Jonah Falcon
Earth Orbit Station by EA, and Project: Space Station. Loved both games.
Jonah Falcon
The Golden Knight
Great little Banjo Kazooie-esque N64 game.
Awesomely random and randomly awesome. My anime list.
@Glenn: *blink* There's someone else here who has played Volley Fire? As in space shooter where you duel against another ship while a barrier of debris floats between the two of you? Occassionally has stages with reflecting mirrors and auto-scroll? Has a stupidly catchy background music (that has now managed to worm its way back into my brain, goddamn you)?
Also, I'd like to give some love to Gun Nac. Fun Widget shooter from the days of the NES. Flamethrowers~!
edited 7th May '10 8:11:53 AM by Servbot
Metafan.
Battle Fantasia, the lesser-known brother of Blaz Blue and Guilty Gear.
I adore this game. It parodies common characters and mechanics in JRPGs; when you deal damage, it shows up as tiny floating white numbers over the character, ala Final Fantasy, and the Super bar is referred to as the "Mana" bar.
The characters are incredibly distinctive, too; here's an example:
Urs, one of the more prominent heroes, who wields... ''A FLAMING MOTORCYCLE CHAINSAW LIGHTSABER?!'' I swear I'm not making any of this up; he even rides away on it as one of his win taunts.
Seriously, this series needs WAY more love.
Dreamaniacs do it for the art.
I maintain that Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest is a gleefully weird game and more people should play it. If only for the hilarious writing.
Also, I'm never quite sure if Ecco The Dolphin counts as obscure. The fandom's pretty dead in terms of output beyond "Ooooh we found another beta", in any case.
Dokapon Kingdom didn't get nearly enough love. Granted, "Mario Party-esque multiplayer RPG" isn't exactly a huge niche, but still. The game is hella fun, as long as you don't mind ruining your friendships.
RM/8
Has somebody mentioned Graffiti Kingdom and Magic Pengel yet?
"Only now, after being besieged by a flock of talking ponies, did he really understand what he'd lost. "
It's me.
You are a furry dog police officer named Waffle in a Mini-Mecha with a bubble gun that has to capture kittens, save a princess and battle mech-riding, megaphone wielding cat pirates. And it all takes place on Floating Continents. This is not awesome how?
I'd write its page but it's been ages since I played it. Can't remember everything straight.
...Let us in...
The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24
Anachronox. Interesting twist on the jRPG genre that didn't get enough respect.
"what the complete, unabridged, 4k ultra HD fuck with bonus features" - Mark Von Lewis
The Ant King
More people need to check out The Void.
edited 7th May '10 12:21:30 PM by Myrmidon
Kill all math nerds
Web Slinger/Hope Bringer
Also, in before Psychonauts. Goddammit, that was the only reason I clicked on this thread.
edited 7th May '10 12:25:09 PM by Beta Ray
You are not alone, and you are not strange. You are you, and everyone has damage. Be the better person.
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@Ccoa "Valkyria Chronicles sold enough copies to get it a sequel."
A sequel on different console, which means I won't/can't play it.
Also about The Red Star it's based on some sort of comic, I actually bought it because I had seen a speedrun on it and found it cheap when buying something else, and I don't even like shmups.
In the quiet of the night, the Neocount of Merentha mused: How long does evolution take, among the damned?
Super Fighting Robot
...Isn't Battle Fantasia just a series of fan service/parody movies? I'm almost positive it's not a game series at all.
As for something that hasn't fooled people into thinking it's something it isn't, Intelligent Cube was pretty neat. Another topic was dedicated to Omega Boost, and that certainly counts here as well.
I'm sort of annoyed with the blank I'm drawing on this subject, though. I figured I'd have a torrent of titles to mention.
Cynics are optimists that have become used to disappointment.
Ravenous Sophovore
A sequel on different console, which means I won't/can't play it.I'm not certain how that makes it obscure.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
RM/8
@NLK: Huh. Thought that was an anime. Oh well.
"Only now, after being besieged by a flock of talking ponies, did he really understand what he'd lost. "
Seconding Mischief Makers
Rise Of Legends also gets love from me, definitely Needs More Love.
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Not really but it could be taken as it didn't sell as much as they wanted and so they change the demographic and since they already did an anime series they didn't feel like retelling the story for a third time. Meaning it's know enough for a sequel but "obscure" enough that they are trying a different platform for the next game.
You know I don't really know where I was going with this but I feel it's better to post it then delete.
In the quiet of the night, the Neocount of Merentha mused: How long does evolution take, among the damned?
It sees you.
How about Sigma Star Saga? Its concept alone was enough to get me interested - it's an RPG/Shooter hybrid, with some strong puzzle elements, a'la Lufia 2.
The encounter rate is a bit high, and it could've used some more variety in them, but overall, it's a pretty darn solid title. ^^
edited 7th May '10 2:29:37 PM by CactuarJoe
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This bacon is awesome
The sequel is because of Japanese sales, right? They were much lower in America.
Torment liveblog is still hiatusing. You can vandalize my contributor page if you want something to do.
Seconding Phantom Crash.
Thirding Jet Set Radio Future and Cubivore.
Oh. Earth Defense Force 2017. So. Ridiculous.
Mole Mania for the Game Boy
It's a pretty good puzzler that went extremely overlooked (not even appearing once in Brawl).
Donkey Kong, also, for the Game Boy is very much similar, though not as unpopular.
Son I am disappoint.
I kinda feel like this thread was made already.
Valkyria Chronicles sold enough copies to get it a sequel.
It's probably too early to declare it obscure, but thanks to being released on the heels of more popular franchises and not enough copies being ordered/printed, Resonance Of Fate will probably qualify soon, if it doesn't already. Sad, because it's much better than any other RPG released so far this year.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.