Virtual Boy Wario Land - Review | hungrygoriya
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- After modifying our Virtual Boy for RGB AV out, I played through Virtual Boy Wario Land and enjoyed the unique, albeit difficult to control platformer. It was very quirky and weird just like Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. 🍖
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Oh dang, switching to that original Game Boy color palette is really smart. I played this in black and white and I wish I'd done this instead. And I agree the controls do feel a bit backwards. Thanks for posting
I thought the yellow was pretty sharp! There are some interesting colour choices. I'm glad the mod allowed for those kinds of changes since the red is so dark!
My two favorites retro gamming youtubers interacting! what is this? a crossover episode?
I was actually lucky enough to grow up with a Virtual Boy (my mom got it dirt cheap on clearance at a Blockbuster) and I really do love this game, even though it's easily the weakest Wario Land title.
It's also an actual crime that not this nor any Virtual Boy titles have seen any kind of rerelease at all! I mean, the 3DS was practically begging for it
Oh man... I wish I'd had one growing up! My best friend had one with the baseball game and I found that so boring but always wondered what else was on it.
And I wish they'd re-release these games too. That would be pretty amazing, honestly! So many people have never been able to experience them.
@@hungrygoriya I also had Mario's Tennis, Panic Bomber and Mario Clash, the latter two are highly recommend as well! Even if they aren't in 3D, I still hope the Virtual Boy's library gets an official rerelease soon
I have a special place in my heart for this game and find it criminal that it has never been re-released in any form.
It's really a shame, you're right. I'm guessing none of the Virtual Boy library has been re-released?
@@hungrygoriya I always thought the 3ds was the perfect platform for it, but as far as I know, no rereleases. I honestly only think this and teleroboxer are really worth it though.
@@TechnicolorDojo The 3DS would be a perfect answer, most definitely. I like Mario Tennis a lot too! And that Bomberman puzzle game.
Nintendo won't even acknowledge the Virtual Boy's very existence. They were pretty quick to sweep it under the rug near the end of 1996, and have rarely mentioned it since.
@@adamking6645 It's unfortunate. Most of the games were pretty fun, from what I've experienced at least.
VB Wario Land has to be one the most gorgeous 2-D platformers to me. The VB's lack of a color palette and high resolution leads to some really incredible pixel art.
It's a gorgeous game, definitely!
The yellow makes this 100% easier to look at for me. Great review, looks fun.
The red is so dark! Yellow, purple or grey were my favourites of the bunch for the eyes. And thank you for watching!
Great review. I've never played a VB but I love the Wario games on the various Game Boy systems. It always amazed me how difficult they were despite being practically invincible as Wario.
Thank you so much for your kind words! In some of the later games, they did away with health bars, right? In the first two games, you can get wrecked pretty easily but at least it seems like there are unlimited continues. I'm looking forward to the later games!
@@hungrygoriya I believe starting with Wario Land 2 for GB colour they did away with the health bar and turned the games into very clever puzzle/platformers. Also the naming convention for this series seems to be a puzzle onto itself.
@@ihaveallthecoins2785 I'm curious to see how they did things without a life bar. It seems like a pretty drastic change.
After a video about the story of the virtual boy showed up on my youtube feed yesterday, now this video, it's a great weekend to learn and see more about this console, a nice surprise.
I didn't know that it's possible to modify the virtual boy like that, it's great, since the console can make people sick very easily.
That was a nice review :)
I'm glad my timing was good :) Thanks for watching! I hope to play some more Virtual Boy in the future since it's going to be easier than ever to enjoy the games.
It was a funny surprise!
You're welcome :)
You're right! They are not a lot of games so it won't take you long, also it's seems like the majority of games are not really great.
@@Bipdark I'll have to keep an eye out for some deals. The only multicart-like thing out there cannibalizes real games and I don't want to buy into that :(
I wonder how much they can cost now.
I see, and I understand, that's not great at all.
That is one legit setup, wow! It's sweet that the yellow color also works for keys and coins. It seems like this is a contrasting position to the huge hype that I've seen for this game on some Reddit threads. To each their own, of course. Thanks for the review!
Thanks very much about the colour choice. I resisted the pressure to switch to red because the yellow is just so much nicer to see everything with!
And it's not a bad game by any means... just not mind-blowing. Being one of the best on a system doesn't give it some elite status of being the best thing everywhere, at least not as far as I'm concerned.
This capture looks so clean, great job! Nice to see someone giving some virtual boy content. I do love me some wario, so it was nice to see this! Keep it up! would love to see more.
Thank you! I have some other games to try out, so hopefully I can make some more videos!
