Post by torchickens on Nov 29, 2015 14:30:53 GMT
Discuss the Keitai Denjuu Telefang series here.
I have played the first game (the original and not the bootleg) and think it is quite fun. I like a lot of the music like Ion Island.
Below I have written a description for people unfamiliar with the franchise.
Keitai Denjū Telefang is a series of monster battling games. The first game was developed by Natsume and published by Smilesoft, while the second game was developed by Natsume and published by Rocket Company (who are believed to have originated as a ressurection of Smilesoft). The name of this game plays on keitai denwa (携帯電話, けいたいでんわ, a Japanese name for mobile phone) and じゅう, meaning "beast".
The original games are Keitai Denjū Telefang: Power and Speed for Game Boy Color (but supported on regular Game Boy or DMG systems), which were released in November 2000. In these games, you assume the role of Shigeki in the year 2020. While playing baseball, Shigeki loses the ball. He looks around and finds a special mobile phone called a "D-Shot" that allows teleportation through "antenna trees". He is warped into the Denjuu world and must solve difficulties in the Denjuu world, while befriending Denjuu, obtaining their phone numbers and calling them into battle where they will battle for Shigeki and level up.
Sequels were released for the Game Boy Advance, known as Keitai Denjū Telefang: Power and Speed 2 (released in April 2002). In the sequel, a ten year old boy called Kyō goes into the Denjuu world to look for his missing father.
Telefang became more known outside of Japan after Game Boy Color bootlegs of Keitai Denjū Telefang were released as "Pokémon Diamond and Jade" that featured box art with an unidentified serpent like creature (Diamond version) and the forest spirit Shishigami from the anime Princess Mononoke (Jade version). There were additional Telefang 1 bootlegs and the Game Boy Advance game had bootlegs as well, including "Pokémon Ruby" and a Chinese version, although these are lesser known.
English Telefang websites were formed. RacieB started an early Telefang fan-site, and communities have formed on the dedicated fansites Tulunk Village and Wikifang (a wiki about Telefang and Smilesoft's other series that was originally hosted on Wikia but moved to independence).
These communities have even worked on translating the games in proper English.
The Telefang series received manga that was serialized in Comic BonBon (with other manga). The Telefang 1 manga were later released in three tankōbon, which are a type of booklet holding only the manga that the tankōbon are for.
More information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keitai_Denj%C5%AB_Telefang
wiki.telefang.net/Telefang_1
wiki.telefang.net/Telefang_2
wiki.telefang.net/Keitai_Denjuu_Telefang_%28series%29
I have played the first game (the original and not the bootleg) and think it is quite fun. I like a lot of the music like Ion Island.
Below I have written a description for people unfamiliar with the franchise.
Keitai Denjū Telefang is a series of monster battling games. The first game was developed by Natsume and published by Smilesoft, while the second game was developed by Natsume and published by Rocket Company (who are believed to have originated as a ressurection of Smilesoft). The name of this game plays on keitai denwa (携帯電話, けいたいでんわ, a Japanese name for mobile phone) and じゅう, meaning "beast".
The original games are Keitai Denjū Telefang: Power and Speed for Game Boy Color (but supported on regular Game Boy or DMG systems), which were released in November 2000. In these games, you assume the role of Shigeki in the year 2020. While playing baseball, Shigeki loses the ball. He looks around and finds a special mobile phone called a "D-Shot" that allows teleportation through "antenna trees". He is warped into the Denjuu world and must solve difficulties in the Denjuu world, while befriending Denjuu, obtaining their phone numbers and calling them into battle where they will battle for Shigeki and level up.
Sequels were released for the Game Boy Advance, known as Keitai Denjū Telefang: Power and Speed 2 (released in April 2002). In the sequel, a ten year old boy called Kyō goes into the Denjuu world to look for his missing father.
Telefang became more known outside of Japan after Game Boy Color bootlegs of Keitai Denjū Telefang were released as "Pokémon Diamond and Jade" that featured box art with an unidentified serpent like creature (Diamond version) and the forest spirit Shishigami from the anime Princess Mononoke (Jade version). There were additional Telefang 1 bootlegs and the Game Boy Advance game had bootlegs as well, including "Pokémon Ruby" and a Chinese version, although these are lesser known.
English Telefang websites were formed. RacieB started an early Telefang fan-site, and communities have formed on the dedicated fansites Tulunk Village and Wikifang (a wiki about Telefang and Smilesoft's other series that was originally hosted on Wikia but moved to independence).
These communities have even worked on translating the games in proper English.
The Telefang series received manga that was serialized in Comic BonBon (with other manga). The Telefang 1 manga were later released in three tankōbon, which are a type of booklet holding only the manga that the tankōbon are for.
More information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keitai_Denj%C5%AB_Telefang
wiki.telefang.net/Telefang_1
wiki.telefang.net/Telefang_2
wiki.telefang.net/Keitai_Denjuu_Telefang_%28series%29
