Forgotten Games: Tengai Makyou Zero [Far East of Eden Zero] - SNESdrunk

[@mariusamber3237]

The whole series is pretty much unknown in the West, but it was supposedly a big hit in Japan, starting from PCE-CD in particular. My fav game in the series is The 4th Apocalypse on the Saturn/PSP, since it takes place in the wackiest version of the US imaginable. They're poking fun at the US in more ways than one, from mecha fights in Hollywood, through songs about being fat and eating sweets, to a singer who enchants people with her pop songs to do her bidding. Makes sense though, since the series is to a large degree based on cultural misconceptions. Also, Red Company created another famous game series in Japan, Sakura Wars - yet again fairly unpopular in the West.

[@chaser5616]

You're saying this guy's create Sakura Wars! Wow,I mean it actually pretty unknown but for those who knew it,it was great! This also looks like a game I would play, Thanks for the info :)

[@mariusamber3237]

@@chaser5616 Yeah, I think they changed their name to Red Entertainment or something, but they're responsible for SW too. I was surprised by that as well!

[@Fakan]

Am American, sounds legit to me.

[@ivantasovski6327]

Hopefully there will be a fan translation for Apocalypse someday...

[@StoneMonkWisdom]

Practically all of (North) America did not know about the Tengai Makyou (series), except for the Johnny the HappyConsoleGamer on youtube. He made a video over 11 years ago as of this comment about the Far East of Eden series. Wow!

[@NewGamePlusPodcast]

Player: "Excuse me, where is the chapel?" NPC: "Now, this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down and I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air."

[@seanmyster6]

Believe it or not, this franchise actually had one game released in the west; a fighting game spin-off on Neo Geo named Kabuki Klash.

[@shenglongisback4688]

Its a fun game

[@thecunninlynguist]

Game looks and sounds fantastic. Sort of reminds me of Wild Arms. Time mechanic is a nice addition. Amazing there's no palette swapped enemies...even the best of RPG's have resorted to palette swaps.

[@0Fyrebrand0]

A lot of the enemies are really well designed, too! So full of unique character. Check out these dudes at 3:14 -- ANY other game would have totally made these guys palette swaps of each other. But this game would not let the designers relax for even a moment.

[@travispardy8649]

That opening soundtrack alone will hook you!

[@grammaticalrouge29]

5:26 "Lots of wacky stuff like being able to raise your own pet. Yes, you can bring it with you, but it really doesn't do anything... so there's that, I guess..." *Me looking through the window and seeing people grinding/paying just to carry a fire turtle/dog/thing with them to a battleground:* "Those developers were unto something, I can tell you that!" And there goes another gem to the _Games I didn't knew existed's_ chest. Thanks SNESDrunk.

[@MadInu8]

Great video again! Glad someone is reviewing this hidden gem ❤️

[@DhinCardoso]

This game made me begin studying Japanese - because I was so enchanted by its visuals and music and the english patch was taking forever to release - but sadly wasn't capable os mastering Japanese before the patch get released and now I'm playing it in english ♥

[@benjaminsmythe8967]

Let's face it, you did a week of Rosetta stone and then gave up.

[@Neocasturn]

@@benjaminsmythe8967 right, like, why lie?

[@Yuuretsu]

This game has amazing graphics for an snes game. I'm a big fan of the series, especially the second game and this has been on my to do list for a while. I had been studying Japanese in my spare time for years but the Tengai Makyo games really gave me that extra push. I'ts a shame there hasn't been anything but Tengai Makyo pachinko machines ever since Konami absorbed Hudson Soft.

[@n333k333]

Been praying for a Tengai II translation for 25 years ...

[@fearanarchy]

I respect any translation project that is passionate. I also know that is why Samurai Shodown RPG ain't gonna happen. If that does, oh... I will make space in my day to play that.

[@camillezaurin4460]

I thought Samurai Shodown RPG had happened?? Also, if you can read french, there's a french patch.

[@MrBroken030]

@@camillezaurin4460 is that the same guy that uploaded a playthrough of it years ago?

[@camillezaurin4460]

@@MrBroken030 It might have been. I never got his patch to work but then again I'm using lr-neocd, not neoraine, so I'm sure it works off his recommended emulator.

