The Tengai Makyou PC Engine RPG Trilogy

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I did a more in-depth video on the first Tengai Makyou game that can be watched here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZi2XqyAerWUh80 I also interviewed the series artist, Mr. Yoshiteru Tsujino, subbed in English: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5uwXnmqmc6brpo

[@ImportGamingFTW]

This video was originally made for the Happy Console Gamer channel as part of a larger collaboration--link will be in the description! He asked for around five minutes, so I tried to keep this as short as possible, but as you see, "mission failed." I plan on doing separate videos on each of the PCE Tengai Makyou entries and beyond since I now have complete playthroughs recorded for them (and I love the games), so if/when that happens, I may remove this video...unless it somehow gets picked up by the almighty algorithm on KZbin...but let's be honest, that's never happening on this channel.

[@SimonPiano42]

This was just posted on reddit / games, where i found this. I posted a link and a longer comment, i guess the comment is stuck in review, because i posted the link to reddit. (btw excellent introduction to the series, this video!)

[@dezraj340]

Please do not remove this video. It's really interesting.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

@@SimonPiano42 Thanks for coming by, I didn't know this was posted there but will check it out! Sorry about the comment disappearing, it didn't even pop up for me in the "held for review" section, and it appears there's nothing we can really do about it. A lot of my comments disappear or never get posted, it sucks.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

@@dezraj340 Thank you, but I'll keep it up at least until I go more in depth with each of the titles featured here!

[@SimonPiano42]

​@@ImportGamingFTW no problem, i'm looking forward to the individual videos! But i agree with dezraj, i think it would be really sad if you took this introductory video down at some point, because as i said, it's excellent as an introduction to the series, i really think it will keep its individual value. Guess i might have to preserve it for myself. But i'm still looking forward and subscribing :)

[@willmistretta]

As someone who loves great games, historically important games, and the PCE, I've been dying to play these forever. Still waiting.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I hope the wait won't be much longer! If I had any sort of sway in such matters, there would have been localizations years ago.

[@HollowRick]

Same here kabuki is one of my favourite characters

[@Xerosch]

My hope rests on the group that got us the Valis collections and is currently working on a translated Switch port for Cosmic Fantasy 1 and 2. They finance themselves through Kockstarter, so we should keep our eyes open.

[@Bram7Lawliet]

​@@Xerosch they are lucky because Edia acquires Telenet Japan back in 2020 who own Valis, Cosmic Fantasy, and Tenshi no uta. but, Tengai Makyou is kinda hard because this IP still on hold by konami, someone should ask them to do a kickstarter in japan like that 😅 if you mean like Limited Run Games, that because they are in partnership with Edia too aswell.

[@JohnCrawford1979]

You'd think that with classic gaming having a sizeable amount of interest among people willing to shell out money for even minis and anniversary editions for consoles, and pay for the games on Switch, Steam, and mobile app stores that maybe, just maybe they might want to republish or remake these older games. Just about every KZbin channel that covers JRPGs, among other games that were never localized, or had one that promised a sequel that never came out because the console was discontinued, so many people are wishing that the games might finally officially be made for their regions. Especially with consoles like the PC Engine where it can be rare to find a rom that has an English translation. But really, today, with so many ways to easily republish old games, and not have all the hardware restrictions and cartidge manufacturing and distribution issues when it comes to how to revise them, why not republish the games and see how they do?

[@chazmaru9583]

Tengai Makyō II is not only one of the greatest RPG ever released but also arguably the reason Square decided its future would be on CD-ROM (i.e. PlayStation) so its influence on the entire industry has been unfathomable. When you have more time to dedicate on each game, I hope you also get to explain the influence of Momotarō Densetsu on the Tengai Makyō series.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

That would make sense, I think a lot of the Super CD stuff in particular showed the superiority of the format regarding the direction games were heading in the era. As far as the Momotarou Densetsu influence, aside from the fun & funny take on Japanese culture and mythology and paving the way for more Hudson role-playing games, what would you say are some of the other influences? I've always thought of Tengai Makyou's closest gaming counterparts as Momotarou and Goemon.

[@chazmaru9583]

@@ImportGamingFTW Well its pretty much the same team behind the game (Tobita, Mikami, Masuda etc.).

[@ImportGamingFTW]

@@chazmaru9583 Ah, that's right, some of them are interviewed in the manual. Thanks for letting me know!

