So Wario sets up Mario Clash so Mario would be too pre-occupied to star in a main game thus allowing Wario to take the main spotlight in Wario Land on Virtual Boy. Deepest lore.

@ZingaMadinga

6 ай бұрын

That actuslly makes sense, except for the fact that the Game never tells you who it is in the intro, so why does everyone think it's wario? Manual said it?

You're actually lucky that you couldn't make it to level 99, I heard that if you beat the whole game in one sitting the Virtual Boy merges with your face in a bizarre Twilight Zone-style morality play about the horrors of getting too enthralled in a virtual world

@TheSmart-CasualGamer

5 жыл бұрын

What?...

@JeremyParish

5 жыл бұрын

Only Wil Wheaton and Ashley Judd can save us now

@TheSmart-CasualGamer

5 жыл бұрын

I'd rather death thanks. I hate Will Wheaton.

@ATippingBarn

5 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Parish wow, TNG deep cut.

@ryanmurphy6949

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Shut up Wesley!

I continue to be genuinely baffled as to why Nintendo never released any Virtual Boy titles on the 3DS. (And at this point, it's safe to say they won't.)

@IanSane

5 жыл бұрын

The worst thing about it was that was clearly the one opportunity to re-releases these games. The 3D gimmick of the 3DS never really became the system selling feature that Nintendo hoped it would be to the point where they released versions without the feature at all. So unless Nintendo joins the current VR scene at some point I'm guessing we won't see another 3D Nintendo system. This was the only time we could have seen these games again and we didn't get them. So we never will and that's a shame.

@jasonblalock4429

5 жыл бұрын

@@IanSane Yeah, and I actually don't see Nintendo being very interested in VR. Their corporate philosophy, since at least the Wii, has been aimed at encouraging in-person social play. VR doesn't really go along with that. I see them as being much more interested in AR and similar technologies. Stuff like Pokemon Go which integrates gaming into everyday life, rather than shutting the user away from the world around them.

@ZingaMadinga

6 ай бұрын

I think it would have been great, but the games would only work out on a new 3DS, or new 3D XL, because those are the only ones with two ciecle pads, AND 3d mode, so I think virtual boy would actually be better on switch, but it's too late for that now

I like this series as actual in depth reviews of these games are scarce and me as a die hard Nintendo fan loves information like this. It's kinda funny how Nintendo is treating the Virtual Boy, but as shown in this video they don't celebrate the games, they just use self-deprecating comedy whenever VB is talked about. #savethevb

I always make an event out of watching your videos. You deserve more subscriptions.

A good game im surprised never got a 3DS remake it looks fun as hell

@Poever

5 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised Nintendo missed the opportunity to release any Virtual Boy games on the 3DS eShop. It’s too late now

@evenmorebetter

5 жыл бұрын

It IS fun as hell

@ZingaMadinga

6 ай бұрын

I'm still waiting for any release or remake of virtual boy games. Nintendo has a big opertuniy to make a switch game that's just all of the virtual boy games, and the could give you the option to play them in color!

Getting to level 99 and beyond is insane. I did it for my video and holy crap. After 99 the levels loop back from 1 and on but the enemies get MUCH faster

I was lucky (?) enough to have a Virtual Boy growing up, and I sunk so many hours into this game, it was such a fun, fresh challenge. Just hearing the sound of a koopa shell colliding with an enemy gave me some powerful nostalgia vibes

@bobcharlotte8724

5 жыл бұрын

Can you see anything other than red now? Lol

@HybridAngelZero

5 жыл бұрын

@@bobcharlotte8724 ....you mean everything isn't supposed to be red?

I have the vaguest memory of seeing this game box in a Funcoland back in the 90s. I completely forgot about it until now!

I gotta say, this is one of the most criminally underrated gaming channels i’ve seen on this platform. I’ve been a fan for a few years now and each video never ceases to blow my mind with the time and effort you put into each one. Channels like this should seriously become more mainstream!

I missed the Sting reference in the title until just now. Nice one!

