Stuck in Europe - The English Games That Skipped America

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Good Vibes Gaming

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@jaxpool155
@jaxpool155 2 жыл бұрын
i would love to see a retrospective of the history of video games in europe sometime in the future! it may not be as drama-filled as the crash of '83 but it does sound intriguing
@GVG
@GVG 2 жыл бұрын
I've had it down on my idea list for a while! Probably something that would need a lot more research though - Jon
@smellysox1567
@smellysox1567 2 жыл бұрын
Me too i would love some comparative between Europe and americas history and style of games
@Manic_Panic
@Manic_Panic 2 жыл бұрын
It's definitely very different. I think SEGA was much more popular until Sony arrived, at least in my country that's how it was. Americans however, are always immensely nostalgic over Nintendo. Here, Nintendo only got really popular once the Gameboy arrived. I believe Nintendo didn't have many PAL releases on their consoles during the 2D era so SEGA took advantage of this. It's also interesting how Sony managed to build a fortress here where even the PS3 at its lowest was outselling the Xbox 360. The UK might be a little different on this though since they were in love with Halo at the time.
@robofistsrevenge3288
@robofistsrevenge3288 2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to know how they marketed Mario in Italy...
@C_Arson
@C_Arson 2 жыл бұрын
In the NSO footage, I noticed that Jon's profile icon is the Wise Waddle Dee from Forgotten Land. I love how that Waddle Dee is just part of his identity now after the "Waddle Dee Knows" stuff.
@daybreakhorizon2513
@daybreakhorizon2513 2 жыл бұрын
What do you mean Waddle Dee Knows is John? Waddle Dee Knows is a reputable leaker who knows Miyamoto cereal facts /s
@ThomasGameDocs
@ThomasGameDocs 2 жыл бұрын
"Here I am!" Please let that poor Victorian British child out of the game disc!!!
@millenniumfalconpunch5719
@millenniumfalconpunch5719 2 жыл бұрын
How are you doing Thomas the tank engine
@gracekim1998
@gracekim1998 Жыл бұрын
Hi 👋
@guilhermemaiate6338
@guilhermemaiate6338 2 жыл бұрын
There are some Master System games that were Brazil exclusives bc a company called TecToy was handling everything Sega related in the 90's here for this reason they even ported some Game Gear games to Master System themselves (I think that's the case for Sonic Blast), MS was very popular here in Brazil too, much more than NES, they also developed a regional version of wonderboy (search Mônica e o Castelo do Dragão for images) and they localized Phantasy Star to portuguese which is incredible bc even today JRPGs usually don't get translated to portuguese very often
@corrinleivan
@corrinleivan 2 жыл бұрын
Jon continues to be the sole popular advocate for Endless Ocean, and as a lifelong fan of the games (literally, EO1 came out when I was 2), I appreciate it being mentioned here.
@jackronesto8182
@jackronesto8182 2 жыл бұрын
Disaster: Day of Crisis is one of my favorite games. Thanks for covering it!
@lukesoup27
@lukesoup27 2 жыл бұрын
Wait Zelda's Adventure is Europe exclusive?? I feel like it's so often grouped with the other CD-i games that nobody has ever mentioned the fact
@nicerhabara
@nicerhabara 2 жыл бұрын
I guess it's because most people who know about the CDI games haven't actually played them and those who did most likely played them via emulator
@BasVoet
@BasVoet 2 жыл бұрын
As an European, I was shocked about how smooth and Sonic played after I discovered the world of emulation. Thanks for this video, great!
@alejandrozamoraesqueda7470
@alejandrozamoraesqueda7470 2 жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in Mexico, where I learned the history of video games from a North American perspective. Now, I moved to Germany almost 2 years ago, and ever since I've been learning this other European narrative. It's fascinating how these two (usually) related parts of the world had such a distinct history. This is the video I needed. Thank you, Jon.
@Mailylion
@Mailylion 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for including Terranigma. It was the first game that actually made me cry when I beat it back then. Wonderful, absolutely wonderful and touching story!
