The year the GameBoy Camera came out, my brother and I came back home from the Easter vacations to find one each in our rooms. The following weeks were spent running around with the cameras taking photos of everyone and everything we came across, decorating the pictures in the game, and playing the minigames. Eventually we also got a GB printer. I think we pooled our allowances together to buy one. When I found out I could print stuff from the Pokemon games, there was no stopping me! To this day, on the door to my old room at my parent's house, you can clearly see where the glue from the GB printer cable has stained the paint.
Despite being a grown adult who owns an actual printer, that work just fine, I am just as enamored with the gameboy printer as I was as a child. My heart still yearns to print lil Pokemon receipts.
I got mine at a second hand shop that was closing and selling everything at a 80% discount. It eats AA batteries like a fiend, and stopped working after a couple months of occasional use for no apparent reason (I suspect capacitors). IIRC there's one emulator with basic printer support.
It never occurred to me that the strange machine in the Pokémon yellow beach house had anything to do with the printer. I learned something today. Thank you.
Man, your Pokemon videos always knock it out of the park. The dedication and research is completely absurd. And the little jokes you throw in always make me laugh. Truly the GOAT of niche Pokemon features.
The dedication put into this 12-minute video is incredible. I’m so fascinated by these little bits of obscure hardware and software from Pokémon’s history. Thanks for showing all this off!
Oh, another small fun printer fact- the unreleased Pokémon Picross for GBC was also intended to work with the printer to print solved puzzles, as seen in promotional materials. This function works as intended in the prototype rom, too.
When I was a kid, I had a strategy guide to pokemon red/blue/yellow. It said that if you have the yellow version, you can do the surfing with pikachu mini game. I played my yellow version and searched far and wide on the beach, went into all houses, talked to all the NPCs, performing various random actions for hours, but nothing worked (also the whole game was in English so I couldn't understand anything). I felt so scammed. But today it finally all makes sense. After 20 years I finally learned how to play the surfing pikachu minigame and that it never was possible for me to achieve as a kid with the limited tech available in the first place. Thank you
I think Nintendo missed an opportunity to add printer functionality by the way of outputting the document as an image file in the DSi / 3DS gallery. For some, it'd be nice to transfer the image to a computer, then print it out on a modern printer or even a modern thermal printer if you want to go old-school)
This was a really interesting look at a somewhat obscure peripheral! As an aside, I was weirdly happy to see the Buyee sponsorship. XD Buyee is how I've gotten most of my merch for Osomatsu-san since it's not popular in the west and all the merch is Japan-exclusive. It's a great service. C:
Yup, that was one feature of TCG2: including a bunch of promos that weren't in the first game. That one in particular is the Vending Machine promo Voltorb bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Voltorb_(Vending_S2)
Your Pokemon videos are always top quality Toast. I was delighted when I saw this video in my recommendations today and watched it instantly! I've had a Gameboy Printer lying around for a while but I've not been able to use it since my paper is too old. However I think this video has inspired me to find new paper and print things out with my own games. Keep up the great work! :) P.S. Your Ribbon Master video got me interested in making my own RM as well. I picked a shiny Suicune whom I caught from Venus in Colosseum. Nearly done with Gen 4 atm!
Super interesting video, I completely forgot about this thing. So sick hearing such an indepth dive into something like this! really high quality content
I had a surfing pikachu on my childhood copy of yellow I received second hand from a GameCube. I had zero clue how rare it was at the time to have had it and played the surfing pikachu game so much!!
The amount of research and commitment needed to collect all the information for this video is insane. What an amazing video. Adding to my personal list of best Pokémon videos of all time
There was once a cable (a bit of googling tells me it was called the Mad Catz Camera Link) that could connect between a Game Boy Pocket/Color link port (it had the smaller connector, so no GB brick) and a PC parallel port, allowing you to capture prints into image files, but it worked only with the Game Boy Camera. Would have been awesome if it worked with any GBP-compatible game.
With Yellow, there's an additional variation for a 151 pokedex, and Johto games have variants for 250 and 251. If I remember right, Cianwood also has something additional there
This was a truly lovely video. The Game Boy Printer is, despite its limited usage, absolutely charming! I understand why it received no more support, being as niche as it is, but I would have loved to see more possibilities explored with the concept of a handheld printer.
Wow. I never realized it was such an ordeal to get a surfing pikachu. I didn’t remember any of that, but I enjoyed the minigame… I guess I must have used a game shark!
I never owned a printer as a kid but the more I look back I really wish I would have printed the certificate. Would of been an excellent piece to add to the collection.
The funest fact is all the paper manufactured for the game boy printer deteriorates over time and will produce a weak print however you can still buy thermal paper and trim it to fit inside or there is a certain type produced by seiko (which if I remember correctly is for a stopwatch that lets you print out times) which is the right size and still good.
