Ah. I do love being teased with handhelds that have so much potential but turn out to be major disappointments.

@bitemytail

3 жыл бұрын

I'll get one of these mini consoles when they are better than my cheap Bluetooth controller + emulating on my phone. Which hasn't happened

@eggsamillion

3 жыл бұрын

I had a feeling you sent him these.

@kleann

3 жыл бұрын

hi the retro future

@tagrauyoutube

3 жыл бұрын

I purchased the game and watch because i love them so much and having the latest in the series was great for me, but i also was hoping it could be modded so i could put tetris on it

@squirlmy

3 жыл бұрын

@Enmity the Kindhearted Nintendo is actively hostile to such efforts. The fact that NES is easy to mod is entirely because of their efforts to make manufacturing cheap, including using as cheap components as possible. Nintendo could reasonably called a company that manages IP and produces gaming systems on the side. Their hostility was clear in the "mod" scene, even before the first emulators started coming out. They will scrounge the last penny they can out of any game or gaming system. They started as a company selling cards for gambling. Not trading, not for children: gambling. Addictive, legally questionable, gambling. This fact helps in understanding the company and how it acts.

That screen is so bright that it could ALMOST be used to illuminate the screen of a gameboy in the dark

@thomasmcdougall8059

3 жыл бұрын

Dull joke

@daskamu

3 жыл бұрын

Lol game boy fans getting butt hurt over this

@TorutheRedFox

3 жыл бұрын

not a GBA though you can shove it right up to a light that can illuminate two whole rooms and the screen still would be dim

@KertaDrake

3 жыл бұрын

@@TorutheRedFox You would also go blind from the reflection!

I used to dream of something like when I was 7 or 8 years old. 'If I only had a tiny game for my tiny hands that no teacher could notice.'

@anonamatron

3 жыл бұрын

And now. we have smartphones... How different school would have been if I had one of those to play with under my desk..

@TheMailmanOfSteel

3 жыл бұрын

The new Game and Watch is EXACTLY what I dreamed my original Game and Watch could be.

@stormthrush37

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good point. Just because this is too small for adult hands doesn't mean it'd be too small for kid hands.

@sametto87

3 жыл бұрын

Omg i was the same and i really like these tiny handhelds ;)

@hypermecha223

3 жыл бұрын

I used to dream of the same thing, like in the 70s I wished I had a tiny TV that I could watch anything I wanted on it. That's why even with phones, I still like to carry around a tiny little MP4 player with my favorite movies saved on it.

I didn't quite comprehend the scale of it until he showed the battery compartment.

@MrMargaretScratcher

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, those AAAs looked like AAs

Thumbnail: the world's saddest DS.

@villagingvilager8515

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@BlueOysterStan

3 жыл бұрын

*epicest 😎

@38Jemar

3 жыл бұрын

😮 lol

@mikeyowens8891

3 жыл бұрын

True lol

@novustalks7525

3 жыл бұрын

And next to it a game and watch

Quick Google shows these little GameGears have apparently been hacked already. They are basically tiny Linux boxes running some kind of emulator. Nintendo Game & Watch consoles have also been hacked, but those have really low-end hardware (an ARM micro instead of a real SoC, I guess due to their main purpose being a clock, not a gaming console) and it's only possible to replace their games, not add more.

@dayoki8091

3 жыл бұрын

So can it play Doom?

@SunChipss

3 жыл бұрын

Please link to both. It would be most appreciated, broski. I have a Blue GG Micro and I’m cool with Baku Baku and Sonic Chaos. I’d like to replace Sylvan Tale with Outrun and Gunstar Heroes with GG Shinobi.

@MrGregory777

3 жыл бұрын

Game and watch is not easy to hack. You will need special tools

I miss my Game Gear. I don't miss buying batteries for it though.

@chrisandrus2735

3 жыл бұрын

The battery companies miss you buying batteries for it though🤣

@jareknowak8712

3 жыл бұрын

You can use AC adapter.

@MadGaz85

3 жыл бұрын

@@jareknowak8712 That's how I usually played it, not ideal for family trips though lol

@FlyboyHelosim

3 жыл бұрын

Today we have decent rechargeable AA batteries though.

@LordZarano

3 жыл бұрын

Get some "pre-charged" rechargeables. Eneloops are the best ones. (Pre-charged because they're actually capable of holding onto a charge for more than long enough to be shipped from Japan to you. Unlike the old-fashioned rechargeables which wouldn't stay charged for 2 femtoseconds without self-discharging themselves into environmentally-hazardous landfill.)

