Oh no, I'm getting torn!
Anyway, my choices are:
- Chamy & Chisa Yokoyama - Dream Girl (from Galaxy Fräulein Yuna)
(It's short and sweet—you'll gotta LOVE it!)
- G-Mixer - Timekeeper [Quartz Quadrant JP]
(OH, COME ON! How many people don't like Sonic remixes?)
And here's an interesting background about the
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna series: In the early '90s, Mika Akitaka, an artist known for his mecha designs in anime series (
Zeta Gundam,
ZZ Gundam,
Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket,
Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, and more recently
Gundam The Origin), was making a bunch of Gundam designs in the form of cute anime girls wearing power armor, known as "MS Girls". One such design in particular, his rendition of Gundam F91, caught the attention of video game studios Red Company and Hudson Soft, who wanted to turn the character into an original video game IP. Thus the
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna franchise was created.
Although what was originally planned as a shooting game for the NEC PC-Engine,
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna was ultimately reworked into a visual novel—or what was referred to as a "
digicomic". The first entry in the series was released on October 23, 1992 for the NEC PC-Engine Super
CD-ROM² add-on. It would then see a re-release in 1995 with a newly included HuVIDEO disc containing an animated commercial and concept art as part of a promotion for the release of
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna 2: Princess of Eternity.
OF COURSE, they won't stop Akitaka from luring out of Hudson's 'quarters, they decided produce a shooting game that what could have ever been before:
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire, released in November 24, 1995. With prices fetching well currently above $1,000 on the secondhand market, this game has becoming one of the rarest video games in all time, thus considered to be the crown "jewel" of many a PC-Engine collector.
I know if Westerners really knew about
Yuna via the OVA series, which received a somewhat improbable international release through A.D. Vision. There are two OVA series based on the games, comprising a total of five episodes. The second series was notably directed by the same individual that would go on to make the well-regarded
Madoka Magica franchise.
And
Sakura Wars fans, better get a load of this:
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna features the talent of
seiyuu Chisa Yokoyama, or might know her as the voice of Sakura Shinguji from the
Sakura Wars series (btw, she's also the voice of Sasami from
Tenchi Muyo!). Coincidentally, aside from working on
Yuna, Red Company also co-developed with SEGA for
Sakura Wars, and that's the reason why Chisa Yokoyama is included in the series. (As Amitie from
Puyo Puyo said, "You betcha!")
The
Yuna series ran strong through the late '90s, eventually culminating in its best-known and best-regarded game:
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna 3: Lightning Angel, released in December 4, 1997 for the SEGA Saturn, ported to the PlayStation the following year as
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna: Final Edition. The franchise petered out soon after, with little activity since aside from sporadic re-releases of existing material, but it remains a fond memory for many.
FUN FACT: Yuna Kagurazaka actually appears in ONE localized Hudson Soft title, Saturn Bomberman... as an unlockable character in the game's multiplayer mode. Heck, even Bomberman makes a cameo appearance in the first Galaxy Fräulein Yuna game... as a swimsuit judge!
I hope you guys finished my backstory behind it. Either way, stay peachy!
(Also: Rest in peace, Koichi Sugiyama, the guy who composed a bunch of Dragon Quest music. You will be missed, good sir.)