Left in Japan 16

[@GameSack]

What are some other great games that were never ever not even once released outside of Japan?

[@elmosexwhistle]

Outfoxies!

[@kenrickkahn]

Love that intro music.. 🎵🎵👍🏿♥️

[@QF_Dan72]

Side By Side Special for the PS1

[@Pridetoons]

Melfand Stories [SNES], Gegege no Kitarou [GBA], Ghost Trap [GBA], Metal Gunslinger [GBA], Goemon: Shin Sedai Shumei! [PS1 and GBA], Crime Crackers 1&2 [Both for the PS1], Bōken Jidai Katsugeki Goemon [PS2].

[@Jordan3DS]

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

[@piratesephiroth]

If Dwayne's condition doesn't improve after this, Joe can still hire him as a second skeleton.

[@littleterr0r]

Who says that ISN'T Dwayne already?!

[@johneygd]

Haha🤣

[@ccricers]

They could be a skeleton crew, if you will.

[@AGZhark]

Context?

[@piratesephiroth]

@@AGZhark 08:30

[@MaxwelThuThu]

9:57 The reason why most fighting games on the SNES use black borders is that the time to update the characters' graphics to VRAM is very short, so if both characters update their graphics at the same time, depending on their size , this will cause a v-blank overflow. So, to extend the v-blank time, the developers used 'forced blanking' on the screen. This isn't a big problem for other game genres, if a lot of characters are about to change their graphics, just make some of them update in one frame and the rest update in the next frame. DKC and other animation-intensive games do this trick too. But for a fighting game, it's important to have instant visual cues, so the developers preferred to crop the screen like this.

[@GameSack]

Good to know!

[@MiNuSThisDay]

I don’t know how I missed this show all these years with all the KZbin I watch … but I’m happy I found you guys .. it’s been fun watching the backlog of videos you put out ..

[@Jesse__H]

I'm jealous of anyone who has unwatched Game Sack eps left 😅.

[@MiNuSThisDay]

@@Jesse__H I’m addicted

[@QF_Dan72]

@@Jesse__H the only one that i haven't watch are the crunch episodes lol

[@MiNuSThisDay]

@ninja fart I’ve only grown attached to the content so far .. but I believe on console wars they had a detachment when someone left if I remember correctly.. I like both shows

[@chadfugate564]

​@ninja fart more like the Dollar Tree version

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

It is very impressive that Game Sack has been going for over 12 years now and the videos are still very well made and released regularly. I wish I had that kind of devotion to something.

[@snoozy04]

It's always a good day when Game Sack uploads.

[@tommynelson8674]

Correct 🎉

[@jhuanbrown3455]

Always

[@guiltysparkplug3856]

It’s 230 am… and you’re absolutely right!🤣

[@patrickbyrne5070]

My games like it. My sack likes it.

[@hongkaiyuan]

Oh yeah.

[@chrisbent5734]

We now demand a whole episode with Skeleton as the host. He should also interact with Joe physically in complicated ways for no good reason for a majority of the runtime.

[@AsamiyaMouchou]

Make him play Mr Bones.

[@Marky_X]

As someone was heavily into Initial D at one point, the reason for the water in the cup is the character is delivering Tofu at night and he has to keep the car stable while making deliveries quickly. The water in the cup is there to make sure his driving is stable to not mess up the food

[@HeinousinAppearance]

Seeing a non-Initial D fan review an Initial D game is hilarious, these SEGA Initial D games are very popular in arcades. One called like "Arcade Stage Zero" and another called "Initial D The Arcade" are fairly new and is a coveted item for certain American barcade type locations - a whole chain here in Orlando seems to almost specialize in them.

[@QF_Dan72]

The art style of Initial D is the main reason it appeals to many fans. I'm surprised you don't like it. Racing at the mountain with narrow roads in Japan is what they call Touge that has been going on since the 90s. Also regarding the soundtracks, they are actually eurobeat.

[@DGR_Dave]

This is the perfect mother's day gift! Now I can just send this to my mom instead of buying her a card or flowers!