Nintendo: We made a mini console. SEGA: Oh yeah, we’ll make a mini handheld! Ashens: It’s so small. Do you see? Do you see? DO YOU SEE?! DO YOU SEE?!

@IvanovIvanAKrutoi

3 жыл бұрын

*(Nintendo flags Ashens' channel with a copyright strike for too many unnecessary shoutings of the words "DO YOU SEE?!")*

@bidenhatesamerica

3 жыл бұрын

.....It puts the lotion on the skin!

@Offensive_Username

3 жыл бұрын

It's a *micro* console, not mini.

@mitchh3092

3 жыл бұрын

Coming soon: Sega Saturn on a single grain of rice!

@edwardthomson7366

3 жыл бұрын

I do not see! It's too bloody small!

I like how an official product from SEGA is useless enough that to be featured on this channel.

@Mr-Cough

3 жыл бұрын

Allow me to introduce myself

You don't know the pain of batteries until you've played an Atari Lynx

@drwatson32bit

3 жыл бұрын

This comment would really make more sense if the battery life were worse, at least markedly so, than the Game Gear.

@Clay3613

3 жыл бұрын

Doubles as a weapon!

@goodall18

3 жыл бұрын

If you are playing an atari lynx, the pain is implied.

@namebrandmason

3 жыл бұрын

I think Ashens made two videos about the Lynx a few years back.

@SonicBoone56

3 жыл бұрын

@@drwatson32bit right? The Lynx, despite being far more powerful, actually lasts longer on batteries.

The “big window” is actually where you’re supposed to throw that thing out of too.

@aterack833

3 жыл бұрын

“On you go, to the big window in the sky”

@rubiks_20

3 жыл бұрын

It looks like a tv

Playing Shining Force games in that thing's screen must be peak 2020 suffering.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Especially if the battery life is similar to the old one.

you know what they say, The phrase " Sega does what Nintendon't isn't always a good thing"

@scorpius319

3 жыл бұрын

That phrase always irked me as a Nintendo-playing kid.

@DinoBunnyStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I had an aneurism reading that wtf

@danieldavis2055

3 жыл бұрын

@@scorpius319 - Same. I may have been a child back in the day, but Sega's advertising still struck me as childish and off-putting.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@DinoBunnyStudio A lot of Sega's technically superior choices ended up being their undoing. Nintendo has always worked off of inexpensive, well-understood hardware to keep their consoles affordable to the point of making a profit off of initial sales. Sega, on the other hand, wanted to include the newest and best for the sake of being ahead of the competition. Sega no longer makes consoles because the combined failures of the Sega CD, Saturn, and Dreamcast meant that they lost a lot of money investing in doing what "the other guy's don't." Even the Game Gear was barely successful, because it cost three times as much as the Game Boy at the time and Nintendo was about to release it first in a smaller form factor and then with a color screen.

The size of it is comically tiny, almost a laugh. It's like the Game Gear was a little too big, so later the guys behind this said "hold my sake" and made the Game Gear Micro with gibbons in mind. I mean, if gibbons had the wits to play with consoles, this weeny little thing would probably be perfect for their hands. Still, the Game & Watch Color is alright, even though it only holds a few ROMs where most mini consoles (official and unofficial) typically hold dozens.

@heggy_69

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao yeah, it's like the original designer heard people said the original was too big and went in the complete opposite direction

@hgrunt100

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man garry's mod and world of warcraft would be a fuckin nightmare lmao.

@expendableindigo9639

3 жыл бұрын

It's about the same size as the Game BOY Micro.

@jareknowak8712

3 жыл бұрын

I have a Tetris console which is 1/3 the size of this GG. Not joking.

@BavarianM

3 жыл бұрын

@@jareknowak8712 the fuck you're going to play Tetris alright in it

you're right ashens, they did do a lot of gameboys in those colors lol

@milesedgeworth132

3 жыл бұрын

8:49

Imagine accidentally skipping to 5 minutes in and thinking that you were watching a normal-sized Game Gear being held by a giant

I used to get blurred vision when playing my GBA micro for too long. I'll probably go blind playing that Game Gear micro.

I'm a big fan of using regular batteries rather than internal batteries, because in 20 years you'll still be able to play the GameGear Mini... you just won't want to.

