Goddamn it, Japan. Even though I amor the anime, horror movies, and the instant ramen from your country, I will never forgive you for keeping a bunch of awesome games for yourself. Now, sure, tons of great games have come from Japan, like Zelda, Mario, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Secret of Ma- …….. and Pokemon. But then there are the games that are either so weird, that Japão didn’t want to show it to America, or they were so good, that Japão got greedy and wanted them for themselves. So, today, I am going to talk about the topo, início Ten Games for Japão that I want in America. First, some rules. Only one game per franchise, and only games that I have heard of. Also, these games have to have been made in Japan, but never released in America. Any other country, however, is okay. So, with that said, let us start the list
#10: Captain Rainbow
Well, we’re already starting off weird. This is a nintendo game, and, as far as nintendo games go, nearly all of them are released in America, weather shortly after the Japanese release, or a few years later on virtual console. However, Captain arco iris, arco-íris is a game where nintendo decided, “Yeah, we’re just gonna keep this one to ourselves”. The story follows Nick (Not me), who can turn into the superhero Captain Rainbow, whose TV show is losing popularity, so he travels to Mimin Island, where dreams are said to come true. Here, he meets all sorts of minor nintendo characters that gamers forgot, like Little Mac from Punch-Out, Lip from Panel de Pon, and Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2. The game is kinda like a cruz between Animal Crossing, with you living your life with the other characters, and Super Mario 64, por going around collecting pieces to make your wish. However, this game was just weird. I mean, looking at Captain arco iris, arco-íris makes me pergunta how Viewtiful Joe was allowed to be released in the country. Also, there is a joke where Birdo is arrested for sneaking into the girls bathroom dressed as a woman, because he is genderly confused… Yeah, I’m not even gonna talk about that. But still, this game sounds like a lot of fun, and I really hope nintendo released this game on Wii U’s virtual console one day… Though they should probably get rid of the crossdressing lagarto with a giant gaping mouth.
#9: Luigi’s Mansion Arcade
Okay, so, I have very little information on this game, so, I will try and talk about what I was able to find. Luigi’s Mansion Arcade was an arcade machine (How cute. People still go out of the house to play video games) which was developed por Capcom. The game was based off of the segundo Luigi’s Mansion game, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon. The game played in first person, where you would pick up a vacuum like controller with two buttons. One button would turn on the light, while the other sucks up a ghost. There is also some sort of bomb button, but I have no idea what that does. Now, that is about all I got, but all I can say is, I would probably go to an arcade just to play this if it was in America. I loved the Gamecube Luigi’s Mansion and Dark Moon was pretty cool too. It sounds like a lot of fun. And, nintendo Land at Universal Studios is still in construction, I would amor it if nintendo released the machine there for their amusement park.
#8: Namco X Capcom
Hey, you know what would make rua Fighter x tekken even better. por having all sorts of Capcom and Namco characters. That would blow my mind. Well, that’s what Namco x Capcom is. Though, to be honest, I was expecting this game to be a fighting game, since Capcom seems to amor those, but this is actually a tactic RPG… How interesting. Oh well, it still looks pretty cool. The story (Yes, a crossover actually has a story), is that two original characters who work for some organization are investigating strange otherworldly disturbances, involving Namco and Capcom characters. For a crossover game, that doesn’t sound too bad. Not groundbreaking, but better than what you’d get from other crossover games. This game has over fifty levels, allowing players to be busy with this game from seventy to one hundred hours….. Well, they certainly put a lot of time into the game. There are also some recognizable characters like Chun-Li from rua Fighter, Jin from Tekken, but no Megaman (No surprise there). I just don’t get why Japão keeps all the crossover games for themselves. Sure, North America saw the release of J Stars Victory VS, but come on, we need mais than that, Japan.
