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Jul 09, 08 at 2:40pm
Captain Rainbow

New game announced via Famitsu, with a first look video:

http://www.wipido.com/video/1722

From what I can gather:
Source: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11882051&postcount=107

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Summary:
- Main dude name is Nick.

- Cameo appearance shown are Katherine(Birdo), OtsuSan and Hikari (all are past minor Nintendo characters)

- It appears that there are mini games like golf, bug catching and fishing.

- Captain Rainbow is a reference to Masked Rider, you can tell from the rainbow belt that he is wearing and his transformation stance

- The island that you will be exploring are pack fill with past Nintendo minor characters

- In the video, Birdo aka Katherine was bascially introducing the game, characters and talking crap

- The genre of this game still remains a mystery
Oh, and the rumor is that this is a skip Ltd. game. Why is this important? They did Chibi-Robo.

This game is bound to be awesome because it's already full of lulz.

Scan: (via GoNintendo)


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Jul 10, 08 at 1:55pm
re: Captain Rainbow

This is a sleeper hit in the making.

You have to believe so. It's Skip.



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Jul 10, 08 at 3:08pm
re: Captain Rainbow

quote Emoliciousnot
I knew that Birdo was male, but in this game they gave him a feminine name so he could pass as male.

Because transvestite dinosaurs in E rated games are nonos. =(

Birdo isn't known as Birdo in Japan.


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Jul 11, 08 at 4:12pm
re: Captain Rainbow

I hope we see something related to this at E3. It would be spectacular.



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Jul 23, 08 at 10:44pm
re: Captain Rainbow

The game has been getting weekly updates on the Japanese Nintendo Channel.




I have to have this game. XD

There are subtitles if you actually go to youtube (click on the video) to watch.


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Jul 24, 08 at 2:16pm
re: Captain Rainbow

Releasing on August 28 in Japan.

Please announce localization, Nintendo.


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Jul 24, 08 at 10:23pm
re: Captain Rainbow

Takamaru's from Nazo no Murasamejou

First stage in action:


They used the music in Brawl, umremixed.

quote therealNgamer
Is that fat guy Little Mac?
Yup, the fat guy is Little Mac. Let himself go, hasn't he?

quote therealNgamer
August 28? That's pretty fast considering it was only announced about a month ago. Then again, this is Japan. There is no way Nintendo is gonna localize this. This looks more niche than Quendan and more obscure than Freshly Picked: Tingle's Rosie Ruppeland. But we can hope!
Nintendo's new philosophy: only announce/hype up games at the very most 2-3 months in advance.

Besides, Ouendan got localized in the form of EBA, and Tingle DS made it out in Europe.


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Jul 25, 08 at 1:08am
re: Captain Rainbow

Quendan?

This is like a real blast of fresh air; we need our quirky games back =T



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Jul 25, 08 at 1:20pm
re: Captain Rainbow

Yeah, he is.





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Jul 25, 08 at 4:08pm
re: Captain Rainbow

You're Nick, who is the washed-up superhero Captain Rainbow who goes to Mimit Island, where it is said your dreams will come true. You end up helping the secondary/forgotten Nintendo characters who have come to the island to fulfill their dreams.


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Jul 25, 08 at 5:25pm
re: Captain Rainbow

Just maybe. There's a robot from GiFTPiA in the game, which is one of skip's other games.



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Jul 25, 08 at 6:18pm
re: Captain Rainbow

I wonder who else we'll see.

I think the guy who puts the Captain Rainbow Nintendo Channel vids on youtube does it during the middle of the week.. I can't wait.



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Jul 26, 08 at 4:13am
re: Captain Rainbow

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quote Akira_EX
Quendan?
Holy crap, I never realized that! I always called it "kwen-dan." I guess it's Ouendan.

Protip: Oh-en-daan


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Jul 27, 08 at 11:38pm
re: Captain Rainbow

New infos!

http://gonintendo.com/?p=50671

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The Adventure Part :Communicate with the island's inhabitants

-The inhabitants are Nintendo characters that didn't make it to stardom

Mimin Island's inhabitants are minor Nintendo characters that never quite made it to "star" status. They live on this island trying to make their wishes come true.
Hikari (from Shin Onigashima), Birdo (from Super Mario USA), Mappo (from GiFTPiA), Takamaru (from Nazo no Murasamejou), Little Mac (from Punch-Out!!) and other Nintendo characters await you!

-Communicate with the inhabitants - Enjoy the island life

You can cater to their requests, or fish, or do what whatever you want. It's all up to you. Don't be surprised if you get some pretty demanding requests all of a sudden. You can go fishing or bug collecting or even help with somebody's golf swing. Help people out and you may get Earth Crystals called Kirarin (Sparklies).

Captain Rainbow is a game that mixes action and adventure; it's an action adventure game.

