A comprehensive review/discussion of Megami Tensei's most legendary spinoff, Jack Bros. for the Virtual Boy, with all endings, bosses, and characters covered. Yeah, really.
Don't forget Black Jack....I mean Black Frost....I mean Jakku Frost. And then there's Ace Frost and King Frost and Demon-hee-ho and Raidou Frost and Frost Five featuring Milk Frost.....yes, that's a thing thanks to the greatness of Soul Hackers. :D
2:58 JACK LANTERN is his Japanese name. Since what they were obviously going for, “Jack O’ Lantern”, was too long for the Nocturne UI, they had to switch it up a bit. That’s why we got Pyro Jack. This stuck until Persona 5 when Atlus USA decided to backstep to Jack O’ Lantern.
adding onto this, Furin is more than likely supposed to be Cu Chulainn. other early translations butchered his name pretty creatively, like Last Bible's "Cufling" lol
@@ChoiceSnarf Jack O' Lantern is a better name for the character (seeing as that is literally what he is), but Pyro Jack will always have a special place in my heart.
I think the Pyro Jack ending is meant to imply that Pixie is secretly the princess, since she came out from behind the door Pixie hid behind. I have no idea how that makes any sense since you see them together in the Jack Frost ending, but I cant imagine what else its supposed to imply.
I interpreted it that *this particular* Pixie was the Fairy Princess herself in disguise and the Pixies helping Jack Frost and Jack the Ripper were just normal Pixies. It’s a bit convoluted, but I imagine that all 3 Jack Brothers’ “stories” are happening within the dungeons in a particular order, with one Brother speeding a floor ahead, one lagging behind, and one somewhere in between. I picture it like this: 1) Pyro Jack finishes first, hence the Princess not being there yet. 2) Jack Frost comes in second. 3) Jack the Ripper arrives last, where he and the Princess enter the door and it closes behind them; ending with the villains’ dialogue. Yes. I am also implying that the bosses got their asses handed to them 3 times in a row in the same 1 hour timespan. Could happen. Ya know... since Beelzebub clearly wasn’t dead in Jack the Ripper’s ending. I think of it like Sonic Heroes’ story, where everything happened but you don’t question it ‘because video game.’
It’d probably just be easier to make a fan remake. It’s not a very long or deep game... The problem for me whenever I open up Unity to try and make one is interpretation. What color is everything supposed to be? It’s all black and red....
@@no64256 Oh wow, that DOES look really nice... ua-cam.com/video/kzN4lVvGczw/v-deo.html _I think I’m actually crying over how nice it all looks in color..._
Geez, even on the Virtual Boy you get Pixie carrying your ass. Can't go a game without her having to step up and show the player characters how it's done. Giving hints, joining parties first, maxing out her stats, being the best dungeon-runner- Pixie does it all.
This helps me get caught up to speed in older MT games I'm not wanting to play, so I appreciate it all the more. This is a hidden gem channel right here
I imagine if Jack Bros got a remake today, Pixie's ending would be her hopping in the portal and running into Demi-Fiend at the beginning of Nocturne. That would explain her being so OP here, because she's the famous Megidolaon Pixie.
Hee ho MegaTen fans, Jack Frost is stuck in a red stereoscopic maze and he needs your parents credit card number and the 3 digits on the back to escape.
Gabe Newell made the Index and invested in vr development not for Half Life Alyx but in hopes that Atlus will make a sequel to this game, true story cause my dad works at valve.
This game is so legendary that I think my eyes started bleeding a bit; that's why the game is all red, right? It's not..... it's not supposed to look like that, right? Guys?
The Japanese cover art is what most people see out of context. The American cover art is what SMT fans and memers see. In all seriousness though, it's actually a pretty neat game. Shame it's only something on the Virtual Boy unless you use that emulator to see it in VR.
I wasn't expecting another one so soon! Thanks for the steady stream of incredible content! Apparently you can play this games with a VR headset to get the 3D effect. Now I'm definitely going to give this game a shot. About the "Jack Lantern" thing, I think the name Pyro Jack was just a localization thing that they eventually settled on. I'm pretty sure he's always been called Jack-o'-Lantern in the Japanese versions, and Pyro Jack was just an Atlus USA thing.
