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SFC's entire launch window was super strong, with all these games dropping just during the tail end of 1990
for context, the PC Engine & Mega Drive, which launched similarly late in '87 & '88 respectively, only managed half that amount of games, all first-party & mostly lame
Naramura's game is a sci-fi horror exploratory action game called MEDIUM-NAUT and he aims to release it on Switch & PC this spring; it's his first solo game in a while, so he expects it'll have a different vibe to La-Mulana and the like
Planet Puzzle League/Panel de Pon DS is the most recent standalone entry—it's another non-themed game but it does at least attempt an aesthetic, unlike the GBA version
the JP version includes a single classic Panepon wallpaper with Lip, which was removed from the other versions
Tezuka's website gives a (watermarked) peak at some of the collaboration images, via their merch listings https://t.co/Njc7ufEcmQ🇯🇵 (lots more at the link)
@personasama wow these shorts are the most late-00s thing
@personasama the HGSS redesign ain't too bad either... but yeah, the original Sugimori version is super out of place and all the original illustrations have him in sky blue too
@personasama why couldn't SNK Heroines just be a whole bunch more of this
icymi, the game already has "pretty" versions of Billy Kane, Chang, Yashiro, Zero & Mr. Big
I'm just now learning there's an ultimate version of both Billys that literally designated LIAR ELEMENTAL