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Has anyone played Jade Cocoon? I started it because I wanted to try it out as a child and curious to know what people thought of it. (media.kbin.social)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I played a bit of it as a kid, although I don't remember making it very far. I remember fusing monsters was fun, although I'm sure most of the strategy and mechanics went over my head. Honestly, the thing I mostly remember about it is the art style. Didn't realize anyone from Ghibli was involved in the game, but that does explain the distinctive art style.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes I was kinda shocked that it was, when I started it up! I am going to possibly keep playing it ... I'm not great at turned based games so I'm hoping this might teach me the basis

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Saturdaycat I only played in my youth, but never finished. Has a very nice music and it has a multiplayer mode you can fight against your friend. At that time, thanks to Pokemon, such games were still not very common for a RPG. I loved the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5P3HMPe3Jw

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for the info! Yeah I'll check out the music too! It is a short game ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Saturdaycat To be honest, its 25 years ago I played it and never finished anyway. But I think it was not too long. According to user reports on https://howlongtobeat.com/game/4788 at least average of 14 hours for the main story is to be expected.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks Soo much I appreciate it !

[–] JoeKrogan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Played it a bit a few years ago on retropi. I only had a demo back in the day.

It is kind of like an early Pokémon but you can mix the creatures to create stronger ones. Thats my memory of it at least.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotcha! So it's not like uh, SMT in terms of fusing demons or something? It's more basic like pokemon? I didn't realize studio ghibli did the videos in it !

[–] JoeKrogan 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure what SMT is but it is like Pokémon in the sense that you can catch them and they fight for you. I think the process is like you have 2 of them mate and you get a more powerful offspring. Again my memory could be way off as its been a few years now and I can barely remember yesterday as it is 😅