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2573769 No.2573769 [Reply] [Original]

i feel quite empty after finishing this. are there other relatively unknown adventure games as great and addictive as this ?

>> No.2573773
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2573773

>>2573769

why Falcom let's this game to rot is beyond me, I know the Sega CD didn't have the widest appeal but it's not like the PC engine had huge international success for that matter either.

Mail and her chums has just as much potential for unlimited adventure as Adol or any hero does. Arrive in a new town in search of treasure, here some rumors, set out on a quest and find a larger than expected crisis that needs a heroing repeat for 10 core installments, several spinoffs and remakes

>> No.2573840

>>2573773
>it's not like the PC engine had huge international success for that matter either.

And even so, Falcom only made two games for that console.

>> No.2573842

>>2573773
There was also a SFC port.

>> No.2573849
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2573849

Well, she totally appeared as a cameo character in Vantage Master

>> No.2574401

>>2573842

Wonder why Working Designs didn't bring that one over too/instead, certainly makes more business sense than the SEGA CD. It looks surprisingly good actually, albeit a bit sparse on story.

>> No.2574412

Magical Pop'n maybe?

>> No.2574419

>>2574401
All the new music is also extremely great.
https://youtu.be/wj54n1XoiRY
https://youtu.be/QUm9mwZXa-8
https://youtu.be/Hajri4Sn2Aw
https://youtu.be/otgfJJdRGGo
https://youtu.be/wxkGQGGfI6A
https://youtu.be/I0TWfy0snck

>> No.2574430

How about that Popful Mail doujinshi? Did that ever get cleaned up?

>> No.2574450

>>2573849
>by Falcom
>in english
>free to download and play

How come I never heard of this?

>> No.2574461

>>2574450
https://youtu.be/E3LlCGVfxvE

>> No.2574465

>>2574450
It's not the kind of game people associate with Falcom. Very fun, though, and it seems well-balanced. The single-player enemy AI is challenging enough to fight in case you can't get an online multiplayer game running (Falcom should port Vantage Master Portable to PC and include lobby/matchmaking options if they aren't there yet).

>>2574461
Music's great too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWLPPcHwhqM

>> No.2574585

>>2574401
>Vantage Master

has WD done any Nintendo stuff? Seems they mostly preferred the CD systems

>> No.2574598

>>2574430
It got scanned cleaned, translated and uploaded to sadpanda, m8.

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>> No.2574748
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2574748

>tfw Popful has been your waifu for 20 years
>tfw /vr/ likes her too

>> No.2574785

>>2574748

I don't like Ryker

>> No.2574812
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2574812

So how's the SFC version? I don't own a Sega CD.

>> No.2574836

>>2574812
It plays better than the Mega CD version, that's for sure.

>> No.2574837

>>2574812
Watered down.

>> No.2574850
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>>2574812
>Popful Mail was also ported to the Super Famicom by Falcom in 1994. Much like the Sega CD version, it's a typical side scroller, although the actual game is much different. The graphics and stages have been entirely redone, and while the basic plot remains intact, there are some minor changes here and there as well (you can actually visit the first town, as before it only appeared in cutscenes). For some reason, the gameplay is slightly awkward - enemies don't recoil when you hit them, so you have to be extra careful when fighting them. Your moveset is a lot more versatile though, as Mail gets a downward jumping slash and you can throw projectiles in any direction. While it's a good game, the limitations of the cartridge format definitely show through. You can only save the game at inns, which are often scare. And when you die, you're sent back to a checkpoint, usually making boss battles more tedious. The bosses themselves are pretty crappy - you fought some pretty mean creatures that took up half the screen in the Sega CD version, and these have been noticeably downsized. Similarly, a lot of the goofy fun that came from the cutscenes is gone entirely. The music works reasonably well, at least.
HG101
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/popfulmail/popfulmail.htm

>> No.2574857

>>2574850
>Actually using HG101 as reference.

>> No.2574860

>>2574836
... what. The Mega CD version is way better.

>> No.2574873

>>2574857
>not actually arguing the point

>> No.2574880
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2574880

>popful mail
>unknown

Anybody know any obscure fantasy books like Lord of the Rings?

>> No.2574884

>>2574880

it's not unknown but it's hardly a household name

>> No.2574887

>>2574860
I hate how in the Mega CD version you have to wait a bit between hits before you hit an enemy again. Mail also feels more versatile in the SFC version.

PC-98 version is where it's at.

