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[SinCityAssassin]

Wait there is not earthbound on the famicom mini?

They got FE: Mystery of the Emblem instead.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Some serious love for Actraiser. I'm surprised / disappointed by the lack of Dragon Quest V.

Akihiro Hino (Level 5): Another World

Good man.

 

[mickagau33]

No Dragon Quest?

DQ5 got 3 remakes/port (ps2, DS and mobile) and DQ6 got 2 (Ds and mobile) so I suppose people don't really see the need of the SFC roms. Maybe ?

 

[Nategc20]

Curious that no one at Square said Chrono Trigger.

Curious.

Curious.

Yea that's absolutely mind boggling and the most glaring missing game by far.

 

[Cassovia]

Square Enix
Ryutaro Ichimura: Front Mission
Yoshinori Matase: Sim City
Yosuke Saito: Wonder Project J
Naoki Yoshida: Tactics Ogre

It's nice that they are expressing their own opinions, but Chrono Trigger should be the answer.

 

[Joey Ravn]

No mention of Seiken Densetu 3? The game that they can actually add?

What a letdown

 

[Apathy]

Surprised that Chrono trigger only came up twice

 

[StrangeRoboMemory]

Interesting to see so much love for ActRaiser, it seems that had a huge impact in Japan. For my part, Chrono Trigger is the obvious inclusion. I would have ditched the two Kirby games and Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts in exchange for Chrono Trigger, ActRaiser, and Cybernator or Wild Guns.

 

[LuigiBlood]

"Tsunekazu Ishihara (The Pokemon Company): Sound Fantasy (Unreleased game)"

Here's why he even mentions that game.

I'd love to have it though. Releasing the prototype was not enough. Not polished enough.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

Cybernator
is dope

 

[Zee-Row]

Is Cybernator actually good? I remember seeing old magazine ads for it and writing it off.

 

[Jimrpg]

No Super Tennis? NBA Jam (TE)? Come on now.

 

[Yukinari]

No Capcom Disney games is the real crime here.

 

[Lunarwhale]

Shintaro Kojima: Umihara Kawase

Always good to see more Umihara Kawase recognition. One of my favorite platformers on the system.

Still a bit surprised by the lack of Mother 2 on the SFC Mini. I understand that they needed to switch a couple games (like putting in Fire Emblem), but Mother 2 feels like an odd cut.

 

[Nairume]

Is Cybernator actually good? I remember seeing old magazine ads for it and writing it off.

It was genuinely great.

 

[poodaddy]

Platinum and Square Enix know what's up. Great taste.

Now that I think about it, it's really damn weird that Pilotwings isn't on there. Guarantee Pilotwings 64 will be on the N64 mini, the game was a big deal at the time.

 

[Quadraphonic]

They really did forget Super R-Type.

 

[DecoReturns]

They got FE: Mystery of the Emblem instead.

And that's two games in one technically as well

 

[WarioFan63]

Platinum and Square Enix know what's up. Great taste.

Now that I think about it, it's really damn weird that Pilotwings isn't on there. Guarantee Pilotwings 64 will be on the N64 mini, the game was a big deal at the time.

Pilotwings 64 has skipped VC twice so far, so I wouldn’t bet too hard on that.

I know SNES mini has YI and Star Fox, but I still feel like something different is up with Pilotwings 64

 

[Megatron]

I think that the wide variety of titles listed with no one title being repeated ad nauseum shows that Nintendo did a pretty good job of getting the biggest and most important games on the system.

And how much awesome software was on the snes.

 

[inner-G]

Wait there is not earthbound on the famicom mini?

They traded it for Panel de Pon

 

[Zalman]

Ishihara mentioning Sound Fantasy is just great. Him and Sakurai being able to have a say is funny considering they're kind of Nintendo but not really.

 

[Psxphile]

Clearly 20+1 was too limiting.. should have went for 30

Another World would be a waste given how it's so cheaply available in a better edition on other platforms. It was an amazing SNES game for its time, though.

That console-only soundtrack must have really made an impression.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZx3aFTwi1Y

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Yoshifumi Hashimoto: Space Megaforce

That Aleste Series Soundtrack Goodness

 

[Shig]

Respect knuckles to the boys at Atlus. R-Type III is super underrated.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Sega
Yosuke Okunari: Otogirisou
Toshihiro Nagoshi: Pilotwings
Mizuki Hosoyamada: Super Puyo Puyo

Some good taste here. Of course Nagoshi would nominate a game which is still great and deserved to make the roster, but Puyo Puyo and an underrated Chunsoft VN deserve attention as well.

