Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Playthrough
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- A playthough of Capcom's 1990 license-based action-platformer for the NES, Little Nemo: The Dream Master.
In the late 80s Capcom was already well known for their arcade hits and the Mega Man series, but like Konami, around the turn of the decade they began to shift their focus toward producing games based on famous IPs.
By the time they had fully shifted into Disney mode, though, they had already made a number of excellent licensed-based games, however under-recognized they might have turned out to be.
Little Nemo: The Dream Master is one of the earlier titles in the chain, and it was developed concurrently with the CPS1 arcade platformer Nemo ( • Nemo (Arcade) Playthro... ).
Based on the anime Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, both games were meant to be part of a multipronged marketing approach working in tandem with the film release. (Anyone remember a similar story about the Strider games?) In a bit of bad luck, though, the movie completely tanked in America, throwing an unwelcome spanner in Capcom's plans.
The arcade game Nemo was a fantastic platformer with some real head-turning graphics and sound for a 1990 game, but from its sales, it seems safe to assume that everybody was too consumed with things like Final Fight and TMNT to pay it any attention.
Little Nemo: The Dream Master didn't fare quite as poorly in sales as its arcade brother had, but it didn't do much to disrupt the pecking order in the sales charts, either.
I had this back when it was relatively new, and for awhile, it was one of my favorite games. It was one that I had played so much of that I could tear through it without losing any lives in a half-hour, and upon reaching the ending, I'd just hit reset and do it all again. I'm not sure what grabbed me particularly about Little Nemo, but I had a hard time putting it down.
The game plays out across a series of Nemo's dreams. Running around in his jammies, Nemo has to search each of the levels for the keys to the exit. Since he's so small, though, he must rely on the wild animals to help him out.
There's a fair range of animals: Nemo can ride a lizard to climb up walls, a mole to tunnel through sand, a bee to fly over hazards - there are lots of possibilities. Just feed any of your potential partners a fistful of candy and they'll let you hop on for a ride, making the gameplay far more interesting than the typical in hop-and-bop games.
It's also far harder than your usual hop-and-bop games. While the stages are neither huge nor maze-like, the enemy placement is often clever (and insanely cheap on occasion), and the bad guys are good at tracking and following you. The whole exploration element remains a lot of fun without anything become overwhelming or confusing. It's balanced well, but it won't give up its ending without some real work.
And finally, the graphics and sound are some of the most impressive that Capcom had done up to this point on the NES. The stages all look like they were pulled from children's books (makes sense, since they're all meant to be the product of an eight-year-old's dreams) with the cute animals, the mixture of soft pastel colors with bright, vivid ones, and the sheer amount of detail in everything - I especially loved all of the different animations you get to see when Nemo assumes a new form. The music is right up there too. It's not quite as dramatic and action-oriented as Mega Man's - the tunes are generally more mellow, or "dreamlike," if you prefer - though the theme from the final stage would fit right in at any of Wily's castles.
It didn't benefit from a high profile license the way Little Mermaid or Chip 'n Dale did, but Little Nemo is arguably better than either of those games, and better than most of the classic titles in the Capcom Disney NES lineup.
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My grandmother, who has been passed for about 15 years now called me when I was 12 or so, asked me to come help her with this very game. I came over to her house and we played this very game for hours and we beat it. I miss my Nana. She was the most amazing grandmother a person could have. She loved to play video games, and she was so fun! Just wanted to share. I miss her.
That’s wholesome
Probably the one retro game that best represents childhood for me. Was never able to beat it in the past, but picked it up as an adult, fell in love all over again, and can now beat it without dying. Just an all time classic from Capcom.
@yusakug This game would be hard for me to beat without "Game Genie."
@@afriendofbeanThat was the only way I did beat it back in the day. I love this game but good lord is it hard.
@@AtlasBlizzard I agree. I would never have been able to defeat the Nightmare King without "Game Genie."
@@afriendofbeanthanks for the info, I'm helping my 9 year old son and I will definitely remember this when I get to the nightmare king lol I beat all the adventure islands like nothing, but shitt this game is hard !
@@Ah-mi1mp I agree. This game is very hard and even if I was fighting the Nightmare King without "Game Genie", I never would have defeated him. If you use "Game Genie" for this game, be sure to use the codes "Infinite Lives" and "Infinite Energy" and then you will be able to defeat the Nightmare King without dying.
I adored this game as a child. It had such charm and invoked a sense of wonder and fantasy. Even watching it now makes me smile.
Little Nemo is an outstanding platformer that sits among Capcom's best NES games.
hermoso clasico de Nes un saludo desde Argentina.
I could never beat it as a kid, but that didn't stop me from trying a lot. I heard the anime got trashed by the critics, although I don't get why. If there's anything old world about Little Nemo, it comes from the source material being far older than most Disney movies and fifty times more frightening at times. I got to go get a full print version of the restored run and anime and see if the critics weren't being hyper-sensitive back in the day.