[@archer6979]

The left in Japan series has gotten to be one of my favorites on the show. Great job as always

[@SeiferA2001]

17:34 special stage is easily my favorite import game in my PS2 import collection. We were lucky enough to get the English version of stage 1-4 at the local arcade, and having this was convenient to have the home experience back then. Now it serves as a reminder of a simpler time 😊

[@Taseradict]

Thanks for continuing providing hangover content for over a decade

[@REzado63]

I can't believe after all these years Dwayne is still alive! I wish you read that letter when Dave made a guest appearance 😭😭😭🤣🤣

[@n0isyturtle]

I've been subbed for so many years, and I am still amazed by the clarity of your video captures and editing. Dedication to high quality.

[@AkamoriArt]

Every time I think "Huh, it feels like FOREVER since Game Sack posted." The next day, you post. So you must be psychic. There are no other explanations. This is the only one.

[@GameSack]

I think that must be it.

[@Pewpewpew182]

Every 2 weeks you grace us with awesomeness! Never change ❤❤❤

[@Martynde]

Didn’t it used to be once every week?

[@otakudaikun]

A couple things about Initial D Special Stage. It's based on the arcade game which was released in the west! They just removed all the voices... The game is 1,000 times better in first person with manual transmission. It was designed with those settings in mind. It has a sequel on the PSP as well as another on PS3.

[@LobsterPuncher]

I'm going to check out Frame Gride. I've been looking for a historically accurate medieval mech simulator.

[@lasersnake]

We are so lucky to have Game Sack. Keep up the good work John.

[@datamanmachine]

Who is john?

[@teen_laqueefa]

John and Dan were a great team

[@ChaossX77]

You mean Bob.

[@mrpetielicious5861]

It took replaying the "NEC Avenue" 'song' multiple times before I got that it was a gag and not an actual Japanese version of Electric Avenue. Now i'm disappointed it isn't part of the Renny Harlan game.

[@niXity9000]

A beautiful composition from Yoko Kanno at 8:31, The Olive Wind from Uncharted Waters. One of my all time favorites

[@tadeusticeghostal]

I approve of you using that "Rock down to...NEC Avenue" every single time you talk about the console. Seriously. That would be so Game Sack. And I'm here for it.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Same guy who makes a swooshy sound appear every time he mentions Bionic Commando.

[@Justinpitchford]

My favorite is the left in the arcade!! Thanks for handing out late night gold!!

[@CaseTheCorvetteMan]

The original Strikers 1945 was never released outside of Japan that i know of... There was a released 'called' Strikers 1945 on PS1 released in USA, but it was actually Strikers 1945 2 and not the first game. Strikers 1945 was released in Japan for both Playstation and Saturn. DonPachi and DoDonPachi were only released in Japan on Saturn and Playstation, i don't think either one released outside Japan.

[@bluejetlightning8427]

Honesttly one of the few youtube channels I watch that record in 4k. Gotta love the difference.

[@leadbones]

Yes! I'm feelin' The Sack tonight.

[@lordsosa9383]

left in japan????? your gonna be left in your mothers basement when i find you tuff guy

[@Nintendo85]

Glad to hear from Dwayne again. Can't believe he's held on this long. What a callback

[@MyRetroLife]

Renny Blaster looks super interesting. Thanks for introducing it to me!

[@ItsMeNobody666]

Just want to let you know I really appreciate and enjoy your videos. I’m currently nursing a sports injury and watching Game Sack has been saving my sanity. Your content is so well made, informative while being real, honest, and funny. Honestly, this is my favorite gaming channel by far and maybe I’m my top 2 of all KZbin in general. Thanks for the great stuff and please keep it going!

[@danielespeziari5545]

So today I'm playing Gunman's Proof with my SD2SNES. Thanks for the advice! Zelda without stupid puzzles is my cup of tea

[@patrickbyrne5070]

I know you aren’t always a fan of a lot of British dev games but I’d love to see a UK games episode of the ones you actually do enjoy! (Rare, Travellers Tales, DMA/rockstar, Bullfrog, Codemasters, Bitmap Brothers, Free Radical etc there’s gotta be some that are maybe less well known you like! you got a bunch of fans over here for many years :D

[@lasersnake]

😑 Sensible Software

[@rossvegas7]

See kim justice

[@patrickbyrne5070]

@@rossvegas7 oh for sure I’d just like to see Redifer do one- and can do some British pisstaking too 😀 we like a bit of that

[@patrickbyrne5070]

@@lasersnake mos def

[@DiSCERiTY]

To me, some of the best games of all time are British. Rareware did so much amazing work and really helped cement Nintendo as a powerhouse.

