Game Files: Waku Waku 7: Mauru

Since I'm a huge gamer, I think it's time to introduce my favourite chararacters from the various games I've been playing throughout my lifetime. Let's take Waku Waku 7 for example. I first became acquainted with this cute game by emulating Neo Geo games. Of course, the title of the game as well as its theme and characters may sound childish, but things aren't as simple as that. The gameplay is quite simple and anyone who knows the usual Street Fighter-based command inputs (such as D,DF,F+P aka Down, Down/Forward,Forward+Punch for example) will find the game worth beating at least once. The characters' storylines are really interesting, sometimes funny. I didn't expect a game like this to ever capture my attention in such a manner that I may be able to choose one or more favourite characters from it.

Mauru is a cat-like creature (sometimes referred to as 'monster', yet I can't see why, even though he is waaaaaaaaaaaaay larger than your average household feline) who encounters a little girl named Mugi and joins her in her quest to find her parents from which she somehow got separated from. In the game, he has very funny moves and I sometimes get to compare him with Doraemon and Totoro. The first thing that captured me, as I must admit was his cat-like silhouette and his kind-heartedness. It is to Mauru that I owe the fact that Waku Waku 7 is one of my favourite beat'em up games to play on a lazy sunday afternoon. Cute, fuzzy and caring. That's Mauru. =^_^=