Random (for you) fact: I just won (from what my senses can tell me) a long battle with near-complete mental collapse
@@camulodunon That sounds intense. I'm glad things are getting better for you.
@@NintendoComplete well it isn't that bad at first. It's just a challenge to your normal routine that you can get over. But for me it eventually led to a bunch of other problems and overall strange loss of my original personality. But now it's all coming back to me again, I think :D
Almost made me cry feeling the childhood come back again. Had it when it first came out. Never went pass the first board.
This game is amazing. I use to stay up all night with a large pizza trying to beat it when I was a wee lad. The train level always gave me a hard time
8:10 As a child I spent a lot of time playing this game, but I never made it past the Flower Garden, once you control the bee. Even as an adult, I couldn’t do it 😂 Excited to watch the rest of this!
Wow! Talk about a flashback down memory lane when life was GOOD!!!
Pure Capcom charm and quality gameplay. I always viewed this as a mix between Magical Quest/Castle of Illusion and Mega Man. Capcom was so imaginative and knew how to capture our sense of wonder.
That mutual death with the Nightmare King was so good.
I LOVE the anime movie _Nemo in Slumberland_ . The animation was top-notch and has stuck with me all these years later after seeing it in the 90's in elementary school. This game represents a magical time in terms of animated movies and video games, I think for many people.
SHAZAMA PAJAMA! PAJAMA SHAMZAMA!
Some of the best music in any game.
unforgettable game. i used to borrow this game cartridge from a friend.. i have finished it several times but i still kept borrowing it. now i'm 41 years old and from time to time i watch this and just listen to its background music. still brings a smile to my face.. lovely little old game! we were once little nemos. 🙂
In the Japanese version, the Gorilla and Flip had Cigars. Great gameplay and stages, and solid dreamlike music by Junko Tamiya, her last work for Capcom.
I was 9 when this came out. Loved every moment and yes i best it a million times. This game was easy, now the mega man games, that was some sweaty gameplay!
One of my favorite games as a kid. Absolutely love this. Loved the movie as well.
The story behind the animated movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland is interesting. It was based on a comic strip by Winsor McCay that debuted in 1905 and ended in 1927. The film was stuck in development hell for years, with notable producers, animators, and writers such as Gary Kurtz, Hayao Miyazaki, Ray Bradbury, Chris Columbus, and Jean "Moebius" Giraud involved at points. The film was animated by the Japanese studio TMS, which also worked on Akira, Mighty Orbots, Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, Visionaries, Bionic Six, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, and the first season of DuckTales. The film was released in Japan in July 1989. The NES game debuted in North America in September 1990, but the film it was based on wasn't released in the United States until August 1992
And all of that development hell managed NOT to pay off in the end. The visuals are nice. But the story is lackluster, none of the characters are that interesting or have any hint of development, and not even the soundtrack was memorable. It's not the worst movie ever, but it's also no masterpiece by any means.
I remember watching the film on VHS in early 1993 when I was little. And yet I never knew that there were some scenes that were removed from the VHS release, and they involved Nemo being warned that his using the scepter for power too much instead of King Morpheus would cost him his life. That was pretty weird.
The sad part is of you look at the movie pilots msde by these artists, they were FAR SUPERIOR to what the actual movie offered, the animation on these pilots its truly incredible and fitted ten times better.
We all have Wikipedia, man
This is a game I got on Xmas morning without knowing anything about it and I'd not heard of it and honestly I thought it looked kinda dumb but boy was I wrong! It ended up being one of my favorites of all time. My parents were 50 50 with these blind nes gifts 😂
I finally beat this game.
Can't go wrong with Capcom NES
one of my favorite movies as a kid and one of my favorite games on NES! a true classic in my eyes
This is one of the best soundtracks Capcom did for the NES and that's saying something given the stiff competition. I beat the game while I was in college and it was a pretty stiff challenge considering.
I remember playing this on an emulator for the first time a few years ago. It may have been really brutal, but at least the music was good.
4:38 Hi to you, as well. 👋
My childhood...🥺💜
Loved this game as a wee lad when it came out. Never beat it all the way. Could never get past Nemos house level. That stupid train level was such a pain for me. Fun game.
The music is so wonderful. Especially on the final boss.
I was just looking through a random cabinet that had my old nintendo in it and saw this game, nostalgia was on the fringes of my mind so i came to youtube to try and unlock it. NOSTALGIA UNLOCKED 😂 thanks 💜💜
Little Nemo: The Dream Master was an absolute banger of a game. Loved playing it as a child.
I remember my parents convincing me to get this game instead of dragon spirit. Was easily the best decision made looking back on it.