[@MrBroken030]

@Iamasillyboy Yesiam there is also a ps1 japan exclusive port of the samsho rpg!

[@camillezaurin4460]

@Iamasillyboy Yesiam it was on the Neo Geo Cd, actually I think it's the only exclusive on that system along with crossed swords II

[@raphaelfp]

A truly beautiful and hidden one. I'm not a big fan of JRPGs but I was kinda tempted to give this one a try after watching the video!

[@j0nnyism]

Try treasure of the rudras it’s amazing. Deffo one of the best games not released in the west

[@bes03c]

Another great video from SNESDrunk. The rest of my day just got a little better.

[@peteywheatstraw3583]

heya, just wanted to say, this channel is nice to watch, especially in this crazy 2020 year. please keep it up.

[@ホカホカサンシャイン]

Amazing! I'm surprised to see a video mentioning this game abroad! I don't know if you mention it in the video because I can't hear it, there are special ROMs that collaborated with Shonen Jump, and there are events that collaborated with TV shows. It's a game that feels 90's in the way it uses its budget.

[@SNESdrunk]

Did not know that! That's incredibly cool

[@thecorrectoification]

It means so much to me that you showcase this stuff. I would never have had a clue otherwise. Seriously. Btw, that big cat monster thing reminds me of Samurai Pizza Cats lol

[@bongodoug]

Always a joy seeing a new vid from you, thx!

[@Philinleshed]

Your Forgotten Games videos highlighting Japanese titles that didn’t get an import are the best. I always make it a point to download the ROM and check out these games especially the JRPG’s with English translations.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

4:42 There's a class of items in the game called "Shitty [gear]"...?

[@0Fyrebrand0]

*Solid Snake:* "Shitty Gear!?"

[@starlightwitch12]

I always play this game every Halloween, I wonder why. I never played any of the original games (Ziria, Manji Maru and The 4th Apocalypse) and the PC-FX one (Karakuri Kakutoden) but I played this, the Kabuki Klash fighting game and Oriental Blue (the GBA spinoff).

[@thecorrectoification]

I read your comment while drinking a Pumpkin Ale 🎩👌

[@cloud9mitchellj509]

Thanks for your time! :D ✌

[@tiagocosmos]

I played this game, it's really good. i'm intrigued by the calendar system but it would take an entire year to see everything.

[@NewportBox100s]

Glad to see you back making videos. 🥳

[@guilhermecabral6348]

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[@sirrealkiller8357]

Hey SNES Drunk. Been a fan of the show for years and I religiously listen to Drunk Friend. I know (now) that RPGs are harder to review due to the length and depth. Just want to say how much I appreciate the review. That four part JRPG’s that never left Japan arc from years ago hard sold me on SNES Drunk. Love this stuff. Found another addition to my SNES mini today! Take care, and YOU have a great rest of your day.

[@notsblarg]

Thanks for this video man. Although I generally don't get around to playing "lost" JP games (such as things like Wonder Project J2 and the McDonald's training videos) I find them endlessly fascinating. However I occasionally pick up Snes games like Treasure of the Rudras and others I can't name off the top of my head now but you know. It's always great to know these kind of games exist. Keep up the good work my dude.

[@Frogdoddofficial]

Wow here's one I never heard of. I love that all these years later I can still find something to play on SNES.

[@malicekerendu3574]

You should talk about magical vacation. It's a jrpg on the gba that got an english patch some years ago

[@mikebr9764]

That was the game that made me at 12 want to get a gba the most. I memba the preview in gameinformer. Never got to play it. Instead I tried magical star sign after finding it 2 years ago at a used record store and it’s pretty bad lol

[@malicekerendu3574]

@@mikebr9764 the combat system in vacation is pretty intuitive yet simple. I played a bit of starsign, but the battle system was overly complex and threw me off

[@mikebr9764]

Cool. I should try to find the English patched rom one day

[@FoxMan_FF]

The game is notoriously difficult to emulate, from what I've seen- specifically in the sound department. I downloaded and patched it myself and tested it in both VBA and No$GBA. No$GBA emulated the music properly, but only after a certain point- basically past the title screen and the intro, then complete silence barring sound effects. Meanwhile, VBA didn't emulate the sound correctly at all.

