Popful Mail

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Popful Mail

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sega

Developer:

Sega Falcom, Localization: Working Designs

Developer(s) of original games: Falcom

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-04-01	¥7,8007,800	G-6029
US	1995-02-23		T-127035

Popful Mail (ぽっぷるメイル) is a 1991 game by Falcom for the PC-88. Sega Falcom ported it to the Sega Mega-CD in 1994, with Working Designs localizing it for an overseas market (which was not the original plan).

A demo disc, called Popful Mail Taikenban, was also released.

Story

The story begins with main character, Popful Mail, chasing the criminal Nuts Cracker through a forest. When defeated, Nuts Cracker's body escapes and Mail cannot claim the bounty on him. Mad that she couldn't collect, she takes Nuts Cracker's head that was left behind and wanders around until she finds a town.

Once in the town, she tries to trade the head for some money, but fails. She learns of a new bounty and becomes excited when she spots a 2,000,000 gold reward poster for the wizard criminal, Muttonhead, near the store. With this, she embarks on her adventure.

Production credits

Japanese version

Voice Cast

Mail: Megumi Hayashibara
Tatt: Akira Ishida
Gau: Shigeru Chiba
Material: Takko Ishimori
Blackie: Nobuo Tobita
Mifi: Megumi Tano
Yakov: Masako Miura
Tsuima: Masato Oba
Namo: Hirotoshi Shimizu
Rip: Miyuki Matsushita
Rap: Jun Mizusawa
Reofalt Alcazar: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Ledru: Hironori Miyata

US version

USA Team

Director: Victor Ireland
Assistant Director: Dean Williams
English Translation: Akiko Skjellerup, Horkom International, Victor Ireland, Dean Williams
Sound Engineers: Bill Staeck, Don Shirley
Additional Music: Bill King
Reprogramming: Shigeo Koyama

Japan Team

Sega/Falcom

Cast

Popful Mail: Melissa Gulden
Gaw: Blake Dorsey
Tatto: Shaun Watkins
Muttonhead: Keith Lack
Nuts Cracker: Blake Dorsey
Slick: Ashley Angel
Glug: Nancy Davis
Sven T. Uncommon: Matt Atwood
Venuncio: Greg Soriano
Mumbles: John Truitt
Wriph: Marilyn Weeks
Wraph: Katie Staeck
Lipps: Mike E. Miller
Kazyr: T. Owen Smith
Song Performed by: Jennifer Stigile

Magazine articles

Main article: Popful Mail/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

VideoGames (US) #72: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[1]
Game Players (US) #0802: "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (1995-0x-xx)^[2]
Sega Visions (US) #23: "February/March 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[3]
GamePro (US) #68: "March 1995" (1995-xx-xx)^[4]
GamePro (US) #69: "April 1995" (1995-xx-xx)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[12]

Freak (IL)

84

^[13]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[15]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[16]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

77

^[7]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

81

^[8]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[17]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[9]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

73

^[18]

Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)

77

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

84

^[20]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

73

^[21]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

78

^[22]

VideoGames (US)

60

^[23]

	73
Based on 17 reviews

Popful Mail

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Disc (red variant)

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Disc

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Popful Mail

↑ VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 51
↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 49
↑ GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97
↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97
↑ File:GamePro US 069.pdf, page 114
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1995-04.pdf, page 33 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1995-04.pdf_p33" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-05.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-05.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:NextGeneration US 02.pdf, page 101 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 02.pdf_p101" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 23
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1994-03-25), page 1
↑ Freak, "5/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 50
↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Hippon Super, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-03), page 49
↑ Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-13), page 86
↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 137
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 305
↑ Video Games, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-27), page 83
↑ VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 75

[:File:VideoGames_US_72.pdf_p11-1] VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0802.pdf_p51-2] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 51

[:File:SegaVisions_US_23.pdf_p49-3] Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 49

[:File:GamePro_US_068.pdf_p97-4] GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:GamePro_US_069.pdf_p97-5] GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:GamePro_US_069.pdf_p114-6] File:GamePro US 069.pdf, page 114

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-04.pdf_p33-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1995-04.pdf, page 33 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1995-04.pdf_p33" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-05.pdf_p70-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-05.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-05.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf_p23-10] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 23

[:File:EGM_US_068.pdf_p36-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[12] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1994-03-25), page 1

[13] Freak, "5/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0802.pdf_p50-14] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:GamePro_US_069.pdf_p108-15] GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 108

[16] Hippon Super, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-03), page 49

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0601.pdf_p48-17] Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_45.pdf_p86-18] Sega Pro, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-13), page 86

[:File:14000_opisaniy_i_sekretov_SEGA.pdf_p137-19] Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 137

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-20] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[21] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 305

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-08.pdf_p83-22] Video Games, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-27), page 83

[:File:VideoGames_US_75.pdf_p75-23] VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 75

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Popful Mail

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Production credits

Japanese version

US version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References