Lego Star Wars On The GBA Is Weird

Hope you guys enjoy my retrospective of Lego Star Wars GBA.
#starwars #legostarwars #ttgames
Patreon: / nostalgic9080
Discord: / discord
Twitch: / nostalgic9080
I also have a business email if you need that go to my channel's about page. Remember keep it business only.

[@TacosAreWizard]

My experience of this game was finding it in an empty school locker in the 5th grade and thinking that it was crazy that it let you massacre the sand people tribe. What a time to be alive.

[@Aspi3Gam3r]

Ahh, so that was YOU who stole my GBA copy of Lego Star Wars back then! I was distraught when I went to my locker that day only to find it missing and my mom gave me a stern lecture afterward about not bringing my Gameboy Advance to school with me. :P

[@TacosAreWizard]

@@Aspi3Gam3r bruh i’m so sorry. If I knew where it was I’d mail it to u

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

@@TacosAreWizardim sure he was joking

[@jasonsingh3203]

@@SlavicUnionGaminghe’s right, I was there buddy, I’m the locker

[@AverageSynth]

​@@Aspi3Gam3rcan confirm; I was the principal

[@temporaryhandle]

Always found it weird how they used the wrong versions of characters for episodes

[@psycho_dog33]

Episode I Obi-Wan fighting Episode II Anakin on Mustafar is so delightfully cursed.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Litterally one of the first games i ever owned, before seeing any star wars films it was quite a weird trip with no idea what the story was about. Sunk 100s of hours in and had all the cheat codes written down

[@GunaMask]

its funny that you actually get to massacre the tuskens

[@SK438]

It's hilarious how the final duel is a duel between Padawans 😂

[@carnbarn151]

The "cheat codes" for this game were fun. The ones I always used changed the lightsaber color to black or yellow, or let you play as a character not on the free play roster like General Grievous or a battle droid on a speeder.

[@SirSaturnine8008]

I love this video cause I like hearing other people talk about LEGO games, and yeah Yoda laugh is weird

[@mariofanboy2336]

This is one of the first video games I ever beat 100%. Played it a ton in the car when I was like 5-6 years old

[@JoesGuy]

There are so many interesting little quirks that I can't help but love it.

[@puranichu]

This and the sequel on the GBA were my first Lego games. I emulated it years ago. I found this one really boring years ago, but it was fun enough for me to finish all of the episodes. I do remember the sequel being better in every way.

[@BrassNukes11]

This was actually one of the first ever video games I owned as a kid. I easily sunk at least 50 hours into it. Eventually I played the regular version when I finally got a ps2 but this one has a special place in my heart. I also think the gba port of lego star wars 2 is a vast improvement to this one, I recommend checking it out! I think its done by the same studio too.

[@BobTheBuilder12]

This was my first lego star wars game. I remember darth vader was 25000 studs to unlock and it took me so long to get him.

[@rainbowrunner1550]

I think it's interesting how R4-P17 is incorporated into the Utapau missions alongside Obi-Wan, even though in terms of the movies, R4 was destroyed by the Buzz Droids in the Battle of Coruscant. But I guess it makes sense since they didn't wanna implement whatever other Astromech Droid Obi-Wan had for Utapau (I believe R3 something) since R4 was more well known anyways.

[@Nostalgic9080]

That is true, I guess since they didn't really mention the Battle over Coruscant they where able to get away with putting him back in.

[@SuperMarioMaker64]

@@Nostalgic9080 I believe R4 is actually a female droid.

[@konradfun]

This was how I found out that Anakin is Darth Vader

[@busterthejedi8446]

Fun fact: there are cheat codes that allow you to play as other characters, change your lightsaber color, and view all cutscenes.