The 3D effect in this game is quite nice. The single-screen nature of the game gives it a diorama-like effect. Almost like the game is taking place in a physical space inside the goggles you're peering through.

This looked great on an actual Virtual Boy, but with a flat view like this it kind of breaks my brain with the perspective.

@jasonblalock4429

5 жыл бұрын

I know. You'd almost think they deliberately designed it to give false perspectives in 2D. Except, why?

@JeremyParish

5 жыл бұрын

Even in 3D, it's tricky to line up your shots between layers due to the perspective.

Maybe Wario appears in this game to enact revenge for what Mario did for his brief cameo appearance in the original Wario Land.

oh man, I love when you put up the dual L + R screens, I can do that little cross eye thing to see it in 3D. I never owned or even used a virtual boy so this is the closest I've been to experiencing that. It's really neat!

I remember being pretty lukewarm on this game back when it was current, but seeing it again in this video it looks a lot more fun than I originally gave it credit.

such a lost opportunity to have this on the 3DS. Especially when we got games like Mighty Switch Force, Mutant Mudds that utilized both planes of movement

This game looks _so fun!_ Dang it, Nintendo. You put so much thought into the mechanics for Mario Clash. You can't just let it sit there neglected!

@gooeydude574

2 жыл бұрын

This very much applies to the Wario Land series

I always thought the music you use to tease the next episode at the end sounded like a flashy sales pitch on a showroom floor of a car dealership. Or that moment on the game show where they show you what amazing prize you could win. It's cheesy but it gets stuck in your head after watching so many of these videos. You grow to look forward to it for reasons you don't completely understand.

love the game, played it all the way through via emulation playing it in the 90s on my sister's virtual boy was much fun. I love the stereo on the console, i put my headphones on for this vid

This was one of the better games on VB. Not mentioned, you can attack using the right D-pad by pressing the throw direction.

Love the album referenced by the video subtitle - haven't listened to that in years

Your video is fantastic and definitely makes some great points. Would love to see VB rereleases out someday! Also did you know you can actually hit the fireballs with a shell? They give 50 points :D

I've been waiting for Jack Bros since I started watching this

Another amazing video. Can't wait for the book!

I don't know what to attribute it to, but I used to play this so much that to this day, I can't look at a red 2D screenshot of this game without my brain trying to automatically see depth in it

Very interesting video

Imagine how majestic it would have been if the 3ds's last hurrah was a remake of this and Wario Land together for 3ds, not... a remake of a game that can already be played on it

The reasons why they chose not to release VB games on the 3DS continue to elude me.

GREAT SFX THOUGH

The lack of 3D starts to make this game look like a M.C. Escher picture.

I hope this title is a Sting reference, or else I am becoming old.

@JeremyParish

5 жыл бұрын

Every video title in this series has been a reference to ’80s music.

@JeremyParish

5 жыл бұрын

However, you are also becoming old.

I had no idea there was almost a Virtual Boy Mario Land. What I wouldn't give for Nintendo to open the archives for that game

This would be awesome for that 3ds VB collection of my dreams, but I’d be fine with a colorized version on Switch using a bokeh DOF effect when Mario changes layers. Also "Fortress Around Your Heart" is still a pretty good song.

A classic! (Or a clash-ic.)

Man, i really wish there was a rom of that cancelled Mario platformer. If you think these games are gonna be lost then i'm sorry but i don't agree, those Space World demos are the real lost VB games.

Reminds me of Discs of Tron-interesting.

nice

Sometimes I feel like the Virtual Boy is from an alternate timeline that merged with this one. In that timeline, I suspect the Super NES never existed, and Nintendo coasted along with NES and Game Boy until 1995, possibly going out of business after the N64 and Virtual Boy failed. The N64 was a total failure just like the Saturn because Nintendo never had a relationship with Rare, due to Donkey Kong Country not existing either. Gunpei Yokoi's death ends up happening shortly after Nintendo goes out of business, making it all the more symbolic. This game and the Virtual Boy in general weirdly make more sense there, the way it seeks to build on and expand the concepts of the Arcade, Game Boy and NES eras but seems not to have learned anything or been seriously influenced by the SNES titles at all. If you think about it, there's no good reason for Nintendo to release new hardware ahead of the N64 if they already have the Super Nintendo.

