XYZ-tan no Sugoro-kuni (Kanji: ＸＹＺたんのすごろ国) is a 2004 party video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2.
Overview[]
XYZ-tan no Sugoro-kuni is a party game for up to four players, playing like a board game in a similar fashion to the Mario Party series.
Players take turns moving across the board in an effort to collect the most jewels; this is done by rolling dice and moving the amount of spaces specified.
There are a variety of different spaces on the board. The most common spaces increase or subtract the player's star count. Stars can be used to purchase power-ups at special shop spaces. These power-ups can give the player numerous advantages, such as rolling more than one die in one turn or teleporting to other players' positions. There is also always one space that harbors a jewel. When one of these is collected by a player, another one is placed on the board. The goal of each game is to collect the most jewels.
Finally there are two types of minigame spaces. One type will launch a random minigame with all the players. Minigames come in a wide variety. Some are free-for-all games, while others pit the players against each other in two-versus-two or one-versus-three situations. The other type is a duel between two players.
The opening, minigames and end credits music is written and performed by Plus-Tech Squeeze Box and taken from their second album, Cartooom!, and the game's custcenes' music is produced by Kūya Nakatani, while the rest of the music is composed by Yoshihito Yano.
Cast[]
- Yukari Tamura as XYZ-tan, the game's titular hostess.
Playable[]
- Masayo Kurata as Kame, a turtle.
- Wataru Takagi as Wani, a studious crocodile.
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kuma, a bear who looks forward to becoming the strongest on the planet.
- Takashi Nagasako as Tanuki, a perverted tanuki who is very proud of his big belly.
- Tomomichi Nishimura as Zō, a serene elephant.
- Kumiko Watanabe as Usagi, a rabbit in love.
- Takkō Ishimori as Buta, a pig.
- Ken'ichi Suzumura as Kani, a crab.
- Mari Maruta as Nezumi, a mouse with a strong fear of cats.