I feel this game is underrated and didn't get the recognition it deserved. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The sound, the gameplay, challenge were on point and for GBA game it had some nice little extras.
I’m starting to think that Nintendo is pretending Donkey Kong 94 on the gameboy doesn’t exist. Which is odd because that game is the best gameboy game ever.
Maybe because Miyamoto hasn't participated in so they don't care (same for Mario Land because Wario and Daisy are only in the spinoff game such as Mario Kart and Mario Party but never in the main serie)
This game is pretty challenging by Mario standards, especially the later levels. It doesn't look that hard, but anyone who's played it knows that it's not as easy as it looks.
Getting back to basics is sometimes the way to go. First time Mario burst onto the scene was in the arcade game "Donkey Kong". Only instead of the girl Mario's involved with being kidnapped, DK instead nabs the mini-Mario toys from Mario's Toy Factory all cause he was late to the party with the sales. In retrospect, putting the factory next to the stores you intend to distribute product to isn't a very wise idea.
Aye, that it isn't lad but we've gotta cut down on the time it takes to ship the new lot to stores and always be one step ahead of the demands for popular products, just like how Aladdin always stays one step ahead of the corrupt law enforcement in Agrabah
@@rhodesdrakethenieliii3209 At least put in a state-of-the-art security system so if someone who wants your latest product shows up late to the party, they can't pillage the factory.
I've had the memories of this game stored in the back of my head for 20 years and only now am I being reminded what game it was. I played the shit out of this game!
had this game when I were younger and I completely forgot about it until now. holy fuck the nostalgia and the struggle I had trying to complete these levels as my 4/6 year old self. wow how time flies...
From what I've played on Odyssey, it feels like a new experience. A blend of Mario 3D World and Mario 64. Mario Sunshine was very different from Galaxy. Galaxy was very different from 3D world. I think Nintendo puts out so few Mario games because they're constantly finding new ways to play the old formula.
Yep. But explain me why people complained about Sunshine when they tried a new way to play? I mean I wish they could bring back some sunshine elements in a future DLC (like the Delphino plaza and the Jet)
Tell me what they have done outside of the Platforming and RPG games with Mario lately? I'm not talking about already set series like Mario Kart and Smash Bros.
Omg I legit spent like a year wondering if this game was something I dreamt up, but it felt so real, so I looked at every Mario gba game and this is it, this games sound effects are crazy nostalgic because since I didn’t have a phone back in those days, I used to go into the sound settings and listen to all the sounds and songs on the sound test, can’t believe I found it lol, it wasn’t a dream
I really want to see a return to this style of puzzle platformer. Donkey Kong 94’ is one of my favorite games on GB, and I’m excited to try this one out.
My whole childhood! After I mastered the entire game I gifted my gameboy advance sp and my Mario vs donkey Kong to my cousin. I regret il today. Very nostalgic
I just bought this game on my Wii U a little before the e shop closed to relive my childhood now the remaster is coming out and have to get that as well.
Mario's animation in this game bears striking resemblance to the New Super Mario series, leading me to believe what could've come of an original main series Mario game rather than ports of classics.
Shout outs for including the e-Reader levels, most people don't know they exist. Edit: Anyone know what the cheat is to play these level? I can't find it anymore.
Juanitoes Sure did! There's no actual mention of it's functionality in-game, so it's kind of a secret. They gave away 1,000 of the first five level cards were as a promotional event in Japan, with the last seven essentially going unused. There's a time stamp in description for the e-Reader levels.
ikagura Sort of. e-Reader cards held encrypted data using "dot codes", which is a type of barcode. Not exactly the same thing as the NFC technology in amiibo, but same idea.
I only known difference from USA, Japan and Europe. That Japanese of this game has E-Reader that never existed in Europe and USA, Europe has selecting language that Japan and USA don’t (sometimes USA games has changing language not all the time), Japan, Australia (I think) and Europe version timer comes animated way with when you when you unlocked the door 🚪 and after that it animated adds it to more timer to save mini Mario , but USA never animated timer coming with you unlock the door, but it added your timer anyway due to being first released
This game just this game makes me cry 😭 I love the memories of this game in the front seat with my dad when he was a truck driver and he got me this game when it came out with the Gameboy advance sp and I had such a blast
The original did have voice actors, and they were very good for what they did. I hope they keep the "$40" line right at the beginning where one of the Toads slips in a price for the Mini-Marios before DK's robbery. Maybe we get some price inflation, to keep the relevance intact.
