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Gintama DS: Yorozuya Daisoudou
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NCS Game Synopsis
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In an alternate reality version of old Edo, aliens
known as the Amanto have invaded. High above the
populace, airships glide across the skies and aliens
walk amongst the masses. To add insult to injury,
the Amanto passed an edict where all swords are
banned, effectively putting an end to the samurai
class. Or so they thought...
Enter Sakata Gintoki, a samurai who carries a sword and engages in
all manner of freelance missions. Sakata is joined
by an apprentice named Shimura and an alien girl
named Kagura who has a pet named Sadaharu. Together,
they are known as the Gin-Chan Freelancers. The
Nintendo DS Gintama game features the escapades of
the Freelancers as they work all manner of odd jobs
to repay a ¥1,000,000 debt.
All preorders shipping today will include a bonus Gintama
cellphone strap. While supplies last, we will also
include the bonus strap for orders shipping
henceforth.
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Game Notes
» In the title screen of the game, Sakata pilots his
motorbike while Shimura hangs on for dear life as
they putter along. Behind them, Kagura sits on a
galloping Sadaharu who faithfully follows the two
boys on their bike.
» The first scene of the game shows all four heroes (Sadaharu
is a hero too) seated inside their office. Sakata's
behind the desk near a phone while Shimura and
Kagura are seated on opposing sofas. A hysterical
older enters the room and demands payment for the
group's outstanding bills. Since the quartet are
able bodied and somewhat worthy, they decide to
help her out...
» Once outside the office, the three
are standing in old Edo which is viewed from a side
perspective. Tap the stylus to the left or right of
them and they'll move and follow the tapped
location. Tap the stylus on the edge of the screen
to make them run. As the Gin-Chan Freelancers walk on the touch screen, the
top NDS screen shows two Amanto ships in the sky
which drift along slowly. Walk to the right until
you come upon a dark haired guy in yankii outfit.
Enter the decrepit building and clear it of slime
creatures and collect coins. To move around, tap the
screen with stylus and to attack, double tap on the
slime. Jumping to collect coins is also performed by
double tapping. There are a couple of chasms to leap
across inside the building - to do this, double
tap the stylus on the farthest point (opposite side
of the chasm) and Sakata will leap across like
Captain America.
» The game is played entirely through the stylus. The
d-pad and face buttons don't even register in the
game.
» There's a point in the game where the trio enter a
restaurant and choose their food from among 8
choices. For Kagura, we ordered the bowl of rice
with the sunny-side-up egg on top. Every meal will
however add to the debt that the Freelancers owe.
» At the supermarket, Sakata may walk past the shelves
and cold containers full of food and the available
goods will pop up with price and description as he
motors along. Soy sauce costs JPY400, milk costs
JPY100, a girly magazine costs JPY900 and so on and
so forth. Items may be purchased by tapping on them
and then dragging to the shopping basket. Again, wvery
purchase adds to the outstanding debt of the party
which shows up on the top NDS screen.
» There's an exercise where Sadaharu runs across town
marking various areas (designed by the white
circular object on the floor) with its urine. While
the urine is not seen jetting out, Sadaharu may be
seen lifting its hind leg in convincing fashion...
» In the first episode of the Gintama animation
series, Sakata Gintoki
faces off against a quartet of samurai and makes
like he's going to destroy them all with mighty sword
skills. He angles his sword up and just as the
moment is about to arrive when he expertly kills
everything that moves... he turns and runs for the
hills. The samurai give chase but they're no match
for the fleet footed Sakata who thinks to himself
that it's ridiculous to unsheath your sword and
fight when there's a ban of swords in effect. As he
runs, he meets up with Shimura Shinpachi and the two
banter as they run. Later, they face off against
their pursuers when Kagura arrives just in time atop
her beastly steed known as Sadaharu and knocks the
entire row of samurai the chuck out. They continue to
run again and the three head right into a dead end.
The samurai crowd behind them and ask them what they
are. The three then go off on a theatrical banter
where they explain their penchant for doing odd
jobs, retrieval missions, and anything else to bring
in the dosh. They also proclaim themselves the
Gin-Chan Freelancers. The backdrop of the first
episode mentions that 20 years ago, the Amanto
aliens arrived and banned the sword which led to the
near extinction of the samurai class. The Amanto
look like dogs with wrap-around visors and their
ships crowd the skies with their slow-motion
passage.
» Sakata's special qualities include a natural perm
for his blue hair and a sweet tooth. His friend is
Shimura Shinpachi who is trying to become a samurai
and works for Gintoki to help his cause. Although
everyone dresses in traditional samurai garb of Edo
era Japan, the streets occasionally feature alien
motor vehicles, Sakata's motorbike, and other modern
contrivances.
» Based on the popular manga and television animal
series, the Nintendo DS game features stylus tapping
action in the alien-invaded land of old Edo. The aim of the
game is to repay a debt 1,000,000 yen within the span of 1
month by performing various tasks and jobs that are
required of the player including farming, manual
labor, fishing, and even putting tile on a roof. All
activities and actions are performed by way of stylus manipulation and tapping.
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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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