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@TheBoilerman What kind of vinyls are you into?

Ehhh... I think all his stuff is too far over the top for me to enjoy. Happy for those who enjoy it if it becomes more widely available, but I'll pass.

@Toastmaster I don't have anything that can run part 2, but I wouldn't even have time
anyways, so... too bad

What an insane succes story this is, huh? On par with Stardew Valley, though that is a different story.

I, too, have dreams of one day creating my own game, but I really lack the time and skills to make what I have in mind. So happy for those who manage to do so and succeed.

@-wc- I obviously don't know your gaming tastes, but these games regularly go for less than 5 bucks on GOG.com (PC version obviously), so if you'd ask me, the first game is definitely worth a try, especially at that price.

@Stormcloudlive Oh, no doubt it had some serious weaknesses, especially the eyes. And Link looked different shot to shot as well, but if you look past it the same way you would the obvious shortcomings of something like Neverending Story, the IDEA of the video is REALLY cool.

I recently saw an AI generated trailer for a Zelda movie in 80s style. Think Neverending Story / Dark Crystal.

Honestly, that's what I want to see. Never happening, obviously. But anyways, if you happen to have a spare moment of boredom, look it up. It's AI, so temper expectations, but it's still pretty cool.

@Enigk There is a spot in my town that still has regular groups of adults clearly doing some raid. It's pretty wild to see.

But I am glad they are still having fun with it.

So people are weirded out about folks being upset they can't sexualize a minor in the Western esition, but aren't raising questions about the inclusion in the first place?

And I've seen a comment about Japan being different about certain outfits being sexual or not. Like, really?!? Sure...

I wasn't going to buy the game anyways, but now I am certainly not getting it. And Japanese devs need to start doing some introspection anyways, this isn't the only game with questionable content.

I had Saga Frontier 2. Only ever started it up, got a little stuck, quit, and I guess I sold it. Bit bummed about that but what can ya do?

I might buy the Romancing Saga 2 game someday. The old one. Sounds like my jam.

@SalvorHardin Saying something has a certain probability is not the same as it actually HAVING that probability. Ask any Denpa Men hunting for cards.

And then there's players from Belgium and the Netherlands who... oh wait, there ARE no players from BE and NL.

I dislike them both, but I really appreciate Sega giving people the opportunity to choose.

I don't really like DQ but this looks SO PRETTY!!!

The dungeons are rogue-likeish because they are predetermined? That sounds like the opposite of rogue-like.

@tourjeff I never played Metro, but from what I understand Metro is a little more action oriented. Maybe more cinematic too? These games are more atmospheric, action being more interspersed. Some really scary moments without many enemies.

And again, large parts of Europe got the NA variant. Only a few European countries got the EU one on display here.

You absolutely spineless cowards, call it S.T.A.L.K.E.R. like it is supposed to be called!! Are you scared of a few extra dots? Afraid you will develop carpal tunnel because of it?!?

For those who never played it, absolute gem of a game. The vibes in this series is next to none.

@NinChocolate Well, those rules are less basic than "no photos and no touching", and some of those rules are still slightly open to interpretation.

I've had a comment removed. Just one. I didn't agree with the reason, but in the end I had to respect the decision. It was about a term that in my country wasn't considered rude but apparently was in others. I also made sure I didn't do it again.

Because, you know. I was told not to.

I am going to guess it is EXTREMELY clear here what the rules are. If I were to enter, I wouldn't break them. It was conscious decisions by the offenders here.

In the same vein, my manners as a tourist might still be considered rude by the Japanese people, so I would not be intentionally rude, but would change my manners as soon as it were pointed out to me.

@timp29 Good one!

As said, pure gold name, and this just fills me with glee. That there is a person out there who is just playing (a lot it seems) to make everyone as miserable as possible, it truly is the perfect mind-set for this game and I can only applaud this type of trolling.

Also, pretty daring of Nintendo Life to report on this person, with a name like that.

Seems a live action Yakuza Like a Dragon series just dropped on Prime Video. Maybe it's been on for a bit in other countries. But it looks good.

