Underplayed Gems

Shinkai Densetsu Meremanoid (1999)

Shinkai Densetsu Meremanoid cover
Developer
Shout! Designworks
Publisher
Xing Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)

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How it feels

A quiet, methodical underwater fantasy RPG where you guide a mermaid through turn-based battles and story discovery, wrapped in blocky late-90s PlayStation aesthetics.

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About

Partially based on a little-known anime television series by Triangle Staff that aired in 1997. It is a fantasy role-playing game where the player takes the role of a mermaid trying to find the secrets of her race. The game uses a turn-based fighting system with special moves and attacks. The blocky graphics were typical for a PlayStation title of the era.

Screenshots

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