Despite the headline above, I'm not at all sure if this obscure, Japanese GameBoy puzzler should be called Peetan, Piitan or Pitan.
Based on what I've learned about katakana so far, I'd be far more likely to use either Pitan (perhaps with a macron over the "i") or Piitan than Peetan, but since the double-e version seems to be the most common usage on the good ol' Interwebs, I'll go with it here, too.
Anyway, who really cares how you're supposed to spell the game's name? The real reason you're reading this is to find out why I want to own it, right?
My response: it's a single-screen action-puzzler that stars a bunch of cute chicks--and I'm not talking about the kind who have big chests and wear tight skirts.
It helps, of course, that Peetan was produced by the fine folks at Kaneko, who also had a hand in making the similarly obscure Game Gear title called The Berlin Wall.
Sadly, I doubt I'll be buying a copy of this one anytime soon, as I've yet to see one pop up on ebay or any of the online Japanese game shops that I frequent, so while you wait for that to happen you might want to check out the video above as well as Retro Collect's admirably thorough review.
Monday, September 09, 2013
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Maybe I'm counting an infinite amount of chicks before they hatch, but it seems to me that a bird with such terrific reproductive capability would eventually see a point where it was better to just have 100 eggs than to lose three already-born chicks. Are we to assume that these eggs are unfertilized? Viewed as potential chicks this is really pretty horrifying. And indeed, after the 5 stages are up the narrative goes completely off track as the characters' values completely reverse: the eggs that were once worthless are now of the utmost importance.
Video games, right? :D
Ha! I love it, Michael :)
Again I'm left here wishing that more "import" titles would appear on the eshop.
I hear ya, Sam--especially since games like this one (and many other import-only GB titles) would be easily playable/understandable by folks who don't know Japanese. Sigh.
Plus I'd much rather pay the eshop price than the price to buy a import copy. Especially since this game looks like it might end up being on the short side.
Yes, and not only that, Sam, but import copies are sure to be pricey--if you can even find one. I've yet to see one on eBay since I started looking a few months ago, and the only online shop that was willing and able to track one down for me wanted to sell me a loose cartridge for $35--which isn't a terrible price, but I want a complete-in-box copy, and the $35 price tag suggests to me that a boxed copy will cost me at least $50 (and more likely $60 or $75).
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