racketboy.com

ZRofel wrote:I'm loving everything I'm seeing in this thread
PretentiousHipster : Nightmare Ned

I'd never heard of this game or the show it's based on, so I looked it up and almost immediately found a screenshot that looks like an adorable little cartoon kid getting his brain punched out of the back of his head. I'm gonna need to find a way to play this...

BomberDino wrote:Magic Knight Rayearth, Sega Saturn. Found it in a bargain bin. Not sure why I bought it. Played it for 5 minutes. Thought, "This is lame, why am I playing this." Kept playing and finished it. It's in my top 5 games for the system. Just a simple, casual, fun game with good production values. No shame in that. I think it was my first experience with Japanese animation, too.

marurun wrote:Unsung (in the US) = Grandia. Yes, the US Playstation release was flawed (in several ways, but more than anything else the English voice work), and yes, the Gung Ho PC/Switch release as Grandia HD has some of those flaws still included (but thankfully English text and Japanese voices are an option). But Grandia is one of those fantastic tales that combines adventure with the protagonists growing up and coming of age. No, the story doesn't REALLY do anything horribly unique, but the way it tells that tale is just so unabashedly enthusiastic and committed to the characters. And the combats are awesome, if not especially challenging outside of boss battles (unless you've been dodging battles and get back-attacked while under-leveled, then you might be screwed). I know I'm the only one here who appreciates this game to this degree, but I know some of you would love it if you're able to give it a chance.

BoneSnapDeez wrote:Super Famicom Rayearth was the first "anime RPG" I ever experienced. Fan translated in 1999!

ZRofel wrote:

aaron wrote:Y'all played Robo Pit?!

I have not played Robo Pit. Please, enlighten me.

aaron wrote:It's basically Dollar Store Virtual-On. You craft a robot, pick it's legs, torso, arms and *face* (!) and give it a name, then you beat each other up. It has local split screen, you can battle in first-person or third-person, it's really simple to get into, and the characters and music has a certain charm to it. I also love how it takes FOREVER at the end of the match for the announcer to say "You............... win!"

ZRofel wrote:

aaron wrote:It's basically Dollar Store Virtual-On. You craft a robot, pick it's legs, torso, arms and *face* (!) and give it a name, then you beat each other up. It has local split screen, you can battle in first-person or third-person, it's really simple to get into, and the characters and music has a certain charm to it. I also love how it takes FOREVER at the end of the match for the announcer to say "You............... win!"

Nice! This reminds me a lot of the type of janky PlayStation fighting games my brother and I would play when we were growing up.

It looks like there was actually a sequel released as well...

aaron wrote:Yeah, the sequel was PS1 only so I never got to play it. I imagine it's the exact same game