#7: Live a Live
Hey, you like Chrono Trigger? Well, this is even mais Chrono Trigger. Just take away the obvious Akira Toriyama animation and you’re set. This game has to be one of the most well thought-up role playing games I have seen since Final fantasia VI. In this game, instead of one protagonist, you have several. A caveman from the prehistoric era named Pogo, a ninja from feudal Japão named Oboro-maru, an unnamed fighting master from ancient China, an outlaw during the Old West named the Sundown Kid, a fighter from the present named Masaru, an orphan from the near future named Akira, and a robot from the distant future named Cube. This RPG has you play through all they’re stories, and try to unlock the final chapter, which has a plot twist so amazing, that I refuse to spoil it. However, I never got to play this game, and only saw a walkthrough of it, which, to me, is so disappointing that I won’t be able to play such an awesome RPG. Damn it Japan!
#6: Deep Fear
Hey, you know what makes Japanese exclusive games even mais angry that they aren’t in America? When those Japanese exclusive games get released in Europe, but not America. What the hell, Japan? Anyway, Deep Fear is about an underwater laboratory filled with dangerous mutated humans that are immune to oxygen, so they try to destroy all oxygen in the place, and kill everyone inside. It’s like Resident Evil, only instead of a zombie infested mansion, or city, or village-castle-island, you're in a sealab, and it’s pretty fun. The game has you run around with a fixed camera, trying to find oxygen, but every time you fogo a gun, you waste oxygen, which I think is actually kinda clever, as it does add to the feeling of danger that you are in. Also, this game won’t just give you a gun and tell you to have fun. No! You gotta earn it. You gotta fight your way through dangerous mutants, find the passcode, and unlock the door to get the gun inside. That is what makes this a great survival horror game. Also, since this was on the Sega Saturn, if it has cheesy voice atuação like in Resident Evil, I’m sold.
#5: Soul Eater: Monotone Princess
You know what I love? Soul Eater. You know what I don’t love? The fact that they wouldn’t bring this game to America. In this game follows the main characters of the anime, Maka, Soul, Blackstar, Tsubaki, Death the Kid, Liz, and Patty, as they fight through all of the demons and keshins to save the world, or something. Anyway, the story is where these demons are sucking the life out of people, and the characters need to kill them. Typical Soul Eater stuff. This game lets you play as three character, Maka, Blackstar, and Death the Kid. As Maka, you can use Soul’s scythe form. She can make Soul bigger, to hit enemies from a farther distance, as well as knock them back with a spin attack. Blackstar uses Tsubaki’s chain scythe form. Blackstar is slower, but his attacks do much mais damage. Then there’s the OCD son of a B himself, Death the Kid, who uses Liz and Patty’s pistol forms. He fights from a distance, but can get messed up in close combat. This game also gives you power ups, which can range from healing you with damage you take, and unlock attacks. This is obviously a well thought out game, and all I can say is, we’d better get a game like this in America soon.
#4: Clock Tower
Now, we all know that the Super nintendo Entertainment System had some fun, light-hearted games like Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Kirby Super Star, and estrela Fox… Then there was this game. Apparently, this isn’t Japan’s fault for this not being made. Apparently, it was so violent at the time, that America was like “Yeah, we don’t think we can handle that. Come back when you have a new Mario game for us”. Clock Tower was probably the first survival horror game ever. The game follows Jennifer, a young orphan who is adopted por someone named Mr. Barrows who lives in the mansion Clock Tower. However, after some time there, Jennifer, as well as the other girls that were adopted in the orphanage, are being hunted, and some of them even killed, por a deadly psychopath named Scissorman, a small deformed child with giant scissors. This game is real creepy, as all you can do is run like hell, and hope that Scissorman doesn’t get you, so all you can do is hide, and pray he doesn’t find you. Mix that with the amazing graphics at the time, as well as ten different endings, this was actually a pretty well made game for an SNES title.
