History YMMV / WinnieThePoohsHomeRunDerby

** Tigger, the penultimate match before getting Christopher Robin, seems more simple on the surface; he has comparatively normal pitches, with the only caveat being that they suddenly turn invisible halfway through the pitch. While it's much more possible to get the timing down than it was with Owl, the invisibility gimmick can mess with a player's perception and cause them to strike out anyway. The real difficulty comes in the amount of pitches you need to successfully land being [[DifficultySpike a significant amount higher than Owl's]]: 28 home runs out of 40, meaning only 12 misses allowed. In other words, you have to hit a homer 7/10 of the time, barely under 3/4. ''Landing'' the ball is simple enough; the problem is keeping a successful streak going long enough for it to matter.

* DifficultySpike: The first three stages are fairly straightforward. It's when you get to Kanga when the [[RealityWarper erratic ball movements]] begin. And it [[FromBadToWorse only gets worse]] from there.

** Tigger, the penultimate match before getting Christopher Robin, seems more simple on the surface; he has comparatively normal pitches, with the only caveat being that they suddenly turn invisible halfway through the pitch. While it's much more possible to get the timing down than it was with Owl, the invisibility gimmick can mess with a player's perception and cause them to strike out anyway. The real difficulty comes in the amount of pitches you need to successfully land being [[DifficultySpike a significant amount higher than Owl's]]: 28 home runs out of 40, meaning only 12 misses allowed. In other words, you have to hit a homer 7/10 of the time, barely over 3/4. ''Landing'' the ball is simple enough; the problem is keeping a successful streak going long enough for it to matter.

** Tigger, the penultimate match before getting Christopher Robin, seems more simple on the surface; he has comparatively normal pitches, with the only caveat being that they suddenly turn invisible halfway through the pitch. While it's much more possible to get the timing down than it was with Owl, the invisibility gimmick can mess with a player's perception and cause them to strike out anyway. The real difficulty comes in the amount of pitches you need to successfully land being [[DifficultySpike a significant amount higher than Owl's]]: 28 home runs out of 40, meaning only 12 misses allowed. In other words, you have to hit a homer 3/10 of the time, barely over 1/4. ''Landing'' the ball is simple enough; the problem is keeping a successful streak going long enough for it to matter.

** Tigger, the penultimate match before getting Christopher Robin, seems more simple on the surface; he has comparatively normal pitches, with the only caveat being that they suddenly turn invisible halfway through the pitch. While it's much more possible to get the timing down, the invisibility gimmick can mess with a player's perception and cause them to strike out anyway. The real difficulty comes in the amount of pitches you need to successfully land being [[DifficultySpike a significant amount higher than Owl's]]: 28 home runs out of 40, meaning only 12 misses allowed. In other words, you have to hit a homer 3/7 of the time, barely over 1/4. While ''landing'' the ball is simple enough, the problem is keeping a successful streak long enough for it to matter.
** The man himself, [[TrueFinalBoss Christopher Robin]]. He has [[AllYourPowersCombined all of the other characters' pitches]] and throws each ball at random, meaning you will never know what he's planning until the ball is already thrown. Of course that includes [[FromBadToWorse Owl and Tigger's pitches]]. And if that wasn't enough, he has 50 pitches; the amount required to win is 40 with only 10 misses allowed, meaning you have to hit a homer exactly '''''4/5''''' of the time. Good luck, silly old bear...

** Out of all of the opponents, Owl is the first opponent that's liable to cause a rage quit due to his constantly waving pitches adding an air of [[RandomNumberGod unpredictability]]. The hitbox on the ball becomes far more sporadic, and you're more than likely to accidentally get a foul ball or a simple hit when it looks like a home run.
** Tigger, the penultimate match before getting Christopher Robin, seems more simple on the surface; he has comparatively normal pitches, with the only caveat being that they suddenly turn invisible halfway through the pitch. While it's much more possible to get the timing down, the invisibility gimmick can mess with a player's perception and cause them to strike out anyway.
** The man himself, [[TrueFinalBoss Christopher Robin]]. He has [[AllYourPowersCombined all of the other characters' pitches]] and throws each ball at random, meaning you will never know what he's planning until the ball is already thrown. Of course that includes [[FromBadToWorse Owl and Tigger's pitches]]. Good luck, silly old bear...

---> ''Most owls can turn their heads 270 degrees in both directions. This owl can [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] itself in all directions.''

* PeripheryDemographic: This was apparently at a ''fighting game tournament''. It has that much of a fanbase among hardcore gamers. It also has quite the fanbase among CosmicHorrorStory fans, due to the AlternativeCharacterInterpretation memes.

