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Diavolo no daibouken

Derek Yu — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:30:00 +0000

Diavolo no daibouken is a simplistic graphical Roguelike that stars Diavolo, the main villain of part 5 of the manga JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. It has all the trappings of your average dungeon crawl, only the theme is incredibly… well, bizarre. I mean, look at that screenshot! It’s fantastic!

Since I don’t speak Japanese, I’ve only been able to figure out some of the basic gameplay mechanics through experimentation. But with our powers combined, maybe we can piece together a complete picture? Anyone care to translate the website?

(Source: Canned Dogs, via Shapermc!)

Hit the extended for what we know so far:

Controls:

Numpad (Num Lock off) – move around, select menu options

Z – attack, confirm

X – cancel

C – change direction (without taking a step)?

A – bring up the main menu

S – use Red DISC power

Spacebar – view map

Menus:

Main Menu

1. Floor, Level, HP, Gold

2. Items, DISC Effects?, ?, Options

3. 3 slots for Gold DISCs, and 1 slot for a Red DISC

The 3 Gold slots represent attack, defense, and ability, in that order.

4. ?, ?

5. ?, ?

Gameplay:

1. One of the big things in the game seems to be collecting music “DISCS,” which can be equipped, or thrown at enemies for damage, among other things.

DISCs come in a few flavors:

Silver DISCs – regular discs that act as scrolls. One-time use. Various effects, like revealing all the traps on a dungeon floor.

Gold DISCs – can be equipped to one of 3 slots for various effects (see above).

Red DISCs – can be equipped and used to shoot special projectiles. Use with the ‘S’ key.

2. You can also collect JoJo magazines. These can be used to upgrade (first option) your equipped Gold DISCs, but we don’t know what the effects are or which magazines are compatible with which DISCs.

3. You can also collect food, like pizza, spaghetti, and… frogs? Food restores your health, natch.

4. Certain tiles have traps on them! You can punch hidden traps to reveal them.

"Diavolo no daibouken" by pkt-zer0

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:03:46 +0000

‘There seems to be a compatibility requirement, but I have no idea how it works.’

Each manga can upgrade the Stands that appear in them. Except vol.1 and 2, since they didn’t have Stands yet, and improve max willpower and HP instead, respectively.

I’m going to actually play this sometime soon myself. Got to get applocale first to get rid of the text distortion.

"Diavolo no daibouken" by Derek

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:55:41 +0000

Thanks, Exoduster! I added your information to the “guide.” :)

"Diavolo no daibouken" by Exoduster

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:51:55 +0000

Alright, I was playing around, and discovered that the Jojo chapters (the magazines) can be used to upgrade Gold discs. Choose the chapter, then the first option, and you’ll be brought back to the inventory. Then, just choose an unequipped disc you want to upgrade. There seems to be a compatibility requirement, but I have no idea how it works.

"Diavolo no daibouken" by Rogue_king

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:58:15 +0000

Hey, Elona seems very nice. Maybe someone could really translate it.

"Diavolo no daibouken" by 21GP

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:02:38 +0000

FECES FOR BREAKFAST?

"Diavolo no daibouken" by Exoduster

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:54:52 +0000

Oh! I just discovered, Diavolo can uncover traps by attacking them.

"Diavolo no daibouken" by Derek

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:52:01 +0000

Thanks, pkt! Updated. And yeah, a translated version of the game would be great.

"Diavolo no daibouken" by Exoduster

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:51:24 +0000

Being a huge Jojo fan, I’m loving this. (Even though I always thought Diavolo was kind of a crummy villain.)

This definitely needs an English translation.

"Diavolo no daibouken" by pkt-zer0

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:01:37 +0000

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!

Looks interesting. Brief glance and translator utilization at the website reveals that you can equip those golden STAND discs for attack/defense/ability purposes (shown on-screen in that order), and can equip a red disc for projectile attacks.

The collectible magazines are supposedly episodes of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, by the way.

"Diavolo no daibouken" by Dominic White

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:34:54 +0000

This looks very much like Shiren The Wanderer, Japans answer to Nethack, with just as many random player-hating moments of insane genius. I want a translation. Anyone got a hotlike to Aeon Genesis? They’d probably be interested in this.

Oddly enough - while Roguelikes are almost solely the realm of freeware gaming in the western world, they’re actually quite popular in Japan. Even Pokemon got a roguelike spinoff in the Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon series.

"Diavolo no daibouken" by Jad

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:22:16 +0000

DOGUSHAAA~!

"Diavolo no daibouken" by Skyleak

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:23:49 +0000

Looks fun I’ve had another J-Roguelike that I’ve been waiting for in English Called Elona.

Elona

I wrote him a few times, he can read and write in English but can’t do games in it. Send him some more Emails and maybe he’ll do it!