Always loved the Wario character so it has been a quest to own all of his games! Unfortunately I find getting a system for one good game isn’t worth it for me. I hope, at some point, Nintendo tried rereleasing this title so it makes my quest easier 😊
The hat loses oh the woes in deed! I found the yellow experience to be the least eye searing of all experiences for Virtual Boy streams. Oddly, this is my first experience of watching a Wario game, and I'm delighted you turned it into a video. Excellent as always! Thank you for sharing.
Eye-searing, hahahaha... that cracks me up so much! And the Wario games are a lot of fun if you don't mind something a little slower-paced with some puzzles from time to time. I really love the first game!
It's only recently I saw (and got to try) the Virtual Boy - what with living in a PAL region and all that. I love the idea of it being a super-powered Game Boy… at least if not for the 3D-ness (and I won't ever stop lamenting the fact the 3DS Virtual Console would have been perfect for it).
But seeing this in action, makes me at least want to get an emulator going… 'cause whoa is it a pricey sucker to get going (and importing), that's for sure!
Yeah, they really missed the boat not bringing this library to the 3DS... they had one really perfect opportunity and didn't take it. It's really too bad :(
And I hope you'll have an opportunity to play some of the games! I really like Mario Tennis as well. The games are as charming as you might expect! There's lots of VB homebrew out there too that I have no way to play on original hardware. It'd be worth looking into for sure!
I wish they'd release this one again- loved playing it on the Virtual Boy back in the day!
I thought for sure they'd port a few Virtual Boy games to the 3DS. Definitely a missed opportunity!
@Matthew Wade Who knows what the future will bring? Keep all your fingers crossed!
I cannot agree at all with your distaste for the run button being mapped to the trigger. That's actually one of my favorite parts of the game. It took me a bit of getting used to, but I ended up loving not having my one finger over the run button my proxy of it hovering over A. I felt more of an incentive to not run all the time that way.
4:52 "experience of playing it through the visor" Pure torture. And then when you take it off, the colors of the real world are all wonky due to staring at bright red for an hour.
Thankfully the mod puts it on the TV for me, but I do recall playing the baseball game at my friend's house growing up. It was the most antisocial social time I remember having.
Dang, the pixel art in this is lovely - really makes me wish for an alternate universe Game Boy sequel with a bigger, higher resolution screen. 😅 Thanks for making and sharing this video!
You're very welcome! And the graphics are really nice! I loved how detailed everything was overall, but it was also very distracting. I'd find myself looking at something neat and getting pummeled in the meantime!
Thanks for showing this off. Fun to see what the VB could do without having to find one and strap it to my face.
My pleasure! Thanks for checking this out :)
Thank you for the great review! Knowing the pitfalls you encountered along the way like the dash and waterfall swimming will definitely help me when I finally try to tackle this game proper!
Now if we can only get a Manual Gaming episode on GOLF for the Virtual Boy?! Please?!?! :)
I had a feeling this request was coming based on your inquiries in the streams... bah!
@@hungrygoriya DO ITTTT!
Good review. So cool you have a modded virtual boy. Personally I loved this game. I've played all the wario land games except shake it. My personal order of best to worst is 4, 1, vb, 2, and 3. Also my favorite vb game is probably Mario Clash.
I was pretty happy that it was an option to modify it! When I got my VB it came as part of a big lot that I purchased, so I wasn't looking for it specifically and didn't really have many plans to play it. The mod makes it so much more worthwhile to set up and play!
I've only played the first two Wario Land games... I recently picked up Wario Land 2 but still have 3 and 4 to find. I've heard absolutely wonderful things about 4!
Solid video as always HG. Not my kinda game but I really dig the graphical tricks and the choice to use yellow is not a bad one!
Well thanks very much :) A slow platformer once in a blue moon is a nice change of pace for me from RPGs. And thanks about the yellow... there was much protesting during the streams for red, and I had none of that. Thanks for watching!
@@hungrygoriya you're welcome!
My little brother had a virtual boy when we were kids. I really got into this game having been a huge fan of the gameboy wario game. I really enjoyed this game and loved the graphics, though it was very tiring trying to keep my face in a giant robot mask. Lol. I wished that it had a bigger library. I really liked the robot fighting game. Cant remember what it was called but that game was really fun even though I dont typically like those kind of games.
I used to play with the Virtual Boy at a friend's house, lying on the floor and straining to get my eyes to the visor. Looking back, I have no idea how I played it for so long that way. And you're likely thinking of Teleroboxer, yes? I'm so terrible at it, but I think it looks amazing!
Some of the endings are earned by collecting all the treasures and clearing the game in a certain amount of time. For the best one, grab everything and clear it in under an hour and a half. That takes some practice and liberal use of the shoulder buttons.
Yeah, I suppose it'd take a lot of replaying and practice to get there. Have you made it through the good ending yourself? I only found 3 or 4 of the treasures in my playthrough.
