Gameboy #1
Written by Linkara Monday, 20 June 2011 23:06
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Comments (243)
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06.20.2011 - 23:11 | IisAwesome
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06.21.2011 - 07:41 | ladydiskette
Great review Linkara, and I loved the 8-bit music cover of your them song. But there is one thing that has been puzzling me throughout this whole review. Where is Princess Peach in all this?
I mean, Princess Daisy was Luigi's woman not Marios. Maybe it because I played the Nintendo version and not the Gameboy version but it just feels off having Princess Daisy being told by Linkara that Mario is like her ex-boyfriend. I understand he is not a huge gamer and all, but somehow I feel this is a mistake on the comics part. Since when did Princess Daisy and Mario ever have a "rescue" fling going?
Also as anyone as pissed as I was that we didn't see Herman recieve any punishment for stealing that game at the end, I really wanted some of the video games to show him a lesson. He kinda reminds me of those agoraphobic, shut-in, jerk gamers that you always see on Youtube derserving to be trolled.
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06.21.2011 - 08:26 | Dragon_NexusDaisy's first appearance was in Super Mario Land. She was the kidnapped princess Mario had to rescue from Tatanga.
After that she kinda faded into obscurity for some time. Mario Land 2 was all about getting the castle gifted to him by Daisy and the people of Mushroom Kingdom back from his evil alter ego Wario (Wario's first appearance).
Mario Land 3 didn't feature Mario at all, instead having the subtitle of Wario Land where Wario fights, steals and hoards coins and treasures in order to build his *own* castle.
After that there weren't any more Mario Lands. Just sequels to Wario Land.
Daisy came back years later as fan service for the Kart games. Peach was at first known as Princess toadstool, then later Peach Toadstool and now pretty much just Peach.
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06.21.2011 - 12:54 | suicidalparrot
Daisy was actually paired off with Luigi fairly early. Take a look at NES Open Tournament Golf from 1991.
Anyway this comic looks like a lot of fun to read actually. I may have to track this series down and give it a read just for kicks.
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06.21.2011 - 08:31 | FlamebladeSuper Mario Land was the first appearance of Daisy and she was rescued in that game by Mario. It wasn't until after that that Peach and Daisy became more important and Daisy was paired off with Luigi. I'm assuming this comic came out around the same time as SML and it mostly based on that game alone.
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06.21.2011 - 08:44 | KungFuManFun bit regarding that: the reason she's Daisy and you're not fighting Bowser in SML? The R&D1 dev team didn't like Mario, and didn't want to use him. They ended up forced to.
Years later they were able to create a character they wanted to instead: Wario.
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Glad you guys like the theme I did here (which actually is over 2 years old!). I know I don't have download links set up on my site (which I do out of respect for most folks I do work for - I generally haven't set up download links for songs, but I'll be trying to do so in the near future.
However!
I did post up D/L links for this song back when I first made it over on the forums:
http:// thatguywiththeglasses.com /forums/viewtopic.php? f=69&t=5770
And here is a link directly to the version of the theme used in this review:
http:// www.skitchstudio.com/ music/AT4W/ 8BitGunslingerNOVOX.mp3
Enjoy!
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06.21.2011 - 06:52 | Divide By Zero
Awesome stuff, Skitch! Thanks for the links!
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06.21.2011 - 10:06 | Dead Planet
Nice track Skitch, I wish the GameBoy sounded that awesome. (I heard what you did there...)
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This isn't meant to be a Gameboy recreation of the theme, but more in line with the NES (albeit with more voices than the NES supports). The sounds used technically aren't correct for a Gameboy rendition of the song.
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06.21.2011 - 12:41 | montanker
I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this or not, but when did you find that book in the series? I can't seem to remember that. Did you buy it on eBay?
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06.21.2011 - 13:15 | edzoologist
Well, there are in fact Pokemon comics. Unfortunately, I don't believe any produced in America. Pokemon comics are, well, manga, and Linkara already stated that one of his rules is no Manga.