[@trunghuynh4516]

I can't believe Dwayne still alive after all these years with the Bubonic plague. What a survivor!

[@mkbcnb]

What a Wonderful Mother's Day treat!!! Moms need more Sack!!!

[@SFJPMoonGames]

I love Sunday morning with Game Sack

[@mistkeyblade]

Spent the last bit of the day binging some Game Sack while grinding RPGs, now we finish with a brand new Game Sack episode, the perfect end to a great Saturday!

[@rickylovesyou]

There are actually quite a few decent and great Japanese racers from the 32 and 64 bit era left in Japan!

[@jessragan6714]

Heh, Gunman's Proof was created by the makers of Deadly Towers! I'd say they improved rather dramatically.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

indeed

[@Turbo_Waitress]

Gunman’s Proof really does look a lot like Link to the Past, even in the art style of the environments. Looks interesting though.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

yup, it's kinda like LTTP, but with Cowboys and Aliens, addicting like Zelda too if you give it the chance.

[@jessejukuri5202]

I wonder if it's somehow a modded version of LTTP. There's so many unnecessarily identical design elements even though the motifs are very different.

[@ccricers]

And now you get to ride "Epona" in a 2D game and trample your enemies.

[@skywalkerranch]

Great stuff, Joe. Once again, thanks for all your efforts in keeping this channel alive it is much appreciated.

[@jonstoll8278]

Thanks for reading my letter. Talk about just in time too. I was seeing a white light and all my family and old pets were ushering me home. But then i heard your voice in the distance and it brought me back. Im better now but my parents say my medical bills have babkrupted them and were going to lose our house soon. That is unless another lrft in japan episode comes out. Anyway thanks for extending my life. Love Dwain

[@roxsonixx]

True story: I was browsing PC Engine CD roms and I saw the thumbnail for this video in another browser window I had open, and I had the page for Renny Blaster open on my other browser window at the same time. I had a wtf moment for a second there. I immediately started this video because GAME SACK.

[@Estorium]

Joe was watching you. Joe... is always... watching.

[@chichiboypumpi]

time to relax with squid jerky and Asahi beer, Game Sack is on.

[@archdukexolotl8983]

New fan here, have been binge watching for the past month. You guys totally bring out that 80s/90s youth in me. What a gnarly trip down memory lane.. your guys collections i used to dream about.. and i still do obviously. Never stop collecting and sharing your input!

[@GameSack]

Awesome! Glad you enjoy the show and hope you stick around. :)

[@BNGamesYT]

Hey Joe 17:29 Initial D Stage 3 was released in Arcades with an official US cabinet in 2003 based off the Naomi. I have one in my garage. I believe "Special Stage" is a port of the Arcade Stage 2 version. The PSP got a port as well which is based off of Stage 3.

[@budsunny]

I love the cool hand drawn look in Renny Blaster. It really holds up well and it fits the game.

[@Protoman85]

Yay you finally got around to Gunple Gunman's Proof! That game is easy and has no puzzles but is really pleasant and fun

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

8:31 ahh the return of fan letters who all seem to have horrible conditions only cured by certain reviews. What a hero our joe is. Although it’s nice seeing joe get all spiky in his old age

[@straitJacketFashion]

Somehow you’ve introduced me a smattering of games that I’ve never come across, especially Frame Gride since I primarily collect for the Dreamcast.

[@ThatOldSchoolMagic]

13:46 🎶 glad you brought it back.

[@linkthehero8431]

Games being left in Japan are why I'm glad emulators and fan translations are a thing.

[@andrewharry6967]

19:42 actually its EUROBEAT.. for what called.. mostly this tracks are from european artist such as Dave Rodgers, MEGA NRG MAN, Nico and much more.. but the famous band is from japan called M.O.V.E but the have disbanded..

[@Sinn0100]

That was a flawless translation, Joe. You, my friend, are a master linguist. ;) Addendum- So that's where the MAC 10 machine pistol came from! It was created in the 1800's on a mysterious island located somewhere in the wild west. This is a very educational channel indeed.