@@hungrygoriya Yep, the last time I played. All the online sources say 2 hours is the limit, but that's never worked out for me.
Tip for the forest stage: Everything you need is in the last room--both the key and a secret passage to a bonus room containing the treasure. Just sprint there and don't waste additional time on the two paths leading to it.
@@leethompson-kolar6333 Right on. I'd like to try for a better time now that I feel like I have a better handle on things. Thanks for the tip!
I love that you explain the story and changed the color to yellow! I also didnt know it was different from other platformers. :)
The yellow colour made it easier to stare at for a few hours than the red, that's for sure. Thanks for watching!
this game looks fun to play
I saved up money as a kid and bought one these. I only had a few games. Mario tennis, Teleroboxer (came with the system but was definitely fun) and this game. Wario Land was the entire reason I got the Virtualboy. All the reasons you gave for disliking the game was why I loved it. It was hard. You had to think and you had to plan. This was no simple A to B Super Mario level. There were stakes at play and I loved it. With each play through, I learned and got better. This wasn’t just a game to beat. This was a game about struggling to the end and learning how to do it better. Also, the final boss probably would have been easier to defeat on the actual visor. The final boss is located between the foreground and the background which is displayed better on the original hardware. At the end of the day, I love this game. I wish it would be re-released on the switch.
I've since replayed quite a bit of this one and liked it a lot more than my first run through. I wish I would've had a VB growing up. Do you still have yours? And I think they missed a big opportunity to release some of these games for the 3DS, but the Switch would certainly be a good platform too!
Whoa, I didn't know the VB had any mods, I'm going to have to look into that! I'd love to play my VB on a TV. Def one of the best on the system, but like you said, it isn't saying much. Great review!
Yeah! It was a really pleasant surprise to learn about the Virtual Tap mod. I don't think he's making them more, but the torch has been passed on to other companies that are thankfully continuing his great work.
And thanks so much! I really loved SML3 and I kept wishing this game was a little more like that one. I still can't quite place my finger on what felt so different in the VB game.
The final boss's name is Demon Head 8:00
Wario Land VB was Nintendo's attempting to push the 3D depth to its limits but I feel like they dragged it out and made it the star of the show instead of balancing gameplay mechanics and level design. I don't feel like the game is too long because it does allow saving, but I do see the flaws. Still a worthwhile game in the small VB library. I originally owned WLVB for the Virtual Boy back in the day and I never completed the game, I would love to on original hardware if I could just get a VGA out VB with swap able palettes and both screens displayed. The Virtual Boy failed because it wasn't a social system, and Nintendo should have provided TV output and it would have sold reasonable well if they went that route.
It's a great Virtual Boy game, definitely! There's no argument there :)
I wish I could play this game!!!!!
That hat diagram was insane! It is really cool that you modded your virtual boy; I am impressed.
Did you miss the 3d aspect of the game when you played on the CRT? Or is the 3d experience really pointless?
I wish I could say I was responsible for the mod, but it was my better half that did the work. I missed most of the 3D from it by playing on a CRT since the mod only grabs video from one of the two eyepieces, but it was far from unplayable.
I really like the use of the background/foreground transitioning, though it does seem to be tough to keep track of mini-Wario back there as you mentioned. I wonder if there is a compatible 3rd-party controller that could make these games easier to play..? And I remember that moment when you realized you could swim up the waterfall.. come on, we all know waterfalls are only to hide caves, not to swim up. Great work as always.
Someone mentioned to me that some of the later Kirby games do something similar and execute it really well, so those might be some games to try! And unfortunately the controller is attached to the Virtual Boy and also powers it. I'm not sure if there'd be a workaround!
And what the heck, right? I wish there would've been a secret behind the waterfall... that would've made my day.
"Wah ree oh"
"Merr ee oh"
WHAAAA?
Seriously, though, I'm glad I never had a Virtual Boy. I don't think my eyes could have handled it.
The mod makes it a million times better playing on a CRT.
Might want to check out Jack Bros., also for the Virtual Boy.
I actually played through it last year. I'm pretty sure I have a review written up for it but I just haven't gotten around to putting it out yet!
@@hungrygoriya ohhh I'm excited to see it come out eventually!
Great review! I’d play this game if Nintendo would reissue it.
I hoped they'd bring some of these to 3DS, but it never happened :(
6:52 _...what?!?_ That's from the manual? That "power up diagram" is _way_ more complicated than it needs to be. If I'm reading the arrows correctly, each power-up item always transforms Wario to a specific form, no matter what form he's currently in. This could have been represented by a simple 2x3 table, instead of that confusing mess of a flow-chart.
It hurts my brain and I don't think I ever really truly knew what to expect when picking something up.
