Nothing screams "obscure games enthusiast" more than: "I had to translate everything through my phone"

- Athena gets an edgy  survival horror spinoff
- Nakoruru gets a melancholic and darker Visual Novel spinoff that spawn a cancelled OVA
Now where is my  Ninja Gaiden style Action game starring Mai Shiranui ?

A 10 minute Disc One is a strong flex in believing your story is gonna be worth all that sweet, sweet PS1 disc space

It's like the J-pop idol sensation Athena Asamiya gained so much hype worldwide,

that she decided to also pursue drama/acting big breaks that didn't pan out and only was a one-hit wonder in a horror movie.

You'd think Athena would have... Literally any other friends

SNK: went bankrupt in the early 2000's due to being unable to adapt to a console-based infrastructure
Also SNK: publishes a survival horror game, a genre that's specifically meant for consoles

Athena solve puzzles, conduct a train, magical, save people, defuse bombs..
Holy shit! Athena is Barbie!!!

2:20 "This is the abridged experience"
*Spends the entire video telling the full beat-by-beat story*

I'm not sure if you can really call a game "survival horror" when the player character can blow up a tyrannosaurus with her mind.

I think one of the most impressive things in this game is the way the humans move and emote in the in-game cutscenes. It's almost as cinematic as the FMVs and looks better than many in-game cutscenes in PSOne or even PS2 games.

Also, the post-credits guy looks kinda like Geese, doesn't he?

Athena's poker face is funny as hell

I can't believe Athena murdered King of Dinosaurs!

Jokes aside, excellent video. I read about this game before but never saw any actual in-game footage of it.
It's such a weird title, the genre, type of story and ideas feel so different to what you usually see in an SNK game. Can't wait to see more similar videos about obscure spin offs like this.

I think this was probably more based on taking the concept from Psycho Soldiers, having Athena and Kensou fighting monsters, but putting it in a different genre which isn't a terrible idea.

I'm pretty fascinated by SNK's non-fighting game endeavours especially by the time the king of fighters became a thing, and the game looks really good, almost looks like a dreamcast game at times

The graphics in this game have aged well, especially for a PS1 game.

Never even heard of this game, and the production values alone are really impressive. Those character animations look more like Dreamcast or PS2 at times than they do anything on PS1. Good stuff.

"Now give me a Choi Clock Tower game next"

de yansu echoes throughout the halls

Super ancient humans are now known as Those from the Past.
Please someone tell me that in Kof XV has interaction between King of Dinosaurs and Athena, and that she says she exploded a relative of him at school.

I appreciate the dry humour and Shade at Rika.

I didn't know much of SNK growing up but I did somehow know of Athena. She's proven to be a surprisingly adaptable character, as evident with this vastly differently styled spin-off game, which still doesn't feel completely out of left field given it's heavy emphasis on psychic powers.

Great coverage of the game with this video and interesting to learn about. Humour was present but never sidetracked from the main topic and you continual disdain for Rika proved entertaining.