/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2552154
OP pic is /a/ material though, can that also be allowed?

Sin and Punishment manga

The bona fide classic. Not sure how Namco thought arcade players could read this much English though (and it's not 4-koma).

>>2552173
no, fuck off weeb

>>2552173

It's still an adaptation, of course it's allowed. /vp/ is always discussing the Pokemon anime and /co/ talks about comics. Things can belong to multiple boards

>>2552154
That's /a/ material though, op

/vp/ never likes to talk about any Pokemon manga. Pokespe is considered too edgy, ETOP only gets discussed for the fansservice, and everything else is ignored.

>>2552248

Manga are comics from Japan.

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>>2552635

To this day it cheeses me off that Portal Sonic not only stopped translating the old Sonic mangas but took all of their work down as well. Could never figure out why that happened.

Have any other groups attempted to do it, as well as translate the Dash & Spin manga?

>>2553339
>Sonic as this sort of spirit guardian to a nerdy kid
>Charmy Bee as a guardian to Sonic who can turn back time to save his ass
>The origin of Tails' Caterham ownership which puzzled many people in Sonic CD

>>2553339
After some search, I've found a Tumblr user has uploaded some of the missing translated Sonic manga: http://sonicthemanga.tumblr.com/tagged/sonic%20the%20hedgehog/chrono/

...but they had a break and have been gone for more than half a year.

Oh well. I guess the one thing I like about those comics is the various variations Sonic's spin attacks are given.

I can't remember; is Mario-kun the longest running video gamecomic or is Archie's Sonic the longest running?

>>2553438
I LOVE that manga. It's basically the most accurate depiction of Sonic's world and its characters (at least the initial plans for it), and it doesn't take itself too seriously, just like the reference game.

Thank you SO much for posting the last chapter.

>>2553756
I hope they or somebody else uploads the rest of what Portal Sonic had translated. Among which is that weird-ass original backstory for Sonic about him being a mascot for a air force pilot who was pals with Chuck Yeager. Turns out after he died in an accident his cartoon hedgehog mascot Sonic sprung to life as a saviour of the world, what the hell.

http://info.sonicretro.org/Original_Story

The stories about Nikki have a variation on it, such that Sonic is a mysterious protector who once helped Nikki's father to land his out-of-control plane. It also got a callback in promotional content for Sonic Adventure 2, if I'm not mistaken.

>>2555791
I don't think I want to read any further of that, sorry dude. I can't take it, it just doesn't feel like Sonic for some reason, I've tried. I don't really like Archie comics either. I still hope the guy gets his act up and going.

>>2555831
Yes, that backstory is no better than that american Sonic Bible thing people found some years ago. I just want it online for its ~historical value~ as a Thing That Actually Happened.

I saw that the Mario anime OVA was put up on Youtube a while ago. Is that worth watching?

>>2552297
>too edgy
Oh for fuck's sake. PokeSpe was great (dunno if it still is, haven't read since the Diamond/Pearl arc started), it's a shame they troll the threads like that. It's pretty much the only Pokemon thing outside the games that's actually worth discussing.

We need a sub for the gamer weeaboos so they'll stop polluting /vr/

how about /va/?

>>2556395
It's called 4chan fucking normie

>>2556389

It's not even the best Pokemon manga. DPA and Pokewake are better

Sonic the Comic is so good. I am pissed it ended where it ended. The fan-comic is fun but it's not STC

Does this count?

>>2558804
>the porn issue

Thanks for reminding me, you jerk.

>that time tails turned into lee harvey oswald

>>2552180
Holy FUCK that is old.

>>2560142
kek what the hell

post more

>>2552631
>Turbo Duo never became relevant
Silly nerds

>>2560358
Fuck the american artstyle.

Right in the butt.

Fuck it.

>>2560352
Johnny Turbo was some godawful marketing, but the PC Engine/CD has an excellent game library.

>>2560358
About time someone posted that shit.

>>2552247
But those aren't /vr/, where half the posters are ONLY here to argue "not retro" and then wonder why the board is shit.

>>2560370

Well, these adaptations were made before 1999. They're retro

>>2558804
>>2558821
fuck off back to /v/

>>2562401
>bumping a dead thread by responding to more-than-a-day-old posts (this all means the poster(s) you're responding to are long gone) just to say "fuck off back to /v/" in some sad attempt at thumping your /vr/ chest

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Made for Nintendo Power and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. Known for having an expy of Jet Link from Cyborg 009 and for it's very bittersweet ending.

>>2562623
I just re-read that today. It was warm-and-fuzzy nostalgic to hear the voices I assigned the characters back in the day come back out from the recesses from my mind. When it's collected in a single volume rather than spread out over 12 monthly issues, its poor pacing and lacking narrative become apparent, but it has some memorable moments. The art is beautiful, too.

In hindsight, it's interesting to see the fairy, Epheremelda, sharing many traits with Navi years before the latter's debut (she also shares qualities with Spryte from the American cartoon, and I honestly wonder if Ishinomori used her as a reference, whether or his own accord or with NOA's direction). Similarly, a Zora mask makes its debut years before being featured in actual video games.

It was also interesting to see a veteran manga author draw the comic in a left-to-right format; unless it was flipped and he compensated for this by drawing "natively" with Link holding the sword in his right hand. When I was a kid, I was completely ignorant of who Ishinomori was and it's kind of amazing that Nintendo Power sprung for such talent to produce an original comic for their little magazine, when they really didn't have to (even if the comics were a huge draw, they could've hired someone less established for less money rather than bring in a big name that very few readers would recognize).

