Parodius gets canceled | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 26.5 of 246

A few notes: I messed up, Zombies ate my Neighbors was developed in the west. Stage 3 in Gokujou is made of biscuits, I initially thought it was cheese. This might be my least accurate video thus far, but those fact errors are too minor for me to delete and reupload. Sorry.

The PandaMonium theme song is not gone. It will be used in the upcoming Corpse Killer vid, and in all other “main” videos for the series. This is a special episode.

Much of the Parodius Da! and Gokujou Parodius gameplay capture in the first half is on Saturn. This is a Saturn video after all. Other platforms are specified in the voice over.

Giant thanks to Tit0 and Jordan Ryan for voicing over the interview translations. Massive thanks to Shmupilations for translating these interviews at all and making them free for the public. Please consider supporting Shmupilations on Patreon.

such a great video! got me really curious about this series

Teh Kao Yang, now that's a name i have not seen in a long time

Didn't Sony pay to have the game for a exclusive time in the US? Why? To weaken Saturn games in comparison to PSX games. It's only a guess, but Konami supported Sony from the beginning and perhaps this was acdeal: No Konami games in 1995 in the US.

Yes, it's odd that we in Europe got it. But that's perhaps another story...

Is it me or this deluxe pack doesn’t have revival respawns for Gokujou or I can’t find it in the settings

The best Genesis games were the Road Rash games made by EA. American made games.

So... if cancelled localisations are on the table, does that mean we're getting a Panda review for Castlevania on Saturn, too?

The one time us in PAL regions have a leg-up on the yanks.

I appreciate how you include some random internet commentary from the era. It is amazing any of that old discourse was preserved. I just found this series yesterday, and had fun binge it up to here. Thanks for the great videos!

It's very strange and a shame this wasn't released in the US. The 90's had a goofy vibe for most kids and young adults in the US and Gradius was already popular so I think it could have been a big hit! I tended to blame everything on SOA back in the day but after having seen a few recent documentaries, it looks like SOJ was actually more to blame (although we don't know in this case). But either way, I certainly disagreed with America's insistence on changing the box art to be more "Americanized" on many titles since they underestimated the growing appeal of anime style art at the time. Anyway, another great episode! I appreciate it!

My favourite video of yours so far, absolutely incredible story

I’m sat here in abject shock at how totally compelling this was. Bravo 👏👏👏

If you’re doing cancelled games too, can’t wait for 97-98 oh my gosh

It's Sony,they systematically paid off software developers, it's bizarre how many amazing konami and capcom saturn games stayed in Japan,maybe you could also blame soj but I know Sony had many gaming mags in their pocket as well as some well known game developers

I love your deep dive videos man, they are awesome, A+, I think you should of covered a little about the amazing sound track, as it is amazing, if you did and I missed it I'm sorry, your videos are long and I love that, but it does mean that sometimes I have to watch them over a day or so, which I love, I can't wait until you do Panzer Dragoon SAGA RPG, man that is going to be epic, I'm currently building a Super SATURN, fully modded with a MODE and JVC RG-VC20 Movie Card, FRAM swap, BIOS region free, it is a PAL system so it has the PCB ready for a 50-60Hz switch just waiting to be touched. Much Love and Respect, your loyal subscriber Stephen - Australia.

So I’ve been trying out a lot of weird saturn games bug!
Clockwork knight etc
But parodious looks like fun!
(Edit) I also didn’t want the 7 ringed console to collect dust I must give some love to the Saturn!

this deserves another chapter of canceled games

They should have changed Eagle Eagle to something inoffensive. Like maybe a plane with a red sun on it, fighting a group of battle ships that fire 'pearls' at you.

Did that one text ever get translated? I can speak And read Japanese and would be happy to take a look.

Koitsu means "this guy" and they might just be using it as like... he's a little stick man guy, so he's just "this guy". But I've learned from my Japanese animes that people also say it in an annoyed way, almost like "this motherfucker..."

The end segment basically describes how Sega of Japan reap what it sowed. They were so vain about their own japan made games that it bit them in the backside 200 fold, kinda like how it was with Sonic Mania... I guess history really repeats itself.

Cool video!!! We need more documentaries about Shoot'em ups. I don't care what Console there on, as long as they're fun. I love the SEGA Saturn, but I also really enjoy a lot of other Consoles as well. Like the PC Engine, PS2 and SEGA Genesis.

That plot translation in the manual isn't sketchy, it's spot on at least 30+ years later lol.

Crazy that I just learned about this now and I've always loved the Parodius series. This has to be the best doc I've seen on the series and your channel is a lot of Saturn content. I think I'll need to sub 🖤

Thank you for an amazing video on one of my all time favorite games-series! Learned so much new stuff from this — and I feel the instant need to boot up Sexy Parodius once again. Arigatou Gozaimasu!

loved it back then, love it now ;D

man, imagine if they actually released the parodius deluxe pack in america…that would be cool.

Best video I’ve seen since the beginning.

What's the reason North America never got any of the Parodius games that Europe got?

Having played the UK copy, I give it a Good/:D. It's rarity in the UK makes it an expensive game of Legendary Stature but I don't feel it is a system seller. It is more like the cherry on top of the cake. Very Welcome but not essential.
Also, I wish we got the US CD cases for our games. We have awkward plastic boxes with the covers glued on (probably animal glue as the boxes can smell a bit foul) that peel and fade with time.

Too say that I'm pro American would be very accurate. I have been all over the world and seen many wonderful things but nothing could ever top the US in my eyes. The bald eagle parody does not upset me in the slightest. If you can't laugh at yourself every once in awhile...what's wrong with you?! ;)

I thought I had this game in the Australian packaging?

Where does the game forever with me fit?

Fantastic video as always.

wow.... the ending caught me unaware

I love the history and storylines done in these vids. They are important. Never stop

Loved this on nes in UK. Still play it to this day

Konami was killing it BACK THEN

Now this is a full blown documentary on a parody game!

Wow!

"And this character was put in for THOSE people. You know which ones."
Kinda refreshing to see them just come out and say it honestly.
I respect that.

You're a month late

Speaking of localization, I only finally played Shining Force 3 scenario's 2 and 3 just last year.

Freaking 20 year dream finally fulfilled! And of course Scenario 1 had the best story by far, though 2 had the most interesting battles, and 3 had the best roster.

Still glad I finally got to play them, even if they were not as good as I always imagined they'd be after playing Scenario 1. Heck! Scenario 2 literally pulls a Vince McMahon "It's me Austin! It was me all along!" and the plot takes a nosedive it never recovers from.

Looking forward to it's eventual episode... and Dragonforce.

Saturn and dreamcast have been my obsessions forever! I hope this takes off for you (i know it will) so you can continue into Dreamcast too 🤗😝😜