Crolister

Happy birthday to Mega Man. December 17th of 1987 is the Blue Bomber's anniversary day. Gotta show him some love - especially since he's got a new game comin' around his 40th anniversary! (I'm not planning to sign up for X just so I can enter the Robot Master design contest. I have a feeling the nominees will all be from Japan.)

I have updates as well. I was delayed AGAIN on Monday! I should be able to finalize videos today so that I can release my next how-to-draw on Friday this week. I also prepared two in advance so that I can upload on holiday break.

I also have a Namco arcade LP to make along with them. I bought Gee Bee as an ACA2 title this month as one of my monthly purchases. This is a Breakout/pinball cross kind of game. The ACA2 edition allows you to play it with the mouse controls. That'll go for Bomb Bee as well. But the new game I plan to get in January was actually Ridge Racer. I badly need to make up my Switch ACA library on my NS2 as soon as I can. WAY too many games to catch up on! I'll be able to focus more on the new games when I'm down to the games I put in D or F in my tier list I made back in 2024.

The next Namco game to come to ACA/ACA2 this week is The Outfoxies - a platform fighting game. This game is actually rated M for Mature. That means it's not for anyone of a sensitive nature! I must warn my audience when the time comes for me to try that game out for myself.

I'll try to get motivated enough to do more content on YouTube regularly in 2026 as I am getting subs every so often. I do look forward to talking about Pokémon as well as the possibility of SSB announcing in the upcoming year. (SSB in 2026 should be taken with a grain of salt. The game may take longer to announce than that. But Pokémon's 30th is a sure hype.) I may even do showcasing of my Pokémon OCs from DA in highlights or animations. But I can't make any promises with how busy people tend to keep me on DA. Not to mention - some of the things they ask for are slightly NSFW at least for YouTube.

Happy birthday - again - to my boy Rock. I'll see you guys soon.
- Benjamin S. Croley aka Crolister - master of pwnage.

1 day ago | [YT] | 5

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Hi guys. I have a how-to-freehand-draw video to be released as a public video on Friday. An unforeseen situation with my brother's daycare prevented me from having it ready by Wednesday.

I am looking forward to seeing (how well it goes) The Game Awards this evening. I plan to make a thoughts on gaming news video after that airs to release on a later day from there.

Nintendo added some games to Nintendo Classics recently. The GameCube app for NS2 added Wario World. That game - oddly enough - was not one of the ones previously confirmed to come to the GameCube app. But it is one we thought would come to it at one point anyway. Two third-party N64 games will also be added next week. One of them is a Rayman game - the ideal opportunity for an NSO Expansion Pack member to try out the Rayman series.

Remember that Nintendo are also going to add a new platform to Nintendo Classics in February - the Virtual Boy. This can be used on the Switch as well as NS2. Expansion Pack is required. I don't know if the Virtual Boy dock is required to play or not. But I do know this: you can't record gaming videos of you playing the Virtual Boy games if the special accessory IS mandatory! There's just no way a capture card could go into it. Also - those things are gonna sell out in a heartbeat no matter what happens. Not all of it has to do with scalpers.

Just some notes on recent updates some may be interested in knowing. I'll try to come up with regular ideas on my own. I'll see you guys soon.
- Benjamin S. Croley aka Crolister - master of pwnage.

1 week ago | [YT] | 6

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Hi guys. The Game Awards is fast approaching. I look forward to seeing the game announcements there! (I'm not expecting GOTY to go well. We all know that part of the show is rigged. But the game announcements along with the music acts are what to look to.)

I need to come up with YouTube channel incentives since I seem to be getting more subscribers at a steady pace. I am thinking about changing my Channel picture. I may have one of my avatar showing off his Key Stone gauntlet since next year is Pokémon's 30th. We all know that'll be huge. I am thinking about showcasing my many Pokémon OCs on YouTube in short vids when the time is right. I just feel like things like those are more appropriate for DA. But I gotta try to do different things to see if they do well. Part of YouTube is taking a chance!

