Jimmy Neutron's GBA Games - Nitro Rad

[@marxistlynchist]

It couldn’t have been more in character for James’ longest review ever to be on the Jimmy Neutron handheld spin offs

[@fj6425]

In terms of game reviews anyway.

[@KingYoshi93]

Who is James?

[@FunkySpaceAlien]

@@KingYoshi93 James is Nitro Rad's actual name

[@skunkman9815]

That’s kinda ironic Jimmy neutron’s full name is james Isaac neutron

[@Mr.HowardEatsPants]

One of his April Fools videos is longer

[@Zenlore6499]

Cindy’s design changing so much is the best unintended joke the dev teams could have made.

[@spongichu9248]

It almost reminds me of Carmelita in the Sly Cooper games and how she gets a new voice actor in each one.

[@ebiceric1050]

Jimmy also wears shorts lol

[@lalehiandeity1649]

Even in the crossover games like Nicktoons Unite.

[@gnbman]

Game Theory: The CEO of THQ was a die-hard Jimmy Neutron movie purist who raged when the show changed Cindy's design.

[@masonthebluerabbid6611]

I hate gba games password

[@SakuraHarumin]

Gonna be honest Can't blame them, I honestly would do the same, the movie design was just better

[@gnbman]

@@SakuraHarumin I think the show design was an improvement. It seemed like they were trying to make her look more unique than "generic little girl character."

[@LandonEmma]

@@gnbmantrue fr

[@LandonEmma]

@@SakuraHaruminTBH the movie design of Cindy just looks wrong and weird it honestly makes me mad looking at her movie design at how bad her design is

[@Codricmon]

18:42 - The reason Jimmy can apparently breathe underwater (and in space) is quite interesting, you see Moon moon moon! Spoon spoon spoon! June June June! Spitoon spitoon spitoon!

[@WalrusStu]

Fun fact: The renders in the tutorial of the first game are actually renders of a GBA Prototype. You can tell by the way the console and buttons are colored.

[@DrCoeloCephalo]

Actually it kinda makes sense Jimmy would be able to breathe underwater in the Jet Fusion game cuz in the Jet Fusion episode, he had some kind of special invention that allowed Jimmy, Sheen and Carl to breather underwater. That seems to be the only thing that actually stayed true to the cartoon special.

[@TriforceWisdom64]

Oh yeah, the chewing gum that releases oxygen as you chew.

[@jjj9640]

0:47 Love how Nitro shows how he actually plays these games for the video, rather than just plugging it in.

[@Kable_TV]

I can’t believe they would deviate from the original plot line of the episodes, such solid writing they had the outline for unforgettable games

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

You mean that chewing gum that makes them breath underwater?

[@MegaAnimazing]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 The same one. They used it in a later episode, "The Evil Beneath", the episode that had Dr. Moist and his algae men.

[@natewec]

The best video on the Jimmy Neutron GBA games I've ever started to watch!

[@icarus212001]

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

[@cringejuicedavidson8288]

What were some close contenders?

[@ssscout]

your channel feels like home

[@gaminggladiator06]

“Hey, brady, what does pool sound like?” “Bowling!” Jokes with brady are always fun to hear.

[@Edd_Harr]

Okay, I'm glad you brought up the menu dialogue in Negatron, I remember seeing the teacher one in the original video and it's been in the back of my head since

[@CazTheGamerGuy]

...I was not expecting to see Jet Fusion: Colonialist War Criminal as a thing today.

[@someoneelse5020]

What if the plot for the video game versions of Jet Fusion was based on an older script for the movie? Like "Here's a script or notes for the movie. Make a tie-in game."

[@Unotuchable]

That's my guess.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

I suppose it depends on how long it took to make both the game and the special.

[@LostStarzOfTheSky]

Yeah I'm assuming it was a first draft that was given to them

[@AceAttorny]

That's usually how it goes. See: Blue Shirt Bart Simpson.

[@rickydavis4325]

Well if that was the case then the scenes of Jet Fusion slaughtering innocent natives in search of a coconut would likely be heavily criticized today and censored in rereleases.

