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35-528: [REDACTED] Look up genki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Genki may refer to: Genki (company) , a Japanese video game company Genki (era) , a Japanese era name Genki (given name) , a masculine Japanese given name Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese , a Japanese language textbook Topics referred to by

70-602: A Na'gi woman, and is betrothed to a girl named Mahbu (voiced by Michelle Ruff ). On the day of a large festival in Syrus, the village is attacked by demons known as the Onibubu , which cause many villagers to fall into a deep slumber. An elderly Nagi woman, Garai, repels the Onibubu using Nagi magic before their curse affects everyone. After a quick wedding ceremony, Levant is given the title of cocoon master and leaves to explore

105-426: A decent RPG, though, you're gonna be disappointed. There are so many side quests that the main story seems fragmented and puzzling at times. Although there's a very complicated mythology behind it all, nothing really means anything, and the characters don't generate much empathy. Worse, you wind up going through the exact same four areas twice, and it takes all of 13 hours to beat." In Japan, however, Famitsu gave it

140-550: A game based on Michiharu Kusunoki 's racing manga, Wangan Midnight . Namco developed the arcade version (based largely on Genki's gameplay mechanics), which was imported to the U.S., while Genki developed the Japan-only PlayStation 2 version. In 2003, Genki released Shutokou Battle 01 ( Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 ) for the PlayStation 2 . Namco partnered with Sega to continue its arcade game series with

175-418: A group of creators with the motto of "unconventional''. People who enjoy what they like gather together and continue to provide "interesting!" and "fun!" to everyone. In its early years, Genki released games in different genres, looking for its niche. On one end of the spectrum, there was Devilish , a game similar to Arkanoid that was released for Sega 's Game Gear and Mega Drive systems in 1991. On

210-685: A long-running series of racing games. Shutokou Battle 2 followed one year later, in 1995, and was also for the SNES. Within the same year, Genki shifted towards developing 3D games, continuing the Shutokou Battle series with Highway 2000 (released in Japan as Wangan Dead Heat ) on the Sega Saturn . Genki also produced major titles for both the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 consoles in

245-403: A score of 32 out of 40. Reviews of Jade Cocoon praised its graphics, including the game's FMV anime cut-scenes and environment—which consisted of over 600 pre-rendered backgrounds —as well as its audio, sound effects, and simple interface. The game's deep monster breeding and merging system was also well regarded. However, the game was considered short alongside other RPGs of

280-463: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Genki (company) Genki Co., Ltd. ( 元気株式会社 , Genki Kabushiki Kaisha ) is a Japanese video game developer . It was founded in October 1990 by Hiroshi Hamagaki and Tomo Kimura, who left Sega to form the company. The company is best known for its racing game titles. Genki was started by

315-467: Is the home of the protagonist, Levant. Levant is a young Cocoon Master, whose job is to capture and purify Minions. The Minions can then be used to fight and defend Levant, spun into silk for money, or fused with other Minions to form more powerful combinations. As Levant captures more minions, his "Capture Level" increases, allowing him to capture monsters more easily. Fused minions take on physical characteristics of both their parent creatures, allowing

350-472: The Eternal Corridor. Their experience level increases as the player progresses through the corridor. This continues on and on thus making it harder to progress through the corridors. There are also boss-like Minions that can drop special "skins" to be applied to the player's Minions. Those skins have no purpose other than cosmetic. The player can also have access to new items and equipment. However,

385-546: The Genki Racing Project, as a part of a cost-cutting operation. However, on July 22, 2016, Genki announced that the Project would be rebooted, hoping to have new Shoutoku and/or Kaido Battle games for the next generation. On December 27, 2016, they revealed a countdown for their new racing game project. The countdown ended up being for the 2017 Shoutoku Battle mobile game, Shoutoku Battle Xtreme . However,

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420-530: The Metatron according to the game's director, helping them with the creation of the acclaimed one-off motorcycle action sequence taking place in Chapter 6: Azazel's Zeal, for which they were left uncredited. The Shutokou Battle series was revived with a Mobage version for mobile phones released on January 27, 2017. This was the first Shutokou Battle game after GRP was discontinued. On September 28 of

