I just watched SDF Macross last year and absolutely recommended it. It is a surprising sophisticated sci-fi story with questions about ethics and an intriguing love triangle.
To help Joe out here, there IS a difference between a mech and a robot. A robot is autonomous and acts entirely on its own. A mech is piloted, either directly or remotely, and cannot act without input from the pilot. This should help Joe keep the weebs at bay.
19:20 so what happened in the anime was the main character wanted to go see his friend go on stage for a beauty pageant but got stuck on patrol duty and was watching the broadcast on the way back to the ship
@@GameSack I'm guessing you didn't get to the part where the idol girl, Lynn Minmay, starts singing to help end the war. Not joking, that's in the series. The good news about the licensing is that Harmony Gold has either agreed to or was forced to allow various Macross projects to be brought to the US (though I've heard the original series is still in limbo here, though it's supposed to be on Disney+ of all things in certain regions).
OMG that Macross game looks like gold to me. I didn't even know it existed. "Do you remember love?" is the 1984 movie that summarizes the whole first series, but they actually redid the whole animation, making one of the most impressive anime movies of all time. Thank you for making Gamesack
Macross: Do You Remember Love is in my personal top 5 animated film list. Beautifully animated film, impressive battle sequences, including the memorable climatic final battle. Damn shame that it hasn't seen a western re-release since VHS because, at least for one reason, a certain company I won't name allegedly refuses to allow anything that may detract from their version of the story. They've recently let up on sequel stuff but are still really stingy about anything related to the OG show.
It's a great Macross/Robotech game. No real translation needed, the menus are in English. It's very fun and made by SEGA AM2. Highly recommend. It's one of the best Macross games ever made. The only one that I think is better is 'Macross 30' on PS3.
Fun fact: Joy Mech Fight did see a release in the west on the North American NSO NES App for the Nintendo Switch. The game is still in Japanese, but it's playable.
The important thing for someone with a bi-weekly UA-cam show(on Sundays) that features zany ending skits to know about Macross as a whole is that there's a Super Famicom horizontal shooter called Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie. Is it the best shooter on the system? It may just be the best, actually. It's great, anyway. It was also LEFT IN JAPAN, and I didn't see it come up on a search of the Game Sack website. I'm very subtly dropping a hint.
For the Macross game, if i recall, the mc was on perimeter duty when an enemy scout ship almost crash into his plane watching the same broadcast as mc which causes the battle in-game. Another thing, the mission sequence at 18:00 was all friendlies must be at SDF-1 before the ship 'fold' into space to escape orbital bombardment from enemy fleets. The game by itself is very solid and did not suffer from gameplay issues that plague the other previous Macross game franchise. This is also the only game that afaik, follows both anime and movie storyline in a single game.
Lifeforce has one of my favorite soundtracks. I was a big US Robotech fan, watched all 85 original "trilogy" episodes multiple times, read all the "Jack McKinney" books, had the Robotech Art books and the Palladium Robotech RPG books, had a couple of Veritech fighters and the Mospeada Cycle toys... We got Robotech Battlecry in the US, but my understanding over the years was always that SDF Macross was the superior game, and that stung a bit...
Super dimensional fortress macross is the original tv anime series and SDF Macross:Do You Remember Love is a movie remake of that series, they share some of the basic plot but overall they are different continuities and have many differences that people who haven't seen the original series will have issues picking up on. Both are good for what they are but the movie is easier for newcomers to watch to see if they like the series or not. Macross is EXTREMELY popular in japan and is probably one of the most famous mecha anime outside of japan, probably only surpassed by mobile suit gundam.
Will add that they screwed over the Battletech creators , causing them to turn several designs into "unseen" and remake them, not cool imo considering it was some of the most recognized mechs in the series, along with several of the Hasbro Transformer series as well....egos man, not cool imo ...
Maybe like 0,01% of the viewers did just that, hahah. I mean, the real percentage of people who speak Japanese well enough to follow Japanese media in the West can't be much higher than that. 😄 (always good to learn a new language, after all!)
The Macross game looks way better than the one we got in the West. Battlecry was fine but the controls were a pain in the ass at times and difficulty was all over the place.
Joe seems like he’s in a really good mood on this one; which, in turn, put me into a good mood. It’s a vicious cycle of goodness, a veritable prison of positivity. A prison which I never want to leave.