[@chazmaru9583]

@@ImportGamingFTW once you pull the thread on the series’ background, it becomes a pretty deep dive (esp. Masuda’s immense influence on Japanese RPGs and Japanese game design philosophy as a whole) so it might become quite the daunting task! Good idea in any case to split the subject into a video for each game. You will probably have to sacrifice a few interesting side topics as well.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

@@chazmaru9583 Yeah, I'll definitely go into it as much as I can relating to the game(s), but I'm sure the full story can and will be told better by someone like a Super Derek or one of the other RPG-centric guys. I'll put some effort into it, though! I have a few magazine interviews from the Tengai Makyou team to read through as well, so hopefully I can go into some interesting development and design topics with the videos. It's kind of tough deciding what to talk about in general...I'm still debating whether or not I should just go through the entire story and spoil everything...

[@darthlink194]

Just recently Retrotranslator Tom announced that he is planning to translate Ziria once he is finished with his curent project. As a huge fan of the Tengai Makyou series I'm really looking forward to be able to play Ziria in english and hope that the rest of the untranslated games will receive the fan translation treatment as well.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

That's great news--I've never played any of Tom's translations, but I have a lot of respect for him, particularly for his work on the Goemon projects. Hell, if ZIRIA's English patch will be out soon, I might just skip a video on that game and go straight to MANJIMARU, since I'm sure the bigger YT gaming channels, as well as the RPG-focused ones, will cover the games to much more exposure--and arguably a lot better--than mind would.

[@alejandropradalozano6525]

The first game of the trilogy is now available in English for the PC-Engine CD. Go play it if you havent is a lot of fun, aged better than it looks.

[@jackylee5850]

Tengai Makyou is definitely a hidden series with very rich storytelling, it's just too bad it's not very accessible to non-Japanese players. I'd imagine most who knew this series was probably through Kabuki Klash on the Neo Geo

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Yeah, the Kabuki Klash connection seems to be pretty common when it comes to non-Japanese awareness of the series. That and people who were big fans of the PC Engine and Saturn, too.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

So glad someone finally made video on this franchise. I didn't knew Ryuchi Sakamoto and Joe Musashi were involved! One of the games on SNES for fan translation too.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Yeah, it's great music! Even Kabukiden has an amazing soundtrack despite not having involvement from either of those legends.

[@Yuuretsu]

This is my favorite jrpg series these days. It motivated me to take my Japanese language skills to the next level and it's an absolute shame this series hasn't seen the lighr of day outside Japan and possibly never will.

[@Ragdorable]

Tengai Makyo will always be my favourite JRPG of all time. From the game graphics, to animated cut scenes, to the music, they were all top notched at that time due to the CD capabilities. The story was compelling too. If you were a gamer and had seen this game at that time, you will understand this was a far superior game than DQ & FF in the 80s.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

It was an amazing and exciting time! And I don't know if the video game industry will ever have a similar feel/flavor again.

[@aethericAnuran]

I remember a small blurb in EGM or one of the other popular mags of the day mentioning Maru II: Far East of Eden. I fell in love with the designs from just a few images of a game I could likely never play. Glad to see the series getting some love some thirty years on. :D

[@ImportGamingFTW]

It's incredible what sticks in our minds after all these years. I still remember reading about and seeing screenshots from so many games when I was a kid, and thankfully I've had a chance to play a lot of them over the years. Anyway, I'll be giving the Tengai Makyou series some more love in the coming months!

[@sebsavic7763]

the main reason why I loved Lunar 1 and 2 is because it reminded me of this music

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Those are good soundtracks! Some of those songs are stuck in my head...forever...

[@GamingBroductions]

I picked up Far East of Eden II at this awesome retro game shop in Puerto Rico I visited this summer. They had so many Japanese imports and would've got beaucoup more, but I only had room for 2 games in my suitcase...

[@JohnCrawford1979]

The PC Engine/TG 16 is an example of what could have been. It was way ahead of the Sega CD, let alone the boom that was the Playstation 1. Such a missed opportunity, and so many rare gems today.

[@zaciroth]

AWESOME! Was excitedly awaiting this video's release! This series is one that really needs more focus.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thanks! Glad you liked it and I hope you'll enjoy the other vids I plan on doing about the series next year!

[@zaciroth]

@@ImportGamingFTW I look forward to it highly!

[@zaciroth]

@@ImportGamingFTW Also share you videos in a few groups when I can.

