I hadn't really paid any attention to this charming pair of carts until I sat down to play them for this article, and that turned out to be a real shame because this is a wonderful adventure game that had me enthralled from start to finish, every story-within-a-story beautifully presented and well told.
Considering some of the games Nintendo have translated (NES Fire Emblem) or remade (Famicom Detective Club) in recent years it doesn't feel ridiculous to hope for a modern re-release... I guess I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed...
Apologies for the double post, but I just spotted this in my GIFs folder and thought it was too silly to not share!
This is a short clip from one of Heisei Shin Onigashima's minigames - you're supposed to avoid the rocks but...
(Also: I'd like to post more "casually" here too so this is kinda part of breaking that ice - I like the lengthy essay-posts we can create here, but I don't want to stay silent unless I have something "significant" to say either)