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In an age when few publishers translated Japanese RPGs and fewer still did it well

and yet another new version of Ys Book I and II.

For those of us who used to play King of Fighters Dream Match '99 on the Dreamcast for hours on end is there anything remarkably different about the "new" KOF'98? Sounds like it's almost entirely the same game, just with a few new characters and some new features. I fully intend to get it, just wondering what's changed from the DC version.

Emerje

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In an age when few publishers translated Japanese RPGs and fewer still did it well

I doubt WD qualifies for the latter category.

Now he's preparing an all-new Pac-Man game to be released when Pac-Man turns 30 years old in 2010. Will it be something unique and groundbreaking, like the underrated Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, or just another maze-based 3-D Pac-Man?

Regular readers of this column may notice that I have a slight, barely detectable fondness for Valkyrie Profile games.

why is Kyo's flame green? am i missing something?

There's also an extensive character-editing mode that lets you change even the color of a fighter's energy attacks

Get Excited If: You've ever struggled with the decision of who to marry in a Harvest Moon game.

Emerje wrote:

For those of us who used to play King of Fighters Dream Match '99 on the Dreamcast for hours on end is there anything remarkably different about the "new" KOF'98? Sounds like it's almost entirely the same game, just with a few new characters and some new features. I fully intend to get it, just wondering what's changed from the DC version. Emerje

I have played the DC version and I can tell you this is a far superior version. Yeah a lot of the backgrounds ARE based off DM99 (there are new ones as well), but that's about it. The aesthetics and overall presentation of the game is completely new (as opposed to DM99 which pretty much recolored all the menus and everything and labeled it Dream Match 1999)

-They fixed that annoying bug in the DC version where the music would restart every round. Only thing is how soon the track will fade out and loop when on Arrange. But this is a minor annoyance considering how good the AST sounds.

-Instead of just facing Rugal at the end, it's possible to "recreate" past games by fighting say the 96 Boss Team and then Goenitz ala 96 or the Awakened Orochi Team and then Orochi ala 97. These matches feature their original stages as well (which have also received small, subtle 3D facelifts).

-Unlike the original or DM99 the computer will actually switch teams up on you with both EX characters and characters using EX or Ultimate Modes (in the original and DC versions you'd only face CPU opponents using the default Advanced mode and it wasn't possible to fight the Awakened Orochi team or say, EX Terry in Single Player.

-You can actually play with all the 3D stages turned off, and even play with the original 16 bit soundtrack (something you couldn't do in DM99). And if THAT wasn't enough for purists, you can just load up the NG original.

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Anyway I have to say aside from missing Online mode, I really prefer this game OVER SFIV, I simply find the gameplay smoother and much more fun. I'm really looking forward to XII not just for the gorgeous graphics, but for the fun and simple gameplay I can take Online.