History VideoGame / MakaMaka

''Maka Maka'' is an obscure ([[NoExportForYou at least in America]]) RPG for the UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom made by Office Koukan and published by Sigma Enterprises in 1992. It takes place [[FantasyCounterpartCulture on an Earth]] where Ultraman-style aliens, giant cannibalistic alien princesses, and evil, faceless ant-men are completely normal, and the main character is the reincarnated form of an alien prince who defeated an evil demon king millennia ago. Now, completely resurrected and full of power again, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge said demon king wants revenge]], organizing the Maka Maka Society to conquer Earth.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The creator of the game, Office Koukan, made another RPG after this known as ''Idea No Hi'', or ''VideoGame/DayOfTheIdea''. It's got an oddball sense of humor similar to Maka Maka's, but a more serious story, fairly interesting gameplay mechanics, and actual bug-testing to its name.

Office Koukan took so much time working on the game that it only got up to prototype phase by the time the release date was beginning to draw near. Sigma, having no choice but to cancel the game if they didn't release it, did the only thing they could possibly do to avoid losing money: ''They copied, shipped, and sold the prototype of the game in bulk''. [[ObviousBeta With the game in such a terrible, glitchy state]], it quickly became a part of many Japanese gamers' Bottom 100 games, and Sigma went out of business.

* ObviousBeta: Literally. The game was not bug tested at all.
* OneWingedAngel: The final boss starts out looking like a fetus, and transforms as a last ditch effort, only to be killed in [[ClippedWingAngel one hit]]. [[ObviousBeta Whether or not this was intentional is unclear]].

''Maka Maka'' is an obscure ([[NoExportForYou at least in America]]) RPG for the UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom made by Office Koukan and published by Sigma Enterprises in 1992. It takes place [[FantasyCounterpartCulture on an Earth]] where Ultraman-style aliens, giant cannibalistic alien princesses, and evil, faceless ant-men are completely normal, and the main character is the reincarnated form of an alien prince who defeated an evil demon king millennia ago. Now, completely resurrected and full of power again, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge said demon king wants revenge]], organizing the Maka Maka Society to conquer Earth. It's a standard [[WesternRPG JRPG]] full of [[WidgetSeries quirky Japanese humor]] that makes you wonder if [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs the designers were on anything]].

* WidgetSeries: The main plot is like a gag manga, and everything about the game is quirky, surreal, disturbing, or all three.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Saizou-kun the giant green [[ArtMajorBiology elephanty-rhinoceros-ish thing]] [[HugeRiderTinyMount (which is apparently big enough for all eight main characters to sit on at once)]], given to the party by King Gallon in the Past Life World.

** For no good reason Corum and El's defense stat will get bugged near the end of the game, dropping their defense. There is also a chance of this happening to Johnny.

Not to be confused with a yuri manga of the same name.

** The most obvious one is in New Queen Town when Corum has to [[DuelBoss fight Baseran alone]]. If the player loses to her [[ThatOneBoss (which is likely)]] Corum is thrown out of the castle (naked), and all the while the party will stand in front of the castle where the fight takes place, and not rejoin him, and blocking him from getting back into the castle to re-fight the boss.

** In a character's stats go past 128, there's a chance it will overflow and go to 0, severely crippling their stats.

''Maka Maka'' is an obscure ([[NoExportForYou at least in America]]) RPG for the UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom made by Office Koukan and published by Sigma Enterprises in 1992. It is also considered kuso-ge (shit game), and is hated by many Japanese gamers. It takes place [[FantasyCounterpartCulture on Earth]] where [[BlatantLies Ultraman-style aliens, giant, cannibalistic princesses, and evil, homosexual ant-men are completely normal]], and the main character is the reincarnated form of an alien prince who defeated an evil demon king millenia ago. Now, completely resurrected and full of power again, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge said demon king wants revenge]]. It's a standard [[WesternRPG JRPG]] full of [[WidgetSeries quirky Japanese humor]] that makes you wonder if [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs the designers were on anything]].

So, why is this game not very well liked? Basically, Office Koukan took so much time working on the game that it only got up to prototype phase by the time the release date was beginning to draw near. So, the publisher, Sigma, having no choice but to cancel the game if they didn't release it, did the only thing they could possibly do to avoid losing money: ''They copied, shipped, and sold the prototype of the game in bulk''. [[ObviousBeta With the game in such a terrible, glitchy state]], it quickly became a part of many Japanese gamers' Bottom 100 games, and Sigma went out of business thanks to their [[WhatAnIdiot boneheadedness]].

