G.E.E.K. University #4

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Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger: All Modes Playthrough (SEGA Pico)

Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger (爆竜戦隊アバレンジャー) game for SEGA Pico platform. As you probably guessed, it’s based on TV show with the same name, which is a part of famous Super Sentai Series by Toei. Technically, it’s almost the same thing with previous Super Sentai game for Pico -  Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger & Hyakujū Sentai Gaoranger Chō Sentai Super Battle (忍風戦隊ハリケンジャー & 百獣戦隊ガオレ ンジャー 超 戦隊スーパーバトル). There’ll be some new mini-games this time, but only one team. Here’s what you’ll find in the game:

Mode #1:

Fighting game. Exactly the same with those in Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger & Hyakujū Sentai Gaoranger Chō Sentai Super Battle. Extremely poor and unbalanced, but with special moves and battles of giants. You can play both as heroes and villains, but only heroes’ victories will lead into a battles of giants. During the battles of giants you can swap Abarenō’s parts, or summon Bakuryū Brachiosaurus to help-bra!

Mode #2:

Three mini games. The first one is shuriken throwing shooter. Exactly the same with the one from Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger & Hyakujū Sentai Gaoranger Chō Sentai Super Battle. Kill some Baamia-hei and then defeat boss. The second mini-game is pretty similar, only you’ll play as Bakuryū Brachiosaurus and will need to keep enemies away from Abarangers, who’ll try to escape from them (in a very heroic way, obviously). Third mini-game is different and will require you to combine three groups of the same tiles to win.

Mode #3:

This mode is all about Ride Raptors. Again, three mini-games here. The first one wants you to press SEGA Pico’s control button as fast as you can to keep AbaRed’s (you can’t choose the member) speed high enough to be the first. Second mini-game is a labyrinth, where you should defeat some enemies, find your friends and then reach the finish. Third one is a racing game again, but this time the most important thing is to survive by dodging the obstacles and jumping.

Move #4

Three more mini-games. The first one is a button masher again. Press the button as fast as you can to make Bakuryū Tyrannosaurus, Bakuryū Triceratops and Bakuryū Pteranodon to gattai (combine) and form mighty Abarenō. Exactly the same thing with one of the mini-games from Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger & Hyakujū Sentai Gaoranger Chō Sentai Super Battle. Second mini-game is something we’ve already seen in previous game too. It’s that Sapper-like thing again. Only this time you’re playing as Bakuryū Tyrannosaurus and instead of digging you should destroy rocks and trees. The goal is the same - to find the other Bakuryū to form Abarenō. This time, though, you can find some power-ups (like you can increase time and movement speed) and there’ll be some enemies. Unlike Sapper, though, you can’t die, so, the worst thing enemies can do is to steal a second of time from you. Finally, in the last mini-game you'll need to use the "magic pen" to make Abarenō to perform Tyranno Drill and destroy some rocks.

Mode #5:

Our regular drawing software. Exactly the same with all previous ones that we’ve seen in each and every Super Sentai game for SEGA Pico.

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Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger: Shuriken Mode (PlayStation)

So-called Shuriken Mode is almost exact copy of mini-game that you've seen in Story Mode. The goal is the same - you're killing Magerappas by throwing shurikens (Square button) and destroying the stuff they throwing at you with your Keitai Ninto Hayatemaru (X Button). Unlike parts of Story Mode, stages in Shuriken Mode are long and you'll need to kill a lot of enemies, while trying to survive. The goal this time is to make it as quick as possible and to try to beat your own personal records. There's no difference between characters in this mode (aside from voices), but I'll show you all of them in this video.

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Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger: Taisen Mode (PlayStation)

Taisen Mode ("Taisen" means "Competition" in Japanese) in this game is like an in-built fighting game. You can play as any in-game heroes and villains (you can even use GaoRed from Gaoranger mode), but you'll need to unlock them by playing the other modes. Also, you can unlock Hamster-kanchō. All in all, it's a typical fighting game. So, rules are different from those in Story Mode and Hurricaneger vs. Gaoranger mode. You can perform regular special moves, of course, but there'll be no NP gauge. Unfortunately, there's no two players option and the only way to play this mode is the one against CPU, so, it isn't that fun. Especially since it's incredibly unbalanced and characters like Nanami and Ikkō are way too overpowered. But still, it's a nice mode to have.

In this video I'll show you some random fights with all heroes (GaoRed included).

