Jeremy Parish
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August bonus #3: Famimaga Video No. 1988
🕑 Added 2023-08-20 14:49:07 +0000 UTCThe VHS uploads will continue until morale improves.
Yes, I'm afraid there's nothing to be done for it. I've uploaded another rip of Famimaga Video, which continues to be a wonderful window into the Japanese games market during a very specific (and vibrant) period of history. This particular tape devoted a huge amount of time to fleshing out the Super Mario Bros. 3 and Final Fantasy II teasers from the previous episode, and I gotta say that this glimpse into SMB3 is a hell of a lot more compelling than The Wizard. Not back for ¥1780.
Man. Japan had all the coolest stuff.
Comments
Luke Lamothe
I wonder if the Twin Famicoms had a practical purpose for development on FF2 (ie. able to use rewritable disks to test builds on hardware more practical than burning ROMs?) or if they were just there as remnants of their other FDS games?
Jeremy Parish
Right? I told Frank Cifaldi about it and he said, "That's going to show up in every single Final Fantasy retrospective once you release it."
Luke Lamothe
That tiny little historical glimpse into the FF2 team’s development environment is worth the price of admission alone.
