Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: Nosehair Technique - Explosive Hanage Shinken

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Secret Technique 87.5 Explosive Fist of the Nosehair (ボボボーボ・ボーボボ 奥義８７．５ 爆裂鼻毛真拳, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Ougi 87.5 Bakuretsu Hanage Shinken) is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, based on the manga and anime series Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. It is the first Game Boy Advance game in the series, as well as the first Bo-bobo video game title overall.

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Secret Technique 87.5 Explosive Fist of the Nosehair
(ボボボーボ・ボーボボ 奥義８７．５ 爆裂鼻毛真拳, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Ougi 87.5 Bakuretsu Hanage Shinken)
Developer:	Hudson Soft
Publisher:	Hudson Soft
Release Date:	December 19, 2002 (JP)
Genre:	RPG
Game modes:	Single player
Ratings:
Platform:	Game Boy Advance
Media:	Cartridge
Game ID:	AGB-A8VJ-JPN

Plot

The plot of the game is mainly a near one-to-one retelling of the events in the original manga, up to the Gunkan and Pomade Ring arc. However, there are side-quests that expand the game's overall campaign. Hair Hunter blocks that were only so much as mentioned in the original manga are now optional locations to explore and defeat.

The most notable addition to the story is the post-game plot involving the Flower Demon King: Hisae, who is the leader of the group responsible for the death of Gunkan's friend, Flowerman. After being attacked by one of the Flower Demon King's subordinates, they find out that they need to return to Jerry Town and speak to a strange-looking bird who can take them to the castle.

Once they speak to the bird, the rebels are suddenly warped to the mysterious castle where they are greeted by a voice that keeps addressing them all as "Tanaka"...

Gameplay

The game is very linear and has the player go from area to area battling foes and picking up new words and allies to aid them along the way. Once a location has been fully explored and completed, there is little reason to return.

There are two game modes, a standard RPG-style story mode and Hajike Versus mode, a 1v1 multiplayer match. The story mode has players explore environments and face off with monsters in traditional turn-based battles. Hajike Versus mode has two players face off with their characters.

Battle

The game has a pretty basic RPG battle system. At the top of the screen, the icons of the player's party appear and are both accompanied by a bar labeled Hajike Points (this game's version of HP). At the bottom of the screen, there are three menu options: Items, Fist of the Nosehair (Attack), and Flee. The biggest difference with how this game plays compared to typical RPGs is that instead of attacking with weapons, players attack with words -- joke phrases, to be exact. Instead of having a static menu of joke-based attacks to choose from, a fast-paced slots-like system called the Word Reel is used. Starting words on the reel are in white text, the next part of an ongoing joke phrase is in flashing yellow text, and complete jokes are in flashing red text. The player must carefully time their button presses in order to string along combos of words to complete an attack. The same slot-machine style gameplay is also applied to the Hajike Versus mode.

Ally

Although the game does allow the player to choose one available ally to accompany them in battle as well as increase their stats, the player cannot control what their ally does in battle. After the player chooses an action, the ally will automatically preform their action afterward. Allies will always attack the first enemy in a line of enemies. Allies also effect the player's selection of jokes with ally-specific jokes appearing on the wheel in flashing green text. Getting all five parts of the joke completed will initiate a special, character-specific attack.

Mame/Beans

Defeating enemies - and occasionally checking things like pots and boxes in the over world - gives the player mame (マメ), or beans, that they can use to buy things from shops as well as strengthen their characters. They are both the game's form of currency and experience points, and managing them well is important.

There are four types of beans:

• Normal Beans: The most common form of beans and the only type of beans that can be used as both currency and EXP. If you use them for EXP, they will raise all stats of a single character by one per 100 beans. If the players loses a battle, their normal bean count will be halved when they start again (i.e. if you started a battle with 1000 normal beans and lost, you'd now only have 500).
• Silver Beans: More rare than normal beans. They will raise a single stat of a character by 5 points if one is used.
• Gold Beans: More rare than silver beans. They raise a single stat of a character by 10 points if one is used.
• Mystery Beans: The rarest type of bean. They raise a single stat of a character by a random amount if one is used.

Items

Various items can also be bought and found throughout the game: some that heal Hajike Points, some that strengthen attack or defense, some that automatically damage enemies, and some that solely do unusual or useless things.

Mini-Games

There are also two mini-games that can be found in the game: Purukogi and Hell's Gate. These mini-games simply serve as a bit of fun away from the main game and nothing more.