Smart parents! My mother always seemed to make good game purchase decisions too. I guess we were both lucky. :)
When I bought this title after many years from renting it in my youth. I thought it was a awesome platformer and it is, but MY GOD was it brutal in later levels. Took me about 2 and a half hours to beat my first time.
I rented this game A LOT, and then when the video store closed bussiness and they started selling their NES games, this was the first one i grabbed along others like Punch Out!, amazing classic, and one of the best for the console.
Even though King Morpheus and Princess Camille are only made up part of Nemo's dream, the ending of this game does give me happiness tears in the eyes after seeing Camille kiss Nemo on the forehead at 43:14 where she was probably saying "before you wake up, let me kiss you."
I enjoyed your play through. I had this game as a child and was never able to get passed the 3rd stage. It was nice to be able to see the whole game played. ❤
Oh MAN this game took me back. We got an NES the same year I was born, so I grew up with these games. I don't remember ever beating this game, but others in my family definitely did, and just hearing the music again had me spiraling back to my childhood. It was jarring in the best way.
Man this game brings back memories
I rented this from my local grocery store in like 1994. I had watched the movie 100 times by then (traumatizing my older siblings and parents by always wanting to watch it lol). I remember being so excited when I saw there was a nintendo game.
12:44 Night Sea, my favorite level of this game ❤️
Classic Capcom being classic Capcom here… Nemo’s running animation reminds me a lot of Arthur in Ghosts n Goblins/Ghouls n Ghosts. Gotta love it!
That movie freaked me out when I was younger.
Nintendo complete I love this game. I'm so glad you finally played through this game completely. It's I'd have to say it's my favorite NES game ever let on Nemo dream Masters not only an amazing game which is the first way I experienced it but it is also an amazing movie which I didn't experience that until a lot later in life when I was submitted at all about 32 years old or so and I watched the whole movie completely because it's a long movie and it was a masterpiece it's amazing and it's crazy how much it reminded me of the game instead of the other way around reminding me of the movie like some people experience cuz the movie came out first but I was a gamer and I watched the game and beat it before I watch the movie... Very creative game which used and utilized game mechanics that were used in mario. Which is that you turn into a character and you can use their powers in this game a lot of the gaming mechanics were based on that mechanic. Nemo can become all kinds of different animals of frog a groundhog etc
Great epic music this game has great music. It's some of the greatest music I ever heard on the Nintendo they really utilized Nintendo's 8-bit sound engine to its maximum capacity very very well they knew what they were doing.
The Little Nemo movie didn't actually get a US release until 1992, two years after the NES game which was MUCH too late and the movie also bombed in Japan which was NOT a good sign for Capcom at all.
another of my favorites!!
All these years later, that still isn't a Morning Star....
Omg this just popped in my head today. I put mad hours into this game as a kid. It was one of them stages that was hard af 😊
I still remember the level songs 🎶
THIS GAME NEEDS TO BE ADDED FOR NINTENDO SWITCH ONLINE
*Much* better than the movie. I never was able to beat this game, but it was always one of my favorites to play. It's a hidden gem.
Second that.
Movie was good
@@Grouchy727 not according to some of the people online & the articles too.
@@xwf1000v3 "Some people" hate everything. The movie IS my childhood. And encapsulates the 1900 Winsor McCay legend that is Nemo: Nobody.
Shut up The Movie Was good
I LOVE This game, and Winsor Mccay's creation. - I tried playing the NES game as an adult, and if I tried recording a playthough, all you'd hear is SH** F*** SON OF A*** ya'll make this game look SO EASY. Memorizing enemy patterns, timing. Perfection!
I remember playing this game but I was never able to beat it, I loved the storyline though.
Nemo: Shazama pajama!
Nightmare King: Oooo, pajamas do scare me so! Ha Ha Ha!
Wow, this game looks great. Simple but very effective graphics and sound. Very charming visual design and tile work. I'm so glad I can finally appreciate stuff like this again.
What a great video game!
Nice game
Despite being based on a comic strip, despite being featured prominently in Nintendo Power, despite being released during the height of Capcom's popularity on the NES, Little Nemo is another one of those games the entire internet seems to think is underrated just because it's not one of the four games that get fifteen indie games inspired by them released on Steam every week. This game was quite popular at the time, so much so that even I knew a few kids who owned it. With that laughable re-imagining currently asking for funding on Kickstarter, I guess that's about to change.
I agree here. Redditers were debating that, "Nemo is underappreciated" "Well that's false because those who love nemo, are hard core fans" "Yea, but most people don't know Nemo, so he's underappreciated." "No, he's overappreciated by his fans." .... repeat... - I say Nemo is Underappreciated, not a ton of people know the character or world, and even Netflix's adaption went under the radar (btw, terrible terrible movie, all over the internet "Jason Moma as Flip!" He's a huge Ram... REALLY!? And Nemo is a girl (which is fine) just.... so.... "woke" of a film...
