"Taito Ending" / Bad ending Appreciation thread

[Randorama]

Honestly, when I first saw the endings of Liquid Kids and The New Zealand Story, I was deeply perplexed ("What? We win? With Taito?!").

I saw that New Zealand one and yeah it's still an bad ending, your fellows faced an unknown fate.

Well, the ending tells the player that Tiki (the 1P Kiwi) goes on to rescue each kidnapped sibling and finally saves his beloved Phee-Phee
Same thing for Liquid Kids, too.

The greatest mystery still remains, though:

...why Taito dedicated a whole game to New Zealand? And why no rugby and sailing references, since the game is set in NZ?

Jokes aside, a whole thread could be dedicated to Taito's cutesy games and their wacky settings.

[Lander]

The thread stirs.
Something... Is not as it was.

I see you there, shadowy perpetrator! Your ninja edit would have escaped undetected, if not for RETROACTIVE NOTIFICATION NO RYUU! ┬┴┬┴┤｀w´)

[cj iwakura]

Boy would you all love Yoko Taro's writing, especially Drakengard and Nier...

He even had a bit when he told everyone during an interview that death was inevitable anyway, so everything has a 'bad ending' after the credits roll.

[BIL]

Reminded of the OG Snatcher ending, where it wraps at Junker HQ. Authentic future noir, a bleak lonely struggle on.

Specifically via the OST version of "Beyond Sorrows," where Snatcher taunts Gillian on the futility of man with his goofy robovoice after Gillian blow he head off *bzzt bzzzt*