According to some pictures I found on the Megaten Wiki, in Megami Tensei 2 his name in English is Jack -O- Lantern, though the kana translates as just Jack Lantern.
@@t-wrecksthenerdasaur7468 Yeah, they know what it's supposed to be, but dropping the O' makes it easier to say. On the other hand, Will O' Wisp from that game is pronounced _with_ the O' because it would be harder to say without it (wiruwisupu? or back then, more like uiruuisupu??) How they spell "Jack-O-Frost" is just a mix-up though. That spelling suggests to me that Kaneko might have actually thought to include Jack O' Lantern in Megaten 2 before including Jack Frost, and someone conflated them. Pyro Jack could be the original Bro.
@@PK_Scratch That was an intentional misnomer, to add brand recognition. The franchise was new and relatively unknown in the west, so they decided to give them all the SMT label, so consumers could easily recognize them as related. After the success of Persona 4, Atlus decided this was no longer necessary, and so the SMT title was removed, years before Persona 5 actually, starting with Persona 4 Golden.
I'm gonna take a leap and say this is the best game review YT channel I've seen in years. In depth and entertaining about content that is hardly reported on elsewhere. It's also super refreshing to see a straightforward editing style instead of the crazy screaming Jontron copies that plague gaming content creators nowadays. You take these games seriously and I respect that. If you made a patreon, I'd support it.
Same. Your good just from your personality and casual humor. Nothing feels too scripted, and you take care to show off as much as you feel needs to be said.
The Virtual Boy's display is red because of the Magatsuhi, ever wondered why you feel like you're having your soul sucked out by the device while playing it?
Oh man! A new video! I'm real new to Megami Tensei and I had noooo clue there was this spin off at all. It looks like a really neat game and I'm real happy to have learned the experience vis a vis your video. I can't wait to see more, you've got the whole review/discussion format down pat.
I’m honestly surprised at how good the game seems to be, I figured it was basically a joke game. Definitely wanna try this later. There’s also synchronicity if you haven’t played that, which is probably the closest thing to a modern Jack Bros we’re gonna get.
They need to have a competition between the Jack brothers to determine which of them is the best. We shall call it The Great Jack... Off... Hmm... the name could use some workshopping.
What pun? He's supposed to be jack o'lantern. This is just taking his japanese name (Romaji: Jakku rantan) without change... This game is also the first to be released in english so no reason to use the localisation choice from the future.
First (and certainly only) time I'm catching day 1 and it's for the one megami tensei game made for the virtual boy, guess it's fitting with I love this channel and binging through it's content from time to time ahah xD
hell yeah dude i’ve been curious about this game for years but haven’t had the chance to check it out. thanks for the comprehensive video! good god virtual boy games are hard on the eyes though
You should do a video covering Synchronicity Prologue, the closest thing we'll get to Jack Bros. 2. Cool Cave Story-like platformer with the occasional bullet-hell segments, featuring Jack Frost and Pyro Jack. It takes place right at the beginning of Strange Journey, too.
I wrote, recorded and edited this entire video today - now that the franchise's best game is out of the way, it's all downhill from here
Might as well stop making videos, good to know you
This is one helluva gamer moment!
Sad but true good luck now only smt 2 can help with god forsaken channel now lmao
holy shit man impressive
SYNCHRONICITY PROLOGUE: Allow me to introduce myself
22:00 ah yes, the four Jack Bros
Jack Frost
Jack Lantern
Jack Skeleton
and Jack Shit
It's Jack Skelton, get it right!
Don't forget Black Jack....I mean Black Frost....I mean Jakku Frost.
And then there's Ace Frost and King Frost and Demon-hee-ho and Raidou Frost and Frost Five featuring Milk Frost.....yes, that's a thing thanks to the greatness of Soul Hackers. :D
Well there was the unofficial Hairy Jack
@@HammerGeoLarrup Oh yeah, and he happens to be a doggo too. How could I forget? I ran into a few of them towards the beginning of Devil Summoner.
