Top 5 RAREST Game Boy Color Games! | Nintendrew

[@KelseyLewin]

Thank you so much for the shout out! Great video as always :)

[@solsama3992]

Kelsey Lewin NANI?!? U FROM METAL JESUS ROCKS?!?!? AND THE PINK GORILLA GAME STORE?!?!? Hai

[@requiem165]

Kelsey Lewin heya Kelsey!

[@requiem165]

Blake Hashimoto なにand はい

[@requiem165]

Blake Hashimoto you are the definition of cringe

[@Thatcartoonguy224]

Hi

[@Charriii5]

Interesting to see how (Singer cartridge aside) all the games had very high production value. All either had innovative mechanics at the time, fluid animation, fun gameplay or all of the above.

[@ZudeXbox360]

I actually found it neat about how similar looking Wendy: Every Witch Way looks to Shantae. Of course, I would say without a doubt that WayForward was a Midas with how good looking their games looked on the GBC.

[@nafets1218]

So why is MGS not on here? All of the above, and has a pretty hefty asking price, there's a copy on ebay right now for $1,500

[@warehousedave7937]

This list is not accurate at all if we are naming the RAREST games. Only Singer would make a true top 5 rarity list. Shante is much more common than Space Marauder, for example.

[@OfficialDJUnikittyYT]

5:30 The Game Boy Color had a mobile phone adapter and a sewing machine! I repeat, a sewing machine that come with a game card, where you choose a sewing pattern, and the machine sews the pattern!

[@ps4yt6916]

i heard that from avgn

[@lucky.komaeda4518]

AVGN reference!

[@spongefan155]

Kinda Like I Am A Teacher Mario Sweater

[@JustSomeGuy769]

No Shit sherlock

[@DarthLahey479]

I WANNA BE SEDATED BY THE GAMEBOY!!!!

[@wendyward1669]

Me: wow. GBC games aren’t too bad in terms of price. Shantae: hold my beer

[@airplane6417]

Heh heh heh... I may have seen that at a garage sale, but didn't buy it.

[@jackson2531]

Thankfully, for just $5, Shantae is available on the 3DS Virtual Console.

[@heman10010]

You can actually find some used carts or repo carts for around 12 to 30 dollars on Amazon

[@heman10010]

@@jackson2531 it's not illegal to buy a used game online or at any store at all!!! As for the repo carts, it's illegal for people to sell them but the buyer gets in no trouble at all

[@heman10010]

@@jackson2531 well luckily for you, you can't get arrested for buying a repo cart when somebody else is selling it to you

[@JoelEblin]

I would love to learn more about GBC games with exclusive GBA features

[@GaZlovesGames]

Yea me too!!

[@jacobpuvan3131]

I know that the oracle series has an in-game store exclusively for if you play on the game boy advance

[@JessieJamesPlays]

69 likes nice

[@mrgoodname7297]

shantae has extra content on gba (if u can get a copy of the game)

[@FizzyK-45]

I actually used to play Survival Kids back then, tho it was emulated. Afaik there's also sequels on the DS but it's called Lost In Blue, cmiiw. Also GBC Shantae is a classic.

[@pyroclasm1]

there is also survival kids 2 (japan only)

[@TheConuresrule]

Seems interesting. Sadly now I'm going to have to buy all 3 games but some popular youtuber talks about it and then it will shoot up in price.

[@pyroclasm1]

@@TheConuresrule the european version is called "stranded kids". Also not cheap but may not shoot up in value after an American youtuber talks it up

[@fruitlion8]

Just make sure to never play the Wii sequel of Lost in Blue. The DS games are decent but the Wii game is a joke.

[@TheMightyWumbo]

Might have to check that ds game out

[@RStine]

Man, I used to have Survival Kids back in the day! Wish I'd known it was so rare. I would have been sure to keep it. Thanks for the video as always, Drew. Great content!

[@ike.8656]

The gameboy color is so happy to be covered

[@shawng746]

Awesome video, Drew. I never owned a GBC, but this video makes me wish I had. But sewing machine software! Really!!!, haha. I never would have guessed on that.

