Resident Evil's ambitious Gameboy Color spin-off (Gaiden) | minimme

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[@thewintereaglefly]

One thing we can all agree: It looks gorgeous. The shadow and light effect is amazing.

[@MatrixPanda]

friend: wanna play something minimme: sure friend: hey, have you got the new red de- minimme: pulls open draw full of weird Gameboy movie tie-ins and demake ports friend: *runs* these videos are epic.

[@aquid3622]

Why would he run?

[@demoleramera]

Don't you mean: Friend: tries to run but due to Minimme's weird house escape system, he still has to endure the startup-screen. Which is unfair because actually finding the door hitbox is hard as it is

[@IDrinkLava]

Is it weird if I'm impressed with the lighting effects? I know it's just a simple palette cycling of the sprites, but it's really subtle and I can't think of that many other overhead view 8-bit titles with a similar fake lighting system.

[@bananamustard1151]

honestly, i was thinking the exact same thing.

[@verzocktes]

@@bananamustard1151 me 2 ! :D

[@minimme]

Yeah I should’ve mentioned them, they did a great job with the graphics

[@aubreyh1930]

I was too lol

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

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[@Larry]

Virgin Interactive was Capcom's European distributor during the PS1/Dreamcast days, so that could be why they asked them.

[@Zephyr_Weiss]

go play Ninja Gaiden with a Blindfold

[@fleetwoodleroy6908]

Larry you and beesquared show up when I expect you too. Lol.

[@GitraSilvermane]

00:48 Good reason for that. The term "Gaiden" is a Japanese term for a spin off/side game that are usually not canon.

[@Sorrelhas]

So Ninja Gaiden got so popular that the main series was simply dropped, huh

[@Raine-Bureau-]

@@Sorrelhas Immediately canceled Ninja for the spinoff, wonder what the actual canon would be like.

[@nevermindo8516]

Eh... What???

[@aliteraltomato8290]

@@nevermindo8516 Gaiden Literally means side story in Japanese. Ninja gaiden is a misnomer as there is no "ninja" game

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

@@aliteraltomato8290 Didn't gaiden mean "duty"?

[@jeffschleg9665]

Why does Leon in the thumbnail look like a more realistic verison of Sheen from Jimmy Neutron?

[@IDHLEB]

Because minimme likes to poorly photoshop his face in thumbnails for some reason

[@fleetwoodleroy6908]

Kill me now Not

[@gergopiroska1943]

Wtf

[@KevinCow]

It's interesting that Revelations wasn't the first handheld Resident Evil spinoff that took place on an overrun ship. And now that I think about it, Revelations 2 is a game where you play as one of the RE2 protagonists and Barry, who meets a mysterious little girl who turns out to be connected to the outbreak. In fact, I think it's the only other game where you play as Barry. I guess the Revelations games are basically, "What if Gaiden, but good?"

[@TheGamingBadger2]

Kevin Stevens Revelations wasn’t even the 2nd spinoff set on a boat which is the insane part! Between Gaiden and Revelations there was Dead Aim. Which most assuredly not a single person considers canon.

[@Abon666]

@@TheGamingBadger2 Dead Aim also had he greatest name in Japan, over there it was called "Gun Survivor 4: Biohazard: Heroes Never Die". I am not making this up.

[@RexVergstrong]

Not only Natalia is a little girl connected to the Outbreak. She has pseudo psychic powers.

[@Abrahambinzz]

Basically gaiden is revelations 1-2 plot being mixed... hahahaha

[@residentgrigo4701]

Dead Aim is canon, so is Survivor 1.

[@retrobution1262]

Started playing this a few weeks ago, love the first person battles. The enemies look like they are dancing, makes me think of the monster mash, as it was indeed a graveyard smash. Great video mate, love your stuff

[@niespeludo]

I always took the Revelation games as having some influence from this game. This was a huge milestone for the GBC, really impressive even if it came late into its lifecycle. There's also something to be said about this game being the closest game to Sweet Home, the original inspiration for Resident Evil. This should have been called Sweet Home 2.

