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Medabots Was My Childhood | A Review of Three Obscure & Rare Video Games

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American Mecha

American Mecha

Күн бұрын

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I genuinely had a pretty good time editing this when I actually started but I think I'll do a few shorter videos before I tackle another large project like this again. I forgot to mention this but all the episodes of Medabots were also uploaded to youtube so check that out too, the video quality is what you'd expect from trying to watch anime on here. Refer to the Japanese episode order to make watching it less confusing.
Bonus points to whoever accurately guesses which KZfaqr inspired my editing style.
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0:00 Intro
3:20 Medabots AX
10:44 Medabots Infinity
17:59 Medabots GBA
24:22 Conclusion
27:11 Metabee bop
#medabots #anime #review

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@Chapo-559
@Chapo-559 2 жыл бұрын
I still play this gba medabots game love it 95 baby right here 😭
@roonkolos
@roonkolos Жыл бұрын
The GBA Metabee version game was one that helped me get into rpgs like how the show got me into anime I still own my original Metabee version all these years later and I absolutely crack it out now and again and actually play it for quite some time. Never got to beat the final boss but I plan to very soon It's one of few games I genuinely cherish and heavily am protective of. I'd never part it even for all of King Midas' silver
@Soupface429
@Soupface429 Жыл бұрын
Took me ages as a kid too, the way I ended up doing it was by making my leader the Ghost type and hope they targeted it as well as Spider to continuously damage them when they attack
@neojazex
@neojazex 2 жыл бұрын
Oh man. I had remembered the first game recently. Remember having lots of fun mixing and matching the parts of the different metabots. I'll have to revisit it if it's as rough as you say and nostalgia has blinded me
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 2 жыл бұрын
You know I’m starting to think I was a little too harsh on it, as I’ve been playing through some other games that I’m working on reviews for I started to realize how much fun it was in comparison lol. Definitely worth a revisit if you still have it around for sure!
@Mycotography
@Mycotography Жыл бұрын
still as unforgiving as i remember!
@AizakkuAnalysis
@AizakkuAnalysis 3 жыл бұрын
I remember begging my dad to buy me the GameCube game. I got it the next day and was already sick of it. I still have it in great condition.
@reallyhimongod
@reallyhimongod Жыл бұрын
Games dog 💩
@cameroncox3387
@cameroncox3387 3 ай бұрын
Worth a lot of money at least lol
@salmonator5
@salmonator5 3 жыл бұрын
Great video man! Metabots metabee and rokusho are very flawed but seriously underrated games nonetheless. They had so much potential if they worked out the kinks to rival pokemon. Great review and it’s refreshing to find a commentator who’s actually funny and not cringe. The muscle man joke and “call the cops ikki” had me rolling
@harlee4052
@harlee4052 2 жыл бұрын
I used to play so much Medabots AX when I was kid. The memories were basically repressed until now, 15 years later. I just remembered it and bought it off Ebay. Can't wait to play
@AnimatedCarl
@AnimatedCarl 3 жыл бұрын
20:10 is literally the best thing ever. BUT I DON'T WANNA FAIL THE TEST!!!
@chaoschalice
@chaoschalice 2 жыл бұрын
i just beat rokusho ver of the gba a few days ago and right now am riding this medabot hype train, i used to hate it while i was playing it in the gba before since i was afraid of changing my medaparts while also thought it has too much rng to constantly win in battles but that was just me not knowing shit because he doesn't read, now i wish i could fight the final boss again because i wanted to experiments on my builds xD
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 2 жыл бұрын
I know how you feel lol when I was a kid my baby brain was like "This is Metabee if I change his parts it won't be Metabee anymore" and I never changed anything 🤣
@kylecochrane4450
@kylecochrane4450 3 жыл бұрын
did you know that the UK pal version of Medabots Infinity is missing the GBA Link feature seen in the USA release which was connecting Metabee or Rokusho version at the end of the game for exclusive parts but the strange thing is while it's missing from that version it's Manuel shows a image of the GBA link feature when it's not actually in the game
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 3 жыл бұрын
That's hilarious, Imagine just lying to people on the box lol I swear they could have done so much with that game if they actually cared
@kylecochrane4450
@kylecochrane4450 3 жыл бұрын
@@AmericanMecha agreed while I've not finished it I did get a good bit into the game far enough to actually fight Blakbeetle which is a real pain since you cannot use regular medaparts only transformation parts is what your able to use (as in not your own what your using is barrowed). I actually own both UK and USA versions so I can confirm that the pal version is missing the GBA link feature but clearly shown in the Manuel also I just remembered this but the trade feature is also missing in the UK version not sure if there is a way around this via the USA version
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 3 жыл бұрын
@@kylecochrane4450 I think I remember people saying they couldn't get their parts on the US version as well, haven't tried it myself though. It's a shame they couldn't at least make all the included features work lol but that section of the game sounds roooough, I wish the game was more fun because I like black beetle's design a lot.