[@adamadkins4028]

Honestly, I'm living for these post video animations

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i cant believe we're up to episode 16 already on this subject, just shows how naughty Japan has been not sharing their video game culture with us westerners.

[@Azuris190]

Well, i would say, i am not jealous about some of them 😅

[@TheLandofObscusion]

I've actually been playing Frame Gride myself recently, and it is indeed really good. However, seeing Joe question if it's possible to turn around faster confused me at first, and as I continued to watch his gameplay I realized why: He never strafe dashed a single time. While A does make you jump, that's only when you double tap it. Simply tapping it once make you dash, and when you do that while holding L or R you strafe dash, which allows for the camera to spin around just that little bit faster & make it easier to keep your opponent on screen. Just found it a little weird that, despite bringing up VO, Joe never seemed to play Frame Gride like VO, which is all about strafe dashing to keep yourself focused onto your opponent. Beyond that, though, a very solid & enjoyable episode of Game Sack.

[@Dorelaxen]

Now we need an episode with Dwayne and Polygon Joe as hosts. DO IT.

[@blight202003]

Always start my Sunday mornings off with a good episode of game sack.

[@goatbone]

15:34 I never knew someone reimagined Castlevania as a beat-em-up. Will have to give that one a go.

[@Pridetoons]

Gegege no Kitarou is one of my favorite game series based on an Anime. The GBA game is pretty cool and the SNES game is interesting.

[@ferdinandcountfathom9298]

The soundtrack from FIST on the PlayStation, and particularly the track you played "Pro wrestling rain", are AMAZING

[@DarkSoulSama]

11:32 - That backwards walking animation...

[@truekinggaming5216]

Watching this on my Lunch, GameSack is awesome

[@RabiesTheBeagle]

Yes. Yes it is.....

[@williamRE]

With this upload clocking in at 27 minutes, the Japanese Game Sacks tend to be a bit smaller than others.

[@Chicomite]

Wow, thank you for covering Gegege no Kitaro Gyakushuu Youma Daikessen. There's barely even playthrough videos of that game. For years I've been trying to collect all the 2D platformers for PS1/PS2. I wanna make a video covering all of them, but there isn't even a list to look up online, I really want to make the first complete 2D PS1 platformer game list(platformers are my lifelong passion). I'm pretty close outside of a couple mediocre oddities like Agent Armstrong and a couple Japanese exclusives. I can't even find a working rom/disc image of Gegege no Kitaro Gyakushuu Youma Daikessen, and of course it's very expensive and hard to find. The same 2 copies have been on ebay for over 5 years. Besides Little Ralph, this Gegege no Kitaro game is one of the few 2D PS1 games that I still needed to get. That sucks that it's not amazing, but it looks fun enough. Now $400 fun, IDK. And if interested, don't get it confused with the other PS1 Gegege game that is like $20-$50 and is an RPG style game. Great job archiving this game I'm a Game Sack review, it may be the only youtube review of it online, I had no idea how the game played, hit detection, quality, etc, just short gameplay shots.

[@devonvelasquez5080]

If you still haven't found a working dump, you might be interested to know that the r/Roms Megathread has a link to (what I'm pretty sure is) every game pre-PS4/XBone, including Gyakushuu! Youma Daikessen. I tested their BIN/CUE file for a couple minutes in an outdated ePSXe build I have on my PC, and the game seems to work just fine, so if you're still having trouble, try another emulator.

[@JosephLamb1989]

I've never been so excited to see a sack pop up in my notifications

[@alex64gaming]

Japan had some awesome games!

[@Koexistence13]

Really?

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

@@Koexistence13 Way better than Western developed games

[@Usagi2380]

I agree

[@Jordan3DS]

@@gouravchakraborty9801 100% agree

[@QF_Dan72]

Agree

[@sephiroth1215]

Love the writing on this one Joe! Made me laugh a bunch!

[@gligarguy4010]

The skeleton skits are always the best part.

[@Highretrogamelord]

Heh, yesterday was "Japan Day" in Düsseldorf, Germany, so this is really fitting.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The amount of games that have not left Japan is immense to say the least. Even after 16 of these I feel like we've barely scratched the surface.

