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NEWS: Samurai Pizza Cats Series Gets New Action RPG




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WatcherZer



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:51 am Reply with quote
This made my day.

Side scrolling shooter with RPG elements is not really my type of game but it looks amazing
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:06 pm Reply with quote
I haven't watched the show since I was a kid, but that English trailer brought back a lot of nostalgia of mornings before middle school, eating cereal, and watching this, then Carmen San Diego.

If Limited Run Games puts this on a disc, I'll definitely pick it up. Looks like a mashup of Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, and Metroid-vania style all rolled into one.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 2:43 pm Reply with quote
Bad Bird is definitely getting recast because his voice actor died in 2021.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/saying-goodbye-to-ottawa-musician-and-entertainer-mike-oreilly/
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 3:44 pm Reply with quote
I enjoyed the original Famicom game so I hope this new one is good as well.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 3:54 pm Reply with quote
So I assume this game's American release will have the Japanese voice included right? Will the subtitle include the translation of the Japanese audio including their Japanese name if you play it with Japanese voice?

I mean some of us do know the characters names by their Japanese names over the English-localized names. I mean I find their Japanese names a lot easier to remember than their English-localized names.
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Doubleclouder



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 3:57 pm Reply with quote
mdo7 wrote:
So I assume this game's American release will have the Japanese voice included right? Will the subtitle include the translation of the Japanese audio including their Japanese name if you play it with Japanese voice?

I mean some of us do know the characters names by their Japanese names over the English-localized names. I mean I find their Japanese names a lot easier to remember than their English-localized names.


I don't know of any game that does that. There might be a Japanese voice option but they're not going to change the subtitles or graphics to match the names and dialog. You'd probably have to get the Japanese release (if there is one) or perhaps there will be in in-game language option but it will also more than likely make the entire game text in Japanese. Your best hope is someone will make an un-localization mod
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:26 pm Reply with quote
Doubleclouder wrote:
mdo7 wrote:
So I assume this game's American release will have the Japanese voice included right? Will the subtitle include the translation of the Japanese audio including their Japanese name if you play it with Japanese voice?

I mean some of us do know the characters names by their Japanese names over the English-localized names. I mean I find their Japanese names a lot easier to remember than their English-localized names.


I don't know of any game that does that. There might be a Japanese voice option but they're not going to change the subtitles or graphics to match the names and dialog.


Check your PM/private message!!! I explained it there.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 10:20 pm Reply with quote
I can't believe they brought the "Samurai Pizza Cats" back from the dead. I don't believe it. I know there are people who like the show,but shouldn't they have made this video game a long time ago? Why did they wait so long to do this? Yeah,the nostalgia's strong with this one,but I don't really see it. I'm amazed the Japanese company who originally made this show went along with this. They would have well within their right to have said no to this thing.
I'm still amazed they made a game from this show. There just doesn't seem to be any reason for it outside of the nostalgia factor. I'm just surprised they did something like this. What next? Are they going to rerun the anime somewhere or are they going to do a new version of this for Americans? I'd probably be surprised if they did that.
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Chris Handsome



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:30 am Reply with quote
Snomaster1 wrote:
I know there are people who like the show,but shouldn't they have made this video game a long time ago?


There is a game on Famicom, released only in Japan of course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8012gzDnMc

But there is an English fan translation with some reworked art.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:18 am Reply with quote
WatcherZer wrote:
This made my day.

Side scrolling shooter with RPG elements is not really my type of game but it looks amazing


Sooooo, did you not even watch the trailer or what?

.............It's a side-scrolling platformer, dude.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:23 am Reply with quote
Snomaster1 wrote:
I can't believe they brought the "Samurai Pizza Cats" back from the dead. I don't believe it. I know there are people who like the show,but shouldn't they have made this video game a long time ago? Why did they wait so long to do this? Yeah,the nostalgia's strong with this one,but I don't really see it. I'm amazed the Japanese company who originally made this show went along with this. They would have well within their right to have said no to this thing.
I'm still amazed they made a game from this show. There just doesn't seem to be any reason for it outside of the nostalgia factor. I'm just surprised they did something like this. What next? Are they going to rerun the anime somewhere or are they going to do a new version of this for Americans? I'd probably be surprised if they did that.


Did you really just comment on this for the sole purpose of spewing a generalized version of "hey everyone, this game is stupid and what you like is stupid, this old show is stupid and this game is stupid and they're stupid for making something that would appeal to stupid people who would ever like this stupid thing" without even one iota of self-awareness of your entirely hateful, needlessly sociopath narcissistic negativity, and literally not one slight consideration for any one of the many people that are really happy to see a game based on an animated show they enjoy? Nothing? Just waltz right on in and have literally nothing of any value to offer other than taking a hot dump in the combined cereal bowl of anyone pleased by this news with your subtle and nuanced take of "lol this is stupid, they're stupid for making this, and you're stupid for liking it."?

Wow. Outstanding. What's your amazing encore to this? Crashing a 9-year old's birthday party, popping all the balloons and stomping on the kid's presents, kicking them in the face and leaving without a single word, thinking you've made everyone's day from it?

I really fail to understand your point or intent here. Please enlighten me as to one possible thing that your arrogantly horrendous, godawful comment was even remotely supposed to constructively accomplish towards literally any other human being aside from yourself, in any way.
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Cardcaptor Takato



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 3:38 am Reply with quote
The Japanese staff actually loved the Samurai Pizza Cats dub and the anime staff even produced their own doujinshi of the anime based on the English localization. As for why this game is being made, it's the 35th anniversary of the anime so it's not that surprising they would do something to celebrate it and give something special back to the international fans. There's also been some merchandise figures made in Japan in the last few years.
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