So wait a minute, Snatcher - an entirely narrative spoken word & text based adventure game is going to be released entirely in Japanese in the U.S.? WTF?!?Well, this is interesting. Konami just confirmed that the TurboGrafx-16 Mini will ship with "50 games," and that's split into US and JP versions. As in, the US is gonna get a TurboGrafx-16 full of original Japanese games, untranslated, alongside the American material. 24 USA games, 26 JPN games in all. This is different than Sega and Nintendo's approaches, which have region-locked their particular mini-console game selections to certain territories.
It's quite the freaking collection, with only a bit of overlap.
US:
- Alien Crush
- Blazing Lasers
- Bomberman '93
- Bonk's Revenge
- Cadash
- Chew-Man-Fu
- Dungeon Explorer
- J.J. & Jeff
- Lords of Thunder
- Military Madness
- Moto Roader
- Neutopia
- Neutopia II
- New Adventure Island
- Ninja Spirit
- Parasol Stars
- Power Golf
- R-Type
- Soldier Blade
- Space Harrier
- Victory Run
- Ys Book I & II
JP:
- Akumajō Dracula X Chi No Rondo (Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood)
- Aldynes
- Appare! Gateball
- Bomberman '94
- Bomberman Panic Bomber
- Chō Aniki
- Daimakaimura (Ghouls 'N' Ghosts)
- Dungeon Explorer
- Fantasy Zone
- Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
- Gradius (Nemesis)
- Gradius II – Gofer No Yabō (Nemesis II)
- Jaseiken Necromancer
- Nectaris (Military Madness)
- Neutopia
- Neutopia II
- Ninja Ryūkenden (Ninja Gaiden)
- PC-Genjin (Bonk's Adventure)
- Salamander
- Snatcher
- Star Parodier (Fantasy Star Soldier)
- Super Darius
- Super Momotarō Dentetsu II
- Super Star Soldier
- The Kung Fu (China Warrior)
- Ys I & II
Lack of Splatterhouse is interesting on Namco's part, but also interesting to see Konami put freaking Snatcher and Rondo of Blood on here--confirming TurboCD game support (maybe they said that earlier, I must've missed it if so). Shame that those'll both be Japanese versions. Snatcher's official English translation on Sega CD is a treat. But, yeah, wow. Nice list all-in-all, Konami.
What the?Wasn't Turbogrsdz NEC's lovechild?? Also no Bonk, no buy. Turbografx 16 had Bonk and Keith Courage in Alphazone
So wait a minute, Snatcher - an entirely narrative spoken word & text based adventure game is going to be released entirely in Japanese in the U.S.? WTF?!?
Also - where the @%*# is Legendary Axe??
Wasn't Turbogrsdz NEC's lovechild?? Also no Bonk, no buy. Turbografx 16 had Bonk and Keith Courage in Alphazone
Aww man. A good replacement that most people will prefer but I assumed the games shown in the Japanese video were going to be the same ones to appear on the us version. I didn't realize there were differences. It would have been amazing to see Tokimeki get an official us release after all these years.
It's ironically the only game to be replaced so i'm honestly surprised tbh. I'd rather swap out Necromancer for Salamander as that game's poop anyway
They should just use the text and voices from the Sega CD version of Snatcher - it's nearly identical to the PC engine version.As for snatcher, there's no US translation, so there's nothing for them to use. I'm kinda glad it's coming at all since as someone with some understanding of Japanese, I can at least enjoy it. I do hope they maybe find a way to add subtitles to the voices though, somehow.
So wait a minute, Snatcher - an entirely narrative spoken word & text based adventure game is going to be released entirely in Japanese in the U.S.? WTF?!?
It's deplorable!
Wasn't Turbogrsdz NEC's lovechild?? Also no Bonk, no buy. Turbografx 16 had Bonk and Keith Courage in Alphazone
There is no magic button that would do this. The source code is probably not existent or at least not in any shape to easily modify, and that leaves the only other option a long and painful hack job.They should just use the text and voices from the Sega CD version of Snatcher - it's nearly identical to the PC engine version.
They should just use the text and voices from the Sega CD version of Snatcher - it's nearly identical to the PC engine version.
It also means you don't have to buy different region minis to get all of the games unlike the Nintendo Classics. I mean, it still has 24 US games which puts it right in the middle of the NES and SNES classic, PLUS the 26 Japanese titles.I can't believe they're just dumping shit like an untranslated adventure game on people. Lmao.
