Super Jinsei Game (series)
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The Super Jinsei Game Series were a series of Super Famicom life simulator video games that allowed players to pick their own career
unlike the Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou series
. The games were released between 1994 and 1996 and consisted of: Super Jinsei Game, Super Jinsei Game 2, and Super Jinsei Game 3. All three of these games were based on the original Jinsei Game
which is a board game
in Japan. The element of luck was used in Super Jinsei Game and Super Jinsei Game 2. In the third game (Super Jinsei Game 3), a shift from luck to skill was emphasized as the game wanted to realistically represent the player rolling the wheel. These games started out with the player being a toddler
and ended in senior citizen
ship.
video game that was released in 1994. The gameplay is based on the board game The Game of Life
. The player starts out in his/her preschool
years and enrolls in primary school. Then, he continues on to junior high, senior high, college, through married life
, a career
(and possibly a divorce
). After that, the player with most money
retires and wins the game. Sample choice of careers include ballerina
, businessperson
, office lady
(OL), and Formula One
driver. These jobs are open to both genders but restrictions apply that concern intellectual development, physical development, and social development. These are affected by the areas of the board that the player lands into before graduating from high school or college.
The player's avatar can be either male or female. A spinner is present, just like in the Game of Life. A player can choose to have a job or collect welfare, unlike the board game
. This game was only officially released in Japan
, the game must be played through an emulator from the rest of the world. Games can be considered to be lengthy and it takes between 60-120 minutes to complete a game from being a toddler to being a retired
senior citizen
. Near the beginning, the male avatars look similar to the female avatars except shorts
are replaced with a skirt
for the female characters. Once the characters enter primary school, their appearances and clothing start to look more gender-specific.
Super Jinsei Game is programmed and written entirely in the Japanese language
. Absolutely no English
words are used. However, Super Jinsei Game is the ideal game for people who are beginning to learn Japanese. This is due to the fact that the game is directly towards families
and elementary school aged children. Before leaving for university, some of the red squares feature an animation of the player's angry mother. This causes social development to decrease as family relationships are strained by the action. The game started the successful Super Jinsei Game series in Japan which lead to its sequels Super Jinsei Game 2 and Super Jinsei Game 3.
instead of being a toddler
, the game is enhanced and feels more like the original board game. There are many careers to choose from like an office lady
, a gambler, or a businessperson
. The game was released in 1995 exclusively in Japan and contained 16 megabyte
s of board game
action.
was released in 1996 for the Super Famicom. The game plays very similar to Super Jinsei Game 2. However, the factor of luck is eliminated and replaced with a meter that tests both strength and skill. This simulates the strength of the player's wheel spinning skills in the actual board game. The player can elect to start in high school
or in infancy
, with a variation of the game starting out in an infant day care
center for all four players. The object is identical to all other games in the Super Jinsei Game series: become wealthy and acquire the best career
possible in order to achieve the ultimate victory.
Career
Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life ". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work ....
unlike the Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou series
Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou
The series of life simulator video games that were based on the Japanese board game Jinsei Game. This game series from Taito spanned from the 1980s to the 1990s and introduced unique concepts like a randomly chosen career, opportunity for radical hair cuts, and the occasional cameo from Tokyo...
. The games were released between 1994 and 1996 and consisted of: Super Jinsei Game, Super Jinsei Game 2, and Super Jinsei Game 3. All three of these games were based on the original Jinsei Game
Jinsei Game
is the Japanese version of the board game that is called The Game of Life in North America. Unlike The Game of Life, the player starts in his toddler years and has to go to elementary school, junior high school, and high school before being allowed to either go to university or start his career....
which is a board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
in Japan. The element of luck was used in Super Jinsei Game and Super Jinsei Game 2. In the third game (Super Jinsei Game 3), a shift from luck to skill was emphasized as the game wanted to realistically represent the player rolling the wheel. These games started out with the player being a toddler
Toddler
A toddler is a young child, usually defined as being between the ages of one and three. Registered nurse, midwife and author, Robin Barker, states 'Any time from eight months onwards your baby will begin to realise he is a separate person from you...
and ended in senior citizen
Senior citizen
Senior citizen is a common polite designation for an elderly person in both UK and US English, and it implies or means that the person is retired. This in turn implies or in fact means that the person is over the retirement age, which varies according to country. Synonyms include pensioner in UK...
ship.
Super Jinsei Game
is a Super FamicomSuper Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
video game that was released in 1994. The gameplay is based on the board game The Game of Life
The Game of Life
The Game of Life, also known simply as LIFE, is a board game originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley, as The Checkered Game of Life . The Game of Life was America's first popular parlor game...
. The player starts out in his/her preschool
Preschool education
Preschool education is the provision of learning to children before the commencement of statutory and obligatory education, usually between the ages of zero and three or five, depending on the jurisdiction....
years and enrolls in primary school. Then, he continues on to junior high, senior high, college, through married life
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
, a career
Career
Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life ". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work ....