Yay! This is the first brand new Game Sack that has been recommended to me in a long time. I knew Game Sack was still going and still watched, albeit late. This is great! This is the best channel on UA-cam end of story. I still can't believe we have 12+ awesome years to look back on, and they are all quality. Thank you, Joe (and Dave), for making it all possible.
@Feralus I have been a subscriber to Game Sack for over 8 years. I don't know why I'm not getting regular updates? All the notifications are set...who knows?
@@Sinn0100 if you click the bell you will get notified, but if you are subscribed, as you said, why don't you check your subscriptions then? For me it usually appears in "for you" stuff anyhow once there is a new upload, but of course, no matter which device, I also just check the channels I am subbed to in the sub list and the big overview there.
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I hate the fact you just made me research WHY Robotech is named Robotech... Harmony Gold was trying to bring Macross to the US, but the Toys were already licensed by a different company, Revell, who was selling them as Diecast Toys and Models called "Robotech Defenders" At the time, American television required over 80 episodes to qualify for Syndication and Macross was only 25-26 so they had to license 3 different, unrelated Japense Mecha Anime series and stitch them together into one. (Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada) The two companies made a deal, and Robotech was born.
It's a mess. That 80 episode thing was also a dumb rule. How did Voltron make it? I know that was cobbled together from a different thing. Did that have 80 episodes?
@@GameSack Had to double check, it's 65 episodes for syndication. Though shows will usually have 80-100 episodes. Voltron had 124 episodes, 20 of which were made for America only. 72 for the Lion Force, 52 for the Vehicle Force. There was supposed to be a 3rd team of 3 Robots that could combine into 6 different super robots. The toys were released, but the episodes never made it to air due to how bad Vehicle Force did.
Southern Cross was quasi-connected, they were both part of the Super Dimension series and produced by the same people. Mospeada and the Americanized Robotech movie, Megazone 23, were both designed by the same guy.
"Now, I really don't know anything about Macross or Robotech..." Joe, if you value your sanity, keep it that way. I still haven't escaped that rabbit hole.
Hahaha! Oh, man! That end skit was golden! And thank you, Joe, for mentioning Tengai Makyou! With how many games are in this series, you could make multiple Left in Japan videos just on these games alone! Keep up the great work, sir!
The journey continues.. so many titles only available overseas. Lots of treasures, and some duds. I like the variety, plus you never know, might find something fun along the way.
I've been watching game sack episodes every weekend for years. Every Sunday I get an alert or it's at the top of my feed. I'm subscribed with the bell. It's 2:30 p.m. and I just finally saw it and I've watched a handful of videos this morning. Not sure what's going on, but if this is the algorithm that we're supposed to fear, I don't think it's that smart.
Thanks for the video. We had Nadia and the Secret of the Blue Water on tv in France, I would have been glad to have this game on the Megadrive at the time.
When you think you’ve played it all Melfard Stories comes along…Gotta love videos like this cheers 🤘🏽and those Anime girls in that PS2 Super Dimension game are probably thinking the same “ Why can’t they understand me “ 😂
I love Salamander! I caught onto it with the Famicom version with its cool translucent shell. Then when I got my PC Engine I got the HuCard and played the hell out of it. I’m patiently waiting for MiSTer to support the arcade!
That was my favorite skit so far this year. It's also fascinating how many space shooters went unreleased in America, they basically required little to no translation to bring over.
19:19 I believe that mission is based on episode 9 of the original Macross series, where the protagonist Hikaru has to do an emergency sortie while his childhood friend is in the middle of a beauty pageant. While in the cockpit, he was alternating between communicating with the base and watching the beauty pageant on his monitor.
Hey Joe, when you reach episode 20 you could do a "not anymore left in Japan" video, revisiting the oldest entries to update them if they have been made available on modern systems!
Hey @GameSack, I looked at the video, you had some info errors that was technically already outdated by now on Joy Mech Fight part 20:14. Nintendo did technically released Joy Mech Fight in the West through the NES Nintendo Switch Online on September 6th, 2023. (it's still untranslated and Nintendo did released Joy Mech Fight on the Japanese NES Nintendo Switch Online on January 16th, 2019) So it's technically not Japan-only anymore and got officially imported by Nintendo like The Mysterious Murasame Castle for example.
Always appreciate some Tengai Makyou ZIRIA love. The Xbox 360 version is incredible and I still wish to this day it actually got translated and released outside Japan :/
On Salamander 2, my buddy and I busted up laughing when the final boss says "I'm gonna SCARE you like you've never been SCARED before!" Also, I wanted Macross so bad because of AM2 back in the day. Watching this episode was the first time I've seen it running at 60fps. I really missed out on that one.
