“Roly-polys No Nanakorobi Yaoki” - a cute and strange old educational Japanese game
A little while back I learned about a series of Japanese games called "Roly Polys". Apparently the second game in the series had been thought lost to time but a copy turned up online so people could finally archive and play/see it again.
This eventually led me to looking up videos and finding a play-through of the original. It's really colorful, strange and fun game designed around helping Japanese kids learn English, using lots of little videos, stories and the occasional mini-game. The main cast consists of a bunch of silly and weird animal characters, including a villainous fox who is a huge jerk and a really cute purple ferret named George. :) The game also teaches moral fables, most of which I found to be pretty good. Also there's a peacock character named Akiko that kinda gives me transgender/queer vibes due to some things both in the game and on the Rolypolys fandom wiki.
I had watched a play-through of it on Youtube and took some screenshots of things I liked. :)
George the Ferret and Banaten the monkey share a close bond and can communicate non-verbally with each-other.It’s a sweet scene. :)
I really liked this one bit of writing. It has long been a frustration of mine when I ask someone to teach me how to do something, and instead of instructing me and letting me perform the task, they just do it for me while I watch, and I seldom learn anything.
George having a picnic by himself, with milk. He’s so cute!
Cho is a scary asshole fox who goes as far as even just shooting Pon, his favorite target. Thankfully due to cartoon physics, Pon survives.
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Just discovered an interesting unused file in Roly-Polys no Nanakorobi Yaoki - an extended version of Banaten’s character screen music which lasts for over a minute (as opposed to a handful of seconds like the clips used in-game).
Sadly, none of the other characters have extended theme mixes. A shame.
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Sharing a fandom with only one mutual is so funny to me because i can say “I hc George and Banaten are t4t” and only one of you will understand who im talking about
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hi i made fanart for an obscure edutainment game that was made by the guy who made lsd dream emulator
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sry abt the useless red circle lmao. couldn’t find any version of this picture without it.
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