Chibi Maruko-chan: Waku-waku Shopping (1992)

Chibi Maruko-chan: Waku-waku Shopping cover

Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Genres: Quiz/Trivia

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 cheerful board game adaptation where Maruko and friends land on squares to gain or lose money and happiness.

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About

Chibi Maruko-chan: Waku-waku Shopping is the 8th video board game based on Momoko Sakura's Chibi Maruko-chan slice of life manga and anime about a troublemaking grade-schooler and her friends and family. Maruko and her classmates Tamae, Kazuhiko, and Sueo move around a board and increase/decrease their money and happiness totals depending on where they land. Other squares might produce random effects or offer items to buy.

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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.