Battle Clash (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Nintendo's 1992 light gun rail shooter for the SNES, Battle Clash.
Anything that required the SuperScope (or most any other SNES peripheral, for that matter) seemed to be instantly relegated to obscurity, no matter how good it might have been.
Battle Clash and its sequel, Metal Combat, are two of the biggest casualties of this. Developed by Nintendo R&D1 with Nintendo's unsung hero Gunpei Yokoi at the helm, Nintendo's first-person rail shooters scream high production values and a real attention to detail. The characters are huge and zoom across the screen at some pretty impressive speeds, and there tons of little things that really bring it to life, especially in the backgrounds and in the way everything shows varying degrees of damage during a fight. It's all backed by a pretty too notch soundtrack, even if the sound of explosions and metallic clangs drown it out most the time.
It reminds me a great deal of Punch-Out and Teleroboxer. You fight a line-up of Not-Gundams working your way to the top, and each one has specific weaknesses that have to be exploited to take them down quickly. They all telegraph their moves through sound and animation cues, and timing is everything. If it weren't for having to use a AA-battery hungry plastic bazooka, I dare suggest this might've been a huge hit.
Even with the clunky gun, the game design really shines. It's got all of Nintendo's trademark charm and quality to it, and deserves to be remembered.
Oh, and if you want to play it without a SuperScope and tube TV, load it up through Snes9xgx on the Wii. It plays amazingly well with the super-accurate Wii-mote in the Zapper shell. I quite prefer it to the original, in all honesty.
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[@TKDBoy1889]

That transformation for the 2nd phase of the final boss is just amazing. It's one of those moments that, the first time you played, made you go "Yup, I'm screwed."

[@shabustinkslol]

Yup, definitely an 'oh shit' moment lol

[@crzyruskie86]

I agree, and a young me was actually scared lol.

[@crzyruskie86]

The sound track was so awesome in this game as well as game play

[@gopats85]

The scrolling effects considering the SNES was only a 16 bit console were very impressive for its time. Really loved this game as a child.

[@MightyPinto]

18:49 "This could be it my friend; we've no hope to win in this shape." *HAS FULL HEALTH AND THE V-SYSTEM*

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Oh well, at least this was fixed in metal combat falcon's revenge... Where in a similar situation Mike would say what a scoundrel, I really wish he didn't do that.

[@simonriddick]

I played this at a friends house. The graphics and sound blew me away lol. Holding the superscope was cool too. Great game.

[@wholewurld]

I loved this game. Cool music and graphics.

[@Donkey_Lips]

The sequel, Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge, was even better.

[@wholewurld]

@@Donkey_Lips Completely agree

[@NintendoComplete]

Yokoi's epic rail-shooter borrows liberally from Punch-Out!! and delivers an awesome SNES experience that was sadly passed over by most because of the SuperScope requirement. It's so damn good, how do more people not rave about this game?

[@Invidente7]

Because James Rolfe and Mike Matei trashed it on their James and Mike Mondays, but if you read the comments on that video all of their fans are calling'em out for their poor judgment, They shoulda played it with a Wiimote, for fuck's sake

[@Dorelaxen]

Please, just because someone on KZbin says something bad about a game, not everybody jumps on it with both feet. James and Mike both are very particular in their tastes, and everybody out there dislikes something that is widely regarded as good (I hate the film Fight Club, for instance) and loves something that's considered awful (I love the film Hudson Hawk, for instance). The Nostalgia Critic has repeatedly trashed movies that are pretty good, but that's his opinion, and I won't be changing my viewpoints because of it, even if I can see some of the points he makes. You can't pin something like this on an internet personality, no matter how popular they are.

[@TheKyGuy]

NintendoComplete I used to play this and the sequel at my grandparents’ house. I now have their Super Scope, those games and the equally underrated Yoshi’s Safari in my possession, as well as a CRT, to boot.

[@bushinberto5896]

NintendoComplete This game is a favorite of mine.

[@Sho_Ryu_Ken]

NintendoComplete i love this game

[@benjaminmaysell]

This game was so much fun back in the day.

[@okieyoshimd9817]

Thank you for this video. Having the game and no superscope as a child meant I couldn't get passed the second boss (the controller still fired bolts , but you couldn't aim or select special weapons) but now I can see what I missed out on. Thank you again.

[@jayskicksnfits9372]

*past*

[@user-ub8ck3fi6s]

So nostalgic, this was a mind blowing game to see my brothers play as a kid.

