Super Nintendo Games That Defy Genres, Part 3 - SNESdrunk

[@SNESdrunk]

PART ONE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHKwm6uug5uNjsk PART TWO: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epu9qJmFl5icjbs

[@DakinRinone]

I dont understand why you say snes drunk like that. You say it the same way on numbers for top 10 lists as well. I love your videos but my goodness, it's annoying dude lol. Also keep the great content coming dude, you deserve more subs than you have.

[@HybridAngelZero]

Zero 4 RR looks absolutely cool, definitely keeping my eye on that one if a translation patch gets announced

[@zanegandini5350]

Yeah but it would be nice to know the context of the story, even if it isn't necessary for gameplay purposes.

[@Kungfujoe1110]

saame

[@MegaKirbySuperstar]

I'm impressed by the endless videos you can make on retro games. Just when I think you've talked about them all there will be more videos about another game I had no idea about.

[@AntiPseudo]

I'm still surprised that he seems to come up with amazing SNES games that I've never heard of. Like I thought I was pretty knowledgeable about the SNES library but, well, apparently not as much as I thought!

[@ValthorEldr]

@@AntiPseudo In a world where new games can STILL be developed for old consoles and STILL be good, I don't think this channel will ever run out of new games/topics to explore.

[@leecroft1983]

The idea and concept behind Ihatovo Monogatari (first game) sounds like an indie game before indie games were a thing.

[@zayaannashrid1374]

Honestly, aren't a lot of RPG maker games just like that minus the puzzle aspect?

[@TectonicImprov]

The first walking simulator

[@leecroft1983]

@@TectonicImprov lol, not too far off.

[@TJ20232]

I've never even heard of it before. It sounds like an amazing story. I am in love already. Gonna get it and play it on my phone today

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

that was my thoughts exactly! ^^

[@hikmori7]

Your intro shouts are never gets old.

[@nimaiiikun]

Ihatovo sounds like a real hidden gem! will check it out! There was a Japanese game I used to play that you might like (either as a games left behind or game that defies genre). I can't remember the name right now but you're in a class room and one of the students is a cow. The game is like Mario party in that its a combination of a ton of side games and the student with the most points wins

[@nimaiiikun]

found it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZqwYaKvr9mXesk

[@Vancegeoffmen2]

Yes! Ultimate fighter! My friends and I like to run impromptu tournaments of this when we get together. A total guilty pleasure

[@JoshRafail]

**keep it together** ... Thanks for the shout out!!! I've loved this series immensely and I've appreciated learning so much about these unique and interesting games. I was wondering, what are your thoughts on good games to play over the summer? Like a summer playlist of snes games that capture that feel. Thanks as always SNESdrunk!

[@ggbetz]

1st and foremost, links awakening. I think they're releasing it a month or 2 late. Maybe that island/survival kids or whatever gameboy game?

[@crossdimension4031]

Both Star Tropics and Secret of Mana have always been Summer games for me with that great Summer feel.

[@ggbetz]

@@crossdimension4031 how could I forget either of those?! Perfect summer games!

[@samholdsworth420]

Yoshis island 😊

[@pauloninjinha]

Yes! ZERO4 CHAMP! I was hoping that you would talk about them sooner or later!

[@Alianger]

Ihatovo is an Adventure game. Other games you could cover: Lemmings itself - RTS/Puzzle Super Ninja Boy/Super Chinese World and Super Chinese World 2 - JRPG/Beat 'em up Romancing SaGa - Arguably a JRPG/WRPG Hybrid Jaki Crush - Pinball/Shooter Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen - TBS/RTS hybrid with "Real-time with pausing" battles Kessen! Dokapon Okukoku IV: Densetsu no Yuusha Tachi - RPG/Board Game Batman Returns - Beat 'em up/Action Platformer/Racing Action Hybrid Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals/Estpolis Denki II - JRPG/Rogue-lite Clock Tower - Quest Adventure/Survival Horror Rendering Ranger: R2 - Action Platformer/Horizontal Shoot 'em up Super Mario RPG - JRPG/ARPG/Isometric Platform Adventure Battletoads & Double Dragon - Beat 'em up/Misc. Action Earthworm Jim 1-2, The Lion King - Platformer/Misc. Action Hameln no Violin Hiki - Puzzle Platformer/Action Platformer Demolition Man - Action Platformer/TD View Maze Action Chaos Engine - Maze Action w/ RPG/AA elements

