Just discovered that Egg Console released the original Popful Mail on Switch today. I know that I'll be barely able to play it as it's in full Japanese, but I really appreciate the effort. It's the first time Popful Mail has been playable in any form outside of Japan since the original Sega CD release 30 years ago.*
*Because Victor Ireland was a curmudgeon about letting Working Designs games appear on the Genesis/MD Mini 2.
Hopefully it gets more love in the future. I'd love to see Falcom revisit the game either by re-localizing the Sega CD version or a reboot. In terms of presentation and humor, it always felt ahead of it's time. It's probably just me, but I get a lot of Shantae/WayForward vibes.
Also picked up Golvellius as a quick bonus as I liked the Sega Master System version. It's a solid but unique Zelda-style game that does it's own thing not unlike Crystalis (NES). I don't know how they got the rights after Compile went bankrupt and their IPs were divided up by various companies such as Sega and M2, but it's nice to see more of their cult classic catalog become available.
I'm amazed just how many Egg Console releases I recognize from playing random obscure Famicom Disk System ports.