They actually went and made a Zelda clone where everything in an area looks the same, then didn't put any sort of map in the game at all. Did you know these guys went on to make car navigation systems instead of video games?
If you don't like Data East, you have no penis. Simple as.
>>12578170This is clearly the legally distinct Data West.
Are names just an afterthought for Japanese devs? What kind of name is Brave Prove?
>>12578182>Are names just an afterthought for Japanese devs?Yes. Fun fact: this spilled over into the west on at least one occasion with Perfect Dark, a name deliberately chosen to imitate the "two random English words that sound cool" aesthetic.
>>12578182"Brave" is used as a noun sometimes to mean "hero".
>>12578170>>12578174What the fuck, there was a company called Data West? Are they related in any way to Data East?
>>12578162It gives me more Heaven and Earth trilogy vibes than Zelda
>>12578162this exactly, I got to the third dungeon I think, but found it really difficult to navigate, a shame because the game looks really nice and has that comfy sufami vibes
>>12578162Brave Poop
>>12578256Believe it or not, no.https://www.mobygames.com/company/6613/data-west/
>>12578190That still doesn't make it make grammatical sense.
>>12578182You could do worse with Zelda clones. You have the Zelda killers, and then you have the game about stealing the organs of Link's little sister. The Yakuza are ruthless.
>>12580553If collecting brains is more of your thing, there's Brain Lord.There's also the Zelda clones where you're a Land Stalker. It has a sequel all about stalking ladies.
>>12580559If the Zelda killer Stalker series isn't enough to satisfy your urges, you can't go wrong with some Community Porn.
>>12580573Playing Community Porn in single player is dangerous, beware the Ruin Arm.
>>12580579or you could try different genres
>>12580585Make sure to propagate your Chaos Seed as far as possible.
>>12580595and then this to round off the experience
>>12578182Are names just an afterthought for westerners? What kind of name is "son of John"?
Okay so I'm quite a ways into the game now and I gotta say, this is one of the better Zelda clones I've played. The combat is exceptionally satisfying and fun. Levels can be a little maze-like at times and the lack of a map is weird, but overall it's great so far.
Why are they called Zelda clones when Zelda itself is a clone of Hylide and Dragon Slayer?
>>12581249Because those aren't even a tenth as good and aren't what anyone else ripped off.
>>12581256tendie delusion against all facts
>>12581272It's one thing to namedrop old T&E and Falcom jank, it's another thing entirely to try and pretend they're da real masterpieces.
>>12581281EOP casual moment.
>>12578162If the same game had a Working Design western release you'd be pretending it's a hidden gem but aktsually without the WD stuff
>>12581297It's better than Alundra.
Tower of Druaga you can say is a pre-zelda clone only difference was that it was left a niche Japanese RPG while Zelda gained more of a following in the west.
>>12581359Druaga was more of a social experiment than a game.
>>12580553>>12580559>>12580595i would breed Link's little sister.
