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I glad I bought the JP version of the Invincible Collection when it first came out. Taito added English text (oddly enough, Arkanoid vs. SI was already in English) and the games that used to be LE only via patches.

I disagree that the best content is all there for SI Forever. SI Forever doesn't have Super Space Invaders/Majestic Twelve.

Mother of mercy, is this another game named "RICO"?

@TheWingedAvenger They didn't change the title because they wanted to. It was titled Neo Turf Masters when it first came to Arcade Archives in the west. Augusta National had a legal dispute with SNK over the title because it has the word "Masters" in it.

They picked the wrong Jelly Boy. Too bad the game included isn't "Jerry Boy". More interested in the other two. I remember Claymates being a pretty good platformer and Bombuzal looks pretty fun.

@blindsquarel Funny thing is that the original model GB can survive being bombed, but lines blocking the screen appear with the slightest drop (though this is fixable, especially since replacement screens exist). Oddly enough, my switch survived being frozen when I accidentally left it in a car in extremely cold weather. It's been over a year since that happened and my switch is still alive and kicking.

@DrDaisy I haven't seen the movie, though it looks like the colorized footage in the capture on this page is based on the first game, which doesn't have a color version. Oddly enough, Crazy Castle 3 (which is a backwards compatible game) does have a JP exclusive B/W GB version named Soreyuke!! Kid that has Kid Klown instead of Looney Tunes characters.

Kemco was infamous for making "insert a license" games and the Crazy Castle series was no exception. The NES game was originally a Roger Rabbit game for FDS (not to be confused with the LJN published NES game) and the first two GB games were Mickey Mouse games in Japan (though the Bugs Bunny versions came to Japan in a two in one cartridge). BB Crazy Castle II also had a version with a character named Hugo in some parts of Europe.

@DrDaisy Crazy Castle 3 and 4 are in color.

I find it hilarious that Skyblazer was drawn with 5 'o clock shadow. Also, where did the top pic come from? It's much better than the "manga" artwork, though Skyblazer is ripped compared to how he looks in game.

Watch out! Orko's got a gun!

The movie reminded me a bit of Adventures of Dinosaur City (which actually has a SNES game based on it named Dino City). I wonder what Hollywood was thinking with these weird dinosaur movies.

@DockEllisD Sagaia GB is not a port/remix of Darius II like the western versions of Sagaia. It's more like a remix of Darius I. It's also one of the only official Darius games without branching paths.

Oh great, now everyone thinks they are Jake from State Farm.

Going by what I read online, Momotaro Dentetsu was originally a Hudson game that almost didn't come back because of Konami. If the creator of the series didn't speak up, it probably wouldn't have came back at all.

I'm a bit skeptical since it seems to be going in a bit of a different direction from the original game, but I hope this new Getsu Fuuma Den turns out well. The original game plays similar to the first NES TMNT, but is actually a more polished game, despite being released earlier.

With Artoon/Arzest's track record you would think they were full of staff from Micronics rather than staff that worked on the original Sonic the Hedgehog and Fantasy Zone.

Why was the PS5 version chosen to compare instead of PS4?

Puzzle Boy/Kwirk the Chilled Tomato!

@KingMike I think you mean Amazing Tater, which is actually a localization of Puzzle Boy II. The first game was released as Kwirk. Funny thing is there's a version of Puzzle Boy in a SMT game (SMT III for PS2). There was also a Japan only Devil Children spinoff for GBA that was based of Puzzle Boy. There's also Spud's Adventure, which I assumed was a different game unrelated to the Puzzle Boy series, but I was mistaken (about it being unrelated, at least). Not only was it also done by Atlus, but it seems to have the same characters (as the original JP Puzzle Boy. Kwirk changed the main character to a Tomato).

Nobody remembers Waldo Geraldo Faldo from Family Matters?

I didn't remember Roses having them (only one I have seen in MD is in Ocean City, so I have only been there on vacation), but I remember Sears having a world of Nintendo kiosk. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a similar ad for sears.

Quarth/Block Hole was released not long ago. It may not be Konami's most well known game, but it's still a nice release.

Neat. Not surprised Valiant did the comics since they also published some other Nintendo related comics.

They also recently had an answer about Mario.

Ugh. They actually named one of the characters "Bichiko".

I wonder if the MD version has any differences in layout. It would be odd to have "Nintendo" and "Game Boy" in a MD game. The MD version also has an extra final stage since the sequel hinted at in the NES ending never came out.

I'm glad I imported the Invincible Collection. Majestic 12 aka Super Space Invaders '91 is good stuff. I like how it has classic SI as well, though it's too bad the overlays are missing.

I bought it, but it doesn't seem to be using the same emulator as the switch online games. The emulator menu text is distorted, even when the video mode is set to "pixel perfect" (which thankfully isn't true of the in game text). It lacks the nice looking 4:3 mode of the Switch Online emulator.

Orko deserves a much better game.

So this is why the page for the rest of the games wasn't available after I downloaded the JP version. There's a bit of a language barrier in the boss fights in Wagan Land, though. It's a choose the right item mini game with the descriptions in Japanese.

