Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?

[Digi.k]

you might also want to try getting Astal too and Saturn Bomberman which personally I think is perhaps the best bomberman game ever!!!

and please consider all the Capcom stuff

there is also Soukyugurentai which a few say influenced radiant silvergun.. I think the re-release has a problem with import saturns.  I have the original release copy and that runs fine on my saturns. 

Battle garegga and Twinkle star sprites are also great on the saturn as is Thunder force V

EDIT

Sengoku Blaede 2 is great as well yup its spelt blaede on the japanese cover which might be a mistake

[Mathius]

you might also want to try getting Astal too and Saturn Bomberman which personally I think is perhaps the best bomberman game ever!!!

and please consider all the Capcom stuff

there is also Soukyugurentai which a few say influenced radiant silvergun.. I think the re-release has a problem with import saturns.  I have the original release copy and that runs fine on my saturns. 

Battle garegga and Twinkle star sprites are also great on the saturn as is Thunder force V

EDIT

Sengoku Blaede 2 is great as well yup its spelt blaede on the japanese cover which might be a mistake

Astal came yesterday along with Sexy Parodius. I heard a lot of good things about Astal so I picked it up on GameGavel for around $15. I would really like to pick up Sengoku Ace as well as Blaede. Did it have a Saturn release?

[DragonmasterDan]

Astal came yesterday along with Sexy Parodius. I heard a lot of good things about Astal so I picked it up on GameGavel for around $15. I would really like to pick up Sengoku Ace as well as Blaede. Did it have a Saturn release?

Astal is a pretty decent 2D platformer. It's visually beautiful, as a game it's solid but definitely a game with more style than substance, I know this is an obvious question but have you picked up Nights?

Added in edit: Oh and one more thing, I would be foolish not to mention my single favorite 32-bit game. Dragon Force !!!!!!

[Joe Redifer]

Nights, like Sonic, is another popular Sega game that I just can't get in to, though I think it's even worse than Sonic.  It's just so.... boring.  It's kind of ugly, too.

[Mathius]

I might pick up Nights just to see what all the fuss was about.

So, what's Dragon Force all about?

[DragonmasterDan]

I might pick up Nights just to see what all the fuss was about.

So, what's Dragon Force all about?

Nights is a fun but difficult game. It's not really a platformer, it's a timed flying game.


Dragon Force is a game that's a strategy RPG. But it's the best strategy RPG ever. If you don't speak Japanese you'll want to pick up the US version. I have a review online I made YEARS ago

http://www.gamesarefun.com/gamesdb/review.php?reviewid=17

[SignOfZeta]

I never found NiGHTS to be difficult at all. Not even slightly. Its basically a score attack game you can beat on the first try but will play over and over again, if its your kind of thing.

I quite like it, but I understand why other people don't. Same with Shenmue, Rex, Scud Race, and a bunch of other Sega games I love.

[termis]

Yeah, nights just didn't do it for me.  It definitely looks good (especially for its time), but it seemed more like... say, a really well-done mini game, if that makes sense.

Dragon Force is awesome, and I love the quirky Working Designs humor (though it does seem a bit force-fitted... but hey, all WD games are like that).

[Ninja Spirit]

I find Dragon Force to have a really steep learning curve. I've beat some battles here and there though and I still don't really understand what I'm doing.

[SuperDeadite]

Dragon Force is fun, but a bit broken.  Game has different troop formations that seem strategic.  But in truth, most of them are pointless.  Only real strategy is troop affinity, but again  this is broken, because Dragons only have 1 weakness.  So basically, get dragons, then just rush, rush, rush. 

[Digi.k]

I find Dragon Force to have a really steep learning curve. I've beat some battles here and there though and I still don't really understand what I'm doing.

can feel like you don't have control especially on the map where everything just seems to happen!!

BTW OP you should try Shining in the Holy Ark.. I find it looks ugly but IMO its a great japanese first person RPG by camelot makers of golden sun and shining force games.  I don't remember the english translation costing too much but I haven't checked the prices for these things in years..

plus Dead or Alive and the japanese version of Fighting Vipers just for pepsi man.

You might like Panzer dragoon Zwei too

Nights btw just has some great "candyfloss" music

also Tengai Makyou IV just for the plain weirdness... its JRPG within a fictional america where satanic forces have come to destroy americans XD.  It's completely in japanese tho but I just love it mostly for the music.... hmmm I really should get off my ass and make a music vid for that on youtube....

[DragonmasterDan]

Dragon Force is fun, but a bit broken.  Game has different troop formations that seem strategic.  But in truth, most of them are pointless.  Only real strategy is troop affinity, but again  this is broken, because Dragons only have 1 weakness.  So basically, get dragons, then just rush, rush, rush. 

I don't want to do much spoiling, but for a good part of the game, getting Dragons is difficult. It's only useful as a strategy towards the end of the game.

 Also, when you fight them, you definitely benefit from having good generals with Samurai.

[SuperDeadite]

Which is the big issue for me personally.  The start of the game is the most challenging part.  Once you get dragons, game gets way too easy.  Strategy games should get harder as you progress, not easier.

Dragon Force is fun, but a bit broken.  Game has different troop formations that seem strategic.  But in truth, most of them are pointless.  Only real strategy is troop affinity, but again  this is broken, because Dragons only have 1 weakness.  So basically, get dragons, then just rush, rush, rush. 

I don't want to do much spoiling, but for a good part of the game, getting Dragons is difficult. It's only useful as a strategy towards the end of the game.

 Also, when you fight them, you definitely benefit from having good generals with Samurai.

[DragonmasterDan]

Which is the big issue for me personally.  The start of the game is the most challenging part.  Once you get dragons, game gets way too easy.  Strategy games should get harder as you progress, not easier.

Well the fun of it is building your empire though. But yeah, the best strategy is obviously to have one large invasion force and just hold down fort at your other locations once you build up that strong initial group.

[TheClash603]

Shining the Holy Ark cost me $25 a few weeks ago shipped CIB, so you should be able to find this game at a good price.

If you don't speak Japanese, this topic has slowly moved to "good US Saturn games."