Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Shiro wa Otomodachi da yo (Game Boy, Japanese Import) - Authentic Bandai Cartridge, Tested
Shin-chan's very first video game, from 1993, and it's all about his dog Shiro. A short action game. Japanese needed: almost none.
$20.00
How I grade condition: every grade is tested and plays; grades differ only in looks.
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Shin-chan’s first game
Crayon Shin-chan is one of Japan’s biggest comedy franchises: Yoshito Usui’s manga started in 1990 and the anime in 1992. This April 1993 Bandai cart, made by TOSE, is the first Crayon Shin-chan video game of any kind, about a year after the anime began and ahead of the Famicom game that August.
The title means “Me and Shiro Are Friends!”, and it is a Shiro story: four everyday stages of going shopping for his mom Misae, the kindergarten trip, walking Shiro, and then hunting for Shiro after Shin-chan loses him. In between come minigames: an Action Kamen whack-a-mole, Darumasan ga Koronda (Japan’s red-light-green-light), a tricycle race, and a find-Shiro game using clues from his friends. Collect Chocobi snacks for extra tries.
Famitsu’s reviewers liked that it felt like Shin-chan and liked the minigames, and wished it had passwords: there is no save and no continues, so you play it start to finish, arcade style.
Little to read
The Japanese is stage titles and minigame instructions; the play explains itself. If you met Shin-chan through Shin-chan: Shiro and the Coal Town on Switch, this is where Shin-chan games began, with Shiro front and center even then.
More Japanese kids’ TV on Game Boy: Chibi Maruko-chan and Doraemon.
Specifications
| Authenticity | Authentic original Bandai cartridge (DMG-K4J) - not a reproduction |
|---|---|
| Condition | Graded on my condition scale - every copy is opened, cleaned, and tested by playing before it ships. |
| Gameplay | Side-scrolling action with minigames, 1 player |
| Includes | Loose cartridge only (no box or manual) |
| Language | Japanese, light: stage titles and minigame instructions, but the play explains itself |
| Region | Japanese release, never sold outside Japan. Region-free: plays on any Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance or Super Game Boy |
| Save | None, and no continues: you play it through in a sitting |
| Title Full | Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Shiro wa Otomodachi da yo / クレヨンしんちゃん オラとシロはお友達だよ (Game Boy, Bandai, Japan, 1993) |
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