[@GaZlovesGames]

I never had one either! Have a gameboy advance now.. so can finally play them allllll

[@Optimalillusion]

During one of "next episode" bits of FLCL, Haruko rambles on about handhelds and mentions GBCs sewing machine capabliries.

[@aspieweeb4526]

My mom used to have that, she took it to goodwill

[@d1ngus-dangus]

There was a gbc accsery that put you to sleep

[@ivanchavez7072]

Really good voiceover work! It was crystal clear and transitioned seamlessly into the footage and audio with yourself in the frame

[@snipesxiii9188]

i remember my mom buying me survival kids at walmart it was one of those cheap games they didnt bother keeping behind the glass what a gem of a game

[@PixelSprixie]

I guessed Shantae would make it to number #1! I have the VC version which is the easiest way to own it legally, but I got curious a while back to see how much physical copies cost, and was definitely surprised to say the least! The game didn't even come out of North America, making especially rare elsewhere, relying on import copies only. I know it's very unlikely but I'd love to see a company reprint new copies of Shantae one day. Kinda like the Ducktales NES cart from a few years back.

[@jreguniverse2203]

shantae did release in north america, albeit in very limited quantities.

[@PixelSprixie]

Yeah, when I said it "didn't come out of North America" I kinda meant that it didn't release elsewhere, like Europe or Japan. So I figured that's why it's even more rare.

[@overlordalfredo]

Yep, and here I am who did not go for that 300$ + Shipping of a Shantae complete in box about 1,5 years ago... Just because I thought taxes would be too high and I'll wait for the price to drop...

[@ebreggie8783]

3 years later, Limited Run Games has reprinted the original Shantae!

[@ralfotg2924]

I watch alot of KZbin channels at work and your intro is one of if not the only intro that I don't skip.

[@MarioAirheart]

I knew resident evil was on GameBoy but I never thought that Shantae would be there, but its nice to see where the game first started out #Drewcrew

[@xboxnangable]

Nice to see Res Evil Gaiden on the list. I worked on the title as lead tester.

[@GaZlovesGames]

Ahhh nice1. Ive never seen this game before. Looks great.

[@markus8994]

GaZ loves Games I have it

[@JacksterDraws]

Coolio

[@tsohgallik]

Y'all shoulda tested it harder 🤣👏🤣 That slider shooting gameplay is wonky How about Perfect Dark? I like that game too.

[@xboxnangable]

@@tsohgallik nothing wrong with the combat system. We did what we could within the systems capabilities. Maybe you need practice 😉

[@GavinPetty]

Dang, I had no idea a well known franchise flopped originally. A sewing machine!? That’s cool seems like the gameboy color was able to do everyday chores too, awesome

[@airplane6417]

(plugs a link cable into my singer machine) Me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqqoeGepnJeibac

[@quizzyssbu3156]

These are my favorite types of videos from your channel. I love the rarest games segments

[@thesoupninja]

It might be worth noting that, like the other Wayforward developed game on the list, Shantae also has exclusive content for the Gameboy Advance. It gives you access to a(n overpowered) transformation dance that turns you into a Tinkerbat. It has the abilities of the monkey and spider while also being able to attack. This transformation was later referenced (and massively toned down) in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

[@TheChefBoo]

And with the switch rerelease, you can finally use the tinkerbat transformation on official hardware without taking out a second mortgage.

[@RetroAli]

GBC is my favorite handheld of all time, so I'm hype to see you do a video on it! :D

[@brandongordon4019]

I knew Shantae was going to be number 1 the moment i saw the video in my sub box. I got into the shantae series when i got one of the games on steam and I did a little research to see where the series began and....oh yeah, that's pricy. Great video as always Nintendrew

[@porkeyminch8044]

I thought you said "that's piracy" which, pun aside, is also accurate.

[@GaZlovesGames]

I had to VC purchase!

[@Wesley_H]

I loved the background music from the Gameboy Camera.

[@2mccue4u27]

I own the Izek sewing machine. Fun story: my mom is a seamstress who took little 6 year old me to a sewing expo/demo for Singer products in 2000, where I got to embroider and stuff a little pillow with the GB Color-controlled machine (still have it too). I tracked a used set down in 2016 and got it. I suck at sewing, but this machine is awesome and I hope to learn more &teach my son how to use it someday.

