Doshin the Giant
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| Developer(s) | Param, Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo 64DD |
| Release date(s) | JP March 14, 2002 PAL September 20, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | God game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | ELSPA: 3+ |
| Media | Nintendo optical disc |
Doshin the Giant (巨人のドシン Kyojin no Doshin) is a 1999 Nintendo god simulation game for the Nintendo 64DD released in Japan on December 1, 1999. The original game was bundled with the 64DD console. An add-on was released five months later called Kyojin no Doshin Kaihō Sensen Chibikko Chikko Daishūgou, which took a very different perspective of the game. The original Doshin game was later released and upgraded graphically to the Nintendo GameCube and released in Japan on March 14, 2002 and Europe on September 20, 2002. It was not released in North America because of a deal struck between Nintendo and Atlus over the localization of another niche game called Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest, which would have released at about the same time on the GameCube.[citation needed]
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[edit] Gameplay
The player has the choice of what the outcome will be. By absorbing the love or hate of the islanders Doshin grows in size.
Doshin is the Love Giant, a yellow, featureless giant with a happy face and a few strands of hair. He is a benevolent, helpful being who, with his good actions, people show him their love, and he increases in size (only for that day, by the next day, he is back to normal size).
Doshin can transform, at will, into his evil alter ego Jashin, the Hate Giant, and has wings on its back and clawed feet. Jashin is known to be a destructive force to the natives, the exact opposite to Doshin's nature. With his bad actions, people show him their dislike, and he increases in size. The only thing the two giants have in common is that both have an outie belly button.
Doshin/Jashin has a small variety of actions to perform. He can raise and lower terrain, and pick up trees and objects. The island is randomly generated, and it takes time to walk the whole island.
The four native tribes on the island are separated with the color of their clothing (red, green, yellow, blue). The female natives are dressed in a sleeveless, uni-colored gown of their tribe's color. The male natives wear a kilt and hat of their tribe's color, but remain shirtless, also showing outie belly buttons.
Doshin also appeared as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee. He was shown holding a villager in his hands. He was called the Love Giant as the title of the Trophy, but called Doshin in the entry. Jashin appears as a secret trophy in the lottery as Hate Giant.
[edit] Plot
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The main scenario of the game is that you control Doshin, a yellow giant. Doshin inhabits an island called Barudo, and the objective of the game is to encourage the four tribes to build monuments. The game is divided into days, of which the player can have an infinite number, which last 30 minutes and include changes from sunrise to sunset.
If you build the love or hate version of all 15 monuments, the last monument will be built. After the building, it will cut to a cut scene, where the monument is destroyed and the island sinks. Doshin attempts to save the villagers but is later seen floating at sea, where he then turns into an island himself.
You then awake on the small Doshin island, where aliens have inhabited the island, and Doshin has to gather a flower so they can complete the final monument of the game, a spaceship. Once the spaceship has been completed, the game is finished, but the player can continue to unlock bonus maps.
[edit] Reception
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 68% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| GameSpot | 6.8 out of 10 |
| IGN | 6.8 out of 10 |
| Nintendo World Report | 9 out of 10 |
| Ace Gamez | 7 out of 10 |
| Games Asylum | 8 out of 10 |
| Gamestyle | 7 out of 10 |
| Mad Gamers | 3.6 out of 10 |
| GamingWorld X | 8.9 out of 10 |
| NTSC uk | 6 out of 10 |
| GameCube Network | 54 out of 100 |
| RewiredMind | 7 out of 10 |
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