Dave the Diver

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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to The Other Castle.

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The Other Castle, Under the Sea.

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Yes, my name is Tom.

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Hello, I'm Andrea.

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That's offensive, but I am Andrea.

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I am the other host of The Other Castle, coming to you live from under the ocean.

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Yes, we are doing Dave the Diver this week on The Other Castle, where we cover the plot, lore and more of video games.

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That's so cool.

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You know, that means we cover behind the scenes, how these games were created, and then what actually happens in the games.

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And I haven't played this, so I'm really excited to hear everything about it.

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Oh, Dave the Diver blew my fucking mind.

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I'll tell you what.

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I'm super fucking stoked.

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And yes, over at the Discord, we have some really fantastic conversations and all sorts of fun discussions and yeah.

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I think at the point of recording this, they haven't guessed this one.

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So we have like a wordle fucking puzzle on our Discord where we put up the full season in Xs.

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So you can't tell what the episode is, but you can see the amount of characters that are in the name of the game.

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And I don't think Dave the Diver has been guessed yet.

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Not as of this recording though.

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But I think we've talked about how much fun it is as a cozy game on there.

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So I'm like, guys, the clues are there.

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I think it's one of those games people didn't know has a full fucking story to it.

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I didn't.

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I've been watching you play this kind of over my shoulder.

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You know, we have our gaming room set up.

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So I've been on the PS5 on the TV and Tom's been on his PC next to me.

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And the music from this is so fucking good.

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Oh, the music's incredible.

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Anyway, Dave the Diver is an underwater adventure game produced by Mint Rocket in 2023.

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I've never heard of Mint Rocket.

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This is a first game for Mint Rocket.

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That makes sense.

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It was originally designed as a mobile game in cooperation with National Geographic.

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What?

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Yeah, and mega corporation Nexon.

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Aren't they oil people?

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That's Exxon without the N.

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Oh, my brain makes connections in very obvious ways.

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I think it just did autofill there.

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My bad.

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Nexon is a Korean media company that has its hands in all aspects of entertainment.

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Oh, cool.

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Not a huge name outside Asian countries, but it has billions of dollars.

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Oh, shit.

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So they are a subsidiary of some deep pockets.

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Yeah, very, very deep pockets.

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Cool.

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The idea was to make an edutainment game that explores the many wonders of the ocean.

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But Nat Geo lost interest in the project and Nexon formed Mint Rocket to continue the idea in a new direction.

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I bet they're fucking kicking themselves now.

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I know, right?

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They were inspired by a real life restaurant on a small Japanese island where the owner would dive for fish during the day and run his bar at night.

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That is so eccentric.

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I love that.

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Yeah.

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That's the kind of shit you'd see in a Hallmark movie though, you know, like, but it's obviously like Whitewash and American in the Hallmark movie where it's like a Maine lobster guy that picks up all his lobsters himself and makes eight lobster rolls and no one loves him until a busy business bitch who only cares about business comes in.

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Yeah.

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And he teaches her the meaning of Christmas.

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That's not what happens in Dave the Diver.

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That's not a spoiler.

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Not at all, nope.

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This became the basis of the game itself where you're going to fish during the day and run a sushi restaurant at night.

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That's exhausting.

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For the art style of Dave the Diver, they went with an elevated pixel art style.

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So very 8-bit.

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Yeah, very 8-bit, but this kept the cost of the game very low, but thanks to modern technology, the pixels could look better than anything that's come before it.

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That's really cool.

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So there's something retro and timeless about it because of this aesthetic, but also elevated because it's not of that era.

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Yeah, exactly.

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The colors are bright and vibrant.

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The character models are distinct and individual.

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They really mastered the pixel art style.

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They also wanted to maintain that realistic aspect from back when Nat Geo was involved.

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So they focused on creating as many fish as they could that you could really find in the real world.

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Oh, so they're not just like red fish, blue fish, fucking Dr.

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Seuss fish.

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They're like, this is a real ass fish.

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Yeah, all the fish are real.

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There were, I have a full sleeve of nautical shit because of course I do.

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And there were a couple of times where you go, look, that's your friend.

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Which brought me endless joy.

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Yeah, I would point out the fish that you have on your body on the TV screen.

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And you're saying that plural.

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There were a couple.

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It happened a few times.

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They also had to study cooking from countries everywhere that feature seafood to create the hundreds of recipes available in the game.

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Oh, so it's not just Japanese to speak to source material.

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It's across the gamut to cover how cooking fish has evolved.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Beautiful.

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So I know you come from restaurants.

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Was the cooking element a fun thing for you to see?

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I loved the cooking element.

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I love so many elements.

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I loved every element except for one of this game.

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Okay, very telling.

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Love that.

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I love that you're getting the buy-in as someone who is a fan of food selfishly in your personal life and then just worked in food professionally and the care it's taking to impress someone like you.

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And I didn't just work in food.

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I worked in sushi for a while.

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Fine dining sushi too, not like get a California roll and go.

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No, I worked in a very, very high-end sushi restaurant for a while.

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And I became kind of a sushi snob as a result.

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It's nice as the person that you take to dinner most often.

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Yeah, right.

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It has paid off for you.

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Yeah.

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No, I have gotten immense dividends from that job.

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Yeah.

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No, I love sushi.

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And so this game, when I heard that it had a sushi element to it, I was like, okay, cool.

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You have to run a sushi restaurant.

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I know how to fucking do that.

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I'm glad that that didn't deter you.

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Like, oh no, I'm going back to work.

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Like when we talked about GTA five, you're like, I fucking listened to cat in the morning, and then I turn on the goddamn game, and I'm driving the same goddamn commute, and she's the same DJs are playing, and it's a little triggering.

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With this, you were like, I'm actually in my element.

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I got this.

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Yeah, the dinner service is 90 seconds here, not 12 hours.

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Oh, fair.

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Well, the appearance of the recipes also were a bit more artistic in nature.

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For example, shark sushi will have a little fin on top.

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Oh, that's so cute.

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And if that were real in the real world, I would eat the shit out of that.

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Yeah, right?

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The game released for early access in October 2022 on Mac and PC, then officially on both platforms in June of 2023.

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During the early access, they focused on making sure the gameplay loop never got boring, adding mechanics and side quests to keep the gamer entertained through the entire story.

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The theory being, if you were to play one game one day and another game another day, they wanted the mechanics in Dave the Diver to have that feeling all in one package.

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Oh, so it can check off any box for you no matter what you want to do that day, it has you.

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Yeah, so you could be playing a tycoon game or Overcooked one day and Subnautica the next.

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Wow.

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It released to absolute rave reviews, garnering praise across the board.

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2023 was such a good year for gaming.

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It was ridiculously good.

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It was celebrated for being a cozy game with a challenge that will push any gamer but never break anyone.

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Getting compared among the greats like Portal very quickly.

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It's interesting because aesthetically and core concept not similar at all.

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Evil robot torturing you with fat slurs versus, you know, running a sushi restaurant, but okay.

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It's quirky, scary, funny.

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Scary.

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Adventurous, relaxing and challenging all rolled into one.

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In October, 2023, it released to consoles exclusively through the Switch and it quickly became a best seller.

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Eventually landing it on the Game Awards nomination list for best indie game.

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Yeah, this bothered people.

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Yeah.

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While it had the appearance of an indie game with the simple gameplay and pixel art style, it was made by a mega corporation despite Mint Rocket itself being a first-time developer.

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So the deep pockets really take away the indie cred.

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Like when you see an up-and-coming artist and you realize their parents' names are blue on Wikipedia.

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It was genuinely like the nepo baby of corporations.

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It's the Jack Quaid of games.

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And you're like, damn, he's charming.

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He's very talented.

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Yeah, dipshit, his parents are Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid.

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Of course, he's goddamn charming.

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Well, Jeff Keighley, head of the Game Awards, defended the decision, saying, the game has the spirit of an indie game, and that's what landed it on the list.

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The spirit of an indie game, like, I think it's, God, one of the Hadid sisters that went, my parents didn't give me any Louboutins until after I graduated high school.

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I had to earn it.

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Or Kylie Jenner being on the list of the self-made billionaires.

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And you're like, are you self-made?

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Or are you a Kardashian?

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Yeah, exactly.

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Okay, so this is the Kylie Jenner of games.

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Don't make it sound so bad.

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This game is fantastic.

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I fucked with the Lipkitz, okay?

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And whatever, they didn't win anyway.

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It's likely due to all this controversy.

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Oh, okay.

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This was, again, though, 2023 was a very heated year for video games.

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It was, yeah.

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I mean, truly out of the crop of games that came out in 2023, it genuinely is an honor to be nominated, not like in 2020 or 2021, which are kind of rough years that had two good games come out, you know?

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It was like Ghosts of Tsushima, Last of Us 2, and then nothing else happened in 2020.

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And I will stand by that.

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Yeah, and honestly, I'd say 2023 gave me two games that will probably go in my top 100 easily.

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Really?

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Your full-goated, like, we're gonna hang on to this forever game?

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Yeah, actually, you know what?

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I'm gonna say top 25.

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Two games this year came out in my top 25.

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Your all-time.

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Yep, this one and Baldur's Gate 3.

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Beautiful.

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Regardless, it's been a massive success, and it has already received its first piece of DLC with the Dredge update.

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Oh, I think this is so fucking cool.

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Yeah, Dredge is another video game entirely that was often compared to Dave the Diver for similar art styles with the sea life they both incorporate.

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So the two companies teamed up to create a little add-on to Dave the Diver that incorporates some of that game's creatures, characters, and gameplay into the world of Dave the Diver.

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In April 2024, Dave the Diver will release on PlayStation 5, along with another DLC in collaboration with the Toho Company out of Tokyo, Japan.

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They're the sole owners of a little franchise called Godzilla.

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Ain't nothing little about Godzilla.

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This is so goddamn cool.

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Okay, so for the Dredge part, I love that they were just like, I know we get compared a lot.

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What if we teamed up?

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Right.

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That energy is so rare to find in gaming because I feel like these studios work in silos where they're constantly pitted against each other, even if they're both on the same platform.

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For example, Santa Monica Studios and Naughty Dog, right?

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They both create exclusives for Sony, Santa Monica Studios being the God of War Studio and Naughty Dog doing Last of Us.

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And they are constantly pitted against each other of who can create the bigger AAA title, and you get all these pieces, and then you get like Ghost of Tsushima who has nods to both in them, and kind of bridges those gaps to do little Easter eggs to show, hey, you know, stop fucking comparing us.

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We can all succeed, that's the thing.

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Like there is room for all of us to grow.

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And Dave the Diver and Dredge took it one step further and said, we're similar boat games.

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What if we held hands and said, we know what you like, let's have it.

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It's so satisfying as a fan to see, and as a marketer, all I saw were dollar signs, and especially this Godzilla one.

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I'm gonna tell you right now, the Godzilla people, wonderful to work with on a licensing level.

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They are easy, they are attentive, and they are very kind in all messaging.

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I actually really liked working with them on some Godzilla projects with an absolute crate.

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That's awesome.

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Yeah, so Godzilla is gonna be in Dave the Diver.

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Somehow, and I'm so fucking excited.

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I wanna see, I know this is not how the game goes.

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I wanna see him with a stupid little fishing rod, pulling Godzilla out of the water in a dinky ship.

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I know that's not gonna happen, but the imagery cracks me up.

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I mean, the concept sounds insane, but once you hear what actually happens in Dave the Diver, it won't sound all that out of left field.

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I'm so stoked.

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I thought this game was gonna be a simple storyless time killer.

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Instead, I've found one of my favorite games of all time as I was swept away by its engrossing and surprising storytelling.

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Oh, I love that.

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How did you pick this up?

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You know, I got a new PC and the first game I wanted to play was this.

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That's so funny that the first game you play on this super power gaming PC is a full pixel game.

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Like when we got the PlayStation 5, the first thing I did, Untitled Goose Game.

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Right.

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First thing you did, Tetris.

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The first games we play on our brand new, hundreds of dollars invested into these machines were like, what's the silliest, most simple shit I can do?

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Yeah, I just like these kinds of games, I guess.

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And you're not really a cozy game person.

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No, not too much.

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You're not an animal crosser.

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You're not a farming sim.

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Not at all.

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So this was kind of one of your first forays into cozy game.

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Like, frankly, when we met, a lot of your cozy games were Call of Duty, Titanfall 2.

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We used to do a lot of Overwatch, you know, but you've never had a real cozy game you've connected with.

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So this really stands out to me as something that broke through to a more traditional gamer like yourself.

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Yeah, I was really surprised at how much this game kind of grabbed me.

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Oh, that's so exciting.

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It's filled with colorful characters, outrageous situations, and a gameplay loop that makes you continuously say, just one more round.

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Oh.

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Strap on your oxygen tanks and grab your harpoons, goombas.

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This is Dave the Diver.

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The game opens with some Hawaiian-inspired ukulele music, and we can see a man laying in a reclining beach chair, relaxing by the water.

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A little hermit crab scuttles by.

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The man picks it up and says hello, then puts it back down to go on his way.

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That must have been traumatic for the crab.

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Ha ha ha.

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This man is Dave, the hero of our story.

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He's slightly overweight, and he has short brown hair with a brown goatee.

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He's in a relaxed fit shirt with a fedora on his head.

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His cell phone rings and he answers it.

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On the other end is a man who looks like he'd be retired military but really chill retired military.

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He's wearing a Hawaiian shirt himself, has a high and tight haircut with a nicely manicured beard, and all of his hair is snow white in color.

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This is one of those games where everyone has a unique sound for a voice, but it's not actual words being spoken.

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Got kind of a whomp whomp thing.

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Yeah, that whole situation.

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All the words are text on screen.

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And a lot of games I've been playing lately have been that way.

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You've been reading all your video games lately.

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Yeah, they really have.

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I think it's just making translating easier now.

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That's true, and voice acting can be so expensive.

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True.

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The man basically just yells sushi at you.

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Is that a command or a warning?

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I think it's a promise.

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Oh.

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So you smile and nod your head, grab your things and head off.

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We cut to a bird's eye view of a chain of islands.

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The music swells as we see a tiny seaplane flying over the water, and the title appears.

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Inside the plane, we get the opening credits flying by outside the window while you drink down some root beer.

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You land, and we next see Dave in a diving suit.

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His round little body looking goofy as hell standing on a small boat.

00:16:37.866 --> 00:16:41.146
Honestly, no one looks good in a wetsuit.

00:16:41.366 --> 00:16:42.666
Right, exactly.

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The older man who called you is there too.

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His name is Cobra.

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Whoa.

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That's cool.

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The boat is floating in a little harbor, and in the distance, you can see a beachside restaurant.

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You tell Cobra that the water in this harbor is unlike anything you've ever seen before.

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It appears to be fathoms deep.

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Oh.

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You ask him where the sushi is, and he tells you that's why you're here.

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You need to catch the fish to make the sushi.

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You are a professional diver after all.

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So you really just got on the plane with the one word sushi?

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Just the promise of sushi.

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You got strapped in, and then you said, okay, now what?

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Yeah.

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I love Dave, and I want to protect him with every ounce of my being.

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I want his life that he can just hop on a plane and fly out for some sushi.

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You want his life where anyone calls you and just yells sushi, and you're like, hell yeah.

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I'm there.

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The harbor is called the Giant Blue Hole.

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I want to make it your mama joke, but your mom is my mother-in-law, so I feel like that'd be rude.

00:17:45.646 --> 00:17:46.786
She's your mom too.

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Legally.

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It's a mysterious spot that has fish from all over the world somehow.

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It also changes its layout constantly, so you never know what it's going to be like when you get down there.

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You're in the Bermuda Triangle.

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Yeah, pretty much.

00:18:01.126 --> 00:18:04.006
A changing bio means you're in some mythical shit.

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Well, that makes Dave the Diver a roguelite.

00:18:09.726 --> 00:18:11.106
Don't you mean a trails light?

00:18:11.686 --> 00:18:12.926
Yeah, right, it's a trails light.

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No, it's a very light roguelite, but it still counts.

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Just in the sense that the biome shifts around and you get kind of a dealer's choice bag of different situations that you find yourself in?

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Different situations, different fish that'll appear, that kind of stuff.

00:18:28.726 --> 00:18:31.966
Okay, and it's random, so yeah, cool.

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Some of it is, not always, but yeah, a lot of it is.

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Cobra explains that he has a business partner who is a brilliant sushi chef, and he recently bought the little beachside restaurant you can see in the distance.

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His theory is, with this magic Giant Blue Hole, your fishing skills and the chef's cooking ability, you could all make a fortune.

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You figure, what the hell?

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You love diving for fish, and you do love good sushi.

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You should at least get a good meal out of this endeavor.

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Cobra has the energy of someone who thinks everything he thinks of should be on Shark Tank.

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He's just a serial entrepreneur.

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Yeah, he's a serial entrepreneur of like, I found all the talent, I'm bringing us together, I'm taking 20%, no one worry about the contracts, I got it.

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Cobra says he's glad you agree, because we open tonight.

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Oh my god.

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He thinks you should come meet the chef first before you head out.

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So the two of you go to the restaurant in the boat.

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When you get there, Cobra asks the chef if he's all ready for tonight, and then introduces you.

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He's not ready, he has no fish.

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Right?

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The chef's name is Boncho, and he's a bald black man who's so fucking cool he wears his sunglasses indoors.

00:19:41.766 --> 00:19:42.566
Damn, that's cool.

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He asks for your sushi preferences, and when you tell him you, like, see your chin and eel, he says you have mediocre taste.

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He called you mid immediately!

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Hell yeah, Boncho.

00:19:55.526 --> 00:19:57.166
Now, I've seen Boncho over your shoulder.

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I want Tyrese to play him in the movie.

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Right?

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I think Tyrese would really give him, like, the cool guy energy, but also be very funny.

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And he gets to be quiet for most of the time and just say something important.

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That's what he does in Fast 7, I think.

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I know Fast 6 is the one where it's clear that they did not write Tyrese into the script, but Tyrese showed up.

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At all.

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They forgot he was in the movie.

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He just reacts.

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He never gets talked to once during the entire fucking movie.

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And half the movie, he's in shots by himself.

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If you watch that movie with this in mind, Tyrese just showed up and they went, well, now it's embarrassing if we don't let him in.

00:20:37.446 --> 00:20:47.586
But I think Tyrese would be like the perfect casting, like bald, a little sexy for him maybe, but it kind of adds to the cool guy energy, but I really think he could pull this off.

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I agree.

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He says that sushi combines the soul of the sea and the land.

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It symbolizes Mother Nature herself.

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This Giant Blue Hole will give Bancho the opportunity to introduce people to flavors they otherwise would never be able to try.

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As he explains this, an earthquake strikes.

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Oh, shit.

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Sake bottles fall, and everyone ducks for cover.

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The earthquake ends, and the brand new, ready-for-opening-night restaurant is wrecked.

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Oh, my God.

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Now, you've worked at sushi restaurants in Beverly Hills.

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Yes.

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So I have a sneaking suspicion this was always a danger of happening to you for about a year of your high-end restaurant consulting career.

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Yeah, that's true.

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Holy shit, that must be so scary.

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Well, Cobra says he's out of money, so you can't delay the opening of the restaurant.

00:21:40.246 --> 00:21:41.446
He's a serial entrepreneur.

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His money's all tied up and stuff.

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It's not liquid right now.

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Yeah, people will just have to understand that the earthquake fucked things up.

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Besides, the only thing that matters in a restaurant is the food.

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So serve up some good food, and we'll be able to pay for the repairs along the way.

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Bonsho says that the restaurant will only open for dinner service, which gives you all day to fish.

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You and Cobra head back out to the harbor, and you compliment him on finding Bonsho.

00:22:05.226 --> 00:22:06.286
He clearly knows his stuff.

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Cobra says, yeah, well, he's just never been the same since the incident.

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Oh, I'm sorry, probably shouldn't have said anything, so just put it out of your mind, get to fishing.

00:22:17.806 --> 00:22:19.126
It's probably not going to come back later.

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No.

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So you dive in for your first time, and you get immersed in the beautiful blue world below.

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The lo-fi beats kick in, and you're swimming in the Giant Blue Hole.

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You've been a lo-fi fan for years.

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Oh, my God, for so long.

00:22:36.466 --> 00:22:47.086
I feel like something you do just, you throw it on to relax, I feel like it, I can see your shoulders go from tense to down at a calm position when you have lo-fi on.

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I'm not kidding.

00:22:48.346 --> 00:22:51.006
I used to seek out lo-fi before it came out.

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Not to be that guy.

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No, I was like looking for something like that, whereas I was like, I just want something that's just like hip hop beats that play in the background with no lyrics.

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And like soft beats, not like aggro fucking chopped and screwed shit.

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Totally.

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And then, yeah, lo-fi came into existence.

00:23:06.526 --> 00:23:08.526
I'm like, yes, this is what I've always wanted.

00:23:08.546 --> 00:23:14.346
And then baby girl doing her homework with her cat by the window came through, and our world was changed.

00:23:14.646 --> 00:23:25.086
But knowing that that soundtrack is essentially variations of this to specific beats, I'm sure has helped get this in your top 25 games of all time.

00:23:25.106 --> 00:23:27.326
Oh, the music is one of the biggest parts of it.

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I love that.

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So you have an oxygen tank as your health bar, essentially.

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You also have a carrying capacity, as you'll be collecting fish and other stuff you find in the ocean.

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In order to collect fish, you have a harpoon gun.

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You'll aim it at your target, shoot at it, and reel them in.

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At first, you're only able to catch smaller fish, but there are fish of all sizes here, including sharks.

00:23:53.566 --> 00:23:54.266
I love sharks.

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Being so early in the game, your oxygen tank is small, and your carrying capacity is limited.

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So you catch a couple fish and head back to Bancho.

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Now, I've never fished in my life, but you've gone on fishing trips with your family since you were a child.

00:24:08.766 --> 00:24:10.226
Have you ever used a harpoon gun?

00:24:10.246 --> 00:24:10.886
Never, no.

00:24:10.906 --> 00:24:12.566
God damn it, it looks so cool.

00:24:12.706 --> 00:24:16.606
They have one in Knives Out, and she tries to kill fucking Janelle Monae with it at one point.

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I'm like, harpoon guns are punk as fuck.

00:24:18.846 --> 00:24:20.226
Those things are gnarly.

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Yeah.

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Well, this will be three quarters of the gameplay loop for this game.

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Oh.

00:24:25.346 --> 00:24:31.486
Diving and catching fish is the vast majority, because these guys realize that all games have fishing anyway.

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Let's make ours the best fishing.

00:24:33.486 --> 00:24:35.446
How the fuck does every game have fishing?

00:24:35.466 --> 00:24:36.606
It's wild, isn't it?

00:24:36.686 --> 00:24:37.066
Yeah.

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You get to the restaurant and give Bonjah the fish.