So I'm merely hypothesizing, but perhaps the Virtual Boy was intended to have four face buttons? In Mario World he does jump with B too. But the controller having two d-pads, 4 buttons, and on top of shoulder triggers would've been too much. Extremely speculative on my part. Then again it could also just be them messing up the inputs! Still a shame about VB Mario Land.

It's like Mario Bros Pounchball sequel

What's the over/under that the next episode will be called "You Don't Know Jack Bros."?

Jeremy, a suggestion. I know why you made these VB videos monochrome but maybe the first part, before the box art shot, in the original color tone would be good? Just to give a sense of the real color tone....? Loving these episodes!

@JeremyParish

5 жыл бұрын

I included red-filter samples in the first few episodes and heard nothing but complaints about it. There's no winning here.

@PPLToast

5 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the filter coloring didn't match 1:1 (at least with Galactic Pinball), which is why I think people complained about it. Unless I missed some other complaints, I don't think there's any issue to using it?

@bobcharlotte8724

5 жыл бұрын

@@JeremyParish haha... dont worry then and just keep up the great content!

How long can you play the Virtual Box in one sitting? I heard a few months ago there was a 3DS emulator in the works. That would probably be the best modern way to play, if the emulation is decent.

@jasonblalock4429

5 жыл бұрын

Currently, there are two emulators available, and both of them are awful - and they appear to no longer be under development. (One, derived from Libretto, doesn't even support 3D.) A third group is working on a totally new emulator, found here: perfectkiosk.net/, but it's clearly slow going so there's no telling when - or if - it will actually be ready for prime time. And I'm sort of dubious about their decision to make it Java-based...

@CandisClassicGameShrine

5 жыл бұрын

The emulator was just updated on planet VB. It’s still not done but supposedly in the works still

@Septer_Sever

5 жыл бұрын

@@jasonblalock4429 Java? Noooooo!!!

Lastly watching see of this non 3d capture footage makes Mario clash look like an M.C. Eicher painting

Oh YESS

I like that Sting album

They should've released this on 3ds

Anyone else hoping for a Virtual Boy Collection for Switch to go with the LABO VR Goggles?

@JeremyParish

5 жыл бұрын

Oh yes.

What is the end theme from? It sounds familiar.

It's really a shame that Mario Clash doesn't have battery save, because if it saved your high scores and let you start from any level you had unlocked, this good game would have been great... but as it is, it's a score attack game with a long playtime on a system you don't really want to be using for a long time, which is a big issue. I like the VB quite a bit, but it's not meant to be played for 99 levels of Mario Clash all at once!

It's been so very many years, since I've played this that I'd forgotten the reverse controls. However, this game was fun but got old very quickly. VB Wario Land was by a large margin the better game.

Your final statement about these games basically forcing people to either emulate or drop tons of cash on a seemingly novelty platform seems to be Nintendo's long-term game plan.

Great coverage. How anyone outside a curmudgeony hater could thumbs down this is beyond me. But... Internet...

I cannot tell how much of a monumental opportunity they missed when they failed to port any or all of the virtual boy catalog over to the 3ds handheld. Makes me wanna scream everytime I think about how badly I want to play that warioland title and can't easily nowadays thanks to another shitty Nintendo decision with room sites.

I never could play this for long. Not sure why, it was fine but meh just never grabbed me. Love your reviews, especially the virtual boy ones as you actually go I. Depth not just urgh! It's red and rubbish

@JeremyParish

4 жыл бұрын

This one feels a little underbaked. Needed more development time to really come together, I think, but time was not a luxury the VB enjoyed...

What emulator did you use to play this?

@JeremyParish

2 жыл бұрын

I used a Virtual Boy system modded for video output.

@exodia9817

Жыл бұрын

@@JeremyParish I'm impressed

The 3ds perfect to bring the better Virtual Boy games. Too bad.