of all the examples here describing Bloody Roar specifically as chuunige gave me significant psychic damage, but as one of BR's greatest champions and strongest warriors I can also confirm that you are 10,000% correct to call it that

この衣装はアミダに本当に似合っている——特に帽子がジャケットとブーツを引き立てている様子は、まるで最初からセットだったかのようだし、何よりアミダは帽子や頭飾りがいつも似合うんだ。可愛らしい見た目でありながら、同時にクールで「危険」な印象も漂わせている。彼女の二面性にぴったりだ——とはいえ、この真剣で集中した表情が後者の印象を強めているのは確かだ💪

Learning that there's two references to games by the Hong Kong 97 bloke and that he technically appears in the game specifically took me out. Deeply odd videogame, SGGG. Truly one for the demented.

Segagaga in general is something that like, I knew about, knew a fair few details of, but because of its comparative obscurity + the complete lack of any real translations efforts until comparatively recently, shit just snuck up on me.

Joking aside; I remembered some of them, but not all of them, though I realised quick I'd actually misremembered them as appearing in the retail game rather than being cut.

i'm particularly narky this one didn't make it in because parodying Omega Boost but reframing it as a potentially haunted game that apparently lead its developers to their graves is appealing to my tastes and sense of humour specifically

my memory was so overtaken by the extremely cursed Sega Rally parody that *did* make it into the retail release of SGGG that I completely forgot about these absolute masterpieces and I am now slightly furious they were canned. I completely get (most likely) why they were cut, but this shit is Art™️

ultimately Taito Legends 2 is my preferred comp of the two on game selection/m- it has both bangers AND Games For The Derranged on it, of course I like it more- but TL1 still has some stone cold classics in it AND this plays over its sick ass menus, and that curries a lot of my favour

some other art of Maltine + her very short bio from Dead Fingers Talk just to give folks a vague idea of what she's about. Should note that "wiser" indicates both general intelligence and a surprisingly philosophical and spiritual core.

Christmas in Caveland (Part 2).