@DragoonBB

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but if you forgot about it and the battery leaks. Theirs a high chance you'll have nothing to play either.

@wendyheatherwood

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, get yourself a battery charger and a couple of packs of rechargeable double and triple As and you're good. Proprietary batteries are terrible.

@philipcorner574

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragoonBB "I'll leave the batteries in because I'm going to use it tomorrow" 10 years later: "Aww nuts!"

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragoonBB True, though I've found it's sometimes easier to fix than replacing a Li-ion, unless the manufacturers were kind enough to use an common type with a connector rather than soldering it straight in.

fun fact: with a simple LED backlight mod and some good rechargeable NiMH AAs the Game Gear can last up to 10hrs fun fact #2: the aforementioned mod is NOT the McWill, which consumes more power than a friggin starter engine - in fact, even more current than the original screen setup. You can notice it by touching the screen after a while, it gets quite hot. It's a whole microcontroller that translates the VPU video output signals. fun fact #3: the GG SMPS was a work of art back in the days - understandably so, because the backlight was absolute crap and the system had to spare every last bit of power it could gather.

Jesus you know it’s small when it makes AAAs look big!

I feel like this is a perfect representation of why Sega lost the console wars

@juliamxd9614

3 жыл бұрын

They sell this like a key chain that has a console built in not a mini console that you can use as a key chain

@MrLeafsta

3 жыл бұрын

The Sega City astro mini looks like a winner when released on the 17th of this month. Bezal support too. Clicky sticks too.

Im watching this in portrait mode just like quibi intended.

@JasperJanssen

3 жыл бұрын

Who?

@marcusborderlands6177

3 жыл бұрын

@@JasperJanssen failed video streaming service that only had content in portrait mode

Using a fresnel lens as a magnifier is like an expert level troll. You'd have a better product with an aspheric +1.00 diopter polycarbonate lens. Probably be easier to produce too.

@madeupfred

3 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say this.

@LordZarano

3 жыл бұрын

You can get some pretty decent credit card sized Fresnel magnifiers from AliExpress or Wish for about 10 for £1. I can't tell if this one looks terrible just because it's postage stamp sized or if it's bad quality or both, but 1.1x magnification is clearly not enough here.

The Game Gear one is more of the Japanese audience; there's a big thing for keychain/bag/purse charms (most of the gachapons are full of keychain charms) so I can see how it's marketed for the JPN audience.

@Agamemnon2

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I think you've been able to get little capsule toy versions of the Game Gear there for yeeeears, about the same size as the Micro.

@Pikachu132

3 жыл бұрын

@@Agamemnon2 Yep. Not just Game Gears, Game Boys and all kinds of controllers as well. Japan loves little dangly things they can attach to their stuff so it can hang there and look cool.

@anonamatron

3 жыл бұрын

They have a gachapon machine I see fairly regularly with tiny Sega consoles. I'm always tempted to buy one, but then I think "why the hell do I need a tiny bit of plastic that looks like a Saturn or Game Gear??" This thing looks like someone took one of those and said "what if this thing really played games??? that'd be cool!"

@cheezdoodle96

3 жыл бұрын

Suddenly I quite like the Game Gear Micro.

@DirectorOfChaos9292

3 жыл бұрын

It's still too effing small

If I am to be buying a micro console - it has to be designed for me to play. I am buying these to play not just for collection.

@jackkingsby116

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I find collections pointless if they serve no more than aesthetic purposes.

@anasevi9456

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny how Sega clearly only cares about the Japanese market for this megadrive era retrostuff, when the Japanese market barely gave a toss about the Megadrive and Gamegear back in those days. Why care about the markets that actually made them wildly successful amirite?

@ZeKnife

3 жыл бұрын

Just get a general 3rd party emulation device if you want it to be usable

@squirlmy

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackkingsby116 Take a look at eBay prices for the ZX Spectrum, especially compared to original price. They were designed to be made cheaply as possible, and it shows in its reliability, and like all electronics of its age, the capacitors often leak and destroy everything on the board, and yet... An Apple I is up on eBay right now for 1.5 million dollars. I sometimes consider buying two of small electronic items, just to keep one mint just in case it makes me a millionaire someday! ;)

@jackkingsby116

3 жыл бұрын

@@squirlmy wow that's a smart investment lol. I wish tech nowadays was more like the stuff of old. Sure it's better but I don't think a lot of this stuff is gonna have the same kind of sentimental value. Retro tech will always be cool to us future kids but modern stuff is boring. Ironically technology has come full circle where things are now too easy and we're looking at the past when things were hard with heart eye. Really crazy!

