How BAD are the Lizzie McGuire GBA Games?!

[@robdiaz7363]

Oh the nostalgia. As a late 20s male I'm embarrassed to admit the Lizzie McGuire movie is still one of my go to films when I'm feeling down.

[@winko567]

it's definately mine too as a mid-20s male :)

[@Nintendofan-yk4cd]

Ah, the classic late 90s/early 2000s cash-in games where nothing makes any sense. THQ and Acclaim were the masters of that.

[@BoratWanksta]

Acclaim definitely did SO MANY games like that, over the years! And you're right, that THQ did that almost as often. And after Acclaim stopped existing as a company, that THQ took over the role of the company doing that the most.

[@mnapier74]

Lizzie McGuire 3 looked like an awful WarioWare clone.

[@ErinPlays]

That’s a pretty good description!

[@thefatmoop]

or was warioware a good lizzie mcguire cline?

[@Magnero]

I bought a GBA last year that promised to come with one game, and that was the game. And you're right. That's exactly what it is.

[@boilerfan18]

That was definitely a problem with licensed games and games for girls, they didn’t care much about what was in the game and just relied on the brand name attached. And I forgot about Lizzie premiering right after Zenon, Disney sure wanted the show to be a hit.

[@maximk9964]

I read some of the articles written in that era about girl games, and they felt like they were written by aliens, who heard of this "human female" but clearly had no direct interaction, just some superficial observation. It's like if I were to make a game for guys, and I heard that they like trucks and Batman and made a game about a truck moving on screen collecting Batmans or something

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

Nintendo Direct 2020: Lizzie McGuire new DLC in Smash Ultimate CONFIRMED :P

[@JamesEvans-ow1wc]

56k was LIT for its time. Took just a few hours to download a low res 30 second clip.

[@316whatupz]

Lizzie McGuire is the John Wick of food fighting. Everyone coming after her and Lizzie taking all them down one by one.

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

This was a fun video, Erin! As far as Disney bringin back Lizzie Mcquire is not surprising given that they gave Boy meets World and That’s So Raven their own Disney channel spinoffs. Why not give Lizzie Mcquire a spin-off??

[@hungrygoriya]

The only CDs that immediately came to mind to me for early 2000s were the Big Shiny Tunes albums. And Limp Bizkit. Thanks for the video... I know now to never pick these up with high hopes.

[@newwavejunkie]

“Why is there a monkey?” -Erin, 2019 😂

[@timtoongamer]

I remember Lizzie from Disney Channel golden age. The song in the movie "This Is What Dreams Are Made Of" was so memorable. Good times

[@frydemwingz]

The first full length movie I downloaded on Kazaa was Bumfights, lol. It took me about 6 days because I had to pause the download sometimes, or the connection would disconnect.

[@the1ucidone]

lol stop missing those shoes as it is triggering me Erin. This is comedy gold though I have to admit.

[@matstarfighter8262]

Shout out to Kazaa and Napster! Memories....

[@zombiejlt1]

One of my cousins was really into Lizzie and I remember one Christmas season when I was at TOYS R US for Black Friday my aunt begged me to get her daughter these games. I told her not to because they were bad and just because it was LM didn't mean my cousin would like them. The $5 price tag wasn't helpful either. Christmas came, my cousin played for 10min, and never again lol.

[@MarioofSevenStars]

Game 3 looks like it could have been a warioware like game

[@LadyDecade]

That cheerleader insult is up there with... "Where did you get your suit? The toilet store?"

[@matthewsan78]

YES! I'm glad you went back to the pixellated intro. It's the best. :D

[@wesleywolfe2]

I absolutely love your vids, And insight! 4:30 just jump straight down lol

[@ErinPlays]

lol it was easier said than done. And thanks!

[@ircha]

I remember being so diappointed in the Powerpuff Girls GBA game back in the day 😂

[@karnige5804]

im proud of you erin. I remember you had less then 1k subs. you took off. great content as always

[@ErinPlays]

Aw thanks so much for watching from the beginning!

[@RetroAli]

Oh boy I am so here for Lizzie McGuire. Also ZENON IS THE BEST YES.

[@selfaware7617]

I had no clue they made any games for the show. Probably since my sister didn't play games. But I wish they could have done the show justice. And they had 3 chances lol

[@dpsschafer]

Very well done for such poor games. Great job with the editing once again! Keep it up :)

[@endlessnoise9173]

Take it from me: You should never confuse earrings with bombs. I still have a headache.