[@bf0189]

Thanks for telling me about Ihatovo Monogatari! I love a nice cerebral atmospheric slow burn kind of game.

[@MadInu8]

Great video, you made me discovered unknown games again! :D

[@SlyBeast]

Ultimate Fighter is part of the Hiryu no Ken series (Flying Warriors & Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll on NES here in the U.S.). I love this series! Wish it got more love but I understand why it doesn't. Gameplay is very niche and can feel a little wonky. The Japanese games are long overdue for English translation patches.

[@DerekBarns]

Flying Warriors was actually pretty ambitious for the time.

[@gingerrevenger]

Yes my dude! I love Flying Warriors...its such an underrated title. I wish Ultimate Warrior had more of the exploration and RPG elements it could have been such a good game.

[@SlyBeast]

@@gingerrevenger Agreed! So mean of Culture Brain to tease a Flying Warriors 2 at the end of the credits in Flying Warriors and never bring Hiryu no Ken 3 (which I assume would've been FW2) to the States.

[@DemuDesu]

FYI, "Zero 4 champ" is supposed be pronounced "zero yon champ ." In Japanese, "yon" means "4", and "zero yon" had been used to describe drag race until the engrish word drag race (doraggu re-shu) itself became common.

[@jpdlpokedigi10]

gotta love the japanese number puns

[@FrankDux-uo7ig]

Ich ni san chi?

[@duffman18]

Always a good day when SNESdrunk uploads a video

[@BabusGameRoom]

Genre-defying games are my favourite, so I'm excited every time I see one of these videos!

[@alejandroantoniovaladezuva4504]

I'm kinda new to the channel so I'm going through old videos of yours and I have to say, I love your work! Ihatovo Monogatari grabbed my attention from that artwork you showed. The train and the cat got me thinking of Night on the Galactic Railroad (one of my favorite anime movies ever) and sure enough, Kenji Miyazawa wrote that story too! I'll sure play it soon. Also, I'm very intrigued by Terranigma from the various times you've mentioned it, so I'll play that too :-)

[@fed0t38]

Great list as usual! Any chance for "Genesis Games That Defy Genres?" in future?

[@jorgepacheco2172]

Wow ihatovo Monogatari sounds really good!

[@7thangelad586]

All of this genre defiance!! Sober up, SNES Drunk, you’re getting all crazy now.

[@reagandow850]

Nice dude! My week can now officially start now that I have my dose of snesdrunk. ;)

[@Fakan]

Ihatovo Monogatari seems like an early walking simulator, although I suppose that /would/ be genre defying at the time.

[@big_red01027]

The concept for Zero4 Champ RR did indeed make me laugh aloud.

[@OmniMirror]

Super late to the party, but huge shout out to SNESdrunk for introducing me to the Zeroyon games. I've played through them both and had a blast! On a side note, I think he posted something about Bushi Seiryuuden: Futari no Yuusha, which is also highlighted on RetroAchievements

[@MerkhVision]

That racing RPG seems like its right up my alley as it combines 2 things Im really passionate about!

