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Were there more western games that were based on anime? AM I KAWAII, /VR/? ~UGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU~

>> No.2129164

There was that one PS1 Gundam game made by an American company with North American actors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiTosK80Wfk

>> No.2129181
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2129181

Not directly based on anime and never released but it could still be mentioned.

>> No.2129196

>>2129164
>gundam with North American actors.
Wat. Was it good?

>> No.2129218

>>2129164
>>2129196

And to make things weirder, that game was made by Presto Studios.

>> No.2129220

>>2129164
>PS1
It's PC.

>> No.2129248

>>2129220
Windows, Mac, Pippin and PS1. I wouldn't rule out a PC-98 release in 96.

>> No.2129467
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Bubblegum Crash for the TurboGrafx-16 which has a translation patch.

>> No.2129527
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Who here learning Japanese?

A lot of good vidya never made the jump to the west.

>> No.2129568

>>2129527
>this game is completely in eglish besides being released only in japan
what the hell

>> No.2129579

>>2129164
For John

>> No.2129586

>>2129181
Too bad it never got released.

>> No.2129595

>>2129568
>book of watermarks
apparently it's narrated in english with jp subs, they were probably planning on releasing it overseas at some point

>> No.2129603
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>>2129134
Oni was pretty fucking fun.
Too bad everyone at Bungie who worked on it is dead ;_:

>> No.2129627

>>2129164
to be fair, Gundam was unknown in america at the time and "anime" still wasn't mainstream. I don't blame them for this "localization" no matter how bad it is. Because I'm sure if they left it as is and did a simple localization, chances are it would have sold worse.

>> No.2129630

>>2129627
You are aware that it was never released in America, correct?

Just Japan.

>> No.2129658

>>2129603
>2001
That's not retro. But thanks for posting, this looks awesome and I'll download it right away.

>> No.2129660

>>2129630
oh. The English dialog threw me off. The fact its Japanese kind of makes it even odder then

>> No.2129665

>>2129630
>nips actually hiring foreigners to act instead of hiring nips
That's pretty uncommon, isn't it? I wish they'd do it more, though.

>> No.2129675
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2129675

A quick list from tv tropes:

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Shantae
Sigma Star Saga
One Must Fall 2097 (to a degree)
OpenArena (to a degree)
Shadow Warrior (at least a couple of characters; Lina and Sailor Moon cameo)

I wish there were more. There's a certain charm in seeing executives misunderstanding anime and trying to make everything kawaii uguu to market to the kiddies, or anime fans in the development team sneaking stuff in. Same thing when Japanese developers put random Western stuff in. Culture clash is fun.

>> No.2129697

>>2129675
>There's a certain charm in seeing executives misunderstanding anime and trying to make everything kawaii uguu to market to the kiddies, or anime fans in the development team sneaking stuff in.
This exactly. Shogo's plot is so fucking funny.

>> No.2129742

>>2129675
>Shogo: Mobile Armor Division


I came to post this. I discovered this game thanks to /vr/ (I was a console JRPG fag in the 90s and never played pc games and especially not shooters) and the whole thing gives me major feels about being an OG 90s weeaboo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-j94S-br9E

>> No.2129756

>>2129742
But OP is already SHOGO.

>> No.2129761

>>2129742
>that ending message that said something like "maybe a sequel will be made"
I still have hope. Reinstalling it.

>> No.2129765

>>2129756
It is, but one doesn't really understand how weeb it is until they watch the intro

>> No.2129773
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>>2129765
I see. That fucking opening music really fits it's mech/harem plot. Choosing which girl I'd pick was hard as fuck. Also, just stumbled upon a great site: http://shogo.pentacle.nl/

>> No.2129802

>>2129665

Not really, they did it in many games: Aconcagua, The Unsolved, Blue Chicago Blues (PC and LaserActive versions).

>> No.2129805

>>2129802
You forgot Resident Evil. But I was referring to actual movies. I guess I didn't express myself correctly.

>> No.2129807

>>2129467
OP meant western-developed games with a distinctively anime-inspired aesthetics.

