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Japanese games you’ve never heard of
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looking at some of the most obscure
Japanese video games that have not
really caught on in the West number ten
three wonders there aren’t many game
companies that would assemble three
unique games into one single package
however that’s just what Capcom did with
three Wonders midnight Wanderers was a
platformer run-and-gun game with
challenging gameplay a colorful world
filled with bizarre creatures and a
wonderful art style chariot adventure
through the sky was a shoot-’em-up
featuring characters from midnight
warriors and lastly don’t pull was a
simple but fun puzzle game with adorable
characters all three were relatively
short but their visuals and design kept
number nine lucky and wild if you have
an extensive knowledge of classic arcade
games you may have actually heard of
this one lucky and wild is an asymmetric
co-op game where one player drives a car
while a buddy shoots enemies on the road
ahead later levels would introduce time
bombs that would stick to your car or
the mechanic of having to shoot grenades
before they reach you this was
practically you and your friend getting
your own cop show so it was pretty cool
sadly the game was never released
outside of Japan what’s worse is that
there really hasn’t been a sequel
spin-off or even a remake number eight
Sega gah gah gah gah gah is a turn-based
RPG where the player is a newly created
developer for Sega and must defend the
company from a hostile takeover by Sony
I mean Dogma to do this the player has
to battle different developers via
insults that will lower their will and
self-esteem in order to recruit and
build Sega into a worthy competitor oh
and you’re under a time limit to do all
of this while the gameplay is fun and
then I heard is pretty funny the real
reason to play the game is for all the
Easter eggs and references right number
7 captain Rainbow Nintendo has created
some pretty bizarre games but they bring
a certain style to their goofiness and
wacky art this obscure wee gem tells the
story of a man who can transform into
when his TV show drops in the ratings he
travels to a mysterious island that
grants wishes in the way that it teeters
between intense minigames and casual
activities like boxing and fishing
captain rainbow actually pokes a little
fun at Nintendo’s own characters for
example Berto is shown as short tempered
and wishes to become beautiful and
littlemack well well he’s seen better
days if you’re looking for something to
tickle your funny bone you really can’t
go wrong with Captain Rainbow did you
find it number six the firemen after a
Christmas party at a chemical plant goes
haywire Pete and Daniel must navigate
through the facility to save all of the
civilians there in the fireman manages
to actually get pretty creative with the
concept of being a firefighter without
between switching nozzles and spraying
every flame you have to keep an eye on
your life gauge heat resistance and the
timer this keeps the game challenging
and demands the player be sure that
you’ve covered all fires before leaving
rooms then you also have boss fights
that all require different methods to
extinguish the fires it’s a little-known
SNES gem that never really saw release
outside of Japan yet still earned a good
sequel number 5 tingles balloon fight DS
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remember the good old days of Nintendo
Club it was truly a special experience
when he finally earned enough coins to
redeem that exclusive game North America
had some pretty good offers like Doc
Louise punch out and a few virtual
console titles but Japan had their fair
share of gems as well tingles balloon
fight might sound like an odd choice its
Zelda’s tingle in a balloon fight remake
but this was still a solid game the
updated visuals were charming the sound
design is excellent and the gameplay is
just as addictive as on the original NES
they even still have the dreaded stinger
play when the fish shows up memories
number four incredible crisis what else
are you supposed to do when you forget
grandma’s birthday live a normal life
Yeah right
this ps1 title is essentially a
collection of mini-games with a
narrative but it’s wild and chaotic tone
is what makes it stand out as you follow
family members as they try to find
presents for Grandma you’ll be tested
through a variety of games that require
button mashing avoiding oncoming traffic
answering trivia questions and being
part of a bank heist wait a second what
was that last one incredible crisis is a
totally crazy ride but it’s a totally
crazy ride you won’t regret playing
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number three toilet kids what I mean
what are we even looking at well
apparently this is a top-down shooter
about a kid who flushes himself down a
toilet and enters a mysterious world
made of poop gosh why haven’t we heard
about this one before anyway it’s pretty
easy to let the toilet Huber steer you
away but it’s actually a surprisingly
okay game while it’s got the different
ways you can screen wipe enemies it’s
rare to see a game with vegetables and
humored quite like this what other game
has poo projectiles as a hazard
okay well aside from Conker’s Bad Fur
Day yeah we know about that one
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number two samurai pizza cats when the
game based on your show is being handled
by Tecmo you know things are in pretty
good shape based on the anime series of
the same name samurai pizza cats is a 2d
platformer that grants the player the
ability to play as one of the three cats
each having their own set of unique
powers on top of that you can switch to
a different cat at almost any time then
you got cutscenes which were notably
impressive for a game of this era it’s
almost like you’re watching an 8-bit
version of the show whether you’re a fan
of this old cartoon or just like cats
that are pizza delivering Samurai and
why wouldn’t you this one was not a
letdown if you got to try it
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number one metal wolf chaos if you’re
looking for a game that’s a little more
patriotic then metal wolf chaos is
probably right up your alley this game
is about is overly American and
jingoistic Hasbro force with hardly any
of the self awareness as the 47th
President of the United States you pilot
a mech suit that’s equipped with an
absurd amount of weaponry mantle wolf
chaos is basically exactly what you’d
expect
it’s got over-the-top action it’s got
cringe inducing Moi’s acting and it
features a hell of a soundtrack one
thing that upsets us is that it was only
released in Japan as an xbox exclusive
but wait did we mention that I was
developed by from software yeah that
from software so after Dark Souls can we
get a remaster of this do you agree with
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