The Best Gameboy Game? | Donkey Kong 94 - The Lonely Goomba
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- Ever wondered what the best Gameboy game was? Well, probably this. But why, it's just Donkey Kong right? Well, you're about to find out why... maybe.
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Everyone: _Talks about Super Mario ports to the switch_
TheLonelyGoomba:
Is this the return of Justin Y.
Justin Y.
Goddammit you really are back
Hey have you ever played Dr. Mario DX?
Welcome my dear ninja...
It kills me when people try this game and stop before clearing the first few stages, assuming it's just a Donkey Kong arcade remake.
Exactly
I thought that at first as a kid, but I was quite surprised after I beat the fourth stage.
Yeah! That was a great surprise!
Honestly that's probably exactly why nobody really knows about this game. Played it a little bit, realized 'ugh, it's just arcade dk' and stopped.
Right
"Only evil people smile "
- The Lonley Goomba
NATHANIEL FOGA!!!
He should’ve said: “ONLY EVIL PEOPLE SMILE LIKE THAT!”
I'm starting to see you alot these days
Mmmmmmm
it's god dam great line 😂😂
Easily the best Super Game Boy game.
No one calls it "super game boy". It's just "game boy".
@@juggalo9097 They're not exactly the same thing. The Super Game Boy was an add-on for the SNES that allowed you to play Game Boy games on a larger screen. Donkey Kong '94 was one of the first games to have custom palettes and backgrounds if you played it in that mode.
Ohhhh i see what he's saying now, my mistake!!!
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@@oliverraven Didn't GBC used SGB palettes if it detected a supported GB game though? I remember Pokémon Yellow and Super Mario Land 2 having color on my GBC when I had it few years ago (unfortunately had to sell it though).
So wait, this game gives a canon reason as to how "Mario" became "Super Mario"?
That'd be cool.
DK '94 is probably the the most underappreciated Mario game, my only main problem is that it goes on for a bit too long, but I don't really care because the game is so fun!
The GBA Mario vs. DK is also a really good spiritual successor to this game too and introducing the Mini-Marios, but it's a shame that the rest of the games focused on the Mini-Marios too much.
@Joel Johnson The game is also the introduction of Modern DK. Donkey Kong Country was in development; so while originally the non-tie wearing DK, aka Cranky, was going to be in the Gameboy game, they scrapped it (along with Lady's design) and bring in new designs to help promote DKC.
@@robbiewalker2831 wait didn’t Mario vs dk come out like 8 years after dkc
imo Mario VS donkey Kong games really drift off and the shine from the original was truly lost, it just became a lemmings game and it wasn't fun, i don't even play them and never will have any interest, the gba game wasn't so bad though but the original Gameboy cannot be topped with how well it aged like fine wine so well over the years 🥰🥰
@@aidanh7527 10 years, actually. Funny enough DKC was released on the same year as this Game Boy game, which is released 10 years prior to Mario vs. Donkey Kong. And given the instruction manual to MvsDK says “Looks like Donkey Kong is up to his old tricks again”, I’m pretty sure the game is insinuating that this Modern necktie wearing DK is meant to be the same as the necktie wearing DK on the Game Boy games (including the Game and Watch Gallery series, which, funny enough, had the Modern DK on the title screen for Gallery 4, despite the Modern variants of Donkey Kong, Jr, and 3, having the classic look). Now, I’m not gonna deny that Cranky is possibly the OG DK from the Arcade game, but his game development bias towards modern game design could imply that he’s not the same Kong as the Game Boy one, giving his many rants in Donkey Kong Country, which breaks the fourth wall a lot. Arcade DK had 11 sprites for animation, whereas the Game Boy counterpart has 8x the amount, and Cranky has complained about how putting effort in presentation doesn’t make good gameplay. Not to mention, Cranky also brought up game loops, which the Game Boy re-imagining doesn’t go for.
I'd love it if the game came to NSO.
This was the first game I got on the 3DS Virtual Console and it's honestly my favorite.
Might actually pick it up, this looks like a fun way to spend a lunch break.
Same.
This game feels like the essential bridge between the Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros era. Especially with that final cutscene, it ties right into Super Mario Bros so well.
This is my timeline of the Mario saga:
1) Mario Bros (1983)
2) Donkey Kong (1981)
3) Donkey Kong Jr. (1982)
4) Donkey Kong 94 (1994)
5) Super Mario (1985)..... And then the other games in the saga.