[@multiairoh1]

18:48 Actually, Jimmy has an explanation for being able to breath both underwater and in space. Jimmy invented Air Chewing Gum that lets you breath underwater. As for space… that explanation was kept a secret from the audience.

[@justyumi4410]

Space gum? If I chew it, will I become evil? -Sheen 2002

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

Huh, I wonder if Ludwig Von Drake was inspired by this for the DuckTales reboot?

[@ExtremeWreck]

Some guy in the comments said that there is a chewing gum specifically made for space in mind. Or at least that's what Jimmy's lip synching may apply.

[@Chris-mc2dt]

@@BlazeHeartPanther I would assume the ducktales reboot took the air chewing gum from The Moon level of Ducktales Remastered, though it’s certainly possible that that game got it from Jimmy Neutron

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

@@Chris-mc2dt Oh right, that too. Man, I really need to play that remake. I hope it gets ported to the Switch one of these days, Disney has been doing so with the recent re-releases of the Virgin Disney games like Aladdin (and the Capcom one) Lion King, and Jungle Book. Hope they do the same with the other old Disney games.

[@insidiousy]

Kinda odd how the console games started out awful, then gradually got to pretty damn decent, and the GBA versions were the complete opposite. This was a great trip down memory lane! Awesome series, and well done!

[@CrystalFissure]

I literally just finished the Twonkies videos, what timing!

[@VGGBrayden]

Now this series is a full counterpart to AntDude’s SpongeBob game retrospective

[@konflicted1729]

Marvel vs DC

[@unusualusername8847]

Antdude is better in terms of voice.

[@BinglesP]

And this one separately is like a counterpart to RebelTaxi's Dexter's Lab game retrospective(in a different way)

[@jameslawrenson1208]

Antdude wins.

[@PEK1NGDRAKE]

Both are great as hell. Love to watch em both 👌 truly counterparts

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I wonder if maybe the story for Jet Fusion was based off an early draft of the film or something, I always get reminded of The Lion King for Mega Drive and SNES when I hear about stuff like this, the game was based off an early draft of the story so it has a bunch of levels that didn’t happen in the movie, e.g. the volcano level.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

20:52 I see Konami designed this game behind the scenes

[@CeHee123]

Just wanted to say that between this series and the Canadian cartoons video you did, you've raised my interest in a LOT of cartoons I never watched solely because I love hearing you talk about the things that interest you. Even if I don't know anything about them, you make it engaging and make me want to know. And I'm also putting highlights 8:44 Oh no! It's Jimmy.exe! 9:11 Great, first the clown mouth, now this? Why does the theme park consistently get pure nightmare fuel levels? 11:45 why do the backgrounds and platforms remind me of Earthbound fights? 17:30 Reminds of the time Kirby commited genocide for a piece of cake in Squeak Squad/Mouse Attack. 20:52 Did Konami publish this one? 24:07 Humble beginnings I guess. 33:43 Nitro sounds like he just got hit with a rickroll. 40:30 I just noticed you can see the white line around Jimmy's hair from when that Jimmy Jpeg was cut out.

[@justyumi4410]

Yeah, I could listen to James analyze the Carl Croissant scene for over an hour.

[@sam4gaming135]

The GBA Video cartridges were made because those dvd players in cars were popular but kinda expensive so it was a cheaper alternative especially if you owned a GBA Think of it like PSVR since VR was very expensive until like a year ago.

[@alysmello1972]

When I was a kid I saw a magazine announcing that you could see Shrek on the go with the GBA, I never had the GBA so I just thought "Oh sweet Shrek on the go!"

[@JunkExplorer]

NitroRad, that is not a 'hedge clipper' attack at 4:11 but rather a 'spoon' attack where you break open the yolkians akin to breaking open an egg with your spoon

[@obotprime339]

A nod to the unaired pilot, in fact.

[@Trimint123]

I mean, for the screen that small, can you even see the spoon?