@kylecochrane4450
@kylecochrane4450 3 жыл бұрын
@@AmericanMecha well it gets worse due to the nature of the leg medaparts you cannot move normally so your only way to move your medabot was to barrel roll so imagine trying to battle Blakbeetle with randomized transformation parts on top of being unable to move normally well I can safely say that the UK version doesn't have any trade features at all and I think the GBA link feature was exclusive to the USA version which is unfortunate as the UK did get Metabee and Rokusho version (P.S i'm from the UK)
@Torente32
@Torente32 Жыл бұрын
I remember playing Medabots AX and hating it for a bit. Then as i played the practice matches alot, i was able to hone down decent tactics to win. Usually relying on Medabees head rockets, and the medaforce, while my partner robot handled crowd control and better armor. It was an interesting game, and what i loved about it the most, was being able to mismatch different parts and find some of the good ones. I do hope they make a more modern game for it.
@Sirg17x
@Sirg17x 2 жыл бұрын
Anyone else here remember the 3D Browser Medabots fighting game? If I remember correctly it was some sort of cross promotion with a fast food company. I remember it as Taco Bell, but I could be wrong. I can’t find anything of it on KZfaq or any mention of it in comments. Please confirm that I am not crazy.
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 2 жыл бұрын
The McDonalds tie in was just a 2D puzzle type game with other Fox Kids toys, so I think you're on the right track with Taco Bell which specifically had a Medabots promo. Now you've got me curious lol I'll try to see what I can find out on my end. This might deserve a follow up video if we can find evidence of it!
@Sirg17x
@Sirg17x 2 жыл бұрын
@@AmericanMecha I Googled Medabots Robattle 3D and it looks very similar. Might be the same game
@SilentRealm6677
@SilentRealm6677 2 жыл бұрын
English translation of medabots 2 as well as parts collection is must have but all what we have currently is Translation of original medabots from 1997
@jamimuhammad3699
@jamimuhammad3699 2 жыл бұрын
I love medabots man it’s so cool. Oh so medabots/medarots was a game before the anime. This is an amazing video and Mr Referee is broken 😂 how he appear anywhere. That game over ikki seven ugh T-T.
@pokefanlight
@pokefanlight 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video. I never played the games before so it is very fascinating seeing a review of them. I'm more familiar with Medabots being my favourite anime. My cousin and I finished watching the original fifty-two episode series produced by Bee Train very recently. (We both decided to not watch Medabots Spirits produced by Production I.G because of its very negative reputation and how it got rid of a lot of fan favourite characters and changed voice acting) Rokusho is also my favourite male fictional character. Sometimes I wish there was a spin off of Rokusho and Phantom Renegade going on adventures. It would be awesome in the future hearing your review of the anime. Despite my fondness toward the show, I'm not going to sugarcoat in saying that a lot of things in the anime aged poorly, so poorly that my cousin and I sometimes couldn't help but laugh at what's happening. But there are some things (like Joseph Motiki voicing Medabee, Rokusho's character arc, Ikki's and Medabee friendship development, Mr referee being Mr referee, Koji and Karin friendship, Erika passion for journalism, the wacky humor, episode focus on minor characters like Spike and Samantha) that I really like.
@wc7484
@wc7484 2 жыл бұрын
I beat ax. You get that rare medabot with the long horns on its head and chest
@FantomMC2
@FantomMC2 2 жыл бұрын
Infinity had some dope music though and it was a magical experience for me as a kid
@AlexRettig
@AlexRettig 2 жыл бұрын
It's a shame that you never figured out how to play AX, its way better than it looks when you figure out all the controls (including how to control your partner medabot). It super confusing UI so can't blame people for not figuring it all out, but I still play this one because I think the game play is so much fun. Also playing on a thumb stick is the best way to play so emulation or game cube GBA player is a must.
@jasonknowing
@jasonknowing 2 жыл бұрын
Ax is really good overall imo, but the little amount of content is the main negative for me. The controls are similar to smash bros, which is why I don't see the problem with them.