Nah bro, the gameplay here evolved into Mario Vs. Donkey Kong for the GBA/Switch.
Finally someone big acknowledges this game, this is the ultimate DLC pack.
There’s ports, remasters, and remakes.....
Then there’s DK94 which is it’s own league entirely.
It always kind of sucks in hindsight : one of the best remakes we ever got is on the old Game Boy. Of all things. What are newer games doing?! x)
VonFirflirch this isn’t a remake, it’s a DEFINITIVE VERSION! Also I wouldn’t mind an actual remake, this is how a remake should be done
Loved this new video
You're finally back :)
I hate everyone
I’m a big fan
@@classicwhitehat9028 JonTron fans have it worse...
Hey Haedox? What ever happened to your animal crossing new leaf review? I tried finding it but couldn’t. Would you mind ethics reuploading it, or sending a link so I can still see it?
This is the game Pauline had to be redesigned as a brunette and appear in a red dress because Peach stole her original design
And people give Luigi & Daisy shit for originally being palette swaps when Peach did far worse
True yet i think Pauline beats Peach in any way, especially in Looks and Character.
@@Acacius1992 and in property. Pauline runs a city meanwhile Peach only runs a single castle.
@@traviscunningham7062 doesn’t Peach also rule the entire Mushroom kingdom however?
@@shapshapshapshap2829 and it gos to shit a lot while new donk city only went to shit once
Pauline always had a red dress outside of her sprite. Just look at official art of her
What's this? Goomba is actually playing a good game? Who is this imposter!
Not only that, he changed his opinion about Wario Land, the game which started this channel
Goomba isn’t the imposter
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@@bulb9970why did i know what song you were talking about exactly
One of my favorite video games ever. Once you understand the platforming controls, it's one of the most fun and satisfying things, backflips, multi-jumps, and handstand flips feel so good to nail. This game alone is the reason why Nintendo needs to give us Gameboy on the online subscription service.
It's worth noting that this Mario is not Super (at least until Pauline gives him some juice at the end to hold up DK).
That's why he dies in one hit and can even take fall damage. And he doesn't break any bricks either.
Mario is kinda always Super nowadays, so that continuity makes me pretty happy it exists.
And that's a huge coincidence, I beat this game last weekend and now this video. Amazing work!
Good observation. That's why in continuity, it makes sense that the DK Arcade series and Donkey Kong(GameBoy) takes place before Super Mario Bros series. Mario isn't completely powerful yet, Pauline was Mario's OG girlfriend before Peach, Donkey Kong and Mario were strong rivals, and it seemed Mario didn't know much about the Mushroom Kingdom until he discovers the pipe at the end of Donkey Kong 94 and when Mario and Pauline found out the Super Mushroom. I love how they put continuity details like that.
@@retrofan4963 Yes, even DK eating the mushrooms to get big for the final fight. It's awesome.
@@setteplays I agree :) That's honestly a very nice twist in the game.
Honestly the game itself is packed with so much creativity and character its like they got told to make "Donkey Kong but with more stuff" and they just went crazy with it.
Final World music is always something I love when replaying this game.
i love to believe this game is a retelling of the original Dk from the arcades, it also shows pauline showing mario about Super Mushrooms at the end
This explains when Kranky Kong did all his traveling
I always freaking loved this game and I'm glad a big youtuber like you gave a well deserved reviewed
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I'm a lonely goomba,
Stuck between sadness,
Lemme take these pills
And be happier, for my life.
*shetty game comes along*
You know, Wreck-it Ralph really looks like this design of DK. I know Ralph is already suppose to be DK without licensing issues, but the similarities are even heavier when looking at this game.
Kinda ironic, seeing how DK was created after Brutus for licensing issues as well.
He does. And Fix It Felix looks like Mario!
I was always surprised no one ever mentioned this when talking about Donkey Kong games, just every Gameboy Donkey Kong in general goes unnoticed even though they’re very solid!
Donkey Kong 94(GameBoy) is honestly my favorite Mario/Donkey Kong game.
In the game Nintendo uses Miyamoto's design for Donkey Kong
I wonder how DK would look and be today if Nintendo decided to use Miyaoto's DK's Design and DK Jr. instant of Diddy when Rare became part of Microsoft
Bad
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This is such a great game! I had it as a kid and remember having quite a lot of trouble with some of the later puzzle levels. But I always loved it even though nobody else I knew seemed to have played it. The music is better than I remember, too!
