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Game Boy Works 126: Godzilla & Nekojara Monogatari (Patreon)

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2022-02-23 13:02:00

Edited:

2022-02-23 13:04:38

Imported:

2024-04

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I know a few people out there have been very excited for this one. Well, maybe like one or two. But they're very vocal.

Anyway, yeah: It's Game Boy Works, and this is Godzilla. It's also Nekojara Monogatari, a game that has never been localized into English... but should be. I have largely strayed from the Game Boy path over the past few years, because the mediocrity of the platform was grinding me down. If they were always this good, we'd nearly be to 1992 by now!

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Godzilla & Nekojara Monogatari retrospective: Hello kitties, hello kaijuu | Game Boy Works 126

You come at the king, you'd best not miss. In this case, they've come at Godzilla, the King of Monsters, and stolen his horrible little son Minilla. I personally would be happy to let Minilla languish forever in captivity, but parental instincts run deep even for a skyscraper-sized atomic-powered dinosaur... and the result is one of the best Game Boy puzzle action games to date. So, hey, thanks for existing, Minilla. I guess. On the import tip this episode: Nekojara Monogatari, another of Kemco's reworkings of the Shadowgate engine into a role-playing adventure game. This one has a theme of kitty cats. It has never been fan-translated, a state of affairs I would love to see resolved; it's a pretty neat little game, from what I can tell. Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! Books coming soon. Production notes: • Game Boy footage captured from original carts on a Super Game Boy 2 and @Analogue Super Nt. • Live footage captured through same process, but with a Game Boy Camera. • Footage output as RGB via @Analogue DAC and upscaled via @Retro Tink 5X (hence the visual glitching and artifacts that shows up in some footage).