I could barely cry.. i remember when i was ill at hospital and i didnt want to stay alone in the hospital so my mom promised me to buy this Gameboy with that Mario game. Oh it was suprisingly good and i forgot everything and Played that at night till i was healthy again. Oh man i could literally cry how time flys.. vest childhood
When it comes to the colorful buttons in my opinion, I got the feeling that the sound it makes when you push a specific color tells you how much it likes it. Blue - Pretty Yellow - Beautiful Red - Wonderful
LOL Donkey Kong wants Mario toys... clever product placement. Can you play as Kong?? I just got off playing Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr on my NES Classic Mini... I fuckin love how they continue using the same sounds and themes from 1982 ;))
I hope someone makes a gameboy version of NSMB. The Mario sprite looks wonderful the animation is perfect for a side-scrolling video game. Not to mention the enemies. The prana plant looks like it came from a jungle level and the goombas could be replaced with the shy guys.
Omg I completely forgot about this game I saw Nintendo direct and saw mario vs donkey Kong 2 and I was like wait this looks familiar and I search up the first game and omg im fr tearing up cause I remember having sm fun on this game 😭 good times fr
@@Jimmy-fj3ru The GBA version seems to be trying to copy the Donkey Kong Country style of digitized 3D models. A fitting tribute considering the premise of the game. One that's lost in the move to the Switch.
It really bothers me to watch you climb upwards using only one rope, when is faster to climb up while holding two. Just as it's faster to slide down on only 1.
![Game Boy Advance Longplay [007] Wario Land 4](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HxbTVkuC7AM/mqdefault.jpg)
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I feel this game is underrated and didn't get the recognition it deserved. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The sound, the gameplay, challenge were on point and for GBA game it had some nice little extras.
I enjoyed the game boy donkey kong 94 more. This game is practically a sequel of that game
I thought it did. I mean, it got a few sequels. They weren't as good as this one, but this game definitely got some love
The sound sucks. The music is good, but every other sound hurts my ears.
@Dookie Mane no its not
@Dookie Mane the gba didn't even exist yet
This was my childhood 😭 Every sound is recognizable ❤️
TiYana same
How old are you?
@@henriquefern67 20
Same
Same
I love how Mario has voice-based dialogues in this game
SMG64 reused this lines on his videos
“NO you don’t! Nooo you don’t!”
KoishiWii8 Quite a rarity, isn't it?
@@jacobhayes3385 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!
There's a bunch of them for a GBA game, how amazing is that.
The fact that donkey Kong wanted one so badly is honestly so endearing
Don’t mind me, just here in 2018 reliving my childhood
Eu
Don't worry, me I bought it on Christmas yesterday on Virtual Console. Reliving mu childhood too!
@KirbyGaming Kirby Yeah, I love this game. I bought it along with Paper Mario and I spend most tine on Mario vs. DK
@KirbyGaming Kirby Yeah :/
@KirbyGaming Kirby Yep! Well, he 33 years old he got a old back now!
The mini mario toy could've been a souvenir in New Donk City
Nintendo like to only remember a part of the continuity
I’m starting to think that Nintendo is pretending Donkey Kong 94 on the gameboy doesn’t exist. Which is odd because that game is the best gameboy game ever.
Maybe because Miyamoto hasn't participated in so they don't care (same for Mario Land because Wario and Daisy are only in the spinoff game such as Mario Kart and Mario Party but never in the main serie)
Hmm... interesting.
Or they forgot.
This game infuriated me beyond belief when I was younger
Same
Those fucking ghost levels
ME TOO
This game is pretty challenging by Mario standards, especially the later levels. It doesn't look that hard, but anyone who's played it knows that it's not as easy as it looks.
I hated the electrical levels
Technically a sequel to the Gameboy's Donkey Kong '94
@@RangoTheMercenary I liked the game the whole way through, but I respect your opinion.
It's actually got the same final boss, only he's in a giant robot rather than falling in a pile of Super Mushrooms.
Nope it was more of a remake of another remake
Alexander Sutton that doesn’t have anything to do regarding the games status as a seaquel
@@_Fizzy The only "remake" part of the game is the introduction world...
