Gintama. Porori hen

Gintama

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Gintama Rumble?

What the heck is this?

Enjoy Gintama Rumble in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!!

What do you mean? It's an upcoming game.

Following the success of the Gintama board game,

Bandai Namco went all-out to make another game adaptation.

And it's an actual action game this time, as you can tell from the "Rumble."

It's got tons more money invested in it than the board game.

What's the point of making an action game when we don't have any special moves?

Talk about living in denial.

At least it was kinda cute when they made the board game in desperation.

Hey, quit complaining.

What's even going on with the rights? Don't you think this is weird, Bamco?

Sugar Content

Our protagonist discussing our game is weirder, if you ask me.

True, we never really talked about it before.

Regardless of who made games about us or how badly they bombed,

we pretended not to notice.

Stop being rude, or we'll never get another game!

Besides, the licensed-game genre has always been a hotbed of shitty games.

They're not shitty! They're made with love and affection!

But if we don't produce a hit soon, sponsors might give up on the whole franchise.

That could lead to a reduction of cross-media promotions and merch

and ultimately affect even the anime.

Uh, the anime isn't really one to talk.

Talk about reckless, making an action game while we weren't paying attention.

It'll be in the bargain bin within a few months, no doubt.

Don't jinx it before the release! It's gonna sell like hotcakes!

I dunno about other Jump protags,

but as an adult protag, I'm gonna point out problems when I see them.

You're the biggest problem here!

I've never heard of a protag meddling in his franchise's merch!

I'm saying I can't just sit back and let Bamco handle it all.

In this day and age, any protag worth his salt has to oversee all the merch.

On that note...

The Line Between Godlike Games and Shitty Games Is Paper-Thin

Bandai Namco

Lab A

Main system successfully infiltrated.

Authenticating

Unlocked

Hacking complete.

Great. Let's fix up Gintama Rumble by ourselves.

Hey! What do you think you're doing right before the release?!

We're gonna do all we can to make a game that has a chance of selling a million.

Yeah, right!

Do you really think we're gonna get away with sneaking in here and doing whatever?

They've almost finished making a really fun game!

Gintama Rumble

People with no game dev experience should keep their noses out of this!

Don't be naïve.

Sure, it might be a fun game.

But I wanna ask Bamco this:

"Do you guys really want to score a hit?"

Gintama Rumble

If they were serious about it,

Gintama Rumble

this is what would happen, obviously.

Like hell!

Don't try to claw your way into a super-hit series!

There's a ton of them already, so nobody'll notice if we slip ourselves in.

Can't go wrong Tales-of-ing basically anything in life.

What the hell is "Tales-of-ing"? What kinda verb is that?

Ignoring our crude original work is fine.

We're totally up for Tales-of-ing off of them.

More like Tales of hitching a ride on their backs!

Talk about riding on someone else's coattails!

Roger.

You want to be carried one way or another.

Hey, Tama-san!

So switching to a fantasy RPG, basically?

Wait a sec! What about the "Rumble" part?

Gintama Rumble

That's the USP of this game, you know!

That won't be hard to work around. We can just name the protag Rumble or something.

Who? This will be a Gintama game, right?

Great idea. I really hate game protags who talk too much.

In order to provide the best immersion,

he should say nothing but "yes" and "no," like in DQ.

So Gin-san doesn't have to be the protag here.

The protag has no personality, only speaks when required,

Tales of Rumble

and his name is Tales of Rumble.

But Rumble's dripping with personality!

Even if he doesn't say a word, his back tells the whole story!

Odd Jobs Gin-chan

Snack Otose

Rumble comes to Edo, joins Odd Jobs,

and rescues the kidnapped princess with us, is the story.

Who would self-insert into this rugged old man?

He's clearly the guy who normally kidnaps the princess!

Hello, Rumble. Welcome to Odd Jobs.

Hello, Rumble. Welcome to Odd Jobs.

Before you join, I'd like to know your affinity. Is that okay?

Before you join, I'd like to know your affinity. Is that okay?

I'm S I'm M

What happened to "yes" and "no"?!

How many things could you respond to with that?!

All an RPG protag needs to say is whether he's S or M.

