Working Designs is gone!

[m1savage]

Thanks for reminding me to grab the rest of the stuff I wanted off the WD site before it's gone too.

[GUTS]

The Xbox has the newest Daisenryaku game, it came out in the US a couple months ago for only $20.  That's yet another reason why I hate people who talk shit about the Xbox like its all FPS and sports games.

[Black Tiger]

Frankly, I knew a few people that hated WD for their localization practices. Especially when it comes to Silhouette Mirage.

And let's not forget good ol' Working Designs humor. There was as much of that as funny quotes seen in old school Konami instruction manuals. Some memorable moments:

>Nall's references to tenement buildings in South Central LA in Lunar

>A Nutty Professor-esque "Yo Mama" joke stand off in Albert Odyssey (Sega Saturn)

EDIT: Turbo Sage how the hell did you get a huge avatar? Oh never mind. Link to off site avatar from photo hosting program in the profile.

Oh my gawd, now that I think about it, the hip hop music board I post at (The Breaks.com) is also under the same forum service PCEFX is. That's why they look the same!

I also hated it when WD ruined a game. What really got to me, was that they could do remotely seriousness with a series like Exile or even Vasteel.

Cosmic Fantasy 2 was the only game of theirs I played where the non-translation, Samurai Pizza Cats nonsense fit(as much as it did anywhere at least).

Oh well. Like the EGM article said, so many of the types of games that used to stay in Japan are now brought over by larger publishers and often with quality translations.

Personally, I'd rather have a quality localization than a pile of guady trinkets.

I am grateful for WD's 16-bit releases and a few of their Saturn games.

[Black Tiger]

I really really hope Microsoft kicks their asses this next generation.

In the U.S yeah but not in Japan reports are coming in.

Sales for the 360 there are doing poorly

Of course they are. They sold 250 regular Xbox units in Japan during the six first months of 2005. Now THAT's a success, now isn't it?  

The Japanese hate the Xbox. And I don't blame them. I hate it too. Zero (0) interesting titles.

This is me speaking!  NOTHING you say will change my mind so just don't quote me, okay.  

I will buy the Xbox 360 for one game alone: Tengai Makyo NAMIDA. The game that made the PCE CD-ROM.

[GUTS]

Working Design's writing was great.  I'll take Bill Clinton jokes any day over yet another f*cking "WE MUST BELIEVE IN OURSELVES!  THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS TRIUMPHANT!" translation that takes itself totally seriously.  You people who rag on them act like putting humor in a cartoony RPG is ridiculous, those f*cking games were total goofball to begin with and WD just tried to make the whole game match up.

Anyone who took the Lunar games so seriously that they were pissed off at some jokes needs some help.  A completely serious lunar would have sucked and been totally insulting.

[DragonmasterDan]

I to this day still can't understand how to play Dragon Force for Saturn.
The only character i've tried is Wein.
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Dragon force is a fairly complex game, the administrative mode alone would require several pages of full explanation. I'm just curious, did you get a copy sans manual?

[Ninja Spirit]

I to this day still can't understand how to play Dragon Force for Saturn.
The only character i've tried is Wein.
[/i]

Dragon force is a fairly complex game, the administrative mode alone would require several pages of full explanation. I'm just curious, did you get a copy sans manual?

Yeah no manual. I even tried following walkthroughs off GameFAQs but I didn't feel like reading them.

[m1savage]

The Xbox has the newest Daisenryaku game, it came out in the US a couple months ago for only $20.  ..........

I actually bought it new for $9 shortly after it came out. Not bad considering the many, many hours of my life it's already consumed. If  Nectaris (Military Madness) is one of your favorite PC Engine games (like me!), be sure and grab it. </ kemco plug>  Back on topic.....er....Cosmic Fantasy 2 rules!

[TR0N]

I still get a kick out of Leo lines in Lunar EB.

Any body remember when it use qoutes... from the movie "The Fugitive"

[DragonmasterDan]

I to this day still can't understand how to play Dragon Force for Saturn.
The only character i've tried is Wein.
[/i]

Dragon force is a fairly complex game, the administrative mode alone would require several pages of full explanation. I'm just curious, did you get a copy sans manual?

Yeah no manual. I even tried following walkthroughs off GameFAQs but I didn't feel like reading them.

It requires a lot of reading, I could explain the basics of how things work but it would take forever. It's a fairly complex game. The GameFaqs walkthroughs might help if they explain the modes and how everything works like the manual does.

[KingDrool]

(off topic): What's with the gigantic avatars?

[Ninja Spirit]

(off topic): What's with the gigantic avatars?

Put your favorite picture at your photo server (I use photobucket), copy just the link, and in your profile configuration, paste the link in the "Off Site Avatar" field.

[TR0N]

(off topic): What's with the gigantic avatars?

Put your favorite picture at your photo server (I use photobucket), copy just the link, and in your profile configuration, paste the link in the "Off Site Avatar" field.

Hmm i might have to try that i hate.. having a small avatar

[Keranu]

I was going to mention the large avatars that a few members are using as well. I'm not keen of them myself, but I won't stop people from using them.

[KingDrool]

Heh...when I asked, "What's with the gigantic avatars?", what I guess I should have said was, "Those avatars are freaking huge and annoying.  Please, for the love of god, shrink them down to normal size."