Original Release: Games Express, 1994, PC Engine CD
Make the monster girls naked by the end of this battle in this mostly poor Final Fantasy knockoff
Hi-Leg Fantasy (PC Engine CD, Games Express, 1994)
Where to Buy: eBay
How to Emulate: PC Engine CD Emulation Guide
Review by: Master-B
It’s immediately apparent what game series Hi-Leg Fantasy is pilfering some of its art style from, but it’s an unlicensed game anyway so whatever, I guess there are no rules.
If you’re wondering what the hell is up with the name, my best guess is that it references the provocative swimsuit style popular in Japan for pictorial shoots of the time. Not that the game has anything to do with swimming, but whatever.
Actually, it does start on the water, but we join the journey of Pantaloons Samurai already in progress. He’s in a teacup boat and winds up dashed on a beach, saved by two random duders. I guess lacking anything better to do, these three wander out into the world to subjugate monster girls and make them do embarrassed nude poses for them.
This turns out to be a big undertaking, though, as if you get into a fight outside the first town you’ll probably be killed by the first enemy before you have a chance to even move. You’ve got some funds with which to improve your equipment, which is doable without speaking Japanese but you’ll probably want to take some notes and need to do a little trial-and-error to see who needs what and what goes to who.
Monster girls are the game’s big selling point. Each battle just has you facing one big detailed graphic of one, which gradually gets their clothes blown off and will usually get nekky and do submissive poses for you when beaten. There does seem to be an absolute ton of them, the one real point of interest of the game.
Unfortunately, the rest of it is a real slog. You just kinda march through a drab world map and drab towns with little to do but shop and sleep at the inn, grinding a little around each new town to get the best equipment before marching on. There are some little plot developments and an occasional boss battle but they are few and far between, and with the poor non-battle graphics you won’t get much out of this if you don’t speak Japanese.
With virtually no chance of anyone fan-translating this (unless AI tools makes it trivial in the near future somehow), there’s not much to see here but the “interesting” battle art and a decent-ish Redbook Audio soundtrack. Probably one to just skip.
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