A few notes: I messed up, Zombies ate my Neighbors was developed in the west. Stage 3 in Gokujou is made of biscuits, I initially thought it was cheese. This might be my least accurate video thus far, but those fact errors are too minor for me to delete and reupload. Sorry. The PandaMonium theme song is not gone. It will be used in the upcoming Corpse Killer vid, and in all other “main” videos for the series. This is a special episode. Much of the Parodius Da! and Gokujou Parodius gameplay capture in the first half is on Saturn. This is a Saturn video after all. Other platforms are specified in the voice over. Giant thanks to Tit0 and Jordan Ryan for voicing over the interview translations. Massive thanks to Shmupilations for translating these interviews at all and making them free for the public. Please consider supporting Shmupilations on Patreon.

@sloppynyuszi

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry about it. You do great work!

@DaVince21

Жыл бұрын

Great episode, mistakes happen, but I also can't help but point out that you accidentally called princess Kaguya princess Kayuga instead at 24:25!

Quite surprised Parodius never had a US release, it was a Toys R Us bargain bin staple over here for years!

@drunkensailor112

2 жыл бұрын

Shmups overall where way more popular in Europe than in the US.

This video is insane, no sane person would put this much heart and soul into such an obscure console for English speaking countries. Thanks for being that crazy person!

@ThomasJohnBourne

2 жыл бұрын

In a comprehensive survey of the American Saturn catalogue, Pandamonium spends an hour on a game that was cancelled for America... We don't deserve him.

@elmardekoning2713

6 ай бұрын

You think the Sega Saturn is obscure? That really makes me sad ...

@supercap3000

26 күн бұрын

@@ThomasJohnBournewe don’t deserve pandamoneum but thank God in heaven he’s here

This upload is almost a mirror image or a microcosm of the game itself. niche audience, varied, colorful, cheeky, smart, sexy, great content, “hidden gem” and fans love it. I always feel compelled to comment on your videos and no others. Don’t stop.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

This means a lot to hear. Thank you Dave. :)

I often see comments on KZread which are something like "This channel is great you deserve more subscribers!" they usually make me roll my eyes. So you know I mean it when I say, I think this is the greatest quality to subscriber discrepancy I've ever seen on KZread. Your videos are well written, well researched, funny and interesting. On top of that you have the benefit of talking about a topic that very few other people do. This channel deserves to stand next to all the most popular scripted video game content on KZread. Please keep doing what you're doing and spreading the word about this extremely weird, niche, beautiful console.

"And this character was put in for THOSE people. You know which ones." Kinda refreshing to see them just come out and say it honestly. I respect that.

I get a feeling this was done by an award-winning creator. It certainly seems that way. There was some real pain when Castlevania was mentioned. Could hear a collective oof. And got to love that Saturn Dave case.

Your videos are almost too damn good. We aren't worthy.

Can barely believe how much work you've put into this .5 episode! Fantastic work as always!

Now this is a full blown documentary on a parody game!

Damn dude, almost an entire hour dedicated to a game that never ended up getting released, you are an absolute mad man. There are so many good collections on Saturn that never got a western release, and it's a shame that this one came so close. You do such a great job of telling the story behind these releases, always giving me hope that, maybe they WILL come out, or sell better, but then I have to realize, no, that's not what happened haha. I love Sexy Mermaid Stadler

Well that's just depressing. I never realized Parodius was supposed to get a US release on Saturn. Shame that never happened.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I think it could have done well here, despite the trends leaning more on 3D at the time.

It's almost like SOJ *wanted* the Saturn to fail. It's kind of amazing that it ended up being as well loved as it is now. Like the old horror movie trope - the killer was calling from inside the house. Like, I could have had this, instead of Hi Octane? Ugh...

