Yuma vs. Shayuri vs. Sui, a 100-year battle of Momotetsu without honor and humanity breaks out! Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa Heisei 2025 also a classic! ~The "Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa Heisei" volume [Tsumigebu! Episode 7]

This is the Tsumikibashi University Game Research Club. This is the club room of the Tsumikibashi University Game Research Club, or "Tsumige Club" for short.

The club members bring their own games and just play them. ......

This is a series of game reviews in the style of a novella, leisurely describing the daily life of the "Tsumigame Club"!

Introduction of Tsumigame club members
Yuma Konoshita, the main character, is a 19-year-old college freshman. She is bright, honest, polite and a little natural. She is a casual gamer and enjoys playing games of all genres without hating them.
Sayuri Ekioka is a 20-year-old second-year university student and the head of the Tsumigame club. She is a passionate gamer who can't stop talking about games and has a wealth of knowledge about them. She has a wide range of knowledge from old games (including maniac games before the Famicom!) to the latest games. ) to the latest games, and buys any game that interests him, from the hottest titles to the most maniacal. However, his game playing skills are apparently not very good.
Kirishima Sui is a 20-year-old second-year university student and vice president of the Tsumigame Club. She met Sayuri in the spring of their freshman year of college. She is a gal-type girl who got hooked on video games under Sayuri's influence and is now a total gamer. She is a genius gamer who can get the hang of any genre of game she plays and quickly get good at it.

One evening. Yuma Konoshita, a first-year club member, came to the club room and opened the door to play games.

Good evening!

In the club room, the club leader, Sayuri Ekioka, a second-year student, and another club member, Sui Kirishima, a second-year student who is also the vice-president, were absorbed in some kind of game while holding a controller.

They said they had already surpassed one billion yen in total assets ......! Sui, you are not only good at the game, but you also have a lot of luck on your side!

No, no, no, I don't leave anything to luck.

I'm also trying to get a good card by stopping at card squares to get a good card and turn the game around. ......

No, that's completely up to luck!

(They're both so into it~......)

Yuma enters the room and slowly takes a seat while watching the two of them. Now all three members of the Tsumigame club were present.

Mr. Sui, Mr. Manager, are you by any chance "Momotetsu" today?

Oh, Yuma! That's right, today we are doing "Momotaro Dentetsu ~Showa Heisei, 2038 Wa is also a standard! ~I'm doing "Momotaro Dentetsu ~Showa Heisei~"!

I was just in the "Momotetsu 3-year battle" mode with Sayuri. I was just doing a mode called "Momotetsu 3-nen Kessen! Now that Yumacchi is here, let's play Momotetsu again with the three of us!

We did it! But actually, I've never played Momotetsu before. But actually, I've never played Momotetsu before, so I'd like you to teach me a few things before we play.

I'll be happy to help you out. ......

Oh, it looks like I'm getting turned on by Sayuri.

Yuma, I'm so glad you asked me to teach you! I'm so glad! Now, I, the "Momotetsu Grandmaster of the 28th century," will explain the history of Momotetsu, how to play Momotetsu, and even the key points of the new "Momotetsu 2025"!

Yes, yes!

No, why the 28th century? And Sayuri, you're not good enough to call yourself a grandmaster!

You're sweet sui ...... Listen, in this kind of thing, it's all about the groove! How's that!

No, "How are you doing? I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not.

Oh, haha .......

Momotetsu" is a national board game with a history of over 30 years! Let's all aim to become the president with the highest total assets in Japan!

Before I introduce the contents of the game, let me first introduce the history of "Momotetsu" or "Momotaro Dentetsu".

Yes, sir!

The history of Momotetsu began in 1988. Momotetsu" was released on the Famicom (NES) in 1988, and has been in existence for more than 30 years.

Wow, 30 years is amazing! I remember playing the PlayStation 2 version of "Momotetsu" with my relatives at New Year's when I was a kid.

I've always wondered about that... "Dentetsu" is a word I'm not familiar with, isn't it? I was wondering if the title "Momotaro Dentetsu" has any special origin ......?

Yuma, that's great!

Your voice is so loud!

Yuma is right, there is a definite origin. The title "Momotaro Dentetsu" is actually a play on the title of "The Legend of Momotaro," a game created by the series' general director, Makira Sakuma.

Oh, I know that game! It's an RPG for the NES, right?

Hmmm! I once had a chance to play it with my retro-game-enthusiast brother, no, no, I mean my brother's, uh ...... brother.

No, I was too upset to say "older brother". Why don't you just say "big brother" like normal?

I'm so embarrassed!

(The embarrassed boss is so cute. ......)

...... Now, let's get back to the topic of "Momotaro Dentetsu ~Momotaro Dentetsu ~Showa Heisei 2038 Wa mo standard! ~I'd like to introduce you to "Momotaro Dentetsu - Showa Heisei era, Reiwa is a classic!

Even though it's the newest in the series, the basic rule of becoming the president of a railroad company, buying various properties, and aiming to become the number one in Japan in terms of total assets remains the same, right?

Yes, that's right. The familiar elements of the series, such as rolling dice to reach your destination, buying properties at stations, using cards, and blaming the god of poverty (......), will remain the same, so long-time Momotetsu fans can enjoy the game with no worries. Of course, even if this is your first "Momotetsu" game, you can enjoy it with ease! So, let's take a look at the game screen.

Momotaro and his friends are moving cutely on the menu screen.

Live2D is used in this game, and the characters are animated smoothly to make the game more exciting. Just looking at them makes you feel excited.

The design of "Momotetsu Reiwa" has been completely redesigned from the previous "Momotetsu" series. It's so cute with a pop taste.