So... I guess I wanted to let you guys know.

Well, I wasn't expecting the review to be what it was.

It almost feels like a shame to use the Smurfs IP, instead of something new and exciting... if that makes sense. Like... the Smurfs have set a bit of a precedent of their games being... sub-par.

@JohnnyMind Your backlog is the REAL spooky story here.

I didn't like the shift to a more futuristic city-scape, but hearing it's only part of the game and actaullly a sort of dream world makes me like the idea all the more.

But I feel like I should play the other game first.

Will I ever have time again to waste on videogames? Ahh, that is MY dream world.

@Dr_Corndog Naah, I googled it too. Mot long enough tonfind more than a really small screenshot and some vague description, but no. We are ot the leakers, and of course we are curious.

But I wouldn't have given it another mind if nobody had leaked. I had simply waited patiently.

Ugh, people...

Honestly... it's just so childish to immediately leak everything.

Not for me but it looks amazing. I live the way the graphics look eve in these still images.

Alas, hardly any time these days.

@Azuris Yep, that makes sense historically. German, French, Spanish and Italian were often language options aside English.

Guess no research was needed. ^_^

@sdelfin Dutch were too. I do not know why certain countries have different bixes, or which ones and why. Seems like nobody has done research on it.

@sdelfin Okay, fair enough. Didn't know early games had circular everywhere.

But I've seen a fair few box art brawls where we, the Netherlands, got the same box as the US ones, and never the "European" ones.

@ear_wig You do realise this list is based on reader scores, right? So if you disagree with it, vote on it and make your buddies vote too. That's how the list becomes more representative.

Let's see how many people fail to properly read the article and instantly jump to conclusions about this non-definitive list.

Please stop calling it the European version when that one only released in parts of Europe. The box art you chose to represent the US box art is literally a European one (the Seal of Approval is round instead of the US oval).

Anyhoo, nostalgia wins for me here. "US" one it is.

@Samalik Well, I guess... And I guess console versions are for a different demographic than their PC counterparts to begin with.

It just feels... like a redundant package, I guess? It's not the most difficult thing to use, but once you are sort of proficient in this kind of game package, you're kind of doing yourself a disservice by not just jumping ship to a more powerful game creation suite, like Unreal or Unity, which are free. Throw in Aseprite, which is very cheap, if you want to do pixel art, and you are good to go. Great to go, honestly.

@wiiware Uhhh... What? How is a trident the opposite of a cross?

And I didn't say they replaced it with a hindu symbol. I said the only thing I could find on the trident as a symbol was its significance in hinduism, aside from Greek mythology. So what I was saying is I couldn't find anything denoting the trident as a devil symbol.

And now you are conflating the symbolism on a Priest character, one that I am sure nobody paid too much mind to, other than not wanting to have Christian symbolism in an animé fantasy game, with their desire to be more inclusive. The choice of changing it to type A and B has nothing to do with the change in attire of a Priest character.

And whether or not that inclusiveness is warranted or achieved with type A and B is another discussion, but that's apparently the reasoning behind it.

Those two have very little to do with one another, aside from both being changes to the original format. I can even safely assert that the change in the Priest's iconography is for very different reasons than the female Fighter's change in appearance, to name that third change.

This is far from the first time a Japanese game changes iconography for Western audiences. Whether or not you agree with the changes is besides the point. They changed swastikas with stars in many games, and I am guessing there isn't a single soul on this planet that doesn't understand the reasoning behind it.

I am guessin the developers or localizers thought a cross might also rub some people the wrong way in a similar (albeit less intense) way.

So again, how is it a devil symbol?

Sounds like an excellent gift for my son. Bit pricy though. Not bad value, mind you, but an investment for sure.

Shame the artwork accompanying these releases are always a lot better than the sprite art that comes with the packages.

It's not that it's terrible, it's just so cookie cutter.

@wiiware Do you mean the trident symbol? How is that a devil symbol? A quick search tells me it at least has positive connotations in hinduism, and I've never seen it used in Christian symbolism. The only Western usage I know of is Greek mythology.