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06.21.2011 - 17:45 | SailorCardKnight
There ARE Pokemon comics. Its just that they are in the form of Japanese manga....or a short lived, very unfunny newspaper comic:
http:// www.platypuscomix.net/ otherpeople/ worstcomixever/ pokemonstrip.html
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The Ultimate Warrior had this to say:
The gameboy original is the ultimate power game station in the universe Hulk Hogan.
The comic is comparable to the inner turmoil that gamer companies desire to spread their message to the rest of the world. Much like I express my inner turmoil by beating expressions of pointlessness into my brain, Hulk Hogan.
Do not insist that the Ultimate Warrior has no presence in the comment on the guy with the pretty hat, Hulk Hogan.
The black gate is nearly complete, Hulk HOgan. But first me and my inner toil must listen to the ultimate musical warrioress musical video of the dancing summoner Yuna. SHCRONK!!!
Avoid the demon posessed ninja Hulk HOgan. He will go kung-tendo on the part of you that is easily kickable in the ring of torment.
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06.21.2011 - 20:21 | pinky75910
There's pokemon manga, but I dunno if Linkara'll review them based on that. I don't know if there's any American-made Pokemon comics..
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06.21.2011 - 20:30 | kingkirbyThere's a pokemon manga. It's actually really good. (like, REALLY good. Far, far superior to the TV show)
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06.22.2011 - 13:51 | danethefurry
Quit over viewing everything you freaking geek!
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06.20.2011 - 23:15 | SpeedyEric
I can already tell that this comic isn’t about Game Boy from Captain N (The Gay Master).
The 8/16 bit version of the theme song sounded pretty good. First Spoony, then The Cinema Snob, and know Linkara. Well done, Skitch.
3:42- And he must love the Rambo Nintendo game so much, he got a poster of the cartridge image hanging on his wall.
4:22- CHANGE!!! YOU GOT CHANGE!?!? OH, COME ON!! HELP A GUY OUT WILL YA!?!? COME ON, CHANGE!!!
10:28- 90s Kid really needs a girlfriend, …from the 90s of course.
11:36- I’d like to see a team-up of Hulk Hogan and Chuck Norris. Thanks for nothing, you stupid comic.
14:36- At least this is a hair better than the opening page of Cable #1.
15:18- Tell me about it. =(
I’d like to see a review of a Pokemon comic, and see how much fun the Game Boy comic series has in Stupid Land.
Everything involving The Entity is getting creepyer and creepyer.
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06.21.2011 - 03:28 | BooRat
That would've save this comic and made it really awesome to see Hulk Hogan and Norris machinegunning down a bunch of Video Game characters to save the day!
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06.21.2011 - 08:12 | ladydisketteMy favorite part was the Karoke scene with Harvey, Pollo, and 90s Kid. lol Poor 90s Kid all he wants is to be accepted *hugs him*
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06.20.2011 - 23:17 | David2
Was waiting for Chester Bum to show up.
And good stinger at the end.
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06.21.2011 - 21:02 | SpeedyEricWell, remember, Doug is busey editing "Suburban Knights."
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06.20.2011 - 23:27 | rowdycmoore
YES!!!!! FINALLY A REVIEW OF A COMIC I'VE ACTUALLY READ!!!! (Yeah, you grabbed the one Archie Ninja Turtles comic I didn't)
And about that Mario voice comment - was that supposed to be a subtle joke, or were you not aware that Mario was supposedly from Brooklyn according to the original cartoons and movie?
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06.21.2011 - 03:29 | BooRatmost like to believe the movie never happend
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06.21.2011 - 08:28 | Dragon_NexusAh for the good old days when Japan just invented characters with no backstory and the american media created stories in order to make them sell.
Sonic had this too, with a back story explaining how he became blue and where Robotnik came from etc.
What ties the two together in another respect is that neither Mario's nor Sonic's stories were ever followed up on by the Japanese developers once they did, in fact, start creating stories for their characters.
