ar tonelico!! or the songs they make!! programming syntaxes as lyrics for their songs, something like a whole computer architecture in their worldbuilding and the lore, and add in how the director was so dedicated that he made up physics to accommodate the system in the world! i don't think there's any other games like it after that one. the songs' genre is also so very unique and not very common that i think nier's ost is the closest to it? and, unfortunately, any other games that boast 'song magic' is usually just using the usual jpop.

it's too bad they don't seem to be continuing the series anymore. i really want more functions defined in songs or grammars/lore-reasons making layered vocals a necessity or songs titled with 'chmod' or 'exec'... i hope they make more ;;;

I already posted about Kamen Riders, but what's yet another obscure fandom

I've... recently? gotten into Legend of the Five Rings, a tabletop RPG, which is based on Eastern mythology medieval stuff.

I specially like how the characters are built in it, because rather than going for Strength, Dexterity, etc.; your stats are instead dictated by your affinity to the elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, and Void (the Five Rings!). Each ring is associated with a particular way of doing things; a Fire character would probably reckless charge in battle, while an Air character would feint and trick their opponent into creating openings. An Earth character would be good at retaining and memorizing information, but a Water one would instead be good at gathering it from their surroundings.

It's set in the land of Rokugan, which is basically everything Asian mushed together, where the Emperor rules over seven different Great Clans of samurai who split the territories and have vastly different cultures. There's also the code of Bushido and its tenets, and each Great Clan focuses on one while they... downplay another. There's the Crab clan who fight to protect the border from evil monsters and undead, the Crane clan who influence through diplomacy and art, the Dragon clan who seclude themselves in the mountains to seek Enlightenment, the Lion clan who excel in combat and military pursuits, the Phoenix clan who serve the many gods, the Scorpion clan who use underhanded means to root out the enemies of the Empire, and the Unicorn clan who has recently returned from the West, bringing knowledge about other countries with them. There's also the Imperial families who support the Emperor directly, the ronin and commoners who slip through the gaps, the minor clans given honor by the Emperor for some reason or another, the spirits and mystical creatures of neighboring realms, and even some foreigners. It's got a wealth of lore >.>

...sorry, just wanted to spaz.

Definitely "The Legend of Zelda."

I've been playing "The Wind Waker" and "The Twilight Princess" on my old Wii, and I gotta say I love their stories! The old games are the best games~

And, uh, also (no judge)...

"Cucumber Quest"

Look it up if you want to know T^T

Morrowind. A lot of the surviving fandom today can be toxic at best.

Tried to play it earlier today and came to the grim realization that I fuckin destroyed my save file with mods. rip.


edit: dark souls + bloodborne + relatedstuff isn't obscure but it's so hard to find non rated r communities and/or fanfiction?? help

say rip to the last remnant. 

it has a unique gameplay but also kind of cumbersome. but the ost's super good, i loved all of the characters (even the frog), and i think i even memorized the general geography of the world map when i don't even memorize my own country's (screw me). too bad it wasn't received well because, again, performance issues(now fixed(?)), and... well, it wasn't received well in general ig. 

but again the ost's godlike. the battle theme changes according to your morale!!! and also i liked how i could tell how a specific track in ffxiv just felt different(twin adder's theme, beast mount theme) that it made me check the composer and, yeap. it's him!! felt like salvaging TLR gold. 

also i would have liked to see rush and david together for a bit more pls. 

d.gray-man! idk if it fully counts as obscure or not, but i've genuinely only met like 3 or 4 others who had ever heard of it or watched/read it. if you've got the time, i highly recommend the manga! the dub for the anime is,,, really bad but gkjfhdg early 2000's, what did ya expect y'know?

it was one of the first anime i'd ever watched and i fell in love so quick. it helped me a lot when i was going through a rough time due to family situations at the time and now i've watched it like 5 times

Probably a combination of both obscure and dead fandom; but I'd be very surprised if there's anyone else on this site who knows about Silent Möbius, and doubly so if they liked the series. Afterall, it's hard to think of an anime/manga series that has a combination of the following:

Action Girls
Police Drama/Buddy Cop Show
Cyberpunk Setting
Urban Fantasy
Lovecraft Lite inspired bestiary
Lots of shout outs to 80's/90's sci-fi and cyberpunk works, such as Bubblegum Crisis, Blade Runner, etc.

I've always been a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog but until recently I've never looked into the comics.

And..uh...damn, early Archie Sonic comics were wild af.

oooh my god i found two DVDs of this anime at a thrift store when i was like 8-9? i was obsessed. i haven't met anyone else that likes it lol. only recently found out they were based off of games.

Happy 15th, EO

nowgivemeEOVI

Cave Story.