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Good WonderSwan games?
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Father_Brain
Banned
Anyone played the Choaniki RPG?
Damn! Thanks for reminding me that I need to ask my friend if he's ready to sell his yet. (He bought it on a whim in Japan and hasn't used it since. And isn't a collector.)bjork said:There's a beatmania for WS. Comes with a little turntable/scratchpad controller attachment, too.
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
While I like Klonoa games more than a heterosexual male ought, Moonlight Museum isn't worth the price. It's basically the same thing as Empire of Dreams but nowhere near as good. That being said, it's decent enough.
I would strongly recommend against either of the WS Rockman platformers. I don't care how much you like Mega Man, I don't care if you think Mega Man Soccer is the best sports sim ever and Mega Man X6 was the game of 2001, you will not like the WS versions.
On the other hand, if you happen to find the Neon Genesis Evangelion game, give it a try. Apparently it's a riff on Tamagotchi in which you have to raise Adam from an embryo. You know, fatten him up for Third Impact or whatever.
I would strongly recommend against either of the WS Rockman platformers. I don't care how much you like Mega Man, I don't care if you think Mega Man Soccer is the best sports sim ever and Mega Man X6 was the game of 2001, you will not like the WS versions.
On the other hand, if you happen to find the Neon Genesis Evangelion game, give it a try. Apparently it's a riff on Tamagotchi in which you have to raise Adam from an embryo. You know, fatten him up for Third Impact or whatever.
ToastyFrog said:
Moonlight Museum is far more of a puzzler than any Klonoa game before or after, so I'm gonna have to disagree on the EoD bit, whose sole idea of a puzzle was that "yeah, yeah, it's a GBA game so we have to demonstrate that there's hardware sprite rotation in here" room. Some of the levels in MM actually had me stumped for a couple days.
Other than MM, my choice for top Wonderswan game is Engacho, which also heads the list of greatest puzzle games that (1000 pardons for the cliche) no one ever played. It's a brilliant Theseus and the Minotaur clone with character designs by UrumaDelvi. Very English friendly. Play a Java demo at http://engacho.nac.co.jp/Game/game.html and go nuts for it. There's a PSX version as well, but puzzlers love to be portable.
On the color tip, your opportunities start to dry up. Rhyme Rider Kerorican is outstandingly average and ultimately forgettable. The XI game is actually pretty nice, and is also actually color -- it looks pretty sharp on a Crystal. DicingKnight.'s probably the most playable of the Crystal games I've looked into, but it's crazy rare, and probably not worth picking up what it'd cost to track down at this point. If you can find it for near the 4,000yen original asking price, go for it, but I paid fairly well over that for a pre-order, and those cleared out with the quickness.
Your best WS investment would probably be a headphone adapter -- I still haven't sucked it up to plunk down the $25+ for the attachment, but that speaker is an atrocity, and your Swan Volume options otherwise are REALLY EFFING LOUD, PRETTY LOUD, and off.
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
Yeah, "Conro Man" (the evil air conditioner android!) and someone whose name translated roughly into "BBQ Grill Man." I feel slightly stupider for even knowing this.belgurdo said:
As for Empire of Dreams, the first half was utterly trivial but the later stages had some pleasantly tricky bits. Especially that insane EX stage. I'd say it's neck-and-neck challenge-wise with MM, but since EOD had better graphics, music and control I'd give EOD the edge. Personally I think everyone should be required by law to own every Klonoa game, but objectively MM doesn't hold up as well as I'd hoped.
bobbyconover
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ToastyFrog said:
I know you're trying to scare us away from the WS Rockman games, but I have to say that my interest in them has multiplied ten times from reading this alone. I had also forgotten that the other platformer was based on .EXE, and as a huge fan of Network Transmission (really) I'm strongly drawn towards it as well.
I should probably know better by now. I own the WS versions of many of my favorite games and series (beatmania, Klonoa, GnG, Kerorikan) and I can't say I've truly loved, or even liked, any of them.
neopokekun
Member
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord has an english language option.
