Enma Daiō

This article is about the 1993 video game. For the deity Yama in the Buddhist tradition, see Enma-daio. For other uses, see Yama (disambiguation).
Enma Daiō
Developer(s)Toaplan
Publisher(s)Taito
Producer(s)Masahiro Yuge
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Quiz
Mode(s)Single-player

Enma Daiō[a] is a 1993 hybrid quiz/lie detector arcade video game developed by Toaplan and published exclusively in Japan by Taito.[2] In the game, players answer a number of question. As of 2019, the rights to the title is owned by Tatsujin, a company founded in 2017 by former Toaplan member Masahiro Yuge and now-affiliate of Japanese arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia alongside many other Toaplan IPs.

Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot

Enma Daiō is a hybrid quiz/lie detector game where players must answer a series of random questions given by the in-game character.[3][4] Depending on the question selected and the player's state, the titular deity either stays calm or becomes angry.[citation needed]

Development and release

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Enma Daiō proved to be the most expensive project developed by Toaplan, as former Toaplan composer Tatsuya Uemura stated in a 2009 interview with Japanese publication Floor 25 that it "cost a lot of money".[5] Uemura revealed to a Twitter user in November 2020 that Truxton composer Masahiro Yuge was involved during the game's development at Toaplan as producer.[6] The title was distributed exclusively in Japan by Taito in 1993 on two variations; a standard upright variant and a deluxe variant.[1][3] The title was also showcased to attendees at the 1993 Amusement Machine Show and later at the 1994 AOU Show.[7][8][9]

Legacy

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In more recent years, the rights to Enma Daiō and many other IPs from Toaplan are now owned by Tatsujin, a company named after Truxton's Japanese title that was founded in 2017 by former Toaplan employee Masahiro Yuge, who are now affiliated with arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia.[10][11][12][13][14] In 2019, M2 acquired the license to nearly all titles developed by Toaplan for re-release on modern platforms in the future, but Enma Daiō was excluded for multiple reasons.[15][16][17][18]

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: えんま大王, lit. "King of Hell"

References

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  1. ^ a b Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). タイトー (Taito); タカラ／タカラアミューズメント Takara; 東亜プラン (Toa Plan) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 44, 46, 50. ISBN 978-4990251215. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "お年賀状スペシャル!! 1994". Gamest (in Japanese). No. 107. Shinseisha. February 1994. p. 84.
  3. ^ a b Enma Daiō arcade flyer (Toaplan/Taito, JP)
  4. ^ "えんま大王" (in Japanese). Shooting Star. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  5. ^ Iona; VHS; K-HEX (June 2009). "東亜プラン FOREVER". Floor 25 (in Japanese). Vol. 9. pp. 1–70. (Translation by Gamengai. Archived 2020-10-10 at the Wayback Machine).
  6. ^ @kagap_t (28 November 2020). "しかもこいつのプロデュースはTATSUJINシリーズの弓削さんですぜ！" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "'93 AM ショーレポート - えんま大王". Gamest (in Japanese). No. 101. Shinseisha. November 1993. p. 51.
  8. ^ "'94 AOUショー 紹介 - えんま大王". Gamest (in Japanese). No. 110. Shinseisha. 19 March 1994. p. 98.
  9. ^ "'94 AOUショー レポート - えんま大王DX". Gamest (in Japanese). No. 113. Shinseisha. May 1994. p. 67.
  10. ^ "ライセンス事業" (in Japanese). TATSUJIN Co., Ltd. 2019. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  11. ^ Bravo, Roberto (12 September 2018). "Nueva compañía "Tatsujin" asegura tener gran parte de las IPs de la extinta Toaplan" (in Spanish). Gamercafe. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  12. ^ "Tatsujin". exA-Arcadia. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  13. ^ Bravo, Roberto (25 January 2019). "Tatsujin, los dueños de Toaplan, anuncian que están trabajando para exA-Arcadia" (in Spanish). Gamercafe. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  14. ^ "［JAEPO2019］TATSUJINやナツメアタリの参入が発表されたexA-Arcadia。出展コーナーの模様を紹介". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Aetas Inc. 26 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  15. ^ Wong, Alistair (December 7, 2019). "M2 To Bring Nearly All Toaplan Games To Modern Home Consoles". Siliconera. Curse LLC. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  16. ^ Romano, Sal (December 7, 2019). "M2 to release nearly every Toaplan game for console starting 2020 in Japan - Mahjong Sisters and Enma Daiou not included". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  17. ^ Muñoz, José David (December 8, 2019). "Snow Bros. Truxton y más juegos de Toaplan llegarán a PS4, Nintendo Switch y Xbox One". Hobby Consolas (in Spanish). Axel Springer SE. Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  18. ^ McFerran, Damien (December 9, 2019). "M2 Is Bringing Toaplan's Back Catalogue To Modern Consoles". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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