@justanotheryoutubechannel
@justanotheryoutubechannel 2 жыл бұрын
It did the same to me, I absolutely loved it and that ending properly made me emotional for the first time, I will never forget it and the music keeps coming back to me…
@lukesoup27
@lukesoup27 2 жыл бұрын
Hotel Dusk and Last Window are perfect games. Like, absolute pure perfection. If there's any game in this video you play, it one of these.
@lmnt66
@lmnt66 2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, I totally forgot Last Window existed. I just recently restarted and finished Hotel Dusk after first playing and dropping it back in 2009 and I've been wanting another game like this and even looked up some information on Cing and their games and only saw they went bankrupt sometime after Hotel Dusk. Guess I'm gonna go play Last Window now, I'm so excited! 🥰
@Linkale_
@Linkale_ 2 жыл бұрын
I like those games so much that I'm determined to make a spiritual successor to them in the future. The characters, setting and overall pacing of the story it's just perfect.
@selder_7
@selder_7 2 жыл бұрын
Crazy that it nearly happened with Xenoblade. Interesting that there’s also a video’s worth of the games where vice versa is true
@YdenMk-II
@YdenMk-II 2 жыл бұрын
I have a friend who's always dismayed on the "bad" accents in Xenoblade and I have to remind them that it was localized in Europe cause NoA didn't want believe it would succeed.
@jomaq9233
@jomaq9233 2 жыл бұрын
@@YdenMk-II that’s what I don’t get, I get criticizing how the actual voice acting and direction can be (specifically with 2 apparently not having much in the way of… actual voice direction) But it’s really not valid to criticize the voice acting just because “you don’t like the accent”
@skycloud4802
@skycloud4802 2 жыл бұрын
@@YdenMk-II Xenoblade Chronicles actually has some really good voice acting, remarkably so. Especially when you consider a lot of JRPGs aren't exactly known for stellar voice acting. The British accents are also very refreshing for a change. The voice actors in Xenoblade Chronicles are so charming and hugely expressive, it hooked me in as well as the music and world building.
@DragoonMyuutsu
@DragoonMyuutsu 2 жыл бұрын
At the time, I wasn't aware that the Nintendo DS was region-free, but once I learned that I went and got a copy of Last Window off eBay. Both it and Hotel Dusk are such intriguing stories even if they come off a bit too contrived on some plot elements lol.
@lol-ih1tl
@lol-ih1tl 2 жыл бұрын
The DSi-enhanced DS games and the DSi cartridges were region-locked tho
@meganpayette5996
@meganpayette5996 10 ай бұрын
31:28 - I remember that one! My brother bought that Pokemon typing game while we were at Fan Expo back in 2013.
@StardustWhip
@StardustWhip 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The Game Boy, GBA and DS actually doesn't have region locking (Nintendo only started to have region locking on their handheld games with DSi-exclusive software), so if any Americans want to import a Europe-only game (or vice versa) for one of those systems, you can play it on the system that you already have.
@MugiwaraNoDavid
@MugiwaraNoDavid 2 жыл бұрын
Last Window was the first game I've ever imported and it quickly became one of my favorite games of all time. Thank you for highlighting this underrated gem 🙏
@HammMann
@HammMann 2 жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in the UK, one of my favourite video games is an adaptation of the "Wacky Races" cartoon that released on the PS2 only in europe. The controls are snappy, the gimmicks make sense, the sense of speed is great and it is such an underrated classic that it's genuinely one of the reasons that i am happy to be in the UK.
@MUSQUIZanimation
@MUSQUIZanimation 2 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how I didn’t know about almost all of these existing. It feels like Jon is rewriting history for me.
@ArcadianLegend
@ArcadianLegend 2 жыл бұрын
Terranigma was easily my favourite game on the SNES growing up, beating out Illusion of Time which I remember being obsessed with.
