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Just Double Dragon. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
Are you talking about the SMS in general or just Double Dragon?
If anyone wants to see more of Famitsu's 1989 awards, click on the following URL.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...&output=gplain
Hit? Direct hit? So that's where Daily Radar got it I guess?
Now that you mention that, Zelda 2 was also released in Canada before the US. It was during Nintendo's infamous "chip shortage". Did Nintendo of America published NES games in Canada or was it handled by another division?Quote:
Super Mario Bros 3 did see a NES release in 1989 if you lived in Canada. That's probably the reason The Wizard didn't have as big an effect up here.
The SMS version of DD does indeed have better graphics, and more accuratre level layout, but was flicker crazy. I would have to say SMB2 should have gotten GOTY. I was 5 in 1988 so the games I was exposed to would've been a lot less. I remember having DD and SMB2, and I liked SMB2 more, so there you go.
Nintendo of Canada publishes all Nintendo stuff here I believe unlike other companies like Sega. All Sega games here say Sega of America on them.
Eternal Darkness, for example, says "Developed in Canada" and has a maple leaf on it. I highly doubt the American one does.
That Famitsu list seems very Famicom-centric. Where are all the other systems? It says the catalog covers other systems.
I can't remember which games actually came out in which years..... but if Phantasy Star came out in 1988 then it was unquestionably the game of the year and nothing else was even close. :)
Speaking of Canada...I have long wondered why they don't sell European multi-language software here, or at least in Québec. As it stands now Nintendo first party games usually have an extra French instruction booklet (I think since they were sued).. but a lot of third party games don't. Sometimes these games are actually released in French (and German, Spanish, etc) in Europe though! Why don't they just release those games in Canada/Québec? My guess is because of US importers or something like that... but I think it's stupid.
Btw: Has there ever been a "SEGA of Canada"?
The Famicom was still very much the only game in town in 1988. The PC Engine was just getting off the ground, and I'm not even sure the Mega Drive had been released yet. And we all know just how successful the Mark III was in Japan.Quote:
Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
That Famitsu list seems very Famicom-centric. Where are all the other systems? It says the catalog covers other systems.
Well, it says that they cover up to 1983 to July 1989 but still between the Mark III with Phantasy Star and the PC Engine with lots of great games by then like Gunhed, there was more than just the Famicom to the hardcore gamer.
sggg, I'm sure you know this but Quebec is practically a separate country with its French-speaking population. The rest of the country is completely English-speaking and knows about as much French as an American would. My parents and I moved to Western Canada from Quebec because English-only-speakers were no longer welcome there.
So, video game companies don't feel the need to make separate versions just for Quebec and importing the Euro-versions would be a pain since they are in PAL format.
The Famicom was the game console of choice in Japan, even when the Super Famicom was released. The Famicom only started to fade away when more companies decided to support the Super Famicom.