@@GTaito but it's actually Jack Skellington tho
Jack Bros. Remastered for PSVR Featuring Jack Skellington from the Nightmare Before Christmas Series
& knuckles
And Dante from the devil may cry series
And Raidou Kuzunoha from the Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha duology despite being the 3rd and 4th games in the series
Directed by Hideo Kojima
With all new funky kong mode
Demi-Fiend:I defeated the great Beelzebub with the help of my demons
The Jack Brothers:Pathetic
The implications of this are both hilarious and terrifying.
Cringe
Reading this made me want to see someone solo Beelzebub in Nocturne.
I’m not gonna do it, I value my sanity.
@@isenokami7810no you don't, you're an smt fan. Just do it, he-hoe.
@@isenokami7810People have beaten the game on hard, solo, and while going for TDE.
Ok now do Devil Children.
kenny? here? this is astounding
Kenny plays MegaTen?
@@AshleyRiot breathtaking news
@@marrowyoutube 0:15 _He’s been waiting for this._
But Kenny, none of those games will magically contain obscure Ogin Bat references, Ishinomori maxed those out with Skullman.
When they say "play a real smt game", this is what they mean
The next time someone says that to me I'll spring this one on them and see how they react
Ah yes, the true Shin Megami Tensei game
This truly was the reincarnation of the goddess.
The TRUE True Goddess Reincarnation
This was that real shin megami tensei game they were talking about
he did it, he played a real smt game
THE TRUE SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI STARTS HERE
2:58 JACK LANTERN is his Japanese name. Since what they were obviously going for, “Jack O’ Lantern”, was too long for the Nocturne UI, they had to switch it up a bit. That’s why we got Pyro Jack. This stuck until Persona 5 when Atlus USA decided to backstep to Jack O’ Lantern.
That's pretty interesting, guess they got it right after all - Jack Lantern is much more fitting too
When I played my first megaten I thought Pyro Jack was a weird name. Got used to it and now idk if I can get used to Jack O' Laturn now.
adding onto this, Furin is more than likely supposed to be Cu Chulainn. other early translations butchered his name pretty creatively, like Last Bible's "Cufling" lol
This might just be because I'm a P5 baby, but I'm glad they finally fixed it.
@@ChoiceSnarf Jack O' Lantern is a better name for the character (seeing as that is literally what he is), but Pyro Jack will always have a special place in my heart.
I think the Pyro Jack ending is meant to imply that Pixie is secretly the princess, since she came out from behind the door Pixie hid behind. I have no idea how that makes any sense since you see them together in the Jack Frost ending, but I cant imagine what else its supposed to imply.
Maybe the Fairy Princess hates Pyro Jack and decided to skip on his return, so Pixie just acted like she was the Princess to spare his feelings.
@Steve Believe One more Fairy rejected
@Steve Believe Pixie become Queen Mab.
I interpreted it that *this particular* Pixie was the Fairy Princess herself in disguise and the Pixies helping Jack Frost and Jack the Ripper were just normal Pixies.
It’s a bit convoluted, but I imagine that all 3 Jack Brothers’ “stories” are happening within the dungeons in a particular order, with one Brother speeding a floor ahead, one lagging behind, and one somewhere in between.
I picture it like this:
1) Pyro Jack finishes first, hence the Princess not being there yet.
2) Jack Frost comes in second.
3) Jack the Ripper arrives last, where he and the Princess enter the door and it closes behind them; ending with the villains’ dialogue.
Yes. I am also implying that the bosses got their asses handed to them 3 times in a row in the same 1 hour timespan. Could happen.
Ya know... since Beelzebub clearly wasn’t dead in Jack the Ripper’s ending.
I think of it like Sonic Heroes’ story, where everything happened but you don’t question it ‘because video game.’
Brorrowind
I am the *Pixie* inside you
Can’t believe you reviewed the 1995 GOTY this quickly
Devil Summoner Saturn BTFOd
"ATLUS pls bring Jack Bros to the Switch1!!!one!!1!"