5:17 Wibble Wobble ... Wibble Wobble ... Jelly on a plate ...

@andrewhunt7328

3 жыл бұрын

Wow makes me feel old 😂😂

Future Ashens the editor man is my favourite character in the ashens series.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Silver Skull is good and all, but Future Ashens the Editor Man is top tier.

Just watched Polybius Heist. Loved it Mr. Ashens. Well done to all involved.

£50 is way too much for that "Game & Watch." Think about it: that's roughly the price of a Switch game!

@Mireaze

3 жыл бұрын

I'd take it over any switch game

@klg9549

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mireaze I guess you REALLY like Super Mario Bros. 1 and 2 then ...

@Mireaze

3 жыл бұрын

@@klg9549 yes, and there's already a lot of work going on to put more games onto it since it uses standard nes roms.

@klg9549

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mireaze I'm talking about it on it's own, as it is now.

@garrkell

3 жыл бұрын

For €60 it should have Super Mario Land 1/2/3, Mario Bros 1/2/3, Dr Mario, Super Mario kart, Super Mario World 1/2

Haven't checked in on you in a few years, glad to see you're still kicking it Ashens!

You make Polybius sound like a good basis for an episode of Doctor Who...

Puyo is just Dr Robotniks mean bean machine

@MrSomebodyStrange

3 жыл бұрын

You HERETIC!!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . It's Kirby's Avalanche.

“Super 53 in 1” I see you are a man of culture as well.

Both of these fail due to the lack of included games. This isn't 1985 and it costs next to nothing to add roms to the game systm.

@Stephen__White

3 жыл бұрын

Nintendo has a great excuse though, just get a Switch and it's online service and the only game you aren't getting is the actual Game and Watch game that let's face it no one is going to play for more than 5 minutes these days.

@theoriginalKland

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stephen__White It's the principal of it.

Thanks Ashens! I followed the advice you gave me on Twitch and ate ALL the pears. I had a very poorly belly. 10/10 would do again.

I love you Dr. Ashen ! Have been watching your content for many years and perhaps if i comment early enough you’ll see me sending my appreciation for your wonderful entertainment!

Love how nintendo forgot the built-in stand on the game and watch for 50 quid🙄

@Vokabre

3 жыл бұрын

If there was a stand it actually sorta would've worked as an alarm clock

@VinceR3000

3 жыл бұрын

ha, I was wondering the same thing, I remember they came with a metal kick stand on the back. Would have been nice if you're going to put it on a shelf and show the clock

@Vokabre

3 жыл бұрын

I recall also reading that unless running with external power the clock screen automatically turns off after a short time, so another minus for the clock usage (original Game&Watch barely required any power for the tiny lcd clock they had)

@Milamberinx

3 жыл бұрын

@@Vokabre yep, I tried that with my very own yesterday. I haven't tried it with USB plugged in though.

@Dekomata

3 жыл бұрын

My biggest complaint is where tf is the alarm clock?

What we need is something based on the Nomad rather than the Game Gear - but with backwards compatibility for Game Gear games.

@HawaiianKong

3 жыл бұрын

I loved my Nomad. Playing Vectorman in the car was the coolest thing in the world back in the day

@Dant2142

3 жыл бұрын

So, essentially a portable Analogue Mega SG? I'd be all for that. I suspect the Analogue Pocket would get pretty close though.

A Game & Watch featured in the movie K-9, James Belushi was always playing it and in the final scene he pretended it was a bomb trigger.

I remember when the gameboy micro came out always thought it looked amazing, never got one but still want one now for some reason.

I guess the Nintendo Sega wars still lives on in one shape or form.

@theghostofthomasjenkins9643

3 жыл бұрын

it's devolved into sega just tossing pebbles at nintendo's windows, hoping to disturb their sleep.

@Roboshi2007

3 жыл бұрын

They shrunk down to fight, just like that transformers AU

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@Roboshi2007 That could refer to a couple of different storylines, but they actually did that in the main toyline - they started with Micromasters taking the place of the larger bots and then had the Beast Wars where the robots were roughly human size.

