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Retro Video Games of Japan
日本のレトロゲーム
Famicom Enthusiast!🪼Metroid 📿Bionic Commando 🚀Gradius 🐙Parodius 🦖Godzilla 🤖Rockman 👻GnG/Makaimura 🧛♂️Castlevania
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The game was later ported to the GameCube in three different versions: Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+. Each version added new villagers and features.
Many characters like Blathers, Kapp’n, Tortimer, and the Able Sisters were not present in the original N64 version.
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Yeah, my Twitter account is deleted, but honestly I’m not even very active on here either these days.
No idea when I’ll make more videos but hopefully I’ll be able to get at least one out this year. 👍
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It’s pretty fun but it’s 100 levels to finish the game and there’s no save or password feature which means you have to play through the whole game all in one sitting. That’s my biggest complaint. 😮💨
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The cartridge functions as a personal assistant that has features like a calculator, a phone book, a local email/pager, a calendar, and even a TV/VCR remote control.
I can’t seem to get it running on my Analogue Pocket or my Game Boys to try it out, but it’s still cool in a weird way nonetheless.
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Here’s the standalone mouse I mentioned.
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Yeah, there were a lot more games in Japan that used the mouse so it got more support and bundles over there.
Really wish it had done better over here… 😢
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Yeah, it was pretty obtuse and difficult, but I still played it constantly and the soundtrack is burned into my brain for the rest of my life. 😂
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This track is in so many of my playlists! Such an awesome soundtrack.
I played this game so much as a kid, even though I was completely garbage at it and never quite understood what was going on half the time. 😅
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Makaimura on the Famicom was a big deal in 1986 when it first released.
It would be the first game to utilize a 128KB cartridge, effectively striking a massive blow to Nintendo’s Disk System which had released just 4 months prior and touted 112KB of disk storage as one of its major selling points.
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Nice! Did the sequel ever release on the PC Engine?
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The new artwork they did for these games is probably some of the best in the entire series, especially the sketch drawings on the back of the manuals.
I bought these as they came out back in 1999 but they were destroyed in a flood about a decade ago, so I’ve slowly been rebuying them again. 😮💨
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The player controls a fairy named Wanda who must guide Mario (blinded by a bucket on his head) to the end of each stage through various traps and obstacles.
Wanda can “point and click” on objects (using the mouse) to interact with them and help guide Mario to the goal.
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It originally made use of Nintendo’s Super Scope light gun, but the developers couldn’t quite make the mechanics function properly and a decision was made to use the SFC mouse instead.
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Yeah, I love the Famicom clamshells! Some of the early 90s Sunsoft games like this and Hebereke used them which was really cool.
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It’s far from a perfect game, but its soundtrack and graphics are top notch and its gameplay is still pretty fun.
I’m really happy the Famicom cover art used the awesome movie poster artwork instead of the NES’ generic photo of Mohawk.
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Very awesome!
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The controller looks pretty awesome too!
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Huh, I never even thought about that. Kind of curious myself now. 🤔🤔
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Thanks!! I’ve got a HiSaturn coming in at some point too so I’m looking forward to messing around with that as well. 👍👍
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Thank you! I’ve gotten a lot better at taking the photos and cleaning them up a bit over the past year.
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Found it on Mercari actually 😅
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Thanks man, so many cool little bonuses, but the art book made it extra worth it. 👍👍
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It’s a little awkward using the controller as the mouse pointer at times, but if you like TIM then you’ll still probably enjoy it. 👍
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More like the Mouse Trap board game if you remember that. 😅
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Funnily enough, the Makaimura / Ghosts ‘n Goblins theme was added last minute to the game, presumably to help with its marketability.
Much like The Incredible Machine, you must setup a series of Rube Goldberg-like devices to solve a mission scenario that is given to you.
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- Stickers and manuals that were used on the first two Strider arcade cabinets
- Wearable Strider Hiryu mask
- Patch / badge used in Strider’s 2014 design
- Small art prints of the same artwork used on the box and Visual Chronicle
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The LE was sold exclusively through Capcom’s online store and includes:
- Special storage box with artwork by Mega Man artist Ryuji Higarashi
- “Visual Chronicle” 80 page art book
- “Sound Chronicle” 3-CD set featuring music from all three Strider games
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Blue Lock is one of the few modern anime I’ve really enjoyed. Its ridiculousness gives it a lot of personality.
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I’d wager a lot of money that he was the main inspiration behind that character’s design, haha
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Happy birthday man!