Vital Tundra
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Wait, there was a sequel? Holy balls.
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Dream of one game localization no one else here would take as their pick
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Wait, there was a sequel? Holy balls.
YianGaruga
Banned
Metal Slader Glory, but more specifically, the Super Famicom version.
It was Nintendo's final SFC release (in 2000) and a pretty cool looking visual novel about mechs and stuff.
My second choice would be the port of the original Oreshika on PSP. That one could still happen I guess, but it's not very likely.
I certainly hope so!That problem will be solved soon, thankfully
John Kowalski
Banned
Oh man there's just too many ughhhhhh
But I'll give two seperate games though.
Modern - Students of the Round. I seriously hope Gaijinworks picks this up since there's no Class of Heroes games left to localize.
Retro - G.O.D. Pure - A Playstation one remake of the SNES turn-based RPG that seems pretty fun to play. People tend to call this an earthbound clone, but from what I've seen I don't think the term clone is appropriate. Seems more serious than Earthbound
But I'll give two seperate games though.
Modern - Students of the Round. I seriously hope Gaijinworks picks this up since there's no Class of Heroes games left to localize.
Retro - G.O.D. Pure - A Playstation one remake of the SNES turn-based RPG that seems pretty fun to play. People tend to call this an earthbound clone, but from what I've seen I don't think the term clone is appropriate. Seems more serious than Earthbound
Kresnik258
Member
Haha, I was coming to pick exactly this (Fuuraiki 3). Made a request for it on NISA's forums, but sadly no interest in it from them, so that's that. I can understand why, but I just really want to play it.
I'm planning to import 3 & 4 at some point, yeah
So anyway, since it hasn't been brought up yet, my suggestion is:
I don't think there's much demand for portable not-quite-Way-of-the-Samurai-from-the-DanganRonpa-team-but-without-the-stylish-murder-mystery, but it's top of my list. The fact that it's semi open world just makes me want it more. Ahh, what could have been.
Speaking of, it's almost exactly 1 year since it came out in Japan, so I think I can safely import soon without fear of it being localized, which is a real shame:
RecRoulette
Member
Madou Monogatari Ultimate Collection
Lunarwhale
Member
Linda Cube Again. There's a fan translation in the works at least but it seems like progress has stopped.
Ramzastrife
Member
I would probably die if we ever got this or
YianGaruga
Banned
Noo you made it ineligible!
It looks so interesting, shame it would sell like 10 copies here
I'm very fond of the Starfy series. It'd be nice if the first four were localised as well as the fifth
Yeah, Japan have 3 and we only have the second one. I wish we had all of them
Yeah, Japan have 3 and we only have the second one. I wish we had all of them
Randomly Nameless
Member
If I dig into old games, I think my pick would be Far East of Eden on... I don't even remember, SNES ?
If I follow you guys in the old but not too old I think it would be Last Ranker on PSP.
In terms of games without existing fan translations, this would probably be my pick too, heh.
Either that or Magical Vacation
Owlowiscious
Member
Funyarinpa
Member
Prophane33
Member
Tetsudou Nippon!
I would also say Dragon Quest Theatrhythm but I know for a fact lots of people want that one.
Two routes from this series have been localized on the US Eshop, as Japanese Rail Sim 3D. While I own Journey in Suburbs #1 and can 100% confirm that it's only part of the Japanese release of the Nagaragawa Tetsudou version; I can't speak for the Journey to Kyoto, which may be all or part of the Eizan Densha version.
Also as someone who splits his time evenly between US and Japanese version games I can say that a large percentage of these unlocalized games are objectively not very good. ESPECIALLY Dream Mix TV World Fighters (oooh it's god awful!).
With the release of the newest Nobunaga's Ambition and recent app store release of Kamaitachi no Yoru (as Banshee's Last Cry) my "dream localization" has already happened. Other than that I can't think of anything in Japan that I want to play that I haven't been able to or won't be able to play in the near future (though if the powers that be want to release Steins Gate Zero I certainly wouldn't mind playing it in English).
DrROBschiz
Member
Anyone say Grand Knights History yet?
Cuz thas my pick
Cuz thas my pick
I own Venus and Braves for the PS2 (which would thus be my preferred version as my PSP is gathering dust somewhere...) and although I played a fair way into it it's not really worth it without really understanding much of the story, and it was too slow going with a dictionary in hand.
