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This one has always bothered me and maybe it's been answered before but if so I couldn't find anything. We all know that there are only a handful of English Kizuna Encounter AES carts out there, but why is that? I can see SNK doing a small limited run due to low estimated demand, but surely more should have surfaced by now if that were the case. It certainly doesn't make sense for them to do a run of 10-15 carts and call it a day. The cost of translating the manual and setting up all the printing alone would have exceeded any profit from that.
I think I read something years ago where someone stated that they stopped production of the Euro version due to low sales and put all the boards in JPN copies because sales were better there. I know Kizuna Encounter isn't the most popular game out there, but surely it sold more than a handful of copies before something like this would happen.
So what actually happened? Did they start production and then suddenly stop due to some unforeseen circumstance? Did they make a bunch then destroy them for some undisclosed reason?
Same question about Double Dragon, and Ultimate 11, what's the real story behind the low numbers?
I think I read something years ago where someone stated that they stopped production of the Euro version due to low sales and put all the boards in JPN copies because sales were better there. I know Kizuna Encounter isn't the most popular game out there, but surely it sold more than a handful of copies before something like this would happen.
So what actually happened? Did they start production and then suddenly stop due to some unforeseen circumstance? Did they make a bunch then destroy them for some undisclosed reason?
Same question about Double Dragon, and Ultimate 11, what's the real story behind the low numbers?