@Roboshi2007

3 жыл бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio There's an AU were the transformers never left cybertron until the energy crisis got so bad they had to fight proxy wars using smaller bots.

Intenet pedant: You're using the word "literally" wrong. Ashens: A screen _literally_ the size of a postage stamp. * literally covers the screen with an actual postage stamp *

@TheHutchy01

2 жыл бұрын

I mean it's not good when this piece of shit turns screen the size of a postage stamp from sarcastic aphorism to accurate description.

Nice to see you using a first class stamp. Keep up the good work fella and stay safe.

I bought the game and watch and I love it. It’s such a neat and charming retro device and ideally they would release a whole line of them maybe even the dual screen models but oh well

my wife hates me but atleast i can watch ashens and cry

@CarrotConsumer

3 жыл бұрын

Your wife hates me too, it's okay.

@badger5008

3 жыл бұрын

It looks like you can listen to Radiohead and cry as well.

@DedicatedAngler

3 жыл бұрын

I hate my wife

@fauster2850

3 жыл бұрын

@@badger5008 godspeed and silver mt zion have some good songs to cry to

Stuart: I'm sure many of you are watching and going "Aw, I really want one of those." Me: OMG someone actually BOUGHT that tiny thing?

Yes we got another video been waiting for this

The smb game and watch is really quite awesome. I love mine.

Good thing scalpers and bots have made getting a Game & Watch easy to get...

@RetroRespawn

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I bought mine with zero trouble after release, from Amazon at RRP. Ironically the ebay prices that scalpers are listing at, are coming down gradually, as they've realised that theres no particular shortage this time around. Mind you... They'll be back with a vengeance when Nintendo takes them off the shelves in March.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I got mine super easy by walking into a store and buying it. They're apparently being made to keep up with demand, they just won't be available after March next year.

@RetroRespawn

3 жыл бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio exactly this!

@TheMailmanOfSteel

3 жыл бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Guess I'll pick up a second to keep in the package unopened...

I'm looking forward to the Dreamcast mini that breaks my heart and runs on my tears.

@Milamberinx

3 жыл бұрын

Sega will make a few hundred thousand of them and just cart them straight to landfill, never bothering to let it live.

@TheVirtuoso883

3 жыл бұрын

With a mini VMU that fully works but is the size of your thumbnail

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheVirtuoso883 Given that the mini consoles have full-sized or at least 3/4 sized controllers, I'd expect a VMU to be smaller but not that much.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@Miles Prower Nothing pre-loaded, and it's not compatible with the original, so it's just sorta... there. Sure, it works, but there's nothing to connect it to.

I remember finding out that my grandparents still turned off their fridge overnight just in case it caught fire, this was the mid 90's. Still have a couple of old game and watches that are still going strong

Love your videos lol

One thing that I wonder why they haven't thought of, and which I think might sell quite well: Customized mini-consoles. Customized with respect to which games it comes bundled with. In other words, you go to the company's website selling the mini-console, it has a huge list of old-timey games that the console supports, each game has a particular price (like 10 cents, or 20 cents, or whatever), you click on the checkbox of each game you want, and then you order it and pay the total, and they send the mini-console bundled with the games you chose.

@Pikachu132

3 жыл бұрын

What would be the point of that? It would be MORE expensive to produce personalized versions for each customer than to just toss every game on every console, so you'd literally be paying extra for the option of recieving less.

@WarpRulez

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pikachu132 Yeah, because nobody in the history of humanity has ever paid for a customized product.

@Pikachu132

3 жыл бұрын

@@WarpRulez The point is that it IS more expensive to prepare and send out a system loaded with your personalized rom collection picked from a list than it is to just send out one of the 10 000 pre-prepared systems you have in your storage. You're literally saying you want to pay someone to REMOVE specific roms from your system so you get LESS. It costs them literally nothing to just give you everything instead of removing the specific ones you don't want. People that pay for customized things pay for certain extras that actually cost the manifacturer extra as well. Already licensed roms cost nothing.

I thought including a range of Game & Watch games would be their first thought. That's a shame.

@david12278

3 жыл бұрын

Considering it was just made for the mario anniversary and only using the game and watch design for nostalgia I'm not surprised it's just one game and watch game on there

I am so happy you got Ahoy to the trailer

I come here because I want to remember my old days. Ashens is the only youtuber I know that keep his style since the beginning. No fancy here and there. Just the same old Ashens. This is why I love him

4:15 you got a volume control, you got a HEAD phone jack..

