/vr/ - Retro Games

No Japanese release. Even to this day.

>>2504134
Why exactly? Did they think it would not appeal or something?

>>2504143
It was made for western audiences. Same with Punch-Out.

>>2504128
The setting doesn't safely allow for albino characters

Because the original wasn't all that popular, even though it got the full Nintendo Power treatment. The sequel did even worse. So they dropped it and never looked back.

>>2504153
Except Punch Out was released in Japan.

>>2504238
I remember seeing a ton of NIB Startropics 2 in a Toys R Us on clearance in maybe 1995. It was 10 bucks, one of the first games I bought as a collector. I was honesty surprised there were new NES games in stores at that point.

>>2504304
My brother bought StarTropics 1 around the same time, also from Toys R Us. Weird.

>>2504294
Just because it was released in Japan doesn't mean it wasn't originally made with a western audience in mind. Don't be dumb.

>>2504128
Didn't sell. Could have been a masterpiece though if they'd just fixed the controls and done away with the puzzles and made it more of a straight Zelda clone. Could have been to Zelda what Earthbound was to Dragon Quest.

>>2504409
Mike Tyson was popular in Japan. What can't the game be made with both Western and Japanese audiences in mind?

>>2504425
>done away with the puzzles
Fuck you.

>>2504431
The puzzles in that game sucked. The characters, setting, themes, and the basic gameplay concept were amazing. Ditch everything else and fix the bullshit controls and you've got one of the greatest games of all time.

Wasn't Nintendo of America sponsoring some minor league ballball player, and this game was made to plug him?

>>2504490

Seriously my fav game of all time. I'd kill to have a sequel in the same style as the first two.

>>2504426
because a lot of people on this site are black and white thinking morons.

>>2504134
why does a game need to be released in japan? does that some how make it more worthy of being played to you or something? I never understood people that always bring this up when a game was never made with the japanese market in mind.

>>2504490
are you stoned or something?

>>2504628
It's not a big deal anymore because video games are now mainstream. But in the NES days, holy shit a console game exclusive to North America was a MASSIVE risk.

>>2504637
Releasing games in japan now is virtually pointless since no one buys games there anymore.

>>2504637
>>2504642
fuck off /v/ kids

I think we all can agree the worst part about the game was the cheap instant deaths. You'd jump off the cliff into another screen and risk the chance of dying.

>>2504642
What the fuck are you talking about?

>>2504490
>>2504528
>>2504634

I'll clear this up for you guys. Mike Jones is an all-star pitcher playing in a farm league for the Seattle Mariners, which Nintendo did (and still does) own.

They also went out of their way to promote the Mariners by making Ken Griffey games, as he was the Mariner's breakout star.

>>2504926
>Seattle Mariners, which Nintendo did (and still does) own.
interesting

>>2504926
Nintendo only VERY briefly owned a baseball team, no longer do, did not make Ken Griffey games, you're a moron.

>>2504926
Ooohhhhh. That explains that weird free program you can download in the 3DS eshop that only works in Mariner Park,

>>2504950
nintendo actually does own 55% share of the mariners
you're right about them not making ken griffey games though, they published them

>>2504153

I hate when people claim Punch-Out!! wasn't released in japan because like one website said japan didn't know who little mac was when he was released for smash. He was more obscure but any hardcore old school japanese nintendo fans knew about him and the series.

japan had punch-out first, mike tyson was mega popular in japan at the time, the game wasn't as popular as it was here but it was certainly popular.

>>2504294
Yeah, the Mike Tyson version Punch-Out!! came out in Japan...AFTER Nintendo saw the success of the American release. Originally Punch-Out!! was only available in Japan as a limited-edtion tournament prize. It was primarily developed for America because Nintendo felt that it would not sell well in Japan.

Just because it came out in Japan doesn't mean that it wasn't originally developed with the American audience in mind. Please shut the fuck up when you have no idea what you're taling about, you fucking retard.

>>2504642
he's right, the jap console market is shrinking every year, asians only want to play games on cellphones now

>>2504995
>>japan had punch-out first, mike tyson was mega popular

The original Japanese version of Punch-Out!! doesn't even have Mike Tyson in it, you fucking retard. Wow, you sure impressed me with your "hardcore old school" gaming knowledge.

What's so great about this game?

>>2504997
you know the arcade game came first

>>2505001
Source? Sounds like bullshit with Nintendo and Sony still in Japan.

>>2504637
>It's not a big deal anymore because video games are now mainstream
the NES is like the 7th highest-selling console of all time but if you want to be a hipster you can go ahead and pretend retro video games are so obscure and secret

>>2505002
but it says right there in the title dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCJBnElMx0
pls calm down

>>2505008
source is a quick google and the fact that most developers moved on to mobile development

>>2505010
That version of Punch-Out!! came out AFTER the American version. The dude saying that Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! came out in Japan first is wrong. Please do your research before you make yourself look like an idiot again.

Wow, there's a lot of misinformation in this thread.
So to clarify a few points:
NOA originally created Star Tropics to promote Ken Griffrey Jr, but Griffery pulled out at the last moment while the game was being localized for Japan. So instead of scrapping the entire game they did a sprite swap and replaced him with Mr. Dream. Later that same year Mike Tyson's punchout was released based on the arcade boxing game "Mr.Dream's Fighting challenge", but because of licensing issues with the mariners (who nintendo owns) it was localized as Star Tropics.

>>2505026

>>2505008
>Source? Sounds like bullshit with Nintendo and Sony still in Japan.
Capcom, Sega, Konami, all the major publishers are focusing on mobile games, barring a couple big franchises. Even Nintendo finally threw down. This is not a new development. Japan doesn't buy consoles anymore, nor do they develop for them. Former big name games like Castlevania, Sonic, and Mega Man aren't even developed by Japanese companies anymore. You haven't been paying attention.

Reminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmUvGH2HMuc

>>2505117
his voice a qt