| PoPoLoCRoIS | |
| File:PoPoLoCrois Cover.jpg Cover of the original 1996 PlayStation video game adaptation. | |
| ポポロクロイス物語 (Poporokuroisu monogatari) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yohsuke Tamori |
| Published by | Asahi Shimbun Company 株式会社朝日新聞社 (Asahi Shimbun-sha) |
| Magazine | Asahi Shimbun Student Newspaper |
| Published | October 1984 |
| Novel | |
| PoPoLoCHRONICLE | |
| Written by | Yohsuke Tamori |
| Illustrated by | Atsuko Fukushima |
| Published by | Kaiseisha |
| Published | February 18, 2015 |
| Game | |
| Developer | epics (G-Artists) |
| Publisher | SCEI |
| Genre | Role-playing video game |
| Platform | PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Network, Nintendo 3DS |
| Released | PoPoLoCRoIS Story PoPoRoGue PoPoLoCRoIS Story II PoPoLoCRoIS: Adventure of Beginnings PoPoLoCRoIS: Adventure of the Law of the Moon PoPoLoCRoIS (PSP) Return to PoPoLoCRoIS: A STORY OF SEASONS Fairytale |
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PoPoLoCRoIS (ポポロクロイス物語, Poporokuroisu monogatari) is a manga series by Yohsuke Tamori, originally published in the Asahi Student Newspaper (a subsidiary of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper). It was later adapted into two anime series and five role-playing video games. Its title is a combination of words from two languages: the Italian word "Popolo (people)" and the French "croix (crossing)", which together mean "crossing of people". The general theme of the series is love and compassion, that the race to which one belongs isn't important and the importance of friendship.
Development and History[]
This section is in list format but may read better as prose. (January 2010) |
- November 1978 - PoPoLoCRoIS is first published in the women's magazine Pafu ぱふ (pafu)
- October 1984 - The cartoon is published Asahi Shimbun Student Newspaper, which is considered the official start of the PoPoLoCRoIS series.
- 1994 - The PoPoLoCRoIS animated theatrical pilot is released.
- July 12, 1996 - Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) releases PoPoLoCRoIS Story role-playing video game for the PlayStation.
- October 4, 1998 - March 28, 1999 - PoPoLoCRoIS anime television series is broadcast on TV Tokyo.
- November 26, 1998 - SCE releases PoPoRoGue, the second PoPoLoCRoIS game, on PlayStation.
- January 27, 2000 - SCE releases PoPoLoCRoIS Story II on PlayStation.
- June 20, 2002 - SCE releases PoPoLoCRoIS: Adventure of Beginnings for PlayStation 2.
- October 5, 2003 to March 28, 2004, TV Tokyo broadcasts a second PoPoLoCRoIS anime series.
- March 18, 2004 - SCE releases PoPoLoCRoIS: Adventure of the Law of the Moon on PlayStation 2
- February 10, 2005 - SCE, releases PoPoLoCRoIS for the PlayStation Portable, which contains heavily edited versions of the stories from PoPoLoCRoIS Story I and II, as well as some new material.
- May 19, 2005, the PSP PoPoLoCRoIS becomes the first and only game to be released outside of Japan,[1] launching first in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It was released later that year in North America (December 6, 2005) through Agetec. Prince Pietro's version is later released in Europe June 16, 2006 through Ignition Entertainment, and in North America and Australia June 30, 2006.
- October 15, 2009 - SCEI announced PoPoLoCRoIS Story Card Quest for Mobile games by EZWeb, an RPG-style card, their servers has been shutdown by SCEI
- February 28, 2011 - Social Game titled PoPoLoCRoIS Monogatari ~ The Adventure of Dreams and bonds ~ launch and the service games by SNS Mobile was closed on 28 June 2013.
- October 18, 2015 - March 14, 2015 (ongoing) - PoPoLoCRoIS get novel series titled "PoPoLoCHRONICLE" published by Kaiseisha, is a prequel before the events of PoPoLoCRoIS Story or Remake PSP. story will be reworked by Tamori Yohsuke & Illustrations re-created by Atsuko Fukushima.