[@TBustah]

I was just about to mention Kelsey's video about the sewing machine. I remember seeing on on clearance at Big Lots back in the day. If only I could go back to that day, buy one, and squirrel it away somewhere...

[@decoyskates8395]

I love hearing all the backstory for games like these. I had no idea Shantae was on the GBC and it looks wonderful! Wouldn't mind trying that and Wendy out some day.

[@xsmokebeersx1]

I had RE Gaiden back in the day I remember picking it up from GameStop back in 05 for around $8... It was an excellent game!

[@theleaderoftheworld]

Shantae's price back then: At least 300$, yikes! Shantae's price now: 1,000$!!! Take it or leave it!

[@jadelennon526]

Nintendrew, your videos are my go-to for Nintendo collecting. Thank You for that!

[@karak962]

Ah yes my favorite kids game: lord of the flies.

[@bekkfxst]

Ok good, I wasn’t the only one who saw it.

[@GRex7777]

I'm actually shocked to hear the price for Resident Evil. I found that at a local store for only $10. lol

[@roxasnoxiii8561]

Drew please collab with metal Jesus rocks

[@kennyminer2245]

i feel like jesus would not b down tbh

[@roxasnoxiii8561]

@@kennyminer2245 possibly

[@dez-m]

YES!!!!!! DO IT!!!! DO IT NOW!!!!!

[@JustinBailey91]

Metal Jesus has this ''only people from Seattle'' thing going on.

[@MorbidFable]

lol he doesn't have this "only people from seattle" thing going on, he has a "I've known you for a while and I'd love to have you in my videos, especially if you're close and we can film at a reasonable time" thing going on. It makes no sense for him to have someone who is far far away come on, and he generally tends to stick to friends. Nothing unreasonable about that at all.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

I can never get over how amazing looking shantae is for the game boy color. So impressive.

[@moonlighteevee777]

Wendy Every Witch Way looks pretty fun! I would give it a try if I ever stumbled upon it!

[@bulldozernolan]

Top 5 rarest items in ur collection??

[@smobilson1359]

Yeah like what about metal gear solid for game boy color it’s worth about 60$ loose

[@chesspunk489]

@@smobilson1359 I'm so glad that I got that one a couple years ago for 30 bucks knowing that the price was going to sky rocket.

[@nafets1218]

@@smobilson1359 Holy shit, I was just thinking the same thing! A couple of years back I left the cartridge in my Gameboy, which I left in an old car I was getting rid of, still haven't forgiven myself lol

[@nafets1218]

@@chesspunk489 when I bought a used copy $30 would have been considered a rip-off, I wonder when the general public finally caught wind it existed?

[@smobilson1359]

Død Beverte I think it was as the retro craze picked up in 2010 is when people realized it was rare then a few years later people figured out that it was a fun game too.

[@slash5799]

Wow, I would have never expected that as the number one title! Ever considered doing one of these videos on non-Nintendo retro consoles like the Genesis, or even the PlayStation?

[@jaxweby4343]

Harry Warburg Ask Playstasean. He might do some of the PS ones.

[@snuggie1849]

The voice over sounded great! Overall quality vid, did not know about the sowing machine!

[@George-pq1uw]

Dude I love your videos keep up the great work Nintendo truly is the best and so is Nintendrew.

[@HellScream107]

Whenever you do a list like this, I pull out my collection and throw each non-listed game aside like a decrepit gambler throwing away lottery tickets. ;-)

[@Nintendrew]

LOL

[@RadioCarter]

Awesome video Drew! I did notice just a tiny difference on your voice over quality. Sounds great! Whatever you did worked

[@CJosshua]

that 'survival kid' game actually looked interesting

[@krazytaxicabbie]

Love this kind of content.

[@sapphiresupernova]

That sewing machine accessory is way ahead of its time, so cool. I like learning about all the niche accessories that the GameBoys and Wii had.

