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Most notable for being the first project directed by current Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma, Marvelous is an adventure-RPG hybrid built-on the Link to the Past engine (borrowing plenty of sounds and assets). The good news is that it’s on a lot of systems (SS, PS) so you may get lucky … one day.Īlthough Nintendo Power dedicated four pages for an extensive preview (issue 93), Marvelous never was released outside Japan. Parodius Portable (PSP) used to be the best option, but now that it’s out of print it’s not much more affordable than an original SFC cart ($20-40). It’s a shmup about penguins and anime girls.Īvailability: Sadly, no US release. Most memorable has to be the Lethal Enforcers segment of Stage 6, where you shoot down gun range targets while a background depicts penguins driving police cars. While you start off fighting a flamingo-dressed panda at a disco, you’ll eventually fight your way through levels and bosses that pay direct homage to other Konami titles. The greatest thing about the game are the levels.
A paper airplane with stick figures chillin’ on top? The game has 16 playable characters that range from a traditional spaceship to a penguin with a 9mm - there are stranger options but I find them much harder to describe in text. It’s debatable whether Jikkyou Oshaberi is the best of the series, but I selected this one due to its wacky presentation that outdoes any of its predecessors (the following games in the series were released on disc-based consoles). In addition to being a great companion to Gradius, it’s one of the most colorful, humorous series to come out of Japan. Other than a Game Boy release and an arcade cabinet, Parodius never made it to the U.S., which is too bad. Original carts are rare and go for $20-50. An English version was released in Europe and Australia.Īvailability: No ports. Unfortunately, you don’t kick anybody out of a window. The level design links all the floors together nicely, recreating the “How the hell am I going to survive this night in this crazy ass building” feeling of Die Hard. The game is redundant, but oddly addictive considering its subject matter. partner eat away the flames with your water house and (magical?) fire axe. Each level takes place on a different floor, taken over by flame monsters and robots. You and a buddy are tasked with putting out a fire devouring a highrise.
Although the SNES debut did reach Europe, its lackluster PlayStation sequel did not.īefore Ignition Factor (which came out two days later) and Burning Rangers, The Firemen was the definitive firefighter-themed action game.
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Its most acclaimed series - Clock Tower, Fire Pro Wrestling and Twilight Syndrome (which launched Suda51’s career) - passed on Western releases for many (or all) of their series entries. Human Entertainment never gave much of a damn about the West. However, these picks will give you a good head-start into the world of imports and fan translations and, hopefully, renew your interest in the Super Nintendo/Famicom.Īlong with a brief description, I give information on current availability and language barriers for each title. The below eight titles are by no means the very best of what is out there. Some have yet to even receive a fan translation. Given that the Super Famicom has literally twice as many games in its library as the Super Nintendo, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that many classics never reached the States.Īlthough some of the best have been reborn through late-ports ( Megaman & Bass, Final Fantasy V), many titles remain in obscurity. Join us for “ Seven days of the Super Nintendo!” It’s the 20th anniversary of the release of the Super Nintendo! To celebrate, Destructoid is offering a week’s worth of SNES-related content.
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