Dr. Slump was one of the first manga done by Akira Toriyama, widely known as the creator of Dragon Ball. The story revolved mainly around a robot named Arale, made by Dr. Slump (a professor) and her friends and their weird adventures. It was a gag manga with talking clocks and animals, time machines, toilet humor, and all-out cartoony zaniness.
It was even made into a TV series in the early 1980s, which I still have fond memories of. In 1997, when Dragon Ball GT ended, a ''new'' Dr. Slump took it's time slot. This one was kind of like the old one and had the same characters as before but they were drawn differently. While not as good as the original, it was still nice to recreate the old-time favorite. This Playstation game here was based on this ''new'' Dr. Slump series.
This is basically a 3-D action platform game. But it is also almost like an RPG. You control Arale and you explore her hometown Penguin Village (which was designed very nicely in this game). You can walk around and talk to all the people. They will give you clues on where to go and what to do. You go around finding items. There are some mini-games here and there as well. There are also the main dungeons in this game which should be completed. With Arale you can jump, kick, punch and do other moves. She has an energy bar and a limited number of lives.
Manufacturer's description:
* All full polygon! Exhilarating action that I move freely around 360 °.
* Never before! Capture system that will increase to about play action.
* The number of new inventions we liven up the game.
* Find items and solve the mystery fun, adventure elements.
Features:
- Third person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Fantasy & Anime themes.
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