[@thisisarcana]

Revelations 1 deffo feels like it takes some inspiration from Gaiden, though that might just be because of the fact that it's set on a ship.

[@RexVergstrong]

2 has Natalia which is a Lucia expý.

[@artey6671]

I briefly played this game as a kid, but was way too stupid to understand it. A few years ago I watched this video and remembered it. A few months ago I decided to finally play it again. And now I came back to this video. It's come full circle. I think you've been unfair to the game. It's not stingy with resources, I think. At first I also struggled, but then I restarted and it was much easier. Towards the end I had 99 bullets in the gun and about 10 green and yellow herbs each. If you're careful, you can have more resources than you need. 11:45 The red exclamation mark tells you if the enemy has an item, so if you waste your resources on pointless enemies, it's your fault. There's really only one thing wrong with the game, I think, and that's the save deletion glitch that I just had the pleasure of encountering.

[@Serb1x]

Calling the ship ''Starlight'' is actually genius. That's a code word for the staff on ships that someone has passed away so that the passengers don't panic.

[@elperroreggae]

Flawless once again!

[@jaredsdad8361]

Hey!

[@Ryowhosakazaki]

I'll say.

[@Larry]

Oh, as you're a GoldenEye fan, have you ever thought of looking at the Gameboy version? No one ever seems to talk about that one. That or the GB port of Daikatana, which is supposed to be pretty good. :)

[@minimme]

Yeah always been curious to check out that Gameboy version of bond, could definitely check it out on the channel

[@ZXaber78]

This seems eerily similar in plot to Resident Evil: Revelations.

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

TBH I think RE Gaiden could do with a remake, cos the base idea is interesting, and the atmosphere is surprisingly nicely done.

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

I wonder if Gaiden wasn't at least partially responsible for inspiring the boat portions of Resident Evil Revelations. I mean, the story is very different (focusing on Chris and Jill, for starters), but the atmosphere is there. Well, for the parts on the ship anyway.

[@francessonder]

I think changing the combat system is a good way to make the game decent. Keep it first person but add a dodging and manual aiming system.

[@Mageman17]

@@francessonder something along these lines for a remake. An RE4-RE6-plus-Revelations era camera (if they can pull something similar to RE 3.5's above the head angle, that works too) plus a switch to first person view with manual crosshair aiming is how I see this if remade. The music needs to be instill the same feeling of fear as well with it's notes (reminds me of how 80s synth keyboards or organs can make me feel tension and stress) so I hope the OST is remixed as such.

[@TheGoldenBolt]

First1 Do you think you'll look at the cancelled RE GBC game at some point? I always get it and Gaiden mixed up but they're both really interesting games that use the hardware way better than they have any right to.

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

And as a footnote at the end the planned gba ports of RE 1-2-3 and a quick look at the gba RE 2 beta would be nice (even though its like 10 minutes top) and maybe the tiger game . com RE 2 port being looked at as a part two would be neato

[@muragaru553]

Man, so many good GBC games. Such a powerful portable from way back when.

[@TheBigDynamo]

That combat system is really damn sophisticated to me. Reminds me of something like Undertale. They should give this game another chance!

[@oh-not-the-bees7872]

Its really not

[@weq150]

@@oh-not-the-bees7872 well you can see where hes coming from, the slashing meters are similar

[@fleetwoodleroy6908]

For the time considering 2d platforms especially game boy cant meet the 3d counterpart in perfect replication yes that was an impressive way to handle combat

[@cicada300]

@@fleetwoodleroy6908 it would be great if the enemies varied more or if the mobs absorbed less bullets I'd like to see more horror games take a similar approach with the combat. The closest I can think or is something like fatal frame.

[@c.jarmstrong3111]

Thank you for making these videos! I appreciate the effort you put into it :)

[@ichigo449]

You're a much better looking dude than the terrifying thumbnails suggest.