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You wish him the best of luck on opening night, and let him know you'll be by later to try the food.

00:24:46.126 --> 00:24:47.906
He says, I'm sorry, what do you mean?

00:24:48.806 --> 00:24:50.846
You think Cobra's old ass is going to run this place?

00:24:51.886 --> 00:24:52.706
No, that's on you.

00:24:52.726 --> 00:24:53.746
You have to run the restaurant.

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Plot twist, you're the manager now.

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Yeah, you tell him you don't know the first thing about running a restaurant.

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And he says, tough shit, you're going to have to learn.

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Figure it out.

00:25:02.166 --> 00:25:06.566
Now, we were just some restaurant managers who did not know what they were doing as well.

00:25:08.166 --> 00:25:09.326
And one of them looked like Dave.

00:25:11.146 --> 00:25:14.346
Oh, no, I know exactly who you're talking shit about.

00:25:16.226 --> 00:25:17.486
He wasn't as cute as Dave.

00:25:17.566 --> 00:25:17.946
No.

00:25:18.646 --> 00:25:21.646
So the other quarter of the game is running the sushi restaurant.

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Every day, you will have a morning and afternoon dive.

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And then at night, you will run the restaurant.

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With the fish you've caught, you'll also be given a list of your ingredients and the different menu items Bancho can make from those ingredients.

00:25:35.066 --> 00:25:36.526
So you set the menu, too?

00:25:36.666 --> 00:25:41.726
Yeah, every night, you'll set the menu based on price and taste level as each dish has a yummy factor.

00:25:42.846 --> 00:25:47.286
The goal is to make a profitable and desirable menu that will make customers want to order more and more.

00:25:47.306 --> 00:25:49.466
So you can't just do avocado sashimi?

00:25:49.606 --> 00:25:52.826
No, that's just literally sliced avocado.

00:25:55.226 --> 00:26:08.906
I follow a page called White People Making Asian Food, and I've seen it there, and it's the funniest fucking thing because it'll literally show a picture of the menu that says avocado sashimi, and the picture is just avocado.

00:26:09.786 --> 00:26:17.486
It is like, I can't tell if you're doing this in earnest and you're dumb or if you're fucking with us, but either way, this is very funny.

00:26:18.126 --> 00:26:22.546
Well, during dinner service, you will serve green tea and sushi to customers as they order it.

00:26:23.266 --> 00:26:25.386
Banjo will make it, and you have to deliver it.

00:26:26.266 --> 00:26:30.686
If Banjo runs out of wasabi for the sushi, you have to grate some more fresh wasabi for him.

00:26:30.946 --> 00:26:33.766
There's so much resource management at every step of this.

00:26:33.806 --> 00:26:38.226
Yeah, also, only order fresh wasabi if they have a shark skin food grater.

00:26:38.646 --> 00:26:40.426
It's the only way to properly grate wasabi.

00:26:40.446 --> 00:26:43.446
Otherwise, it comes out all wet and gross if you just use a regular kitchen grater.

00:26:43.746 --> 00:26:51.606
I love that you are bringing just actual white glove sushi service to this in the real world and just telling people how to order sushi.

00:26:51.666 --> 00:26:53.106
Oh yeah, I'm not afraid to drop knowledge.

00:26:53.366 --> 00:26:54.806
We've eaten fresh wasabi.

00:26:54.826 --> 00:27:00.626
It is a different experience than the horseradish paste wasabi that is more common.

00:27:01.006 --> 00:27:05.606
Most of the green wasabi that is that paste material is mostly horseradish, right?

00:27:05.626 --> 00:27:06.966
Yeah, that's mostly horseradish.

00:27:07.246 --> 00:27:07.826
I knew it.

00:27:08.746 --> 00:27:11.486
Sometimes you will need to bus the tables and clean up as well.

00:27:12.246 --> 00:27:17.546
And like I said before, it's only about 90 seconds for dinner service, but it's very fun to balance all those spinning plates.

00:27:17.846 --> 00:27:19.106
It's just overcooked.

00:27:19.126 --> 00:27:19.466
Yeah.

00:27:20.626 --> 00:27:22.866
After the first dinner service, you sit with Boncho.

00:27:23.646 --> 00:27:27.426
He says, you were a little clumsy, but you'll get the hang of it, hopefully.

00:27:28.466 --> 00:27:29.646
Just try harder next time.

00:27:30.386 --> 00:27:31.926
Just try harder.

00:27:33.006 --> 00:27:36.606
Don't you love when a game's like, that was okay, but what the fuck?

00:27:36.626 --> 00:27:37.446
Yeah, you were fine.

00:27:38.046 --> 00:27:40.366
You say that's damn near a compliment coming from Boncho.

00:27:41.146 --> 00:27:44.566
The two of you toast to the opening of your restaurant, and the screen fades to black.

00:27:45.206 --> 00:27:46.926
Well, Boncho at least respects you.

00:27:46.946 --> 00:27:52.666
He's like, you're trying, but I'm gonna let you know you need to meet my caliber, which is a lot higher.

00:27:52.746 --> 00:27:53.926
And we're in this together now.

00:27:54.106 --> 00:27:54.526
Yeah.

00:27:54.846 --> 00:27:56.646
The camaraderie is nice off the bat.

00:27:56.666 --> 00:27:59.686
I feel like Boncho is trying to invest in this relationship.

00:27:59.766 --> 00:28:00.366
Yeah, he is.

00:28:01.746 --> 00:28:07.666
We next see a small yellow boat, DHL Delivery Yellow, with a bunch of packages strapped to the back.

00:28:08.906 --> 00:28:12.506
It's tearing ass across the water when it runs into some debris and crashes.

00:28:13.846 --> 00:28:18.866
Suddenly, out of the water, a giant red tentacle comes up and over the boat.

00:28:19.886 --> 00:28:24.106
The tentacle grabs the boat while the captain shouts for help and pulls it under.

00:28:24.466 --> 00:28:25.286
Oh, shit.

00:28:25.446 --> 00:28:27.366
Leaving a few packages floating on the surface.

00:28:29.266 --> 00:28:31.926
The next morning, you get a call from a grumpy lady.

00:28:32.966 --> 00:28:35.266
She asks if you're the one diving for Bancho.

00:28:36.066 --> 00:28:38.086
When you say you are, she says she's surprised.

00:28:38.866 --> 00:28:41.786
She expected someone more professional-looking.

00:28:42.626 --> 00:28:43.586
Aren't they on the phone?

00:28:44.086 --> 00:28:46.006
They are, but it's always video calls.

00:28:46.326 --> 00:28:46.746
Oh, okay.

00:28:46.766 --> 00:28:50.326
So she's FaceTiming a stranger, and she's immediately making judgment calls.

00:28:50.346 --> 00:28:50.726
Yeah.

00:28:50.726 --> 00:28:55.706
Every conversation you have is clearly through, like, a FaceTime, and sometimes those conversations are underwater.

00:28:56.686 --> 00:28:56.906
Oh.

00:28:57.806 --> 00:28:58.566
That's great.

00:28:58.586 --> 00:29:00.446
But yeah, FaceTime works underwater, too.

00:29:00.826 --> 00:29:05.786
She says she works for the Marine Biology Department for the local college, and she wants you to collect some things for her.

00:29:06.686 --> 00:29:09.966
This is just a side mission, really, and you'll get a few throughout the course of the game.

00:29:10.546 --> 00:29:14.086
She calls you unprofessional-looking and then gives you homework.

00:29:14.106 --> 00:29:14.366
Yeah.

00:29:15.486 --> 00:29:17.826
She's grumpy because she's not a pleasant person.

00:29:18.446 --> 00:29:22.266
But yeah, you'll have to find specific plants or animals for someone while you're diving.

00:29:22.346 --> 00:29:26.686
It really encourages the exploration of the ocean as much as it does the fishing aspect.

00:29:27.326 --> 00:29:31.286
While exploring the next day, you get attacked by some aggressive fish.

00:29:31.606 --> 00:29:32.306
Oh, shit.

00:29:32.326 --> 00:29:33.386
And you have to resurface.

00:29:33.546 --> 00:29:35.286
Everyone's picking on fucking Dave.

00:29:35.286 --> 00:29:36.806
Yeah, they do pick on Dave.

00:29:37.446 --> 00:29:42.986
Cobra says that there's some fish too big to use the harpoon on, so you're going to need an actual gun.

00:29:44.526 --> 00:29:45.426
I'm sorry.

00:29:45.926 --> 00:29:48.566
We are immediately like, you need to pack some heat.

00:29:48.586 --> 00:29:49.406
Yeah, you're going to need it.

00:29:49.606 --> 00:29:50.366
Oh, shit.

00:29:50.546 --> 00:29:52.806
He says he knows a guy that can help you on that front.

00:29:53.386 --> 00:29:54.686
He calls a man named Duff.

00:29:55.606 --> 00:29:57.986
He's a chubby hacker man looking kind of guy.

00:29:58.586 --> 00:30:01.646
He wears a waifu shirt and has a thick golden neck beard.

00:30:01.806 --> 00:30:02.586
Oh, he's a weeb?

00:30:02.606 --> 00:30:03.906
Oh, he's a full blown weeb.

00:30:04.066 --> 00:30:04.986
I love a weeb.

00:30:05.566 --> 00:30:08.146
He asks Cobra who the goofy looking guy next to him is.

00:30:08.986 --> 00:30:12.726
You say that's not really a nice thing to say to a stranger, but hi, I'm Dave.

00:30:12.746 --> 00:30:13.806
Nice to meet you, I guess.

00:30:13.966 --> 00:30:15.646
And they're built basically the same.

00:30:16.646 --> 00:30:20.866
Duff says that he always pictured divers to be a little bit more, I don't know, athletic.

00:30:21.426 --> 00:30:23.046
Duff really is the Duff here.

00:30:23.046 --> 00:30:23.506
Jesus Christ.

00:30:24.206 --> 00:30:28.606
He offers to make you weapons, but he'll need supplies, which you'll be finding while diving.

00:30:29.486 --> 00:30:33.606
So you head back in the water to fish and find some loose bolts and screws to craft a gun.

00:30:33.846 --> 00:30:36.346
There's no goddamn Lowe's hardware here.

00:30:36.406 --> 00:30:36.726
Nope.

00:30:37.986 --> 00:30:41.646
When you bring him the supplies he needs, he says he expected you to die down there.

00:30:41.886 --> 00:30:43.026
He's impressed you survived.

00:30:43.206 --> 00:30:44.886
This is not a pleasant person either.

00:30:44.906 --> 00:30:45.626
At all.

00:30:45.646 --> 00:30:53.286
He gives you access to his gunshot from here, and when he crafts a gun for you, you get a quick animation of Duff making the guns.

00:30:53.486 --> 00:30:54.306
Oh, that's cool.

00:30:54.566 --> 00:30:54.826
Yeah.

00:30:54.846 --> 00:31:03.966
What's cool is it's always an ode to a different anime, and I'm not familiar enough with anime to know all the references, but they're great little sequences even if you're not a fan.

00:31:04.366 --> 00:31:08.806
I think there is one Sailor Moon sequence where it turns around and stuff.

00:31:09.526 --> 00:31:11.946
That sequence helped me realize I was bisexual.

00:31:12.866 --> 00:31:13.626
I'm not gonna lie.

00:31:13.646 --> 00:31:20.946
I'm gonna tell you right now, she gets up and she undresses through stars and shit, and I was like, I am fascinated by the female body.

00:31:21.986 --> 00:31:23.226
What's happening to me?

00:31:23.266 --> 00:31:25.526
And then was like, oh yeah, I'm gonna kiss a girl.

00:31:25.546 --> 00:31:26.006
And I did.

00:31:26.146 --> 00:31:27.866
And yeah, that was unlocked.

00:31:27.886 --> 00:31:29.126
So good on you.

00:31:29.146 --> 00:31:31.506
I hope Duff unlocks something for someone else.

00:31:31.806 --> 00:31:32.646
I'm sure he did.

00:31:33.846 --> 00:31:36.646
You also get the same for Bancho every time he learns a new recipe.

00:31:37.566 --> 00:31:40.366
It's fun and there's about five different animations you can get for each.

00:31:40.566 --> 00:31:41.086
Oh cool.

00:31:42.346 --> 00:31:46.606
One morning before heading out, a man pulls up alongside your boat in a boat of his own.

00:31:47.506 --> 00:31:48.366
His name is Dr.

00:31:48.386 --> 00:31:48.766
Bacon.

00:31:52.106 --> 00:31:52.866
That's so good.

00:31:52.886 --> 00:31:55.066
Off the bat, I'm very happy with his character already.

00:31:55.126 --> 00:31:56.346
I figured you'd love his name.

00:31:56.366 --> 00:31:56.886
Yeah.

00:31:57.346 --> 00:32:04.746
He's an archeologist studying rumors of an ancient civilization that may or may not have sunk to the bottom of the Giant Blue Hole thousands of years ago.

00:32:05.246 --> 00:32:08.486
It probably did, because we're in the Bermuda Triangle.

00:32:08.626 --> 00:32:09.006
Right.

00:32:09.966 --> 00:32:16.246
He wants you to keep an eye out while you dive for any artifacts that may provide proof that this ancient civilization actually existed.

00:32:16.646 --> 00:32:18.066
I think that's an open call.

00:32:18.146 --> 00:32:23.606
If anyone is diving and sees artifacts from an ancient civilization, you should turn them in immediately.

00:32:24.546 --> 00:32:29.706
He goes on to explain that this civilization was rumored to be an underwater species of merpeople.

00:32:29.926 --> 00:32:30.526
Whoa.

00:32:30.866 --> 00:32:35.506
They had gills in their necks, fins for legs, and they built a vast underwater city.

00:32:36.386 --> 00:32:42.906
If you could bring back proof that they used to exist, it will throw the entire scientific community into a frenzy.

00:32:44.206 --> 00:32:48.306
You tell them that's cool and all, but you have a restaurant to run, so no thank you.

00:32:49.286 --> 00:32:51.886
Dave said, I have a job, dude.

00:32:51.906 --> 00:32:54.506
That's so good.

00:32:54.626 --> 00:32:56.226
Then Cobra goes, yeah, he'll do it.

00:32:56.886 --> 00:33:00.946
Oh, see, Cobra's out here just making deals.

00:33:00.966 --> 00:33:03.486
He is, to your point, this serial entrepreneur.

00:33:03.506 --> 00:33:04.626
He's wheeling and dealing.

00:33:04.646 --> 00:33:06.226
He's taking his 20%.

00:33:06.566 --> 00:33:09.506
I think he's got a line in every fucking contract here.

00:33:09.706 --> 00:33:13.846
He probably called the university and is like, I have a diver.

00:33:14.086 --> 00:33:15.566
My commission's 20%.

00:33:15.586 --> 00:33:16.486
And they're like, honestly?

00:33:16.506 --> 00:33:18.466
Yeah, that saves our diving team money.

00:33:18.486 --> 00:33:19.966
You know, we don't have to send the kids out there.

00:33:19.986 --> 00:33:21.446
We'll get this fucking guy to do it.

00:33:21.726 --> 00:33:24.086
He's also got an affiliate deal with Duff.

00:33:24.106 --> 00:33:27.486
And he's like, for every gun you make, I get 20% of the cut, right?

00:33:27.686 --> 00:33:28.446
Yeah, probably.

00:33:28.586 --> 00:33:30.946
Cobra is just working Dave like a pimp.

00:33:30.946 --> 00:33:32.926
He's got his finder's fees all over the place.

00:33:32.946 --> 00:33:34.046
That's a fucking lily.

00:33:34.066 --> 00:33:36.146
How do you think he affords all these tight haircuts?

00:33:36.986 --> 00:33:39.226
Well, you ask Cobra, what the fuck?

00:33:39.246 --> 00:33:48.326
And he says that if people find out that this is the location of an ancient sea people, then customers will flock to Bancho Sushi to get a seaside view of the merpeople lagoon.

00:33:48.486 --> 00:33:51.046
He already has someone lined up to sell merch.

00:33:51.306 --> 00:33:52.906
He's got this in development.

00:33:52.926 --> 00:33:55.646
It's gonna take three months because it's coming from overseas.

00:33:56.486 --> 00:33:57.146
I see him.

00:33:57.166 --> 00:33:59.306
He's just, he's a little scammy boy.

00:33:59.326 --> 00:33:59.846
I like him.

00:34:00.086 --> 00:34:03.366
Yeah, they won't even care that they're not gonna get to see a merperson.

00:34:03.766 --> 00:34:06.806
Just knowing that they were there will be a tourist attraction.

00:34:06.966 --> 00:34:12.486
He has an entire pitch presentation about the Denny's that's next to where Nessie in Scotland is.

00:34:13.306 --> 00:34:19.086
I assume it's a Denny's, but there's a full deck of like, here's how the traffic will come through.

00:34:19.346 --> 00:34:20.126
High sharks.

00:34:20.246 --> 00:34:23.166
And it is an actual shark tank in this scenario with real sharks.

00:34:24.126 --> 00:34:26.046
And he's just pitching to get his bag.

00:34:26.166 --> 00:34:26.886
I like Cobra.

00:34:26.906 --> 00:34:28.186
This is Cobra's fucking game.

00:34:28.666 --> 00:34:29.006
Dr.

00:34:29.026 --> 00:34:35.346
Bacon teaches you how to upgrade your equipment to help you breathe longer and dive deeper so you can have more time and ability to look for artifacts.

00:34:35.946 --> 00:34:39.066
Which, amazingly, you eventually find a small statue of a fish.

00:34:40.186 --> 00:34:40.846
You call Dr.

00:34:40.866 --> 00:34:42.946
Bacon from underwater and he's thrilled.

00:34:43.426 --> 00:34:44.626
Then there's another earthquake.

00:34:45.586 --> 00:34:51.646
And in the distance, the mountain range you can see turns out not to be a mountain range.

00:34:53.066 --> 00:34:56.206
A single gigantic yellow eye opens.

00:34:56.946 --> 00:34:58.046
Oh my God.

00:34:58.166 --> 00:34:59.926
And a massive squid swims away.

00:35:00.066 --> 00:35:01.406
It's not Godzilla, okay.

00:35:01.566 --> 00:35:03.366
No, but it's such a good fucking reveal.

00:35:03.606 --> 00:35:04.626
Not Godzilla yet.

00:35:04.726 --> 00:35:05.386
It will be.

00:35:05.466 --> 00:35:10.286
Another mountain range in the distance is just gonna start moving and trampling Tokyo.

00:35:11.986 --> 00:35:14.066
This freaks you out, and you decide to resurface.

00:35:15.286 --> 00:35:16.906
You bring the artifact back to Dr.

00:35:16.926 --> 00:35:18.686
Bacon, and he's excited by it.

00:35:19.426 --> 00:35:21.226
He says it's incredibly well preserved.

00:35:21.266 --> 00:35:22.646
It almost looks brand new.

00:35:23.806 --> 00:35:28.686
He wants to take it back to his lab and research it, and asks you to keep an eye out for anything else you might find.

00:35:29.726 --> 00:35:34.026
You're like, I really don't want to, but I guess if it'll help the restaurant.

00:35:34.706 --> 00:35:38.666
Dave's like, I have to get my fucking diners up, dude.

00:35:39.606 --> 00:35:46.326
Well, with the money you made from the artifact, you are able to rebuild Bancho sushi, and it gets thrown back together literally overnight.

00:35:46.406 --> 00:35:47.006
Good.

00:35:47.346 --> 00:35:52.006
See, because my boy Cobra has some crazy contractors that work under the table.

00:35:52.606 --> 00:35:53.306
Yeah, definitely.

00:35:53.326 --> 00:35:56.266
He's like, I give them an eight ball, and they just get everything fucking done.

00:35:56.926 --> 00:36:01.766
From here out, you can customize Bancho sushi with different art pieces and better chairs and stuff like that.

00:36:01.886 --> 00:36:02.426
Oh, cute.

00:36:02.946 --> 00:36:07.726
While the sea people would bring customers to the restaurant, it's still not enough advertising.

00:36:08.486 --> 00:36:13.226
You ask if Bancho uses Cooksta, a social media platform specifically for food.

00:36:13.666 --> 00:36:14.446
Oh, what a dream.

00:36:14.466 --> 00:36:15.186
Can I get on there?

00:36:15.206 --> 00:36:15.866
Yeah, right?

00:36:16.286 --> 00:36:23.526
If I could have Instagram and it's only food and I never have to see like sadness, that would be awesome.

00:36:24.406 --> 00:36:26.666
He says no, he's not really good with social media.

00:36:26.826 --> 00:36:28.286
So you set up an account for him.

00:36:28.446 --> 00:36:29.646
Bancho's too cool for that.

00:36:29.666 --> 00:36:30.426
I fucking love him.

00:36:30.546 --> 00:36:35.066
Yeah, and your follower account will be used to judge how well you're doing as a restaurant.

00:36:35.906 --> 00:36:40.606
Is this the one mechanic that works in both the South Park games and this game?

00:36:40.626 --> 00:36:41.406
Basically, right?

00:36:41.426 --> 00:36:42.046
I love that.

00:36:42.986 --> 00:36:45.906
Just before dinner service, a woman walks in with a clipboard.

00:36:46.646 --> 00:36:48.666
Never a good thing when you're in a restaurant.

00:36:48.686 --> 00:36:50.746
No, she asks if it's true.

00:36:51.106 --> 00:36:52.746
This is Bancho's new sushi spot.

00:36:53.846 --> 00:36:56.566
Bancho sees her and says, Miss Yoshi?

00:36:58.046 --> 00:37:00.786
Miss Yoshi says she saw the name Bancho trending on Cooksta.

00:37:01.106 --> 00:37:01.466
Oh, shit.

00:37:01.486 --> 00:37:03.886
And had to see for herself if it was the one she remembers.

00:37:04.586 --> 00:37:06.366
She's on Cooksta all the time.

00:37:07.066 --> 00:37:09.006
She then starts reading some of the rave reviews.

00:37:09.466 --> 00:37:11.906
And you ask if there's any mention of the manager in the reviews.

00:37:12.426 --> 00:37:13.946
Ha ha.

00:37:14.286 --> 00:37:14.886
She says no.

00:37:15.586 --> 00:37:16.406
Oh, Dave.

00:37:16.766 --> 00:37:22.766
She looks around and says that it seems not much has changed about Bancho, still just doing his own thing when it comes to sushi.

00:37:23.746 --> 00:37:26.466
Bancho is deeply philosophical about his sushi.

00:37:27.386 --> 00:37:30.846
He considers it as much an art form as it is a source of food.

00:37:31.986 --> 00:37:35.866
Miss Yoshi says it was that kind of thinking that got him kicked out of the hotel.

00:37:37.166 --> 00:37:41.366
Bancho interjects saying she judged that dish without ever even trying it.

00:37:42.806 --> 00:37:45.806
Bancho was about to go off on a tangent, but Miss Yoshi stops him.

