Club Retro 2021: January - Anime Adaptations
Dec 31, 2020 6:43:04 GMT -5
Post by toei on Dec 31, 2020 6:43:04 GMT -5
Ex I was all for 3D fighters myself. I think I'll find something, though. There's this weird 3x3 Eyes game on the SNES that got a fan-translation a few years back, it's an adventure game but it looks and controls like a side-scroller. I had started playing it but I'd gotten stuck. I'll probably give it another shot. What makes it a bit harder, though, is that "anime adaptations" is not a genre, and there's no correlation between the quality of the anime and the quality of the games.
The best I've played are:
Magic Knight Rayheart (Saturn), an excellent 2D action RPG by the Phantasy Star IV team. By contrast, the SNES RPG sucks, and so do the Game Gear games from what I've played of them. I tried both reading the manga and watching the anime at some point, and they're not for me.
Zillion 2 (Master System) Just a great, intense action game that merges side-scroller and shooter elements. I watched the anime afterward and liked it.
Hokuto no Ken: Seiki Matsukyu Seishi Densetsu (PSX) Really good 3D beat-'em-up by Natsume. Only problem is you can't skip the lengthy, Japanese-only cutscenes the first time around (you can do it on replays). Gear Senshi Dendoh, also by Natsume, and also on the PSX, is a decent mecha single-plane beat-'em-up.
Mystic Defender (Genesis) - Action platformer by Sega with a cool weapon system, based off the Peacock King manga (which did get a few OVAs).
Also good:
Cyborg 009 (Sega CD) - The best LaserSoft game, I'd say. Like all their games, it's got its rough spot, but it's fast (there's a button that makes you dash faster than Super Sonic) and fun. Kishin Doujin Zenki is one of the best action platformers on the Game Gear. The anime is cool, too. And we mentioned Hyper Iria and Ghost Sweeper Mikami on the SNES. Finally, the SNES RPG Hero Chronicle, fan-translated last year I believe, is legitimately good. Like the Great Battle series from which it spun-off, it's a mash-up of the Gundam, Kamen Rider and Ultraman franchises, none of which I care about (and only one of which is an anime), but the game is nice. So was SRW EX, which features characters and references from a bunch of mecha anime. Both were made by Winky Soft.
Also, for some reason Sailor Moon games tend to be pretty decent (if unexceptional). I've finished 3 or 4 16-bit beat-'em-ups, 3 of which were okay; a Game Gear platformer (super easy, but not bad); and the SNES RPG, which I found surprisingly decent at the time. All this despite never watching a single episode. Yu Yu Hakusho has some legit fighters, and some cool-looking games that are untranslated. These include 3D fighters, Ex . I recommend checking out the two Japanese-exclusive 3D fighters developed by DIMPS. Each of them plays very differently. The one that was made by Atari is mediocre. Dragon Ball has over 100 games, but I don't find most of the retro releases interesting. I actually kind of liked the second and third games in the GBA Legacy of Goku trilogy, though, despite the first entry being awful. They're very short, Western-made action RPGs.
The best I've played are:
Magic Knight Rayheart (Saturn), an excellent 2D action RPG by the Phantasy Star IV team. By contrast, the SNES RPG sucks, and so do the Game Gear games from what I've played of them. I tried both reading the manga and watching the anime at some point, and they're not for me.
Zillion 2 (Master System) Just a great, intense action game that merges side-scroller and shooter elements. I watched the anime afterward and liked it.
Hokuto no Ken: Seiki Matsukyu Seishi Densetsu (PSX) Really good 3D beat-'em-up by Natsume. Only problem is you can't skip the lengthy, Japanese-only cutscenes the first time around (you can do it on replays). Gear Senshi Dendoh, also by Natsume, and also on the PSX, is a decent mecha single-plane beat-'em-up.
Mystic Defender (Genesis) - Action platformer by Sega with a cool weapon system, based off the Peacock King manga (which did get a few OVAs).
Also good:
Cyborg 009 (Sega CD) - The best LaserSoft game, I'd say. Like all their games, it's got its rough spot, but it's fast (there's a button that makes you dash faster than Super Sonic) and fun. Kishin Doujin Zenki is one of the best action platformers on the Game Gear. The anime is cool, too. And we mentioned Hyper Iria and Ghost Sweeper Mikami on the SNES. Finally, the SNES RPG Hero Chronicle, fan-translated last year I believe, is legitimately good. Like the Great Battle series from which it spun-off, it's a mash-up of the Gundam, Kamen Rider and Ultraman franchises, none of which I care about (and only one of which is an anime), but the game is nice. So was SRW EX, which features characters and references from a bunch of mecha anime. Both were made by Winky Soft.
Also, for some reason Sailor Moon games tend to be pretty decent (if unexceptional). I've finished 3 or 4 16-bit beat-'em-ups, 3 of which were okay; a Game Gear platformer (super easy, but not bad); and the SNES RPG, which I found surprisingly decent at the time. All this despite never watching a single episode. Yu Yu Hakusho has some legit fighters, and some cool-looking games that are untranslated. These include 3D fighters, Ex . I recommend checking out the two Japanese-exclusive 3D fighters developed by DIMPS. Each of them plays very differently. The one that was made by Atari is mediocre. Dragon Ball has over 100 games, but I don't find most of the retro releases interesting. I actually kind of liked the second and third games in the GBA Legacy of Goku trilogy, though, despite the first entry being awful. They're very short, Western-made action RPGs.