[@MadDoggyca]

this game was actually decent and one of my fav GBC games tbh

[@giantspiderproductions3356]

Shut up

[@SHGames97]

minime, you are incredible man. Thank you

[@Bamulas]

I actually remember this game, it was one of the first I had as a kid on gameboy colour. Might be rose tinted glasses but it was fresh compared to a lot of the games out on GBC, even as an 11 year old I had no problem grasping the mechanics even if the story was a little hard to understand. The games not a bad introduction to resident evil, and was the reason I played resident evil 4. It's a solid game and although it hasn't aged well at the time it was hard to fault.

[@SolidSnnake]

i played through this entire game, got to the final boss with nothing but 5 pistol rounds a knife and no heals, never beat this game RIP

[@kingtut8339]

I remember when this game first came out! It was $20 in Walmart

[@FantasyDragon]

These thumbnails are getting creepier and creepier. Keep it up. 👍🏻

[@hellodontkillme9273]

I love how you continue to sneak Tony Hawk into all of your thumbnails lmao

[@admiralfrosty3495]

Love this. You remind me of my young self messing around with GBC roms as a kid.

[@rhyswaterhouse786]

Minimme back with the gameboy games classic ch feel

[@Tulase]

11:50 You don't need the kill every zombie just to check if they're holding an item, tem red exclamation mark is there to tell you the enemy's got something

[@irunasoft]

Therapist: smiling leon doesn't exist he cannot harm you Smiling Leon: check this gameboy color spinoff, boy

[@dustinbarton9994]

Love your channel "mate" been a sub for a while and you never disappoint with unbiased / informative and amusing reviews!!!!

[@uncut_cowboy]

Great video, the format is top notch. :)

[@jacobstaten2366]

I had a similar idea for a roleplaying game with QuickTime events like this for combat and challenges. It's interesting to see it actually used.

[@Dirvinator]

It's funny seeing the view count for your videos when this was uploaded, especially the Cars review.

[@stereotypicalemousername9507]

the walkthrough you used for this game was written the day before i was born damn

[@selforganisation]

I find it a nice touch there's this minimal environmental lightning (the character sprite becomes dark in darker areas.

[@urmomslover12]

Hey would you ever want to check our the Harry Potter series for the Gameboy line? The third game had this cool turn based rpg element that the fourth game didn't have.

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

the gbc versions of 1 & 2 also had those same rpg elements, I really loved them.

[@urmomslover12]

@@OutOfTheShadows1 oh that's awesome! I've not had the chance to play the first two but I'll get around to them! The fourth game had a really weird QTE final boss fight that went SICKO MODE with the speed that you needed to input the commands.

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

@@urmomslover12 oh god.. I think I vaguely remember that..

[@kclink1579]

That's why I want to play the GB Harry Potter games because of the RPG elements.

[@urmomslover12]

@@OutOfTheShadows1 the game itself wasn't hard at all and I remember being in a car ride for about 35-40 minutes and beating the game from start to finish in that time because the levels weren't hard. But that darned final boss fight had me frustrated all the time.

[@CryptoJordanVR]

You should do a short video talking about the beta of the canceled Resident Evil 2 GBA port. Also please do a 5 Graphically Impressive N64 Games video.

[@francessonder]

RE Gaiden holds a special place in my heart, because it's the first game to scare the living shit out of me.

[@cultofmalgus1310]

go into it with low expectations, come out pleasantly surprised.

[@ChaseMC215]

Sometimes it makes sense to have to Gaiden term in the game, like this one, other times it doesn't, for example, Ninja Gaiden, that's just the name of the game, both the original and rebooted versions, the rebooted series at least had some ties with Dead Or Alive, ut that version was so kick ass we didn't knowtise!

[@tHeplAyiER]

That thumbnail is marvellous =D

[@liamramjean8542]

I've played this and I enjoyed it

[@Russell970]

Colors! I see colors!

[@Russell970]

minimme: Colours*

[@seenufo3808]

I have so many memories of this game!

[@uggostinko6914]

I love you for using the E=mc good times song from gta 2.