I never played Mario vs. DK, so it would be fun to go back and experience this game again, then finally try that one. I’d like to see you cover it too!
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3DS Master I back The Lonely Goomba on Patreon. Early access to videos is one of the perks for doing so.
I had no idea until a year ago that Mario vs Donkey Kong on GBA was basically a sequel to this game. Like I didn't know this existed, i thought the GBA one was a beast all its own.
It's a shame that the 3DS version didn't come with the option to use the Super Game Boy version.
As long as you remember to hold down start and select every time you boot up a game boy game it's all good
@@bland9876 still no arcade machine or color
just the actual game boy
Is the 3DS version still available because I can't find it.
@@Bowser6495 Might be a year late, but yeah it is.
Reminds me of that show were Mario would never give up trying to catch donkey Kong even tho he should
This game was what helped me begin developing skills in platforming when I was 7. I’m 32 now. How time is flying.... I’m amazed that I had the skills to beat it at that age after watching this video.
I always thought Mario vs Donkey Kong was a very underrated game for the gba. Now I see where it got its best parts from.
Great video.
I absolutely loved the hell out of this game as a kid. It was the first time I experienced the ending to the arcade Donkey Kong, right before it all hits the fan. I remember my neighbor erased all my data right when I was on the second-to-last world's boss, got devastated, and made it all the way back and beat it.
Never give up.
Also, I can't wait for your review of Mario Vs. Donkey Kong. Got it for my birthday in 2004, and loved it to the moon and back. Sucks that they changed everything in the sequels after and we've never seen the original Donkey Kong GB formula since.
They made a sequel and then every other game after that was a puzzle game, as Nintendo got so caught up by the Mini Marios, that they lost sight of what the franchise was supposed to be all about. Much like the Paper Mario series!
I agree.Good comparison
Goddamn it.😟😠😆
A perfect analogy!
Calling the mini Mario games a sequel to this donkey Kong game is the equivalent of if I said that Star wars battlefront was a sequel to Star wars battlefront 2
@@bland9876 But they came after and Lonely Goomba did call Mario vs Donkey Kong a sequel. However, I didn't refer the puzzle games as actual sequels.
I still have this bad boy in my gameboy. I loved how many movies mario could do. Also when I first played this game I never played the original Donkey Kong so I wasn't surprised when Donkey Kong took Pauline and went to the Big City
Honestly I don't think I've ever played a 2d platformer that's more responsive than dk 94
Man, this is a game i havent seen in such a long time, i loved this growing up
Gotta love how Mario go through all of these crazy places just to save a girl.
Mario is the biggest simp!
And it ended up not working out between them. Poor Mario, he may be the most famous guy out there... but is he truly happy? x)
@@VonFirflirch Well at the time, Mario and Pauline were officailly a couple. That's until Mario met Peach of course.
Donkey Kong on Game Boy is such an underrated game, i love it!
I agree. I love this game as well.
Been watching you for about 5 years now and I'm really happy to see you're still uploading great videos!
Heh. I fondly remember this game kicking my ass in levels later on to the point I wanted to rage quit. I eventually did. XD
Forgotten gem? This is on everyone's top 10 list. This was a well known game back in the day and is praised today buy literally everyone
Loved the video! Honestly one of your best, it was refreshing getting to see a positive review, specially on such an underrated gem. Great work Goomba!
It's nice to see you happy for once. I actually love this!
This video makes me really want to go out and play the game!
Same! Im so getting it on 3DS virtual console
i only recently found your channel and so far likeing it and i gotta give you credit your dedicated to being a goomba ive seen alot of channels that had a similar identity of game characters and the like and they usually change it to something else but i went down to the bottom of your videos list to see how long youve kept up this goomba identity and i saw 7 years thats a long ass time
I played this game on the 3DS Virtual Console like six years ago and yeah, it is easily the best Game Boy game, it has not aged a bit unlike other games for the console, it's fantastic.
This was my first Game Boy game. I had wanted a system pretty much the entire 1990s, and finally got my Dad to buy me one in '95 when the Play It Loud's came out
The sequel on the gba was my childhood
Wow, it's been awhile since this channel was in my suggestions feed. Great episode, glad you're still making them!
I'm glad TH-cam has finally recommended my video to someone again. It's been a long time
GB Donkey Kong was my first Game Boy game. I got it for Christmas with a Game Boy and loved it ever since. Definitely one I like to revisit, and that last world is just too much fun.
Great review and thanks for bringing up some good memories!
One of the best content creators ever. Keep going and doing your content.
