Ojarumaru: Tsukiyo ga Ike no Takaramono (2000)

Ojarumaru: Tsukiyo ga Ike no Takaramono cover

Platforms: Game Boy Color

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How it feels

A sugoroku board-game style title based on the NHK anime Ojarumaru with mini-games and multiplayer party fun.

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About

A game of the popular NHK educational anime "Ojarumaru". There are 3 modes: "Tabi-dachi niru (single-player mode)", "Tokukun-itashimasu (mini-game mode)", and "Welcome to me (two-player battle mode)". Set in Moonlight Town, the game is played in a sugoroku format, collecting items placed in each square, playing against each other in a mini game, and more when one of them finishes at the pond. The one who collects the points of is the winner.

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