The Paprium SCANDAL

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Own the game myself and while it's enjoyable it definitely didn't live up to all the drama that tailed it. They should seriously release this digitally if they want to make that money back they lost if any at all.

Those "paprium" sprites we saw on the CRT (right after the mega drive commercial clip" were ripped directly from Final Fight.

Over and over people do not seem to get the undeniable fact that trust is the number one important thing in business. If you compromise trust in any part of your business you will be destroying faith in the product/service.

Not sure why you say it's delivered, I've STILL haven't recieved mine yet. I've written countless times saying I can't log in to my account, never had a single response, just blanket emails of promising its coming and they're being bagged down with trolls. I just want the copy I paid for >:(

Fonzie needs a business manager. That's just the reality of the situation. He's clearly an insanely talented person, as are those who work with him, but he cannot seem to get his business running smoothly. Hell, I'd offer my services if I believed he'd trust a random dope on the internet. I do not for one second believe he scammed anyone. I just believe he's freaking disorganized.

It's a shame WaterMelon managed to destroy their reputation with this whole fiasco, I actually really liked Pier Solar.

The cartridge is prone to failure. My cart for example only shows a black screen on a Model 2. I have read about others playing the game for 30 minutes only to have their cart cut out and produce the same black screen upon reboot. Or worse, the epoxy starts melting like cheese on a Halloween themed cheeseburger for BK Japan. Selling this game in digital format would mitigate the damage caused by every cart eventually failing.

I feel like Watermelon are missing a sizeable market by not releasing on Steam. With the current price point and the hardware risks on the MD, I can't bring myself to purchase it, as much as I'd like to try the game.

Tulio at least seems like the kind of developer I would want to work with. Not touching money designated for other projects to get the main one yet? Randy Pitchford could learn a thing or two from this guy.

Rumor has it that Fonzie spent all of the Paprium income on barrels of mustache wax and euro pop music CDs.

Paypal randomly seizing money and refusing to give it back? Sounds pretty typical, honestly.

...and Star Citizen is still in alpha...

I've seen Game Sack's review of this game. Technologically it's really impressive, but in terms of gameplay, there's definitely not enough to justify the cost.

I worked at WM during that time when there were so many projects going on, but the company definitely didn't work on seven simultaneously. Sacred Line Genesis and Papi Commando came out in 2015 and 2016 respectively, and they were pretty much already completed by their original developers before Watermelon finalized the projects. Langrisser II was also on the backburner until other projects were done. But yeah, I can still agree there were too many projects at the same time.

This video seems to be overlooking some of the events that took place. For instance, when the game suddenly appeared in 2020 and a number of initial backers finally received their games, as well as some of the bigger YouTube channels featuring and reviewing the game, Watermelon reopened preorders...for twice the original asking price. Anyone that have preordered the game for that second wave, I don't believe have received it. And yeah even some of the original backers never got theirs either. Watermelon released an email saying they were looking for a partner to help them fulfill orders. Essentially the funding of new orders was going towards filling old orders, and those new orders would need further financial backing to be filled. Sounds kinda scammy to me.

Honestly, it comes across like a project of a late 90's Demoscene group that also just happens to have gameplay elements. It's incredibly technically impressive, it's just not a game I'd really care to play.

Some of the sprites seem to be directly taken from the Streets of Rage serie and recolored By example, compare Blaze with Alex

Thank you for having my on the video, Daniel! It was a super fun video to collab for! :D

as a brazilian it was hilarious hearing Daniel saying "Show do Milhão" as "Show the meel-hey-oh"