[@oldirtygamer]

Those CD are Smash Mouth ,Eminem and Manson.

[@ErinPlays]

Yes!

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Some... BODY ONCE TOLD ME

[@28Pluto]

Three Disney approved bands!

[@Launchpad05]

Or Hillary Duff's own CDs. (HEYOOOOOOOOOOOH!)

[@sfighter0085]

Great Episode Erin. I remember watching "Lizzie Maguire" when it was on Disney back in the days, one episode I remember is the one that took place during Halloween, where Lizzie and the gang pull that prank on Kate. Yeah, apparently not even "Lizzie Maguire" wasn't safe from corporate greed. So these games exist, I will say, even though I've never played any of these games and second one does look tolerable, they definitely had no reason to exist, aside from cashing in on a popular sitcom.

[@HelloMyNameIsShun1]

Zombies ate my neighbors mall level top 10 for sure. Think there was a mall level in duke nukem 64.

[@Launchpad05]

Thanks, I should be playing 'Zombies Ate My Neighbors' instead of THIS crap!

[@shawn_530]

Yay!! I was looking forward to a new video since you mentioned it this morning. What a great way to start my weekend!

[@chrisbeach423]

Id say the nerd needs to take a look at these 🤔

[@MrRaveyGravy]

He doesn't have the time sadly

[@lurkerrekrul]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors has a mall level. State of emergency for the PS2 and others starts inside a mall. Also, the game Zombi, released for various computers in 1986 almost entirely takes place inside a mall. It's an adventure game based on the 1978 Dawn of the Dead.

[@blakfloyd]

14:24 "Like every kid did in middle school cuz you're in FUCKING middle school!" Such sincere exasperation lol.

[@skijumpnose]

I don't know a lot about Lizzie McGuire but happy to see a new Erin Plays video

[@nsrplays]

Hey wow. You're using that nifty Gameboy Advance GameCube adapter thing. I used it to play so many Gameboy Advance games on Gamecube. For anybody who doesn't know, it's a device thing Nintendo made a long time ago so that people can play their Gameboy Advance games on the Gamecube.

[@natemarx4999]

Friday's are nothing without Erin's uploads.

[@RaceToNowhere]

It was a fun series, we had it as well. My hunger for anything colourful and "Friends"-like at the time was rampant so I used to watch it. I'm the 666th like, huh. And it was 3:30 a.m. Enough youtubing for the day.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

I'm on the older end of the Gen Y spectrum, too young for the NES and 7800 and an infant during the launch of the Master System. For me, it was all about Clarissa Explains It All and Beavis & Butt-Head. My mom didn't want me watching B&BH but it didn't stop me from drinking it in with my older (Read: Middle and late Gen X) cousins. That show completely changed my notions of what a cartoon could be and I respect it to this day. That said, why the hell can't developers get it right with these licensed games? They sure couldn't back in the '90s and 2000s. Not even in the '80s, as LJN's track record shows. I don't count E.T. on the 2600 because it doesn't seem like a BAD game. I saw that documentary about the E.T. burial and excavation. E.T. doesn't seem to have been buried because it was shit. People saw it as a shitty game because it was buried in that landfill in Alamogordo, NM. The only exceptions seem to be most of the Star Wars games, probably due to the nature of that franchise. I sure as fuck loved Shadows of the Empire.

[@unknowndeoxys00]

I was a victim of the "girl games." Lizzie on the Go was seriously one of my "favorites," and I have an embarrassingly disproportionate amount of Disney-branded GBA games to anything else. Definitely a lot of greater video games, even for the GBA, that I missed out on growing up with- due to that "boy" connotation, and just being plain ignorant about gaming as a kid. Well if anything is to be redeemed from those poor games, is that I did have some fun little memories of playing them. I did that fashion quiz over and over bc I had fun reading those final judgments lol. I turned into a mix of geek and Kate as an adult ☻

[@ErinPlays]

Hey, we all have different gaming experiences growing up! I WISH I played stuff like Castlevania when I was little, but kind of like what you said, I was drawn to cute stuff or "girl games" (besides Mario games.)

[@h2oceann]

I think videos like"top sunsets" or if you did a mall one is something that makes your channel unique!