Another great game that never left Japan is Deadly Skies (SLPS-01036) for PS1. It's a 1v1 fighter jet game set in a world that's just too darn peaceful and the only solution is air-to-air missiles! Developed by Funcom, the Norwegian studio behind classics like The Longest Journey, it was originally set to be published globally by JVC for PS1 and Saturn but ended up being cancelled only to be later picked up by another publisher for a Japan-only PS1 exclusive release. The game is still mostly in english with some amazing voice acting so it's a great title for importing to your own collection.
Do You Remember Love is a movie that came out after the original Macross. So you can say the first campaign follows the TV show and the second follows the movie. There was a rather more serious Ape Escape game that came out for the PS2 that was Japan only. It would have been nice to see it localized. Sadly, I don't remember the title.
I always find something I want to play for myself from these episodes and this is no different. I'm definitely giving that Macross game and Melfard Stories a go.
Far East of Eden's character design is very unique, reminds me of Climax's stuff in Shining Force & Shining in the Darkness on the Megadrive. Had to check if there's any connection, there's not. It's just the late 80's and early 90's when they still knew how to draw interesting characters. The chara design is by Torajirō Tsujino and he worked on many of the Tengai Makyō games.
I didn't realize Ziria had an english translation! I tried feeling my way through the Japanese version a few years back and got a good distance in before giving up. Looking forward to finally understanding it! Thanks for the heads-up.
@@jessragan6714Battlecry? No, that's a PS2/GameCube/Xbox game. It's not that bad, but gets bogged down by having way too many escort missions. I have no idea why devs took so long to figure out that nothing sucks more than a darn escort mission.
@@AntonioRodriguezSilver I'm thinking of some Game Boy Advance game that was re-released as a Coleco tabletop. Who the heck is running that outfit, anyway? They make even Tallarico look semi-competent.
To answer Joe's question; I guess the Macross game since I did grow up watching Robotech (most of them anyway) In 2009 I finally got to watch the whole original SDF Macross show & it's definitely better because it's not heavily cut like they did on the Robotech version.
like a lot of people (probably? I actually have no metric to base that on but youtube usually pimps the same stuff to most people with its algorithm) , this series (left in japan) being recommended to me by the algorithm is what got me into gamesack in the first place it's awesome that you are still finding interesting games after 16 episodes the robot mowing all of those poor little chibi sprites down at the end was a nice unexpected touch
I remember reading a Game Informer magazine article about Super Dimensional Fortress Macross or SDF Macross. I was bummed when it didn't come here, but at least we got Robotech Battlecry and Robotech Invasion, both of which I feel were underrated.
22:20 I dreamt of this game for my SEGA Megadrive because I was a big fan of the anime (and did my best to accomodate with erratic programmation of it), saw the screenshots on some magazines back then but never saw the game. I think I tried once to play the ROM of it in Japan, but quickly abandoned because of the language barrier.
I’m going by memory as I saw Robotech on TV (local independent station in Hickory, NC) back in the 80s. I think it was called a varitech fighter in the Macross Saga part of Robotech. If you saw the Anime, you’d probably know what is going on.
That macross game for ps2 looks awesome. I wish i could play it. Watching these left in Japan videos is fun but I always see a game i want to play but cant. Game Sack is still my favorite gaming channel even without Dave. Thanks for the video and the good laugh at the end.
They did bring a Macross game over and called it Robo Tech. It plays just like the game you showed, but I remember the graphics being more cell shaded.
I don't know if I've gotten a gameplay tip from Game Sack before, but I imported that Macross game a couple years ago and got stuck on the very mission noted at 18:00! I tried it several times but finally gave up, as I kept trying to kill off all the enemies within the time limit. Thanks!
I got out of retro gaming, sold 90% of my stuff and fell off watching retro gaming channels almost a decade ago now but Gamesack remains one of the few I stick with. Regardless of where my interest lies theses days, I'm still down w the Sack. 👍
A game you could use for the eventual Left in Japan #18 is Rakugaki Showtime for PS1 (unless you already have and I'm forgetting). Its a 3d arena fighter from Treasure. It even has Marina from Mischief Makers.
The Salamander Collection also got a PSP release in the form of Salamander Portable. It included the same three games, plus Xexex and the Famicom version of Gradius 2. That one didn't make it out of Japan either, but it's at least region free.
