Thursday, July 05, 2007

Dokidoki Majo Shinpan

Way back in 1692, there was a mania that spread across Salem Village, MA which is now known as the Salem Witch Trials. In that episode of questionable intentions and widespread hysteria, hundreds of women and men were accused of practicing witchcraft. Nineteen of the accused were sent to Gallows Hill for hanging. The populace engaged in "witch hunts" where a mere accusation was grounds for imprisonment.

Dokidoki Majo Shinpan is sort of like that. Instead of a fevered mob of villagers with lit torches, the player acts alone and checks for witches by examining a target's body with the stylus or perhaps a finger. You're looking for a mark which may be on her shoulder, the back of her thigh, or another region that only a stylus-wielding sleuth can ferret out. «
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