[@the1stwing]

NEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRD

[@MarioBrotherL1UP]

The finale of Jimmy Neutron games have come. Clicked on the video as soon as the bell dinged me.

[@Gamingwithahandicap]

I hope the eventual Tak trilogy reviews are soon really looking forward to them they really are amazing 3D platformers one of the best 3D platforming trilogy’s of all time! Keep up the great work James! :)

[@SullivanDoesGames]

Your editing is so slick! Loved the zoom in after the sliding games and the gameplay vids behind the cartridge.

[@SkyePanther25]

I'M SO GLAD THAT NITRO COVERED THE GBA GAME OF ATTACK OF THE TWONKIES! I had gotten stuck on the game as a kid, unable to move on because of confusion

[@JoaoAgile]

Can we please take a moment to appreciate the absurd editing throughout this video? Like when the games show up within the game covers, or around the circular logo of the developer? Great stuff! Also, major props for using Gex: Enter the Gecko music in such an appropriate way

[@i0kiVids]

Hey man just wanted to tell you that I recently found Nitro Rad -- I got really drunk one day and watched your videos for 8 hours straight, no exaggeration. Really good day. Thanks for being you brother hope this comment finds you!

[@thebigetrain6221]

I get beyond excited when I see you upload, all your videos are quite “rad”

[@cheesecakelasagna]

As a child, I was mostly playing games set in fantasy worlds so I was totally enamored playing Attack of the Twonkies. It's the right amount of platformer challenge and I especially love the aesthetic of the CPU level.

[@Reversinator]

was keeping my fingers crossed for a mention of that Nickelodeon camera game with Jimmy Neutron. Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy

[@macklin4839]

okay that editing when you’re showing of helixe’s games w/ thq was freakin slick dude

[@jrbuzz93]

Seeing that JuiceBox brought me back xD. I loved mine back in the day!

[@FreakinSweet1987]

Heh. This is Nitro Rad. He tries to review Jimmy Neutron again. ;)

[@Hamdad]

A 3D platformer using Mode 7... I'm surprised Nintendo never tried to make a Mario game like this on the SNES

[@marissawolff8491]

Super Mario RPG?

[@Hamdad]

@@marissawolff8491 That was isometric using pre-rendered sprites like DKC. Could also have worked though

[@albertoandroidain]

One of this days James is gonna release a full length documentary regarding Cindy’s hair in the Jimmy Neutron games

[@asylumarcade]

Hearing nitrorad say “power of juju” made me smile. Tak 1 ps2 was one of my 3 main childhood games. And I was just wondering the other day why he never covered them.

[@warj.3577]

40:10 I imagine they also might've done this to prevent people from bootlegging the shows, I guess??

[@MagicMaster667]

9:56 - That exact situation happened to me too (except I knew where it came from). The game *007: Everything or Nothing* has a sick drum fill for the background music _City Chase / Battle in the Big Easy,_ so that beat is what comes out of me whenever I want a beat or riff - for 17 years and counting. (I friggin' love that game to death, by the way. ❤)

[@FoxMan_FF]

Honestly, I think I might like the sprites in GBA Jet Fusion more! They definitely look a bit... uncanny, to be sure, but I still think that's better than compressing the everloving hell out of a 3D image.

[@RemnantTheWolf]

Thank you so much for making these videos. You are pretty much my video game comfort food at this point. A reminder that the world is a pretty amazing place when you're willing to look at it with a positive attitude, and a love for that which you do. Thanks for being so positive.

[@StopSkeletonsFromFighting]

Wowowowowowowow, what is this beautiful 3D GBA madness at 10:38???

[@Stock_Junction]

I love how the way the "plugging things in" parts of the video is done Edgar Wright style. The camera zooms in showing some small action happening for 3/4th of a second in a order, this is radical

[@PineFSunshine]

I was just thinking about how its been a minute since ive seen a nitrorad video in my sub feed! Excited to watch this one!

[@Zombehmoviez]

I had the twonkies game and the GBA video. Such a nostalgia trip seeing them again.