Speaking of Japanese RPGs, I am very happy that we can finally get to play the first Cosmic Fantasy game in English along with its sequel in the Cosmic Fantasy Collection on the Nintendo Switch. Hopefully we will see an English release of Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2 in the future.
Played all the Salamander & alike games on almist all platforms ever, especially on the MSX back in the day. And some many obscure jRPGs too, but not these ones. Interesting list as always Joe !
I remember Robotech growing up, and from what I gathered, it was an amalgamation of several episodes (I'm guessing of Macross) that was dubbed in English, and is kind of like an abridged version or something. Not everyone got Robotech though, when I was in Japan I went to a Gundam cafe (as you do in Japan, haha) and I met a Malaysian fan there, and when I mentioned if he ever watched Robotech, he had no idea what I was talking about, lol.
Captain Tsubasa 4: Pro no Rival Tachi and GD Leen, both on Super Famicom. I played the hell out of them on the Super Famicom back in the 90s, although I didn't understand one bit of the story.
What are some games that were left in Japan that should've been released everywhere?
Yoshitsune Eiyuuden (PS2), a Musou-style game by From Software
Twinbee RPG on PS1
SNES Sateleview games!
Dave White Forever: The International Edition.
Treasure Hunter G
I just watched SDF Macross last year and absolutely recommended it. It is a surprising sophisticated sci-fi story with questions about ethics and an intriguing love triangle.
17 'Left in Japan' episodes without a single 'Right in Japan' installment.
This is getting to be ridiculous.
Maybe it should've been called "Rightfully Left in Japan".
Oh, I'm all for this. Absolutely trash games that stayed in Japan RIGHT where they belong.
Hey three lefts make a right so technically there's been 5
The OG DanDan in the Gamesack comments? Nice.
You mean Still in Japan 😂
To help Joe out here, there IS a difference between a mech and a robot. A robot is autonomous and acts entirely on its own. A mech is piloted, either directly or remotely, and cannot act without input from the pilot.
This should help Joe keep the weebs at bay.
19:20 so what happened in the anime was the main character wanted to go see his friend go on stage for a beauty pageant but got stuck on patrol duty and was watching the broadcast on the way back to the ship
He was busy shooting guns and being in battle when he was watching it when I played.
@@GameSack I'm guessing you didn't get to the part where the idol girl, Lynn Minmay, starts singing to help end the war. Not joking, that's in the series. The good news about the licensing is that Harmony Gold has either agreed to or was forced to allow various Macross projects to be brought to the US (though I've heard the original series is still in limbo here, though it's supposed to be on Disney+ of all things in certain regions).
Yup Macross Delta, is on Disney + here in Korea, but none of the other stuff yet.
@GameSack we've all had days like that Joe
@@GameSack Explain to me why it's wrong to quote the best Star Wars movie
Sometimes, life sucks. But Game Sack - Game Sack doesn't suck.
OMG that Macross game looks like gold to me. I didn't even know it existed. "Do you remember love?" is the 1984 movie that summarizes the whole first series, but they actually redid the whole animation, making one of the most impressive anime movies of all time. Thank you for making Gamesack
Macross: Do You Remember Love is in my personal top 5 animated film list. Beautifully animated film, impressive battle sequences, including the memorable climatic final battle. Damn shame that it hasn't seen a western re-release since VHS because, at least for one reason, a certain company I won't name allegedly refuses to allow anything that may detract from their version of the story. They've recently let up on sequel stuff but are still really stingy about anything related to the OG show.
It's a great Macross/Robotech game. No real translation needed, the menus are in English. It's very fun and made by SEGA AM2. Highly recommend. It's one of the best Macross games ever made. The only one that I think is better is 'Macross 30' on PS3.
Robotech Macross Saga was my introduction into anime. That game looks awesome
There is a PS3 version of DYRL that has a game and the movie on there. The deluxe version is super duper nice.
@@DatBeastard The english version in on youtube and a few bootleg bluray version are on ebay I bought mine from there.
Love “Left in Japan” episodes ❤
One my favorite series on Game Sack. Thanks once again as usual Joe
Fun fact: Joy Mech Fight did see a release in the west on the North American NSO NES App for the Nintendo Switch. The game is still in Japanese, but it's playable.
"Hey, Salamander announcer from Salamander the arcade game! How many times should I watch EVERY episode of game sack?"
"Multiple multiple"
“I don’t know anything about Macross or Robotech…”
Game Sack is now dead to me.
;-)
Heresy.