This game is so underrated...
It deserves more love.
And it’s getting a remake
New mini Mario toy! It walks! It talks! It says "mammamia"!
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!
@@stormendless552 hes talking about this 0:16
@Pickle Rick Buy them all... Buy them all...
0:14 HUM, BANANA, HUM
Mama mia
This was such a nostalgia trip for me! But I swear if one of those mini's say "Oh MaRio" one more time...
Who else wants this as a Remastered version on the Switch? My inner child would die
Lyle S Nintendo has so many properties that are just sitting around it would be a miracle if they remade this
Nintendo could get more popular if they remake more childhood games
This could work well, considering this game is pretty much entirely made of prerendered CG graphics.
I think they should make a completely new mario vs donkey kong in this style of gameplay for the switch.
i really want a remaster of this. it feels like a crappy 2000s flash game on the gba
Getting back to basics is sometimes the way to go. First time Mario burst onto the scene was in the arcade game "Donkey Kong". Only instead of the girl Mario's involved with being kidnapped, DK instead nabs the mini-Mario toys from Mario's Toy Factory all cause he was late to the party with the sales. In retrospect, putting the factory next to the stores you intend to distribute product to isn't a very wise idea.
Aye, that it isn't lad but we've gotta cut down on the time it takes to ship the new lot to stores and always be one step ahead of the demands for popular products, just like how Aladdin always stays one step ahead of the corrupt law enforcement in Agrabah
@@rhodesdrakethenieliii3209 At least put in a state-of-the-art security system so if someone who wants your latest product shows up late to the party, they can't pillage the factory.
I remember this game, it was pretty good and hard. When I was a kid, I was pretty impressed by the graphics.
I love this game since June 2010 right before summer school starts. R.I.P. Satoru Itawa.
I've had the memories of this game stored in the back of my head for 20 years and only now am I being reminded what game it was. I played the shit out of this game!
2:37:25 aww, that's nice of you Mario
Yes Trev had knock
1:37:08
Thank, you, Iwata.
When I Clicked To See What It is It Showed Me An Ad
The Donkey Kong serie should continue
crazy underrated mario game, my favorite on the gameboy for sure
Yeah...😅
Also, one of my favorite underated Mario games i've played too.
We're getting a remake next year!
had this game when I were younger and I completely forgot about it until now. holy fuck the nostalgia and the struggle I had trying to complete these levels as my 4/6 year old self. wow how time flies...
I miss when Nintendo tried old and new things with Mario...
ikagura Same. Mario and Rabbids is new, I guess. That's something.
From what I've played on Odyssey, it feels like a new experience. A blend of Mario 3D World and Mario 64. Mario Sunshine was very different from Galaxy. Galaxy was very different from 3D world. I think Nintendo puts out so few Mario games because they're constantly finding new ways to play the old formula.
Yep. But explain me why people complained about Sunshine when they tried a new way to play? I mean I wish they could bring back some sunshine elements in a future DLC (like the Delphino plaza and the Jet)
They stopped?
Tell me what they have done outside of the Platforming and RPG games with Mario lately?
I'm not talking about already set series like Mario Kart and Smash Bros.
Omg I legit spent like a year wondering if this game was something I dreamt up, but it felt so real, so I looked at every Mario gba game and this is it, this games sound effects are crazy nostalgic because since I didn’t have a phone back in those days, I used to go into the sound settings and listen to all the sounds and songs on the sound test, can’t believe I found it lol, it wasn’t a dream
I really want to see a return to this style of puzzle platformer. Donkey Kong 94’ is one of my favorite games on GB, and I’m excited to try this one out.
Wish granted
@@DamnZtarbro failed grammar class 💀
My whole childhood! After I mastered the entire game I gifted my gameboy advance sp and my Mario vs donkey Kong to my cousin. I regret il today. Very nostalgic
1:17 Did DK say: "Hey, Cool"?
Yup
Ana Gabriela Figueroa Yep
Can ya believe that's the composer of the DK rap doing the voice~??
AverageJoe5050 That’s Cool!
It's Grant Kirkhope, composer of the sountrack for Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and Donkey Kong 64, and he voiced Donkey Kong for a while.
