Exploring the Obscure Game Boy Title "Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru" (Frog Game)
By
Seth Michael Larson
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Summary
The article explores the obscure Japanese-only Game Boy title "Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru" (also known as "Frog Game"), a 1992 Nintendo/Intelligent Systems release. The author discovered this game while researching what to play after Link's Awakening, prompted by a video from AntDude that mentioned "Frog Game" instead of the first Zelda Game Boy title. The article details the author's subsequent research into the game's history and a colorization patch project by Iván Delgado that is still in progress.
Key quotes
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After further research I stumbled across a project by Iván Delgado to create a colorization patch for 'Frog Game' that appears to still be in progress.
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru is a Japanese-only Game Boy title published in 1992 by Nintendo and developed by Intelligent Systems.
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