[@charaznableplays2110]

I think if a Gundam Based Skin Would been placed on top of this and its Sequel it would have more Love than It had....at least the ST Falcon got a Spirit on Smash Ultimate,also it just me or Garam looks like he is Dancing to the Epic tune playing in the back of his stage?

[@professorsponge1554]

I always found it fun to blow off the legs of the NY, Egypt, and Babal enemies. They basically come to a complete paralyzed halt.

[@Sho_Ryu_Ken]

I remember when i had this i was like 14 the nostalgia,

[@AdamSteidl]

Brings back awesome memories for me.

[@CrunchyRhombus]

@20:35, I knew you were gonna finish it, but man what a nail biter.

[@raiverns9620]

This is really impressive! It looks like a Genesis game with all of it's cpu intensive effects, and looks fun too! That said i'm calling out the andes stage for its very clear and strange tiling errors.

[@g-max1808]

This is one of my favorite SNES games of all time

[@brawnzen]

every battle is so dynamic; tons of cinematic potential

[@louiskeiflin5858]

No ending? That's a shame for a well made game.

[@capitoloneonine4026]

20:40 is the true SNES experience

[@kcsnipes]

What a great game one of my favorites back in the day

[@Shad0wX]

I see quite a few F-Zero elements in there especially the time counter and it's font

[@raz6485]

I wish Nintendo would've made another sequel for the Wii or Wii U. Even though I prefer the clunky Super Scope for a better feeling of power, light gun games work really well on the Wii.

[@NintendoComplete]

Raz The Zapper and Nerf controller shells work pretty well to that end

[@helennethers9777]

My first SNES game, didn't have the gun, returned it and got FF Mystic Quest.

[@petrog7224]

Vamonos por orden 1.- Garam: si les destruyes los cañones de arriba y lo dejas sin antebrazos ya no puede disparar 2.- Scarab: Si le destruyes una pierna se queda inmovil, ya no se desplaza en la pantalla 3.- Lorca: Igual cuando salen volando sus extremidades disparas en donde sujeta las extremidades y no se mueve 4.- Artemis: No recuerdo bien si le destruyes la parte superior, se estrella o vas a raz de suelo 5.- Schneider: Nunca destruir sus pies por que se vuelve mas evasivo y destruir sus 3 orbes 6.- Ivan: Destruye 2 extremidades el mismo lado y abre mas rápido las compuertas 7.- Valius: Creo que la perdidas de los pies lo limitaba mucho 8.- Baron: Si destruyes su arma, lanza su escudo y pierde su protección Digo tenia 7 años cuando lo jugaba y ahora tengo 33, si la memoria no me falla eso te ayuda o facilitaba eliminar a los Jefes

[@jesusrh9939]

Searching for a good gameplay for this game and i found you, thanks!

[@gochem3013]

11:38 It appears that the military carrier has been destroyed.

[@Curlyheart]

MILITARY BASE FINISHED KILLS 100% ITEM 100% SECRET 100% PERFECT!

[@albus2214]

I am sure I played this when I was a kid, and these fights definitely rang some very very old memories.

[@deenanthekemoni5567]

I distinctly remember getting hair tearing frustrated with this game when i was maybe 6-8 yrs old. It looks so easy now :D. Now I platinum trophy HitMan games and chew through Demons Souls. Oh how time changes us. Liked. Nostalgic.

[@thinhtoo3898]

This is the game that taught me that bosses have weakspots when fighting them.

[@Lesardah]

Loved this game! You're damn good, too!

[@Wesley_C]

I like this game, so awesome.

[@shake838]

I remember my step dad buying me this game from the pawnshop but neither of us knew you needed the super scope to play. All I could do was just watch the demo which meant that sadly, I had to return it. And I could never remember the name of this game until now.

[@stephenowens8763]

Stumbled on this. I have this in closet for 30 years. Still in boxes. Might have to take out. Mole Hunt too.

[@GenyaArikado]

i played this with a Sinden Lightgun! awesome game

[@jubirelle]

Had this game as a kid but could never get past the title screen because I didn't have a SuperScope. I mean yeah you could always run an emulator and play it that way but I don't think that properly emulates this type of gaming experience. Great playthrough! I really wish this game got more exposure back then.

[@williamgmeniano5744]

Omg how I missed this game, wish there were more after the 2nd game.

[@dainschneck]

Thanks for the video. I was trying to remember a bazooka and it's game I had (that no one else did it cared about), and that led me to this video, and this video was great. Also thanks for the emulation tip!

