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Simple 2000 Series Vol. 101: The Oanechan 2 -
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NCS Game Synopsis
«©NCSX»
The tragic tale of estranged sisters Aya and Saki
resumes this week with a re-interpretation of
Oanechan Bara 2
which was released in December of 2005. As the story begins, Aya saved Saki but
the younger girl has lost hefty pints of blood and is
fading in and out of consciousness. At the hospital,
her condition worsens and the doctors order her
immediate transfer to another hospital that's more
capable of handling her critical state. While en
route to the new facility, the ambulance is attacked
and Saki is spirited away. When Aya arrives at the
scene of the crime, all that's left is a blood
splattered ambulance. Who has taken Saki? Will Aya
contact the authorities and file a missing person
report? Can Aya swing her sword and lop off zombie
limbs with quick chop-chop motion?
Played in 3D and more versatile than the original, the Oanechan 2
features new characters to use including the mighty
Riho Futaba who wears an aqua bikini and performs
scissor kicks with wild abandon. When surrounded by
a crowd of zombies, look up at the area map on the
upper right corner of the screen to check out the
density of attackers. Every undead is
represented by a red dot. Eviscerate one and watch
it blink out of existence on screen and from the
radar.
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NCS Game Notes
» Tamsoft developed the game for D3P. Tamsoft is
best known for their Toshinden games for the
original Playstation.
» In the newly added game intro, a big moon appears
overhead and the camera pans down on a face-off
between Riho and Aya. The two Amazons circle each
other while surrounded by zombies who play the role
of spectators. Aya makes a run towards Riho, leaps
up, and their swords clash. Aya manages to smack
Riho's sword out of her hand and it arcs through the
air and into the back of a hapless zombie. Who drops
dead. Dead again. Riho quickly recovers her blade
and proceeds to runs towards Aya but before a blow
can be enacted, the intro changes to a view of the
main characters in quick cut sequences where they're
slashing along with views of deteriorating zombies.
Scene shift to a another face off between Aya and
Riho as they run towards each other and their swords
meet. The title screen appears soon afterwards.
» Upon starting a new game, the following selections
appear:
STORY / Select Riho or Reiko and leap into
the meat and potatoes of Oanechan Pon.
SURVIVAL / Set inside a dungeon, Aya and Riho
battle endless waves of zombies that erupt from the
ground
PRACTICE / Select Aya or Riho and train in
the arts of hack, slash, and special attacks
QUEST / Twelve quests await which feature
various targeted objectives to accomplish (Must be
unlocked)
OPTION / Set difficulty, Stereo/Mono, Volume
levels, Dual Shock vibration, Load/Save
» CONTROLS
SQUARE / Sword slash
TRIANGLE / Upward Kick
X-BUTTON / Jump. Press again for a double
jump.
O-BUTTON / Throw star (Aya) or Deadly glimmer
(Riho)
L1-TRIGGER / Swish sword to knock gore and
blood clots off
R1-TRIGGER / Target enemy and lock on
L2-TRIGGER / Switch character on the fly
R2-TRIGGER / Switch character on the fly
» The STORY mode of the game begins with only two
selectable characters - Reiko and Riho. If playing
with Riho, the game starts with a static background
image of zombies while text slowly scrolls upwards
accompanied by a voice over which lays down the
background story. The first stage takes place inside
a graveyard where its residents have all climbed out
and are ready to live it up. Get to work and cut
them down. After the little army is defeated, the
gate to the graveyard opens and heroine climbs a
flight of stairs and she's greeted by a vulture at
the top.
» When attacking a zombie, the first blow lops it's
head off which plops onto the ground with a squishy
meaty sound. An energetic stream of blood spurts
from the neck wound and laps the ground. The zombie
stands there, headless and slowly wavering and to
end its misery, chop it twice to remove its arms and
another few gallons of blood. The fourth blow splits
it in half from the torso as it groans an ominous
death rattle.
» When Riho runs away, her bosoms flop up and down
with jelly-like consistency. If you leave her alone
and don't touch any controls, she'll lean back with
her sword over her head and sigh. As if boredom had
set in. Riho can perform a scissor kick where she
leaps up and splits her legs in opposing directions
but it's not very useful in terms of causing damage.
When she's at the apex of the scissor kick, she
looks like a deranged starfish. Riho also wears high
heels during her zombie killing drama.
» Pressing the slashing button four times in quick
succession will lead to a chained sword attack which
is enough to eviscerate any zombie. Some zombies who
lose their torsos will still walk - the
creature consists only of legs and waist but it can
still do damage by lifting up a leg and kicking.
» The condition of a heroine's sword may be viewed
by checking the blade on the left side of the
screen. If it's crimson to the top of the weapon,
press the L1 trigger to knock the blood from it. If
the sword isn't cleaned after its caked with blood,
its efficacy is greatly reduced. When swishing a
blade clean of clots, the ochre will splash down on
the ground in a thick swath.
» When Riho is the recipient of a blood bath of her
own doing, dripping rivulets of blood may be seen
streaming from her mouth and neck, onto her breasts
and belly, before splattering onto the ground.
Continue in the killing and she'll eventually become
even more drenched in blood and seemingly bleed from
every orifice on the upper portion of her body. As
she loses health, she'll begin to slouch and lose
her erect girlish posture.
» In the original Oanechan Bara 2 game from Dec.
2005, only the helmeted biker chick Reiko was
playable in the STORY MODE of the game while only
Aya was selectable in the SURVIVAL MODE at the
outset of gaming.
» The in-game song has been changed to a somewhat
chipper Japanese j-pop song from the original morose
"C'mon.... Yeahhh" song described in NCS' write-up
for the original Oanechan Bara 2 game.
» The zombies featured in the Oanechan 2 game are a varied lot.
There are women undead in pretty pink dresses as
well as gentlemen undead in business suits. Then
there are the average joe undead in their colorful
shirts with wide collars.
» The cast of girls in the updated Oanechan is fairly impressive and include Riho
Futaba in her trademark blue bikini, Riho's sister
Makato, the helmeted gals known as Kiku and Hana
from "The Senko," and many more.
» Attacks generally blow zombies back and into the air. When it's
dying time, a powerful sword slash will split targets
into a mess of flying limbs and chunks. The blood
spills liberally as the wholesale butchery unfolds
on screen.
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This document and photos are ©NCSX 2006. All rights reserved. No
reproduction in whole or in part of this document
may be made without express written consent of
National Console Support, Inc.
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