[@wonderingmonitor1996]

Would have guessed that Joe made Skeleton play Greendog 😅

[@NarmyHiiragi]

15:00 You're not choosing to fold your hands, you are choosing either to team up or act separately.

[@chowdown]

I forget if you've covered this already, but look up Ore no Ryouri on the PSX. It was one of the showcase titles to demonstrate the new DualShock analogue controls on the PlayStation. However, it was featured on a PlayStation demo disc (I forget which demo brand) in North America called "I'm the Chef!", cited as an "import" demo, but it never got released outside of Japan as far as I can tell.

[@BIGGIEDEVIL]

More of these episodes love the games we missed never heard of any of these

[@grumpyoldgeezr]

So thankful Game Sack is still alive and kicking.

[@Dumbledork_Prime]

Not sure if you've covered any of these, but some I love are Captain Tsubasa IV (SFamicom), Jaki Crush (SFamicom) (I know you talked about it in one of the first Game Sack Episodes, but not in a left of Japan episode as far as I can remember), SD The Great Battle (SFamicom), Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss (SFamicom)

[@GaryLiddington]

haha love the brutal honesty in the section about game selections.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

I can't remember if you've reviewed Napple Tale on the Dreamcast, but I've been playing through the English fan translated version and they did a great job. I could never play it before, because you really have to understand what the NPCs want you to do in order to advance the story.

[@Billy_Dreamer]

Honestly the only video game show I look forward to anymore.

[@goatbone]

0:20 It is always a blessing. Not that it was Japan exclusive but Trip World is getting a rerelease and Gimmick too, although I think that reappeared in the Wii U era if I remember correctly. I love Sunsoft and its good to see they are still active and are able to facilitate rereleases and sequels.

[@Scott-fj9uf]

Left in Japan is my favorite of GameSack 🐸

[@PowderMonkey217]

Beast Wrestler?! That was eeevil!

[@punk_rock_music_teacher]

They have an Initial D dual-cab at the Akihabara Barcade in Westminster, CO

[@endymallorn]

Frame Gride looks really interesting! Too bad it wasn’t released on a more popular console.

[@ToxicCarnageThrash]

Another great episode! Joe, you are becoming a great actor

[@gregorys351]

Love a Sunday when it's Game sake time 😊

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

Please don't retire that Electric Avenue joke. It's brilliant and completely caught me off guard.

[@nazgulsenpai]

GameContainer is my favorite KZbin channel ty GameContainer

[@Triblecobbs1992]

More like it's always a good day when December of 1999 uploads a video.

[@mrman5439]

I have some super famicom games in my personal collection that never left japan...!!! Some of them recently got a fan translation....!!! • Kishin Douji Zenki - Battle Raiden • JUNGLE NO OUJA Tar-chan • Ganbare goemon 2 & 3 • Go Go ackman 1, 2 & 3 • Ghost Sweeper Mikami: Joreishi ha Nice Body.

[@PikaLink91]

Game Sack is great for learning about obscure games you wouldn’t have otherwise, but he could be a bit more positive.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Unfortunately, you have to come to expect that not every game is perfect, and this terribleness would sometimes cause games to stay in the area from whence they came. Add to that the trouble they'd go through of not only translating all the text of Kitaro into English, but getting an at least semi-talented voicecast to read the text out loud as the characters saying the words.

[@Plokman040]

The first game is from a franchise that is over 60 years old. I learned that from Gaijin Goomba who is a culture enthusiast like you guys are video game enthusiast.

[@Sinn0100]

Wow...at first, I thought Frame Gride was a Saturn game. I was like, damn that's a good-looking Saturn game. When you started talking about the controls, I knew something was off. At any rate, I wish it were released here on the Dreamcast as it looks like a strange medieval Virtua On. I'd buy that for a dollar.

[@brandonmorris9559]

I always love a game sack upload thanks for the great content!!!

[@littleterr0r]

I love GeGeGe no Kitarō. The game would look great on my shelf unplayed!

[@Andy_Robotsan]

The first game you mentioned started on the Famicom. There's a Super Famicom version that looks similar to the PlayStation one. It's a bit like a boss rush game.

[@gryphonofmight]

I love this sub series

[@50shadesofbeige88]

The sack is back Jack!