DJGameFreakTheIguana
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EDIT: Due to the difference in nationalities here, I'm now specifying Japanese games.
I've played a few of these for a while and wanted to know if anyone else does or have an interest in non-localized games or any that have been translated through hacking.
Last year I tried a Yakuza spin-off for the PSP called Kurohyou, after one of it's BGM's was linked to me(I later used that track in Sonic Revolution, the flight section in speed slider if anyone played it). I haven't played it in a while since I got stuck somewhere, but maybe one day I'll pick it back up.
For the PS1, a game called Panzer Bandit. It's a blatant knockoff of Guardian Heroes and even lets you select which of the first 4 stage you'll play like in Gunstar Heroes, not that it makes this game less enjoyable. I've played it off and on over the few years since I tried it, and used a cheat to unlock the bosses, though my favorite character is a badass cigar smoking cyborg name Ein, if I spelled that right. From what I gathered after beating the game and some info, a sequel was planned but the company, Banpresto I think it was called, was bought out and has since been owned by Namco, meaning that sequel will never happen. I highly recommended trying this game if you haven't, especially if you're a fan of Guardian Heroes.
The Tales series. I hadn't payed any attention to it for a long time, only rented Syphonia for the gamecube when it was new and beat Vesperia last year. I made mention of this in the Universe Brawl thread, but I looked through this series for a translated game other then Tales of the World 3(GBA Translated hack) featuring Loni Dunamis from Destiny 2, which didn't turn up anything. I did however play some other games of the series. I started playing a hack translated Tales of Phantasia for the SNES on my phone after finishing Chrono Trigger back in the summer, as well as Tales of the World 2(Also translated for the GBA), and Radiant Mythology(PSP). For non translated games, Tales of Rebirth, Destiny 2, VS(A smash clone very similar to Onimusha Blade Warriors), and Heroes - Twin Brave(Dynasty Warriors Clone). Rebirth and Destiny 2 were remade for the PSP while VS and Heroes were made for it, all of which I started playing on the Ouya, Rebirth being the exception, and I have to add that Rebirth is my favorite based on aesthetics alone.
While this game is translated, it bares mentioning since it was released in the states, Altered Beast for the PS2. Many have dismissed the game since it's aesthetics were totally different from the original 2D game, I actually welcome it. I should warn that there's a good amount of gore in this game, though I think at worse, it's the CGI rendered transformation scenes, which should be mentioned that you can do this at will, for those who never played or heard of this.
There's also a Sonic game for this topic, as you all know I'm a fan of by this point. It's an arcade game called Sega Sonic The Hedgehog, never released outside of Japan to my knowledge, and it features a 3 player setup with Sonic, Mighty, and Ray, in an isometric design to it's stages very similar to Sonic 3D Blast but without the flickies. Contrary to the belief that Sonic is mute, all characters including Eggman are fully voice acted.
Anyone else been playing these non-localized games? Different ports of games need not apply unless there's a notable difference, like Bare Knuckle 3 and the JP port of Contra Hard Corpse.
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I've played a few of these for a while and wanted to know if anyone else does or have an interest in non-localized games or any that have been translated through hacking.
Last year I tried a Yakuza spin-off for the PSP called Kurohyou, after one of it's BGM's was linked to me(I later used that track in Sonic Revolution, the flight section in speed slider if anyone played it). I haven't played it in a while since I got stuck somewhere, but maybe one day I'll pick it back up.
For the PS1, a game called Panzer Bandit. It's a blatant knockoff of Guardian Heroes and even lets you select which of the first 4 stage you'll play like in Gunstar Heroes, not that it makes this game less enjoyable. I've played it off and on over the few years since I tried it, and used a cheat to unlock the bosses, though my favorite character is a badass cigar smoking cyborg name Ein, if I spelled that right. From what I gathered after beating the game and some info, a sequel was planned but the company, Banpresto I think it was called, was bought out and has since been owned by Namco, meaning that sequel will never happen. I highly recommended trying this game if you haven't, especially if you're a fan of Guardian Heroes.
The Tales series. I hadn't payed any attention to it for a long time, only rented Syphonia for the gamecube when it was new and beat Vesperia last year. I made mention of this in the Universe Brawl thread, but I looked through this series for a translated game other then Tales of the World 3(GBA Translated hack) featuring Loni Dunamis from Destiny 2, which didn't turn up anything. I did however play some other games of the series. I started playing a hack translated Tales of Phantasia for the SNES on my phone after finishing Chrono Trigger back in the summer, as well as Tales of the World 2(Also translated for the GBA), and Radiant Mythology(PSP). For non translated games, Tales of Rebirth, Destiny 2, VS(A smash clone very similar to Onimusha Blade Warriors), and Heroes - Twin Brave(Dynasty Warriors Clone). Rebirth and Destiny 2 were remade for the PSP while VS and Heroes were made for it, all of which I started playing on the Ouya, Rebirth being the exception, and I have to add that Rebirth is my favorite based on aesthetics alone.
While this game is translated, it bares mentioning since it was released in the states, Altered Beast for the PS2. Many have dismissed the game since it's aesthetics were totally different from the original 2D game, I actually welcome it. I should warn that there's a good amount of gore in this game, though I think at worse, it's the CGI rendered transformation scenes, which should be mentioned that you can do this at will, for those who never played or heard of this.
There's also a Sonic game for this topic, as you all know I'm a fan of by this point. It's an arcade game called Sega Sonic The Hedgehog, never released outside of Japan to my knowledge, and it features a 3 player setup with Sonic, Mighty, and Ray, in an isometric design to it's stages very similar to Sonic 3D Blast but without the flickies. Contrary to the belief that Sonic is mute, all characters including Eggman are fully voice acted.
Anyone else been playing these non-localized games? Different ports of games need not apply unless there's a notable difference, like Bare Knuckle 3 and the JP port of Contra Hard Corpse.
X)