I like that the ending sets up the premise for Donkey Kong Jr.
Just rediscovered this channel and it is still gold
Even when you play a good game, you still provide some satisfying comedy! After seeing looking at the footage, I may have to give this game a try for myself!
I love that your still making these! you’ve come a long way my dude.
I really want to play this, hopefully gameboy games come to Nintendo Switch Online.
Although I never played it, it seems like a great game and long enough to entertain. Though I’m also a fan of the mini Mario gameplay but donkey Kong game boy is still cool.
This is one of my favorite games of all time, IT STILL HOLDS UP TODAY, the music is amazing some of the best the gb has to offer, the controls are tight, the puzzles are cool and satisfying, the sound effects, all of marios moves and the gameplay is perfect, its all so good!
This game kind of reminds me of Toads Treasure Tracker because both games are just compact mini stages where you have to do some platforming and solve the puzzles
I feel Nintendo did the right move with calling the sequel (which wasn't as good) "Mario VS. Donkey Kong" I bet if they called this one that instead of just "Donkey Kong" it would have been way more known
1:30 - On the NES/Famicom, Arcade and other home versions, that was the last level, but on the Game Boy, this is where the fun really begins!
I've always loved Donkey Kong on the gameboy. Great job reviewing it Lonley Goomba you're always my favorite Nintendo TH-camr
This game is mindblowing. I used to think the first Donkey Kong game to introduce the wind gimmick was Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. But nope. It was this game.
I started watching you in elementary, I'm applying to college now. Thank you for releasing videos all these years.
Donkey Kong 94 is pretty challenging especially if it's your first time playing this game will keep you on your toes from the beginning all the way to the final battle.
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I remember this game from my brother. He downloaded this game on the Nintendo E shop on his 3ds XL. Really nice twist at the beginning. Love it.
Got this Christmas 1995 when I was 8. After clearing the arcade part I thought I had beaten the game. Took me MONTHS to beat the whole thing. This game really taught me to "think outside of the box" in terms of getting that key to the door each time - like dumping the key onto a conveyer belt that Mario can't fit through and then retrieving it on the other side before it vanishes back to it's original spot.
You might only upload once a month, but your videos are always worth it.
I have a copy of this game! It was really tricky and difficult in some stages because I had think of different and complicated ways to clear each stage. But I still had fun playing it and thankfully I was able to beat the game.
Nice to get a review of a good game from you! Been a fan for a long time :)
GREAT review of this great game. Hope you do end up getting around to Mario Vs Donkey Kong next!
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@TheLonelyGoomba i remember this game and i remember being stuck on the volcano world for ages till...i gave up and now that you have mentioned it in this video, at 9:48, i might consider playing through the game and trying to get past that god damn world and i might even play through the original game boy title
This game is definitely quite incredible! I've always loved this game and I'm so happy to see you review this in such a positive light. people don't really talk about this game anymore and I really wish they'd make more of these games and even make something really cool maybe as a 30th anniversary for the original donkey Kong arcade being released in 1981 how about next year in 2021 they released a new donkey Kong game with puzzle levels like this and you could actually create your own custom levels?
I mean in Mario versus donkey Kong 2 March of the minis you actually do get to make your own levels but the different playstyle because you're controlling multiple minis. It's a lot of fun sure, but I'd love to see it done for games that are like the 1994 donkey Kong game boy.
That game brings back so many good memories!
this channel brings me back my first youtube video was tlg's rockem sockem robots
I remember first playing past the barrel levels and discovering the world map madness that was the actual game. It was an amazing game in my childhood back in the early 2000s :')
This channle bring back so many like 2016 memories before you had a ds and holy shit im screaming
This was definitely a turning point for the channel. For the better that is. You only really improved from here
Yeah this was the point I decided to share my actual thoughts rather than just rip into games for the sake of it / trying to be funny. Which I enjoyed doing more.
@@TheLonelyGoomba well this Definitely improved your channel, your one of, if not the best reviewers I know. I’ve been trying to promote you were I can. Idk if I’m actually helping though
@@TheLonelyGoomba though do you enjoy properly reviewing the game or ripping into it more
Oh shit I completely forgot about this channel. Huh. Cool to see you still doing stuff.
The End Music is also enhanced if you play it on the SGB. One of my favorite games on the system.
I LOVED this game as a kid. Some of the puzzles were god-tier puzzle fun. Some of the most nostalgic memories on the gameboy for me came from Donkey Kong and Mario, and I played a lot of games for the grey brick.