#3: Cowboy Bebop: Serenade of Reminiscence
GODDAMN IT! They did it again. They took away the opportunity of me playing another animê game. And this time, it’s a game based off of my favorito animê of all time. In this game, you pretty much follow the original story of the anime, which involves the Bebop Crew getting involved with o espaço pirates, a song called Diamonds, and a mysterious organization. The plot of this game to an American is as mysterious as whatever the hell is in Eren Jaeger's basement. But, from what I have seen in gameplay, it actually looks pretty cool. You can play as Spike, Faye, and Jet, all of them voiced por their original actors, which is pretty cool. You do so much in the game, like having hand to hand combat, shooting sections, searching for bonus items or plot important items, flying the ship from the anime, The Bebop, and a barco at some point, and a Blackjack mini-game that helps you make money. All I can say is, if Bandai doesn’t get their act together, I am going to buy a plane ticket, fly to Japan, walk into Bandai Co. and bitch-slap the guy who thought it was a good idea to cancelar the U.S. release of this game.
#2: Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations 2
Boy, do I amor the Ace Attorney series. And Ace Attorney Investigations was pretty cool too. So, when I heard that the sequel was only released in Japan, I kinda lost it. And for good reason. The game is pretty much what you expect in an Ace Attorney game. You explore crime scenes and procurar for clues as to who the culprit is, without going into the courtroom. The game follows Edgeworth, Detective Dick Gumshoe, and the thief, Kay Faraday, as they meet new characters, such as Edgeworth's rival, a female judge named Hakari Mikagami. You then go through multiple cases, from an assassination attempt on the Zheng Fa president Teikun O, to a suspect found murdered in his cell, to having a case take place in the past and present, to Kay being a witness to a crime that she can’t remember. This game is just as intense as an Ace Attorney game goes. But, of course, this is a Japão only game. So, what could possibly be even better than this?
#1: Mother 3
OH COME ON! Seriously, Nintendo, we have been waiting patiently for ten years, and yet, we have never EVER gotten this game. For those who don’t know what Mother 3 is, (And for good reason), Remember Lucas from Super Smash Bros? Yeah, he came from Mother 3. Mother 3 is an RPG where you play as Lucas, a boy who is in the middle of an attack por Porky, the main villain, and his Pig Mask Army. This leads to his mother being killed, and his father becoming angry and arrested. Now Lucas travels across the island he is on, to stop Porky from destroying the island. The game shows so much messed up stuff, like family death, dangerous creatures, and (SPOILERS) even having to fight your own brother, who was killed and brought back to life to be the most powerful soldier for the main villain. This has to be one of the saddest games ever made, and for good reason…. SO WHY WAS IT ONLY ALLOWED IN JAPAN! Well, it was going to be released for America on the N64, but after complications, it was moved to the Gameboy, and then they just released it in Japão only, so we never got to play it… But there is still hope. A fã of the game, Starman.net, did a fã translation and made a ROM of the game, so fãs could play it. So, if this game can be translated for us American audiences, we can have any game from Japan. And we can even get them from the original creators. Xenosaga and Bravely Default, once two Japanese exclusive games, were finally released in America. Maybe, just maybe, one day, we will get to see all these games here in North America.
Well, there you have it. Did you enjoy the list? Tell me what you thought of it. With that said, I will see you all seguinte time
#10: Captain Rainbow
Well, we’re already starting off weird. This is a nintendo game, and, as far as nintendo games go, nearly all of them are released in America, weather shortly after the Japanese release, or a few years later on virtual console. However, Captain arco iris, arco-íris is a game where nintendo decided, “Yeah, we’re just gonna keep this one to ourselves”. The story follows Nick (Not me), who can turn into the superhero Captain Rainbow, whose TV show is losing popularity, so he travels to Mimin Island, where dreams are said to come true. Here, he meets all sorts of minor nintendo characters that gamers forgot, like Little Mac from Punch-Out, Lip from Panel de Pon, and Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2. The game is kinda like a cruz between Animal Crossing, with you living your life with the other characters, and Super Mario 64, por going around collecting pieces to make your wish. However, this game was just weird. I mean, looking at Captain arco iris, arco-íris makes me pergunta how Viewtiful Joe was allowed to be released in the country. Also, there is a joke where Birdo is arrested for sneaking into the girls bathroom dressed as a woman, because he is genderly confused… Yeah, I’m not even gonna talk about that. But still, this game sounds like a lot of fun, and I really hope nintendo released this game on Wii U’s virtual console one day… Though they should probably get rid of the crossdressing lagarto with a giant gaping mouth.