[@malicekerendu3574]

@@FoxMan_FF It works perfectly on retroarch and on myboy with some slight problems (it'll start lagging if you don't touch the screen for a while so just touching it fixes the problem) . I don't like using retroarch so I used myboy and it does the job well.

[@wretchardkimball9049]

Omfg golden sun was so text heavy i couldn't even remember what i was supposed to be doing between conversations.

[@theamazingcowlet]

#1 reason why I couldnt finish Golden Sun xd

[@fernandogaragnani]

Great vídeo about this game. I know the series by name, never played them, but this game has amazing graphics.

[@lennywright5655]

I don’t understand why we don’t get more rereleases/remasters/remakes of hidden gems, instead of games almost everyone’s played a million times already.

[@Shinmsl]

probably because Developers are greedy and they don't want any risk, just go for the proven moneymakers

[@duffman18]

Because porting is very difficult and expensive. It's not just copy and pasting the code into a switch game or PS4 game or whatever. It costs time and money. And so they have to weigh the risk of whether people will actually buy it and whether they'll make enough money back to cover the cost of porting it, and maybe hopefully make a little bit of profit. But yeah it's difficult. There's a reason that there's game dev studios entirely dedicated to porting, like M2 for example, because you need experts to be able to do it and make it accurate and put in extra features such as save states. And that's just porting. Doing a official English translation (and don't forget, if the do that then they need to also translate it to Spanish, Italian, German, French etc and another dozen languages) costs a lot of money to do it properly and do it well, do it in a way that's faithful to the original story/text. Translators don't come cheap, and it takes a lot of time, a lot of back and forth between the original writers and the translators, correcting hundreds of lines and stuff. It takes ages. Remastering/remaking is even more difficult and expensive. It's literally remaking a game from the ground up, and somehow having to try and preserve the feel of the original game as perfectly and accurately as possible while also updating it. They have the advantage of not having the first 6 months of development that usually goes to designing the mechanics and the world and the controls etc, the game is already there designed and they just have to copy it. But still, remaking it from the ground up is just as hard as making a game from scratch, there's gonna be months and months and months of bug testing and general game testing. All that costs money, lots of employees to pay. It's all about money

[@ChrisEbz]

@@Shinmsl They aren't "greedy", it's a business meant to make money. You think a company would run itself into the ground because someone wanted a rare remake? Companies that can spare the extra $change for fan service or appreciation of their older work are less likely to go belly up and also use it as marketing if it's worth it.

[@SaikyoKoutei]

Well in this case Hudson rights are with Konami, and you know how they are with games now...

[@kwizzeh]

@@SaikyoKoutei And if they didn't, we'd all have to bank that someone from Hudson kept the original source considering this was the 90s and we all know how well many companies of that era didn't even bother to backing up stuff simply because the cost was so much.

[@13amproduction]

This looks awesome. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

[@Mighty10917]

Finally Thank You!! SNES Drunk

[@ToranosukeEdo]

I love starting my mornings with fresh SNES Drunk

[@hteekay]

This game surprises me when I was playing it through New Year's Eve and the game actually celebrates New Year in game. The town I was in that were festive and there were fireworks.

[@allenyates3469]

I know I post comments like this all the time but; I'm very appreciative of your efforts as retro gaming is a big part of my life and you keep my back log growing lol

[@elbravovierde8010]

Great video! From my all time fave series!! It's a wonderfully acomplished game, but pales a bit in comparisson with Tengai Makyou Apc IV and Manjimaru!

[@CanadianPenny]

You can't forget a game you never knew existed, but yes it looks amazing.

[@zc7372]

Funny how the dialogue is what stuck out for you with Golden Sun. For me, it's the puzzles! Golden Sun is an excellent puzzle game wearing a jrpg costume.

[@teyanzi]

Love the Tengai Makyou series, I finished this one a few years back and it's very good. The art in these games is level above the games of the time.

[@pasnoop]

I played this game when I was 14-15, This game is really good and fun to play. I love the festival system that happen on the right date, such as when you set the date as 25th Dec it will has Christmas festival in the town.

[@jon4715]

Yes, been waiting for this one. Thank you.

[@Konarcoffee]

Damn I wish I had known about this when I was obsessed with playing JRPGs, looks great

[@shin_roku5696]

Awesome review, thanks for shining some light on this hidden gem.

