Video games with manga / comics that most have no clue exist.

[Swerve]

So I have been on this kick of discovering obscure or rare media pertaining game franchises such as the Saga run of manga and was wondering if anyone was aware of any franchises with media that has flown under the radar over the years. There are no dumb answers, suggestions, or rumors pertaining the topic. Thanks !!!!

 

[Bonkers225]

Front Mission and Gun Hazard
Grandia
Wild Arms
Klonoa
Valkyrie Profile

 

[Giggle]

Legend of Mana (PS1) and Ragnarok (online game) had manga published way back, I read the scanlations of a few chapter then I cannot find the updates anymore.

 

[destinyduelist]

For comics:
Dylan Dog
Really old Italian horror comic that I love and hold dear to my heart, the first comic I ever collected and what kickstarted my comic/manga collection, it's one of those old black and white comics and it follows a villain of the week style story where every 3 issues form 1 self contained episode and they're typically collected in 3 issue books

 

[Eclipse14]

I feel like Breath of Fire IV fits this quota.

 

[SuperSaiyanSwagger]

Xenogears! It had a couple goofy mangas drop with funny slice of life short stories and also a short novel which recently received a fan translation. Pretty sure there's also similar stuff for Xenosaga but not for Xenoblade

 

[PaleFolklore]

Technically not manga, but manwha, but Ragnarok Online started out as a manwha series, back in the 90s:

 

[destinyduelist]

Technically not manga, but manwha, but Ragnarok Online started out as a manwha series, back in the 90s:

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Is this actually any good? It looks cool

 

[PaleFolklore]

Is this actually any good? It looks cool

Honestly, I liked it, but in a few chapters, you can see glimpses of the author's (Lee Myung-Jin's) experiences at the time. It's not a huge dealbreaker for me, but it's an important disclaimer.

 

[Deean]

kinda a prequel to SCIV where it kinda explains how the star wars came into the SC universe.

 

[DunkeyKong]

I don't know if it's well known but there's Metroid manga, it looks so great too

Also, I hate Ridley man…

 

[spoorloos]

There is a manga adaptation of Sin and Punishment which wasn't even reprinted as a tankobon and is almost unknown to the public https://www.reddit.com/r/SinAndPuni...n_punishment_successor_of_the_earth_official/

 

[Cu-Neo]

The Freedom Wars novel:

And the Touch Detective Videogames

 

[SuperSaiyanSwagger]

I don't know if it's well known but there's Metroid manga, it looks so great too
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Also, I hate Ridley man…
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Yo I somehow forgot about this one, definitely a great manga!! I love Metroid a ton

 

[Keaks]

Street Fighter has tonnes, but that is possibly a bit too obvious for your question.

 

[fake-kun]

Basically all Mega Man manga that isn't from Hitoshi Ariga.

 

[DunkeyKong]

Yo I somehow forgot about this one, definitely a great manga!! I love Metroid a ton

I love Metroid too! (I love Samus )

 

[jon2]

Tactics Ogre

Front Mission - Dog Life and Dog Style

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Castle Shikigami/Shikigami no Shiro got a manga adaption

There is a manga adaptation of Sin and Punishment which wasn't even reprinted as a tankobon and is almost unknown to the public https://www.reddit.com/r/SinAndPuni...n_punishment_successor_of_the_earth_official/

Bless you.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Lunar has a manga AND an anime, but neither are very good.

 

[miguk miguk]

I don't know if this fits the definition of obscure, but not much gets said these days of the serial manga that appeared in Nintendo Power. Ninja Gaiden II (done entirely in watercolor), Super Metroid (first ever mention of Ridley killing Samus's parents), Super Mario World, and Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (highly recommended) were published over the course of multiple issues.

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

Crash Bandicoot - Dansu! de Jump! na Daibouke

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[demons-souls]

Few know Baroque, fewer know Baroque manga

 

[Swerve]

Xenogears! It had a couple goofy mangas drop with funny slice of life short stories and also a short novel which recently received a fan translation. Pretty sure there's also similar stuff for Xenosaga but not for Xenoblade

Holy smokes I need to get on finding that. Aside complete works I thought no other media existed. Thank you.

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Front Mission and Gun Hazard
Grandia
Wild Arms
Klonoa
Valkyrie Profile

Wow now Valkyrie profile would make for one hell of a manga! Goin to seek it out thanks!

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Few know Baroque, fewer know Baroque manga

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Wow! Now this one is a shock. Recently just made my way through the sega Saturn version and this has .y curiosity in full swing tyty

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Few know Baroque, fewer know Baroque manga

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Woe I just completed the Sega Saturn version of this earlier this year and my curiosity is in full hype mode knowing this is a thing. Gonna go hunt for it thank you.

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I don't know if this fits the definition of obscure, but not much gets said these days of the serial manga that appeared in Nintendo Power. Ninja Gaiden II (done entirely in watercolor), Super Metroid (first ever mention of Ridley killing Samus's parents), Super Mario World, and Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (highly recommended) were published over the course of multiple issues.

I remember these and somehow have forgotten all about them till this post wow! Thank you.

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Lunar has a manga AND an anime, but neither are very good.

Awwww that's a drab. O well can't all be hits I suppose. Thank you none the less.

 

[lordofthekevins]

Did you know that like almost EVERY and i do in fact mean EVERY SMT game has some kind of short promotional manga?

Some of which like the SMT If... and Persona 2 manga go off in wild directions