Sega Saturn Hidden Gems?

As others have said, many many games on the Saturn are worth playing. Not to mention Saturn ports of many games are superior to their PS1 counterparts (though not always).
This reminds me of another particularly good one where the Saturn port is the best version:

Vandal Hearts.
Quality TRPG - I don't recall it doing anything super unique, but it's just all-around really good.
 
I don't know it is counts as hidden, but the port of Twinkle Star Sprites has a new mode, a new character exclusive to that version and the cutest intro of a game

For something Hardcore i would reccomend Panzer Dragoon Saga or Virtua on
 
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Let me sum up: all of them but the sports games ;)

I kid
Absolutely kid, World Series Baseball II might be the best baseball game ever made. There's also a bunch of golf games on it that are pretty fun, albeit a bit clunky. (y)

There's a lot of obvious ones, some of which were mentioned above, but I'll throw another vote in for Mystaria/Blazing Heroes. Not sure why the title change happened with that one, but it was a pretty decent one of those for the time.

I remember Winter Heat being pretty good too, but it's been almost 30 years.
 

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There are too many famously good games here. That's not what a "hidden gem" is. People need to see some really obscure stuff.
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Goiken Muyou: Anarchy in the NIPPON. A flawed but cool 3D fighting game.

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UNO DX. It's an UNO RPG with anime characters.

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NinPen Manmaru is an admittedly bad but very charming 3D platformer starring a ninja penguin.

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Zero Divide: The Final Conflict is a criminally overlooked 3D fighting game.

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Sokyu Gurentai is a fantastic vertical shooter with similar mechanics to Layer Section but with greater depth.

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Zen Nihon Pro Wrestling is a fun wrestling game that includes Jeffry and Wolf from Virtua Fighter as guest characters.

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There are too many famously good games here. That's not what a "hidden gem" is. People need to see some really obscure stuff.
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Goiken Muyou: Anarchy in the NIPPON. A flawed but cool 3D fighting game.

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UNO DX. It's an UNO RPG with anime characters.

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NinPen Manmaru is an admittedly bad but very charming 3D platformer starring a ninja penguin.

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Some deep dives here!
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Thanks folks for your input - I appreciate it!
 
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