I literally have goosebumps every new sound i hear, god this was an amazing game
0:14
NGL, I’m more excited for this in the remake
You just unlocked memories I didn’t even know existed
I love this game
No you dipshit your channel is just re uploaded game trailers i reported you for spam you scumbag content thief spammer.
Well then i'm not going to subscribe to your garbage channel since you don't know how to make videos.
Who are you talking to
@@est1569 The person deleted their comments.
We all do
I just bought this game on my Wii U a little before the e shop closed to relive my childhood now the remaster is coming out and have to get that as well.
Watching in 2019!! I’m 23 and I remember this game!!
well now it's the year 2020
@@apperushredder yeah
27:17 Let's-a go, little guys!
Here in 2021 still playing this game!😂😂 I remember as a kid loving the little “movie” at the beginning thinking it was so realistic LOL
Now you will be able to play it on switch :)
I remember being exited over a gameboy game when my friend gave it to me...So much memories...
This was my first gba game. I got the mario edition which has the game bundled with it.
@@duranium4445 same. It still works and i play it to this day
Mario's animation in this game bears striking resemblance to the New Super Mario series, leading me to believe what could've come of an original main series Mario game rather than ports of classics.
So glad I can play this game again in 4K. This right here, is my childhood
Underrated GBA gem.
Oh my word. I loved this game, this was my favorite game when I was little
This game was the best. Loved the music, the gameplay everything, I lost my copy recently I ordered a new one
*That intro clip just SCREAMS nostalgia.*
This is the game that made me play it all night without sleeping.
now we know where smg4 got those mario voice clips
Yup
I'm glad that I have this game!
I am very happy to play a remake of this game that came last month. Games like this deserve a remake of a remaster
I didn't remember that even the vines from Donkey Kong Jr. were there! It's a shame they went with the minis gameplay and never looked back...
Just because nobody said this...
*THE SOUNDTRACK IS JUST MIDI FILES.*
14:43 Way to go
28:55 Good Job
41:58 Oh you DK you baby
56:00 Way to go
1:12:37 Good Job
1:33:03 Oh you DK you baby
Shout outs for including the e-Reader levels, most people don't know they exist.
Edit: Anyone know what the cheat is to play these level? I can't find it anymore.
DrMrProfessorPatrick rip the e-reader it was too soon for its time
DrMrProfessorPatrick wtf they had E-Reader for this game?! Now im sticking to watch this now thanks to you!
Juanitoes Sure did! There's no actual mention of it's functionality in-game, so it's kind of a secret. They gave away 1,000 of the first five level cards were as a promotional event in Japan, with the last seven essentially going unused. There's a time stamp in description for the e-Reader levels.
Is this kinda like the beta concept of the Amiibo?
ikagura Sort of. e-Reader cards held encrypted data using "dot codes", which is a type of barcode. Not exactly the same thing as the NFC technology in amiibo, but same idea.
This gameplay mechanic is so gaw damn fun and I really miss it
I wish Nintendo or a third party developer could bring back this gameplay style
Wish granted
I only known difference from USA, Japan and Europe. That Japanese of this game has E-Reader that never existed in Europe and USA, Europe has selecting language that Japan and USA don’t (sometimes USA games has changing language not all the time), Japan, Australia (I think) and Europe version timer comes animated way with when you when you unlocked the door 🚪 and after that it animated adds it to more timer to save mini Mario , but USA never animated timer coming with you unlock the door, but it added your timer anyway due to being first released
When I played this game in my young years. There was ONE mission that I COULDN"T FINISH!! To summerize it, I never finished the entire game.
Same the furthest i have gotten is 1:00:20 I think
@@trwoink4315 i looked up this video a decade later to find the level i got stuck on , and it was exactly this one!
@@Yortman11 same
@@trwoink4315 I finished it
This game just this game makes me cry 😭 I love the memories of this game in the front seat with my dad when he was a truck driver and he got me this game when it came out with the Gameboy advance sp and I had such a blast
We are getting a remake of this game very soon.
I wonder if there's gona be voice acting
The original did have voice actors, and they were very good for what they did. I hope they keep the "$40" line right at the beginning where one of the Toads slips in a price for the Mini-Marios before DK's robbery. Maybe we get some price inflation, to keep the relevance intact.