The Action Part: Fight for the wish-granting "Stars"

Collect lots of Kirarin ("Sparklies") and a Star will fall from the sky. Thrilling action awaits as you carry the Star to the island's altar while chasing a mysterious silhouette to claim the Star for yourself. Attack the Sihlouette, or dodge its attacks to stop it from stealing the Star. If the Sihlouette gets you, be prepared for some relentless button pushing to win the minigame.

-Will it be your own wish? Or someone else's? "The Altar where wishes come true"

If you get the Star to the Altar, any one wish will be granted. Will it be your own or someone else's wish? Make the ultimate choice.

Scenario A
Grant an inhabitant's wish
The inhabitants that have their wishes granted will leave the island and it's back to adventuring for you.
Scenario B
Grant your own wish
You'll get to be a popular super hero once again. But what about the rest of the Mimin dwellers?

Which will it be? You know what a true hero would do…
Do want.


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Jul 30, 08 at 7:02pm
re: Captain Rainbow

New trailer:



Go to youtube for translation.

Apparently the character's name is Tracy. I don't know her. Internet speculation is Tracy from Earthbound.



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Jul 31, 08 at 5:01am
re: Captain Rainbow

So she probably is Crazy Tracy from Link's Awakening.



Known as Tracy in Japan too.



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Jul 31, 08 at 8:19pm
re: Captain Rainbow

I can't wait for next week's video to see what her issue is.

And of course, the newest character reveal.



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re: Captain Rainbow

Screens and media via Amazon Japan; will rehost if necessary.















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Aug 06, 08 at 1:23pm
re: Captain Rainbow

New video!

The Fascinating Dynamite Body



Hosted by: Famicom Wars soldiers whose dream is to GET THE VOLLEYBALL GOLD MEDAL

Features: Tracy from Link's Awakening with her curvaceous body and infinite cleavage pocky

Also, new scan from Famitsu:



Captain Rainbow
- Nintendo/Aug 28th/6800 Yen
New islanders (left to right, top to bottom
- Takamaru
- Mabo from Giftpia
- Famicom Soldier from Famicom Wars
- Tao from Giftpia
- Tracy from Zelda: Link's Awakening
- Devil from Devil World


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re: Captain Rainbow

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169193

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Nintendo's surprise pre-E3 revealing of Captain Rainbow on the Nintendo Channel in Japan made more than a few jaded Wii owners stand at attention -- and not just because of its fabulous title, either. The game, starring a down-on-his-luck superhero helping Nintendo's lineup of extremely minor characters with their problems, is a strange combination of side-view action and Animal Crossing-style NPC interaction and minigames, and this week's issue of Weekly Famitsu magazine reveals more about how this flamboyant superhero struts his stuff.

Generally, Captain Rainbow is divided into two parts: adventure, and action. The adventure segment is the more Animal Crossing-like, with the Captain (and/or his nerdy alter ego) exploring Mimin Island, solving puzzles, and helping out the residents. Playing the good guy and interacting with the islanders -- sometimes helping with their sword training, sometimes joining them for a minigame or two -- earns you "kirarin" (Japanese for "shiny"), and collecting 20 of these sparkling crystals triggers a storm of falling stars and leads to an action sequence. Here, the Captain is on a side-scrolling chase for the falling star he needs to help fulfill the Mimin native's wishes...but he'll have to dodge the evil Shadows along the way, lest he fall victim to one and be forced to play another minigame to save his hide.

The game's coming surprisingly soon in Japan, with an August 28 Wii release already announced. Is a US version totally impossible, Nintendo? Please?
Do want.


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re: Captain Rainbow

Love Slaves!

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re: Captain Rainbow

This is not a game of questionable content.





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re: Captain Rainbow

quote Hoa Dao
I really do love the breaking of fourth walls in these games. XD
quote therealNgamer
I always love that phenomenon too.
No More Heroes!


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re: Captain Rainbow

Official Site

Ohh man, the theme song is old-school campy <3



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Click through for subtitles.


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Aug 11, 08 at 6:54pm
re: Captain Rainbow

The official site opened on Friday, that's where the opening came from.

We should still get our regularly scheduled episode later this week.


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re: Captain Rainbow

Some old screens, some new from Famitsu:

http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1217306_1407.html

















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Aug 20, 08 at 2:44am
re: Captain Rainbow

Don't know.

Updated on Nintendo's Japanese Wii site, some Captain Rainbow videos! The game comes out next week. =O


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Aug 20, 08 at 2:32pm
re: Captain Rainbow

Famitsu review: 8/7/8/8 (31/40)



There was no Captain Rainbow video last week because of holiday.


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Aug 20, 08 at 10:14pm
re: Captain Rainbow

And speak of the devil, new Captain Rainbow video!

March Toward the Setting Sun



Hosted by: Lip from Panel de Pon

Features: Famicom Wars soldiers from Famicom Wars, with volleyball and prone sneaking.

No translation yet; wait at the very latest tomorrow.


