/vr/ - Retro Games

>their games were so soulful
It seems to be a common trend with companies that were way too good for the world, like Hudson.

>>8503391
Looks like a link to the past clone

>>8503391
What game is that?

>>8503397
The graphics might look like it but plays nothing alike https://youtu.be/tTzJqcyDBF4

>>8503409
>>8503410

>>8503409
Kawaiikute no Omoshiroi Kani

>>8503410
Oh ok.The overhead 2D just reminded my of LTTP. Looks like a fun game and colorful game though

>>8503391
>>8503410
Why is she always waving/grasping at the player? Shit's creepy

>>8503432
Her portrait shows you how much hp she has because the game is afraid of using bars and numbers. When she's at full health she waves, then she gets concerned, dizzy and sad
>>8503420
It is really fun, I'm surprised it wasn't localized, it's a really solid and simple rpg

>>8503442
I know some of the best retro nintendo games were only released in japan. Have you ever played Wonder Project J2 on the N64? Its a Gorgeous game with amazing gameplay.

>>8503391
wtf it's like she's looking right at me

>>8503450
Wow, looks too ahead for its time to be in the n64, really looks like a pc game

>>8503391
Compile hardly had any money. You know most of their titles were on discs they sold with their magazine? They never made squat so they couldn't survive the awful transition to 3D jap companies went through. Most of the staff moved on to work for Idea Factory after the Japanese Videogame Crash of 2002.
>>8503395
Yeah either that or companies went soul-less after 2002. It's funny because Japanese government noticed it too, and started a propaganda arm to bolster the entertainment industry called "Cool Japan".

>>8503432
keep in mind that a sizable portion of the playerbase are pedos

>>8503461
I played some Idea Factory games like Neptunia and such, some were fun but none was nothing like they were in the old days. Look at how charming and detailed the animation is in the op, now with 20 years of improved technology they went with static artwork with lip movement, what the hell. They can't even compete with an snes game

>>8503475
Even in the 90s? I thought anime was innocent back then

>>8503476
Yeah it's true they lost all soul, but they still care, imo. Same they lost the entire Puyo/Madou license to Sega, I think with the extra income from that they could have improved their catalog. You knwo the only game that plays like they use to is Fairy Fencer F. It's like Demon Force or Geo Conflict which were their main JRPG series that wasn't Puyo related.

>>8503475
Maybe in your pedo mind. It's mostly weebs that play this type of shit.

>>8503476
Going to shitstation cost all their soul. Many such cases.

>>8503391
most dungeons were awful. lots of areas have the same "stairs layout" interconnected to it, instead of directly moving to adjacent rooms.
what was the fucking point of that. seriously?
the graphics are indeed very soulful otherwise. i'll agree with you on that.

>>8503475
Yes, Arle fans do tend to be chads.

>>8503524
cropped?

>>8503480
Actually, the "lolicon boom" was in the 80s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon
https://youtu.be/iid_J3lK960

>>8503516
Yeah I recognized some layouts too. It is a simple game released in simpler times so it's forgiven. It's truly a shame there barely is any game as charming and simple as this one nowadays.

>>8503524
is there a full pic

>>8503410
Which came first, Madou Monogatari or Puyo Puyo?

>>8503432
cute chibi

>>8503591
Madou: 1989
Puyo: 1991

>>8503591
Technically, I think it was Puyo puyo but it was called Dominion X and had domino pieces, same gameplay, they rebranded it and added the Madou Monogatari characters later, where the Puyos themselves came from.
If you go with franchise, Madou Monogatari came first
https://youtu.be/rQhF6PcTyFI

>>8503418
You need to hit the grammar books again.

>>8503608
Dominon wasn't ready for prime time in 1990, and it hasn't gotten any closer in the last twenty-five years. Niitani freely admits, "Frankly, it's a kusoge."

>>8503493
Weebs are mostly pedos unironically.

their games were also shit

madou monogatari is a really really bad dungeon crawling series

>>8503391
Why is Arle staring at me?

