#tantei jinguji saburo

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Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past

This is a mystery text adventure game I've been playing in-between. I actually really like the Tantei Jinguji Saburo / Jake Hunter games ever since playing Ghost of the Dusk for 3DS. This game is a revisit of the original cases for the Famicom, connected to an all-new case, so it's a treat to be able to experience Jake's beginnings and be fully acquainted with the original cast.

This is probably THE most obscure media series I adore, lmao. In part because of how little was localized despite the series being hugely influential in Japan. It's very simple and your standard hard-boiled detective flair, but I like it regardless!

And it's illustrated by Katsuya Terada, known for his early Legend of Zelda guidebook illustrations and The Monkey King. The art in this series is just as stellar.

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My new obsession

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Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Prism of Eyes, Weekly Famitsu 5/24

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Katsuya Terada still killing it with these covers ⊟ 

Even though they rarely come out in the West, I am grateful that Arc System Works is still producing Tantei Jingūji Saburō / Jake Hunter visual novels for Japan, since Terada always comes through to bless the artwork. Here’s a higher resolution version of it, if you want to use it as a background.

Besides, Nintendo intends to support the 3DS “well into 2018 and beyond”,  so there’s a lot of time for a publisher to pick this up for an English localization!

BUY Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past

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“PS2 DATACENTER UPDATE 28-SEPTEMBER-2019″

[PS2] [USA][PAL] [JAPAN] [2019]

28-September-2019

28-Septiembre-2019

I have added today the following game entries to the PS2 Datacenter:

Añadidas las siguientes entradas a la PS2 Datacenter:

NTSC-J: Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Kind of Blue [SLKA-25224] (K) Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Kind of Blue [SLPM-65576] (J) Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Kind of Blue [WorkJam Best Collection] [SLPM-65944] (J) Tenchu San [SLPS-25234] (J) Tenchu San [PlayStation 2 the Best] [SLPS-73421] (J) Tenchu San [PlayStation 2 the Best Reprint] [SLPS-73237] (J) Tenchu - Wrath of Heaven [SLKA-25064] (K) TBS All Star Kansha Matsuri 2003 - Aki Chou Gouka! Quiz Ketteiban [SLPM-65369] (J) TBS All Star Kansha Matsuri 2003 - Aki Chou Gouka! Quiz Ketteiban [Hudson the Best] [SLPM-65577] (J) Technictix [SLPS-20055] (J) Tecmo Hit Parade [SLPS-20401] (J) Tenkuu Danzai Skelter Heaven [SLPM-65777] (J) Tenkuu Danzai Skelter Heaven [Limited Edition] [SLPM-65776] (J) Tennis no Oji-Sama - Card Hunter [SLPM-66669] (J) Tennis no Oji-Sama - Card Hunter [Limited Edition] [SLPM-66642] (J)

NTSC-U: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [SLUS-20716] (E) Tenchu - Wrath of Heaven [SLUS-20397] (E)

PAL: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [SLES-51931] (E)(F)(G)(I)(S) Tenchu - Wrath of Heaven [SLES-50679] (E) Tenchu - La Colère Divine [SLES-51403] (F) Tenchu - Wrath of Heaven [SLES-51402] (G) Tenchu - Wrath of Heaven [SLES-51401] (I) Tenchu - La ira del cielo [SLES-51400] (S)

MANUALS: Arc the Lad - Twilight of Spirits (E) [SCUS-97231] Manual scans by Hubz, cleaned & compiled into cbr by gladiator.

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Cross Tantei Monogatari (クロス探偵物語) - 1998

This is a commercial for a detective adventure game released on the Saturn, and later PlayStation, called Cross Tantei Monogatari. The title was the very first game that was released by WorkJam, the developer known for creating several entries in the Jake Hunter (Tantei Jinguji Saburo) franchise. Yutaka Kaminaga, famous for creating the Zero4 Champ franchise, designed/wrote the game and it featured artwork by seinen manga artist Ippei Tamaki. The soundtrack was also created by Yoshitaka Azuma, who was the composer of the original Panzer Dragoon.

From what I understand, Cross Tantei Monogatari has a cult following in Japan who often request for a sequel to be made because it seems the game ends on some kind of cliff hanger. There was even a fake trailer (at least I think its fake) for Cross Tantei Monogatari 2 that was posted online around in 2007.