* AccidentalMarriage: Near the beginning of the game after the airplane crashes in the Southern Country. Corum is rescued by the natives, and forced to marry Cynthia, the princess of the island, and eventual party member.
** [[spoiler:This comes back to haunt him when El finds out.]]
* ChefOfIron: Masa

* FacelessGoons: The aforementioned army of evil Homosexual Ant-Men, referred to in game as Zakos.
** [[IncrediblyLamePun Ironically or maybe appropriately, Zako is the Japanese term for Mooks.]]
* {{Fartillery}}:[[spoiler: The only way to get out of Princess Gourmet's stomach. Also, it's her only real form of attack.]]
** Dekaiken also has one.
* GameBreakingBug: Not as many as one would think...

*** However, this is easily avoidable by just reloading one's save after losing.

** For no good reason Corum and El's defense stat will get bugged near the end of the game, dropping their defense a bit. Not really game breaking per se, just annoying.
*** There is also a chance of this happening to Johnny.
** Due to a bug, only Corum's magic can be used outside of battle at any time, even if you're trying to use someone else's magic.
** Thanks to some sort of memory overflow, the credit roll is rendered unreadable.
* {{Gasshole}}: Princess Gourmet's only real abillity is [[{{Fartillery}} Farting]]. It makes you wonder why the townspeople was so scared of her.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Well actually a dress in this case. Fairly early on in the game the player can purchase the Powered Dress (armor) for El, immediately making her the strongest character due to its bugged stats.
** And to make matters worse, there is a Powered Dress II, that can be purchased late in the game, but for a very high price.

* ObviousBeta: Literally, it was not bug tested.
* OneWingedAngel: The final boss starts out looking like a fetus, and transforms as a last ditch effort.
** Only to be killed in [[ClippedWingAngel one hit]]. [[ObviousBeta Whether or not this was intentional is unclear]].
* RandomEncounters: LOTS AND LOTS OF THEM.
** Thankfully, at least on the Overworld Map, they can be avoided by using the Kattobi Rocket, given to the party fairly early on by Dr. Pascal, to warp between already visited towns.
*** The Harite item also helps, by allowing the party to fly, but it's only usable for a short span of the game.
** Although it can only move over water...
*** But hey, it has a great song that plays when piloting it.
* {{Reincarnation}}: All of the main characters are reincarnations of great heroes from the past, and are able to transform into their past selves to perform special abilities (which serves as the game's magic system).

* RolePlayingGame
* SpiritualSuccessor: The creator of the game, Office Koukan, actually made another RPG after this known as ''Idea No Hi'', or ''VideoGame/DayOfTheIdea''. It's got an oddball sense of humor similar to Maka Maka's, but a more serious story, fairly interesting gameplay mechanics, and actual bug-testing to its name.
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: To an extent, Corum's Silver Sword, which is the only way to damage the boss "Galjin" [[MacGuffin but serves no purpose after that.]]
** Although it can be upgraded to a better sword later on via the appraisal shop.
** There everyone can get either their most game breaking skill or their best weapon, if the player so desires.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler:One of the main characters, Mitchie, used to be a guy, [[EasySexChange but became a girl after jumping into the magical fountain]] in Ramonu's Castle]]
** On a related note, after defeating Ramonu, the player must use the magical gender changing fountain to change the male party members into girls, in order to sneak into a Women's Bathhouse to get a key.
*** [[FridgeLogic Although one has to wonder,]] [[GameplayAndStorySegregation why didn't they just send in El or Mitchie to get it?]]
* WidgetSeries

''Maka Maka'' is an obscure ([[NoExportForYou at least in America]]) RPG for the SuperFamicom made by Office Koukan and published by Sigma Enterprises in 1992. It is also considered kuso-ge (shit game), and is hated by many Japanese gamers. It takes place [[FantasyCounterpartCulture on Earth]] where [[BlatantLies Ultraman-style aliens, giant, cannibalistic princesses, and evil, homosexual ant-men are completely normal]], and the main character is the reincarnated form of an alien prince who defeated an evil demon king millenia ago. Now, completely resurrected and full of power again, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge said demon king wants revenge]]. It's a standard [[WesternRPG JRPG]] full of [[WidgetSeries quirky Japanese humor]] that makes you wonder if [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs the designers were on anything]].