[@brandonthetoyandgamecollector]

This was a gba game I played a ton as a kid, I really wanted it and still have my original copy, the oldest game from childhood I still have. I was bummed it didn’t have vehicle missions but I still enjoyed playing it. Never liked the isometric camera angle though as it made some platforming difficult. Nowadays I find it hard to go back to, but I still like having the game around

[@VEN0M415]

Only vehicle we could ever use was that secret character unlock for the droid on that stand-up hover bike thing.

[@chrismeow4730]

I loved this game. Spent many hours and yes, years playing it over and over. Thank you for the nostalgia… love your channel!!

[@Nostalgic9080]

Thanks glad you enjoy!!

[@GunaMask]

OHMYGOD YODAS LAUGH MADE ME SPIT OUT MY DRINK

[@mr.p7092]

Have very vague memories of the old hand held Lego games and I remember how weird they were.

[@gonkdroid8279]

Lego Indiana Jones 2 was the weirdest

[@newguy371]

I never finished this game. I was recording parts parts for a Let's Play, but only made it to chapter 2 of Episode III. I think my biggest frustrations have to do with the parts where you controlled R2-D2. Those sections were brutal. Some info on Griptonite. They were an independent developer studio that was absorbed by Amaze in 2006. Amaze would then be acquired by Foundation 9. Foundation 9 reinstated Griptonite Games in 2008, and Amaze merged with them in 2009. In 2011, they were sold to Glu Mobile, which was bought by EA in 2021. Whether or not the studio is still around is unknown to me.

[@gonkdroid8279]

Loved this game so much as a kid. Thought it was cool how it covered different material than the console version, especially the fact they rendered a few new "cut scenes"

[@0DRONZER]

11:37 fun fact: these animations are in he console versions of lsw1 and were supposed to be the death animations, you can see them being used in prototype footage

[@Chickenbone263]

Omg seeing the kashyyk level with yoda brings back some really frustrating memories I swear I remember that level being so hard for no reason

[@RWKropf]

This brings back memories for me. I had my modded Gameboy Advance and I played this version on my TV.

[@megablueman]

I actually bought Lego Star Wars 2 for the DS recently because of your review and honestly Im enjoying it. I do believe I have the patched version because many of the bugs you mentioned arent in the game but other than that the weirdness of it gives it its own charm. Holy crap though the Hoth battle's skybox draw distance is horrible

[@Nostalgic9080]

Wow I didn't know there was a patched verison

[@QuantumSurge64]

I saw this game in the skill crane type of machines, and I always wondered "how will they fit a 3D action game fit in a GBA?"

[@gadgez_]

Having this game for my 9th birthday, purchasing the strategy guide for what turned out to be the console version was my first real experience with the differences in ports - “What do you mean jar jar can’t attack? Yes he can” “What do you mean the blue stud is the most valuable?” “What do you mean there’s more than 15 characters?”

[@battlefrontinfinite5215]

Funny you mention levels leaving out important parts of the story, because the Skywalker Saga levels do too. How regressive.

[@AwesomeMooseSmile]

It's actually kind of sad that the skywalker saga has more in common with games like these and lego indiana jones 2 than actual good lego games like the complete saga.

[@zachattack3538]

Lego Star Wars 2 on gba was a weird one. Would be a good video

[@takodahager4165]

Not only was this my 1st Lego game this was also my 1st star wars game. And from there on I became hooked on star wars games. My 7 year old brain thought this was the greatest game ever until the OT came out and then eventually TCS on DS 😅

[@mrenzyme9715]

Great videos! 😊 neat history

[@VEN0M415]

I was so addicted to this game back then, i had a huge itch for starwars legos and this did well to get that itch. I spent hours trying different inputs to find secret codes so I could write them down (i still got the code sheet I made decades ago), some codes I think code sites have yet to add. Found secret characters or visual/audio manipulations and even different lightsaber/blaster colors, I was using the darksaber before I knew what a dark saber was lol.

[@CreativeColton]

Griptonite did Chamber of Secrets on GBA, which I loved when I was younger.

[@roberttreacy8271]

I had this game as a kid, and I played the heck out of it.

