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Hiohden Super Famicom/SNES JP GAME. 9000021331344

90s SKU KIC-VGAM-0209
$30.00

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Hiohden is a Super Famicom strategy RPG released in 1993 by Wolf Team, published exclusively for the Japanese market and never officially localized for Western audiences. The game arrived complete in box, and the dark fantasy artwork on the cover earns a second look: a throne room, skeletal figures flanking the frame, a dragon's shadow overhead. Wolf Team was working in the same corner of the 16-bit RPG landscape as early Enix and early NEC Ave titles, building systems-heavy strategy games for a domestic audience that rewarded patience over reflexes.

1993 was a loaded year for the Super Famicom. Final Fantasy V had shipped the previous year and set expectations for what a square could do with 16-bit hardware. Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem was already on shelves. Into that environment, Wolf Team released a game with mouse compatibility, which tells you something about their design ambition: this was not a simple tile-move-attack loop. Mouse support on the Super Famicom was a short-lived experiment tied to a small catalog of titles, and Hiohden is one of the more obscure entries in that group. The Japan-exclusive status means this copy arrived on the secondary market through import channels, and CIB copies of niche Wolf Team titles are not routine stock at a Western shop. We picked this one up specifically because the box and manual were both present and clean.

Wolf Team's dark fantasy grid tactics, complete in box, no English release, pure import collector bait.

This copy is complete in box. Box, cartridge, and manual are all accounted for. The cartridge shell shows light shelf wear consistent with 30-plus years of storage, and the manual pages appear free of major foxing or water damage from what we can see at intake. The box corners will tell you the full condition story: check each corner flap for split seams or crush damage before you commit, because box integrity on JP-exclusive Super Famicom titles is the first thing to go.

OWNER VERIFY: Confirm the 1993 release year and Wolf Team publisher credit against the manual title page or cartridge label markings.

Wolf Team's dark fantasy grid tactics, complete in box, no English release, pure import collector bait.
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Inspected in Las Vegas on June 2026. Each piece is a single unit, sold as inspected.

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This hiohden super famicom/snes jp game. 9000021331344 originates from the 90s era[01], represents Nintendo[02]'s output, . Each piece in the shop is a single unit, inspected by hand in Las Vegas before listing. The data manifest to the right records the fields on file for this lot; where a field is empty it has been omitted rather than guessed.

Super Famicom. Hiouden: Mamono-tachi to no Chikai (1993). CIB. The Super Famicom release of the Wolf Team strategy RPG. Original Japanese box with dramatic dark fantasy artwork. A throne room bathed in deep red and orange tones. A figure seated on a throne at the center flanked by a standing warrior. Massive skeletal figures line both sides of the hall, looming over the scene. A dragon's shadow cast on the wall above. Japanese kanji title "緋王伝" in red text at the top with subtitle "魔物達との誓い" (Oath with the Demons). "WOLFTEAM" publisher logo at the upper left. Super Famicom Licensed by Nintendo badge. Super Famicom Mouse compatible badge at the bottom. Dark, atmospheric, foreboding design.

Hiouden: Mamono-tachi to no Chikai (1993) was a strategy RPG developed by Wolf Team. The studio that would later become the Tales Studio responsible for the Tales of series (Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Destiny, and beyond). Wolf Team was known for ambitious, atmospheric games on Japanese platforms, and Hiouden's dark fantasy setting with demon pacts and political intrigue was a showcase for their storytelling ambitions. The game's Super Famicom Mouse compatibility added an unusual control option for the era. Japan-exclusive strategy RPGs on the Super Famicom represent some of the deepest cuts in the 16-bit RPG library. Games that most Western players never experienced. An oath sealed in darkness.

Super Famicom game. CIB (complete in box). Pre-owned. See photos for condition.

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