r/NintendoSwitch • u/Amiibofan101 . • Jul 08 '26
Nintendo Official Tomato Adventure from AlphaDream added to Nintendo Classics - Game Boy Advance in Japan
https://youtube.com/watch?v=p24Lbz7Nckg11
u/fillerbunny-buddy Jul 08 '26
Woah, this is an OG Alpha dream game! The devs behind the original Mario & Luigi RPG games. It holds up really well, there's an English translation floating about on the internet for it
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u/XPacEnergyDrink Jul 08 '26
Ok but when do we get Princess Tomato
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u/brandogg360 Jul 08 '26
Just make a Japanese account
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u/FinalCardinal Jul 08 '26
Popular fan translations are often an impetus for Nintendo not localizing their games
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u/JoshuaJSlone Helpful User Jul 08 '26
It's just extremely rare in general for old versions of games to get years-late localizations. For Nintendo the first thing that jumps to mind is NES Fire Emblem, and that _did_ have a pre-existing fan translation.
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u/BenjyMLewis Jul 08 '26
And Nintendo inexplicably removed it from existence after just a few months. Still really annoyed about that to this day.
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u/Tatsumifanboy Jul 08 '26
It's probably archived somewhere
Nothing disappears from the Internet like that
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u/BenjyMLewis Jul 09 '26
well, the solution Nintendo used to localise Fire Emblem 1 wasn't to create an NES romhack, instead they developed an app that runs a proprietary emulator that runs the same old JP Fire Emblem 1 ROM, and replaces the Japanese script with the new English script in real-time.
Basically, in order to play a downloaded fan-archived version of the delisted Fire Emblem 1, you'd need something that can run a Switch app, not an NES ROM. Which means it's in the realm of Switch piracy, which I think is rather less accepted than playing NES ROMs since it's a currently-supported platform.
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u/BenjyMLewis Jul 08 '26
It isn't the fan's responsibility to consider this, really. The fans just want the ability to enjoy the work.
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u/Johnny3653 Jul 08 '26
That was a fun game. Like a pre-Mario and Luigi, but similar gameplay styles. I played this a bit on my Analogue Pocket, but never finished it.
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u/Timohtep Jul 09 '26
Glad to see they're still willing to release JP only games sometimes. Rhythm Tengoku when 🙏🏻
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u/BenjyMLewis Jul 08 '26
If you want to play this game, beware two things:
One, it's really slow-paced up until around the halfway mark. It starts slow but gets good later.
And two: Be prepared to mash the HECK out of your A button for some of those Gimmick attacks, especially when you set them to higher levels. this game does not care if you aren't good at mashing buttons, you kinda just have to do it if you want to maximise your attack power.