#BreakFreeJackBros
thatd actually be pretty funny if they did
This but unironically.
I think Switch owners are unable to appreciate the irony.
3DS would have been the perfect platform for it ^^
"It's rare, and probably not worth Jack shit."
-A man who was profoundly wrong
He updated the virtual boy video and added this to it at some point. He said it's "not half bad"
@@salsamonkey65 The Nerd knows quality when he sees it.
Shin Megami Tensei: The Colonoscopy Dungeon: The Game
Let's be real, we're here for the "Marsh experience" 😎
Yeah
Pretty sure the joke in Pyro Jack o Lantern's ending is that Pixie IS the fairy princess in his ending
Yeah i guess. Tho it contradicts with the Jack frost ending
Buff American Jack Frost can't hurt you. Buff American Jack Frost isn't real.
Buff American Jack Frost:
Omg the little snow guy from Persona 5 got his own game
Persona 5? I thought he’s from Snowboard Kids?
Reminder that Marsh made a Jack Bros video before Larrue did
P5 Scramble has nothing on this action RPG masterpiece, personafans btfo yet again by the superior chad bros.
I just imported Scramble and I can clearly say that Jack Bros is the better game.
😴 Jack bros. Sucks
A Vegan Pizza
No U.
Legit, I always hope that the game will get a full-colour rerelease whenever there's Atlus news coming up
It’d probably just be easier to make a fan remake. It’s not a very long or deep game...
The problem for me whenever I open up Unity to try and make one is interpretation. What color is everything supposed to be? It’s all black and red....
I mean, there was a fan-made colorization patch, though i believe it doesn't work with save-states for some reason
@@no64256 Really? I’ve never heard of this before, and I can’t seem to find any videos...
@@battlinjoe2592 just look up jack bros colorized, someone called Romoloo Scorlot did a full playthrough with it
@@no64256 Oh wow, that DOES look really nice...
ua-cam.com/video/kzN4lVvGczw/v-deo.html
_I think I’m actually crying over how nice it all looks in color..._
Geez, even on the Virtual Boy you get Pixie carrying your ass. Can't go a game without her having to step up and show the player characters how it's done. Giving hints, joining parties first, maxing out her stats, being the best dungeon-runner- Pixie does it all.
-No wonder why everyone wants her.-
This man actually reviewed Jack Bros
The absolute madman
Marsh, the greatest SMT madlad evah!
This helps me get caught up to speed in older MT games I'm not wanting to play, so I appreciate it all the more. This is a hidden gem channel right here
Ayo Tevin 😭 I love finding my favorite UA-camrs on obscure channels like this
"There's always the one guy that says Jack Bros"
Yep, that's me alright. I'm that guy.
@Ik well I won't say you're wrong because you're not
Lord even without being in your face, its still kinda hurts to look at.
I imagine if Jack Bros got a remake today, Pixie's ending would be her hopping in the portal and running into Demi-Fiend at the beginning of Nocturne.
That would explain her being so OP here, because she's the famous Megidolaon Pixie.
Hee ho MegaTen fans, Jack Frost is stuck in a red stereoscopic maze and he needs your parents credit card number and the 3 digits on the back to escape.
Jack bros made megaten popular before persona
This mad lad here is spitting mad facts, yo!
@@deadliestvice5356 elitist
You spoil me, even more SMT content to flood my covid riddled brain, you made this whole experience bearable.
20:22 Pretty sure it’s implying that Pixie is actually the Princess here. I suppose the Pixie that follows Frost is a different one, then.
That makes sense cause there is almost always multiple of every demon in the mainlines.
The most immersive VR experience.
Gabe Newell made the Index and invested in vr development not for Half Life Alyx but in hopes that Atlus will make a sequel to this game, true story cause my dad works at valve.
This game is so legendary that I think my eyes started bleeding a bit; that's why the game is all red, right? It's not..... it's not supposed to look like that, right?
Guys?
@@abara5555 only spamming salvation can save me now
(wow this sentence makes a lot of sense out of context huh?)
Its just shocking how influential the shin megami tensei series has been to gaming and for how long it has been around!
