Medarot Perfect Edition

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Medarot Perfect Edition
メダロット パーフェクトエディショ
Genre RPG
Platform WonderSwan
Developer TOSE
Publisher Imagineer
Release Date May 4, 1999


Medarot Perfect Edition is a RPG game released for the WonderSwan handheld in 1999 and the first game in the Medarot series to be released on a non-Nintendo system. It is a faithful remake of Medarot 1, keeping most of the contents and the game balance the same but making a number of changes and additions to make for a smoother play experience and flesh out the story.

Many of the features introduced in Perfect Edition such as dialogue portraits, separate health point display for a Medarot's parts, and dialogue for the protagonist's starter Medarot would become mainstay of the series.

Selection of Medarots

Main article: Medarots in Medarot 1

The game features the same roster as Medarot 1, meaning it contains 60 different Medarots (49 male, 11 female), for a total of 240 collectable parts. Due to the lack of companion Parts Collection title, many Medarots that were missable or could only be partially assembled without trading are more easily available. All Medarots have the same stats they did in the original game.

List of changes

This article requires improvements.
The following points of improvement have been raised:

Interface

  • An opening FMV has been added. It is different between versions.
  • The playfield is in widescreen to match the WonderSwan's aspect ratio
  • All Medarot sprites have been entirely redrawn and better match their official artwork appearance
  • Most story-critical characters and many NPCs now have dialogue portraits.
  • The Medarot Assembly screen has been overhauled and allows comparisons of stats between individual parts.
  • The Battle Screen has been overhauled. Health Point values for a Medarot's part are now displayed separately rather than as a single HP bar as in the original game and Medarot 2.
  • There is an option to skip battle animations.
  • A "team" function has been added, which allows players to create pre-assembled formations of Medarots instead of having to manually assemble them for every encounters.
  • The Shop screen has been overhauled. It now displays the selected part's appearance, stats and description.

Story

In general, Perfect Edition adds dialogue and cutscenes to portray events that were only implied or conveyed through dialogue in the original game.

  • The starter Medarot now has dialogue throughout the story. Metal Beetle and Head Scissors have different lines displaying their different personalities and points of view.
  • There is additional dialogue between Hikaru and the Bad Kids Trio in school at the start of the game, as well as between him and Kirara.
  • The Select Corps building in the starter town has two employees instead of one.
  • The class teacher stops and give additional dialogue before leaving class.
  • When entering the Harbor Town, there is a cutscene showing a couple going to the beach, only to be scared off by sharks.
  • At the Harbor Town's beach, there is an additional fight with the RoboRobo Gang member that owned the player's starter medal.
  • Hikaru is given a clearer reason to go to the Select Headquarters: his father went there to deliver some blueprints but forgot them at home so his mother gives them to him so he can bail out his father.
  • At the Medal Digging Site, the player must fight with the old man first to trigger the second battle with Reika.
  • The entrance to the RoboRobo entrance is better hidden. Unlike the Game Boy version, there are no visible stairs.
  • Depending on choices made during the story, Iseki may try to propose to Hikaru prior to the Nae or Kiara endings. However, she will be rejected no matter which path is chosen and there is no reward tied to achieving this.

Medals

  • Kabuto/Kuwagata Medal: By continuously giving insects to the parrot in the Insect Professor's lab, you can obtain a Kuwagata or Kabuto medal. Specifically, after conquering the under-construction Select Building, give four "Kanabun" beetles, during the town tournament period, give three "Kabutomushi or Kuwagatamushi" beetles, and after clearing the game, give one "Ookabuto or Ookuwagata" beetle, then talk to the parrot again. The exact number of insects needed is not precisely recorded, so continue giving them until the message changes.
  • Cat Medal: Is now obtainable under certain conditions from the ruins after finishing the game (possibly limited to after the Kirara or Nae ending).
  • Penguin Medal: Now obtainable from the woman in the park after acquiring an empty can (note that you can only get either the Chameleon or the Penguin Medal, so be careful if you want to obtain the Devil, Angel, Dragon, or Ninja Medals).
    • After obtaining the Medal Imitation at the mountain shrine, if you investigate again and return it, you originally received a password in the original game, but in the Perfect Edition (PE), you get information about a can. Then, from the bottom left corner behind the school, walk one step to the right and one step up, investigate to obtain the can, and give it to the girl on the bench in the park to obtain the Penguin Medal. However, if you don't obtain the Chameleon Medal, you won't be able to get the Devil, Angel, Dragon, or Shinobi Medals after Nae or Kirara's ending event. It's unclear if obtaining the Chameleon Medal through trade before the event will resolve this.

Tinpet

  • After the first Robattle with Kubota, in the original version, you couldn't obtain the third Tinpet until you conquered the under-construction Select Building, but in PE, you can obtain the third Tinpet on the second floor of the Medarot Company.

Parts

Generally, Perfect Edition makes sets that were impossible to complete without trading or difficult to collect easier to obtain, while major Medarots that were easily purchaseable in stores had their parts made more difficult to obtain.