Great video! It brings me endless joy that all these years into the future, there are still little gems of information to be found and talked about. Thanks so much for posting this!
Yo, I've literally just today booted an emulator of the Pokemon Trading Card Game, and in that I saw an option to use a game boy printer, which I've never even known about. Algorithm, you've done it again.
Would really like to know where to get Gameboy printer paper nowadays. You can also mention the Pokemon overlays and stamps for photos in Gameboy Camera.
@@aaayjay I printed out every entry, then ordered frames and matboards. One mat I cut holes into, then attached the dex entries so they show through each opening.
Every time I think I know all there is to know about something in Pokémon, you create a video that shows me something completely unexpected! Fantastic work 💕
Does the print fade away with time? If so, how can one preserve it? Is it possible to scan them, save them in a laptop and have them printed in a better paper/quality?
just a note, at 1:02 you mention Pikachu, Venusaur, and Charizard. Its actually in order from top to bottom, Pikachu, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur, which IIRC were pokemon yellow's starters, with Pikachu replacing charizard
No I am referring to the actual printer itself which has Pikachu and Venusaur/Charizard in silhouette, which would represent Green, Red and Yellow in Japan
Im super impressed by you forethought to have planned these from the early 90s and nit missed any event specials
Coin Case reaching into the game's code and grabbing Celebi like a misbehaving cat
I heard cat out the bag, but a cat grabing an onion out of a coin case.
8:29 that "Gold, Silver, and Crystal" sequence was very nice to watch
I can't imagine how long that took to set up and time so perfectly, but boy was it satisfying
Twas good
Making those framed wall hangings is about the best possible use you could get out of the printer! Bravo!
The year the GameBoy Camera came out, my brother and I came back home from the Easter vacations to find one each in our rooms.
The following weeks were spent running around with the cameras taking photos of everyone and everything we came across, decorating the pictures in the game, and playing the minigames.
Eventually we also got a GB printer. I think we pooled our allowances together to buy one. When I found out I could print stuff from the Pokemon games, there was no stopping me!
To this day, on the door to my old room at my parent's house, you can clearly see where the glue from the GB printer cable has stained the paint.
Despite being a grown adult who owns an actual printer, that work just fine, I am just as enamored with the gameboy printer as I was as a child. My heart still yearns to print lil Pokemon receipts.
I got mine at a second hand shop that was closing and selling everything at a 80% discount. It eats AA batteries like a fiend, and stopped working after a couple months of occasional use for no apparent reason (I suspect capacitors). IIRC there's one emulator with basic printer support.
It never occurred to me that the strange machine in the Pokémon yellow beach house had anything to do with the printer. I learned something today. Thank you.
Those wall decorations are awesome. Now I kinda want to get a Game Boy Printer to make my own.
Man, your Pokemon videos always knock it out of the park. The dedication and research is completely absurd.
And the little jokes you throw in always make me laugh. Truly the GOAT of niche Pokemon features.
The dedication put into this 12-minute video is incredible. I’m so fascinated by these little bits of obscure hardware and software from Pokémon’s history. Thanks for showing all this off!
Oh, another small fun printer fact- the unreleased Pokémon Picross for GBC was also intended to work with the printer to print solved puzzles, as seen in promotional materials. This function works as intended in the prototype rom, too.
That wall decoration is crazy amazing. What an awesome idea.
When I was a kid, I had a strategy guide to pokemon red/blue/yellow. It said that if you have the yellow version, you can do the surfing with pikachu mini game. I played my yellow version and searched far and wide on the beach, went into all houses, talked to all the NPCs, performing various random actions for hours, but nothing worked (also the whole game was in English so I couldn't understand anything). I felt so scammed. But today it finally all makes sense. After 20 years I finally learned how to play the surfing pikachu minigame and that it never was possible for me to achieve as a kid with the limited tech available in the first place. Thank you
I think Nintendo missed an opportunity to add printer functionality by the way of outputting the document as an image file in the DSi / 3DS gallery. For some, it'd be nice to transfer the image to a computer, then print it out on a modern printer or even a modern thermal printer if you want to go old-school)
that edit with the pokewalker theme into the go transfer theme was CLEAN AS FUCK btw
I was really hoping you wound up displaying some of your prints and was very pleased to see that awesome wall art. 10/10 instant sub
8:24 Can we take a second to appreciate how clever this shot was??
The framed wall decor looks amazing
i appreciate your efforts to historically and accurately show what was possible to print.
