Konami: How the West was Worse | SSFF

"Konami doesn't make Contra games anymore." Oh, I think now we all WISH that were still true...

It broke my heart when I found out I couldn't hear that beautiful argument between Dracula and Richter in its purest form.

GryZor sounds like the fake video game in a cartoon. I love the Contra series but I can't believe I never knew of all those cool graphical changes in the NES Japanese version

That goemon interlude got me. I mean maybe they are "too japanese" for your regular consumer and the humor is.... so weird but man they are good. Ganbare goemon 2 (and somewhat 3 & 4) is sooooo good and both the N64 american releases are just sooo damn fun, the music is godly, there no excuse really. Tbh a lot of goemon games are pretty bad like... the NES ones... but it really hurts me that we got barely any releases and so ppl never talk about goemon at all. Thanks for mentioning it.

"Lt. Solid Snake is a Martial Arts Expert" - Snakes Revenge, 1990 Underrated AF video game quote

I always imagined a timeline where Konami continued Contra and Castlevania and even made a crossover called "ContraVania." Plot: aliens try to resurrect Dracula. Imagine a game that plays like Contra and Castlevania, you can play as characters from both and have powerups from both. "Spread whip" is one of dumbest most beautiful things I've ever heard in my life.

"I did a swear! I--hey, mom, I did a swear!" "Wow, all grown up."

"No one gets Contra games! Konami doesn't even make them anymore! So all's well that ends well." Ah, to be so innocent in 2018, in the time before Rogue Corps.

You forgot Mad City/Bayou Billy. Mad City is a top 25 Famicom game and Bayou Billy is almost unplayable.

One odd fact: In Europe, Super Castlevania IV came out BEFORE Castlevania III. Because... why not...?

Solid Snake. Also called an Erection.

Man, being a gamer when I was a kid always made me wish I was Japanese.

Rondo of Blood also saw a US release on the Wii Virtual Console. Also worth noting in regards to Probotector, the character itself is playable on Contra Rebirth for WiiWare. But yeah, I like this idea and obviously we’ll see episodes of Capcom, Nintendo, Square, Sega, and Sony but it does give me a suggestion for a Punching Weight episode, Western Made Games Released Exclusively in Japan

Lovely video! Random Contra censorship note: the WiiWare exclusive Contra ReBirth changed the evil end boss from Hitler (in Japan) to a lizard guy (in NA and EU) called Plissken!

You said yippie kay yay? This is officially a Christmas video.

"Gryzor" sounds faaaaar better than "Probotector"

A little disappointed you didn't spend more time on Castlevania III. On top of changes to the music and some graphics, several gameplay elements got changed for the US version (for the worse). Particularly Grant simply stabbing with his knife instead of throwing it, and the mechanics of enemy damage. In the JP version, different enemies deal differing amounts of damage, while in the US version, all enemies deal the same amount of damage, with that amount ramping up as the game progresses. It seriously alters the balance of the game. Lumped together, these make for compelling reasons to stick with the JP version of Castlevania III over the US one.

Who knew that Contra was on the Virtual Boy. LOL

I'll do ya one worse... my copy of Contra: Legacy of War? It's for the Sega Saturn. It still has the 3D glasses too.

12:20 as much as I love the old dialogue and voice acting, I can't hate my boy Patrick Seitz as Dracula. He voices two of my favorite vampires.