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Robopon Sun and Robopon Star are a pair of games for the Game Boy Color released on December 4, 1998 in Japan, and on December 4, 2000 in North America.
In Japan, two additional versions were released as well, Robot Ponkottsu Moon, which was released on December 24, 1999, and Robot Ponkottsu Comic Bom Bom Special Version, released on December 24, 1999.
Although while released as a pair of games in Japan, only Sun version was released in North America.
Contents
Blurb
Story
Robopon follows the adventures of a boy named Cody (the default name of the player character), who lives on Porombo Island. Cody inherits his grandfather's family business, a Robopon Dispatching Company, and is made president of the company and tasked with helping to expand it. It is here that Cody receives his first Robopon from his grandfather; a Sunny in Sun version, a Digit in Star version, or a Micro in Moon version.
A tournament league hosted by the island's Prince Tail is also being held. While traveling around the island, Cody encounters and challenges the "Legend 7", a group of strong Robopon trainers. Cody challenges and defeats these trainers one-by-one and takes their rank and moves up in the ranking system, with the promise that he will eventually face Prince Tail, who owns the Legend 1 rank. However shortly after Cody takes the Legend 3 rank, a man named Dr. Zero appears who kidnaps Princess Darcy as revenge against Prince Tail for exiling him. Prince Tail is defeated by him, and loses his Legend 1 rank to Dr. Zero, becoming the Legend 2. After Prince Tail loses to Cody, Dr. Zero imprisons Princess Darcy in a mirror and takes over Tail Castle. In the castle, Cody challenges Dr. Zero and defeats him. Upon defeat, Zero sets the castle to self-destruct, but Cody manages to escape and Zero is presumed dead. Now the Legend 1, Cody is declared the island's champion.
Gameplay
Robopon is similar to the Pokémon series in that players catch and train robots, Robopon, to fight against other Robopon in battles. Participating in battles allows Robopon to accumulate experience points, enabling them to level up and grow stronger, as well as collect "Energyballs", which are required for some Robopon to evolve. Like in the Pokémon games, the player regularly encounters other Robopon "trainers" who will challenge the player to Robopon battles. Robopon can be obtained through a number of methods: either by catching wild Robopon with Magnets, by investing money to Laboratories to develop new types of Robopon which may then be purchased, or received as a gift by completing specific tasks. Robopon are categorized into three main types: Arm, Move and Boot. These types primarily determine the stats and performance of each Robopon.
Unlike Pokémon, however, Robopon may also be equipped with Parts and Software to improve their performance in battle. Parts may be equipped onto a Robopon to increase certain stats, as well as to increase their maximum RAM. Equipping Software allows Robopon to acquire new skills that consume EP when used, but require varying amounts of RAM to install. Parts and Software are dependent on the Robopon's type, with some Parts only usable by certain types. Boot type Robopon cannot equip any Parts or Software. In addition, Robopon can also be taken to Laboratories to upgrade their CPU, which will increase their loyalty to the player and possibly improve their performance in battle. Certain types of Robopon can also be evolved at Laboratories as well. This requires that a Robopon have collected enough Energyballs from battling. Some Robopon however, such as Unibot, require more specific requirements before they can evolve.
Similar to Pokémon Gold and Silver, Robopon also has a built-in clock. Certain events could be affected by the time of day, such as certain areas opening at specific times. The player could also encounter a character named "Old Man Brownie", who gives the player randomly selected panels which are assigned to certain time slots. These panels can give a boost or a decrease in certain factors, such as encounter rate or money earned, which are activated in the times they are assigned.
Apart from battles, Robopon may also participate in various mini-game challenges, referred to as "Battle Genesis 5". These mini-games include "Jumper" where Robopon jump across long distances, "Speeder" where Robopon navigate a maze, "Shielder" where Robopon must defend from attacks picked randomly from six cards, "Puncher" where Robopon punch a target, and "Battler", which is the standard Robopon battles. Energyballs and items may also be received from winning these mini-games. Some Robopon trainers will occasionally challenge the player to one of these mini-games as opposed to a battle.
Robopon differs from other Game Boy Color cartridges in that it had an Infrared panel on the cartridge's top edge. This panel allows the game to communicate and trade info using waves, a feature called "GB Kiss". This feature could be used to trade and send Robopon over to other games. In the Japanese version, it could also be used to write and send letters, but was omitted from the North American release. This feature also allowed players to use a remote control to carry information to the game, which could increase a Robopon's stats or unlock special treasure chests.
At least 153 Robopon are included in the original paired versions. Moon version and Robot Ponkottsu 64 added 15 more, bringing the total to 168. However as North America only saw the release of Sun version, it is not possible to obtain all Robopon in this one version.