>>8503712
She likes you anon!

>>8503608
That was a neat video, I didn't know about that domino game at all and it's interesting how Madou Monogatari characters got put into Puyo Puyo without it initially being a spin-off of that series.

>>8503712
Didn't some games use Arle's facial expression as a health indicator?

>>8503493
>>8503706
come on guys, wouldn't you do her?
aruru is cute.

>>8503498
Are you actually going to say DiscStation was shit? You fucking nigger I will kill you.

>>8503391
At least we have Compile Heart and Idea Factory these days.

>>8503956
Out of the few Compile Heart/IF gamez I enjoyed so far was Trillion: God of Destruction, Neptunia is an affront to God and the only good thing about Moero Chronicle were the loli titties (with the patch).

>>8503906
Now now anon, there is no need for that language. It's just a shitposter, ignore.

>>8503563
2MB and fast?

I'm glad there are so multiple variants of Arle's character model that change in style and era instead of just 1 character in 1 style for all the games. It's cute to have a view on her entire life's story.

>>8504226
Is there a MILF and granny version of Arle?

>>8504297
Does this count?

>>8504312
How does EVERY version of this character radiates gigachad aura
How do they do it, how can you make person with such comical features look sexy

>>8503391

Never even heard about this series til now. Why did we miss out on the good shit so much.
We missed Madou Monogatari and got a bunch of Street Fighter and MK bullshit instead on SNES.

>>8504327
Lmfao based

Didnt know these games had fantranslations tho

>>8504327
based, I'm downloading the game now

>>8504327
Based. Arle and Goemon are truly the /ourest/ of /our guys/.

>>8504315
AoStH Robotnik was specifically designed to be sexy.

>>8504327
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>>8504384
These guys calling an onagata a tranny is weird. Just saiyan.

thing is no male teenager would had gone near that back in the days.
and the female player base was tiny then.

>>8505853
Obsessed. Still a funny translation though.

>>8505903
Puyo fans and weebs have been playing this shit forever now. The hell are you smoking anon?

>>8505916
this is an snes game, weebs came later

>>8503391
>make games featuring little girls looking at the adult male player with overly trusting doe eyes
>why didn't your average gamer lap this up!?

>>8506049
I know, right? Not everyone can be this based.

>>8503410
I wish it would display your stats some way other than some cutesy text. I mean it's cute and all but I probably missed the last few levels in the game because of that (Madou Monogatari games have a "highest level" you can achieve which have a different description and depending on game gives you normal access to your most powerful spell that normally you can only use every once in a while; but it's like getting up to level 99 when the game normally finishes around level ~50).

>>8503442
>Her portrait shows you how much hp she has because the game is afraid of using bars and numbers. When she's at full health she waves, then she gets concerned, dizzy and sad

So basically the same system as Doomguys or BJ Blazko's face in Doom and Wolf3d.

>>8503461
>Yeah either that or companies went soul-less after 2002. It's funny because Japanese government noticed it too, and started a propaganda arm to bolster the entertainment industry called "Cool Japan".
Agree. Even Konami mostly stopped doing those colorful comedy games they were famous for too with the enter of the new millenium. That artstyle didn't fit well with the new 3D graphics and the move towards realism, although there were some little nuggets here and there like Konami Krazy Racers or Kororinpa.

>>8503490
They still make Madou games, sorta. They are re-releasing MM1-2-3 and they made Sei Madou Monogatari for the Vita, it was even localized as Sorcery Saga. It's a remake/spiritual sequel to Waku Puyo Dungeon.
Since they don't exactly have the rights to the Madou Monogatari characters, they made the entire crew become expys. You have a young girl who loves curry and has a pokemon-like familiar, a dark swordsman rumoured to be a pervert, etc.

>>8505916
This type of game is niche even for weebs.

>>8506109
> they made the entire crew become expys.
What? You mean ersatz? You talking about characters in Fairy Fencer F or something?

