![]() The WonderSwan is relatively obscure to begin with, so it’s probably safe to say that a quirky game like Tane Wo Maku Tori is unknown to most gamers. #OSWAN WONDERSWAN SERIES#Anyone with an affinity for Nintendo’s classic Game and Watch series will feel right at home with the game. Things can get pretty hectic after the first few stages. Like most good puzzle games, Tane Wo Maku Tori is very easy to learn but difficult to master. In essence, Tane Wo Maku Tori is a story of sorrow and sowing. The raven spends the winter growing flowers with his tears while waiting to be reunited with his friend. Incidentally, the tears in question belong to a raven who is deeply saddened because his feathered friend has flown south for the winter. It’s a simple concept, but the game comes with a small children’s book to flesh out the story. Players will be able to group tears together to form larger droplets, but they water itself can be intercepted by thirsty snails, spiders, and other animals. The goal in Tane Wo Maku Tori (which roughly translates to “Seed-sowing Bird”) is to use movable tree limbs to guide falling tears onto the seeds below in order to help flowers grow. Rhyme Rider Kerorican is another interesting rhythm game that deserves a mention for its unique art style, but no game on this list serves as a better showcase for the WonderSwan’s sound capabilities. The control scheme is somewhat awkward due to how the buttons on the WonderSwan are arranged and it’s easy to miss certain notes entirely, but it’s clear that a tremendous amount of effort went into making Beatmania for WonderSwan the best arcade port it could be. ![]() The WonderSwan had ample buttons to replicate the arcade game and even came with a miniature turntable peripheral. Even vocals are included, and the sound quality is vastly superior to the Game Boy port. Beatmania for WonderSwan is actually based on Beatmania 3rdMix, and features surprisingly faithful renditions of the original arcade tunes. (Keep in mind that this was 12 years prior to the release of DJ Hero.) Players are judged on the timing of each input and will be penalized for playing the wrong keys or scratching at the wrong time. In Beatmania, players assume the role of a DJ and are challenged to follow along with the onscreen instructions by manipulating five keys and a turntable controller. Konami’s Beatmania hit arcades in 1997 and contributed greatly to the popularity of music and rhythm games. Even though Moonlight Museum doesn’t quite live up to its own potential, it’s still the best (and most charming) platformer on the WonderSwan. ![]() Moonlight Museum is available exclusively in black-and-white, but the game makes good use of the WonderSwan’s hardware by allowing players to switch the perspective from horizontal to vertical for certain levels. ![]() The game is pretty easy and there are no bosses to speak of, but it’s a lot of fun and has high replay value. Moonlight Museum would probably have benefited from a little more action, however. Subsequent Klonoa games on the Game Boy Advance were basically built off the same foundation. #OSWAN WONDERSWAN PORTABLE#As the first handheld game in the series, Moonlight Museum helped set the stage for future portable releases and put a larger emphasis on environmental puzzles. For obvious reasons, Moonlight Museum adopted a fully 2D style, but the enemy-grabbing and double-jumping mechanics used in the original PlayStation game were retained. ![]() The first Klonoa was one of the best platformers available for the PlayStation and helped pioneer the concept of “2.5D” games that used traditional 2D gameplay within 3D environments. ![]()
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