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Soul Blazer Trilogy Anonymous Wed Nov 8 12:54:25 2017 No.4384964 [Reply] [Original]

Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma

Is there any reason these have yet to be released on any of Nintendo's virtual consoles? They are solid RPGs afterall.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 8 13:04:12 2017 No.4384989 >>4384964 Dunno why they're not, but they should be. I played the hell out of SB and IoG; didn't discover Terranigma until a few years ago, then proceeded to play the shit out of it. Great series!

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 8 13:08:47 2017 No.4384994 I'm guessing squeenix wants you to forget they ever existed.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 8 19:04:33 2017 No.4385679 >>4384964 Probably some licensing issue. They were developed by Quintet and published by Enix. Squeenix may not have rights to them anymore. Great series though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 9 14:37:13 2017 No.4387379 >>4384964 Soulblazer>Terranigma>Ilusion of Gaia Blazer has the best combat and pacing. Terranigma has the best world to explore with the best music and eyecandy. Gaia is mediocre at best.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 9 15:07:45 2017 No.4387450 >>4384964 >paying for emulation

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 9 15:12:21 2017 No.4387463 >>4384994 I would too if I'd vomited up three pieces of trash like those and dared to call them "games".

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 9 16:31:03 2017 No.4387667 >>4387379 Terranigma is probably the best game, but I love Gaia. Probably just nostalgia but I liked the characters and story. Plus I loved the idea of travelling to real world locations like the Great Wall, Pyramids etc.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 9 16:53:58 2017 No.4387710 >>4384964 Is Terranigma worth playing? I really enjoyed soul Blazer, it reminds me of Dungeon Explorer. However, I couldn't stand Illusion of Gaia, felt like a 3rd-rate Zelda clone

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 9 17:13:23 2017 No.4387748 >>4387379 Soul Blazer feels like meele Gauntlet to me, which is really fun. Gaia is kinda pathetic, but definitely decent. I like the story, just because it's very weird. >>4387463 lol

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 9 17:34:26 2017 No.4387790 >>4387710 Yes, Terranigma is worth playing. The controls are really nice and the story is pretty good.

Anonymous Thu Nov 9 19:51:11 2017 No.4388072
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>>4387379
Blazer is the worst of the bunch. Gaia has amazing characters and locations, Terranigma has a great story and fluid gameplay. Blazer on the other hand has clunky repetitive gameplay, boring characters and a forgettable story. Literally not a single good aspect.

Anonymous Fri Nov 10 03:49:25 2017 No.4388703

>>4388072
>repetitive gameplay
They all do. But Soul Blazer is actually fun and has the music to go with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sk-4McIXq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnhZRP9quCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t57t_Rgll0c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLaM-D4GMJk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUDFdMBKlBE

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 10 13:11:33 2017 No.4389312 >>4384964 If they were to do a modern remake of one of these games, then what would like to see in it?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 10 13:52:52 2017 No.4389367 >>4389312 Terranigma, hands down.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 10 15:57:52 2017 No.4389573 File: 936 KB, 500x281, 6gRCnAr.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4389367 >Terranigma's soundtrack orchestrated

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 10 18:37:33 2017 No.4389832 >>4384964 It's not a trilogy. >>4387379 >Gaia is mediocre at best. I enjoyed it more than the other 2. >>4387710 >Is Terranigma worth playing? Sure it is. It's not a great game but it's definitely a good one.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 10 19:28:35 2017 No.4389952 >>4389832 Its considered by most to be a trilogy although a loosely linked one. Blazer is even mentioned in Illusion of Gaia.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 10 19:33:10 2017 No.4389964 >>4389952 He might've been talking about Granstream Saga

Anonymous Fri Nov 10 19:38:51 2017 No.4389975

>>4387710

Terranigma also feels like a third-rate Zelda clone. Pretty graphics are all that game has going for it. The soundtrack, while being quite good on its own, is simply spread too thin for the amount of game content it has to cover and thus lacks staying power.

Anonymous Fri Nov 10 20:17:50 2017 No.4390086

>>4387710
I think Terranigma has more in common with Soul Blazer than with Illusion of Gaia. Anyway, yes, it's worth a play.
>>4389952
>Blazer is even mentioned in Illusion of Gaia.
Really? When? I remember the dog, and some enemies with similar designs, but nothing as explicit as that. Must have missed it.

Anonymous Fri Nov 10 20:27:07 2017 No.4390108
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>>4389832
>It's not a trilogy.
>The couple scene from Soul Blazer is referenced in Freejia in Illusion of Gaia
>Metal Mantis/Solid Arm from Soul Blazer appears as Gem in Illusion of Gaia
>The spirit enemy from Soul Blazer resembles Moon Tribe members
>Solid Arm literally states Will reminds him of Blazer
>Ark resurrects Mu in Terranigma
>Terranigma is called Illusion of Gaia's sequel IN-GAME
>All three focus on light VS dark and the world's resurrection
>The Master is Light Gaia and Deathtoll is Dark Gaia

Are you fucking retarded?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 10 20:32:32 2017 No.4390125 >>4390108 I think Dr. Leo's lab makes a reappearance in Terranigma too at the end.

Anonymous Fri Nov 10 21:16:43 2017 No.4390204

>>4387379
Gaia has the best bosses. And probably the best dungeons too.
And had the best balance, which is a shame no other game in the genre copies it.
Also one can say it has the best graphics. Personally I can't decide between it and Terranigma in this case.

Anonymous Fri Nov 10 21:34:03 2017 No.4390232
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>>4390108
Yeah, Deathtoll lives in the northern lights while also being a wandering comet which comes in contact with earth every few thousand years while ALSO being the very core of earth itself.

The writers have already addressed this topic, read what they have to say instead of believing nonsense.

Anonymous Fri Nov 10 22:23:35 2017 No.4390298

>>4390108
>Ark resurrects Mu in Terranigma
Mu is like Japanese Atlantis, it shows up in a lot of stories about lost continents and magical islands.
>>4390232
>Starting with ActRaiser, and followed by Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia, the games are definitely connected, in Miyazaki-san's mind, at least. [...] I don't know about Terranigma though.
Well, I'm surprised to read that. I always thought IoG was the odd sibling in the "series". ActRaiser, Soul Blazer, and Terranigma share this theme of creating the world and guiding its development until it's mature enough to fend for itself. Illusion of Gaia also touches that theme, specially during the ending, but the game's emotional weight is on Will's personal journey.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 10 23:03:36 2017 No.4390337 >>4389573 As much as I'd like that, it wouldn't feel right with the original composer being dead.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 11 23:45:50 2017 No.4392450 >>4384964 Dunno. First one is by far the best. IOG is objective crap, and Terranigma is flawed and a chore to play through. Soul Blazer has addicting, tight gameplay that the others are missing.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 12 04:46:08 2017 No.4392826 >>4389573 There's an MSU-1 hack of terranigger

Anonymous Sun Nov 12 07:27:47 2017 No.4393046

I don't even remember what happened in SB, it was so bloody repetitive and boring, especially the monster hole grinding. I do remember it being so buggy that attacking to the side made you hit twice, apparently QA wasn't exactly a priority, and it shows everywhere.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 12 08:26:07 2017 No.4393128 >>4388072 I didn't find Soul Blazer clunky at all, I fucking loved strafing and beating the shit out of everything with my sword.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 12 17:10:37 2017 No.4394136 File: 35 KB, 301x283, disgusting.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4392826 >MSU-1

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 12 18:17:13 2017 No.4394339 >>4394136 i mean msu-1 can be a fun novelty for a play through of a game you've beaten 1000 times.

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