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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,

Minato Giken

Sound driver:

SCSP/CD-DA (22 tracks)

Peripherals supported:

Gear-to-Gear Cable

Genre: Puzzle

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code

JP	1995-11-10	¥4,8004,800	GS-9040
JP (Satakore)	1997-04-25	¥2,8002,800	GS-9144
US	1996-06-19		81501
EU	1996-05 ^[1]		MK81501-50
JP	1996-01-26	¥3,8003,800	G-3378
US	1996		2451
EU	1996
BR	1996		025470
JP	1996-08-02	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)	HCJ-0103
US	1996-09-05^[2]		85040
EU	199x		MK-85040
BR	199x

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

USK

Tectoy

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, disrupting 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.

Master System and Game Gear 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

Magazine articles

Main article: Baku Baku Animal/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Sega Titan Video JP flyer
BakuBaku UK PrintAdvert.jpg

Saturn/Game Gear/PC UK print advert
BakuBaku DE PrintAdvert.jpg

Saturn/Game Gear/PC DE print advert
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) print advert

Physical scans

Sega Titan Video version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

Baku Baku Animal

Sega Titan Video, World

Cart

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

PAL

40

^[12]

Consoles + (FR)

90

^[4]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

90

^[5]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[13]

Fun Generation (DE)

70

^[14]

Gambler (PL)

68

^[15]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[16]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

95

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

74

^[20]

Maximum (UK)

75

^[6]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

74

^[21]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

84

^[7]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[8]

neXt Level (DE)

70

^[22]

Power Up! (UK)

88

^[23]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[24]

Saturn+ (UK)

NTSC-J

91

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

85

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

92

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[9]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[10]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

82

^[11]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

83

^[28]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

67

^[29]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[30]

	79
Based on 27 reviews

Baku Baku Animal

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Saturn, JP (Alt)
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Saturn, JP (Satakore)
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Master System version

Master System, BR
Cover

Master System, BR (newer)
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

74

^[32]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[33]

Joypad (FR)

95

^[34]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

88

^[31]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

90

^[35]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[36]

	80
Based on 6 reviews

Baku Baku Animal

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

PC version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

50

^[37]

Hacker (HR)

74

^[38]

LeveL (CZ)

86

^[39]

PC Gamer (US)

83

^[40]

Secret Service (PL)

85

^[41]

	76
Based on 5 reviews

Baku Baku Animal

PC, US
Cover
Jewel Case

PC, EU
Cover
Jewel Case

PC, JP
Cover

PC, JP (Ultra 2000)
Cover

PC, BR

Jewel Case

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue page; PC version (Japanese)

References

↑ File:CVG UK 175.pdf, page 61
↑ Press release: 1996-08-26: Sega Entertainment kicks off fall line-up with free PC games promotions
↑ File:CVG UK 165.pdf, page 72
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↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:SSM UK 05.pdf, page 74 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SSM UK 05.pdf_p74" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:SSM JP 19951201 1995-12.pdf, page 186 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SSM JP 19951201 1995-12.pdf_p186" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 12 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p12" defined multiple times with different content
↑ CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 132
↑ Famitsu, "1995-11-10,17" (JP; 1995-10-27), page 31
↑ Fun Generation, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 79
↑ Gambler, "5/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 5: May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 14
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 69
↑ GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 68
↑ Joypad, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 100
↑ MAN!AC, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 65
↑ Mega Fun, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-xx), page 68
↑ neXt Level, "Juni 1996" (DE; 1996-05-15), page 72
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 13, 1996" (UK; 1996-07-13), page 1
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 3" (JP; 1996-01-19), page 78
↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 14
↑ Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 32
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 40
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 11
↑ Video Games, "6/96" (DE; 1996-05-29), page 98
↑ VideoGames, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 63
↑ ^31.0 ^31.1 File:MeanMachinesSega45UK.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega45UK.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Famitsu, "1996-02-02" (JP; 1996-01-19), page 34
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 81
↑ Sonic the Comic, "30 August 1996" (UK; 1996-08-21), page 11
↑ VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 69
↑ ^37.0 ^37.1 File:CVG UK 178.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 178.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Hacker, "10/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 32
↑ LeveL, "Září 1996" (CZ; 1996-09-03), page 35
↑ PC Gamer, "Vol. 4, No. 1: January 1997" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 251
↑ Secret Service, "Listopad 1996" (PL; 1996-11-01), page 33

[:File:CVG_UK_175.pdf_p61-1] File:CVG UK 175.pdf, page 61

[Press_release:_1996-08-26:_Sega_Entertainment_kicks_off_fall_line-up_with_free_PC_games_promotions-2] Press release: 1996-08-26: Sega Entertainment kicks off fall line-up with free PC games promotions

[:File:CVG_UK_165.pdf_p72-3] File:CVG UK 165.pdf, page 72

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[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 12 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p12" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_19.pdf_p132-12] CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 132

[13] Famitsu, "1995-11-10,17" (JP; 1995-10-27), page 31

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-07.pdf_p79-14] Fun Generation, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 79

[15] Gambler, "5/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0405.pdf_p14-16] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 5: May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0908.pdf_p69-17] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 69

[:File:GamePro_US_093.pdf_p68-18] GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:Joypad_FR_054.pdf_p100-19] Joypad, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-07.pdf_p65-20] MAN!AC, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 65

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-05.pdf_p68-21] Mega Fun, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-xx), page 68

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1996-06.pdf_p72-22] neXt Level, "Juni 1996" (DE; 1996-05-15), page 72

[23] Power Up!, "Saturday, July 13, 1996" (UK; 1996-07-13), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-03_19960202.pdf_p78-24] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 3" (JP; 1996-01-19), page 78

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_01.pdf_p14-25] Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 14

[:File:SegaPower_UK_76.pdf_p32-26] Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 32

[:File:SegaPro_UK_54.pdf_p40-27] Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 40

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p11-28] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 11

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-06.pdf_p98-29] Video Games, "6/96" (DE; 1996-05-29), page 98

[:File:VideoGames_US_89.pdf_p63-30] VideoGames, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 63

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[:File:EGM_US_083.pdf_p28-32] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 28

[33] Famitsu, "1996-02-02" (JP; 1996-01-19), page 34

[:File:Joypad_FR_056.pdf_p81-34] Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 81

[35] Sonic the Comic, "30 August 1996" (UK; 1996-08-21), page 11

[:File:VideoGames_US_92.pdf_p69-36] VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 69

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[38] Hacker, "10/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 32

[39] LeveL, "Září 1996" (CZ; 1996-09-03), page 35

[40] PC Gamer, "Vol. 4, No. 1: January 1997" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 251

[:File:SecretService_40_PL.pdf_p33-41] Secret Service, "Listopad 1996" (PL; 1996-11-01), page 33

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Difference between revisions of "Baku Baku Animal"

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Arcade version

Saturn version

Master System and Game Gear versions

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Sega Titan Video version

Saturn version

Master System version

Game Gear version

PC version

External links

References