[@Maru96]

This is the Nintendo I like, arcade style action such as these games, Star Fox 64 or F-Zero. This and Metal Combat are the best 16-bits lightgun games

[@fredmeyer369]

Man - the one in the Andes I could never get past as a kid. You made it look so easy.

[@el_chino1615]

Anyone else agree this game has the best game OST ever?

[@SuperDad187]

Really loved this game. I actually was afraid of them until I saw they were humans

[@Anchorheart401]

The super scope itself is 100% more memorable than its games but holy diver did this bring back memories! Thank you! I've anyways remembered playing this game but not the title of the game itself.

[@fchains]

loved it so much when i was a kid!

[@orderofanewmoonlight6163]

It's a detail but you can see that since the game is in the future the polar caps has melted and there are big lakes on each continents

[@dowingba]

This was one of my favourite SNES games. It was the only Super Scope game I had (other than Super Scope 6) but it was totally worth it for this game alone (and Yoshi's Safari which was a frequent rental). I wish they would rerelease these games with pointer controls nowadays.

[@JumpsyTurvy]

Armored Core 6 looks fantastic

[@smackers99]

I wish I still had this game and super scope

[@Awesomethingness]

I feel represented by this splash image.

[@KarlSturmgewher]

16:06 Music pitch increases when Baron is holding on by a thread.

[@trevormarshall8553]

First time I seen this game was on an episode of New York Undercover. Lol don't judge me

[@LORDMETALMAN]

I used to play this with my dad ❤️

[@acediaz8350]

Bruh i had this game as a kid but never had the appropriate controller for it so i would let the demo play and pretend I’m playing it with the regular controller lmao

[@Jao8bits]

4:25 He dabbed!

[@siskavard]

I was certain I was the only kid that had this game

[@TerryHintz300ATK]

I love this series! Wish it was present in SSB as stage or as sticker. Are you going to play Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge as well?

[@xwf1000v3]

Travis Touchdown I'd second that! I would love for him to do the sequel.

[@NintendoComplete]

xwf1000v3 It's finished and ready to go :) recorded both of them months ago!

[@xwf1000v3]

Not sure how you saved those videos if it was Months ago but eh whatever! It's a pity that we didn't see any Love Interaction between the Main Character & the Chief in South America during this game but in the sequel, we see another one of that but then SHE DIES & That was SAD to watch & it's a Female Alien character!

[@NintendoComplete]

xwf1000v3 What do you mean? I've got tons of games already played and recorded on a big sdd, so sometimes the recordings are recent, but not always. The folder is using over half of the 1tb drive lol

[@xwf1000v3]

Never heard of SDD before & 1tb Drive? Sorry but I have no idea what that means! Not a computer expert on that kind of stuff!

[@TheRealSlimTeddy]

I used to watch the trailer a lot, it looked aesome. Nice music too

[@really8178]

This game...lol let me share my 6 year old experience with this mfin game. I had bought this game thinking it looked so cool. Little did I know, we needed the actual gun 😑. My first experience of being too poor. Months pass and I had already beaten all of my other games for SNES. I decide to see if there was some way I could play this without the damn gun. My older bro at the time would always say things like "you cant do that" or "it wont work" About an hour later, he comes back and asks me HOW TF U FIGHTING PINK GUNDAM?! lol. I had discovered that pressing all the buttons at once on the original controller made the game shoot. It was always in the center.

[@cpmaverick]

Thanks for posting, I loved this game...

[@pureflix8086]

You uh... Kinda beat the sh.. out of this game. I was never that good at it.

[@Peter_Morris]

Man I love this game and its sequel. I played them so much, even finishing them on Hard mode. There's nothing else in Nintendo's IP stable quite like them. I wish they'd go back to this world, but the way they develop games they'd never do it, or they'd try to shoehorn it into some weird controller gimmick with the Switch or something. I need to look into jailbreaking a Wii or something, because one thing I really wanted on the Wii U, once I saw what they did with Duck Hunt, was both of these games to play with a wii mote. Because these games are just that good.

[@Racerjames666]

Tasha had the adolescent me feeling many sorts of ways

[@Unaliq]

Now that I think about it, I'm sure as hell surprised that a Gundam game wasn't developed like Battle Clash and Metal Combat. It would've been interesting to see. Edit: I love that some of your enemies become allies to help against the final boss.

[@justinthedrummerred]

i miss playing that game

[@NintenCisco]

Just bought this game for $4 at some local shop! Excited to try it!

