FuguEye 👁‍🗨 Video Games & Unique Gaming Historyさんのイラストまとめ

A bit of trivia about #FinalFantasy 2(JP):

The lead coder, an Iranian-American, was forced to return to the US halfway through production due to an expired JP work visa. The dev team followed & finished the game from the the US. The same thing happened during FF3 too!
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An assortment of rare Nintendo Pogs from 1995! Get your Slammers ready!

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1988 Japanese Famicom Disk System promotional material for one of the best sports video game ever - Ice Hockey!

You're able to strategically pick the type of players on your team, but I always end up picking four big fat guys for their extra powerful shooting skills
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In 1989 a floppy disk version of #FinalFantasy was released in Japan for the MSX2 computer and sold about 200,000 copies.

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I've been playing 2004's Super Mario Ball (Mario Pinball Land) for the GBA lately. Here some rarely-seen art that I just found on Nintendo's Japanese website.

A tale of two #MegaMan manuals.

Who wore it better?

Left: A page from the 1988 Japanese Famicom "Rockman 2" manual
Right: Two pages from the 1989 "Mega Man 2" NES manual

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The 1986 Famicom Disk System manual for #Castlevania is BEAUTIFUL and has really fun drawings of Simon Belmont all throughout. I combined some in one image for easy viewing.

The NES manual is a disgrace. Doesn't mention Simon's name or story, and has no pics of him.
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The 1993 Famicom manual for "Kirby's Adventure" has some really awesome hand-colored sketches. The NES manual on the other hand has much more sanitized versions of same art (see for yourself in next tweet in this thread!)

Which style do you prefer?

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Here is one more extremely rare Hi-C Fruit Drink collectible card from their 2002 Nintendo campaign. This time featuring #Luigi, with worthless tips on the back.

"Shouting Orange Tangerine drink gives the slightly shy Luigi something to shout about!"

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#PrincessPeach trading card from a 2002 Hi-C Fruit Drink campaign (USA). There's a few game tips on the back.

"Popping Pink Lemonade pops Peach into the air and lets her float over danger!"

Maybe almost lost to history, info online is rare: https://t.co/SIdYWSNJvg

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