[@djukor]

I loved the hell out of the game Kabuki Clash on the Neo Geo. Took me a bit to figure out it was a Spinoff. The series looks realy interesting its like my no1 top JRPG series id like to see translated in English.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Such a good game--and now that the Suikoden PSP game got its English fan translation, I'm with you--let's hope these games become more accessible in the near future!

[@djukor]

@@ImportGamingFTW Oh it did cool. Didn't even know people ware fan translating it.

[@mikekrow]

Jipang sounds like an energy drink.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Yeah, it's what weebs crave!

[@thebestchatman1578]

This Is Rad!!! Great Work As Always Jimmy

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thanks as always, Chatman. Maybe some Tengai Makyou ZIRIA art will be in the works sometime down the line, eh?

[@thebestchatman1578]

@@ImportGamingFTW You Got It Jimmy Added To The Queue

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Great video!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Not really, though, but thanks for putting down the CD-i mouse and pausing Thunder in Paradise for a few minutes to check it out.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

@@ImportGamingFTW Well, I liked it. I give it 5 out of 5 Fu Manchu mustaches.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

@@WrestlingWithGaming Now that's a style that came and went even faster than the Hitler 'stache!

[@Xerosch]

I can‘t say this often enough: A translator app with a camera to scan text is your best friend here. I‘ve tried it with Dragon Quest X Offline and am currently discovering gems like Far East of Eden and Cosmic Fantasy. Everything is understandable well enough to let you enjoy the experience until there are translations available.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I've never tried any camera translator software, but man, that's amazing...I can only think of how useful it would have been in the 90s! Glad to hear it's making these games more accessible.

[@sd-wc9ep]

Hope with the advancement of ai it will be possible to have Games translated by ai and make producing fantranslations faster and easier

[@tempatempo3805]

Would love to see some coverage of Linda Cube for the Saturn. That game really grasped me in a way i can not communicate.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I have PS1 game and a guide and artbook, but would love to get the Saturn definitive edition and the PCE original. Kicking myself for not picking them up a few years ago when they were still pretty cheap!

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

I wish Linda had grasped me with her Cube. Jealous.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

@@noneofyourbusiness4616 I don't blame you, Linda's pretty hot.

[@opsimathics]

They put effort into games like these anymore. What a classic.

[@glenolivier8099]

In the last few years, I really got into this series. It's a struggle getting through Jiraiya with limited Japanese, but it's still great; same with Manjimaru and Daiyon no Mokushiroku. Hoping for those fan translations soon. And this video was amazing! One of the best English language videos on TM.

[@TheMurblanc]

It's great to see you back Jimmy, we miss you. Hope to see you soon!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Well, that's awfully nice of you to type here--thank you, hope to be around more often.

[@WMARUoriginal]

This is so fantastic! I’ve always been curious to learn more about the series. I’d love to see your style of deep dive on Linda 3 for PC engine and the series in general.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thank! I might still do something with Linda3 in the future, as I have a couple of books and the PS1 game, but it's getting harder to track down a copy of the PCE and Saturn games these days...and for prices I can justify!

[@snowychi1]

Another great video Jimmy. This brought me back to when TM2 was released. My friend had purchased it and it became his favorite JRPG of all time. I still need to play through this one.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I appreciate it as always, snowy. I barely remember anything about Manjimaru from those days, mostly because I didn't grow up with a Turbo and only knew one person who had it, and also didn't get into RPGs until '96-ish. But after that, I learned about it and was very intrigued...it just took me over a decade to finally play any of them!

[@wichateSIMPact6725]

Thank you for this discovery 🙏

[@ImportGamingFTW]

You're very welcome!

[@fireboy312002]

Found this channel because of this video with Johnny. Been loving the content and won't lie, this kind of hurts. Love the art and the setting seems fantastic. Sadly, Konami owns its rights now, so won't see them do a thing with it? I really would love too more of the art from this as well. Thanks again.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thanks for coming by, I appreciate it, as well as John's help in getting me some more viewers! I think...and maybe I'm delusional...that Konami is "coming around" these days. And by that, I might just mean they're exploiting their old IPs for some extra revenue to impress their board members and investors, but hell, it's better than nothing! And years ago, Tengai Makyou II was turned into a Pachislot machine, so maybe the next step is a compilation on modern platforms. We can only hope!

