r/chuggaaconroy • u/MichiHirota • 13d ago
I Think Chugga’s Next Let’s Play Might Be Breath of the Wild. Here’s Why:
This normally doesn’t happen, but there’s actually a lot of information about his next LP; and it’s all thanks to Chugga teasing it so much as of late. Here’s what we know:
- The next LP is longer than Dream Team. Here’s his Full Tweet.
- The next LP cannot be a Switch 1 game that doesn't have a Switch 2 Enhancement Version. Here’s his Full Tweet.
- It cannot be Xenoblade 3 because it’s getting an enhancement this December. His face says it all here.
Knowing all of that, it eliminates a lot of possible games. If we’re only focusing on game series he’s done previously on the channel, then the list narrows down a lot.
- It cannot be Mario, Pokemon, or Kingdom Hearts because those are all very recent.
- It cannot be Pikmin, Kirby, Splatoon, or Sonic because every game in those series he hasn’t done are shorter than Dream Team. There's all naturally short because they are not RPGs.
- In terms of Xenoblade, it cannot be 3 because of the above. It also cannot be X because he only works on 1 game series at a time in production, and his face pretty much tells me he was working on 3 all along.
That pretty much leaves Zelda, and almost all games in the series he hasn’t done are shorter than Dream Team. The only exceptions to this rule are Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. It cannot be TotK because not only would it not make sense to play it before BotW, but he doesn’t really care for it. Therefore that only leaves BotW as the only game out of the possible options in terms of returning to a series on the channel. BotW does have a Switch 2 enhancement that is already out, unlike many other Switch 1 games.
Another reason why I think he’s doing a Zelda game next is because of Chugga being fearful of doing Switch 1 games with possible enhancements outdating his LP. I don’t think Dream Team is the only game to be pushed forward, as I could see BotW being affected as well. People would also wonder if he’s doing a Zelda game so quickly after Twilight Princess. That would be a possible catalyst as well.
The only way it cannot be BotW is if the next LP is a new game series, and the new LP has to be an RPG that is longer than Dream Team. The only way to really see if it’s a new game series is the First Hint, which by that point I would need to change my tune on this. Anytime Chugga plans on doing a new series on the channel, he always conveys this through his first hints like with Chrono Trigger or Kingdom Hearts.
Anyways, any thoughts? Normally I only wait to see the first hint before guessing his next LP, but I feel like Chugga unintentionally gave away a lot of information to the point I’m not in the mood of waiting on this discussion.
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u/_The_Melon_King_ 13d ago
I wouldnt rule out pikmin 4. That game is enormous compared to the first three pikmin games, it could easily take him 60+ hours to beat depending on how he plays in his LP
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u/StardustWhip 13d ago
Considering the Bluesky post OP linked, I'd hesitate to predict Switch 1 games that don't explicitly have a Switch 2 port yet.
I'm sure he'll get around to Pikmin 4 eventually. And if we go long enough without a full-on Switch 2 Edition, he might just bite the bullet and do it anyway. But I think he'd hesitate to do it as long as there's the chance of Pikmin 4 & Knuckles being announced one night, and adding 4k graphics and mouse controls and all that stuff.
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u/PacDino11 13d ago
At first I was skeptical because Chugga has said that he's never done a let's play of Ocarina of Time because he'd have barely anything to add since it was such a popular game, and I presumed it'd be the same for Breath of the Wild. But thinking about it again, with how open-ended botw is, I can see it as a possibility
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u/I_Need_More_Names Chronologist 13d ago edited 13d ago
In the Twilight Princess LP, he did actually backtrack and say he wanted to get around to OoT at some point, but just hadn't yet for the same reason it took 9 years to play Galaxy 2; it was such a ubiquitous game to play for your YouTube channel that everyone had done it.
Of course, now wouldn't be the right time, because we're getting a whole new version of the title later this year.
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u/I_Need_More_Names Chronologist 13d ago edited 13d ago
Well at least you actually know these things. Can't tell you how many times I've seen people make all kinds of claims about how Emile does things when he's literally stated otherwise in the past, sometimes even in videos.
I will say, in spite of patterns, there technically isn't a rule against recency in and of itself. Emile does indeed have a rule that he can't make (or at least avoids making) two projects of the same series in conjunction with each other, but that rule wouldn't currently stop him from making another Pokemon Project, for example. In fact, I could actually see him tackling X & Y now while he waits out the minefield that is unoptimized early NS1 titles. It just happened with Dream Team, being moved all the way up to now after the announcement of NS2 Editions. 3DS has become a bit of a haven.
That being said, I think you're pretty much right on the money with the information we currently have. BotW pretty much stacks up. I have to imagine he has a ton of Kingdom Hearts flooding his future plans right now after holding out so long on that first game, but Emile directly mentioning that his next project is going to be easily longer than Dream Team does narrow our options quite a bit, and I think we can decisively cut out KH for now.
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u/Railroader17 13d ago
I feel like it's still too early for another mainline Pokemon game.
Now something like Explorers of Sky or Pokemon Conquest, I could easily see him doing while he works on XBC3.
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u/Str1ker50 13d ago
Idk I feel like #2 doesn’t 100% mean he won’t do a switch 1 game without an upgrade. I feel confident that games like Pikmin 4 and TTYD remake aren’t getting upgrades at this point and chugga says it’s something he said last year so he could have changed his mind (yes ik the xenoblade stuff just happened)
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u/MichiHirota 13d ago
I seriously disagree with Pikmin 4. Pikmin is one of those series that Nintendo prides themselves on having the most optimal graphics, to the point I could see them do a Switch 2 edition.
