Tarot Mystery
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is a Super Famicom title that revolves around tarot divination and answering questions in Japanese
.
-dominated North America
or Europe
. Despite the title of the game, there is no mystery to solve except to answer questions. The cards used in the game are from the Rider-Waite deck
, complete with violent images
and nudity
. This is a given because the controversial nature of Tarot reading and the uncensored nature of Japanese video games.
where 12 cards are picked by the person being read. These cards will tell about the player's past, present, and future (if he or she can understand Japanese). There are no English language
translations through emulation; learning the language is a prerequisite to understanding the fortunes. The AI
automatically reads the person's fortune; there is no need for a second human to act as a medium. Once the cards are dealt, each card deals with different issues that the player will have to put up with in his or her future life. They are: current situation, issues, awareness, subconscious, past problems, future, present position, environment, hope, and result.
Had this title been released in North America, it would have been considered a spiritual sequel to Taboo: The Sixth Sense
. However, the failure surrounding Taboo: The Sixth Sense prevented a North American release for this game. This "game" inspired two Japanese Tarot reading titles for the PlayStation One
; Tarot Uranai and The Uranai 2.
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
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Description
A "game" is considered to be a simulation of an actual Tarot reading. Due to religious and social reasons, this game was never released to ChristianChristianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
-dominated North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
or Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Despite the title of the game, there is no mystery to solve except to answer questions. The cards used in the game are from the Rider-Waite deck
Rider-Waite tarot deck
The Rider-Waite tarot deck is the most popular Tarot deck in use today in the English-speaking world . Other suggested names for this include the Rider-Waite-Smith, Waite-Smith, Waite-Colman Smith or simply the Rider deck...
, complete with violent images
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
and nudity
Nudity
Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
. This is a given because the controversial nature of Tarot reading and the uncensored nature of Japanese video games.
Analysis
Each reading consists of a Celtic crossCeltic cross
A Celtic cross is a symbol that combines a cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. In the Celtic Christian world it was combined with the Christian cross and this design was often used for high crosses – a free-standing cross made of stone and often richly decorated...
where 12 cards are picked by the person being read. These cards will tell about the player's past, present, and future (if he or she can understand Japanese). There are no English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translations through emulation; learning the language is a prerequisite to understanding the fortunes. The AI
Game artificial intelligence
Game artificial intelligence refers to techniques used in computer and video games to produce the illusion of intelligence in the behavior of non-player characters . The techniques used typically draw upon existing methods from the field of artificial intelligence...
automatically reads the person's fortune; there is no need for a second human to act as a medium. Once the cards are dealt, each card deals with different issues that the player will have to put up with in his or her future life. They are: current situation, issues, awareness, subconscious, past problems, future, present position, environment, hope, and result.
Had this title been released in North America, it would have been considered a spiritual sequel to Taboo: The Sixth Sense
Taboo: The Sixth Sense
Taboo: The Sixth Sense is a video game developed by Rare and published by Tradewest for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 that gives users a tarot reading where the "dealer" automatically shuffles the cards...
. However, the failure surrounding Taboo: The Sixth Sense prevented a North American release for this game. This "game" inspired two Japanese Tarot reading titles for the PlayStation One
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
; Tarot Uranai and The Uranai 2.