@KonaKonaKaabisteru

3 жыл бұрын

Curious kind of case, really... in Japan it was doing beautifully, bringing it's own flagship franchises to fill in shoes of the Blue Blur, like the highly beloved Sakura Wars-franchise. I think it came to SOJ and SOA really struggling to make each other's ends meet together, leading to Saturn becoming the strangely elusive console it is in today's gaming history.

@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526

10 ай бұрын

It's almost like SOA wanted the Saturn to fail.The 32X fiasco,talking with 3D0 behind Sega of Japan back,blocking the localization of japanese 3rd party games ....

This channel is so impressive, the love for the Saturn is real

I recently watched all of your past videos, and I was extremely impressed. This is the first "new" one for me and it's an absolute masterpiece. Keep it up man! This is great stuff!

It's sort of depressing how little Konami supported the Saturn (a good port of Policenauts, MSX antiques, and a handful of PS1 ports farmed out to their bottom tier Nagoya studio), to say nothing of their meager (but exceptional) support of the Genesis and borderline zilch Dreamcast library.

@WeskerSega

3 жыл бұрын

You really think that's a depressing or small support of Konami to the Sega Saturn? With big names like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Genso Suikoden, Policenauts, Vandal Hearts and all the Gradius, Salamander, Parodius and TwinBee titles? Plus some more than decent puzzle, sports and visual novel games? I don't agree. It's simply somewhat overshadowed because you could play pretty much all that on the PS1 too. But what if you isolate it from that fact because you are not interested on the Sony console at all? Do you really think that back then people could afford having all consoles or access to the catalogue of all them easily like now? If you consider the Sega Saturn Konami titles on their own and disregard their PS1 counterparts, then for sure they stand out as a very decent library. Even somewhat better than Konami's N64 support, or at least the Castlevania offering is better (conversion is problematic, okay, it's still Castlevania: Symphony of the Night at its core) and I really only miss a Ganbare Goemon game or the sole Sega Saturn footy game being as good as the N64 ones, but that's it. Now, compared it to Konami's support on the Mega Drive, okay, Konami did some quite sweet titles for the Sega 16-bit console (even though overall there were less games produced) and I can buy you that despite the sad fact that the Mega Drive didn't have a sole shoot 'em up from Konami while the Sega Saturn had almost all of them. You really want a depressing support of Konami to a Sega console? The Dreamcast one. That's really an awful and botchered way to support a console, with so much cancelled titles and really subpar efforts, Airforce Delta/Deadly Skies and Silent Scope being about the only titles that really are something fitting for the console.

@garaschneider4808

3 жыл бұрын

@@WeskerSega Isolating Saturn's Konami support from the PS1 is disingenuous when you got those games on PS1 and then some (like MGS and Silent Hill) and doesn't erase that the Saturn became a low priority for them over time. Not to mention some of those ports (like SOTN and Suikoden) flat out stunk on Saturn. "Do you really think that back then people could afford having all consoles or access to the catalogue of all them easily like now?" People who furiously checked Usenet back then for what games were coming out for Saturn seemed to care about what was available, and nowadays when we look at a system's library as a whole and compare it to what came out on other systems, it seems rather lacking. And when put in the proper context of the time as an American gamer, it's especially made worse that some of the good Saturn conversions (Policenauts, Parodius, Tokimeki) never made it to the states, and this only got worse as the US Saturn library got more anemic over time.

@WeskerSega

3 жыл бұрын

@@garaschneider4808 If you are going to give less worth to a system library because of sharing games with some other one, then pretty much you have to disregard every single multiplatform or ported game from history and only consider the truly exclusive ones. It's not disingenous. Especially it wasn't back then when only rich people could afford having all systems. Normally people would have mostly one console and then, if they wanted another one, they would sell the previous one in order to affort the other. It was rarely seen to have, say, the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation and/or the Nintendo 64 on the same shelf back then. Obviously there's now lot of retrogaming enthusiasts (especially collectors) owning all of them or simply having easy ways to access their libraries without even having the systems themselves, but that's not the point we are discussing here. What's the sense of having ports then? You can pretty much disregard Game Arts' output on the PS1 applying that logic, this is the other way around to Konami as in that case it's the PS1 library of that particular company the one which is full of Sega Saturn conversions, but I suppose the Sony fellows will tell you they prefer to enjoy the chance of having as much games possible on their favourite system, instead of looking for the same games on different systems. That's what you can also do with those Konami titles for the Sega Saturn if applying the same logic. Both that and the regional issue which obviously it's something pretty much specific (the games are still there, they are not to blame if you can't really access them), seem to me like a very poor excuse to just disregard what is a fine library of Konami titles for the Sega Saturn. It's much more worse and shameful what they did for the Dreamcast.

