The obvious answer should be any of the Tiger Electronics handheld games or the R-Zone.
All jokes aside, from the top of my head, I'd nominate any of these: Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, The Tower of Druaga, Super Mario Bros., Dragon Quest, Mega Man or Castlevania, Metroid, Super Metroid or Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Another very different thing is to have authorization from the licensee Extreme to use all the material we needed from other official version published under their license, as is the case of the Switch versions of Gleylancer (2021) and Assault Suits Valken (cannot remember the release year, but it had English and Japanese language selector), which Retro-bit themselves encouraged me to do whenever I wished to or saw fit (directly copying the text from the Switch version) and I've deeply done when the pre-existing Switch translation of those two games said the same thing to what I translated, or I liked more how they put it to how I put it. Or simply, because I wnated to unify emblematic phrases or expressions according to what things between both versions. It turns out that there's huge similarities between the English Switch version of Gleylancer and the text of the Mijet fan-translation: a lot of phrases match entirely, a lot phrases contain small bits about a phrase so it matches, and some phrases seem to be made from scratch.
Let's say I took the best of my translation and the Switch translation (according to my own criteria) for the games Gleylancer and Assault Suits Valken, but as it is giving the sensation that the Switch translation of Gleylancer published in 2021 is written on the base of Mijet changing the font for a finer one, and changing parts of the text from that base at the same time I consider said change improves it or that they want to differenciate from the Mijet translation to not infringe its copyright, the logical result of taking the best of my translation and the best of the Switch translation of Gleylancer will be that parts of phrases and some other entire phrase, depending on the star, of luck, will match with the text of Mijet fan-translation for Mega Drive.
I'll try to translate what he said on my own, Spanish is my mother tongue. I may accidentally leave curses uncensored, if I do, mods feel free to edit my post or let me know. I'm at work right now, so I may not be able to translate the entire post and the reply mentioned by @LuigiBlood in one go.
No, I'm the pasha of Retro, also called Rod Mérida, also called Crackowia, also called La Meca del Clásico (The Mecca of Classic). And yes, I'm the translator of Retro-bit for these four cited games. I've translated all the text of all four translations from Japanese to English by myself, directly reading from the emulator (or when I wasn't able to beat the damn f****** difficult games watching a f****** longplay). I've spent years of my life studying written Japanese self-taught, practicing kanji, learning about Japanese grammar and vocaculary. I know a f****** lot of romhacking and I've translated RPGs from English to Spanish frequently comparing with the Japanase text with lengthy text. These short games don't mean anything to me compared to that. I don't need to copy some f****** phrases from another translation.
So no, I've made the 4 translations from scratch, reading directly from the emulator or a longplay, writing everything on a Word document and then breaking my head to put it within the ROM byte by byte in a f****** limited space, sometimes changing pointers, many other without changing them, creating in some cases an expanded double character chart by byte that would allow me to write almost double wothout needing to move a miserable pointer, in some games I've had to fight with a debugger to detect a ROM starting point of routines and made other parts of the ROM jump to find out in what point I have to put a jump to mew code at the same time I needed it to do all this or to add Latin writing system, I've done all that breaking my head for weeks.
I couldn't care less about the online function and the time attack mode, but I'd upgrade for the rewind function. Too bad it's not coming to the Switch, maybe Switch 2 will be.
I'd love to have the rewind function for Arcade Archives, not only the ACA NEOGEO releases.
I've been meaning to ask for a while, especially in this site. What does retro really mean?
The DS and Wii are retro for me, but some people say they aren't despite the fact the former is already 20 years old and the latter will be next year.
In my mind, the Wii U and 3DS are also retro by virtue that they're already 10 years old, don't get active support from Nintendo and their online services have ceased.
Is it me or are we selective on what we choose to preseve?
I heard Nintendo Power magazines are being preserved.
Meanwhile, here in Mexico we had the magazine Club Nintendo, which was also a historically relevant magazine as it was one of the pioneers for gaming in general not only in Mexico, but also in Latin America back in the 90s. Yet I haven't heard of anyone preserving the issues or anyone complaning they haven't.