>> No.2574891

>>2574884
No video game is a "household name". Doesn't mean that Popful Mail isn't an extremely well known game.

>> No.2574903

>>2574891
>Doesn't mean that Popful Mail isn't an extremely well known game.

yeah to a niche audience

>> No.2575269

>>2574891
Super Mario Bros. is a household name. Kill yourself you cuck.

>> No.2575272

>>2574891
>popful mail
>extremely well known
lol ok

>> No.2575743
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2575743

magical fantasy adventure

>> No.2575765

>>2575743
Why is she so perfect?

>> No.2575830
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>>2575765

she's popful

>> No.2575848

>>2574891
>Mario
>Mega Man
>Final Fantasy
>Pacman
>Space invaders
>not house hold names
is something wrong with your brain?

>> No.2575852

>>2575848
>tfw they all ded

>> No.2575853

>>2575765
I played the Sega CD version last night. The controls feel floaty and uncomfortable. I really wanted to like this game.

>> No.2575861

>>2575853
That's nice, I'm talking about the girl though.

>> No.2575868

>>2575853
sega cd popful mail is the dark souls of wonder boy in monster world clones

>> No.2576219

>>2574887
What does the PC-98 offer over the PCE aside from higher resolution? Is there a way to enable voice acting?

>> No.2577990

>>2574891
I was not familiar with it.

>> No.2578120
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2578120

>>2573840
Really? Unless you're not counting ports...
>Popful Mail
>Ys 1 through Ys 4
>Brandish

>>2575853
They take a little getting used to, but I stuck it out to get further into the game's world. You can try out the PC88 or PC-Engine CD ports, which control differently and are smoother (well the PCE-CD is at least; that's all I've played).

I'm playing the PCE-CD port actually and have gotten a little bit in. I hope there isn't a whole lot of backtracking because fuck me if I know what anyone is saying to me. I just clear out dungeons and bosses like a motherfucker.

>> No.2578123

>>2575853
Did you enjoy constantly having to stop to check for enemies at the end of the screen because you move way too fast and they constantly put them there to trap you? Yeah, the gameplay is quite poor.

>> No.2578124

>>2578120
Those ports weren't developed by Falcom.

>> No.2578130

>>2578120
>PC-88
>smooth

Words that should never be used in the same sentence.

I do think it plays better though

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2578140

I guess there was a drama cd or something involving evil sexy clones

>> No.2578203

>>2575743
>dem early/mid 90s legs
hnnnnnng

Dammit, /vr/, I got scholarships to apply for and other games to play, and now I want to check this game out.

>> No.2578228

>>2578120
>PC88 ports

The PC-88 version is the original, though. The PC-98 version is pretty much an enhanced port of the PC-88 version released a year latter (1992), but with better graphics and smoother gameplay.

PCE version would have been great, if it wasn't so slow.

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>>2578203
>and now I want to check this game out.

collage ain't going anywhere. Adventure waits for no man

I have no idea where the tiger and the angel are from

>> No.2578861

Wouldn't the Valis games qualify? Side scrolling action game with female protagonist.

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>>2575852
>Mario
Go look at any videogame story or walk past a gamestop in any mall.
>Megaman
Generic robot character goto for popular culture.
>Final Fantasy
Is probably the generic japanese rpg goto for popular culture.
>Pacman
Is still a big thing.
>Space Invaders
Maybe not as much, but still big.

Also,
>Ded
Sure they are.

>> No.2580325

>>2578123
I cam here to bitch about that. I really want to like this game, but having to constantly creep when I get near the edge of the screen is annoying.

>> No.2582832

>>2576219
>What does the PC-98 offer over the PCE aside from higher resolution?
Less colors?
Slightly different cutscenes?
>Is there a way to enable voice acting?
That would've required a metric ass-ton of diskettes...

>> No.2582846

>>2582832
>That would've required a metric ass-ton of diskettes.
I mean as a patch. The game allows HD installs and if people can mod IBM games to use voices they originally didn't have, what's stopping from doing the same for PC-98 games?

>> No.2582945

>>2574860
Mega CD Mail is ugly as sin.

>> No.2582947
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2582947

>>2582832
The absolutely gorgeous pixel-art graphics? They look so much better compared to tiny ones from the PCE version.

Plus I also prefer the original FM music.

https://youtu.be/upjXMrldWvg

>Tfw every single console port is missing this track.

>> No.2583047

>>2582947
Is that for serious a picture of a monitor

>> No.2583542

>>2582945

Hey, you. Fuck you.