I'm from Europe but I never knew this game. Thanks to you I just found a VGC PAL copy, missing only the manual, for 20€ 😃 Thanks again!

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the buy!

@DaVince21

Жыл бұрын

Lucky! I just learned from this video there were European releases at all but I can't find anything cheaper than €100 so far. 😱

@G.L.999

Жыл бұрын

What country of Europe are you from?

@caoimhemannion4308

8 ай бұрын

I'm from Ireland and we had this game!

@crayfishtelevision2894

6 ай бұрын

It was released in Germany, too. I got my version for the Saturn 😊

I love the history and storylines done in these vids. They are important. Never stop

This is the first I’ve discovered of your channel, and the first review I’m watching. You just sold me on a binge viewing, and a sub. Keep up the great work!

I appreciate how you include some random internet commentary from the era. It is amazing any of that old discourse was preserved. I just found this series yesterday, and had fun binge it up to here. Thanks for the great videos!

Amazing video as always. You bring me back to '95 in a way no other channel can. I love the UseNet research. Keep up the great work.

As a lucky European, for once, that got to play Parodius Da on SNES when it was released in PAL territories, and completely fell in love with it, Gradius, Konami and everything related, your video and the amount of information you managed to compile are a dream come true. Thank you so much! On a censorship note, the SNES PAL version was not as butchered as the Deluxe pack for Saturn, BBBUUUT... I remember being extremely disappointed when I had seen in a magazine you could actually uncover the Birth of Venus in stage 3, and that was nowhere to be found in the PAL version. That and the bunnies in the clouds stage, which were turned into simple flying bubbled women... which was kinda lame, as censorhip always is.

Tons of great titles kept in Japan. Kinda like what happened with the Turbografx.

Speaking of localization, I only finally played Shining Force 3 scenario's 2 and 3 just last year. Freaking 20 year dream finally fulfilled! And of course Scenario 1 had the best story by far, though 2 had the most interesting battles, and 3 had the best roster. Still glad I finally got to play them, even if they were not as good as I always imagined they'd be after playing Scenario 1. Heck! Scenario 2 literally pulls a Vince McMahon "It's me Austin! It was me all along!" and the plot takes a nosedive it never recovers from. Looking forward to it's eventual episode... and Dragonforce.