[@saucebou1069]

I like how I had all of these games aside from negatron growing up and watching this was a massive nostalgia trip I was not ready for.

[@benmalsky9834]

I used to have GBA video carts for SpongeBob and Fairly OddParents when I was a kid. And even though they are nowhere near the level of modern smartphones, I believe they were a real novelty for the time they were made and are very nostalgic.

[@frosted_glaceon5513]

These videos have been the cure for my insomnia. Seriously. Thank you.

[@Desenrrollado]

27 min in and the pain you felt James, was the pain I felt when I was a kid. I could not for the life of me figure this out ever. Attack of the Twonkies on GBA had no indicator. I too looked it up. It was so stupid. There was nothing in the manual or anything anywhere.

[@fuzzykey]

I feel you on the THQ thing. Whenever I see something recent that shows the THQnordic Logo I gotta pause and remember that this is a studio wearing someone else's skin. it's a tad weird

[@rebornotherlan]

I have a theory that the jet fusion game script might of been the original idea of the episode before they switched it for some reason

[@adventureshd5218]

2:07 My favorite example of this is probably the SP mail in Paper Mario TTYD with the GBA SP being used as an email devise. I believe Luigi's Mansion had something like that as well.

[@TheChefBoo]

Yeah, the game boy horror detects boos and keeps track of your inventory.

[@DeadlestSpartanGroup]

We had Fairly Odd Parents, Shrek, and Shark Tale videos on gba and I watch the Fairly Odd Parents one a lot growing up.

[@hteekay]

I remember having a flashcart for my DS and I compressed the hell out of Peter Jackson's 3 hours long King Kong into 20 fps 128MB size just so I can watch the movie on a road trip. LOL what a time it was

[@RamblePrism]

Gotta blast to the past To play the shitty games that suck ass (joke aside, these games look surprisingly neat! Really cool to see a long video about them all)

[@andreasottohansen7338]

and now the AVGN theme song is stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

[@RamblePrism]

@@andreasottohansen7338 My work here is done

[@prime7213]

Love this absolute legend of a marathon. Would love to see something similar done for every Ninja Turtles game at some point, there are some real gems that came out of that series.

[@seangunnell9451]

These aren't labeled as Jimmy Neutron games, but I think the Nicktoons Unite could be considered like Jimmy Neutron games since Jimmy is one of the playable characters. In fact, he's the one who brings Timmy, Danny, and Spongebob together in the first game after Calamitous stole an invention from Jimmy's lab to form the Evil Syndicate with Plankton, Crocker, and Vlad.

[@TealZero]

It's a good day when Jimmy Nitro uploads

[@jellypopcorn]

_Really appreciate these long videos! Having multiple games in one is always a neat treat_

[@benmalsky9834]

The GBA Video cartridges don’t work on the Game Boy Player for a very specific reason, to avoid illegal copying of the actual video content.

[@PianoInstrumentalist]

I like your intro. StarTropics and StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge were my childhood NES games! :)

[@Saxdude26]

"When Jimmy isn't being Super Hitler 2..." That was a sentence I was not expecting. Oh boy THQ, you really went there.

[@BlindedOtaku]

I'm so damn happy this video came out when it did, been going through the motions recently, so thank you for the wonderful videos!

[@Silent_Mochi]

I been waiting for this!! :D

[@kayet_yt]

Really good video ! I don't even know how you can keep up with 1 video per month... We're talking 45 minutes long videos condensed with information ! Keep up the great work !

[@logannottheonefrommarvel9917]

Another excellent video about the boy genius, Big McThankies from McSpankies

[@severiusbrandusa1413]

You finally made it bro! I remember when your channel was small.

[@2Scribble]

6:28 - oh! Sheen! Look at how dey mascaraed my boi!!!!

[@TheShadowcreator]

I remember loving "Attack of the Twonkies" on GBA as a kid. I couldn't get past the ice monster, so I assumed that was the end of the game and resetted my file to play it again and again.

[@GN0MEz]

After all these years, I now know what I had to do in that second level of the twonkie game

[@WiiCON-49000]

34:49 random cat paw. I love it!

