Tengai makyo
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Tengai Makyo (also known as Far East Of Eden) is a widely popular series of traditional console RPGs that are available in Japan.
Though originally intended to be only three games, it has grown to encompass a number of remakes, gaidens and genre spin-offs across a variety of platforms.
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[edit] Overview
The main series is composed of three separate games within the land of 'Jipang' (a parody of feudal Japan), each which follows a descendant of the 'Fire Clan' and supporting cast in battles against a range of often comical villains. The stories of the games, though primarily of 'fantasy' fare, also attempt to provide commentary on common misconceptions about Japanese culture by western socities.
[edit] Creators
The games are primarily the creation of Ohji Hiroi and Red Entertainment. Virtually all publishing tasks have been handled by Hudson Soft (now a subsidiary of Konami).
Most players will note that the series also makes reference to another 'creator', P.H. Chada, who is usually represented as an 18th or 19th century sociologist/historian similar to that of Sigmund Freud or Karl Marx. The imagery however is part of a running joke in the series, as P.H. Chada does not exist. He is a fictional 'author' of the stories of the Tengai Makyou games, whose blatant exaggerations of 'Jipang' represent the misconceptions western societies have held with regard to Japan.
[edit] Games in the Series
Core Games
- Tengai Makyo: Ziria - (PC Engine CD)
- Tengai Makyo: Ziria (REMAKE) - (XBOX 360)
- Tengai Makyo II: Manjimaru - (PC Engine CD)
- Tengai Makyo II: Manjimaru (REMAKE) - (GameCube, PS2)
- Tengai Makyo II: Manjimaru (REMAKE) - (Nintendo DS)
- Tengai Makyo III: Namida - (PS2)
Other Games
- Tengai Makyo: Fuun Kabukiden - (PC Engine CD)
- Tengai Makyo Zero - (SNES)
- Tengai Makyo: Daishi no Mokushiroku (trans: 'The 4th Apocalypse') - (Sega Saturn)
- Tengai Makyo: Daishi no Mokushiroku (REMAKE) - (PSP)
- Kabuki Klash - (ARCADE, NeoGeo)
- Tengai Makyo: Karakuri Kakutoden - (PC-FX)
- Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai - (Game Boy Advance)
