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Rare Secret of Mana 2 (Seiken Densetsu 3) Japanese Demo Cart

H4G demos a Japanese pre-release cartridge of Secret of Mana 2/Seiken Densetsu 3!

For those of you unfamiliar, Secret of Mana is the multiplayer love child of Zelda and Final Fantasy! Secret of Mana 2 (Seiken Densetsu 3 / 聖剣伝説3) takes everything one step further by offering multiple protagonist options with intertwining paths, a bump in graphics partially due to doubling the space on the cartridge, and a class system.

The game was released in 1995 by Square for the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo), but only in Japan.

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gangsta_red3413d ago

"The game was released in 1995 by Square for the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo), but only in Japan."

Grrrrrrrrr!

If Nintendo could get this and the Mother game that never came to the west translated and released on their Virtual Console i would run out and buy a WiiU NOW!

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15 Hardest Games for the Super Nintendo

Who doesn't love a good challenge? If everything was easy, there would be no joy in getting it done. In the realm of video games, the late 1980s and 1990s were the perfect era of "get good" gaming with multiple big-named titles that put a player's skills to the test. The Super Nintendo, one of

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Gamingsince19813d ago

Didn't the snes come out in 1990 in Japan

Profchaos3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Sure did I can only assume the article is talking about old-school games in general

Also the thumbnail used in the article for super Mario bros the lost levels is a screenshots of the Famicom game

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Italy's Crackdown on Counterfeit Retro Consoles Highlights Industry Failures in Game Preservation

In a major crackdown, Italy's financial police have dismantled a ring trafficking counterfeit vintage video game consoles, highlighting a severe issue within the gaming industry. The operation underscores the industry's failure to preserve classic games, driving gamers toward illegal alternatives as legitimate options remain scarce and prohibitively expensive.

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Knightofelemia6d ago

Even if they do crack down all a person needs is an Everdrive and a regular old school machine. Or modify a disc based console that has a dead laser to boot off an SD card. Some of those illegal devices look neat and some of them are just plain crap.

XiNatsuDragnel6d ago

This won't stop it unless you have a great service.

Inverno6d ago

What a stupid thing to be wasting time, money and effort. Aren't these guys literally drowning right now? Maybe y'all should focus more on that instead trying to stop people from playing old games no longer being sold.

Inverno5d ago

Pretty sure I've read and seen parts of Italy experiences/ing pretty bad floodings. Id argue that's more important than trying to prevent the sale of emulation devices.

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Fallout fans mourn loss of loremaster 'The Storyteller' with touching tributes

Fallout content creator The Storyteller has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer, reveals daughter.

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TheNamelessOne8d ago

It's sad to hear. Really enjoyed the guy's stuff.