MeloMan

I'm more or less echoing comments already said but...
Renting this was my first exposure to it as I was happy to play ANYTHING N64 at that time. I remember I had loosely heard of Mystical Ninja, and that it was like Zelda somewhat, so I gave it a go. It was SO Japan, and whimsical, and hilarious. The 90s were very Japanese influenced for me, so I ate this game up. From "PUUULLASSSMMMAAA!", to the musical numbers, to the robot fights... to that music I still hum to this day.... This game was a shock to the senses. I ended up playing Goemon's Great Adventure, and eventually got to play The Legend of the Mystical Ninja for SNES. I can't express how much I miss this series. It's all up to you Konami.

@RetroGames considering my original SNES bit the dust eons ago, I'd be up for a Chromatic SNES as well.

Amazing the dedication. I don't know if they've tackled creating a one to one NES "chromatic", but if not, I'd like to see them try. My NES won't last forever, and if they've done work this good on a GB replica, color me interested.

A shame Nintendo won't re-release it... It's almost like they want to forget it because MvDK has a higher fidelity, but that simplicity of DK '94 is part of the charm, to me. Maybe a release on NSO is not far away.

This is why I shouldn't do a quiz when I first wake up lol. I got my tail whooped and a couple of times I just psyched myself out. Great to learn some facts that I didn't know, such as who actually directed Symphony of the Night. Also of note, I see we have leaderboards now, nice.

I have a huge soft spot for the early 80s arcade games, and I didn't just see Donut Dodo, but "how" it ran, and I was drawn. From the title screen to the gameplay, this dev has hit it out of the park and I'm following his games now. I guess Flynn's arcade is just the publisher, so I'm not sure if he did Murtop or Goliath Depot, but I'm eyeing those too.

I'm mad this is the beat 'em up I never knew I wanted, looking like it's from a time that it never existed in. I'm stoked for the review.

Such a guilty pleasure I came across back in the day. The same reason I was playing this is what he was doing to create it lol.

I only played...

The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Goemon's Great Adventure

And it all started with a rental of
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon. It was so fun and silly (PULASIMAAA!!), with great music (That town with the Moon Festival?), that I was hooked forever. Goemon's Great Adventure also had great music and I loved the multi-player. I actually didn't play The Legend of the Mystical Ninja until the Wii generation, but that was good classic 16-bit multi-player gaming that also had great music. If Rocket Knight can be dug up, I know this series can make a come back. C'mon Konami...

Sakurai always strikes me as a worldly kind of person that's seen and done many things.

@MontyCircus this is my dilemma. I really want to play a lot of these games and I'm tempted to just read a translation. From what I've seen a couple of games don't really need much understanding, but ones like Wanderers of Ys are a little more text heavy.

This could be a great thing for everyone. Or for me, it could just be a Tuesday...

Ah yes... with exploits...

This was a great read for me as I don't patronize LRG and I now understand why they irritate people so much. I also didn't know they were under the Embracer Group.

I was so hype for this until I learned it won't be translated. It's not that it's not playable, but I can't read anything the characters are saying which takes away from the enjoyment I probably would have.

Very nice. I love Act Raiser and the soundtrack, so I'll give this a listen.

Nintendo has had a few flops in its illustrious history, but few other companies have I seen take those ashes and repurpose them in some kind of successful way.

That's very cool. It also shows how much dead space was on the controller that it could have had a screen in it to begin with.

Damn, Zelda:LA is that you?!

Clever. But it's still one less NES game in your library can be played because, you know... you sacrificed NES Open...

@Lone_Beagle This! Yes!

I need Goemon back in my life.

Nice to see where the early inspirations for the Zero Escape series began. I see Chunsoft was no stranger to visual novels.

Are they trying to make Bubsy their mascot...?

Oh wow, looks and sounds impressive. I would play this in a heartbeat.

Looks like an average SNES game not unlike something Jaleco or Telenet would put out, but I'd still play it.