[@PersianImm0rtal]

Yes! I have been waiting for a review of this amazing translation! God I wish sd2snes supported this one

[@vinigmoura]

I was just looking for a jrpg, thanks a lot!

[@Binighted]

I bought and played the original japanese game back when it came out and still have it, it was a pain with so much text! When the translation finally came out I replayed it and it didn’t dissapoint. Definetly one of the best games for snes.

[@bitsandpiecesmusic]

This definitely looks like something I'd enjoy playing! Thanks for sharing!

[@Michael_Digs_Trees]

100% a sucker for SNES JRPGs. I'm surprised this one slipped under the radar when I first discovered emulation a good 15 years ago. Love your work, pal.

[@Etto98]

When I saw this game look from the same game as Kabuki Clash (Tengai Makyou) - I thought it was an rpg game with the fighting game characters. But, it's very good to know that it uses original characters - but with the same art style!

[@KEN_CHILLER]

That Ship flying in the shy in the intro credits reminds me allot of the Shit on the Shoot em up Bio-hazard on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.

[@crowzur6055]

Never heard of this series before. Looks like my kind of comfort food

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

We only ever received one of the Far East of Eden titles outside of Japan and of all things it was a spin-off fighting game for the NeoGeo hardware called Kabuki Klash. Its a damn shame series like this and Metal Max never got much attention world-wide. 4th Apocalypse is probably the most well known game in the series outside of Japan due to its vaguely Wild Arms/Earthbound setting.

[@guyunderwood2297]

That's gotta be the best looking battle screen in an SNES RPG.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

Thank you Snes drunk! I WILL have a great rest of my day!

[@guillermoh.k.2967]

Totally need to play this one. Thanks for the reminder!

[@KelliHell]

I remember reading about this in "Power Player" (the Danish localization of "Nintendo Power") and wondering how cool it would be to visit one of the annual festivals. Thanks for showing me a bit of actual gameplay

[@starwarstimeline]

Wow, never heared of this game before. Thanks for shining light on this awesome looking RPG. Scouting for English Patch now.

[@Legion-Cesar]

Great video Drunk!

[@bryansullivan336]

Those older siblings right, there are something unique. Lol just open the gates of hell

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

This game really does look like a good looking PC-Engine CD game or a Sega CD game. I think it's fascinating when 16-bit carts can do what you can normally only do on CD. This game, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Doom, and the others are interesting pieces of history

[@lady1kaka]

Top 20 Amazing Intros in SNES Games!

[@bongparty]

thanks I hope you have a great rest of your day too

[@wojiaobill]

I just discovered this series with Apocalypse on Saturn. Such a great series!

[@pablofmc]

I've been waiting for a video on this game. It's supposedly the game with the BEST graphics on the system

[@virescentzero]

I love the Far East Of Eden - Kabuki Klash game on the NEOGEO! I guess it's one that you have to play *any* way you can.

[@tylerbaker9308]

I love this channel

[@opaljk4835]

Love the phantasy star 4 style battles. That’s so fucking cool

[@mafiousbj]

No pallete swap enemies? Damn, even modern Final Fantasy games can't make that claim!

[@0Fyrebrand0]

I'm trying to think if there are *any* Final Fantasy games that can make that claim. I want to say FFVIII and FFIX are extremely good about it, with only a few enemies that are palette swaps. There were even decent reasons for doing it, like it's different ranks of soldier from the same nation, or a friendly version of an existing monster type that you can rarely find.

[@mafiousbj]

@@0Fyrebrand0 PS1 era games are fine. There was less space back then. The thing is they even keep doing it in FFXV for the PS4 ^^ (this is not unique to them of course but is always welcomed to see a RPG with unique enemies)

[@dartfrogger]

Yes!!! I'm with you on basic turn based mechanics... The comfort food thing!!! I don't want the combat to be absurdly complicated.. I don't mind a basic "fight" command

I remember seeing this game in a magazine back when it was released. I think it called my attention because the protagonist is a Haohmaru lookalike. But I had never seen the game in movement until now. Very good looking! I also remember when I first saw Kabuki Klash in the arcades, I kept looking to see if the protagonist of this game would show up there. But it didn't. :(

[@SrSacaninha]

Oh I rememeber magazines talking about this game back in the day.