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Tantei Jinguji Saburo Print ad (1999)

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探偵 神宮寺三郎 Early Collection Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Early Collection 1999 PlayStation

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Arc System Works have announced that their detective mystery game Alternate Jake Hunter: Daedalus The Awakening Of Golden Jazz has released on Nintendo Switch and PS4 today in North America. The game is a prequel to the Jake Hunter series and follows the game’s protaganist Saburoo Jinjuji as he travels to thee United States to uncover the truth of his grandfather’s death.

You can find out more about Alternate Jake Hunter: Daedalus The Awakening Of Golden Jazz below.

  A thrilling murder mystery set against the backdop of New York City

Alternate Jake Hunter: DAEDALUS The Awakening of Golden Jazz is available today on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch

Rolling Hills Estates, California – May 23, 2019 – Arc System Works America, Inc. is thrilled to announce that Arc System Works’ crime thriller, Alternate Jake Hunter: DAEDALUS The Awakening of Golden Jazz, a prequel to the Jake Hunter series of games is available today in North America (US, Canada, Mexico) on the PlayStation®Network for the PlayStation®4 and Nintendo Switch eShop. The Steam (PC) version will be available at a later date.

In the wake of the death of his grandfather, Saburo Jinguji heads to the United States to uncover the truth. Utilizing a new 360 degree investigation mode, Alternate Jake Hunter: DAEDALUS The Awakening of Golden Jazz blends true detective work like interrogations and clue-finding with unique storytelling elements to deliver a thrilling murder mystery.

RETURN OF A LEGEND – Hirotaka Inaba, the Scenario Writer of Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Yume no Owari ni (At the End of the Dream) released in 1998, returns to write the scenario for “Awakening of Golden Jazz”

TIME IS UNDER YOUR CONTROL – Switch between the different stages of Saburo’s life as you piece together clues and solve mysteries.

360 DEGREE SLEUTHING – Utilize a full 360 degree rotation with your surroundings, making searching for clues truly immersive.

UNIQUE VISUAL FLAIR – A visually arresting watercolor look merged with realistic video images combine to form a unique design.

STANCE CHANGE SYSTEM – Read and interact with the other person’s expressions and emotions to uncover the truth.

TREE OF THOUGHT – Visualize your own thoughts, organize and search for evidence, and pull testimony. As your information grows, your tree will “bear fruit”.

SHARPEN YOUR SENSES – Your “Sharpened Five Senses” allows you to visualize clues in unique ways.

STYLISH CHARACTER MODELS – Illustrator Zennosuke brings character visuals like no other!

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DETAILS

Title: Alternate Jake Hunter: DAEDALUS The Awakening of Golden Jazz Release: May 23, 2019 Developer: Neilo Inc. Publisher:  Arc System Works Platforms: PlayStation 4 (Digital Release), Nintendo Switch (Digital Release), [Steam (PC) Release Date TBD] Players: 1 Genre: Mystery/Adventure Visual Novel Price: $39.99 USD Voice Language: Japanese Text Language: English Region Availability: US, Canada, and Mexico

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Alternate Jake Hunter: DAEDALUS The awakening Of Golden Jazz Out Now On Switch Arc System Works have announced that their detective mystery game Alternate Jake Hunter: Daedalus The Awakening Of Golden Jazz 

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Tantei Jinguji Saburo : Innocent Black OST - 탐정 진구지 사부로 : 이노센트 블랙 OST ⅷ

Tantei Jinguji Saburo : Innocent Black OST – 탐정 진구지 사부로 : 이노센트 블랙 OST ⅷ

안녕하세요. 이번에 소개드릴 자료는 Tantei Jinguji Saburo : Innocent Black OST – 탐정 진구지 사부로 : 이노센트 블랙 OST 입니다. 아래 첨부파일을 클릭하시면 다운로드 됩니다~ Tantei Jinguji Saburo : Innocent Black OST – 탐정 진구지 사부로 : 이노센트 블랙 OST 유용하게 사용해보세요. ^^ Tantei Jinguji Saburo – Innocent Black OST-full.zip (79.04 MB)   운영체제 : WinXP/WinVista/Win7/Win8/Win10   지원언어 : 한글   제작회사 : Black   언인스톨 지원 : 지원함  

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For the Ask game! 7, 9, 27.

