Anthony Cavallo (born: October 16, 1992), better known online as AntDude, is an American gaming YouTuber and reviewer. AntDude is known for his reviews of retro platforming video games and his love for the Kirby franchise.
History[]
Anthony created his first YouTube channel in 2008, SonikDude101. In 2010, he created his current channel.
The early videos on the AntDude channel were titled as a series which were known as "Dude Reviews" which only featured his voice over game footage. In 2014, he switched over to the current "AntDude" style of reviews which shows him sitting in his office-style set starting with his review of Kirby's Dreamland on the Gameboy. In 2017, he started a tradition of dedicating May to videos about games in the Super Mario franchise calling it Mayrio Month.
Collaborations[]
AntDude has collaborated with Nitro Rad on his review for Rayman Brain Games' and has appeared in Nitro Rad's review of Rayman Arena. He has collaborated with Caddicarus on videos regarding bad Crash Bandicoot games and bad Spyro games as well as a competition for an official Sega event promoting Team Sonic Racing which AntDude won giving Caddicarus a running gag of being angry at him for it. AntDude makes a cameo in the Scott the Woz video It's Awesome Baby! where he is one of the many Youtube reviewers reviewing Dick Vitale's "Awesome Baby" College Hoops on Sega Genesis in an alternate timeline where that is the only sports video game that exists. In Comic Drake's video ALL of Spider-Man's Girlfriends!, AntDude does a brief voice over for Peter Parker.
Trivia[]
- AntDude has a running gag on Twitter where he anticipates a StarTropics 3 reveal whenever a Nintendo Direct is announced.
- Coincidentally, he was born the same year that his favorite franchise's debut, Kirby.
- His favorite Kirby copy ability is Mirror.
- His favorite Kirby game is Kirby: Planet Robobot.