Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki
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Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki (ドラえもん のび太と3つの精霊石, lit. Doraemon: Nobita and the Three Fairy Spirit Stones) is a platform video game developed by Locomotive and published by Epoch Co. for the Nintendo 64. It was released only in Japan in 1997. The game is based on the Japanese manga Doraemon and has two Nintendo 64 sequels, Doraemon 2: Nobita to Hikari no Shinden and Doraemon 3: Nobita no Machi SOS!, both only released in Japan.
Plot
Long ago the Devil was sealed away by the powers of the Three Fairy Spirit Stones. These stones created a barrier which he could not pass, then one day the stones shatter and he escapes, resuming his war on the Fairy World people. The Princess of the Sky portion of this world was then asked by her father to go to the Human World and return with Doraemon's four-dimensional pouch. She arrives in the Human World to get Doraemon's pouch, but as she does the Evil King comes, in the form of a bat, and steals it. The princess chases the bat back into her world and disappears. Doraemon, Nobita, and friends decide to follow her and see if they can get back his pouch. When arriving they find that the formerly-human looking princess now has the body of a small fairy, complete with wings. She tells them that she was changed into this form by the Devil, and that she got Doraemon's pouch back, but in the struggle all his useful items were lost, among the three areas of Fairy World; Earth, Sea and Sky.
Good Qualities
- The graphics are good for the times; the graphics are very detailed and very colorful, especially for 1997 standards. While it had aged poorly over the years, it's look very beautiful for a 1997 N64 game. The sequels would improve the graphics even further, most notably with Doraemon 3: Nobita no Machi SOS!.
- The controls are tight and very responsive, which makes the game very easy to play and pick up the controls. It's also a good thing because of BQ#1.
- The controls would also improve with the sequels since they would be even more tight and responsive, such as with Doraemon 3: Nobita no Machi SOS!.
- The gameplay is quite fun, despite the fairly easy difficulty; the fun mostly is on the platforming and the combats, while it's not the best Doraemon game, and the gameplay.
- The boss fight, while most of them are easy, some are well designed and sometimes challenging (although not for the most part).
- The soundtrack is decent; there's also a very good rendition of the Doraemon theme that sounds better than its sequel, Doraemon 2: Nobita to Hikari no Shinden, which had a rather bland rendition; the music of the Take Copter stage in particular is awesome and is often considered to be the best song of the entire game.
- The character models are cute, even more than the anime itself, especially the Doraemon's and Suneo's models, which look good for the time and are cute.
- There are over 5 playable characters, and they have all their abilities.
- Doraemon is slow, but he has the most powerful shooting weapons of all the characters (not the strongest character since Suneo is the most powerful).
- Nobita, while slow, has the most speed in the shooting and has a long range; he also has good jumping along with Doraemon.
- Shizuka, while she had the second worst weapon of the game (the first being the one of Gian), is still fast and can jump very high. Her high jump can be very useful for speedrunning the game or making shortcuts.
- Suneo is the best character in the game; although overpowered, he is the fastest of the characters, and he can also be very high, and his atrack is extremely powerful.
- Gian is very slow, but his attack is powerful and can kill a lot of enemies, although you may not use him that much in a playtrough because he is slow and his attacks have a short range.
- Good replay values; there are a lot of secrets; actually, there are 32 secrets, and some of them are unlocked only by beating bosses.
- After you beat a boss 1 or 2 times, you can collect a mini-Doraemon, which gives you an extra life.
- The commercial is epic due to the music playing.
- Again some new characters are made for the game, these being the Kings to Save (and the king you see in the intro) and Princess Corona.
- Great voice acting, and all of the voice actors reprise their roles.
- It's spawned two decent and awesome sequels.
- Overall, this game started the 3D transition of the Doraemon games decently on a fun note, as none of the 3D platformers of the Doraemon franchise are bad.
- The main villain, the devil, is enjoyable and has a decent design.
Bad Qualities
- While she is still cute, the model of Shizuka, looks bad compared to Doraemon, Suneo, and Gian, especially Shizuka since her facial expression looks creepy. This problem would later be seen in the sequel of the game, Doraemon 2: Nobita to Hikari no Shinden.