The menus are in English, but the game manual and included FC game is in Japanese.

Gaplus (aka Galaga 3) is the one with a new NES-ized version. Galaga already has a NES version. I was surprised by the inclusion of Legacy of the Wizard since it wasn't developed by Namco, only published by them in Japan. I'm glad it's included, though, since it's an excellent game.

Odd that Star Luster and Valkyrie no Bouken aren't included since they barely have any text at all and are mostly in English. Star Luster plays quite a bit like Atari's original Star Raiders on the Atari 800/5200.

Splatterhouse AC is already in the first Namco Museum for Switch. I don't mind the FC game being included since this is a collection of NES/FC games and it's a good game in its own right.

@EVIL-C Check the eshop. The US press releases only list last week's game. I just bought Sunsetriders on the US eShop a few minutes ago.

@KingMike Other versions, including the SNES stand alone cart version, the arcade Space Invaders DX, and the Saturn version also had a similar Vs. mode, though only the PCE CD version has the anime girls.

Edit: The Hucard SI is different from the PCE CD game. The latter is a port of Space Invaders DX like other versions named Space Invaders The Original Game. The former has a different, less accurate port of the original and a full updated version.

I'm not sure about Arkanoid vs. SI being a preorder bonus. It was listed as part of the lineup for the standard edition, despite being a separate download. It came with mine and I find it interesting how it has a full English localization, unlike the collection itself.

Not all of the games are inferior ports and a few like Dragon Spirit are good in their own right. Splatterhouse is what the Parodius series is to Gradius and takes itself less seriously than the original. It's different from the arcade, but still very good. I would also take a NES version of the original Champion Edition over the disappointing Champion Edition 2.

There's some confusion with the top buttons. The switch on the upper side of the controller toggles which buttons function as L and ZL and which function as LSB and RSB. In other words L and ZL can be switched to the left side of the controller. The PS4 Fighting Commander has a similar switch, but instead puts R1 and R2 on on the right when L and ZL are on the left.

Edit: I don't see a turbo button in the picture, but I'm not 100% sure on no turbo since the PS4 version of the controller has it.

The PS4 Hori Fighting Commander also works on switch with the Mayflash Magic-NS or Magic-S Plus adapters, but I'm not sure how they compare to the Brook adapters input lag wise.

The price on PS4 is lower than the Switch version in the UK? I checked the local US PSN store and it's the exact same price I paid for the switch version.

Edit: doh! Meant to say PS4 was cheaper.

"Fandom" would fit this better than "random". I almost thought this was some official in game thing before I read the article.

Sega Ages G-Loc just hit the JP eShop, but not the US eShop. Any news on a US release?

https://youtu.be/e-cPmvRN2x4

@Shiryu Actually, Kunio is the name of one of the players on the Japanese team in Nintendo World Cup. Oddly enough, they used the name Riki for one of the players on that team too, despite Riki not actually being on the Nekketsu team in the original game.

Funny how the description says "Family Computer Disk System" when none of the DD or Kunio games were disk based.

@joey302 I posted it a few posts up. Penguin Wars.

No mention of this week's or last week's Arcade Archives. Last Friday Vs. Balloon Fight was released. This week, the original Penguin Kun Wars was released.

@KitsuneNight The Engrish intro was only in the EU Mega Drive version, not the AC version.

The shape of Pikachu's mouth in that pic almost makes me wonder if he's going to say "Yip Yip Yip" instead of "Pikachu".

"VS. Castlevania was originally released for the Nintendo VS. System of arcade hardware, which for the most part offered tweaked versions of NES games designed to focus more on head-to-head gameplay. We say “for the most part” because VS. Castlevania doesn’t bother with that; despite the name, this is a strictly solo affair."

A good chunk of Vs. games were single player only or alternating 2p like the NES versions. Vs. SMB is only 2P alternating and Vs. Excitebike, despite the name, is also single player only. Most of the Vs. games with 2p modes are also 2p on NES.

Don't get the "shiny light" thing on parts of the skin in JP artwork. Ryza's legs look like they are infected with a huge pimple. I noticed her shorts show skin and straps on the sides too.

The artwork doesn't seem to be as consistent as Cuphead. Cuphead stayed close to classic 30s cartoons like Popeye or Felix the Cat, but Enchanted Portals looks more modern at times, especially the background that has a house with a satellite dish.

The description still says the original Megadrive Columns when it's actually the arcade version included for Columns I. The arcade version is very similar to the Arcade mode of the MD/Genesis version and is on Genesis based hardware.

The ability to turn the puyos counterclockwise is actually in the original game, but unused due to the arcade machine only having one rotate button. The Mega Drive port has the ability to rotate counterclockwise. The arcade runs on beefed up Mega Drive based hardware and the MD port is very similar aside from having less and lesser quality voices.

The port has the same alterations as the Doom 3 BFG versions. Pills instead of the red cross on stimpacks and, AFAIK, altered Wolfenstein levels without Nazi symbolism.

@DenDen The original Gold Key comics from the 50s are as different from the N64 games as this game.