00:37:46.826 --> 00:37:48.366
She says the customer is always right.

00:37:48.846 --> 00:37:52.086
It's Bancho's job to serve the customer, not the other way around.

00:37:52.866 --> 00:37:54.726
He needs to stop serving such terrible food.

00:37:56.446 --> 00:37:57.966
Bancho loses it.

00:37:58.066 --> 00:37:59.046
Absolutely.

00:37:59.066 --> 00:38:02.426
And says whole roasted shark head is an excellent dish.

00:38:03.366 --> 00:38:06.186
Shark head has been used in cuisine all over the world.

00:38:06.566 --> 00:38:09.046
In Korea, it was even used in religious rituals.

00:38:09.266 --> 00:38:09.666
Wow.

00:38:10.526 --> 00:38:15.806
Miss Yoshi says, fine, then cook me the dish, and I'll be the judge as to whether or not it's good.

00:38:17.106 --> 00:38:22.586
Bancho tells you what kind of shark to get him, and Miss Yoshi will come back nightly until you serve her that dish.

00:38:22.766 --> 00:38:23.746
Bring me the head of a shark.

00:38:24.706 --> 00:38:26.666
Before heading out for the shark head, Dr.

00:38:26.686 --> 00:38:27.686
Bacon stops by again.

00:38:28.626 --> 00:38:34.046
He says that he used the material in the statue to develop a radar that will hopefully lead to more of it.

00:38:34.286 --> 00:38:34.606
Ooh.

00:38:35.446 --> 00:38:37.606
He offers it to you and asks you to give it a try.

00:38:38.546 --> 00:38:41.146
You follow the radar, and it takes you to a cave entrance.

00:38:42.226 --> 00:38:44.646
It's blocked by some rocks, though, so Dr.

00:38:44.666 --> 00:38:46.866
Bacon suggests you come up and have a chat with Cobra.

00:38:47.706 --> 00:38:49.446
He's a retired weapons dealer, after all.

00:38:49.746 --> 00:38:50.346
There it is.

00:38:50.446 --> 00:38:52.446
Probably knows where you can get a bomb to blow up the rocks.

00:38:52.526 --> 00:38:53.666
He's not retired.

00:38:53.806 --> 00:38:55.126
Yeah, you didn't know that about Cobra?

00:38:55.866 --> 00:38:57.046
How else do you think he knew Duff?

00:38:58.086 --> 00:38:59.366
That's his protege.

00:38:59.366 --> 00:39:04.826
Yeah, why do you think the first thought when saying, you need a gun, was you should turn to a back alley dealer?

00:39:06.206 --> 00:39:08.846
See, I just thought Cobra was a shifty dude.

00:39:08.866 --> 00:39:10.986
You're like, he was an arms dealer.

00:39:11.006 --> 00:39:12.426
He was running guns.

00:39:15.106 --> 00:39:16.806
I believe everything about this.

00:39:16.906 --> 00:39:17.546
I love it.

00:39:17.566 --> 00:39:20.666
I love that they've also, as a community, just been like, he's fine.

00:39:20.686 --> 00:39:21.466
Yeah, he's all right.

00:39:21.686 --> 00:39:22.966
He's older, he's retired.

00:39:22.986 --> 00:39:24.766
He's not bringing the mafia here.

00:39:24.786 --> 00:39:28.346
He's gonna get the fucking nerds to backgalley it.

00:39:28.546 --> 00:39:32.026
He's got his own GTA Lester in this game.

00:39:32.046 --> 00:39:33.006
Right, he does.

00:39:33.506 --> 00:39:35.786
No, Duff is full blown the Lester in this game.

00:39:35.826 --> 00:39:41.346
I love that, but he would be Pierce Brosnan in this live action, to be real.

00:39:41.766 --> 00:39:42.486
I love it.

00:39:43.386 --> 00:39:44.046
After Dr.

00:39:44.066 --> 00:39:48.826
Bacon hangs up, voices begin to surround you, saying something in a mysterious language.

00:39:49.006 --> 00:39:49.846
Never a good thing.

00:39:50.246 --> 00:39:53.446
You look around confused, as you can't see anything out of the ordinary.

00:39:54.306 --> 00:39:57.586
You shrug it off and head back topside to talk to Cobra about a bomb.

00:39:57.826 --> 00:39:58.866
Johnny topside.

00:39:59.426 --> 00:40:02.746
Cobra tells you that he totally can get you a bomb to blow up those rocks.

00:40:03.886 --> 00:40:06.806
Also, I assume he said this without hesitation.

00:40:06.826 --> 00:40:09.546
Like, I have one right now, dude.

00:40:09.606 --> 00:40:11.546
Well, actually, he tells you he has parts on the way.

00:40:12.286 --> 00:40:14.546
He was getting ready to restock.

00:40:15.166 --> 00:40:20.106
Problem is the delivery boat never showed up, and he heard rumor that it sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

00:40:21.246 --> 00:40:24.206
You wonder if the wreck is related to the giant squid you saw before.

00:40:25.246 --> 00:40:28.286
If you can find the wreck, you can find the parts you need to make the bomb.

00:40:29.026 --> 00:40:34.726
It's a bit of a fetch quest for sure, but it's intended to be completed as you're doing your regular fishing routine anyway.

00:40:36.046 --> 00:40:39.606
Before diving back in, a little orange paddle boat pulls up next to you.

00:40:40.566 --> 00:40:42.906
In the boat is a 30-year-oldish man.

00:40:43.506 --> 00:40:46.466
He's wearing a blue vest and a backwards red cap.

00:40:47.006 --> 00:40:48.066
He's a cool dude.

00:40:48.286 --> 00:40:50.426
Looking like an out-of-shape Ash Ketchum.

00:40:50.646 --> 00:40:51.886
Oh, he's not a cool dude.

00:40:54.006 --> 00:40:57.706
His name is Sato, and he greets you saying, Hoppity-hopp.

00:40:58.426 --> 00:40:59.006
Oh, no.

00:41:00.086 --> 00:41:03.366
It's so weird because we've met people in real life that have catchphrases.

00:41:03.526 --> 00:41:03.946
Right.

00:41:04.266 --> 00:41:05.846
And it's weird every time.

00:41:06.246 --> 00:41:07.006
Every time.

00:41:08.026 --> 00:41:11.386
He asks if you're familiar with a trading card game called Mareenka.

00:41:12.366 --> 00:41:19.126
The way it works is, every time you catch a fish, you'll get a special playing card of that fish on the Mareenka phone app.

00:41:19.906 --> 00:41:23.106
It's a great way to track all the fish you've seen and all the fish you've caught.

00:41:23.966 --> 00:41:28.146
Sato says it's almost like a, but Dave stops him from seeing anything trademarked.

00:41:29.726 --> 00:41:31.526
It's almost a licensing disaster.

00:41:32.086 --> 00:41:34.706
The app's catchphrase is, gotta fish them all.

00:41:34.726 --> 00:41:35.566
God damn it.

00:41:37.006 --> 00:41:39.946
I'm actually amazed Nintendo has never done anything about this guy.

00:41:40.026 --> 00:41:41.526
They're busy with Pal World.

00:41:41.546 --> 00:41:42.246
That's true.

00:41:42.906 --> 00:41:45.586
But I do guess he's kind of considered parody, which is allowed.

00:41:47.626 --> 00:41:50.506
Sato says he'll check in from time to time to see how well you're doing.

00:41:50.866 --> 00:41:53.186
And with a friendly choo-choo, he pedals off.

00:41:53.346 --> 00:41:55.626
Choo-choo, and then he pedals away?

00:41:56.326 --> 00:41:57.906
Oh, this kid got his ass beat a lot.

00:41:59.146 --> 00:42:00.306
Poor dude.

00:42:01.826 --> 00:42:04.146
On one of your dives, you'll run into a dolphin.

00:42:05.066 --> 00:42:08.166
It's a gray dolphin, and it indicates that it wants you to follow.

00:42:08.966 --> 00:42:13.606
When you do, it takes you to where you find a pink dolphin, and it's captured inside a net.

00:42:13.906 --> 00:42:14.426
Oh, no.

00:42:14.986 --> 00:42:20.386
You help the pink one and cut it out of the net, and the two dolphins swim in an arc and make a little heart as a sign of thanks.

00:42:20.566 --> 00:42:21.726
That's so darling.

00:42:22.206 --> 00:42:24.166
Then the two swim off to leave you to your dive.

00:42:25.606 --> 00:42:29.686
You eventually find the ingredients you need for the whole roasted shark head and bring it to Bancho.

00:42:30.706 --> 00:42:37.966
When he presents Miss Yoshi with the dish, she turns her head in disgust, saying it's the worst looking thing she's ever seen.

00:42:39.206 --> 00:42:44.546
Bancho says that's fine, because it will be one of the best tasting dishes she'll ever eat.

00:42:45.446 --> 00:42:49.146
She's all, okay buddy, we'll see, and then takes a bite of the food.

00:42:50.506 --> 00:42:53.546
Her eyes light up, and hearts fill the screen.

00:42:54.666 --> 00:42:59.026
She then has a full blown foodgasm due to the shark head being so delicious.

00:43:00.946 --> 00:43:06.646
Bancho explains that even though a shark is ugly, the head is full of fat, and that makes it delicious.

00:43:08.266 --> 00:43:11.586
You have to ignore a food's appearance sometimes if you truly want to enjoy it.

00:43:12.986 --> 00:43:13.266
Ms.

00:43:13.286 --> 00:43:18.606
Yoshi says that now that she knows how good the food is, she's willing to offer Bancho her services.

00:43:19.666 --> 00:43:23.406
She's a recruiter, and she says that the two of you can't run this place on your own.

00:43:24.226 --> 00:43:25.326
You're gonna need employees.

00:43:26.886 --> 00:43:30.306
So she sets you up to where you can place an advertisement saying you're hiring.

00:43:30.866 --> 00:43:32.006
I like this structure.

00:43:32.026 --> 00:43:38.366
I think that more companies should have to be forced to prove their worth to LinkedIn before they can post job listings.

00:43:38.386 --> 00:43:38.686
Right.

00:43:38.846 --> 00:43:43.766
As someone who's accidentally been on calls with pyramid schemes presenting as marketing jobs.

00:43:43.926 --> 00:43:44.286
True.

00:43:44.386 --> 00:43:45.306
This would be great.

00:43:45.626 --> 00:43:50.786
Also, having food so good, you feel like you're gonna bust.

00:43:52.266 --> 00:43:54.006
What a goddamn blessing.

00:43:54.026 --> 00:43:56.706
Bancho must be just fucking amazing.

00:43:57.346 --> 00:43:58.366
Oh, I love that.

00:43:59.286 --> 00:44:02.286
Well, each employee that responds to the ad has different skills.

00:44:02.426 --> 00:44:05.006
Like, some are better at serving, some are better at cooking.

00:44:05.526 --> 00:44:10.166
You'll be able to train them up, and then you can kick back and just enjoy the day and let them do the work down the line.

00:44:10.186 --> 00:44:11.006
About time.

00:44:12.546 --> 00:44:17.646
By this point, you should have found the supplies and have had Cobra build you the bomb you need to blow up those rocks.

00:44:18.566 --> 00:44:20.666
Before heading back into the water, Dr.

00:44:20.686 --> 00:44:24.486
Bacon shows up and offers you a camera, just in case there's anything to see down there.

00:44:25.546 --> 00:44:28.606
But before you can get there, the great dolphin is back.

00:44:29.826 --> 00:44:33.126
He wants you to follow again, and you realize Pinky is nowhere to be seen.

00:44:33.346 --> 00:44:33.846
Oh, no.

00:44:33.946 --> 00:44:35.446
Pinky getting up to some shit.

00:44:36.126 --> 00:44:39.226
Well, when you find Pinky, they're caught in another net.

00:44:39.346 --> 00:44:40.546
God damn it, Pinky.

00:44:40.606 --> 00:44:43.826
But this time, it's a net that is attached to a boat up above.

00:44:44.026 --> 00:44:44.886
Oh, no.

00:44:45.606 --> 00:44:51.866
Looking at the boat, you determine that it's pirates, and they're gonna sell Pinky to an amusement park or something.

00:44:53.166 --> 00:44:58.106
So you cut the rope as the boat tries to drive away, and the pirates shoot guns at you.

00:44:59.266 --> 00:45:00.906
And you finally free Pinky once again.

00:45:01.066 --> 00:45:03.626
What are the odds that Duff sold them those guns in the first place?

00:45:03.646 --> 00:45:04.246
Yeah, right?

00:45:04.486 --> 00:45:05.146
Very high.

00:45:06.446 --> 00:45:10.306
The two thank you once more with a heart, and you head off to blow up some rocks.

00:45:10.566 --> 00:45:12.126
They really are Pinky in the brain.

00:45:12.146 --> 00:45:15.086
Like, one manages to not get caught into shit.

00:45:15.886 --> 00:45:18.826
One is a genius, the other is caught in a goddamn net again.

00:45:18.846 --> 00:45:19.226
Yep.

00:45:20.466 --> 00:45:23.846
So you blow up the rocks, and the doorway beyond has a light shining through it.

00:45:24.986 --> 00:45:25.666
You ask Dr.

00:45:25.686 --> 00:45:27.826
Bacon, what if it's a water monster in there?

00:45:28.846 --> 00:45:29.206
Dr.

00:45:29.226 --> 00:45:31.526
Bacon says that would be an amazing discovery if there is.

00:45:31.546 --> 00:45:35.006
He said that would be fucking awesome.

00:45:35.386 --> 00:45:37.326
With that, you head into the cave.

00:45:38.626 --> 00:45:41.706
Inside is a giant wall and columns.

00:45:42.766 --> 00:45:46.726
On the wall is a massive mural of what looks to be a merman king.

00:45:48.026 --> 00:45:48.626
You and Dr.

00:45:48.646 --> 00:45:53.646
Bacon assume it must have come from an ancient civilization that got swept away by an earthquake or something.

00:45:54.446 --> 00:45:58.586
This art style doesn't exist in any paintings from any era above ground.

00:46:00.666 --> 00:46:04.146
The columns also have writings all over them in an unknown language.

00:46:05.386 --> 00:46:08.046
So you snap some pictures and agree to bring them up to Dr.

00:46:08.066 --> 00:46:10.046
Bacon so he can examine them more thoroughly.

00:46:11.106 --> 00:46:14.846
Before heading back, you find some kind of artifact and decide to pick it up.

00:46:16.066 --> 00:46:19.946
When you do, the mystery voices from before surround you once more.

00:46:21.126 --> 00:46:21.786
You ask Dr.

00:46:21.806 --> 00:46:25.646
Bacon if he heard the voices too, but he says nothing is coming over the radio.

00:46:25.826 --> 00:46:27.026
Now hurry up and get back.

00:46:28.506 --> 00:46:30.406
You arrive at the boat where you give Dr.

00:46:30.426 --> 00:46:31.986
Bacon all the pictures and the artifact.

00:46:32.806 --> 00:46:35.066
He says he'll be back soon after he researches them.

00:46:36.026 --> 00:46:38.746
As soon as he leaves, another boat pulls up.

00:46:39.826 --> 00:46:45.266
This time, it's a rubber raft, and it's full of commercial fishing protesters.

00:46:45.966 --> 00:46:47.066
Oh no!

00:46:47.866 --> 00:46:53.726
They're called Sea Blue, and they heard someone was using bombs to blow up the ocean.

00:46:53.746 --> 00:46:54.526
Oops.

00:46:54.906 --> 00:46:57.146
You're like, it's actually a bit more nuanced than that.

00:46:58.506 --> 00:47:03.946
The leader of Sea Blue is a man named John Watson, and he's UFC fighter buff.

00:47:04.246 --> 00:47:05.126
Oh shit.

00:47:06.006 --> 00:47:11.246
He speaks over you, saying that their duty is to protect the ocean from human interference.

00:47:12.386 --> 00:47:17.546
If the authorities won't do something about it, he has no problem putting someone in their place if need be.

00:47:17.566 --> 00:47:18.226
Damn.

00:47:18.766 --> 00:47:21.626
He says he has no way of knowing if you were setting off bombs earlier.

00:47:22.306 --> 00:47:25.686
But if he catches you fucking around, you're gonna find out.

00:47:25.986 --> 00:47:26.806
Oh damn.

00:47:27.886 --> 00:47:30.886
After they leave, Cobra basically says, fuck that guy.

00:47:31.706 --> 00:47:36.446
Sea Blue is a terrorist organization masked as conservationists.

00:47:36.826 --> 00:47:38.906
There are so many layers to all of this.

00:47:39.246 --> 00:47:44.926
They claim to be against commercial fishing, but only bother local fishers and never the big guys.

00:47:45.366 --> 00:47:46.446
Oh, that's shitty.

00:47:46.526 --> 00:47:49.666
Yeah, they're paid by the big guys to take out the locals.

00:47:50.106 --> 00:47:53.886
So yeah, fuck that guy, but also be careful because he's literal terrorist.

00:47:54.066 --> 00:47:55.446
Yeah.

00:47:56.906 --> 00:48:00.186
That night before dinner service, you get another special guest.

00:48:01.126 --> 00:48:02.966
This time it's two people, a man and a woman.

00:48:03.806 --> 00:48:08.726
The man is dressed like a Sith Lord, all in black with a coat that is basically a cloak.

00:48:09.866 --> 00:48:14.086
This dork rolling into a sushi restaurant with a cloak on.

00:48:15.846 --> 00:48:17.206
Well, the woman is all in pink.

00:48:17.566 --> 00:48:19.966
The woman speaks first, and she's holding a microphone.

00:48:20.886 --> 00:48:25.946
She introduces herself as Yui, host of the cooking show titled Star the Chef.

00:48:26.786 --> 00:48:29.126
Oh, it's just like she's really into karaoke.

00:48:29.146 --> 00:48:32.906
She thinks she's a K-pop idol and walks around with a fucking microphone.

00:48:32.926 --> 00:48:34.166
This is a tiny restaurant.

00:48:34.746 --> 00:48:36.266
It seats like 12 people.

00:48:36.286 --> 00:48:37.026
What are you doing?

00:48:37.046 --> 00:48:38.606
This is the trouble of K-pop in public.

00:48:40.226 --> 00:48:44.366
The man with her is Vincent Yamaoka, legendary sushi expert.

00:48:45.626 --> 00:48:57.546
To demonstrate his prowess, he goes on to explain that while sushi is simply rice, vinegar, wasabi, and a slice of fish, that doesn't mean it's easy to make it good.

00:48:57.806 --> 00:48:58.266
Facts.

00:48:58.906 --> 00:49:02.206
Every aspect of sushi matters and contributes to the taste.

00:49:03.166 --> 00:49:18.666
The thickness of the cut, the angle at which the fish was sliced, the stickiness and type of rice, the amount of wasabi and where it's placed, the temperature of the rice compared to the temperature of the fish, how the fish is stored, how fresh it is.

00:49:19.546 --> 00:49:23.606
All of that and more goes into making the perfect bite of food.

00:49:23.966 --> 00:49:32.566
I've heard you say this exact thing verbatim about sushi when I've been like, I don't know, I just don't think I've had really good sushi or haven't had sushi that's inspired me.

00:49:32.586 --> 00:49:34.486
And you've been like, well, here's why.

00:49:36.226 --> 00:49:43.906
Well, this is also unfortunately why a vast majority of sushi chefs believe that women cannot be good sushi chefs.

00:49:45.106 --> 00:49:47.486
Now, it's almost entirely rooted in misogyny.

00:49:48.066 --> 00:49:54.086
However, the excuse given is that a woman's body temperature is one or two degrees warmer than a man's.

00:49:55.046 --> 00:50:00.846
So that difference in temperature changes the quality of the fish as it increases the temperature two degrees.

00:50:01.066 --> 00:50:03.706
All I heard is I'm too hot to make sushi, so I should buy it.

00:50:05.426 --> 00:50:08.266
I know that's not the right message to take, but that's what I'm going to grab.

00:50:08.526 --> 00:50:12.026
Yeah, it's absolute horseshit backward thinking if you ask me.

00:50:12.486 --> 00:50:14.626
But that is an unfortunate side of the sushi world.

00:50:15.106 --> 00:50:19.166
Yes, you can find sushi chefs who are women, but they are tragically few and far between.

00:50:20.566 --> 00:50:27.886
Vincent Yamaoka says that while Bancho has great technique, he also uses exotic fish that is not commonly found in sushi.

00:50:28.886 --> 00:50:35.946
This is offensive to Japanese cuisine, as it is a slap in the face to all those who came before and perfected the art of sushi.

00:50:37.146 --> 00:50:42.086
Yui says, well, that's a great segue into this week's episode, because Bancho is competing this week.

00:50:42.326 --> 00:50:42.926
Oh, shit.

00:50:43.546 --> 00:50:47.306
Bancho was like, was anyone going to ask me if I want to do this?

00:50:47.326 --> 00:50:48.746
This is a surprise.

00:50:48.766 --> 00:50:50.106
I'm sure Cobra set it up.

00:50:50.546 --> 00:50:52.706
He did, and he's making money on the back end.

00:50:53.326 --> 00:50:55.326
But Yui ignores him and barrels on.

00:50:55.946 --> 00:51:01.206
She says that Bancho must cook for Vincent to determine if Bancho truly is the next star chef.

00:51:02.246 --> 00:51:07.526
Bancho says to come back in two days, and he'll blow Vincent's mind with flavors he's never tasted before.

00:51:08.626 --> 00:51:14.586
Yui is excited to have such a showdown between a traditional chef and an exotic chef, and they agree to return in two days.

00:51:16.226 --> 00:51:22.026
Bancho tells you the specific ingredients he needs for this meal, which is a live jellyfish, and you agree to get it for him.

00:51:23.146 --> 00:51:27.706
We're taken back underwater without Dave, back in the cave with the Sea King mural.

00:51:28.806 --> 00:51:34.046
Inside the cave are two merpeople, a man and a woman.

00:51:35.126 --> 00:51:37.946
They speak to each other in their language, so we don't know what is said.

00:51:39.106 --> 00:51:41.866
But then there's an earthquake, and the two look around scared.

00:51:43.166 --> 00:51:49.166
Suddenly, a giant tentacle comes from nowhere and grabs the mermaid as the merman watches in horror.

00:51:49.306 --> 00:51:49.986
Oh, shit.

00:51:50.426 --> 00:51:54.646
She gets taken away, and the merman chases after the giant squid tentacle.

00:51:55.166 --> 00:51:56.586
The next day, Dr.

00:51:56.606 --> 00:52:02.466
Bacon confirms that the artifact you found does belong to the Sea People, as it's made of an unknown metal.

00:52:03.526 --> 00:52:03.866
Dr.

00:52:03.886 --> 00:52:11.406
Bacon has been able to attune a radar to find more metal like it, but you'll probably be going so deep in the water you'll need a headlamp to see.