I have that Pikachu printer too! Used it to print out my diploma in Pokemon Yellow and some other stuff in other games.
damn that was a huge ammount of effort for a video, thanks for the documentation 💕💕💕💕
If anyone is curious on what the two unknown prints say in the video: one is just the full Alphabet printed out, and the other is "SirToastyToes"
That wall art at the end is badass
I just came across your channel and I'm hooked! That gameboy printer poked collage is rad!!
3:11 my son Votlor he has every disease
This was a really interesting look at a somewhat obscure peripheral!
As an aside, I was weirdly happy to see the Buyee sponsorship. XD Buyee is how I've gotten most of my merch for Osomatsu-san since it's not popular in the west and all the merch is Japan-exclusive. It's a great service. C:
Those are great wall decorations you've got there. I hope they eventually end up in a museum.
The Voltorb @ 3:09 has such chaotic energy
Yup, that was one feature of TCG2: including a bunch of promos that weren't in the first game. That one in particular is the Vending Machine promo Voltorb bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Voltorb_(Vending_S2)
Your Pokemon videos are always top quality Toast. I was delighted when I saw this video in my recommendations today and watched it instantly! I've had a Gameboy Printer lying around for a while but I've not been able to use it since my paper is too old. However I think this video has inspired me to find new paper and print things out with my own games. Keep up the great work! :)
P.S. Your Ribbon Master video got me interested in making my own RM as well. I picked a shiny Suicune whom I caught from Venus in Colosseum. Nearly done with Gen 4 atm!
Love the wall deco at the end
I really didn't know a lot about the game boy printer, I have only recently saw stuff about it. Really enjoyed what you had to share in this video!
Super interesting video, I completely forgot about this thing. So sick hearing such an indepth dive into something like this! really high quality content
I had a surfing pikachu on my childhood copy of yellow I received second hand from a GameCube. I had zero clue how rare it was at the time to have had it and played the surfing pikachu game so much!!
I think I still have my old Game Boy Printer, that thing was such a neat and bizarre novelty, but man did I love it.
I’d love a video about the Pokémon Pocket Pikachu. The commercials burned into my child brain and haunt me to this day.
Such fantastic content bro. Really enjoying it!
great work! I really appreciate the work that went into this. fascinating stuff!
Amazing!! Loved to know more about this thing. Thank you!
That irl wall pokedex of gen 1 and 2 prints is so cool
I've wanted this thing so bad as a kid! It's nice to at least see what it could do in video.
The amount of research and commitment needed to collect all the information for this video is insane. What an amazing video. Adding to my personal list of best Pokémon videos of all time
love the art piece at the end!!!
Sick vid bro, going in my nightly rotation for sleep aid
"all pokemon are shiny in greyscale"
*mimikyu has entered the chat*
There was once a cable (a bit of googling tells me it was called the Mad Catz Camera Link) that could connect between a Game Boy Pocket/Color link port (it had the smaller connector, so no GB brick) and a PC parallel port, allowing you to capture prints into image files, but it worked only with the Game Boy Camera. Would have been awesome if it worked with any GBP-compatible game.
I know there are emulators these days that let you send printer images as files
With Yellow, there's an additional variation for a 151 pokedex, and Johto games have variants for 250 and 251. If I remember right, Cianwood also has something additional there
This was a truly lovely video. The Game Boy Printer is, despite its limited usage, absolutely charming!
I understand why it received no more support, being as niche as it is, but I would have loved to see more possibilities explored with the concept of a handheld printer.
3ds games not letting you 'print' is so silly; the machine comes with a camea and SD card! Just export the 'photo' to that!!!!
Wow. I never realized it was such an ordeal to get a surfing pikachu. I didn’t remember any of that, but I enjoyed the minigame… I guess I must have used a game shark!
Alright, well I guess I’m buying a gameboy printer and digging out my old copy of Pokémon Stadium.
That decoration is 🔥
I did print the Diploma back in the day. Fun times.
I never owned a printer as a kid but the more I look back I really wish I would have printed the certificate. Would of been an excellent piece to add to the collection.
wow! i never knew the game boy player could do that. so glad this video was recommened to me.
i had no idea getting a pikachu with surf was such an ordeal 😆
I've learned so much in these 12 minutes. Amazing job, thank you=)
3:10
Mom: We have Voltorb at home.
The funest fact is all the paper manufactured for the game boy printer deteriorates over time and will produce a weak print however you can still buy thermal paper and trim it to fit inside or there is a certain type produced by seiko (which if I remember correctly is for a stopwatch that lets you print out times) which is the right size and still good.
Seiko S-950. And yes it is for a big ass stopwatch.
I bought a few newly made rolls from ebay but the novelty stopwatch is now on my "probably will never buy but want" list
Great video! It brings me endless joy that all these years into the future, there are still little gems of information to be found and talked about. Thanks so much for posting this!
