Hachiemon
I've made a small little guide to help those of you like me that are enjoying this game. I'm quite sure this isn't going to get a Western release.
This game, is inspired by a popular television show on the Japanese TV channel, KTV (Kansai Television). The game revolves around the main character and hero, Hachiemon, a morphable character, and his friends.
Aim of the Game
From what I can tell, and from what others have said, the aim of this game is to collect the mouths/lips that have mysteriously(?) detatched from all the cows... ok...! It seems some other rival gang (the enemies in the game), known as Monsterchen (I think! I'll need to check that) are trying to collect them or are trying to stop you from collecting all the mouths/lips back.
Later in the game you will transform into various different creatures and animals, I won't tell you which so not to spoil your fun!
You could say, and have probably already noticed that this game has a fair bit of 'Kirbyness' in it.
Controls
D-Pad : Move
A : Jump
B : Extend mouth/lips (hold B when the mouth touches an object to grip onto it)
R : Use mouth/lips as a boomerang (use this to grab distant objects or defeat enemies)
L : For 3 seconds, any special items that are hidden in white squares will be shown! This will make it easier to determine which blocks to smash through to get the items! (does anyone know what he says when L is pushed? I would like to know!!)
Down + A : Roll (use this to break through the white squares)
Any direction on D-Pad + B : Extend mouth/lips in that direction.
Idle : Press nothing, and Hachiemon will fart! Doing this will knock over any characters on screen! Also, the longer you are idle; the longer your lips will extend when you press B (for a short period)!
When you have your mouth/lips gripped onto an object or wall, you can use this to get to higher areas. Just continue holding B and press in the direction you want to move to (e.g. Up or Down), then press A to jump off.
To defeat enemies you can use the boomerang, knock them over with roll, or kiss them using your lips and they will temporarily blush and freeze, allowing you to use them as a object to jump off or you can knock them out.
Main text translations:
The main menu screen:
In the options screen, you have the option to turn the music and/or sound effects on and off.
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When you select New Game, you get the option to choose a difficulty (this will effect the enemies on stage and the amount of mouths you must collect):
If you've selected load save, you can choose your file to open.
The Map screen (the text in the box won't appear until you've passed that stage):
The opening screen for each level (I guess the top text is a description of that level):
And the pause screen, this is pretty simple stuff really:
That's all I think you'll need to get you started with this fun little game. You should at least try it!
If I find out anymore about this game, I'll add it to this guide.