if you turn off the music but keep the sound effects on at arkham asylum, if you go to quiet areas, you can hear deranged people within the walls, men and women, and you can't tell if they are laughing or crying in lego batman 1
I’m surprised there wasn’t mention that the whole Big Top mission is lifted from the Killing Joke, with Gordon being locked in a carnival and forced to watch Barbra’s crippling and assault.
Hello, I am the creator of this iceberg and I approve of this video, I remembered about the several differences between the console and ds version, such as alternate robin vehicles, moves for characters and Clayface’s identity being different but I forgot to let polar know in time. There was something else I remembered that I did tell him about but he didn’t see the message until it came out, that being an error in one of the cutscenes, where right before the Batboat Battle level begins, two penguin goons are depicted as riding on killer croc’s vehicle in the game, which is impossible in regular gameplay
I remember seeing your post on r/icebergcharts and confirming it was indeed Tim Drake Robin since the instruction manuel for the console version refers to him as such.
To add to the last entry of it being the darkest Lego Batman game, I think the picture of a red mask Robin model on the last tier is supposed to be about Jason Todd . Considering the Robin in this game is Tim and Nightwing is a playable character . That means that the joker has already killed Jason in this universe adding another layer of darkness to previous mentioned things.
I like how he talks about how some of the villain designs are based on their "Batman: The Animated Series" counterparts, and fails to mention Two-Face being an exact copy of his design in the show, with no variation.
I did mention about Two-Face.. I guess 'based on' was probably a poor choice of words. Even Clayface and some of the others I mentioned are pretty much carbon copies of their BTAS counterparts.
all the skins and characters appearances (explaining the smaller roster) are inspired by the tim burton movies and the animated shows. But he said it was a mystery lol.
oh thank god, i honestly thought i was the only one who felt the game was a bit eerie and dark and depressing. i remember playing lego star wars and how bright and funny was. but thinking back to it, it kinda gives me the creeps how i would play lego batman and not thinking all that much abt it. still kinda miss it tho
@@demigod5598 i said it gave me the creeps how i didn’t notice all that much how dark and depressing it was. how i wouldn’t notice that many npcs in the general area after taking out the enemies. i never once said it was creepy to play like say amnesia or some other horror game
I have a feeling that “little fun at the big top” was supposed to be called “the killing joke” and was supposed to show the tropical joker instead of regular joker. But because the dark nature of tkj it had to be cut back and references toned down to just the general allusions and the tropical joker.
I would mention the fact, that Bane in his grab animation can literally brake spines of policemans. I was shocked, when I saw it for the first time as a child.
In the xbox 360 version there's a achiement for doing this move on batman Also not forget killer croc doing a tombstone piledriver on his grab attacks.
@@AdvancedGaming88888B Nah, cool as f#ck. Edit: Remember that they're full vicious criminals. Being brutal and savage is the minimum, even more in a universe where murder ins't a big deal.
I'll never forget when I finally unlocked Ras Al Goul. I was trying him out for the first time when my power went out during an autosave, destroying my memory card. I haven't played the game since.
There’s also a really rare glitch that can happen after beating the penguin boat level (villain’s side). After beating the level randomly characters will unlock. I’ve only seen 3 people ( including me) have this glitch happen. I randomly unlocked Bruce Wayne, police officer, swat team member , man bat, Harley Quinn, joker henchman and Hush because of this glitch
I think that happened to me too, but it included Batgirl and I think someone else. I remember getting the achievement called Justice League and I was like: what?
I could've sworn i remember seeing the yeti appear in one of the levels in this game as an enemy. I feel like I saw him in a secret room on an ice themed level.
The deepest part of the iceberg that's part of this game for me is a hidden room I discovered in the DS version. It's in the secret room behind the wall in the cell at Arkham Asylum. If I ran at the left wall the right way, the camera would clip through the wall and reveal a room that I didn't remember seeing in any of the levels and I have no clue why it's there. I remember it having the blue brick puzzle in it so maybe it was part of a cut level or something...
As a kid I just simply thought this game was very cool, but looking back at it all now, I am indeed kinda surprised how many "dark" gags they were able to fit in there. Another one you forgot to mention is that Bane can actually break a person's back as a grab kill move. I remember seeing that a lot and stuff like that and Joker's unalive joke never really phased me. That kind of thing would NEVER be approved for a Lego game today. People and companies had much thicker skin back in the 2000's and before, it's honestly pretty sad how most things are turning up now all even more watered down. That Yeti theory of him being Snowball is pretty good though, even if it's most likely a coincidence. I definitely believe he was an unused enemy for one of the Mr. Freeze and/or last Penguin levels.
I was surprised the iceberg didn't include the differences between the Wii version and the other console versions. A major deviation is that for whatever reason the "video game world" bonus level is grayscale in the Wii version but colorful in the other versions. The Wii version is also unique for using motion controls to aim the batarangs.