Ummm, is it me or did he somewhat predict the Great East Japan Earthquake from 2011? Remember the huge tsunami it caused? (Cannot believe it will be almost 14 years since it happened)
I like how some of the poses are the same as Street Fighter characters. Look at the Flash and Cyborg and tell me you don't see Ryu and Ken's poses, the last Green Lantern with Zangief's or Batgirl with Cammy's. Meanwhile Bane's pose looks like that of Clark Still from The King of Fighters.
Like I said in Nintendo Life, as a Mexican I wouldn't be offended if they made another Mexican stereotyped boxer in Punch_Out!!. I'd be glad my country is represented.
Even if the series doesn't come back, I'm glad Punch-Out!! gave us such memorable characters, even some of those from SNES Super Punch-Out!! such as Narcis Prince or Not-Luigi, aka Gabby Jay.
This reminds me, I need to check if GamePlanet in Mexico is still taking pre-orders of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars for the Wii U (the 3DS version didn't get pre-orders). They were taking them for a non-existent physical version, never heard of anyone pre-ordering it, let alone getting a refund.
Ok, that explains the "we're not a retro company" quote to an extent (even if it came from a different division), but let me ask a simple question:
How can a company not know what they own? Don't you have someone/a department to keep track of it?
I mean, I'm not surprised there are parts of SEGA games that SEGA themselves don't own, just look at the whole mess that is the music in Sonic 1, 2 and 3, and as far as I know, the music in the Streets of Rage games is owned by Yuzo Koshiro. But to get to that point, that shows you really couldn't care less about your own history
I just read the letter and...
What kind of legal department would use slashes (/) in two consecutive words?
What kind of legal department starts that many paragraphs with the same word, let alone said word being "Please"?
Please understand that some of our legal team employees/associates behind the false takedown requests intentionally made false reports in order to commit crimes in the names of your group members for no reason.
Who even wants to be associated with this chap? If anything, I want to see them do the opposite, that is make good deeds and finish the console because at this point this chap needs as much help to clean his reputation as possible.
Sincerely,
Sega Europe Legal Department
Shouldn't it say Sega Europe Limited?
If you cannot see this is just nonsense, then I don't know how to convince you, and probably deserve to lose money if you paid for it.
However, this time I'll give him this: he either finally wrote proper English or paid someone/for something to proofread for him.
And so much for not being a retro company, they are just farming the production out to other companies.
Hell, even as a modern company, they are already cheaping out and farming production to Limited Run Games. Remember the Persona games, Yakuza Kiwami Switch and the limited edition of Sonic X Shadow Generations?
Wait, so a gambling simulation involving currency you get in-game (and not real money, like in lootboxes and microtransactions) holds more power than a NSFW easter egg?
but production will not be stopped unless Sega is prepared to cover "cost, expenses and what consumers paid."
Wait, does that mean he and his Lamborghini cannot cover that? /s
Is he expecting SEGA to pay for his blunder?
This also confirms the fraud transactions of the taken money from those who "pre-reserved with commitment" (still wondering what the hell that means) was on purpose.
Sadly, like most good things, it has to come to an end (referring to the hilarity this project has brought)
Even if I own the original hardware for some of the games (but not CRTs), I still fail to notice any difference that makes the NSO versions unplayable.
But there are things that are certainly noticeable, such as the stable framerate in Banjo-Tooie (the only times I noticed it dropped to the lows of the N64 original was when I used the plant cannons in Cloud Cuckooland (the last world) and I believe in the cutscenes of Tower of Tragedy, neither of which affected gameplay itself). That and the audio/video sync of the opening of Mario Tennis.
Nothing on NSO has been a dealbreaker for me, beyond the inability to do button mapping for each game individually.
Say what you want about the Wii U Virtual Console, but button mapping for games individually was a winner in my eyes. And yes that's including the N64's C-Buttons.
Before I go on with my thoughts, that screengrab is perfect. The only thing missing on it is the dog looking at the camera.
I'm no professional by any means and with all due respect, a couple of things.
