It's very interesting how both Qbby and Kirby have similar development situations. Both were originally placeholder designs for their respective series until they decided to keep them the way they are.
@Thomas Game Docs I’ve done some research myself in my spare time, and the development of both Kirby’s Dream Land for the Game Boy and Kirby’s Adventure for the NES are quite fascinating, especially the discussion’s around Kirby’s design. You should definitely do a video about them. It’s essentially the character that first put HAL laboratories on the map for most gamers, so it’s also interesting from that perspective.
@Pichu Master1164 I presume he meant that he didn’t previously know that Qbby’s design was originally a placeholder. He already knew that Kirby’s was a initially a placeholder. The Kirby series =/= the BoxBoy series, so not knowing everything about the development history of the BoxBoy games (or, by extension, Qbby) doesn’t really have much to do with being a Kirby Master.
Thank you so much! Don't feel like you have to, but if you're looking for a way to maybe help out the channel, sharing the videos with friends/online is always super helpful! Then again, none of my friends are really into games much so I totally understand if that would be a little awkward, haha
I love the piano arrangement of the world map theme used at the end of the video! I realized that we don't really have fan BOXBOY! music, we need more of it.
Great episode! I must confess, I had never payed too much attention to BoxBoy and didn't even realize it was developed by HAL. It's very cool to know that even in bigger studios there are people thinking back to, and being inspired by, older games!
Definitely! While there's certainly a lot to love about modern big budget AAA games, there's something so nice about the mechanical simplicity of older games too. I really feel like Nintendo + HAL are really carrying the baton here!
When I saw this in my subscriptions I got excited lol. The BoxBoy series is one of my favorites and I'm glad the series is still continuing (even if not many people talk about it). Another fun fact is that the developer had the idea of having a co-op mode, but didn't add it to the game because he wasn't sure how successful it would be. Seeing how BoxBoy+BoxGirl has co-op makes me very happy for the developer and hopeful for future games in the series! Btw your piano cover for the game is really great!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked the video/cover! And that's really interesting about the co-op - I really need to get round to trying it out on the new game!
Hey! It's another one of my favorite series! I simply adore the BOX BOY! series, having 100%ed all three of the 3DS installments. As you mentioned, the visuals are stylish, the gameplay is fun and simple to pick up, and all the little unlockable extras (namely the little 4koma comics) show how much love the studios has for this franchise. Even the way the second and third games unlock extra stuff if you had the previous installments feels like a grateful nod from the developers! The only thing about this franchise that makes me sort of sad is how the Qbby amiibo was a Japan exclusive, and how prohibitely expensive it is nowadays...I'll be grabbing the new Switch entry very soon! The co-op component is sure to be fun to share with my best friend!
Really nice video focussing on something different from HAL. It feels quite relaxing and chill. I wonder if you've heard of Shinya Kumazaki though? He's the general director of the Kirby series and has directed and worked on far more Kirby titles than Sakurai ever did but the poor guy never seems to get any credit (probably because he's never done any English directs to be fair). I don't think anyone's done a video on him? It would be nice to get his name out there. :)
=[ :] =[ :]* 2:19 "HI" Hi Thomas! Edit: So yeah, I love Boxboy, I bought the first game the day it came out on a whim, and have been a fan of the series ever since. But I always thought the girl should be called Boxbox. Boxboy=XY male Boxbox=XX female
@@kirbycreep Yeah. And I'm certain makes things clear. It's more of a joke/pun type thing for me. For example: What are the only 2 kinds of post you get in your letterbox? Mail (male) and "Fee mail" (female aka bills)
I love this series so much. I bought it off the whim one day with a coupon from MyNintendo and it was a great decision. I would spend hours playing the games on the 3ds and I’m enjoying playing Boxboy + Boxgirl on the switch but I haven’t had a lot of time to play it. It’s a series I love and I’m glad it exists. Also I love Qbby and the gang. They’re all very good.
BOXBOY+BOXGIRL came out a few months ago on the switch! It's a lot of fun. I have completed the game almost 100% but I probably won't because it's hard to get all S ranks! Other then the S ranks I have done everything in that game. I highly recommend it and can't wait for the next game!
