>Japanese game>Never released in America>Japanese version is almost entirely in english why? also the game is fun for what it is
>>737844038>N64>released 1998Good question tbdesu, Konami could've made it Blockbuster-exclusive and sold some carts that way if they were worried about sales
>>737844038Nintendo pushed a business model that only allowed a specific number of games released so the overall catalog could be controlled a little better so it would seem more highbrow than it was.
>>737844239>Konami could've made it Blockbuster-exclusive and sold some carts that way if they were worried about salesMaybe Clayfighter 63 1/3 Sculptor's cut ruined it for them? i dunno
>>737844038Japan didn't think Americans liked "cutesy" things back then. That was the reasoning for a lot of games not getting localized, or being heavily edited for localization.
>>737845529i imagine a meeting of middle aged konami business men talking about making the game for the american market and then finding out what you said and all of them getting mad at the marketing guy
>>737844038>Never released in AmericaIt was released in Europe, which was generally more receptive to anime and Japanese weirdness than America.
>>737844038Does Beartank still make cameo appearances in other Konami games?
>>737846030not to my knowledge since the one in the konami racing game but i wouldn't be shocked if Konami added him to Bomberman R or the sequel
>>737845959>>737845529The thing is that the designs and names clearly show the intent of marketing this game, to the very least, to a western market, so I wonder why Konami got cold feet at the end
>>737844038>Japanese version is almost entirely in englishMaybe it was a language learning game.
>>737844038>why?Licensing niggas, many such cases.
>>737847168kek, I made a game for a Japanese store and it got tagged as language learning game. based Japan. all good people
>>737844038I actually own a copy of this game. I got it in an N64 lot with Bangai-O and Sin and Punishment. Should I mess around with it some more? I didn't know what I was doing when I tried playing.
>>737851765>I didn't know what I was doing when I tried playing.But it's in english! Also Bangai o sells for quite a bit online
>>737844038I had this game, though I'm from Australia.
>>737844038>why?Whoever was in charge at the time rejected it because they thought it was too weird or too childish looking. Or not modern enough.The PS1 library in Japan for eg is absolutely loaded with stuff that would have worked in the USA but they wouldn't allow it for stupid arbitrary reasons.
>>737855536Just why?
