History YMMV / TengaiMakyou

* OnceOriginalNowCommon: '''Oh boy''', this trope hit the franchise ''hard'', possibly even more than ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''. When the first game was released in 1989, during the UsefulNotes/{{NES}}' heyday, seeing a game with almost fully-voiced dialogue in an era where voice acting was usually limited to short voice samples, especially one on such a grand scale as an RPG, was unheard of and completely revolutionary at the time, which is why the series became the KillerApp for the Platform/PCEngine CD in Japan. Today, with the partial exception of ''Namida'', those same games look really dated and nothing special in an era where voiced dialogue and cinematic cutscenes have pretty much become standard.

* OnceOriginalNowCommon: '''Oh boy''', this trope hit the franchise ''hard'', possibly even more than ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''. When the first game was released in 1989, during the UsefulNotes/{{NES}}' heyday, seeing a game with almost fully-voiced dialogue in an era where voice acting was usually limited to short voice samples, especially one on such a grand scale as an RPG, was unheard of and completely revolutionary at the time, which is why the series became the KillerApp for the UsefulNotes/PCEngine CD in Japan. Today, with the partial exception of ''Namida'', those same games look really dated and nothing special in an era where voiced dialogue and cinematic cutscenes have pretty much become standard.

* HilariousInHindsight: Sangue the Eternal, a vampire villain from ''Fuun Kabuki-den'', is voiced by Creator/AkiraKamiya, whose most famous role is [[Manga/FistOftheNorthStar Kenshiro]]. Not only does he sound like a vampire Kenshiro, being a vampire means '''[[YouAreAlreadyDead He's Already Dead]]'''.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: '''Oh boy''', this trope hit the franchise ''hard'', possibly even more than ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''. When the first game was released in 1989, during the UsefulNotes/{{NES}}' heyday, seeing a game with almost fully-voiced dialogue in an era where voice acting was usually limited to short voice samples, especially one on such a grand scale as an RPG, was unheard of and completely revolutionary at the time, which is why the series became the KillerApp for the UsefulNotes/PCEngine CD in Japan. Today, with the partial exception of ''Namida'', those same games look really dated and nothing special in an era where voiced dialogue and cinematic cutscenes have pretty much become standard.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even if the whole point of the series was to make fun of the stereotypes and misconceptions foreigners have about Japan, if you apply this trope in a [[MetaFiction meta-fictional way]], one can only wonder what P.H. Chada (the author of the "book" the game is based of) was smoking when writing the book.[[note]]Or in real-life terms, replace Chada with Hiroi and book with game, and you'll get the idea.[[/note]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: '''Oh boy''', this trope hit the franchise ''hard'', possibly even more than ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''. When the first game was released in 1989, during the UsefulNotes/{{NES}}' heyday, seeing a game with almost fully-voiced dialogue in an era where voice acting was usually limited to short voice samples, especially one on such a grand scale as an RPG, was unheard of and completely revolutionary at the time, which is why the series became the KillerApp for the PCEngine CD in Japan. Today, with the partial exception of ''Namida'', those same games look really dated and nothing special in an era where voiced dialogue and cinematic cutscenes have pretty much become standard.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: '''Oh boy''', this trope hit the franchise ''hard'', possibly even more than ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''. When the first game was released in 1989, during the {{NES}}' heyday, seeing a game with almost fully-voiced dialogue in an era where voice acting was usually limited to short voice samples, especially one on such a grand scale as an RPG, was unheard of and completely revolutionary at the time, which is why the series became the KillerApp for the PCEngine CD in Japan. Today, with the partial exception of ''Namida'', those same games look really dated and nothing special in an era where voiced dialogue and cinematic cutscenes have pretty much become standard.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even if the whole point of the series was to make fun of the stereotypes and misconceptions foreigners have about Japan, you apply this trope in a [[MetaFiction meta-fictional way]], one can only wonder what P.H. Chada (the author of the "book" the game is based of) was smoking when writing the book.[[note]]Or in real-life terms, replace Chada with Hiroi and book with game, and you'll get the idea.[[/note]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: '''Oh boy''', this trope hit the franchise ''hard'', possibly even more than ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''. When the first game was released in 1989, during the heyday of the {{NES}} era, seeing a game with almost fully-voiced dialogue in an era where voice acting was usually limited to short voice samples, especially one on such a grand scale as an RPG, was unheard of and completely revolutionary at the time, which is why the series became the KillerApp for the PCEngine CD in Japan. Today, with the partial exception of ''Namida'', those same games look really dated and nothing special in an era where voiced dialogue and cinematic cutscenes have pretty much become standard.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: ''Kabuki Danjuro'', to the grade he's the star of '''three''' games, possibly due to his [[CampStraight personality]].
* HilariousInHindsight: Sangue the Eternal, a vampire villain from ''Fuun Kabuki-den'', is voiced by Creator/AkiraKamiya, whose most famous role is [[Manga/FistOftheNorthStar Kenshiro]]. Not only Sangue sounds like a vampire Kenshiro, being a vampire means '''[[YouAreAlreadyDead He's Already Dead]]'''.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: '''Oh boy''', this trope really hit the franchise ''really hard'', possibly even more than ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'': When the first game was released in 1989, especially the the heyday of the {{NES}} era, seeing a game with almost fully-voiced dialogue, when in that era spoken dialogue was reserved to few spoken bits and some arcade games, especially UsefulNotes/LaserDisc ones, and more specifically a very epic one like an RPG was unheard of and something completely revolutionary, and that was reason the series was the KillerApp for the PCEngine CD in Japan. Today, with the partial exception of ''Namida'', those same games looks really dated and nothing special in a era when almost every single game have voiced dialogue.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even if the whole point of the whole series is about making fun of the stereotypes foreigners has about Japan, if you apply this trope in a [[MetaFiction meta-fictional way]], you can wonder what kind of weed P.H. Chada (the author of the "book" the game is based of) was smoking when writing the book.[[note]]Or in real terms, replace Chada with Hiroi instead and book with game, and you get the idea.[[/note]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: '''Oh boy''', this trope really hit the franchise ''really hard'', possibly even more than ''SakuraWars'': When the first game was released in 1989, especially the the heyday of the {{NES}} era, seeing a game with almost fully-voiced dialogue, when in that era spoken dialogue was reserved to few spoken bits and some arcade games, especially LaserDisc ones, and more specifically a very epic one like an RPG was unheard of and something completely revolutionary, and that was reason the series was the KillerApp for the PCEngine CD in Japan. Today, with the partial exception of ''Namida'', those same games looks really dated and nothing special in a era when almost every single game have voiced dialogue.