00:52:12.486 --> 00:52:14.126
So you call Duff to see if he has one.

00:52:14.846 --> 00:52:16.986
He says he does, but he needs a favor first.

00:52:18.166 --> 00:52:23.606
The delivery boat that was bringing him the action figure of his favorite anime babe, Liachan, sank.

00:52:23.886 --> 00:52:26.286
His life is at the bottom of the ocean!

00:52:26.566 --> 00:52:29.026
If you can get it back for him, he'll give you the headlamp.

00:52:29.866 --> 00:52:32.166
As soon as you hit the water, you hear a loud noise.

00:52:33.326 --> 00:52:36.346
That's strange to experience underwater, so you go check it out.

00:52:38.166 --> 00:52:39.206
It's your dolphin friends.

00:52:40.166 --> 00:52:41.026
Both of them this time.

00:52:41.086 --> 00:52:41.966
Pinky in the brain.

00:52:42.366 --> 00:52:44.606
But they're surrounded by scuba diving pirates.

00:52:44.966 --> 00:52:46.886
Oh, god damn it, they've taken to the sea.

00:52:46.946 --> 00:52:48.346
Yeah, and they have guns.

00:52:48.646 --> 00:52:49.606
God damn it.

00:52:49.846 --> 00:52:51.486
I blame Duff for this too.

00:52:53.786 --> 00:52:57.966
You fight off the pirates, and somehow don't kill them despite shooting them with your own gun.

00:52:58.926 --> 00:53:04.166
They swim off with an I'll get you next time, and the dolphins do their heart thing to show gratitude once more.

00:53:05.426 --> 00:53:09.706
You eventually find the delivery boat again, and see the package with the Liachan figure in it.

00:53:10.626 --> 00:53:15.126
But just as you go for it, a giant tentacle comes from under the boat and snatches it.

00:53:15.926 --> 00:53:17.386
They also love Liachan.

00:53:18.846 --> 00:53:22.766
In order to go after it, you need a special tool to get inside the sunken boat.

00:53:23.666 --> 00:53:28.546
Once you get it, you let Duff know that you're not exactly thrilled to be going after a giant squid.

00:53:29.406 --> 00:53:32.966
He says that there is nothing more important than the safety of his dear Liachan.

00:53:33.346 --> 00:53:35.206
It's his waifu, damn it.

00:53:36.666 --> 00:53:40.206
Do not compromise this mission over a little old giant squid.

00:53:40.586 --> 00:53:44.846
Little old giant squid is such a funny thing to say.

00:53:45.506 --> 00:53:48.706
You use the special tool to get into the sunken boat and head inside.

00:53:49.606 --> 00:53:56.826
Once inside, you see that the boat actually landed on top of a cave, and a hole has been punched through the boat into the cave below.

00:53:57.886 --> 00:54:00.966
So you swim down until you come to a big open area of the cave.

00:54:01.926 --> 00:54:10.046
In this open area, you find the giant squid taking up most of the screen, fast asleep with the pink package right next to it.

00:54:11.386 --> 00:54:16.146
Duff tells you to be very, very quiet and to steal the package back without waking the squid.

00:54:17.186 --> 00:54:22.326
Which you don't, and the squid awakens, taking us into our first boss battle.

00:54:23.726 --> 00:54:28.166
You say, you can't handle this thing, but Duff says, I'm your gun dealer, aren't I?

00:54:28.406 --> 00:54:29.226
Use your gun.

00:54:31.006 --> 00:54:32.986
I know you're packing, my guy.

00:54:33.006 --> 00:54:34.686
Just fucking aim and pull.

00:54:35.346 --> 00:54:37.546
So you fight the giant squid and defeat it.

00:54:38.366 --> 00:54:42.646
Which the boss fights in this game are kind of the perfect difficulty level, if you ask me.

00:54:43.246 --> 00:54:46.526
It might take you two or three tries, but really no more than that.

00:54:46.726 --> 00:54:47.166
Okay.

00:54:48.026 --> 00:54:53.186
The squid dies, and out of one of its tentacles, a mermaid is left behind, badly injured.

00:54:54.266 --> 00:54:56.966
The merman from before comes around a corner and picks her up.

00:54:57.946 --> 00:55:02.166
He heads toward the exit of the cave, but then sees you and freaks the fuck out.

00:55:03.366 --> 00:55:06.226
He turns around and takes the mermaid with him off screen and out of sight.

00:55:06.866 --> 00:55:10.606
You ask Duff if he saw that, but he only has eyes for Liachan.

00:55:11.086 --> 00:55:11.326
Oh.

00:55:12.606 --> 00:55:18.046
You need to cut it loose from the tentacle and decide to bring some of it back to Bancho, see if he could use it in a recipe.

00:55:18.246 --> 00:55:21.346
Hey, I brought you back a piece of giant squid.

00:55:22.126 --> 00:55:25.026
Is this of interest to you, eccentric chef friend?

00:55:25.226 --> 00:55:25.606
Right.

00:55:26.626 --> 00:55:29.346
You bring Duff his doll, and he gives you the headlamp you need.

00:55:29.506 --> 00:55:30.506
It's not a doll.

00:55:31.166 --> 00:55:32.906
It's a figure.

00:55:32.926 --> 00:55:33.186
Right.

00:55:34.486 --> 00:55:39.726
Once out of the water, you realize the tentacle smells like shit and wonder if it's even edible.

00:55:40.726 --> 00:55:46.466
You call Bancho and he tells you that, yes, giant squid smells awful, but it's crazy delicious.

00:55:47.446 --> 00:55:50.726
Problem being, it smells so bad you really can't sell it in a restaurant.

00:55:51.786 --> 00:55:53.466
So he decides tonight will be our night off.

00:55:54.146 --> 00:55:58.846
Bring the tentacle and we'll call our friends to come hang out and have some delicious, stinky sushi.

00:55:59.846 --> 00:56:01.306
I want to be on that friend list.

00:56:01.806 --> 00:56:02.906
Add me to the group chat.

00:56:02.926 --> 00:56:03.426
Totally.

00:56:04.506 --> 00:56:11.006
It's not quite a Red Dead 2 party, but you can talk with all the characters you've met so far as they all come to hang out and party.

00:56:11.386 --> 00:56:15.686
You know, if you ask Cobra the right thing, he'll probably just slip you like a joint or something.

00:56:15.726 --> 00:56:16.166
Easily.

00:56:17.146 --> 00:56:18.946
Including the local stray cat Momo.

00:56:19.726 --> 00:56:22.706
He's there to receive lots of petting and any fish that falls to the floor.

00:56:24.306 --> 00:56:24.926
Momo.

00:56:25.546 --> 00:56:27.206
Oh, is he like your bodega cat?

00:56:27.226 --> 00:56:28.506
He's your bodega cat, yeah.

00:56:29.006 --> 00:56:30.166
Oh, I love Momo.

00:56:31.326 --> 00:56:31.986
You tell Dr.

00:56:32.006 --> 00:56:34.186
Bacon during the party that you saw the sea people.

00:56:34.986 --> 00:56:39.226
He gets very excited saying that the radar he made must be picking up metal from their village.

00:56:40.406 --> 00:56:41.766
He expected them to be extinct.

00:56:42.286 --> 00:56:45.886
Now he has a chance to find living sea people, and that excites him.

00:56:47.226 --> 00:56:57.686
As you sit with your friends and toast to your success, the scene fades, and we see someone is watching you through a set of binoculars as they load a grenade into a grenade launcher.

00:56:58.446 --> 00:57:01.226
Oh, shit, this is on some Trevor Phillips shit.

00:57:01.246 --> 00:57:02.086
What are you doing?

00:57:04.006 --> 00:57:05.006
The next day, Dr.

00:57:05.026 --> 00:57:07.126
Bacon arrives, hung over as shit.

00:57:07.966 --> 00:57:14.806
He gives you instructions on how to use his radar now that you have the headlamp, but he drank too much and starts puking over the side of the boat.

00:57:15.126 --> 00:57:16.706
Oh my god, you messy cunt.

00:57:18.526 --> 00:57:24.246
He says he has to go, and tells you to go down and find that village, with his vomit still floating on top of the water.

00:57:24.266 --> 00:57:29.426
He's like, I need Pedialyte and a nap, and it's just so bright out here, I have to leave.

00:57:29.586 --> 00:57:30.826
And you look at it, and you're like, really?

00:57:30.846 --> 00:57:32.166
I'm supposed to dive in that now?

00:57:32.186 --> 00:57:35.106
Dive through it, get a couple extra points if you go through the circle.

00:57:35.786 --> 00:57:36.906
That's horrible.

00:57:37.106 --> 00:57:45.886
There is nothing worse than being around someone who's throwing up or has just thrown up, because the haze of smoke, it's like the cartoon stink lines are coming off their body.

00:57:45.926 --> 00:57:46.346
Right.

00:57:46.366 --> 00:57:47.586
That is the worst thing.

00:57:48.606 --> 00:57:53.766
Well, you do anyway, and you're immediately confronted by John Watson of Sea Blue.

00:57:53.926 --> 00:57:54.646
Son of a bitch.

00:57:55.106 --> 00:57:55.966
He says, that's it.

00:57:56.526 --> 00:58:01.186
He warned you not to mess with the ocean, but now you're puking in it, and he has to take action.

00:58:03.326 --> 00:58:08.826
He blames you for someone else's barf, which is kind of the most egregious thing he's done so far.

00:58:09.506 --> 00:58:12.006
He pulls out his grenade launcher and fires at you.

00:58:12.206 --> 00:58:14.226
This is the most egregious thing he's done so far.

00:58:14.246 --> 00:58:15.086
Holy shit.

00:58:15.466 --> 00:58:18.446
You dodge, and he kills a bunch of fish in the process.

00:58:19.346 --> 00:58:20.046
The irony.

00:58:20.686 --> 00:58:22.766
He gets mad because that was supposed to be for you.

00:58:23.186 --> 00:58:24.886
It's your fault he killed those fish.

00:58:25.006 --> 00:58:26.526
The narcissism!

00:58:26.726 --> 00:58:29.186
You're like, dude, you're the one shooting grenades.

00:58:29.206 --> 00:58:31.066
You literally pulled the trigger.

00:58:31.086 --> 00:58:34.386
I catch fish for a single sushi restaurant.

00:58:34.406 --> 00:58:36.126
I'm far from the bad guy here.

00:58:36.646 --> 00:58:39.906
Go blow up one of those giant fishing boats that take thousands of fish at a time.

00:58:41.606 --> 00:58:47.146
So you have to fight John Watson, and when he's defeated, he blows a hole through a wall and he swims through it.

00:58:48.226 --> 00:58:51.606
You realize that the radar is telling you to go that way anyway, so you follow.

00:58:52.786 --> 00:58:58.766
As you do, you make your way into some deep caves and eventually come upon a small one, where you find the two merpeople.

00:58:59.886 --> 00:59:03.446
The mermaid is laying on a table, and the merman is watching over her.

00:59:04.546 --> 00:59:09.226
When you approach, the merman panics but realizes you're blocking the only way out.

00:59:10.326 --> 00:59:10.986
You call Dr.

00:59:11.006 --> 00:59:18.966
Bacon to ask if he knows any way to translate, and he says that using the writing you found on the columns before should help him figure out their language.

00:59:20.126 --> 00:59:22.846
So you head back up to see if he can fashion you a translation device.

00:59:22.986 --> 00:59:25.906
He's gonna casually Rosetta Stone an ancient language.

00:59:25.926 --> 00:59:27.266
Yeah, overnight.

00:59:27.446 --> 00:59:28.306
Good for you, bitch.

00:59:29.186 --> 00:59:30.866
Cobra is fucking stoked.

00:59:31.486 --> 00:59:38.466
He wants to tell the whole world about the sea people, so tourists will come from all over to see them and by extension come eat at Boncho Sushi.

00:59:38.606 --> 00:59:40.046
I was wondering what his angle was.

00:59:40.066 --> 00:59:42.266
It's like, does he own the lake or whatever?

00:59:42.486 --> 00:59:43.966
Yeah, it doesn't change much.

00:59:43.986 --> 00:59:45.526
Now it's just like, no, now they're real.

00:59:45.746 --> 00:59:53.326
Yeah, the Loch Ness Monster Denny's is gonna fucking crumble at the feet of Cobra's sushi restaurant.

00:59:53.346 --> 00:59:53.886
Hell yeah.

00:59:54.326 --> 00:59:54.806
Well, Dr.

00:59:54.826 --> 00:59:59.046
Bacon says it's important we don't do that because we don't know enough about them yet.

00:59:59.486 --> 00:59:59.946
Facts.

01:00:00.286 --> 01:00:02.806
These could be the last two of them for all we know.

01:00:02.826 --> 01:00:04.386
And what if someone were to come hunt them?

01:00:05.506 --> 01:00:07.866
And covers all but money.

01:00:08.306 --> 01:00:08.706
Yeah.

01:00:09.426 --> 01:00:09.786
Dr.

01:00:09.806 --> 01:00:13.606
Bacon insists this is the right thing to do, and he goes off to make a translator.

01:00:14.406 --> 01:00:16.166
That night, it's showtime.

01:00:16.986 --> 01:00:19.866
Star the Chef has returned for your showdown with Vincent Yamaoka.

01:00:20.386 --> 01:00:26.006
Vincent asks what Bonsho has prepared for him, and Bonsho tells him he will be serving jellyfish sushi.

01:00:27.146 --> 01:00:32.046
Vincent looks at Bonsho in disgust, as jellyfish is a Chinese ingredient.

01:00:33.166 --> 01:00:36.406
You don't use Chinese ingredients in Japanese cooking.

01:00:37.246 --> 01:00:38.406
This won't be a competition.

01:00:38.466 --> 01:00:39.526
It'll be a massacre.

01:00:41.426 --> 01:00:46.966
Bonsho serves him the jellyfish, and Vincent reluctantly agrees to try it since the cameras are rolling and all.

01:00:47.226 --> 01:00:48.766
Only because the cameras are rolling.

01:00:49.626 --> 01:00:55.646
As he eats it, he drops his chopsticks in surprise as a wave of happiness overtakes him.

01:00:57.146 --> 01:00:59.066
He says it's like he's eating the ocean.

01:01:00.646 --> 01:01:07.326
Bonsho goes on to explain that being tied to the traditional ingredients keeps people from experiencing the limitless potential of sushi.

01:01:08.466 --> 01:01:12.586
Flavor wins out every time, and if it tastes good, you should use it.

01:01:12.986 --> 01:01:14.026
Hell yeah!

01:01:14.046 --> 01:01:19.166
Like, I actually, I don't know if this happens with you, but I get a little deterred when I see, like, fusion.

01:01:19.426 --> 01:01:20.046
Yeah, right?

01:01:20.106 --> 01:01:22.506
Especially when it's a Pan-Asian style thing.

01:01:22.526 --> 01:01:25.486
When I say Pan-Asian, I just mean they serve every noodle.

01:01:25.566 --> 01:01:29.726
There's a Pad Thai and a Chow Mein on the menu, and you're like, oh, Pickle Lane.

01:01:30.006 --> 01:01:37.006
Like, especially with Asian cuisine, it feels very Pickle Lane, but seeing things like this and seeing Bancho's perspective is really refreshing.

01:01:37.026 --> 01:01:40.826
And the fact that he's actually backing it up with good food, oh, that's rare to find.

01:01:40.986 --> 01:01:46.706
I mean, this reminds me of a time when we were living in Los Angeles, you had some friends coming into town, and they invited us to come out to a restaurant with them.

01:01:46.726 --> 01:01:48.366
I know where you're going with this.

01:01:48.866 --> 01:01:53.206
And they invited us to something that, by the sound of it, I was so offended by.

01:01:53.226 --> 01:01:57.406
And it was Korean-German fusion.

01:01:57.466 --> 01:02:00.526
Okay, now I'm white and Asian, ethnically.

01:02:00.726 --> 01:02:04.306
So I was like, immediately like, what's wrong with the mix, Tom?

01:02:05.366 --> 01:02:05.906
Nothing.

01:02:05.926 --> 01:02:08.066
What you got against the mix, Tom?

01:02:08.086 --> 01:02:10.346
The food mix was what was concerning to me.

01:02:10.786 --> 01:02:15.926
And it ended up being some of the best fucking food I ever had while we lived in Los Angeles.

01:02:15.946 --> 01:02:17.326
Yeah, we went back there a couple of times.

01:02:17.346 --> 01:02:19.046
It was so damn good.

01:02:19.066 --> 01:02:19.546
So yeah.

01:02:19.646 --> 01:02:21.286
Rules and tradition be damned.

01:02:21.546 --> 01:02:21.866
Yeah.

01:02:23.126 --> 01:02:28.006
And we went with two of my friends who had immigrated here from two countries that were not Korea or Germany.

01:02:28.026 --> 01:02:33.306
So they were just like, one girl is from China, one girl is from Mexico, and we're both, we're all just like, fuck it.

01:02:34.286 --> 01:02:35.466
We are the melting pot.

01:02:35.486 --> 01:02:36.846
This is the American dream.

01:02:38.226 --> 01:02:42.146
Well, Vincent goes on to give Bancho an 80 out of a possible 100 points.

01:02:43.106 --> 01:02:47.706
The only reason he knocked 20 points off was because Bancho Sushi doesn't offer beer with the sushi.

01:02:48.526 --> 01:02:49.566
Fuck you.

01:02:49.586 --> 01:02:52.866
That's like knocking points off of a Yelp review because they had bad parking.

01:02:54.206 --> 01:02:54.766
Figure it out.

01:02:54.786 --> 01:02:56.346
That's not actually their fault.

01:02:56.546 --> 01:02:57.546
You dumb dipshit.

01:02:57.566 --> 01:02:58.706
That's a licensing issue.

01:02:58.866 --> 01:03:01.606
Well, had he been offered a beer, it would have been a perfect score.

01:03:02.526 --> 01:03:05.526
And everyone looks at Dave and they're like, aren't you the restaurant manager?

01:03:05.966 --> 01:03:06.986
This is your fault.

01:03:07.286 --> 01:03:10.506
Well, as a reward, he gives you a beer fridge so you can serve beer now.

01:03:10.966 --> 01:03:12.306
Oh, he solved the problem.

01:03:12.326 --> 01:03:13.706
That's actually very proactive.

01:03:13.706 --> 01:03:14.086
Yeah.

01:03:14.146 --> 01:03:15.266
Good job, cloak guy.

01:03:16.206 --> 01:03:20.806
After some more fishing, you get a call from Bancho just before dinner service, a day or two later.

01:03:21.886 --> 01:03:23.926
He says he needs you to come to the restaurant quickly.

01:03:24.446 --> 01:03:27.386
There's a customer giving him some problems, and he doesn't have time to deal with it.

01:03:27.526 --> 01:03:28.726
God, I hope it's Momo.

01:03:29.326 --> 01:03:35.446
You get to the restaurant, and there's a surly farmer-looking man in overalls, with a straw hat and a scar down his cheek.

01:03:36.486 --> 01:03:38.546
He's at the bar having a beer and being loud.

01:03:39.386 --> 01:03:42.726
You tell him the restaurant's not even open yet, so he's not allowed to be here right now.

01:03:43.086 --> 01:03:49.106
The fact that you got a beer fridge and immediately you have a drunk in the restaurant after hours is so funny.

01:03:49.126 --> 01:03:49.906
Imagine that.

01:03:51.026 --> 01:03:55.806
He gets indignant saying that he hasn't been near the ocean in a long time, and he's just excited.

01:03:56.506 --> 01:03:58.866
He used to be a world-class diver once upon a time.

01:04:00.006 --> 01:04:06.986
He says that you as a diver know, every diver's dream is to swim with the most dangerous creatures in the world and narrowly escape death.

01:04:07.966 --> 01:04:14.266
He actually got shipwrecked here years ago and found himself with nothing and nobody, no way to get back home.

01:04:15.266 --> 01:04:20.666
Over the years, he just kind of set up a nice little life for himself, so now he lives here full time.

01:04:21.606 --> 01:04:24.846
His biggest regret being that he left behind a wife and young child.

01:04:25.186 --> 01:04:36.766
Oh my god, this is, it's not Castaway, this is clearly an island that people are hanging out on, like, and you know Cobra's got a guy for everything, he can get you back into the country without a passport, no problem.

01:04:37.246 --> 01:04:42.286
Well, he became embarrassed about how long it took for him to get the resources to get back home.

01:04:43.026 --> 01:04:45.706
Oh, he's been like, it's so long, it would be awkward at this point.

01:04:45.726 --> 01:04:47.566
Yeah, but that's all behind him now.

01:04:47.626 --> 01:04:48.306
Goodness.

01:04:49.086 --> 01:04:56.046
He's too old to dive now, but he remembers being a child, and he would dive for moray eel so his mother could make eel curry.

01:04:56.926 --> 01:05:02.926
If you could catch a moray eel, and if Bancho would be so kind as to make an eel curry, he'll give you a gift.

01:05:04.046 --> 01:05:06.506
The issue being moray eel only come out at night.

01:05:07.506 --> 01:05:12.686
Fortunately, you now have a headlamp, so you can do some night diving to catch it and even more exotic sea life.

01:05:12.866 --> 01:05:17.526
And I'm assuming you're able to hire some people so they can work the restaurant when you're out diving at night?

01:05:17.726 --> 01:05:18.486
Actually, no.

01:05:18.506 --> 01:05:22.246
If you choose to dive at night, you will lose one third of your dinner service hours.

01:05:22.366 --> 01:05:23.586
Oh, you missed your shift!

01:05:23.826 --> 01:05:30.106
Yeah, so you'll miss out on some money that night, but you'll have some exotic fish that are worth more, so it balances out.

01:05:30.626 --> 01:05:34.146
I imagine there's a little sign on the door that says, closed for eel hunting.

01:05:34.166 --> 01:05:35.626
Be back at 7 p.m.

01:05:35.646 --> 01:05:36.566
Yeah, exactly.

01:05:38.006 --> 01:05:45.326
You catch the eel, Bancho makes the curry, and the old man has a full-blown ratatouille moment as he takes a bite and turns into a young child.

01:05:47.106 --> 01:05:48.966
After, he says to meet him out back.

01:05:49.506 --> 01:05:50.866
He has something he wants to show you.

01:05:51.386 --> 01:05:52.066
Oh, no.

01:05:52.206 --> 01:05:55.306
Okay, I've heard this from men in my life.

01:05:55.566 --> 01:05:58.746
Ladies and men and thems, everyone in between.

01:05:59.726 --> 01:06:02.046
Don't follow that man into the alley.

01:06:03.906 --> 01:06:08.366
Well, Dave is the most trusting person in the universe, and the next day goes to meet the old farmer.

01:06:08.486 --> 01:06:10.206
Oh, no, he's gonna get touched.

01:06:10.586 --> 01:06:15.066
Out back is a series of docks floating on the water, all tied together in little squares.