@lpfan4491
@lpfan4491 Жыл бұрын
It's good that we are in a very good spot from a game-accessibility standpoint now. There is barely any regionlocking going on with the switch and the few pieces of it can usually be gotten around semi-easily. And more games tend to have more languages supported in the same copy of the game too.(I was genuinely surprised to see literally everything being present in Kirby Star Allies, but I sure won't complain)
@Deoxys911
@Deoxys911 2 жыл бұрын
I never thought about it until watching the end of this video, but it would have been pretty cool to get a Doshin stage in Smash Bros. where the land is altered by the titular giant as you play (and maybe he could even step into the fray occasionally to segment the stage).
@worldsboss
@worldsboss 2 жыл бұрын
Disaster Day of Crisis was the exact game that I thought of when I saw the title of this video.
@sirprintalot
@sirprintalot 2 жыл бұрын
Nothing is more America than banning a game about Maths and logic puzzles because it doesn't adequately train one's brain, but guns are fine and dandy.
@glo_bin
@glo_bin 2 жыл бұрын
Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland is fantastic I'll never understand why Americans hate the guy so much
@mythosinfinite6736
@mythosinfinite6736 2 жыл бұрын
The majority of Tingle's formative life was in the late N64 era and the entirety of the GameCube era, which is also the time when everyone tried really hard to be edgy and look like _real_ "grownups." Tingle was hated for being a weird comic relief character born in an era when being funny was a sin for "babies." He hasn't quite entirely recovered since. Also something about... slave labour in Wind Waker. I'm sure it's unrelated.
@catriamflockentanz
@catriamflockentanz 2 жыл бұрын
Funfact: I (german guy) never liked Tingle much, but I didn't hate him either. He was just odd. But the games he was in were odd too, so whatever. And then I played Four Swords Adventures. Tingle is a terrible person in this game. He will steal from the player(s), for his own gain, with the future of the world in the balance, but he plain-out does not care. Another Funfact: Omega Force originally intended to have Tingle in the Story of (the first) Hyrule Warriors. Aonuma told them that this would hurt sales in the West and they should take him out. The Team at Omega Force actually misunderstood what he meant and took Tingle out of the Game entirely, instead of just out of the "Legends" Mode. He was reintroduced into the Game via DLC, but as part of a package because it was once again surmised he wouldn't sell on his own. There even is a friend of mine who plain-out refuses to buy Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition because Tingle is on the Cover. That's just childish in my book. Though I have to agree that Definitive Edition, despite its moniker(and incredible wealth of content), has the worst Box Art out of the three versions.
@JamesLewis2
@JamesLewis2 2 жыл бұрын
A couple of notable NES games you missed were (Mr.) Gimmick and Hebereke, a.k.a. Ufouria: The Saga; an honourable mention goes to Banana Prince, but its European release was in German rather than English.
@andreou2473
@andreou2473 2 жыл бұрын
Cannot wait for the in-depth analysis and review of Tingle’s Freshly Picked Rosy Rupeeland.
@chaoticcranium
@chaoticcranium 2 жыл бұрын
12:52 I like how you just casually provided a simple explanation for one of the most vein-poppingly, trauma-inducing frustrations of my childhood. This and the Carnival Night Zone barrel, SEGA. You have a lot to answer for. Gonna go...just lie down...now...
@autumnjennings7104
@autumnjennings7104 2 жыл бұрын
I love importing so this should definitely get a sequel or 10! Thanks Jon!
@adamwebber6634
@adamwebber6634 2 жыл бұрын
Your revelation about screen crunch with sonic is such a revelation! I had that on game gear and an among those who could never beat the first boss stage. I'll be seeking out that master system version!
@goatbone
@goatbone 2 жыл бұрын
Almost all of these were also released in Australia. Outrun 3D, Terranigma, Project Zero MoBW, most of those Buzz games etc etc
@mds_main
@mds_main 2 жыл бұрын
If I'm not mistaken, Australia is included in the PAL region with Europe when it comes to videogames
@goatbone
@goatbone 2 жыл бұрын
@@mds_main Australia is PAL but Australia is not Europe.
@mds_main
@mds_main 2 жыл бұрын
@@goatbone Of course, but given they're both PAL they got the same games (at least I think) and so the same exclusives. But I get what you mean, the title should have probably mentioned PAL instead to be more precise.