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re: Captain Rainbow



Oh, and the Captain Rainbow profile and forum are up.


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re: Captain Rainbow

Game|Life hands-on impressions by Chris Kohler:

quote Game|Life, Hands-On: Chibi Robo Devs' Latest Weirdness, Captain Rainbow
Want more hardcore games for Wii? How about a niche adventure game that like two people are going to buy?

Yes, it's that time again: Time for Skip, the iconoclastic makers of bizarre games like Chibi-Robo and Giftpia to unleash their first Wii game onto the world. It's called Captain Rainbow, and it's got all the hallmarks of a good Skip game: A quirky, endearing story, bizarre characters, lackadaisical gameplay goals, and (most critically) weird shit.

The weird shit this time around stems mostly from the fact that this is a game about a down-on-his-luck superhero who has been sent off to a mysterious island full of down-on-their-luck characters from old Nintendo games. Little Mac from Punch-Out, Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2, the generic golfer from Golf, and many more of Nintendo's most forgettable characters are all on this island with you, and all of you are looking to have your wishes granted.

My impressions of the game's first two hours are below.

Things begin with the Captain Rainbow TV theme song, which you can watch over at the official home page. Following this, we watch a brief cinema scene explaining what's up with main character Nick. His secret identity is the superhero Captain Rainbow, who fights crime with a yo-yo.

As you might expect, Captain Rainbow isn't the coolest superhero around anymore, and the kids are now crushing on even cooler heroes. So Nick heads to the mysterious Mimin Island, which is rumored to have the power to grant wishes. On the way, he loses his belt that lets him transform into Captain Rainbow.

When you wash up on shore, you can explore freely and experiment with the game's controls. It uses a combination of the nunchuk and pointer: You use the stick to move Nick around, then point at items and people to interact with them. When you point at something when Nick is far away, he'll look at it and you'll get a brief text description of what it is. When Nick is close up, the pointer icon will change to an exclamation point and you'll be able to interact with whatever it is.

On the beach are seashells that you can pick up, crabs that run away from you, and fruit that you can eat, although it has no visible effect. There are also haniwa stone statues that you can punch and break by holding down the B button to charge a punch, then letting go.

Cr_hikari Wandering off the beach, you'll find some characters to talk to. One is Hikari, a shrine maiden from the Japan-only game Shin Onigashima. The others are the Mimin, the little rabbit-like creatures that inhabit the island and grant wishes.

Hikari says something about you being the chosen one, or something, I wasn't paying attention. At any rate, she shows you a secret ancient door in her house that just so happens to have an impression in it the exact shape of Captain Rainbow. If only you could transform into him!

But you can't. So at this point, you can save your game (by using the outhouse, of course) or sleep on a bed in Hikari's place -- this lets you jump to the next day or night cycle. Of course Captain Rainbow has a day/night cycle! Haven't you played a Skip game before? Different characters are doing different things depending on what time of day it is.

So now you get the run of much more of the island. You can go exploring around. You'll find:
  • Hidden Mimin. If you run your pointer over certain parts of the level, you'll hear them squeaking, and you can click to unleash more of the little guys into the wild.
  • The soldiers from Advance Wars. Well, Famicom Wars, actually. These soldiers are currently camped out in Mimin Island, learning to be the world's best... volleyball team. I don't get it either, but they tell you that if you're looking for anything, you should talk to Hikari in the mornings when she's praying.
  • The robot policeman from Giftpia. He's locked up Birdo at the police station.
  • Birdo. Amusingly, the old story from the U.S. version of the Mario 2 instruction book about how Birdo is a transvestite has now been retconned into canon. He's a cross-dressing dude, now.
  • A bunch of rocks you can't break and paths you can't cross. You'll have to power up before you can explore the island.
Eventually, you figure out that you need to crash at Hikari's, then ask her in the morning where you should go. She tells you the location of your belt, and you can go retrieve it. Now, you can turn into CAPTAIN RAINBOW and break tiny rocks with your yo-yo. You can transform whenever you want, but you have to eat fruit to restore your energy bar, or you'll die.

And that's pretty much how far I got. Since I'm still just puttering around in the introductory phases, I can't tell you much about how it plays -- it's slowly ramping up. It seems like most of what you'll need to do is solve puzzles by collecting items and talking to people, trying to solve their problems.

What I can say for sure is that it's a really nice-looking game. Skip's graphics designers have made really nice use of 2-D and cel-shaded elements, blending them all together with straight up 3-D to create some really attractive and stylish cartoon environments. It's a pleasure just to explore the island -- with any luck, the gameplay will hold up.

Now, the big question: Will this come to the U.S.? I think it'll all have to do with what side of the bed Nintendo of America gets up on tomorrow, unfortunately. They left Giftpia in Japan, but brought over Chibi-Robo. We could see this happen over here, or it could, itself, be relegated to the land of misfit Japanese curiosities.
Do want. So, so badly.


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