Roy's Bizarre Adventure (2015)

Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Main story: about 30 hours
Completionist: about 46 hours

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A gleefully unbalanced Fire Emblem hack that turns the series' tactics into a chaotic, mean-spirited joke.

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About

In May of 2015, Something Awful user Vilkacis would do a let's play thread of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, albeit with a twist. Vilkacis had some degree of experience with hacking Fire Emblem games and would make changes to the game such as making Noah a dark mage with the portrait of a Phantasy Star character, giving Ogier a speed growth that's over 100%, and making Zephiel one of the most overtuned boss fights in the series. Roy's Bizarre Adventure is the final version of this hack that was released in the thread's final update.

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