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Do you have a favorite game never released outside of Japan?
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TheGreatMusashi
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Heimdall_Xtreme
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Original Story for their time.
I want a localization for Nintendo Switch and PC.
It's all in the wrist
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Ouendan! Thankfully, they're easy to play even without knowing the language.
Paltheos
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Nice. I thought I might be the only person to bring this game up. Macross 30 is great. There's not much to the game world but the combat flows so much smoother than the (few) Gundam games I've played - Probably due to the valkyrie transformation letting you switch between high speed and heavy assault so easily. Also great how all the classic Macross characters' VAs come back (not that this is surprising - it's Japan) and that the girls' songs provide actual buffs in battle.
Geofront's fan patch is so good that it stomps many official localizations. NISA is releasing it later this year though, yes (using Geofront's work as a basis!).
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Heimdall_Xtreme
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Uh, what's the name of the game?
WE CAN'T READ JAPANESE
Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu.
Its a trilogy of videogames from psp.
Tsugino or Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu (I’ll Let you Know Who the Next Victim is) is a mystery/horror Visual Novel series for PSP developed by Boost On.
First Game: Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu: Kimi to kono Hateru Kotonai Kurayami o
Second Game: Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu: Shi to Zetsubou o Norikoete
Third Game: Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu: Houkai Suru Sekai ni Shinigami to.
Each game’s telling the same story with the same cast of characters but from a different POV. You can find reused dialogues and scenes in the second and third game but most of it’s new with a different outcome and other characters dying/surviving. In order to get the full picture you’ll have to play all games.
Story:
14 people are kidnapped and brought to the 49th floor of an abandoned building.
They can’t remember how they got there but one thing becomes clear pretty fast. All of them are forced to participate in a killing game and the only way out is to win said game.
Who will survive this hell?
Can they find out who the mastermind behind this crazy game is?
Its the same game, but each UMD Its the point of view from the cover art characters.
SlimeGooGoo
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Heimdall_Xtreme
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Yeah. Its similar like Zero Escape games, with a interesting plot twist... With elements like '' the big brother TV show''.
There is a page with fan sub in english with part of the game.
Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu Introduction + Prologue
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Agent Icebeezy
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Still the game with the best sports career mode ever. I just wish they would make a new game. The anime is still going strong.
SkylineRKR
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Wachenroder was a fun game, could be picked up for 5 bucks back then. I played it with guide. Its kinda FFVII tactics. I also tried SegaGaGa. And Cosmic Smash was absolutely awesome.
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We probably are the only two people who know this game.Wachenroder is a great pick. The game is being fan-translated in English.
My pick is Terra Phantastica on Saturn. It is a T-RPG using an isometric view. Medieval setting with fantasy and a huge focus on political affairs. Gorgeous pixel-art and great gameplay. No idea if this will ever get translated...
There are also many Mega-CD RPGs I would have loved to try : Shadowrun, Illusion City and the SMT port.
And on MegaDrive, the Hybrid Front looks great. This one might get translated.
Anos Voldigoad
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This mf for PS5, I’m still waiting
_Ex_
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I have quite a few favorites that never officially released outside of Japan. But the first game that came to mind:
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aeongenesis.net
Front Mission: Gun Hazard - Wikipedia
Aeon Genesis ~ Front Mission: Gun Hazard
MadchesterManc
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If you enjoy rhythm games then K-ON! Ho-kago Live!! is a gem for PSP. I also imported the HD version on PS3 that's pretty much the same but in HD with stereoscopic 3D. Sure it helps if you enjoy K-ON!, but it's a pretty good rhythm game even if you don't
STARSBarry
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Uh, what's the name of the game?
WE CAN'T READ JAPANESE
Come on dude it's right there on the box
次の犠牲者をオシラセシマス
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TheInfamousKira
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Up until relatively recently, Final Fantasies III, V and Type 0 fit the bill for me.
PlayofSparta
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Kagoshima_Luke
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Heimdall_Xtreme
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Fighting game from Akira toriyama .