[@TwinBlasters]

I'm moderately surprised you don't have Shantae. I decided to start collecting them since they ALL go up in value. I have the GBC game, and I have sealed copies of both Risky's Revenge and the Pirate's Curse on PS4. I also have a sealed Pirate's curse for 3DS, and sealed copies of Half-Genie Hero for both PS Vita and Nintendo Switch. Probably not as impressive as a complete N64 collection, but I'm proud of it

[@magicscreamer3757]

Dang, I can’t keep track when the video was released from how cool this guy is

[@thatgamingthingy]

Drew where’s that collab with Angry Video Game Nerd? You two could really make a good collab

[@brittney6535]

I’m wearing that same N64 shirt right now. It’s one of my favorite shirts.

[@FalbertForester]

Glad you included the Singer cartridge - I'd never heard of it before, and probably wouldn't have if you hadn't included it.

[@topo8444]

I thought I had a pretty good idea what would be on the list, but a few of those games I definitely never heard of! Great list!

[@kyleinglis8503]

Just came across your channel and already subscribed and watched 4 videos and im not one to just jump on board without watching a while so im impressed and im enjoying watching more ur deffo better than other gaming youtubers ive seen and dont drone on and on about rubbish ur just quick and snappy to the point and i prefer that also u can be funny at times 👍deffo look forward to watching more 😊

[@DanceDanceNorth]

I would have liked to see this list limited to GBC-only games, as #5 and #2 are backwards compatible with older Game Boy systems. Still a nice list!

[@jamesdwhite873]

I live in a small town. One of the few game collector's in town got a CIB Shantae for $350. I'm sure it's worth a lot more now.

[@CP-ql3se]

I love this video so much I can't even begin to count the times I have rewatch this

[@koopakape]

All those Gameboy Camera jams in this episode... hyper-nostalgia for me personally!

[@JazzemYT]

Game Boy Camera music makes me immeasurably happy :3

[@RetroPlus]

Haha, a cheeky little Bup at the sewing machine part I see!

[@Mike4l6]

Its a nice surprise to see Shantae on this list, Good Video! :)

[@L00D__]

This channel is underrated tbh

[@timthecatman6576]

This video looks good keep up the good work dood :-)

[@FlexCloud]

I got the Resident Evil game from Goodwill along with a Gameboy Advance and a ton of other semi-pricey games (Pokemon Yellow) for less then the price you had for it! Wow, I remember finding it weird when I saw it that there was one on the Gameboy, I had no idea it was 55 dollars!

[@goblinmcgameface]

YES! I'VE WAITED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS!!! Thanks! Good channel, too.

[@CreeperShorts]

Awesome! I really like that you talked about Shantae, as it really interested me and I wanted to know why it was so rare a few weeks ago. Well, if finally found the answer thanks to you.

[@darkninjafirefox]

It's so nice to see someone talk about survival kids. It's one of my favorite games

[@pablodelgado7919]

4:03 i fucking loved that game as a kid and it was the very first Resident Evil game i've ever played. Just by looking at the title screen brings good memories

[@JopieHaargel]

I saw Shantae (cartridge only) on eBay a few years back with a buy-it-now price of $180. I'm thinking now I should have bought it...

[@johnc7642]

Great video. Wish you would expand it to top 10 with some honorable mentions. I have learned about games I have never heard of before from you that I will now hunt for my collection

[@koga924]

You forgot to mention that RE: Gaiden had one of the best soundtracks on the system! I actually tracked down a copy last year and bought it for roughly 40 USD just for that sick 4-bit music!

[@kossur10]

It's now in the 200 dollars range

[@md-er2wz]

Who else is looking at buying a gbc in 2018? Cant wait to relive my childhood

[@chefkdowg]

Dude, I want that sewing machine now! Didn't know that existed!

[@GaZlovesGames]

Love the intro Drew, niiiice one.

[@Llova1]

I...actually have the sewing machine one. My grandma bought it, then gave it to me along with the gameboy a few years later.

[@420sakura1]

It's surprising Shante succeeded where Megaman 'successor' failed. Since that had a higher Kickstarter fund and a higher number of fans.

[@JohnAGalvanArt]

Survival Kids! Amazing game, bought that years ago, my favorite part of my collection, it's really good, Great video.

[@demiremi]

definitely adding these to my collection, thanks for the video.