@@cillianmcdevitt the LEGO Batman 2 and original had the same designs so it essentially makes no difference other than the identity of each robin; one being Tim , the other being Grayson
@Mathew Bouse If you like lego batman the videogame and it's atmosphere, I would recomand the review from eyezar for this game, it picks up all these topics
I was never creeped out by the first Lego Batman game, or the rest, except for Lego Batman 3 on my 3DS, which took place in the watchtower still, but now it was very empty and lifeless to me. Another game that creeps me out is Super Mario 64, and I mean the original N64 version. In the castle, seeing how there's no-ne around, with the ominous castle theme in the background; The ghosts in the basement and some of the paintings being downright scary. Never got through past the half way point of the game.
I forget if this was mentioned on the list, but there was another Batman villain who had who reference whatsoever, that being ratcatcher, a villain who shows up occasionally who to date is one of the few Batman villains to not appear in any Lego Games or in any Lego Merchandise (unless if ratcatcher 2 got a mini fig in which case, there)
Lego Batman the Video game was my introduction to the TT Lego games. I remember getting the Wii game for Christmas 2009 and boy did it make an impact. This video really taught me more than I know about the game, always one of my favorite TT Lego games. Also Lego Batman got me back into liking the Batman franchise. 😁🦇
In 18:30 LBI Agent was originally gonna be in the game, but it was cut because it was believed that the game didn’t need an agency. I found an image of the LBI Agent in a wiki
Interesting video. BTW when ya went over the facts, I think you should have mentioned that one of the facts actually mentions Superman and his weakness to kryptonite. I think this is interesting, because in no other place in the game is there any references to the larger dc universe. This is the only reference to other non Batman dc characters in LEGO before the second game and what not.
That is pretty interesting, didn't know about this. thanks :) - I wonder why they had this reference in, I guess maybe because Superman is the only other DC super hero who is pretty well known even from those who aren't fans?
Also not to mention how there is one that brings up the no man's land story arc by saying that Gotham is on a fault line and has experienced massive earthquakes.
the police marksman is not an extra toggle character, he can be unlocked normally from the shop. the thing that makes him weird is that his icon is of the wrong character (it displays the blue uniformed police officer enemies from the villain levels, when his actual appearance in game is a s.w.a.t. but with a backwards cap, black pants and a different gun)
This is gonna sound crazy, but I swear I’ve seen a part of Lego Batman nobody has mentioned before. So when I was a little kid around 4 or 5 or so, I remember walking into the Apple Store of all places with my dad and seeing Lego Batman on display on a couple of their mac desktops. It played a cutscene of Mr Freeze stealing a blue crystal from a jewelry gallery or something like that. I haven’t seen this cutscene anywhere online since. It also had a gameplay segment set in a grungy back alley with stairs leading to a apartment building. That’s all I can remember as we only watched the demo for a few minutes before leaving (side note: I later got a copy for Mac a few days later and that was my first real video game haha) but yeah I haven’t seen anyone else mention, talk about it, or put videos up showing it. I could be making this whole thing up but I remember it vividly
have u found anthing more recently? if not maybe make a lost media wiki post, sounds like it could be a lost promotional vid that was a cut content cutscene beforehand or something
While that’s true, there are plenty of things that were referenced in Arkham Asylum that were retconned in later games. The biggest example of this is Hugo Strange, who is an established villain according to the character profile collectibles in Asylum, yet in City, Bruce treats it as though it’s his first time meeting him
Theres a really annoying glitch ive experienced involving mad hatter During his boss if you punch him and he takes too long to go into the door that leads to the platform he stands on, he’ll go in and never come out I also experienced a glitch with the Batcave trophy room elevator If you jump out of it right before it takes you to the trophy room, you’ll hear a bunch of alfred death sounds playing over eachother for a split second ruclips.net/video/YKATBhn0Akg/видео.html You also forgot to mention the infamous robin clone glitch
The nuclear fallout thing would also explain why theres huge amounts of toxic waste literally everywhere lol. Another cool detail I noticed is that you can see Axis Chemicals from Batman 1989 in one of the boat levels. I really liked the music btw.
3:38 Rā's al Ghūl's special power is actually Regenerative Hearts, as he is the only character in the game to have this ability. Rā's gets his fast tightrope walking ability from Nightwing. Some may have already commented this but I haven't seen it yet
Ooohhh boy vacation joker. Do I hav a funny connection to this: When me and my sister played this game as kids we were OBSESSED with tropical joker (we called him vacation joker). We thought it was the funniest thing ever. We always picked him for our custom character. We even made jokes about it when not playing it. So fast forward like 10 years and I start to rlly get into Batman comics. And i was rereading the killing joke when it hit me… holy shit. It’s him! Vacation Joker. Vacation fucking joker from my childhood paralyzed and took naked pics of Barbara Gordon. Are u kidding me. I still hav no idea how to explain it to my sister since she doesn’t read comics but lmao
Me and my brother loved playing this game when we were kids, it was in the PS2, I remember I kept dying as Robin, while my brother is Batman, I had fun playing with him
Remember I once had a dream that someone made a lego Batman iceberg, and at the time none had existed so I was prepared to make it myself. Guess I don't have to anymore. Some things I want to point out is that Batman isn't the only game with no gold bricks, because Indiana Jones didn't either, Spoiler isn't in the DS version of the game, only a custom exclusive character, and there's a cool glitch where you can play with zero hearts. Play as a character with a gun and can't touch toxic waste, run into toxic waste, and when you start sinking, keep shooting and hold the stick towards solid ground, and soon you'll escape it with all of your hearts gone. I'm pretty sure you have to have invincibility on too.