@richardmullens4707

3 жыл бұрын

Oh......

the Game Gear Micro is real fucking cute and all but it really does feel like a piss take when there are tons of people who genuinely would love to have a modern version of a Game Gear that doesn't take up as much room, has a quality modern screen, doesn't eat up batteries like chips and comes with built-in games so you don't have to carry dozens of cartridges around. This is the kind of stuff these "mini" systems are really made for, especially since the Game Gear is a bit on the obscure side these days, and good luck finding a working one for sale, not to mention the games, and good luck being able to afford them. It's sad that emulation remains the best option for most people.

@InfernosReaper

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, to be real, people could just build their own emulation handheld that can emulate several systems and hundreds of games for the money just one of those stupid things costs. There even are kits for it that still cost less than one of these systems. That's just how much of a ripoff these mini-systems are

@Stephen__White

3 жыл бұрын

Emulation will always be the best option to play old games because you can have the Game Gear/Gameboy/NES/Genesis-Mega Drive/SNES all on one place. These mini consoles will NEVER be able to offer that.

@InfernosReaper

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stephen__White They could, but they have less storage space than a computer from the mid-90s

@Stephen__White

3 жыл бұрын

@@InfernosReaper See thing is you will very likely never see an official Mini console with all of those consoles in one system, and even if that does somehow happen you won't get every single game. That's my point. It wouldn't matter if they put a few terabytes of storage into a mini console, unless you want to hack it and put things onto it yourself you won't get everything in one place from an official product. It would just be far to costly to license all the old games that were not first party.

@InfernosReaper

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stephen__White It honestly dumb that anyone should have to license 20+ old media in the first place. Of course, that's a problem with the copyright laws. They started reasonable enough, but a lot of extensions got tacked on over the years, especially when Disney, a company that made bank off remaking public domain works, was about to lose copyright over Mickey Mouse. Gotta love greedy companies and lobbying. But anyway, why does anyone need anything *official* for doing *all* of the games ever anyway? There are plenty of good kits for Pi computers. Official things really shouldn't just be cheapass emulation boxes anyway. They be actual hardware made smaller & more energy efficient using the 20+ years of technological advancement.

I remember having something called a master gear. It was a master system extension for the game gear that allowed full size MS carts to play on the GG. It was awesome for the evenings when the one colour tv in the house was commandeered for eastenders and I wanted me some psycho fox

Love the different colours of console! 😁

I feel like this is Nintendo and Sega responding to those stupid little arcade machines that are too small to play.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

It is.

@deku812

3 жыл бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio perhaps, but as I noted, the Game & Watch is correct to their original size, they were meant to be played at that size.

@KertaDrake

3 жыл бұрын

If they REALLY wanted to make a joke out of it, they should have made it a bit more powerful and shoved Sonic '06 on it.

Me:"Ah it doesn't seem *that* small, it would be a bit awkward but I think I could get used to-..." Ashens: "Here's the battery compartment" *wherein the AAA batteries seem to be the size of AA* Me: "Oh..."

Outrun is a great game! Played it at a hotel in Blackpool once 😁

dr. robotnick's mean bean machine is the western mod of puyo puyo 2

@TheSmart-CasualGamer

3 жыл бұрын

And the offbrand version of Kirby's Avalanche for the SNES.

If the artist formally known as “Prince” wants a games console.... XD

@CaptainCrazyble

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha nice one

Alright, now where's that review of the full-sized C64 and the ZX Spectrum Next?

I’m impressed your stamp was 1st class! 😝

Wish I bought the Zelda game n watch when they were Walmart. The Easter eggs in Mario one is cool love the infinity lives by holding down the A button at the beginning of the title screen and the part where it sings while telling you how to draw Mario's face that will come up by holding the a button in the clock screen.

15:20​ the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2

Super Mario Bros 3 should have been included, it's the best one.

@quagernag

3 жыл бұрын

They surely release one for every Mario Bros... Which is shame.