That'd let him choose his size at the armor shop, too.

Which size armor would you like?

I'm M

Rumble's L-sized, though.

What's the point, then? The leather armor would be too tight on him!

Also, you recover HP at Starbecks, not inns, giving the game a modern, hip feel.

The options should come in handy there, too.

Would you like that in short, tall, or grande?

He can't order anything!

The grande and stuff is too trendy for him! He's freaking out!

Don't worry. HP might be difficult,

but buying rope and candles from the item shop will let you recover MP.

I'm M

That's Masochist Points!

Why is "M" the only choice you can make in this game?!

Hey! Who the hell would want to control such a gross protag?

Relax. It only looks so graphic because this is a cinematic scene.

Most of the time, he'll be super-deformed.

The protag is practically a corpse?

Games these days are too reliant on FMVs.

Graphics only need to be detailed in climactic scenes.

The rest of the time, they should be left up to the player's imagination.

Shinpachi: "Big trouble, Gin-san!"

What do you think you're leaving to imagination?!

What happened to the body? Are you saying that's a waste of resources, too?!

Someone kidnapped the princess.

Hey! Why're the glasses dragging a coffin around?!

Does it mean what I think it means?!

With that, we've got a full party.

Yeah. The four of them will now begin their adventure.

Gintoki Kagura Rumble Shinpachi

They've practically been wiped out from the start! Hurry up and visit the church!

A monster appeared.

Look, an enemy.

Rotten Shades (38) ATK DEF WORK

Why is everyone, ally or enemy, a corpse?!

Why is Hasegawa-san a monster?!

That's not Hasegawa-san. It's Rotten Shades (38).

So Hasegawa-san, then!

Rotten Shades calls for backup...

Rotten Shades calls for backup... but no help arrives.

Rotten Shades calls for backup...

Rotten Shades calls for backup... but no help arrives.

Rotten Shades calls for backup...

Rotten Shades calls for backup... but no help arrives, obviously.

Somebody help him!

Rotten Shades is defeated.

What did he even show up for? All he's done is embarrass himself!

Rotten Shades gets up and looks at you like he wants work. Will you give him a job?

"He wants work"? What's that supposed to mean?

Wait, is he gonna join the party? You can save the Rotten Shades?

I'm S

Somebody save him!

I don't see a choice to save Rotten Shades (38)!

Games have gotten too indifferent to killing and looting, right?

You kill monsters for XP and open chests in strangers' homes for items.

By giving the players a choice in this scenario,

we want them to learn how much people sin in everyday life.

Can we really make kids play a game where they finish off a half-dead guy?

Our lives are being supported by countless deaths.

We wanna teach kids that through this game.

So the more Rotten Shades you kill, the more coffins you'll be dragging around.

We don't need any more corpses!

This is so depressing, it'll only make people lose motivation to play!

Gintoki Kagura Rumble Shinpachi

We lost HP.

What caused it?

Gintoki Job: NEET

Looks like I got infected by NEET in the fight against the Rotten Shades.

Why is NEET a poison-like status effect?

It reduces the motivation stat to zero, preventing the use of items or heals.

ATK DEF MOT WALK

You also lose the energy to walk, so HP is gradually lost.

And eventually...

The party is wiped out.

NEET is way too scary!

Of course it is. Being a NEET is terrifying.

You know how a lot of people are goofing off after finishing their education lately?

We want to show them how important it is to work.

But you're not. All you're showing them is an absurd fear of NEETdom!

Enquiries

Don't worry. Those who are up for the fight will get another chance.

This is Hello Work. We can refer you to a workplace.

What? You come back to life at Hello Work, not a church?

So long as you never give up, you can start anew over and over.

Choose your new job.

S, please M, please

Excuse me! In the end, S and M are the only jobs I can take!

Choose quickly.

Choose quickly. Could you hurry up?

Huh? The staff are acting weird.

It doesn't matter which.

It doesn't matter which. Come on...

It doesn't matter which. Come on... Man... This is a pain.

Hello Work is wiped out.

NEET is way too scary!

Why has it infected the Hello Work staff, too?!

Sometimes, even Hello Work people don't wanna work.

I wanted to show the player that.