@thohillesland
@thohillesland Жыл бұрын
@@mds_main There are actually some game release differences between Australia and Europe, for example Warioware Twisted was not released in Europe, but it was released in Australia.
@nhodgie
@nhodgie 2 жыл бұрын
I still remember going to Japan back in the day and being amazed at Smash Bro's Melee... It was still to release in Australia and didn't for quite a while.
@mds_main
@mds_main 2 жыл бұрын
Finally somebody talks about our videogame history. It's tiresome to hear about the videogame crash as this big thing when it only affected North America. In general the USA can be a bit egocentric when it comes to history.
@Mattzere
@Mattzere 2 жыл бұрын
Superb video!
@safebox36
@safebox36 2 жыл бұрын
The "Classic Serie" Mario game was the one I played on one of those "150 games in 1" bootleg GBA cartridges as a kid. This is the first I'm learning about _why_ it was so different from the original game.
@Sagi.Baten.Kaitos
@Sagi.Baten.Kaitos Жыл бұрын
Came here after the Another Code remakes were announced
@Josie_Woah
@Josie_Woah 2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 100k subs guys! Jon you were the reason I subbed so I appreciate you introducing me to the rest of the GVG crew!
@chadwolf3840
@chadwolf3840 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff. I love your channel. It’s criminally underrated.
@Lawless6671
@Lawless6671 2 жыл бұрын
I threw this on expecting Terranigma and I wasn’t disappointed. Great video, Jon!
@matthewbloise2155
@matthewbloise2155 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! I really enjoyed it. I've always wondered what it was like to be a Euro gamer, with so many missed titles surely there must be some regional exclusives too? Thank you for making it, I found it very informative. Well done.
@donmapache4134
@donmapache4134 2 жыл бұрын
"Disaster: day of crisis" is one of my top Wii games; it's incredible fun and varied in levels and mechanics. I think it's one of the few games that showcase how motion controls can make playing immersive. . . . . . . -Other games are -Metroid Prime 3 -Star Wars: the Force unleashed -Super Mario Galaxy -Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix -No more heroes
@Aelrandir
@Aelrandir 2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see Terranigma get the HD-2D treatment. As an American I didn't play the game until two summers or so ago on my SNES classic with the game modded onto it. The emulation was far from perfect, and it caused me a lot of frustrations. Despite that though it was such a charming and wonderful adventure that I'd love to revisit. I still remember a number of the music tracks because of how catchy they are.
@sotnosen95
@sotnosen95 2 жыл бұрын
Man, the Buzz games, those take me back. We had those too, dubbed into Swedish. I played them a lot as a kid, though it's been so long I don't remember specifically which ones (other than Monster Rumble, but I preferred the quiz ones).
@Uderscore
@Uderscore 2 жыл бұрын
some of the developers of Terranigma have been trying to run anniversary campaigns on twitter and change org to push for some form of global rerelease, sadly to not much avail, but it seems more like just a lack of effective outreach than a genuine lack of interest, so I really hope this mention leads to some groundswell.
@leeartlee915
@leeartlee915 2 жыл бұрын
This video reminded me of something. People always go on and on about how being a “collector” of physical media is the only way to preserve these games. But the Famicom Disc System was designed to be written over. So even if you secured a Disc with the the label you are looking for, there’s no guarantee it will even have the game you want.
@slimskink88
@slimskink88 2 жыл бұрын
Oh I enjoyed Hotel Dusk greatly. The film noir genre, rotoscope art style, and cast of peculiar characters captured my interest. So when I heard Last Window wasn't coming to the States, I asked a college friend who went on an exchange program to the UK to purchase it for me (it's cheaper than Amazon) and I reimbursed him upon his return. It's a great sequel for sure that sheds more light on Kyle himself. I was a tad disappointed that not all supporting characters have their own dark secrets similar to HD, but other fans may find it more realistic than the former's numerous coincidences. And LW's chapters being compiled into an in-game book (with bonus scenes) was a wonderful surprise.
@TheFrostyLemon
@TheFrostyLemon 2 жыл бұрын
There’s a Bomberman game on the DS called ‘Bomberman 2’ I think it’s really good and was exclusive to Europe, but I never hear anyone talk about it.