[@willmorris8334]

Another great video, Keep up the good work!

[@metaluzaki1534]

I know this'll sound super odd, but I'd love to see a video on DSI Ware games. Nobody talks about them.

[@ignoreme8841]

Feels good man I have all of these with a few still in the original box

[@UltraCboy]

6:15 *BUP*

[@Jademalo]

Just to clarify - wayforward didn't use any of the extra GBA power with the exclusive stuff. It's purely a bit that gets set on boot depending on the console, and enables a different colour palette since the GBA has a bad screen along with the extra content. You can very easily hack the roms to give you the GBA content.

[@RACOONBACON]

My mom and aunts and my cousin are all into sewing. The mechanics and programming that was used in the singer gameboy would get more advanced and they now have touch screen interfaces built into the machines with cartridges that have patterns for embroidery stored in them. So it looks like it was the start of something for singer.

[@TechniqueSan]

There's also Metal Gear, which I heard is fairly rare in the US. Weird, over here I can still find them sealed in box for under 30 dollars. Fantastic game, too.

[@sefzxm6486]

holy crap. that singer set id absolutely insane and beautiful. i dont sew but, the "custom stitching" is just. amazing

[@ralsei3554]

The first one reminds me of Green Arrow backstory

[@MrSsbruto]

I remember when I got back into collecting GB games. At that moment Shantae was going for $70, and I tought it was prohibitely expensive, more so when I could get locally 10 GBA consoles for that price or a shit-ton of other games. So I decided to skip buying it because I didn't want to spend that kind of money of it. And then, just a few months laters, they announced the remake and the cart price went through the roof. I wish I had bought it back then.

[@jamomkw]

Love your videos so much Nintendrew!!!!😀❤

[@rubixia4077]

4:25 “A cruise ship that has suffered a massive viral outbreak”, hey? I didn’t know I was going to have to shell out for the gbc game 2020.

[@PBandJacob]

I had a copy of space marauders for the game boy color that I sold to my local game store for 20$ it’s now for sale for 70$

[@dave7886]

The one of the endings of survival kid where you let a kid starve made me think of the lord of the flies...scary

[@CaptainGiano]

Survival Kids became Lost in Blue in the DS

[@SuperNicktendo]

Damn you Nintendrew! You know I'm not supposed to be spending any more money!!! That Witch game looks badass.

[@becus3000]

If this was for any GBC game(exclusive to whatever), Moomin's Land would be very high up at about $154.

[@jimbo-fk4dq]

So wait, at 1:27 the dad buys a ship the size of the Titanic, but like the Titanic, didn't have enough rescue sail boats on the ship, for just two people?!?!😂

[@tba6]

The survival game is the story of the arrow on cw lol all we need now is Slade Wilson

[@AceWerewolf]

Wendy looks like a really good game. Cant believe it was made those many years ago. Looks like a retro game done today

[@ThirdEyeScribe]

Survival Kids was (sorta) limited even at launch in ‘99. I remember reading about it in Nintendo Power or EGM and thinking “I MUST have it!” and being surprised that I had to hunt a copy down. The Funcoland employee who rang me up at the time told me that they’d only gotten a few copies in and weren’t expecting more. So it kinda makes sense that loose copies would go for $100+ now.

[@ThirdEyeScribe]

Edit: just finished the entire video and I used to have Resident Evil: Gaiden too! Man if I only had my entire childhood video game collection still … I could prob buy a nice new car lol. I’m gonna go cry now.

[@DitchDr101]

I just picked up Wendy a few weeks ago and it’s a super fun title!

[@nicholashansen]

And I love all your videos keep up the good work

[@FilFee]

Amazing video! I really love the way your videos are presented! 😁

[@Rob_Lerch]

Found Survival kids in a Gameboy at a garage sale last summer :D

[@strain42]

Survival Kids looks awesome, and I may have to go ahead and pick it up sometime. I'd played the Lost in Blue games from Konami on the DS, but never knew they had even deeper origins than that.

[@wildrosetc]

Hey Drew! I just found your channel, and I want to say that I really like your content and your energy :) Keep it up!

[@chrismoreland3078]

nice shout out to KELSEY 😍