Gegege no Kitarou - Youkai Daigekisen
Gegege no Kitarou - Youkai Daigekisen is a Nintendo DS action game released in 2008. It centers on platform traversal, combat encounters, and movement and immediate actions and arranges its main commands and information around the handheld's dual screens, touch input, and physical buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.9 / 10
About this game
The one-eyed goblin named Kitaro returns to the video gaming fold in a remake of an old 8-bit Famicom game. Kitaro traipses around in 2D environs with his left eye named Medama-oyaji and battles fellow goblins, spooks, and end-level bosses of the undead sort. Kitaro can fire off projectile attacks and glide around by hefting an makeshift "parachute" over himself to traverse wide distances and platforms. In this Nintendo DS release, platform traversal, combat encounters, and movement and immediate actions form the main playable structure. Stages build pressure through enemy patterns, routes, and changing objectives. The dual screens, stylus, and buttons divide commands from status information where the design calls for it. Dual-screen information, animation, and hit feedback determine readability, while touch or button mapping, collision rules, and retry costs can interrupt continuous play. This description applies to the Nintendo DS edition and does not import modes, presentation upgrades, or convenience features from home-console versions, mobile adaptations, later ports, or remakes.
Collected in series
GeGeGe no Kitaro games bring Kitaro and his yokai world into adventures and unusual supernatural competitions. The adaptations span different kinds of play, from using familiar powers in action stages to competing in sports that could only happen among yokai.
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基本成立 Nintendo DS action experience
Gegege no Kitarou - Youkai Daigekisen centers on platform traversal, combat encounters, and movement and immediate actions. Stages build pressure through enemy patterns, routes, and changing objectives, giving the Nintendo DS release recognizable goals and a coherent portable rhythm. Dual-screen information, animation, and hit feedback determine readability. Its value comes from how the main rules work with the handheld interface, while variety and room for mastery determine the longer-term appeal. Touch or button mapping, collision rules, and retry costs can interrupt continuous play, which is the principal limitation on original hardware. GameNavo scores this concrete release across four independently judged dimensions and does not use press aggregates, user ratings, source length, media count, title recognition, or features from another platform.
Strengths
- platform traversal, and combat encounters provide a readable mechanical foundation.
- Progress is divided into understandable stages, tasks, matches, or chapters.
- Presentation and interface feedback support the main rules.
Weaknesses
- Touch or button mapping, collision rules, and retry costs can interrupt continuous play.
- Original language, multiplayer hardware, or touch conditions may affect present-day use.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy action games, accept Nintendo DS-era interface conventions, and want to assess the original handheld release on its own terms.
Play notes: This review covers the Nintendo DS release without emulator save states, speed-up, or later-port features and does not represent a complete playthrough.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Stages build pressure through enemy patterns, routes, and changing objectives. The 6.8 score weighs variety, repetition, difficulty progression, recovery after failure, and replay value rather than nominal length or source volume. | Reviewed | 6.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The core loop is assessed through platform traversal, combat encounters, and movement and immediate actions, including rule depth, control feedback, and room for mastery. The 7.0 score applies to this DS release and excludes title recognition and external ratings. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Dual-screen information, animation, and hit feedback determine readability. The 7.2 score judges art, sound, interface, dual-screen use, and touch presentation against Nintendo DS-era conditions. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Touch or button mapping, collision rules, and retry costs can interrupt continuous play. The 6.6 score covers original-hardware response, information clarity, saving, language, and accessory requirements without emulator conveniences. | Reviewed | 6.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- B.B. Studio
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco
- Release date
- 2008
- Platforms
- Nintendo DS
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- DodgeMain Story Under 10 HoursMelee CombatLinear LevelsReplayableReal-time CombatPlatformingFast-paced2D GraphicsSide-scrollingSolo-friendly
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Nintendo DSWorldwide2008
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