Re: SNES PAL Exclusives
Posted by Tricob on .
There seemed to be similar confusion with the Afterburner series. If I have it straight, here's how it went.
Afterburner 1 made its debut in the U.S. with its Sega Master System version. Sega highly promoted this title, but Nintendo had all the good console programmers at the time, so Afterburner 1 for the SMS ended up as crap. It was so badly received in the U.S. - both critically and commercially - that plans to release the arcade version in the U.S. were pulled (although it did make it to Japan). Instead, Sega added a few extra features, called the arcade release Afterburner II, and the game started up with the Afterburner I title soaring into view, and a few friendly planes would fly by and blast the Afterburner I title to smithereens.
Afterburner 3 would be released for the Sega CD a number of years later, and would fail commercially for very different reasons than #1 did.
- Tricob.
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How is Smurfs educational? We don't even know what a Smurf is? Are they mammals or insects? I mean seriously, a society based around only one female indicates insect like bees, but Papa Smurfs beard and Gilgamesh's strong desire to eat them leans towards mammal.
I find it unique that Super Bomberman 3 was released in Europe but not in the US. Were sales of SB 1 and 2 not good enough in the US but were strong in Europe? And does that mean SB 3 wasn't popular enough in Europe for them to obtain SB 4 and 5 from Japan?
Also, in Terranigma (I think its the only PAL exclusive RPG) I believe they make the claim that hamburgers originated in the US. Sort of odd considering that, as the word Hamburger implies, its really a European creation. The only thing Americans might have done to it was put it between two pieces of bread.
Another Interesting note is that Lufia 1("Lufia & The Fortress of Doom") was never released in Europe, but Lufia 2 ("Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals") was under the name "Lufia" surely causing as much confusion as the Final Fantasy 2/4 & 3/6.
I find it unique that Super Bomberman 3 was released in Europe but not in the US. Were sales of SB 1 and 2 not good enough in the US but were strong in Europe? And does that mean SB 3 wasn't popular enough in Europe for them to obtain SB 4 and 5 from Japan?
Also, in Terranigma (I think its the only PAL exclusive RPG) I believe they make the claim that hamburgers originated in the US. Sort of odd considering that, as the word Hamburger implies, its really a European creation. The only thing Americans might have done to it was put it between two pieces of bread.
Another Interesting note is that Lufia 1("Lufia & The Fortress of Doom") was never released in Europe, but Lufia 2 ("Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals") was under the name "Lufia" surely causing as much confusion as the Final Fantasy 2/4 & 3/6.
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| Re: SNES PAL Exclusives | Dhaos -- 2/12/2008 1:37 am UTC |
| Re: SNES PAL Exclusives | Tricob -- 2/21/2008 12:58 am UTC |
| Re: SNES PAL Exclusives | Dhaos -- 2/21/2008 2:00 am UTC |
| Re: SNES PAL Exclusives | Tricob -- 2/21/2008 10:45 pm UTC |