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Post by vysethebold on Jan 22, 2007 11:45:37 GMT -5
Ah, the NGPC, the reason I now like 2D fighters. I actually have 2 systems, a boxed link cable, and 2 copies of many of the best games. I even have some rare promo stuff for the system like an antenna topper and a NGPC T-Shirt that's never been worn. I still need to track a DC to NGPC cable, though. Most of the connectivity was between the SNK fighters and their DC counterparts. Usually they didn't do much but give you extra points in the extras modes in both games so you can buy more costumes or characters. By the way, even though Falselei was not officially released in the US, when the company folded they liquidated their cartridges to a bunch of internet companies. These companies actually sold some loose copies of Falselei with an ESRB rating on them proving they were about to release the game in the US but stopped production. I have one of these copies of the game so this is no BS. It's one of the best games on the system so if anyone hasn't tried it yet you should.
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Post by vysetd on Jan 23, 2007 0:08:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the description on the game, Discoalucard! After hearing it described, I can totally see the combat working in a 2-D game. Also, a little bit off-topic, but has anyone played Ogre Battle for NeoGeo Pocket?
I believe you. It's strange too, as the games were never made "complete", or so I hear. While generally all games have boxes and manuals, I heard the U.S. NGPC releases of Faselei and Last Blade 2 never were complete, so their value on sites like digit press denote to loose copies.
Also, Here's one more game I don't get:
Name: Golden Axe III System: Sega Genesis Reason: Once again, I'm clueless. The U.S got Golden Axe 1 & 2, Golden Axe Warrior, Ax Battler, even the Saturn fighting game, Golden Axe the Duel. While I have the game, I've never played it due to needing a Game Genie for it to work on my system (Asian version). Maybe it's because it's said that it was a "black sheep" entry to the series?
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Post by wyrdwad on Jan 23, 2007 0:16:25 GMT -5
Well, better late than never, I suppose: I believe Golden Axe III is included in the "Sega Genesis Collection" that was recently released for PS2 and PSP.
-Tom
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Post by vysetd on Jan 23, 2007 0:18:38 GMT -5
Ah, so that's what that is. Well, I guess that's one game off the want list. Only infinity+1 more games to go.
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Post by necromaniac on Jan 23, 2007 8:28:06 GMT -5
Name: Holy Diver System: Nes Reason: Based heavily on a music video to a song by Dio, this castlevania like platformer by Irem was probably doomed to obscurity in the west by not taking into the account the harsh nature of licensing ownership over here, and the fact that it was released in 1989 and that it also makes references to King Crimson, Slayer, Emperor, Zakk W. and Randy R, does not help. A simple name change and rewrite to the game's ending would have sufficed.
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Post by zzz on Jan 24, 2007 23:06:31 GMT -5
bit Generations. Every game in that series is among GBA's best games. Given how many ports and compilations have been released in recent years, it is a surprise that NOA are not more confident that Americans would but low tech games.
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Post by Sac (a.k.a Icaras) on Jan 26, 2007 3:58:08 GMT -5
Suikoden III PAL, though I've no idea why this didn't happen.
Not as annoying as it was for me, as I obtained a copy of the US release a little while ago. One of these days I'll have to look into ways to play it on my PAL PS2.
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Post by brianc on Jan 26, 2007 6:54:03 GMT -5
bit Generations. Every game in that series is among GBA's best games. Given how many ports and compilations have been released in recent years, it is a surprise that NOA are not more confident that Americans would but low tech games. I have bitGenerations dotstream and my mom has Dialhex. I love them both. I'm planning on getting Orbital and maybe one of the others. Dotstream and Dialhex are among the better GBA games out there, but the GBA has a ton of great games. I don't know if I agree on the others, but I read that Boundish is basically variations of pong with weak single player AI and that Soundvoyager gets too easy and repetitive after awhile. Nintendo actually reserved ESRB ratings for some of the bitGenerations games. It's not likely, but there is a slim chance that they might come here. I have no problems with ports and compliations, but there have been a decent amount of games for GBA as of late that aren't either. Most aren't published by Nintendo, but some of them are quite good. Super Robot Taisen Original Generation 1 and 2, Yggdra Union, Polarium Advance, Scurge Hive, Summon Night Swordcraft Story 1 and 2 have been released in the US a few months ago and none of those are ports or remakes (even Polarium is a bit different from the DS one). The dwindling down of Nintendo GBA's support seems to be the same type of dwindling down that many game companies do when a new system comes out in the US. The DS, Nintendo's latest portable, is doing quite well, so the GBA support probably died down becuase of it. On the DS front, Nintendo actually published Clubhouse Games and a couple brain training games here, which are all rather low tech. While there is quite a bit they haven't brought here, it's not like they don't take chances on new things in the US. Nintendo actually released two Advance Wars, two GBA Fire Emblems, Wario Ware (despite having a familiar mascot, it was still a rather unique concept with plenty of oddness), and Drill Dozer (Screw Breaker) in the US. They also took a chance with Trace Memory, Meteos (which was originally planned to be published by Bandai before Nintendo decided to publish it themselves in the US), Elite Beat Agents (like Ouendan, the game it's patterned after, it's neither a port nor has a lincense attached to it) and Hotel Dusk on the DS.