-I thought it was general knowledge that if you receive a product not in mint condition, you start making questions from the get-go. What's with that ac adapter not properly packaged?
-Who tf makes a review in a not secured/controlled area? What I mean by that is, who let the kid be on the same room?
-Video reviews usually have multiple, set cameras, you know.
-If you're a reviewer you're supposed to know what you're doing. With that in mind, how the hey you cannot tell when a button doesn't respond to the prompt at the title screen to make you think you're actually playing during the attract mode, let alone twice and on a split screen for no reason?
Not to mention, you (the first reviewer) clearly have never inserted a disc on a disc drive before.
-How appropriate that the second review has very low volume. I actually thought it was completely mute.
We may get a bad news for us
That sums up this whole spectacle. This is nothing but bad news after bad news for this project leader and his Lamborghini.
By the way, shouldn't it say "We may get bad a news for you"?
Thank you very much, I needed a dose of laughter today.
Maybe he doesn't want credit? Maybe? Or maybe they leave it ambiguous on purpose. Who knows?
@Serpenterror In my weird mind, that photo should have everyone but Yuji Naka removed (yes, maybe even Bomberman as he's not a character Naka was involved in his creation).
I'm pretty sure that's how big he feels/felt.
@Lorfarius According to Wikipedia, Yu Suzuki would be the closest to that. He's credited as designer of it, at least of the arcade version.
Time to feel the frustration the Kacho Arino from Game Center CX felt with this game, hopefully without missing my smile and optimism or getting constant messages saying "Play Ki".
@Azuris As a bilingual guy in Spanish and English, this is my immediate reaction reading his texts, especially now that he showed his car: He can afford a Lamborghini but not better equipment and someone/something to proofread his s***?
Anyway, about the Q&A, I'm sure nobody wants to steal anything from this cluster****. I have to admit though, these news about the failures of the project are making my days.
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Re: SuperSega Back-Pedals With MiSTer FPGA, Aims For Lower Price
The header image is just perfect.
It'll be a sad day when the SuperSega saga ends.
Re: Activision Comes Under Fire For Using AI Art To Gauge Interest In New Mobile Games
On the Crash Bandicoot one, is that a barrel ball?
Re: Bandai Namco Is Launching A New Initiative To License Out IP Like Ridge Racer & Soul Calibur
I'm a little out of the loop here, what is Namco Legendary?
Is it about all their classic Arcade games such as Dig Dug, Mappy, Galaga, Xevious, Rally-X, The Tower of Druaga, Pole Position, etc.?
The only other time I've seen the term used is in Picross S Namco Legendary Edition on the Switch.
Re: "These Short Games Mean Nothing To Me" - Retro-Bit Translator Denies Wrongdoing In "Baffling" Rant
@Djreisat @LuigiBlood @-wc-
Thanks a lot. I haven't forgotten to translate the rest, this is a long @$$ comment.
Re: What's The Most Influential Video Game of All Time? BAFTA Needs Your Help To Decide
The obvious answer should be any of the Tiger Electronics handheld games or the R-Zone.
All jokes aside, from the top of my head, I'd nominate any of these: Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, The Tower of Druaga, Super Mario Bros., Dragon Quest, Mega Man or Castlevania, Metroid, Super Metroid or Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Re: "These Short Games Mean Nothing To Me" - Retro-Bit Translator Denies Wrongdoing In "Baffling" Rant
Another very different thing is to have authorization from the licensee Extreme to use all the material we needed from other official version published under their license, as is the case of the Switch versions of Gleylancer (2021) and Assault Suits Valken (cannot remember the release year, but it had English and Japanese language selector), which Retro-bit themselves encouraged me to do whenever I wished to or saw fit (directly copying the text from the Switch version) and I've deeply done when the pre-existing Switch translation of those two games said the same thing to what I translated, or I liked more how they put it to how I put it. Or simply, because I wnated to unify emblematic phrases or expressions according to what things between both versions. It turns out that there's huge similarities between the English Switch version of Gleylancer and the text of the Mijet fan-translation: a lot of phrases match entirely, a lot phrases contain small bits about a phrase so it matches, and some phrases seem to be made from scratch.