Great review! This game still looks pretty cool. I've only played a little of it on an emulator (no Virtual Boy for me yet, sadly). It still baffles me why Nintendo didn't rerelease some of these games for the 3DS or that 3-D visor thing on the Switch. But they sometimes seem like they don't like money, unlike Wario.
I think there's enough of a VB following to warrant a re-release of this library. I don't know that they'd be diving into rooms full of cash, but they'd definitely make something on it!
I hope you'll get to play the whole game sometime. It's a lot of fun despite some trouble from that last boss.
I'm just confused that you pronounce Mario the Canadian way, but Wario the Standard way.
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lol this deserves many likes
How many consoles are hooked up to that monitor/tv? I see a NES, SNES, master system, genesis, genesis CD, Dreamcast, play station 2, and Xbox. I, pretty sure I missed at least one. That’s a nice retro set up HG.
Awww thanks! I'm glad we have a space dedicated to this stuff because it all started out in my living room with precarious cable swapping every time I wanted to play something. This is much nicer now!
Hidden up in the cube shelves, there's an N64, a GameCube, and a Sega Saturn as well. In the closet shelving behind where I took the photo from, there are a bunch of Atari 2600s (different models), Atari 7800, a Magnavox Odyssey 2, Intellivision 1 and 2, as well as a Neo Geo MVS. Those all need a different setup.
Oh cool, I have a virtual boy but the right eye doesn't work, I need to track this mod down, thank you for sharing.
It's a pretty easy install too! Good luck with it! I think there are several output types as well if you don't have an RGB/SCART setup.
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GREAT immersion, GREAT soundtrack, GREAT overall design. She is heavily undervaluing this; she didn't play through the visor which ruins the immersion factor and it looks amazing in the black and red palette. She didn't RUN which affected her ability to play it efficiently and skillfully (imagine playing a super mario game and not running?? yeah.. same thing). Clever puzzles and secrets- I challenge you to find all the treasures without help.. its NOT easy. Easily the best Virtual Boy title, and I contend it is the best Wario title.
This was a cool game. Needs to be re released. Great review, but girl- you aren't really good based on the footage! Lol! Having fun is all that matters anyway.
I struggled playing through this one, hahaha... I knew someone would mention it eventually, and I definitely own it :D It felt super different from all the Mario games I've played and expected it to be more like.
I dare you to review Waterworld for Virtual Boy 😛
Unfortunately I don't own that one... it's pretty expensive! I've been keeping an eye out for a long while.
@@hungrygoriya I looked around a bit and holy crap! I didn't know it cost that much to get your hands on a copy these days! I think I bought my copy out of the value bin at Best Buy in the 90's for something like $5 or $10! 😂😂
Well, spoiler: its inferno level hot garbage wrapped up nicely in grey plastic. I played it for like 30 minutes in total. I think i used it as a coaster on my coffee table for a couple years. I kinda regret that now... 😂
Out of curiosity, what VB games do you have? I SHOULD (hopefully... maybe...) be able to find mine in my storage room if you'd like to do a review on something I have but you don't... If you wouldn't mind sending them back to me afterwards. I still have my VB in it's original box. I SHOULD (hopefully... maybe...) have the cartridges in there.
@@thetinpin Ohhh nooooo! I hope it's still in relatively good shape overall! But nice that you got it for a good price back in the day.
@@thetinpin I have Wario Land, Mario Clash, Teleroboxer, Golf, Mario Tennis, Galactic Pinball, 3D Tetris, and three Japanese games: V Tetris, the Bomberman puzzle game whose name escapes me, and Vertical Force.
That's a very kind offer, but I think the way things are right now with shipping being ridiculously slow and expensive (I'm in Canada), it might not be worth sending things off this way. I do appreciate the sentiment though!
Nice video, where did you mod your virtual boy? Would be possible to give me the contact information of that person ? Thank you.
We ordered a Furrtek Virtual Tap mod and my boyfriend installed it for me. Furrtek has since stopped producing the kit, but if you go to the link in the description, they've listed some other suppliers that are producing it now.
Got it ! Thank you so much for responding 👍!
@@juanosize My pleasure. Good luck with the mod if you go ahead with it!
lol, so you say merry-o, but not wary-o? XD
Who says wary-o? Gosh. :D
Why pronounce it Merio but not Werio? lol. I think they should be pronounced the same since it's only a letter difference
This is an excellent question that I don't have an answer for :D
I don't see you running a lot in this review. It may be why you died a lot. It's like a Mario game... You need to run to have momentum.
Also, the final boss is the worst part of this game.
Running in a Mario game? Hah!
But yes, I did realize that after the fact. They mapped run to the shoulder buttons which was not at all intuitive, and I had almost completely forgotten existed.