mega Man 7 Part 2, coming in on January 11th, the last day before vacation ends. It's just hard to believe that not only has the channel being going for 10 years now, but that this series in particular has run for 7, and will continue to run for at least 14 or 15 more years, with all the material I have! They never get big numbers, this one got, what? 2,400? I could easily stop and make something that get many more views. But the response from those who have been along for the ride for each installment is so great, that I could never quit for such a reason. And when it comes times to end this Manga Man run because all the books are done, it's going to be a sad moment. As for the video, I always love writing and producing the openings and endings. It's like trying to catch that spirit of a 2-part Batman or a long running serial that's in the middle. The Dr. Wily VR fantasy was one of the most fun things I've done in a while, too. Also I wonder if anyone who has no idea what the video is, finds it and just assumes part 1 is just made up!
Even though this video went live on January 1st, I still consider it a part of 2025. It was technically still "Christmas Vacation" and the new year doesn't begin until you have to go back to work/school. Vacations are weird like that. I honestly don't know the day or date if I'm not working to be reminded about it. Anyway, part 1 of Mega Man 7, The Manga!
It's finally come to the big 200th Episode Special, and the 17th video of 2025, “Internet Parts.” Debuting on December 20, 2025! I had written down the topic over three years ago: Why do people hate Wii Music? Having that sit around in my brain for a long time helped flesh out the course it would take. One of the main complaints was the choice of songs. This then cross checked my memory of how different Japan takes to certain songs. Some bands are big in Japan. Commercials make songs famous. Day Dream Believer was the soundtrack to 7-11! How could it be hated? Oh yeah! It was originally done by The Monkees, which was a “fake” band for a TV show, so it’s automatically hated out the gate. For the record I unironically like The Monkees. With other numbers, 50, 100, 150 I really didn’t think that anything had to be ‘special’ and just worked on whatever was next on The List. For 200, I thought, “Well ok, let’s do it!” More ideas kept coming, and there was just a push to make it bigger and bigger, to have something that could sum up the essence of what the channel is, look back on 10 years and 200 videos and have a few callbacks to things over the years, even if I’m the only one that knows what they are. Some long time friends of the channel pitched in and others were strangers but now I’ve come to know much better. So that part is nice. In the end the video was several things at once. Game review, TV show review, music review, making fun of ‘epic rants’ and fake sponsorships. There’s also the irony of a game as old as Wii Music to be have both contemporary reviews on YouTube and reviews as a now ‘classic’ game. So what better way to honor Mike Nesmith of The Monkees by tweaking the title of his Magnum Opus, Elephant Parts. Oh, and after all that work, the video was a total bomb! Only 3,000 people watched it, and about 9 of those people actually got the joke. My cake with the number 200 on it was sad! But if you were one of the 9 who got the joke, thanks for being smart enough to have a sense of humor!
The 16th video of 2025 is actually the 5th part of a planned series of video that covers Sega's expansion as a toy maker and ventures into the anime and film industry. These were usually made near the end of the year, with this video coming on November 14. I always find it funny when I see the one sided arguments of Nintendoids who come to Sega videos just to say "Intendo won muh console war!" Because if you look at Sega (and Intendo) that way, you aren't seeing the whole picture. I guess that helped prop up views to almost 6,000, so why complain? By 1995 Sega owned their own studio, and rather than build a game around an anime series, they took the number one game of 1994 and 95 (in Japan!) and made a weekly TV show out of that. So how was Virtua Fighter the anime, anyway...?
Number 15 of 2025, "The Year of No Sonic" covered sega top to bottom in 1995, on November 2nd last year, including E3 and what would have been Saturnday. The Sega CD got its last hurrah, and even though everyone focuses on 3 seconds said by someone outside of Sega, the year itself was quite good! Every hardware cycle has its peak, it's best year. It's always right before the end. Was The Genesis in 95 better than 94? Hmm... Tough call. The response to the video was quite positive. Alost 25,000 views! The term "un-mis-remembering" probably got many intrigued enough to try it out. So certainly expect this to become an annual thing! Maybe turn the clock back a bit further for 2026....
