Saikyō Habu Shōgi
Is a Japanese virtual board game for the Nintendo 64 developed and published by Seta. It was released exclusively in Japan on June 23, 1996, as one of the Nintendo 64's three Japanese launch games alongside Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64. It was the only launch game to use the Controller Pak and to be published by a third-party.
Also recorded as Saikyō Habu Shogi · Saikyou Habu Shogi · Saikyo Habu Shogi
Saikyō Habu Shōgi
- Date
- 1996
- Publisher
- SETA Corporation
- Genre
- shogi video game
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Is a Japanese virtual board game for the Nintendo 64 developed and published by Seta. It was released exclusively in Japan on June 23, 1996, as one of the Nintendo 64's three Japanese launch games alongside Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64. It was the only launch game to use the Controller Pak and to be published by a third-party.
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The game's "special guest" is the shogi player Yoshiharu Habu, who won all seven major shogi championships the year of the game's release.
Key facts
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• Developer — Seta • Publisher — Seta • Released — June 23, 1996 • Genre — Board game • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Nintendo 64
Sales
Sales
Though it was anticipated that the game would be a bestseller and a major showcase for the Nintendo 64's processing power, sales were not high, with only about one copy accompanying every one hundred consoles sold at the system launch.
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Legacy
Seta released an indirect sequel for the Nintendo 64 titled Morita Shogi 64 as part of the Morita Shogi series, which was announced at Nintendo Space World in 1996, and later a direct sequel Kosoku Tanigawa Shogi (lit. Lightening Speed Tanigawa Shogi) for the PlayStation 2.
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- 1.Nintendo. NINTENDO64発売ソフト一覧(1996年).
- 2.Buchanan, Levi. Nintendo 64 Week: Day One. IGN. September 29, 2008.
- 3.Imagine Media. Small but Perfectly Formed. Next Generation. 21. 17. September 1996.
- 4.Kohler, Chris. Japan Swag: Castlevania Classics, Manhole Mysteries. Wired. September 30, 2009.
- 5.Emap International Limited. It's June 23! Concrete Nintendo 64 release set!. Maximum: The Video Game Magazine. 6. 84. May 1996.
- 6.Emap International Limited. Chess? On N64?. Maximum: The Video Game Magazine. 6. 89. May 1996.
- 7.Semrad, Ed. Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis. 86. 6. September 1996.
- 8.Nintendo. Nintendo Shoshinkai/Space World 1996. 1996.
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