Accessible Japanese exclusive Game Boy games?

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I have played a few GB imports.

-Pocket Puyo Puyo Tsuu is extremely good. The menus are in Japanese, but the gameplay doesn't require Japanese to play. The game itself, like other games has a bit of a learning curve for combos, but like other color matching games (or shade matching, which are actually easy to tell apart even on b/w GB) is simple to play. The game has pieces of two similar to Dr. Mario, but is combo based against a computer, no objects to destroy to complete a level, and it takes 4 pieces next to each other to make them disappear, not just horizontal and vertical.

great addition.

In other words, similar to Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (which was a localization of the original Puyo Puyo). One difference in Tsuu is that it allows for counters against the oppoents garbage, which makes things a bit more balanced.

-Sagaia. Pretty much a GB remix of Darius. No branching paths, but the gameplay is very well done. No JP text to worry about either.

If it's just a different name, well that takes the edge of it...

-Twinbee Da! Very nice GB shmup as mentioned in previous posts. No text to worry about. Not JP exclusive since it was released as "Pop 'n Twinbee" in EU, as well as on one of the EU Konami GB Collections.

same as before.

Cave Noire and Ninja Spirit haven't been mentioned.
Ninja Spirit especially, is damned awesome.
There's quite a few others... Burning Paper is brilliant too.

good job. is it your channel?

I think that's a sequel. Lesser known GB games can be rather annoying to track down, even if inexpensive when found.

well there are only two games from this series, and this one was Japan exclusive. So i assume you meant it

X or Ekkusu is a 3D game by Argonaut that is totally playable without Japanese knowledge. It looks really cool as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyjU4...eature=related

i would say it looks pretty boring. But it can be played without Japanese and that's what's important.

I second Sagaia. It is a nice little version of Darius for the GB that is downsized in a way that reminds me of Konami's early output on the system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI3ud...eature=related

So how does it differ exactly from it's Western predecessor?

Nettou Samurai Spirits: Zankuro Musouken (Samurai Spirits) was Jap exclusive... probably best beat em up on the console imo. Huge sprites.

good find

KOF '96
Real Bout Fatal Fury

Both decent fighters with surprisingly excellent controls for the gameboy.

"Netto the king of fighters 96" was released in the West under the name "The King of Fighters: Heat of Battle". Altough it was shorterned down quite extenstively i see, so it does count imo.

good finds.

KOF '96
Real Bout Fatal Fury

Both decent fighters with surprisingly excellent controls for the gameboy.

KOF '96 was released in for the Western market, called KOF: heat of battle. However it was severly cut down, so the Japanese one could count as a stand alone title imo.