10 Best Retro Games Based On Anime
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There’s a rich relationship between anime and video games that’s only become more pronounced in recent years. It’s not uncommon for the most popular and mainstream anime titles – whether it’s Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, or Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – to have faithful video game adaptations. Alternatively, there are many anime that actually adapt video games and turn them into deep anime series that go beyond their source material. The video game industry’s improving hardware helps developers blur the lines between these mediums and create passionate games that genuinely feel like episodes of their respective series.
It’s remarkable to see how far anime video games have come, but it’s also important to recognize that these games wouldn’t be where they are today without decades of less advanced titles. Many modern gamers can quickly dismiss retro titles from the ‘80s and ‘90s because they’re less polished or lack current quality-of-life features. However, there are some exceptional retro anime games that put many modern titles to shame and are genuine cult classics that deserve more love and ports on current consoles.
Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the greatest anime of all time and a stunning deconstruction of existential dread and depression that combines these heavy themes with apocalyptic mecha combat. Evangelion would naturally lend itself to giant robot action games. These exist, but Evangelion continues to subvert expectations with some of its best video game adaptations actually being visual novel dating sims. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel is largely removed from the anime’s dark, nihilistic subject matter, although it involves many of the series’ central characters, like Shinji, Asuka, Rei, and Misato.
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