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The final 10 Sega Mega Drive Mini titles will be revealed on June 4th from 20:00 hours JST
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The final selection of games for the American release are equal parts inspired and daft. So I guess it's got that authentic Sega feel.
I dunno if I'm going to bother buying it or not. Darius is a cool addition but tbh I'm greedy and was hoping for better exclusive / world premiere content.
It's pretty funny that Sega gets their canceled version of Tetris onto their classic console while the game was absent from both of Nintendo's.
Has the final Asian list been announced?
I dunno if I'm going to bother buying it or not. Darius is a cool addition but tbh I'm greedy and was hoping for better exclusive / world premiere content.
It's pretty funny that Sega gets their canceled version of Tetris onto their classic console while the game was absent from both of Nintendo's.
Has the final Asian list been announced?
I never expected it, but it's just insane to me that a game that is generally considered a landmark title for the 16 bit era and one of the best platformers of all time is lost potentially forever because of a music rights dispute. It's very depressing and upsetting.
No Ristar is also a huge misfire.
Y'know, 42 games in the Western Mini and not a single one of them is a racing title, even with Super Monaco GP being right there
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Agreed. They were never going to please everyone. But all thing considered, I think they did a bang-up job. (Except for not including 6-button controllers in the West.)
Virtua Fighter 2, loooooool
The lists are pretty good. I'm probably gonna pick up both an NA and a JP one
The lists are pretty good. I'm probably gonna pick up both an NA and a JP one
Effectively two brand new mega drive games, english Monster World IV, Alisia Dragoon... okkkk
Yay for Road Rash 2 and uhh umm...Columns 1??? idk why they went with that one but w/e. I'll still prolly put more time into it (20 minutes) than most of the other games in this last batch. The Darius inclusion is neat but its a shmup which guarantees 0 interest & playtime from me. Its a shame that the NA/EU versions clearly didn't have as much thought/care put into 'em as the others got.
Have any of you actually played that game? I'm puzzled at why you keep bringing it up.
It's not as violent as MK, and iirc it was rated T the last time it went through the ESRB.
they saw a Sega CD video clip of the fatalities and assume the game is the same.
And Ristar, Rocket Knight Adventures and Quackshot while you're at it.
That's the one I was thinking of, but I just remembered it having more blood/violence than that. Definitely not thinking of the CD version.
Looks like the Wii re-release got a PEGI 18 and ESRB T rating, and the original release was MA-13 by the VRC because ESRB obvs. wasn't around then.
While I'm still happy that I pre-ordered and am still getting this, I have to say that the last (12) games they revealed are a tremendous let down. Alisa Dragoon is exempt :)
Where is the original Streets of Rage or The Revenge of Shinobi?
Road Rash II?!? Really? Why??
And where in the world is Rocket Knight Adventures and Disney's Aladdin??
By the way, shame on Sega for the "Cowabunga" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist tease.
Where is the original Streets of Rage or The Revenge of Shinobi?
Road Rash II?!? Really? Why??
And where in the world is Rocket Knight Adventures and Disney's Aladdin??
By the way, shame on Sega for the "Cowabunga" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist tease.
Finally weighing up my options on this (still kinda pending the Rest of Asia announcement) but it looks like the Rest of Asia one is the best. It has Alien Soldier, MUSHA, Revenge of Shinobi over the western version (at this stage), where the only exclusives I'm mostly interested in (as in, don't hate) are Shinobi 3, TJ&E (which I can do without) and Vectorman (the only one I REALLY like).
Even if it's not hackable, if there's an option to at least flash different regional firmwares, that might make me reconsider importing it. Figure I can live with one that looks like the AU MD that I already have, it's still pretty good looking anyway :)
Even if it's not hackable, if there's an option to at least flash different regional firmwares, that might make me reconsider importing it. Figure I can live with one that looks like the AU MD that I already have, it's still pretty good looking anyway :)
Asia one is up.
Same as Japan.
WAIT, it has Shining Force II. lmaoooo
ENGLISH SHINING FORCE II!!!
Same as Japan.
WAIT, it has Shining Force II. lmaoooo
ENGLISH SHINING FORCE II!!!
The Asian version is NUTS :
No Alex kidd
No Altered Beast
No Sonic Spinball
But Musha Aleste, Wonder Boy 5, 6, 6 buttons controller and Alien Soldier, Shining Force 2 as exclusive.
The only leathal weapon of the Japanese version is the goty Yuyu Hakusho.(western genesis is the clear loser of the contest, 3 buttons, Alex Kidd, Spin Ball)
Yeah, I have a Japanese Genesis Mini on pre-order and am heavily debating cancelling my NA Genesis Mini pre-order and grabbing the Asian version instead. It just offers so much more for me.