As a kid I found a glitch in the Batcave. If you swap between Arkham asylum and the batcave fast enough you’ll spawn villans or heroes to one of the other locations.
LBI agent is actually fully coded in the game, their character acts the same as a policeman and wears a black suit with a badge and sunglasses. (Their character data is located in CHARS\policeman_1, which you can access with an extracted copy of the game)
the "ice rocket glitch" is called freeze fly in speedrunning community byw and there is other glitch called SSJ (slam switch jump) to achive it, ypu need to have slam suit upgrade unlocked, then, in level you need to use batman flying suit, jump, slam, and really quick after slammi g you need to change to other character, there are some videos of me performing it on my channel if you want to see it
7:00 Police marksman is actually a playable character. His icon just doens't match his in-game appearance. Main character roster file reference some characters, that we're going to be part of extra toggle. Most of them are basically some civilians, that you take control over sometimes in the villains levels. From more interesting ones, there is freeze's red goon, a riot policeman with a shield, and a brown variant of security guard. Speaking of LBI Agent, he isn't included on this extra toggle list, so it's unknown, if he was mean't to be an extra toggle character, or a playable one.
about Yeti…people already brought up Snow Man but looking at his face and the fact he uses a gun wierdly enough made me think of a more obscure villain, Great White Shark,who’s a crime lord who’s skin is pale white,bald,and has sharp teeth which Yeti would match the look if he wore a suit or somethin…I dunno just somethung I thought about
For the Chalk Outline, I know Bruce Wayne's (Batman's Parents) are never mentioned in any of the Lego Batman Games but... Maybe it's a sad reference to how Bruce lost his parents: To a thug in an alleyway, and the killer was never found, and all that remains at the crime scene is a chalk outline.
I was a kid playing this game on pc nonstop it always made me feel as if I was actually in Gotham city the vibes the music gameplay and references was always dark and ay 10 years old I loved it
travelers tales and lego back then werent as ridiculously kid friendly as they are today. You can even compare the same death scenes from lego star wars 1 and 2, to the complete saga and skywalker saga. And see how they censored the deaths even more in the most recent game. That now, according to the skywalker saga, no character actually ever died. But in lego star wars 1 and 2, characters actually had their deaths
lol am i the only one that never found this game that depressing? it literally has the batman vibe to it. If you grew up watching the animated series, this is the same exact vibe. And arkham games even have the same vibe imo. Especially the first one
What's scary to me about this game is the childhood trauma. I used to play this with the neighbour's kid who would hit me with a stick and twist around my bawls as a child.
Amazing vid bro, I grinded to 100% completion in lb1 on DS last year (I was really bored and feeing nostalgic). As soon as I saw this video pop up in my recommended I knew that I had to watch it. I recently bought the Xbox 360 version of the game and haven’t gotten around to playing it yet. After watching this video I might finally play it now so thanks 🙏🏽
I still think Robin was originally Jason Todd and the only evidence to suggest he isn’t Jason Todd in the first game is Tim drake being on the DS version. So I feel like they left robins identity intentionally ambiguous. The DS version is also very strange and feels very non continuity imo.
Very quality video, but you're definitely off on one here. Although there is some reason to not think that Lego Batman 1 isn't canon to 2/3/DC SV, there is quite the large litany of evidence that they're connected. Huge amount of various references, a lot of the same characters used, many of the same designs used, much of the soundtrack being similar, and the big thing, a massive amount of gameplay crossover. Not only are the basic gameplay elements almost the exact same, but many specific features are similar as well
Just wanted to stop and say thank you so much to all of you for watching this video. 100k views for my first ever video on this channel in less than a year is really mind-blowing, and really, this video has been my only real attempt at making a proper "RUclips" video with production value (barely lol), quality, and purpose. Unfortunately, health issues have meant that I've been unable to follow up on this video. But! I am hoping that the New Year will bring a change to this and I can start continuing work on many ideas that I have in the pipeline. Thanks again, -polarisneo
Yeh I replayed Lego batman a few years ago and I got a negative aura from the arkham asylum cause it played classical music while you could hear asylum patients in the background laughing psychotically. As a kid I always noticed it but didnt think much about it at all
Thanks! Hoping to have new stuff out very soon (with a much better microphone).. not sure if it will be an Iceberg video but hopefully something that is still interesting and in a similar vein
@@polarisneo yeah pls more of that stuff, really enjoid the video. Sometimes the music was a bit to loud so it was hard to hear your voice and some lines where cut hardly so I sounded like you mere still saying more. But aside from that, it was really good
Chapters & Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:42 Tier 1
06:02 Tier 2
10:24 Tier 3
13:06 Tier 4
15:57 Penultimate Tier
18:22 Final Tier
21:30 Outro
We need more of you
@@Gamertheracer 20:25 Is there a video of this??
