To make matters worse, several characters in this game are from games that haven't seen an international release or are
from obscure games that people have probably never heard of.
They were
relatively obscure games, but four earned a profit quickly, and the remaining two should earn a profit after about a year after launch.
The release of this title is further proof of how companies have been more willing to bring
otherwise obscure games to the Western regions.
This is about 250 km away from the famous Ubisoft Montreal studio, that created all kinds
of obscure games like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Splinter Cell & Assassin's Creed.
It's good
for obscure games to get exposure through the VC but, man, couldn't they launch this with something more grand?
The earliest ones were playing some really
obscure games on NES, Puss in Boots and Three Stooges.
Drifts of Twilight cushions and Harry Potter scarves, Legolas action figures,
obscure game character cosplay outfits, nyancat lunchboxes and kitten mittens.
But
with obscure games that are hard to find, a re-release is like a nice service to allow people that missed it the first time to pick it up (if you want DKCR you can buy it today and play it on your Wii U).
The most interesting thing about Ant Eater, a
fairly obscure game for the Atari 8 - bit computers, is that is was programmed by none other than Ed Fries.
A good example is the relatively
obscure game Todd's Adventures in Slime World, developed by Epyx for the Atari Lynx and designed by forgotten genius M. Peter Engelbrite, a game that proves, once and for all, that a side - scrolling exploration game need not steal all its play from Metroid in order to be any good.
Katakis may not be one of Huelbeck's more well - known games, but it does feature more of his style used in other games and, as I said, it's nice to
see obscure game music be given some spotlight.
GSW and Gamasutra editor FrankC is a man of
obscure game KNOWLEDGE, since he founded Lost Levels and is often to be seen drooling over a particularly obscure prototype - so we squealed when he pointed out a copy of «Miss Peach World» for Famicom / NES, created by Hacker International, on Yahoo! Japan Auctions.
When you have this in mind, Monster Hunter Generations becomes clear as a commitment or even a lifestyle, not just a
willfully obscure game.
But one of Nintendo's
own obscure games is Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru, a Japan - only game whose title can be translated as «For the Frog, the Bell Tolls».
In case you're unaware (don't feel too bad, most people are when it comes to this game), The Misadventures of Tron Bonne is a spinoff of Mega Man Legends, making it a likely candidate for the title of most
obscure game in the Mega Man franchise (except maybe Mega Man Soccer).
People who obsessively scan eBay
for obscure games, then buy and preserve them, go a long way to making sure no games disappear forever.
She also often enjoys cosplaying as characters
from obscure games that she's never played.
From international cricket matches through to the
most obscure games of football from far flung corners of the earth, you will nearly always be able to find the market you are interested in on this site.
June 24, 2015 - Looks like I'm back at the arcade with one of the most
obscure games you've never heard of.
Shulk: Only useful in a port of
his obscure game on a new model of a system.
(A simulation game it seems, according to the hub page) I'm happy Atlus is the first third party to join the Wii Retail Download lineup but
this obscure game seems like an odd choice to start off with.
But it is
an obscure game that not many people know or talk about.
It's also worth metioning that the console is region free, this is definitely a «good thing» as now you can import all of
those obscure games that have been missing from your life, maybe cheaper too.
But Paul did show me more
obscure games I never would have been interested in.
On Nintendo's part though, it's obviously only the high - profile stuff that still gets pushed through on DS — Pokémon, Dragon Quest, Kirby and... a sequel to
an obscure game that never got a UK release?
Do I dare compare
an obscure game designer to one of the great jazz artists of all time?
Do you have a favorite Easter egg or reference in a popular or
obscure game?
July 1 One of the first Saturn games responsible for making
me the obscure game lover I am today, it's TechnoSoft's Nekketsu Oyako!
My love of all things Nintendo continued through the 16 - bit era with games like Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, and Uniracers (another great,
obscure game).
There's also another more
obscure game, although unlike the ones above it doesn't have any released playable demos to prove its existance.
Its the reason why I don't tout the PS4's supposedly massive list of exclusives that include some of the most
obscure games that most wont even have heard of let alone played.
The success of those games occasioned a sort of a renaissance of the neglected genre — the game publishers know where the money is, so we can expect lots of brawlers to come out during the following twelve months — among them both high - profile releases from the veterans, who have been feeding new beat»em ups year in year out, as well as more
obscure games that will attempt to break into the mainstream and build a fanbase from ground up.
Then again, it's not like now where even
obscure games have professional voice acting.
Are you tired of complicated and
obscure games?
Chilled Tomatoes Make Great Gifts (I once tried to buy the rights for
an obscure Game Boy puzzle game, Kwirk.
Why don't YOU import
an obscure game, Japan?
As a big fan of many of the Dreamcast's more
obscure games I enjoy writing about Dreamcast games that even many Dreamcast owners, over a decade later, haven't played yet.
Nor am I going to go on
some obscure game theory rant about how link is dead and Zelda is secretly an aubergine.
It was unshakeable too, with no stability issues showing up in the first days of use, and it happily played some of the more
obscure games I downloaded from Google Play.