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Japan-exclusive video games

  • Mitsumete KnightKonami and Red Company joined forces to create Mitsumete Knight in 1998. The project began as a modification of Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with You, but the…
  • Gensō Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no TokiPlayers control a party of up to six characters out of 108 possible recruits. These characters come from three distinct time periods within the game world.
  • Star Wars (1987 video game)Namco released Star Wars for the Family Computer in 1987. This title stands as one of only two games in the entire franchise to remain exclusive to Japan.
  • Final Fantasy IIISquare released Final Fantasy III in 1990 as one of the largest games ever built for the Famicom. The cartridge held 512 KB of data, which was the…
  • Gensō SuikogaidenKonami released the first volume of Gensō Suikogaiden in the autumn of 1999. This title marked a sharp departure from the role-playing mechanics that defined…
  • Tokimeki MemorialThe player stands at the start of a three-year high school simulation. Time flows in fixed blocks that must be allocated between studying, sports, and asking…
  • Tokimeki Memorial (video game)Players controlling a male freshman at Kirameki High School face a unique mechanic called the bomb. Neglected girls who are not dated frequently become angry…
  • Namco × CapcomIn January 2005, a press release announced Namco × Capcom to the public. The game was already 70% complete at that moment.
  • Tetsujin 28-goMitsuteru Yokoyama returned to Kobe as a fifth-grader after being evacuated to Tottori Prefecture during World War II. The city lay flattened and reduced to…
  • Lucky Star (manga)Kagami Yoshimizu began writing a four-panel comic strip in December 2003. The series appeared in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine that month.
  • Granblue FantasyIn the town of Zinkenstill, a Captain and their winged companion Vyrn relax before spotting an Erste Empire airship in the sky.