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おぼっちゃまくん
©Pack-In-Video
Release : 1991-03-15 (¥6800)
HuCard (4 Mbits) NC91001
Action / Platform game
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Obocchama Kun is a wacky side scrolling platform game
by Pack in Video based on Yoshinori Kobayashi's
popular Japanese manga series. The player takes control of
Chama Obō, a weird looking kid with incredible and
equally weird powers. His greatest ability is to transform into
all sort of things, from a slow elderly man walking with a stick
to a four legged dog or a large pink plum.
Special items can
also be collected and release even more weird transformations, but
they also help the player by upgrading the small projectiles he uses
to defend himself. Additionally, Secondary characters can be called during
the game. Weird looking turtle shells can be found in each area and
be used to call them (stand on them and sing by pushing up,
the nearest item should turn into a special item). They come be in a shape of a
beefy dude who will protect our hero, a bearded helicopter
shooting down every enemies on the screen or a crying kid throwing
hammers in the air.
Obocchama Kun consists of four large areas (each made up of several
sub-stages) and is single player only.
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Obocchama Kun was a popular Japanese "baka" (meaning stupid/wacky) manga created by
Yoshinori Kobayashi, The comic originally ran from 1986 to 1994 in Coro Coro Comic
children magazine published by Shogakukan (picture on the right). Obocchama Kun is little known in the west
although it was released in Japan around the same time as Ranma ½ - this was probably because
by its theme which was deeply embedded with Japanese culture. The manga was very popular in Japan
and was even turned into an animated series that aired from 1989 to 1992 on TV Asahi.
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What a weird game that is... developed by the infamous Pack in Video
and licensed by Namcot. Despite the extremely unusual and wacky
Japanese design (which I'm usually a fan of), Obocchama Kun sadly falls
shot from delivering a fun and exciting experience. The difficulty
level is really unbalanced (it features the 'one hit' cursed death penalty)
and the controls are a bit awkward. For instance, I feel that you
often turn into the wrong character by mistake which definitively
makes the whole game more frustrating than it should. Then levels just
recycle the same themes ad nauseaum.... All in all, Obocchama Kun
is another missed opportunity to create a fun and wacky platform game,
and just fails at delivering the goods. However, it can be now
purchased for a ridiculously small price, so why not give it a try?
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