[@BulbaTube]

Long time viewer, first time Commenter ... Just wanted to say i appreciate what you do :)

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks for watching

[@nunoudista]

Ultimate Fighter, a guilty pleasure of mine. Some facts: - It is a localized version of Hiryuu no Ken S, which has the normal version and the Hyper Version. UF is probably based on the normal version. - The hiryuu no ken games went across many platforms like Arcade, NES, GB, GBC, SNES, N64, PS1, etc. In the super famicom there is another game of the saga. SD Hiryuu no ken, which is a fighting game. - In this game, you can turn on the dot system for the 1-on-1 fighting (at least that is what I call it) like it was in the other games. Which is a dot appears where you can attack, and the other must defend that part of the body. It is hard to put on words, but once you get the hang of it, it can be pretty fun and unique.

[@TheGryf0xxx]

Another great list. I'm so bummed the Zero4 games don't have translations because they look absolutely killer.

[@ElBloeTigre]

Great video. I thought I knew of most SNES games but there were some ones here I'd never even heard of. Thanks!

[@SNESdrunk]

Thank you for watching

[@RTPJu]

Ihatovo Monogatari = The day they invented the Walking Simulator genre

[@exeacua]

Great video. Another action sidescroller games that change to a fighting game during its boss battles are Tekkaman Blade for SNES and Gear Senshi Denoh for PS1

[@jacobthesnacob4192]

One of the most genre defying games I've ever played is Cosmo Tank, an Atlus game released on the Game Boy in 1990. I guess it's basically a top-down, action adventure RPG, with exploration elements and game changing power ups, that is also a vertical scrolling shoot em up, a first person dungeon crawler, and sometimes sort of an FPS/shooting gallery game, or something, in which you combat alien cyborgs with a tank that transforms into a spaceship while traveling between planets.

[@Bobson_Dugnutt_Esq]

Ihatovo Monogatari seems like a 2d version of a walking sim. And that's pretty cool, though walking sims have an undeservedly bad rep.

[@Fragenzeichenplatte]

Though the bad rep they have is not based on their quality but on labels, i.e. some people's limited concept of what a game is.

[@Bobson_Dugnutt_Esq]

I agree. There are some really cool games that fall under the walking/sim or visual novel category. They're every bit as much real games as turn-based RPGs and point-and-clicks are

[@gkar42069]

I think I've probably commented this before, but you easily have the best intro ever.

[@anouk356]

Ultimate Fighter also has a Turn-Based RPG mode you ca do in the one-on-one fighting parts. it's THREE games in one and it is FANTASTIC!

[@solusluxanima7607]

I DEMAND they make a new Zero4 Champ RR game for modern consoles.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Animanics has just as crazy Genesis version (which I grew up on). Give that a go as well.

[@Ramjet164]

Hemang Chauhan is it a port or a totally different game? I’m intrigued lol

[@ThetaReactor]

@@Ramjet164 It's different. Each of the Warners has a special ability used to solve puzzles. It's a bit like Lost Vikings, with fewer puzzles but more platforming.

[@Ramjet164]

ThetaReactor cool, thanks I’ll give it a go.

[@jacobprice8048]

ThetaReacter. Sounds like the gameboy Animaniacs. Fun playthrough

[@Banabo0]

Tuesday mornings are the best because of you!

[@thakaybee]

I know I'm late to the party posting this but I just wanted to let everyone know that Ultimate warrior is actually a sequel to a game that came out on the NES called Flying Warriors. I remember playing that game a lot on the NES

[@ViperKreuz]

Ultimate Fighter is the Western localization of the Hiryu no Ken series of games. The more popular ones were the NES and the Nintendo 64 games. The NES one was similar to the SNES version but plays much better due to the smoother scrolling. The N64 versions were basically 1 on 1 fighting games but had their own twists. They're worth playing.

[@bloodgourd]

More games need Charile-work like Zero4 Champ. :)

[@joeshmo3360]

Ultimate fighter is a lot like China warrior for the turbo graph-16

[@DerekBarns]

I'm pretty sure it's a sequel to Flying Warriors on the NES.

[@uncolober]

• you can move your character and dodge fire = on-rails shooter (Space Harrier, Star Fox, Wild Guns, Panzer Dragoon) • you have to hit targets before the timer runs out = gallery shooter (House of the Dead etc.)