* NeedsMoreLove: Just to get an idea how semi-obscure is the franchise outside Japan, there's only ''two'' [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tengai/tengai.htm English]] [[http://marfisa.net/games/tengai/index.html homepages]] that deals with some of the games from the series (and many of the info used here came from those same pages) and there no fan-made Wiki pages anywhere in English. This is even worse for the {{Xbox360}} remake of ''Ziria'' since there's only '''one single video''' of that game in YouTube (On the other side, there's lots of videos from the other games, at least). Also, and contrasting with ''SakuraWars'', when almost [[AllThereInTheManual every piece of extra info]] has been translated, official and otherwise, there's very few translated info of the franchise anywhere in the net, much less by fans.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Even if the whole point of the whole series is about making fun of the stereotypes foreigners has about Japan, if you apply this trope in a [[MetaFiction meta-fictional way]], you can wonder what kind of weed P.H. Chada (the author of the "book" the game is based of) was smoking when writing the book.[[note]]Or in real terms, replace Chada with Hiroi instead and book with game, and you get the idea.[[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Sangue the Eternal, a vampire villain from ''Fuun Kabuki-den'', is voiced by AkiraKamiya, whose most famous role is [[Manga/FistOftheNorthStar Kenshiro]]. Not only Sangue sounds like a vampire Kenshiro, being a vampire means '''[[YouAreAlreadyDead He's Already Dead]]'''.

* NeedsMoreLove: Just to get an idea how semi-obscure is the franchise outside Japan, there's only ''two'' [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tengai/tengai.htm English]] [[http://marfisa.net/games/tengai/index.html homepages]] that deals with some of the games from the series (and many of the info used here came from those same pages) and there no fan-made Wiki pages anywhere in English. This is even worse for the Xbox360 remake of ''Ziria'' since there's only '''one single video''' of that game in YouTube (On the other side, there's lots of videos from the other games, at least). Also, and contrasting with ''SakuraWars'', when almost [[AllThereInTheManual every piece of extra info]] has been translated, official and otherwise, there's very few translated info of the franchise anywhere in the net, much less by fans.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: '''Oh boy''', this trope really hit the franchise ''really hard'', possibly even more than ''SakuraWars'': When the first game was released in 1989, especially the the heyday of the {{NES}} era, seeing a game with almost fully-voiced dialogue, when in that era spoken dialogue was reserved to few spoken bits and some arcade games, especially LaserDisc ones, and more specifically a very epic one like an RPG was unheard of and something completely revolutionary, and that was reason the series was the KillerApp for the PCEngine CD in Japan. Today, with the partial exception of ''Namida'', those same games looks really dated and nothing special in a era when almost every single game have voiced dialogue.

* HilariousInHindsight: Sangue the Eternal, a vampire villain from ''Fuun Kabuki-den'', is voiced by AkiraKamiya, whose most famous role is [[Manga/FistOftheNorthStar Kenshiro]]. Not only Sangue sounds like a vampire Kenshiro, being a vampire means '''[[YouAreAlreadyDead He's Already Dead]]'''.