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[โ€“] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Grew up on the SNES and the only EDF I could think of was.... Earth Defense Force. But apparently a different game by the same name.

You just brought me WAY back lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poh_C9hrsMM&ab_channel=PEG

[โ€“] Maven@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I played it too as a kid. Yep! Totally unrelated, just convergent evolution. The Japanese armed forces are called the JSDF; Japan's Self-Defense Force (because after WWII, part of their surrender included agreeing to disband their army, so they instead created a Self-Defense Force that's deeefinitely not an army). So clearly, the guys who protect the whole Earth are the Earth Defense Force!