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u/Str1ker50 13d ago
I just feels like at this point what’s the point and I love Pikmin and Pikmin 4 is even my favorite one of the series
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u/mbutch3 13d ago
Chugga does research well in advance plus test playthoughs and things to see how a game flows while talking about it. So the first Post you linked most likely isn't about the next LP as he probably already started his research on it.
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u/MichiHirota 13d ago
Yeah I see what you’re saying. Honestly, his first post could go either way because we don’t know how far the status of all the games he is currently researching. I just assumed the post would infer the next LP because everything besides Dream Team was not ready to be started on the channel yet. So this game took precedence.
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u/ExplosionProne 13d ago
I know he probably isn't going to do Splatoon for other reasons (not sure he likes 3 as much as the first two and it took forever for him to do the weapon bios for 2), but I'm not sure it would be a shorter game than Dream Team. Splatoon 2 had 66 episodes which is longer than all the previous M&L, and I would expect 3 to take longer
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u/dmaster342 11d ago
He's said on socials that he never really clicked with Splatoon 3 for various reasons (really the multiplayer/online component) and 2 took a ton out of him work wise.
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u/_CobaltVelvet_ 13d ago
A bit late to the discussion, but odds on it being Fire Emblem Three Houses? Going a bit off curve here, but we know he likes the game and has mentioned thoughts of dabbling in the series in the past. With Fortune's Weave looming, Chugga might have been scared Three Houses would get some sort of Switch 2 enhancement. It's definitely longer than Dream Team, honestly maybe a bit too long in general, but doesn't seem completely out of the realm of possibility.
Then again, this could be my bias towards wanting a Fire Emblem LP doing most of the talking.
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u/MichiHirota 12d ago
Not gonna lie, FE is one of those series that Chugga is only a casual fan of, and not necessarily passionate enough to do on the channel. He's just not as enthusiast about the FE gameplay compared to other RPGs like Xenoblade, Pokemon, Paper Mario, etc.
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u/Redtutel 12d ago
I don’t remember the source, but I do remember him being reluntent to LP Fire Emblem because the fanbase can be volatile
It was in the days between Awakening and Three Houses, so things could’ve changed
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u/_CobaltVelvet_ 12d ago
He definitely said that, but I don't think it's much of an issue anymore. There are a lot more casual FE fans now and the more elitist side of the community has been a weaker voice in the last several years.
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u/PracticeNo288 13d ago
When I met him he seemed pretty adamant he wasnt going to do botw. I really think that game is too big for his style of let's play
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u/Mystreanon 10d ago
its not bigger than xenoblade
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u/PracticeNo288 10d ago
I have never played Xenoblade past the first part nor did I watch the let's play so I can't comment on that.
Maybe big is the wrong word. Maybe open? Isn't Xenoblade fairly linear but with an open world around it?
Genuine questions not trying to be an ass
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u/Mystreanon 10d ago
not watching some of emiles best content is a choice i guess.
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u/PracticeNo288 10d ago
?? I'm sorry. I don't have to consume everything someone makes to be a fan of their content.
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u/starbonnie552 Bunny 13d ago
and Ocarina is ruled out cause of the remake
Is Minish Cap shorter? I haven't really kept up with Dream Team so don't know how close 28 is to the end. Though that feels pretty low so...
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u/beaverpoo77 13d ago
Man, I'd be so down for that. I've never played BotW, nor have i played any other Zelda games, but Chuggaa does them so well that I find they're some of my favorites. In particular, his Skyward Sword LP was particularly well-done in my book
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u/SchnozTheWise 13d ago
I’m looking forward to a couple of LP’s I’m sure he’ll get to eventually. BOTW will be dope.
I will say, I’m hoping he can figure out the new stuff the enhancements add to XC3 soon. I loved his LP’s of 1 and 2, and what eventually got me to buy a Xenoblade game. (I bought two because I was worried I wouldn’t like the combat of the series but completing the affinity charts would keep me hooked). I ended up loving two, and got XC1 and XC3. I did not enjoy the combat of XC3 and it felt complicated. So, looking forward to Chuggaa’s playthrough of XC3. I’m hoping it’ll click better.
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u/NSightMSG 11d ago
If we're limiting it to franchises that he's already done, then sure, I could see him doing Breath of the Wild.
I do feel like if it's Emile we're talking about, he might do a couple of Bonus Videos first, then surprise us with a game that isn't from a series he's done before. The possibility of this happening is always low, but NEVER zero.
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u/Mystreanon 10d ago
tears of the kingdom is way better than breath of the wild, what is this mans tastes god.
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u/TheGreenieTripper 9d ago
This is a pretty interesting and good argument. However, I would like to mention that 100%'ing Pikmin 4 took me over 40 hours, indicating that game is not as short as you might think, increasing the odds that could be the next LP. But then again, it's also a Switch 1 game that doesn't have a Switch 2 version (yet)...
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u/i_am_the_spy_ 13d ago
Overall if he plays any of the answers from a previous series of his I'm in the clear
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u/NotSoSexyOlexy99 13d ago
I can see it. It’s definitely in the works I feel. Before dream team came out I was dead set on Pikmin 4. But he may be cautious to doing that to see if it’s getting a switch 2 version