#9: Luigi’s Mansion Arcade
Okay, so, I have very little information on this game, so, I will try and talk about what I was able to find. Luigi’s Mansion Arcade was an arcade machine (How cute. People still go out of the house to play video games) which was developed por Capcom. The game was based off of the segundo Luigi’s Mansion game, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon. The game played in first person, where you would pick up a vacuum like controller with two buttons. One button would turn on the light, while the other sucks up a ghost. There is also some sort of bomb button, but I have no idea what that does. Now, that is about all I got, but all I can say is, I would probably go to an arcade just to play this if it was in America. I loved the Gamecube Luigi’s Mansion and Dark Moon was pretty cool too. It sounds like a lot of fun. And, nintendo Land at Universal Studios is still in construction, I would amor it if nintendo released the machine there for their amusement park.
#8: Namco X Capcom
Hey, you know what would make rua Fighter x tekken even better. por having all sorts of Capcom and Namco characters. That would blow my mind. Well, that’s what Namco x Capcom is. Though, to be honest, I was expecting this game to be a fighting game, since Capcom seems to amor those, but this is actually a tactic RPG… How interesting. Oh well, it still looks pretty cool. The story (Yes, a crossover actually has a story), is that two original characters who work for some organization are investigating strange otherworldly disturbances, involving Namco and Capcom characters. For a crossover game, that doesn’t sound too bad. Not groundbreaking, but better than what you’d get from other crossover games. This game has over fifty levels, allowing players to be busy with this game from seventy to one hundred hours….. Well, they certainly put a lot of time into the game. There are also some recognizable characters like Chun-Li from rua Fighter, Jin from Tekken, but no Megaman (No surprise there). I just don’t get why Japão keeps all the crossover games for themselves. Sure, North America saw the release of J Stars Victory VS, but come on, we need mais than that, Japan.
#7: Live a Live
Hey, you like Chrono Trigger? Well, this is even mais Chrono Trigger. Just take away the obvious Akira Toriyama animation and you’re set. This game has to be one of the most well thought-up role playing games I have seen since Final fantasia VI. In this game, instead of one protagonist, you have several. A caveman from the prehistoric era named Pogo, a ninja from feudal Japão named Oboro-maru, an unnamed fighting master from ancient China, an outlaw during the Old West named the Sundown Kid, a fighter from the present named Masaru, an orphan from the near future named Akira, and a robot from the distant future named Cube. This RPG has you play through all they’re stories, and try to unlock the final chapter, which has a plot twist so amazing, that I refuse to spoil it. However, I never got to play this game, and only saw a walkthrough of it, which, to me, is so disappointing that I won’t be able to play such an awesome RPG. Damn it Japan!
#6: Deep Fear
Hey, you know what makes Japanese exclusive games even mais angry that they aren’t in America? When those Japanese exclusive games get released in Europe, but not America. What the hell, Japan? Anyway, Deep Fear is about an underwater laboratory filled with dangerous mutated humans that are immune to oxygen, so they try to destroy all oxygen in the place, and kill everyone inside. It’s like Resident Evil, only instead of a zombie infested mansion, or city, or village-castle-island, you're in a sealab, and it’s pretty fun. The game has you run around with a fixed camera, trying to find oxygen, but every time you fogo a gun, you waste oxygen, which I think is actually kinda clever, as it does add to the feeling of danger that you are in. Also, this game won’t just give you a gun and tell you to have fun. No! You gotta earn it. You gotta fight your way through dangerous mutants, find the passcode, and unlock the door to get the gun inside. That is what makes this a great survival horror game. Also, since this was on the Sega Saturn, if it has cheesy voice atuação like in Resident Evil, I’m sold.