The Japanese cover art is what most people see out of context.
The American cover art is what SMT fans and memers see.
In all seriousness though, it's actually a pretty neat game. Shame it's only something on the Virtual Boy unless you use that emulator to see it in VR.
Everyone memes on this game. But nobody really talks about it. The fact that u reviewed it in-depth honestly just makes you really cool, Marsh 😎
Running around like a maniac sounds like something Jack the Ripper would do, so hey, I'd say you mastered his gameplay.
I wasn't expecting another one so soon! Thanks for the steady stream of incredible content! Apparently you can play this games with a VR headset to get the 3D effect. Now I'm definitely going to give this game a shot.
About the "Jack Lantern" thing, I think the name Pyro Jack was just a localization thing that they eventually settled on. I'm pretty sure he's always been called Jack-o'-Lantern in the Japanese versions, and Pyro Jack was just an Atlus USA thing.
According to some pictures I found on the Megaten Wiki, in Megami Tensei 2 his name in English is Jack -O- Lantern, though the kana translates as just Jack Lantern.
@@t-wrecksthenerdasaur7468 Yeah, they know what it's supposed to be, but dropping the O' makes it easier to say. On the other hand, Will O' Wisp from that game is pronounced _with_ the O' because it would be harder to say without it (wiruwisupu? or back then, more like uiruuisupu??)
How they spell "Jack-O-Frost" is just a mix-up though. That spelling suggests to me that Kaneko might have actually thought to include Jack O' Lantern in Megaten 2 before including Jack Frost, and someone conflated them. Pyro Jack could be the original Bro.
I was going to post the same but ya beat me to it
Atlus should just make a Jack Bros remake.
2 words: Puzzle Boy
Thats what i want said
The only video I was waiting for. Thank you Marsh.
Ahck-tually, Pyro Jack was the western name, it's always been Jack o' Lantern in Japan, they only changed it back in Persona 5.
Always amused at how Persona 5 fixed some names, like removing the SMT misnomer from the title.
@@PK_Scratch That was an intentional misnomer, to add brand recognition. The franchise was new and relatively unknown in the west, so they decided to give them all the SMT label, so consumers could easily recognize them as related. After the success of Persona 4, Atlus decided this was no longer necessary, and so the SMT title was removed, years before Persona 5 actually, starting with Persona 4 Golden.
Now time to wait for the eventual DemiKids video.
I'm gonna take a leap and say this is the best game review YT channel I've seen in years. In depth and entertaining about content that is hardly reported on elsewhere. It's also super refreshing to see a straightforward editing style instead of the crazy screaming Jontron copies that plague gaming content creators nowadays. You take these games seriously and I respect that. If you made a patreon, I'd support it.
Agree 250%!!!!
Same. Your good just from your personality and casual humor. Nothing feels too scripted, and you take care to show off as much as you feel needs to be said.
0:12 huh, I am honored lmao
if you don't finish the Chie flash game I will cry
Great video.
I want the US Artwork as a poster so bad.
The Virtual Boy's display is red because of the Magatsuhi, ever wondered why you feel like you're having your soul sucked out by the device while playing it?
FYI, someone made a colorization patch for this game, though I believe it doesn't work with save-states for some reason
Good thing the passwords are short and easy to memorize....wait, those still work too? Right?
@@toryficarola I don't see why they wouldn't. Those are part of the game itself, not an external feature of the emulator like save-states are
When both marsh and nyarly upload
The knight Furin? That's the Japanese way of Saying my boy Cu Chulainn!
Boy got a new mic. Sounding good my brotha!
Literally got home from a tough day at work, only to see this video pop up in my feed. Shares for saving the day!
Marsh: The master of uploading content at 4 in the morning
A+ video! I'm always super excited to see you post another video! Can't wait for what ever you do next!
THANK YOU I've been so interested in this game ever since I saw it mentioned on AVGN's virtual boy episode
Thanks for catching me up with the entire MegaTen series! I've been binge watching all your playthroughs and I've learned and laughed so much.