[@gabrielpalma1687]

The thumbnail it's the stuff of nightmares

[@WritingOnGames]

This thumbnail menace must be stopped (actually never stop it)

[@zendariun101]

Hi

[@Bigwave3K]

Idk why I wasn’t subbed I’ve been watching your videos for like a year

[@willnox1]

Bought this game on release. I actually really enjoy this game. Its a technical marvel on the underpowered GBC.

[@RexVergstrong]

Doesn't the word Gaiden itself implies a non-canon side story?

[@monytontana5184]

Considering what the GBC was capable of, this seems like a solid port for the die hard fans (ignoring the story of course.) Awesome lighting and detail, I might try it out

[@myfellowsonicfans7131]

NO ONE ever says “you’re bad” to someone if they’re playing what is considered a “bad” game, but if it’s a good game, you’re bad even if it’s the game causing problems.

[@MisHapMusic]

Always thought this was one of the most under-rated gameboy games. And a horribly treated resident-game. Top class stuff

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

The funny thing about all of this is because of the whole Shantae thing, it's technically not entirely an indie series since Capcom was necessary for the first game.

[@illmatticx]

If you never played Resident Evil 4, 7 and the 2 remake..you’re missing out

[@UserUser-oy8ch]

those opening cut scenes are impressive for gameboy

[@ElliotGindiVO]

Gaiden usually means it's like a what if or side story.

[@IanOPadrick]

That shooting mechanic at 1:11 seems interesting, actually

[@Conundroy]

Their website is apparently up for sale.

[@GODSGIFTGAMING]

Is that Grand theft auto advance music in the background?

[@armando92]

Leon turns into a BOW and that explains the pseudo superpowers from re4. All makes sense now

[@hamstergt1869]

oh god i played this like 20 years ago (during summer holiday, or lazy afternoons, i cant remember)

[@cooldragon1990]

I actually really like this game. It's very moody and basically very scary with some of the art. Sure it has that reticle mechanic that makes the game hard, but it has heart. Playing it later reveals some truly menacing pictures and shot pieces.

[@Futilizer]

I think the green blood could be a half attempt at censoring.

[@bananamustard1151]

but they have real blood

[@Jonnygunboy]

Have you seen the resident evil 2 gba port? It's so impressive I dunno why they never released it.

[@AntonSem]

I remember playing it like 10 years ago or so. While the plot doesn't make much sense (although it is not an uncommon thing for a RE game) I remember game mechanics being pretty good. And yes, as an indie game dev I want to try them out :)

[@TheHumanVoiceBox]

I got to the final boss on this game then it reset and deleted my save 🙄

[@artey6671]

Happened to me today, too. Oh well.

[@Ryusuta]

Aww... I was hoping this video would be about the prototype game. Ah well, this is entertaining nonetheless.

[@pablodelgado7919]

I loved this game as a kid, also the very first RE game i ever played.

[@nonAehT]

i distinctly remember playing some sort of resident evil game on my Sony Ericsson W810i phone that had the same gameplay for combat, although it was only combat and nothing else...

[@TheResidentEvilPodcast]

Probably Resident Evil: Assault the Nightmare.

[@itseezzee]

I really don’t think this game is bad at all. It’s one of my favorite gbc games out there

[@NightRanma]

So since the huge game breaking bug near the end of the game wasn't mentioned, I'm guessing they actually fixed it in the version you played? Because the game I had, right near the end of the game if you got into an encounter with the BOW the game would crash and delete all your saves.

[@MidnightFireHuntress]

I thought this game was amazing, great story, fun combat, huge map to explore, crazy twist ending, awesome soundtrack, and they somehow made it scary as hell to play despite being on the GBC, biggest problem I had with it was that it was short, I remember beating it in 2 nights when I would play it in bed before sleep.

[@maxkcool4102]

Personally, I hope they reveal Leon to be a B.O.W. in the series at some point lmao. Can you imagine if they did that? Everyone's completely lost and capcom just says "didn't you play Gaiden?"

