YUME MEIKYŪ - KIGURUMI DAIBŌKEN
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どりいむめいず夢迷宮 きぐるみ大冒険
1994 ©Hector
©Axes Art Amuse
Release: 1994-04-15 (¥9800)
Cartridge SHVC-QX
Role Playing/Action
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Yume Meikyū Kigurumi Daibōken (also known as Dream Maze Kigurumi Adventures)
is a wacky and cute dungeon crawler published by Hector. The game tells the story
of a boy who dreams of the mysterious kingdom of Enderia every night. There, he
constantly lives exciting adventures and this time he is on a quest to save this world
from destruction. Our hero must explore perilous towers and rescue all the kidnapped
princesses from the kingdom. He is, however, not alone and friends (Harumi and
Zakkarī) will later help him out in his journey. Interestingly, the boy doesn't
level up but wears special animal costumes called Kigurumi. Each new
costume gives the player a certain number of characteristics and abilities such
as better attacks or special magic spells. Some enemies (such as giant sparrows
chicken or cows) must be defeated in order to acquire their costumes and abilities.
Changing Rooms are scattered throughout the game and allow the boy to equip Kigurumis
and Tailors can store them and customize their abilities if needed.
Yume Meikyū Kigurumi Daibōken is a classical dungeon crawler but
it however features a random and turned based battle system. Our heroes
can punch, kick or use special attacks and a grid displayed over the
combat screen allows the player to precisely hit his enemies and, in
some cases, even find their weak spots. Once the combat is over, the player
is awarded with candies than can be used to purchase new items or be eaten
to recover some health.
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An English patch was published by KingMike's Translations on January 2005.
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Special rooms scattered throughout the towers can help the heroes in their journey:
wardrobes/changing rooms : equip a different Kigurumi
Tailors : used to store Kigurumis but also customize special ones
Healing Room : recover all health for 10 candies.
Magic Carper : used to reach other floor, equivalent to elevator.
Beanstalk : used to reach higher/lower floors.
Shops : Some shops sells the floor map for 10 candies.
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Here're a couple of clues to help you out at the beginning of the game:
* The clay character on the 5th floor of cake Tower needs a
wooden doll to let you pass. The doll is in a storage room on the
4th floor - a duck keeps the entrance the first time you
get there.
* The boss room from the Cake Tower is on the 10th floor.
Before entering the room, make sure you take the door on the
right, the one on the left is a transporter that will send you
somewhere on the floor.
* You'll be awarded a key once the boss is defeated. This key opens
the locked door on the 5th floor and the exit door on the 1st floor.
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LK
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Add your Pov here !
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Yume Meikyū Kigurumi Daibōken is a freaking weird game, but in
a good way. The first part that jumped out at me are the Kigurumis (costumes) - you
kill cute looking animals and steal their skins to make costumes out of
them... this is genius! The battle system is also ingenious and the grid-display
provides a unique twist to the turn-based gameplay. But the game doesn't
hit all its intended targets. No experience and leveling makes the
random encounters feel tedious and often distracting. Then surprise
chests are scattered on each floor but they're only visible when you
step on the tile they're on - this is really frustrating and you often
end up missing them... All in all, Yume Meikyū Kigurumi Daibōken
is a bizarre and fun game if you can get over
its super cuteness. I personnaly enjoyed it.
It is really easy to play but non Japanese speaking players may really
end up stuck in places. A fan-translated version is available though.
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