MARCHEN VEIL
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メルヘンヴェール
©1987 Sunsoft, System Sacom
Release: 1987-03-03 (¥3200)
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Adventure / Action game

Marchen veil is an adventure/action game by Sunsoft and System Sacom. A long time ago, people from Ferikusu could communicate with the gods and divine spirits. The king of the kingdom is now looking for a young man to marry his daughter, the royal princess. Many contendants are selected and a tournament is organized to decide of the new prince. However, before the end or the ceremony, an evil magician sends the last hero, the one the princess has fallen in love with, to an unknown and desolated world. He also quickly realizes that he fell under a terrible curse, and he has been turned into a weird creature. The only item he has left is a magic bracelet the princess gave him. The player takes control of the lost prince and his journey will take him back to where he came from, confront the evil magician and marry the princess he loves. Each stage starts with a short animation (called a "visual stage") which unfolds the story as the game progresses. The rest of the game follows a classic top-view action formula, where the hero defeats all kind of enemies with the help of his magic powers. Sometimes, special items can be found under tree logs or rocks.
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Marchen Veil - MSX Interestingly, a couple of Japanese sites tell us that Marchen veil for the Famicom Disk System doesn't really end. Our prince doesn't really meet the princess again - was a sequel supposed to be released later ?.. but it never happened, or at least for the Famicom System. Marchen veil I was also released for the MSX in 1987 (picture on the right). Two other games called Marchen Veil I (1985, System Sacom) and Marchen Veil II (1985, System Sacom) were also available for the NEC PC-98 Japanese computer. Although these versions are maybe not entirely related to the Famicom Disk version (but they likely are), they definitively feature two episodes. All the signs indicate that only the first episode was converted for the Famicom Disk System.


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Marchen Veil is the kind of game that looks and feels really dated. Controls are a bit sluggish and the level design is extremely simple. However, players do not need to know a lot of Japanese to enjoy this game, they'll just miss out on the story told at the beginning of each stage. The "Visual Stages", as they are called, are sort of simple animations played next to the Japanese text, so it is possible to roughly understand what is going on. Overall, Marchen Veil is really average, and I can only recommend it if you can find a very cheap copy.




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