I could barely cry.. i remember when i was ill at hospital and i didnt want to stay alone in the hospital so my mom promised me to buy this Gameboy with that Mario game. Oh it was suprisingly good and i forgot everything and Played that at night till i was healthy again. Oh man i could literally cry how time flys.. vest childhood
Now you are gonna make cry😭
Even i've never played this game, i REALLY love the game mechanics.
When it comes to the colorful buttons in my opinion, I got the feeling that the sound it makes when you push a specific color tells you how much it likes it.
Blue - Pretty
Yellow - Beautiful
Red - Wonderful
Remake coming up 2024
Thats be honest, Marios door transitions where better in this version
LOL Donkey Kong wants Mario toys... clever product placement. Can you play as Kong??
I just got off playing Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr on my NES Classic Mini... I fuckin love how they continue using the same sounds and themes from 1982 ;))
I played this game a lot on my old GBA. I never beat it though because a level was giving me so much trouble. But this was a great game
COMING TO NINTENDO SWITCH
Hands down, best mario game I’ve ever played
I hope someone makes a gameboy version of NSMB. The Mario sprite looks wonderful the animation is perfect for a side-scrolling video game. Not to mention the enemies. The prana plant looks like it came from a jungle level and the goombas could be replaced with the shy guys.
Someone made an SNES fan game that's a Mario Land remake in that exact style
Never could finish the fire volcano stage in new game plus when I was a kid but the ending is so wholesome
Get ready y’all! THIS GAME IS GETTING A REMAKE!!
This game was just so much fun. I wish I still had my gameboy advance sp.
Love this game
Jay Fray sure can you subscribe to me too
My childhood right here😭 I thought this game only existed in my dreams and the whole time it was just Mario vs DK😂
One of the best GBA games ever made for sure
Looking forward to playing this next year!
The Switch Remake is coming!
I never play mario but i often watch it and I fell nostalgic just watching this again
0:54
“Mario vs Donkey Kong!” That’s what he sayin for the title!
I love the intro song, it’s a good mashup of the donkey Kong and Mario theme
All due respect to this game but I prefer the GB title to this one. Could just be nostalgia though.
Gotta need that for the remastered version of this game! (it’s the same thing)
MMMM BANANAS
MMMM
_MMMMMMMMMMMMM_
*MMMMMMMMMM*
MMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
One of my first very few Nintendo games ❤️
Omg I completely forgot about this game I saw Nintendo direct and saw mario vs donkey Kong 2 and I was like wait this looks familiar and I search up the first game and omg im fr tearing up cause I remember having sm fun on this game 😭 good times fr
That's Mario Vs. Donkey Kong 1, March of the Minis its the second game.
Never heard of this game in my entire life up until now.
Yet somehow, this looks like it has good graphics.
When I played this game on my computer, I got to World 3 before the whole game reset itself
🤔
This game reminds me of that time I didn’t want to die.
I feel you that I've gotten older and life has been rough since then, but I'm sending you my love and you're not in this alone!
Played the heck out of this game it was so fun
1:38:13
Hey Donkey Kong! Are you OK?
*YEAH!* 😅
this game is criminally underrated and NEEDS a remaster for Switch!!!
the remaster have a new mode where bowser have a alliance with king k rool in that mode donkey kong its the second playable character
Now you have it
Is we getting this game too? For the switch plsssss tell me somebody?
One of my first childhood games
They should release this game for GBA online on the switch
i played this game 7 years ago and i still remeber every single level😂😆
Some expert levels in european version have differences over this. I'm assuming this is the american one.
i just thought about this game for the first time in like over a decade and didn’t know if it was real
I miss this game 😭
NSMB but it’s game boy advance and has a more original storyline rather than “Peach gets captured, Mario kills bowser, princess saved.”
Anyone else think there's a bit more personality in the GBA version than in the Switch version?
Sounds, voices and animations style in the GBA ver. is better, the remake feels soul less (have better graphics is not enough)
@@Jimmy-fj3ru The GBA version seems to be trying to copy the Donkey Kong Country style of digitized 3D models. A fitting tribute considering the premise of the game. One that's lost in the move to the Switch.
The city I feel like they are in the middle of the city while the remake it really feel like a flat background.
This game made me practice doing a mario voice!...and it is just a fun game
So hyped for feb!
It really bothers me to watch you climb upwards using only one rope, when is faster to climb up while holding two. Just as it's faster to slide down on only 1.
YES
Nostalgia for me 100%