01:06:15.086 --> 01:06:16.626
Did you say docks tied together?

01:06:16.706 --> 01:06:17.066
Yeah.

01:06:17.546 --> 01:06:18.226
Oh, docks.

01:06:18.246 --> 01:06:18.566
Got it.

01:06:18.586 --> 01:06:19.046
Sorry.

01:06:19.426 --> 01:06:20.766
Still shifting from my trauma.

01:06:20.786 --> 01:06:21.186
Got it.

01:06:22.086 --> 01:06:25.666
The old man's name is Otto, and he tells you it's a fish farm.

01:06:26.326 --> 01:06:27.266
He built it last night.

01:06:27.946 --> 01:06:29.206
Those kind of docks.

01:06:29.446 --> 01:06:31.326
Yes, floating docks.

01:06:32.866 --> 01:06:35.626
When you catch live fish, sometimes they'll lay eggs.

01:06:37.006 --> 01:06:41.286
Here, you can grow those fish, and then you don't have to dive for them, and you can just grow them here instead.

01:06:41.726 --> 01:06:42.686
Oh, a fish farm.

01:06:42.706 --> 01:06:45.906
I think that should actually satiate John Watson and be like, you know what?

01:06:45.926 --> 01:06:46.786
Fucker, fine.

01:06:47.286 --> 01:06:49.366
I'm going to make my own goddamn fish.

01:06:49.366 --> 01:06:51.186
Leave me alone, you terrorist.

01:06:51.546 --> 01:06:55.346
You can also store some live fish you catch here, and they'll fuck and make some more.

01:06:56.246 --> 01:06:57.566
Oh, they love each other.

01:06:57.766 --> 01:06:58.106
Yeah.

01:06:58.126 --> 01:07:02.126
Also, incubation to full adult is like 24 hours because magic water.

01:07:02.146 --> 01:07:02.846
Hell yeah.

01:07:03.286 --> 01:07:06.326
Either way, you don't have to work as hard and can spend a bit more time exploring.

01:07:08.506 --> 01:07:10.046
Before diving in, Dr.

01:07:10.066 --> 01:07:15.366
Bacon arrives and says that he and Duff worked together to create a translator you can use to communicate with the Sea People.

01:07:16.246 --> 01:07:18.406
So you grab your new toy and dive back into the depths.

01:07:19.466 --> 01:07:23.526
You return to the cave where you last saw the Sea People, and you try out your new translator.

01:07:24.606 --> 01:07:26.346
You can now read the words being spoken.

01:07:27.506 --> 01:07:29.566
The Merman is amazed you can speak their language.

01:07:30.626 --> 01:07:34.186
You also look a little more round than the humans they've seen from a distance.

01:07:38.566 --> 01:07:45.186
And you know, swimming is supposed to be a good cardio, but poor sweet angel Dave is eating really decadent sushi every night.

01:07:45.206 --> 01:07:49.646
Like, I know Bancho is not the kind of person that would skimp on quality to save a couple calories.

01:07:49.666 --> 01:07:50.166
Oh, no.

01:07:50.186 --> 01:07:51.586
So he's eaten well.

01:07:51.606 --> 01:07:52.866
He's eaten good in the neighborhood.

01:07:52.886 --> 01:07:53.566
God damn.

01:07:53.626 --> 01:07:56.186
But yeah, everybody's fat shaming like they're glados in this game.

01:07:56.706 --> 01:07:58.066
I love that so much.

01:07:58.086 --> 01:07:59.286
Poor sweet angel Dave.

01:08:00.206 --> 01:08:06.066
He introduces himself as Suwam of the Low Dwellers, or Sea People, as the humans say.

01:08:07.166 --> 01:08:10.386
He tells you that he is the bravest and coolest male among them.

01:08:10.966 --> 01:08:12.646
You say, hi, I'm Dave.

01:08:13.086 --> 01:08:15.466
I too am the coolest and bravest among them.

01:08:17.166 --> 01:08:21.606
Suwam says, Dave, that means broken toilet lid in my language.

01:08:25.846 --> 01:08:27.846
I love that so much.

01:08:28.906 --> 01:08:33.746
He tells you that the mermaid that's lying unconscious is named Ramo, and she's the daughter of the chief.

01:08:34.646 --> 01:08:37.306
She needs a special Sea People meal if she hopes to recover.

01:08:38.186 --> 01:08:43.746
So he gives you a recipe using some things you can find on your dive, and tells you to find a chef to make her this food.

01:08:44.546 --> 01:08:45.906
Thank goodness you own a restaurant.

01:08:46.206 --> 01:08:46.606
Right?

01:08:47.366 --> 01:08:49.526
If he ran into Cobra, they'd be real fucked up.

01:08:49.606 --> 01:08:50.246
Yeah, right?

01:08:51.566 --> 01:08:54.926
You collect your ingredients and convince Bancho to make you food for Princess Ramo.

01:08:55.706 --> 01:08:57.866
You return to the cave and give Sawan the meal.

01:08:58.806 --> 01:09:00.646
He smells it and says, it's perfect.

01:09:01.526 --> 01:09:05.146
He swims over to Ramo and says, Ramo, here, I made you some food.

01:09:05.806 --> 01:09:06.486
I did this.

01:09:08.646 --> 01:09:10.646
Yep, he's the bravest one of them all.

01:09:11.186 --> 01:09:13.946
I guess she woke up while you were out, and she sits up and eats.

01:09:15.046 --> 01:09:18.166
As soon as she finishes, she is back to full health and is ready to go.

01:09:18.926 --> 01:09:23.266
Damn, it's like the mom in Encanto just like, I whip this up for you, she's back to normal.

01:09:23.466 --> 01:09:25.326
And then she's like, oh, fuck, a human.

01:09:26.826 --> 01:09:30.266
Suwam explains that you're the one who defeated the squid and got her the food.

01:09:31.306 --> 01:09:32.466
So you can be trusted.

01:09:33.786 --> 01:09:37.026
She says, good, then that means Dave can escort me back to the village.

01:09:38.506 --> 01:09:41.186
Suwam can scout ahead and make sure they know we're coming.

01:09:41.926 --> 01:09:44.466
He's the one who failed to rescue her from the squid after all.

01:09:44.846 --> 01:09:46.566
Hell yeah, she's calling him the fuck out.

01:09:46.586 --> 01:09:49.706
She's like, great, first of all, I know your ass didn't cook this.

01:09:49.726 --> 01:09:51.186
You burned cereal last week.

01:09:51.686 --> 01:09:54.446
Second of all, you go first in case there's any danger.

01:09:54.466 --> 01:09:56.706
This fat fuck is going to take me over.

01:09:56.806 --> 01:09:57.166
Yeah.

01:09:57.306 --> 01:09:58.806
Hell yeah, I like her.

01:09:58.826 --> 01:10:02.466
Suwam is offended, but she's the princess, so he agrees.

01:10:03.606 --> 01:10:07.606
She tells you you'll have to carry her back and fight off any dangers you may encounter.

01:10:07.626 --> 01:10:11.466
And you're like, seriously, haven't I done enough for you already?

01:10:12.366 --> 01:10:15.706
She gives you some puppy dog eyes and is all, but my fin hurts.

01:10:15.786 --> 01:10:17.186
Please, sir, will you carry me?

01:10:17.206 --> 01:10:20.206
I'm a mermaid princess.

01:10:20.786 --> 01:10:23.646
You tell her you'll take her as far as her village, but that's it.

01:10:24.866 --> 01:10:28.586
You carry her through a long series of fish attacks as she guides you towards her village.

01:10:29.426 --> 01:10:32.686
You get to a part that's blocked by rubble caused by the recent earthquakes.

01:10:33.506 --> 01:10:38.706
You have to do a whole ass thing to clear the rubble by dropping a bunch of other rubble on top of it to clear the path.

01:10:39.386 --> 01:10:42.926
It takes a couple dives to do, honestly, as you'll need some special gloves to pull it off.

01:10:43.966 --> 01:10:48.306
But before you clear the rubble, at dinner service, you have a new visitor.

01:10:49.406 --> 01:10:52.446
It's a little girl and her emotional support puppet.

01:10:53.246 --> 01:10:53.866
I'm sorry.

01:10:56.146 --> 01:11:01.006
Did you say emotional support puppet?

01:11:01.226 --> 01:11:01.666
Puppet.

01:11:03.046 --> 01:11:04.926
I love everything about this.

01:11:05.766 --> 01:11:09.566
You try to explain that the restaurant is not open right now, and she should come back later.

01:11:10.866 --> 01:11:13.066
She just sits in silence staring at you.

01:11:14.246 --> 01:11:18.386
You try again, but this time you're interrupted as the girl starts crying and hiding her face.

01:11:19.926 --> 01:11:23.426
The puppet says, Listen, you fuck, I heard you the first time.

01:11:24.386 --> 01:11:26.526
And you're all, whoa, whoa, where did that come from?

01:11:27.526 --> 01:11:30.646
The little girl looks up and apologized and says it's not her, it's the puppet.

01:11:32.106 --> 01:11:35.266
It's Jeff Dunham's fucking old grumpy man puppet.

01:11:35.286 --> 01:11:35.766
I'm so sorry.

01:11:36.946 --> 01:11:38.806
Bancho says he's actually familiar with this.

01:11:39.546 --> 01:11:43.086
It's a type of therapy offered to children who have suffered great trauma.

01:11:43.706 --> 01:11:47.226
It allows them to act out what they're feeling on the inside through the use of a doll.

01:11:48.246 --> 01:11:50.926
And the puppet goes, Doll, I'll kill you.

01:11:53.926 --> 01:11:56.826
This girl has seen some shit, clearly.

01:11:57.306 --> 01:11:58.986
Bancho then says, Or she could be nuts.

01:12:01.466 --> 01:12:04.706
You ask the girl whose name is Maki what she wants to eat.

01:12:06.166 --> 01:12:10.726
The puppet says, They want kombu and white trevally okazuki.

01:12:11.126 --> 01:12:13.266
Okay, that was hyper specific, honey.

01:12:13.746 --> 01:12:19.026
Kombu being a type of seaweed, white trevally is an Australian fish that eats fucking birds.

01:12:20.026 --> 01:12:21.626
There are, wait, I'm sorry.

01:12:21.646 --> 01:12:22.346
Hold the fuck up.

01:12:22.346 --> 01:12:23.146
It's Australia.

01:12:23.166 --> 01:12:25.226
Of course, there are fish that eat birds.

01:12:25.246 --> 01:12:25.966
Okay, that's right.

01:12:25.986 --> 01:12:28.346
The spiders are the size of like actual soccer balls.

01:12:28.366 --> 01:12:33.466
But like the idea of a fish being able to pluck something out of the sky.

01:12:33.486 --> 01:12:33.986
Yeah.

01:12:34.126 --> 01:12:39.126
And then destroy it for nutrients is wild.

01:12:40.826 --> 01:12:42.126
Fucking Australia, of course.

01:12:43.346 --> 01:12:45.646
And okazuki is a green tea soup with rice.

01:12:46.966 --> 01:12:50.366
Bancho can make that, but that's a weird dish for a kid to order.

01:12:50.826 --> 01:12:51.386
Yeah.

01:12:51.586 --> 01:12:53.426
That's something old men order.

01:12:53.846 --> 01:12:56.926
Yeah, and it's the kind of thing you order like as a joke.

01:12:57.046 --> 01:12:59.266
Like that's the put hair on your chest sushi.

01:12:59.706 --> 01:13:01.006
Yeah, but it's what she wants.

01:13:01.666 --> 01:13:03.686
So you agree to get the ingredients to make it.

01:13:03.886 --> 01:13:07.346
She's the little girl from Leon the Professional.

01:13:07.406 --> 01:13:07.866
Oh, yeah.

01:13:07.886 --> 01:13:10.506
That was Natalie Portman when she was 12.

01:13:10.526 --> 01:13:11.346
Yeah, that movie.

01:13:11.526 --> 01:13:13.226
When she trains to be a hit man.

01:13:15.466 --> 01:13:18.926
If you're lucky and already have the ingredients, you can make it then and there.

01:13:19.466 --> 01:13:20.586
Otherwise, you have to die for them.

01:13:21.686 --> 01:13:26.546
When Maki eats the soup, they thankfully do not make a little girl have a foodgasm.

01:13:26.566 --> 01:13:27.266
Thank God.

01:13:27.306 --> 01:13:28.426
Do they make the puppet do it?

01:13:28.506 --> 01:13:30.426
They make the puppet do a TikTok dance.

01:13:32.726 --> 01:13:34.106
She's my favorite character.

01:13:34.786 --> 01:13:40.126
Maki begins to cry, and when you ask what's wrong, the puppet says the food is too good, you dick.

01:13:40.626 --> 01:13:41.406
It's too good.

01:13:41.906 --> 01:13:45.146
Then Maki speaks herself, saying it reminds her of her father.

01:13:46.026 --> 01:13:47.346
And then she begins to cry again.

01:13:47.586 --> 01:13:51.046
She's like, my dad was an Australian man that would eat birds out of the sky.

01:13:52.726 --> 01:13:54.866
She goes on to explain that she's looking for her father.

01:13:55.586 --> 01:13:58.126
He's a deep sea explorer, and he went missing.

01:13:58.686 --> 01:14:02.666
Hmm, do we know anyone who's abandoned their family recently?

01:14:03.606 --> 01:14:04.306
Hmm.

01:14:04.946 --> 01:14:07.606
She came here thinking maybe he was exploring the Blue Hole.

01:14:08.426 --> 01:14:14.326
She came to this restaurant because that is her father's favorite dish, and it's on the menu, so she thought maybe he'd be here.

01:14:15.526 --> 01:14:19.886
You tell her that you haven't seen anyone that goes by his description, but you'll keep an eye out for him.

01:14:20.906 --> 01:14:29.526
Then you ask the puppet's name, and she says it's Cleon, which is a type of tiny sea slug nicknamed the Sea Angel because they're very pretty.

01:14:29.806 --> 01:14:34.226
Huh, also sounds like Leon, the thing that I think this child is based on.

01:14:35.526 --> 01:14:37.866
She asks if you could find her one during one of your dives.

01:14:37.946 --> 01:14:39.486
She's never seen one up close before.

01:14:40.466 --> 01:14:42.006
You agree, and she heads off for the night.

01:14:42.246 --> 01:14:46.506
Just an unattended child with a foul-mouthed puppet.

01:14:46.926 --> 01:14:47.806
Wandering around.

01:14:47.826 --> 01:14:58.606
I'm not even worried, because I know that puppet's gonna fuck someone up if they ever try to run up on her, but still an unsettling image to see just a strange little child wandering around alone.

01:14:59.486 --> 01:15:00.086
With a puppet.

01:15:00.106 --> 01:15:00.746
With a puppet.

01:15:02.046 --> 01:15:05.066
In the meantime, you have to take a mermaid princess to her village.

01:15:05.326 --> 01:15:05.806
Ah, yes.

01:15:06.366 --> 01:15:11.526
You clear the path with your new gloves, and tell her there, I got you to the entrance of your village, now fuck off.

01:15:12.566 --> 01:15:13.746
She says she needs your help.

01:15:14.266 --> 01:15:16.246
She came to the surface initially for a reason.

01:15:16.866 --> 01:15:18.066
She needs the help of a human.

01:15:19.206 --> 01:15:21.886
You reluctantly agree, and go the rest of the way to the village itself.

01:15:22.226 --> 01:15:23.606
Dave can't say no to people.

01:15:23.626 --> 01:15:28.666
I think he should work on boundaries, and just being able to say no is a complete sentence.

01:15:29.206 --> 01:15:29.946
No, thank you.

01:15:30.126 --> 01:15:33.446
He tries saying no, and then people insist, and then he just crumbles.

01:15:33.466 --> 01:15:35.246
He just gets steamrolled so hard.

01:15:35.266 --> 01:15:35.666
Yeah.

01:15:35.766 --> 01:15:36.526
Oh, poor guy.

01:15:37.266 --> 01:15:45.486
Before you get there, you feel a tremor, and in the distance, we see a gigantic wolf eel swim by, and it's blocking your path.

01:15:45.686 --> 01:15:46.966
A wolf eel?

01:15:47.006 --> 01:15:47.486
Yeah.

01:15:47.506 --> 01:15:49.106
Is that as intimidating as it sounds?

01:15:49.146 --> 01:15:50.686
Oh, twice as intimidating.

01:15:52.206 --> 01:15:55.826
Suwam, the bravest of the Sea People, says, Go get him, Dave.

01:15:55.846 --> 01:15:59.086
I hate Suwam.

01:15:59.906 --> 01:16:03.486
So you kill the eel, and it opens the rest of the path to the Sea People village.

01:16:04.326 --> 01:16:07.806
When you approach the gateway to the village, Suwam asks if Ramo has the key.

01:16:08.566 --> 01:16:10.926
She says, Oh no, I left it back at the...

01:16:11.226 --> 01:16:11.806
I'm just kidding.

01:16:11.946 --> 01:16:12.486
I have it right here.

01:16:13.766 --> 01:16:14.486
She's funny.

01:16:15.846 --> 01:16:16.526
I like her.

01:16:16.966 --> 01:16:19.226
She opens the door, and you head into the Sea People village.

01:16:19.806 --> 01:16:22.566
It's in a bright and colorful underwater cave.

01:16:23.366 --> 01:16:28.846
There's Japanese-style buildings all throughout with coral and seaweed covering this mini-Atlantis.

01:16:30.206 --> 01:16:33.426
At the center is a statue of a great warrior-looking merman.

01:16:34.406 --> 01:16:36.406
You also don't lose any oxygen here.

01:16:36.866 --> 01:16:37.546
Oh, wow.

01:16:38.426 --> 01:16:41.106
As soon as you enter, you are rushed by guards with spears.

01:16:41.766 --> 01:16:44.426
They say that Chief Tenjin has been worried sick.

01:16:45.326 --> 01:16:46.886
Did this human kidnap the princess?

01:16:48.046 --> 01:16:51.286
She tells them to shut up and take you all to the chief, which they do.

01:16:52.346 --> 01:16:58.086
You get to Tenjin's home, which is a huge mansion castle, and he's so grateful to have his daughter returned.

01:16:59.186 --> 01:17:00.446
He asks who the manatee is.

01:17:09.586 --> 01:17:12.026
Now, you and I have gone swimming with manatees.

01:17:12.186 --> 01:17:15.266
They are probably eight to ten feet long.

01:17:16.926 --> 01:17:18.806
They have the skin texture of an elephant.

01:17:18.826 --> 01:17:21.026
They are weirdly not soft.

01:17:21.146 --> 01:17:23.526
You'd think they'd be softer being moisturized all the time.

01:17:24.326 --> 01:17:31.866
They are way bigger than a people are, but he looked at Dave, analyzed this shape and said, that is a manatee.

01:17:34.726 --> 01:17:36.326
Well, then he realizes you're a human.

01:17:37.106 --> 01:17:40.446
Ramo tells her father that it's been two years since the earthquake started.

01:17:41.026 --> 01:17:45.006
The ice has been melting off the divine tree, and he has done nothing about it.

01:17:45.206 --> 01:17:46.426
Oh, God, it's global warming.

01:17:47.066 --> 01:17:51.086
The Sea People's technology is at its limit to fight the melting of the ice that protects them.

01:17:51.846 --> 01:17:53.926
So she went to the human world to see if they can help.

01:17:55.086 --> 01:17:57.506
Tengen says that humans can't be trusted.

01:17:58.086 --> 01:18:01.746
They're the reason the ice is melting in the first place with all the pollution they've created.

01:18:01.926 --> 01:18:03.746
It literally is global warming.

01:18:03.766 --> 01:18:06.086
Yeah, it's pretty heavy handed about the global warming here.

01:18:06.166 --> 01:18:09.766
Greta just starts swimming up with her pigtails, like, I fucking told you.

01:18:10.686 --> 01:18:13.926
Back in the day, humans even hunted sea people for sport.

01:18:15.366 --> 01:18:16.886
Ramos says that you're different.

01:18:17.906 --> 01:18:21.346
You saved her from the giant squid, and you helped her back to the village.

01:18:21.526 --> 01:18:23.026
Hashtag not all humans.

01:18:23.246 --> 01:18:25.086
Yeah, she says not all humans are bad.

01:18:25.626 --> 01:18:29.446
And you go, um, actually, but you're interrupted by another earthquake.

01:18:30.046 --> 01:18:34.206
You really were about to sell out the whole fucking species and be like, honestly?

01:18:34.966 --> 01:18:35.946
We're pretty awful.

01:18:35.966 --> 01:18:37.046
We're not great.

01:18:38.986 --> 01:18:43.046
She tells her father that he's out of options, and he needs to trust that Dave can help.

01:18:44.106 --> 01:18:45.626
Tengen says that it's not just him.

01:18:45.966 --> 01:18:47.986
The rest of the sea people don't trust humans either.

01:18:48.686 --> 01:18:52.686
So you'll need to gain their trust first by completing tasks around town.

01:18:53.926 --> 01:18:55.986
Ramos tells you to come back once you have their trust.

01:18:56.666 --> 01:18:58.986
You're like, I never agreed to any of this.

01:18:59.286 --> 01:19:06.366
And now you have to campaign against a village to win them over with heartfelt shit.

01:19:06.606 --> 01:19:07.546
That's a lot.

01:19:08.446 --> 01:19:10.706
And plus, this place is really far down.

01:19:10.726 --> 01:19:12.806
How am I supposed to get back here every day?

01:19:13.906 --> 01:19:15.766
The Chief offers you a special mirror.

01:19:16.366 --> 01:19:20.186
It has a twin here in the village, and you can use the mirrors as a teleportation device.

01:19:20.586 --> 01:19:21.686
Oh, that's cool.

01:19:22.266 --> 01:19:25.966
So just keep this one on your boat, and you can teleport to the one in the Sea People Village.

01:19:26.006 --> 01:19:27.086
That's very convenient.

01:19:27.226 --> 01:19:31.846
Yeah, it's great because it helps you start, like, really deep in the ocean on your dive, saving you oxygen.

01:19:32.086 --> 01:19:42.206
And you don't use oxygen in the village, so you can really come out, kiss some babies, shake some hands, you know, just do your general campaigning, and then pop out, grab some eels.

01:19:42.306 --> 01:19:43.086
Yeah, exactly.

01:19:43.126 --> 01:19:43.806
That's cool.

01:19:44.726 --> 01:19:46.646
Get back to the boat, and it's late at night.

01:19:47.506 --> 01:19:49.326
Bonsho Sushi is already closed for the evening.

01:19:50.266 --> 01:19:51.886
So you head back to the restaurant to clean up.

01:19:53.066 --> 01:20:00.426
While cleaning, Miss Yoshi comes in, saying she just finished up her day and saw the lights were still on, so she thought she'd stop by and say hello.