I think Super Mario Adventures fared better in the format, since one was more gag-oriented and the other was attempting to tell an epic tale under constraints that didn't let it effectively do so. Still, it holds up well for what it is. I'm reminded of how much I yearned for Link's Awakening to be given the same treatment...

tiny toons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUa5AFVxKZM
btw i have been to /co/ in at least a year.

The first Zelda manga is pretty weird since it was made before much was known about the series.

Link is half-elf on his dads side and is Zelda's older half brother, though he looks younger than her because of his elf genes. He wears overralls and acts like a normal guy (aka wimpy and scared of danger). Elves face speciesism by the humans and Zelda's father would kill Link if he knew about him. Zelda still knows that Link is her brother but he doesn't and has a crush on her. It's a pretty gorey manga too.

>>2562623
*its

>>2562670
Super Mario Adventures was cool, I remember a friend bringing the "Mario vs. Wario" story to elementary school once.

>>2562670
Also, when reading the graphic novel today (the 2015 reprint), I noticed a bar on the bottom of a few pages, namely the first pages of a chapter (the panels of which tended to extend beyond the 'border' most other pages did). I wondered what was that about; I had my suspicions but found the possibility hard to believe.

Sure enough, though, my suspicions were correct: the bars were editing out the "Nintendo Power" and "Volume 3X" footers from the original magazine print. Evidently, Nintendo's master copy of the comics have these footers embedded in them. It's not a big deal since they existed in white blank space on most pages and the sloppy editing really isn't distracting, it's just kind of surprising.

>>2563038
There were two "Mario Vs. Wario" comics, only one of which was printed with the graphic novel. Do you remember which one you saw? One was a Wario origin story of sorts (which I'd gladly accept as canon, though of course it is not; this was included in the book print), and the other involved M&W vying to give Peach the best gift ever.

>>2563070
Forgot pic related, from the magazine print. My original graphic novel print is stored away so I can't compare to see if it was also lazily edited, but to the best of my recollection, the new print is just a straight reprint (albeit slightly larger and with a different cover).

>>2563070
It was the first one, Wario invites Mario over for a reunion and sets traps for him. Both of them can be seen here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65846913@N02/6051625373/in/photostream/

>>2552154

Yoshi looks like Wart's brother

>>2553693
Mario-kun is older. I think the reason Sonic gets the official Guinness world record is because it's a comic book of its own while Mario-kun is just a small piece of Coro Coro.

>>2552174
Can someone tell me if this helps the story make sense?

>>2560359
I don't think the "american art style" is what is going wrong in this comic...

It's more the "looking like total shit" art style.

I am surprised Pocket Monsters is still running after nearly 20 years. It has XY chapters apparently.

I'm confused how Sonic OVA bombed. From what I know it was supposed to be a full series but Japan is not into Sonic like North America or Europe. That's confusing since so many other series pass despite being unpopular. How'd it not even get a 1 cor anime? At worse they could have released it exclusively on VHS or made it western-only despite being Japanese made

>>2567009
>or made it western-only

The best thing about the OVA was that it shed a light on how characters in the series were actually supposed to act and feel, without western Archie writers adlibbing some edgy backstory and all. It would have ruined everything leaving it western-only because there was a whole other concept for Sonic in the US (the OVA was also midly censored), also I don't think Sonic fits well as a series. That said, Sonic X was actually alright but I'm glad it ended.

>>2552154

Crap, I realized one week too late I wrote the title wrong. I meant "/vr/ relevant adaptations"

>>2567071

Didn't the movie come out in the late 90s? By then Sega had been killing the western-made canon.

>>2560358
what the fuck is that steering wheel supposed to be?

Monster Rancher was exactly -0 like the game but it was a hella good anime. People are always cooing about Digimon but I am always Team Monster Rancher.. We don't talk about season 3 though. Season 2 ended in the best way

test

>>2556389
>>2556389
Diamond and Pearl are fun, it's a bunch of cute little adventures starring a cute little trio. I've been reading it with my little brother and we love it. Not sure why /vp/ says it's edgy, as most of the comics are innocent fun with some cool stuff thrown in. The Mario anime is pretty dang weird, but worth a watch. I liked it for Luigi, who's a greedy asshole but not full Wario.

>>2567251
In that case, the Archie Mega Man comic is fucking great even if it is pretty recent.

I wonder if they'll ever throw in Volnutt and .EXE considering how many times X has shown up.

>>2576146
Flynn absolutely wants to explore other Mega Man properties, but only has permission to use X right now.
The comic is also ending after Worlds Unite. They say it's being put on "hiatus."

it always makes me mad confused why nintendo rarely makes cartoons out of their characters
You know how big a legend of zelda or metroid anime would be or like some cgi super mario cartoon.
Lots of wasted potential.

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>>2552639
what is this? a comic for ants?

Does anyone have that comic strip of Streets of Rage 2?

That "The Great Cave Offensive" comic from a japanese guide.

1/2

>>2578802
2/2

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>>2578805
It's as if they just used a random dialog generator for the text, thinking that it won't matter as long as it's in "cool" English.

>>2578802
>kirby is literally tipping his fedora while saying m'baby

That's why Kirby shouldn't talk, and if he does it only has to be for qt. Fuck whatever this is. And I'm an Indy fan.

>>2579087
>le fedora meme
>le qt meme
>le spoiler meme
Please leave.

>>2579130
Say what you want, that's not Kirby.

>>2578802
>>2578805
>dat engrish