Let's say I took the best of my translation and the Switch translation (according to my own criteria) for the games Gleylancer and Assault Suits Valken, but as it is giving the sensation that the Switch translation of Gleylancer published in 2021 is written on the base of Mijet changing the font for a finer one, and changing parts of the text from that base at the same time I consider said change improves it or that they want to differenciate from the Mijet translation to not infringe its copyright, the logical result of taking the best of my translation and the best of the Switch translation of Gleylancer will be that parts of phrases and some other entire phrase, depending on the star, of luck, will match with the text of Mijet fan-translation for Mega Drive.
(Screenshots with the differences in text)
Re: "These Short Games Mean Nothing To Me" - Retro-Bit Translator Denies Wrongdoing In "Baffling" Rant
I'll try to translate what he said on my own, Spanish is my mother tongue. I may accidentally leave curses uncensored, if I do, mods feel free to edit my post or let me know.
I'm at work right now, so I may not be able to translate the entire post and the reply mentioned by @LuigiBlood in one go.
No, I'm the pasha of Retro, also called Rod Mérida, also called Crackowia, also called La Meca del Clásico (The Mecca of Classic).
And yes, I'm the translator of Retro-bit for these four cited games.
I've translated all the text of all four translations from Japanese to English by myself, directly reading from the emulator (or when I wasn't able to beat the damn f****** difficult games watching a f****** longplay). I've spent years of my life studying written Japanese self-taught, practicing kanji, learning about Japanese grammar and vocaculary. I know a f****** lot of romhacking and I've translated RPGs from English to Spanish frequently comparing with the Japanase text with lengthy text. These short games don't mean anything to me compared to that. I don't need to copy some f****** phrases from another translation.
So no, I've made the 4 translations from scratch, reading directly from the emulator or a longplay, writing everything on a Word document and then breaking my head to put it within the ROM byte by byte in a f****** limited space, sometimes changing pointers, many other without changing them, creating in some cases an expanded double character chart by byte that would allow me to write almost double wothout needing to move a miserable pointer, in some games I've had to fight with a debugger to detect a ROM starting point of routines and made other parts of the ROM jump to find out in what point I have to put a jump to mew code at the same time I needed it to do all this or to add Latin writing system, I've done all that breaking my head for weeks.
Re: King Of Fighters '98 Is The First 'Arcade Archives 2 Neo Geo' Coming To PS5 & Xbox Series X|S
I couldn't care less about the online function and the time attack mode, but I'd upgrade for the rewind function. Too bad it's not coming to the Switch, maybe Switch 2 will be.
I'd love to have the rewind function for Arcade Archives, not only the ACA NEOGEO releases.
Re: 24 Percent Of Gen Z Brits Own A Classic Gaming System, While 74 Percent Say Retro Is "More Relaxing"
I've been meaning to ask for a while, especially in this site. What does retro really mean?
The DS and Wii are retro for me, but some people say they aren't despite the fact the former is already 20 years old and the latter will be next year.
In my mind, the Wii U and 3DS are also retro by virtue that they're already 10 years old, don't get active support from Nintendo and their online services have ceased.
Perhaps we should say "legacy" instead of retro.
Re: Why Famitsu's 'Perfect' Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Review Highlights "The Sorry State Of Preservation"
Is it me or are we selective on what we choose to preseve?
I heard Nintendo Power magazines are being preserved.
Meanwhile, here in Mexico we had the magazine Club Nintendo, which was also a historically relevant magazine as it was one of the pioneers for gaming in general not only in Mexico, but also in Latin America back in the 90s. Yet I haven't heard of anyone preserving the issues or anyone complaning they haven't.
Re: James Bond Producer Didn't Want Guns In 2010's GoldenEye Wii Reboot
They could have gone for menacing finger pointing, like in the 4Kids' version of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sorry, that will never not be one of 4Kids funniest edits.