What a highly informative, even somber of a video man - it really suprises me how just deep this rabbit hole on Parodius Deluxe Pack getting US-release just goes than I expect. Ultimately it bums me out that Parodius got so strangely shafted from US-release at the end too, imagine the possible followup games like Jikkyo or Sexy that could have come in their translated forms (Easy leeway could have been taken with the Asian release of Sexy Parodius on Arcades, which had most of english text translated) Also that made-up US Parodius Deluxe-physical is making me drool hard, gimme... wonder where one can buy it~! Anyway, because my OCD compels me to do it this way while lazily putting off making my videos about it eventually, here's few unexpected Parodius-trivia related to your video: - Twinbee's boxing gloves actually were never part of his original arsenal in his own series before DA - in fact, the"Rocket Punch" itself makes fun of the gameplay element in original Twinbee where his arms are a vulnerable part of him via having their own hitboxes, which if getting hit on, would make him lose his abiltiy to lob bombs down on the grounded enemies. This tied with the evergrowing Giant Robot Anime genre during the 80s, had the devs essentially take this part of him to a more exaggarated gung-ho direction with the all-too cliche Rocket Punch-schtick on Twinbee. It wouldn't be until Pop'n Twinbee that this cute ship would finally adopt punching as one of his signature attacks onward. (You can see more observations on my end from this old video I had on KZread back in 2012 before getting taken down by copyright strikes: vimeo.com/388733691) - On that end, the very part about how Gokujyo (Fantastic) Parodius was looking to be geared at the SHMUP-enthusiasts looking for a huge tribute on SHMUPs in a world overrun by fighting games back then, is very much evidenced in the arsenals of cast in that game: the Aura-powerup is not the only thing lifted from Darius for Michael, but the Wave Laser is as well, and to lesser extent, Round Shot (though that's harder to explain, the best I can sum it is that it seems to emulate the fully powered-up Silver Hawk from Darius II, if collecting enough yellow and red powerups to create this omni-directional 9-way coverage around him.) Mambo, Hikaru and some other are as much interesting pieces of SHMUP history as well to dwell through when I get to them eventually. Been just looking for a possible editor to help me out getting started after ignoring the series for years despite being crazy into it around ten years ago - lately been messing with a possible script for a whole analysis of Parodius DA's magnificent soundtrack for a starter.) Anyway, cheers for this video, and here's for more Saturn-coverage in the future. Stay pandamonic - *we love shooting games!*

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a huge Darius fan, that parallel to the Darius II power ups does make sense, and is very subtle. The follow up games this could have had in the west would indeed have been great. I like to imagine what comedian they would have used for a translated Jikkyou. Like what if Gilbert Gottfried did that? Oh the possibilities. I’m glad you liked this video, thank you for the fun Parodius trivia, and thank you for watching. :)

That plot translation in the manual isn't sketchy, it's spot on at least 30+ years later lol. Crazy that I just learned about this now and I've always loved the Parodius series. This has to be the best doc I've seen on the series and your channel is a lot of Saturn content. I think I'll need to sub 🖤

I love that the best score is "Almost better then Metroid Prime" I would love a Metroid Prime review from you if you even have the time for it.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

But how would I rank it?

@KnightsDisillusion

3 жыл бұрын

@@PandaMoniumReviews "Better then any U.S Sega Saturn game" to keep in theme with your other score.

Just Awesome!!! we all have to get you credit for making these inside looks to all these games. Just from enjoing and learning about saturn games is making me want to have a saturn again.

Your reviews are amazing, and they keep getting even better! Not only the games are very well analyzed, with great attention to details, but you also collect a lot of information from back then, including magazine reviews, usenet posts and interviews. That's awesome! It helps to give context and really makes you feel like it's 1995 again. I have only recently discovered your channel and couldn't stop watching. It's so great! It's no doubt the best retro gaming content on KZread. Truly amazing work, extremely well done. Congratulations! Great sense of humor, by the way.

I have zero interest in shmups, but I found this episode absolutely fascinating and superbly well made. Bravo sir!

Man, great video!!! You just keep getting better and better! I live in Portugal and back then I remember everyone was obsessed with 3D games. The Sega Saturn over here was the console to own and, I think, more successful then PlayStation until 1998. However, the games everyone wanted to play were Sega Rally, Duke Nukem 3D, Virtua Fighter 2, Wipeout, Fifa Soccer, Worldwide Soccer, Tomb Raider and Dragon Ball Z. I never stopped buying Sega Saturn games since 1996 to this day, in shops and second hand and I can tell you 2d games were always cheap. I remember buying lots of games in second hand and 2d games were given almost free. I got Galactic Attack for free when I bought Virtua Cop 2. I also got Street fighter alfa for free when I bought Fighters Megamix. Only when retro gaming became more widely spread thanks to KZread did 2D games start going up in price and 3D games lost value due to better experiences in modern consoles and PCs. And I remember seeing the prices going up when they were shown in videos from CGR, AVGN and others. So, looking back, I think Sega, Sony, Konami, Nintendo, etc, released small quantaties or cancelled 2D games because they looked at the numbers and saw no return of investment. People in general despised 2D games, they were seen as the past and uninteresting. For example, you put Tomb Raider against Pitfall or Worldwide Soccer 98 against Italia 90… its like comparing black and white tv with a 1080p LED TV. And you think, hum, these games are better because 3D gives more immersion and freedom. So you want racing games in 3D, you want action games in 3D…fighting games in 3d… But hey, I love your videos, Project COE, Sega Lord X, Carters Retro Reviews, Master-Cast TV, Saturn shiro and Saturn Junkyard. It reminds me why I love the Sega Saturn and then, there I go to the shelf get one game and start playing it with my daughter by my side :)