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Although since I'm already grabbing the Japanese Mini, the only game that interests me that I'd be missing out on with the Asian version is Shining Force II. The NA version has a couple of other games that I'd love to run through again (EWJ, TJ&E, Ecco, etc.) so I'll probably just stick with NA + JP. At least it'll be a little cheaper on me. Shame the NA version only comes with the three button controllers, though.
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I seriously can't believe Shining Force 2 lost to Shining Force 1 in the poll Sega used to determine which game got onto the JP Mini.
People would rather have a duck than a phoenix. It makes no sense.
People would rather have a duck than a phoenix. It makes no sense.
I haven't kept up with this at all (just as well looking at the final selection, oof) but is there any possibility of CD and 32X add-ons being released for this with their own selections of games...?
OMG they remember this one ?
Best game on the console. Ha... I really don't want to buy something I'd barely play with but I need to be able to replay it on a modern hardware.
I can't buy it for one game only : /...
Edit : Oh ok... the red games are what you would want instead.
I said nothing, gonna crawl back in my cave now.
Good thing there are a ton of other good games on it, too =P
Alright, I updated my threadmarked list post with the final Asian games. Sorry I want online last night to see that we got those!
Pretty crazy that M2 has essentially ported 74 games (with perfect accuracy, I'm sure) for this project.
Pretty crazy that M2 has essentially ported 74 games (with perfect accuracy, I'm sure) for this project.
Which I am not interested in sorry.
I want games like Shining Force 3 or PSO. Ragnacenty is probably the only Megadrive game I really fondly remember of.
Played it dozens of times.
You want games from the Saturn and Dreamcast instead of Mega Drive games?
........from Sega I meant.
The megadrive is just not especially appealing to me but I would really like to see Ragnacenty come back.
Definitely getting the US version for Nostalgia, Earthworm Jim, Shinobi III and Vectorman, but both the JP and Asia Mini both have really fuckin' great exclusives (YuYu and Alien Soldier, respectively)
Though thinking about it, getting both means I'll have enough controllers to do 4 player YuYu, so that's nice.
Though thinking about it, getting both means I'll have enough controllers to do 4 player YuYu, so that's nice.
I accounted for at least a couple of those in my calculations, actually... you could fit:
Baku Baku Animal
Blazing Heroes
Bug!
Burning Rangers
Clockwork Knight 2
Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition
DecAthlete
Deep Fear
Dragon Force
Fighters Megamix
Golden Axe: The Duel
Guardian Heroes
Gungriffon
Iron Storm
The Legend of Oasis
Nights into Dreams…
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon 2 Zwei
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Shining Force 3 Scenario 1
Shining the Holy Ark
Shining Wisdom
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic R
Thunder Force 5
Virtua Fighter 2
Wing Arms
...into 14.9 gigabytes.
As far as licensing, the only issues I can see are that you might need the remnants of Working Designs' permission for Dragon Force, Iron Storm and Shining Wisdom, since they created the localizations for those; and you might need GameArts' permission for GunGriffon, since they developed that; and you'd need to pay a Daytona license, but you gotta have a Daytona game in a Saturn Mini. Everything else is 100% owned by Sega as far as I know.
Considering what Sega did with the Mega Drive Mini, it probably would exclude a few of the above (maybe Shining Wisdom, Wing Arms and Clockwork Knight 2) to put some of the more desirable third-party games in there (a Capcom 2D fighter like Darkstalkers 3 or Street Fighter Alpha 2, Saturn Bomberman, Radiant Silvergun, Tomb Raider). Either way, they should be able to put together an attractive package of games inside 16GB, and I think the allure of Panzer Dragoon Saga would catch a lot of people's attention.
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Where are the STGs my man. Japanese version would have Sakura Wars 1 + 2 and Lunar.
Yeah it would, definitely one of the Sakura Wars at least. I made that list from a Western perspective.
There are strategy games there, though! Shining Force 3, Dragon Force, Iron Storm!
Thunder Force? I tried to stick to stuff Sega owns, and they really only own one 2D shooter on the Saturn, Thunder Force 5.
Knowing how they did the Mega Drive Mini, though, they'd probably try to get some third parties on there so I'd imagine Radiant Silvergun would be likely, even though it never released outside of Japan on the Saturn. Maybe Darius Gaiden, since that did release outside Japan. You can't fill the thing up with just one genre, though, haha.
Agreed, but it is one of the defining genres for the console.
I agree. 2D shooters, 2D fighters, 3D fighters and racing games are basically the main genres for the Saturn. (As an aside, it's tough to find racing games that don't require licensing on the Saturn ... Sega probably would have to pay through the roof to republish Rally.)
I'm sure it was unintentional. When I saw that, I just thought they were just imitating early '90s magazine ads in general. TMNT didn't cross my mind until people were mentioning it.
I'm like 95% sold on the Japanese version. Any word on the hardware specs? I'd love to replace my retropie with this.