Anime[]
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Video game series[]
Five PoPoLoCRoIS games, the original PlayStation release along with its four sequels, were previously released only in Japan. The PSP release is the first PoPoLoCRoIS game to be released in the USA and Europe. In 2015, a crossover with the Story of Seasons series of games was released, which will also be brought to the USA by XSeed.[2]
Gameplay[]
While random and turn-based, battles take on a form very similar to console strategy RPGs (such as Final Fantasy Tactics). When a character's turn begins, they can move along a small grid and attack enemies from four cardinal directions, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. For example, an attack to the enemy's back will deal more damage, as will skipping a turn to focus on the next turn.
The gameplay has been criticised for having semi-tedious load times (especially on the Sony PSP). On the Sony PSP the sprites may lag for a while in some areas. It has also been criticised for having very frequent random encounters and, with the battle system, can really slow down a simple walk from one town to another.
Plot[]
Characters[]
- Pietro is very caring and values friendship, and he gets more courageous as the game progresses. Pietro has a crush on Narcia ever since they had their first adventure together. Pietro finds out that he is part dragon because his mother Queen Sania is a dragon.
- Narcia is an apprentice forest witch who helps Pietro in the game. Narcia wears a pink dress with a two pointed hat for a specific purpose; when she is 15 years old, she begins to wear a semi purple and pink dress.
- Kai is Narcia's shapeshifting alter ego. Guilda gave her the treasure of the forest witches: the Golden Key which allowed her to become a human so she wouldn't turn into bubbles if she came in contact with seawater; but if anyone discovered this secret, she would fall into a coma. At first she tricks Pietro and the White Knight into thinking that she's a friend of Narcia's, but she reveals her secret to Pietro by accident and later Kimendoji.
- White Knight is first met by Pietro and Narcia at the same time Naguro is met. He joins the party and stays until the very end of book one, Ice Demon. He then rejoins the party when Pietro, Don and Gon go the mine in Pasela to find a dragon in there, but leaves after a baby dragon imprints on him. He stays behind in the land of dragons to help the baby get used to living there.
- GamiGami Devil is a slightly unbalanced dwarf who, though unable to read or write above the level of a child, is a technical genius who creates robots and vast cities.
- Ice Demon is the ruler of North Land and master of ice magic. In the past, he attacked Popolocrois, but was stopped and defeated by a dragon.
Story[]
The main character is the prince of the Popolocrois kingdom, Pietro. The first game, PoPoLoCRoIS Monogatari, starts at the night of Pietro's 10th birthday, when he learns that his mother, who he thought was long dead, was found in a coma. Pietro sets out into a journey along with the apprentice forest witch Narcia to save his mother's soul from the underworld.
There are two more games continuing the tales of Pietro and Co. The second game, PoPoRoGue(PoPoLoCRoIS + Epilogue), features Pietro as a 12-year-old boy that went off to save his father from the dream world that he was forced into. The third, PoPoLoCRoIS Monogatari II, features Pietro and Narcia as a 15-year-old with different costumes, who went off the defeat the mysterious force that was going to destroy the world. PoPoLoCRoIS Monogatari II was the most famous game of the series, due to the darkened story, new party members, and many other features.
The PSP release is a reproduction of PoPoLoCRoIS Monogatari (included into Book 1) and PoPoLoCRoIS Monogatari II (Included into Book 3), but Book 2 is a brand-new scenario.
External links[]
- Official web site (United States)
- GameSpot's PoPoLoCrois Review
- Tamori Yohsuke blog (Japanese)
- epics rights management of PoPoLoCRoIS(Japanese)
References[]
- ↑ Castro, Juan. "PoPoLoCRoIS: A whimsical journey into the realm of old-school role-playing games. Our review". IGN.com. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale heading to North America this winter". Nintendo Everything. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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