[@EdgedShadow]

Malls in video games is something I'd love to see. Love the Bubble Bobble music at the end.

[@PikaLink91]

Silent Hill 3

[@winko567]

17:03 I do remember one episode of lizzie mcguire that had the monkey but it was part of a Matt side storyline in the episode

[@davidmalm147]

If you do a mall collection video, you'll have to the "Dead Rising" games LOL

[@HarryToeface]

LOLOL you missed those shoes on purpose, I was wheezing

[@danielkelly2498]

Mall games made me think of Beavis and Butthead SNES riiight before you mentioned it, would love to see it!

[@orinanime]

I would totally watch a video about video games where a mall makes an appearance.

[@jakobholgersson4400]

That character sprite looks like Jon from Garfield in drag.

[@DaniRadioCat]

Did you ever shop at Limited Too growing up? I worked there from 2003 to 2006, I remember we sold a lot of Lizzie McGuire related stuff :D (they later changed to Justice, now they're going out of business)

[@ErinPlays]

haha, I did! I was in middle school during the Lizzie McGuire phase, and I think the summer AFTER 8th grade they started with the Lizzie stuff. I remember thinking I was too old to go in there but I bought a lizzie shirt anyway XD

[@jeremylovesretro]

Make sure to add Skate or Die 2 to your mall scenes list!

[@gamepassholder]

Hey now, hey nowwww, this is was dreammmmms of made of! Thank you, I have it stuck in my head now!

[@radicuscarzo7656]

I had a food fight in middle school once and I remember this one kid came up at one point to dump chocolate milk on me so instead of blocking like Lizzie with my tray I cracked him with it because I was wearing a nice shirt lol oops

[@_captain_N]

I was shocked 😲 that they were bringing it back but since they did with that's so Raven with Raven's home, why not Lizzie McGuire? I know Hilary is going to do a great job with it again. I hope they also bring back even Stevens and Phil of the future. I loved that show. I also thought Hannah Montana was pretty good and even shake it up. looks like the 3rd game turned into warioware all of a sudden. by the way since it's Friday the 13th, did Jason Voorhees show up yet at your house 🏠 Erin?

[@ErinPlays]

He didn't show up yet! :D

[@slapbass9125]

That 3rd game is literally Warioware. Thats really bizzare lol

[@thepotatoclock]

Do not doubt your instincts. You've got a thumbs up from me for a mall levels video.

[@xftoomi]

This literally unlocked a memory I thought I never had THANK YOU !

[@sofa_king_gnarly6166]

Skate or Die 2 has a pretty gnarly mall stage!

[@Cranilla13]

They're AOL CD-ROM discs! ;P

[@ErinPlays]

Haha, that's the best explanation!

[@DancingDanny]

12:40 This was my favorite part 😂 "I don't care who you are, you know that song"

[@JustinEvitable80]

Love hearing the Bubble Bobble theme in the background. Far better than those games.

[@snaggletooth1881]

"I sure hope so but I'm not going to hold my breath "....hahaha 😅

[@echad6259]

Erin is back!

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

This is such a cool channel, man.. such great content.

[@MLaker221]

I was born Feb 1987, and I graduated the same time as the Lizzie McGuire character! I'm so curious to know where you are on the timeline. Thanks for representing our gen :)

[@04StartyCornRainbowOnline88]

I recognize one the covers of the game (the yellow one) back in 2004 when i was reading a Target magazine. I just like the animated Lizzie. 😄 And i like how you make a parody of the Disney channel logo. 😅

[@Deedlbug]

I don’t even know what a Lizzie McGuire is. I watched the video because you hypnotized me with the Bubble Bobble theme during the intro...and outro. :)

[@glamrockchick1990]

OMG I love Lizzie Mcguire too and i'm 30 like you and a gamer, intrigued about these, never played them originally!

[@ErinPlays]

Awesome! :D

[@evandetwiler2810]

These games reminded me of a ridiculous Sasquatch game I played for the gba when I was in middle school. The goal of the game was to find the female Sasquatch in a city full of people. I miss the lawless wastelands of the early 2000s

[@CalvinChikelue]

I was more of a Clarissa & Even Stevens kid.

[@TheJrockfreak]

Even Stevens was great

[@Kinnakeeter]

I was a Beavis and Butthead kid.

