#zack and wiki quest for barbaros' treasure

[frak420blaze]

as 2023 ends in hours, i like to take a moment to share nostalgic stuff i have held onto over the years, where i say "goodbye" to the cartoons, games, and anime series we've lost over the years.

thank you for being here in on 2023's new years day. (and rest in piece to our old shows that were left behind.) (gone and/or over, but not forgotten.) (and to the people who are reading this, please, don't let nostalgia die.)

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my addition to the funny

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From: Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

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Requested by anon

[wiiroms]

(via Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure)

[g4zdtechtv]

X-Play Classic - On Location: Games On in San Diego

A local game store that was pretty alien to people who visited other game stores 15 years ago.

[lime-and-dragon]

Oops. Lime's work made her so sleepy that she hasn't made a new Mario Odyssey yet. Enjoy this lot of Z&W bloopers earlier than expected!

[howlingday]

Oh, wow, this has been a LOOOOONG time coming. The answer key is...

Ext. Easy: Pokémon

Easy: Hades

Intermediate: Yakuza: Like A Dragon

Hard: Fossil Fighters

Ext. Hard: Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros Treasure

Bonus: Drakengard 3

GUESS THE VIDEO GAME

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Extremely Easy:

Turn-based RPG with four moves

Easy:

Wandering vagrant slaughters monsters

Intermediate:

The wrong side of the law looks strange

Hard:

Resurrect the dead to battle aliens

Extremely Hard:

Pirate saves the world with best friend

Bonus:

Goddess uses dragon to kill flower

[lesserknownwaifus]

Rose from Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure.

[skyburger]

"fnaf is the scariest game ever" "no its silent hill" "well i think its resident evil" everyone shut up!!!!!! youre all wrong. its actually zack & wiki quest for barbaros' treasure (on the nintendo wii) but only the level "keeper of the ice". that level scared me so bad as a kid and you can tell because its the only individual level i remember the name of off the top of my head. like there is nothing scarier than a) being chased and b) being on a time limit. and you know what this level has? BOTH OF THOSE. this level is still scary to me im like AHHHHH!!!! and then i die

[derangedfujoshi]

for the shouta rating Zach from Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure if you haven’t done it. I don’t think it’s well known so I thought it’d be a fun find

OMG I LOOOVE SECRET RARE SHOTAS!! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!

Shortness: 10/10 no notes!

Big Ass Eyes: mmhh 7/10? Can't really tell with the hat on but they look pretty big in the cover art

Overall Design: oh exposed shotas my beloveds... That aside LOVE me a pirate design! The HUGE belt and shorts combo UGH the gigantic hat making him look even smaller and the BIG GLOVES! I'm such a fan of big gloves!! 8/10

[monkey-posting]

Monkey #1: Wiki from Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

Wiki is an enchanted golden monkey who can transform into a bell, and use his tail to fly! He is one of the titular characters of his video game, where he goes on a pirate's adventure with his best friend ever, Zack!

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barbaros i love you

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From: Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

[greenjokwe-blog]

Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure - Finished 01/04/2023

... I really, REALLY need to vet these games before playing them.

Zack and Wiki was high up on the list of games I needed to play for a WHILE. I bought it YEARS ago for preowned £12 back when the Wii was still relevant, I heard RAVE things about this game from places like Official Nintendo Magazine when it launched. As far as I’m aware, the game is still considered a hidden gem in the Wii library to this day. I left my Wii backlog abandoned for a while, so when I decided to finally dust off my Wii U (it wasn’t that undusted, was replaying some BoTW recently) and finally beat it, thinking a break with a nice, casual, children's point-and-click game...Fuck man, part of me makes me almost think I’M the issue.

Okay, compliments first cuz there’s a LOT to love about this game. The visual presentation is absolutely lovely. The models look great, colours gorgeous, animation is lovely, and honestly this game feels like to the Wii what Mega Man Legends was for the PS1. In fact I’d say this game has a lot of the best of Capcom’s default charm. Everything pops out and makes sense, there’s an inherent “kick” to how things feel to use and interact with, and in general, there’s just a great sense of creativity with the amount of game mechanics that fit into the structure of the game. This game has a ton of ideas and feels pretty unique for what it is, the best way I could describe it is like a fusion of Mega Man Legends, Ghost Trick, Secret of Monkey Island, and your standard early Wii game.

And when I say early Wii game, holy shit do I mean it. What’s nice about the puzzles in Zack and Wiki is that they are very beginner-friendly and easily solvable, but maaaan that does NOT follow up in actual execution. This game controls entirely via the Wii mote, and a lot of actual interfacing with the mechanics requires a variety of different motion control actions. Which, don’t get me wrong, at the time, SUPER cool, especially with how they’re integrated into the levels and the items it can feel super immersive, but it makes things a strain at certain points, especially towards the end of the game where it feels like half of the controls don’t even work like intended, leading to a lot of unintended deaths.

Oh yeah, dying in this game sucks. Instead of having your standard life system or using checkpoints, this game needs you to buy lives with gold, you don’t get any for free. What at first seems like an interesting idea to play into the games score system for solving puzzles, turns into immediate frustration very quickly, as large amounts of progress can be reset due to a mechanic not working or an accidental misclick, and your only reprieve is that you didn’t waste your money and have enough lives, which still resets your score, so you might as well reset anyway. It sucks cuz what could’ve been a convenience was turned into the exact opposite.

It’s so frustrating. If these features felt less broken, felt more considered and just, worked? I feel like this would be one of my favourite games on the Wii. And who knows, maybe it’s because of the final boss that really frustrated me and broke the straw, but man it’s hard for me to even look at the great parts of the game without thinking twice. I did really like the game at its best though, fusing great child-friendly point-n-click mechanics without the inherent puzzle-solving arbitrariness that may turn people off. I love games like this, I LOVE unconventional games and, if not limited by the pre-Motion+ Wiimote or maybe a better money balance for hints AND lives that didn’t require you to replay levels, I’d be suggesting EVERYONE check this out. I can still definitely recommend this game just cuz the good parts manage to be so incredibly impressive, unique and charming, but only with the pre-warnings I didn’t really give myself. I really really wanted to fall in love with Zack and Wiki, but all the things against it just make me never want to touch it or its post-game ever again. An EXTREMELY neat game worth remembering and looking into, but nowadays will need to be judged by new players to see if it’s worth the dive.

[humor-y-videojuegos]

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure 🏢 Capcom 📅 2007 🖥 Wii, Wii U #videogames