What makes Blue a Great Videogame Rival [Game Designer Explains]

Golden Owl February 22, 2024
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Former Game Designer from Singapore with a Business MBA from New York. I make videos about the design and business behind games for fun. The channel covers a lot of Pokemon a lot, but I don't consider it a Pokemon-centric channel. While I do enjoy Pokemon on a personal level, I mainly consider Pokemon to be a convenient example to use in game discussions because it is such a universally known game franchise. ------------------- Notable Channel Milestones First Video Uploaded: 11th July 2023 1k Subscribers: 30th July 2023 10k Subscribers: 8th February 2024

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Blue, the Rival from Pokémon Red & Blue stands proud as one of the strongest, most famous, and well-executed Rival characters in gaming. Few other characters out there are capable of inspiring such strong levels of competitive spirit from players worldwide. Eliciting such a reaction from players requires more than simply writing him as a jerk. Gameplay elements need to support the experience too. So, let's have a closer look at Blue, and examine just how the game designers created one of the most famous Rival experiences in gaming history. Channel Discord: https://discord.gg/DaUUDURJgq ------------ Chapter Timestamps 0:00 - Opening Gag 0:13 - Introduction 1:23 - The Problems with Rivals as Recurring Bosses 5:11 - How Blue's Rivalry is Framed and Presented 7:42 - Narrative Elements and Blue's Personality 10:34 - How the Rival is set up to Win 17:24 - Comparisons to other Rivals 21:32 - Outro ------------ Music Timestamps 0:13 - Apollo Justice, I'm Fine! [Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice] 5:16 - 4 Minutes Before Death [Ghost Trick, Phantom Detective] 10:34 - Fate Changed [Ghost Trick, Phantom Detective] 17:22 - AWAKENING [Ghost Trick, Phantom Detective]

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