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The All-Star Japanese Game Developer Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)

The Back Page · August 29, 2025

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02:45:51 - 02:46:40

souls category four namco mr driller drill land ridge racer type four time crisis two katamari damacy category five sega super monkey ball outrun two sonic and knuckles yakuza zero category six square enix secret of mana final fantasy nine kingdom hearts chrono trigger category seven nintendo star fox 64 super mario odyssey the legend of zelda ocarina of time the legend of zelda tears of the kingdom category eight sony barappa the rapper shadow the glossus ico astrobot category nine tato tito title potato new…

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... steelings steelings robberies or whatever um category three from software i stole securo i took dark souls after being stolen from i picked dark souls free after being stolen from i stole demon souls category four namco mr driller drill land ridge racer type four time crisis two katamari damacy category five sega super monkey ball outrun two sonic and knuckles yakuza zero category six square enix secret of mana final fantasy nine kingdom hearts chrono trigger category seven nintendo star fox 64 super mario odyssey the legend of zelda ocarina of time the legend of zelda tears of the kingdom category eight sony barappa the rapper shadow the glossus ico astrobot category nine tato tito title potato new zealand story puzzle bobble three or buster move three elevator action returns space invaders extreme category 10 treasure sin and punishment the mighty ika ruga gun star hero much derided bang i own category 11 free pick none of the above metal slug near automata new ghostbusters too the texture is effect okay that will all be recalled in the ...

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02:39:47 - 02:40:25

ash have you got any more picks ash are you done i think i'm done aren't i unless someone punishes yeah unless someone punishes you so it comes back around to dave i think or dave are you done as well i'm done too so it's matthew matthew's final pick right i've got a few picks left let's start with square enix and i will take chrono trigger epic time traveling adventure uh hugely influential i feel like it has come up in drafts a few times and has done okay not a company i've got huge ties to i wasn't gonna pick…

01:23:36 - 01:24:08

on very handsome game frequent rumors it's going to be remade but felt like something that i think is a cool pick but maybe not quite as tantalizing to kill or steal as some other picks um it was between this or chrono trigger for me who knows if this gets stolen i've got plenty of square games to pick anyway there's loads of good file of fantasy games so feels like a low-risk category anyway in that respect but yeah nine there it is i've played about 20 minutes of this because i needed to get a clip from the…

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