The important thing for someone with a bi-weekly UA-cam show(on Sundays) that features zany ending skits to know about Macross as a whole is that there's a Super Famicom horizontal shooter called Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie. Is it the best shooter on the system? It may just be the best, actually. It's great, anyway. It was also LEFT IN JAPAN, and I didn't see it come up on a search of the Game Sack website. I'm very subtly dropping a hint.
A total classic on the 400 in 1 bootleg cartridges for the famiclones of the 90s
a GREAT game.
Stop leaving Dave in Japan!
For the Macross game, if i recall, the mc was on perimeter duty when an enemy scout ship almost crash into his plane watching the same broadcast as mc which causes the battle in-game.
Another thing, the mission sequence at 18:00 was all friendlies must be at SDF-1 before the ship 'fold' into space to escape orbital bombardment from enemy fleets.
The game by itself is very solid and did not suffer from gameplay issues that plague the other previous Macross game franchise. This is also the only game that afaik, follows both anime and movie storyline in a single game.
Lifeforce has one of my favorite soundtracks.
I was a big US Robotech fan, watched all 85 original "trilogy" episodes multiple times, read all the "Jack McKinney" books, had the Robotech Art books and the Palladium Robotech RPG books, had a couple of Veritech fighters and the Mospeada Cycle toys...
We got Robotech Battlecry in the US, but my understanding over the years was always that SDF Macross was the superior game, and that stung a bit...
Super dimensional fortress macross is the original tv anime series and SDF Macross:Do You Remember Love is a movie remake of that series, they share some of the basic plot but overall they are different continuities and have many differences that people who haven't seen the original series will have issues picking up on.
Both are good for what they are but the movie is easier for newcomers to watch to see if they like the series or not.
Macross is EXTREMELY popular in japan and is probably one of the most famous mecha anime outside of japan, probably only surpassed by mobile suit gundam.
Will add that they screwed over the Battletech creators , causing them to turn several designs into "unseen" and remake them, not cool imo considering it was some of the most recognized mechs in the series, along with several of the Hasbro Transformer series as well....egos man, not cool imo ...
@@loupgarou1317 The bs around anime in the west back then was crazy, look at dragon ball.
@@tatsuya2112 Agreed, that was crazy, relieved that it got cleared up enough to get to Akira Toyama's version of his artwork...
The 1st GameSack video for the summer of 2024! Great topic too!
Fun fact: if you started learning Japanese when the first episode of this series came out, you’d be fluent by now. 俺はとても小さいペニスを持っています。
Maybe like 0,01% of the viewers did just that, hahah. I mean, the real percentage of people who speak Japanese well enough to follow Japanese media in the West can't be much higher than that. 😄 (always good to learn a new language, after all!)
The Macross game looks way better than the one we got in the West. Battlecry was fine but the controls were a pain in the ass at times and difficulty was all over the place.
It also had way too many escort missions.
nothings beats a sack at 3:40 AM
Shout-outs to Joe for being able to resist a "Sukapon DEEZ NUTZZZZZZZZZ" joke during the Joy Mech Fight segment.
That skit has a poignant message that will surely immortalize Joe.
That skit deserves an Emmy
I agree 💯
😂 haha that was excellent
A Juno🎉
I've already submitted a nomination
Or at the very least an enema.
These episodes are the best! In fact, they're a fantastic resource for people seeking new experiences on their old consoles!
The fact that he doesn't ask for a "like and subscribe" every time makes me like everything he does!
Joe seems like he’s in a really good mood on this one; which, in turn, put me into a good mood. It’s a vicious cycle of goodness, a veritable prison of positivity. A prison which I never want to leave.
Yay! This is the first brand new Game Sack that has been recommended to me in a long time. I knew Game Sack was still going and still watched, albeit late. This is great! This is the best channel on UA-cam end of story. I still can't believe we have 12+ awesome years to look back on, and they are all quality. Thank you, Joe (and Dave), for making it all possible.
Just subscribe then? :D
@Feralus
I have been a subscriber to Game Sack for over 8 years. I don't know why I'm not getting regular updates? All the notifications are set...who knows?
Like, subscribe and smash, smash that notification bell over and over and over over
@Sinn0100 same for me. Havent seen joe in recs in a few years have to seek out channel
@@Sinn0100 if you click the bell you will get notified, but if you are subscribed, as you said, why don't you check your subscriptions then?
For me it usually appears in "for you" stuff anyhow once there is a new upload, but of course, no matter which device, I also just check the channels I am subbed to in the sub list and the big overview there.