[@QuwehShunMark]

Wonderful. Been playing Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass. Anyone with a stomach for nightmare fuel and an appreciation for Earthbound should see this one. Takes everything I've thought about rpg maker titles and discards them at escape velocity.

[@dieinfire920]

The visuals alone make it worth a full playing

[@philstefanelli]

What in the world would we do without you? On one hand I appreciate finding out about games that I WANT to play but have never heard of, not to mention that nice feeling of comraderie that goes with having similar experiences with certain titles... but on the OTHER hand I hate it because I'm an adult now and can't just spend my days playing games like I used to. Unless I win the lottery 🤔...

[@eltoncdb]

The only game in this series I’ve played is the original Tengai Makyou on PCE-CD borrowed from a friend. I was stunned at the style and the graphic and the FMV videos. It’s not the best but the most special rpg i’ve played at that time.

[@shanemichaelkelley1422]

Thanks a whole bunch! 😁

[@sor3999]

I seriously thought this was an SNES/Final Fantasy IV/Mystic Quest inspired modern indie game until you said it was for the Super Famicom. It looks really impressive.

[@kyanitefrog3880]

Perfect! Thank you!

[@rockguitarist8907]

Great looking game thanks for sharing

[@bigedwerd]

We need footage of you playing a shmup where every time you shoot a missile we get the snnnnnnnesdrunk noise

[@jhonviel7381]

yes

[@connorlucas5035]

Duuude. This sounds like the rpg ive been lookingfor. I have a soft spot for over the top SNES graphics

[@Thiagomii]

I know Tengai Makyou becuase of DreamMix Tv: World Fighters where the protagonist of Tengai Makyou II (Sengoku Manjimaru) appears as a playable fighter.

[@Vanitycraft]

praise to the translators of these games! true heroes!

[@Tony_Cardoza]

Byuu lives!

[@elprimerpaso7351]

Doing a great rare games recomdendations ti play as always, this one looks above the average , starting yo play it right now

[@scottnotpilgrim]

Older siblings am I right? As the youngest of three, I FELT that

[@RetroAli]

Damn this game looks awesome!

[@MeliNewen]

This is quite a discovery... it remember me Lufia 1 & 2, another two good games to review.

[@lawlessinstall]

Thanks so much for this, had no clue this game existed and I am really interested in games like these, I got nostalgia feelings looking at this right away like FF6, Chrono Trigger and Phantasy Star.

[@GamingDreamer]

I remember playing the fighting arcade game a lot when I was a kid, i didn't know there was RPG games when I play it again on MAME and search for it moves sets I found it was RPG games first and fighting game was spin-off :D

[@bronysimpson3250]

I'm not surprised that you only learn spells and techniques from hermits that teach you stuff instead of leveling up. Zelda 2 The Adventure of Link has that sort of thing as well.

[@ChrisEbz]

If anyone is interested.... Best way to get through the long grind encounters?! Snes9x on Wii (maybe switch and wii-u also) , the right analog stick fast forwards game play. It's like a fast battle button used in recent remakes like FF XII. This has made so many snes rpgs more tolerable years later like Breath of Fire 1 and Lufia. Try it out. Thanks for the review as usual.

[@SmashTom]

For a split second I thought the thumbnail had Team Rocket in it...

[@djthepirateking]

Love your content!

[@7thangelad586]

@02:00 I thought for sure you would make a Bangles reference... I’m slightly disappointed.

[@Shinmsl]

I remember reading about this game in the Nintendo magazine about a game show of Japan and being eager to play it but of course that never happenned, so I am very interested in trying this translation, thanks for the tip ,man!

[@leont6813]

I can't beleive you keep digging out these almost unknown games after all these years, when are you gonna run out of snes gems? Nice video dude

[@nimaiiikun]

omg, they finally finished the translation!

[@somesketchydragon5189]

I really like how the combat is shown from behind the characters like in the Phantasy Star series. I wish more RPGs did that instead of the typical side view fights. Too bad the enemies are not animated as well.

[@ralfotg2924]

These special chip games always intrigue me.

[@PhazonOmega]

And on the cover art we have Jesse, James, Ash, and baby Misty.