 SNES DRUNK! Ever since I made that Mammoth Super Nintendo Super Famicom shoot-em-up video, I've been on the lookout for other shoot-em-ups in hard-to-find places, and I think I found a really good one in Sagaia, or Sagaia. Bear with me because I'm not sure I'm pronouncing that correctly. Anyway, Sagaia is an original Game Boy release that only came out in Japan. It's actually a port of Darius II for Sega Genesis, one of the all-time shoot-em-up classics of the 16-bit era. And yes, I know the word port can scare some people off, especially if that word is preceded with the words Game Boy, but man, they did a hell of a job with this game. A couple of the levels and bosses are in a different order, so it's not a direct port of the game, but it's still great. Make no mistake, this is a Darius game through and through. And rather than haphazardly shove the Genesis version onto the Game Boy hardware, like what happened with games like Populous, Lemmings, or Mortal Kombat, they refit Darius II around the limited hardware here, and as a result, this game really feels complete and fully realized. The gameplay is smooth and responsive, the balance of speed here is excellent, the pacing can be a bit on the slow side, but it has some crazy variables here and there. The graphics are as crisp and as clear as you could hope for for an original Game Boy release. The bosses in particular are downright awe-inspiring. I can't believe I'm saying that when I'm talking about a Game Boy game, but damn, that really looks awesome, not to mention intimidating. Really, if you're like me and you were disappointed in the Super Nintendo Darius games, Darius Twin and Super Nova, you're not gonna be disappointed in Segaia. Not only are the graphics and gameplay impressive, but the music gets better the further you get into the game. It starts out as you'd expect, frenzied and frenetic, to match the gameplay, but then you get to the underwater level and things kind of calm down, and by then you're in a shoot-em-up trance, so to speak, and it's just perfectly done. I love how the game is structured that way. Anyway, yes, once again, I have to admit that this video is a pathetic plea to get this awesome Game Boy port onto the 3DS Virtual Console. It seems like there are barely any shoot-em-ups on there, and Segaia deserves to be checked out by a larger audience. Right now the game goes for close to $50 on eBay, yikes. But yeah, the Darius games on Super Nintendo were a letdown, but Segaia for Game Boy makes up for those games quite a bit.