Accessible Japanese exclusive Game Boy games?

[cartman]

Hi, wich games were made to this system that can be played by Westerners who don't know any Japanese? I know there is a fuckton of games that never made it outside Japan, but wich ones of these are non-rpg?

I know of 3 games:

Noobow
ZAS
Trip World

Any ideas?

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I believe that it was available in Europe as well, but Vib Ribbion is one of my favorites that never made it to the US.

And it doesn't require anything more than a small menu translation guide to get going.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vib-Ribbon

[cartman]

yeah but that one is for Playstation. I'm asking for the Original Game Boy with the grey cartridges.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

yeah but that one is for Playstation. I'm asking for the Original Game Boy with the grey cartridges.

My bad, missed the word "GameBoy" in your post. It's too early for me to responding to things.

So as not to fail in contribution to this thread, here is what looks to be a fun Shin-Chan platformer for Gameboy. Quite certain that it never made it to the US.

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

Also R.I.P. Yoshito Usui!

[cartman]

good find, thanks.

Any more?

[pseudonym]

Trip World was released in Europe too.

[ccovell]

Definitely Chalvo 55.

You might have already seen this, but I made a page recommending some obscure or Japanese-only gems:

http://www.chrismcovell.com/gbgems.html

[cartman]

yeah i've come across it at some point, later it led me to buy noobow

Any more games?

[Shellshock!]

Check out this article for some shoot'em-ups:

http://blamethecontrolpad.com/gbshooters/gbshooters.htm

[Shellshock!]

Check out this article for some shoot'em-ups:

http://blamethecontrolpad.com/gbshooters/gbshooters.htm

[Aussie2B]

Well, define "accessible" for yourself. Even RPGs are playable without knowing Japanese with a little effort. Are you looking for games that completely lack Japanese text, or is there a certain amount you'll tolerate?

I recommend TwinBee Da!, although I would suggest the colorized version available only in Europe over the b/w version available in Japan.

[Shellshock!]

I recommend TwinBee Da!, although I would suggest the colorized version available only in Europe over the b/w version available in Japan.

Yes, because it's an original TwinBee game instead of a port. Also, there's a remake of it in the PSP TwinBee collection.

[fahlim003]

A decent platformer by Jaleco which never saw a western release is Banishing Racer. I found a copy locally and tried it out to see what it was about. Turned out to be a car/automotive inspired platformer (like Tryrush Deppy) and a decent one at that. You drive across America a la Turbo OutRun and you can even chain enemies. If you can find it, it's definitely a good pick-up.

[Parodius Duh!]

Hammerin' Harry if you can find a copy. Trip World is awesome but stupidly hard to find.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Ganbare Goemon Hoshizorashi Dyamites Arawaru is completely playing even if you don't know any Japanese.

You can read about it and 24 other games on my top 25 GameBoy/GameBoy Color list I wrote a little while ago.

http://satoshimatrix.wordpress.com/2...y-color-games/

[Aussie2B]

Yes, because it's an original TwinBee game instead of a port. Also, there's a remake of it in the PSP TwinBee collection.

The remake feels so different that it's almost like a new game, so I'd still recommend the original game even if someone has the PSP collection.

[cartman]

Well, define "accessible" for yourself. Even RPGs are playable without knowing Japanese with a little effort. Are you looking for games that completely lack Japanese text, or is there a certain amount you'll tolerate?

A little effort? If i know nothing about the story i don't see how they can be played at all. Sure i can run around and accidently do the right thing, but what kind of gaming experience is that?

The ammount of text isn't the most important, but the fact that the game can be played without understanding it.

I recommend TwinBee Da!, although I would suggest the colorized version available only in Europe over the b/w version available in Japan.

TwinBee Da!! was released in Europe under the name Pop'n TwinBee.

[cartman]

Ganbare Goemon Hoshizorashi Dyamites Arawaru is completely playing even if you don't know any Japanese.

You can read about it and 24 other games on my top 25 GameBoy/GameBoy Color list I wrote a little while ago.

http://satoshimatrix.wordpress.com/2...y-color-games/

yeah but that one is for gbc, I'm talking about original game boy only.

This series does have 2 titles on the original game boy however. But there are some rpg elements and i couldn't find out what to do.

And how did you get color on super mario land

[cartman]

Hammerin' Harry if you can find a copy. Trip World is awesome but stupidly hard to find.

that would be "Daiku no Gen-san: Robot Teikoku no Yabou", right?

[cartman]

A decent platformer by Jaleco which never saw a western release is Banishing Racer. I found a copy locally and tried it out to see what it was about. Turned out to be a car/automotive inspired platformer (like Tryrush Deppy) and a decent one at that. You drive across America a la Turbo OutRun and you can even chain enemies. If you can find it, it's definitely a good pick-up.

looks pretty good actually, great addition.