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Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger: Complete Hurricaneger vs. Gaoranger Mode Playthrough (PlayStation)

Second mode of the game. All in all, it's almost the same with Story Mode and using the same rules, only this time you can't choose the main character. Why? Well, because it's all about Kakeru-sensei (GaoRed) from Hyakujū Sentai Gaoranger (百獣戦隊ガオレンジャー). He and Gaorangers' GaoIcarus giant robo will join Hurricanegers to help them to win against extremely powerful Uchū Ninja (Space Ninja). Who's the biggest game exclusive, by the way. Literally biggest, since the sucker is huge and strong. Well, this mode is designed to be a little more difficult, like there'll be more Magerappas and boss will be strong, but since he's big, it's too easy to get close to him. Therefore, throws work perfectly. Since those are doing a lot of damage, I really recommend them. Also, you need to be really fast with button mashing phase during the giants part. It gave me enough time to show you the Hurry Up mode, though ^_^ Enjoy! ^_^

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Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger (忍風戦隊ハリケンジャー): Complete Story Mode Playthrough (PlayStation)

Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger (忍風戦隊ハリケンジャー) game for SONY PlayStation console was released in 2002 and is based on TOEI's tokusatsu series with the same name. This is a main mode of the game, where players should fight their way through some levels and fight regular foot soldiers (Genin Magerappa), so-called Ankuro Shuichihon Yari (Seven Spears of Darkness, a part of the group called Uchūningun Jakanja, who are the main villains in series) and their Uchū Ninja (Space Ninjas). In this mode we'll fight all Spears, except the final one, Sandāru (unfortunately, no Ikeda Shūichi-san's voice in this game). As for Space Ninjas, in this mode you'll meet Sargain's Jishakunin Jishakkumo (from second episode of the original series), Enkirinin Siransu (episode 8) and Satarakura's Kōsuinin Kirakorōne (that's right, no Chuuzubō's Ninjas in this game). We'll also fight both with and against Gōraiger team and Ninja of Ninja, Shurikenger-sama will join the fun too.

All in all this mode is almost the same with the one in Hyakujū Sentai Gaoranger (百獣戦隊ガオレンジャー) game, that was released a year before (Leader of Gaorangers, GaoRed even included in the other mode of this game). First, you should make it through the crowd of Magerappas, then you should fight regular boss and, finally, you should win in a battle of giants. The rules in regular battles are almost the same with those in Gaoranger game. Which means that it'll be your regular Beat 'Em Up game. Only this time you can choose the main and supporting character and to perform a powerful special move you should get some NP (Ninpū? Ninpū Points? Ninja Points? Sorry, I have this game without a booklet) by performing a regular attacks. To make it short, kick some ass to fill "NP" gauge. Also, as you can see, there are three points on NP gauge. If you'll press the Triangle button when you'll make it to the first one, it'll be just a regular special move. Chō Ninpō Sora Gake (超忍法・空駆け) for Yōsuke, Chō Ninpō Minamo Bashiri (超忍法・水面走り) for Nanami and so on.  If you'll get enough NP to get to the second point on the gauge, Triangle button will activate the same movies, but with two heroes at the same time (like it was in Gaoranger game). Finally, third point will unlock an ultimate team attack. Note that enemies can easily block and / or avoid such attacks now and if they'll do, the whole NP will be lost. So, be careful.

Of course, there are regular special moves that can be performed without NP, just by using the right combination of buttons. Different characters have different moves and, I must say, that this game is incredibly unbalanced. If you just want to clear the game, I recommend Nanami, since her Chō Ninpō Suiryūha (超忍法・水流破) is fast, easy to perform, and deals a heavy damage to all enemies on its way. Also, Nanami has more powerful and easy moves, so, she's like a killing machine in this game. I'll show you all characters and different moves, though. Just to make this video interesting.

Also, there's another addition to regular fights - shuriken battles. Basically, it's a shooting mini-game, in which you should kill Magerappas with shurikens (Square button). They'll try to attack you too by throwing various garbage at you (like in light gun games), but you can easily destroy those with your Keitai Ninto Hayatemaru (X button).

As for the battles of giants, there are some changes too. Those are much easier than in Gaoranger game, since game will clearly show you where enemy's projectiles will strike and you don't need to chase enemies anymore, but still, there's something you should know. Like in Gaoranger game, in the first part of such battles you should dodge, or try to repel (like in those Ganondorf battles in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) enemy's projectiles. When you'll do it enough, you'll see a special "CHANCE" mark around the enemy. Press any attack button and you'll get into a second phase. And that's where you'll start to notice real differences from Gaoranger game. First, you'll need to go through button mashing part. Just press any attack button (but only one) as fast as you can to get closer to your enemy, or he'll push your back and you'll return to the previous phase of the battle. It's really easy in this mode, but it'll be a little harder in the next one. Anyway, when you'll get closer, just point the camera on your enemy and when you'll see "OK", start punching the stuff out of him. You can use fists, or weapon, but there's no much difference this time, since fists lost their meaning that they had in Gaoranger game. There's NP gauge in this kind of battles too and you can use the triangle button to unleash powerful attacks with various Karakuri Balls. Obviously, the more NP you have, the more powerful attack will be. And that's it about such battles.