It's a fun strategy RPG but very much not in the traditional Tactics Ogre-esque mould - you plan your battle entirely beforehand and there's no real movement save rotating your squad in a turn; it's all about how you plan out your unit placement beforehand.
That coupled with the Gestalt system for relationship management and an interesting storyline makes it good fun to play. Alas, it was 2D and niche - and spiritually a sequel to the also untranslated Seven: Molmoth's Cavalry - so never made it here.
The team behind it went on to make Fragile, which I never really got on that well with and should revisit someday; I think they're disbanded now, or at least absorbed elsewhere into the Bamco monolith.
chronic_archaic
Member
Everyparty on Xbox 360. I just want to know what it's like tbh.
YianGaruga
Banned
I'm here to learn about cool niche Japanese games!
And I did ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
chrominance
Member
Since Boku no Natsuyasumi was already mentioned, I'll go with the Combini/Conveni series. Basically, you manage a convenience store. That's it. Not sure how deep it is but I love weird niche simulator games like that. Plus I think it actually had the Lawson brand attached somehow.
I have the PSP version from when I visited Japan, but I'm probably going to need to learn A LOT of Japanese before I can consider playing it.
I have the PSP version from when I visited Japan, but I'm probably going to need to learn A LOT of Japanese before I can consider playing it.
I'm still bitter over that... "Well at least the manga is in english!" Cancelled after 3 volumes in Japan... :/
My 3 picks:
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Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Mine would be deSPIRIA. The game looks fucking great!
I totally wanted to play that.Mizzurna Falls
Probably a bad game, but a Twin Peaks/Deadly Premonition PS1 game? I have to play that.
Zebra_Parade
Member
Sengoku Basara X.
If only.
If only.
Back around when DS was just launched, I was bitter for Square Enix not bringing this over. I'm not even sure if it's a good game, but it looked interesting and there really weren't all that many games to buy for DS in those early days. Still kind of interested to try it out, but I'm guessing I never will.
Egg Monster Hero
Egg Monster Hero
Prophane33
Member
These are great! Also a really neat niche sim was Burger Burger on PSone. You got to combine different ingredients as you created your menu of burgers as you sought to be the king of burger chains.
Either that or Magical Vacation
I have no idea about the chance of success of said project but I'm glad to tell you that someone is working on a fan trad and even announced a release in the ballpark of June.
I refuse to get hyped too much but even the prospect is nice.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
All the Chinese PC RPGs & Strategy/RPGs. Start with Heroine Anthem.
R_thanatos
Member
or basicaly ANY PUYO PUYO GAME.
Tales of rebirth is a fine choice
TheMoon
Member
Oooh yes please!!
If you go the non-Japanese route I always was curious about War of Genesis (Korean RPG with character design by Hyung Tae Kim IIRC).
Rollo Tomasi
Member
Always wanted to play this.
Tomato Adventure by Alphadream, the precursor to the M&L RPG series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_Adventure
My absolute first choice is Shin kamaitachi no Yoru(night of the true kamaitachi or banshee's last cry), it's like a serious danganronpa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY-LNH4XZV4
But there's a lot more i would like to get, on vita and psp.
EDIT:
some gameplay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQZ2kgwgxI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY-LNH4XZV4
But there's a lot more i would like to get, on vita and psp.
EDIT:
some gameplay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQZ2kgwgxI
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I wanted that Culdcept 3DS localized so much...
Either that or Magical Vacation
Just checked again, with the enthusiastic reactions I feared I had made an error and... No
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,20803.0.html
If linking to this site is frowned upon just say it and I will delete it.
Big ups to the poster who mentioned Segagaga. That would've been my pick. Since it can't be though...
I'd have to go with the Gihren's Greed games, with Gihren's Greed: The Menace of Axis V being my choice if I had to just pick one. They're large-scale turn-based strategy games where you run campaigns trying to win different Universal Century Gundam conflicts (generally the One Year War) as different factions (generally Zeon), going deep into alternate "history" scenarios depending on the choices you make.
I'd have to go with the Gihren's Greed games, with Gihren's Greed: The Menace of Axis V being my choice if I had to just pick one. They're large-scale turn-based strategy games where you run campaigns trying to win different Universal Century Gundam conflicts (generally the One Year War) as different factions (generally Zeon), going deep into alternate "history" scenarios depending on the choices you make.
Von Krukru
Banned
You are not alone, I'd love to give it a try but I think it's next to impossible. Well that's why it is a dream localization after all