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06.20.2011 - 23:30 | Crossover Princess
I was the exact same way when it came for my game boy... No really. I got a game boy pocket in the late '90s and I used it to mostly play Pokemon... but my game boy was a blue one.
By the way, I hate to point this out, but Daisy wasn't the one that made him cake, Peach (or Toadstool if you go b the early days) is. Daisy is Luigi's love interst and more of a tomboy.
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06.20.2011 - 23:36 | rowdycmooreWell, that was Daisy from the movie; Luigi wasn't in the Game Boy games, and Daisy in the games was essentially a doppleganger for Toadstool, so I think he did get it right.
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Hmmmmm....*puts her Sherlock Holms cap on and gets out a pipe* Very interesting...perhaps there is a link to The Entity and this "God" that the little girl was sacrificed to?
From the looks of the "poem" on that one page he read in the book, it sounds like we are dealing with some HP Lovecraftian stuff all up in here folks. Whether its something involving the Great Old Ones or its other more sinister counterparts we can only hope and pray more victims are not on its list.
*blows bubbles out of her pipe*
However, it poses one question....how can you defeat something which at this moment. Cannot be seen? o.O
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06.21.2011 - 00:06 | TheDued92
Am I the only one who gets freaked out after every episode. That noise the entity makes just gives me shivers.
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06.21.2011 - 09:01 | Dragon_NexusIt's the mood music that does it for me.
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06.20.2011 - 23:44 | Grimfang
my faith in humanity gone again
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06.20.2011 - 23:50 | SanJ922
Oh god...a GAMEBOY COMIC?!?!?!
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06.21.2011 - 00:02 | MechaDon1980
Good Holy Lord WTF!!
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06.21.2011 - 00:08 | honestiago
Man, I'd hate to see what these people would do with Angry Birds.
I have to point out, however, that not all siblings have the same hair color or look at all alike. For example, both of my parents had one light-haired parent and one dark-haired parent. Each inherited genes for both the light and dark pigmentations, but they both have dark hair because the gene for dark hair is dominant, while the gene for light hair is recessive. My sister, likewise, inherited at least one set of dominant genes for dark hair and dark eyes, while I inherited only recessive genes and wound up with light hair and light eyes. As a result, my sister and I don't look like we're related. A similar thing could have happened with Ricky and his brother. It's just genetics.
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06.21.2011 - 16:05 | PLAIs that more unusual over in America, or something?
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My personal favorite of any internet review ever. And the theme song was kickass. Only problem with Skitch's site is that I can't actually download an mp3 of that. I desperately need that song playing in my ears everywhere I go.
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06.21.2011 - 00:10 | Grimfangsomething tells me DR.Who has influenced this
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06.21.2011 - 00:17 | Mr.Whatever
So, is anyone else having flashbacks to Portal when reading the pages of that book?
I have to admit, I keep coming up with theories, but then the more I read the poem, the less they make sense. As far as I can tell though, the lost beast might actually be the lone survivor of a dead world.
Good review! And spookiness of an ending! I approve!
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06.21.2011 - 00:25 | preb7732awesome review as always
what company thought it should make a gameboy comic?
what company thought that it should represent it in a commercial with a robot?
5:14-5:34 - wow, what a good main character
6:30 - what, a horny plumber who kill creatures all day long is an OK model, but a pseudo-patriot a-hole is NOT ok for your main character?
8:50 - am i the only one who thinks he's describing George W. Bush?
10:57 - yeah, thats prince peach for ya
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06.21.2011 - 01:03 | suntzuHeh, I remember reading this comic (and #2) in French. I think it was in a doctor's waiting room.
But yeah, a reasonably fun romp. Probably helps that I played Super Mario Land and enjoyed it a lot.
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06.21.2011 - 01:16 | Jezzy54
Super Mario Land was actually the first video game I ever owned, and it came with a clear Game Boy Pocket like yours when I got it. For years I honestly thought it was some kind of port of the original Super Mario Bros., because it's so damn similar. So anyway, I wasn't expecting to recognize as many of the game creatures in this comic as I did. Although, I don't recall ever actually knowing about the bad guy, as I was never able to finish the game.
