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developed by

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and published by

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, which was released in 1997 for the Super Famicom.

Summary

''Pikiinya!'' takes the

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-esque formula of blocks falling from the sky and adds gyrating tropical-type

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s. They excite easily, and sleep when they are alone and/or bored. These penguins just want to live in peace, and throughout the story mode in the game they must constantly fight against people that want to capture them including poachers, witch doctors, and mad scientists. The

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s were designed by Tamakichi Sakura (the artist of ''

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''). The game designers were Hiroshi Miyaoka and

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. The voices are from Maki Yagita.

Sequel/Legacy

In 1998, was released for the

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. The game was released with added cut scenes. There was also a mobile version of the game released on what looked like a virtual pet key chain thing, which was supposed to be a promotional item with the game in LCD format, but it didn't do too well. ASCII were planning on making it a franchise but the timing happened to be wrong. The soundtrack was also released as part of a best-of ps1 compilation album.

Critical reception

The Japanese website

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gave ''Pikiinya!'' a total score of 65 out of 100, while ''Pikiinya! EX'' scored 48.''Pikiinya! EX''
at

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''Pikiinya!''
at SNES Central

at crea-tech.net {{in lang, ja
''Pikinya! EX Sound Collection''
at VGMdb 1997 video games 1998 video games ASCII Corporation games Crea-Tech games Falling block puzzle games Japan-exclusive video games Mobile games Puzzle video games PlayStation (console) games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games developed in Japan

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Sequel/Legacy

Critical reception

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