@jasonknowing
@jasonknowing 2 жыл бұрын
For partner put on belzelga head and the chicken arms and give it the attack the leader/partner command for a great partner. Rokusho overall is the best setup, replacing his right arm for a chicken club is great too though. Metabee has the better medal though
@raxkiyamatocarlos2102
@raxkiyamatocarlos2102 2 жыл бұрын
Love metabots! Playing Remake Metabee version rigth now! Nice video!!!
@arisharalamp6111
@arisharalamp6111 2 жыл бұрын
Just watched the entire anime. I mean i rated 10 in imdb but ffs why in season 3-4 they removed so many characteeeers
@TheJGAdams
@TheJGAdams Жыл бұрын
I know right? It's also a little too washed out and looking rather strange. Nothing felt the same. I stick with the 2 season in chronological order. They're just so much fun! :)
@Gianski150
@Gianski150 2 жыл бұрын
The 3rd game (the GBA Metabots) will actually force you to think and strategize your moves, when you lose a match in this game, it will punish you by taking a medapart out of you, it doesn't care which one, it can be metabee's head missile or a trashy leg parts. I only played the first minutes of the game when I was a kid because the swamp is hard to navigate with enemies that will actually clapped you hard but this game actually thought me how to strategize moves and how game interactions works. When I reach the swamp part, I just reset the game and try the game again. I haven't tried the other version where instead of getting Metabee, you get a melee version. Did you know, right in the beginning of the game where you get you visit your dad or something, you can get medaparts and a medal somewhere, I think I may need to play it again and finish it
@MadnessHEROReverend
@MadnessHEROReverend Жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting up a review on metabots Infinity, it's currently $60 on eBay and I was actually debating whether or not I wanted to get it. LOL I'm glad I didn't spend money on it
@gregsanders61
@gregsanders61 3 жыл бұрын
In Medarots 3 certain medals can talk to you and there are a fair few interactions. In 4 ever medals can talk with you, but there are limited interactions. I'm assuming 5 has interactions, but I have yet to hear anything about it nor have I ever experienced it myself.
@gregsanders61
@gregsanders61 3 жыл бұрын
Having started 5 for the first time I can confirm at least your first medal can speak. I haven't found a guide so I'm not sure if more can as of yet, but I'll try to find out.
@urbantechbrourban9630
@urbantechbrourban9630 3 жыл бұрын
Plz keep the energy and the Cussing its 🔥🔥 and idk what the hell this shit is but now i do Good job Man
@RobGradyVO
@RobGradyVO 5 ай бұрын
Medabots was why I got into Robotics as a kid. I mean, I would later find out I wasn't good enough at math, but REGARDLESS
@newbkillz7989
@newbkillz7989 2 жыл бұрын
Great review you deserve my sub
@RoyleVegeta
@RoyleVegeta 2 жыл бұрын
Only I Mr referee the only referee that can referee robattles.
@Serjohn
@Serjohn 2 жыл бұрын
best gba game
@jasonknowing
@jasonknowing 2 жыл бұрын
The controls for ax are easy, I was a pro at 15 or whatever I was back then and can pick up easy now.
@TheOnlyTrueFather
@TheOnlyTrueFather 3 жыл бұрын
Wow guess I'm about to go binge the anime
@arkarihikaru
@arkarihikaru 3 жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@torrieitazura4343
@torrieitazura4343 2 жыл бұрын
Funny enough metabots ax was my first experience and yeah.....I was so confused. All gba games were available at my LGS and thought the cheaper one was going to be interesting. Sadly I was wrong
@austinwilkinson2208
@austinwilkinson2208 3 жыл бұрын
When I was young and my parents divorced all I had was my gba and medabots AX pokemon fire red and a spy kids 3d game I played this for hours and basically lost all of Meta bees parts and I tried so hard to collect all those parts
@mars9390
@mars9390 2 жыл бұрын
I remember AX. It's no joke but I beat it, I think. I would play it again just to see if I'm blinded by nostalgia
@benmunoz2766
@benmunoz2766 7 ай бұрын
Felt like it was just yesterday I was 8 years old hanging out at my Grandma's house adjusting the rabbit ears on her tv to get a good picture when this show would come on on Saturday mornings. Now i'm 30 years old discovering other kids had the same experience.
@techstuff9198
@techstuff9198 Жыл бұрын
23:52 Moving that to the list of great ideas others thought of before I could implement them. I'm distraught that so many of my old ideas are on that list now. This is the most depressing alternative to bingo I've ever dealt with. You remember Pokemon Go? Of course you do. Now, do you remember *Invizimals?* No? Well I do. My first idea when I saw Invisimals ads all those years ago was porting it to smart phones, Pokemon Go came out before I could even enter programming courses and _I was PISSED!_
@charlesman8722
@charlesman8722 Жыл бұрын
Anyone else remember that weird net browser game that was in full 3D that no one could run?