@@AdvancedGaming88888B I don’t know what u asking
I have watched this video twice and almost a third time
if you turn off the music but keep the sound effects on at arkham asylum, if you go to quiet areas, you can hear deranged people within the walls, men and women, and you can't tell if they are laughing or crying
in lego batman 1
Damn
Yeah I always hear screams and think it's Jason Todd
I’m surprised there wasn’t mention that the whole Big Top mission is lifted from the Killing Joke, with Gordon being locked in a carnival and forced to watch Barbra’s crippling and assault.
Sucks that we don’t get LEGO games like this anymore
The feel of this game is so different compared to every other Lego game. It will always be my favorite lol
Same, it has a weird and unusual atmosphere but still probably my favorite Lego game
Just music
I love how it takes so much from the Burton-Schumacher films.
@@iliayriev9256 No, it's not.
You deserve a paper cut to the foreskin
Yeah its good
Hello, I am the creator of this iceberg and I approve of this video, I remembered about the several differences between the console and ds version, such as alternate robin vehicles, moves for characters and Clayface’s identity being different but I forgot to let polar know in time. There was something else I remembered that I did tell him about but he didn’t see the message until it came out, that being an error in one of the cutscenes, where right before the Batboat Battle level begins, two penguin goons are depicted as riding on killer croc’s vehicle in the game, which is impossible in regular gameplay
I remember seeing your post on r/icebergcharts and confirming it was indeed Tim Drake Robin since the instruction manuel for the console version refers to him as such.
If possible please plan on making Batman 2 and 3 and maybe dc super villains but only a suggestion great work on it!
@@bruce8181 not sure about 2 but possibly 3
I made this iceberg bro cmon now
@@joeytheslimeboi8900 what about like a mix between both
To add to the last entry of it being the darkest Lego Batman game, I think the picture of a red mask Robin model on the last tier is supposed to be about Jason Todd . Considering the Robin in this game is Tim and Nightwing is a playable character . That means that the joker has already killed Jason in this universe adding another layer of darkness to previous mentioned things.
This is unnecessarily dark and I like that
haha, a bit I guess :)
I like how he talks about how some of the villain designs are based on their "Batman: The Animated Series" counterparts, and fails to mention Two-Face being an exact copy of his design in the show, with no variation.
I did mention about Two-Face.. I guess 'based on' was probably a poor choice of words. Even Clayface and some of the others I mentioned are pretty much carbon copies of their BTAS counterparts.
@@polarisneo Yeah lmao. But uh, fyi, I wasnt trying to be a dick.
No the face is not blue it's redish colored it's it's like a hybrid between The dark night And emanated series
@@plantainsame2049 nah the hair is BTAS sure but he looks mostly like the long halloween
all the skins and characters appearances (explaining the smaller roster) are inspired by the tim burton movies and the animated shows. But he said it was a mystery lol.
oh thank god, i honestly thought i was the only one who felt the game was a bit eerie and dark and depressing. i remember playing lego star wars and how bright and funny was. but thinking back to it, it kinda gives me the creeps how i would play lego batman and not thinking all that much abt it. still kinda miss it tho
You gotta be joking right? Im gonna play lego batman again soon for nostalgia sake but can u tell me what is creepy about the game💀
@@demigod5598 i said it gave me the creeps how i didn’t notice all that much how dark and depressing it was. how i wouldn’t notice that many npcs in the general area after taking out the enemies. i never once said it was creepy to play like say amnesia or some other horror game
@@chicanotings5909 what about lego batman gave u creeps😂
I have a feeling that “little fun at the big top” was supposed to be called “the killing joke” and was supposed to show the tropical joker instead of regular joker. But because the dark nature of tkj it had to be cut back and references toned down to just the general allusions and the tropical joker.
@Hugo how lol 😂
@Hugo-ov1tia little too much of one lmao
I would mention the fact, that Bane in his grab animation can literally brake spines of policemans. I was shocked, when I saw it for the first time as a child.
In the xbox 360 version there's a achiement for doing this move on batman
Also not forget killer croc doing a tombstone piledriver on his grab attacks.
Man honestly as a kid I thought it was cool af
@@MKN-. It’s pretty terrifying to think about realistically
@@AdvancedGaming88888B Nah, cool as f#ck.
Edit: Remember that they're full vicious criminals. Being brutal and savage is the minimum, even more in a universe where murder ins't a big deal.
@@RedAndBlue82 the achievement is a reference to the comic where bane broke batmans spine i think
I'll never forget when I finally unlocked Ras Al Goul. I was trying him out for the first time when my power went out during an autosave, destroying my memory card. I haven't played the game since.
Well, Ras is kinda boring. You didn't lose much.
Judging from his silhouette as a kid, I thought it was Wolverine lol
I thought he was a Joker alt lol.
There’s also a really rare glitch that can happen after beating the penguin boat level (villain’s side). After beating the level randomly characters will unlock. I’ve only seen 3 people ( including me) have this glitch happen. I randomly unlocked Bruce Wayne, police officer, swat team member , man bat, Harley Quinn, joker henchman and Hush because of this glitch
Damn that's lucky
I think that happened to me too, but it included Batgirl and I think someone else. I remember getting the achievement called Justice League and I was like: what?
