Two funny things:

-Zaku I and Zaku II are referred to as Old Zaku and Zaku. Was that ever a thing...?

-RX-78 Gundam has an upgrade called "MG Gundam". This is apparently supposed to be "Gundam with magnetic coating", so they probably meant "MC"...but it looks like the G-3 Gundam...

And finally, the base game has more contest winners: 10 Zaku II recolors to apparently celebrate Gundam's 15 anniversary.
(Thank @theideon.bsky.social for name translations again)

...I'm actually lacking info on just how this particular design contest was staged...

Hamamura Tsuushin is the then-editor-in-chief of Famitsu, Hirokazu Hamamura. He's made a bunch of guest appearances in games over the years.

Including Death Stranding, an appearance I'm now recalling was a little controversial at the time...
www.eurogamer.net/death-strand...

The DLC was released as a cart later...but it actually replaces three units with different ones, which was a point of confusion over the years.

The replacements for the expansion cart are all original designs by contest winners for Famicom Magazine (thx @theideon.bsky.social for name translations)

Gundam Wing was airing at the time this game was released (December 1995). The base game just had Wing Gundam, but the DLC (Jan 1996) adds nearly everything up to Epyon.

That makes this like...one of the first ever games to add stuff from a TV show via download as it was airing? Maybe THE first...?

You've got a whole story going with those choju giga animals reacting to the packaging

"Cronic Leasher? What kind of a site...

Oh."

Good job. Go rest.

Local retro game store had Ring of Red. I didn't buy it, but decided to get it the next day. I took my time getting there. "What're the chances someone else would buy Ring of Red of all things in that time lol" - someone else had bought RIng of Red.
(...I got a different copy some time later)

"And Tiny Xavier...?"
"And Tiny Xavier...who did NOT die..."
"Aww, isn't that swell!"

Curious if BlueSky shows this thread when posting replies. I need to continue updating the site, but also need to know if it's worth the time to post here too.

So if you see this, press some kind of button, thank you

(FTR Twitter sends my thread replies straight to hell, so I gave up there lol)

Part of an update to my SNK vs Capcom guide on GameFAQs, adding info about link cable features.

Also transcribed all the character reactions there!

Thanks to @theideon.bsky.social for a translation of some dialogue accidentally overwritten in the English ver.

gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ngpc/198682-...

Hell *I* feel like the fake fan for not noticing Tassilo's beefy arms

Some shuffling and new animation in the name of making Steer look even cooler.

...and there, now I'm caught up with Twitter. For now I'm gonna keep both updated, I guess. But since my follower count was already blown up over there anyway I kinda hope Bluesky catches on.

I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news, everyone