Information About

Giftpia




  Developer Skip Ltd
  Publisher Nintendo
  Designer Kenichi Nishi ( Director )
  Released 2003-05-02 ( JP )
  Genre Communication Adventure
  Modes Single Player
  Ratings CERO : All Ages
  Platforms GameCube
  Media 1 × GameCube Optical Disc


''GiFTPiA'' ('s division 24 and released in Japan in 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube .


STORY

On the day of his Coming Of Age Ceremony , Pockle oversleeps and misses the whole thing. The mayor of the island is so incensed that he orders Pockle's arrest and a fine of 5 million Bell to recoup the costs of the event.


GAMEPLAY

At first, Pockle must cope with heavy restrictions: an early curfew, a ball & chain, having his face Pixelated and a Robot guard. If Pockle stays out too late, he will fall asleep and be robbed by Ghost s. Later he will encounter an old man who will give him some mushroom soup & teach him about other paths to adulthood, via helping others. As the game progresses fewer restrictions will be placed on Pockle as he strives towards adulthood.


Comparing to Animal Crossing

''GiFTPiA'' is similar to Nintendo 's '' Animal Crossing '' in that both games are described as Communication Adventure s, games with an emphasis on interacting with other characters as opposed to fighting, etc. That isn't to say there aren't quests or objectives. ''GiFTPiA'' could be considered more " Linear " than '' AC '' because of its eventual goal: grow up.


MUSIC

The music in ''GiFTPiA'' is provided via the in game Radio . There are over a dozen musical artists featured on the radio stations.


Soundtrack




STAFF


The staff of skip's section 24:

Direction



Programmers



Graphic Designers



Music



Planning



TRIVIA

  • GiFTPiA was rumored to be underway for localization, but Nintendo pulled the plug on the title. Its last showing at E3 was in English.

  • The game allegedly was meant to be called "Giftopia" to represent the two words, Gift and Utopia , however, the graphic artist missed out the 'o' in the logo title.

  • GiFTPiA is one of the few games to have been awarded a review score of ??% by a notable gaming publication, specifically the UK based NGC Magazine . They felt unable to review it properly, but were sure that there was "...clearly a quite brilliant game lurking beneath the reams of Japanese text".



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