Hebereke
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Ufouria: The Saga, known in Japan as , is a side scrolling action-adventure
video game developed and published by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System
. It was released in Japan
on September 20, 1991, in Europe
on November 19, 1992 and in Australia
in the same year. It is the first game in the Hebereke series with almost every "sequel" being a completely different style of game. Hebereke is the name of the Japanese version's titular character, which is colloquial and roughly translates to 'drunk' or 'untrustworthy'. The game was later rereleased in a two-in-one Sony PlayStation game, Memorial Series
Sunsoft Vol.5, which also included Raf World (known outside of Japan as Journey to Silius
). In 2010, Ufouria: The Saga was rated by the Australian OFLC, implying a future rerelease. It has been confirmed that this game will be released on the Wii
Virtual Console
in the PAL region on July 2, 2010 and as an import in North America on August 23, 2010.
The games design is in the style of Metroid
and Blaster Master
where the player traverses an uninterrupted game world collecting items and power-up
s enabling the player to reach even more locations, fighting bosses and minibosses. Throughout the game the player locates the main character's three friends who each have unique skills. The game allows the player to switch between the characters at any time to utilise their skills when needed.
The game sports bright characters and graphics that are typically Japanese in design, done in the style of Bomberman
, Kirby
and particularly Hello Kitty
.
As a result of the limited release of English
versions of the NES game, it has become quite rare, and is considered a sought after item by collectors
.
Each time Bop-Louie locates one of his friends, you must battle them in an attempt to help them regain their memory. Once all four are back together the game revolves around collecting keys to open a gate, Unyo The alien will then battle you to the death with a giant hovering robot, that looks like him, connected to him.
All of the heroes are due to go and fight, They fell to the cleft of time and space. To all who are in grief, he eventually cares, now he decided to begin the adventure from their original home to their world.
Somewhere in this world, The Hero, known as Hebereke, must find his three other colleagues: Oh-Chan, Sukezaemon, and Jennifer are hiding. So to survive in this weird world, you must find your friends, determine the skills of your team, and all three must venture into this magical world. To fight against an alien mastermind named Unyo!
s. The game had some alterations;
Oh-Chan (Freeon-Leon)
Sukezaemon (Shades)
Jennifer (Gil)
Game Designer
Character Designers:
Programmers
Graphic Designers
Music Staff
Action-adventure game
An action-adventure game is a video game that combines elements of the adventure game genre with various action game elements. It is perhaps the broadest and most diverse genre in gaming, and can include many games which might better be categorized under narrow genres...
video game developed and published by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
. It was released in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on September 20, 1991, in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
on November 19, 1992 and in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in the same year. It is the first game in the Hebereke series with almost every "sequel" being a completely different style of game. Hebereke is the name of the Japanese version's titular character, which is colloquial and roughly translates to 'drunk' or 'untrustworthy'. The game was later rereleased in a two-in-one Sony PlayStation game, Memorial Series
Memorial Series
The is a series of re-released Famicom video game titles for the Sony PlayStation game console by Japanese developer Sunsoft. Each volume cost 1575 yen .Even Volume 3 is delivered in the game archives as of September 27, 2007.- SunSoft Vol...
Sunsoft Vol.5, which also included Raf World (known outside of Japan as Journey to Silius
Journey to Silius
Journey to Silius, released in Japan as , is a side-scrolling action shooting game co-developed by Sunsoft and Tokai Engineering that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in .-Plot:...
). In 2010, Ufouria: The Saga was rated by the Australian OFLC, implying a future rerelease. It has been confirmed that this game will be released on the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
Virtual Console
Virtual console
A virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...
in the PAL region on July 2, 2010 and as an import in North America on August 23, 2010.
The games design is in the style of Metroid
Metroid
is an action-adventure video game, and the first entry in the Metroid series. It was co-developed by Nintendo's Research and Development 1 division and Intelligent Systems, and was released in Japan in August 1986, in North America in August 1987, and in Europe in January 1988...
and Blaster Master
Blaster Master
Blaster Master is a platforming and run and gun video game released by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a localized version of a Japanese Famicom game titled , which was released on . The game was released in North America in November 1988 and in Europe on...
where the player traverses an uninterrupted game world collecting items and power-up
Power-up
In computer and video games, power-ups are objects that instantly benefit or add extra abilities to the game character as a game mechanic. This is in contrast to an item, which may or may not have a benefit and can be used at a time chosen by the player...
s enabling the player to reach even more locations, fighting bosses and minibosses. Throughout the game the player locates the main character's three friends who each have unique skills. The game allows the player to switch between the characters at any time to utilise their skills when needed.