@kahn1101

3 жыл бұрын

@@quagernag but they included the true super mario bros 2 already

@bland9876

3 жыл бұрын

Instead of nes games they should have had the game and watch mario games like mario cement factory

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@kahn1101 Doki Doki Panic was built off of a Mario 2 prototype that got shelved because Nintendo wanted to rush the sequel out, so they just made the original with new levels. Miyamoto didn't want to do that and didn't work on the Japanese version of Super Mario 2. He DID work on Doki Doki Panic AND its reworking to the NES as Mario 2. So really, the US Super Mario Bros. 2 has more right to be called the true one than the Japanese. And it was released in Japan as Super Mario USA, which was more popular than the mission pack they had gotten two years earlier.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@bland9876 But it was meant to be part of the 35th Anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros. It's Mario first and Game & Watch second.

spawn wave reviewed this ages ago, but I dont care because of ashens comments are always on spot and makes it so much better

i sharing this beautiful video with friend he l😘ve classic games oh man i remember when i playing sega gamegear in first time that was in 1993 my first game its street of rage in that time after that i bought shadow of dancer ninja with white wolf damn that was good time ..well thx 4 this amazing video ...from canada peace.👊

I'm surprised and at the same time not surprised at all that Ashens still has a postage stamp laying around.

@Milamberinx

3 жыл бұрын

What one Earth does that mean? Postage stamps are extremely useful for... you know... posting things.

@GigglingChinchilla

3 жыл бұрын

@@Milamberinx I know. But I don't know too many people who still send letters or packages with stamps. When I send a package I go to a store and they put the postage on it. Maybe it's an age difference, but I havent had to use a postage stamp for years.

@gwishart

3 жыл бұрын

You have to go to a store to send parcels?! Are there no post boxes in your country?

@redrumtm3435

3 жыл бұрын

The man has an old, dusty brown sofa. Of course he has postage stamps just waiting to be used.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@GigglingChinchilla It's a lot more convenient to have stamps on hand to put on your bills and such when you pay them than to take a stack of envelopes to the office to have them print them out.

The anniversary Game & Watch seems more of a better buy than that line of Game Gear Micro... At least you can PLAY the games properly with the G&W!

@fattiger6957

3 жыл бұрын

$60 for two nes roms in a fancy case still isn't that enticing for anyone who isn't an insane collector.

@Wuerfel21

3 жыл бұрын

Although playing SMB1 is like, the lowest bar there is. The sheer amount of ways to play that one game is astonishing. SMB2/lostlevels is a bit more rare, but only because no one cares about that one.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@fattiger6957 It's enticing to my dad who like Mario and hasn't been able to play it since I took the NES with me when I moved out for college. He refuse to play a system with more than 2 buttons and a D-pad because he's afraid it will be too much to keep up with. And to be fair, since the Game & Watch came out in 1980, this is really meant for an older audience to begin with.

@fattiger6957

3 жыл бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Even for people with heavy nostalgia, paying so much for so little should be an immediate turn off.

I remember buying this in 1992 happy days 😍 although I only played it with plugged in as batteries 🔋 died in like 10 minutes 😂

amazing! your Game gear is in perfect condition!

Hmm.. so after all these years, it seems as though Nintendo & Sega are now getting into that Pop Station action.

Had the GG mini been the same size of a og gba, it would have been perfect. The Game & Watch is a complete ripoff for what you get. I could get a Genesis Mini this weekend for the price of the Game & Watch. Both of these are some of the worst examples of companies cashing-in on collector's nostalgia. Even worse than Sony half assing the PS1 Classic. At least you can hack that.

@TheHutchy01

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted one of those Game and Watches right up to the price because it fulfills a niche in my life that exists but at like £15-20 not that much.

favorite youtuber of all time never a sellout

You got the 2 cutenessess 😍. Yeah man that original GG used more juice than a Range Rover 🤣🤣 Great video and your couch stays undefeated when it come to most comfortable reviews👍🏾

Not gonna lie, love my SMB G&W. I was waiting for a seat at the poker room near me, and I could play SMB properly (emulation on my Android phone is nice, but the tangible buttons make it worth it for me). After that, having the clock on (sometimes) while I played poker was wonderful and kind of calming.

Is that RetroAhoy narrating the Polybius Heist trailer in the middle???

@offender0

3 жыл бұрын

It 100% is. Sadly that's all he does, he isn't in the movie IRRC

Nice that Ahoy is along for the movie!

Would totally get a reboot or mini game gear. The fact it was full color and mobile was absolutely insane for the time, and completely worth the cost of batteries. Just like early laptops with those massive battery packs, by today's standard yeah pain in the ass but for the time absolutely mind-blowing. It was the only sega thing I used and even though I sucked at the games I loved it.