[@bromeliad9683]

I am really glad that you really go into the nitty gritty of these gba ports; I feel like a lot of KZbinrs might skip over these. Overall, great marathon; it was a lot of fun seeing a fellow Jimmy Neutron fan go over each game’s strengths and weaknesses. I am looking forward to seeing what you think of the Tak & The Power of Juju games when you get to those. Also, I kinda hope we see people do Jimmy Negatron speed runs now :P

[@NitroRad]

It all started with me trying to get more mileage out of the DS/GBA capture device (it was expensive lol). But the Frogger vid made me realize just how weird and cool GBA games can be, so I'm looking forward to doing more in the future!

[@ididntdoanythingwrong3451]

13:52 Wanna know something funny? GBA carts don't need batteries to hold the save.

[@toceeno874]

like golden sun ?

[@ididntdoanythingwrong3451]

@@toceeno874 None of them need save batteries. Only the Pokemon games have them for the off case of having to do Real Time Clock events like growing berries and having a Day/Night cycle in-game. Saves don't get affected.

[@Trimint123]

​@@ididntdoanythingwrong3451 That is correct! Most if not all GBA games mostly using SRAM to make save files, which is actually way more efficient than battery like GB and GBC as eventually the battery may died and became inability to save at all. Sometimes GBA's save file is using Flash Storage or EEPROM for mostly larger games.

[@snupietherat6814]

I also had a song in my head that would pop up randomly. I used to whistle it constantly until I got reprimanded for annoying everyone (same thing happened when I learned to snap my fingers). A few years ago I found out what song it was. It was marins song from links awakening dx which I played as a kid a lot

[@HyperHunt621]

I am _so happy_ to know I wasn't the only person to get stuck on Twonkus-3. I've had the game for well over 10 years now and ONLY figured that out after returning to the game via an emulator around two years ago.

[@mat0vm]

I'm having a fantastic time watching a video about gameboy advance adaptation that I'll never play of video games I'll never play about a show I never watched, and loving every second of it!

[@notagainmanstop468]

It is endlessly funny to watch the rpgmaker/horror games/platformer guy go down this seemingly endless rabbit hole of jimmy neutron licensed games

[@xDevenchi]

Dude, I am addicted to your videos. Maybe because I’m a huge fan of platformers and Jimmy Neutron lol. I literally just got through watching your Croc videos and this pops up! Keep up the good work! On another note, I’ve only played the Jet Fusion game on GBA and the Jimmy Neutron vs Jimmy Negatron demo on PC. I also had the Jimmy Neutron episodes on my GBA. I practically begged my parents for the PS2 Jet Fusion and Attack of the Twonkies, but never got them. Still good to see reviews of these games all these years later!

[@StudioPLKS]

Wow! I've never been THIS early to a Nitro Rad upload before!

[@aaronprice994]

I think the main reason Nintendo didn’t make GBA video compatible with the GBA Player was probably a fear of piracy, since VHS was still pretty common back then.

[@glerbus9561]

It's nice coming back from school, seeing a new Nitro Rad video with a box of mike n' ikes.

[@Mike14264]

Oh my God, so many of your jokes killed me and resurrected me for more! "When Jimmy isn't being Super Hitler II", why is this so funny?! But yeah, this was a really interesting video... Kinda weird how both the Movie game and Attack of the Twonkies are technically the best and worst Jimmy Neutron games out there at the same time, but for exactly opposite reasons! I've always found those licensed GBA and DS games kinda charming in their own way. Some are bad, some are good, some are decent, some are jank and some are pretty fun to play. I kinda like to boot up SpongeBob SuoerSponge for the GBA sometimes. It ain't the best playing nor the best looking game, but it's fun enough to play, and it's pretty short. Revenge of the Flying Dutchman for the GBA was also actually pretty fun to me... minus the final level. And I still gotta check out the Movie game too! These licensed games were usually at least kinda interesting to check out, when they were Platformers, either Side-Scrolling or Isometric, Adventure games, maybe even RPGs? But after that, most companies just make them as asinine Party Games... and no game boards on the side either.