01:20:01.726 --> 01:20:08.086
The two of you get to talking, and you mention that you had heard Bonsho had once quit cooking for a while after some incident at a hotel.

01:20:09.266 --> 01:20:12.166
She says to grab her a beer, and she'll tell you the whole story.

01:20:12.406 --> 01:20:16.886
I love a bitch that's like, pour me a drink, and I will tell you whatever you want.

01:20:17.146 --> 01:20:18.926
That is a good friend to have.

01:20:19.026 --> 01:20:19.386
Right.

01:20:19.826 --> 01:20:25.026
If it takes one drink and that unlocks secrets, that is my best friend.

01:20:25.486 --> 01:20:27.646
Well, she used to work at the hotel with him.

01:20:29.086 --> 01:20:34.106
The scene fades, and we're taken to the Dugong Hotel, 12 years in the past.

01:20:34.146 --> 01:20:35.206
That's a Pokemon.

01:20:35.966 --> 01:20:39.786
It's a high-end, old-as-fuck hotel with a reputation for luxury.

01:20:40.626 --> 01:20:42.686
We're now playing as Miss Yoshi.

01:20:43.266 --> 01:20:43.726
Oh, cool.

01:20:43.746 --> 01:20:46.906
So you actually shift perspectives entirely, not just like a cut scene.

01:20:48.666 --> 01:20:51.906
The hotel manager approaches you and tells you that you have a special guest tonight.

01:20:52.746 --> 01:20:54.726
Action star, Lois Crawford.

01:20:54.906 --> 01:20:56.066
Not Lois Crawford.

01:20:56.626 --> 01:21:01.406
She's had a bit of a career slump lately, and she's coming to the hotel to reset herself.

01:21:02.026 --> 01:21:03.946
She's also known for being a huge pain in the ass.

01:21:05.526 --> 01:21:09.906
Not only that, but she's a classically trained chef and is very picky when it comes to food.

01:21:10.646 --> 01:21:16.586
But this hotel has its reputation for a reason, so you have nothing but the utmost confidence everything will go fine while she's here.

01:21:17.866 --> 01:21:25.686
The hotel has three restaurants, a Michelin-starred French restaurant, an Italian, and a mediocre Japanese spot.

01:21:25.986 --> 01:21:29.066
The Japanese is the weakest of them three, got it.

01:21:29.286 --> 01:21:33.486
It's kind of the quick service spot, basically just serving barbecue noodle and rice bowls.

01:21:34.886 --> 01:21:40.186
You pick the Japanese food for her, because you have an up-and-coming chef named Bancho running the restaurant.

01:21:40.886 --> 01:21:44.766
He's made a name for himself by bringing out the best flavors in every dish he prepares.

01:21:45.766 --> 01:21:49.246
Only problem is, he doesn't really give a shit about what the customers want.

01:21:50.466 --> 01:21:53.026
He'll make what he thinks is good and will tell a customer what to eat.

01:21:53.906 --> 01:21:58.366
So you decide to go talk to Bancho to see if he'll be a help or hindrance with this customer.

01:21:59.686 --> 01:22:04.166
You go to the kitchen, and Bancho is there, much younger with a tight little mini afro.

01:22:04.966 --> 01:22:12.486
Oh, I love when you see a bald character in a flashback and they have hair, just to show what the time change is done to them.

01:22:13.546 --> 01:22:15.226
He's working hard prepping for the night.

01:22:16.086 --> 01:22:23.486
You, as Miss Yoshi, explain to Dave that one day Bancho showed up at the hotel and handed you his resume.

01:22:24.446 --> 01:22:29.906
It had all the best sushi restaurants in Japan listed, but he never stayed anywhere longer than a couple months.

01:22:31.026 --> 01:22:34.266
He just took what he could learn from those locations and then moved on.

01:22:35.366 --> 01:22:37.346
He's been the head chef here for about a year now.

01:22:38.246 --> 01:22:40.826
You ask Bancho to please take this VIP seriously.

01:22:41.586 --> 01:22:45.386
You need him to take her tastes into consideration, even if he doesn't agree with them.

01:22:46.466 --> 01:22:52.206
He says that he will cook using the finest ingredients and will get the best possible taste out of those ingredients.

01:22:53.066 --> 01:22:55.646
But he will also make the dishes the VIP wants.

01:22:57.126 --> 01:22:58.526
Except for tempura shrimp.

01:23:01.466 --> 01:23:03.066
Is that where he draws his line?

01:23:03.086 --> 01:23:03.806
That's his line.

01:23:03.826 --> 01:23:05.146
It's just so boring.

01:23:05.786 --> 01:23:08.906
Bonsho wants to make tempura shark's head instead.

01:23:10.006 --> 01:23:11.986
And you're like, please, no.

01:23:12.626 --> 01:23:13.646
Just keep it simple.

01:23:13.786 --> 01:23:14.886
Make her some fucking shrimp.

01:23:15.446 --> 01:23:17.026
Why can't you be normal?

01:23:18.326 --> 01:23:19.126
Well, he insists.

01:23:19.286 --> 01:23:21.106
Shark is perfect this time of year.

01:23:21.226 --> 01:23:24.146
It's just before winter, so they've stored up a bunch of fat.

01:23:24.346 --> 01:23:25.666
The sharks are in season.

01:23:26.246 --> 01:23:31.446
You tell him that Lois Crawford is too picky to be trying something like deep fried shark head.

01:23:32.346 --> 01:23:35.406
You insist on the shrimp, and he reluctantly agrees.

01:23:36.926 --> 01:23:38.966
That night, Lois Crawford arrives for dinner.

01:23:39.966 --> 01:23:43.446
You serve her one course after another, and she is enjoying herself.

01:23:44.726 --> 01:23:50.986
Then you get to the tempura course, and before the food comes out, she says, please just let it be anything but shrimp.

01:23:51.946 --> 01:23:53.686
Oh, okay, so she's with you.

01:23:53.706 --> 01:23:55.306
She's like, honestly, fuck the shrimp.

01:23:55.926 --> 01:23:59.046
You panic, and she can tell it's gonna be shrimp.

01:24:00.926 --> 01:24:05.106
She declines at saying she's had her fill anyway, and that the food was pretty mid-tonight.

01:24:06.566 --> 01:24:09.326
Oh, Boncho immediately just fire under his eyes, right?

01:24:09.466 --> 01:24:11.046
Yeah, she's saying it's not bad.

01:24:11.066 --> 01:24:12.746
It's just fine.

01:24:12.806 --> 01:24:13.706
Didn't wow her.

01:24:14.386 --> 01:24:19.526
Boncho comes over and says he's been listening, and he has some things to say to Miss Crawford.

01:24:19.526 --> 01:24:20.786
Oh my god, Boncho.

01:24:21.306 --> 01:24:23.046
He says he has failed her as a chef tonight.

01:24:23.986 --> 01:24:27.326
His job is to blow her away with his food, and he hasn't done that.

01:24:28.446 --> 01:24:32.586
But if she gives him a chance, he'll make her a dish that blows her mind.

01:24:33.786 --> 01:24:36.766
Lois agrees, and Boncho brings out the whole roasted shark head.

01:24:37.926 --> 01:24:41.246
Lois takes one look at it and screams in horror.

01:24:41.626 --> 01:24:44.426
Screams at the sight of the shark?

01:24:45.266 --> 01:24:51.546
She can't believe Boncho would just deep fry an entire shark head and serve it on a plate.

01:24:51.946 --> 01:24:52.186
Ah!

01:24:53.006 --> 01:24:55.666
Boncho insists she try it, but she doesn't.

01:24:57.226 --> 01:25:05.706
Lois then went on to find her second career as a food writer, and her first big article was a takedown piece on Boncho and the Dugong Hotel.

01:25:09.106 --> 01:25:10.546
The betrayal!

01:25:11.706 --> 01:25:14.706
Back in the present, you once again have control of Dave.

01:25:15.886 --> 01:25:22.866
Miss Yoshi says that Boncho quit the next day, disappeared for years, only to resurface by opening this restaurant.

01:25:23.206 --> 01:25:31.246
Oh my god, she became the food critic in the menu that fucking tanks a bunch of other restaurants, and is like, oh, that's crazy.

01:25:31.566 --> 01:25:33.566
No, bitch, those are lives you're dealing with.

01:25:33.586 --> 01:25:36.526
It's the first place Boncho was for more than a year or two.

01:25:36.726 --> 01:25:46.066
He's job hopping, he's collecting data, he's understanding his craft, he's really more just like bouncing around to learn different aspects of this one art.

01:25:46.246 --> 01:25:48.466
And then he finally grounds his roots.

01:25:49.426 --> 01:25:50.166
Oh my god.

01:25:50.646 --> 01:26:05.006
But for her to come through and just be the symbol of Boncho's big disappointment that had an article come out, like this bitch transitioned careers to take him down.

01:26:05.066 --> 01:26:08.506
And she's over here like, he gave me a fucking deep fried head.

01:26:08.526 --> 01:26:09.506
I hate this guy.

01:26:10.286 --> 01:26:14.426
Just a bratty fucking actress being like, absolutely not.

01:26:14.446 --> 01:26:16.706
And then Boncho having to like leave.

01:26:17.786 --> 01:26:19.706
Oh, holy shit.

01:26:19.746 --> 01:26:22.846
And Miss Yoshi just having to come in and be like, hey, buddy.

01:26:24.406 --> 01:26:25.246
Long time no see.

01:26:25.266 --> 01:26:26.346
I'm a recruiter now.

01:26:26.366 --> 01:26:27.846
I moved into HR.

01:26:29.006 --> 01:26:29.846
Are you okay?

01:26:30.326 --> 01:26:33.846
We all worried about you in the group chat, you know, like, oh.

01:26:34.906 --> 01:26:35.306
Whew.

01:26:36.566 --> 01:26:39.066
Well, she says that you've clearly been good for Boncho.

01:26:39.966 --> 01:26:42.526
You keep him on the right path by just letting him cook.

01:26:42.706 --> 01:26:43.206
Good.

01:26:43.326 --> 01:26:45.266
Because he's clearly mellowed out in the years since.

01:26:45.286 --> 01:26:46.866
He lost his hair.

01:26:46.886 --> 01:26:48.646
He gained perspective.

01:26:49.966 --> 01:26:53.206
The screen fades as you and Miss Yoshi finish your drinks and head home.

01:26:54.166 --> 01:26:55.826
Probably with each other, but that's not official.

01:26:56.486 --> 01:26:57.206
Stop!

01:26:57.606 --> 01:26:59.586
Let's hope your suit isn't the only thing that got wet that night.

01:27:00.026 --> 01:27:01.586
Jesus Christ, Tom!

01:27:02.046 --> 01:27:03.206
The next morning, Dr.

01:27:03.226 --> 01:27:05.426
Bacon pulls up, saying he didn't hear from you yesterday.

01:27:06.286 --> 01:27:08.606
He was trying to get a hold of you on the radio while you were diving.

01:27:09.486 --> 01:27:12.606
You explain that you were in the Sea People Village, and Dr.

01:27:12.626 --> 01:27:14.166
Bacon shakes with jealousy.

01:27:16.046 --> 01:27:18.246
I'm sorry, I can't come to the phone right now.

01:27:18.266 --> 01:27:19.466
I'm in Atlantis.

01:27:21.866 --> 01:27:27.466
Back in the water, you go around the Sea People Village, helping out the citizens with little tasks, gaining their trust as you do.

01:27:28.386 --> 01:27:33.386
It takes a few dives to complete all the tasks, and in between these quests, you get another special customer.

01:27:34.386 --> 01:27:39.706
His name is Michael Bang, world famous director of the Robot Samurai movies.

01:27:39.846 --> 01:27:41.746
Definitely not based on Michael Bay.

01:27:43.606 --> 01:27:45.806
Honestly, they show a poster of the Robot Samurai.

01:27:45.806 --> 01:27:47.026
It's just a fucking transformer.

01:27:47.146 --> 01:27:48.426
I love everything about that.

01:27:48.786 --> 01:27:54.046
He has come up with all his best movies while eating sushi, and the better the sushi, the better the movie.

01:27:55.166 --> 01:27:57.966
He's having writer's block and asks for a special sushi dish.

01:27:58.986 --> 01:28:05.886
Boncho says the quality of rice he's been able to source isn't the best, and he's worried that Michael Bang will be disappointed by it.

01:28:07.146 --> 01:28:12.546
Otto the fish farmer is there as well, and he says that he's not just a fish farmer, he's a regular farmer too.

01:28:13.666 --> 01:28:17.086
He says to give him a night, and he'll have a rice farm up and running in the morning.

01:28:17.406 --> 01:28:18.246
That's all it takes.

01:28:18.266 --> 01:28:18.946
That's all it takes.

01:28:20.466 --> 01:28:23.486
Now you have a farming mechanic to balance on top of everything else.

01:28:24.286 --> 01:28:30.646
There's a whole farm behind the restaurant the next day, and Otto will do most of the work, but you have to pluck weeds daily.

01:28:31.086 --> 01:28:34.706
I appreciate that the farming mechanic is run by someone named Otto.

01:28:34.726 --> 01:28:38.306
We kind of set it and forget it and it automatically rolls over.

01:28:38.326 --> 01:28:39.106
That's really cool.

01:28:39.126 --> 01:28:40.226
Yeah, they're very clever like that.

01:28:41.166 --> 01:28:43.126
Then when it's harvest time, you have to do that as well.

01:28:43.766 --> 01:28:46.726
And time is meaningless in this game, so rice grows in two days.

01:28:47.066 --> 01:28:47.446
Nice.

01:28:48.406 --> 01:28:53.126
Back in the water, one of your Sea People quests ends up aligning with a request you received earlier.

01:28:54.186 --> 01:28:58.046
They want you to kill a monster-sized Cleon, one of those sea angels.

01:28:59.166 --> 01:29:02.826
You manage to kill it, and when it dies, it drops a photograph.

01:29:04.046 --> 01:29:06.346
It's of Maki, the little girl with the puppet.

01:29:06.806 --> 01:29:08.046
What the fuck?

01:29:08.926 --> 01:29:11.926
You bring her a small, safe Cleon along with the picture.

01:29:13.146 --> 01:29:17.646
She takes the picture, which is in a frame, and says there's a button on the backside of it.

01:29:18.026 --> 01:29:18.966
What the fuck?

01:29:19.566 --> 01:29:22.246
She pushes it, and a small TV screen turns on.

01:29:23.386 --> 01:29:25.346
A man in a life vest appears on the screen.

01:29:26.446 --> 01:29:27.506
It's Maki's father.

01:29:28.926 --> 01:29:34.486
He says that if Maki is watching this, it means his expedition has failed, and he is dead.

01:29:35.446 --> 01:29:36.046
Oh, God.

01:29:36.846 --> 01:29:42.126
He apologizes for being a shitty dad, always moving her around the world while he chased his dreams.

01:29:43.506 --> 01:29:45.566
He tells her it's time to chase her own dreams.

01:29:46.666 --> 01:29:52.746
He knows she wants to grow up to be a world famous chef, and he encourages her to pursue that dream no matter what.

01:29:54.066 --> 01:29:57.146
He says his final goodbye as the screen turns off.

01:30:01.046 --> 01:30:02.206
Maki is crying.

01:30:02.306 --> 01:30:02.806
Yeah.

01:30:03.006 --> 01:30:06.206
And then looks up and says, Please let me work here.

01:30:07.126 --> 01:30:07.326
Oh.

01:30:08.206 --> 01:30:14.666
Bancho loves her spirit, and says that she'll get no special treatment, but that she can train under him.

01:30:15.766 --> 01:30:19.886
So now Maki works alongside Bancho, making sushi during dinner service.

01:30:20.026 --> 01:30:21.606
Does her puppet work with her too?

01:30:21.646 --> 01:30:22.966
Yeah, she still keeps her puppet around.

01:30:23.646 --> 01:30:28.546
By now, you should have gained the trust of the Sea People Village, and you can return to the Chief Tenjin.

01:30:29.606 --> 01:30:32.966
He's impressed you managed to gain their trust, so he'll trust you as well.

01:30:34.346 --> 01:30:40.586
He tells you that the Divine Tree here in the village is what provides them with all the power and resources that make their village livable.

01:30:41.446 --> 01:30:47.626
It has special fruit that grows on it, and that fruit gets its power from the geothermal vents the tree sits upon.

01:30:48.946 --> 01:30:51.946
There's a glacier beneath the village, but the glacier is melting.

01:30:52.886 --> 01:30:58.786
The Sea People can't take the heat at that depth, so they have no way of getting down there to see what's wrong and how to fix it.

01:30:59.706 --> 01:31:00.866
That's why they need human help.

01:31:01.786 --> 01:31:06.446
Humans have diving equipment that will allow them to go that deep, so they ask you to be that human.

01:31:07.446 --> 01:31:13.806
You explain that you don't currently have the equipment, but that it does exist, so you agree to help them save their village.

01:31:14.806 --> 01:31:17.686
Besides, it's probably related to all the earthquakes that have been happening lately.

01:31:18.146 --> 01:31:18.746
Oh, right.

01:31:20.066 --> 01:31:24.006
New equipment costs money, so you have to do a few more dinner services to raise the funds.

01:31:24.786 --> 01:31:28.266
This will bring you to finally making Michael Bang the meal he requested.

01:31:29.986 --> 01:31:33.306
Boncho is a huge fan of the Robot Samurai series.

01:31:33.306 --> 01:31:34.106
Hell yeah.

01:31:34.206 --> 01:31:35.786
So he really wants to impress him.

01:31:35.926 --> 01:31:37.466
And he really wants a good entry.

01:31:38.266 --> 01:31:43.806
Michael takes a bite, and a fighter jet bursts out of his chest while the world around him explodes.

01:31:45.386 --> 01:31:46.666
I like the subtlety.

01:31:47.806 --> 01:31:53.126
He signs a Robot Samurai poster for Boncho, and you can hang it in the restaurant like it's a fucking dorm room if you choose.

01:31:53.226 --> 01:31:54.346
That's really cool, though.

01:31:54.366 --> 01:32:01.566
It's almost like when they have signed photos of celebrities at restaurants, but he's just like, nah, you get fucking robo fighters.

01:32:02.766 --> 01:32:07.486
He leaves saying he's off to make his next movie about a sushi chef with a rocket launcher for an arm.

01:32:07.606 --> 01:32:09.186
And Boncho's like, it's me.

01:32:10.186 --> 01:32:10.506
Right.

01:32:11.486 --> 01:32:14.766
While you work to get more money, you head back down to the Sea People Village.

01:32:15.866 --> 01:32:21.526
You have to find a key to get into the glacier passage anyway, and you encounter some zombie sea people while you're at it.

01:32:22.626 --> 01:32:24.146
There's zombies now?

01:32:24.466 --> 01:32:27.626
Yeah, this game isn't done with the amount of strange we're going to encounter.

01:32:27.866 --> 01:32:30.186
I mean, the undead merpeople.

01:32:31.106 --> 01:32:33.606
I think that's where the envelope is really pushed for me.

01:32:33.626 --> 01:32:36.506
I think this is the first time I've ever seen zombie mermaids.

01:32:36.826 --> 01:32:39.506
Yeah, you know, they're usually not undead.

01:32:39.586 --> 01:32:39.946
No.

01:32:41.786 --> 01:32:47.826
You find the key and say that all those hours playing that one action adventure game where you hunt for treasures has finally paid off.

01:32:47.986 --> 01:32:49.006
Oh, yeah, that one.

01:32:49.046 --> 01:32:50.606
Yeah, too bad the movie wasn't that great.

01:32:51.186 --> 01:32:53.146
Oh, that, it's uncharted.

01:32:53.206 --> 01:32:56.306
Yeah, it's fucking shots fired on uncharted.

01:32:56.586 --> 01:32:59.286
Yeah, no wonder it was a Switch console exclusive for the first year.

01:33:00.606 --> 01:33:02.906
PlayStation was like, excuse the fuck me?

01:33:04.106 --> 01:33:04.686
Rude.

01:33:05.386 --> 01:33:11.266
As you're returning to the Sea People Village, John Watson shows up again, saying, now he's caught you robbing graves.

01:33:11.986 --> 01:33:13.326
The game is afoot, Watson.

01:33:13.966 --> 01:33:17.346
He's in like Iron Man armor, since you're so deep in the water.

01:33:17.486 --> 01:33:18.026
Oh, no.

01:33:18.406 --> 01:33:21.246
He managed to defeat him, and he has to bail out of his Iron Man suit.

01:33:21.526 --> 01:33:21.866
Good.

01:33:21.946 --> 01:33:24.046
He swims to a nearby submarine and escapes.

01:33:25.246 --> 01:33:29.526
You grab the Iron Man suit, figuring it could probably come in handy if Cobra can get it fixed.

01:33:29.586 --> 01:33:30.546
Can you fit in it, though?

01:33:30.566 --> 01:33:32.526
Eh, if Cobra does his thing.

01:33:33.886 --> 01:33:37.106
You take the key back to Tenjin, and he is amazed to hear about the zombies.

01:33:37.926 --> 01:33:44.546
He calls them Gadons, and they're sea people who got turned into these creatures over 800 years ago.

01:33:44.806 --> 01:33:46.746
Whoa, they're ancient zombies?

01:33:46.766 --> 01:33:48.946
Yeah, he thought they had long since died off.

01:33:48.966 --> 01:33:50.946
He had no idea they couldn't die.

01:33:51.366 --> 01:33:55.386
Dave is like, I was asked to run a restaurant.

01:33:57.086 --> 01:33:59.466
Honestly, he was asked for sushi.

01:33:59.886 --> 01:34:00.866
Yeah, I'm sorry.

01:34:00.986 --> 01:34:02.286
Nothing was asked of him.

01:34:02.386 --> 01:34:02.766
No.

01:34:02.786 --> 01:34:11.126
It was just a statement, one word, sushi, motherfucker got on a plane, and now he's underwater fighting ancient zombie Mervin.

01:34:13.086 --> 01:34:15.886
He thought he was gonna get a free meal out of it at best.

01:34:15.906 --> 01:34:18.546
He may or may not have inspired a Transformers movie.

01:34:20.566 --> 01:34:22.746
He's adopted an orphan.

01:34:24.186 --> 01:34:26.766
You tell Tengen you have the equipment you'll need to dive.

01:34:27.246 --> 01:34:30.286
You just need to go up and get it fixed, so you head back to Cobra.

01:34:31.286 --> 01:34:35.686
While he uses the Iron Man suit to craft you a better one for yourself, you go to the restaurant.

01:34:36.806 --> 01:34:40.526
While you're preparing for the night, a thugged out white guy walks in.

01:34:40.826 --> 01:34:41.406
Oh no.

01:34:41.566 --> 01:34:45.166
He's about to blow up and act like he don't know nobody, kind of thugged out white guy.

01:34:45.186 --> 01:34:45.966
Oh, it's Riff Raff.

