@sdelfin I'd never even heard of Metal Warriors before, but the game looks baller! Definitely not confusing it, it was 100% Cybernator that I played as a kid.
@Damo I definitely remember the anime pictures being in the game, I played it a lot and their absence later has always been something that has bothered me. I remember staring at the back of the box as well as I was sure it contained hidden secrets (Or maybe they just spelled Napalm wrong!).
The game I bought was used, as we couldn't afford new games so it's entirely possible I had a rogue review copy (I don't remember there being anything special about the cartridge that would suggest such a thing).
So I made an account just to post this comment because I'm very confused about something.
I had a SNES as a kid and owned a copy of Cybernator, it was a great little game and I was a huge fan of it. It's only relatively recently did I learn that it was known as Assault Suit Valken in Japan and only recently that I've learned about the censorship of the western versions.
But here's the weird thing, one of the censorships is the removal of the anime profile pictures in-mission - but the version I had as a kid, which was definitely Cybernator and definitely in English, also definitely had the anime profile pictures.
I distinctly remember this because years later as I got into emulation I tried out the game and was disappointed that the pictures were missing - I thought it was an emulator bug (fairly common in the early 2000's) and didn't think much of it but now years later people are discussing this game and it seems like I may have inadvertently had some special copy.
I couldn't tell you if the other censored elements had been changed, I would have been fairly young at the time. I definitely don't remember ever seeing the president or "that" scene but I'd love to know if there was a known English release of the game with the anime pictures because I swear I had it.
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Re: Gallery: Retro-Bit's Assault Suits Valken Looks (And Sounds) Great
@sdelfin I'd never even heard of Metal Warriors before, but the game looks baller! Definitely not confusing it, it was 100% Cybernator that I played as a kid.
Re: Gallery: Retro-Bit's Assault Suits Valken Looks (And Sounds) Great
That's what I am wondering! Sadly it has been a couple of decades since I last saw the cart, I'm not sure where it would have ended up.
Re: Gallery: Retro-Bit's Assault Suits Valken Looks (And Sounds) Great
@Damo I definitely remember the anime pictures being in the game, I played it a lot and their absence later has always been something that has bothered me. I remember staring at the back of the box as well as I was sure it contained hidden secrets (Or maybe they just spelled Napalm wrong!).
The game I bought was used, as we couldn't afford new games so it's entirely possible I had a rogue review copy (I don't remember there being anything special about the cartridge that would suggest such a thing).
Re: Gallery: Retro-Bit's Assault Suits Valken Looks (And Sounds) Great
So I made an account just to post this comment because I'm very confused about something.
I had a SNES as a kid and owned a copy of Cybernator, it was a great little game and I was a huge fan of it. It's only relatively recently did I learn that it was known as Assault Suit Valken in Japan and only recently that I've learned about the censorship of the western versions.
But here's the weird thing, one of the censorships is the removal of the anime profile pictures in-mission - but the version I had as a kid, which was definitely Cybernator and definitely in English, also definitely had the anime profile pictures.
I distinctly remember this because years later as I got into emulation I tried out the game and was disappointed that the pictures were missing - I thought it was an emulator bug (fairly common in the early 2000's) and didn't think much of it but now years later people are discussing this game and it seems like I may have inadvertently had some special copy.
I couldn't tell you if the other censored elements had been changed, I would have been fairly young at the time. I definitely don't remember ever seeing the president or "that" scene but I'd love to know if there was a known English release of the game with the anime pictures because I swear I had it.