Hooooo boy. You've asked me a question about some things I've got a bone to pick with. I'm gonna have to put all this under a Read More.

7. A series you’ve lost interest in Being honest… I've completely lost interest in Pokemon and that used to be one of my all-time favorites, one of my first game series, and one I used to always be confident would bring me lots of joy without fail.

And then Sun/Moon happened.

And then a lot of questionable or lacklustre releases ever since. Truthfully my criticisms towards the main line Pokemon series started with Black/White, which actually is my favorite generation and, imo, the last truly good one. But even back then I could start to see the writing on the wall of where Game Freak under TPCi's leadership were headed. Call me a Genwunner or Gentooner or whatever, but what I liked most about the earliest generations were that had a natural progression of innovation and didn't rely too heavily on gimmicks as a selling piece. And since then, starting with B/W at the earliest but increasingly getting worse since, the series has relied more and more on gimmicks to generate short-term excitement…and then those never see the light of day again.

I remember when before Gen 6 was announced, people believed that B/W's seasons mechanic would make a return. But I on the other hand didn't think they would. Seasons were just another gimmick and, if they had no place in the next gen, they would be cut. This even happened with the time mechanic to a degree, where day/night was dropped from RSE. And although that's been reintegrated, it hasn't been to the fullest extent. We don't have the same kind of morning/day/dusk/night encounters that GSC extensively had.

And I remember when X/Y introduced Mega Pokemon and everyone truly believed they were here to stay because they were so monumental to the metagame. But I again had doubts, especially with ORAS downplaying them. And lo, they were gone from Sun/Moon. Not even metagame-changing mechanics are safe from the bin. The beloved Mega Pokemon are simply just another selling ploy gimmick!

That wasn't my only issue with Pokemon though. I've never liked that Game Freak has been putting out more generations in, what feels to be, shorter time while at the same time taking on more work load. I also really hated Sun/Moon personally, it was such a tedious hassle to play and everything about it was an irritance and extremely gimmicky. It was so upsetting to me that I more or less dropped Pokemon after that and have been critically cautious ever since about new releases.

And so far my critical caution has not been misplaced, with every new generation taking a huge dip in quality since. To be clear: I don't hate Game Freak or its staff, as I understand they are a very small developer who can only do so much with what they have. And honestly the National Dex thing I saw coming years ahead and I honestly think that should've been dropped earlier. No, my main complaint lies with TPCi and I'm wholly convinced they're the ones pushing Game Freak so hard to pump out more in less time. The myriad glitches in Scarlet/Violet just further convinces me of that.

As it stands, Sun/Moon is my last Pokemon game. And unless a lot changes with TPCi and Game Freak, then I don't think I'll ever return to that series anytime soon. Even without SMT, I've got plenty of other monster-raising RPGs I can happily play. Most I hope is that Game Freak is able to break out of this vicious cycle, but I know they won't since Pokemon is the only thing keeping them afloat.

9. A game you played completely blind with no prior knowledge of and enjoyed/loved This one's a bit hard to answer as I don't shy away from looking up guides when I'm stuck and I've done that since I've been a wee gamer.

I think I did blindly play Jake Hunter Detective Story: Ghost of the Dusk, or at least the vast majority of the game's cases. And I mean, the game is extremely linear and you don't really need much of a guide for it lmao. But I did enjoy it a lot and I would love to play more games in the Tantei Jinguji Saburo series if I could. Only three have ever been localized and that series is massive.

27. A game you love the atmosphere of Okami. Enough said.

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It’s a Jake Hunter Thanksgiving!

With Thanksgiving coming tomorrow what better a subject to discuss than a game that I am truly thankful for in 2018. Honestly this year has been packed solid with fantastic releases for both mainstream and niche games alike. It’s been a spectacular year for me especially--with titles I've been crazy about like 428: Shibuya Scramble, Dragon Quest XI, and even a new Metal Max! (Haven’t had one of those localized since 2006) But today I want to talk about the little detective game series that could. 

