Yeah I don't know what problems the English version would have as far as emulation. The music is different, too (better in the English version).
I hope they make an HD remake of FF9!
Yeah you really shouldn't have to constantly read a guide online in order to enjoy a game.
Yeah this is just a cutesy Arkanoid. But I like Arkanoid better, strangely enough. I know I've told you this already, but get the DS version.
Plump Pop makes me think of two other Taito games that are kind of similar to this. The first is Pop N Pop. It plays more like Space Invaders meets Puzzle Bobble, but a lot of classic Taito characters appear in it. A company made a Game Boy Color version of Pop N Pop but replaced the characters with Yogi Bear and friends. Yuck.
The other Taito game that's kind of like Plump Pop is called Puchi Carat. It came out in the mid to late 90's and is like a cross between Breakout and Puzzle Bobble. One of the characters in it is the same cute girl from Cleopatra Fortune. I'm not sure if Pop N Pop is on a Taito collection, but I'm pretty sure Puchi Carat is.
When I first saw the title of this blog, I thought to myself, "I sure do hope he put Kefka's theme in here." Glad to see it make the cut. Cool thing about Kefka's theme is that when you fight him at the end of the game, the last segment of the Dancing Mad song changes to a intense rock version of Kefka's melody.
I think it's also cool that you did NOT put "One Winged Angel" on your list. As cool as it was to hear that the first time you faced Sephiroth's final form in FF7, the song has gotten way overrated since then.
I think it's cool that you also put King Dedede's theme in here. I loved how they added a lick from Gourmet Race into his theme first in Super Star, and it has permenently stuck in his theme ever since.
Another favorite villian theme of mine is Dr. Wily's stage 1 theme from Mega Man 2.
Happy birthday! Have a power pellet!
I saw Operation Wolf in nearly every arcade I went to back in the day. Operation Thunderbolt, not so much. My favorite light gun game series is Namco's Point Blank games.
I liked Mega Man's Final Smash move.
Doesn't The NInja Kids also have a lot of crazy Engrish text in it, too? Like "Here is a graveyard of you."
I think if they would've called it Final Fantasy, it would've sold even better, since it is essentially a FF game anyway.
I never really got into He-Man. I was more of a Transformers guy. I did see the live action He-Man movie in theaters, though. It was pretty dopey.