* SurpriseDifficulty: Since it's a ''Winnie the Pooh'' game, and a Flash game at that, most people going in imagine it's probably just one of those cheap preschool-level Flash games that anyone with any sort of intelligence could beat...completely unaware that the game gets NintendoHard and near-impossible to beat after the first few levels.

* PeripheryDemographic: This was apparently at a ''fighting game tournament''. It has that much of a fanbase among hardcore gamers. It also has quite the fanbase among CosmicHorrorStory fans, due to the memes related to the game described in ThatOneBoss below.

* ThatOneBoss:
** Christopher Robin, perhaps even by this game's standards ''and'' FinalBoss standards. There's a ''reason'' he's described as {{Satan}}, PhysicalGod, '''and''' EldritchAbomination in this game. You have to hit '''forty home runs''' out of '''fifty''' balls. Christopher Robin can use a combination of '''all''' of the strategies of the other characters, and will usually use Kanga and Roo's or Owl's technique. And he's capable of using invisible balls too, previously utilized by Tigger. He can throw balls normally too, but they're usually too fast for you to hit.
** [[ClimaxBoss Owl and Tigger]] are often considered the most difficult second only to Christopher Robin. Owl's pitch has the ball do rapid zig-zags in the air, so you have to be ''ridiculously'' precise on the hit, and even then it's mostly dependent on chance. Tigger is just as bad if not worse, since his pitch has the ball seemingly ''[[{{Invisibility}} vanish from existence]]'' halfway to the plate, making it total dumb luck if you manage to hit the ball. Worse is that you have to hit ''twenty eight'' home runs out of forty.

* MemeticMutation: The game itself, as well as {{LetsPlay/Critikal}}'s (NSFW) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maygjIePBoc playthrough]] of it.
--> ''Most owls can turn their heads 270 degrees in both directions. This owl can [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] itself in all directions.''

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Pooh an ultimate badass who hits massive home runs at a regular basis and is able to defeat even the greatest pitchers (e.g. all of his opponents), or is he an incompetent batter who often sends balls flying ''behind'' him, and finds himself in a very unfortunate spot with all of his friends possessing superhuman pitching skills?

* FridgeHorror: To such an extent that [[DarthWiki/WinnieThePoohsHomeRunDerby the Darth Wiki page tells all.]]

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Anyone who ever defeats Christopher Robin. Like [[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/163675115 Mr. Takahashi]].

* ShockingMoments: Both due to the murderous SurpriseDifficulty and the [[BeyondTheImpossible physics defying pitches]].

** Any boss after Piglet thanks to their erratic physics defying pitches.
*** Out of all of said bosses, [[ClimaxBoss Owl and Tigger]] are often considered the most difficult second only to Christopher Robin. Owl's pitch has the ball do rapid zig-zags in the air, so you have to be ''ridiculously'' precise on the hit, and even then it's mostly dependent on chance. Tigger is just as bad if not worse, since his pitch has the ball seemingly ''[[{{Invisibility}} vanish from existence]]'' halfway to the plate, making it total dumb luck if you manage to hit the ball. Worse is that you have to hit ''twenty eight'' home runs out of forty.
** Even [[WarmUpBoss Eeyore, Lumpy and Piglet]] themselves can be this. The game is that difficult.

* HolyShitQuotient: Both due to the murderous SurpriseDifficulty and the [[BeyondTheImpossible physics defying pitches]].

* PeripheryDemographic: This was apparently at a fighting game tournament. It has that much of a fanbase among hardcore gamers. It also has quite the fanbase among CosmicHorrorStory fans, due to the memes related to the game described in ThatOneBoss below.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Pooh an ultimate badass who hits massive home-runs at a regular basis and is able to defeat even the greatest pitchers (e.g. all of his opponents), or is he an incompetent batter who often sends balls flying ''behind'' him, and finds himself in a very unfortunate spot with all of his friends possessing superhuman pitching skills?

** To a lesser extent, Pooh himself, given that he hits 500-foot home runs on a regular basis ''and'' - provided the player is skilled enough - [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu scores home runs off]] said PhysicalGod.

** Christopher Robin, perhaps even by this game's standards ''and'' FinalBoss standards. There's a ''reason'' he's described as {{Satan}}, PhysicalGod, '''and''' EldritchAbomination in this game. You have to hit '''forty homeruns''' out of '''fifty''' balls. Christopher Robin can use a combination of '''all''' of the strategies of the other characters, and will usually use Kanga and Roo's or Owl's technique. And he's capable of using invisible balls too, previously utilised by Tigger. He can throw balls normally too, but they're usually too fast for you to hit.

