Jack Bros.
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Jack Bros. (ジャック・ブラザースの迷路でヒーホー!, Jakku Burazāsu no Meiro de Hīhō!?, literally "Jack Brothers' Hee-Ho at the Labyrinth!") is a game released for the Virtual Boy in 1995. Its pre-production name was Devil Busters, which was soon changed. The "Hīhō," or "Hee-ho," in the title refers to the characters' signature laugh.
[edit] Release Dates
- Japan: 29 September 1995 for Virtual Boy
- North America: October 1995 for Virtual Boy
[edit] Profile
The Jack Bros. are the two mascot characters of the Megami Tensei franchise. They have appeared as silly, comedic characters in many of the games, and have been both opponents and allies. One brother is a snowman called Jack Frost, the other a pumpkin named Pyro Jack, or sometimes Jack O'Lantern. The game adds a third brother, Jack the Ripper (renamed Jack Skelton in the North American release). Strangely, this spin-off title was the first Megami Tensei game to be officially translated into English and released in North America.
[edit] Story
The story of the Virtual Boy game is that the brothers have taken advantage of Halloween to leave the fairy realm and haunt the real world; unfortunately, they have lost track of time, and must now find their way back to fairyland by midnight or be banished from it forever. The game is played in an overhead style similar to the Gauntlet series – three-dimensional Virtual Boy enhancements and monochrome restrictions notwithstanding – and is divided into six stages. Each stage has a strict time limit, which is reduced every time the player gets hit.
