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is a 1984 video game that was released exclusively for the Japanese market.
s, action game
s, and dating sim
s.
Released by Sega
for their SG-1000 console, the story revolves around a simple country girl named Papri. It is the debut work of Sonic creator Yuji Naka
, with the original manufacturer's suggested retail price of the game being 4,300 yen (equivalent to $30 USD).
Papri wears a pink dress
and has pink
hair; utilizing an anime
-style look for the characters with the limitations of early 8-bit
graphics. However, the cover art is shown with Papri and Minto wearing normal colored clothing. A bit of Engrish
is used with the house saying "Wellcome" on it as opposed to "Welcome." All successful rounds end with the boyfriend accepting the player's bouquet
to the tune of Here Comes the Bride
.
In order to prevent her boyfriend
Minto from going to another little girl named Cocco, Papri must collect ten different flower
s and return them to her boyfriend's house
. Flowers must be caught in full bloom so that the number of flowers in her possession will increase; catching flowers too early will consider the flowers to be wasted and flowers caught too late will be wilted. Wilted flowers will ruin the bouquet, causing the player to lose half of her flowers.
Bear
s have a taste for honey
and cause the player to lose one of her two hearts (representing the love for her boyfriend) if one of them attacks the player. However, the honey can be dropped in order to render the bear temporarily harmless to the player. Bee
s appear as the player's ally, giving her bonus items occasionally and extra honey if the player catches it on a flower.
After every other round, the player competes in a bonus round where she has to jump as many bears as possible to get a good bonus score. Successfully clearing twenty bears results in an additional bonus for performing the bonus stage perfectly.
Summary
This video game has elements of adventure gameAdventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
s, action game
Action game
Action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games, and platform games, which are widely considered the most important action games, though some...
s, and dating sim
Dating sim
Dating sims are a video game subgenre of simulation games, usually Japanese, with romantic elements. They are also sometimes put under the category of neoromance. The most common objective of dating sims is to date, usually choosing from among several characters, and to achieve a romantic...
s.
Released by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
for their SG-1000 console, the story revolves around a simple country girl named Papri. It is the debut work of Sonic creator Yuji Naka
Yuji Naka
, is a video game designer and programmer, best known as the former head of Sonic Team, a group of Sega programmers/designers, where he was the lead programmer of the original Sonic the Hedgehog....
, with the original manufacturer's suggested retail price of the game being 4,300 yen (equivalent to $30 USD).
Papri wears a pink dress
Dress
A dress is a garment consisting of a skirt with an attached bodice or with a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece garment.Dress may also refer to:*Clothing in general*Costume, fancy dress...
and has pink
Pink
Pink is a mixture of red and white. Commonly used for Valentine's Day and Easter, pink is sometimes referred to as "the color of love." The use of the word for the color known today as pink was first recorded in the late 17th century....
hair; utilizing an anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
-style look for the characters with the limitations of early 8-bit
8-bit
The first widely adopted 8-bit microprocessor was the Intel 8080, being used in many hobbyist computers of the late 1970s and early 1980s, often running the CP/M operating system. The Zilog Z80 and the Motorola 6800 were also used in similar computers...
graphics. However, the cover art is shown with Papri and Minto wearing normal colored clothing. A bit of Engrish
Engrish
refers to unusual forms of English language usage by native speakers of some East Asian languages. The term itself relates to Japanese speakers' tendency to inadvertently substitute the English phonemes "R" and "L" for one another, because the Japanese language has one alveolar consonant in place...
is used with the house saying "Wellcome" on it as opposed to "Welcome." All successful rounds end with the boyfriend accepting the player's bouquet
Flower bouquet
A flower bouquet is a collection of flowers in a creative arrangement. There are different kinds including nosegay, crescent, and cascading bouquets. Flower bouquets are often given for special occasions such as birthdays or anniversaries. They are also used extensively in weddings. Traditionally...
to the tune of Here Comes the Bride
Bridal Chorus
The "Bridal Chorus" "Treulich geführt", from the 1850 opera Lohengrin, by German composer Richard Wagner, is a march played for the bride's entrance at many formal weddings throughout the Western world...
.
Gameplay
Boyfriend
A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed...
Minto from going to another little girl named Cocco, Papri must collect ten different flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
s and return them to her boyfriend's house
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
. Flowers must be caught in full bloom so that the number of flowers in her possession will increase; catching flowers too early will consider the flowers to be wasted and flowers caught too late will be wilted. Wilted flowers will ruin the bouquet, causing the player to lose half of her flowers.
Bear
Bear
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...
s have a taste for honey
Honey
Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...
and cause the player to lose one of her two hearts (representing the love for her boyfriend) if one of them attacks the player. However, the honey can be dropped in order to render the bear temporarily harmless to the player. Bee
Bee
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila...
s appear as the player's ally, giving her bonus items occasionally and extra honey if the player catches it on a flower.
After every other round, the player competes in a bonus round where she has to jump as many bears as possible to get a good bonus score. Successfully clearing twenty bears results in an additional bonus for performing the bonus stage perfectly.