Sound Fantasy would have been super cool, but I get why its odds were low.

 

[Moor-Angol]

iirc Contra and Castlevania have been pulled out from the Japanese list of available games

Those should have been the answers, fuck rpg's !!!!

 

[Weltall Zero]

Platinum Games:
Atsushi Inaba: Chrono Trigger
Hideki Kamiya: Cybernator

Dat impeccable P* taste.

Would have loved to hear Yoko Taro and Hidetaka Miyazaki's picks.

 

[eastx]

That console-only soundtrack must have really made an impression.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZx3aFTwi1Y

Wow, that's very catchy. Shame they didn't include it in the rerelease, along with the two soundtracks it does have.

 

[angelic]

Wtf. Is that a mario/bubsy hybrid? Mubsy?!?

Absolutely disgusting.

Someone being wrongly offended as the 1st post, 2017 everybody.

Did Hideki Kamiya really give Assault Suits Valken it's American name?

Is Cybernator actually good? I remember seeing old magazine ads for it and writing it off.

Genuinely brilliant, best feeling of weight in a 16bit shooter / platformer. Punches pack a real solid crunch of metal and power.

 

[PsionBolt]

Not a single bad choice in the bunch. It really drives home how ridiculously stacked the SNES library was. So many all-time greats.

Props to Mizuki Hosoyamada for naming Super Puyo Puyo, but the clearly superior choice would have been Puyo Puyo Tsu!

 

[VLQ]

Naoki Yoshida: Tactics Ogre

Yoshi-P, my boy

 

[Psxphile]

Wow, that's very catchy. Shame they didn't include it in the rerelease, along with the two soundtracks it does have.

Yeah it was.

I was weirded out the first time I played the GBA homebrew port, being my first real experience with Eric Chahi's original vision. No real soundtrack to speak of other than the intro and ending. Much moodier in comparison to the SNES/MD experience (and zero loading).

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Kamiya and that other guy from BN know what's up.

Spoiler

Calling it - Nintendo will sell a ROM pack for the NES/SNES Classic that you can only buy and upgrade through the Switch.

 

[Sumio Mondo]

The Tactics Ogre and Front Mission mentions are certainly nice to see. Would have been nice to see some MegaTen presence though.

 

[sixteen-bit]

No love for The NinjaWarriors AGAIN, smh

 

[DiamondDog74]

Ah this is the second time I've heard of sound fantasy. I really should try it out

 

[TLZ]

Hiroyuki Kobayashi: International Superstar Soccer

Dude knows his shit.

 

[mrklaw]

this is an odd thing to do. You launch a new mini, then immediately remind people of all the great games that aren't on it.

 

[traveler]

this is an odd thing to do. You launch a new mini, then immediately remind people of all the great games that aren't on it.

I'd agree normally, but the lack of consensus and presence of a fair number of niche titles actually leaves one with the impression that Nintendo did a pretty bang up job on capturing the must haves for the platform.

I still think DKC2, DKC3 and Chrono Trigger would have rounded out the collection, but it's hard to be unhappy with what we got.

 

[jstripes]

Is Cybernator actually good? I remember seeing old magazine ads for it and writing it off.

It's really, really good. Extremely fluid mecha action platforming. Terrible marketing and not much exposure for it, though.

 

[maxmars]

Pilotwings 64 has skipped VC twice so far, so I wouldn’t bet too hard on that.

I know SNES mini has YI and Star Fox, but I still feel like something different is up with Pilotwings 64

With the resurgence of indie games and the wide availability of 3d game engines, I'm baffled that no one is working on a game that lets you fly around PW-style. It's chilling but at the same time requires skills. Blue skies, not necessarily violent.. Wish Nintendo at least included PW in the SNES mini.

 

[Oare]

Daisuke Ishiwatari: Otogirisou (sound novel)

Shintarou Kojima: Umihara Kawase

Kouei Tecmo

Yousuke Hayashi: Actraiser

Ryuutarou Ichimura: Front Mission
Yousuke Saitou: Wonder Project J

Koutarou Uchikoshi: Banshee's Last Cry (Kamaitachi no Yoru)

Yousuke Okunari: Otogirisou

Youzou Sakagami: Sim City

Kenichirou Takaki: Actraiser

Spoiler

I don't think you did that on purpose - but

if you decide to write in weeb speech,you have to go all the way.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Nice to see some tactics ogre love