There's enough shovelware already. Why are they asking people to make more? 😆

Biggest thing I loved about memory cards was indeed being able to take my progress over to my friends system and vice versa. Beyond that was just another expense that was a necessary evil.

I love Quintet, but I've only played Actraiser, Soul Blazer, and Illusion of Gaia. Still only sampled Terranigma on emulation (would love a proper release in NA), and I only faintly ever heard of Robotrek. I'm glad Actraiser got a remake, but I'm hoping Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and at least Terranigma get a remake or re-release.

Makes me think there are some messages hidden in the snow on air TV when there's no signal...

255?! Lol wow. So is that kill screen kinda random? Is it even doable to get to lv255?

Damn there's a lot of GG games I would play. I've had the pleasure of playing a few of these fortunately.

There's a field outside my apartment with hills, trees, and pathways that reminds me all the time of Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time.

@ArcadianLegend99 EXACTLY what I was thinking. I'd be glad to see the original on NSO N64. I got my hopes up when I saw Treasure's Sin & Punishment, but then I forgot Nintendo published that game.

I was just thinking about how somebody needs to remake and balance this game out so kudos to them for doing this. It's just too bad that Nintendo doesn't have love for this iteration of Zelda. Maybe we'll get a remake one day.

I got excited for a sec and thought I saw "Astanax" in the title.

Most of this game is broken-- I never played a game I enjoyed playing more in concept that the actual execution as this one. I wish someone would remake and rebalance it.

I mastered the timing so I don't get it. Further I mastered the timing of the slot machine of the original SMB2 to get 3 cherries constantly, what about that?

Frasier point and click would be fine for me but this works.

I wonder what the demo games are.

I'm still waiting for a continuation of the Final Fight series since we're in the mood to resuscitate ALL the beat'em ups of that era. I won't rule this one out, but I'll need a review first.

I love me some history. That's why I'm so thankful that Hamster did the work of getting Donkey Kong on the Switch as you will never see Nintendo re-release it themselves due to what was explained above.

@Burning_Spear That makes a couple of us.

This was the question that was being raised when 3D and polygons became all the rage in the 32/64bit generation. Yet, sprites/hand drawn video games still exist and still have appeal. I'm not exactly sure his context, but I don't believe every game is good hand-drawn just like I don't believe every game is good with polygons. A designer stylizes a game in a certain format and hopefully it works for what the designer is trying to capture. If a game is a bad game, it's not going to matter what it looks like. Viable lies in the game play ultimately.

Crazy, you just never know where people get their starts.

I have always had a quiet love for Sunsoft games. I hope they can release as many unreleased games as possible as well as continue to bring back their back catalog of released games into the future.

Ghostbusters anything... Yes lol

It was the Arcades around '84 thereabouts, and it was either Donkey Kong or Pac-Man that I played first, but I believe it was the latter.

My favorite F-Zero. I really miss the custom car I created-- It required high skill to drive, but if you could, there was no turn/curve you couldn't take at high speed. If I could have just one more F-Zero in my life, with online, I'd need nothing more, and considering the GCN had online capabilities (albeit limited support), it just barely missed its chance. I can only hope for a future F-Zero, but considering all that's in MK8D, I really don't think Nintendo is even trying to make one any time soon.

I hope they get a chance to release arcade Rampage, Pole Position, Double Dragon 3, and Track & Field II to name a few. There's a couple of others that I know are next to impossible for them to appear, and that's Ms Pac-Man, Pac-Man Jr, and Q*bert. I can dream at least.

At the time I already loved geography, so mixing that with Mario made me the perfect target audience back then. It was also fun the fact that Luigi was the main star and that Mario and company were stumping around the real world-- something that was popularized in the Super Mario Bros Super show, Super Mario Bros 3 cartoon, the live-action Super Mario Bros movie, and now the animated Super Mario Bros movie.