[@8thLife]

3:08 " A nice *spin* " I see what you did there Drunk.

[@ZooM18241]

Some really great finds here, thanks dude!!!

[@urrutiap]

Big Sky Trooper is a favorite of mine ever since I rented it once or twice back in the late 1990s. These days I now have the game and its a fun game to explore the planets figuring out the puzzles and items

[@pedropc5824]

Your Channel is amazing man

[@ColonelNegative]

Hector also made the kickass side scroller The Moon Crystal for the Famicom.

[@stepheng8061]

Snes drunk is the best kind of drunk

[@lucag.lisickza425]

you are in my top 5 of best content creators hailz from italy and

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

When the boy in Big Sky Trooper turned around to face the screen it was pretty unsettling, I've gotta admit.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

I bet you practiced saying Ihatovo Monogatari 100 times, it rolled off the tongue as if you'd just *Smashed a big bowl of Ramen!*

[@andreatan97]

My day isn’t complete if SNESdrunk doesn’t tell me to have a great rest of my day. :D But seriously though, it’s such a shame that so many great Japanese exclusive games never made it to the US back in the day. Thank god for roms!

[@introgauge]

Ohh shit I've been looking for that racing rpg forever. My friend had one of these games on his turbo grafx when I was in 5th grade. Never knew the name of it when I went searching for it on an emulator, only to give up.

[@cedrio1027]

I know a lot of interesting games thanks to you and I appreciate it

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

that two player co op game sounds interesting hope its on my chinese everdrive

[@devilboynet]

Thanks for the weekly entertainment

[@grongy6122]

I don't know if anyone said it, that Gundam game with hexagonal field reminds me of the NES Godzilla game - it also has it with side-scroller battles between monsters.

[@MarceloOmegaAGDM]

"reaches big sky trooper"... Uh, never heard of this one, looks nea...OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT GUY'S EYES???!!?

[@MerkhVision]

Yo forreal that was terrifying lol why would they do that!?

[@julsbarracuda9892]

So many cool games, I will check them out!

[@TJ20232]

Ihatovo Monogatari sounds and looks incredible. Wow.

[@DoomRater]

As for Ultimate Fighter, blech- I'd rather play the original Hiryu-No-Ken series on NES because the controls, despite still having that bit of rusty lag to them, feel better there. That game made it over to the states in the form of Flying Warriors, but its sequel never did. Now what was that N64 game using the same weak spot fighting style...?

[@cavalen]

Great video! BTW, Great Battle V might be English friendly, but there is an English translation @romhacking.net

[@bes03c]

Developer Freebird Games makes some games that are similar to Ihatovo Monogatari. I played through Finding Paradise. It was an amazing game, but is part of a series. I highly recommend it for people looking for games similar to Ihatovo Monogatari.

[@Wolf-Blackfield]

At 5:00... Isn't that "Wild Guns"?! Looks pretty the same to me. haha ;)

[@dnocturn84]

Harvest Moon would also be an nice entry on your lists of snes games that defy genres. Ok, it's not very obscure like some other entries, but it was the very first one that came out. And back in the day it created it's own genre.

[@richipicchi6573]

Guys ok, everything cool but the fact that still there isn't an english patch for Goemon 2, 3 and 4 in 2019 almost kills me :'(((( ... Too bad

[@monkeykidd420]

I'm sure there is you probably just gotta look hard

[@M3lw4r3]

Didn't SNES drunk say the 2nd game was fan translated in a previous video?

[@snvvbl]

im pretty sure goemon 2 came out in europe

[@Rad_Jaxon]

Dude! Ultimate Fighter is like a remake of Flying Warriors on NES, I played that game a lot when I was little, and I even beat it a few times! I'm definitely gonna check that out.

[@Mari_Izu]

Ultimate Fighter is part of the Flying Dragon series (Hiryuu no Ken in Japan).

[@GentleHeretic]

7:05 Is the HP meter a pager? That's awesome.