>>8506109
The game still isn't good, the gameplay is too barebones, I could deal with that but they also decided to make the game half a visual novel, staring at static images isn't entertaining! You spend half the time watching images react to things, you can't even see what they are reacting to, the game is craving for animations like the game of the op had

>>8506130
He's probably talking about Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Cunny God. Note that Sorcery Saga is a translation of Madou Monogatari.

>>8503391
>be Compile
>have brilliant puzzle game series
>but listen to retarded parent company and have the very soul of your games stripped out and rebranded as Kirby's Avalanche and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
>both games sell poorly, and worst of all, gaijins still don't know your IP actually exists
>takes all the way until 2002 for gaijins to get a game that actually has "Puyo" in its name
Fucking hated it when companies did that shit. It's why the SaGa franchise never took off in the west, and why most burgers still don't know what the hell Panel de Pon is.

>>8506404
vgh, I had that game for a handheld, but I forget which. I honestly hated it. Funny thing is I played the Saturn Mahou Mongatari games, and they were entertaining enough. I think because it's like Devil Force instead of . . . whatever the fuck SS is supposed to be.
>>8506714
Sega was their parent company? I thought it was Data East?

>>8506714
>and why most burgers still don't know what the hell Panel de Pon is.
To this day I still see people comment online about Tetris Attack in discussions about the Tetris series. It's maddening.

>>8503391
"Soul" don't count for shit when you have to actually play the game

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>>8506112
I love when zoomers enter a thread and have no idea what the fuck they are talking about.

>>8505916
As a kid I was weirded out by heavy weeb shit. Now I can appreciate it but I see why a lot of it stayed in Japan.

>>8507819
I wish I could laugh at children instead of being irrationally annoyed by them

>>8503608
That video was painful to watch. Interesting about the dominos, fucking cringe listening to that tryhard-humor faggot.

>>8507952
Bullied? I was really annoyed at kids too some years ago but I got over it, it's not their fault, if a kid is stupid it's because of their parents. I have three girls and I love them more than anything

>>8508151
>Bullied?
No. Pretty typical/boring childhood. I guess a lot of my friends were/are really dumb but somehow that never bothered me. Some kind of bias I guess.

>it's not their fault
I know being ignorant isn't their fault since they haven't had the time to learn yet, but it doesn't change the fact I get progressively more frustrated when I see it on display. In this case, like what the other anon is replying to. People talking out of their ass / fabricating lies for no real reason.

>I have three girls and I love them more than anything
I should have clarified that I'm not annoyed by children in general, just the bad ones. Which is most of them.
I envy the tolerance/patient/understanding other people have with kids though. Despite working at a daycare for years I still don't share that trait, and would rather be better about it myself. Maybe eventually. As-is I can be the same source of frustration for the same reasons to my own seniors.
/blog

>>8507819
im old enough to be your dad
80-90's was about edge.
as a teenager, if any of your friends saw you playing anything like this back in the day, they would had bullied you.

>>8508530
Maybe where you lived? Here in the 90's anime was huge and everyone wanted to be a part of it. From Magical Girl to Mecha, you name it! Our local comic shop which was also a game shop (had cabinets too) would import all kinds of this shit. I used to hang out there all the time talking to nerds, weebs and cosplayers. We knew of Puyo back then, and the shop owner even had a super famicom set up. We would often play and discuss our favorite Japanese games.
I'm sorry wherever you lived sucked so bad. I also doubt you are older than me.

I love little Arle so much!

>>8508530
You might be old enough to be his dad, kiddo, but obviously you're a little beta bitch who never kissed a girl, let alone reproduced. Imagine being such a loser you worry about getting bullied for playing a game.

hmm

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>>8510636
but his name is apu...

>>8503391
they didn't fail. they still make kino to this day.

>>8510717
why;do^jap{titles%keep$using>weird#punctuation

>>8510754
Probably because English and its alphabet are novel to the Japanese and they think it looks cool.