Riding the NES 40th anniversary train to it's next logical destination, the 14th video of 2025, released on October 10, covered the much lauded and often discussed Robotic Operating Buddy. I have never really subscribed to the idea of The Robot being a Trojan Horse to allow the NES to "save gaming" from the Nuclear Winter that the Atari 2600 Pac-Man and E.T. brought upon the world. Much of that story doesn't pan out, and was written by the NES generation long after the fact. But the truth still remains that The Robot came with NES in 1985. So how'd he get there? Like many past videos, inspiration came from personal experiences in Japan. One of the earliest trips I ever made to Akihabara led to me find stacks and stacks (ha ha!) of Stack-Up (aka Robot Block), mint in box for $20!! HOW? How was the possible? Even 20 years ago the U.S. version went for several hundred, namely because the blocks are impossible to find. Why was this symbol of the triumph of NES in Japan in the first place? And in the cut out bin? It all led to more research, namely the Tokyo Toy Journal, which detailed all the events of 1985 on both sides of the ocean. The response to the video was a little mixed. Some were adamant I was wrong and crazy, others were intrigued by the Japanese side of the story and questioning why "the experts" had never even thought to bring this up? After 5 months or so, the video sits at 8,000 views, which is certainly a higher number than the copies of Robot Block that were sold in 1985.
The most popular video of 2025 was (un)lucky number 13! The Story of Super Mario Bros.! I kind of had a feeling it would be, since Mario always does well, and this was the 40th anniversary of the game, September 13. It was a fun video to make, to go back and look up all those old magazines and look back on the memories I had seeing Super Mario in the arcades for the very first time, then getting an NES at home and having what was at the time the greatest video games ever made on demand, as long as I wanted forever! There were a lot of viewers who had the same experience and shared those in the comments. Others, were a bit younger but also had interesting things to say about Mario 1, its impact and their own experiences with it. Much like the two part Yoshi's Island/Jumping Flash just before, this video is a "part one" to a later video coming in 2026 that will carry the story forward in "part two." It ain't Super Mario Bros. 2! With 70,000+ views this was the only video to get more views than subscribers this year. So thank you to all 69,500 subscribers who came out of hiding just to watch it! We wish to see you more often....
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The channel passed 70,000 subscribers today, February 22 at 2:34 p.m.! If you're just coming in from Zelda 40, don't be a stranger! comment often and check out the last 10 years of the channel. For reference, the channel hit 60K on Nov 5, 2023, 50K on Christmas Day 2022 and 40K on June 13, 2022. The first 1,000 took just under a year! Many of those are still hear and we talk very often ^=^
Thank you everyone! 80K is next!
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February 16, 2016:
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February 16, 2026:
203 Videos
8,142,315 Views
69,755 Subscribers
Thank you everyone!
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So how did 2025 turn out? Here's the scorecard! Thank you all for a great year and here we go with the next one! A few new videos are already done and one is on the way tomorrow!! The second, February 21. Hmm, what makes that day so special? Don't forget the 10th anniversary of the channel is on February 16!!
We'll see you there for the 11th year of GTV!!
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And the final video, number 19 of 2025, Mega Man 7 Part 2, coming in on January 11th, the last day before vacation ends. It's just hard to believe that not only has the channel being going for 10 years now, but that this series in particular has run for 7, and will continue to run for at least 14 or 15 more years, with all the material I have! They never get big numbers, this one got, what? 2,400? I could easily stop and make something that get many more views. But the response from those who have been along for the ride for each installment is so great, that I could never quit for such a reason. And when it comes times to end this Manga Man run because all the books are done, it's going to be a sad moment. As for the video, I always love writing and producing the openings and endings. It's like trying to catch that spirit of a 2-part Batman or a long running serial that's in the middle. The Dr. Wily VR fantasy was one of the most fun things I've done in a while, too. Also I wonder if anyone who has no idea what the video is, finds it and just assumes part 1 is just made up!
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Even though this video went live on January 1st, I still consider it a part of 2025. It was technically still "Christmas Vacation" and the new year doesn't begin until you have to go back to work/school. Vacations are weird like that. I honestly don't know the day or date if I'm not working to be reminded about it. Anyway, part 1 of Mega Man 7, The Manga!