[@alex_-yz9to]

the Ds version of attack of the toybots is one of the better nicktoons games there is, and it even has mick gordon doing the music for some reason

[@Mike14264]

@@alex_-yz9to ooh, that's pretty cool!

[@Riitje]

You can't hide these sneaky Medabots from me Nitro!

[@onesywashere]

Everything Medabots related in this video from the shirt, wallpaper and figures was just awesome

[@bladeworksmaster]

Man, this Jimmy Neutron GBA series of games seems like it would be some good Kusogrande fare. So fun fact about the Gameboy Video cartridges, it was a massive factor in 4Kids Entertainment filing for bankruptcy due to going behind the anime providers’ back to cash in on the franchises they were dubbing, particularly Yu-Gi-Oh! in an under the table deal with Majesco, getting sued in the process. As a One Piece fan, it was a bright day indeed when they lost the rights due to this series of lawsuits and their notorious dub of the series ended with the Straw Hats died by a boat falling from the sky on top of them, to transfer to a much more substantial dub via Funimation.

[@erichkortum3298]

So happy to finally see this video! I have your channel notifications on, but I never seem to get them from your uploads.

[@fanglyn]

the dukem advance title theme living rent free, 21 years later im still just rocking out to that riff

[@bananacat3109]

such a random concept, appreciated the explorations of neutron stuff

[@jamesdean8980]

Played the Jimmy neutron games on gba so much as a kid thanks for giving me a boost of nostalgia

[@abareamphibia6812]

12:54 I had the GBA version as a kid and remember enjoying it but as an adult I really do see all the hiccups, this and super Mario advance 4 were the first games I had for the GBA

[@TheMGMfan]

I recognize Tantalus as the studio that ported Sonic Mania to the Switch. Really surprised that they worked on the Zelda remasters, given how little of note they made before then. EDIT: Also, I believe the actual reason why GBA Video paks aren't compatible with the Game Boy Player is to prevent people from recording them onto a VHS or DVD-R, which is stupid because there is no way anyone would try to pirate such low-quality footage, but I guess they didn’t want to risk it.

[@squeethemog213]

What a journey man. Looking forward to whatever series you marathon next. Can't wait for Tak and the Power of Juju :D

[@OddsTheo]

Nice to see another video from you, Nitro Rad. I love the calm, inoffensive style of your videos. It's nice for a person like me with anxiety

[@zoruacrossing8726]

I actually had the Jimmy Neutron movie game as a kid, it was in a 2-in-1 pack with a Spongebob game, and despite not being the biggest Jimmy Neutron fan at the time, I'm really nostalgic for this game. It's super-nice to hear that it genuinely holds up!

[@user-gh5or3zr3y]

I’m super late, but here’s my theory about Cindy’s design: The developers and artists for the games probably had design sheets for each character showing how they should look in-game. I think that maybe the game devs for all the games got old model sheets for the characters, including Cindy, from the movie. This happens sometimes with merchandise (for example, a lot of early Simpsons merch had Bart wearing a blue shirt because they were going off of an old model sheet.) Doesn’t explain why the last game used both designs though.

[@ZedJay23]

It took me a minute to realise, but I had this game when I was a kid. I remember swinging around as Goterd a whole bunch, but rarely managing to use it in a way that actually progressed me

[@TheSandpai]

been dying for this video, thanks so much!!! killed it as always

[@ThatScottishNerd]

ITS FINALLY HERE!!! These are the jimmy neutron games i played as a kid

[@coolmantc48]

My day gets 1000% better when I get a notification that you uploaded. Keep up the great work man!

[@yogibear8683]

Who else wanna see Jimbo here get a chance for a revival reboot?

[@RappingNinja]

Dang, I love the look of the the Jet Fusion game’s sprite art. And that aiming system (hold R to aim upward at a 45-degree angle, hold R+down to aim at a downward angle) is VERY familiar to anyone who played the GBA Metroid games. :)