[@fireboy312002]

@@ImportGamingFTW One can hope...mainly me. I can hope. The translation is not a cheap thing I have been told. I do feel like it's an easier sell? Also, I am a terrible viewer, I leave my shoes everywhere and eat all your snacks. CONGRATS!

[@st1ka]

Wow! How have I never heard of this before? o.O Also, once again, KZbin didn't warn me your video was out... again :\ I even have the bell wrung

[@nachobeard]

great video! love the extra details in editig, overlays and all the rest of it, super well put together and very informative.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thanks! I'm not sure if I did anything new or fancy here, but this is my first video in 60fps, so maybe that made things look prettier.

[@nachobeard]

@@ImportGamingFTW I do enjoy 60 fps, but I'd take my comment as general feedback, not meaning to specifically say this is better than previous videos or anything like that. Thanks!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

@@nachobeard Well, I appreciate the feedback! Personally, I just noticed after rendering how much better 60fps looks and am disappointed I didn't try to make the switch sooner. After finishing up this video, I bought a 60fps capture card.

[@nachobeard]

@@ImportGamingFTW I really like 60 fps game footage, it makes it feel "real" to me. I guess it's just down to preference / what you're used to, so that's just me. I think it's really worth it though!

[@d18p]

Happy Console Gamer brought me here.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

And I thank you for coming, and John for sending you!

[@statesminds]

Found you through HCG! Great video

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thank you for stopping by and checking out the video--and thanks John!

[@gamesmaster5555]

Hello my friend! Glad to see you've been busy, after you left Twitter I lost track of you and I saw you had made your channel private for a moment. Which I understood if you needed some time away. But I'm glad to see new content. I got to watch the Valkyrie and Aliens videos in the last few days and enjoyed them immensely. (and the Little Ralph demo video) Was super happy to see you still using the reference books I bought for you. ^_^ I also took some time to watch your recommendations video for the PSN store (PS1 classics) and you showed me games I still had never heard of (more money to be spent, lol) Glad you're doing well and thriving. We'll need to catch up some time, maybe skype or something if we can work the time difference out. Take care and talk to you soon.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

It's good to hear from you, Mr. B.L., I hope you are doing well and your health has improved since the last time I talked to you. And I appreciate the books, of course! And you coming by to check out the videos. I'll try to find a way to talk to you soon, take care until then!

[@nocturnalag7695]

Came across from HCG and loved the way you detailed and spoke about TM. Looked up fan translation and the super famicom version has an English fan translation so I’ll be checking it out for sure. Thanks for the video.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thanks very much for coming by, and I appreciate John for his help and for just being a solid guy all the time. Hope you enjoy Zero!

[@VisiV]

Excited about your channel. This is really excellent work; thanks for posting it. I just recently imported Kabuki Den. I used to lust after it in import ads of the time and can’t wait to give it a shot.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I hope you enjoy Kabuki as much as I did/do--thank you for coming by the channel and hope you'll like what's to come in the next few months...pretty much all Tengai Makyou next year!

[@Pichuscute]

Wow, I had no clue Ryuichi Sakamoto was involved in a game's OST. That's really cool.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Yeah, he's worked on a couple of others--Lack Of Love on the Dreamcast (I have an old video of it here on my channel) and Seven Samurai 20XX (for some reason). Maybe more, but those are the ones I remember.

[@saynotop2w]

sprite style reminds me of Lufia

[@PACMAN2182]

I love this series. Make a video about Tengai Makyou Zero please

[@elbravovierde8010]

Finally My buddy Jimmy did an amazing cover of my beloved favorite series in games ever!!! I must learn Japanese Just to experience this wonderfull world! Thanks Jimmy!!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thank you for watching, and I hope you do get to experience the games. Good luck with your Japanese studies, and also let's hope for an English (and just about any other language) localization, too!

[@BENULTIMAN2000]

I don't mean to rush you but when will the Highly Anticipated Q&A Video be coming our way ????

[@ImportGamingFTW]

No worries--I have it set up to do as either a standalone video or a stream (was thinking about doing that this past weekend but was busy). I'm thinking about sending out a poll to see with people would rather see. Thanks for asking, and your questions will be answered, Ben!

[@RBunctious]

There is an unofficial translation patch for Tengai Makyou Zero on the Super Famicom. As that system was far more popular in the west. Knowing how big in Japan it is, it's surprising it hasn't been translated officially. You can thank Konami acquiring Hudson Soft for that...

