Momotaro Dentetsu (Momotarou Electric Railway) (also known by the abbreviated name Momotetsu) is a long-running board game-style video game series in Japan; in which players travel by rail, ship, and airplane; attempting to acquire wealth through business transactions buying properties; and dealing with rival entrepreneurs and nemeses such as the God of Poverty. The game mechanics are often compared to the board games sugoroku and Monopoly.
Started in 1988, the series was initially produced by Hudson Soft. The rights to the series are now owned by Konami Corporation, who absorbed Hudson in 2012. The title is commonly thought of as a play on the title for another video game series by Hudson Soft, Momotaro Densetsu, with which it is sometimes confused. The project supervisor for the series is Akira Sakuma, with illustration by Takayuki Doi and main music production by Kazuyuki Sekiguchi of Southern All Stars.
The series is very popular in Japan, with 10 million units sold in the series by 1998. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the series, Hudson collaborated with the financially troubled Choshi Electric Railway Line, operating a train on the railway decorated with a Momotaro Dentetsu motif. Opening on April 25, 2007, the train ran until its third anniversary. In June 2009, two Momotetsu-themed restaurants opened at Japanese railway stations: one at Haijima Station, and another at Kami-Nagaya Station.
Momotarou Densetsu 11 - Black Bombie Shutsugen no Kan is a video game in the Momotaro Dentetsu series of board game-style video games, genre released in 2002 by Hudson Soft for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. The game was only released in Japan.
Eleventh installment in Hudson's popular Momotaro series, based on the Japanese fairy tale (Momotaro means "Peach Taro"). The game introduces the new character Black Bombie. Momotarou Dentetsu 11: Black Bombie Shutsugen no Kan follows in the footsteps of its predecessors, offering Sugoroku-style board game action set in Japan. The game adds the island of Kyushu to the fray and the developes have mixed up things by letting players purchase the railway and act as the president. The game als sports educational overtones, as players learn about both geography and economy as they explore Japan. Released by Hudson for both PlayStation 2 and GameCube (in Japan only).
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
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FEATURES:
- Third person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- SCIFI, Fantasy & Humour themes.
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