@Edexote

3 жыл бұрын

I can vouch for him. Indeed in Portugal the Saturn was the default 32 bit console of choice until mid 1997. Only after Tomb Raider 2 and Resident Evil 2 were released did the Playstation became the default choice here. Knew a ton of people with Dreamcasts as well. Sega was well loved in our country.

@WeskerSega

3 жыл бұрын

@@Edexote Tomb Raider II was pretty much stolen by Sony because of the exclusivity deal. This was pretty much the consequence of big companies swimming in money from other different fields entering the videogame business and then downsizing the traditional companies by starting a money spending war like Sony pretty much did (Microsoft is also quite the same). Resident Evil 2 was a different situation to Tomb Raider II. That one definitely was going to be released for the Sega Saturn, Capcom wouldn't have accepted a cheque and betray their loyal Sega Saturn fans like Eidos did. What happened is that due to Sega already phasing out the Sega Saturn (even in Japan) and impeding release of the Dreamcast, Sega and Capcom prefered to reallocate the resources of the oingoing Sega Saturn conversion to a brand new Resident Evil for Dreamcast, and thus, Resident Evil Code: Veronica was born. Capcom also did like a sort of apology by releasing Resident Evil 2 for the Dreamcast too. Eidos doing the same? Nah.

@bromanndibs3709

5 ай бұрын

At least parodius released in your country

I gave it a thumps up before watching it. That's how much I trust this channel.

That stinger at the end noooooo haha

I'm conflicted. On the one hand I understand that it's kind of easy for us to scold Konami retroactively for not willing to take risks when it's not our money and reputation on the line. On the other hand their final decision to release the US version in Europe (and not in US) without any sensible explanation just begs for being criticised and ridiculed.

Not content with reviewing all 246 US releases, this mad lad goes ahead and makes a 55 minute review of a cancelled release too! Amazing! I hope the likes of Radiant Silvergun and Deep Fear get similar treatment when the time comes (they must have been seriously considered for a US release at some point, right?)

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Deep Fear absolutely was. There exists a leaked NTSC-U build online. Radiant Silvergun might have been considered, but there isn’t nearly the level of proof as with Deep Fear and Parodius (as far as I know.) It was likely imported frequently in the 90’s.

I’m sat here in abject shock at how totally compelling this was. Bravo 👏👏👏

17:25 “A soft, transparent bell.” 😂

@ChristopherSobieniak

10 ай бұрын

Still, it's ribbed for her pleasure!

Thank you for an amazing video on one of my all time favorite games-series! Learned so much new stuff from this - and I feel the instant need to boot up Sexy Parodius once again. Arigatou Gozaimasu!

I've been turning game difficulty down for a few years now - there's just too much to plow through. If it's not a priority, and it's got difficulty spikes, screw that noise! I just have to finish you to get you off my backlog, lol. Heck, I've even gotten games for sister and told her when she should turn the difficulty down... though now I know the proper way to do, quoting a taunting Patrick as I add on, _"Pretty weeny..."_ (^-^)

I'm not even done watching this and I needed to comment. What an excellent in-depth video, so much fun to watch!