Oh man! A new video! I'm real new to Megami Tensei and I had noooo clue there was this spin off at all. It looks like a really neat game and I'm real happy to have learned the experience vis a vis your video. I can't wait to see more, you've got the whole review/discussion format down pat.
I discovered you two days ago, subscribed earlier today, and then this releases. Perfect.
The review we didn't know we wanted from Marsh but got it anyway! Thanks Marsh!
I’m honestly surprised at how good the game seems to be, I figured it was basically a joke game. Definitely wanna try this later. There’s also synchronicity if you haven’t played that, which is probably the closest thing to a modern Jack Bros we’re gonna get.
Best game on the Nintendo seizure machine. Didn't know you could play as Pixie, glad to see she is as busted as the one in Nocturne.
I always love your videos marsh you bought back a lot of good megami tensei memories for me!
"Guess you could say he's jacked."
Yup, that gets a sub from me
The video we were all waiting for
My dude Marsh delivers way ahead of schedule. Good stuff!
Jack Bros is truly its own tier... At the very least in terms of soundtrack
This was a truly fascinating experience.
This is actually how I got into SMT. I didn’t know the series was about about collecting demons until I looked into it. Thanks for the review
hell yeah ive been waiting for this
I miss Jack Ripper
I like how the mascot of Megaten's face is covered completely on the boxart
its 12 at night why
This channel has only uploaded a few of these long form videos about megaten games but they already have improved noticably, keep up the great work
Whoever had to come up with the names in this game must have had s pretty bad payday when it came to ”Spider Orb“.
They need to have a competition between the Jack brothers to determine which of them is the best. We shall call it The Great Jack... Off...
Hmm... the name could use some workshopping.
My favorite youtuber, love the videos.
What pun? He's supposed to be jack o'lantern. This is just taking his japanese name (Romaji: Jakku rantan) without change...
This game is also the first to be released in english so no reason to use the localisation choice from the future.
Damn Marsh pumping out videos super fast! Love the content!
First (and certainly only) time I'm catching day 1 and it's for the one megami tensei game made for the virtual boy, guess it's fitting with I love this channel and binging through it's content from time to time ahah xD
hell yeah dude i’ve been curious about this game for years but haven’t had the chance to check it out. thanks for the comprehensive video! good god virtual boy games are hard on the eyes though
Jack Bros. the only brothers that matter. they are the most complex characters in fiction.
So this is what they meant when they said “play a real Megami Tensei game”
Really great video, you made me actually wanna play this meme game
can't wait for the Last Bible 1 Experience :)
It's kind of neat that Jack skeleton plays just like a classic Ys game just bumping into shit.
Marshall back with yet another gem
I knew about the memes but I never actually checked out what this game is about lol. Looks surprisingly normal...
Can't wait for you to play Synchronicity Prologue!
I have been waiting for this for so long. Thank you, Mr. Marsh.
Now, when's that SMT1 video? And how about a Strange Journey video while you're at it?
SMT1 will be next, probably at least a month though to play the game three times
Recently I'm working my way through the series so I have review them
Nice to know I have this to look forward to
Wow that was fast, marsh hammering out the god tier content let’s go
Your my favorite SMT youtuber now.
Another well worked video? Count me in!
Pyro Jack has been called "Jack Lantern" since it's first appearance
How the FUCK was this not in my subscriptions youtube???? Im malding rn missing a Marsh upload is a sin.
This experience was as glorious as I expected. You rock, Marsh
this video is awesome and makes me want to play the game
You should do a video covering Synchronicity Prologue, the closest thing we'll get to Jack Bros. 2. Cool Cave Story-like platformer with the occasional bullet-hell segments, featuring Jack Frost and Pyro Jack. It takes place right at the beginning of Strange Journey, too.
Found your vids the other day and they’re great lol. Anyways you should do Raidou vs the soulless army next! I think that’d be sick 😳
Thanks for showing this game some love.
can’t believe persona 5 stole the red aesthetic from jack bros
Despite knowing about Jack Bros forever I didn't know until last year that Pixie was a secret character.
I feel that the binding of Isaac took some inspiration from this game
MARSHHHHH
Keep em coming sir