5 Japan-only anime SNES games that need a worldwide release
Japan is home to several classic SNES games, many of which are heralded as the best video games of all time. This included many games based on a variety of anime franchises, from Macross to Dragon Ball Z. However, many of these games never came to the West.
While these games receive fan translations on the internet, giving new life to these titles, official releases in the West could bring some light to several anime franchises.
Whether in a remaster, or simply as a translation project and port by the rights holders, these SNES games deserve to be played again and given an official release in the West.
The Slayers is a classic anime series starring sorceress Lina Inverse and swordsman Gourry Gabriev. Alongside their allies, they do battle with a number of demonic forces. It is a combination of comedy and serious fantasy anime and had a lengthy manga run as well as four seasons of anime.
Like many of these SNES games, it does follow the canon in some fashion. It is based on the light novels, following its continuity.
In 1994, this turn-based RPG, simply titled Slayers arrived on Super Famicom and felt very much like a Dragon Quest clone. Lina Inverse is an amnesiac in this game, which does explain her inability to nuke entire towns with her powerful Dragon Slave spell. It is a spell she activated on the first episode of the anime, annihilating a town, while also defeating the dragon plaguing it.
While this game did receive an English fan translation, it is a classic series and it definitely deserved more love in the West than it did. This game included most of the characters from the manga as well as some of the characters from the Slayers Special series.
After beating the game, players could even take part in a bonus scenario,
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