#5: Soul Eater: Monotone Princess
You know what I love? Soul Eater. You know what I don’t love? The fact that they wouldn’t bring this game to America. In this game follows the main characters of the anime, Maka, Soul, Blackstar, Tsubaki, Death the Kid, Liz, and Patty, as they fight through all of the demons and keshins to save the world, or something. Anyway, the story is where these demons are sucking the life out of people, and the characters need to kill them. Typical Soul Eater stuff. This game lets you play as three character, Maka, Blackstar, and Death the Kid. As Maka, you can use Soul’s scythe form. She can make Soul bigger, to hit enemies from a farther distance, as well as knock them back with a spin attack. Blackstar uses Tsubaki’s chain scythe form. Blackstar is slower, but his attacks do much mais damage. Then there’s the OCD son of a B himself, Death the Kid, who uses Liz and Patty’s pistol forms. He fights from a distance, but can get messed up in close combat. This game also gives you power ups, which can range from healing you with damage you take, and unlock attacks. This is obviously a well thought out game, and all I can say is, we’d better get a game like this in America soon.
#4: Clock Tower
Now, we all know that the Super nintendo Entertainment System had some fun, light-hearted games like Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Kirby Super Star, and estrela Fox… Then there was this game. Apparently, this isn’t Japan’s fault for this not being made. Apparently, it was so violent at the time, that America was like “Yeah, we don’t think we can handle that. Come back when you have a new Mario game for us”. Clock Tower was probably the first survival horror game ever. The game follows Jennifer, a young orphan who is adopted por someone named Mr. Barrows who lives in the mansion Clock Tower. However, after some time there, Jennifer, as well as the other girls that were adopted in the orphanage, are being hunted, and some of them even killed, por a deadly psychopath named Scissorman, a small deformed child with giant scissors. This game is real creepy, as all you can do is run like hell, and hope that Scissorman doesn’t get you, so all you can do is hide, and pray he doesn’t find you. Mix that with the amazing graphics at the time, as well as ten different endings, this was actually a pretty well made game for an SNES title.
#3: Cowboy Bebop: Serenade of Reminiscence
GODDAMN IT! They did it again. They took away the opportunity of me playing another animê game. And this time, it’s a game based off of my favorito animê of all time. In this game, you pretty much follow the original story of the anime, which involves the Bebop Crew getting involved with o espaço pirates, a song called Diamonds, and a mysterious organization. The plot of this game to an American is as mysterious as whatever the hell is in Eren Jaeger's basement. But, from what I have seen in gameplay, it actually looks pretty cool. You can play as Spike, Faye, and Jet, all of them voiced por their original actors, which is pretty cool. You do so much in the game, like having hand to hand combat, shooting sections, searching for bonus items or plot important items, flying the ship from the anime, The Bebop, and a barco at some point, and a Blackjack mini-game that helps you make money. All I can say is, if Bandai doesn’t get their act together, I am going to buy a plane ticket, fly to Japan, walk into Bandai Co. and bitch-slap the guy who thought it was a good idea to cancelar the U.S. release of this game.
#2: Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations 2
Boy, do I amor the Ace Attorney series. And Ace Attorney Investigations was pretty cool too. So, when I heard that the sequel was only released in Japan, I kinda lost it. And for good reason. The game is pretty much what you expect in an Ace Attorney game. You explore crime scenes and procurar for clues as to who the culprit is, without going into the courtroom. The game follows Edgeworth, Detective Dick Gumshoe, and the thief, Kay Faraday, as they meet new characters, such as Edgeworth's rival, a female judge named Hakari Mikagami. You then go through multiple cases, from an assassination attempt on the Zheng Fa president Teikun O, to a suspect found murdered in his cell, to having a case take place in the past and present, to Kay being a witness to a crime that she can’t remember. This game is just as intense as an Ace Attorney game goes. But, of course, this is a Japão only game. So, what could possibly be even better than this?