Got a muscle cramp? Eat a tablespoon or two of yellow mustard. The cramp will be gone within a minute.
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Love these `Hidden Gem` episodes.
Joe, your consistency is honestly really impressive.
Obligatory _"screw Harmony Gold"_ for my fellow anime nerds
I hate the fact you just made me research WHY Robotech is named Robotech...
Harmony Gold was trying to bring Macross to the US, but the Toys were already licensed by a different company, Revell, who was selling them as Diecast Toys and Models called "Robotech Defenders"
At the time, American television required over 80 episodes to qualify for Syndication and Macross was only 25-26 so they had to license 3 different, unrelated Japense Mecha Anime series and stitch them together into one. (Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada)
The two companies made a deal, and Robotech was born.
It's a mess. That 80 episode thing was also a dumb rule. How did Voltron make it? I know that was cobbled together from a different thing. Did that have 80 episodes?
@@GameSack Had to double check, it's 65 episodes for syndication. Though shows will usually have 80-100 episodes.
Voltron had 124 episodes, 20 of which were made for America only.
72 for the Lion Force, 52 for the Vehicle Force.
There was supposed to be a 3rd team of 3 Robots that could combine into 6 different super robots. The toys were released, but the episodes never made it to air due to how bad Vehicle Force did.
@@marbles8641 I never knew about the vehicle Voltron until 25 years later.
@@GameSack I was 4 when Voltron came out, and around 5/6 was when I got the Vehicle toys which I remember loving.
Southern Cross was quasi-connected, they were both part of the Super Dimension series and produced by the same people.
Mospeada and the Americanized Robotech movie, Megazone 23, were both designed by the same guy.
This made my Sunday, a fun day. The sack is back!
My favorite series of yours!
"Now, I really don't know anything about Macross or Robotech..."
Joe, if you value your sanity, keep it that way. I still haven't escaped that rabbit hole.
Hahaha! Oh, man! That end skit was golden! And thank you, Joe, for mentioning Tengai Makyou! With how many games are in this series, you could make multiple Left in Japan videos just on these games alone! Keep up the great work, sir!
A new episode of GameSack every other week really helps with the Sunday Scaries.
What are Sunday Scaries?
@@FIXTREMEDrag Queen Sunday School maybe.
The journey continues.. so many titles only available overseas. Lots of treasures, and some duds. I like the variety, plus you never know, might find something fun along the way.
I've been watching game sack episodes every weekend for years. Every Sunday I get an alert or it's at the top of my feed. I'm subscribed with the bell. It's 2:30 p.m. and I just finally saw it and I've watched a handful of videos this morning. Not sure what's going on, but if this is the algorithm that we're supposed to fear, I don't think it's that smart.
Thanks for the video. We had Nadia and the Secret of the Blue Water on tv in France, I would have been glad to have this game on the Megadrive at the time.
Game Sack back better than ever we’re heading to the land of rising sun 🇯🇵
When you think you’ve played it all Melfard Stories comes along…Gotta love videos like this cheers 🤘🏽and those Anime girls in that PS2 Super Dimension game are probably thinking the same “ Why can’t they understand me “ 😂
The only two gamer channels I watch are Game Sack and AVGN. You're the only two who actually know what they are doing. Everyone else is just trying.
I love Salamander! I caught onto it with the Famicom version with its cool translucent shell. Then when I got my PC Engine I got the HuCard and played the hell out of it. I’m patiently waiting for MiSTer to support the arcade!
That was my favorite skit so far this year. It's also fascinating how many space shooters went unreleased in America, they basically required little to no translation to bring over.
19:19
I believe that mission is based on episode 9 of the original Macross series, where the protagonist Hikaru has to do an emergency sortie while his childhood friend is in the middle of a beauty pageant.
While in the cockpit, he was alternating between communicating with the base and watching the beauty pageant on his monitor.
Hey Joe, when you reach episode 20 you could do a "not anymore left in Japan" video, revisiting the oldest entries to update them if they have been made available on modern systems!
Hey @GameSack, I looked at the video, you had some info errors that was technically already outdated by now on Joy Mech Fight part 20:14. Nintendo did technically released Joy Mech Fight in the West through the NES Nintendo Switch Online on September 6th, 2023. (it's still untranslated and Nintendo did released Joy Mech Fight on the Japanese NES Nintendo Switch Online on January 16th, 2019) So it's technically not Japan-only anymore and got officially imported by Nintendo like The Mysterious Murasame Castle for example.
