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1998 · Banpresto · Role-playing

Slayers Wonderful

PlayStation exclusive

Slayers Wonderful is a role-playing video game developed by TamTam and released by Banpresto for the PlayStation in 1998 exclusively in Japan. It features key voice actors from the Slayers anime versions and a story supervised by the Slayers author Hajime Kanzaka. The game was a big commercial success but received mixed critical reception.

Released
22 October 1998
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Role-playing
Developers
Banpresto
Publishers
Banpresto
Series
Slayers
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Comedy
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

About

Slayers Wonderful (スレイヤーズわんだほ, Sureiyāzu wandaho) is a role-playing video game developed by TamTam and released by Banpresto for the PlayStation in 1998 exclusively in Japan. It features key voice actors from the Slayers anime versions and a story supervised by the Slayers author Hajime Kanzaka. The game was a big commercial success but received mixed critical reception.

›Story

One day, Lina Inverse and her faithful companion Gourry Gabriev discover that Lina's most powerful spells and Gourry's magical Sword of Light no longer work. They embark on a long journey to find the cause of their sudden loss of power, reuniting with old friends and ultimately getting mixed up in a conflict much bigger than they imagined, a quest to save the world.

Keywords

  • anime
  • magic
  • based on - book
  • based on - anime
  • black magic
  • white magic

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Slayers Wonderful is a Japanese role-playing video game featuring of a battle system reminiscent of Final Fantasy VII (a mix of a real-time and turn-based, complete with Limit Break-style super attacks), a 2D world map, and an exploration mode for using rotatable 3D isometric-graphics for navigating locations. Illustrated dialogue scenes and several animated cutscenes drive the game's story.

The player's party consists of up to three members, usually including the protagonists Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev and an additional character. All characters besides the warrior Gourry can use both physical attacks and various magic spells of several classes (depending on the character), and Naga the Serpent is also able to summon monsters (and, unlike in other media, she can use her sword). The player's choices for the characters' relationships and actions in the game influence their performance in battle and party members can combine their powers for special attacks.

Story

One day, Lina Inverse and her faithful companion Gourry Gabriev discover that Lina's most powerful spells and Gourry's magical Sword of Light no longer work. They embark on a long journey to find the cause of their sudden loss of power, reuniting with old friends and ultimately getting mixed up in a conflict much bigger than they imagined, a quest to save the world.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation22 October 1998Japan

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