| Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! | |
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| Developer | SNK Playmore |
| Publisher | SNK Playmore |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
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| Genres | Adventure,fighting,visual novel,point-and-click |
| Mode | Single Player |
Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! (どきどき魔女神判!; lit. "Thump-Thump Witch Judgement", or idiomatically "Heart-Pounding Magical Investigation")[1] is a video gamedeveloped bySNK Playmore forNintendo DS. The player assumes the role of a junior high school student who is asked by an angel to locate awitch that has snuck into his school. In order to find the witch, he must search the suspects' bodies for a "witch mark." The preferred method is by using touch (using thestylus to guide his hands). A sequel titledDoki Doki Majo Shinpan 2 Duo was released 31 July 2008, and a third game titledDoki Majo Plus was released on July 30, 2009.
Kotaku asked anSNK spokesperson if the game would be released in the US, and the response was"...this title is only for Japanese market. We do not have any plan for localize to the other versions.",[2] despite the game originally having official sites in English, Chinese, and Korean. These were taken offline when the Japanese language site was rewritten to focus on the upcoming sequel game.
A manga adaptation was published inAkita Shoten's "Champion Red" starting in September 2007. It was illustrated byKen Yagami.
According to online retailerAmazon.com, the game is the best selling pre-order game in Japan, and is more popular thanThe Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.[3] However the actual numbers show that the game met with minimal sales and as of 2009 has only sold 50,000 units.[citation needed]Although the game was never commercially released in North America, it was the subject of a number of webcomics and internet shows. These include:
The import review inNGamer (like its predecessorNGC Magazine, famous for comical reviews of particularly bad games), was so disturbed by the game that it abandoned its normal percentage scoring system and awarded it a 'score' of simply "NO" in every category. In a later issue (18) it "awarded" it "TheSuperman 64 Award For Worst Game (of 2007)" (for years, the magazine consideredSuperman 64 to be the worst game ever made), remarking "There are bad games - technically flawed and conceptually lazy - and then there arebad games. Evil bad.Doki Doki a.k.a.The Meh Witch Touching Project, is one such title."[citation needed] The sequel, however, received 40%, an actual score.
| Doki Doki Majo Shinpan 2 Duo | |
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| Developer | SNK Playmore |
| Publisher | SNK Playmore |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
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| Genres | Adventure,fighting |
| Mode | Single Player |
Doki Doki Majo Shinpan 2 Duo (どきどき魔女神判2; lit. "Thump-Thump Witch Judgement 2", or more accurately translated as "Heart-Pounding Magical Investigation 2")[9] is thesequel to the Japan-exclusiveDoki Doki Majo Shinpan!. A third game titledDoki Majo Plus was released on July 30, 2009.
Similarly to the first game, players determine whetherfemale characters are witches by touching their bodies with thestylus. But the sequel also exhibits new features, such as an enhanced witch-check touching system[10] andmicrophone input.[11]
The game resumes with Akuji, the main character of the first game, this time inhigh school.The game is rated D (17 years and over) in Japan by theCERO because of the nudity and sexual references presented in the game.[citation needed]
| Doki Majo Plus | |
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| Developer | SNK Playmore |
| Publisher | SNK Playmore |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
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| Genres | Adventure,fighting |
| Mode | Single Player |
Doki Majo Plus is the third game in theDoki Doki Majo Shinpan! series. Despite being billed as the third game in the series, it's really an enhanced retelling of the original DokiMajo game, featuring a revised soundtrack and a new character. The game was released only in Japan on July 30, 2009.