@noisykestrel
@noisykestrel 2 жыл бұрын
I'm just happy that the Americans have any way to play Another Code R: A Journey into Lost Memories in their language. My favourite Wii game and an absolute masterpiece!
@andrewperkin7192
@andrewperkin7192 2 жыл бұрын
Yh the narrative that Nintendo saved gaming really needs to die. Yes Americans were a large gaming market that when their market crashed it was damaging, but it was evident Europe and other places around the world thrived still in gaming. It's always annoyed me that europe usally was treated last with anything when it came to gaming heck somtimes we'd get a game just as when it's sequal hit America. Thank god the modern age I'd much better.
@SuperPaperPokemon
@SuperPaperPokemon 2 жыл бұрын
There's something ironic about this video, which details all about European games which never went to the US, being sponsored by Hello Fresh, a company that only exists and delivers in the US (minus Alaska and Hawaii)
@randomperson3629
@randomperson3629 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Fresh also operates in the UK, I've seen loads of ads over here
@ExtremeWreck
@ExtremeWreck Жыл бұрын
Most of these games were made in Japan & saw Japanese releases as well. If you want European games, one would have to look elsewhere. Lying title.
@kim-vx6uj
@kim-vx6uj 2 жыл бұрын
sonic blast only came to brazil cause tectoy (sega’s distributor in brazil) made the port. the master system was a big success here in brazil because of tectoy, that made a great job selling it here.
@kim-vx6uj
@kim-vx6uj 2 жыл бұрын
tectoy also made the duke nukem 3D genesis port
@a2c2008
@a2c2008 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! Thanks, Jon!
@cannedworms1814
@cannedworms1814 2 жыл бұрын
Winter Gold for the SNES is a European exclusive and has some of the best graphics on the system. It was published by Nintendo and uses the Super FX 2 chip
@ExtremeWreck
@ExtremeWreck Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear someone in the comments point out a SNES game that ACTUALLY WAS a Europe exclusive.
@unstoppableExodia
@unstoppableExodia 2 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad this list included Terranigma. It’s an absolute banger of a game. Got my copy in 2000 for a fraction of what it would cost and it’s one of my most treasured games that I’d be reluctant to sell for even two thousand times what it originally cost me.
@Freezer94
@Freezer94 2 жыл бұрын
You should make this video unavailable in America.
@GVG
@GVG 2 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@TraceGaming2006
@TraceGaming2006 2 жыл бұрын
@@GVG do it
@inktendo
@inktendo 2 жыл бұрын
Man the way you say Europe was overlooked makes me feel sad as a Brazilian because we were TRULY OVERLOOKED. Even to this day I can count on my hands how many Nintendo games have Portuguese as an option
@ExtremeWreck
@ExtremeWreck Жыл бұрын
The Portuguese option is probably for Portugal most of the time despite only having about 10 million people compared to Brazil which has over 200 million.
@ErdrickHero
@ErdrickHero 2 жыл бұрын
Technically, Germany got a Deutsch version of Dragon Quest Monsters on the Gameboy Color. They even got the Dragon Quest name where the US/English version was released as Dragon Warrior Monsters.
@nicholasharvey1232
@nicholasharvey1232 2 жыл бұрын
Anybody else getting James Earl Jones vibes from that narrator?
@TheVicarstownSentinel
@TheVicarstownSentinel 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for mentioning the Tingle series! As an unironic Tingle enjoyer, I was so let down when Rupeeland got a PAL release and not an NTSC-U release. It took me years, but I finally managed to collect them all- but for Balloon Trip of Love, I got a reproduction cart online of a slightly older version of the fan translation, which admittedly has a bug or two with some text still being in Japanese. I also bought an awesome English language reproduction jewel case for it. As for Balloon Fight- well, I don't really think it needs a fan translation, as I was able to play it with my niece with no problems whatsoever when we went on our camping trip back in May. Rupeeland is actually quite a fun game imo, even though I suck with the price negotiation. The combat system is a lot like For the Frog Whom the Bell Tolls, so it's like the Zelda franchise came full circle a bit by making that the combat system, and it is still quite Zelda like with collecting items and dungeon crawling too. The Tingle series overall is VERY underrated and I think any Zelda fan worth their salt needs to at least give it a try!
