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Other notable games that are now some of my favorites include Cave Story, Shantae (I think first from the brainscratch commentary? And then your vs vid of the games), and the first sgb playthrough of Crash 3 and the Crash marathon got me into the series

thanks for introducing me to freedom planet all those years ago

Cheers for 15 years!

Dust an Elysian Tail, I tried it on your recommendation and it became an instant classic for me

Well, I probably wouldn't have played Symphony of the Night or Crash Bandicoot without your influence.

Well aside from Metroid, which I briefly told you about when I met you at TMG this weekend and had you sign my copy of Dread, I've also bought the collections for Castlevania, been dipping my toes into Final Fantasy, and I want to try Onimusha sometime soon. 👍 bsky.app/profile/mrca...

sweet get and glad to have followed you via BSC for almost 14 of those 15 years, keep going strong

Castlevania, Mega Man, Batman Arkham series. Probably a couple of things...but those are the ones I can remember after 13 years of watching. Lol

You got me into FF14 you bastard

You got me to really try metroid. Aftee hearing all of the reviews you did. I played Zero Mission and became a fan afterwards

finally got the push to try out the psx final fantasy trilogy in part due to you!

Crash Bandicoot and Metroid To this day, I love those classics and I only started to play em when I was a teenager

Too Many Games to count but to name a few would be Mega Man, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Castlevania Just to name a few

You got me into a lot of games but when I saw your review of Resident Evil 4 (OG), I had to try it for myself and fell in love with the series ever since then.

You convinced me to try the Onimusha games, and now that I've made it to Dawn Of Dreams, I guess I should be thankful.

Resident Evil!

I think out of all of your reviews you've done that actually inspired me to go and play them, it was probably either Crash or MGS, maybe a little bit of the hidden gems too like Psychonauts.

Resident Evil. Haven’t looked back since :3 youtube.com/clip/UgkxO9f...

Freedom Planet Your video on it was the first I've of heard of it. Now it and the sequel are some of my favorite games ever.

Symphony of the Night Bloodstained Ritual of the Night comes to mind. I didn't get far in Symphony, but I got hooked with Bloodstained so much that I bought it 4 times (not sure if I should be proud of that one or not).

Castlevania! Now my cat is named Alucard…

Your old SGB Reviews on Metroid had me give the series a shot! Prime 1, Zero Mission, and Dread are some of my favorite games of all time now.

This is amazing!

For me it was your spotlight stream on Katana Zero. I had never heard of it beforehand, and ironically the stream stopped right before the point that would actually hook me and turn it into one of my favorite games ever. Thanks for introducing me to a hyperfixation I really needed at the time.

You put Shantae on my radar and now, well...

Terraria, Cave Story, Freedom Planet, Symphony of the Night, and Papers Please to name a few!

The older Sonic games like 1, 2 3&K, Adventure 1 and 2, thank you so much!

Castlevania and Metroid are the stand out two for me. Fitting that both would define the Metroidvania genre.

Oooh. That's honestly a toughie-i guess xiv would count but that's technically moreso from streams. Otherwise, while they weren't just form reviews I think you helped for crash, ratchet, 2d Metroid post super, and classic FF

I got into mega man and metroid because of your vids :)

Your earlier stuff was the catalyst for me trying out the Metroid series and Castlevania Happy 15 years to Johnny Versus!

Final Fantasy 5, Resident Evil 4 (the original), the N. Sane Trilogy, and…I don’t remember any other games you inspired me to try that I didn’t just choose to play on my own. Still, your reviews did at least serve as quality entertainment, if that’s worth anything.

The Final Fantasy series. Your videos finally convinced me to take the dive (opted for Pixel Remasters). Started a little over a month ago with FF1, going through the whole series and now all the way up to FFVI part way into the World of Ruin. Been an amazing experience so far (except II, was ok)

Castlevania. Discovered your channel and SGB back in middle school during the pandemic and being introduced to Castlevania through you, made me a die hard fan of the series.

Last year your Final Fantasy series convinced me to go back and play all the games in that series I hadn't touched yet. Found some new favorites in there.

I have a lot of good memories of buying Guacamelee and playing it with my little brother because of your review on it.

You were the reason I got so excited to play Binding of Isaac Rebirth, that I bought a Vita for it. Now I have over 400 hours in it.

John, you got me into damn near everything I love. Metroidvanias in general are probably what I would credit you most for, though.

Great now I have to commission them to add Nathan Drake cuz they forgot him

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

xiv, shame nothing ever came of that

Haven't gotten to it just yet, but I will be attempting a Lvl 1 critical run of KH1 and 2. Wish me luck.

Not including Brave Fencer Musashi? Smh (artwork is beautiful though)

Your Playstation video convinced me to play a lot more PS1 games and of course all three of the Crash Bandicoot games. Especially Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped thanks to your lets play with Elliot which to this day I still find entertaining.

