Tapir, an enigmatic blue wizard in spotted pajamas from the Dream World, sends the player on a quest to rescue princess Rua. But things quickly become more complicated and the player soon has to rescue other characters along the way, such as Santa Claus, the king of Trump castle and the blue fairy Cocoron. Tapir can manipulate people's dreams and this ability gives Cocoron an unique twist - the player can assemble his own character by combining one of the eight available heads to one of the eight available bodies (which both include several designs to choose from, resulting in literally hundreds of combinations! ). More than a mere physical appearance, each part also defines the character's attributes, such as his health, speed, how high he can jump and so forth.
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This game got its fame mostly through its place at Ballzysoft (ages and ages ago.. for the uninformed, this was Ballz’s ancient rom site (partially), long since abandoned). Since Ballz couldn’t understand it, he was very scared by it. I played the untranslated rom quite a while ago, and I really can’t blame him. Now that Akujin translated it, I’ve found that it’s actually a pretty neat game. Turns out it’s not just some freaky elephant’s acid trip, but a Dream World of sorts. The real charm in the game comes from the customization of your heroes. You get up to four or five at the end, I think, but you typically just use one of them the whole time. Despite it looking all cutesy and stuff, don’t be fooled.. This game can be harder than hell sometimes. Give it a try though, you’ll probably be surprised at how neat this is.
(editor's note: I agree this game fucking owns it has a robust character creator in a goddamn NES game)