God damn mid-90s Konami music is S-tier.

Sigh your vids are so flipping epic and high quality. Aspirational stuff. Should you see this series through it will be like a landmark.

You deserve so much more viewers/subscribers! I absolutely love these!

Been looking forward to a panda upload since the last one. Keep up the amazing work.

Loved this on nes in UK. Still play it to this day

I love your channel. I really like Gokujou Parodius and the Sega Saturn, so it's nice to see a high quality KZread video about both. You content in general though is insanely well done. I imagine you make documentaries for a living.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed this, the series has been a great hobby for me. I don’t exactly make documentaries for a living, but I am a local news reporter... so sort of the same thing, except the documentaries are like a minute long each. 😅

Wow, fantastic video! This will be a great document for future gaming enthusiasts, and is a loving homage to a great series.

such a great video! got me really curious about this series

We definitely need a Parodius on PS4 / PS5.

My favourite video of yours so far, absolutely incredible story

Your content only gets better and better

This video was AWESOME! These are some of my favorite shooters of all time and I learned a ton here. I have both games for saturn :)

Amazing work as usual. Incredibly well researched

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Amazing video mate

@CommonSense-hy2sn

3 жыл бұрын

Do you watch at 5x speed? :)

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

@@CommonSense-hy2sn It’s okay, I know this guy. :)

@CommonSense-hy2sn

3 жыл бұрын

@@PandaMoniumReviews I don't blame him, I would totally do the same. I need PandaMonium. ASAP.

Another blessed video, Panda-san.

These are so damn well done. I never even comment on KZread but felt the need to thank you. It's a complete travesty that your channel isn't huge.

@NathanxLaMontagne

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a patreon? I think with the quality of your videos, people would be more than up to contributing. If you do, I'll be the first to donate.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

@@NathanxLaMontagne Currently, I don't, but you are not the first to ask. I may need to consider making one. The issue is I don't want to do it if I can't make at least one upload per month. I'm getting closer to being able to do that, even with real life obligations. I'll be sure to let everyone know if I do make one. It means a lot to me that you asked. :)

@NathanxLaMontagne

3 жыл бұрын

@@PandaMoniumReviews well fingers crossed it'll be sooner than later. I've never even used Patreon before. The second you get one I'll make one. Your quality substantially grows in each video (they were great from the get go) Even my girlfriend, who doesn't play video games will literally stop what she's doing and watch. I understand wanting the consistent upload times. I was even thinking about making my own channel. But really it's's refreshing that you aren't just putting out videos without them being great. Thank you for that and really looking for the next.

Awesome video, thanks for the upload!

I have the PAL version. Did not know it wasn't released in The States. I think the game is OK, but not great, even though I like the genre. Would rather play Keio Flying Squadron.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Keio is an absolute banger.

But that's not cheese, it's biscuit!

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Dang it. I guess they do look like biscuits. I think this and the fact that I suggested Zombies ate my Neighbors wasn’t made in the west make this my least accurate review thus far.

49:59 I can't wait for the review of Policenauts when it comes out in the West; GameFan magazine says it's even better than BrainDead 13 for the Atari Jaguar CD! Also, whoever made the graph at 36:22 probably smells nice.

Glad you’re still here!

Excellent work as always. You are a national treasure, sir

Man,I had a studio session lined up & I was rehearsing....I don’t even know how or when I segued into fully watching this video......& when the chow mein materialised in my lap

Fantastic work, as always. Love this series, Gokujou is my favorite of the SNES trilogy. Also, did I catch @sewart as the one asking if Konami has abandoned the Saturn on usenet?

@SameNameDifferentGame

3 жыл бұрын

And you're welcome for the signal boost!

Fantastic video as always.

