Japanese to English Translations for Page 31 of the 3D Virtual Boy Magazine:
メーカー別 期待のソフト最新情報
Expected Software Updates by Manufacturer
3Dならではの演出もバッチリ
The Unique 3D Presentation is Perfect
ゲーム画面は一番手前にフィールド、その奥に小人やドラゴンなどのキャラクタ、さらに背景、と奥行きを持って重なっている。4ライン同時に消すと「V」の文字が飛び出すといった楽しい効果もあり、遠近感をうまく利用した演出を満喫できるぞ。
The game screen is layered with the field to the front, characters such as dwarfs and dragons behind this, as well as a background, all having depth. If you eliminate 4 lines at the same time, there is a fun effect where the letter “V” pops out. The good use of perspective allows the presentation to be fully enjoyed.
『テトリス』とは4ライン同時に消すことを指
す。これはまさに「テトリス」を行ったとき
A “Tetris” refers to eliminating 4 lines at the same time. Here’s what happens when you get a “Tetris.”
「タイプB」でステージクリアをしたとき、フ
ィールドの一番手前にスコアが飛び出すぞ
When you clear a stage in “Mode B,” your score pops out in front of the field.
ハイスコアを出すとネームエントリー画面に。
こういった画面でもちゃんと立体的に見える
This is the name entry screen for when you get a high score. Even this screen has a neat three-dimensional effect.
浮かんで見える
Everything appears to be floating
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Japanese to English Translations for Page 30 of the 3D Virtual Boy Magazine:
COMING TO VB!
BPS
VB第1弾ソフトは「あの」ゲームでキマリッ! BPSといえば…そう、『テトリス』。一世を風靡し、「落ちモノ」というジャンルまで生み出した『テトリス』が新たなハードを得て生まれ変わる。
The first wave of VB software includes “that” game! BPS is releasing… yes, “Tetris.” “Tetris,” which took the world by storm by establishing the genre of “falling things,” is reborn on new hardware.
アクションパズル
Action-Puzzler
Ｖ-テトリス
V-Tetris
新モードでハマリ度さらにUP!
It further ups the addictiveness with a new mode!
発売月未定
Release Date TBD
価格未定/8M
Price TBD / 8 Megabits
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シューティングやアクションがVBに…っていうと何となく想像がつくけど、これが『テトリス』だと?
このVB版『テトリス』はゲーム自体に特別なシカケはなく、モードが1つ増えているほかはこれまでの『テトリス』とルールも遊び方もいっしょ。ブロックを横1列にそろえて消していくだけなのだが、VBならではのモニターに入り込んでしまったような感覚があり、奥行きのある美しい背景を見ながら「やっぱりおもしろいなぁ」と気分も新たにハマってしまうぞ。
A shooter or action game might be something you’d imagine for the VB, but “Tetris”?
This VB version of “Tetris” has no special contrivances in the game itself, apart from having one more mode, so it’s “Tetris” as you know it, with the same rules and gameplay. Thus, you simply erase blocks by aligning them horizontally in a row. However, there is also a sense of being immersed, owing to the VB’s unique monitor. Therefore, as you view the beautiful backgrounds with depth, you just might get hooked on the new feeling and conclude that it’s interesting after all!
落ちてくるブロックを回転させ、う
まく横1列に並べて消していこう
Rotate the falling blocks and skillfully arrange them side-by-side in a row to erase them.
3つのゲームで遊べちゃう
You Can Play Three Types of Games
ゲームが進むうちブロックの落下速度が上がる「タイプA」と、規定のライン数だけ消せばステージクリアの「タイプB」はこれまでどおり。
新たに加えられた「タイプC」は、「A」とルールは同じだけどフィールドにシカケがあるんだ。「C」では奥と手前にフィールドがあり、左右の両端がくっついた状態で横にグルグルと回すことができる。ブロックが落ちてくるのは手前のフィールドだけで、手前のフィールドが横1列に埋まったときしかブロックを消すことができないんだ。
As usual, in “Mode A,” the falling speed of the blocks increases as the game progresses, and in “Mode B,” a stage is cleared by eliminating the specified number of lines.
The newly added “Mode C” has the same rules as “A,” but there is a trick to the field. In “C,” the field has both a front side and a back side, and you can turn the whole field round and round horizontally, with both left and right initial ends being connected together. The blocks only fall in the front side of the field, and blocks can only be eliminated when a horizontal row in the front is completely filled.
ゲームは3種類、BGMは4種類から選べる。
BGMの種類は最初の『テトリス』と同じだ
You can choose from 3 types of games and 4 types of BGM. The types of BGM are the same as the first “Tetris.”
(Translator’s Note: It appears that the music in the pre-release version of V-Tetris, to which the staff for this magazine had access, got changed for the retail version.)
ぐるりん
Round and round
「C」で、奥の
ブロックは黒
In “C,” the blocks in the back are dark.
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Here is what ziggaboogi was able to provide on what the card says (Thanks, ziggaboogi!):
So I think the original text is
ナガサキヤ マリオのテニスの豆知識
サービスアンドダッシュ サーブし終わると同時に and I can’t really make out the rest of the text. : /
Anyways what I could read is
“Nagasakiya (name of Japanese food and clothing company)
Mario’s Tennis facts
Service and Dash
Right after finishing a serve you ….. ”
I’m assuming that the card talks about the playing style of dashing right to the net right after a serve. But that’s about the most I could make of it.
I did find a pic on Japanese twitter of a different card from the same series though, if that helps.
一枚だけれどマリオズテニスのカードを入手、マリオズテニスのカードなんてあったのね、全部で何種類あるのだろうか？ pic.twitter.com/FmslLs0nqv
— タンジェント(Mario Collector) (@blacktangent) September 29, 2016
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This ended auction is described as being for a 3D Stereoscopic Card of Mario’s Tennis, made by Nagasakiya Co., Ltd.:
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/x495981760
I now wonder if the company made other Virtual Boy-related cards.
