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Tomba!
Aug 13, 2014 22:25:36 GMT -5
Post by Allie on Aug 13, 2014 22:25:36 GMT -5
In an alternate dimension where Working Designs published Tomba, every quest gives half the amount of AP, so you need to complete them all twice, just so you won't return it to Electronics Boutique. To compensate, the packaging is real shiny. Don't forget the non-functional replica of his Yo-Yo. That took an extra six months to get the package to market. I have such conflicting feelings about Working Designs - is that wrong? Or is that to be expected? Pretty much to be expected. Victor was kind of a smug jerk, IMO.
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Tomba!
Aug 13, 2014 23:05:35 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 23:05:35 GMT -5
The best that can be said about Working Designs is that they exposed American game players of the nineties and early 2000s to a more diverse and niche selection of Japanese games than they had encountered before, helping to create a sizable audience that had an interest in and appreciation for such games. The problem was that half of them got fucked by Vic's inflated ego in some way on a mechanical level, and all the RPGs suffered from puerile translations full of cringe-inducing snark.
It's no mistake that WD went the way of the dodo not long after Atlus USA had risen to prominence as a top-quality localization team.
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Tomba!
Aug 14, 2014 0:41:23 GMT -5
Post by GamerL on Aug 14, 2014 0:41:23 GMT -5
I remember Tomba! also being heavily advertised in Disney Adventures magazine
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Tomba!
Aug 14, 2014 2:20:51 GMT -5
Post by derboo on Aug 14, 2014 2:20:51 GMT -5
*glances at the Facebook "likes"
I didn't even know Tomba! was such a huge underground favourite. Maybe I should check this game out some time...
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Tomba!
Aug 17, 2014 8:22:48 GMT -5
Post by Woody Alien on Aug 17, 2014 8:22:48 GMT -5
Hey, anime references guy here. Long-time site reader and occasional lurker. Yes, Tomba is quite the cult classic (the first one at least, nobody cared about the second) and a very funny and charming title all around.
Somebody told me they changed the title in Europe not only because of the meaning of "tomba" in Italian, but also because of Alberto Tomba, alpine ski racing champion (and shitty actor). Who knows if it's true.
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Tomba!
May 21, 2017 20:36:47 GMT -5
Post by redd88 on May 21, 2017 20:36:47 GMT -5
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Tomba!
Mar 19, 2019 15:01:25 GMT -5
Post by ommadawnyawn2 on Mar 19, 2019 15:01:25 GMT -5
"Although the game keeps track of completed quests, it doesn’t log any currently active quests"
It does keep track of active quests, it's just that the info given about each is too vague to be useful for the most part.
The first one would be a good game to tag with metroidvania or platform adventure.
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