The game doesn't seem to be text heavy...
Nerd
Is this an example of autistic behavior?
Yeah I keep meaning to add "in their time" to some of my sentences. Like "These games were never officially released outside of Japan in their time".
Sometimes pays off being up late on the east coast. New Game Sack upload!
Great timing! Something to watch before bed!
The TV Show of Nadia made its way to Germany in the late 90s. Loved that anime.
Always appreciate some Tengai Makyou ZIRIA love. The Xbox 360 version is incredible and I still wish to this day it actually got translated and released outside Japan :/
On Salamander 2, my buddy and I busted up laughing when the final boss says "I'm gonna SCARE you like you've never been SCARED before!" Also, I wanted Macross so bad because of AM2 back in the day. Watching this episode was the first time I've seen it running at 60fps. I really missed out on that one.
I heard that every gamesack is full of microplastics 😞
And feces!
Don't forget the potasinate!
Our nut sacks are full of microplastics also
Genuinely horrifying.
There’s a fantastic mecha side scrolling shooter on the PSP that was only released in Japan. It’s called Armored Hunter Gunhound EX.
The Salamander games are so underrated compared to the main Gradius series.
The ending skit is a realy nice contrast to the one from last episode...
Another great game that never left Japan is Deadly Skies (SLPS-01036) for PS1. It's a 1v1 fighter jet game set in a world that's just too darn peaceful and the only solution is air-to-air missiles!
Developed by Funcom, the Norwegian studio behind classics like The Longest Journey, it was originally set to be published globally by JVC for PS1 and Saturn but ended up being cancelled only to be later picked up by another publisher for a Japan-only PS1 exclusive release. The game is still mostly in english with some amazing voice acting so it's a great title for importing to your own collection.
when you mentioned Deadly Skies, i got confused with the Konami series
In Far East of Eden, Tsunade kind of looks like Eric Cartman in drag when on the world map.
Try as hard as you might, you can't besmirch Tsunade I simply won't allow it XD
I would love to see the Salamander / Life Force collection made available today. It's a shame we didn't get in its original form
Closest thing is the PSP collection which is ALSO Japan only
I believe that the arcade versions of lifeforce and salamander are avaliable on switch with the arcade archives.
This is a great series. Looking forward to part 18. Sorry I have no games to contribute. Thanks.
Do You Remember Love is a movie that came out after the original Macross. So you can say the first campaign follows the TV show and the second follows the movie.
There was a rather more serious Ape Escape game that came out for the PS2 that was Japan only. It would have been nice to see it localized. Sadly, I don't remember the title.
01:20am here in Perú 🇵🇪 Cheers 🤙
I always find something I want to play for myself from these episodes and this is no different. I'm definitely giving that Macross game and Melfard Stories a go.
Sometimes i miss dave, but joe was always the head on this channel.... thanks for keeping up the good job joe.
Far East of Eden's character design is very unique, reminds me of Climax's stuff in Shining Force & Shining in the Darkness on the Megadrive. Had to check if there's any connection, there's not. It's just the late 80's and early 90's when they still knew how to draw interesting characters.
The chara design is by Torajirō Tsujino and he worked on many of the Tengai Makyō games.
I remember playing Life Force on the nes...........man that was one of my favorite games in my childhood, so many great memories.
Shoutout and love for The Phantom Menace one of the GOATED SW Movies. Yayayayyaya
I didn't realize Ziria had an english translation! I tried feeling my way through the Japanese version a few years back and got a good distance in before giving up. Looking forward to finally understanding it! Thanks for the heads-up.
That Macross game looks way nicer than Robotech: Battlecry. I have to give that a shot.
Was that that stupid game they put in a Coleco tabletop?
@@jessragan6714Battlecry? No, that's a PS2/GameCube/Xbox game.
It's not that bad, but gets bogged down by having way too many escort missions. I have no idea why devs took so long to figure out that nothing sucks more than a darn escort mission.
@@AntonioRodriguezSilver I'm thinking of some Game Boy Advance game that was re-released as a Coleco tabletop. Who the heck is running that outfit, anyway? They make even Tallarico look semi-competent.