Characters

Playable Character

Name	Image	Hajike	Tsukkomi	Boke	Dash	Technique	Rank
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo		20	20	20	20	30	二段

Ally Characters

Name	Image	Hajike	Tsukkomi	Boke	Dash	Technique	Rank
Beauty		30	20	15	25	10	初級
Don Patch		50	45	35	45	20	初級
Heppokomaru		70	55	45	90	65	三級
Softon		150	150	135	110	45	二級
Tokoro Tennosuke		150	110	130	120	50	三級

Bosses and Mini-Bosses

Name	Image	Hajike	Tsukkomi	Boke	Dash	Mame Earned	Location
Pikari		6	12	45	7	100	Inafu Village
Homodesu		40	32	100	35	17, 100	Roguru Village
Hagen		25	28	45	20	220, 200	G-Block 2nd Floor
Killalino		25	58	60	35	50, 200	Basabasa Forest
Three Dynamite Brothers		55 35 20	34 65 45	65 70 100	16 30 70	150, 300	Hajike Village
Don Patch		50	44	75	55	100, 300	Hajike Village
Maitel		60	60	210	150	256, 500	H-Block 3rd Floor
Kodebun		130	60	220	135	128, 300	Ribano Forest
Ochazuke Alien		120	83	280	155	216, 155	Lake Lakeside
Gechappi		100	82	280	230	100, 300	De Mode City
Kirarin		24	30	70	15	164, 500	F-Block
Tesuikatsu		140	91	300	160	142, 300	C-Block 1st Floor
Shop Manager		150	91	350	165	154, 500	C-Block 2nd Floor
Usa-chan the Rabbit		120	99	450	165	136, 500	C-Block 3rd Floor
Softon		175	115	430	450	184, 500	C-Block 4th Floor
Geha the Gale		165	110	350	500	349	C-Block 5th Floor
Wall Man		160	104	400	275	300, 700	C-Block 5th Floor
Puppetman		170	112	450	325	234, 500	Lost Forest
Old Woman (Master)		140	90	375	50	800, 500	Nosehair Dojo
Ferris Wheel		150	108	580	325	192, 500	A-Block
Ukikki		170	100	550	725	255, 700	A-Block
6		160	132	666	666	108, 300	A-Block
Hakechatsu Teruno		40	32	100	35	59, 500	A-Block
Katsu		180	120	540	520	171, 500	A-Block
Tokoro Tennosuke		210	105	400	375	1st Time: 300, 300 2nd Time: 200 3rd Time: 200, 500	A-Block
Karasu		295	118	550	325	200, 300	Ever Town (Interview Site)
Doll Man		550	110	600	400	200, 500	Ever Town (Interview Site)
Kitemasu		215	145	45	215	450	D-Block
Tsulun		330	150	600	500	642	B-Block Basement Floor
Suzu		750	120	500	450	708	Pomade Ring
Serviceman		770	136	550	450	907	Pomade Ring 2nd Floor
Fundoshitaro		750	144	550	350	1000	Pomade Ring 3rd Floor
Calendar		750	120	750	350	1000	Pomade Ring 3rd Floor
Tough-Looking Guy		1000	176	200	25	1000	Pomade Ring 3rd Floor
Gum		300	128	700	700	1000	Pomade Ring 3rd Floor
Death Mask		950	170	400	360	1108	World of Babylon
Gunkan		2000	350	500	650	3108, 3000	Pupuu City

Post-Game Bosses and Mini-Bosses

Name	Image	Hajike	Tsukkomi	Boke	Dash	Mame Earned	Location
Flower Demon King's Minion		?	?	?	?	?	Pupuu City
Aristocrat Pig		1500	915	565	540	2000, 1000	Flower Demon King's Castle 8th Floor
Hero Lv36		1600	1075	675	645	1500, 1500	Flower Demon King's Castle 16th Floor
Demon King Mekisokudasu		2200	1050	625	600	1700, 2000	Flower Demon King's Castle 24th Floor
Nice Guy		3000	1188	788	753	4000	Flower Demon King's Castle 32nd Floor
Miaasadaharu		1500	1129	130	110	2000, 3000	Flower Demon King's Castle 32nd Floor
Hisae		777	854	777	777	10	Flower Demon King's Castle 40th Floor
Roberto		4500	1050	800	860	5000, 3000	Flower Demon King's Castle 40th Floor
Pickle		?	?	?	?	?	Inafu Village
Yo☆Shabu Taro		?	?	?	?	?	A-Block

Trivia

• This game predates the anime by about a year, so some of the character's color pallets are a little different and most are based off of the official artwork at the time (most notably Softon).
• It is possible to finish the game at less that 100% completion, as completion is based on not only story progress, but also the amount of words acquired and the rank of the player's characters. Many words are entirely optional as well as a few of the locations, and rank all comes down to the amount of beans the player spends on increasing their party's stats.

External Links

• Official Hudson Website (Japanese)
• Nintendo Site (Japanese)

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