Also, I really have to wonder just what the hell is wrong with the store worker. I guess there's at least psychopathy, kleptomania, and Stockholm's Syndrome (He got tied down by the bad guy and attacked Mario when he got up). Seriously, what the hell were they thinking having such a messed up human character in a comic made to sell Game Boys to children?
Oh yeah, and here's a funny coincidence; Earlier today I saw that episode of Invader Zim for the first time. What are the odds?
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06.21.2011 - 01:10 | NoNostalgiaReviews
so wait? this is a sucky comic that's sounds actually worth owning? "What a Tweest!"
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06.21.2011 - 01:30 | brick mooncode
There was once a cereal called "Nintendo Cereal System."
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06.21.2011 - 01:33 | buzzUact
ZIM!!! =D
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08.21.2011 - 16:45 | InterestingusernameThat one clip alone makes me love this review! ^w^
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06.21.2011 - 01:47 | TamLinOh yeah, early Valiant. We...don't talk about that time...
As I recall, Valiant's initial business model was to produce comics based on already-successful pop culture icons, like video games and wrestlers, on the theory that they would have cross-medium appeal. Which of course they did not, and it was only after the whole company almost washed out in the first year that they said "Fuck it, let's just write what we want if we're probably going to go under anyway."
The things is, judging from this video, it seems like even their commercial tripe was surprisingly well-written. I mean, this comic looks stupid, but given the boneheadedness of the concept, it also looks rather fun and engaging, all things considered.
On a last note, I'm one of the people who doesn't like elaborate skits and pageants in these videos, and I've been particularly critical of Linkara's in the past. But, honestly, the bookend on this video was legitimately creepy. I hope he keeps up the anxiety-ridden horror vibe, because it's pretty effective so far.
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06.21.2011 - 01:47 | Damonashu
When a video game character is told that they're just that, I half expect them to become nihilistic (likely the wrong word) and talk in a purple font.
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06.21.2011 - 02:02 | Kaiju-Z
That was another great review. Man, that was also a very entertaining, if silly, comic :D Was nice for a change.
As for the ending, man, I have this weird theory, though it's probably wrong.
What if Lord Vice is the Linkara from his universe gone mad. And what if what he was trying to stop was ANOTHER Linkara from another universe?! D: Okay, I'm probably wrong. Huh, can't wait to see o A o
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06.21.2011 - 02:08 | Zydrate
That was creepy with the noise at the end. It kinda sounded like ET.
Also, you seem to be channeling some HP Lovecraft with this current storyline.
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06.21.2011 - 02:09 | Charred Newt
Got to say, this comic was not good by any means but it was way better than the stupid Sonic one you reviewed some time ago. Tatanga was a better villain that I espected.
And the plot thickens. Lost beast? Lugia!
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06.21.2011 - 03:38 | BooRatI'd like to see that as well!
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06.21.2011 - 20:32 | pinky75910Did you see JesuOtaku's review?
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06.21.2011 - 02:18 | TheBlackMage
I give up Lewis. They seem to make a comic book adaptation about anything and everything. I heard there was actually a comic made about Spatula City.
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06.21.2011 - 02:25 | Robert the Kid
Did not know there was a gameboy comic
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06.21.2011 - 02:26 | DaniYU
I am really loving the 8-16bit? style intor music for this one.
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06.25.2011 - 13:23 | diazepamIt's 8bit. 16 bit sounds a lot better.
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-love the theme song
3:10-what's with the chocolate comment????? oh nevermind background there's candy.... damn now I want one too
6:23-ha masturbation joke
7:48- what no mention that daisy looks like a blow up doll
9:50- 90's kid rules
13:18- what? No time warp joke???!??
15- bees my god.... I had my fingers crossed for it
15:23- yay more masturbation jokes
16:44- ricks hair is different cause he's the mail mans