[@taratothemax1350]

I remember finding out about these games on rom sites and I tried the 2nd one and it was alright. Crazy they even attempted to put these games on the GBA

[@603xxg]

Man I loved this game so much. I 100% it more times than I can remember.

[@0DRONZER]

also this is more related to lsw2 gba than lsw1 but i remember there being a youtube channel called pingblinggames and i think that's where i found out about the gba versions, channel's been gone since but i remember the pfp being either a character from the matrix with a warped mouth or gabe newell with sunglasses and a warped mouth

[@BaneShake]

I covered this game on my channel not quite two years back, and I can agree with everything you said here. I even also called it "Weird" right up front in the title, and even also used the same shot from the console game to open my video, which was hilarious to see all happen again here in yours, too. Keep up the hard work, my dude!

[@Nostalgic9080]

Thanks going to have to watch your video

[@Nostalgic9080]

Oh yea I've seen that video before. I went around and watched a few videos to make sure i didn't miss anything in mine and yours was one of them. Great Video!!

[@BaneShake]

@@Nostalgic9080 That makes sense! In that case, glad I could help!

[@Nostalgic9080]

@@BaneShake the intro part was a coincidence though

[@BaneShake]

@@Nostalgic9080 It's simply a great shot to open with

[@duscrazel]

I got this and the GameCube version for my birthday in 2005, Revenge of the Sith came out the same week as my birthday. I remember beating the GBA version in one day.

[@CosmicConvict1]

I love your content dude, i wish you luck

[@Nostalgic9080]

Thanks

[@insertsomememereferenceher8483]

One of my earliest memories is getting my hands on my older brother's GBA and erasing his save file for either this game or lsw2. I believe I was about two years old at the time. To this day I have no idea how or why I did it.

[@solidus_spence]

I've realized from myself doing the same thing to my uncle with his original Xbox that small children just magically come out of the womb with the knowledge to delete video game saves on other people's consoles.

[@krzysztofsznura9589]

When i reed GBA, the first thing that came to my head was song by FGFC820 titled G.B.A. (probably shortcut for God Bless America)

[@goldgodryukendo913x]

Bro sounds like Hank Hill.

[@chrischansagas7534]

I really hope the algorithm starts hitting your videos more consistently, so you get the views you deserve.

[@WeCareAlot4693]

I played through this a year ago, the part where you are Episode 3 Yoda just taking down waves of enemies and turrets on Kashyyyk was miserable

[@WeCareAlot4693]

The 2nd game is actually pretty damn well done though.

[@ZaneFowler]

The first game I ever owned. Still have it to this day, save and all. It was so unbelievably fun for nine year old me to play. Fuck the haters, I loved this game.

[@0DRONZER]

i remember playing the gba versions on 8bbit's gba website (cant remember the name rn) when i was 10

[@MousaMovies]

I love the death checkpoint system it made me strategize to beat the levels.

[@AJordan44-]

I LOVED this game as a kid. The ps2 version was one of the first games I ever played, and i adored this version too, i loved the different levels and always wanted them added to the complete saga, haha

[@gonkdroid8279]

Same!

[@DeffoSpaniel]

The sequel to this game, the one that adapts the original trilogy, is pretty similar, but I liked it a lot better as a kid. For starters, there is a hub world on that one and a shop to buy characters like in the ps2 games

[@Tyrael7-bf1ld6zu6s]

This video is one that I can watch again and again

[@Nostalgic9080]

I'm glad you enjoy it!!

[@Tyrael7-bf1ld6zu6s]

@@Nostalgic9080This game is similar to monsters Inc

[@Rudy_McSackschweisz]

i loved this game, lego star wars for DS was really wired

[@CathyDotUK]

I owned this game as a kid and playing it i just thought "that's it" after beating it

[@gofruity]

This guy almost sounds like Hank Hill

[@jebbush4godemperor285]

I got this from my half brother as a kid (I’m 19 he’s in his 30s) and I have the vaguest memories of the lightsaber fights. Also had Lego Star Wars 2 on ds, I just thought Lego games switched it up all the time as a kid lol.