Doesn't mean you are wrong, mind you, I am genuinely curious how that translated to a devil symbol for you.

@axelhander Fair enough.

Who knew the NL comment section could produce such thoughtful content?

Thanks for that!

What? Not sustainable projects are not sustainable? You don't say.

Gotta keep thoses shares up, though.

I am starting to hate this world more and more.

@JohnnyMind Sure, concept art and music is cool, even some thi gs that you might think a bit embarrasing, but I was talking almost literal trash. There is stuff that is simply not worth keeping, let alone sharing.

Maybe the devs here were asked to save even their most horrendous trash, and THAT got leaked now.

It's just not okay what happened here.

@Dubcheezy They din't release stuff because of greed? No...

Okay, bad comparison maybe, but I make music. I have some song on Spotify. I also have about 300 different "songs" (term used loosely) on my hard drive. Some of those are utter, utter trash. One can argue so are my releases, but that's a different argument. Anyways, they were things I tried out. Things nobody needs to hear, nor want to.

I already read some comments saying they can never look at Typhlosion the same again.

It's probably a word doc that should've been toased in the bin but hadn't. Probably nothing more. I doubt whoever came up with it has any recollection of even writing it.

Sometimes things are just doodles. Doodles that shoukd not be brought to light. Because it sullies people's experience.

I don't have any huge fans of my music, I am far from prolific enough, but if I had fans, and they would hear my trash files, they would be put off.

Nothing to do with greed.

Never saw that or the subsequent memes. But I am also pretty much only here online, amd not a lot of other places.

Yeah, y'all have gone real quiet since I dropped that bombshell.

Steady gentlemen!! This list is made out of user scores.

OUR user scores. If a few people scored a bad game highly, it will be higher up the list than a good game scored poorly by many.

If you disagree, give a game a score if you haven't already.

@RunninBlue Yes, that one.

And to everyone here, sit down before I tell you about another hidden feature of FFIII.

Are you siting down?

It has multiplayer!

@niner You owe us a picture of your Halloween costume in a few weeks.

Just pretend like you are talking about a LotR game, and throw in a pic. We won't tell!

@CammyUnofficial The game came with a poster, just about A4 sized, of Mog, same as the box art. I had it too.

Ah FFIII. I am not sure from reading your piece if playing it was a life changing experience. It certainly was for me.

When I was a kid, there was a store in a village not far from the city where I lived, which sold imported games. The woman who ran it was such a nice person. This is where I was introduced to FFIII, a game which would never release in Europe in its SNES form.

I also bought Breath of Fire, Chrono Trigger and Mario RPG there. Maybe some more I am forgetting right now. It was a magnificent place.

I was also introduced to a Japanese N64 with Mario 64 on it, way before it would be released, and I will gladly tell you the embarrassing truth, I did NOT understand that controller, trying to reach the middle stick while holding it like a regular joystick, instead of holding it middle to right.

Anyhoo, I played FFIII for about an hour there after an event she had hosted for that unicycle game, forgot the name. I am so glad I took it home. It probably wasn't my first RPG, though it might have been, but it was definitely the one with the absolute most impact on me.

The woman there was also somewhat impressed by my grasp of English. I remember her saying that to my folks. In those days, it was apparently pretty unique for a kid my age to be that good at English...

I love this game dearly!

Thank you for sharing your story, Nathan! Sounds like you were a lucky kid with all that playtesting!

@Ruler-Of-All-Evil Well, maybe Call of Duty games that were churned out faster than one could buy. Sure, there were probably many games on sale quicker than average.

But the same still holds true. I missed out on Unicorn Overlord. Sold out everywhere! Several months later I found a copy in the wild for 60. Instantly bought it. Two weeks later I saw the game for 35 in the same store chain, in different cities.

Suffice to suy I was pretty ticked off. Pretty much same thing with all RPGs I bought day one, though. Rarity no longer seems to be an issue.

@Synecdoche Outliers be outlyin'