Yeah, I'm the same. I'm thinking pretty hard about getting this new game on Switch though, especially if I can convince my younger brother to play it with me. He's s lot better at games than I am, haha
What's the GB block throwing game you showed in the video? I would have played the hell out of that game back in the day (And will probably do nowadays as well once I know its name). Keep up the good work, man!
@@sneakybanana_ thanks! :) I did find it, eventually. It wasn't bad, but it was more on the "puzzle" end of the spectrum, while I prefer something more geared towards the "action" end. Tetris Attack aka Panel de Pon aka Puzzle Challenge is my sweet spot. If you liked Flipull try Dharma Doujou (in case you don't know it already). You'll probably enjoy it ;)
What's the name of the Game Boy game featured in the video you used to show as an example of the kind of design he wanted to go for? That honestly looked kinda fun/my type of thing. Please if anyone knows lemme know!!
@Remi Lalaque I’ve only played the demos myself, but I’d definitely recommend them. They are puzzle-oriented rather than being platformers like Kirby, but they are very good regardless. I’d love to get them for my own sometime.
Yeah, I think I'm gonna switch back to it again! The video wasn't (/isn't) performing super well and I thought maybe the thumbnail was putting people off, but I think that actually BoxBoy is just more obscure than I thought. Oh well, you live and learn!
It's very interesting how both Qbby and Kirby have similar development situations.
Both were originally placeholder designs for their respective series until they decided to keep them the way they are.
HAL Laboratory just can't stop falling in love with their prototype characters!
Oh really? That's really interesting! I don't know much (if anything) about Kirby's development, but I'd be up for covering it in the future
I mean, who can blame 'em, they just happen to make the cutest placeholder characters XD
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@Thomas Game Docs
I’ve done some research myself in my spare time, and the development of both Kirby’s Dream Land for the Game Boy and Kirby’s Adventure for the NES are quite fascinating, especially the discussion’s around Kirby’s design. You should definitely do a video about them. It’s essentially the character that first put HAL laboratories on the map for most gamers, so it’s also interesting from that perspective.
Kirby and Qbby were both originally placeholders? Wow.
But I thought you were a KirbyMaster
@Pichu Master1164
I presume he meant that he didn’t previously know that Qbby’s design was originally a placeholder. He already knew that Kirby’s was a initially a placeholder. The Kirby series =/= the BoxBoy series, so not knowing everything about the development history of the BoxBoy games (or, by extension, Qbby) doesn’t really have much to do with being a Kirby Master.
@@bhull242 Kirby ≠ BOXBOY!
Simple is best
@Boco Corwin was kirby he or a she..
Thank you for this. Your channel is severely underrated. I hope you find larger success soon, you deserve it!
Thank you so much! Don't feel like you have to, but if you're looking for a way to maybe help out the channel, sharing the videos with friends/online is always super helpful! Then again, none of my friends are really into games much so I totally understand if that would be a little awkward, haha
I'd love to help out! Do you have a twitter I can give you a shoutout on?
Sure! I'm @thomasgdocs. Thanks so much for your help!
I played and completed all 4 boxboy games, definitely underrated and deserves more exposure
I love the piano arrangement of the world map theme used at the end of the video! I realized that we don't really have fan BOXBOY! music, we need more of it.
Great episode! I must confess, I had never payed too much attention to BoxBoy and didn't even realize it was developed by HAL. It's very cool to know that even in bigger studios there are people thinking back to, and being inspired by, older games!
Definitely! While there's certainly a lot to love about modern big budget AAA games, there's something so nice about the mechanical simplicity of older games too. I really feel like Nintendo + HAL are really carrying the baton here!
When I saw this in my subscriptions I got excited lol. The BoxBoy series is one of my favorites and I'm glad the series is still continuing (even if not many people talk about it). Another fun fact is that the developer had the idea of having a co-op mode, but didn't add it to the game because he wasn't sure how successful it would be. Seeing how BoxBoy+BoxGirl has co-op makes me very happy for the developer and hopeful for future games in the series!
Btw your piano cover for the game is really great!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked the video/cover! And that's really interesting about the co-op - I really need to get round to trying it out on the new game!
i love boxboy
Boxboy is my favorite puzzle game of all time. And no one talks about it. Thank you.
