Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon is a console role-playing game made for the Sony PlayStation and Bandai WonderSwan and released only in Japan. The game is vaguely linked to the Final Fantasy series of adventures with the series' trademark mascot, the chocobo. The game is a roguelike dungeon crawl and part of the Fushigi no Dungeon series. The game consists of a chocobo wandering through randomly generated dungeons, picking up items and battling enemies. The PlayStation version is almost all sprite-based, with some polygon-based objects.
The title character in Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon is a yellow chocobo named Poulet (???, Pure?, a pun on "pureiya" for "player"), but the player can rename him. The layout of the game consists of three dungeons: A ten-level dungeon, a 30-level dungeon, and an infinite dungeon which recycles enemy types every 100 levels.
The game received a large fanbase due to its tie-in to the Final Fantasy franchise as well as some animation and effects such as summoning the mainstay creatures of the series, including Ifrit and Bahamut in super deformed style. This game marks the solo composing debut of Masashi Hamauzu, who prepared both the soundtrack and an arrangement album named Coi Vanni Gialli. As of March 31, 2003, the PlayStation version has shipped 1.14 million copies in Japan, according to Square Enix.
Story:
In the opening movie, you come walking into town, your side kick moogle Atra riding on you back. You pass another chocobo at work in his garden on your way into town, and after conversing with him for a moment you continue on your way. After your past the chocobo continues his work in the garden, hitting a violet crystal in the ground. He picks it up to examine it, and what do you know, his eyes start glowing an evil violet color. Later, you stop by the Gardner chocobo's house, and he has something to show you. When you get to the door though, he promptly kicks you in and you fall into the dungeon. And the adventure begins.
The game includes a bonus CD in the CD2 that is the Xenogears demo.
Manufacturer's description:
The familiar character of Final Fantasy Series, Chocobo debuts as a protagonist in this commemorable title.
You can enjoy real and strategic battle scenes, and moreover a system turn-based “Active Time Battle” with newly-added attack power display is adopted.
Features:
Third person perspective
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Medieval Fantasy theme.
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