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I just learned of this one for the NES/Famicon that was released in 2021
And of course Shantae is a pretty solid example. What are some other ones? I'm genuinely curious, I might check them out.
 
There's a lot and a whole series of Game Sack eps on these but what keeps coming up is XenoCrisis.
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You can use Gamefaqs for this.
Advanced search https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/search_advanced
Put nothing on the search box.
Add a platform like NES
Add a sort "Release Date (Newest top Oldest)"
Might need to go to page 2 or 3 to skip the "Cancelled" ones but eventually...

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Funny you bring this up as I just learned about this new Sega Saturn RPG/VN on this episode of RetroRGB!


Haven't seen anything like this since Pier Solar, I really wanna check it out.
 
Yeah I think we should distinguish between homebrew and nostalgic indie games being released for the niche retro market and normal commercial late releases. The first "retro release" I was personally aware of was Beggar Prince for the Genesis around 2006, which was an English localization of a Taiwanese RPG released in 1996. It was already considered a release on a long-dead platform; wild to think it had only been 10 years and people are still doing that, 19 more years later.
If you look at late commercial releases, they're often some of the best games a console will ever have, and always the most technically impressive, but may get overlooked. At least that's how it was before everything came out on 20 different platforms.
 
Yeah I think we should distinguish between homebrew and nostalgic indie games being released for the niche retro market and normal commercial late releases. The first "retro release" I was personally aware of was Beggar Prince for the Genesis around 2006, which was an English localization of a Taiwanese RPG released in 1996. It was already considered a release on a long-dead platform; wild to think it had only been 10 years and people are still doing that, 19 more years later.
If you look at late commercial releases, they're often some of the best games a console will ever have, and always the most technically impressive, but may get overlooked. At least that's how it was before everything came out on 20 different platforms.
Absolutely, an important distinction. I can think of a lot of great late-console-lifecycle games that were incredible, but I'm not sure if that fits the bill. Are late commercial releases usually (console) games classified as such because they are released during the subsequent console cycle? Or does a certain amount of time need to elapse before they're considered truly "late" to their console's party?
 
Absolutely, an important distinction. I can think of a lot of great late-console-lifecycle games that were incredible, but I'm not sure if that fits the bill. Are late commercial releases usually (console) games classified as such because they are released during the subsequent console cycle? Or does a certain amount of time need to elapse before they're considered truly "late" to their console's party?
More like well after that console was at its prime
 
Over 20 years in Dev Hell, came out in 2025.

 
Are late commercial releases usually (console) games classified as such because they are released during the subsequent console cycle?
Typically, yeah. The late years of one console are the early years of its successor. Let's say 1995-1996 for the Genesis, for example. mobygames has 149 Genesis games released in 1994, 104 in 1995 (still a lot, and some still got some attention), then 45 in 1996. Lots of good games released during these two years. 1997 is the last year where it get normal commercial games (10), but they're almost all yearly sports games, there's a bit of shovelware (some chess sim), and there's The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Also, story-heavy Japanese games are less likely to be localized during that time period. We saw that with the PSP, for example - early on every RPG was being brought over, even complete garbage like Blade Dancer or Valhalla Knights, and then almost everything 2010 and on was passed over, including much better games.
 
Fire Emblem 5 is the worst selling game. The moment you look at the console and release date, you'll see why
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Am I wrong in thinking the SNES doesn't receive quite as many homebrews as other systems?
The majority of home-brew games seem to be for Game Boy due to GB Studio, so no
But really that can apply to others as well
 
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