This is such a sweet little game.
It reminds me of my dad a lot, he taught me the game when I was 8 years old, now I'm 24 but without my father, it's been 1 year but it reminded me a lot of him and the excellent game made me smile
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Crazy how I haven’t thought of this game since I was a kid, but I instantly remembered that first level’s music.
loved the final stage of this game!
The final stage gave you a gift in form of a super epic song, i beated this game almost on a daily basis back then so i could hear it.
little nemo de disney siempre jugamos con capcom buen video
Great game time 👍
I don't think I ever made it past Nemo's house. This game was hard as balls.
Watched the original film when I was a kid and seriously haunted me for weeks lol
The nostalgia is strong with this one.
Never made it past lvl 2 as a kid but loved the hell out of the creatures in the game as a kid. My siblings and I used to laugh at the snot bubbles lol
Love your channel my ninja
Thanks!
I definitely enjoyed this. The music stuck with me over the years. One of my favorite NES soundtracks.
🤩🤩🤩 very good
That sucks, dieing just as you defeat the final boss.
Ahh the memories ❤
31:44 Oh I get it! He's a King Penguin!
I didn't know this had a second level !!
i love this game. played on the family computer like 30+ years ago. oh, how time flies! i want my kids to play this kind of game, something that has a story not just a shooter game. (i still play apex legends and rust. i just want my kids to experience rpgs with good stories. FF, xenogears, RE etc)
Wow you beat this game and only 45 minutes and 33 seconds. That's amazing that's kind of applicant itself as well. It took me a while to get used to the game mechanics and becoming animals and your power is changing but I eventually got used to it and I mastered the mechanics therefore I beat it but it took me longer than a day at least to beat it maybe a week as a kid I was only like 10 years old or below at that time... But it was great and it mesmerized my kid childlike mind and I fell in love with it. Anybody else that is never experienced this game take my take heed of my vice and experience this game it's definitely something that you need experience before you fade away to the other side but the other side is Little Nemo's dream of you now. LOL
This. ^ Most NES games take, 25 - 45 minutes to beat (aside from RPG's like Star Tropics, Dragon Quest, FF, etc.) - But can legitimately take 4 hours, 8 hours+ an ETERNITY to "master". - Again, just memorizing levels, enemy patterns, etc. Contra, Little Nemo, Mega Man, Castlevania, Metroid, Adventure Island, etc etc.
So, let me get this straight: a little boy has been abducted from his bed by a "princess" to be her "playmate" and has to travel through a "dream world", tranquilizing various animals with "candy" so he can inhabit their skin. Okay.
...? I'm getting déjà vu over here.
Somewhat similar to chip dale game
I have played this A nice game
I used to play this on an NES multicart for the GBA when I was a kid, though it was a hacked version that shoddily replaced Nemo with a Sandshrew for some reason.
Great game, though I never got past the third stage. Maybe I should try to beat it one of these days?
Ah yes. A bootleg where you play as Sandshrew. Every Poke Fan's dream lol.
Did anyone know this was a comic strip at first? I didn't until the internet.........What happened to Capcom? Guess the same thing that's happening to Squaresoft.
I like how you spelled out Hi while digging, wonder how many caught it.
I loved that
I used to love this game
Reminds me a first intro was getting dump by 28 in 1 famicom multicart😅
Nintendo in 85: can't have your dinosaur in your gane Mr Miyamoto because nes dificulties
Nemo and master higgins: *Riding animals in nes*
I liked this game because it was just fun to play and beat.
Map 5 is the most difficult for me. If you cant find the bee in hidden map, you will never pass this
DOUBLE KO ON THE NIGHTMARE KING?!?!?!
esos gráficos de las flores y ongos .. de chico me exploto la mente...
That last boss kill and death was for the fans wasnt it?
thanks you !
Perdi la cuenta de cuantas veces pase este juego
Great game, but I gave up at the train level...This was a cartoon movie in the 80s
4:36 HI :)
Well, I played it when I was a child so I forgot the title but thanks Google took me here. Actually, I played many times but I can't fight the monster on last stage.
This game has "megaman" music in it.
Movie game that's better than the movie!
I vaguely remember the movie.
32:08 IS THAT A PENGUIN 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨?”
You typed hi!! Hello!
👋
This game needs to be on the Nintendo switch
Good
Which is better? Little Nemo or Little Samson?
So wait, if it's an ape, salamander, or mole, Nemo just rides its back, but if it's a frog Nemo jumps down its throat, skins it alive, and steals its identity?
Awesome, it's all my weird sex dreams come true
Str8t up Saturday morning ish