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DragonmasterDan

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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #90 on: September 11, 2010, 07:08:08 AM »
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."

Shining the Holy Ark is like the cover art to Cosmic Fantasy 2, or extended use of a virtual boy. It will hurt your eyes after a few minutes.

I remember that being a giant quadralateral looking ugly mess. With that said, it's probably been a decade since I booted it up.

And I think the OP has the action replay, so who cares about regions.
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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #91 on: September 11, 2010, 07:08:31 AM »
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If you don't speak Japanese, this topic has slowly moved to "good US Saturn games."

I'm not sure what this means. You don't have to "speak Japanese" to play an import Saturn game. Its a disc, its round, same size and shape, put in the machine, turn it on, use the controller. Pretty simple.

As with the PC Engine, knowledge of Japanese isn't required for the vast majority of JP Saturn games. Most of the really popular Saturn imports are fighting games and shooters, most of which have all English text anyway, in the places where they have any text at all. So you can't read the endings in XMen vs Street Fighter. So what? They don't make any damn sense no matter what language they are in.

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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #92 on: September 11, 2010, 07:09:38 AM »
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.

It takes some time to learn, and it takes a little while to master. You need to come up with strategies to capture generals and build your army up early on, then develop your own more advanced tactics. I'd go into further detail but I don't want to turn this into a Dragon Force thread.
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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #93 on: September 11, 2010, 08:41:09 AM »
I'd go into further detail but I don't want to turn this into a Dragon Force thread.

Great idea, I should make one.

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When it comes to J-RPG's, I don't worry so much about the story that I just use the language barrier as a learning opportunity. Total immersion all the way....that is when hiragana and katakana in menus, or kanji with hiragana on top as an aid. (Now I'm reflecting when I was playing Far East of Eden: Kabuki Den, in that game, in the items/weapons/armor screens, the name of the thing itself is in kanji, but the description of it is basically its hiragana equivalent, and that helped.)

However, one certain game, Samurai Spirits/Shodown RPG.....that's some scary shit, because all menus and status attributes are in kanji, you'll have to read it like you were born and raised Japanese. With that said, my Neo Geo CD and Sega saturn version copies are just straight trophies.



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Digi.k

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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #94 on: September 11, 2010, 09:54:11 AM »
you might also wanna try hanagumi taisen columns and puyo puyo sun which I honestly think are 2 of the best puzzle games I've ever played

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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #95 on: September 11, 2010, 10:28:03 AM »
I do like that Sakura Columns game, even though I don't usually like that the series. Putting the super meters and the brighter graphics made a big difference.

On the subject of puzzle games, Super Puzzle Fighter IIX and Magical Drop 3 are pretty popular.

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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #96 on: September 11, 2010, 11:26:34 AM »
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If you don't speak Japanese, this topic has slowly moved to "good US Saturn games."

I'm not sure what this means. You don't have to "speak Japanese" to play an import Saturn game. Its a disc, its round, same size and shape, put in the machine, turn it on, use the controller. Pretty simple.

As with the PC Engine, knowledge of Japanese isn't required for the vast majority of JP Saturn games. Most of the really popular Saturn imports are fighting games and shooters, most of which have all English text anyway, in the places where they have any text at all. So you can't read the endings in XMen vs Street Fighter. So what? They don't make any damn sense no matter what language they are in.

My apologies for using the word speak, rather than read.  As a person who knows only one language, I assume the two go together, but that may be my ignorance at work.

However, my point was that several import suggestions were not the best, because I have played the US versions, and had the game been in another language, I would not have beem able to play.  Unfortunately, paying the premium for a US version of a game like Dragon Force is often necessary.

I agree the Saturn is a popular choice for imports due to shooters and fighting games, and to the topic creator, I suggest mainly importing that type of game.

One counter to my own point of getting the US version of a game is Saturn Bomberman.  US version is very expensive, but the import is not.  This is the best Bomberman game, and a must buy in my opinion.

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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #97 on: September 11, 2010, 12:59:10 PM »
The US version of Bomberman SS is expensive? Shit, I need to ditch my copy!

I wonder how many copes of the JP version I could trade it for...

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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #98 on: September 11, 2010, 04:10:32 PM »


One counter to my own point of getting the US version of a game is Saturn Bomberman.  US version is very expensive, but the import is not.  This is the best Bomberman game, and a must buy in my opinion.

A friend of mine bought a Saturn gameshark and a copy of the import for like 20.00 for exactly the reason you just described. The US one is too expensive.
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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #99 on: September 11, 2010, 05:23:54 PM »
My personal favorites are (in no particular order):

Elevator Action Returns
Capcom Generations vol. 2 (the Ghosts 'n Goblins collection)
Salamander Deluxe Pack
Gradius Deluxe Pack
The Outrun Sega Ages disc
Radiant Silvergun

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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #100 on: September 11, 2010, 10:25:48 PM »

Elevator Action Returns
Radiant Silvergun


I love Radiant S too but Treasure games are games people either love or hate... there's no inbetween.. :/

and I'm still undecided about getting Elevator action.

oh and UK managed to get some games that were never released in the US such as keio flying squadron (which has become expensive.. wish I kepted my copy years ago... and Parodius fantastic journey plus sega horror survival deep fear)

Dragonforce has too much domestics, but I don't find it that difficult except near the end where events just seem to go crazy...
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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #101 on: September 12, 2010, 06:11:35 AM »
I didn't know that Keio Flying Squadron got a Saturn release. I have always wanted to play the Sega CD version.
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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #102 on: September 12, 2010, 06:19:36 AM »
Its a sequel.

DragonmasterDan

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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #103 on: September 12, 2010, 12:30:04 PM »
Its a sequel.

It's also more of a platformer and less of a cute em up.
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Re: Your favorite Sega Saturn imports?
« Reply #104 on: September 12, 2010, 01:13:38 PM »
Yeah and it's not half bad.  Though it's not amazing or anything.  I own it and that makes me special.