Emperor Of The Jungle – Junguru Taitei (Kimba) [N64 - Cancelled]

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by monokoma In: NINTENDO| nintendo 64 & 64DD

4 Apr 2008

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Junguru Taitei 64 was the tie-in of the famous manga series known in the USA as Kimba the Lion. The game, that involved Miyamoto and Osamu Tezuka son’s Makoto,was announced at the Shoshinkai 1996, but we don’t know if at the end it was going to be released for the Nintendo 64 or for the 64DD. Technically breathtaking for the time, Junguru Taitei was going to be a faithful rendition of the show. In a video presented at the Space World 1997, Kimba ran across grasslands and rivers, ending, after meeting with his friends on the way,at the famous rock of the anime. The game was going to be an action adventure like Zelda, where you could explore a vast territory and encounter the various characters of the show. Unfortunately, the game was cancelled, especially because of the issues with Makoto. Miyamoto said in a interview that Nintendo asked Makoto to direct the game, but the son of the great mangaka was too busy with other projects. Makoto was also very inexperienced about videogames. The development was so problematic,maybe because also of the limitations of the Nintendo 64, that the game was at the end quietly cancelled.

[English Translation by yota]

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4 Responses to Emperor Of The Jungle – Junguru Taitei (Kimba) [N64 - Cancelled]

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sickr

May 14th, 2008 at 12:38 am

I remember seeing this back in the day on a space world video and being blown away at the animation techniques that were being used.

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Linkx111

June 24th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

i remember it, when i read it on Super Console, an italian magazine of my zone.. i was blew away O_O

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monokoma

June 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

Indeed, it had an awesome graphic for its time! Some of these screens were taken from Mega Console (another italian magazine)

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Celine

February 27th, 2010 at 8:33 pm

It was for the N64.
When announced at the Shoshinkai 96, it was revealed that the game would use a 128 Mbit cartridge and it was planned for spring 1998 ( Edge #41 )

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