Attention, veteran players! Two of the classic ACT trilogy from Wolf Team: Earnest Evans and Anett Returns/Anett Futatabi will be available in English for the first time! For the first time, these two games are officially released in English on the Sega CD platform. They are published by Limited Run Games and adopt a limited pre-order model!
Two of the Wolf Trilogy: “Anett & Earnest” series are back!
Here is an excerpt from the information of “Black16Bit” netizen (the original text is more exciting, and also comes with cheats and suggestions for those who are interested)Go to readoriginal):
“El Viento” (1991, Mega Drive/Genesis) Taiwanese translation: “American Girl” (not includedThis work, only to explain the plot)
These three games have two male and female protagonists connecting the entire story, but the operating systems and presentation methods are different. Not only in the history of MD, but also in the entire history of games, they are rare non-eponymous trilogies.
The first work “American Girl” is set in New York in 1928. A religious organization intends to resurrect the evil god Hastur. Annet, who has the blood of the evil god, fights to prevent actions that will cause chaos in the world. The Taiwanese name of this work at that time was translated as “American Girl” due to its New York background, and the original Japanese and foreign name EL. Viento was Spanish, meaning “wind”.
“Earnest Evans” (1991, Sega CD / Genesis) Taiwanese translation: “Jungle Warrior” (included)
Although the game “Jungle Warriors” was released three months after American Girl was launched and was an early pioneering work released at the same time as the Mega-CD, the plot is a prequel to “American Girl”. The plot of rescuing Annet and using treasures to seal the Temple of the Evil God is similar to the movie Indiana Jones.
As mentioned in the article “Successor to the Universe”, Jungle Warriors was only released in the cartridge version in North America. After removing a large amount of real-life dubbing and animation content, the game is no different from the Mega-CD version. Even the secret techniques are the same, so the Genesis cartridge version was only produced because the Sega-CD sales in North America were poor… The FM sound source of the cassette version still sounds beautiful when played by Sakuraba Noi’s game arrangement, but it is still not as powerful and magnificent as the sound quality of the CD version.
In the past, the joints, tentacles, and moving parts of the monster enemy characters in other games were all presented in the form of sprites. Using multi-joint combination technology can make the limbs dance more flexibly, and the body shape can also appear larger. When promoting this game, it was particularly emphasized that the body of the protagonist Earnest is also a combination of multi-jointed objects, which is not the static object combination used in ordinary games. This game is not the first to use such technology on the protagonist. Namco was the first to use it in PCE’s “Genpei Toumaden” in 1990.
“Anett Futatabi”/”Anett” (1993, Sega CD) Taiwanese translation: “American Girl 2”
The final work of the trilogy released in 1993, Annet and Earnest were involved in a conspiracy of a group to develop biological weapons after identifying antiquities to a certain country. The gameplay has become a street fighting type of punch and kick action, and the emergency magic system of the Tomahawk series has been added. The opening of the title sequence, which makes full use of the Mega-CD multimedia features, has a cartoon-like full-voice theme song. There are a large number of full-voice animations between levels. It has inherited the previous two games that have good reviews. No matter how you look at it, this game is very interesting.
wrong! wrong! wrong! The release date of American Girls 2 was sandwiched between two powerful games: Fighting Four (Strands of Rage 3) and Street Fighter CD. It originally had no chance of winning. As a result, this game did not have the thrill of combat that is emphasized in action games. There were only two or three enemy kittens with no variety. The excellent soundtrack was paired with a boring and boring clearance process that could not revive the dead. The gameplay was really terrible. This was the first mistake. The second mistake is that despite having excellent hardware capabilities, it can only be played by one person. If Earnest can also participate in the battle, I think it will be more interesting. The protagonist Annet also has few moves. Although she has added the same accelerated line-changing attack as Streets of Rage 3, at best it just makes this boring game end quickly…
Original source:「Black16Bit」
In fact, the original website has more detailed settings and pictures, which cannot be listed one by one. It is recommended that interested friends click on the link above to read it!
Limited pre-order, don’t miss it!
Limited Run Games has been confirmed to publish the English versions of both games.and will adopt a limited pre-order model. Although the official release date has not yet been announced, retro players can order through Limited Run’s official social media to ensure not to miss this rare collection opportunity! The price is US$139.99 (approximately RM665 / NT$4,400 / HK$1,100), and you can also buy the two games separately!
This remaster not only allows old players to relive the classic, but also allows new generations of players to experience the unique action design and art style of Wolf Team back then. If you are a Sega CD fan, action game enthusiast, or just love collecting rare old games, don’t miss this time!