@zachache
@zachache 3 жыл бұрын
Ya love to see it.
@DennisTamayo
@DennisTamayo Ай бұрын
I remember watching this on Cartoon Network's Toonami block, which was Pokémon mixed with Transformers.
@jiel_slyhpalott5180
@jiel_slyhpalott5180 3 жыл бұрын
I learned about medabot from medabots comic/manga
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 3 жыл бұрын
I found the first comic at an anime convention a few years ago in really good condition, I just wish they had the rest 😂
@jiel_slyhpalott5180
@jiel_slyhpalott5180 3 жыл бұрын
@@AmericanMecha same 😭 I'm your 120 sub btw
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 3 жыл бұрын
@@jiel_slyhpalott5180 Yooo! That’s awesome, thanks for the support!
@jiel_slyhpalott5180
@jiel_slyhpalott5180 3 жыл бұрын
@@AmericanMecha no probs mate
@rogerscat
@rogerscat 3 жыл бұрын
If only Medabots came as a new game to the switch in english, like the LBX on the 3ds, great gameplay. It would be awesome.
@dragonkilla4540
@dragonkilla4540 3 жыл бұрын
I would be 100% down for that! The LBX game on 3DS was everything that a medabots game could’ve been.
@Justexityoulose
@Justexityoulose Жыл бұрын
Medabots, ROOOOOOOO BAAAAATLLLLLEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, i miss the phantom renegade, he was the first G, came in with an enhanced metabee, got wrecked but what a goat
@danielkeenan1927
@danielkeenan1927 Жыл бұрын
I'm back playing this now and luck enough to have both version of AX. Trying to trade parts over though and it comes up as "failed to connect". Anyone have this problem before? Using my old GBA
@acecommanderjoker3926
@acecommanderjoker3926 11 ай бұрын
I had this game as a kid and collecting the parts is what kept me going. At that point though I had the missile arm and laser arm so I was wrecking those npcs to get the parts I needed lol
@kenkeneki1411
@kenkeneki1411 Ай бұрын
they had Medabots for the pc too but you cant find it anymore well still can but it totley different now.
@aikou2886
@aikou2886 Жыл бұрын
Wasn't Medarot 2 on the Gameboy color? Also, I believe the melancholy of Haruhi Susumiya had a similar issue (episodes being in a random order so you needed to watch them in a specific order if you wanted the story to make sense).
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha Жыл бұрын
You’re totally right about Medarot 2, and I had no idea about Haruhi Susumiya’s episode order, I’ll have to look into that!
@aikou2886
@aikou2886 Жыл бұрын
@@AmericanMecha I didn't know either because I never cared about that show but I had a friend whole love it and other cute things so it came to the conversation one time when we were discussing something else.
@paulvictor7489
@paulvictor7489 5 ай бұрын
Visiting Japan atm, found these games, need to know if I’m buying them before leaving 😱
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 5 ай бұрын
I say go for it! They're a lot of fun and depending on how fluent you are in the language the main series games are great! I just wouldn't go for the gamecube game, that's the only one in my experience that still isn't good, I even tried giving it a few more shots after posting this video 🥲
@DBTGAMER
@DBTGAMER 2 жыл бұрын
I have decided to give the GBA RPG A go I got Medabots Rokusho version On the WiiU eshop. I don't think these will get released on the switch in English any time soon sadly.
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha Жыл бұрын
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it, I’ve definitely found that the rokusho version is harder because he lacks a lot of ranged attacks at the start
@DBTGAMER
@DBTGAMER Жыл бұрын
@@AmericanMecha I mostly picked it because I think Rokusho is cool. Also It sort of feels like a what if scenario to the Anime. Ikki gets Rokusho instead of Metabee. Thankfully the whole Anime is on KZfaq.
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha Жыл бұрын
@@DBTGAMER Rokusho is super cool, and I love the idea of that what if scenario lol I doubt it will happen but I would love to see them reboot the Medabots anime for the current generation, maybe tie it in with a new Medabots Switch game or something you know?
@aikou2886
@aikou2886 Жыл бұрын
I know it's not the same, but there is a release of thesegames on the Switch, albeit in Japanese. Medarot Classics+ has almost every game from the original Gameboy to the GBA (just missing shingata from the GBA but nobody really liked it anyways). My favorite way to play Medarot Navi.
