RPG

Nintendo, SNES + Super Famicom

Felicia [SNES – Cancelled]

monokoma
07-03-2010
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Felicia is a cancelled RPG that was in development by Tonkin House for the Super Famicom / Super Nintendo in 1995. From the few screenshots preserved in the gallery below (found by Celine in Super Power magazine issue #28) it seems that Felicia was going to have traditional turn-based combats and a nice side-scrolling view for exploring the buildings. It’s possible that Tonkin House decided to cancel Felicia to concentrate their efforts in developing new games for the Playstation.

Thanks to Celine for the contribution!

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Dreamcast, Sega

Little Dream [Dreamcast – Cancelled]

monokoma
25-02-2010
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Little Dream is a cancelled RPG that was in development by Panther Software (the same team behind the Space Griffon DC remake) in 1998 / 1999 for the Dreamcast. From what we can speculate looking at the few screenshots preserved in the gallery below (found by Celine in Console Plus magazine #86), the game was going to play somehow like a traditional (turn based?) RPG, set in a fantasy / crazy world (almost like Alice in Wonderland). There were even a Pig King and police-pigs to battle against! Isnt that awesome?

We dont know why the game was never released and the only images available seem to be target renders more than the real game, so it’s possible that Little Dream was cancelled in early development.

Thanks to Celine for the contribution!

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Playstation 2 (PS2), Sony

Final Fantasy 13 (XIII) [PS2 – Prototype]

yota
23-02-2010
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Final Fantasy 13 was released in 2009 for Playstation 3, but the first prototypes for the game were created on Ps2 even before FFXII release. In this page we can see some pics from the old-gen version that were recently published in two official japanese artbooks / guides.

Unfortunately, it seems that Square did only some early testing of the battle system before switching the development to the Ps3. Even the characters (Yuna and Rikku from FFX) are placeholders, but, interestingly, in the last screenshots they appear to be cell-shaded.

Thanks to Proto1 for the contribution!

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Nintendo, SNES + Super Famicom

Mumu Boukenki Amusing Dream [SNES – Cancelled]

monokoma
22-02-2010
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Amusing Dream is a cancelled RPG that was in development by Takara Amusement for the Super Famicom / Super Nintendo. There are not much more info on the project and it’s unknown why it was never released. A single screenshot of Amusing Dream was found by Celine in SuperPower (a french gaming magazine) issue #10 and a scan was shared online by Gamengai!

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Playstation 2 (PS2), Sony

Wizard of Funk [PS2 – Cancelled]

monokoma
21-02-2010
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Wizard of Funk is a cancelled RPG that was in development in 2005 by Playlogic for the Playstation 2 EyeToy add-on. As we can read from the original press release, the player would have take the role of a young wizard, to physically cast spells in front of the EyeToy Camera to defeat his enemies. The game vanished from Playlogic’s release list without any official statement but we can speculate that it was cancelled for quality reasons.

Thanks to Userdante for the contribution!

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