| Name | Emit Value Pack |
| Release Date | September 29, 1995 |
| Developer | Koei |
| File Type | Roms |
| Category | PS |
Game Description :
It was written for the Super Famicom and a CD-ROM music file (at the time, an audio CD), and thus, could best be called an English tutorial software. Before you get bored and start skipping, think that Japanese education games are more interesting than the so-called multimedia education we have in the West. Emit is an adventure game that is the first entry of Shibusawa Kou’s “English Dream” series, followed by the two-part entry, Dark Hunter. Both projects are intended to help the Japanese people learn English by using a captivating story. Players can play each game in English with a dual language and/or subtitle option. The English Dream series has since been forgotten, but both were released on Koei’s 2003 Winter Thanks Rare Campaign at reduced prices. This game was published in three parts. It is Lost Child of Time, Life Risking Journey, and then Farewell to Me. Koei created a second piece of hardware, called Voicer-kun, for people who desired the spoken text of the game in the SNES version.
Both Emit and Voicer-kun debuted simultaneously,y and both options were made available. I think that’s because Voicer-kun was planned to be used for other products, and the only other title that was made compatible with it was Angelique Voice Fantasy. The scenario was composed by Jiro Akaga,wa and the character designs were made by Mutsumi Inomata. Immediately after the release of Emit, Koei released a CD compilation of her original illustrations. Emit is the 1994 recipient of the Yomiuri Shimbun Prize for the best software for the 1995 Japan Software Grand Prix. In case you weren’t aware, the name of the game is not the word “e,mit” but instead the word “time” spelled backwards. CHARACTERS: – Yuri Tanaka: Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese), Danni Wheeler (English). The game’s protagonist, Yur, is a mild-mannered and caring teenager who loves to read books. She lives at her home with her parents and her younger brother.
Although she didn’t want to believe her odd encounter, she is excited about her knowledge of a secret parallel world. However, her actual visit to the other world has her appreciate her home in spite of her early interest. Ken is the one who wants to put everyone back in their rightful place and bring some happiness to the other Ken, being introduced in the second volume. Thankful to Yuri for helping him, Ken tries to support his friend in any way he can. Yuri eventually thinks fondly of him and her ties to his mother, at one point calling him “my boy”. – Yoko Ozawa: Voiced by: Etsuko Ishikawa (Japanese), Thyra Metz (English). One of Yuri’s friends from school. She’s a clever student and likes to talk to Yuri on the phone. Yoko thinks the other world is nonsensical,l but is fascinated by her friend’s story of it. – Ichiro Ota: Voiced by: Sho Hayami, Japanese,e) Yuri’s friend from junior high school. He knows the personality of Yuri and is amazed to see her behave altogether differently than in the past.
Not realizing that she is in love with him, Ichiro helps his friend catch her, but Julia is Ken’s mother. She heard what the other world was like from her son and wished to go there herself. Falling instantly in love with Ichiro, she wants to replace Yuri with herself. She doesn’t like her own world being old; she prefers Yuri’s world over herself. STORY: It starts with a 17-year-old girl (Yuri) who meets an old man one day when she is going to high school, and asks him about a watchmaker and what today’s date is (October 1994). During the game, it turns out that this man gets younger instead of older and that he’s from another world. GAMEPLAY: Emit is a fully voice and text-driven digital novel with the bonus of being fully bilingual.
By this, I mean you can choose from any combination of Japanese / English text and audio. If you were able to deduce that Emit is a time spelled backwards, you’re not alone. The game is rather an interactive film, as the player can only see how the story progresses on the various game scenes. The player can do various exercises or continue the story at the end of each scene. There’s no actual game focus until you get to the educational portion, which is quite excellent. Exercises, English vocabulary tests, and a Japanese-to-English dictionary. The game can also be used to teach Japanese to English speakers. Of course,se you can’t use most of the exercises,ses but at least you can use the dictionary and play the game in English.
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