#mickey mouscapade

[daily-grump-moments]

Day 169

⚠️FLASHING LIGHTS⚠️

angry video game arin

impressions

[basbird]

Hi! You still looking for art blogs? My art is tagged under "My art"! So original! 😅

Hey, if it aint broke, don't fix it! I am a fan of practicality, personally :D Oh shit!! Your lines are crisp. Nice!! I love that you have art from such a wide timespan here! Honestly, I'm really impressed with your progress over the years. I think one way that is particularly noticeable is in your solid drawing/construction/3-Dimensional aspect to your work. It really feels like clothes are wrapping around limbs and that guns exist in 3D space. That's hard!!

Also, excellent taste. I love the Grumps, and the game Gyaru designs are so cute. I'd love to get a T-Shirt sometime (I gotta offload some of my other ones first, though...) Also!! Yasha 🥺 You draw shoes really well!! That's also something that's not easy to do. You've got some really fun character interaction in your newer work as well. Thanks so much for sharing!!

[postgamecontent]

J.J. & Jeff (TG-16 Mini)

If you're launching a console and don't have any major characters of your own to push it, the next best thing is to license some until you do. SEGA used this to great effect with the Mega Drive, using Mickey Mouse, Joe Montana, Michael Jackson, and so on to drive interest until they hit on Sonic. For NEC and Hudson's part, they also nabbed a celebrity license. Kato Cha and Shimura Ken, former members of rock band/comedy group The Drifters, had a hot new show on Japanese TV. Kato-chan Ken-chan Gokigen TV was a variety show featuring the comedy stylings of the pair, with a viewer-submitted home video segment notably proving as the inspiration for America's Funniest Home Videos. Is that still on? Okay, I just checked. Yes, it is. That means that show has lasted around thirty seasons longer than Gokigen TV, which finished its run in 1992 after six seasons.

Kato and Shimura's careers were just beginning, and Shimura in particular became one of Japan's most well-known TV celebrities until his tragic passing in 2020. So in some ways, grabbing the license for the duo to use in a title for the 1987 Japanese launch of the PC Engine was a huge get for NEC and Hudson. There were a couple of issues to work through, of course. The first being to figure out what kind of game could be made from a comedy variety show. One of the recurring segments on the show cast the two as largely incompetent detectives, and that must have seemed like sufficient meat for Hudson to do what it was doing best at the time: a platformer.

I must once again remind everyone that this game originally released in late 1987. It predates Mega Man. It's not that far out from Mickey Mouscapade. Just a year after the original Wonder Boy, which is where it seems to draw much of its gameplay inspiration from. The game came out in North America in 1990, and that combined with the decent presentation mask its age at first glance. But this is indeed a relatively early scrolling platformer, which explains a lot of its shortcomings. It's really difficult, has a lot of opaque secrets, keeps a score, effectively runs on a tight timer, and requires a trick to continue if you get a game over (I+II+RUN). It plays a lot like Wonder Boy/Adventure Island, but with more scatological and absurd humor. You can also choose between two characters, but it's recommended to use J.J./Kato since he has better grip. It's a slippery enough game as it is.

The other issue with the license is that Kato-chan and Ken-chan were really only famous in Japan. When NEC decided to bring the PC Engine to the North American market, this game needed some reworking. The celebrities were swapped out for original characters, J.J. and Jeff. A lot of the juvenile humor was replaced, likely so as not to upset parents. Some things from the show were kept and seem even stranger with their context stripped out. By the time the game arrived, the platformer situation in console gaming had dramatically changed. This really wasn't up to expectations gameplay-wise, but its bizarre stylings allowed it to find some fans anyway. This, by the way, is one of the many games on the mini-console to only offer one version, and Konami obviously chose to go with the one that didn't require any expensive re-licensing. A lot of Japanese fans were very annoyed that the J.J. & Jeff version was the only one available here.

My feelings on this game are that within its context, it's fine. It's not especially good, but it's not awful either. The presentation and constant stream of gags help it stand out, if nothing else. Considering it was just the fourth game on the system, I think it's alright. I'd certainly have preferred getting this over The Kung Fu/China Warrior. And as for its place on this mini-console, I think it's a good pick. Like it or lump it, J.J. & Jeff is tied in with the system's identity.

[game-boy-pocket]

Today I beat Mickey Mousecapade. Another game covered in Nintendo Power #003.