10:35 The Game Boy Printer is fully compatible with the Game Boy Advance/SP
They reuse the Game Boy Color/Game Boy Printer's link cable port
Yes but not any GBA SP games which use the new cable
Now someone needs to mod a real printer to hook up to a game boy and print a 40" by 60" picture of pikachu.
That example of the diploma Pokédex is accurate at 8:02, I have Mew and just need Omastar to have 151.
Omastar was the one I needed last as well, what are the odds :)
Wow. Im impressed that there is a pikachu surf sprite while surfing
The artwork is really cute! I wonder who drew them.
Yo, I've literally just today booted an emulator of the Pokemon Trading Card Game, and in that I saw an option to use a game boy printer, which I've never even known about. Algorithm, you've done it again.
as a video game completionist you have my respect!!!
Huh, so many years of knowing Toasty through NL and these videos are kind of refreshing. I enjoyed the content Toasty, keep it up 🥳
That surfing game reminds me of excitebike
Now I wonder if it can print glitched Pokemon boxes...
Would really like to know where to get Gameboy printer paper nowadays.
You can also mention the Pokemon overlays and stamps for photos in Gameboy Camera.
There are ebay sellers who sell newly manufactured rolls, they worked perfectly for me
I once had a whole shoe box full of prints but over time they faded away. At least I still have my memories.
Great stuff!
wonderful as always
I cannot believe I've been trying to complete the Pokedex on Pokémon Red to print out the diploma only to find out it's only possible in Yellow...
At least you can trade over some of the harder to obtain ones from Red, and you'd need to play through Red for the other Fossil as well
@@SirToastyToes true, but I need to get yellow then, which I was going to do anyways but still kinda annoying
3:10 why’d they do Voltorb so dirty in his art 😂
That is a vending machine promo from Japan that was included in TCG2
@@SirToastyToes I love it so much, and now I need one
Your videos keep making me buy vintage Pokémon stuff this is getting expensive D:
Took me way too long to read SirToastyToes in Unknown
The framed dex is so cool
How did you make it
@@aaayjay I printed out every entry, then ordered frames and matboards. One mat I cut holes into, then attached the dex entries so they show through each opening.
@@SirToastyToes thanks, that’s such a creative idea
I really wish that there was one of these for the switch / 3DS
Apparently you make good videos. I've not watched this yet, but I've subscribed. You better be as good as people say ;)
I'm curious and flattered that someone is recommending me :)
8:41 lugia's nickname is luigi
Another weirdly obscure pokemon video lets goo
What took the most time to do? Finishing the Pokedex in 4 different games or getting the high score in Yellow?
it was the gb printer that inspired me to print my scarlet and violet diploma and frame it
Every time I think I know all there is to know about something in Pokémon, you create a video that shows me something completely unexpected! Fantastic work 💕
What paper do you buy for your game boy printer? I have some original paper, but it has all gone bad.
I just found some listings on eBay that said it was newly made which worked perfectly
If I had the option to print with Unknown....I'd spell farts.
Hermoso video
Agradezco haber descubierto tu canal, me encantan los vídeos de este estilo
Sigue así, te admiro
Saludos desde Chile
Does the print fade away with time? If so, how can one preserve it? Is it possible to scan them, save them in a laptop and have them printed in a better paper/quality?
Some emulators let you send the images to regular file formats, which you could use to print them in a more lasting fashion
Great Video man!!!!
Will the prints stay on good shape behind the glass?
They've barely faded so far, I keep them out of direct sunlight
Fun fact the printer will only include mew on the diploma if you have mew. If not it won’t.
As others have said, really fascinating!
The Pikachus beach mini game in pokemon yellow is designed after the nes game excite bike
just a note, at 1:02 you mention Pikachu, Venusaur, and Charizard. Its actually in order from top to bottom, Pikachu, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur, which IIRC were pokemon yellow's starters, with Pikachu replacing charizard
No I am referring to the actual printer itself which has Pikachu and Venusaur/Charizard in silhouette, which would represent Green, Red and Yellow in Japan
Is the japanese pokemon printer compatible with the english games?
Yup, the printer is region free
@@SirToastyToes awesome thanks
Please scan the Printer box! :)
1:02 Ah yes… Charizard…
The printer itself, not the box art
@@SirToastyToes That makes so much more sense LOL
i actually had beaten that score 4 years ago at 7,650 points with every combo
I eventually gave up at 7k because I think past a point it's just about getting good RNG with the waves
@@SirToastyToes just gotta believe in yourself thats how i came out success
Sir toasty toes
Unown ! and Unown ? were introduced in gen 4's DPPt games, not gen 3 FRLG ; ;
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tanoby_Chambers
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
@@SirToastyToes