/vr/ - Retro Games

Famicom Bunko: Hajimari No Mori. An adventure game where you play as a Japanese boy visiting a countryside town and interacting with the local spirits, which have been driven away due to the nearby forest being cut down for the town's economic benefit. It's a really cozy game with an environmental message that doesn't feel forced down your throat. Similar to Boku No Natsuyasumi in terms of tone and atmosphere. Unfortunately there is no fan translation as of today.

This game was actually released in 1999 through Japan's Nintendo Power service, which basically allowed you to write whatever game you wanted to a blank cartridge. Games like Fire Emblem 5 and Famicom Tantei Club II were also released in this manner. The graphics look very large and clean for an SFC release.

Can we share some obscure (retro) Japan-only games?

Is this worth playing?

>>3697556

Like the Master System, which got support in Europe and Brazil, the Super famicom (for example) got support in Japan until 2001.