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Post by vysetd on Jan 28, 2007 20:17:49 GMT -5
Name: Lufia & the Fortress of Doom System: Sega Genesis Reason: This game was in development for a while, but ultimately wasn't released period on this system, and one can only speculate as to why. It wasn't made late in the systems' life, and it would have helped boost the Megadrive/Genesis' RPG lineup substantially. The game at least came out for Super Nintendo, but I can't help but imagine what this game would have felt like if it were on the Genesis.
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Post by zzz on Jan 29, 2007 1:10:08 GMT -5
Orbital is VERY different from any other game I have played. It is kind of like a classic arcade style/puzzle game hybrid. It certainly like it. Boundish is a collection of five Pong variants. I like it, even though I generaly do not get into Pong variants. I have not played Coloris or Digidrive in a while, so I kind of forget those. When I get around to playing those again I will tell what they play like. I can tell you, however, that Digidrive seems to be agreed on to be this series' best game.
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Post by vysetd on Feb 5, 2007 3:47:00 GMT -5
Hmm. I haven't posted here in a while.
Name: Dragon Quest System: SNES (And Various) Reason: No idea. Did the NES games not pull in enough sales for them to consider it? It's a shame they never released these games in the States. They could have probably amassed a nice lump sum if they did. RPGs weren't as big in the past as they are now, but I think the massive success of DQ8 shows that they should go back and publish the classics we never got. Maybe they should make a compilation cart for the GBA or DS for U.S. and European/Pal gamers? I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
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Post by zzz on Feb 6, 2007 6:11:12 GMT -5
Didn't Enix of America collapse early in the life of the SNES? DQ V and VI are my two faves in that series after III and III remake. I can not believe those have not been 100% translated yet.
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Post by vysetd on Feb 7, 2007 3:22:07 GMT -5
I don't know. They did publish games like Robotrek and Paladin's Quest, among others. The U.S. DW games on NES sold moderately well, given how many copies are floating around (from what I understand). Also, after giving up on SNES, they published Mischief Makers for N64, as well as Grandia Xtreme and R.A.D (Robot Alchemic Drive) for PS2. I don't know if the notion is as viable since they merged with Squaresoft, but I don't know why we couldn't get the earlier DQ games. I never knew they weren't fully translated either. Blasphemy!
One more note, anybody know the last Enix-published game before they merged with Square. I want to think it's GX, R.A.D, or Samurai Evolution: Oukoku Geist (GBA, Japan Only). I don't have the SE:OG cart in front of me, but I think it was sometime in 2002.
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Post by brianc on Feb 7, 2007 10:30:35 GMT -5
I don't know. They did publish games like Robotrek and Paladin's Quest, among others. The U.S. DW games on NES sold moderately well, given how many copies are floating around (from what I understand). Also, after giving up on SNES, they published Mischief Makers for N64, as well as Grandia Xtreme and R.A.D (Robot Alchemic Drive) for PS2. I don't know if the notion is as viable since they merged with Squaresoft, but I don't know why we couldn't get the earlier DQ games. I never knew they weren't fully translated either. Blasphemy! One more note, anybody know the last Enix-published game before they merged with Square. I want to think it's GX, R.A.D, or Samurai Evolution: Oukoku Geist (GBA, Japan Only). I don't have the SE:OG cart in front of me, but I think it was sometime in 2002. From what I heard, Enix of America did collapse at the end of the SNES's life, but they formed a new American branch that published those PS2 games you mentioned, the GBC Dragon Warrior I & II, Mischief Makers, Dragon Warrior VII, the GBC Dragon Warrior III, and the GBC Dragon Warrior Monsters II (and some others too. I think they published Valkyrie Profile, if I remember correctly). Dragon Warrior Monsters 1 GBC was actually published by Eidos before Enix came back to the US.
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Post by Brand on Feb 9, 2007 9:28:44 GMT -5
Tomato Adventure for the GBA I have no clue, this was one of the reasons I bought a GBA figuring Nintendo would release this, but I was so wrong. I hope someone does a fan translation of it some day, I have a thing for anamorphic vegetables, they are just so awesome. I figured this game would be like Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom for a more modern audience.
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