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Kung' Fu Master & Kininkou Maroku ONI retrospective: I'm yōkai, you're yōkai

Game Boy turns its focus to the far east this episode, with an action game based on Chinese martial arts and an RPG centered on battling (and being) Japanese yōkai. Neither one is particularly world-shaking, though Kung' Fu Master does have a direct line to the early days of the NES, and ONI kicks off the Game Boy's most prolific exclusive game franchise that I'm aware of (there's probably some pachinko or mahjong franchise I'm overlooking) as the first of five adventures created exclusively for the platform. Of course, none of those ever reached the U.S. Americans? Playing RPGs!? What a strange notion.

English
  • Originally Aired June 21, 2021
  • Runtime 11 minutes
  • Created October 20, 2022 by
    Paul Pinegar
  • Modified October 20, 2022 by
    Paul Pinegar