Re: Random: Sega's Winter Heat Hides A Chilling Prediction About The End Of The World
Ummm, is it me or did he somewhat predict the Great East Japan Earthquake from 2011? Remember the huge tsunami it caused? (Cannot believe it will be almost 14 years since it happened)
Re: Taito's Genre-Mashing Beat 'Em Up 'Thunder Fox' Hits Arcade Archives This Week
Ah yeah. Thunder F*****' Fox, according to AVGN.
Re: Random: The Gloriously Unhinged SuperSega Saga Now Has Its Own Song
Did he quickly recover from the attack of the SEGA Shinobis?
I'm listening to the song, and what is it suposed to be about? Is it about the SuperSega or Alejandro's ego?
Makes me feel ashamed to share the same name with him.
Re: This Kazooie Puppet Is Pure Nightmare Fuel, But It Just Sold For More Than $2,000
Oddly enough, it looks like it could actually fit as a Dinosaur Planet character.
Re: SuperSega Refunds Are Still Missing As Creator "Cheats Death"
He's in the hospital due to the damages caused by the Shinobis that SEGA sent after him.
Re: Konami's Bizarre Arcade Racing Game 'Escape Kids' Is Heading To PS4 & Switch
Makes me think of an on-foot version of Super Off-Road mixed with the items idea of RC Pro AM. I like it.
Re: Yes, Knuckles Was Supposed To Sound Like He Was Swearing In Sonic Heroes
Well, since he met Sonic and Eggman he's gone through a lot of shift.
Re: Fan Game 'DC Task Force' Features 82 Different Playable Superheroes And Is Free To Download
I like how some of the poses are the same as Street Fighter characters.
Look at the Flash and Cyborg and tell me you don't see Ryu and Ken's poses, the last Green Lantern with Zangief's or Batgirl with Cammy's. Meanwhile Bane's pose looks like that of Clark Still from The King of Fighters.
Re: Capcom And Bandai Namco Are Joining Forces For This Massive Handheld
Will it have Street Fighter X Tekken or Namco X Capcom? If not, missed opportunity.
Re: Punch-Out!!'s Characters Aren't To Blame For The Series's Hiatus After All
Like I said in Nintendo Life, as a Mexican I wouldn't be offended if they made another Mexican stereotyped boxer in Punch_Out!!. I'd be glad my country is represented.
Even if the series doesn't come back, I'm glad Punch-Out!! gave us such memorable characters, even some of those from SNES Super Punch-Out!! such as Narcis Prince or Not-Luigi, aka Gabby Jay.
Re: After What Feels Like A Lifetime, Amazon Is Cancelling Mighty No. 9 3DS And Vita Pre-Orders
This reminds me, I need to check if GamePlanet in Mexico is still taking pre-orders of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars for the Wii U (the 3DS version didn't get pre-orders). They were taking them for a non-existent physical version, never heard of anyone pre-ordering it, let alone getting a refund.
Re: SuperSega Boss Puts His Beloved Lamborghini Up For Sale After All Pre-Orders Are Refunded
I hope someone picks up the whole SEGA (pun) and makes a movie out of it.
Re: Sega Admits It Doesn't Know How Many Games It Owns
Ok, that explains the "we're not a retro company" quote to an extent (even if it came from a different division), but let me ask a simple question:
How can a company not know what they own? Don't you have someone/a department to keep track of it?
I mean, I'm not surprised there are parts of SEGA games that SEGA themselves don't own, just look at the whole mess that is the music in Sonic 1, 2 and 3, and as far as I know, the music in the Streets of Rage games is owned by Yuzo Koshiro. But to get to that point, that shows you really couldn't care less about your own history
Re: It's A Christmas Miracle, SuperSega Now Claims Sega Is Totally OK With Its FPGA Console
I just read the letter and...
What kind of legal department would use slashes (/) in two consecutive words?
What kind of legal department starts that many paragraphs with the same word, let alone said word being "Please"?
Who even wants to be associated with this chap? If anything, I want to see them do the opposite, that is make good deeds and finish the console because at this point this chap needs as much help to clean his reputation as possible.
Shouldn't it say Sega Europe Limited?
If you cannot see this is just nonsense, then I don't know how to convince you, and probably deserve to lose money if you paid for it.
