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Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep (2009)

Duration: 1:33:52

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0:00 Intro
11:16 What are cozy games?
18:40 Scuba diving games and Arika's history
27:00 Endless Ocean 1
51:35 How sequels work
55:48 Endless Ocean 2

Endless Ocean, and its sequel Endless Ocean: Blue World, are one of the very few budget titles published by Nintendo for the Wii. The company Arika was known to make the more "git gud" games until they changed to a sort of proto-cozy game. In this video I explore the current cozy game movement, and how sequels should improve upon the original entry.

Footage is either taken from pexels, pixabay, freepik (I am a paid member so not attribution is needed), archive, and various public domain sources. The rest will be referenced below.

The music is taken from Epidemic Sound or the games' soundtracks. The following songs were used:

Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Aeternum, Lumina, With Tenacity
Peter Sandberg - Etude No 1 For String Quartet
Johannes Bornlof - Eye of the Storm
Howard Harper-Barnes - Forests in Mist
Christian Andersen - No Time for Fear, Amazing Grace
Spirit of Our Dreams - Another Spectrum, As Life Decides, Beyond Gravity, Breath of the Mindful, Meteora, Minds Traversed, Silent Orbit, Stratosphere Voyage, Winds Amassed
Jon Algar - Funeral Pyre
Isobelle Walton - The Colours of Autumn
The Shakeabouts - Amazing Grace
Pip Mondy - Can't Win Me Over
Traditional - Amazing Grace
Mac Taboel - Gold Rush
Cushy - I'm Still Dancing
T-Shirts & Sweats - OMG
Rannar Sillard - Rise From Hell
Sightless in Shadow - Turn This World Around

The following references were used:

INTRO

   • New Bigfin Squid footage (magnapinna ...  
   • The Goblin Shark, Disturbing One of a...  
   • The Most Terrible Deep Sea Creatures ...  
   • SCARIEST 2011 JAPAN TSUNAMI FOOTAGE C...  

Part 1:

   • Why The Wii Sucks  
   • The Nintendo Wii sucks and here is wh...  
   • Nintendo Wii Sucks  
   • Wii sucks  
   • 2CELLOS - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Li...  
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/27/23523251/cozy-games-animal-crossing-stardew-world-of-warcraft-dragonflight
https://www.gamesradar.com/cozy-gaming-why-a-wholesome-trend-became-a-recognized-genre/
https://web.archive.org/web/20210802013314/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-07-01/wholesome-games-movement-cozy-video-games-anti-violence
https://www.mtv.com/news/uovryr/nintendo-prez-raves-about-wii-mario-kart-defends-manhunt-2-shares-endless-ocean-secrets
   • Easy Mode Fan Vs Git Gud Enjoyer  
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/wii/954373-endless-ocean-blue-world/faqs/59342
   • Game Grumps: Arin and Dan Sing Prayer...  
   • Geek Love: Ep. 2 -- Faux Real? Beauty...  
   • GGGOLDDD "Taken By Storm" (Official V...  
   • Tetris The Grand Master 3 - Classic M...  
   • Why i hate the Wii  
   • SFIV - LTG Low Tier God vs Viscant - ...  
   • RyanDan - Like The Sun  live on CBS's...  
   • I hate wii  

Part 2:

https://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanOkeanos.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/thonis-heracleion-egypt-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/EndlessOcean
https://www.crystalviden.com/can-lapis-lazuli-go-in-water/
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29912352/chapters/73620780
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11652464/1/EOBW-Oneshot-Reverse-Beastiality-ThanatosXOC
https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/02/12/endless-possibilities
http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/wii/endless-ocean-blue-world

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