{"id":1363,"date":"2021-08-13T15:35:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T06:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2021-08-23T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T02:54:32","slug":"20210727-1363","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210727-1363\/","title":{"rendered":"A mysterious Game Boy Advance game has been discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20210727-170310\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-07-27 17:02 (JST)<br>Translated by. Nick Mosier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Game collector Jironosuke tweeted on July 27 that they are seeking information about a GBA development cartridge for a game titled <em>Mechanic Mechanica. <\/em>The title screen for <em>Mechanic Mechanica <\/em>doesn\u2019t list a developer or a release date so it\u2019s currently unknown when or who made the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jironosuke has also tweeted about the contents of the game and those that have seen the tweets have been giving their best guesses as to what the game could be.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u60c5\u5831\u52df\u96c6\u3011<br>\u5148\u65e5\u5165\u624b\u3057\u305f\u3001GBA\u306e\u958b\u767a\u7528\u30ab\u30fc\u30c8\u30ea\u30c3\u30b8\u3002\u4e2d\u8eab\u304c\u300c\u30e1\u30ab\u30cb\u30af\u30e1\u30ab\u30cb\u30ab\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3001\u304a\u305d\u3089\u304f\u672a\u767a\u58f2\u30bf\u30a4\u30c8\u30eb\u3068\u601d\u308f\u308c\u308b\u3082\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\u30bf\u30a4\u30c8\u30eb\u753b\u9762\u306b\u307e\u3060\u30e1\u30fc\u30ab\u30fc\u540d\u3084\u767a\u58f2\u5e74\u7b49\u306e\u8a18\u8f09\u304c\u7121\u304f\u3066\u3001\u60c5\u5831\u304c\u96c6\u3081\u3089\u308c\u305a\u56f0\u3063\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059&#8230;\u3002<br>\u4f55\u304b\u3054\u5b58\u3058\u306e\u65b9\u304c\u304a\u3089\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3089\u3001\u305c\u3072\u3054\u4e00\u5831\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u307e\u305b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/adfmxfqD6b\">pic.twitter.com\/adfmxfqD6b<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3058\u308d\u306e\u3059\u3051\uff08\u975e\u58f2\u54c1\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30b3\u30ec\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\uff09 (@jironosuke99) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jironosuke99\/status\/1419680587128868864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>-Seeking information- I purchased a GBA development cartridge the other day. It contained a seemingly unreleased title called <em>Mechanic Mechanica<\/em>. The title screen doesn\u2019t list anything like a developer or a release year, so I\u2019m stuck without anything to go off of. If you know anything about the game, please get in touch.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>According to Jironosuke, <em>Mechanic Mechanica<\/em> is a 2D action game where you customize your own robot and battle. If you look at the attached screenshots, there seems to be a high level of customization available. Players are able to customize parts for the head, arms, torso, and two available weapons slots, as well as fine-tune their robot\u2019s color scheme with RGB settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The characters in the game have designs that would be right at home in a children\u2019s anime and the text is written in hiragana (a phonetic lettering system in Japanese) so it seems like younger kids were the target audience. There are probably more than a few people out there that are thinking this sounds like <em>Custom Robo<\/em>, the action RPG series that made its debut in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Custom Robo<\/em> series has players customize their own robots and battle them against other robots. Like <em>Mechanic Mechanica<\/em>, the main feature is customization where players get to freely choose their robot\u2019s body, gun, bomb, pod, and legs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mechanic Mechanica<\/em> shares a lot of aspects with the Japan-exclusive <em>Custom Robo GX<\/em> for the Game Boy Advance. The first two titles in the series, <em>Custom Robo<\/em> and <em>Custom Robo V2<\/em> for the Nintendo 64 were in 3D, but the Game Boy Advance\u2019s <em>Custom Robo GX<\/em> was a 2D action game. Due to the similarities between the graphics and the shared hardware, people were theorizing that <em>Mechanic Mechanica<\/em> was an early version of <em>Custom Robo GX<\/em> under Jironosuke\u2019s tweets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, <em>Custom Robo<\/em> series director Koji Kenjo put that theory to rest by saying, \u201cIt\u2019s a completely different title from a different company. This is my first time seeing this.\u201d And with that, the search for where <em>Mechanic Mechanica<\/em> came from was back to square one.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u30c4\u30ea\u30fc\u306b\u300cGBA\u7248\u300e\u30ab\u30b9\u30bf\u30e0\u30ed\u30dcGX\u300f\u306e\u521d\u671f\u30d0\u30fc\u30b8\u30e7\u30f3\uff08\u4e00\u304b\u3089\u3064\u304f\u308a\u76f4\u3059\u524d\u306e\uff09\u304b\u3082\u3057\u308c\u306a\u3044\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u30ea\u30d7\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u3001\u30ab\u30b9\u30bf\u30e0\u30ed\u30dc\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u306d\u3002\u5225\u306e\u4f1a\u793e\u3055\u3093\u306e\u3001\u307e\u3063\u305f\u304f\u5225\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3067\u3059\u3002\u79c1\u3082\u3053\u306e\u4e00\u9023\u306e\u753b\u50cf\u306f\u521d\u3081\u3066\u898b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V3heLO2q0F\">https:\/\/t.co\/V3heLO2q0F<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u898b\u57ce\u3053\u3046\u3058 (@KenjohKohji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenjohKohji\/status\/1419821137458962433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>I\u2019m seeing replies that are saying maybe it\u2019s the first version of Custom Robo GX before rebuilding it from scratch, but it\u2019s a completely different title from a different company. This is my first time seeing this.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u30c4\u30ea\u30fc\u306b\u300cGBA\u7248\u300e\u30ab\u30b9\u30bf\u30e0\u30ed\u30dcGX\u300f\u306e\u521d\u671f\u30d0\u30fc\u30b8\u30e7\u30f3\uff08\u4e00\u304b\u3089\u3064\u304f\u308a\u76f4\u3059\u524d\u306e\uff09\u304b\u3082\u3057\u308c\u306a\u3044\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u30ea\u30d7\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u3001\u30ab\u30b9\u30bf\u30e0\u30ed\u30dc\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u306d\u3002\u5225\u306e\u4f1a\u793e\u3055\u3093\u306e\u3001\u307e\u3063\u305f\u304f\u5225\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3067\u3059\u3002\u79c1\u3082\u3053\u306e\u4e00\u9023\u306e\u753b\u50cf\u306f\u521d\u3081\u3066\u898b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V3heLO2q0F\">https:\/\/t.co\/V3heLO2q0F<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u898b\u57ce\u3053\u3046\u3058 (@KenjohKohji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenjohKohji\/status\/1419821137458962433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>And to clarify, it wasn\u2019t GX that was remade from scratch, it was the planned sequel tentatively called GX2. In the end, that game ended up being moved to the DS and became Custom Robo Arena.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Mechanic Mechanica<\/em> still remains a mystery. Even the previous owner who had listed the <a href=\"https:\/\/page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp\/jp\/auction\/569752647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">auction<\/a> for the cartridge said they know nothing about it, so we don\u2019t even know where it came from. Maybe we\u2019ll learn more as the tweet thread about the game spreads or after Jironosuke makes more progress through the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mysterious Game Boy Advance game has been discovered. 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