Well it seems that information for this game is pouring out at more than the usual trickle, with new trailers popping up every few days. And it seems that every thread made abouy those new trailers bears the name "new Captain Rainbow trailer," so I just thought we could keep them all in one thread to make it a little bit easier to keep up....and keep the discussion a single thread.
For the first order of business....it seems there is a new website for the game. It's in Japanese, but it's pretty safe to click around. The first button I clicked sent me to a story book which details exactly why Captain Rainbow retreated to te island.
From Wikipedia
Captain Rainbow (キャプテン★レインボー, Kyaputan Reinbō?) is an upcoming game for the Nintendo Wii, made by skip Ltd., the creator of the Chibi-Robo! series and GiFTPiA.
The main character "Nick" is able to transform into "Captain Rainbow" a tokusatsu-styled superhero wielding a yo-yo, with a wish to restore his lost popularity. To restore his popularity, Nick ventures to Minmin Island; an island where wishes are said to come true, he'll meet a vast array of past minor Nintendo characters with their own dreams and wishes on his journey. The game features a stylized cartoon look similar to Skip's other games.
Gameplay
The gameplay of Captain Rainbow can be divided in two parts; the adventure part and the action part.
The adventure part of Captain Rainbow is set on enjoying the Island Life together with the other islanders. Nick can go fishing, bug catching and help the other Islanders with their requests. Most of the request can lead to various mini-games, such as boxing and golf. Helping islanders can get you special Earth Crystals known as: "Kirarin" (”Sparklies”).
The action part is based around those crystals. If many Kirarin are collected, a star will fall from the sky. The star can be carried to an altar at the top of the Island where it will grant a wish. While carrying the star to the altar Nick is challenged by a mysterious silhouette who for unknown reasons wants the star for himself. If Nick succeeds in bringing the star to the altar there will be two choices left for him. He can either grant his own wish to become a popular hero again or grant the wish of one of the islanders and go back to finding other Kirarin.
Characters
- Nick - Coming from "The Land of the Free": Mameruka (possibly a pun on America), Nick's alter-ego is Captain Rainbow. Although not as popular as he used to be, Nick came to Minmin Island with the dream of restoring his popularity.
- Catherine (Birdo) - From Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (which was remade into the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2), Catherine's (an effeminate dinosaur of undeterminal gender) reason to come to Minmin Island is to become popular with all the boys, but was wrongly suspected of a crime and imprisoned.
- Mappo - The Robot jailer from GiFTPiA, it's unknown why it came to Minmin Island.
- Little Mac - From Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, Mac's wish is to become a world champion once again. It is shown that, depending on how Nick helps Mac with his training, he can become either massive or incredible thin.
- Hikari - From Shin Onigashima.
- Takamaru - From Nazo no Murasamejō.
- Otsu-San - From Famicom Golf, he is portrayed as an old man.
- Tracy - From Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Above her throne she has a potrait of Mario next to a Link portrait. Her dream is to enslave all the men in the world.
- Famicom Wars Soldiers - From Famicom Wars. For some reason, their wish is to become good at Volleyball.
- Devil - From Devil World. His dream is to become the number one villain in hell.
- Tao - From GiFTPiA and Chibi Robo!. His dream is to do nothing but eat.
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