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Mega Drive/Sega Genesis is reticent and well-read. That may seem odd when you recall that the Sega Genesis was a loud and brash success in America, but don't forget that its Mega Drive equivalent wasn't popular in Japan.

Project X Zone 2: I have to make something clear. The game and anime references Xiaomu makes in the English dialog are not in the original Japanese version. They were added to spice up her otaku factor even more for U.S. fans and I think it's a good move. She makes references to Akira, Gunsmith Cats, Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom, Evangelion, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Tales of Symphonia and Contra (and this is all just from the demo). In the Japanese version, Xiaomu does the usual Japanese wordplay puns that she did before and only vaguely references anime tropes. The U.S. Namco branch decided that for the English release, they should be more blatant about it so that gamers would get a smile out of her comments, but I imagine translation purists may find it annoying that she didn't say any of this originally.

Project X Zone 2: I have to make something clear. The game and anime references Xiaomu makes in the English dialog are not in the original Japanese version. They were added to spice up her otaku factor even more for U.S. fans and I think it's a good move. She makes references to Akira, Gunsmith Cats, Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom, Evangelion, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Tales of Symphonia and Contra (and this is all just from the demo). In the Japanese version, Xiaomu does the usual Japanese wordplay puns that she did before and only vaguely references anime tropes. The U.S. Namco branch decided that for the English release, they should be more blatant about it so that gamers would get a smile out of her comments, but I imagine translation purists may find it annoying that she didn't say any of this originally.

I've always held the notion that there's probably a reason these people are resorting to Kickstarter and no professional company wants to work with them.

At least they keep the references to actual related things a Japanese character would say. If this was Funimation or NIS they would be making GamerGate and Skyrim jokes with no regards to how immersion breaking it would be

Did she? I think I recall an akira reference, but I was rolling through the demo to get the saves for the full game, so maybe I just missed them all...

I was hoping my favorite girls-as-consoles series would get a mention, but I guess it's too obscure >_>; That would be the MS Paint-esque 4koma P.S. Three-san, briefly localized by 8-4 as P.S. Triple on the old 1UP site, and also as a pair of iPhone apps. In that series, consoles and handhelds are idol singers and game publishers are producers.

The PS3 is very talented but struggling, the Wii is the most popular idol, and the 360 is a US import who loves violence (at one point, her older sister, who represents the original Xbox, gives her a plush chainsaw). DS, PSP, and other consoles/handhelds are represented as well (including the best anthropomorphized Dreamcast design I've ever seen). Meanwhile, Sega is the most prominent publisher in the series; she wears a leather jacket and is frequently seen eating (one of my favorite strips has her setting two teacups next to each other and calling the pair "Mega"). Koei's stand-in is constantly pushing Musou, and Capcom's dies a lot.

Anyway, I loved it so much that I bought the apps (which are no longer available) and imported all four of the print collections and the two anthology doujinshi that the mangaka, IKa, released, even though I can't read much Japanese. The translations that were posted on 1UP are long gone, but I hope someone saved them. The official site's gone too, but at least it's preserved via the Wayback Machine, and IKa, who does other game-related manga, still has their blog going.

I still need to see Hi-sCool! Seha Girls, but the character designs haven't really clicked with me, thanks in large part to P.S. Three-san.

What about other crowdfunding servicesthan Kickstarter?

NIS? The worst I've seen from them is making the characters say "What was this game rated again?" or poking fun at themselves like "That's way out of NISA's budget, dood." in stuff like Atelier Iris 3, Ar tonelico and Trinity Universe. I guess I must be out of the loop, but in what game did they make an immersion-breaking reference?

Not really, a lot of projects which got funded through Kickstarter were considered too risky for any publisher to work with. I think Kickstarter video of Wasteland 2 illustrated it perfectly, no publisher wanted to work on isometric post-apocalyptic CRPG. Same with Pillars of Eternity, Shadowrun, Tides of Numenera etc. You just need to research creators behind the project and see if they're real deal or not.