Sanrio Timenet: Kako-Hen and Mirai-Hen

Sanrio Timenet: Kako-Hen and Mirai-Hen
File:Kako-Hen boxart.jpgFile:Mirai-Hen boxart.jpg
Developer(s)	Imagineer
Publisher(s)	Imagineer
Director(s)	Imagineer: Motoaki Tanigou, HOLON: Kazuhiko Kurosu ("CROSS")
Producer(s)	Hidenori Ueno (Imagineer)
Composer(s)	Jirou Koumoto
Release date(s)	Template:Releasedate
Genre	Role-playing game (monster battling)
Platform(s)	Game Boy
Player mode(s)	1-2 players (communication e.g. battling)
Serial code(s)	DMG-ATPJ-JPN (Kako-Hen), DMG-ATFJ-JPN (Mirai-Hen)

Sanrio Timenet (Japanese: サンリオタイムネット) is a monster-battling game developed by Imagineer for the Game Boy. It was released only in Japan on November 27, 1998.

It was released in two editions, named Sanrio Timenet: Kako Hen (Japanese: 過去編) and Sanrio Timenet: Mirai Hen (Japanese: 未来編); literally Sanrio Timenet: Past and Present Edition.

There are small differences between the versions, including different available monsters and each version being originally set in its respective time periods (past for Kako-Hen or future for Mirai-Hen).

Players build up a team of creatures using items known as Get Cards (or later in the story, a Digital Camera) and use them to battle against other creatures.

The games support the Game Boy Game Link Cable; which can be used to battle with other players and exchange information. Pictures of monsters and Sanrio characters met in the game can be printed using the Game Boy Printer.

Story

Time was flowing properly in the world of Timenet, the home of the Old Man of Time, thanks to the Pillar of Time which is responsible for the flow of the past, the present and the future. However, due to the work of someone, the Pillar of Time was broken into small pieces and the world was divided into the past and the future.

The protagonist receives an email from the Old Man of Time, who explains the situation and requests that he or she helps save the world of Timenet by collecting the Time Fragments, before the flow of time is permanently lost.

This game features a protagonist and rival and at the beginning of the game the player can either choose a male or female hero as the protagonist. The other character will act as the rival.

The rival will race the player to change the world of Timenet back to its original state, and will act as the player's rival at various points in the game. Soon after, the Old Man of Time takes the player to the world of the past (Kako Hen) or future (Mirai Hen). For some reason, the protagonist can hear a girl exclaim "help me" while travelling...

Gameplay

As either a male or female character, the player travels the world of Sanrio Timenet battling with monsters. On their adventure, they will encounter many Sanrio characters; some who are important to the story.

Monsters can have up to four moves and each move requires energy points. Moves have a variety of different effects, including dealing damage and afflicting status problems. If a monster uses a move and doesn't have enough energy, the move will be used but health points will be used instead of energy points.

Players can collect more monsters with items called Get Cards and up to six monsters can be held at a time. If the player obtains more than six monsters, a monster will be sent to the Pillar of Time and can later be withdrawn from a Computer or Mobile PC.

The Old Man of Time gives the player ten Get Cards to begin with, but more can be purchased from a shop. Later a Digital Camera can be obtained. The Digital Camera is an item like a Get Card that can be used infinitely and must be assembled from three Digital Camera Parts.

If the player obtains a monster and the Pillar of Time is full, an existing monster must be released from the Pillar of Time to hold it there, though the player may also release a monster immediately if they find themselves in this position. It is possible to release monsters in the Pillar of Time at any time using a Computer or Mobile PC.

The goal of the games is to help save the world before the flow of time is permanently lost. The player must fill up the Pillar of Time to 100% by collecting 161 monsters and must also collect watches. The monsters do not have to be unique to fill the Pillar of Time.

In their quest, the player must travel to the future (Kako Hen) or the past (Mirai Hen) but after beating the game, they can no longer time travel. Depending on whether the player is in the past or the future, the names of places are different as well as monsters and which characters appear.

Near the end of the game, the player finds out the identity of the villain who destroyed the Pillar of Time and confronts her on Mars.

Bodyguards

At the beginning of the games, the player has a choice of one of three starting monsters ("bodyguards") at level 1. The available bodyguards differ between Kako-Hen and Mirai-Hen.

In Kako-Hen

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  Pikapochi

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  Unchinbōya

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  Hyūpo

In Mirai-Hen

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  Chikotto

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  Erebi

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  Hyūpo

Illusory monsters

Illusory monsters are monsters in Sanrio Timenet: Kako Hen and Mirai Hen that cannot be obtained normally in game without an official distribution or a cheating device.

Packaged with the games was a 'campaign' sheet where players could send for the illusory monster Stardust. The illusory monster Time Surfer can be seen after the splash screens before the title screen.

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  Planesta

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  Planetta

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  Stardust

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  Time Surfer

Character data

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My Melody's data.

Sanrio Timenet: Kako Hen and Mirai Hen have a "character data" menu which documents the roles of Sanrio characters as they appear in the games. The list is as follows.

Hangyodon notably does not appear, but he was included as a rare monster in Mars Tower, and he has two evolutions; Great Hangyo and Hangyodon Robo. He is perhaps the only first-party Sanrio character to appear as a monster and not a regular character.