[@ETK696]

I need this game again

[@4.0.4]

I like watching this and I didn't even have a Gameboy Color. I guess it means your channel is good. Could show old Sony hardware some love though. Also old computer architectures that don't exist anymore, like Commodore and Amiga but also those strange Japanese ones like PC-98. There's tons of stuff to cover if you're out of ideas.

[@trashcandatnoobwut2246]

And to think there's people that insult the Switch for having what I can only describe as PlayStation 3.5 level visuals. It's shocking how spoilt some people have became.

[@bananachild1936]

Speaking of Dino Crisis, what happened to that series anyway? We need a new Dino Crisis game Capcom! Make it happen.

[@fleetwoodleroy6908]

Man thats all I want is for capcom to give Dino Crisis some actual love. DC2 was one my favorite games of all time plus the ending as a kid was unforgettable. Supposedly I heard rumours they may revisit dino crisis if recent titles did well or something idk.

[@jeremyroberts8822]

@@fleetwoodleroy6908 yea that’s true. There’s been several rumors that after the recent success cap com has had with the resident evil remakes they’ve considered doing a from the ground up remake of the first Dino crisis which with modern gameplay mechanics could be amazing. Imagine Dino crisis in first person or in third person with the over the shoulder sim style from RE 4,5, and 6

[@thatdanjamesguy.330]

It seems like a lot of big PlayStation games got Game Boy Color spinoffs. Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid ... let's put PaRappa on this thing.

[@cilantro6884]

This would be amazing as a remake on switch or 3ds

[@risuhijirikawa5901]

It was a pretty good game, but i can't unsee the dialog scene, it looks like virgin leon vs chad barry meme

[@jacobscott2473]

Holy shit, I used to have munching madness! Completely forgot about it as it was pretty unforgivingly hard for a first gameboy game for an 8 year old.

[@BugsyFoga]

I'll admit it did look visualy pretty cool

[@EDBOMINATION]

You mention not knowing where to use the keys however you can check a vast majority of the keys in the game to tell you which level and area of the ship to use them in (3F Elevators, First Class Cabins, etc). Though, in all fairness, you would still have to know the map well enough to find those locations, and the only real way to do that is to check the name on the map in every single room.

[@dariohc6898]

This game was too hard, I played it back in the day, got tired of dying and dying and dying

[@MsAsdag]

Why is GTA:ADVANCE theme on background?

[@fer1356]

Clicks the Like button, sees the video, because you know that the video is worth the like if it's a minimme video.

[@kysicilia4848]

In my head, I always assumed that Leon in the game WASN'T the real Leon. I felt that the people who sent Berry to go investigate were actually working for Umbrella all the time and that they wanted to get Berry out of the way so they sent him there. I feel like Capcom should do this game justice and give it some sort of remake. I love the idea of a ship (No not Relations I want real zombies and Dead Aim didn't quench that thirst)

[@TheSteelStallion]

Thought the game looked weird when I first saw it on a shelf in WHSmith as a kid. Still, kudos to it for trying something else with the gameplay instead of forcing something that just doesn't fit like the original RE game on Gameboy Colour. It's why I didn't mind Killzone Liberation as an isometric shooter on PSP. I also don't mind the theory of fake Leon as I've disliked him as a character since RE4 where he, to me, just never really felt like a natural evolution of his personality from RE2. Then again, neither did the gameplay.

[@dottyduke]

Off topic of REG, but you should do the two Tomb Raider GBC games. I feel like you may enjoy them.

[@SuperNintendoZach]

minime is the best and cutest around.

[@rug052]

Waiting for a cars race o rama review but great video!

[@xxzxxw]

I quite enjoyed it when I played it.

[@DatMentalGamer]

you should totally review Metal Gear Solid on the gameboy

[@nintendohandheld9556]

Lucia moves from this to Devil May Cry 2.

[@JesseGraham3DSking]

Great video, love your work. Keep it up! Could you do a video on Yo-Noid?

[@dankhill7917]

Strange.. It actually looks really similar to code Veronica. Very impressive for the game boy.