  • Magentacat: Obtainable from a Robattle with Iseki (twice) and Komachi (once; however, if you don't reach the Kirara ending, this is the only chance to get Pinguen's parts). Only the chick seller uses Magenta Cat's parts after reaching the chick seller ending. Since you can battle as many times as you want, it is possible to complete it.
  • Yellowturtle: Obtainable from Robattles with Kubota and the lady.
  • Cyandog: Obtainable from Robattles with Yanma, villagers, and tourists.
  • Nin-Ninja: Obtainable from Robattles with ninjas in the Shinobick Park houses.
  • Sailormate: Obtainable from Robattles with Kirara and high school girls.
  • HellPhoenix: Obtainable from Robattles with RoboRobo grunts (Kuwagata Medal), wild Medarots (Phoenix Medal/appear in villages and dam entrances), and Typhoon.
  • Rollstar: Obtainable from Robattles with fishermen, Yuki (3 times; although Land Motor is preferable), and Yuki (post-game, when only using Roll Star once).
  • Mistyghost: Lose on purpose to the school ghost. Information about the ghost can be heard at the school after clearing the game. It seems possible to hear about it early in the school.
    • If you knock on the boys' toilet door on the second floor of the school in the order of upper, middle, lower, lower, upper, and then try to leave, a ghost will appear, leading to a Robattle with a mix of ghost-type and samurai-type Medarots. If you lose, you can obtain a full set of Misty Ghost parts.
  • Beast Master: Obtainable from the final boss battle, randomly at the Select Building ruins, exchange with a boy in town for legs, and both arms from the RoboRobo gang event in the park.
    • Additionally, if you possess the entire DRA series during Nae's second part test, the event where parts are borrowed will end with the parts being returned at the park after clearing the game. The parts you receive will be the arms of Beast Master.
  • Cosmo-Alien: In an underground treasure chest (requires a key card, obtainable during the RoboRobo gang Robattle tournament in Chapter 2).
  • Bunnyheart: Used by high school girls in the bar (during the town tournament, after the town tournament, and post-game). After clearing the game, you can fight them repeatedly by talking to Yuki at Yuki's house, making it possible to complete it in a single game.
  • Pure Mermaid: Head obtained as a reward from a girl in the mountain event, legs obtained post-game from the lure event (hear about the lure in front of the dam → retrieve the lure at the dam → exchange the lure → trade parts with an old man at the main tournament venue), both arms obtained post-game as a reward from a mermaid in the seaside cave.
  • Landmotor: Obtainable from Robattles with Yuki (3 times); additionally, obtain both arms from Dr. Medarot during the Medarot rampage, and the head part after the second post-ending battle with Yuki.
  • Blackmail: Obtainable from Robattles with the werewolf (2 times), RoboRobo base (legs); additionally, head part in the treasure chest on the 9th floor of the Select Building.
  • Samurai: You can fight the principal as many times as needed.
  • King Pharaoh: Investigate the window on the top right of the first floor of the Medal Museum in the upper left of the "Medal Excavation Site" to warp to an area outside the usual access. The legs of King Pharaoh are at the dead end to the right of where you warp.
    • Until you conquer the under-construction Select Building, you can fight RoboRobo minions at the house on the map with the Insect Professor's lab. After battles, there is a chance to obtain the "House Key." This allows you to enter the locked house at the trolley stop. In the original version, you investigate the window of the Medal Museum to enter, but in PE, you can only obtain the legs part "Osuwari."
  • Main Character's Medarot: Obtain additional head and both arms; the lab coat at the Insect Professor's lab uses it (can obtain multiple).
  • Opposite Version of Main Character's Medarot: After clearing the game, you can Robattle once at the Medarot Laboratory. Investigate the machine in the center on the second floor.
  • The contents of the parts set sold by the chick seller at the town tournament have been changed. Instead of the pure Hell Phoenix, it now includes a random composition of one Medarot with Coffin Bat, Hell Phoenix, Volume Ten (arms only), Samurai (head only), King Pharaoh (legs only). The highly recommended rare "Osuwari" can be collected individually.
  • The parts obtained from the post-clear Robattle with the homeroom teacher have changed from Shuppo to Apron.
  • During the town tournament period, you can obtain Password 3 by drawing a "Daikichi" fortune. In that case, the number of times you can fight Komadog during the Medarot rampage seems to correspond to the number of times you draw fortunes.

Others

  • In Chapter 2, if you haven't met Nae before receiving the reward Tinpet from the Select Guardhouse after the HR meeting at school, you can obtain the "Research Notebook" at the Select Guardhouse. This is needed to trigger Nae's parts test. Be careful not to go get it before going to school, as you won't be able to meet her.
    • The timing for Nae's second part test is slightly different.
  • You cannot enter Shinobick Park from the left side. Even after clearing the game, you will enter from the bottom.
  • In the original version, you could randomly obtain Grand Pharaoh parts in the restricted area of Nae's room in the Medarot Research Lab, but this seems to be impossible in the PE version. If you try to do it before clearing the game, your "Nafuda" will be confiscated, so it's best to stop.
  • If you start from the beginning while a save data already exists, then turn off the power and start from "Continue," the settings will somehow return to their initial state.
  • The "Is it the best?" guy: He appears near the school at the start of the town tournament, talk to him. Appears in the sea cave during the Medarot rampage, talk to him. After the ending, appears in the warehouse of the main tournament venue, talk to him and answer "No" to his question.
  • After the ending, the exchange events change: in the town, the stalker exchange becomes Spaghetti, and at the observatory, the Angel Body exchange becomes Samurai Blast. Since the parts obtained from the observatory exchange can be obtained endlessly from the principal's Robattle, it is not worth exchanging unless you have multiple Angel Bodies.

Gallery

Box art

  • Kabuto version

    Kabuto version

  • Kuwagata version

    Kuwagata version

Screen

  • Title Screen (Kabuto)

    Title Screen (Kabuto)

  • Title Screen (Kuwagata)

    Title Screen (Kuwagata)

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