[@brandonhoward3672]

This was the first video game I ever owned, and I loved every second

[@cyanimation1605]

Dang it bobby pick up that gosh darn minikit

[@anonymoususer188]

"It's a LEGO game. It's not supposed to be that challenging." I couldn't agree more with this quote. I just wish whoever was responsible for the crimes against LEGO that were the LEGO Movie video game on the 3DS and the even worse LEGO Marvel Super Heroes game also on the 3DS. Not if but when you die in one of those games, you have to restart the level, and there are these "optional" challenges in every level that give you gold bricks. Except after every three levels, if you're total number of gold bricks isn't high enough, you can't play the next level until you get more gold bricks from the levels you've already unlocked. LEGO Star Wars 2 may have been the worst DS game (I don't have enough of a comprehensive list to have an opinion on that claim one way or the other), but it can't have been worse than the two games I just mentioned for the 3DS because it was like LEGO games forgot how to make LEGO games. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes was even worse because every level had a single character in story mode, and even in free play mode, you could only use a team consisting of that same character and one other character of your choice. Those games don't even give you extra hearts to use. It's especially insulting when you consider that they were made during roughly the same time frame as LEGO Lord of the Rings for the 3DS which was the best LEGO game on a handheld (excluding the Switch which is technically both a console and a handheld).

[@simonhughes2902]

and i thought star wars 2 on ds was the low, this makes complete saga on ds look like space age tech

[@cdagyekybcrpaa]

I always could never get passed the ObiWan level on Utapau… where the gate would not open and I was always stuck

[@danstrikker6465]

This was the first Lego game I owned. I loved it growing up and played the crap out of it

[@TheAandJStudio]

I can't believe I sank so much time into this.

[@SwissArmyTin]

This was the first Lego Star Wars game I ever played. Got it in a weird way; during a field trip I swapped my copy of the Spongebob Movie GBA game (which was genuinely great, made by Wayforward) for his copy of this, and we forgot to swap back so uh, whoops. Ended up getting the GBA Lego Star Wars II later that same year which made the first one feel like some alien bootleg by comparison lmao

[@mattparkin7224]

The cheat codes really made this game

[@thankbot]

Did anyone else play this as a child and wasn't able to beat the game because the graphics were pretty disorienting,and you couldn't find the end of the level or because the game was pretty hard sometimes?

[@mixeddown]

Exactly my experience. I kept giving the game chances and I kept giving up because it was just confusing and nowhere near as fun as the console version, which I knew by heart by age 10

[@pinkraven4402]

It's basically a 00s cellphone game

[@bozenagotovac9131]

Ive beaten GBA ver on mobile and ive not suffered as much as that time

[@mariofan0453]

Who would ever of thought that obi wan would go to a cave in the GBA version and not the console ;)

[@Nostalgic9080]

I know I don't think he even went there in actual canon

[@nabnoob]

You have to do the review for LSW2 on GBA. It fixed all the issues with this game and made the gameplay closer to the console versions.

[@Nostalgic9080]

I deffintley plan on doing that eventually

[@Acunn6620]

Epic video

[@adammiranda357]

I have the GameCube version of this game and the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii versions of Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga. Lucky for me, I never played the horrible Nintendo DS version of Lego Star Wars II The Original Trilogy. Also, since Nintendo added Quest for Camelot which was made by Warner Bros Games to the Nintendo Switch Online service, do you think they might add the GBA Lego Star Wars games sometime this year? If they do, I might give them a try.

[@trekanderson6701]

I have a lot of nostalgia for this game

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

It definitely played better than any of the GBA ports by Destination Software/DSI Games.