455-579: The existing gameplay of the series. The game and its update version were sold only in Japan but were playable from anywhere as free online trial versions (with free registration) were available for download on the game's website. Less than two months later, the GRP released the touge -based drifting/racing game Kaido Battle , which was a rather stark departure from the Tokyo-highway-based Shutokou Battle series. Kaido Battle

490-551: The following two years, including another Shutokou Battle game for the PlayStation (known in Western markets as Tokyo Highway Battle ) and Multi-Racing Championship for the N64. They also developed Jade Cocoon for the PlayStation in 1998. Continuing with the genre that was consistently the most rewarding for them, Genki continued the Shutokou Battle series, releasing a title for Sega's Dreamcast console in 1999. This game

525-512: The game in a new area called The Eternal Corridor , which consists of a near-infinite area where new monsters that were unavailable in the main game can be found. Those areas are randomly generated "rooms", which are made of straight paths, occasionally dividing into two paths. Only one route leads to the end of the room. Once the player finds the "end" of the room they proceed to the next in the corridor. These randomly generated "rooms" supposedly go on indefinitely. There are wild Minions residing in

560-470: The game was previewed in the 21st issue of Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine , then later reviewed in the 23rd issue, and featured on the issue's demo disk along with demos for Final Fantasy VIII , 3Xtreme , Tiny Tank , Macross VF-X2 , Centipede , You Don't Know Jack , and Ultimate 8-Ball . A few months later, it was also reviewed in the 53rd issue of Official UK PlayStation Magazine , and featured on its demo disk. Jade Cocoon

595-540: The gameplay of the original PS2 game and were not ports of the arcade versions, something that Sega had success with in their Initial D series of games. In response to the success of their racing titles, particularly the Shutokou Battle series, Genki established a division dedicated to that genre in 2003 called the Genki Racing Project, or GRP. The GRP's first title was Shutokou Battle Online for Microsoft Windows , which tried to apply an MMO-like aspect to

630-568: The goddess, and ties the souls of the village to Levant, turning the people into stone. Levant makes one final journey into the gates of the Moth Forest to find the Temple of Kemuel, a place where he must go into the nether-realms to fight challenging inner demons and save his village once and for all and fulfill a prophecy. In April 1999, the US release of Jade Cocoon , still in its alpha stages ,

665-457: The names Kaido Racer and Kaido Racer 2 . In 2005, Genki released Shutokou Battle: Zone of Control for PlayStation Portable. It was translated and released in the US as Street Supremacy . Among the various other adaptations of Shutokou Battle lies another unique title marketed as a "Car Tuning RPG", called Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix , which was released for the PS2 in 2005. Racing Battle

700-521: The other end, there was Kileak: The DNA Imperative , a first-person mecha shooting game for the PlayStation which was released in 1995 and received a sequel, Epidemic . They developed two MotoGP video games for the SNES : GP-1 (1993) and GP-1 RS: Rapid Stream (1994). Genki found its niche in 1994 with the release of Shutokō Battle '94 Keichii Tsuchiya Drift King for the SNES—the first in

735-417: The player is unable to access other areas in the game, and can become stuck in the corridor forever (hence it is recommended to keep a separate save file for this). Jade Cocoon is the story of Levant, a young man who lives in the town of Syrus. The silent protagonist is guided by the player on his quest to follow in his presumably dead father's footsteps to become a Cocoon Master . To do this, he must marry

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770-420: The player to customize their appearance and abilities. Each minion has a collection of elemental attacks which can be passed from generation to generation. Strategy generally follows a rock/paper/scissors pattern (Wind beats Earth beats Water beats Fire beats Wind), as each wild Minion has an element (although fused Minions may have more than one). After the main story is completed, the player may continue to play

805-613: The release of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune in 2004 that shifted away from the Shutokou Battle style. It is still developed today and receives regular updates across Japan, Asia, Oceania, China, and North America remaining exclusive to arcades with Genki still featuring in its credits. Genki continued to produce the Japan-only Wangan Midnight games for the PlayStation 3 (with an online mode) and PlayStation Portable in June and September 2007. These games stuck to

840-406: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Genki . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genki&oldid=847330389 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