Japanese to English Translations for Page 29 of the 3D Virtual Boy Magazine:
メーカー別 期待のソフト最新情報
Expected Software Updates by Manufacturer
開発よもやま話
Small Talk on Development
開発 / 中辻ただし
Development / Tadashi Nakatsuji
苦労した分、いいデキですよ!
Despite the troubles, it’s rather good!
従来のゲーム機の3Dゲームではどうしても「距離感」が良くつかめなかった。VBが出てきたことでまず、その問題がクリアされると思ったんです。そこで参入第1弾ソフトとして”3Dシューティング”というジャンルを選んだわけです。
しかし、実際開発を始めてみると大変。ハードがこれまでのものとは別次元のマシンなので、これまでのノウハウがまったく通用しない。ほとんど手探りの開発状況でしたね。でも苦労が多かった分、『レッドアラーム』はかなり良くできたと思っています。その辺は実際プレイしていただけると良くわかると思いますよ(笑)。
今のところ第2弾はゴルフを予定していますが、VBのハードコンセプトによるジャンルの制限は特に感じていません。今後も当社の3D技術を活かしたソフトをどんどん作っていきますよ。
3D games on game machines up to now just haven’t had a good “sense of distance.” With the Virtual Boy making its appearance, it was the first time we thought that the problem would be cleared up. Therefore, we chose the “3D Shooter” genre as the first software entry.
It was difficult, however, to begin the actual development. Since the hardware is a machine of a different dimension than those of the past, the existing know-how didn’t work at all. It was mostly a development situation of trial and error. Despite the many troubles, I think that “Red Alarm” is rather good! I think you’ll be able to understand that well if you actually play it (laughs).
At present, the second piece planned is a golf game, as we don’t particularly feel restricted to certain genres on account of the Virtual Boy’s hardware concept. From now on, our company will make more and more software utilizing our 3D techniques.
ここで昼夜を問わずソフト開発にいそしんでいるわけだね
Here’s where they’re actively engaged in software development both day and night.
ステージ2
Stage 2
洞窟のようなところをひたすら進むステージ2。途中に滝があったり、見た目にも楽しめる作りだ。
Stage 2 progresses just like a cave. There is a waterfall along the way, and it’s made to look pleasant to the eye.
動物っぽい敵が多いのだ
There are numerous animal-like enemies.
双頭の空飛ぶドラゴン?
A two-headed flying dragon?
ステージ3
Stage 3
ステージ3は海。海面がちゃんと波立っていたりと芸が細かい。登場する敵はやはり魚系が多い。
Stage 3 takes place in a sea. The sea’s surface is properly choppy, and the techniques are fine. Of course, many fish-based enemies appear.
水棲生物ステージ?
An aquatic-creature stage?
上は鮫をモチーフにした敵? 下は海面スレスレを飛んでいる
Top: Enemies with a shark motif? Bottom: These are flying near the sea’s surface.
ステージ3のボス。3
体が交代で襲ってくるぞ
In the boss fight of Stage 3, three figures alternately attack.
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Japanese to English Translations for Page 28 of the 3D Virtual Boy Magazine:
COMING TO VB!
T&E Soft
細部まで制作側のこだわりが見える
The Attention to Detail from Production’s Side Can Clearly Be Seen
プレイヤーが操作する自機の動きから、各所に用意された”演出”まで、ゲーム中には制作側のこだわりが多く見られる。それは雰囲気作りと同時にゲームを奥深いものにしているのだ。そのカッコよさに思わずうなってしまうぞ。
From the movement of the fighter controlled by the player to the presentations provided in various places, the particular care from production’s side can often be seen during the game. This has created quite an atmosphere and, at the same time, has made the game very deep. One cannot help but marvel at it for being so cool!
右が低速、左が高速飛行。ウイングの形状が変化
The form of the wings changes, with low speed flight on the right and high speed flight on the left.
ロックオン!
Lock-on!
敵を攻撃射程内に捕らえると、
「LOCKON」の表示が。Rトリガーで
ホーミングミサイル発射だ！
When you catch an enemy within attack range, “LOCK ON” is displayed. R-trigger then launches a homing missile!
上はブースターゲットの瞬間。下は地面に着陸しているところだ
Top: The fighter is boosting and targeting.
Bottom: It has landed on the ground.
全5ステージは手応え十分！
Five Stages Altogether is Good Enough!
『レッドアラーム』は全5ステージで構成。各ステージの「ボス」を倒すとステージクリア。ステージ数はちょっと少ないが、その内容は十分満足のいくデキだ。
“Red Alarm” consists of 5 stages in all. You clear a stage when you defeat each stage’s “boss.” Although the number of stages is a bit small, their content is sufficiently satisfactory.
敵の兵器格納庫のようだ。
戦闘機などのわきを、わら
わらと逃げ回る人 (?) の
姿が見て取れる
It appears to be an enemy weapons hangar. You can see the sides of fighters, etc. and the figures of people (?) running and bustling about.
面クリ後のリプレイ
A replay after clearing a stage
ステージ1
Stage 1
オープニングデモ (8パターンあるらしい) の後に始まるステージ1。戦闘機や機動兵器などメカニカルな敵が多く登場するぞ。
Stage 1 begins after the opening demo (which seems to have 8 patterns). Many mechanical enemies appear, such as fighter aircraft and mobile weapons.
中ボス。真ん中の顔が変形するさまは秀逸
Mid-boss. The morphing of the face in the middle is excellent.
ボスの機動兵器。強力なミサイルをぶっ放す
Mobile-weapon boss. It fires powerful missiles.