[@worrier]

Bought for like 4 bucks at a flea market back in the day. Was a big fan of the complete saga ds port at the time. I think i got stuck or bored with an early level and lost the game. Itll probably show up somewhere.

[@Beanszo]

i used to play this aaaallll the time

[@RobertChambers1522]

I remember I used to love this game, but always had nitpicks when comparing it to the PS2 version. Though I felt like the DS version (I have the one with all 6 episodes) was the truest to the original console ones.

[@indigopeaksofficial]

I played this game a lot growing up but never made it far because of how frustrating the platforming was...

[@dextergrif]

I had this and I was too young to know what to do so I couldn’t finish any of the levels

[@crimsong8068]

I love how no matter which device it was on, these games always snubbed significant chunks of AOTC. I do appreciate that they used their limitations and made something new instead of trying to poorly copy the console game (like DS original trilogy did.) I'm also one of the few who likes the "survival challenge," aspect. It really made young me have to think and strategize. I do wish they'd added more sprites for different movies. Seeing padawan Anakin burning was just weird. I'd give this game a 6/10, not terrible, but not noteworthy either.

[@Nostalgic9080]

Thats a fair assessment

[@jonathana6429]

This looks way better than what I was expecting when I clicked on this video. Idk why but this is the most convincing “”3D graphics”” I have ever seen on the gba.

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

3:44 wth are those super battle droids green, i guess shrek spit on them

[@Nostalgic9080]

I know that was super weird

[@xainsshrimpboat340]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the unlockable Baby Rancor. That has to be the weirdest character in the entire LEGO Star Wars series!

[@Nostalgic9080]

Wait thats a thing?

[@xainsshrimpboat340]

@@Nostalgic9080 Just looked it up; turns out that's in LEGO Star Wars 2 on GBA, not the original. You unlock him when you unlock all the other characters. Maybe that's something you can bring up if you review that game?

[@butler4692]

Great vid but also you sound like Hank Hill

[@Pan_Z]

Do wish the home console games gave all the characters a unique special ability.

[@Nostalgic9080]

No I kind of liked it the way it was

[@walidbentaher]

They also made one for the original trilogy lego game you should review that one next

[@tarheelpro87]

I always knew about Lego Star Wars on the DS since I grew up with it, and still play it now. But GBA? What the faq…

[@skojuzija]

I dont get it why they did a game for GBA when DS was out

[@carsonmalleet4367]

I had to be like 7-8 when I originally played this game, the comedic value of massacring sand people while the jolly Star Wars main theme played went over my head at the time, I just thought it was weird. This video was a nostalgia trip! The game probably sucked but I had a lot of good memories come back while watching this video.

[@paul9589]

You sound like hank from king of the hill bro

[@TheHumanVoiceBox]

I remember I 100% this game… I had too much free time

[@aaronskuse2207]

I own this and had a decent time playing, however I also played the sequel and it was absolutely broken on a fundamental level, riddled with glitches.

[@rayphoenix7296]

I actually like this version. It is not better than the console version but it is still pretty good. I like the extra level of challenge added to the game. I was just pissed that they omitted Mace Windu from this game. How can you make a game about the prequels and not have Mace Windu in it?

[@zengravy1878]

It was really janky but actually peak lego game

[@kazvanrooij]

Yo Sir Nostalgic, If I were you I would spell out GameBoy Advanced instead of GBA in the title. It adds another recognizable word that peaks interest instead of the GBA letters. Not enough people know what GBA stands for. I didnt for one. Just gameboy would be fine if you dont want to put advanced there I think.

[@ponygrrrl]

I’ve actually never watched a star wars film, what happened on tattoween?? Why am i here??

[@danielleallen5395]

You sound like hank hill

[@youngtrash666]

Dammit bobby I can't unhear it now

[@calicracks3926]

It's a great day when Nostalgic uploads, even if you have to go to the dentist's.

[@mrenzyme9715]

Little gem

[@StaffSergeantSigmon]

The AI is so funny and bad in this game