@millenniumfalconpunch5719
@millenniumfalconpunch5719 2 жыл бұрын
Do a video on games that released in America but not Europe
@Cutie_Nepgear
@Cutie_Nepgear 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, Jon.
@UltimateTS64
@UltimateTS64 2 жыл бұрын
It's funny that you mention micro computers going strong in Europe because I listen to this gaming podcast hosted by 3 British guys and they always talk about those micro computers with such fondness and I'm just like who uses them? 😂 Crazy how different it was back then
@Michirin9801
@Michirin9801 Ай бұрын
Can't believe there was no mention of Super Bomberman 3! That's like, one of the very best!
@ColdCobra84
@ColdCobra84 2 жыл бұрын
My first console was the Master System II (with in-build Alex Kidd, which for some reason my parents pretended was a really "lucky" thing I should be thrilled about. I mean, I was, so I guess it was probably cute from their perspective...? Anyway...) The first two Sonic Games on the system hold a massive amount of nostalgia for me, so I remember being shocked in the early days of the internet to find very little info about them due to Master System's comparative lack of popularity in the states. Fun video as always Jon, even after all these years there were some games on here I had no idea about!
@HDNDraxirch
@HDNDraxirch Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the fact Another Code Recollection will give those who missed how good the games were on the DS. Can't wait for it to release honestly.
@Rowri88
@Rowri88 2 жыл бұрын
2:25 I'm from a part of the world where the MSX dominated more than the NES. Different perspectives are interesting
@mcspankys
@mcspankys 2 жыл бұрын
Really fun video! Always liked learning about this stuff
@matthewstephens8503
@matthewstephens8503 2 жыл бұрын
You missed the Sunsoft NES game "Mr. Gimmick". Outside of Japan it was only released in Scandinavia, however Sunsoft has recently announced that the game is coming to Switch. There was also "Ufouria: The Saga", but that one eventually got a Wii Virtual Console version.
@incognitod8444
@incognitod8444 2 жыл бұрын
16:06 - holy shit, I own this... talk about long forgotten games...
@juiceala
@juiceala 2 жыл бұрын
22:40 Jon Puyo Puyi Fever also came to the PC in Japan.
@trapez77
@trapez77 2 жыл бұрын
This is the best video made on this channel so far
@YoMateo.
@YoMateo. 2 жыл бұрын
Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen
@Peringon
@Peringon 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, dude. I really needed to hear these words 💕 you have an awesome day.
@humouroushawk
@humouroushawk 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much.
@roybeazy88
@roybeazy88 2 жыл бұрын
This honestly made me feel better, thanks bud! And many well wishes to you also!
@dragon1130
@dragon1130 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@realroforb7676
@realroforb7676 2 жыл бұрын
Silence Twitter Blue Checkmark.
@tormentor91
@tormentor91 2 жыл бұрын
I was kind of hoping to see the fairly good Asterix & Obelix game in here. Really fun 2D platformer that I used to play a ton with my older brother when we borrowed our uncles Super Nintendo. Obviously you can't have all the EU exclusive games in there (and maybe this did release in the states, although I kind of doubt it), but it would have been cool to see.
@BayleyBengal
@BayleyBengal 2 жыл бұрын
Another Code: R the R stands for "Rubbish" but they didn't release it overseas because they don't use the word "rubbish" there. /s
@ArgentChaosJames
@ArgentChaosJames 2 жыл бұрын
I came to watch the video only to see if Terranigma was in it, and I was not disappointed. Good stuff, lots of interesting games on the list!