I'd imagine the only redeeming factor for the Game Gear Micro would've been an ability to connect it to hdmi.

@zzoinks

3 жыл бұрын

It seems so cute. I feel like if there was a bigger, playable Game Gear Micro, Sega could still make this cute, tiny replica just for fun. They could keep making the playable version and a toy version (without electronics) which is cheaper. I think a toy version would be fun to carry around with keys and fiddle with without worrying about damaging an expensive collectors item. It could be a cute watch, keychain light, play some chiptune Sega tunes, FM radio and MP3 player. If the controls were improved, could it be a mini Bluetooth controller for smartphones? (just some random ideas) Maybe that could ruin the collectability of the collectors version, but I'm sure it would still be very unique.

@queazocotal

3 жыл бұрын

Screen casting over wifi even might be acceptible.

@Webshooters1

3 жыл бұрын

@@zzoinks I was excited when they announced these Game Gear Micros hoping it would be in the vein of those smaller retro consoles but with modern advances like the NES/SNES Classic/Sega Genesis/PS Classic but when I saw just how small they were (and the fact they were exclusive to Japan) I was saddened. I owned a Game Gear myself back in the day and had a few games like X-Men Mojo World. I still want a Game Gear Classic that's smaller than the original brick but with the better backlit screen, rechargeable battery, maybe even an HDMI port so it could be played on the TV and perhaps an MP3 player for the hell of it.

There’s one left in stock at a GameStop 30 miles away from me. Should I go for it?

@Alanphuphalee

3 жыл бұрын

Watch the whole video first

@john_toss

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alanphuphalee 4:17

@ComputerBladet

3 жыл бұрын

Highly doubt you will use it. It looks nice and thats fine but really... expensive and to small screen.

@hyliandragon5918

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, as long as you're actually going to play the games.

@tncorgi92

3 жыл бұрын

Better get it before GameStop closes for good.

I found a bunch of game and watch roms on one of those chinese handhelds and I have to say I’m enjoying them immensely. Brings me back to childhood when those things were the coolest

I would go crosseyed playing that not that I would it looks well made and good for showing on your shelf.

When even comparing GBA SP and GB Micro it really is a shame that the Micro is a bit.. too Micro, it has the best screen compared to even the SP, but it's just a bit too small.

@Vode_ika

3 жыл бұрын

Check out the second version of the SP with the much better backlit screen.

@TheTurnipKing

3 жыл бұрын

They had about umpteen million other GBA models by that point. The Micro was pretty much just a tail-end novelty.

Segs: Let's make the MOST unplayable Classic Console on the Market. Sony: You'll be sorry...

@carrissasky5635

3 жыл бұрын

Finally, Sega outdid Sony on something.

@Armed2Ninja

3 жыл бұрын

I don't get that could you explain?, is it reference to the psp or the psp go?

@spanner7576

3 жыл бұрын

@@Armed2Ninja could be about the PlayStation classic I think that one was pretty bad.

It's like those mini Etch a Sketches!

Ashens does more for me than meditation, my best way to relax. Strange how the brain works

Fun fact Ashen Reuploaded this video because he thought it never got posted.

@dennisbowen452

2 жыл бұрын

Phew that's a relief. I woke up this morning thinking oh boy a day off and a new ashens video but it was deleted like 2 minutes in and I was sad

When I first saw these I thought it was just a non function miniature replica of the Game Gear. Imagine if Nintendo did a Game Boy Mini.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see a Game Boy Classic the size of a Game Boy Pocket but with however many built-in games, backlit color display, and rechargeable.

I would put up with the ridiculous size if the shining force games were in English. Love me some shining force

The game gear reminds me of my childhood. I thought it was unbelievable that we could get that sort of entertainment portably.

What I wanna know is how anyone can pay £40 for that?!?! £14 more like it...

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Just because it's small doesn't mean it's any less complicated to manufacture.

@jmckendry84

3 жыл бұрын

@@OtakuUnitedStudio and it probably wasn't made in massive quantities that would allow them to drive the price way down, either.

This channel watches like a Peep Show episode. It’s bloody brilliant.

Bought it, loved it! Polybious Heist FTW! Encore: "Trilogy, Trilogy, Trilogy!" 😄👌👏👍

Elliott is awesome! Would love to see some collaborations in the future.