>> No.2129843
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>>2129675
>Shogo

When that's mentioned, this shouldn't be too far behind.

>> No.2129853

>>2129843
>>2129843
this any good?

>> No.2130052

Does Jet Force Gemini count?

>> No.2130116

>>2129675
How are any of those based on anime?

>> No.2130176

>>2130052
I say nay. It feels more like starship troopers than anything to me.

>> No.2131371

>>2129181

No way in hell they could ever deliver on their promise. We've only just gotten games that deliver on that kind of scope/scale in the last few years. If even.

>> No.2131429

>>2130116
>based
Who said anything about that? They do have a weeb feel to them. Shantae has anime art style. Shogo is mech/harem FPS.

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>> No.2131836

>>2131429
See Op
>Were there more western games that were based on anime?

Anime isn't an art style.

>> No.2131841

an·i·me
ˈanəˌmā/
noun
A style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children.

>> No.2131842
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>>2129248
>Pippin

>> No.2131850

>>2129742
I can't handle this music with these visuals

>> No.2131853

>>2131841
We at 4chan know better than that.
Anime is just a name for animation produced in Japan for the Japanese market. Even that pronunciation seems fishy.

>> No.2131857

>>2131853
>4chan is an authority on something
Made me smile.

>> No.2131859

>>2131842
Hi Timothy C

>> No.2131860

>>2131857
4chan is an authority for 4chan.

>> No.2131861
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Unfortunately, by the time anime was picking up enough steam for western companies to ape its style, it was well past 1999.

For example Tsunami 2265 fits the bill for this thread, but came out in 2002. So it's not retro (also it's unbelievably shitty).

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>>2131861
holy shit, i was just about to post that

>> No.2131867

>>2129181
>American animation
Nice research.

>> No.2131868

>>2131841
>typically aimed at adults
Teenagers arent adults

>> No.2131870

>>2131867
There were American animators involved. For instance they had to remove the second moon from Southern Cross so that the story could happen on Earth instead of a newly colonized planet.

>> No.2131879
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>>2131828
Did they change any in game sprites for the localization?

>> No.2131881

>>2131868
They're children, correct.

>> No.2131883

>>2131881
So "typically aimed at children, as well as adults" would have been more accurate

>> No.2131886

>>2131879
There's no localization.
But there is a group working on that.
http://iwakuraproductions.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/shadowrun-sega-cd-in-game-text-insertion-underway/
So, someday.

>> No.2131889

>>2131883
I don't know the stats nor the demographics these studios aim at since I don't work there.

Plus that's the Google definition, not mine.

I thought it was obvious, but I guess I expected too much.

>> No.2132287

>>2129773
>>2129843
I had no idea Monolith were such weebs in the 90s. There the ones who made FEAR aren't they?

>> No.2132293

>>2131883
Seems like a worthless statement from people thinking that other animation is always for children.
The main difference between anime and other cartoons is the scale. Disregarding outsourcing Japan produces like ten times as much animation as the rest of the world combined.

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>>2131836
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think OP's image is based off an animu?

Though you're right that anime isn't an art style. There are some traits common in a lot of anime, but Dragon Ball and Hello Kitty's art styles are worlds apart. Doesn't mean Western developers can't take inspiration from some aesthetics and ideas common across a few different animes, but anime isn't an art style, or a style of storytelling, or anything.

>> No.2132362

>>2132287
Yup.

and Blood.

>> No.2132478

>>2132287
you should try SHOGO though, it's awesome and some weapons are amazingly fun
>>2132362
Blood 2 really even looks similar to SHOGO

>> No.2132514

>>2132478

Shogo fucking sucked. The levels were frustratingly simple, the AI was braindead, and the weapons had all the impact and recoil of nerf products.

>> No.2132721

>>2132514
Did you play it on hard? I remember the AI being cheaty as fuck. As

>> No.2132723

>>2132721
As in you'd enter an area and be instantaneously bombarded. May be recalling it wrong, though.

>> No.2132851
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The CD-i / PC games Chaos Control and Solar Crusade had anime-esque cutscenes.

Also Zone 66 and perhaps some of the Turrican games.