Mm-hmm! In addition to the design, the music is by Hyadyne, the play tempo has been improved, and many new events and properties have been added.

Oh, by the way, I heard that a new station on the Yamanote Line is also in the works! Let's see, what was it ...... like a shimenawa ropeway .......

Yumatchi, that's the Takanawa Gateway if you want to call it that.

Oh, haha, that's right. ......

(What a blur ...... Yuma, you must be a dreadful ......)

...... Kohon. Now, "Momotetsu Reiwa" is full of such new charms, but the most essential point to talk about is the online element!

This title supports online battles with up to four friends. In addition, there is a mode called "Battle with Guests! mode, where you can play against other people who know the same password. This can be used by video distributors and listeners to play against each other.

It's great to be able to play online with friends and family at a distance.

Furthermore, "Momotetsu 2025" allows you to save your game in the middle of an online match. I'm a Momotetsu player who definitely wants to play for 100 years, so I really appreciate the ability to save in the middle of a game.

Are you sure you want to play for 100 years?

Yes, I definitely want to play for 100 years! When I played 100 years with my relatives in the past, everyone fell asleep after about 30 years, so I ended up winning by TKO.

I don't think a technical knockout is a decision for "Momotetsu". ......

(I hope he won't say he wants to play 100 years again today. ...... It's tough to stay overnight in the club room with no bedding or anything. ......)

Properties, cards, poor gods! The strategic nature of Momotetsu, which is not just a backgammon game, is its real appeal!

Now, let's take a look at the screenshots I took while playing Momotetsu, and I'll explain "What is Momotetsu? I'll be taking a look at some of the screenshots I took while I was playing the game!

Yes, please do!

Momotetsu is, simply put, a backgammon game. The most basic goal of Momotetsu is to reach the destination station before other players by rolling the dice and moving the train as many times as the dice roll. The basic idea of the game is that if the train stops at a blue square, you get money, and if it stops at a red square, you lose money. The first player to arrive at the destination station will receive more money as aid.

Hmmm... So the player with the most money at the end wins?

Well, that's not quite right. In Momotetsu, the winner is determined by the total amount of assets. When you use your money to buy properties at property stations all over Japan, they become your assets. The total amount of money you have and the properties you own is your "total assets," and the winner is the person with the highest total assets.

I see!

The rate of return is set for each property, and the income based on that rate is received at the end of March every year at the end of the fiscal year. For example, if the property is priced at 10 million yen and the rate of return is 50%, 5 million yen will be received every year at the end of the fiscal year. In other words, the more properties you buy, the more your income increases. Furthermore, if you buy all the properties at a station and monopolize them, your earnings at that station will double.â

I see, so the key to winning is to increase the number of properties.

I see, almost all of the basics have been explained to me at ......! But you're still naive, Sui! Don't feel like you've won!

No, I don't feel like I'm winning or anything, ......?

Well, you may think you've finished telling the whole story of "Momotetsu" with that, Suey. But you forgot the most important, the most important, the most important element!

No, I don't think I've told you everything about Momotetsu, .......

Are you talking about the God of Poverty?

Nah! Yuma told me first!

You're right, Bombi is something we shouldn't forget! One of the features of "Momotetsu" is that when someone arrives at a destination, the god of poverty will haunt the person who is farthest from the destination. The god of poverty is a troublesome character who does bad things every month to the detriment of the player, such as selling property without permission or buying cards for twice the price.

With the god of poverty haunting you, you're in more and more trouble. ......

And not only that, on rare occasions, the god of poverty transforms into King Bomby, which is really bad! He rolls 10 dice, throws away a lot of money, throws away all the cards he has, and is taken to the Bombillas planet, which is full of "Bombillas stations" with more negative numbers than red squares. ...... It's a level of bad behavior that seriously makes the God of Poverty look cute, so if he turns into King Bombee, I'm honestly in despair. ......

King Bombee, I had heard of him before, but I had no idea he was such an outrageous opponent......!

So it's a given that you're going to have to play poor God with someone else before that happens. If your train is right on top of another player's train, or if you pass each other, you can do it. Or, you can just get to your destination as quickly as possible!

It could be something like ......, where you want to continue toward your destination, but hesitate because there is a player with a god of poverty ahead of you.

I'm sure that will happen, too! The game of "how to avoid being attached to the god of poverty" is one of the most exciting points of Momotetsu!

Once again, Sui has explained most of the game to me at ......! I mean, I hardly talked at all today. ...... But there is something I haven't explained yet! That is ......

Cards are also an indispensable element of Momotetsu.

What?

You're so loud! But let's leave Sayuri out of it for now. ...... Cards can be obtained by stopping at yellow squares or buying them at star squares, and they are very important in "Momotetsu".

What kind of cards are there?

You should always have one of the movement cards, such as the "Express Card," which allows you to roll three dice to advance, or the "Buttobi Card," which allows you to randomly fly to any property station, because it makes it easier to get closer to your destination or escape from the god of poverty. Interference cards, such as "Sword Hunting Cards" that take away cards from your opponent or "Fastball Cards" that smash other players' cards, can put pressure on other players just by having them, even if you don't use them.

Hmmm... .......

There are also "Tokusei Cards" that can wipe out everyone's debts, "Lowest Ranking Cards" that do good things when used by the lowest ranked player, and more than 100 other types of cards with various effects. The strategic use of cards according to the situation is also an interesting aspect of Momotetsu.

I couldn't even talk about the cards after all. ...... If this happens, I'm going to make you howl in the game. ...... I'm going to make you howl against me in the matchup. ......

Hey, what's up, boss, you're smiling while staring at me like crazy......?

Yumatchi, don't make eye contact with him. ...... You'll be consumed by his darkness. ......

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