#1: Mother 3
OH COME ON! Seriously, Nintendo, we have been waiting patiently for ten years, and yet, we have never EVER gotten this game. For those who don’t know what Mother 3 is, (And for good reason), Remember Lucas from Super Smash Bros? Yeah, he came from Mother 3. Mother 3 is an RPG where you play as Lucas, a boy who is in the middle of an attack por Porky, the main villain, and his Pig Mask Army. This leads to his mother being killed, and his father becoming angry and arrested. Now Lucas travels across the island he is on, to stop Porky from destroying the island. The game shows so much messed up stuff, like family death, dangerous creatures, and (SPOILERS) even having to fight your own brother, who was killed and brought back to life to be the most powerful soldier for the main villain. This has to be one of the saddest games ever made, and for good reason…. SO WHY WAS IT ONLY ALLOWED IN JAPAN! Well, it was going to be released for America on the N64, but after complications, it was moved to the Gameboy, and then they just released it in Japão only, so we never got to play it… But there is still hope. A fã of the game, Starman.net, did a fã translation and made a ROM of the game, so fãs could play it. So, if this game can be translated for us American audiences, we can have any game from Japan. And we can even get them from the original creators. Xenosaga and Bravely Default, once two Japanese exclusive games, were finally released in America. Maybe, just maybe, one day, we will get to see all these games here in North America.
Well, there you have it. Did you enjoy the list? Tell me what you thought of it. With that said, I will see you all seguinte time
If you left because you think I'm a fangirl of JTK, I'm not.
I'm serious.
I. Hate. Jeff. The. Killer.
But not my Jeff, my Jeff is okay. He's Jeff, not Jeff the Killer.
And to obsessive fangirls of JTK-
If you say he doesn't act like the "actual Jeff", you're right.
In the creepypasta, he has no personality whatsoever. He's bland.
Which is why I wrote this. So I can give him a personality and make him a total douche.
So, I'm sorry if fangirls are butthurt about this.
Toodles~
AquaMarine6663
I'm serious.
I. Hate. Jeff. The. Killer.
But not my Jeff, my Jeff is okay. He's Jeff, not Jeff the Killer.
And to obsessive fangirls of JTK-
If you say he doesn't act like the "actual Jeff", you're right.
In the creepypasta, he has no personality whatsoever. He's bland.
Which is why I wrote this. So I can give him a personality and make him a total douche.
So, I'm sorry if fangirls are butthurt about this.
Toodles~
AquaMarine6663
Chapter 1- Introduction
Let me tell you a story about Jeff the Killer. But first, I have to set a few things straight:
1, No, Jeff hasn't ever killed anyone. He couldn't kill a bug with bug spray.
2. No, his eyelids aren't burnt off. He does, however, wear a lot of eyeliner.
3. Yes, he is super pale. But he was never set on fire. He just never leaves the house.
4. Yes, his mouth is cut. But it's not cut open. It's mais or less like the Joker's.
5. He's not strong. I've beaten him several times in arm wrestling.
6. He's the biggest douchebag you'd ever meet.
Anyways, my name is Brendan. Let's start the story, shall we?
Let me tell you a story about Jeff the Killer. But first, I have to set a few things straight:
1, No, Jeff hasn't ever killed anyone. He couldn't kill a bug with bug spray.
2. No, his eyelids aren't burnt off. He does, however, wear a lot of eyeliner.
3. Yes, he is super pale. But he was never set on fire. He just never leaves the house.
4. Yes, his mouth is cut. But it's not cut open. It's mais or less like the Joker's.
5. He's not strong. I've beaten him several times in arm wrestling.
6. He's the biggest douchebag you'd ever meet.
Anyways, my name is Brendan. Let's start the story, shall we?