Maybe if the cover wasn’t such a medieval fantasy picture and had more of a magical girl style, it would have appealed to female gamers once the Sailor Scouts became popular here in the mid-’90s. It came to America years before Sailor Moon became a hit with western audiences, and while it got a sequel for Super Famicom and even an anime adaptation, here the original port of the first title was just one more on the shelves of GameStop. Makeruna! Makendō as it was known in Japan, features a Shojo Manga-inspired magical girl that must defeat monsters with her kendo stick. Kendo RageĪ sidescroller action game that was developed by an obscure company and published by a not-so-well-known one. Give it a try if you enjoy virtual pinball. Since real pinball games back then were available at the still popular arcades, and their videogame simulators weren’t very fateful, most players passed this one out, but the physics work really well and while it may seem simple at first, getting to 60 million points to get to the next table is quite a challenge. Super Pinball: Behind the MaskĪ forgotten pinball simulator that features three nice-looking tables and will have you bouncing the ball for hours with its simple yet addictive gameplay. It is a shame that American gamers never got a chance to enjoy the great Goemon games on Super Nintendo and we had to wait until the N64 titles, so if you’re into imports, consider this a must-buy. The music, gameplay, graphics, presentation, and even the story are top-notch, and you don’t even need to speak Japanese to finish the game. The sequel though is an incredible sidescrolling platformer that must be played by everyone that is a fan of 16-Bit era 2D games. Konami’s Ninja Goemon may have been super famous in its origin country, but here we only got the first SNES game of the pipe-wielding coin-tossing thief, and that one was kind of mediocre. This is a game that deserved some kind of re-release for new and old gamers, that may not have had a chance to play it in the mid-’90s. The Kirby characters don’t seem out of place and the story mode is enjoyable from start to finish. The Puyo Puyo Puzzle formula is exciting and in the later levels, it can become lightning fast and make you play like a madman. Since it was released at the end of the SNES console life, and not being a platformer where our favorite pink puffball swallows and copies powers, it wasn’t as well known as the platformers featuring our round pink hero, or even Kirby’s Dream Course (Golf game) which was released a year earlier and then got ports of the Nintendo Wii eShop and even got included in the SNES Mini. Similar to how Panel de Pon had cute anime girls in its original release in Japan, and for the American version we got Yoshi and friends, Super Puyo Puyo featured characters from a Japan-only RPG and got a Kirby makeover for its port on this side of the pacific. It has the option to play Indoor Soccer for a more fast-paced match, and while is not affiliated with FIFA and has no official teams, you can make out who some players are based on their names. League Excite Stage 94 as it was known in Japan, is an excellent sports game with nice colorful graphics, smooth gameplay, tight controls, catchy music, and even slow-motion replay when a player scores a goal. On a system that had great Football titles, J. The overall concept of this game may have started in the early Atari arcade days, but this is still a very addictive title that was overlooked by most people since it was released in 1997, at the very end of the Super Nintendo life cycle. The objective of each stage is to break every block on the screen, and every 11 levels there’s a boss fight. It can be played with the regular controller or with a SNES Mouse for “more accurate” control. Arkanoid: Doh It AgainĪ BreakOut style game where you control a spaceship equipped with a giant bouncing ball and must defeat Easter Island Giant Heads (Moai) at the border of the galaxy. If you used to play Double Dragon and Final Fight in 2-Player Mode, give this one a chance. The 1st one is very slow-paced and kinda forgettable, but the sequel adds two new fighters to choose from and is a very fun brawler to play with a friend.
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