* NoExportForYou: {{Justified|Trope}} by its quality.

This game contains examples of:

Not to be confused with a hentai manga of the same name.

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So, why is this game not very well liked? Basically, Office Koukan took so much time working on the game that it only got up to prototype phase by the time the release date was beginning to draw near. So, the publisher, Sigma, having no choice but to cancel the game if they didn't release it, and did the only thing they could possibly do to avoid losing money: ''They copied, shipped, and sold the prototype of the game in bulk''. [[ObviousBeta With the game in such a terrible, glitchy state]], it quickly became a part of many Japanese gamers' Bottom 100 games, and Sigma went out of business thanks to their [[WhatAnIdiot boneheadedness]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: The creator of the game, Office Koukan, actually made another RPG after this known as Idea No Hi, or DayOfTheIdea. It's got an oddball sense of humor similar to Maka Maka's, but a more serious story, fairly interesting gameplay mechanics, and actual bug-testing to its name.

* GuideDangIt: Some treasure chests have secret compartments with other items inside, but to check this you'll need to check already open chests. To this troper's knowledge, however, you'll never find plot-important items this way, so unless you want to do a 100% completion run of this, you shouldn't worry too much.

So, why is this game not very well liked? Basically, Office Koukan took so much time working on the game that it only got up to prototype phase by the time the release date was beginning to draw near. So, the publisher, Sigma, having no choice but to cancel the game if they didn't release it, did the only thing they could possibly do to avoid losing money: ''They copied, shipped, and sold the prototype of the game in bulk''. [[ObviousBeta With the game in such a terrible, glitchy state]], it quickly became a part of many Japanese gamers' Bottom 100 games, and Sigma went out of business thanks to their [[WhatAnIdiot boneheadedness]].

* {{Gasshole}}: Princess Gourmet's only real abillity is [[{{Fartillery}} Farting]]. It makes you wonder why the town's people was so scared of her.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Saizou-kun the giant green [[ArtMajorBiology elephanty-rhinoceros-ish thing]] [[HugeRiderTinyMount (apparently big enough for all eight main characters to sit on him at once)]], given to the party by King Gallon in the Past Life World.

** Daikaiken also has one.

''Maka Maka'' is an obscure ([[NoExportForYou at least in America]]) RPG for the SuperFamicom made by Office Koukan and published by Sigma Enterprises in 1992. It is also considered kuso-ge (shit game), and is hated by many Japanese gamers. It takes place [[FantasyCounterpartCulture on Earth]] where [[BlatantLies Ultraman-syle aliens, giant, cannibalistic princesses, and evil, homosexual ant-men are completely normal]], and the main character is the reincarnated form of an alien prince who defeated an evil demon king millenia ago. Now, completely resurrected and full of power again, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge said demon king wants revenge]]. It's a standard [[WesternRPG JRPG]] full of [[WidgetSeries quirky Japanese humor]] that makes you wonder if [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs the designers were on anything]].

* {{Fartillery}}:[[spoiler: the only way to get out of Princess Gourmet's stomach. Also, it's her only real form of attack.]]

* {{Gasshole}}:Princess Gourmet's only real abillity is [[{{Fartillery}} Farting]]. It makes you wonder why the town's people was so scared of her.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The creator of the game, Office Koukan, actually made another RPG after this known as Idea No Hi, or DayOfTheIdea. It's got an oddball sense of humor similar to Maka Maka's, but a more serious story, fairly interesting gameplay mechanics, and actual bug-testing to it's name.

* DroppedABridgetOnHim: [[spoiler:One of the main characters, Mitchie, used to be a guy, [[EasySexChange but became a girl after jumping into the magical fountain]] in Ramonu's Castle]]
** On a related note, after defeating Ramonu, the player must use the magical gender changing fountain to change the male party members into girls, in order to sneak into a Women's Bathhouse to get a key.
*** [[FridgeLogic Although one has to wonder,]] [[GameplayAndStorySegregation why didn't they just send in El or Mitchie to get it?]]

* NoExportForYou: {{Justified}} by its quality.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: One needs not look any further than the enemies of this game, they're bizarre beyond belief.
** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope One word: Dekaiken]]