[@feiwong3634]

Konami adquiring Hudson was a terrible move, their IPs are doomed forever.

[@ChronicMetamorphosis]

Thanks for posting this game. I've had this on my radar since middle school, and I've been hoping for a translation; rerelease after rerelease... We almost got the Xbox 360 one. That would've been exciting.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thanks for dropping by, and keep hope alive for a translation/localization, official or otherwise!

[@ChronicMetamorphosis]

@@ImportGamingFTW Praying for a Switch release! 🙏

[@SilentRealm6677]

fun fact: tengai makyou III: NAMIDA was originally planned to be released for both pc engine cd and pc fx but according to unseen64 The game was announced in 1995 and development ceased at a very late stage. In July 1997 Hudson Soft officially announced that the project has been halted due to the fact that a release on the shrinking PC-FX userbase would be unprofitable for the company. Several years later Hudson Soft revived the project on PS2 ( and Gamecube but , once again, a version was terminated), heavily re-tooling it, and finally released it in 2005.

[@charaznableplays2110]

Ah i see,so this is Manjimaru's Saga,ive only heard of Manjimaru and Kabuki thanks to Saturn Bomberman in were Manji and Kabu where playable characters in Multiplayer Mode

[@chazmaru9583]

Kinu the blonde maiden (and Mantō the giant monkey, one of the two hidden characters) are also from the Tengai Makyō series, so four out of all twelve playable characters in Saturn Bomberman come from Tengai Makyō!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Oh man, I forgot about all those great cameos (mostly because I'm terrible at Bomberman and rarely play any of the games). Next time I hook up the Saturn I'll be playing it again, though!

[@jayt2917]

Awesome 👏!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Always appreciated, Jay!

[@PaladinLarec]

I had a Turbografx and every RPG that came out domestically. I've am RPG god who owns and plays everything...but this series has always eluded me. I can't and won't play it until it's translated, and since it hasn't....I sit here waiting. Just like I am with Tales of Rebirth.

[@MrSwerdna]

Why does Tengai Makyou Ziria on the PCE have 2 different covers?

[@ImportGamingFTW]

One is the original CD-ROM2 retail release and the other is a "not for sale" Super CD-ROM2 promo that (I think) was given to adopters of the Turbo Duo...but I'll have to look more into that. Both games are identical from what I've played (game saves apply to both as well), with the only difference being slightly faster loading on the Super CD-ROM2 version.

[@BENULTIMAN2000]

BTW, have any of the Tengai Makyo Games released on both NEC and Nintendo Consoles been translated into English like with the Famicom & Super Famicom Titles in the Ganbare Goemon Series ????

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Just Zero, a few years back. I hear there have been several projects for the PCE titles started and delayed over the years, let's hope they continue up...or Konami gets wise and commissions an official localization.

[@Flyzoola]

I remember being maybe 10 years old and going walking into my neighbors little arcade shack, and being astounded by a super colorful fighting game with swords and anime and ninjas and shit and flying balloon stages and lo and behold, it was "Far East of Eden- Kabuki Klash" Honestly a top tier fighting game that I didn't know what a part of this series until I was much, much older (probably like 15 years older). How does one play these on modern PCs??

[@ImportGamingFTW]

That's such a good fighting game--I knew about the game as well as what Tengai Makyou/Far East of Eden was, but didn't know about the connection until later as well. I'm sure there's some decent NEO GEO emulation for PCs, I keep hoping Hamster will publish a port for one of the modern platforms, but it's probably caught up in weird licensing hell.

[@Spectralhyena]

Man I wish I could play this in English on switch. They should put it on the switch.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Agreed.

[@SillyRabbitKids]

I beat Far East of Eden II and Kabuki Den without knowing any Japanese, I wish I could have beat Ziria 😊

[@ImportGamingFTW]

That's quite the accomplishment!

[@deku5268]

I would buy these games if they had an English translation! I play a little bit of the one on the snes and loved it

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Fingers crossed it gets localized someday!

[@CatoptricCistula]

A PSP release included all of the RPG games for the PC Engine (though the only english translation available for any game is the SNES patched version of Far East of Eden Zero, requiring a very specific emulator because the game was made with a special microprocessor chip; of one of two games released on the SNES, the only other being Super Shell Monster's Story 2.) I should mention that Google Translate is pretty decent at translating visual data, so you might need to have the phone aiming at the screen at all times. The PC Engine CD had some of the best RPG games (or at least the best versions of what other consoles may have had released.)