I played through the three first games and damn, the lore of these series is much bigger than what you would expect from a puzzle game.
Hey! It's another one of my favorite series! I simply adore the BOX BOY! series, having 100%ed all three of the 3DS installments. As you mentioned, the visuals are stylish, the gameplay is fun and simple to pick up, and all the little unlockable extras (namely the little 4koma comics) show how much love the studios has for this franchise. Even the way the second and third games unlock extra stuff if you had the previous installments feels like a grateful nod from the developers! The only thing about this franchise that makes me sort of sad is how the Qbby amiibo was a Japan exclusive, and how prohibitely expensive it is nowadays...I'll be grabbing the new Switch entry very soon! The co-op component is sure to be fun to share with my best friend!
Definitely! I'll be trying to convince my brother to do the co-op with be, too! Prying him away from Smash may be a little difficult though, haha
The boxboy master
agreed its nice 2 be shown new games
Decided the first title of the series to be my final Eshop purchase.
It was the right choice.
Thank you for making this video! Box Boy is criminally underrated
Wow. Kirby and box boy were both place holder characters.
What’s funny is as I was playing box boy I thought to myself how much more I enjoyed this than Kirby, not knowing they were made by the same devs
Finally, this cubical lad is getting the recognition it deserves.
Such a good puzzle platformer. Most have a hard time making puzzles challenging without getting too difficult.
Really nice video focussing on something different from HAL. It feels quite relaxing and chill.
I wonder if you've heard of Shinya Kumazaki though? He's the general director of the Kirby series and has directed and worked on far more Kirby titles than Sakurai ever did but the poor guy never seems to get any credit (probably because he's never done any English directs to be fair). I don't think anyone's done a video on him? It would be nice to get his name out there. :)
never played, but after seeing its process, I need to buy the one for Switch :P
PS: loved that piano outro in this video
Thank you!
Have you tried it yet? It's one of my favourite series of all times.
=[ :] =[ :]*
2:19 "HI"
Hi Thomas!
Edit: So yeah, I love Boxboy, I bought the first game the day it came out on a whim, and have been a fan of the series ever since.
But I always thought the girl should be called Boxbox.
Boxboy=XY male
Boxbox=XX female
"box girl" makes sense as well
@@kirbycreep
Yeah. And I'm certain makes things clear.
It's more of a joke/pun type thing for me.
For example:
What are the only 2 kinds of post you get in your letterbox?
Mail (male) and "Fee mail" (female aka bills)
Glad someone spotted my little message!
@@ThomasGameDocs
Well you do start every video with "Hi there."
I love this series so much. I bought it off the whim one day with a coupon from MyNintendo and it was a great decision. I would spend hours playing the games on the 3ds and I’m enjoying playing Boxboy + Boxgirl on the switch but I haven’t had a lot of time to play it.
It’s a series I love and I’m glad it exists.
Also I love Qbby and the gang. They’re all very good.
love your videos man, you do an amazing job at providing interesting information in an entertaining way. Keep up the great work!
2:21 decides on game mechanic giant arm comes out of back
I have all the BoxBoy's on my 3ds, and i am still waiting for BOXBOY+BOXGIRL to come out! :D
BOXBOY+BOXGIRL came out a few months ago on the switch! It's a lot of fun. I have completed the game almost 100% but I probably won't because it's hard to get all S ranks! Other then the S ranks I have done everything in that game. I highly recommend it and can't wait for the next game!
Yeah, Boxboy is pretty fun
This goofy thumbnail is exactly what the Boxboy developers would want!
I hope so! I got a bit carried away with it, haha
If you've seen the game's Twitter page lately, you'll understand exactly the kind of shenanigans they've been up to.
How does someone with this much quality and entertainment have 30k you deserve at least 1,000,000 Subs
Great video as always!
Thanks! (sorry for the slow reply - I've been a little busy with college stuff over the last few days!)
i think i finally got to know the reson why i like the box boy series.. it gives me the good old time vibes
fake nostalgia moments i can smell.
Tbh i want a box boy themed stage in smash
I only (so far) played the 1st one(i had a coupon!) Haven't got the other ones for the 3DS yet....But one day!