1. Bad Badtz-Maru
2. Good Hanamaru (Bad Badtz-Maru universe)
3. Pandaba (Bad Badtz-Maru universe)
4. My Melody
5. Gimmefive 1
6. Gimmefive 2
7. Gimmefive 3
8. Gimmefive 4
9. Gimmefive 5
10. PickeBicke
11. Puwawa
12. Keroppi
13. Kerorīnu (Kerokerokeroppi universe)
14. Goro (Goropikadon universe)
15. Pika (Goropikadon universe)
16. Don (Goropikadon universe)
17. Terumi (Rururugakuen universe)
18. Tuxedo Sam
19. Pochacco
20. Dwarf 1 (Seven Silly Dwarfs universe)
21. Dwarf 2 (Seven Silly Dwarfs universe)
22. Dwarf 3 (Seven Silly Dwarfs universe)
23. Dwarf 4 (Seven Silly Dwarfs universe)
24. Dwarf 5 (Seven Silly Dwarfs universe)
25. Dwarf 6 (Seven Silly Dwarfs universe)
26. Dwarf 7 (Seven Silly Dwarfs universe)
27. Maiko (Rururugakuen universe)
28. Naomi (Rururugakuen universe)
29. Tomo (Rururugakuen universe)
30. Twee Dee 1 (Twee Dee Drops universe)
31. Twee Dee 2
32. Twee Dee 3
33. Monkichi
34. Tetsunagikuma
35. Dra-kun (Youkai Kids universe)
36. Majo-chan (Youkai Kids universe)
37. Miira-kun (Youkai Kids universe)
38. Patty
39. Jimmy (Patty and Jimmy universe)
40. Pokopon (Pokoponnikki universe)
41. Ohanachan (Pokoponnikki universe)
42. Peter Davis
43. Mimicmike
44. Tiran (We Are Dinosaurs! universe)
45. Ptera (We Are Dinosaurs! universe)
46. Bront (We Are Dinosaurs! universe)
47. Pekkle
48. Vanillabean
49. Bogo
50. Gatorgags
51. Peppy
52. Pikke (PataPataPeppy universe)
53. Papī (PataPataPeppy universe)
54. Minna no Tābō
55. Nezumikozou
56. Kingyo-chan (Hangyodon universe)
57. Angel Kitty
58. Baby Kitty
59. Kiki (Little Twin Stars universe)
60. Lala (Little Twin Stars universe)
61. Old Man of Time (original)
62. Zakkī (original?)
63. Monster Zakki (original?)
64. White Zakki (original?)

Staff credits

HOLON

Director: CROSS
Scenario: Sakuramaru Yamada

Inspace

Character Design: Hisato Inoue

Sanrio

Executive Producer: Shintarou Tsuji
Graphics Adviser: Yuuko Sakiyama

Imagineer

Executive Producer: Takayuki Kamikura Supervisor: Seiji Tashiro Producer: Hidenori Ueno Product Manager: Keiko Ishikawa Director: Motoaki Tanigou Sales Manager: Nobuhiro Nakano, Yoshikazu Watanabe Marketing Manager: Kaichirou Mitsuzawa Promotion Manager: Tadashi Horikiri Advertising: Junichi Matsumoto Programmer: Masaki Hirao, Tetsuya Motoyama Graphics Designer: Chinaō Seki, Yoshio Tanaka, "Gyouten", "Umiumi", "Kenni" Music Composer: Jirou Koumoto Coordinator: Katao Rinokata, Shin Yama Coordination Support: Jun Hayashi Monitor: Anko Kamiya, Miko Ootsuno, Matakichi Senkou

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Package Design: Shigenari Douzono

Special Thanks

Yuuko Mori, Yasushi Kamegai, "Everyone who gave us Hello Kitty"

Manga

Main article: Bouken Jikuu Timenet.

A Japanese manga series based on Sanrio Timenet without first-party Sanrio characters known as Bouken Jikuu Timenet (literally "Adventure Space-Time Timenet") was produced by Sakuramaru Yamada with illustrations by Hiroshi Soya. It was serialized in Shogakukan's "Elementary School Fifth Grade" and "Elementary School Sixth Grade" magazines starting from 1999. The manga was collected in two booklets (tankōbon).

Bouken Jikuu Timenet is notable for its 'off-color humour' that many may find offensive, abusing themes including blood, nudity (censored) and near-death experience.

The manga stars characters Tōru and Ēru. Tōru and Ēru are based on the male and female primary protagonists of Sanrio Timenet, respectively.

The manga is copyrighted to Timenet, a subsidiary of Imagineer.

Trivia

• The game prevents the player from naming the rival the same name as the player.
• A fan translation of Sanrio Timenet: Mirai Hen was started but never finished, although the translation is not accurate to the original text.
• TOSE; a "ghost developer" said to have contributed in the development of over 1000 video games is assumed by some to have been involved in the development of the games. Sound effects in this game are shared by titles such as TOSE's Densetsu no Starfy for Game Boy Advance. In TOSE's 2001 corporate guide there is a large picture of games with their box-arts obscured. One of the games is believed by GDRI (a small video game development research community) to be Sanrio Timenet: Mirai-Hen. However, there is no confirmation.

See also

• Space-Net: Cosmo Red and Cosmo Blue
• List of monsters in Sanrio Timenet: Kako Hen and Mirai Hen
• List of items in Sanrio Timenet: Kako Hen and Mirai Hen
• Soundtrack of Sanrio Timenet: Kako Hen and Mirai Hen

External links

• Japanese Sanrio Timenet wiki.
• Japanese Wikipedia article.