[@Mikey-zj8bn]

Lol was that a xenomorph in tiny toons

[@drizzyrauvryar6992]

3:14 Hey, look. It's Johnny Scoville!

[@robertdavis4192]

Big Sky Trooper would be perfect for wide digital release, especially on Xbox live since its the only console i own anymore, and i have no computer for the emulation route. Just from your videos ive discovered alll of these fascinating games id never known existed. Like Chaos Seed too, that game looks so gdamn interesting!

[@jeromedado7416]

The great battle V looks awesome I gotta try that next on my list

[@adayinforever]

7:56 I think this might be the best graphics in a racing game for the snes/sf

[@jmyers1385]

That last game is like a 18-22 year old simulator in the town I grew up in, lol.

[@POGpartyy]

Zero 4 is basically my life as a video game lol

[@MrBroken030]

The great battle v looks super fun!

[@samurizzy]

Nothing says heroic more than a man named, Rick!

[@Rstraub12]

I'll have to try out that Gundam game, that looks really interesting

[@thescopedogable]

Gotta play that first one it looks super charming.

[@AMMAZZARE]

lol I saw the thumbnail and thought it was another “Drift Phonk” mix.

[@gingerrevenger]

Ultimate fighter is a "sequel" to Flying Warriors from NES which is a west only release based on a series by culture brain called Hiryu no Ken. The gameplay is also a mix of side scrolling action with some rpg element and a QTE style 1v1 fighting system with different fighting styles in multiplayer mode. I consider Flying Warriors a hidden gem on nes and Ultimate Fighter just dosent do it justice as a sequal.

[@7stitches]

All of these games look great. I cant believe i never had the animaniacs game

[@clone701]

Awesome video. I just got back to provenance emulator on my iPhone and it’s been hard finding all the roms since the nintendo crackdown on the rom websites, btw I can’t use my old SN30 controller from 8bitdo as it use to with my phone that’s a shame. Keep it up mate.

[@jon4715]

Big Sky Trooper looks like an earlier Power Pete for Macintosh.

[@salmaabdo]

Nothing new Just another spectacular episode from SNES Drunk

[@Dynamitethedrummer]

i remember an obscure RPG\FISHING game that would fit the bill.. Kawa No Nushi Tsuri 2.. i loved it.

[@mattdavis4056]

Ultimate fighter has a whole series of games in japan called hiryu no ken

[@saidellopez6826]

now that I sw the racing games I remembered Speed Racer: In my most dangerous adventures. It's a racing and a platformer

[@tb3411]

That SD Gundam game looks way better than the ones on the Famicom.

[@Namasu604]

Just finished playing Zero 4 Champ RR-Z recently. The single player experience isn't manageable without a translation. I used an emulator that had AI translations, but the process is quite slow and a real slog to be starting the translation on every dialog screen.

[@jeremyshartzer261]

The Zone of the Enders: Fist of Mars Gameboy Advance game would fit well in this list. Highly suggest it :)

[@ninjaramen]

I enjoy “Ultimate Fighters” but prefer the Nes prequel “Flying Warriors.”

[@Pridetoons]

If you like SD Gundam G-Next try Super Robot Wars.

[@davemarx7856]

Studio Ghibli needs to make an Animal Crossing Movie

[@samcawley7608]

SNES stoned here, that red border really tricked me when this showed up in my subscriptions man

[@wererat42]

Ihatovo Monogatari looks like it could be one of the first "walking sims" but it's actually more than that because the world is actually populated with real people to interact with.

[@RemnantCult]

Japan was lucky with some of their Super Famicom releases. In general, a lot of interesting video games spawn over there and the Super Famicom is home to many of them.

[@MisterTwit]

Ultimate Fighter is actually a sequel to a NES game called Flying Warriors, which employs a lot of the same concepts and designs. I want to say the NES game was much better... but I could be mistaken since I haven't revisited it for 27 years