This is the main reason I am skeptical of getting any Japanese Saturn games, I don't want to skip through a bunch of text that I can't read. Anybody have suggestions on some to get that aren't difficult to understand?
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There's some really good shooters that were available on Saturn only in Japan. Thunder Force V (this may have had a release in the U.S. on another console), Soukyugurentai Otokuyo (published by EA), & Salamander Deluxe are a few. Of course, there's also Radiant Silvergun if you want to pay a LOT of $$$$ for it.
Don't forget other Sega arcade ports that were released only in Japan. Power Drift is one of my favorites, and the Saturn port is arcade perfect.
Also, you can play Fighting Vipers with the Pepsiman character if you have the Japanese version.