Maboshi's Arcade (2008)

Developer: Mindware
Publisher: Nintendo
Platforms: Wii
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A clever three-in-one arcade puzzle game where simultaneous mini-games interact and affect each other.

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About

The game features three minigames, Circle, Bar and Square, each played differently but with the same objective (scoring one million points) and played on the same screen. Each game can either be played separately or with two or all three simultaneously played by multiple players, with gameplay in one game interacting with and affecting the other games.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.