NCS Product Synopsis
Update: January 26, 2011
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The arcade version of Mamoru-kun wa
Norowarete Shimatta was released on
Naomi cartridge in the summer of 2008 at the
price of JPY178,000. There was no way we were
paying nearly US$2000 for a cartridge-based game
but we did pick up a used copy from an operator
for about $600. Mamoru-kun has already been
released on the Xbox 360 at a much lower price
than the coin-op kit and a PS3 version is headed
home.
The game follows the adventures of a lad
named Tomoka Mamoru who's been involved in a car
accident. After he's hit by a speeding vehicle,
his soul is immediately spirited to the
underworld by a priestess who calls herself
Fululu Jigokudani. As the story goes, the
gateway to the underworld is under attack and
the spirits who reside there have been cursed by
malevolent forces. Since Fululu can't fight the
oppression by herself, she has summoned Mamoru
and three other heroes to fight on the
underworld's behalf. The summoned protagonists
are:
» Tomoka Mamoru - A grade school student who
enjoys baseball
» Miyuki Mayuno - Passive girl with no memory of
her previous life
» Narai Kinya - High school rebel with a yen for
riding motorcycles
» Higatera Beniko - A posh young lady who seems
to enjoy the underworld
Upon starting the game, the camera settles
on a revolving tree which is what Fululu
conspired with to bring Mamoru and company to
the underworld. Players may select any of the
five heroes who differ in their firing patterns
which is shown on the lower right corner of the
character selection screen. For example, Mamoru
shoots straight ahead while Beniko fires her
shots in a outwards radiating arc. Fululu is
also a straight shooter but her shots are
governed by orbiting spheres which give her
shots a bit of a twist. Although
Mamoru-kun is a shooter which features
vertically scrolling stages, the stages share
commonalities with the old school run 'n gun
games such as
Commando,
Ikari Warriors, or
Guerilla War.
In game, the characters walk around on the
ground and players move at their own pace
instead of being continually forced upwards. You
can walk left, stop, shoot, walk right, shoot,
stop, and then move upwards towards the
inevitable end-level boss.
Similar to the Xbox
360 home conversion, the Playstation 3 version
of Mamoru-kun features updated graphics, two
new playable characters (downloadable), a
Practice Mode, a new Story Mode, and an Image
Gallery. Preorders for the
regular
edition are welcome along with
a
limited
edition package which includes
a 150-page Art Works booklet, a BGM Soundtrack
CD, and a Superplay Capture DVD "The Perfect
Terror" that's published by INH of Insanity
DVD fame.
Japanese
Product Name: まもるクンは呪われてしまった～冥界活劇ワイド版～限定版
Jan Code:
4521923300108
