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Goraku Ō Tango!

Goraku Ō Tango! is a 1999 GBC, WS game by Mebius.

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About the game

Goraku Ou Tango! is a simple word game mimicking the puzzles found in the pages of popular printed Japanese word-puzzle publisher Sekai Bunka. These puzzles consist of taking words writing in English and the two syllabaries of Japan Hiragana, or Katakana, and moving tiles around beneath the word(s) to recreate them in a different writing style. There are several variants on this gameplay.

There is a story mode featuring a family of archaeologists who are digging up Japanese orthography across the globe. Sweden, for instance, is known not only as being the home of lost Atlantis but also troves of buried Japanese writing! A family member is missing perhaps there will be clues in this the ruins of these global ancient Japanese ruins? By completing the puzzles you will get to see a scene and a new more difficult puzzle.

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Facts

Platforms
GBC, WS
First released
1999-04-01
Developers
Mebius
Publishers
Mebius
Genres
Educational, Puzzle, Word construction, Point and select, Reading / writing

Covers and screenshots

Box, manual and cartridge scans

  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Front Cover (WS · Japan)
    Front Cover (WS · Japan)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Back Cover (WS · Japan)
    Back Cover (WS · Japan)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Media (WS · Japan)
    Media (WS · Japan)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Manual (WS · Japan)
    Manual (WS · Japan)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Manual (WS · Japan)
    Manual (WS · Japan)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Extras (WS · Japan)
    Extras (WS · Japan)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Extras (WS · Japan)
    Extras (WS · Japan)

Screenshots

  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Title screen (WS)
    Title screen (WS)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Moving tiles. (WS)
    Moving tiles. (WS)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: tango- (WS)
    tango- (WS)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Difficulty (WS)
    Difficulty (WS)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: File select (WS)
    File select (WS)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Where will you search for puzzles? (WS)
    Where will you search for puzzles? (WS)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Our young protagonist (WS)
    Our young protagonist (WS)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: We here see the young puzzler orthographer with his family. (WS)
    We here see the young puzzler orthographer with his family. (WS)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: Dad takes up the rear. (WS)
    Dad takes up the rear. (WS)
  • Goraku Ō Tango!: A puzzle in Scandinavia (WS)
    A puzzle in Scandinavia (WS)

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Releases

PlatformReleasedRegionsPublishers
WS1999-04-01JapanMebius
GBC2000-02-11——

Barcodes

  • 4524884000018

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