UFO KAMEN YAKISOBAN - KETTLER NO KUROI INBŌ
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UFO仮面ヤキソバン ケトラーの黒い陰謀
©Nissin Food Products Co.,Ltd
Dentsu Inc.
©ITC, Inc
Release: 1994-10-14 (¥5980)
Cartridge SHVC-Y9
Beat'em up
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UFO Kamen Yakisoban is probably what happens when large
food corporations decide to make video games. U.F.O fried noodles
are extremely popular in Japan, and this hilarious game is entirely based
on their line of products. UFO Kamen Yakisoban is a side scrolling
beat'em up featuring Yakisoban, super hero with super yakisoba
powers. In a galaxy far far away (only 10 billion kilometers from Earth
actually), Yakisoban, the prince of the peaceful Yakisobaan
planet, is about to embark on a quest to save princess Mayumi. She
was kidnaped by the evil kettle head Ketora who decided to hide
on a nearby planet, Earth. Yakisoban comes complete, with giant
UFO helmet and special Yakisoban sauce spray guns. Enemies vary from
human shaped monsters wearing sunglasses and suits, to pink weirdoz
wearing kettle helmets. Bosses also have 'traditional' Japanese food
features, like the sort of okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes) oven
waiting for Yakisoban at the end of the first stage. Our
hero can use standard fighting tricks including punches, combo
punches and kicks. Quickly hit a direction twice and he will
roll into a ball or launch a jump-kick attack. Yet, our noddle
man has another secret weapon - he can charge up a yakisoba
sauce attack by holding the punch button long enough. This
attack can be even powered-up if he can find spare yakisoba
containers scattered throughout the game. Finally, items such as food can be
found hidden inside some objects of the scenery. One-of special
attacks can be found this way, like the monocyle making
Yakisoban invincible for a short amount of time.
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The first edition of UFO Kamen Yakisoban was given away as a
promotional gift by the dried noodle company. A second edition
(the one tested here) was later sold in stores through the usual
channels. Surprisingly, Yakisoban was not only a video game
hero. He was also featured in a Japanese TV series and videos. A
movie released in 1994 even featured Michael Tomioka as
Yakisoban (who used to be MTV presenter) and the american
actor Dave Spector (amazingly popular in Japan)
played the evil Ketora.
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UFO Kamen Yakisoban is such a weird game. Yet,
I find it fun. Our hero doesn't have a huge arsenal of moves
at his disposal. Nevertheless, the game is fun and entertaining.
Because of its origins, I was initially expecting a low quality
production with non-existant gameplay. But I was wrong, and
UFO Kamen Yakisoban is undoubtedly a good game in
itself with tons of in-game humor. Its originality and
wacky plot makes it an unusual and fun game, but I wouldn't
recommend it to serious fans of the genre.
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