However, this time I'll give him this: he either finally wrote proper English or paid someone/for something to proofread for him.
Re: We're Not Getting Saturn And Dreamcast Minis, But We Are Getting More Sega Mini-Arcades
@KitsuneNight
Hell, even as a modern company, they are already cheaping out and farming production to Limited Run Games. Remember the Persona games, Yakuza Kiwami Switch and the limited edition of Sonic X Shadow Generations?
Re: It's A Christmas Miracle, SuperSega Now Claims Sega Is Totally OK With Its FPGA Console
This whole SEGA (pun intended) is the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you.
Merry Christmas, Lamborghini man.
Re: Anniversary: Street Fighter's Live-Action Movie Is 30 Years Old Today
You know, the movie has a "so bad it's good" vibe to me, if there's nothing else to watch I would watch it and feel satisfied I did.
The other day my sister was asking for 80s-90s Saturday TV movies to watch with her 13 yo son, this one could be a good candidate.
Re: Game Of The Year: UFO 50 Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving
I don't have a Steam account, so if it ever comes to Switch or its successor, I'll make sure to get UFO50. Sounds like Action 52 done right.
Re: Ubisoft Defrosts Rayman For Cynical Blockchain Outing, Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E.
Rayman to Ubisoft: I died for your sins.
Re: Sega's Western CEO Isn't Interested In Saturn And Dreamcast Mini Consoles
There, I corrected the quote to what SEGA in general probably thinks.
Re: Random: This Site Lets You Create Fake Memes With Some Of Gaming's Most Iconic Screens
I've seen the dolphin from Aero Fighter 2 unmodified image a lot.
The best I can get right now is the Dracula from SOTN saying "Find the Computer Room!".
Will give the site a go later.
Re: Don't Forget The Sega 32X Turns 30 This Year, Too
Apart from Knuckles' Chaotix, are there any other games worth playing from the 32X? Legit question.
Re: 'Hokkaido Serial Murder Case' Returns To UK eShop With A PEGI-18 Rating
Wait, so a gambling simulation involving currency you get in-game (and not real money, like in lootboxes and microtransactions) holds more power than a NSFW easter egg?
Re: Arika Reveals 'Tetris The Grandmaster 4 - Absolute Eye-', Coming March 2025
Even if I'm not the best TGM player, more Tetris is never a bad thing for me.
Re: To The Shock Of Absolutely Nobody, Sega Is Trying To Shut Down The SuperSega FPGA Project
Wait, does that mean he and his Lamborghini cannot cover that? /s
Is he expecting SEGA to pay for his blunder?
This also confirms the fraud transactions of the taken money from those who "pre-reserved with commitment" (still wondering what the hell that means) was on purpose.
Sadly, like most good things, it has to come to an end (referring to the hilarity this project has brought)
Re: "Absolutely Horrid" - Is Nintendo Switch Online's Emulation Really That Bad?
Even if I own the original hardware for some of the games (but not CRTs), I still fail to notice any difference that makes the NSO versions unplayable.
But there are things that are certainly noticeable, such as the stable framerate in Banjo-Tooie (the only times I noticed it dropped to the lows of the N64 original was when I used the plant cannons in Cloud Cuckooland (the last world) and I believe in the cutscenes of Tower of Tragedy, neither of which affected gameplay itself). That and the audio/video sync of the opening of Mario Tennis.
Nothing on NSO has been a dealbreaker for me, beyond the inability to do button mapping for each game individually.
Say what you want about the Wii U Virtual Console, but button mapping for games individually was a winner in my eyes. And yes that's including the N64's C-Buttons.
Re: If Nothing Else, SuperSega's Latest "Review" Should Convince You To Keep Your Wallet Shut
Before I go on with my thoughts, that screengrab is perfect. The only thing missing on it is the dog looking at the camera.
I'm no professional by any means and with all due respect, a couple of things.
-I thought it was general knowledge that if you receive a product not in mint condition, you start making questions from the get-go. What's with that ac adapter not properly packaged?
-Who tf makes a review in a not secured/controlled area? What I mean by that is, who let the kid be on the same room?
