Does this have a term?
When I tell people about my 'completitionist' SNES collection, I have to explain it. I am working on a NTSC set, however only games that were released in both Japan and North America - regardless PAL or not (434 games to those curious). Been saying it's JNA (Japanese North American) but obviously that requires an explanation because it's not a 'real' name. Does this have an actual term or no?
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So yeah, "NTSC, but only games released both in both the US and Japan" is about as few words as you can describe your SNES collection in imo.
I assume most people that you start explaining regional 90s video game differences to will just gloss over.
My NHL example was certainly no accident.
I would start a fight about NHL games, but you can't fight because NHL '94 doesn't have fighting
I'm kidding though. It sounds like a good way to create a goal for a set of good SNES games beyond just subjectively buying ones with good reviews.
When it comes to sports games, I rarely play them so I only really want one good one per genre. And thank you, I think everyone should collect based on their own set goals not those that others decide
And lastly, you'd be surprised whenever I ask buddies about buying their old games, I need to explain why I don't want certain games they know I don't own.
As per set theory you are collecting the "intersection" of 2 different sets, meaning you are collecting what's common to both. So you are an "intersectionist"? Maybe that sounds kind of dumb haha.
Another way to look at it is that you are actually leaving out the regional exclusives by your method. So you are going for a full "non-exclusive" set or maybe we can call it the "NTSC-U/J common set".
The only question people should be asking is where do the Sachen games fit into this?
SSSSsshhhhh! People will hear you!
My thinking was that time and money need to go into the translation and 'porting' so companies wouldn't really waste time on games that suck.
If only it worked that way. Cart size, special hardware, and genre vs what nintendo itself was releasing played a bigger role it seemed.
There are lots of differences between the US and Japanese releases of almost every SNES/SFC game, even if it doesn't seem like it. Just when going through the shoot em ups most of them have minute changes that you wouldn't recognize unless you were very familiar with both games, and this goes way beyond just text differences. What I'm basically saying is that I really don't get the point of this unless you are picking up both versions.
I'd go with the "my personal complete set" because it implies you have your own definition, but you do have guidelines. For me, I actually have a specific "complete set" that I'm going for-- it's every game I've ever played as a child. I'm talking about games I owned, friends owned and let me borrow and games I recall trying and loving at game shops, yep I have a good memory and I've remembered all of them and cataloged them. For me, my "complete set" is getting every one of these games. My definition is very different than yours but I do have specific rules that I follow. You are no different, though your rules are far different than mind.
If you can't find a term that perfectly states what you're trying to do, you can state in a way that implies you have rules you follow and then the curious can enquire about them.