Like in Gaoranger game, this mode is very spectacular and if you like the original series, you'll sure like it too, because it's like a little special episode. It's trying to re-create some parts of the original story in a simple way and also include a little game exclusive monster - Satarakura's copy.

Ninpū Sentai! Hurricaneger!! A, san~jō!!! ^_^

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Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger & Hyakujū Sentai Gaoranger: Chō Sentai Super Battle: All Modes Playthrough

In this video I'll show you all modes of Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger & Hyakujū Sentai Gaoranger Chō Sentai Super Battle (忍風戦隊ハリケンジャー & 百獣戦隊ガオレ ンジャー 超戦隊スーパーバトル) game for SEGA Pico. And even though usually SEGA Pico is all about so-called "Storyware," where you are supposed to read the children's book while looking on game-like  interactive images on the TV, this time it's more like a proper game. Like there are two fighting modes, shooter-like shuriken mini-game, etc. All of  them are extremely poor thanks to SEGA Pico's limitations, but still, there's much more to see in this one, than usual. Here's a quick description of in-game modes:

1. Hurricaneger fighting mode

Unlike Gaorangers' alternative of this mode, you can use only the main team in this one. Basically, it's a fighting game in SEGA Pico format. Controls are terrible (thanks to the fact that SEGA Pico can offer you only D-Pad and one single button) and this mode has a serious problems with registering your moves (like it'll look like you've hit the enemy while actually you didn't), but there are special moves and battles of giants.  Also, sprites are beautiful, so, it's really sad that they didn't make such game for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. You can play both as heroes and  villains in this mode, but only heroes' victories will lead into a battles of giants.

2. Hurricaneger mini-games

Two mini-games in this mode. First - button masher. You should press the only button as fast as possible to let Hurricanegers' Shinobi Machines to gattai (combine) into Karakuri Kyokan Senpūjin. Second - shooter-like mini-game with shurikens, where you need to kill enough Magerappas and a boss until you'll run out of time. An interesting thing is that this game utilizes so-called "touch pad".

3.Gaorangers' fighting mode

Almost the same thing with Hurricanegers' fighting mode, but with much more characters (again, you can play both as heroes and villains, but only heroes' victories will lead into a battles of giants). Also, believe it or not, even though the whole controls relies on D-Pad and one single button, you can perform different special moves in regular fights, change characters on the way and even change the gattai (combination) of your giant robots! Like you can turn GaoIcarus into GaoCentaurus, or change Power Animals in GaoKing formation. Unfortunately, both this and Hurricaneger's fighting modes are extremely random. Two special attacks are enough to win for both you and computer, but for you it's hard to perform those thanks to terrible controls, while computer is way too stupid and most of the time will just try to kick the air. Also, it's really hard to get your enemy. Especially with low ranged attacks (that's why Sae in this mode is the worst choice). Fighting modes in this game are incredibly random, unbalanced and poor, but they sure look nice.

4.Gaoranger mini-games

Two mini-games again. This time with Gaorangers. First - slot machine. Just press the button at the right time to get the combination of Gao no Hōju (Gao Jewels) you want. Why? Well, the game will show you what kind of giant robo the Power Animals from those Jewels will make. No other meaning here. Second game looks more promising, because it'll remind you about the famous Sapper game right away. By controling GaoLion, you should dig earth on Tenkū Shima (Sky Island) and find some Gao no Hōju with other Power Animals. Unfortunately, there are no mines and the only problem you'll have in this one is timer. But even timer isn't a real problem, since after you'll use like 2/3 of your time, you'll be shown the exact locations of where you should dig. So, nothing interesting here again (and I know that SEGA Pico is kids-oriented, but at least make a proper goal, will you?).

5.Drawing software

Yep, our regular drawing software. It was in previous Super Sentai games for Pico and it's included in this one too. Kids supposed to use "touch pad" of SEGA Pico to draw things on their TV's screen. Because it's much more fun than using paper and pencils... NOT.

P.S. Sorry for my poor attempt to write in katakana. Even though it's only katakana, it's still too hard for poor gaijin like me to remember the order of those strokes ^^;;; I'm very ashamed of myself ^^;;;

And that's basically covers the game. There are some options in fighting modes menus that I won't use, but only because there's no need to. Those are basically the same thing, but with different rules. Like you can skip regular fights and start with giants right away, or you can fight against enemies with infinite health. It won't be interesting to watch me going through all those variations, so, I'll skip them.

P.P.S. Original game resolution. My poor attempts to upscale it look ugly, so, let's stick with the original.

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G.E.E.K. University #2

I have made a creature to rule over mankind! Meet Muggle! ^_^

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G.E.E.K. University #1

Let's start a webcomic. Webcomics are cool.

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