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BennyBlanco
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Damn I loved this series. Fuckin Konami.
fart town usa
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Imabikisou
Novel style horror game. Bought it when I was living in Singapore even though I knew it was strictly Japanese. Images in the game are really cool but I obviously have no clue what's going on in it, lol.
Novel style horror game. Bought it when I was living in Singapore even though I knew it was strictly Japanese. Images in the game are really cool but I obviously have no clue what's going on in it, lol.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Imabikisou
Novel style horror game. Bought it when I was living in Singapore even though I knew it was strictly Japanese. Images in the game are really cool but I obviously have no clue what's going on in it, lol.
I have this game pending too, I saw the pictures and it's great, but I don't know a damn thing about it xDDD.
FUN FACT: It also came out for wii
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Came here to post Wachenroder, and saw it in OP. Wow, just wow. Nothing I have done since that Summer of 1999 when I secured my copy of Wachenroder from a local game store dealing in illicit, gray-market software. has topped that experience. At some point, when when manually translating the game, I believe I hit my scholarly peak. This was before the era of Screens and before multiple recessions combined with multiple streaming services basically turned Truth, Money, Justice, and Love into defunct, anachronistic concepts. I may have gone on later to do exceptionally well on the LSAT and ace OCI. I may have even gone on LATER to self-teach Engineering and specialize in System Design. I may, as a matter of fact, have a predilection for a particular fetish which I cannot get into, which I THINK a lot of Saturn owners have a penchant for, which is shown to correlate strongly with one's intellectual prowess. But it was in that summer of 1999 - that same summer of Blair Witch and Star Wars Episode I - that, when translating this game, and learning its battle systems and strategic elements (linearity notwithstanding) that I was closer to a state of intellectual eudaimonia than perhaps I have ever been, before or sense. My question is, do any of you share this experience? Does it have something to do with translating a game from its original language? With playing a game from a far-flung land, unmolested by the Ted Woolseys of the world, and "making it your own" through sheer brute-force translation? Again, I felt none of this playing any other video game. The Genesis and N64 games that I played were just violent orgies or platformers (or, like *shudder* Conker, both). Where else in gaming can one get his INTELLECTUAL rocks off like in a Saturn strategy RPG? Even on the Gamecube, the second most intellectual system, I felt none of this playing Baiten Katos or its sequel. Do I need to play it in its original language to have the type of experience which I am seeking?
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fart town usa
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yea, it's a visual/choose your own adventure type game.
The images in this one are real people. Stylized but it gives it a great legit horror vibe.
Dark Half for the SFC. You play as both the hero and the villain. A typical chapter starts as you playing as... basically the devil... and you visit a town, kill some villagers, and make life awful. During the second half of the chapter you're back as the hero seeing all the awful stuff that happened and maybe fixing some of the problems.
German Hops
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GreatnessRD
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So Good. So fuckin' good.
STARSBarry
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There is no way this wouldent get released these days, especially with what is essentially there sequels Project X Zone getting released... also Super Robot Wars Endless Frontier... but not the second game EXCEED...
Canonical timeline is essentially this.
NAMCO X Capcom (JP only)
SRW OG: Endless Frontier (JP & USA)
SRW OG: Endless Frontier EXCEED (JP only)
Project X Zone (all territories)
Project X Zone 2 (all territories)
SRW OG: Moon Dwellers (JP & USA)
Project X Zone 3 (soon to be released)
Making this quite the fragmented series release, but this is the game that started it all by introducing Arisu Reiji & Xiaomu with their dimension hopping abilties and their antagonist Saya.
Game also features Dig Dug...
Now I know redesigns arnt always the way to go but man if I don't love this one.
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xpresstuning
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Wachenroder
The gameplay and plot are all good, a solid 8 out of 10, but what really sets it apart as a phenomenal game is its brilliant atmosphere, art direction and music.
The gameplay and plot are all good, a solid 8 out of 10, but what really sets it apart as a phenomenal game is its brilliant atmosphere, art direction and music.
Pallas
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I was going to post more but already seen a few I had thought of on here… these two though are from Squaresoft on the Super
Famicom. Never officially localized and released.
