Doraemon 2: Nobita to Hikari no Shinden

Doraemon 2: Nobita to Hikari no Shinden
After Super Doraemon 64, now come Doraemon Ocarina of Times.
Protagonist(s): Doraemon Nobita Suneo Gian Shizuka Genre(s): Adventure Action Platform(s): Nintendo 64 Release: December 11, 1998 Developer(s): Epoch Publisher(s): Epoch Country: Japan Series: Doraemon Predecessor: Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki Successor: Doraemon 3: Nobita no Machi SOS!

Doraemon 2: Nobita and the Temple of Light (ドラえもん2 のび太と光の神殿 Doraemon 2: Nobita to Hikari no Shinden) is a 1998 Nintendo 64 game developed and published by Epoch in 1998, and it is the second Nintendo 64 Doraemon game, it is a sequel to Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki which was released in 1997.

Plot

The plot of the game revolves around the discovery of a hidden temple, where a mysterious treasure is said to be hidden. Doraemon and his friends embark on a quest to find the treasure, but they must first overcome a series of obstacles and challenges to reach their goal. Along the way, they must navigate through different environments, including forests, temples, and other mysterious places, battle enemies, and collect items to help them in their journey.

Why It's Find the Treasure

1. Making an adventure game with the Doraemon franchise is a great idea since Doraemon had many interesting concept of adventure and this game prove that Doraemon can get a great adventure game, even before Doraemon: Midori no Wakusei Dokidoki Daikyushutsu! on the Game Boy Advance which was released in 2001, 3 years after this game.
2. The graphics are very colorful and a little improved from Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki, for example, the Doraemon model is very much improved and aged better than its predecessor due to the characters model improved models, although they have poorly aged over the years and it's might even aged worst than Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki in some areas.
3. The controls are decent for the adventure part and great when you are in a dungeon.
4. Making a Doraemon adventure game like Zelda was an interesting idea, and it's executed well here.
5. While not as good as the predecessor, the story is decent and unique for Doraemon, as they are trying to find a hidden treasure but must navigate in different environments.
6. The soundtrack is decent and sometimes straight up good, though some music sounds off as the game has a new soundship compared to its predecessor. The music of the boss fights for exemple are really good and some of, if not the best musics of the entire game.
7. The dongeons are easily the best part of the game, as these levels are very fun platforming levels and you don't get lost as much as in the adventure part, even though there are some parts that are very confusing or very hard to figuring out.
8. There is a night and day cycle, which is one of the only Doraemon games that has this feature, if not the only one.
9. While the adventure part is hard to know where you have to go, it still has some platforming.
10. The characters you can play as are unlocked quickly, unlike Doraemon 3: Nobita no Machi SOS!, where in that game you had to meet them to unlock them and some are nearly in the end of the game.
11. There are some new characters you meet in the game that are not in the Doraemon anime at all, which is a cool feature and shows that most Doraemon games have original stories.

Bad Qualities

1. While the soundtrack is decent to great, some songs are not good or average, such as the rendition of the Doraemon intro theme, which is somehow bland.
2. While the controls are fine in the adventure part, the jumping is not because, like in the NES Castlevania games, when your character jumps, you can't change direction, though at least the controls are more tight in the dungeons part.
3. The map system is not great (though it's probably because it's intended to let you know if you are far or near the end).
4. When you are out at night, you lose health energy if you don't go home, which is pretty weird and frustrating when you don't know why you have died.
5. Like the predecessor, the Shizuka model is hilariously bad, but here it's even worse; at least her model in the sequel is much more improved, like all of the characters.
6. For  some areas, you need to get a specific badge or a specific item to progress in the game, but you don't know that, and most of the time it's very tedious.
7. The game over look a bit creepy even compared to it's predeccesor.
8. Exploration is very difficult and can make you losing in the map easily
   • It's not a big problem until you follow the scenario and take on the final boss, but getting all the items together is a bit of a tedious task.
     • Secret tools can be seen in various places from the beginning, but many of them cannot be recovered without the tools obtained in the final dungeon. The same goes for the crystals needed to weaken the final boss. It's often difficult to discover them, as they're deep in intricate terrain, and it's like having to go around the entire map one more time just before the final boss.
9. There are few bosses. Also, the difficulty of boss battles is unbalanced.
   • There are only 5 bosses including the final boss and mid-boss. It's a shame because the songs for the boss battles are all great songs.
   • As mentioned earlier, the difficulty of exploration is high, but the bosses are quite strong and weak. When it comes to the boss of the Dionis ruins, it seems like you can completely defeat the boss by simply firing the shock wave pistol without moving. You won't be hit by the boss's attacks unless you try to hit them yourself.
     • On the other hand, the boss and final boss of Hepais Ruins are quite strong. Especially in the final mode of the last boss, the attack is so severe that it is difficult to win unless you use invincible items.

Trivia

• This is the only Doraemon game in the Nintendo 64 trilogy where in the cover art Doraemon doesn't had an angry face.
• The title of the game in english is translated to Doraemon 2: Nobita and the Temple of Light.
• This is the first truly adventure game of the Doraemon franchise.

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