Kururin Paradise
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is the sequel to Kuru Kuru Kururin
on the Game Boy Advance
. It was released only in Japan. However, as the GBA has no region lockout
, any GBA unit can be used to play the Japanese version. The menus in the Japanese version are simple enough that they are easily navigable by a player who knows no Japanese.
The player controls a slowly spinning stick called the Helirin, and must manoeuver it through a series of maze
s without touching the walls. The player controls the direction and speed of movement (there are 3 levels of speed), but the task is made difficult as the stick rotates continually. Once the player has successfully completed a level, there are bonuses to collect, record times to beat, and a gold star for completing the level without any accidents.
The game starts off with simple training levels, where you are told how to play and how to get around the first corners. After that there are three levels in each stage that get progressively harder and longer. The stage determines the look of the levels (ice, caves, machine) and the different obstacles to avoid. For beginners the levels can be played on Easy mode, where the stick is only half size.
In the levels with a magician's hat as an icon, your task is to finish a mini-game in order to proceed to the next group of levels. Each level with a magician's hat icon has different mini-games compared to each other.
The game also features multiplayer support that enables four players to participate in the action with the use of a single cartridge. Unlike the prequel, it also includes mini-games, which also have multiplayer compatibility.
Kuru Kuru Kururin
is a puzzle video game developed by Eighting and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance handheld video game console. It was first released in Japan on March 21, 2001 and in Europe and Australia on June 22, 2001 as a launch title...
on the Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...
. It was released only in Japan. However, as the GBA has no region lockout
Regional lockout
Regional lockout is the programming practice, code, chip, or physical barrier used to prevent the playing of media designed for a device from the country where it is marketed on the version of the same device marketed in another country.-Video games:...
, any GBA unit can be used to play the Japanese version. The menus in the Japanese version are simple enough that they are easily navigable by a player who knows no Japanese.
Plot
After the events of the first game, everything became calm in Kururin Village, until a group of magicians announced that they will start a live magic show. Later, after Kururin's family and Teacher Hare went to the magic show, they never came back. Kururin didn't go with them, because he slept during that time, until he heard them calling his name. He rushed toward the magic show and noticed that no one and nothing was there. So he decided to rush back home to fly in his helicopter, the Helirin, and find them.Gameplay
The gameplay is the same as the prequel, but faster and more frantic, requiring twitch-reflexes, whereas the original requires more thought, strategy, and fine calculation. This is due to Kururin Paradise's inclusion of a new feature that allows the player to speed up the rotation of their ship with a button press, encouraging them to skip through corners rather than align theirself at the correct angle.The player controls a slowly spinning stick called the Helirin, and must manoeuver it through a series of maze
Maze
A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways, but technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth, as the labyrinth has a single...
s without touching the walls. The player controls the direction and speed of movement (there are 3 levels of speed), but the task is made difficult as the stick rotates continually. Once the player has successfully completed a level, there are bonuses to collect, record times to beat, and a gold star for completing the level without any accidents.
The game starts off with simple training levels, where you are told how to play and how to get around the first corners. After that there are three levels in each stage that get progressively harder and longer. The stage determines the look of the levels (ice, caves, machine) and the different obstacles to avoid. For beginners the levels can be played on Easy mode, where the stick is only half size.
In the levels with a magician's hat as an icon, your task is to finish a mini-game in order to proceed to the next group of levels. Each level with a magician's hat icon has different mini-games compared to each other.
The game also features multiplayer support that enables four players to participate in the action with the use of a single cartridge. Unlike the prequel, it also includes mini-games, which also have multiplayer compatibility.
External links
- Official Japanese web site (Original) (Translated using Excite.Co.Jp)