Treasure of the Rudras (ルドラの秘宝, Rudora no Hihou, "Treasure of Rudra")
It’s basically your generic turn based JRPG with the exception of having 3 playable characters, each with their own unique story lines that intertwines at the end. The magic system is also quite different, called Mantra which uses words that you can input to create the spell(you can literally get the most powerful spells early in the game , if you know what to use, though they aren’t that useful early on)
Treasure Hunter G (トレジャーハンターG, Torejā Hantā Jī)
It’s a cute, fun tactical rpg with a bit of darker touch to it, it’s about a treasure Hunter hunting for magical relics, there’s more story to it but it’s been a very long time since I played this.
Famicom. Never officially localized and released.
Treasure of the Rudras (ルドラの秘宝, Rudora no Hihou, "Treasure of Rudra")
It’s basically your generic turn based JRPG with the exception of having 3 playable characters, each with their own unique story lines that intertwines at the end. The magic system is also quite different, called Mantra which uses words that you can input to create the spell(you can literally get the most powerful spells early in the game , if you know what to use, though they aren’t that useful early on)
Treasure Hunter G (トレジャーハンターG, Torejā Hantā Jī)
It’s a cute, fun tactical rpg with a bit of darker touch to it, it’s about a treasure Hunter hunting for magical relics, there’s more story to it but it’s been a very long time since I played this.
Kerotan Frog
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Berserk: Millennium Falcon
Sengoku Basara X Cross
Hokuto No Ken
Berserk because it’s a flawed action game, but the setting and characters are fantastic. Devil Kings and HNK because they’re fun fighting games. You can perform crazy combos and enjoy the cast of characters. These games only appeal to a certain group of people it seems. I bought Basara X Cross the day it came out in Japan and I paid close to $100 for it due to shipping.
This post, plus another video I was listening to, will get me to track down the Berserk Millenium Falcon game. I adore the series and have an itch to smash demons with the dragonslayer. Thank you sir!
On topic, I loved the Gundam Battlefield Record 0081, Gundam Versus EX (back when it was JPN only), and Gundam SEED Battle Destiny for the Vita.
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butane bob
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Basically half of the Satun's library.
That's an interesting one. It's neat being able to murder all the NPC's in a JRPG. Amazingly enough it was directed by Ryuichi Nishizawa, the wonderboy guy. Bit of a change of tone eh?
That's an interesting one. It's neat being able to murder all the NPC's in a JRPG. Amazingly enough it was directed by Ryuichi Nishizawa, the wonderboy guy. Bit of a change of tone eh?
009EspadaSageJay
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yes many
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fart town usa
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I bought a HDMI splitter than allows me to capture PS3 via the current Elgato model. I got the idea to capture some footage of Imabikisou and then I got the idea to see if there's a Japanese translation app, there is. I put like an hour into it tonight, just took pictures of each screen and narrated the video, it's working fine so far. Translation is questionable at times (lol) but it gives enough detail to deduce what is happening in the story. Even better, I can actually figure out what I'm selecting when making a decision in how I reply to something.
I'm uploading it to YouTube, I'll send you the link once it's done.
I forgot how great the production values are in it, the images look so damn cool and some fantastic music. Stoked to see what happens once the game gets spooky and all that.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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supernova8
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Maybe it's because I'm not participating, but this whole thread looks like a big pissing contest of who can name the most obscure game. Like annoying craft beer dude but for video games.
Croga
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Front Mission 5 for me, it's legit the best Front Mission game by a mile and one of my favorite tactical JRPG's.
(Luckily some legend created a fan translation for it!)
I must have sunk maybe 200+ hours into the game, it had a huge amount of content.
A real shame it never got the exposure the game deserved. Anyone who's a fan of turn based tactical RPG's should play it.
I would kill for a remake / remaster!
Great trailer for the game (shame about the quality, but hey it's 2005 and a PS2 game lol):
(Luckily some legend created a fan translation for it!)
I must have sunk maybe 200+ hours into the game, it had a huge amount of content.
A real shame it never got the exposure the game deserved. Anyone who's a fan of turn based tactical RPG's should play it.
I would kill for a remake / remaster!
Great trailer for the game (shame about the quality, but hey it's 2005 and a PS2 game lol):
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