@@Protosilver97 there's no achivements?
@@perryiscool On console perhaps there are. Xbox etc.
@@ojigbo xbox is a console?
I could've sworn i remember seeing the yeti appear in one of the levels in this game as an enemy. I feel like I saw him in a secret room on an ice themed level.
The deepest part of the iceberg that's part of this game for me is a hidden room I discovered in the DS version. It's in the secret room behind the wall in the cell at Arkham Asylum. If I ran at the left wall the right way, the camera would clip through the wall and reveal a room that I didn't remember seeing in any of the levels and I have no clue why it's there. I remember it having the blue brick puzzle in it so maybe it was part of a cut level or something...
Schizo?
Well in ds there is the coin room in arkham asylum behind a wall
@@edelfelix7333 Yeah that's the room I saw the other secret room in.
@@simonster-9094 you mean that room
I remember going into some kind of restaraunt, and it just gave this strange liminal vibe, but i don't think it was secret
This channel released a lego batman: the videogame iceberg video and that's it
Yes, it's true.
dude just showed up to make an interesting and decently made/edited iceberg video and then dipped
Yeah, I check back on this channel every few months to see if he's posted but nothing :/
Always thought this game was hiding more than it looks, or it was haunted....
Same, just without the haunted part.
As a kid I just simply thought this game was very cool, but looking back at it all now, I am indeed kinda surprised how many "dark" gags they were able to fit in there. Another one you forgot to mention is that Bane can actually break a person's back as a grab kill move. I remember seeing that a lot and stuff like that and Joker's unalive joke never really phased me. That kind of thing would NEVER be approved for a Lego game today. People and companies had much thicker skin back in the 2000's and before, it's honestly pretty sad how most things are turning up now all even more watered down. That Yeti theory of him being Snowball is pretty good though, even if it's most likely a coincidence. I definitely believe he was an unused enemy for one of the Mr. Freeze and/or last Penguin levels.
4:22 I remember loving this character as a child and thinking nothing of it until year's later when my dad gave me the comic and I replayed the game
My fav character was personally killer moth in the game personally i loved his model it stood out to me as a kid jesus im 2 years late oops
I remember playing the game in its DS version, I always felts a sense of loneliness despite the characters and story.
The bonus levels for collecting all the minikits was such a fever dream
I was surprised the iceberg didn't include the differences between the Wii version and the other console versions. A major deviation is that for whatever reason the "video game world" bonus level is grayscale in the Wii version but colorful in the other versions. The Wii version is also unique for using motion controls to aim the batarangs.
Where about is the batarang room?
Also Batman straight up tries to murder multiple villains in the ds version, especially Mr Freeze
I always knew lego batman was based on the 80s and 90s movies, and its kinda crazy for me that some ppl didn't knew that
11:22 what about when all the villains from lb1 get broken out, and in lb3 when robin says "croc looks bigger than before"
good spot, wasn't aware of these :)
@@polarisneo Robin was referring to Killer Croc from Batman 2 not the first game.
@@cillianmcdevitt the LEGO Batman 2 and original had the same designs so it essentially makes no difference other than the identity of each robin; one being Tim , the other being Grayson
Batman 3 is also a direct sequel to lego batman 2 because lb2 had an post credit scene teasing brainiac as the next big bad
great video, such a classic game that has always had a creepy vibe to me and this video really pinpointed that.
@Mathew Bouse If you like lego batman the videogame and it's atmosphere, I would recomand the review from eyezar for this game, it picks up all these topics
This is the video ruclips.net/video/JTgUcko7tf0/видео.html
@@rubinjs9872 yes he does a very good review on the game and I think he really likes Robin
I was never creeped out by the first Lego Batman game, or the rest, except for Lego Batman 3 on my 3DS, which took place in the watchtower still, but now it was very empty and lifeless to me. Another game that creeps me out is Super Mario 64, and I mean the original N64 version. In the castle, seeing how there's no-ne around, with the ominous castle theme in the background; The ghosts in the basement and some of the paintings being downright scary. Never got through past the half way point of the game.
Played this on my PS2 back in the day, loved it but definitely had a little creepy vibe as a kid if you used your imagination too
I remember playing the demo version of the game as a kid on the pa3 with my uncle in the basement at night it felt spooky
True, uncles are scary.
I forget if this was mentioned on the list, but there was another Batman villain who had who reference whatsoever, that being ratcatcher, a villain who shows up occasionally who to date is one of the few Batman villains to not appear in any Lego Games or in any Lego Merchandise (unless if ratcatcher 2 got a mini fig in which case, there)
I don’t think it was. Interesting info tho!