To answer Joe's question; I guess the Macross game since I did grow up watching Robotech (most of them anyway)
In 2009 I finally got to watch the whole original SDF Macross show & it's definitely better because it's not heavily cut like they did on the Robotech version.
like a lot of people (probably? I actually have no metric to base that on but youtube usually pimps the same stuff to most people with its algorithm) , this series (left in japan) being recommended to me by the algorithm is what got me into gamesack in the first place
it's awesome that you are still finding interesting games after 16 episodes
the robot mowing all of those poor little chibi sprites down at the end was a nice unexpected touch
I remember reading a Game Informer magazine article about Super Dimensional Fortress Macross or SDF Macross. I was bummed when it didn't come here, but at least we got Robotech Battlecry and Robotech Invasion, both of which I feel were underrated.
22:20 I dreamt of this game for my SEGA Megadrive because I was a big fan of the anime (and did my best to accomodate with erratic programmation of it), saw the screenshots on some magazines back then but never saw the game. I think I tried once to play the ROM of it in Japan, but quickly abandoned because of the language barrier.
Hi Joe, love the channel. You're awesome 👍
Thank you for being here for so long with such qualité videos.
I’m going by memory as I saw Robotech on TV (local independent station in Hickory, NC) back in the 80s. I think it was called a varitech fighter in the Macross Saga part of Robotech. If you saw the Anime, you’d probably know what is going on.
That macross game for ps2 looks awesome. I wish i could play it. Watching these left in Japan videos is fun but I always see a game i want to play but cant. Game Sack is still my favorite gaming channel even without Dave. Thanks for the video and the good laugh at the end.
Make sure to check your game sack for lumps and feel for pain daily everyone, let your game sacks hang low!
AND FECES!
Love it great episode as always! Joe you are a gentleman and a scholar
They did bring a Macross game over and called it Robo Tech. It plays just like the game you showed, but I remember the graphics being more cell shaded.
Kitsune literally translates as "fox spirit" and is basically Japan's version of brother coyote.
As I've learned throughout my years of using forums, anyone with "kitsune" in their profile usually means they're a furry.
Oh man, the Nadia Anime Series were running here in Germany back then and I liked it . I would´ve loved to play that Game.
I don't know if I've gotten a gameplay tip from Game Sack before, but I imported that Macross game a couple years ago and got stuck on the very mission noted at 18:00! I tried it several times but finally gave up, as I kept trying to kill off all the enemies within the time limit. Thanks!
I remember that Dave once spoke about the game "Do you remember love?" And then added "I don't". Is it the same game?
Salamander arcade allowed you to add lives if you added credits. Up to 42 lives. No continues but tons of lives as long as you add credits.
I got out of retro gaming, sold 90% of my stuff and fell off watching retro gaming channels almost a decade ago now but Gamesack remains one of the few I stick with. Regardless of where my interest lies theses days, I'm still down w the Sack. 👍
A game you could use for the eventual Left in Japan #18 is Rakugaki Showtime for PS1 (unless you already have and I'm forgetting). Its a 3d arena fighter from Treasure. It even has Marina from Mischief Makers.
Oh man "maybe the pilot it's remembering love" hahahaha
Joy Mech Fight became available for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers early on the subscription service's life.
The Salamander Collection also got a PSP release in the form of Salamander Portable. It included the same three games, plus Xexex and the Famicom version of Gradius 2. That one didn't make it out of Japan either, but it's at least region free.
Actually it's the MSX2 version, aka Nemesis 2
If you are (or were) into Transformers, the Macross Valkyrie was the inspiration (and toy) for Jetfire.
Speaking of Japanese RPGs, I am very happy that we can finally get to play the first Cosmic Fantasy game in English along with its sequel in the Cosmic Fantasy Collection on the Nintendo Switch. Hopefully we will see an English release of Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2 in the future.
Rampart on the Famicom by Konami. I think this is the best version of Rampart.
Played all the Salamander & alike games on almist all platforms ever, especially on the MSX back in the day. And some many obscure jRPGs too, but not these ones. Interesting list as always Joe !
I remember Robotech growing up, and from what I gathered, it was an amalgamation of several episodes (I'm guessing of Macross) that was dubbed in English, and is kind of like an abridged version or something. Not everyone got Robotech though, when I was in Japan I went to a Gundam cafe (as you do in Japan, haha) and I met a Malaysian fan there, and when I mentioned if he ever watched Robotech, he had no idea what I was talking about, lol.
Captain Tsubasa 4: Pro no Rival Tachi and GD Leen, both on Super Famicom. I played the hell out of them on the Super Famicom back in the 90s, although I didn't understand one bit of the story.
I played all those games,but I like Game Sack,so I watched it anyway
Game Sack 🎮 has definitely educated me and got me further into retro gaming