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00:00 Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today, we're regretting all our hard work as these rewards were not worth the effort.
00:07 [Multiple voices talking at once]
00:12 "Uh, hello! Hello! If you can hear me, congratulations."
00:16 A 20-second cutscene. Crash Bandicoot 4, it's about time.
00:21 "Well, you know, I'm sensing a real fraught history here. How many times have you beaten this clown anyway?"
00:26 "Three."
00:26 "Really? Only three? Heh heh. Funny. Seemed like more."
00:29 The Crash Bandicoot series, particularly its PS1 entries, are notorious for their difficulty curves.
00:36 Especially, those going for the coveted 101% completion.
00:41 And with Crash's fourth mainline entry, developer Toys for Bob kept that tradition alive.
00:47 Of course, the game wouldn't be on this list if the reward wasn't downright insulting.
00:52 Not only do players need to achieve 106 completion, but in order to do this,
00:58 they need to find every gem in every level.
01:02 Some of which are very well hidden, as well as destroying every single box.
01:07 And this isn't just in the base game, but also in inverted playthrough as well.
01:12 And what do you receive for all this stress and obsessive completionism?
01:16 A 20-second cutscene for sequel bait that might never come, showing Uka Uka is alive and laughing at Cortex.
01:23 Good times.
01:24 [Uka Uka laughing]
01:31 A Rose Nebula. We Love Katamari.
01:35 Considering the game's title, as well as its loyal fanbase that has been with the series since the days of the PS2,
01:41 you'd think the series would love its fans back.
01:44 Although on the surface, the Katamari series is simply about the cute prince rolling his ball around
01:49 to gather enough materials to rebuild the cosmos,
01:52 We Love Katamari hides one extra secret for only the most dedicated, and we do mean dedicated, players.
02:00 After completing the game, the king offers the prince one final challenge, collecting 1 million roses.
02:07 Sounds simple enough, right?
02:09 Well, the current world record for completing this challenge is 19 hours, 25 minutes, and 51 seconds.
02:16 And what do you receive for dedicating almost a whole day to this task?
02:20 A nebula shaped like a bouquet of roses.
02:23 Death to the king, off with his head.
02:25 An achievement. Rock Band 2.
02:28 [Rock Band 2 music]
02:33 Simply getting through a setlist in Rock Band is challenging enough,
02:36 but attempting to go for 100% completion is downright insane.
02:41 Rock Band 2 features 58 songs in the base game alone,
02:45 but if you're crazy enough to go for the Steel Bladder achievement and its paltry 25 gamerscore,
02:51 you'd better get comfortable.
02:53 To unlock this achievement, you must complete 84 songs in a row,
02:58 with no pausing and no returning to the home screen,
03:01 all without getting booed offstage.
03:03 Which does mean you're going to have to be extra careful with those epic shred moments.
03:08 The achievement's name comes from the fact that this can take you upwards of 6 hours to complete,
03:13 and since there's no pausing, you'd better have an empty bladder or a roadie ready to back you up.
03:19 All this for an icon in your gamerscore most people will never even see.
03:24 [Gamers cheering]
03:28 A diploma. Pokémon Red and Blue.
03:31 [Pokémon Red and Blue music]
03:37 To be the very best, you gotta catch 'em all.
03:40 But after exploring the entire region of Kanto,
03:43 defeating all the gym leaders, and becoming the champion of the Indigo League,
03:47 you would expect some kind of special reward, right?
03:50 Not only can it be difficult even catching all the Pokémon in the base game,
03:54 as some are specific to each version of Red and Blue,
03:58 so players will also need to trade with other trainers to complete their Pokédex.
04:02 And what do you receive for completing this seemingly impossible task laid out by Game Freak?
04:07 An in-game diploma congratulating them for completing their Pokédex.
04:11 Although you could technically print out this one-of-a-kind reward using the Game Boy Printer,
04:16 if you even had one,
04:17 hanging this diploma on your wall is about as useless as that Theatre Arts degree next to it.
04:23 [Game Freak's theme]
04:28 Yoshi. Super Mario 64.
04:31 First introduced in Super Mario 64,
04:34 stars have seen various iterations throughout the 3D Mario entries,
04:38 but the reward for 120 stars in Super Mario 64 is just insulting.
04:44 With some stars requiring true platforming skills and patience,
04:48 the prospect of what awaits the player after finding and collecting all the stars in the game is tantalizing.
04:54 Upon reaching the milestone, a cannon appears in the courtyard of Peach's Castle
04:59 and blasts Mario to the roof to find Yoshi waiting for him.
05:03 However, instead of getting to replay the game with your trusty dino companion,
05:07 Yoshi instead gifts Mario 100 lives and comments on how much time has passed since their last adventure.
05:14 Nintendo didn't learn their lesson about rewards in the sequel Super Mario Sunshine either,
05:19 as the reward for 120 shines is a postcard telling the player to have a relaxing vacation.
05:26 Return this one to Sender where the sun doesn't shine.