Sonic and Metroid mostly, I was very young and didn’t really know what Metroid even was. Thanks to your videos I downloaded Zero Mission and then the rest of the series. So many more afterwards. Thank you so much

Majora’s Mask(N64).

I got into Metroid because of you Johnny! You will always be the GOAT of youtubers imo :>

Castlevania and Metroid, thank you so much John

Cory in the house is missing. In all seriousness i am one of those that has gotten into many a game because of what you do :)

Castlevania SOTN, but not just that, as it was the game that really got me into Metroidvanias. I had some experience with the genre before, but that game made me fall in love with it. Metroidvanias became one of my favorite genres containing some of my favorite games.

Ever since 2013, I've been a fan of your channel being first introduced via the sonic 06 review, ever since then I've been a part of the community and got to meet so many good friends that I still chat to this very day. Your reviews also taught me to enjoy games themselves and not on review scores

Outside of some indies like Hollow Knight and Celeste, I’d say Crash Bandicoot, and especially Metroid. More specifically your second time around for the Metroid one.

Crash Bandicoot was a big one

ONIMUSHA 🔥

Final Fantasy, Metroid, and Castlevania. My favorites I’ve played so far from each series: FF6, Super Metroid, and Super Castlevania 4 (I haven’t played SotN yet). Never would have found these series if not for your vids. Thanks John for all the dedication you put into them. Here’s to 15 years!!🥂

Happy 15th Johnny. I'd say your original Castlevania reviews got me to try all the games up through SOTN. About 8 years ago 👀

StarFox Zero. 100% serious. I thought it was fine. I had an acceptable amount of fun.

Metroid. Literally had no idea what it was at the time, but seeing you gawking at the games so much got me curious to try them out. Havent finished all of them yet, but from what I played its an about blast.

Since your channel is 15 now, it's now johnny vs growing old

Ledgend of zelda, metroid, metal gear solid and final fantasy mainly 14.

Metal Gear and Star Fox are probably the big ones for me, but there’s also a ton of Indie games i never would’ve heard about if i never saw your videos on them

Many, most notable though is Final Fantasy XIV. Seeing you stream the binding coils of bahamut a long while ago got me to try the free trial... and the rest is history, with over 20k hours spent xD

Honestly Metroid was not something I was interested in untill I saw your review of Super and Fusion and now its one of my favourite franchises with Zero Mission and Prime 1 being my favourites

A ton but I think what comes to mind immediately are the Crash games, mother 3, and DMC: devil may cry

Get serious, we were all convinced to play the game by someone or something at one point in our life.

Castlevania 💕

Your love of Final Fantasy got me into it! ❤️ Started with VII, then IX, X, VI, VIII, IV, V, I, XIII, and finally XV!

Super Metroid

I owe Metroid, Pokémon, Zelda and Castlevania to you

Kingdom Hearts. This is all your fault.

Johnny celebrating 15 years and didn’t include Shanoa… Okay.

Final fantasy

Resident Evil specifically. I was horrified to try it out

Okami. I heard the words "Zelda" and "Twilight Princess" and that was all the convincing I needed.

Of course, you helped me get into Sonic. But it's because I became such a huge Sonic fan that you also introduced me to my favorite videogame of all time: Freedom Planet If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have discovered all the little niches that make up such a huge part of my identity❤️

Final Fantasy V, the Metal Gear series especially, and you forever changed my life by convincing me to try SOTN again. Now it's one of my top 10 favorite games ever.

I think the Sonic stuff? I used to watch Clements Let's Plays of the Wily Wars because nobody else loves that weird collection other than me and him, but i started watching your stuff due to the connections from there. Grats on 15 years man!

Making YT videos 👍

Tails adventure You convinced me so bad that it motivated me to 100% adventure DX just to access it Then to buy it twice on 3ds

It was thanks to your review of Hollow Knight that got me into the series so thank you very much for that! Bonus it was also due to the SGB playthrough of Kingdom Hearts II that got me into that series. Then of course, what introduced me to you, SGB, & BSC was the BrainScratch Sonic 06 playthrough.

HOLY SHIT!!! THIS IS SO DOPE!!! I've been watching you since back in the 2000s, and I've gotten into series like Castlevania, Batman Arkham, Cave Story, Skullgirls, Shantae, and many others! You've always been a bright spot in my days John. Here's to many more Versus!

Pushed me to try out Ratchet and Clank after years of being the one of the big 3 I never really peeped. Super great stuff!

This might be very basic bitch answer. But sonic and maybe sega in general. You convinced me to get a dreamcast which is awesome

You haven't hipped me to any games, but I still find your work entertaining.