@@polarisneo I think there was a typo and it was supposed to be no instead of "who"
Probably because 99% have never heard of him lol
Bruce and Robert the video game sure does have a lot of weird stuff
I was just thinking that lol
Lego Batman the Video game was my introduction to the TT Lego games. I remember getting the Wii game for Christmas 2009 and boy did it make an impact. This video really taught me more than I know about the game, always one of my favorite TT Lego games. Also Lego Batman got me back into liking the Batman franchise. 😁🦇
In 18:30 LBI Agent was originally gonna be in the game, but it was cut because it was believed that the game didn’t need an agency. I found an image of the LBI Agent in a wiki
Interesting video. BTW when ya went over the facts, I think you should have mentioned that one of the facts actually mentions Superman and his weakness to kryptonite. I think this is interesting, because in no other place in the game is there any references to the larger dc universe. This is the only reference to other non Batman dc characters in LEGO before the second game and what not.
That is pretty interesting, didn't know about this. thanks :) - I wonder why they had this reference in, I guess maybe because Superman is the only other DC super hero who is pretty well known even from those who aren't fans?
Aside from the achievements.
@@polarisneo there’s a lot of DC characters are well known even by those who aren’t fans
Also not to mention how there is one that brings up the no man's land story arc by saying that Gotham is on a fault line and has experienced massive earthquakes.
@@itsfedorahere9985obviously. But not on the level of Superman and Batman
the police marksman is not an extra toggle character, he can be unlocked normally from the shop. the thing that makes him weird is that his icon is of the wrong character (it displays the blue uniformed police officer enemies from the villain levels, when his actual appearance in game is a s.w.a.t. but with a backwards cap, black pants and a different gun)
This is gonna sound crazy, but I swear I’ve seen a part of Lego Batman nobody has mentioned before. So when I was a little kid around 4 or 5 or so, I remember walking into the Apple Store of all places with my dad and seeing Lego Batman on display on a couple of their mac desktops. It played a cutscene of Mr Freeze stealing a blue crystal from a jewelry gallery or something like that. I haven’t seen this cutscene anywhere online since. It also had a gameplay segment set in a grungy back alley with stairs leading to a apartment building. That’s all I can remember as we only watched the demo for a few minutes before leaving (side note: I later got a copy for Mac a few days later and that was my first real video game haha) but yeah I haven’t seen anyone else mention, talk about it, or put videos up showing it. I could be making this whole thing up but I remember it vividly
have u found anthing more recently? if not maybe make a lost media wiki post, sounds like it could be a lost promotional vid that was a cut content cutscene beforehand or something
That was an animated short from 2006 called Bricks, Bats & Bad Guys that was created to promote the 2006 line of the first Lego Batman sets.
the mention of little fun at the big top made sense, i always felt like it had an aura tbh
As a Lego Batman speedrunner, this is fucking awesome!!!
also i got bigger negative aura from Little Fun at the Big Top than Wet Dry World 💀💀💀💀💀
aproved
@@musk_operacji then you say im the one stalking you 💀
@@legobatgirl what
@@0turi you won't get it
Indeed.
Damn, the killer moth trophy room glitch sounds incredibly fucking creepy
@Hugo I think I vaguely remember encountering it once when playing on Wii
I kind of like the idea of Lego Batman 1 being a prequel of the Arkham Series... Somehow, it just kinda makes sense.
Yeah me too it's cool think about it, maybe because i love this game and the Arkham games
It can’t be a prequel to Arkham Asylum because Man-Bat doesn’t exist in the Arkham Universe until Arkham Knight
While that’s true, there are plenty of things that were referenced in Arkham Asylum that were retconned in later games. The biggest example of this is Hugo Strange, who is an established villain according to the character profile collectibles in Asylum, yet in City, Bruce treats it as though it’s his first time meeting him
Great video! This is still one of the best Lego games, till this day
This is a good video. Interesting and yes this game is pretty dark the one level that used to creep me out was little fun at the big top
Theres a really annoying glitch ive experienced involving mad hatter
During his boss if you punch him and he takes too long to go into the door that leads to the platform he stands on, he’ll go in and never come out
I also experienced a glitch with the Batcave trophy room elevator
If you jump out of it right before it takes you to the trophy room, you’ll hear a bunch of alfred death sounds playing over eachother for a split second ruclips.net/video/YKATBhn0Akg/видео.html
You also forgot to mention the infamous robin clone glitch
Oh I love the Robin duplication glitch. It is sooo hilarous.
@@Gotham-guardian-pls7t I heard about that one
The mad hatter softlock happened with me. Anyway, there's a way to solve this.
I experienced that Mad Hatter glitch during a speed run. Not fun
I have to add: I-m pretty sure this is the only game where you can kill civilian NPCs, as the Joker. That's creepy and adds a lot to the character
The nuclear fallout thing would also explain why theres huge amounts of toxic waste literally everywhere lol. Another cool detail I noticed is that you can see Axis Chemicals from Batman 1989 in one of the boat levels. I really liked the music btw.
It’s so cool seeing these new high quality channels blowing up lately good job
Thank you :) new video soon, a bit different to this but I think will still be interesting to many
3:38 Rā's al Ghūl's special power is actually Regenerative Hearts, as he is the only character in the game to have this ability. Rā's gets his fast tightrope walking ability from Nightwing.