-Video reviews usually have multiple, set cameras, you know.
-If you're a reviewer you're supposed to know what you're doing. With that in mind, how the hey you cannot tell when a button doesn't respond to the prompt at the title screen to make you think you're actually playing during the attract mode, let alone twice and on a split screen for no reason?
Not to mention, you (the first reviewer) clearly have never inserted a disc on a disc drive before.
-How appropriate that the second review has very low volume. I actually thought it was completely mute.
That sums up this whole spectacle. This is nothing but bad news after bad news for this project leader and his Lamborghini.
By the way, shouldn't it say "We may get bad
anews for you"?Thank you very much, I needed a dose of laughter today.
Re: Talking Point: With Sonic's Movie Series Set To Cross A Billion Dollars At The Box Office, It's A Shame His Creator Doesn't Get Credit
Maybe he doesn't want credit? Maybe? Or maybe they leave it ambiguous on purpose. Who knows?
@Serpenterror In my weird mind, that photo should have everyone but Yuji Naka removed (yes, maybe even Bomberman as he's not a character Naka was involved in his creation).
I'm pretty sure that's how big he feels/felt.
@Lorfarius According to Wikipedia, Yu Suzuki would be the closest to that. He's credited as designer of it, at least of the arcade version.
Re: We Didn't Get 'WipEout Kart' Because Phil Harrison Thinks "Kart Games Are Where Franchises Go To Die"
Of course if your series is already a racing game you don't turn it into a kart racer.
Imagine if Gran Turismo or Forza had Kart entries. They most likely wouldn't have rung well with fans of the series.
Regardless, coming from Phil Harrison, that's probably better than what happened to Stadia.
Re: Random: This $13,000 Set Of Scales Plays King Of Fighters '98
If you make it to Rugal and lose, the devices outright murder you. That has to be a selling point for some.
Please don't take that seriously.
Re: Sega Wanted Phantasy Star IV To Flop In The West, Hence The Sky-High $100 Price
@slider1983 @sdelfin
Not only on Steam it seems they'll be de-listed.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/11/sega-delisting-mega-drive-classics-on-switch-eshop-this-december
Re: Irem's Arcade Bomberman Comes To FPGA Platforms
Wait, so the Bombermen faces are actually visors?
Re: Sega Wanted Phantasy Star IV To Flop In The West, Hence The Sky-High $100 Price
Had the game flopped, SEGA Japan most likely would've told SEGA of America "No s*** it didn't sell, you asked $100 for it. Are you high?"
This sounds like a contender for a @Guru_Larry's Fact Hunt episode.
Re: Tower Of Druaga Prequel 'VS. The Quest Of Ki' Is Making The Journey To Switch & PS4
Time to feel the frustration the Kacho Arino from Game Center CX felt with this game, hopefully without missing my smile and optimism or getting constant messages saying "Play Ki".
Re: SuperSega Explains Why It Produces Such "Crappy" Videos, Says It's Afraid Analogue Will Steal Its Ideas
@Sketcz
This part (especially the bolded one) has made my day. Thanks a lot.
Re: This Proto-GamesMaster TV Show Predicted Our Impending AI Hellscape 40 Years Ago
This didn't age well.
Re: Sega Just Announced New Hardware, But Don't Get Too Excited – It's Not Dreamcast 2
Probably has a better future than the SuperSEGA.
Sorry, it had to be said.
Re: SuperSega Explains Why It Produces Such "Crappy" Videos, Says It's Afraid Analogue Will Steal Its Ideas
@Azuris As a bilingual guy in Spanish and English, this is my immediate reaction reading his texts, especially now that he showed his car: He can afford a Lamborghini but not better equipment and someone/something to proofread his s***?
Anyway, about the Q&A, I'm sure nobody wants to steal anything from this cluster****. I have to admit though, these news about the failures of the project are making my days.
Re: SuperSega Boss Rocks Up In His Lamborghini To Beg For Your Pre-Order Cash
What the hell is a "pre-reserve with commitment"? In fact, what the hell is a pre-reserve anyway?