Product Info
Title:
Famicom Mukashi Banashi:
Yuuyuuki
Developer:
Pax Softnic
Publisher:
Nintendo
Genre:
Adventure
Price:
2600.00
Description:
Yuuyuuki is much like Shin Onigashima, except it's based on Chinese
folklore – Journey to the West, specifically – rather than Japanese. Even
the interface, with the vertically oriented text on the left side of the
graphic window, is identical. The main character is a Chinese girl named
Chao, who investigates a nearby meteor crash and finds a mischievous
monkey inside named Goku. The game ultimately culminates in a quest
to take down the evil Demon Bull King Gyuumaou. In addition to Chao
and Goku, there are three other characters: Sanzou the monk, Hakkai the
pig, and Gojou the kappa. Like Shin Onigashima, you can switch
between your friends, though you're never traveling with all five at once,
so it doesn't get too confusing. There are many small improvements, like
faster animations, easier puzzles, and fewer sudden death sequences.
Much like its predecessor, it's also an incredibly silly game. Right at
the beginning, when Goku crawls out of the meteor, Chao hides behind
the outside of the graphic frame, an amusing fourth-wall breaking gag.
Goku is constantly admonished by Oshasama, a god who desperately
attempts to get the troublemaker on the right track. The adventure takes
the heroes to Siberia and then eventually Hawaii, and one of the major
characters is a talking scooter. At one point you meet Gyuumaou’s wife,
who everyone insists is a gorgeous beauty, but is really just a gigantic
face with arms and legs sticking out of it. Some of the Shin Onigashima
cast make brief appearances, too, including Donbe and Kintarou.
Unfortunately, Yuuyuuki was never re-released outside of the initial
FDS publication. Some of the characters do make cameos in a few Kirby
games. In Hoshi no Kirby 2 (Kirby's Dream Land 2 for the Game Boy), if
you defeat a midboss and you're already riding one of your animal
buddies, there's a chance that Chao will pop outside instead. The sound
test also features Chao at a piano, in a
replication of a scene from Yuuyuuki. Both
Goku and Chao also appear in a level of
Kirby's Dream Land 3 for the SNES