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It's finally come to the big 200th Episode Special, and the 17th video of 2025, “Internet Parts.” Debuting on December 20, 2025! I had written down the topic over three years ago: Why do people hate Wii Music? Having that sit around in my brain for a long time helped flesh out the course it would take. One of the main complaints was the choice of songs. This then cross checked my memory of how different Japan takes to certain songs. Some bands are big in Japan. Commercials make songs famous. Day Dream Believer was the soundtrack to 7-11! How could it be hated? Oh yeah! It was originally done by The Monkees, which was a “fake” band for a TV show, so it’s automatically hated out the gate. For the record I unironically like The Monkees. With other numbers, 50, 100, 150 I really didn’t think that anything had to be ‘special’ and just worked on whatever was next on The List. For 200, I thought, “Well ok, let’s do it!” More ideas kept coming, and there was just a push to make it bigger and bigger, to have something that could sum up the essence of what the channel is, look back on 10 years and 200 videos and have a few callbacks to things over the years, even if I’m the only one that knows what they are. Some long time friends of the channel pitched in and others were strangers but now I’ve come to know much better. So that part is nice. In the end the video was several things at once. Game review, TV show review, music review, making fun of ‘epic rants’ and fake sponsorships. There’s also the irony of a game as old as Wii Music to be have both contemporary reviews on YouTube and reviews as a now ‘classic’ game. So what better way to honor Mike Nesmith of The Monkees by tweaking the title of his Magnum Opus, Elephant Parts. Oh, and after all that work, the video was a total bomb! Only 3,000 people watched it, and about 9 of those people actually got the joke. My cake with the number 200 on it was sad! But if you were one of the 9 who got the joke, thanks for being smart enough to have a sense of humor!
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The 16th video of 2025 is actually the 5th part of a planned series of video that covers Sega's expansion as a toy maker and ventures into the anime and film industry. These were usually made near the end of the year, with this video coming on November 14. I always find it funny when I see the one sided arguments of Nintendoids who come to Sega videos just to say "Intendo won muh console war!" Because if you look at Sega (and Intendo) that way, you aren't seeing the whole picture. I guess that helped prop up views to almost 6,000, so why complain? By 1995 Sega owned their own studio, and rather than build a game around an anime series, they took the number one game of 1994 and 95 (in Japan!) and made a weekly TV show out of that. So how was Virtua Fighter the anime, anyway...?
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Number 15 of 2025, "The Year of No Sonic" covered sega top to bottom in 1995, on November 2nd last year, including E3 and what would have been Saturnday. The Sega CD got its last hurrah, and even though everyone focuses on 3 seconds said by someone outside of Sega, the year itself was quite good! Every hardware cycle has its peak, it's best year. It's always right before the end. Was The Genesis in 95 better than 94? Hmm... Tough call. The response to the video was quite positive. Alost 25,000 views! The term "un-mis-remembering" probably got many intrigued enough to try it out. So certainly expect this to become an annual thing! Maybe turn the clock back a bit further for 2026....
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Riding the NES 40th anniversary train to it's next logical destination, the 14th video of 2025, released on October 10, covered the much lauded and often discussed Robotic Operating Buddy. I have never really subscribed to the idea of The Robot being a Trojan Horse to allow the NES to "save gaming" from the Nuclear Winter that the Atari 2600 Pac-Man and E.T. brought upon the world. Much of that story doesn't pan out, and was written by the NES generation long after the fact. But the truth still remains that The Robot came with NES in 1985. So how'd he get there? Like many past videos, inspiration came from personal experiences in Japan. One of the earliest trips I ever made to Akihabara led to me find stacks and stacks (ha ha!) of Stack-Up (aka Robot Block), mint in box for $20!! HOW? How was the possible? Even 20 years ago the U.S. version went for several hundred, namely because the blocks are impossible to find. Why was this symbol of the triumph of NES in Japan in the first place? And in the cut out bin? It all led to more research, namely the Tokyo Toy Journal, which detailed all the events of 1985 on both sides of the ocean. The response to the video was a little mixed. Some were adamant I was wrong and crazy, others were intrigued by the Japanese side of the story and questioning why "the experts" had never even thought to bring this up? After 5 months or so, the video sits at 8,000 views, which is certainly a higher number than the copies of Robot Block that were sold in 1985.
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The most popular video of 2025 was (un)lucky number 13! The Story of Super Mario Bros.! I kind of had a feeling it would be, since Mario always does well, and this was the 40th anniversary of the game, September 13. It was a fun video to make, to go back and look up all those old magazines and look back on the memories I had seeing Super Mario in the arcades for the very first time, then getting an NES at home and having what was at the time the greatest video games ever made on demand, as long as I wanted forever! There were a lot of viewers who had the same experience and shared those in the comments. Others, were a bit younger but also had interesting things to say about Mario 1, its impact and their own experiences with it. Much like the two part Yoshi's Island/Jumping Flash just before, this video is a "part one" to a later video coming in 2026 that will carry the story forward in "part two." It ain't Super Mario Bros. 2! With 70,000+ views this was the only video to get more views than subscribers this year. So thank you to all 69,500 subscribers who came out of hiding just to watch it! We wish to see you more often....
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