[@Horos_de_Vega]

Far East of Eden II: the first AAA game.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

And for PC Engine, at that!

[@ThePeacePlant]

I think I am going to download an emulator soon, the game looks amazing

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@SimonPiano42]

The games are not translated to English yet though, so you'd have to be able to know at least some Japanese. Looks like only Tengai Makyou Zero and Ao no Tengai are fan-translated, from a quick search.

[@ThePeacePlant]

@@ImportGamingFTW yeah man, thank!!

[@ThePeacePlant]

@@SimonPiano42 aww ok, well iam going to see if I can find an emulator for Linux today and see where this gets me with the game considering its not translated

[@infasis]

Aww man, great video and topic, but I wish it was two hours and fifty minutes longer! :p

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Ha ha, yeah, I had to keep it short. The way the original script was going, this probably would have been a 25-30 minute video at least, though I could spend an hour on each game. I'll cover them individually, but aim for 20 minutes or so.

[@flashbacks7892]

@ 9:02, what xbox 360 game is that?

[@Caspicum]

damn i gotta check this out

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Dude, you gotta do that. Also, enjoyed your FF remastered video, I need to see more of those, too.

[@urmie]

Just saw KidShoryuken’s latest video, there is a retro Konami pop-up in Akihabara, thought of you Jimmy. Hope you get to visit and get some Konami goodness! 👍🏻

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thanks for your thoughts, I saw that video too, and there's so much cool stuff in there, especially the Goemon, Kid Drac and Parodius stuff...I had a chance to visit that pop up shop's Konami-themed store a few years ago and it was a bit underwhelming then, much better now!

[@SimonPiano42]

2:40 The names Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru actually come from a classic tale and 19th century novel, Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari ("The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya"). They are also central in the manga/anime Naruto (looks like you haven't seen it?). In all versions (it looks like), Jiraiya commands a frog, Orochimaru has "snake magic", and Tsunade is a close companion. I actually didn't know this and was very surprised when i heard the names at 2:40, actually already at 0:45, which looks amazingly close to Naruto, also with the headband. I didn't know this yet even as a big Naruto fan, for some reason. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiraiya

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Yeah, I'm not up to date with the kabuki scene, but if Jiraiya performances are still a thing, I'm booking a ticket to the closest theater to experience it!

[@promania8956]

If anyone wants to play Tengai Makyou the first and second game for the Pc Engine is available on the Japanese PS3 Store each for 8-9 dollars.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Nice, are they still there? I thought they had been removed, but I'll give it a look and probably download them just on principle.

[@promania8956]

@@ImportGamingFTW Just checked and both 1 and 2 are still available. Thats probably a smart idea to have a backup based on how expensive Pc Engine games are.

[@mateusbertolaccini2224]

Where are the other games of that series?

[@SilentRealm6677]

I bet next review will be on Japan franchise medabots

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I'm sorry to disappoint, but...nope!

[@Bram7Lawliet]

@@ImportGamingFTW how about PopoloCrois? :D

[@KateandJohnMark]

... and THICCC instruction manual

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Boy, you know I'm done with those skinny girls.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

I thought Mr. Joe Hisaishi's first video game score was for Ni No Kuni. That's awesome that he started with this old series, though I'm assuming he didn't stick with it. If he _did_ end up scoring the Xbox 360 Ziria remake though (the last game in the series?), that would be pretty cool though! That 360 remake was the first _I_ heard of the series, and honestly it looked lame. Let's face it; Ziria 360 is REALLY underwhelming looking, but it still got some attention for being an early JRPG on the system... though it quickly got overshadowed by literally everything else. That early 360 JRPG lineup was a beast - Eternal Sonata, Enchanted Arms, Last Remnant, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, etc. If nothing else though, that game did make me aware of the series in general and I ended up learning about the older, more charming series entries on the PCE and Sega Saturn because of it. Always a pleasure to see _anybody_ dive into any of these games on KZbin, but this is _especially_ good - no one can beat an Import Gaming FTW video for stuff like this :) Although I'm absolutely checking out the Happy Console Gamer video on this series and am eager to see how Kid Shoryuken did with his segment too.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Yeah, in the original draft for this video I talked about all the remakes and ports, and went into the 360 game's shortcomings, but also the interesting bits as well. Eventually, after I'm done talking about the classic Tengai Makyou games, I hope to do a video on that one. Xbox 360 was a beast for RPGs and shooters (FPS or STG), and Tengai Makyou ZIRIA didn't make much of a splash when it came out. That being said, however, it's lack of success and limited print run has made it one of the console's most expensive games. Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoyed Kid Shoryuken's part as well!

