Baku Baku Animal

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Baku Baku Animal

System(s): Sega Titan Video, Sega Game Gear, Sega Saturn, PC, Sega Master System

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega AM3

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Genre: Puzzle

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USK

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Baku Baku Animal (ばくばくアニマル) (known only as Baku Baku in some regions) is a falling block puzzle game released for the Sega Titan Video arcade hardware.

Baku Baku Animal was ported to the Sega Saturn and Windows PC in 1996. It was also one of the last titles released for the Sega Game Gear, released in the same year. In Brazil, Sega's distributor Tec Toy released a version for the Sega Master System in 1998, which is almost identical to the Game Gear version but with a reduced color palette and added borders. There was also a mobile phone release in 2002.

Curiously artwork used in Baku Baku Animal was recycled in the PAL versions of Sonic CD (PC) and Sonic Jam.

Gameplay

Baku Baku Animal is similar in nature to Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo - it is a competitive two-player falling block puzzle game in which players compete to clear containers of blocks. Players need to link together one or more "food blocks" before removing each connected block in one go with an "animal block".

Baku Baku is combo-based, with blocks being manipulated by gravity. This means with correct positioning it is possible to destroy two or more sets of food blocks in succession, thereby creating chains and sending extra blocks to the opposing player, distrupting their play. Once the container is filled with blocks the game ends.

Production Credits

Arcade Version

Producer: Yoshirou Akata
Director: Yasushi Watanabe
Original Plan: Isao Matsumoto
Programmer: Hirokazu Itou, Bungo Ishida, Kenichi Hokari
Artwork: Megumi Matsuda, Kazuko Noguchi, Naoko Shimizu, Minori Hisamatsu
Music/SFX: Tetsuya Kawauchi
Special Thanks: Ryouji Ochi, Hiroyuki Izuno, Everyone at AM3
Presented by: Sega

Saturn Version

SOA Staff

Producer: Kim Rogers
Product Manager: Doria Sanchez
Lead Tester: Rick Greer
Asst. Leads: Kathleen Silkworth, Eugene Valenzuela, Alex Barreiro
Special Thanks: Kristin Mallory, Cindy Hardgrave

SOJ Staff

Super Dynamite Project Manager: Masanobu Tsukamoto
Corpsified Overseas Coordinator: Ryoichi "Trueno" Hasegawa
Bard of Unknown Nationality: Makoto "Mc" Nishino
Directed by: Yasushi "Jackpot" Watanabe
Programmed by: Hirokazu "Karaoke" Ito
Hyper Special Digital Designer: Mayumi Moro
Special Tempure Thanks: Mamoru "Sukiyaki" Sasaki

Original Version Staff

Producer: Yoshiro Akata
Director: Yasushi Watanabe
Asst. Director: Yuri Usami
Original Design: Isao Matsumoto
Programmers: Hirokazu Ito, Bungo "Bingo" Ishida
Digital Designers: Megumi Matsuda, Kazuko Noguchi, Naoko Shimizu, Minori Hisamatsu
Sound/SE's: Tetsuya Kawauchi, Naoki Tokiwa, Seiichiro Muramatsu
Special Thanks: Noriko Ichikawa, Ryuji Ochi, Hirofumi Okamoto, AM #3 Staff, and All the players
Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 1996.

Game Gear and Master System Versions

Producer: Kimberly Rogers
Product Manager: Eric Dunstan
Executive Director: Noboru Machida
Director: Hideki Katagiri
Planner: Tsutomu Morishita
Designer: Hiroko Kato, Tsutomu Morishita
Programmer: Kenichi Iwanaga, Noboru Honda
Sound: Masahiro Ito
Advisor: Hideo Yamaguchi, Nobuo Matsushima
Lead Tester: John Jansen
Assistant Lead Testers: George Sandoval, John James, Roger Deforest, Ward Farris
Testers: Dave Paniagua, Eddie Ramirez, Jack Amato, Janine Cook, Joe Rousseu, Rick Greer, Scott Crisostomo, Squidlo, Tony Lynch
Special Thanks: Akira Inoue, Akitatsu Saito, Atsuko Iwanaga, Bill Onderdonk, Chizuka Goto, Cindy Hardgrave, Kaori Hijiya, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Keiko Sueyoshi, Keiko Tamura, Masako Araki, Masayuki Ota, Michiya Kameda, Michiyo Morohoshi, Noriyuki Tabata, Osamu Shibamiya, Steve Goodale, Syuichi Sekimoto, Takashi Ueshima, Vy Nong, Yoko Yanagisawa, and You