Several of those Japanese titles are literally just the same US games, in Japanese.It also means you don't have to buy different region minis to get all of the games unlike the Nintendo Classics. I mean, it still has 24 US games which puts it right in the middle of the NES and SNES classic, PLUS the 26 Japanese titles.
Agree, Devil's Crush was one of my favorite Turbografx games. Never really liked Alien Crush.
I'm genuinely bummed about the lack of Gate of Thunder but oh well.
Did we ever get official confirmation on who is doing the emulation?As long as there arent any problems with emulation, I'll be getting one for sure. That list of games is pretty good.
As someone who only recently started getting into Gradius, it's nice to see the second game in particular here. Are the PCE versions generally decent?
So all versions are shipping with 50 games split between US and JP versions, correct? But there's going to be some regional differences, has anyone listed them yet?
Konami should own the game rights so they are consciously leaving out one of the best game on the console.I'm genuinely bummed about the lack of Gate of Thunder but oh well.
The lineup is pretty damn good but here's to hacking it. ;)
If the option is either not release it at all, or release it untranslated, which do you think is the better option?
There is no magic button that would do this. The source code is probably not existent or at least not in any shape to easily modify, and that leaves the only other option a long and painful hack job.
It also means you don't have to buy different region minis to get all of the games unlike the Nintendo Classics. I mean, it still has 24 US games which puts it right in the middle of the NES and SNES classic, PLUS the 26 Japanese titles.
What I'm getting at is this is a long way to go to find something to complain about.
M2 (we can only assume it's them, right? They've done like every other emulated reissue of TG-16/PCE games in history, no?)
Part of me wants to say their workload as of late probably makes that idea unlikely, but at the same time, part of said workload involved officially localizing Kid Dracula and Seiken Densetsu 3, so weirder stuff has happened, I guess.Maybe if enough of the right people hear the demand enough, M2 (we can only assume it's them, right? They've done like every other emulated reissue of TG-16/PCE games in history, no?) might pull a Darius/Tetris MD and translate Snatcher for Western markets. Just maybe. I mean, it's not our until March, for crying out loud.
Fantastic lineup but as always there are puzzling omissions. Legendary Axe is a fantastic game and was one of the bigger early games for the system. Anyone know of any licensing issues with it?
I count 15 shooters, many of them excellent. Makes up somewhat for the lacklustre showing from the MD mini in this department.
This is an AWESOME game list!Well, this is interesting. Konami just confirmed that the TurboGrafx-16 Mini will ship with "50 games," and that's split into US and JP versions. As in, the US is gonna get a TurboGrafx-16 full of original Japanese games, untranslated, alongside the American material. 24 USA games, 26 JPN games in all. This is different than Sega and Nintendo's approaches, which have region-locked their particular mini-console game selections to certain territories.
It's quite the freaking collection, with only a bit of overlap.
US:
- Alien Crush
- Blazing Lasers
- Bomberman '93
- Bonk's Revenge
- Cadash
- Chew-Man-Fu
- Dungeon Explorer
- J.J. & Jeff
- Lords of Thunder
- Military Madness
- Moto Roader
- Neutopia
- Neutopia II
- New Adventure Island
- Ninja Spirit
- Parasol Stars
- Power Golf
- R-Type
- Soldier Blade
- Space Harrier
- Victory Run
- Ys Book I & II
JP:
- Akumajō Dracula X Chi No Rondo (Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood)
- Aldynes
- Appare! Gateball
- Bomberman '94
- Bomberman Panic Bomber
- Chō Aniki
- Daimakaimura (Ghouls 'N' Ghosts)
- Dungeon Explorer
- Fantasy Zone
- Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
- Gradius (Nemesis)
- Gradius II – Gofer No Yabō (Nemesis II)
- Jaseiken Necromancer
- Nectaris (Military Madness)
- Neutopia
- Neutopia II
- Ninja Ryūkenden (Ninja Gaiden)
- PC-Genjin (Bonk's Adventure)
- Salamander
- Snatcher
- Star Parodier (Fantasy Star Soldier)
- Super Darius
- Super Momotarō Dentetsu II
- Super Star Soldier
- The Kung Fu (China Warrior)
- Ys I & II
Lack of Splatterhouse is interesting on Namco's part, but also interesting to see Konami put freaking Snatcher and Rondo of Blood on here--confirming TurboCD game support (maybe they said that earlier, I must've missed it if so). Shame that those'll both be Japanese versions. Snatcher's official English translation on Sega CD is a treat. But, yeah, wow. Nice list all-in-all, Konami.
Absolutely agree.No Devil's Crush is SUPER crushing to me. Alien Crush just isn't as good.