The game sports bright characters and graphics that are typically Japanese in design, done in the style of Bomberman
Bomberman
Bomberman is a strategic, maze-based computer and video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft. The original game was published in 1983 and new games in the series are still being published to this day. Today, the commercially successful Bomberman is featured in over 70 different games...
, Kirby
Kirby (Nintendo)
is the main protagonist of Nintendo's Kirby video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory. The Kirby series is one of Nintendo's many well-known game franchises, spanning nearly twenty games since 1992...
and particularly Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty
is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, first designed by Yuko Shimizu. She is portrayed as a female white Japanese bobtail cat with a red bow. The character's first appearance on an item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to the United States...
.
As a result of the limited release of English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
versions of the NES game, it has become quite rare, and is considered a sought after item by collectors
Collecting
The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector. Some collectors are generalists, accumulating merchandise, or stamps from all countries of the world...
.
English version
Bop-Louie and his friends live in a world named Ufouria , The characters stumble upon a crater, in which his friends fall in. Bop-Louie climbs in, but suddenly blanks out. He finds out that he must find all three of his other friends, all of which suffer from amnesia and take on Bop-Louie as a threat.Each time Bop-Louie locates one of his friends, you must battle them in an attempt to help them regain their memory. Once all four are back together the game revolves around collecting keys to open a gate, Unyo The alien will then battle you to the death with a giant hovering robot, that looks like him, connected to him.
Japanese version
Long ago, Peace was in their world, now to this day, there's such a big war. The battle is involving around the world, because the space-time is so twisted, The world started to collapse.All of the heroes are due to go and fight, They fell to the cleft of time and space. To all who are in grief, he eventually cares, now he decided to begin the adventure from their original home to their world.
Somewhere in this world, The Hero, known as Hebereke, must find his three other colleagues: Oh-Chan, Sukezaemon, and Jennifer are hiding. So to survive in this weird world, you must find your friends, determine the skills of your team, and all three must venture into this magical world. To fight against an alien mastermind named Unyo!
Ufouria: The Saga
Ufouria is the title of the game when released in PAL regionPAL region
The PAL region is a television publication territory which covers most of Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and most of Western Europe...
s. The game had some alterations;
- Story was changed in some parts, as the name of the game is the world name
- Text was changed for the English audience,
- The characters names were changed:
- Hebe = Bop-Louie
- Oh-Chan = Freeon-Leon
- Sukezaemon = Shades
- Jennifer = Gil
- Some characters underwent design alterations:
- Hebe/Bop-Louie was changed from a penguin to a more human-like appearance with clothes, big eyes, and a mouth, making him resemble a little boy snowmanSnowmanA snowman is an anthropomorphic snow sculpture. They are customarily built by children as part of a family project in celebration of winter. In some cases, participants in winter festivals will build large numbers of snowmen...
. - Oh-Chan/Freeon-Leon changed from a cat in an orange suit to an orange dinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
/lizardLizardLizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
.- Birds no longer drop feces, but now drop 16 ton weights.
- The introduction screen (which included an image of the original four characters) was redesigned.
- The character Freeon-Leon's name is spelled "Freeon-Leeon" at least once during gameplay; however, it is written as "Freeon-Leon" on the back of the Ufouria box.
Characters
Hebe (Bop-Louie)- Gender: Male
- Species: Penguin (Little boy)
- Fast walker on land.
- Average jumper.
- Cannot swim.
- Falls when walking on icy surfaces.
- Can climb walls when the suction cup has been located.
- Secret Weapon: The players head springs out and attacks the enemy.
Oh-Chan (Freeon-Leon)
- Gender: Female (Male)
- Species: Cat (Lizard)
- Can walk on icy surfaces.
- Swims on surface of the water, but not under.
- Slow walker on land.
- Bad jumper.
- Secret Weapon: Freeze enemies for stepping stones.
Sukezaemon (Shades)
- Gender: Male
- Species: Ghost
- Can jump very high and floats down slowly.
- Slow walker.
- Cannot swim.
- Secret Weapon: His eyes pop out and attack enemies.
Jennifer (Gil)
- Gender: Male
- Species: Frog (Angler Fish)
- Can walk under water.
- Slow walker on land.
- Bad jumper.
- Secret Weapon: Belches bombs that destroy walls.
Credits
Directors:- Chow-Mu-Sow
- Yoshinori Homma
Game Designer
- Ucchi
Character Designers:
- Ucchi
- Yokkyun Suzuki
Programmers
- Nom
- Nyoro Nyoro
Graphic Designers
- You-Ri
- Tamura
- Ajiro
Music Staff
- Nobuyuki H
- About SS
- Kodaka San