Michael English Daibouken

a.k.a. マイケルのイングリッシュ大冒険 / Michael no English Daibouken

created and published by Scorpion Soft in 1987-06-19, running on Famicom Disk System

type: edutainment, action/reflex
genre: Word game
perspective: side view
player options: single player

languages: jpn

Personal review

"Michael English Daibouken" is an English spelling educational game for Japanese children and is based on the manga and anime series "Whats Michael?" featuring a cat as main protagonist. At the beginning you choose a scenario with a different set of words and difficulties. Once the game started you are presented with an object and it is your task to build the correct name of the object by collecting letters that appear on the screen. Of course this is meant for kids who just started their English lessons, and thus proves absolutely no challenge for the English speaking part of the world. The harder part is to not accidentally touch a wrong letter.