*** Out of all of said bosses, [[ClimaxBoss Owl and Tigger]] are often considered the most difficult second only to Christopher Robin. Owl's pitch has the ball do rapid zig-zags in the air, so you have to be ''ridiculously'' precise on the hit, and even then it's mostly dependent on chance. Tigger is just as bad if not worse - since his pitch has the ball seemingly ''[[{{Invisibility}} vanish from existence]]'' halfway to the plate, making it total dumb luck if you manage to hit the ball. Worse is that you have to hit ''twenty eight'' homeruns out of forty.

* EarWorm: As much as this game will live in [[NintendoHard in]][[MemeticMutation famy]], the light and breezy main theme during matches is pretty good ([[SoundtrackDissonance if unfitting]]).

* SurpriseDifficulty: Come on, it's ''Winnie the Pooh,'' and a Flash game of it no less. Surely it wouldn't be ''that'' hard...would it? In other words, most people going in imagine it's probably just one of those cheap preschool-level Flash games that anyone with any sort of intelligence could beat...completely unaware that the game gets NintendoHard and near-impossible to beat after the first few levels.

* SurpriseDifficulty: Come on, it's ''Winnie the frickin' Pooh,'' and a Flash game of it no less. Surely it wouldn't be ''that'' hard...would it? In other words, most people going in imagine it's probably just one of those cheap preschool-level Flash games that anyone with any sort of intelligence could beat...completely unaware that the game gets NintendoHard and near-impossible to beat after the first few levels.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Anyone who ever defeats Christopher Robin. Like [[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/163675115 Mr. Takahashi]].

* {{Nerf}}: The English version is [[ItsEasySoItSucks considerably easier]]. Even defeating Christopher Robin isn't as much of an achievement in comparison.
** According to this [[https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/15vjro/4chan_discovered_this_kids_game_last_night_called/c7qaeef/?utm_content=permalink&utm_medium=front&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=gaming Reddit post]], this may be untrue (unless if you've played the Japanese version, in which it's only easier due to experience).

* SurpriseDifficulty: After the first few levels, it becomes nearly impossible to beat.

*** Out of all of said bosses, [[ClimaxBoss Owl and Tigger]] are often considered the most difficult second only to Christopher Robin. Owl's pitch has the ball do rapid zig-zags in the air, so you have to be ''ridiculously'' precise on the hit, and even then it's mostly dependent on chance. Tigger is just as bad if not worse - since his pitch has the ball ''vanish from existence'' halfway to the plate, making it total dumb luck if you manage to hit the ball. Worse is that you have to hit ''twenty eight'' homeruns out of forty.

** Christopher Robin, perhaps even by this game's standards ''and'' FinalBoss standards. There's a ''reason'' he's described as {{Satan}}, PhysicalGod, '''AND''' EldritchAbomination in this game. You have to hit FORTY HOMERUNS out of FIFTY balls. Christopher Robin can use a combination of ALL of the strategies of the other characters, and will usually use Kanga and Roo's or Owl's technique. And he's capable of using invisible balls too, previously utilised by Tigger. Oh he can throw balls normally too, but they're usually too fast for you to hit.

*** Out of all of said bosses, [[ClimaxBoss Owl and Tigger]] are often considered the most difficult second only to Christopher Robin. Owl's pitch has the ball do rapid zig-zags in the air, so you have to be ''ridiculously'' precise on the hit, and even then it's mostly dependent on chance. Tigger is just as bad if not worse - since his pitch has the ball ''vanish from existence'' halfway to the plate, making it total dumb luck if you manage to hit the ball. Worse is that you have to hit ''twenty eight'' homeruns out of forty!

* {{Nerf}}: The English version is [[ItsEasySoItSucks considerably easier]]. Even defeating Christopher Robin isn't as much of an achievement in comparison. [[EasyModeMockery But then again, you don't play the English version, now do you, silly bear?]]

*** Out of all of said bosses, [[ClimaxBoss Owl and Tigger]] are often considered the most difficult second only to Christopher Robin. Owl's pitch has the ball do rapid zig-zags in the air, so you have to be ''ridiculously'' precise on the hit, and even then it's mostly dependent on chance. Tigger is just as bad if not worse - since his pitch has the ball ''vanish from existence'' halfway to the plate, making it total dumb luck if you manage to hit the ball. Worse is that you have to hit ''28'' homeruns!