Anyone who likes either version of this game, I heartily recommend Front Mission: Gun Hazard. Uses the same engine but puts into an 100+ hour action RPG. It was Japan-only but there's a very good translated rom out there
@@michaelsong5555 Metal Warriors is interesting but imo not quite as good. I like the gimmick of jumping out and commandeering other mecha (and at one point a ship) but the graphics and music just aren't as good.
@@athodyd What about gameplay? Is it any good, relative to Cybernator? I'm comparing to Cybernator and not Gun Hazard, because nothing can beat Gun Hazard.
Dunno if anyone else has mentioned this yet, but I also noticed that in the Japanese version there is no flame emmitting from the Assault Suit's back when doing a boosted jump. Also the boss doesn't flash white when hit, and the explosions when the bottom part of the boss falls off are a bit glitchier.
Posted screenshots of this to a forum on a Japanese learning website and got this in response. “This is the outer space investigation/probe squad, please respond.” Repeated with various gaps in the message like it’s got static and breaking up.
I have the fan translated version of this game and i enjoyed playing it to the end. I know that this game is basically the prequel to Assault Suits Leynos: a game that was released for the Sega Genesis in the US under the name of "Target Earth", which i played during 1990 on a friend's Sega Genesis console and that a remake of Assault Suits Leynos came out in 2015 for the PS4. But i am wondering if there is a way to apply an english translation patch to the ISO's of Assault Suits Valken 2 and Assault Suits Leynos 2, which only came out in Japan for the PS1 and the Sega Saturn respectively so that their stories can finally be understood. So far, the only thing i know story wise about Assault Suits Valken 2 is that Jake: the protagonist of Assault Suits Valken appears in that game as a 30 year old soldier but as for the rest of the story, i am left in the dark. As for Assault Suits Leynos 2, i know nothing when it comes to the story and i am completely left in the dark. Based on videos i have watched on TH-cam, all i can speculate is that the protagonist and his squadmates could be fighting on the side of the Chron forces(the green enemy forces the player fought against in the original Assault Suits Leynos game), given the color that their assault suits have, but then again this is only speculation and i could be wrong. So, could there be a way to translate the ISO images of both Assault Suits Leynos 2 and Assault Suits Valken 2 so that their stories can be enjoyed and the connections to the other games seen?. Does anyone know if this can be done?.
interesting how they took a dictator committing suicide out, but kept the bad ending where everyone on the Versis dies, and the main character goes through some serious ptsd. Napalm cannon ftw!
it's probably something to do with the frame rate of the captured video or the emulator. I just played the game and the flashing and engine boost is still there.
@chosentonessournotes yep hence the other reason why Poison in Final Fight was dubbed in personal background as a "she man" for U.S. standards. nes didnt like the idea of women getting beat up in games when that game came about in american consoles. But yeh suicide in that original cybernator version makes sense. i remember my jaw dropping when i saw what really happened in that import in an EGM mag in HS saying wow wtf?? lol
Someone should make a hack and translate all texts in the Japanese Version into an US Version. Problem solved. Cause transmissions during games is a standard in this century now.
Good news for those who want to go the official route for whatever reason, this fairly recently got a re-release under it's original name, and uncut to boot.
localisation does not mean censorship. In this case they probably just said to themselves, "Do we really need to translate all these bits? nah... fukkit"
@MetroidSR388vr Okay, so how is that a butchered port? Because they took out a few plot elements? Removed the facial graphics? Because they took out the suicide scene? You have to remember, back then video games were still geared towards kids back in the SNES days. Nintendo was strict about that shit. Now, if the game suffered the Castlevania: Dracula X treatment, THAT would be a butchered port. As it stands, Cybernator is one of the most underrated games in SNES history.
You have to go through the first level without firing a shot or attacking, until the boss (don't shoot it's guns). You'll have the Napalm Gun in the next stage.
Fun fact: The character main dessigner is Satoshi Urashihara, a famous hentai artist.
so that's why the robots look so sexy
@@rustblade5021 Is he still doing Hentai?
thx for the tips this will help on my research. i think he is also the makers of macross. and 80s anime.
Anyone who likes either version of this game, I heartily recommend Front Mission: Gun Hazard. Uses the same engine but puts into an 100+ hour action RPG. It was Japan-only but there's a very good translated rom out there
What about Metal Warriors? I heard it's significantly more difficult.
@@michaelsong5555 Metal Warriors is interesting but imo not quite as good. I like the gimmick of jumping out and commandeering other mecha (and at one point a ship) but the graphics and music just aren't as good.
@@athodyd What about gameplay? Is it any good, relative to Cybernator? I'm comparing to Cybernator and not Gun Hazard, because nothing can beat Gun Hazard.
