is a

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developed and published by

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based on the

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of the same name.

Reception

The game was panned by ''

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'', that rated it 12 out of 40 (3/3/4/2) and called it a "

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". They criticized the game to be too simple, for not natural action, for the terrible music and graphics, for the long loading times, and they questioned if the game is really finished. Reviewer Ranbu Yoshida gave the unprecedented score of 2. It became the first console game to receive as low as 12 out of 40.{{Cite web , title=スーパーゲームボーイ対応全ソフト専用ピクチャーフレーム -は行- , url=https://pony.velvet.jp/sgb/sgb_pf6.html , access-date=2024-09-05 , website=pony.velvet.jp , archive-date=2024-09-18 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918224359/https://pony.velvet.jp/sgb/sgb_pf6.html , url-status=live

References

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