Richard E. Rae (76174.1410@COMPUSERVE.COM)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:11:38 -0500
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 4.5 (0410) Message-ID: <199901270111.UAA16765@hil-img-ims-2.compuserve.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:11:38 -0500 From: "Richard E. Rae" <76174.1410@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Teigeki Graph
Hi, Ray...
>> I didn't bother to read what you're supposed to do in Maria's minigame so
that was a problem. ^^; I was never good at Parapapa (PS Rapping
Game), so I screwed up in Orihime's minigame.<<
I haven't mastered Maria's game either. It has something to do with aligning
the colors on the Klieg lights, but, like you, I didn't read the
instructions <g>. Orihime's game is really pretty simple, though it can get
harder in subsequent plays when the X,Y, and Z buttons come into play. This
game is one time I was happy to have a Japanese Saturn, because the colored
buttons on the Japanese controller are even more help in the A,B, C button
presses.
>>4 if your system RAM is filled. And mine's is filled with Sakura Taisen
saves...<<
I know the feeling <g>. I'm limited to what I can put on the cartridge too.
>>Tiny bit! It was rather blatant with the fairies. But Disney can't sue
RED 'cause what of Maria does (at least my version of the play). It
qualifies it as parody, and I found it absolutely hilarious!!!<<
I was being sarcastic with "Tiny Bit <g>". Most of the dialogue is actually
directly taken from the Disney "Sleeping Beauty", albeit translated- the
Fairy names are glaring (Merryweather, Maleficent) as well as their
costumes.
A friend of mine has gotten Maria in the Aurora role (she's not comfortable
with it <g>) and says the Maleficent "resolution" is appropriately
different!
>>Oh really? Hehe, I screwed up a couple of times (need to brush up on my
Japanese), but I didn't get any omake pics yet ... =( In fact, I'm
wondering how the hell you're suppose to get them, but I've only played
a forthnight.<<
It might be related to the Applause Meter at the end, which reflects your
overall success with the minigames. Still, I've gotten both Sakura and
Sumire's omake pics now.
>>Well, I just took a look at it this morning. Hehe. My roommate and I
think it's a variation of shogi (Japanese chess). I find out tonite.<<
I first thought it was "shogi" too, but it doesn't follow the rules for
Shogi. It's really a variation on Stratego, down to the board layout and
function of the characters (only low-rank players can eliminate the "bombs")
and there's a hierarchy among the Hanagumi with Yoneda being the "king" or
"flag".
>>Richard, you forgot to mention that if you go to the Salon, there's Koi
Koi Taisen 2 in which you play Hanafuda (cards now altered with cute
Sakura char pics - I found it sometimes difficult to remember which card
was what) against ... well, everybody. @_@ You even play against Yuri,
Kasumi, and Tsubaki, not to mention Kaeda, Yoneda, and Kayama (hope I
got that right, I tend to forget Oogami's naval buddy).<<
Yes, I did mention it (which you saw!). Tough opponents later on in the
tourney- thank goodness there's a continue option!
>>I dunno if this would be a period flavor as Japanese (and esp. Chinese)
is still written in tatagaki (up and down) read from right to left.<<
Yes, but since almost all modern paragraphs are written left-right, it's
been stated in some articles that they are trying to maintain the "Taisho"
flavor by a strict use of right-left and using "formal" kanji for numbers. I
understand this was taken almost too far in the recent release of the
"Jinbu" resin kit by Club-M, as the assembly instructions follow the
"Taisho" convention and utterly frustrated a native speaker/reader of
Japanese trying to build the kit <g>.
--Richard