History YMMV / IWannaBeTheGuy

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While ''I Wanna Be The Guy'' firmly held as a classic of online PlatformHell games, it's a common joke among ''IWBTG'' fans that ''IWBTG'' is ironically not even the best ''IWBTG''. On top of being rather buggy and unreliable, [[VideoGame/IWBTGFangames many of its own fangames]] have been seen as eclipsing it in terms of quality (such modern favorites include ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheBoshy'', ''VideoGame/IWannaKillTheKamilia'', ''I Wanna Run The Marathon'', and ''Not Another Needle Game''), usually by toning down the TrialAndErrorGameplay and [[FakeDifficulty arbitrarily exhausting design elements]], very rarely sacrificing the expected [[NintendoHard masochistic difficulty]].

** "[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.]] ... [[TooDumbToLive You jumped into a sword. You retard!]]" In 2014, a man ended up in serious condition after being stabbed with a replica ''Legend of Zelda'' Master Sword... [[TooDumbToLive that he walked into to see whether or not it was a real blade.]]

** "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.]] ... [[TooDumbToLive You jumped into a sword. You retard!]]" In 2014, a man ended up in serious condition after being stabbed with a replica ''Legend of Zelda'' Master Sword... [[TooDumbToLive that he walked into to see whether or not it was a real blade.]]

* SpecialEffectFailure: The [[spoiler:fake error message]] in the Castle of the Guy is kind of hard to fall for if you aren't [[spoiler:running Windows XP in a default theme with your system language set to English. With Windows XP being officially depreciated as of 2015, the probability of the error message blending as intended is now approximately zero.]]

** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/208909-i-wanna-be-the-guy ''This artwork.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Uses new arrangements some of the best music of platform gaming. Too bad [[PlatformHell you rarely get to hear more than the first few measures]].

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While ''I Wanna Be The Guy'' firmly held as a classic of online PlatformHell games, it's a common joke among ''IWBTG'' fans that ''IWBTG'' is ironically not even the best ''IWBTG''. On top of being rather buggy and unreliable, [[VideoGame/IWBTGFangames many of its own fangames]] have been seen as [[BetterThanCanon eclipsing it in terms of quality]] (such modern favorites include ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheBoshy'', ''VideoGame/IWannaKillTheKamilia'', ''I Wanna Run The Marathon'', and ''Not Another Needle Game''), usually by toning down the TrialAndErrorGameplay and [[FakeDifficulty arbitrarily exhausting design elements]], very rarely sacrificing the expected [[NintendoHard masochistic difficulty]].

** Those are not apples. They're really more like giant cherries. [[spoiler:Canonically, they are known as "Delicious Fruit".]] [[note]]The creator's ComicallyMissingThePoint remark as to the "delicious fruit" [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous falls up when you approach them from above]].[[/note]]

** [[WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy.]][[note]]In the late 2000s and early 2010s, I Wanna Be The Guy was easily one of ''the'' most let's played games on Website/YouTube. It got to the point most people were starting to get tired of constant IWBTG [=LPs=]; ultimately accumulating with Retsupurae asking people to stop beating a dead horse. While not quite CondemnedByHistory, IWBTG is still considered an overdone 'rage LP', with very few managing to pull it off well anymore.[[/note]]

** What may very well be the most game-breaking "bug" is the [[ChestMonster fake save point]] on Impossible. Killing it makes a perfectly usable save point appear for exactly one frame on the screen. Killing it while having a bullet exactly where the save point would appear allows you to save the game.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While ''I Wanna Be The Guy'' firmly held as a classic of online PlatformHell games, it's a common joke among ''IWBTG'' fans that ''IWBTG'' is ironically not even the best ''IWBTG''. On top of being rather buggy and unreliable, [[VideoGame/IWBTGFangames many of its own fangames]] have been seen as [[BetterThanCanon eclipsing it in terms of quality]] (such modern favorites include ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheBoshy'', ''I Wanna Run The Marathon'', and ''Not Another Needle Game''), usually by toning down the TrialAndErrorGameplay and [[FakeDifficulty arbitrarily exhausting design elements]], very rarely sacrificing the expected [[NintendoHard masochistic difficulty]].

** "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.]] ... [[WhatAnIdiot You jumped into a sword. You retard!]]" In 2014, a man ended up in serious condition after being stabbed with a replica ''Legend of Zelda'' Master Sword... [[TooDumbToLive that he walked into to see whether or not it was a real blade.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: [[spoiler:Dracula turning into a Waddle Doo]] is this as of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', as Kirby can now fight Dracula.

** [[WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy.]][[note]]Back in the day, I Wanna Be The Guy was easily one of ''the'' most let's played games on Website/YouTube. It got to the point most people were starting to get tired of constant IWBTG [=LPs=]; ultimately accumulating with Retsupurae retsupurae-ing someone [=LPing=] the game and asking people to stop beating a dead horse. While not quite DeaderThanDisco, IWBTG is still considered an overdone 'rage LP', with very few managing to pull it off well anymore.[[/note]]

* SpecialEffectFailure: The [[spoiler:fake error message]] in the Castle of the Guy is kind of hard to fall for if you aren't [[spoiler:running Windows XP (which is outdated and no longer supported as of 2015), or if you are but are either using a non-default theme or a using a non-English language as your system language.]]