875-544: The same year, however, Genki announced that they were discontinuing the service, which was shut down by the end of November. On August 22, 2024, Genki announced a new entry in the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series , simply titled Tokyo Xtreme Racer. Jade Cocoon Jade Cocoon is set in a world where most of the land is covered in dense forest and populated by bizarre, mostly bug-like monsters called Minions. The only safe havens are small villages, one of which

910-689: The servers went offline in November that same year. Kengo ( 剣豪 ) is the name of a series of fighting video games developed by Genki. Kengo is considered a spiritual successor to the Bushido Blade game series for the PlayStation. Genki released four games in the series, between 2000 and 2006, for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360: Kengo: Master of Bushido , Kengo 2 , Kengo 3 and Kengo Zero ( Kengo: Legend of 9 in North America). In 2009, Genki developed Spectrobes: Origins . The game

945-654: The souls of the minions the protagonist captures. On his quest he meets many others, such as Koris, the Blue Cocoon Master, Kikinak, the Bird Man, and Yamu, who assist him in saving the people of the village. In a desperate attempt to save their village, the government of Syrus makes an attempt to sacrifice Garai to the Divine Tree, believing her to be the Goddess of sewing souls. Garai reveals herself to be

980-436: The story from the end of the game. A sequel, Jade Cocoon 2 , was later released for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. The game takes place 100 years after the original, and changes a substantial number of elements, retaining only certain recurring characters and core concepts. The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings . Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen said, "If you're looking for

1015-477: The surrounding forest to find a rare herb rumored to be able to lift the curse. He traverses four forests on his quest, the Beetle, Dragonfly, Spider, and Moth forests, which are populated with a variety of monsters known as minions (or just Divine Beasts) that Levant may capture into cocoons and tame. Throughout Levant's journey, his wife, Mahbu experiences treacherous ordeals called Nagi Brandings in order to soothe

1050-485: Was a departure from highway and mountain racing, instead focusing on real-life tracks such as Tsukuba Circuit , Suzuka Circuit , and TI Circuit . The last main Shutokou Battle game released was Shutokou Battle X for the Xbox 360 , which was released in 2006 and is known in Western markets as Import Tuner Challenge . In late 2006, Genki announced they would end the Shutokou Battle series, and eventually shut down

1085-575: Was followed by Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction in 2004 and Kaido Battle: Touge No Densetsu in 2005. All three titles were released for the PS2. Kaido Battle and Kaido Battle: Touge no Densetsu were both released in North America, under the titles Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift and Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2 , respectively. By comparison, European markets received Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction and Kaido Battle: Touge no Densetsu , under

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1120-624: Was previewed in Next Generation as part of its "NG Alphas" series. The following months, Jade Cocoon was previewed in the Game Informer magazine twice, in issues 73 and 75, then reviewed after release in issue 76. It was then reviewed in the September issue of NextGen . A playable demo disk of Jade Cocoon was included in the release of Shadow Madness , Crave's first game, two months before release. A month later,

1155-562: Was re-released on the PlayStation Network for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable in June 2008 in Japan, but not in other regions. It was released the same day as Crash Team Racing and other games. A mobile phone direct sequel, titled Jade Cocoon Gaiden ( 玉繭物語　外伝 , Tamamayu Monogatari Gaiden , lit. "The Story of the Jade Cocoon: Side Story") , was released in 1999 in Japan. It continues

1190-511: Was released in Western markets, where it came to be known as Tokyo Xtreme Racer (U.S.) and Tokyo Highway Challenge (Europe). The Dreamcast version of Shutokou Battle enjoyed much greater success than any of its predecessors, and was followed by Shutokou Battle 2 ( Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 ), also for the Dreamcast, and Shutokou Battle Zero ( Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero ) for the PlayStation 2 . In 2002, Namco partnered with Genki to produce

1225-525: Was the last in the Spectrobes trilogy of games published by Disney Interactive Studios , with the first two games being developed by Jupiter . In 2010, Genki created an alternate reality game division called Genki ARG to replace the discontinued Genki Racing Project. This division was closed in late March 2012. Around the same time, Genki assisted UTV Ignition Games in the development of their 2011 action game release El Shaddai: Ascension of

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