- The characters make a sound every time they jump, which can be annoying to some players, and there is not any option to deactivate that system either.
- While they were beautiful at the time, the graphics have aged badly over time.
- Some of the characters, while great and fun to use, have flaws.
- Doraemon, while having good shooting, is a kind of slow, and he can be very tedious to use when you're used to faster characters like Suneo.
- Nobita, while also having good shooting, is still slow when running (although not as slow as Doraemon, but still). His weapons can also be hard to use to beat some enemies.
- Shizuka, despite having the highest jumping and being the fastest, has some flaws, most notably her weapon having a poor range and being extremely difficult to use, although it can be useful at times.
- Suneo also has one problem, and it's the fact that when he attacks, his boxing glows are really short in terms of range; fortunately, they're very powerful, which probably justifies the short range of his boxing glows.
- Speaking of Suneo, he is very overpowered. With him being the fastest character in the game, he also has a high jump (although not as much as Shizuka) and a very powerful attack that can kill a lot of enemies in only one hit, and he can also kill the boss faster than most of the other characters. In fact, he is so overpowered that the speedrun of the game is mostly with Suneo for the most part.
- The game is very short, lasting only 2 hours.
- The difficulty is extremely easy, and there is barely any challenge in the game, the challenge being just some of the bosses, but still, it's unlikely that you will get a game over or death in a playtrough.
- Although the graphics are great for the 1997 standard, they've not aged really well. Kinda like Sonic Adventure.
- This game could for some feel like a rip-off of Super Mario 64 due to being extremely similar; actually, this is the closest to a Mario 64 clone.
- According to GameFAQs, the game was planned to release in the US, but was cancelled, which is sad because it could have been one of the few Doraemon games to come to another region other than Japan until Story of Season: Doraemon came out.
- The camera is awful, and it can cause cheap death if you're not careful.
- While many Doraemon games have well-written stories, this game story is very simple, with no beginning, development, or conclusion, and lacks excitement.
- Furthermore, at the ending, the foreshadowing of the Demon King's resurrection, which was the origin of this story, is recovered, but the contents are paraphrased as ``The ultimate cause was that humans in the human world did not respect humans or the natural environment. ``From now on, the earth's environment will be affected. "Let's take care of ourselves," the slightly preachy punch line awaits.
- The event scenes themselves are quite simple, and there aren't many, so it's pretty easy to see for a Doraemon game.
- The horrible difficulty level of the race stage Underwater Buggy, especially the third race.
- Riding on the ``underwater buggy that appeared in the epic feature ``Undersea Oniwa Castle, he will race against the three torpedo brothers at the race track.
- This underwater buggy has an unusually strong handling habit, making it feel like it's constantly drifting. Therefore, if you are not used to it, driving tends to be a bit of a meandering ride.
- In addition, the deceleration when touching a wall is quite large, so much so that if you miss a corner and crash into a wall, you will be defeated at that point. Even if you try to get back on your feet, you can't drive backwards, so if you collide head-on, it will be a hassle.
- The course itself is very authentic, with narrow roads, branches, and overpasses, but there is a lot of rocks at the overpasses, and if you fall off, you will have to go back a lot. And of course, the gap between them and their opponents will widen.
- On the other hand, in addition to this high level of difficulty, the time displayed up to a comma after the race, and the layout of the course that makes it easy to show off your skills, many people skip the main part and stick to the time attack, making it a stand-alone game. It's very attractive.
- You can easily win the first race if you get used to driving to a certain extent, but in the second and third races, your opponent's speed will increase, so while avoiding the walls, constantly use the secret tool "Grade Up Fluid" scattered throughout the course. If you don't collect them, you won't be able to win. Combined with the operability mentioned above, it is extremely difficult.
- Moreover, the prize for the second battle is a piece of spirit stone, so clearing the second battle is essential for progressing in the game. Due to these specifications, many players decided to clear the game here.
- The good news is that no matter how many times you lose, your remaining life doesn't decrease.
- Riding on the ``underwater buggy that appeared in the epic feature ``Undersea Oniwa Castle, he will race against the three torpedo brothers at the race track.
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