And D. BrOkEn it doesn't surprise me that Nintendo didn't respond. Or, even if they did, I highly doubt they'd know anything about it. The ads that Beebiss appeared in were run by 3rd party companies and not Nintendo themselves. It's also likely that Nintendo didn't even produce Beebiss.
There are a couple people I found on different boards who seem like they know quite a lot of information, so I think just checking in with them to see what they know would be a good place to start, maybe even in regards to who they've contacted before and whatnot.
So I'll make some rounds and see what I come up with.
I totally regret commenting like a complete psychopath on my comment above, but anyway, I thought that Nintendo has something to do with it besides YYBI being on NES. Then again, seeing as it's an NES game, it probably has a seal on it's (unknown what it looks like) cover. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Also, when checking out Ufouria on Wikipedia, I noticed that if you break up it's Japanese name Hebereke, you get He Be Reke, which almost sounds like Yeah Yeah Beebiss. So the chances of it being Ufouria are not far from true.
I am sorry, but isn't Hebereke pronounced as "Heh, beh, reh, keh."?
So I contacted Frank Cifaldi (who runs Lost Levels) about Beebiss (since in a forum post from 2009 he claimed to have "way more" to say on the topic than just what he posted), and unfortunately, he bluntly told me that Beebiss was as simple as what we know about it (just a name in an ad) and that it was likely a typo and nothing more (since apparently there were a lot of typos on these ads back in the day).
While at first I took this as hard fact, I realize he's just one person with one opinion.
I haven't done much more looking around though, because it's really hard to find people talking about this, or people who we could contact to get some more info (like from Funco or Play It Again). This stuff is so old that I don't even know where to begin.
On the flip side, I was analyzing the Play it Again ad and it said "bold faced titles coming soon". And Beebiss is a bold faced title. So while I originally said "they must have had some stock in at some point", perhaps they never actually received it, making it much harder to figure out whether or not it is a real game.
I checked out the article and I quickly found something interesting. On that magazine thing it said something about a company called Funco inc, which I assumed had something to do with video games and had been shut down for a while now. However I found something interesting. There is a chance we may have a lead in this. I saw something called Funco inc online with a different address, however that address was only 17 minutes away from the original address on that image. Check it out.
While I'm thrilled we have something to work with, I worry that this information is outdated. The description of Funco makes it sound like they're still in business/operating, and the link to Funco's site just redirects to GameStop.
Of course, how could we not call that number, but I don't want to get my hopes up right now. Too bad there weren't a few emails as well, that could have been helpful too.
But maybe we can use the address for some advantage as well.
While I'm thrilled we have something to work with, I worry that this information is outdated. The description of Funco makes it sound like they're still in business/operating, and the link to Funco's site just redirects to GameStop.
Of course, how could we not call that number, but I don't want to get my hopes up right now. Too bad there weren't a few emails as well, that could have been helpful too.
But maybe we can use the address for some advantage as well.
Oh. It does doesn't it? ;-; but at least we have something to work with. Do we even know what platform this game is?
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Post by thatgamingasshole on Aug 10, 2016 3:22:51 GMT
Hey, I'm kind of new here so I have no idea if anyone ever brought this up before, someone only mentioned it once in the comment section of the Yeah Yeah Beebiss I page and it hit me like a bullet. So forgive me if this is already known.
So another poster in the YYBI comment section, mentioned that they believed the game was actually an unreleased game called Uforia. Now I have no idea if this is the truth or speculation, but he also brought up a good point: on of the other games on the flyer, Zeta Gundam, was never released--or more so it is released under a different title, Mobile Suit Gundam Z: Hot Scramble if memory serves. That got me to thinking about what on Earth that game was, or if it was the same game with a different title or if it also never released for some reason. That thought stayed with me and then, while I was looking at this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaYOBQdiHlg "The Mystery of Yeah Yeah Beebiss I) the presenter, who also hangs out here from what he says, made an interesting point. This ad is for TRADING IN games, not directly buying them, so one must assume the games were released at some point right? Right?
Yeah but then it hit me: google some of the other games.