It's very strange and a shame this wasn't released in the US. The 90's had a goofy vibe for most kids and young adults in the US and Gradius was already popular so I think it could have been a big hit! I tended to blame everything on SOA back in the day but after having seen a few recent documentaries, it looks like SOJ was actually more to blame (although we don't know in this case). But either way, I certainly disagreed with America's insistence on changing the box art to be more "Americanized" on many titles since they underestimated the growing appeal of anime style art at the time. Anyway, another great episode! I appreciate it!

wow.... the ending caught me unaware

Cool video!!! We need more documentaries about Shoot'em ups. I don't care what Console there on, as long as they're fun. I love the SEGA Saturn, but I also really enjoy a lot of other Consoles as well. Like the PC Engine, PS2 and SEGA Genesis.

Best video I’ve seen since the beginning.

@mrgoodname7297

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heart, I'm being serious this was a very enjoyable video!

I love your deep dive videos man, they are awesome, A+, I think you should of covered a little about the amazing sound track, as it is amazing, if you did and I missed it I'm sorry, your videos are long and I love that, but it does mean that sometimes I have to watch them over a day or so, which I love, I can't wait until you do Panzer Dragoon SAGA RPG, man that is going to be epic, I'm currently building a Super SATURN, fully modded with a MODE and JVC RG-VC20 Movie Card, FRAM swap, BIOS region free, it is a PAL system so it has the PCB ready for a 50-60Hz switch just waiting to be touched. Much Love and Respect, your loyal subscriber Stephen - Australia.

Konami was killing it BACK THEN

Super well done video. Shame we will never know who the real killer of Parodius is.

man, imagine if they actually released the parodius deluxe pack in america…that would be cool.

I remember having sexy parodius on a burned cdr for playstation back in the day

18:14 Excuse you, vanilla is always the best flavour, and I will not take this slander!

Really amazing episode, thanks so much! In my European copy of Parodius for the Saturn, the text in the endings of Fantastic Journey are still in Japanese. That's really weird. I wonder why.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Some of the Japanese text appears to be left in that version, even while English text appears. It’s bizarre.

@WeskerSega

3 жыл бұрын

That's straight heritage from the western arcade version. Japanese text is kept intact from the Japanese version and what they did was fitting an English translation just below it, using the game text font. Odd thing here is why they didn't remove the Japanese text in the process, but then again, the Parodius arcade localizations were somewhat cheap. In fact, the western versions of the Parodius Da arcade have the title and intro still fully in Japanese. For the European Deluxe Packs, they did the extra touch of localizing the tittle screen one based on the European SNES title but they still left the intro in Japanese even though that had been localized in the European SNES version.

@SamuraiSam

3 жыл бұрын

@@WeskerSega But in my PAL copy, the endings (or at least the ones I've seen) are just in Japanese, no English text included.

@WeskerSega

3 жыл бұрын

@@SamuraiSam That's odd. Are you not getting what can be seen on 26:12? Here it's also the same: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWlt0q-Jd5zWd9Y.html Skip straight to 1:10:00

@SamuraiSam

3 жыл бұрын

@@WeskerSega I suppose it's possible that the TV I was playing on had the bottom of the text cut off and I didn't notice. It's been years. I'll have to beat it again soon and find out!

Yes! More Panda Reviews!!!

Awesome dude! We need to make Sega popular again!

“Like a Japanese gameshow …. ON BATH SALTS…”

The one time us in PAL regions have a leg-up on the yanks.

@PandaMoniumReviews

Жыл бұрын

There are many victories for the PAL pals in the Saturn library.

55:21 Ah yes, it's not a complete Pandamonium review without Craig Stadler

Awesome video

They should have changed Eagle Eagle to something inoffensive. Like maybe a plane with a red sun on it, fighting a group of battle ships that fire 'pearls' at you.

Awesome video. 24:30 - it's princess kaguya not princess kayuga.

I got all Parodius games for PSX, I played in the 90s and I got to say that I do not mind the subtle differences between Saturn and PSX versions. Parodius forever!!!

So... if cancelled localisations are on the table, does that mean we're getting a Panda review for Castlevania on Saturn, too?