(and possibly a divorce
Divorce
Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
). After that, the player with most money
Money
Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past,...
retires and wins the game. Sample choice of careers include ballerina
Ballerina
A ballerina is a title used to describe a principal female professional ballet dancer in a large company; the male equivalent to this title is danseur or ballerino...
, businessperson
Businessperson
A businessperson is someone involved in a particular undertaking of activities for the purpose of generating revenue from a combination of human, financial, or physical capital. An entrepreneur is an example of a business person...
, office lady
Office lady
An office lady, often abbreviated OL , is a female office worker in Japan who performs generally pink collar tasks such as serving tea and secretarial or clerical work. Like many unmarried Japanese, OLs often live with their parents well into early adulthood...
(OL), and Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
driver. These jobs are open to both genders but restrictions apply that concern intellectual development, physical development, and social development. These are affected by the areas of the board that the player lands into before graduating from high school or college.
The player's avatar can be either male or female. A spinner is present, just like in the Game of Life. A player can choose to have a job or collect welfare, unlike the board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
. This game was only officially 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...
, the game must be played through an emulator from the rest of the world. Games can be considered to be lengthy and it takes between 60-120 minutes to complete a game from being a toddler to being a retired
Retirement
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...
senior citizen
Senior citizen
Senior citizen is a common polite designation for an elderly person in both UK and US English, and it implies or means that the person is retired. This in turn implies or in fact means that the person is over the retirement age, which varies according to country. Synonyms include pensioner in UK...
. Near the beginning, the male avatars look similar to the female avatars except shorts
Shorts
Shorts are a bifurcated garment worn by both men and women over their pelvic area, circling the waist, and covering the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to or even below the knee, but not covering the entire length of the leg. They are called "shorts" because they are a shortened...
are replaced with a skirt
Skirt
A skirt is a tube- or cone-shaped garment that hangs from the waist and covers all or part of the legs.In the western world, skirts are usually considered women's clothing. However, there are exceptions...
for the female characters. Once the characters enter primary school, their appearances and clothing start to look more gender-specific.
Super Jinsei Game is programmed and written entirely in the Japanese language
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
. Absolutely no 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...
words are used. However, Super Jinsei Game is the ideal game for people who are beginning to learn Japanese. This is due to the fact that the game is directly towards families
Family
In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...
and elementary school aged children. Before leaving for university, some of the red squares feature an animation of the player's angry mother. This causes social development to decrease as family relationships are strained by the action. The game started the successful Super Jinsei Game series in Japan which lead to its sequels Super Jinsei Game 2 and Super Jinsei Game 3.
Sequels
is the sequel to the Super Famicom game Super Jinsei Game and was released in 1995. This was also to become the second game in the Super Jinsei Game series. While the player starts out in adolescenceAdolescence
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development generally occurring between puberty and legal adulthood , but largely characterized as beginning and ending with the teenage stage...
instead of being a toddler
Toddler
A toddler is a young child, usually defined as being between the ages of one and three. Registered nurse, midwife and author, Robin Barker, states 'Any time from eight months onwards your baby will begin to realise he is a separate person from you...
, the game is enhanced and feels more like the original board game. There are many careers to choose from like an office lady
Office lady
An office lady, often abbreviated OL , is a female office worker in Japan who performs generally pink collar tasks such as serving tea and secretarial or clerical work. Like many unmarried Japanese, OLs often live with their parents well into early adulthood...
, a gambler, or a businessperson
Businessperson
A businessperson is someone involved in a particular undertaking of activities for the purpose of generating revenue from a combination of human, financial, or physical capital. An entrepreneur is an example of a business person...
. The game was released in 1995 exclusively in Japan and contained 16 megabyte
Megabyte
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000...
s of board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
action.
was released in 1996 for the Super Famicom. The game plays very similar to Super Jinsei Game 2. However, the factor of luck is eliminated and replaced with a meter that tests both strength and skill. This simulates the strength of the player's wheel spinning skills in the actual board game. The player can elect to start in high school
Secondary education in Japan
Secondary education in Japan is split into middle schools which cover the seventh through ninth grades, and high schools which mostly cover grades ten through twelve...
or in infancy
Infant
A newborn or baby is the very young offspring of a human or other mammal. A newborn is an infant who is within hours, days, or up to a few weeks from birth. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth...
, with a variation of the game starting out in an infant day care
Day care
Child care or day care is care of a child during the day by a person other than the child's legal guardians, typically performed by someone outside the child's immediate family...
center for all four players. The object is identical to all other games in the Super Jinsei Game series: become wealthy and acquire the best career
Career
Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life ". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work ....
possible in order to achieve the ultimate victory.
External links
- Japanese-English Translation of Super Famicom games at Superfamicom.org