[@TheNawaf258]

There is one more Far East of eden that is neo geo fighting game and kabuki as a playable character

[@ImportGamingFTW]

9:10 Oh yeah, bottom right corner! It's a great game, one of my favorite, if not my absolute favorite, fighter on Neo Geo.

[@neonspecter8242]

Does anyone have a suggestion for what version of the original game we should play? I bought the original CD-ROM version but then afterwards I realized there was a Super CD-ROM version. I'm not sure if there are any major changes with the newer Super CD-ROM release? I'm very new to the PC Engine.

[@fushigiman140]

I feel funny Tengai Makyou II's party was resemble to Journey to the west

[@skinnyweenie8679]

Wow, This franchise is so interesting and quirky. It looks to fun play too but too bad I can't understand and speak Japanese :( I even doubt Konami USA will ever want to do some kind of translated collection of this. I was introduced to this franchise from the Neo Geo fighting game, Surprised You didn't mentioned that here. This and Ganbare Goemon are perfect inspirations for a Comic I'm currently working on :)

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Keep hope alive, if there's a revival in Japan, the way things go these days, I would be more surprised if Konami DOESN'T localize! Also, my original script for this video mentioned EVERYTHING, but would have made for a 20+ minute video, so I cut it out. You can see me show the Neo Geo CD game at the end, though. Perhaps one of the reasons I love Tengai Makyou is that it reminds me so much of Ganbare Goemon. Working on a comic? Sounds awesome, best of luck!

[@midoriak1240]

Why, oh why are there no fan translations fot at least one of the first 2 or kabuki side story?? I wish I had that type of skill 😕 Just so the rest of us can have a chance to play this 😭

[@ImportGamingFTW]

It's shocking, really...especially considering the other things that have been translated over the years. But there is hope, I hear something is coming down the pipeline soon!

[@Frogdoddofficial]

Whats better, these or the one on snes?

[@nr2676]

PCE, because better quality OST and Voice Acting

[@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526]

It a surprise no Naruto fan tried to translate the first Tengai Makyo game being they too similar (both inspired by Jiraiya tale) .

[@jayt2917]

I have the second game on pc engine

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Arguably the greatest game on the PC Engine!

[@Evilriku13]

great but where's Tengai Makyo ZERO?

[@MellowGaming]

This is one series I know next to nothing about. Shame it's the sort of game series that's unlikely to ever get modern re-releases in the west due to how much translation work it'd need. Although if Moon can get a translated release maybe these can.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I'm keeping hope alive, but then again I am an idiot. I feel like eventually all of these big series will get localized, as long as there's a Japanese re-release to coincide with it. I wonder how Moon's English adaptation fared regarding sales?

[@RECHOOSENONE]

Series maybe good, but dont have translation and fan made too. Only snes version has translation

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I'm hoping that will change.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

Red was actually founded by Ex-Technosoft devs.

[@Krisipoke]

Looks like a pretty fun series! I can't believe I haven't heard of it before. Then again, I'm not that extremely familiar with Japanese-only RPGs. Too bad the PSP collection is extremely expensive. Even the second game for the DS is up there. It's more affordable for the GameCube, but... that version feels a bit cheap to me, judging by videos. Also, a new Import Gaming FTW and a new Chrontendo episode in the same hour? I must be dreaming.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I know you're really quite the gaming scholar and a big time aficionado of Japanese culture, so I'm surprised you haven't looked into Tengai Makyou. But yeah, then again RPGs aren't for everyone. I think currently in Japan the PSP collection and Tengai II DS run for about the same price. It's the Neo Geo AES cart for the fighting game that's pretty nuts, wish I had picked it up even a couple of years ago at a local game store when it was like $120 complete, which I thought then was even ridiculous. Anyway, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@alvarochaves1999]

2:39 Naruto anyone?

[@MdrnRtrGamr]

I wish these all were translated to English. 😢

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

Love your channel, Jimmy, but "Import Gaming: Fuck The Wonderswan" seems like a needlessly hostile name.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Well, there's a reason I don't talk about that pathetic collection of plastic and silicon on my channel.