I’d have to say Crash Bandicoot is definitely one of them Part of why I picked up N Sane Trilogy when it came out on Switch was yours and Caddicarus’s reviews on that game and the franchise

I had tried Crash Bandicoot 1 when I was younger but couldn't get very far because of the difficulty. Watching your Crash Bandicoot reviews years later convinced me to give it another shot, and now I'm a big fan of the series.

The SGB LP is why I started playing the Kingdom Hearts series and now it's one of my favorite series of all time.

None, reignited my Metroid obsession though. I think I found you looking for Metroid Other M reviews. Oofff

Street Fighter series (Not MVC)

MGS, Castlevania, Freedom Planet, and funny enough - Splatoon, even if I wouldn't play the series til the second game, which led to me making animations based off it for the past 9 years - even tossed you in The Last Can because of it. Thank you for all the adventures, man. 💙

Happy 15th As for games I wanted to try cuz of you, honestly too many to count. The Mega Man games, Cave Story, Dust An Elysian Tail, Terraria i think.

The first 5 Final Fantasy games + starting my playthrough of 6 soon

Resident Evil, Kingdom Hearts, Zelda Link Between Worlds, Mega Man and Mega Man X, DMC 5, Spyro. You put me onto so much heat 😭 I gotta thank you Your cheque will be in the mail next week

More than I'd care to admit, especially that lost Blip episode on the Elmo Metroidvania

Metroid, Mega Man and I dabled with Castlevania here and there.

A good number, the Mgs series is probably the big one for me honestly wouldn't have played them if it wasn't for your reviews and the sgb playthrough of the first game back when I was in highschool.

Where do I start? 3D Sonic, Metroid, Zelda, 3D Mario, Castlevania, Mega Man. So much of my current taste in games was influenced by just watching you, SGB, and Brainscratch growing up. I do like Minecraft though, so at least I gained some independence. Here's to another 15 (or more) years!

Sonic, Mega Man, Metroid, Castlevania, hell your Resident Evil videos came out *right* as I got into that series, and I'm an RE megafan now. The real answer is Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16: License to Drive. Congrats on 15 amazing years of Johnny vs!

When I think about it, it might've been Crash Bandicoot on a technicality. Because I did have a game growing up but didn't give the platformers much of a try till N.Sane and It's About Time (not counting the PS1 of the 1st game we managed to get but didn't get super far in).

Castlevania.

You made me a Metroid fan!

Metroid games, Symphony of the Night, Shantae, and more Sonic

Sonic 06 and the Shantae series.

It was your videos that gave me the push I needed to finally beat final fantasy VII and IX. Your video with caddy that got me into crash, and hopefully eventually because of you I will try out Shantae

I haven't even played the Metal Gear games yet but your Metal Gear videos were excellent

Grats on 15 years. Here's to at least 15 more.

Symphony of the night. First time I saw the game in action was the old Nocturne in the Moonlight playthrough. If we are talking strictly the Vs video though then it would be Metroid Zero Mission

Metroid

Super Metroid, my first ever Metroid game I've ever played

I have never in my life been more sold on a game than by your Terraria review

Off the top of my mind, Sonic Adventure 1, Super Mario World (my beloved), Star Fox Zero (pain), Crash, and Mega Man X 1 was really damn good!

For me, Shantae! Thought I would enjoy the games since you share a LOT of similar opinions as me on games so I felt I would enjoy them and now I have a series I absolutely adore because of you, thank you for that

Crash, Shovel Knight, and the Curse of the Moon line...... none of which I'm that big a fan of, honestly. Really wanting to try the classic Ratchet series though.

Metroid

Onimusha

Off the top of my head? The shantae series, super meat boy, guacamelee, skullgirls, brave fencer musashi and Dust. I know there's more but I can't think of what they might have been.

Final Fantasy XIV.

Kingdom Hearts. Your explanation when I was still getting in helped me understand it easier back then. Now? I can’t escape its clutches. I think you did your job too well ☠️☠️

It was a mixture of Sonic, Crash and Resident Evil. You were a factor, which is still something regardless. Besides other YouTubers like Caddy and general interest from myself, I ended up checking out some of the stuff you've looked at. On top of watching some SGB playthroughs too.

Mary Kate & Ashley's Sweet 16: Licensed to Drive with Mario Party Madness in 2024. Your review inspired me to convince Clark to make it happen. Though your love for Onimusha got me even more invested into the series.

Man you convinced me to give Metroid in general a shot before your reviews were even called "vs"

Doom! Your video on the classic games is what got me into boomer shooters as a whole

Castlevania, specifically the post NES titles. I had a PS3 when you released your Symphony of the Night video, so I downloaded it, played it, and loved it. And when you did your recent videos on the GBA/DS games I went out and bought those and have been chunking through them.

Crash 4

Final Fantasy

I know one of the first videos I saw of your channel was when you and Clement were racing on City Escape's time trials. As for games, Cave Story, Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, and Link Between Worlds.

Crystal meth