[@JamesChessman]

17:30: Imagine how many people fantasized about this cartoon drawing of Lizzy laying in the tub...

[@discoron77]

Can't wait to see the Mall Games video!

[@siyahseeker]

Platformers have been done to death, and they aren't going away anytime soon, but the visuals of these at least look...fine?

[@squarefan80]

i would absolutely watch the top 10 games placed in malls video.

[@KayEcksArr]

I actually played the first game in 2003 and liked it

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

Mall levels, why not! :)

[@allendefullismkinsshi5881]

Dead Rising 1 is set in a mall

[@spookerredmenace3950]

awesome! new Erin plays!

[@Hexphile]

Skate or die 2 has my favorite mall level

[@ej2civicb736]

Girl I bet you have the whole nerd community in love with you that being said you are very adorable

[@RedRanger2001]

I think the monkey was in the two episodes of Lizzie McGuire, IIRC...

[@Randomninja47]

Lizzie Mcguire 3 game was just like Wario Ware and looked the most fun of what you showed.

[@stevenhawkins5058]

You could always test them out on the Analogue Pocket lol. I am super stoked about that thing.

[@JonnyRoboto]

Zenon was iconic for guys watching all disney at my age

[@jacob60617]

Love your videos keep up the good work !!

[@anthonywheeler2082]

My favorite mall level is the first area of Silent Hill 3. A young woman fighting symbolic flesh monsters at a decrepit mall. Who can't relate to that?

[@m.x.1800]

Gotta love those sweet Bubble Bobble tunes in the beginning of the vid.

[@TerminusTartaros]

tony hawks skateboaring has a mall level.

[@kellysooth602]

These are sad games... thanks for shedding some light on this serious issue

[@chrismosquad1056]

As far as girl games go, the Barbie game where she finds lost pets is actually pretty decent gameplay-wise.

[@jaym5118]

The NES homebrew game "Jay and Silent Bob Mall Brawl" just recently sold at Limited Run Games. A beat-em-up that takes place in a mall.

[@ErinPlays]

that's cool. I've heard about it but haven't looked into it yet :)

[@brentamania89]

I love Lizzie McGuire I got to meet Hilary Duff once she gave me a personalized Cinderella story poster that's was nice of here it was back in 2005

[@ErinPlays]

that's awesome! I'm jealous :)

[@brentamania89]

@@ErinPlays thanks for responding I sound like a loser but that mad my day you responding

[@RetroTechSelect]

I used to see SOOO many of these at the Goodwill in Vancouver lol

[@BigHairyMarty314]

I remember playing the third one only because the rom site I got it from listed it as "Lizzie McGuire III: Revenge of the Shit" and I'd thought it was gonna be one of those romhacks with crude language and adult humour. As soon as I found out that wasn't the case, I deleted it.

[@ashleylong7900]

lol "what is that?!"... it's very clearly a scrunchie. A scrunchie tumble weed...

[@mathewsoltan8487]

Awh, you forgot Marilyn Manson among the popular music mentions. Lmao these "girl" games are so bad. "Girls! Girls like shoes! Make a level where you collect shoes!"

[@SoranDalawi]

curious as to which version of the bubble bobble theme is playing at the end? is that from a specific port of the game?

[@ErinPlays]

it was the GBA port. the music in between was from Gadget Racers on GBA.

[@SoranDalawi]

Erin Plays thanks for the clarification. had a feeling it would be something like gba (has that sound to it). good selections and a funny video.

[@RefugioVillegasIII]

I think that the mall is going extinct like the dinosaur because I went to the Northgate Mall here in Seattle on a Sunday and it looked like a ghost town. Totally dead with the only thing open was Game Stop and the rest was in construction.

[@trashboat3333]

That third game looks like a test that a psychiatrist would use to diagnose a patient, asking you who you relate to the most; the cherry, or the straw.

[@A2Z83]

The cheerleader looks like Jon Arbuckle in drag

[@ErinPlays]

LOL. They kinda do.

[@theoldar]

I'll have you know 56k seemed blisteringly fast to some of us. You kids don't know how good you had it! :-)

[@mastermind7946]

I think i remember watching this on Disney channel when I was a kid

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

“Mixtape CDs”.......not sure if that’s an unintentional oxymoron or some kind of new audio format in the form of a cassette tape that self-identifies as a compact disk.