@XxHolySpawnxX
@XxHolySpawnxX 2 жыл бұрын
Anyone remember Medabots online? i used to love to play that game! i wish i could find videos of it but i cant find anything
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha Жыл бұрын
I’m going to look into this immediately lmao
@XxHolySpawnxX
@XxHolySpawnxX Жыл бұрын
@@AmericanMecha please do! I swear that it existed! I believe it was on the official website
@bluestreak711
@bluestreak711 3 ай бұрын
OP: 9:55 And you can still buy this on the Wii U shop. Me: .......... lol
@netcat22
@netcat22 3 жыл бұрын
It's not a deep story? Dude you literally travel through time O_o
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 3 жыл бұрын
You're so right, I should have said it's not deep AT THE START, it does get pretty crazy later though I agree lol thanks for pointing that out
@netcat22
@netcat22 3 жыл бұрын
@@AmericanMecha Yeah man it's actually a really awesome story later on when stuff gets crazy, although the earlier parts are kind of a drag to be honest which disincentivises me from replaying it. It was a great review regardless though! I was shocked to see your channel is relatively small scale.
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha 3 жыл бұрын
@@netcat22 I agree it's definitely one of those game that I MIGHT pick up again every few years, and thank you so much! I really like doing these reviews so this is just the start of what I plan on being an ongoing series of videos. They probably won't all be about anime tie-in games but I do have a lot of those lol
@pindadopje0162
@pindadopje0162 Жыл бұрын
I have the AX both original gba version. But lost my rpg rokusho version 😢
@300kyuubi
@300kyuubi 2 ай бұрын
Jesus Christ I used to play this a lot as a kid. My combo was Nurse head for invincibility and pepper cats lightning claws and spam away for easy win. Had a ton of fun on the GBA game of Medabots, customizing different bots was the best part! And oh my god, I’m so glad i didn’t invest into Medabots for the GameCube. God! Zoids battle legends has more depth than this for the GameCube
@dumbguy1
@dumbguy1 11 ай бұрын
OK once i saw the text box in the game, I realized you said someone has been TICKLING girls in the story. However what I'd heard for the first 30sec was someone PICKLING girls XXDD. Like someone straight up abducting girls and throwing them in a brine
@Thebluepikmin2011
@Thebluepikmin2011 Жыл бұрын
Should've seen this a year ago. Ax was my first metabots game as a kid. And ngl 9 yo me try hard tf out of this. I even ran through the new game plus. This was the most fun I had in replayability when I could. Still enjoyed metabots infinity just as much to for the level puzzles and boss battle.
@jiel_slyhpalott5180
@jiel_slyhpalott5180 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh nostalgia
@EddieRhea
@EddieRhea Жыл бұрын
I came here to see if Infinity was worth playing, but then you didn't like AX and I can no longer trust the opinions shared in this video. AX is a masterpiece.
@aikou2886
@aikou2886 Жыл бұрын
I disagree. AX is an awful game but if you preferred fighting games over the RPGs then Medarot Dual/Girls Mission for the 3DS is a much better version.
@AmericanMecha
@AmericanMecha Жыл бұрын
I’ll admit I may have been a bit hasty with how quick I was to dismiss AX, despite my issues with it, it’s still a solid game that’s pretty easy to pick up and play once you’re used to it. However my thoughts on Infinity won’t change, it’s an objectively bad game imo
@Nettori
@Nettori 3 ай бұрын
For real AX was amazing, it needs a rework but I think it's one of the best games I've played.
@loganjohnson8051
@loganjohnson8051 7 ай бұрын
Now MEDABOTS 2025 🤔⁉️
@harune_dot_exe
@harune_dot_exe 20 күн бұрын
We need to get the medarot game on the 3DS.
@oneautumnleaff2119
@oneautumnleaff2119 5 ай бұрын
i had the first game and i was farming those clowns
@gundamboi2244
@gundamboi2244 Жыл бұрын
Shame I never got to play the Original mebabots on gba back then and any version I find is expensive as hell.
@cameroncorrosive925
@cameroncorrosive925 6 ай бұрын
ax is good for playing as a set of mini game fighting. the rpg fighting system drags so long and yeah the gamecube game is just the worst lol. luckily i played all of these as a kid and have the memories and nostalgia x)
@craigmoir8655
@craigmoir8655 3 ай бұрын
Due for a revamp I think
@falkturm8893
@falkturm8893 3 жыл бұрын
Ok
@slybandicoot
@slybandicoot 10 ай бұрын
Medabots as amzing
@toxtricitea
@toxtricitea 3 жыл бұрын
heh, striper go brrrrrrrrrrr
@avengerking1136
@avengerking1136 3 жыл бұрын
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