It’s increasingly uncommon for Japanese games not to make the jump to the rest of the world, but many have been lost over the decades, their only hope now being dedicated bilingual fans.
Some, like certain parts of the Trails series, eventually received official translations, while others will likely only ever be playable in English as fan translations.
Now, another game left behind by time has now managed to make it to the rest of the world thanks to a fan translation, the 2005 Japan-only PlayStation 2 game Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Serenade, translated into English as Serenade of Reminiscence.
The Cowboy Bebop anime series needs no introduction, celebrated as one of the best sci-fi anime of all time, but its few video game adaptations are a little more obscure.
What Is Cowboy Bebop: Serenade Of Reminiscence?
Cowboy Bebop: Serenade of Reminiscence is a 3D action game released on August 25, 2005, for PS2.
It features Spike, Faye, and Jet as playable characters, each voiced by their original actors from the anime, while Ed and Ein provide backup and moral support, as the crew searches for a space pirate’s treasure.
It wasn’t particularly well received, despite...