@AlexosaurusRex
@AlexosaurusRex 2 жыл бұрын
Hey John, perhaps you are not a fan, but the Bomberman series got a bunch of games that North America never did. They are: Super Bomberman 3 (SNES), Bomberman Kart (PS2), Bomberman Hardball (known as Bomberman Battles in Japan) (PS2), Bomberman Story DS, Bomberman 2 DS (known as Custom Battler Bomberman in Japan). All of them were available in Japan, but the European versions are the only way to play them in English. Some of them are really great games (Super Bomberman 3, Bomberman Kart, Bomberman 2 DS) and some of them are Bomberman Hardball. That one in particular is the weirdest choice out of all of these. The game has the standard multiplayer bomberman battle boards along with 3 bomberman takes on sports. The sports are tennis, golf, and baseball, hence the name "Battles" in Japan. Oddly, they changed the name to "Hardball" for Europe in reference to the baseball part of the game. This is a bizarre choice, considering that Baseball is a sport primarily played in North America and Japan. Practically no one even knows of Baseball in Europe and especially not in 2005. Why not release this in North America with that name??? I guess it has to do with the fact that Ubisoft (a French company) published it for Europe and that Hudson Soft was likely unable to secure a publisher for North America, but had already localized it for the USA and named it. Of all the Bomberman games to export from Japan in that era, I just feel like this was a terrible choice. There were so many that never left Japan and are good games, but Bomberman Hardball gets the nod.
@Fasguy
@Fasguy Жыл бұрын
I didn't actually expect that Vib-Ribbon was never released in America, considering how many Americans i've heard talk about it.
@onilao
@onilao 2 жыл бұрын
Loved playing Klonoa beach vollyball with my brother back in the day!
@Anonymimus
@Anonymimus 2 жыл бұрын
Just been clicking on this video for Terranigma and I wasn't disappointed :D
@skycloud4802
@skycloud4802 2 жыл бұрын
Gameboy Gallery 5 in 1 is one of my favourite Gameboy games. I still play it from time to time. It's such a shame that the cart doesn't save my top scores when I reload the cart.
@laurensHD
@laurensHD 2 жыл бұрын
Terranigma is the best game that no one talks about. It is my favorite SNES game, and one of my favorite games of all time. It is awesome to see how your actions can impact the whole world, and it has some truly emotional moments. Hopefully it gets some sort of re-release in the future.
@Fuilares
@Fuilares 2 жыл бұрын
18:42 - How is that possible, that Klonoa series failed? I've never played volleyball one, but you said it's one of the best multiplayer game on PSX. The main series - platformers are also rock solid and Klonoa 2 even won a GameSpy award for best platformer of the year, yet the series keeps failing over and over at market. Heck, even the new remasters are not doing fine and I think that the game still hold up well for today standards. Maybe it's not to advanced, but it's a nice simple side-scrolling platformer with brilliant music and great story
@mythosinfinite6736
@mythosinfinite6736 2 жыл бұрын
Failed in terms of sales. There's a reason why everyone is begging everyone they can to buy the new collection. Which thankfully, is selling very well now.
@catriamflockentanz
@catriamflockentanz 2 жыл бұрын
You have answered yourself: "I've never played -volleyball- one, but[...]" No Buts! That's the answer right there.
@narcopsy
@narcopsy 2 жыл бұрын
@@catriamflockentanz huh? They might have lived in the US so they couldn't play the volleyball one
@Spacething7474
@Spacething7474 2 жыл бұрын
0:37 that version genuinely sounds better
@DylanBandicoot
@DylanBandicoot 2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else remember Yoyo's Puzzle Park for the PSOne? I had an illegal copy of the game when I was a kid and I recently found out that this game never came out outside of Europe and Japan. I can't even find a genuine legal copy for sale online anywhere. It's like the game just disappeared from history.
@kaijulover8094
@kaijulover8094 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah that USK game rating is so big it even shoves the Super Mario 3D All-Stars logo over to the other side of the case.
@ultra_magikarp3880
@ultra_magikarp3880 2 жыл бұрын
5:04 Hey all, Scott here
@norinori6414
@norinori6414 2 жыл бұрын
British Klonoa is adorable oh my god
@VelvetKitsune
@VelvetKitsune 2 жыл бұрын
Hearing about all of these games we didn't get makes me sad again. I played Xenosaga II with zero idea of what was actually happening since it's right in the middle. Ack.