A page on the website Unseen 64, which catalogues unreleased or canceled video games. This goes over the fact that Titan Warrior was cancelled in 1988, a year prior to the YYBI flyer being released unless I'm mistaken. I was shocked to see this so I actually at random chose another game, Zombie Master, and googled it too and came up with ANOTHER page from Lost Levels, detailing how Zombie Master was an unreleased game too. That would mean at least two, possibly three other games (depending on how you interpret the Zeta Gundam thing) may or may not exist on this list. And that also is not going into other small flaws and typos with the Play It Again flyer. Bionic Commando is pluralized for example.
I don't know if anyone has ever noticed this before or if this is the first time anyone has even mentioned it, but I believe that this list may include the names of several games either unreleased or canceled, possibly including YYBI. I have yet to explore the Funco flyer to see if similar things pop up but it strikes me as very strange. Maybe someone else has noticed it too? Is it possible these games are lost too? I believe Zombie Master received perhaps a kind of release, but I could find little information on the game on my own. The original, anonymous poster in the YYBI comment section was the first one to even notice this from what I can discern, and he suggested YYBI was actually Uforia, so maybe this person has some knowledge about this too?
Anyway, just something that struck me as bizarre, hope this is useful to anyone searching for YYBI.
Post by thatgamingasshole on Aug 11, 2016 6:02:43 GMT
I hate to break any hearts, but let the 90s kid clear up something about Funco:
Back in MY day, Funco (I remember it being called Funcoland so maybe that's a Detroit thing) was just a place where people traded in games. There was a similar place called Babbage's too. Both were consumed by GameStop so if this place is the place then it and anyone who worked there in the 90s who will be the people you need to talk to, are long gone.
Same with Play It Again, I vaguely recall hearing about that place BEFORE GameStop became the sole game...stop in the world, it seems. I imagine it's been consumed by GameStop too. Anyone that was aware of anything that happened in 1989-1990 is now a cloud of dust on the horizon.
I assume some of this knowledge is already known, but just wanted to add. I'm fascinated by YYBI and I've been following the search for it since this site was on Wikia, so I hope someone finds it someday.
I'd definitely say this is one of the most unusual pieces of lost media out there. Other than the name, we have no idea what this game could have been like, and even the name itself is unusual, "Yeah Yeah Beebiss I", which isn't exactly the kind of name you'd see on a game for the NES, and it doesn't give us an idea for what the game is even about.
With most lost media, we at least have an idea of what it's about, but we have nothing on this.
I'm gonna slowly get back into this search after neglecting it for a while. I think thatgamingasshole made a lengthy post a while ago about how the list of games contains many other canceled ones, among other theories, so I'll have to find that comment and address it here later.
For now though, @steady N Ready we have no idea what Beebiss would have looked like since we don't even know anything about the game itself. But if it was on the NES and was likely a 3rd party game you can imagine how it may have looked at least in terms of quality.
masterge77 I'll have to do some backtracking but I think we (or at least I) have some smaller leads or at least info sources we can use to get a better idea of what it is/debunk or reconfirm the theories about it a little harder.
and @nanis I don't think the I in the title reflects any intentions of a II or any kind of sequel being made. That part of the title at least seems like the most likely candidate for a typo since it's so out of place, despite 2 Yeahs or Beebiss not making much sense anyway.
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@radiant Lloyd Firefly has a good point about "bold faced titles coming soon". I still think this could be "Dweebers"; another lost game. "Dweebers" sounds a bit like "Beebiss", if you exclude the "r" from "Dweebers". "I" probably comes from that it was the first game in the nonexistent series. "Yeah Yeah" could be a translation error of "Super" or something.
Only one problem: "Dweebers" was slated for a Game Boy release, ruling out this theory. But, who knows? It could of been slated for a NES release, as well. "Yeah Yeah" could also be part of the title for the nonexistent NES release. Think "Super Dweebers", probably an extension of the original, like "Super Pitfall".
Dweebers was incorrectly slated as an upcoming release for the NES around the same time Beebiss began appearing in the catalogues, so this could be a possibility.
However, I personally feel there are stronger theories out there.