01:34:47.186 --> 01:34:51.386
He asks if this restaurant serves vegetable sushi, as he's a vegetarian.

01:34:51.526 --> 01:34:52.346
Of course he is.

01:34:52.686 --> 01:34:55.026
Bancho says, no, sorry, we don't serve that here.

01:34:55.126 --> 01:34:56.886
And the guy starts to walk away dejected.

01:34:56.926 --> 01:35:00.586
You didn't have any avocado sashimi for Riff Raff?

01:35:00.706 --> 01:35:01.506
Not prepared, no.

01:35:01.526 --> 01:35:02.166
God damn it.

01:35:02.726 --> 01:35:07.226
Then he turns around and says, hold up, this song, is that Hot Pepper Tuna?

01:35:08.086 --> 01:35:09.866
That's the title song from my first album.

01:35:10.686 --> 01:35:14.026
And Bancho says, you're MC Sammy?

01:35:15.166 --> 01:35:16.186
Bancho's a huge fan.

01:35:16.466 --> 01:35:17.006
Oh no.

01:35:17.946 --> 01:35:23.026
MC Sammy asks if Bancho will please make him some veggie sushi as a fan.

01:35:23.046 --> 01:35:28.546
And Bancho tells him to come back in a couple of days and he'll give him the best veggie sushi of his life.

01:35:28.746 --> 01:35:35.806
There's nothing I find cringier than talented people trying to use their clout for shit.

01:35:35.986 --> 01:35:36.366
I know.

01:35:36.406 --> 01:35:36.846
Okay.

01:35:38.446 --> 01:35:48.086
Okay, so when we lived in LA, there was a long running sitcom, I think it did nine or ten seasons, I'm not gonna name names, but we can play demois if you want to.

01:35:48.966 --> 01:35:54.326
We walk into our favorite barbecue restaurant, it's now defunct, it's called Barrel and Ash, it was fucking amazing.

01:35:54.326 --> 01:35:54.986
Incredible.

01:35:55.006 --> 01:36:01.486
It was on Ventura Boulevard, we went there maybe once a month, we didn't go there enough because now it's closed and I daydream about their food genuinely.

01:36:01.506 --> 01:36:04.486
It changed my brain chemistry, it was so good.

01:36:05.306 --> 01:36:12.046
I come in, I look up, I see this guy who's in the main ensemble cast of this very, very, very popular show.

01:36:12.066 --> 01:36:13.746
Emmy Award winner for this cast.

01:36:13.766 --> 01:36:14.826
He won an award for that?

01:36:15.126 --> 01:36:17.206
Okay, that's fucking wild.

01:36:17.226 --> 01:36:19.086
I didn't realize he took a statue home.

01:36:19.566 --> 01:36:26.346
I'm behind him and Tom is there with me and we hear the hostess say, okay, it's probably gonna be like 15, 20 minutes.

01:36:26.366 --> 01:36:28.066
And he goes, do you watch?

01:36:28.546 --> 01:36:28.946
Mm-mm.

01:36:29.186 --> 01:36:30.726
And he says the name of his show.

01:36:30.766 --> 01:36:38.026
And I squeezed Tom's hand so goddamn hard, I almost popped a knuckle because fuck you.

01:36:38.106 --> 01:36:40.226
And it ruined the show for me.

01:36:40.246 --> 01:36:40.986
It really did.

01:36:41.006 --> 01:36:42.626
This bastard man.

01:36:42.646 --> 01:36:46.446
Because like a month later, they did an episode making fun of people who do that.

01:36:46.846 --> 01:36:48.066
That's true.

01:36:48.426 --> 01:36:54.486
And we were like, oh, the writers have just been to lunch with this person and seen him be like, can I get a refill?

01:36:54.506 --> 01:36:55.466
Do you know who I am?

01:36:55.486 --> 01:36:58.546
Like, the do you know who I am of it all is so obnoxious.

01:36:58.866 --> 01:37:01.226
And Boncho's just like, well, I actually am a fan.

01:37:01.246 --> 01:37:06.946
So yeah, this bitch is a hostess in a popular, very good restaurant, Inventura.

01:37:06.966 --> 01:37:08.386
She doesn't give a fuck.

01:37:08.866 --> 01:37:11.846
No, we saw fucking SpongeBob SquarePants there one time.

01:37:11.866 --> 01:37:13.466
Not the Ariana Grande SpongeBob.

01:37:13.486 --> 01:37:14.946
Please be very careful about that.

01:37:14.966 --> 01:37:16.106
No, Spyro, Tom Kenny.

01:37:16.106 --> 01:37:17.586
We're talking about Tom Kenny.

01:37:18.606 --> 01:37:19.266
He's a great guy.

01:37:19.446 --> 01:37:20.506
Yeah, no, he was cool.

01:37:20.526 --> 01:37:31.126
I think we sat behind him, and we were listening, and you heard it in his voice, and I saw your eyes prick up, and you turned around and then turned back, and you went, Andrea!

01:37:33.606 --> 01:37:34.406
Now that was fun.

01:37:34.426 --> 01:37:39.226
That was a definite hotspot, but holy shit, the do you know who I am?

01:37:39.406 --> 01:37:40.486
Instant cringe.

01:37:40.486 --> 01:37:41.246
It's so...

01:37:41.446 --> 01:37:42.086
It's such...

01:37:42.626 --> 01:37:43.846
It's the worst Ick.

01:37:43.946 --> 01:37:44.506
I hate it.

01:37:44.526 --> 01:37:45.626
I hate it so much.

01:37:46.006 --> 01:37:48.586
Well, MC Sammy Leaves agreeing to return in three days.

01:37:50.446 --> 01:37:53.766
Boncho tells you to call Otto to see if he can help source some fresh veggies.

01:37:54.666 --> 01:37:59.146
Otto is stoked to find out you're going to be putting vegetable sushi on the menu and says the customer is good taste.

01:37:59.986 --> 01:38:00.826
Of course he can help.

01:38:01.086 --> 01:38:03.606
He just needs a night, and he'll have a vegetable farm up and running.

01:38:03.846 --> 01:38:04.606
Obviously.

01:38:05.346 --> 01:38:05.726
Dr.

01:38:05.746 --> 01:38:10.626
Bacon was at dinner that night, and after service, we actually follow him as he leaves.

01:38:11.906 --> 01:38:18.506
He goes to his boat and says that the radar that detects sea people artifacts is going off and is pointing to somewhere above the water.

01:38:19.566 --> 01:38:20.346
Oh, shit.

01:38:20.566 --> 01:38:21.586
So he heads toward it.

01:38:22.426 --> 01:38:24.886
He gets to a small peninsula and sees a cave.

01:38:26.066 --> 01:38:27.606
Now, you play as Dr.

01:38:27.626 --> 01:38:29.386
Bacon, and you head into the cave.

01:38:29.726 --> 01:38:31.966
You've changed out of Dave a couple times now.

01:38:31.986 --> 01:38:33.126
That's interesting, right?

01:38:34.266 --> 01:38:35.926
Inside, you find a bunch of murals.

01:38:36.686 --> 01:38:40.046
It depicts humans and sea people discovering each other for the first time.

01:38:41.186 --> 01:38:46.606
They shared their knowledge of food and technology of the time, including the fruit from the divine tree.

01:38:47.826 --> 01:38:50.106
But the fruit wasn't meant for humans.

01:38:51.206 --> 01:38:54.786
It made them sick, and every human who ate them died.

01:38:55.386 --> 01:38:56.166
Oh, shit.

01:38:56.486 --> 01:39:02.666
The humans thought it was a deliberate attack, and they slaughtered every sea person they came across from there out.

01:39:02.946 --> 01:39:04.346
Bitch, you can't handle gluten.

01:39:04.366 --> 01:39:07.346
What makes you think you can handle special underwater fruit?

01:39:09.126 --> 01:39:16.046
You find a device on the ground, and immediately know it is sea people technology that will allow a person to breathe longer underwater.

01:39:16.386 --> 01:39:17.186
I love that Dr.

01:39:17.206 --> 01:39:19.986
Bacon's like, oh, obviously.

01:39:20.006 --> 01:39:21.066
I know what this does.

01:39:22.366 --> 01:39:26.406
Then you hear voices coming from outside the cave, so you exit to see what's up.

01:39:27.746 --> 01:39:30.246
You get outside and find pirates.

01:39:30.446 --> 01:39:31.266
Oh, god damn it.

01:39:31.566 --> 01:39:34.366
They shout at you, so you jump on your boat and take off out of there.

01:39:35.846 --> 01:39:40.286
You have to do the Oregon Trail River Rapid sequence while you avoid getting shot at by the pirates.

01:39:40.746 --> 01:39:43.566
Just evading rocks and shit while you plumb it through.

01:39:43.586 --> 01:39:43.986
Yeah.

01:39:44.666 --> 01:39:46.846
They eventually wreck, and you make it to safety.

01:39:47.646 --> 01:39:50.786
Finally, the day ends, and you are Dave once more.

01:39:51.726 --> 01:39:54.926
Auto calls and tells you that you can now farm vegetables as well as rice.

01:39:55.706 --> 01:39:57.866
Let's just add some more Farmville to the game.

01:39:58.666 --> 01:40:01.226
It's actually the only thing in the game I don't care for.

01:40:01.786 --> 01:40:02.586
Farming is dumb.

01:40:04.546 --> 01:40:08.766
Okay, so out of everything, you're like, this is the one resource management thing I'm fucking over.

01:40:08.886 --> 01:40:10.026
Yeah, really hate the farming.

01:40:10.086 --> 01:40:10.506
Okay.

01:40:11.246 --> 01:40:20.426
In the village, you go to the Glacier Passage door, and Sawam lets you know that since you've confirmed Gaddons can live for 800 years, then this place is going to be swarming with them.

01:40:20.886 --> 01:40:21.606
Oh, no.

01:40:21.986 --> 01:40:23.726
Best of luck to you and try not to die out there.

01:40:24.026 --> 01:40:28.226
Sorry, because he also opened up the gates and made it clear and cleared the rubble.

01:40:28.286 --> 01:40:28.706
Yeah.

01:40:28.726 --> 01:40:30.166
There's a fucking path now.

01:40:31.086 --> 01:40:33.246
You go in, and it's an ancient temple.

01:40:33.946 --> 01:40:40.346
You spend some time doing some really well-designed puzzles to get through this temple, which is one of those special things about this game.

01:40:40.366 --> 01:40:44.246
It's constantly giving you new elements to experience through the entire game.

01:40:44.646 --> 01:40:46.826
It's great, too, because these are also new sets.

01:40:46.846 --> 01:40:49.426
It's not just a new gameplay element of, like, do this puzzle.

01:40:49.446 --> 01:40:52.326
It's like, oh, here's something that your eyes physically haven't seen before.

01:40:52.346 --> 01:40:52.806
Yeah.

01:40:53.406 --> 01:40:59.246
And yeah, the core gameplay loop remains the same, but there's so much variety in this game that goes into that loop as well.

01:40:59.826 --> 01:41:04.906
You puzzle solve your way through, seeing murals along the way depicting different scenes of sea people doing things.

01:41:05.626 --> 01:41:06.706
You take pictures for Dr.

01:41:06.726 --> 01:41:09.966
Bacon's reference, and it leads you to a room that is pitch black.

01:41:10.886 --> 01:41:12.846
Except for one soft light source.

01:41:13.846 --> 01:41:14.906
It's a divine fruit.

01:41:15.666 --> 01:41:20.586
And something you learned during the puzzle-solving section was that if you hit a divine fruit, it glows.

01:41:21.966 --> 01:41:24.766
So you give it a smack, and the fruit lights up the room.

01:41:25.006 --> 01:41:27.666
Yeah, I can see why a human wouldn't be able to digest this.

01:41:27.686 --> 01:41:28.006
Right?

01:41:29.886 --> 01:41:31.086
It reveals another mural.

01:41:31.766 --> 01:41:35.106
And also, a 30-foot tall gadon.

01:41:37.866 --> 01:41:38.886
Hard no!

01:41:39.246 --> 01:41:41.366
Oh, no, that's worse than a Rat King garden.

01:41:41.486 --> 01:41:43.486
You don't want one that's Godzilla-sized.

01:41:43.846 --> 01:41:46.146
What if it's Godzilla?

01:41:47.146 --> 01:41:49.486
It wakes up to the light, and sees you.

01:41:50.646 --> 01:41:54.326
He butts a hole in a wall, and the current sucks you out of the room and into the hole.

01:41:54.506 --> 01:41:55.146
Oh, shit.

01:41:55.566 --> 01:42:04.386
Now the game becomes Flappy Bird meets Little Nightmares, as the gadon chases you through a series of tunnels while you avoid obstacles in its grasping undead hands.

01:42:04.906 --> 01:42:07.966
The fucking Rapids was just a warm-up for this.

01:42:09.346 --> 01:42:14.806
That's genius to have that same structure, but just bigger and badder immediately after.

01:42:14.866 --> 01:42:15.606
Fuck, that's cool.

01:42:15.626 --> 01:42:16.966
That's just great game design.

01:42:17.026 --> 01:42:18.986
And in a boss fight, yeah, it's wonderful.

01:42:19.006 --> 01:42:20.046
Oh, that's fucking great.

01:42:20.666 --> 01:42:24.446
You manage to cause a cave-in on top of the gadon, and it finally dies.

01:42:24.466 --> 01:42:25.106
Hell yeah.

01:42:25.866 --> 01:42:29.626
Sawam was watching the whole thing and was like, damn, you were lucky I was here.

01:42:30.086 --> 01:42:30.726
I hate him.

01:42:31.386 --> 01:42:38.866
The two of you go back to Tenjin, and he tells you that now you've opened the passage, you can get to the bottom of this issue of the Divine Tree getting too hot.

01:42:39.786 --> 01:42:43.706
But before that, you have to serve up some veggie sushi to MC Sammy.

01:42:45.166 --> 01:42:49.366
You gather your fresh crops from your new farm, as they grow in just a day or two, of course.

01:42:49.886 --> 01:42:53.146
Bancho preps it, and MC Sammy arrives, excited to try it.

01:42:54.106 --> 01:42:58.186
He takes a bite, and is overtaken to the point of writing a new song even.

01:42:59.386 --> 01:43:00.606
I'm inspired.

01:43:01.446 --> 01:43:04.726
He asks what the secret is to such incredible veggie sushi.

01:43:05.706 --> 01:43:07.726
Bancho says he had a little help from a friend.

01:43:08.286 --> 01:43:10.046
Is that friend bacon grease?

01:43:10.686 --> 01:43:11.946
No, Otto walks in.

01:43:11.966 --> 01:43:18.246
I think it was one of those secret plot twists you weren't eating something vegetarian moments.

01:43:19.586 --> 01:43:21.706
He freezes at the sight of MC Sammy.

01:43:22.766 --> 01:43:24.406
MC Sammy reacts the same.

01:43:25.306 --> 01:43:26.966
Otto says, Son?

01:43:28.306 --> 01:43:29.706
Sammy says, Dad?

01:43:30.746 --> 01:43:35.926
I heard a rumor of a man that sounded like you in the area, so I came and ordered veggie sushi because it's your favorite food.

01:43:38.166 --> 01:43:49.166
Sammy says that he was teased growing up for losing his dad, so he poured his pain into his music, and made himself famous by writing songs about hating his father.

01:43:50.626 --> 01:43:55.446
But the music ended up healing his pain instead, and it taught him to let go of his hate.

01:43:56.766 --> 01:44:01.346
He forgives his dad for everything, and says he's already made millions of dollars.

01:44:01.626 --> 01:44:04.046
He can take some time off to come work with his dad at the farm.

01:44:04.546 --> 01:44:06.286
Oh, wait, this is beautiful.

01:44:06.306 --> 01:44:07.006
What the fuck?

01:44:07.446 --> 01:44:11.306
Otto is ecstatic, and says that now Sammy is a grown man.

01:44:11.786 --> 01:44:15.206
The two of them should go grab a beer together, and the two of them head off to reconnect.

01:44:16.026 --> 01:44:17.706
This is the most darling thing.

01:44:17.746 --> 01:44:20.946
I mean, I fully bought in to Otto's gonna be Maki's dad.

01:44:21.106 --> 01:44:25.126
Nah, Maki's a straight up orphan who's developing herself as a chef.

01:44:25.626 --> 01:44:27.146
This is Otto's kid?

01:44:27.426 --> 01:44:28.326
Fuck me.

01:44:29.106 --> 01:44:35.786
From here out, MC Sammy is also at the farm, and you can pay him to take care of everything so you don't have to do the actual farming.

01:44:36.286 --> 01:44:36.766
Nice.

01:44:36.786 --> 01:44:39.246
Oh, see, we're so happy to unlock this and be like, fine.

01:44:39.266 --> 01:44:42.866
I just come in, I pick up my shit, write you a check, and dip.

01:44:42.986 --> 01:44:43.606
Literally it.

01:44:43.826 --> 01:44:44.446
That's what's up.

01:44:44.926 --> 01:44:51.986
He says that all music is made on the computer these days anyway, so he can make it from anywhere, and decides to just be a rapper who also lives on a farm.

01:44:52.026 --> 01:44:53.866
He said, I can work remote, dad.

01:44:53.886 --> 01:44:55.806
Let's fucking do this farm thing.

01:44:57.106 --> 01:45:06.886
So you were aware you'd need a suit that can survive the heat coming from the thermal vents, but you weren't ready for the cold you'd have to endure from the glacier before you can get to the vents.

01:45:08.106 --> 01:45:12.566
Tengen gives you some sea people fabrics that protect from the cold, and you take it to Cobra.

01:45:13.386 --> 01:45:18.906
He says that the Iron Man suit you brought him was really badly damaged, so he can't make you the suit you need.

01:45:19.046 --> 01:45:19.766
You know what that means?

01:45:19.786 --> 01:45:24.706
He just took it to the chop shop, got all the copper out of it, and then said, all right, this is what I got to work with.

01:45:25.286 --> 01:45:28.746
Well, he says you'll need to go steal one from the terrorists at their home base.

01:45:29.286 --> 01:45:32.186
Also, can you get me the blueprints of that home base?

01:45:32.206 --> 01:45:34.986
Because I have some other projects that I'm working on.

01:45:35.086 --> 01:45:35.886
Probably definitely.

01:45:36.546 --> 01:45:38.506
I love how shady Cobra is.

01:45:39.526 --> 01:45:48.186
Now, it's a 2D platformer industrial espionage mission as you enter the terrorist base, which can be accessed via a secret underwater tunnel.

01:45:48.886 --> 01:45:52.146
Oh my God, the turns this game is taking is wild.

01:45:52.206 --> 01:45:52.706
Right?

01:45:52.766 --> 01:45:55.166
Like, I can't put this in any genre.

01:45:55.246 --> 01:45:56.426
No, none whatsoever.

01:45:56.446 --> 01:45:57.326
It's like they said.

01:45:57.346 --> 01:46:00.866
They wanted you to feel like you're playing a different game every time you play this game.

01:46:00.966 --> 01:46:03.106
Every turn we're taking, it does feel like that.

01:46:03.126 --> 01:46:04.746
Like, mission accomplished.

01:46:05.386 --> 01:46:09.506
You have to sneaky sneak your way through so you can find the parts you need for the dive suit.

01:46:10.046 --> 01:46:13.406
Being in a wetsuit, you already look like a chubby ninja all in black anyway.

01:46:14.306 --> 01:46:17.886
While you sneak, you notice they're killing dolphins and prepping them for sale.

01:46:19.266 --> 01:46:25.826
Once you find the suit parts, you also find a Pepe Silva wall with you and Bancho and all your friends in an office.

01:46:26.506 --> 01:46:27.526
Oh, no.

01:46:27.846 --> 01:46:29.106
They've been watching you.

01:46:29.806 --> 01:46:32.926
As you're looking at it, a bunch of terrorists come into the room.

01:46:33.746 --> 01:46:36.286
They point their guns at you, and you look around scared.

01:46:37.066 --> 01:46:45.946
You see a window, and we watch from the outside as you superhero dive through the window and land in the water below with the terrorists shouting at you from above.

01:46:46.186 --> 01:46:47.306
Oh, shit.

01:46:48.186 --> 01:46:50.046
You return to Cobra, and he's worried.

01:46:50.926 --> 01:46:54.346
You know too much now, and they know you saw everything.

01:46:55.386 --> 01:46:56.666
He warns you to be careful out there.

01:46:57.906 --> 01:47:00.626
Otherwise, he gets to work on your new dive suit with Dr.

01:47:00.646 --> 01:47:02.346
Bacon taking over for the final touches.

01:47:02.486 --> 01:47:06.626
He makes you feel really bad about it, and then is like, but I'm still working on our shit.

01:47:06.646 --> 01:47:07.726
Like, this was his idea.

01:47:07.746 --> 01:47:09.786
Yeah, yeah, he sent you in!

01:47:10.666 --> 01:47:13.346
Now your dive suit is blue instead of black.

01:47:14.606 --> 01:47:17.326
You head into the glacier area where you can now survive the cold.

01:47:17.966 --> 01:47:19.806
There's a bunch of new fish down here.

01:47:19.826 --> 01:47:26.366
It's also a giant puzzle section where you'll need to solve a large number of them so you can gain access to the Divine Tree control room.

01:47:27.506 --> 01:47:29.946
That's where the thermal vents are located, and your ultimate goal.

01:47:31.226 --> 01:47:33.886
You solve all the puzzles, and the doorway to the control room opens.

01:47:34.946 --> 01:47:38.406
As you approach it, a small personal submarine shows up.

01:47:39.306 --> 01:47:40.646
It's John Watson again.

01:47:40.746 --> 01:47:41.706
God damn it.

01:47:41.786 --> 01:47:44.106
And he's here to kill you after your little break-in.

01:47:44.686 --> 01:47:45.786
I'm here to kill you.

01:47:46.506 --> 01:47:50.846
You try to fight him, but he's in a submarine, and you can't do shit to him.

01:47:51.166 --> 01:47:52.986
You're gonna kick a submarine?

01:47:53.006 --> 01:47:54.146
He's in a goddamn sub.

01:47:54.166 --> 01:47:55.226
Yeah, that sucks.

01:47:56.046 --> 01:47:57.626
Oh, Watson, why?

01:47:58.186 --> 01:48:06.926
Just as he's about to get the upper hand on you, a ginormous sea creature comes out of nowhere and grabs the submarine in its mouth.

01:48:07.106 --> 01:48:07.826
Hell yeah.

01:48:08.166 --> 01:48:12.246
It's that dinosaur from Jurassic World that eats the woman being carried by the pterodactyl.

01:48:12.506 --> 01:48:16.126
It throws the submarine against the wall where it explodes.

01:48:16.386 --> 01:48:18.186
Ah, fuck you, Watson.

01:48:18.506 --> 01:48:20.946
Yeah, taking John Watson out once and for all.

