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Terranigma 2 - Full Beta [GER/ENG] - Envile Media

www.envile-media.com

not a rom, just a Windows executable. Seems like they nailed the aesthetic and gameplay seems fun. What do you think?

 

[amigastar]

Never played the original on SNES, was it any good?

 

[March Climber]

Never played the original on SNES, was it any good?

If there's one game that genuinely fits the term 'hidden gem' it's Terranigma.

• Great JRPG with a badly timed release date
• It unfortunately never made it to the US (Huge market loss)
• It was drowned out by the combined might of Square RPGs and Dragon Quest RPGs on the SNES
• It released a year after the PS1 launch (2 years after in EU)
• It was never ported to PS1

So when people online in the west started discovering and discussing this game at large around the late 2000s when sharing SNES emulation/rom stories on forums and gamefaqs, it was far, far too late to support it.

I just hope that if this fan sequel is good, the creator will hopefully make an indie JRPG and earn money doing this.

Edit: If you're curious, Terranigma plays like a mixture of Secret of Mana, Beyond Oasis, and LttP Zelda.

 

[Ferdimage]

The original was the game I bought on my first McDonalds paycheck when I was 13, loved it!

 

[amigastar]

If there's one game that genuinely fits the term 'hidden gem' it's Terranigma.

• Great JRPG with a badly timed release date
• It unfortunately never made it to the US (Huge market loss)
• It was drowned out by the combined might of Square RPGs and Dragon Quest RPGs on the SNES
• It released a year after the PS1 launch (2 years after in EU)
• It was never ported to PS1

So when people online in the west started discovering and discussing this game at large around the late 2000s when sharing SNES emulation/rom stories on forums and gamefaqs, it was far, far too late to support it.

I just hope that if this fan sequel is good, the creator will hopefully make an indie JRPG and earn money doing this.

Edit: If you're curious, Terranigma plays like a mixture of Secret of Mana, Beyond Oasis, and LttP Zelda.

Cool, cool. I'll make sure to give it a try someday.

 

[March Climber]

Cool, cool. I'll make sure to give it a try someday.

One last thing, the director of this game, Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, has an insane track record.

Check this out:

• 1990 ActRaiser
• 1992 Soul Blazer
• 1993 ActRaiser 2
• 1993 Illusion of Gaia
• 1994 Robotrek
• 1995 Terranigma
• 1997 The Granstream Saga

I remember finding this out years ago and was amazed. It was one of those times where I decided to check out what else a game director/dev team worked on and it lead me to a treasure trove of great games.