@PandaMoniumReviews

11 ай бұрын

Yes, and many more. There are a giant amount of canceled games and failed localizations.

@Mitsuraga

11 ай бұрын

Great to hear, and I'm excited to see it all. I thought maybe this one was an exception.

Holy fuck great work!!!

Saturn and dreamcast have been my obsessions forever! I hope this takes off for you (i know it will) so you can continue into Dreamcast too 🤗😝😜

The end segment basically describes how Sega of Japan reap what it sowed. They were so vain about their own japan made games that it bit them in the backside 200 fold, kinda like how it was with Sonic Mania... I guess history really repeats itself.

If you’re doing cancelled games too, can’t wait for 97-98 oh my gosh

Wasn’t Zombies ate my neighbours was a western developed game published by Konami. It was Lucas Arts ;) they are Californian based.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Dammit

@iwanttocomplain

3 жыл бұрын

Ah you beat me. The sentiment is wrong overall though. It’s a misconception Japan is superior to the west in the 90’s.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

@@iwanttocomplain Not saying it’s better or worse. Just that without the Japanese developed games, the Genesis library wouldn’t be nearly as good.

@iwanttocomplain

3 жыл бұрын

@@PandaMoniumReviews No doubt about that. But the rpg was a western invention. Europe and North America's output was easily as strong. Just not in fighting games for some reason.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

@@iwanttocomplain Street Fighter does what American’t

Too say that I'm pro American would be very accurate. I have been all over the world and seen many wonderful things but nothing could ever top the US in my eyes. The bald eagle parody does not upset me in the slightest. If you can't laugh at yourself every once in awhile...what's wrong with you?! ;)

Having played the UK copy, I give it a Good/:D. It's rarity in the UK makes it an expensive game of Legendary Stature but I don't feel it is a system seller. It is more like the cherry on top of the cake. Very Welcome but not essential. Also, I wish we got the US CD cases for our games. We have awkward plastic boxes with the covers glued on (probably animal glue as the boxes can smell a bit foul) that peel and fade with time.

11:26 I am 44 so I when I was a kid, I played with the NES... Once I went to Super NES, many games that are now qualified as very difficult today were not that difficult when you grew up with a NES. Parodius (or Super Ghouls'n Ghost or Contra III) is considered to be very difficult but it is really not that hard. I agree with the cheap deaths. But there is always a path. You have to find it, you have to die and repeat, yes, but once you find it, the difficult part of the level becomes easy, and you move to next enigma. You have to see the Gradius/Parodius/Nemesis series more as a puzzle game to master it.

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

I agree that it’s definitely paralleling puzzle games. The strategies of Parodius can get deep when you start experimenting with manual power ups.

@migueldias8546

3 жыл бұрын

@@PandaMoniumReviews I NEVER used the automatic power-up. Controlling your speed is key, I only upgrade my speed 2 or 3 times. Everything is a parameter in this game. You can shoot bells to make them move forward and use the power-up you need to pass a difficult part. You have to choose the capsules you collect to make sure you get the key upgrade at the key moment (especially the shiled).

@PandaMoniumReviews

3 жыл бұрын

@@migueldias8546 I enjoy the strategy of stalling out bells by gently shooting them to keep them on screen before a boss shows up.

Teh Kao Yang, now that's a name i have not seen in a long time

In 1995 literally nobody in America was excited for a 16-bit looking 2d shooter.

loved it back then, love it now ;D

Is it me or this deluxe pack doesn’t have revival respawns for Gokujou or I can’t find it in the settings

So I’ve been trying out a lot of weird saturn games bug! Clockwork knight etc But parodious looks like fun! (Edit) I also didn’t want the 7 ringed console to collect dust I must give some love to the Saturn!

I thought I had this game in the Australian packaging?

@PandaMoniumReviews

2 жыл бұрын

It did come out in PAL regions and Australia according to Segaretro. The North American version was planned and later canceled.