Nice video Goomba!
Gets me wanting to play it myself
This is actually a good classic I swear know one even knows this even exists
It's nice to see you play something you like
You know, I might have a series of Gameboy games you'll be interested in: The Game & Watch Gallery games. These games feature a bunch of Game & Watch games to play all at your leisure, but with a few twists: You can select between Classic or Modern versions for each game; the former having the exact same visuals and sound as the LCD original, while the latter gives it more flair with extra animation and making it more "Mario" in presentation. While I never played most of this series myself, I have played the 4th game on GBA when I first got mine at the age of 4 (oh how time flies...) and I had a lot of fun! You can collect Stars by playing really well in both versions of all the games featured in every collection to unlock more extras such as new games and such! Heck, I remember wasting my free time away by watching those bite-size sprite animations in G&W Gallery 4 where you got to see things like a Big Boo play bowling with Waluigi pins for example! Also, its soundtrack was surprisingly pleasant to listen to; whether it was the Modern Games' songs, or that incredibly relaxing Museum theme, there was quite a bit to enjoy both gameplay wise and presentation wise! And while there was a Game & Watch Collection for the DS, it was only available for Club Nintendo Members in 2008 (rest in spaghetti, never forghetti) and doesn't have nearly the same charm in its presentation when compared to the GB/GBA titles. I guess if you wanna compare, it's like going from Sonic Mega Collection on GameCube to Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection on PS3/XBox 360, sure you get more games to play, but some of that childhood magic gets lost in the transition, you know?
Donkey Kong was such a good game. I got it because I thought it was like DKC back in the day...was a Christmas
present and I loved it
This game was super hard for me as a kid, I never got past the forest level where you had to manipulate enemies. (I believe it was even the level shown off at 03:18 in this video.)
I never knew there were so many worlds and levels I haven't seen until I saw the save file of a friend's copy, who had beaten the game by that point.
Sadly, my own copy got super bugged so I can't really play it anymore.
This game was my childhood. The last stage in particular was my favorite, just for the final boss alone. What annoyed me is that you always had to complete the previous stages in order to fight him again. 9-2 used to give me so much trouble because I mostly overshot the swing and got killed by Donkey Kong.
Thanks for this, Goomba.
I really mean it as a big fan of this game, I loved the review.
This game got tons of mileage out of it as a kid, I took it everywhere, was determined to beat it. My friend used to bug me to play it too so I set him up with his own save file and we'd fire up the Super Gameboy so I can watch him play. 100 levels felt like a long trek as a kid.
I love this game still to this very day. Specially the music. Still hum the theme from the Forest world (World 2) pretty often. ❤
I remember playing this game thinking it was just a port but no! This game was really good!
Good to see you again!
Mario travels all over the world to save someone?
Take that Mario Odyssey, Mario's already explored the entire world before you
You are everywhere!
I'm not surprised. Super Mario Odyssey heavily reference the Donkey Kong Arcade games and Donkey Kong 94(GameBoy) a lot, which is interesting because for once in the main Mario series, Nintendo all of a sudden remembers "Oh yeah, Mario's real first game is Donkey Kong". New Donk City isa big reference to the City in Donkey Kong 94, Pauline(Mario's OG girlfriend) is the Mayor of New Donk City, and New Donk City is filled with various Donkey Kong references. And Mario traveling around the world must be a nod to Donkey Kong 94(GameBoy).
I just realized THIS is probably the inspiration for the final Boss in DKC Returns.
Finally we get to go back to a Gameboy game! Great video!
Man, this really doesn't feel like a year ago video, time flies.
The Super Game Boy version is the best way to play this on the SNES. It's in color, it has the Donkey Kong arcade border, and it features a voice sample of Pauline saying "Help!"
We came very close to getting a GBA remake of this game with a level editor but then it instead morphed into the game Mario vs Donkey Kong (there are some photos of the prototype), which in japan at least became one of the few games with E-reader exclusive levels (though unlike Super Mario Advance 4 the data wasn't included on the card but rather an unlock instruction as the levels were already on the game)
Grew up playing this game so much. I would 100% it about once a week. Also my father couldn't beat one certain level, so I was always being called upon to do it for him.
8:17 I actually love that jingle
Why this channel remembers me of old TH-cam videos from 2005- early 2013
Really nice video. I hope you can do another positive themed episode someday like this one.
I would totally love to hear Lonely Goomba's take on Link's Awakening