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MADŌ MONOGATARI - HANAMARU DAIYŌCHI ENJI
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魔導物語 はなまる大幼稚園児
©Tokumashoten Intermedia inc.
©Compile 1996
Release: 1996-01-12 (¥9900)
Cartridge (Backup Ram) SHVC-ADYJ
Role Playing game
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Compile's Madō Monogatari takes the famous Puyo Puyo
franchise and gives it a new and original twist. No puzzles nor cute ascending
Puyos anymore. Madō Monogatari is instead a (simple) 2D overhead
Role Playing Game featuring most of the characters from the series. Arle,
the cute little girl so familiar to anyone who played the Puyo Puyo
series of game, embarks on a long quest. Everything starts when she receives a mysterious
letter - she then goes on a long journey where she will learn magic spells and retrieve eight gems.
The game follows a traditional structure with towns where new items and equipment
can be found.
Turn based fights are randomly triggered during the game. However, unlike
traditional RPGs, our character can only uses magic spells such as fireballs,
lightening or confusion spells throwing cute dancing flowers at the enemy. Another
originality of the game is to not display any health meter - instead,
Arle's status can be guessed by just looking at how she moves during battles, and
the expression on her face.
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Madō Monogatari is a very interesting and unusual game.
If you are a Role Playing hardcore player, I would advice you to
just walk away and ignore it. Story is very simple and does
not compare to any big RPGs available for the Super Famicom system.
The game has cute and silly graphics, and gives the impression it
was aimed at a young audience - and be warned, it was also designed for a young
Japanese audience and you will need strong Japanese basics to enjoy
the game in full. All in all, it is a charming and cute title on the outside but sort
of hollow in the inside. However, I personally kind of like it and it
definitively brings something new and fresh to the genre.
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