Some may have already commented this but I haven't seen it yet
Ooohhh boy vacation joker. Do I hav a funny connection to this:
When me and my sister played this game as kids we were OBSESSED with tropical joker (we called him vacation joker). We thought it was the funniest thing ever. We always picked him for our custom character. We even made jokes about it when not playing it.
So fast forward like 10 years and I start to rlly get into Batman comics. And i was rereading the killing joke when it hit me… holy shit. It’s him! Vacation Joker. Vacation fucking joker from my childhood paralyzed and took naked pics of Barbara Gordon. Are u kidding me.
I still hav no idea how to explain it to my sister since she doesn’t read comics but lmao
I Find The Level: Fun At The Big Top: Having Commissioner Gordon Trapped In A Cage, I Feel References The Killing Joke Slightly.
What a great "Iceberg Explained" !!! You should make more of these!
Me and my brother loved playing this game when we were kids, it was in the PS2, I remember I kept dying as Robin, while my brother is Batman, I had fun playing with him
Remember I once had a dream that someone made a lego Batman iceberg, and at the time none had existed so I was prepared to make it myself. Guess I don't have to anymore.
Some things I want to point out is that Batman isn't the only game with no gold bricks, because Indiana Jones didn't either, Spoiler isn't in the DS version of the game, only a custom exclusive character, and there's a cool glitch where you can play with zero hearts. Play as a character with a gun and can't touch toxic waste, run into toxic waste, and when you start sinking, keep shooting and hold the stick towards solid ground, and soon you'll escape it with all of your hearts gone. I'm pretty sure you have to have invincibility on too.
As a kid I found a glitch in the Batcave. If you swap between Arkham asylum and the batcave fast enough you’ll spawn villans or heroes to one of the other locations.
LBI agent is actually fully coded in the game, their character acts the same as a policeman and wears a black suit with a badge and sunglasses. (Their character data is located in CHARS\policeman_1, which you can access with an extracted copy of the game)
Haven't seen the full video yet, so I'm not sure if It's mentioned but I remember seeing a different Wayne Manor in the DS version.
the "ice rocket glitch" is called freeze fly in speedrunning community byw and there is other glitch called SSJ (slam switch jump) to achive it, ypu need to have slam suit upgrade unlocked, then, in level you need to use batman flying suit, jump, slam, and really quick after slammi g you need to change to other character, there are some videos of me performing it on my channel if you want to see it
I’ll check it out! That’s interesting…
@@polarisneo ruclips.net/video/388pxKmA25U/видео.html here you go
16:01
Dude, I was _just_ thinking about this the other day and now it's in a fucking video
As a big fan of Lego batman I know some of the stuff in this list is true, for example I glitched clayface into the batcave
7:00 Police marksman is actually a playable character. His icon just doens't match his in-game appearance. Main character roster file reference some characters, that we're going to be part of extra toggle. Most of them are basically some civilians, that you take control over sometimes in the villains levels. From more interesting ones, there is freeze's red goon, a riot policeman with a shield, and a brown variant of security guard. Speaking of LBI Agent, he isn't included on this extra toggle list, so it's unknown, if he was mean't to be an extra toggle character, or a playable one.
about Yeti…people already brought up Snow Man but looking at his face and the fact he uses a gun wierdly enough made me think of a more obscure villain, Great White Shark,who’s a crime lord who’s skin is pale white,bald,and has sharp teeth which Yeti would match the look if he wore a suit or somethin…I dunno just somethung I thought about
Loved the video, lego batman was my first video game when I was 6 on wii so its nostalgic and classic to me. I hope you make a lego batman 2 iceberg.
Great video Lego Batman is such a great celebration of all things batman!
For the Chalk Outline, I know Bruce Wayne's (Batman's Parents) are never mentioned in any of the Lego Batman Games but... Maybe it's a sad reference to how Bruce lost his parents: To a thug in an alleyway, and the killer was never found, and all that remains at the crime scene is a chalk outline.
13:31 unused levels repeated on the original Harley Quinn design
The LBI agent clearly stands for "Lego Bureau of Investigation"
How about the AT-ST JOKER? I'm sure people will make some creepy story from that.
He looked like it would appear in a old Elmo's world episode
I was a kid playing this game on pc nonstop it always made me feel as if I was actually in Gotham city the vibes the music gameplay and references was always dark and ay 10 years old I loved it
Glad to learn some new stuff about one of my favourite lego games
Really enjoyed making it for the same reason, there's some great extra info in these comments and other videos now too :)
Anyone know what happened to this guy? He uploaded one VERY good video and hasn’t uploaded since.
the chalk thingy is probably to explain why there are many police officers in the zone idk
I can't believe this finally happened
The music has gotten more eerie starting at 12:42 and I like it
Unused Harley quinn is shown in the end-of-level villains banner for episode 3, they never replaced it
travelers tales and lego back then werent as ridiculously kid friendly as they are today. You can even compare the same death scenes from lego star wars 1 and 2, to the complete saga and skywalker saga. And see how they censored the deaths even more in the most recent game. That now, according to the skywalker saga, no character actually ever died. But in lego star wars 1 and 2, characters actually had their deaths
Lego Star Wars TCS has the same death scenes as Lego Star Wars 1 and 2, so i really don't get the point of saying that TCS was more censored.
lol am i the only one that never found this game that depressing? it literally has the batman vibe to it. If you grew up watching the animated series, this is the same exact vibe. And arkham games even have the same vibe imo. Especially the first one
What's scary to me about this game is the childhood trauma. I used to play this with the neighbour's kid who would hit me with a stick and twist around my bawls as a child.