05:29 Touch Grass. The Lost World. Jurassic Park.
05:32 Can video game rewards really get any worse than a postcard?
05:36 You bet your ass it can!
05:38 Switching between playing as Julian Moore's character Sarah, a random hunter,
05:42 as well as various dinos, players need to track down and collect DNA bonuses.
05:47 Finding and acquiring all these DNA strands will unlock a special video message from Jeff Goldblum,
05:54 who oddly doesn't appear anywhere else in the game despite being a main character in the movie.
05:59 "Way to go! Way to go! You made it through! You made it through! You spent all that time, and now you're done! You did it!
06:07 That's quite an achievement, Mike! My gosh, you looked a 20-foot carnivore right in the eye, and you lived to tell about it!"
06:13 Jeff congratulates the player on their diligence, and then promptly tells them to turn off the game
06:18 and basically go outside and touch grass while also implying the player is a virgin.
06:24 Admittedly, this could also fall under "best rewards" simply for Jeff Goldblum's charm,
06:30 but back in the 90s, any kid who played this game to full completion was in for quite a shock.
06:36 "Now you know what you should do? Turn the thing off, for heaven's sakes, and go outside.
06:43 You know, breathe the air, take a walk, call a member of the opposite sex, you know what I'm talking about."
06:49 Hestu's Gift. The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild.
06:53 "Yee-haw!"
06:55 "Ooo-haw!"
06:59 A lot of the collectibles required for 100% completion on our list tend to include markers or some kind of indicator of where to find them.
07:08 Much like the rest of the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, however, Nintendo set players loose in Hyrule and basically told them, "Good luck."
07:16 Hiding quite literally everywhere within the world, those in the hunt for all 900 Koroks for Hestu
07:23 are going to be checking under every rock, up every tree, and around every corner to find them all.
07:29 And what does Hestu give you for all your hard work?
07:32 *Bleep*
07:33 Literal *Bleep*
07:34 Hestu's Gift is by far one of the most downright insulting rewards for players' time in recent years,
07:40 and despite its gold color, it isn't even worth a damn rupee.
07:45 Nintendo even had the nerve to repeat this same reward in Tears of the Kingdom, which now required players to find 1000 Koroks.
07:53 *Bleep*
07:54 Fruit Trees, Shadow of the Colossus
07:59 The Colossi aren't the only thing Wander will need to hunt if he wants to achieve true 100% completion in Japan Studios' masterpiece, Shadow of the Colossus.
08:08 At the top of the shrine is a secret garden that players can reach, assuming they meet the requirements for such a climb.
08:15 Replaying the game a staggering four times, the player will need to hunt down and kill lizards hidden throughout the vast plains of the game
08:23 to permanently increase Wander's stamina, allowing him to traverse the dangerous climb.
08:28 However, upon reaching the top, there's no real secret to be found.
08:33 No 17th Colossi, no hidden cutscene, just a grove of fruit trees.
08:39 Normally, this would be its own reward, as fruit within the game increases Wander's health, but consuming these fruit will lower it instead.
08:47 And for those wanting to earn the Platinum Trophy, they're going to need to consume every piece of fruit in the garden.
08:54 101% Donkey Kong 64
08:57 [DONKEY KONG 64 THEME]
09:09 Many platformers are guilty of quickly becoming collect-a-thons, but few have achieved the notoriety of Donkey Kong 64.
09:17 The game is absolutely massive for Nintendo 64 standards, and players will need to play as all five members of the Kong family,
09:25 and collect 949 banana coins across eight worlds, many of which can only be accessed by one of said Kong members, leading to a lot of character switching.
09:35 What makes this even more grueling is that players really only need around 160 to unlock everything for each Kong.
09:43 And what did Rare decide to reward players with for all their hard work and dedication?
09:48 1%. A single, extra percentage on the game's completion screen.
09:53 It's enough to make anyone go ape.
09:56 [COUGHING]
09:57 [GASP]
10:02 [NAY]
10:03 The Stud Fountain. LEGO Star Wars, The Skywalker Saga.
10:08 [STUD FOUNTAIN]
10:12 The LEGO games are notorious for their sheer number of unlockables and collectibles, but most of these lead to some kind of rewarding payoff.
10:20 Present in all of the LEGO Star Wars video games is the Stud Fountain, and the only way to even pull the lever is to achieve 100% completion of the entire game.
10:31 This means players need to achieve 100% in all missions, complete every challenge, and find every single collectible in the game, in addition to purchasing or unlocking every single character, of which there is a whopping 380.
10:47 Finally, pulling the lever will unleash a fireworks show, and an infinite supply of studs will rain from the sky.
10:54 The main problem is these studs are all but worthless, as you've already unlocked everything you could possibly use the studs for.
11:02 The Force was definitely not with this reward.
11:05 [STUD FOUNTAIN]
11:09 What was the most insulting reward you received for 100%ing a game?
11:13 Share your disappointments down in the comments.
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11:24 [OUTRO MUSIC]