Are there any youtube channels dedicated to niche games?

[cj_iwakura]

All the super popular channels I found tend to only cover really mainstream games. Even if they cover niche subjects like Suda51, it's usually his most popular titles. You never see The Silver Case mentioned, for example. Are there any channels that cover or specialize in really obscure games, or things like imports and such?

 

[Deleted member 1413]

TheGamingBrit, HyperBitHero, Clemps, and NitroRad cover less than popular games, I'd say.

First two cover a lot of character action like Suda/Grasshopper's work.
Pretty sure one of the two has a video on the silver case
Edit:
Yep

Clemps covers obscure jrpgs on PlayStation/PS2. Recently made a video on Nier and Dark Cloud, for example (before automata made it popular)
NitroRad covers old 3D platformers and RPG maker games

 

[Hentai]

Nitro Rad is good if you want a lot of RPG maker games and Japanese horror games like Siren.

He introduced me to LISA The Painful so I have to rep him.

 

[CarlosX360]

Easy Allies.

 

[SOLDIER]

SNES Drunk is a useful resource for niche SNES games, especially if you're looking to expand your Classic's library.

 

[BringBackSonics]

ASpec pretty much covers Stellaris, is that considered to mainstream?

 

[Rymuth]

First post covered it. GamingBrit and Hyperbithero do a lot of nifty niche games.

 

[Teh_Lurv]

PushingUpRoses. She focuses on 90s adventure games: https://www.youtube.com/user/pushinguproses/videos

 

[Jucksalbe]

If retro games are fine, Retro Core always has some rather unknown (Japanese) stuff.

 

[Deleted member 1656]

supergreatfriend
Ross's Game Dungeon

 

[Deleted member 12430]

From the little I've seen from GamingBrit and HyperBitHero, I wouldn't recommend them at all, as they can be very biased. Brit's video on the Cuphead controversy has him defending that progressing in a game without challenge is devoid of accomplishment, so yeah.

 

[cj_iwakura]

If retro games are fine, Retro Core always has some rather unknown (Japanese) stuff.

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Absolutely, but I'd say more newer stuff specifically, since a lot of the news sites are inconsistent.

 

[timmbp]

Nookrium

Mostly plays stuff like roguelikes, strategy, and sim games. Last few videos, Open Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, Rise of Industry, Xenomarine, Numantia, Cogmind, Kenshi, etc.

 

[Platy]

Did you know Gaming's Region Locked
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBO8M-O_dTPHJeetZufOE3m6zX2lHKkAE

Kim Justice's channel is this for me because she focus on old pc games and european only consoles and I didn't even saw a ZX Spectrum till like last year =P
https://www.youtube.com/user/elmyrdehory/

 

[Theswweet]

I don't really watch them, but BlueMaxima seems to cover a lot of Vita/Switch stuff, including more niche titles. He doesn't upload as often as I'd like, but Briareos Kerensky does a lot of unboxings/first hour plays for imports and nicher localizations.

I'm interested in this two, so I'll keep an eye on this thread.

 

[cj_iwakura]

TheGamingBrit, HyperBitHero, Clemps, and NitroRad cover less than popular games, I'd say.

First two cover a lot of character action like Suda/Grasshopper's work.
Pretty sure one of the two has a video on the silver case
Edit:
Yep

Clemps covers obscure jrpgs on PlayStation/PS2. Recently made a video on Nier and Dark Cloud, for example (before automata made it popular)
NitroRad covers old 3D platformers and RPG maker games

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And yeah, that video was perfect.

 

[iceblade]

Not so sure this counts as niche, but Red's 3rd Dimension Gaming tends to cover less popular Japanese releases. Less popular compared to stuff like Cod that is.

 

[Timodus]

If you don't mind videos with no commentary, then you might want to check out my channel.

 

[Catullus]

Core A Gaming is a great fighting games channel.

 

[Platy]

Not exactly sure how is this forum's guidelines on self promotion but if you speak portuguese or don't care about some spanish like speaking over it, the channel I have with 2 friends usualy have some weird unkown games.
For example we are one of the few channels with direct feed gameplay with commentaries to have videos on Imagine Detective (the first game by Ubisoft São Paulo, layton+phoenix wright style game with devs that are now working on blizzard), Maestro! Jump in Music (an european exclusive rhytm platformer DS game that had a short life on mobile and has music that range from Beethoven,Satie, Animals and Madness) and the Tiger Game.Com port of Resident Evil 2 ... to name the most underground ones. And we are barely 1 year old so there is much more to come.

 

[Devilgunman]

TheGamingBrit and HyperBitHero have a lot of opinions pieces covering modern popular games so I don't think they're really good source for niche titles.

SNES drunk is good or good ol Retronaut podcast

 

[Deleted member 18021]

Studio Mudprintshas covered some fairly obscure shmups now and again, which is already a more obscure genre.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Studio Mudprintshas covered some fairly obscure shmups now and again, which is already a more obscure genre.

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Yep, I follow them.