Lego Batman the videogame is so Dark
Amazing vid bro, I grinded to 100% completion in lb1 on DS last year (I was really bored and feeing nostalgic). As soon as I saw this video pop up in my recommended I knew that I had to watch it. I recently bought the Xbox 360 version of the game and haven’t gotten around to playing it yet. After watching this video I might finally play it now so thanks 🙏🏽
One of the best DS games Ive ever played!
@@polarisneo Definitely, thanks for responding man you just got a new subscriber 😁
This is a very good video but I recommend you should get a new mic, I had to turn on captions to understand you 🙃
thanks! and yeah, I'm definitely gonna get a better mic :)
@@polarisneo No Problem! The video is great and I watched the entire thing :)
something funny is that in the console version of the game Clayface is Basil Carlo, but in the DS, he's Matt Hagen for some reason.
That’s interesting!
THE UNKILLABLE KILLER MOTH CAN APPEAR OUTSIDE THE TROPHY ROOM
It happened to me in the first joker and Harley level
How do you want me to prove it thru RUclips comments?
@Hugo i didn’t record it. I didn’t even do it on purpose. It just sorta happened
I still think Robin was originally Jason Todd and the only evidence to suggest he isn’t Jason Todd in the first game is Tim drake being on the DS version. So I feel like they left robins identity intentionally ambiguous.
The DS version is also very strange and feels very non continuity imo.
Very quality video, but you're definitely off on one here.
Although there is some reason to not think that Lego Batman 1 isn't canon to 2/3/DC SV, there is quite the large litany of evidence that they're connected.
Huge amount of various references, a lot of the same characters used, many of the same designs used, much of the soundtrack being similar, and the big thing, a massive amount of gameplay crossover. Not only are the basic gameplay elements almost the exact same, but many specific features are similar as well
Pretty sure that Hawaiian Joker picture is actually from the portable version of LEGO Batman 2 though
Just wanted to stop and say thank you so much to all of you for watching this video. 100k views for my first ever video on this channel in less than a year is really mind-blowing, and really, this video has been my only real attempt at making a proper "RUclips" video with production value (barely lol), quality, and purpose. Unfortunately, health issues have meant that I've been unable to follow up on this video. But! I am hoping that the New Year will bring a change to this and I can start continuing work on many ideas that I have in the pipeline.
Thanks again,
-polarisneo
What is the soundtrack name for the music in the background in this video
Soundtrack names that’s been playing during the iceberg?
As the number 1 fan of Lego Batman
I aprove
Awesome video mate
thanks! :)
One thing that could go here is the Arkham Asylum ambience. It was on YT but I can't seem to find the video anymore.
What’s the Arkham asylum ambience?
@@kalvongreat8642 Background noise in Arkham Asylum
it’s mostly sounds like psychotic screams and hysterical laughter
Yeh I replayed Lego batman a few years ago and I got a negative aura from the arkham asylum cause it played classical music while you could hear asylum patients in the background laughing psychotically. As a kid I always noticed it but didnt think much about it at all
Two years later after I first watched this I have come to realize there is way more hidden about LB1 than what's shown in the video.
Awesome vid!
Yoo, great video, gives creepy feeling and its so nostalgic, do more videos😛
I'm surprized Eyezayar didn't make this.
Neither of the _Indiana Jones_ games had gold bricks.
Interestingly Lego Indiana Jones on the DS did have gold bricks.
I think it would make more sense for Robin to be Jason in the first game
Well it also references red hood
It’s Tim because he’s playable in his casual clothes in the ds version
Red Hood isn't playable in Lego Batman 2
He is in the 3DS version.
You should make more of these!
Thanks! Hoping to have new stuff out very soon (with a much better microphone).. not sure if it will be an Iceberg video but hopefully something that is still interesting and in a similar vein
@@polarisneo yeah pls more of that stuff, really enjoid the video. Sometimes the music was a bit to loud so it was hard to hear your voice and some lines where cut hardly so I sounded like you mere still saying more. But aside from that, it was really good
@@polarisneo please do a iceberg video on lego batman 2 dc superheroes
A very interesting video.
Does it make sense to wait for new videos about other LEGO games?
I'd like to do more for sure! There are a few other videos on LEGO Star Wars icebergs etc. already made by other people.
@@polarisneo would love to see more content from you as this was a very good video and it made me sub to your channel
I like the little dark things in this game although the games aimed at kids you kinda have to know… what your looking at to understand it
great video! is there any examples of Ra's on the tightrope to see him go faster tho? I'm curious of how fast he did get across.
He is just a bit faster, like he runs on the tightrope instead of walking, and Nightwing can do the same thing.
I love this fucking game
this was very interesting
thanks :)