@@michaelsong5555 same answer, really. Certainly worth trying and interesting in its own ways but just not as good
Dunno if anyone else has mentioned this yet, but I also noticed that in the Japanese version there is no flame emmitting from the Assault Suit's back when doing a boosted jump. Also the boss doesn't flash white when hit, and the explosions when the bottom part of the boss falls off are a bit glitchier.
not bad at all for a first one! Congrats, very nicely done.
Posted screenshots of this to a forum on a Japanese learning website and got this in response.
“This is the outer space investigation/probe squad, please respond.”
Repeated with various gaps in the message like it’s got static and breaking up.
It's really supposed to connect the game to Assault Suit Leynos, AKA Target Earth
Rat and Spider
Reminds me of Metal Warriors
I have the fan translated version of this game and i enjoyed playing it to the end.
I know that this game is basically the prequel to Assault Suits Leynos: a game that was released for the Sega Genesis in the US under the name of "Target Earth", which i played during 1990 on a friend's Sega Genesis console and that a remake of Assault Suits Leynos came out in 2015 for the PS4.
But i am wondering if there is a way to apply an english translation patch to the ISO's of Assault Suits Valken 2 and Assault Suits Leynos 2, which only came out in Japan for the PS1 and the Sega Saturn respectively so that their stories can finally be understood.
So far, the only thing i know story wise about Assault Suits Valken 2 is that Jake: the protagonist of Assault Suits Valken appears in that game as a 30 year old soldier but as for the rest of the story, i am left in the dark.
As for Assault Suits Leynos 2, i know nothing when it comes to the story and i am completely left in the dark. Based on videos i have watched on TH-cam, all i can speculate is that the protagonist and his squadmates could be fighting on the side of the Chron forces(the green enemy forces the player fought against in the original Assault Suits Leynos game), given the color that their assault suits have, but then again this is only speculation and i could be wrong.
So, could there be a way to translate the ISO images of both Assault Suits Leynos 2 and Assault Suits Valken 2 so that their stories can be enjoyed and the connections to the other games seen?.
Does anyone know if this can be done?.
M2 has released an official english version on the game on Switch in 2023, with a brand new translation and with all content intact!
Thanks for this video.
Nintendo Switch’s got Assault Suits Valken Declassified.
at the 3:20 mark all I can think is "How the hell did they manage to ditch the faces of all things... did they lose them?"
end of video
"...huh"
Leave it to the US to come up with a name like Cybernator. Stupidest name of all time. Assault Suits Valken was such a rad name.
same thing with assault suit leynos and target earth.
Metal Warriors used this as a basis for their game. . .it was American made.
interesting how they took a dictator committing suicide out, but kept the bad ending where everyone on the Versis dies, and the main character goes through some serious ptsd. Napalm cannon ftw!
it's probably something to do with the frame rate of the captured video or the emulator. I just played the game and the flashing and engine boost is still there.
@chosentonessournotes
yep hence the other reason why Poison in Final Fight was dubbed in personal background as a "she man" for U.S. standards. nes didnt like the idea of women getting beat up in games when that game came about in american consoles. But yeh suicide in that original cybernator version makes sense. i remember my jaw dropping when i saw what really happened in that import in an EGM mag in HS saying wow wtf?? lol
i have european cybernator cartridge - and this version have suicide on the end!?!?
Awesome video!
Holy crap, so Space Jefferson Davis becomes an hero?
Someone should make a hack and translate all texts in the Japanese Version into an US Version. Problem solved. Cause transmissions during games is a standard in this century now.
Sypaka the game is already fan translated
Carlos Morelos Suárez
oh? Nice.
Good news for those who want to go the official route for whatever reason, this fairly recently got a re-release under it's original name, and uncut to boot.
@VenomFrogX
The enemy country in this game is Russia and EU.
ibuki theme huh?
some guy shot himself...
wtf
Incredible that Konami simply bought the rights to publish the game in US and removed masaya from the credits altogether
Does anyone know if the PS2 (remake) version is closer to the SNES version or super famicom?
localisation does not mean censorship. In this case they probably just said to themselves, "Do we really need to translate all these bits? nah... fukkit"
lol good point.....
I dearly want to have the PS2 version of this game.
@MetroidSR388vr Okay, so how is that a butchered port? Because they took out a few plot elements? Removed the facial graphics? Because they took out the suicide scene? You have to remember, back then video games were still geared towards kids back in the SNES days. Nintendo was strict about that shit. Now, if the game suffered the Castlevania: Dracula X treatment, THAT would be a butchered port. As it stands, Cybernator is one of the most underrated games in SNES history.
It is still crappy.
Napalm where did u find?
You have to go through the first level without firing a shot or attacking, until the boss (don't shoot it's guns). You'll have the Napalm Gun in the next stage.
Im american and assault suit valken sounds better and far more interesting than cybernator...so whats the point of the name's change?
It's much better without them.
At least the gameplay remains faithful and honestly Valken's story isn't that great anyway. It's like any generic Gundam plot.
Sad seeing someone named Blair brush off the elimination of the cinematic character interaction in a video game.