@paul1979uk2000
@paul1979uk2000 2 жыл бұрын
I do remember in the cartridge days of the 8-bit and 16-bit era, there were many games that were specific for different regions around the world, so EU, US or Japan and I do remember many games that were EU and Japan only or US and Japan only and I suspect a big reason for this was cartridges were not cheap back then so publishers had to be more picky in what markets they release their games because it can be quite costly for them if they get it wrong and it doesn't sell well in the given market. But in any event, this is for specific games, most of the big hitter games tend to be released in all the major markets and today, it's not really an issue with how cheap it is to release games in any regions, but yeah, I'm sure I've heard stories of publishers going bankrupt if they release too many copies in one region and the game flops because the cartridges are paid upfront, meaning they had to sell a certain amount to break even, all of this became less of an issue once we went to CD and isn't really an issue with digital distribution over the internet. But then again, that's probably why the import market was so big in the 80's and 90's, gamers wanting games that were not sold in their region so they bought it from oversees with the issue of having to adapt the console so it can work with the different standards around the world, mostly PAL and NTSC but many gamers did it.
@MapleLunii
@MapleLunii 2 жыл бұрын
I had that gameboy gallery game (I live in the UK) but I do remember there being music.. It had all the same games as the 'first' one too. Maybe there was an updated version or something.
@leroy3510
@leroy3510 2 жыл бұрын
Im from Europe and i do own a few EU games never came to NA. I have a complete Terranigma snes, Disaster:Day of Crisis wii, Project Zero wiiu, Breath of Fire III psp, Tales of Eternia psp, Forbidden Siren 2 ps2, Siren:Blood Curse ps3
@GoldenJLR
@GoldenJLR 2 жыл бұрын
If you want to play European Master System (and maybe mega drive, I'm not sure) games use a Brazilian console. Brazil uses PAL-M, a 60Mhz version of PAL. That means you will have the color and resolution of PAL with NTSC speed
@GoldenJLR
@GoldenJLR 2 жыл бұрын
Also, while the Mega drive and master System aren't region locked some games are and if the game was optimized for PAL will probably run at the same speed as in Europe but games like the european version of Sonic 1 will play at the same speed as in NTSC regions.
@minifluff201
@minifluff201 2 жыл бұрын
I played Mario Bros. all the time on a multi cart 31 in 1 when i was a child. They also added it to the GBA Mario ports
@lucianonicolasgarcia7311
@lucianonicolasgarcia7311 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the historical account. The "video game crash" was a northamerican thing indeed. Everywhere else the growth of the market was steady.
@HotdogDivebomb
@HotdogDivebomb 2 жыл бұрын
Vanpool did not make Chibi Robo! That was Skip, Ltd. Vanpool just co-developed Zip Lash.
@guitaraobscura8802
@guitaraobscura8802 2 жыл бұрын
Gregory Horror Show is another that Ive always wanted to play
@OneAndOnlyDanky
@OneAndOnlyDanky 2 жыл бұрын
Wait Brain Age… er, Brain Training is banned in America? I found it weird that it didn’t come to America but, wow that’s insane
@DryPaperHammerBro
@DryPaperHammerBro Жыл бұрын
That Speccy video sounds interesting!
@Faktor13
@Faktor13 Жыл бұрын
Oh Everblue was a budget game I bought...because I had the money i think, but I absolutly loved the relaxed athmosphere
@BJWanlund
@BJWanlund 2 жыл бұрын
There’s a NES game that only released in ONE part of Europe (Scandanavia weirdly enough) but never made it outside of that except for bootlegs and reproduction carts: Mr. Gimmick (or Gimmick! In Japan)
@ArcadianLegend
@ArcadianLegend 2 жыл бұрын
It's getting released on modern platforms. Unfortunately it's not using the Japanese sound.
@DaneeBound
@DaneeBound 2 жыл бұрын
Given that Mario Bros. would be packed-in with all the Super Mario Advance games and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (not to mention the countless reissues, á la VC), you’d be forgiven for taking this game for granted, or worse, thinking it as a nuisance.
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