I was mildly obsessed with Mickey Mouse as a kid, I loved him and all his friends, and I thought Mickey and Minnie were a really cute duo that I didn't get to see together in the cartoons often enough, I was a lot more drawn to Mickey than Bugs Bunny. I kind of did a complete 180 on that when I grew up though, I much prefer Looney Tunes now and it's hard to even look at Mickey and not think about Disney's nasty corporate side. But there's still some fondness for him deep down. But anyway.. as a kid I always wanted to play the games based on their box art, but I didn't really rent video games in the NES era.

Nintendo Power's coverage of the game was pretty worthless. They stopped just short of the levels that actually would need some hints, as it was a lost woods style maze with an invisible door you need to shoot a few times to reveal. The game was a mid level platformer/shooter. Mickey and Minnie gain the ability to shoot stars in the first level for some reason. It's deceptively tough and requires you to practice caution, as hazards can suprise you pretty quick. There's no continues here. I saved between levels, but a skilled player could probably pull this off, it's a very short game with only 5 levels, and level 2 and 4 being incredibly short.

The game has you control Micky, but Minnie follows behind and copies your moves. Kind of like Tails in Sonic, except without the path finding part where Tails will move on his own to go back behind Sonic. Minnie can't take Damage, which is nice, I actually exploited the AI to take out the level 4 boss with her and avoiding damage... but if she falls in a pit, you both die... and it's a cool concept but it can be very distracting and throw you off.

The game is apparently set in Wonder Land, as you can see from Mickey finding Alice I guess? But only the final area has any familiar enemies from that movie, the Card soldiers, and the Walrus as a miniboss... the final boss is actually Maleficent.

You can tell this is a Hudson game, it's got a lot in common with the look and sound of the Adventure Island games, the hud is pretty similar too but it doesn't deplete over time. Do not recommend to the casual player but could be fun for people that want a short and tough NES game to try and run through. I didn't hate it but I'm unlikely to replay it. Magical Quest is still my Mickey Mouse game of choice but i've not played much of the others.

[deluxewolfx-blog]

Arin's Fake AVGN Voice on Mickey Mouscapade and Dash Galaxy-Game Grumps

[bitronic]

mickeys fucking mouscapades

[lady-redhaired]

Red! I’m finally watching Game Grumps. I started with the Resident Evil 7 VR playlist since I recently played through that game, and I’m really enjoying it so far :) and its definitely cause of you that I decided to give them a try!

I am going to hug you very hard and kiss you on the cheek maybe even the neck area too who knows there’s a lot of love happening. 

Also we’re officially friends now you’ve completed the ritual.

There’s a lot to watch. Like insane amounts of content. Here’s some iconic fucking stuff tho:

Action Girlz Racing aka Dan is an old man and has problems driving.

Literally the whole of Mario Maker is pure gold.

The one time they ate gross beans and it was funny.

The one time they ate a giant gummy bear and it was also funny.

Mickey Mouscapades aka that one time Arin found a voice so funny and stupid the video is nothing but Dan trying not to die from respiratory problems caused by laughing too much.

The Teletubbies game. I can’t…explain this one.

Battlekid. This one is… this is the one. 

Mario 64 was all worth it for the Mark Zuckerberg story alone tbh.

And uh………..expert level watch; that one time they did Pole Dancing with Markiplier. 

Congratulations you’ve found….whatever the fuck this show is about. Welcome. 

I love you.

-Red

[thevideogameartarchive]

Hey, it’s May! and we’ve got some stuff to get through!

Are you following all our blogs? You should! They’re The Video Game Art Archive, Old Game Mags and our latest blog, Sonic The Hedgeblog!

Every day on VGAA we post new, extracted artwork from a ton of old, classic games to allow anyone to use them for their own purposes. Using my own manuals and books, I work hard to extract the art at the best quality, and bringing all sorts of weird, rare artwork to the limelight.

This month we’ve got some great games - including:

Song Master (SNES)

Wave Race 64 (N64)

Sonic Triple Trouble (Game Gear)

Ghost Lion (NES)

Kirby Superstar (SNES)

Street Fighter The Movie The Game (PSOne)

Mickey Mouscapades (NES)

Kid Klown in Crazy Chase (SNES)

Harvest Moon GB (Game Boy)

Point Blank 2 (PSone)

Ys (NES)

And over on Old Game Mags, we rummage through all the great 80′s and 90′s magazines to find fascinating articles, cover artwork and advertisements for the games of yesteryear, posting several times a day!