[@NintendoComplete]

Sweet! You have a crt TV to play it on, right?

[@animemangafan1987]

Be careful of using the V-System cuz I don't use 'em to defeat any ST in both Battle Clash and Metal Combat

[@hanchiman]

I prefer holding a plastic gun on a TV than holding a lame remote, kinda miss gun peripherals either officially or unofficial makes, think PS2 is the last console that has a proper light gun.

[@NintendoComplete]

+Hanferd There are all sorts of shells that make it feel just like a gun controller. Same with the PS3 move controllers - amazing for light gun shooters with the right shell

[@hanchiman]

Yeah I seen the PS3 Move and the shell, but I kinda miss the NES to PS1 era when you can buy those unofficial bootleg guns made from Taiwan that look like an actual gun :D

[@MikeThePsykat]

Pilot (I think his name was Mike? It's been years since I last played this): "I'm too badly damaged!" Me: Looks at player's health bar "YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TAKEN A SINGLE SCRATCH YOU BIG BABY!"

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Heh in metal combat when you face virvius 2 with a similar situation, he says what a scoundrel, I really wish he didn't do that

[@Muzart]

i have this game but no tv blaster. i used to always load it and just watch the demo it shows when you dont press any buttons on the menu screen.

[@captgeesh5163]

I want to see a run where the player just shoots off body parts from each. That's the way I used to try and play and I got nothing but satisfaction from the floating torsos. Please make this before I have to break out my super scope, learn to post videos some how, and do it myself.

[@justinbest9954]

I wish Nintendo made a new game for this series on the Wii since I think the Wiimote would have been a good way to play this kind of game. Maybe we could get one for the Switch using the Joycons.

[@kavijackson868]

MEMORIE$!!!!!!!!

[@iamthelaw69]

lol that V system took me a long time to understood how it actually worked (I was like 8 so yeah)...but now I see it again I'm inclined to yell ALLAHU AKBAR whenever you turned it on.

[@KGNYC112]

Can this game be played w/o the Super Scope?

[@rjsmith2007]

Would have been cool to see the enemies actually attack you...

[@mypkamax]

In a nutshell, this game blows the Virtual Boy out of the water.

[@RezziesRUs]

Interscope for this game was expensive and only 30 mins if play. Still enjoyed it tho

[@mikecarson8061]

This would be a good remake.

[@patricktitus9063]

Even with a SNES emulator, is there really no way to play this game without the Super Scope???

[@FCEngine]

Nintendo need to stop clinging to the Mario Mario Mario Zelda Zelda Zelda life raft and make a 3rd installment to this series on the Switch....hell shouldve been done even during the Wii era

[@Nintendude.]

I have both games since God knows when but I never got to play these since I never had the scope.

[@g.b.2992]

I know I’m late to the game but: Damn son…was this tool assisted? What difficulty was this on?

[@beryean1366]

I still remember all the weak points. I use to pick the limbs too. Any idea on how to play this game on an emulator with a controller?

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Short answer: you don't. Long answer: you use the mouse instead.

[@redrumcoke2363]

Don't get me wrong, it's really cool that you can hit these guy with like every shot and kill them in like 20 seconds, but we don't even get to see what any of these guys actually do! Is it possible to make another video where you at least pretend the fights are evenish? That would certainly be a more engaging watch. 😂

[@gamesurvivor3129]

I thought the sequel Falcons Revenge was better

[@reeceturnbull5976]

Im sorry but the Battleclash pre-battle music shits all over falcons revenge.

[@OswaldMiyake35]

Too Bad it uses the Super Scope, because its a Good Game after all.

[@mattdavis4056]

Haha oh yeah I now why I couldn't remember the ending.

[@creightonhart5654]

I remember this game and it just wasn't challenging enough....fun but not that challenging

[@OmarJano]

3:45

[@platinummc01]

This game just randomly popped up in my head, and I had to come see some gameplay! Damn I loved this game!!! I was a bad ass 10 year old apparently...lol! I would destroy these robots!

[@xchuckd]

Hard to believe it's a 5$ game nowadays..

[@shabustinkslol]

Andes chief absolute waifu material

[@user-gj8jo1wn6y]

Какое то скучное г

[@somnuswaltz5586]

Cheater

[@nekrosantenabu6577]

Nice grafics, but terrible game...

[@rollotomassee9533]

Was i thr only one who played the shit out of these only to blast pieces of their armors off? Never bothered with speed runs