Yeah, I'm the same. I'm thinking pretty hard about getting this new game on Switch though, especially if I can convince my younger brother to play it with me. He's s lot better at games than I am, haha
Kirby's epic yarn was developed by good feel, not Hal laboratories. (It was at the beginning of the video)
then how did they make kirby? did hal give permission or did hal help them on it?
@@doggo6471 Yeah Nintendo paid Good feel to make it, just liked they did with Yoshi's Wooly World and Crafted World
"Kirby is the most basic character possible, you can't get any simpler"
Mukai: "observe"
It’s interesting that Kirby still makes a cameo in the box boy series despite his round shape
im surprised there arent more videos about boxboy
the lore of these games is surprisingly deep
This is one of my favorite games
I really enjoyed this game. Looking forward to playing the sequels
BOXBOY is such a great game series and I’m glad they released a sequel on the Nintendo Switch even if Bye Bye BOXBOY felt like a good conclusion.
2:12 That's basically Solomon's key
I remember playing all three games ALL THE TIME
Box boy is the best 3ds game I've ever played, and I'm glad to see that everyone else loves it to death.
nice seeing a comments section thats not absolute garbage :) keep up the good work
The Box Boy series are great! The stories are really dark though.
Kirby, the circle
Boxboy, the square
careful guys, they might do a triangle next
i got a switch commercial on this
Well done
i cant wait to get a switch and get the box boy + box girl game i miss the gameplay on my 3ds demo
I smell fake nostallgiiaaa!
Bring the Qbby amiibo to the states!
boxboy sounds like a flash game
This reminds me of the mobile game Sometimes You Die
What's the GB block throwing game you showed in the video? I would have played the hell out of that game back in the day (And will probably do nowadays as well once I know its name).
Keep up the good work, man!
Did you ever find out what it was called? I thought maybe it was a mode in Puzznik..and then I found it. Flipull (Plotting) by Taito.
@@sneakybanana_ thanks! :)
I did find it, eventually. It wasn't bad, but it was more on the "puzzle" end of the spectrum, while I prefer something more geared towards the "action" end. Tetris Attack aka Panel de Pon aka Puzzle Challenge is my sweet spot.
If you liked Flipull try Dharma Doujou (in case you don't know it already). You'll probably enjoy it ;)
Very interesting video! Thank you! :)
Glad you liked it!
Similar to Kirbies origins they kept the original character design.
I WAS SO CURIOUS
Horray yes yes
It isn't a true Thomas Game Docs video without a comment from Zhipcomics!
Its wierd that boxboy is on steam and that Nintendo said at E3 dose aneyone rimember boxboy that steam game
Is every HAL Laboratory character (besides Ninten Ness and Lucas) just placeholders?
I need Box Boy Builder!
Facts
0:48 “Client”
*it’s in the lower left*
So cute :0
Imagine if they were making a non - Kirby game with Kirby in 😂
What's the name of the Game Boy game featured in the video you used to show as an example of the kind of design he wanted to go for? That honestly looked kinda fun/my type of thing. Please if anyone knows lemme know!!
Flipull (Plotting) by Taito.
I...
Never played them despit having played a lot of kirby games
@Remi Lalaque
I’ve only played the demos myself, but I’d definitely recommend them. They are puzzle-oriented rather than being platformers like Kirby, but they are very good regardless. I’d love to get them for my own sometime.
Never heard of it
What if he just plays his own music so that he’ll never get copyrighted
INTELLIGENCE 100
the HAL laboratory logo is weird
What about the uniqlo one in the app?
Minimalism ❤️💚💙
The previous thumbnail was better haha
Yeah, I think I'm gonna switch back to it again! The video wasn't (/isn't) performing super well and I thought maybe the thumbnail was putting people off, but I think that actually BoxBoy is just more obscure than I thought. Oh well, you live and learn!
Labatree?
If you want weird then check out membrane on the Nintendo eshop
DaEpikDuck
Which one?
@@bhull242 there's more than one?
DaEpikDuck
I meant which Nintendo eShop. There’s one for the 3DS, Wii U, and Switch.
For switch
@DaEpikDuck
Ah, thanks. I’ll check it out.
What the hell is boxboy
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Can you do persona 3
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Sorry but HAL did not make epic yarn
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