I also want you to know that I may delete my own videos if I deem them to not be relevant anymore. For example: I made a video earlier this year reporting that I couldn't unlock Lizardman in Soul Calibur 2 even after completing all of the stages in Weapon Master. Well, it just so happens that there was an extremely well-hidden subchapter in the game accessible by winning chapter four in Mizar's stage three first variant only after obtaining Edge Master status. (Level 72 or higher) The stages in that subarea are also where you go to buy the characters' gag weapons. That goes to say I have Lizardman unlocked NOW. Any outdated news videos may be deleted in time as well. But more important things like LPs or how-to-draws will stay as long as there are no further issues with policy changes.

My YouTube planning schedule may also be a bit more open in the upcoming year as my family has arranged for my brother to go on four business days a week instead of three. Things around my home have been much more calm lately. That's all I'll say on that. This means I can have more time to finalize videos in order to ensure I have at least one video to post weekly.

I really do have a lot planned for my channel. It just takes time to decide what I absolutely want to do in question. Especially if people on DA keep me busy. That's why I need to keep my motivation up. I am honored that a decent number of people like some part of my content - even if it's just my art style or being one of the rare cases where a Namco arcade fan likes other games besides just Pac-Man/Galaga/Dig Dug in their lineup.

I plan to do another thoughts video about NS2-themed rumors or confirmations after TGA. I will also keep doing my SSB how-to-draws weekly until I do them all. I'll see you guys soon.
- Benjamin S. Croley aka Crolister - master of pwnage.

1 week ago | [YT] | 4

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Happy Thanksgiving. Whatever you want to do to celebrate it, do NOT bring a live turkey into a diner expecting to get a free turkey dinner! All you'll get is a lifetime ban from the place! Enjoy this comic of Zachy Freeman (an OC of mine) doing exactly that! I recall someone did this in an episode of Viva la Bam.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 2

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Happy birthday to Yoshi! November 21st - according to me trying to look up the anniversary date - is that of the SNES milestone Super Mario World where Yoshi made his debut. Next year will be Yoshi's 35th anniversary - come to think of it! That could explain Yoshi getting a new game before Mario's next 3D title everyone's impatiently waiting for. Gotta show some love to that adorable reptile.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 4

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Okay guys. My family's new internet service I warned you about has been installed. No reconfigurations we needed to do or anything. It's also a good quality internet service for being about 200 dollars less costly per month! We just got a new internet without cable. We don't watch normal television in our house anymore. Even if my mother wanted to, my brother would destroy it anyway. What's the point?

So... I got a few subs after my Pokémon Pokopia argument video about the Game-Key Card situation. Of course, some people are like: "Oh, no, it's TOTALLY Nintendo lying about their promise to keep their own games physical! Pokémon is 100% a Nintendo-owned franchise!" But people are gonna strike you even if you're the one that's right. Pokémon IS published by Nintendo. That doesn't mean they're the creators of the franchise. Keep in mind that this game is also co-developed by Koei Techmo. It's plausible that this could have to do with it in a way. Or maybe Nintendo just needed a Nintendo-published game to demonstrate a Game-Key Card in their demonstration video on YouTube to avoid licensing issues. Game Freak is SO involved in Pokémon that everyone refutes that they are technically a third-party developer that made a few other games. Any comments I get telling me otherwise, I'm just like: "Ah! You're wrong!"

Screw it. I think the best thing to do is to wait for more Nintendo games to come out within the year (2026) to see if any first-party games that are under 50GB are Game-Key Cards. Only then may people say they lied. The point is: like them or hate them, Game-Key Cards are not going anywhere. It's just something conservationists are going to have to put up with moving forward as literally all of the third-party developers are favoring them for budget reasons. It sucks that 95% if not more of the big NS2 games are digital only requiring Internet to start them up. But that's life for you. Haven't you heard the saying: "Life isn't fair"?

I got the next part of Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac going up Friday at around 7:00am. This will be a much longer segment as I am doing the whole Pac-Knight Era (besides time trial) in one video. I also need to do the recording for the Sonic DLC along with one other thing when I get around to it. Those are projects for Thanksgiving week.

Alright. Just updating you guys. I'll think over what to post on my channel up ahead. See you soon.
- Benjamin S. Croley aka Crolister - master of pwnage.

