The best Strider game is the NES one, Mozzezz.
Anyway, this reminds me that PSN's weekly show also has an attractive host... an Asian one, at that. Still not compelling enough to actually watch it regularly.
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If you like Blitzball, try Captain Tsubasa II (in English) for NES!
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