What is the difference between Nexzr and Summer Carnival 93?

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MrOldSchoolCool
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What is the difference between Nexzr and Summer Carnival 93?

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Is any of the gameplay removed or are just the cutscenes removed?

Is the game only like 10 minutes long without the cutscenes?
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Re: What is the difference between Nexzr and Summer Carnival

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Nexzr has cutscenes to tell the, uh, oh so riveting story of "guy blowing up the badguys because of some anime girl crying/dying" or something.

Nexzr Special '93 removes the cutscenes, but adds in a 2 and 5-minute caravan mode. A worthy trade-off imo, even if I wouldn't have minded a game that had both the cutscenes and caravan modes (the cutscenes must have taken up some space).
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Re: What is the difference between Nexzr and Summer Carnival

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Nexzr standard

+Epic cover art
=Cutscenes
-Much pricier

Nexzr Special

+Caravan modes
+Relatively cheap
-forgettable boxart* *HOWEVER it will complete your Spriggan/Recca/Al's A Dick Summer Carnival quartet!

The main game remains absolutely identical in both cases, down to the brilliant HIDEEZE mode. Get Special unless you feel like splurging for collector cred, in which case you'll probably want both.
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Re: What is the difference between Nexzr and Summer Carnival

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Nexzr is worth owning for the cover art alone.
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Re: What is the difference between Nexzr and Summer Carnival

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The caravan mode in special is one of the best I've ever played. It's a PCE-CD game so just burn it, no need to actually pay the crazy prices people want for these games
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Re: What is the difference between Nexzr and Summer Carnival

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d0s wrote:no need to actually pay the crazy prices people want for these games
Preach the gospel, brother. Amen.

SC93 was the version of Nexzr I had for my Duo. It was real because I could not get burns to work. Cool game, pretty challenging.
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