Jake Hunter, or Jinguji Saburo as it it known in Japan, is one of the longest actively running adventure game series that you have probably never heard of. Jinguji Saburo started life on the Famicom Disk System all the way back in 1987, and has consistently produced games for almost every major video game platform since for over 30 years--Famicom, Playstation, PS2, GBA, PSP, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PS4, mobile phones, you name it and good chance Jinguji Saburo probably has a game on it. Despite that longevity however, the series has never had a fair shake in markets outside of Asia. It wasn't until 2008, a whole twenty-one years after the series started, that it would get an English market release on the Nintendo DS, and it was ... less than spectacular.

The first US release of Jinguji Saburo was the Nintendo DS game Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Inishie no Kioku, or roughly Detective Jinguji Saburo: Ancient Memories. This game was a compilation of past titles, featuring remakes of first 5 Famicom games with the third and fourth game on the Famicom, Kiken na Futari Zenpen and Kiken na Futari Kohen combined into one game since they were originally one story split across two Famicom disk games. Included on top of the Famicom remakes is a remake to the 2004 mobile phone game Tantei Jinguji Saburo Akai Me no Tora, as well as a brand new game for this compilation, the titular Inishie no Kioku, which ties together the other games into one grander story. When it came time for Aksys Games to release Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Inishie no Kioku it was given the Americanized name Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles and all the characters within it followed suit, with the real life setting of Shinjuku being altered into a vague, nondescript, “every city” named Aspicio to boot. 

Now Americanizing names has always been a pretty hot debate online in anime and video game communities--there are people that feel very strongly about this, so while I have traditionally been pretty lenient about the practice (I still don’t like it much either but can live with it) I understand others whom can’t stand it. With all that said however, Jake Hunter Detective Chronicles sucks, and I honestly can’t defend it. A lot of weird decisions were made when bringing Inishie no Kioku over to the US--and when the Americanization is the least of your worries it’s a pretty bad sign. The biggest issue of this release is all the cut content: the game skips the fun little omake, or gag stories, that were in the original, as well as cutting out 3 games from the compilation entirely for no real reason. And of course the real kicker was that the translation was just plain bad! Typos and grammatical errors littered a wooden, uninteresting script that was a slog to read. I have no idea how Aksys botched this release so much, but oh boy did they make sure the first localized Jinguji Saburo game would be the worst localized Jinguji Saburo game.

Things did not go so smoothly for the franchise in its first English outing, but if you fast forward to just a year later it starts to finally turn around for ol’ Jake. In 2009 Aksys Games released a title by the name of Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past, and if that title sounds somewhat familiar, that is because it is. Memories of the Past is a faithful release of Inishie no Kioku (Ancient Memories) with zero cut content this time and an entirely new localization from the ground up that still Americanizes the script but actually reads wonderfully and is a huge improvement over the original Detective Chronicles release. This whole situation is honestly quite fascinating to me, as I really can’t think of many examples where a company completely botches a localization, then releases the same game with an entirely different name that fixes the localization. Aksys Games is pretty wild.

Moving ahead to the year 2012 and the Nintendo 3DS, the next Jinguji Saburo game; Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Fukushuu no Rondo, or roughly Detective Jinguji Saburo: Rondo of Revenge was a no show in English, and even in Japan a long drought started, with only mobile phone releases of the Famicom remakes coming out. It wasn't until 2017 when our boy Jinguji “Jake Hunter” Saburo returned, again on the Nintendo 3DS with Tantei Jinguji Saburo: GHOST OF THE DUSK. And as if to make up for the five years it was asleep, Tantei Jinguji Saburo: PRISM OF EYES followed right after in 2018 for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch--marking the series’ first leap to HD. A new game is set to follow for the PS4, Switch, and PC in 2019; Daedalus: The Awakening of Golden Jazz, a prequel to the entire franchise feating a younger (and now ikeman) Jinguji Saburo in New York City investigating the death of his grandfather.

The Jinguji Saburo series is back in full swing again, and the future so far looks bright, but what about the “Jake Hunter” series? Well back in September Aksys Games localized Tantei Jinguji Saburo: GHOST OF THE DUSK as Jake Hunter: Ghost of the Dusk for the Nintendo 3DS, even giving it a physical print run. Given the declining health of the Nintendo 3DS in the US at this point, and how awkward a release the only prior game localized ever got, Ghost of the Dusk coming out in English came as quite a surprise to even me. Unfortunately with Dragon Quest XI in September and my focus in October being on Zero Frights I never had a chance to talk much about this game. Untimely that is what I wished to express today, my gratitude that the Jinguji Saburo series still has a chance in the North American market.

Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past is one of my personal favorite games on the Nintendo DS, a system that is very near-and-dear to my heart and jam packed with many games I consider some of my favorites. That game filled a detective itch in me like no other I could find on any video game console. It brought back really great memories of old school point-n-click detective games on PC, and the hardboiled atmosphere and characters felt so refreshingly familiar. I can’t recommend Memories of the Past enough, and now that there is Ghost of the Dusk I really want to urge anyone that loves point-n-clicks, visual novels, or just any plain detective story to try it out! It’s in stores now and may be one of the last chances you have to experience the series.

So if you asked me what I am thankful for in 2018, here it is. Jake Hunter coming back to North America is something I never expected to even be possible and can’t stop being giddy about. The hope that Prisim of Eyes and Daealus can come out in English warms my heart. I want this series to have a fighting chance in the North American market, hell in any English speaking market even. The world needs more Japanese styled adventure games--even with the sheer amount of visual novels being localized into English and created by English fans, there really is a sever lack of games quite like Jinguji Saburo, aka your boy, Jake Hunter.  

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Jake Hunter’s latest 3DS adventure coming to the States next year ⊟ 

Remember when I mentioned that publishers will be looking at 3DS titles like this one to bring over, what with the handheld expected to see support “well into 2018 and beyond?” It’s actually happening!

Aksys announced today that it will localize Jake Hunter: Ghost of the Dusk for next year. The publisher introduced the visual novel series to the West on the DS with Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles and its re-release Memories of the Past, but the Japanese Tantei Jinguji Saburo franchise has been around since way back in the Famicom days -- it’s celebrating its 30th birthday this year!

You can watch an off-screen trailer for Ghost of the Dusk here (shout-outs to RPG Site for recording the video at Anime Expo). I am excited to have this gorgeous Katsuya Terada-illustrated cover on my shelf!

BUY Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past

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“PS2 DATACENTER UPDATE 14-SEPTEMBER-2019″

[PS2] [USA][PAL] [JAPAN] [2019]

14-September-2019

14-Septiembre-2019

I have added today the following game entries to the PS2 Datacenter:

Añadidas las siguientes entradas a la PS2 Datacenter:

NTSC-J: Taikyoku Mahjong Net de Ron [SLPS-20117] (J) Taisho Mononoke Ibunroku [SLPM-65228] (J) Taisho Mononoke Ibunroku [SLKA-25123] (K) Taito Legends [SLKA-15056] (E) Taito Memories Gekan [SLPM-66092] (J) Taito Memories Gekan [Taito Best] [SLPM-66521] (J) Taito Memories Gekan [Eternal Hits] [SLPM-66776] (J) Taito Memories Joukan [SLPM-66057] (J) Taito Memories Joukan [Taito Best] [SLPM-66402] (J) Taito Memories Joukan [Eternal Hits] [SLPM-66775] (J) Taito Memories II Joukan [SLPM-66649] (J) Taito Memories II Joukan [Eternal Hits] [SLPM-55017] (J) Taito Memories II Gekan [SLPM-66713] (J) Taito Memories II Gekan [Eternal Hits] [SLPM-55018] (J) Takahashi Naoko no Marathon Shiyouyo [SLPM-62407] (J) Tamtam Paradise [SLPM-62073] (J) Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black [SLKA-25071] (K) Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black [Big Hit] [SLKA-25071BH] Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black [SLPM-65173] (J) Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black [WorkJam Best Collection] [SLPM-65489] (J)

NTSC-U: Taito Legends [SLUS-21122] (E) Tak and the Guardians of Gross [SLUS-21797] (E)

PAL: Taito Legends [SLES-53438] (E)(F)(G)(I)(S) Taito Legends [SLES-53966] (G) Tak & The Guardian of Gross [SLES-55376] (E)(G)

MANUALS: Star Wars - Battlefront (S) [SLES-52545] Manual scans, cleaned & compiled into cbr by gladiator.

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