A brand new leak from Nintendo has revealed a plethora of Game Boy games that had been by no means launched, together with a Pokemon Picross title. The leaks had been shared on 4chan, and have been circulating on social media since. What’s most fascinating in regards to the leak is the truth that many of those games had been absolutely full, however weren’t launched for one motive or one other. The leak consists of games like Gimmick Land (from developer Alpha Dream), a Hello Kitty game appropriate with the Game Boy Camera, and Rockboard, a Mega Man-themed board game. The leak additionally revealed fully-translated games that had been by no means launched in North America, together with Legend of the Sea King and Gargoyle’s Quest II.
– Title Screen is a cool remix of the unique Pokemon Red & Green’s sequence theme. Have a pay attention! pic.twitter.com/n5GIZDhmhf
— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) September 9, 2020
Since these games had been acquired and launched with out the consent of Nintendo, it appears unlikely that the writer will reveal any particular particulars about why these games might need been cancelled or gone unreleased. It stands to motive that lots of them might need been scheduled for launch late within the system’s lifespan, when it might need been costlier to launch them versus scrapping them. Of course, in Pokemon Picross‘ case, it looks as if the game would have offered properly for the corporate!
– It’s “Purin’s Microphone”! It has her pen marker from the anime as properly.
– Also Misty!The spritework is absurd right here. In love with it pic.twitter.com/VU5hT6wAgk
— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) September 9, 2020
Throughout the historical past of the video game business, there have been numerous games which were completed with out seeing the sunshine of day. Earlier this yr, an unreleased NES game primarily based on the movie Days of Thunder was discovered across multiple floppy disks and recovered. After the game was reconstructed, a restricted print run of the game was provided on the market.
Fans hoping to see a few of these games obtain an identical launch ought to know there’s a precedent for Nintendo bringing again cancelled games. When the Super NES Classic Edition was launched, the retro console featured the primary ever launch for Star Fox 2. Like Pokemon Picross, Star Fox 2 was a accomplished game, however Nintendo opted to cancel the title, as they feared its 3D graphics would possibly look antiquated in comparison with newer consoles, equivalent to the unique PlayStation. It took greater than 20 years for the game to obtain a launch, however now Star Fox 2 is even accessible on Nintendo Switch. Perhaps one thing related will occur for a few of these games!
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