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 4

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I want my followers to know that I am to sign up for a different internet service for my home on this upcoming Wednesday. My mother saw desire to use a less expensive internet service. While I doubt it's the case, there is a small chance I may need to reconfigure all of my browser options including Google account login. My mother has the kind of luck that she lost all access to our original email information! (Not the one I made my Google account with. That was made with my own info.) Just to point something out in the unlikely event that I stop posting at all on Thursday onwards. I should still have my login info saved after a new access point is linked. My mother is just a worry wart. So am I.

I have a controversy video explaining that Game Freak - not Nintendo - are necessarily to blame for why Pokémon Pokopia is a Game-Key Card. That'll go live at around 7:00am today. I will also try to come out with part seven of the Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac LP soon - that being the Pac-Knight Era stages. I still have a little more to go for the game even after that!

I just had something urgent I needed to share with you guys. We'll be doing the right thing in the end.

1 month ago | [YT] | 4

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I just finished up with the Sonic DLC for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac. It was fantastic. The stages were made so that it actually feels like you're playing Pac-Man & Sonic simultaneously. They were really fun. Tough though! The Sonic cosmetics added are also cool. It was a very nice birthday gift for Pac from the Blue Blur himself. I just HAD to make a picture for DA of Pac-Man thanking Sonic in a shoutout wearing the Sonic costume!

1 month ago | [YT] | 4

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Hi guys. I'm releasing the Ghost Island part of the Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac LP at around 7:00am.

It has freshly been announced that the DLC for the game - the Sonic crossover - will be releasing tomorrow. I have the DX version of the game - which is forty dollars. The standard buy is thirty dollars. The DLC add-on for the standard edition will be twelve dollars. The DX version - which has the DLC when it's ready - saves two dollars. I made the better buy!

This will have Pac-Man cross over with Sonic by joining forces with him as you play Sonic-themed stages. There is also a Sonic costume for Pac to try out. The Pac-Land skin that I'm using for the LP to show that I bought the DX edition will also (apparently) be included in the Sonic crossover DLC set for those that didn't buy the DX edition. Think of the skin as early access to the minor part of the expansion.

I still have to record the base for the Pac-Knight Era postgame. I may do all stages in one video since there are fewer of them. But there is a further postgame special that I will not spoil after that! I'm sure some of you already know what that is. From there, I'll have the Sonic world to play in the game. It'll be after that when I attempt the dreaded gold medals in Time Trial for YouTube. Not looking forward to that Pac-Marine Battle!

Pac-Man is also being added as a racer in Sonic Racing Crossworlds. But I haven't played hardly any Sonic games enough to be a Sonic fanatic.

Just letting you know that I'm aware of the upcoming DLC for a fantastic game remake is coming out soon. I'll come out with another drawing video this week as well. Like usual. See you then.
- Benjamin S. Croley aka Crolister - master of pwnage.

1 month ago | [YT] | 2

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Here are some updates.

The latest ACA game by Namco is Tokyo Wars - a tank combat game from 1996 that has a multiplayer focus. It looks exactly like a game for a boredom-quencher as opposed to a hardcore game with a plot. I'll get it eventually. There are just others I want to recover for my NS2 more.

Pokémon released a trailer for Z-A's DLC expansion the other day. This confirms that even more new Mega Evolutions are being added besides the two for Raichu. Check out the Megas for Chimecho & Baxcalibur! There may be hope still if your favorite didn't get one in the base game.

Here's a bigger one. Some of you may have seen a video clip of Crash from Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled morphing into his CB4 It's About Time depiction while still on the racing kart. I thought this was worth noting as a lot of Crash fans are talking about this. Okay... but let's not forget that SPYRO is severely in need of his next game! I'm sure we'll see word from the franchises at The Game Awards this December. They gotta be announced there if teasers are cropping up.

I wasn't able to finalize the Ghost Island part of Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac on Wednesday due to time constraints with shopping trips on that day. I'll release that part on Monday if there is no hassle with my routine today. Did you see Pac-Man got to join the Macy's Day Parade this year? That's a great treat for his 45th anniversary.

I will come out with more content as I can keep up. People on DeviantArt are keeping me busy at best. Old news... People are just gonna have to wait. I'm not a machine.

I'll see you guys shortly.
- Benjamin S. Croley aka Crolister - master of pwnage.

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