If the title Yeah Yeah Beebiss I means anything to you, you'll love this little news snippet. If you're wondering what the hell I'm blathering about, the mystery of Yeah Yeah Beebiss I is a totally fascinating trip down a rabbit hole of copyright traps, misunderstood language translations, fabrications of the truth...
or all of the above
.
In a nutshell, it's the story of a strange Nintendo Entertainment System game which is considered to represent one of the greatest gaming mysteries of all time, and which prompted a years long search for a title that many people were convinced didn't exist. I would implore anyone with even a passing interest in this flavour of gaming oddness to visit YouTube and watch any of the amazing videos on the topic, including
this one from LSuperSonicQ
, or
this one from All Things Lost
which does a damn fine job of explaining the whole saga as well as offering a solution to the mystery.
In a rather excellent twist on this strange tale, YouTuber and retro gaming tinkerer John Riggs has released a 'sequel' to Yeah Yeah Beebiss I - titled Yeah Yeah Beebiss II - for both the NES and the Dreamcast. As announced over on
his Twitter account
, you can purchase a limited edition copy for the Dreamcast by visiting
John's store here
.
There's not a great deal of info on the game available at the time of writing, with only a single screenshot released; but once John releases a video on it (or one of us here at the Junkyard manages to get hold of a copy) we'll update this news piece or post a full review. To be honest, it would be a brilliant meta twist if this whole thing is a complete hoax and Yeah Yeah Beebiss II turns out to be just as mysterious and nonexistant as the prequel. It's more likely that Yeah Yeah Beebiss II
does
exist though (is there such a thing as being
too
meta?), and it's great to have yet another new title released for the Dreamcast.
Check out the Yeah Yeah Beebiss II
store page here
, and visit
John Riggs' YouTube channel here
.
Update
- looks like it's now sold out for Dreamcast, which makes the title of this post fake news. Sorry folks :/
Update 2
- Yeah Yeah Beebis II will now be published by UK publisher WAVE Game Studios and is
available for pre-order now
, priced at £24.99. It is expected to ship in January 2022, which is awesome!