We’ll be going through:

Game Informer #70, Feb ‘99

Ultimate Future Games #1, Jan 95

Gamepro #31, Feb 1992

And finally, Sonic The Hedgeblog! Every day we post posts about long lost artwork, GIFs unique animations in the games, or other fun trivia from the games. A ton of fun!

Both blogs are maintained by just me - Ryan Langley, aka Rlan. It’s a lot of work maintaining, extracting and posting everything. If you like what I’m doing, you can support us on Patreon, where you can get updates on both blogs, as well as the original high resolution extracted art from VGAA! You can also do a single donation from the main page of both blogs. Every dollar helps!

We also have a Facebook page as well for both Old Game Mags and The Video Game Art Archive! Please follow them if you can!

The above post is just a tiny bit of what’ll pop up over the next month. Join the Patreon and Help me do even more!

[honeysuckledear]

Adventure Island II, Barbie (1991), Mickey Mouse's Mouscapades, Sailor Moon Another Story and Shining Force II.

[fembyskullbitch-blog]

Yoda Jokes is the Mickey Mousecapade of Game Grumps 2015

[hoodie-bboi]

-INFINIDAGGER- AGH

-bien venue power bottoms

-que paso es coat? si si si!

-days since arin beatboxed

-i'm gonna SUCK YOUR DICK

-when matt absolutely exploded everyone's eardrums during monopoly

-f u c k y o u r f a t h e r

-LOOK at those Magic Mike fingers goin up your COOOOOOTERRRRR

-an irishman walks out of a bar

-markipiler

-you think i came out the pussy drawing fucking mozart????

-ross... ROSS....

-Megay Man

-sjjshajskd,, IM EMBARASSED

-when arin shit himself on camera

-trivia boy

-dan transferring money from the grumps account to his own and buying a boat

-i'm an XL. a lot of fans keep sending me a small because they think that i'm a petite little boy, but i am in fact a large fat man

-i'm a sonic fan

-when dan collapses onto arin the nearest person in laughter

-the entire mickey mouscapade episode

-what did i tell you about don't

-roomple poomple

-my yes hole is a good place for you

-homer simpson in doodle date

-MOTHERRRR GET MY CELEBRATORY CLEAN DIAPERRRRRR

-TAMULD

- ,,,,, did i do that?

-George Washington?

-kill a man, take his shoes. kill a man, take his shoes. kill a man, take his shoes, so i can be more comfortable ah!

-THERES SO MANY PLACES THAT ARENT ANDORRA

-Yellvis

-Anthony?? You want me to FUCK you?

- *obama voice* "i'm uh, i'm gonna fuckin pre."

-that car..... Exploded...

-Does Bruno Mars is gay???

some Game Grumps things that will never be any less funny to me:

-“M A R K  Z U C K E R B E R G” - “ʰᵉʸ ᶦ'ᵐ ᵈᵃⁿ, ᶦᵐ ᵃˡˢᵒ ᵈᵃⁿ…ᵈᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃⁿⁿⁿ” -“I’m the video game boy!!! I’m the one who wins!!!!!!” - “Dan Iwannatalktoyourmom” -”Suzie, do you know about something called ‘D Club’-” “Oh, the thing where Arin and his friends would show each other their dicks?” “O h  m y  G o d” -Here comes the jump kick -“I’m a sExY wIddWe bAbY” -That picture of Arin in a pimp coat -♪Gerrymandering politicians always get their waaay, unless you veto their vote in a voooting booth-♪ YOU HAVE THE POWER! AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES! REGISTER TO VOTE AT YOUR LOCAL D M V- -Remote the note -”This time for real? Is real. This time is it. This done. We’re, e v e r y w h e r e…….how many times…?” -Arin Hanson, 2014 - Ross asking Danny to slap him in the face to help him focus, screaming at the top of his lungs in pain, asking Danny to slap him again to make him less dizzy from being slapped last time, screaming at the top his lungs “You fucking freak- You’re a FREAK!!!” -The fact that Dan once went to school in a neck brace after he pulled a muscle trying to suck his own dick -The fact that after Dan’s neck healed he immediately tried to suck his own dick again and pulled a muscle (again) -Arin punching things and screaming at Barry while playing Sonic and the Black Knight -Sleepy Grumps -”Mah dayyyd” -When someone mentions Markiplier and every Grump in the room immediately breaks into a deep “hullo everybody!” -“I’m gonna fuckin ♪pre-e-eeeee♪” -Steam Train calling Markiplier for FNAF help

[idreamofskiba]