01:48:21.366 --> 01:48:23.466
Oh, that's so good.

01:48:23.886 --> 01:48:25.866
But now you have to fight and kill a dinosaur.

01:48:25.926 --> 01:48:26.726
Okay, there's that.

01:48:27.766 --> 01:48:30.946
The door to the control room got jammed during the fight, and Dr.

01:48:30.966 --> 01:48:34.226
Bacon sends in a mini submarine with a laser to repair the door.

01:48:34.506 --> 01:48:35.426
Oh, I love lasers.

01:48:36.026 --> 01:48:42.766
It's going to take a couple days, so you do some fishing here in the glacial area, as it's full of very expensive cuts of fish for your sushi menu.

01:48:42.926 --> 01:48:46.346
I love that you're like, I took down a terrorist and a dinosaur.

01:48:46.346 --> 01:48:48.826
Might as well grab some muscles for Bancho.

01:48:48.846 --> 01:48:52.706
Let's see if I can find a nice bluefin for tonight's service.

01:48:52.726 --> 01:48:59.766
Like, the fact that Dave is doing all this shit, and he still has to go back up and be like, all right, what's the special for today?

01:48:59.806 --> 01:49:00.926
Yep, set the menu.

01:49:00.946 --> 01:49:01.486
Yeah.

01:49:02.066 --> 01:49:07.446
Over the course of the game, Yui from Star the Chef shows up with different challengers, and Bancho competes against them.

01:49:08.186 --> 01:49:10.726
But on one episode, she has a special guest.

01:49:12.106 --> 01:49:16.226
Former action star turned restaurant critic, Lois Crawford.

01:49:16.446 --> 01:49:17.006
No.

01:49:18.026 --> 01:49:19.846
She looks around and says, it's a pity.

01:49:20.386 --> 01:49:22.626
Bancho used to work in a five-star restaurant.

01:49:22.646 --> 01:49:24.746
Now he works in a shabby beachside dive.

01:49:26.326 --> 01:49:28.246
Were shark heads just not selling or something?

01:49:28.466 --> 01:49:31.026
Oh, my God, immediately for the jugular.

01:49:31.526 --> 01:49:32.506
So cunty.

01:49:33.026 --> 01:49:33.646
Wow.

01:49:34.386 --> 01:49:42.746
Dig at his ego aside, she says that her review of Bancho's last restaurant is still brought up 12 years later by people trying to discredit her.

01:49:43.046 --> 01:49:44.606
No, holy shit.

01:49:44.666 --> 01:49:46.526
Mad that she never even tried the food.

01:49:46.846 --> 01:49:48.346
Okay, valid as fuck.

01:49:48.366 --> 01:49:51.366
They're like, how are you about to be a critic when you don't eat the food, bitch?

01:49:51.886 --> 01:49:54.426
It even hurt her attempt at a comeback in the film industry.

01:49:55.266 --> 01:49:59.086
So she's brought her favorite chef to challenge Bancho to a cook-off.

01:49:59.466 --> 01:50:02.846
I love that her pettiness has brought some of her own destruction.

01:50:02.986 --> 01:50:03.426
Yeah.

01:50:04.246 --> 01:50:06.546
If Bancho wins, she'll eat his food.

01:50:07.466 --> 01:50:13.166
Bancho plans for a shrimp and squid pasta dish and sends you back into the Blue Hole to get the ingredients he'll need.

01:50:13.806 --> 01:50:16.766
By the time you gather all the ingredients for the dish, Dr.

01:50:16.786 --> 01:50:20.886
Bacon calls to let you know that the laser has finished and the door to the control room is open.

01:50:21.406 --> 01:50:22.486
You can head in anytime.

01:50:23.526 --> 01:50:29.086
You say, well, in an RPG, it's customary to finish up any side quest before taking on the final boss.

01:50:30.146 --> 01:50:31.186
You say this to him?

01:50:31.206 --> 01:50:31.546
Yeah.

01:50:31.846 --> 01:50:32.626
I love that.

01:50:32.646 --> 01:50:36.806
And then you also say, and while this isn't an RPG, it wouldn't hurt to be prepared.

01:50:37.086 --> 01:50:38.226
Oh, my God, Dave.

01:50:39.406 --> 01:50:41.786
He's really like, I don't want to break the immersion.

01:50:42.266 --> 01:50:46.046
But to be very clear for the player, this is the point of no return.

01:50:46.066 --> 01:50:47.406
You better wrap this shit up.

01:50:49.166 --> 01:50:54.306
So you head off for one last dinner service so Bancho can cook against Lois Crawford's Italian challenger.

01:50:55.246 --> 01:51:01.426
Bancho serves up a squid ink pasta with shrimp and squid that absolutely floors Judge Vincent Yamaota.

01:51:02.506 --> 01:51:05.526
The Italian storms off angrily saying this show is lame.

01:51:06.626 --> 01:51:10.006
Lois starts yelling at the judge, telling him he doesn't know what he's talking about.

01:51:10.766 --> 01:51:18.406
Vincent says that both dishes were absolute perfection, but Bancho's use of the squid ink pasta for a seafood dish is what set his above.

01:51:19.566 --> 01:51:23.346
Lois says that the challenge was Italian food, and there's nothing Italian about it.

01:51:23.986 --> 01:51:25.386
What does he know about anything?

01:51:26.786 --> 01:51:31.686
Vincent tells her that he knows what he's talking about because he trained under her father.

01:51:33.586 --> 01:51:38.866
This shuts up Lois, and Vincent tells her about his time working under her dad in New York.

01:51:39.926 --> 01:51:43.006
Her dad took him under his wing when he was just getting his start.

01:51:43.826 --> 01:51:48.826
He taught him that there are no limits when it comes to cooking, and that flavor is the only thing that matters.

01:51:49.986 --> 01:51:56.406
And while he runs a megacorporation today, he's sure that his feelings on the matter would not have changed all these years later.

01:51:56.766 --> 01:51:58.626
I'm glad Lois is getting her ego checked.

01:51:58.646 --> 01:51:59.246
Yeah, right?

01:51:59.906 --> 01:52:04.726
Vincent asks Lois to finally try Bancho's cooking, and she apprehensively agrees.

01:52:05.946 --> 01:52:12.486
It of course blows her mind, as she's reminded of making one of her action movies where she dove into the ocean and swam with a school of squid.

01:52:13.266 --> 01:52:16.646
She begins to cry, saying she's unworthy of being a critic.

01:52:17.646 --> 01:52:23.826
She has judged far too many dishes in her career based on looks alone, and has missed out on amazing flavors as a result.

01:52:25.246 --> 01:52:29.006
She wants to make it up to Bancho, and offers to go into business with him.

01:52:30.166 --> 01:52:34.446
She offers to open a branch of the restaurant so more people can try Bancho's food.

01:52:35.546 --> 01:52:36.666
He is not sure about it.

01:52:36.846 --> 01:52:38.786
He can't control the quality from afar.

01:52:39.686 --> 01:52:41.386
Lois says to trust his staff.

01:52:41.966 --> 01:52:44.426
As long as they've trained under Bancho, they'll be fine.

01:52:45.446 --> 01:52:48.086
So now you have a second location that can make extra money.

01:52:49.166 --> 01:52:51.346
It runs on its own, but you have to staff it up.

01:52:51.526 --> 01:52:53.906
It takes a manager, two cooks, and two servers.

01:52:55.046 --> 01:53:01.086
And if you put Maki in as the manager, you tell her that her father would be very proud of her for all she's accomplished.

01:53:01.506 --> 01:53:07.906
I didn't expect this weird little bitch with her puppet to have such a beautiful character art.

01:53:09.946 --> 01:53:13.946
She really just came in with a little puppet that said, fuck a lot.

01:53:14.506 --> 01:53:18.386
And now she's really just finding her own, and that's so beautiful.

01:53:18.606 --> 01:53:22.646
She's so young and already running a world class sushi restaurant.

01:53:23.286 --> 01:53:23.886
Get it, bitch.

01:53:24.546 --> 01:53:29.346
But now that all your side missions are finished, it's time to head into the Divine Tree control room.

01:53:30.366 --> 01:53:36.546
It starts out with some puzzle solving and maze work, really putting all your skills to the test as you wind your way through this ancient chamber.

01:53:37.626 --> 01:53:42.466
Eventually, you find a portion of the root system of the Divine Tree covered in strange looking eggs.

01:53:43.586 --> 01:53:47.666
They hatch, and a dozen little angry shrimp-like creatures emerge.

01:53:48.686 --> 01:53:55.006
They were created the same time as the Gadons, and have been breeding and growing down here for hundreds of years.

01:53:56.246 --> 01:53:57.986
But they're babies, so they're easy to kill.

01:53:59.226 --> 01:54:02.086
In the next room, there are hundreds of eggs.

01:54:03.546 --> 01:54:09.806
You use an ancient sea people weapon that uses the power of a Divine Fruit to create a laser so you can kill all the eggs in the room.

01:54:10.746 --> 01:54:17.966
Once they're dead, you continue deeper into the root structure and find the Divine Tree's energy source, the heated core.

01:54:18.866 --> 01:54:25.126
It's covered in those tiny shrimp creatures, and they're blocking it from venting and cooling off the Divine Tree.

01:54:25.826 --> 01:54:29.326
That's why there's been earthquakes and the Divine Fruit isn't as strong anymore.

01:54:30.746 --> 01:54:34.146
So you kill all the little shrimps, freeing the power core of the tree.

01:54:35.626 --> 01:54:42.286
The temperature stabilizes, and you give a sigh of relief, hoping this means there won't be any more earthquakes.

01:54:43.286 --> 01:54:44.306
Then there's an earthquake.

01:54:44.326 --> 01:54:45.166
Oh, God damn it.

01:54:45.846 --> 01:54:53.366
From beneath you, in perfect Dave the Diver fashion, a gigantic version of the little shrimp creatures emerges from the ground below.

01:54:54.286 --> 01:54:55.686
Who did you think was laying all those eggs?

01:54:56.006 --> 01:54:58.466
Yeah, there's gonna be a mother shrimp.

01:54:59.306 --> 01:54:59.666
Dr.

01:54:59.686 --> 01:55:02.766
Bacon's mini-sub comes puttering in just in time, and Dr.

01:55:02.786 --> 01:55:05.006
Bacon says, Holy shit, it's a yaoi.

01:55:06.186 --> 01:55:08.126
I love the name yaoi.

01:55:08.466 --> 01:55:13.506
An ancient beast of legend, but it was always described as being much smaller.

01:55:14.106 --> 01:55:17.066
This thing is like a huge underwater centipede.

01:55:17.166 --> 01:55:18.326
Mythical shrimp.

01:55:19.366 --> 01:55:19.766
Dr.

01:55:19.786 --> 01:55:23.886
Bacon says that the divine tree can't truly stabilize until that thing is dead.

01:55:24.846 --> 01:55:27.606
You tell him, you can't kill an ancient myth.

01:55:29.906 --> 01:55:33.506
Just on principle alone, the morals aren't moraling here.

01:55:33.786 --> 01:55:36.686
He says, you killed a dinosaur 10 minutes ago, you'll be fine.

01:55:37.306 --> 01:55:39.146
Okay, that was a different situation, my guy.

01:55:39.706 --> 01:55:40.366
You tell Dr.

01:55:40.386 --> 01:55:42.466
Bacon that you don't even have any weapons on you.

01:55:43.346 --> 01:55:47.106
Duff chimes in and says that he equipped the mini sub with tons of weapons, of course.

01:55:47.706 --> 01:55:50.826
Duff tricked out the mini sub, that's so cool.

01:55:51.106 --> 01:55:54.246
It can also manipulate time, so you can dodge its attacks.

01:55:54.306 --> 01:55:55.406
Of course it can.

01:55:55.426 --> 01:55:56.546
Yeah, it's a pretty cool feature.

01:55:57.386 --> 01:55:59.306
Grab on and use it to kill the yaoi.

01:55:59.866 --> 01:56:02.546
Should have started with this kind of sub, but whatever.

01:56:02.726 --> 01:56:06.906
Well, actually, you do call out Duff for that, and Duff says, what, you can't open with the closer?

01:56:08.046 --> 01:56:11.126
Duff goes, we're in a narrative, you dipshit.

01:56:12.366 --> 01:56:17.486
So you take the mini sub in your arms and have an epic final battle against the mythological beast.

01:56:18.186 --> 01:56:21.246
It's reminiscent of an old school side shooter like Contra.

01:56:22.166 --> 01:56:25.586
You wear it down a bit, and it tries to escape by crashing through a wall.

01:56:26.006 --> 01:56:28.086
You can't let it live, so you chase after it.

01:56:28.706 --> 01:56:34.506
The battle becomes a side-scrolling space shooter as you chase this ancient crustacean firing bullets and lasers.

01:56:35.766 --> 01:56:41.166
The two of you continue to go back and forth, chaser and chasey, until it corners you at a dead end.

01:56:42.186 --> 01:56:48.546
It tries to ram you against the wall, but you dodge using the time device, and it crashes through the wall instead.

01:56:49.226 --> 01:56:52.866
It ends up getting tangled up in the roots of the divine tree and becomes trapped.

01:56:53.926 --> 01:56:54.286
Dr.

01:56:54.306 --> 01:56:55.606
Bacon says, This is your chance.

01:56:56.306 --> 01:56:57.706
You can kill it here and now.

01:56:58.686 --> 01:57:01.706
But the mini-sub's weapons are busted as you crash through the wall as well.

01:57:02.246 --> 01:57:07.986
There's a large version of the Sea People's laser weapon in the corner, but it's so big you can't move it on your own.

01:57:08.386 --> 01:57:15.126
At that, a door opens, and Tenjin enters along with Suwam, Ramo, and two soldiers.

01:57:16.106 --> 01:57:19.226
They were worried after you hadn't returned when the tree stabilized.

01:57:20.246 --> 01:57:22.486
He goes, Holy shit, is that Yaoi?

01:57:22.906 --> 01:57:24.066
He's gotten so big!

01:57:25.266 --> 01:57:29.046
You tell them about the laser device, and they all help you aim and fire it.

01:57:30.366 --> 01:57:34.646
The Yaoi's face melts into a puddle of South Park level gore.

01:57:35.346 --> 01:57:38.106
Ah, it's like the end of fucking Raiders of the Lost Ark.

01:57:38.126 --> 01:57:39.086
That's so cool.

01:57:39.106 --> 01:57:39.586
Yeah.

01:57:40.306 --> 01:57:42.326
Suwam celebrates, saying, I did it!

01:57:42.866 --> 01:57:43.866
Okay, you helped.

01:57:45.286 --> 01:57:46.786
He has big kennergy.

01:57:47.546 --> 01:57:51.126
The group returns to the village, and they thank you for everything you've done.

01:57:51.866 --> 01:57:53.786
The temperature of the water has stabilized.

01:57:54.206 --> 01:57:56.366
The divine tree is back to its normal self.

01:57:57.126 --> 01:57:58.886
The earthquakes have ceased.

01:58:00.106 --> 01:58:04.046
You are now Dave, friend and hero of the Sea People.

01:58:05.506 --> 01:58:08.006
You head back to the surface, and night has fallen.

01:58:09.006 --> 01:58:13.666
You go to the restaurant, where you find all your friends having a get together, waiting for you.

01:58:14.406 --> 01:58:16.086
Except Duff, who's there as a hologram.

01:58:21.046 --> 01:58:24.826
No one in this game, to this point, has utilized hologram technology.

01:58:25.646 --> 01:58:29.406
We are introducing this in the final moments of the game.

01:58:29.426 --> 01:58:30.346
Yeah, it's just Duff.

01:58:30.466 --> 01:58:31.426
I fucking love that.

01:58:31.866 --> 01:58:33.806
Bancho closed the restaurant because Dr.

01:58:33.826 --> 01:58:38.346
Bacon said, you had some amazing accomplishments today, where you saved the Blue Hole and the Sea People.

01:58:39.266 --> 01:58:42.586
You celebrate with your friends, as fireworks explode in the sky.

01:58:43.626 --> 01:58:46.866
Out in the harbor, Ramo and Sawam surface to see the show.

01:58:47.966 --> 01:58:50.366
We get a time lapse showing the restaurant thriving.

01:58:51.026 --> 01:58:53.606
Maki getting approval from Bancho on a piece of nigiri.

01:58:54.666 --> 01:58:57.646
The Sea People building a statue of Dave in the town center.

01:58:57.986 --> 01:58:59.466
They used a manatee as their base.

01:58:59.966 --> 01:59:06.926
And you, Dave, laying down in bed after a grand adventure that took you to places you never imagined possible.

01:59:08.366 --> 01:59:09.246
You fall asleep.

01:59:10.006 --> 01:59:13.086
And as you do, your house begins to shake.

01:59:13.926 --> 01:59:15.246
We see an exterior shot.

01:59:15.766 --> 01:59:19.246
The house becomes a spaceship and blasts off.

01:59:19.466 --> 01:59:20.066
I'm sorry.

01:59:20.866 --> 01:59:22.366
What the fuck did you just say to me?

01:59:22.646 --> 01:59:25.566
You wake up, floating in space, in a spacesuit.

01:59:26.206 --> 01:59:29.826
The credits fly by, and you can shoot the letters as well as some aliens.

01:59:30.466 --> 01:59:35.526
The credits end, and we get a picture of Dave with all his friends saying thank you for playing.

01:59:37.026 --> 01:59:37.586
The end.

01:59:37.746 --> 01:59:39.626
What the fuck was that?

01:59:40.126 --> 01:59:41.526
That was Dave the Diver.

01:59:45.966 --> 01:59:50.086
No, you do wake up the next day, and like, you just tell Cobra like, man, I had a crazy dream.

01:59:50.746 --> 01:59:51.886
Oh, Jesus Christ.

01:59:51.906 --> 01:59:55.326
And he's like, oh, that was the mushrooms I slipped into your fucking food.

01:59:55.646 --> 01:59:56.726
You're welcome, by the way.

01:59:56.746 --> 01:59:59.186
It gave it that umami flavor.

01:59:59.206 --> 02:00:06.406
Okay, off the bat, now I understand why Godzilla is a licensed partner of Dave the Diver.

02:00:06.426 --> 02:00:06.986
Yeah, right?

02:00:07.046 --> 02:00:08.686
That fully tracks now.

02:00:08.886 --> 02:00:15.326
If we're fucking with mythical 30-foot mermaid zombies, yeah, of course Godzilla's probably gonna show up.

02:00:16.446 --> 02:00:16.826
That was...

02:00:17.026 --> 02:00:18.406
That's far out of left field.

02:00:18.586 --> 02:00:20.366
Yeah, no, it's pretty in line.

02:00:21.706 --> 02:00:23.426
Like, the dredge one made full sense.

02:00:23.446 --> 02:00:27.306
Yeah, you're both spooky boat games occasionally, but what the fuck, Godzilla?

02:00:27.326 --> 02:00:29.366
Nah, Godzilla fully makes sense.

02:00:29.526 --> 02:00:32.666
The Godzilla was probably done in the storyboards.

02:00:32.686 --> 02:00:35.326
Like, we could probably get this done, right?

02:00:35.346 --> 02:00:36.326
Like, ah, give us another year.

02:00:36.946 --> 02:00:39.766
Holy shit, I didn't know there was so much narrative.

02:00:39.926 --> 02:00:42.246
Right, it is a thick ass game, isn't it?

02:00:42.386 --> 02:00:48.506
She thick, and I really thought it was just cozy, like, resource management, but the diving was fun.

02:00:48.926 --> 02:00:49.266
Right.

02:00:49.286 --> 02:00:52.626
I over your shoulder saw some of the merpeople, so I was like, okay, that's coming.

02:00:52.646 --> 02:01:07.126
I didn't realize it was like, we're dedicated to these merpeople, you're in with the royal family and this one dipshit who just keeps inserting himself, and assuming he's the hero, like, in his head, he's, I'm Suam the Diver, like, he really thinks it is.

02:01:07.526 --> 02:01:14.406
I love the idea that Boncho is so focused that Dave will kinda come in and be like, I killed a giant squid, and he's like, yeah, whatever, I need a shark.

02:01:15.486 --> 02:01:21.926
You know, in my head, Boncho cares, but he's so focused on his craft that he kinda doesn't give a shit what Dave's doing.

02:01:22.106 --> 02:01:25.486
I love that Cobra is the slimiest motherfucker.

02:01:25.506 --> 02:01:27.706
Ironically, he's more of an eel than a cobra.

02:01:29.486 --> 02:01:30.566
That dude's doing shit.

02:01:30.846 --> 02:01:36.266
We reunited a heartbroken rapper with his estranged father.

02:01:36.666 --> 02:01:39.706
Holy shit, okay, Mint Rocket, keep going.

02:01:39.886 --> 02:01:42.426
No, like, you used to say, like, what is Dave the Diver?

02:01:42.446 --> 02:01:43.666
And I was like, it's everything.

02:01:45.326 --> 02:01:46.566
They go to space.

02:01:46.586 --> 02:01:48.486
It's literally fucking everything.

02:01:48.506 --> 02:01:50.506
And it's such a wonderful game.

02:01:50.586 --> 02:01:55.026
And yeah, the gameplay loop after that is just, you know, diving and serving up sushi, you know?

02:01:55.206 --> 02:01:59.706
Yeah, and then it's just the day to day maintenance and management and resources and everything, right?

02:01:59.726 --> 02:02:01.746
Yeah, yeah, you're building up your empire after that.

02:02:01.766 --> 02:02:03.466
And that's just satisfying, I'm assuming.

02:02:03.486 --> 02:02:04.006
It is.

02:02:04.026 --> 02:02:06.726
And again, the music just brings you back every time.

02:02:07.826 --> 02:02:09.546
Oh, no, killer soundtrack.

02:02:09.826 --> 02:02:11.666
I think we've fallen asleep to it once or twice.

02:02:11.686 --> 02:02:13.126
Like, yeah, it's so good.

02:02:13.146 --> 02:02:14.266
That was amazing.

02:02:14.286 --> 02:02:18.186
Thank you for taking me on that fucking ride to the moon.

02:02:19.926 --> 02:02:21.046
What the fuck?

02:02:21.066 --> 02:02:25.126
I love that it ended in space because they were just like, fuck it, we're going to the space.

02:02:25.326 --> 02:02:26.626
We're doing everything.

02:02:29.106 --> 02:02:29.826
It's a video game.

02:02:29.846 --> 02:02:31.266
We can do whatever the fuck we want.

02:02:31.426 --> 02:02:32.806
Duff's the hologram now.

02:02:34.526 --> 02:02:35.506
He always was.

02:02:39.046 --> 02:02:41.126
Thank you so much, Goombas, for listening.

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Who saw that coming?

02:03:02.566 --> 02:03:03.286
Not me.

02:03:03.406 --> 02:03:04.926
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The fuck?

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