Pokemon Keeper by N64Francois

Posted Jul 13, 2006 at 4:12AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Homebrew Games Tags: N64Francois, Pokemon, Pokemon Keeper, Sony
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Take the lovable Pokemon characters from Nintendo, add in gameplay inspiration from Zoo Keeper, season with graphics patterned after Pokemon Link, blend them all up in your Sony PSP, and you'll get N64Francois' Pokemon Keeper.

The objective of the game is simple. Just line up three identical Pokemon characters, either vertical or horizontal, for you to be able to capture them. Press the X button and the direction of your choice in order to swap the Pokemon charcaters' location. the more Pokemons you capture, the longer your lifeline/timer would be. Kind of like what is shown on this gameplay video.


I have a friend that knows each and every Pokemon by name, so if you're as big a Pokemon fan as he is, then you are going to have blast with this game. If you're not one, maybe the cute and cuddly Pokemon characters littered on your screen will convert you. After installing the game, I was a little bit disappointed that it immediately went to the actual game. I was really hoping for a menu screen. In part, because with something as graphically inclined as this game there should be one and also because I deem it necessary for every game. Maybe a choice in difficulty level can also be included on the menu, which, at the moment, the game also lacks.

PK 002PK 003


Like what I mentioned a while ago, gameplay is very simple. Swap, line up, captured. But, after a while of swapping, lining up and capturing, the Pokemons started looking all the same to me. I started wishing for a hint system of some sort at this point. The timer on the left side of screen, isn't much help either. I don't know what it is about timers that puts the pressure on people, but on my case it did.

I was scrambling to find identical Pokemons while watching out for the time. Funny thing was, I discovered, after a few heart palpitations, that you still can keep on playing even if the timer runs out. Hopefully, in future releases this issue can be addressed. We don't want high strung players do we?

I'm not going to lie to you, I'm still hoping and wishing for major improvements on the game, like maybe defining the addition of new characters and a variety of static images (left side of screen)per level maybe even additional music. But, apart from that little high-blood mishap with the timer, I had fun playing this game. Simple yet enjoyable.

Download: [Pokemon Keeper FW 1.5]
                  [Pokemon Keeper FW 1.0]

Via playeradvance

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by -_- - 2006-07-12 23:39
» -_-

-_-

by fafenstein - 2006-07-12 23:43
» excellent

Excellent !!!!



I love zoo keper and your game seems to be very nice too !!!



Great great great !!!



A must to test !!!

by Xandu6a - 2006-07-13 00:26
» ***** PEOPLE

ALL RIGHT!! I'M FED UP WITH THESE *****ERS WHO POST FIRST AND SAY: waaaa!! im first!! WHATS THE *****ING POINT? DO U WIN SOMETHING? DO U TAKE A FREE UMD GAME OR *****ING *****?

by moo - 2006-07-13 00:41
» who care...

let them post up"im first"all they are doing is feeling important....even though its the most dumbest way to do it...you and i most know by now that they are lacking attention.....but anyway....i tryed this game....but for some reason i couldnt move anything,,ohwel l...still looks pretty neat:)

by a - 2006-07-13 00:57
» a

Im sixth, beat that biaches

by \ - 2006-07-13 01:04
» lol your a loser

get a life

by pop_shot - 2006-07-13 01:27
» omg..

we didnt need to know that...

by StrawHat - 2006-07-13 01:31
» Nice

I don't usually bother with HB games, but im gonna have a go at this one.

by - 2006-07-13 01:35
» To moo

Press X and then press in which direction you want to swap (left, right, up, down). Don't let go of the X button. ^^



Hope that helps. ^^

by tinglemaps - 2006-07-13 01:52
» this looks great

any thoughts to adding sound in a later version?

by spud6754 - 2006-07-13 02:53
» cool man

great game but does anyone no if any pokemon games support WiFI???



I wanna play Gold WiFi on my PSP

by chrislee149 - 2006-07-13 04:07
» Promising

Like #11, I don't usually bother with homebrew games, but this one looks great. I don't really like Pokemon either, but the game seems to have a good concept.

by bloop - 2006-07-13 04:18
» Tropezei

Isn't this the same thing as pokemon tropezei(don't know how to spell it)?

by Horn-Dog - 2006-07-13 05:21
» YAYyyyy!

17th POst!!! Yippeee!!!



pwnED!!

by Taito - 2006-07-13 05:31
» The REAL Zoo Keeper

Anyone remember the arcade classic:



http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=Z&game_id=10540



Now THAT was fun. All that fast action and silly, twanging sound effects.

by Apoc - 2006-07-13 06:31
» ...

Oh god, I didn't realize Zoo Keeper was a clone of Bejeweled. Thank goodness I didn't buy it.

by ben - 2006-07-13 06:40
» hahah

the people that own DS's have to buy this game...it sells for £25. Not that i would buy this game but we can get it free!

by Cao - 2006-07-13 13:57
» Cool Game!

Awesome interface.

This dood is awesome, he also codes games for GBA, NDS, and PSP.

Check out playeradvance.org if you want to see his demonstrations.

by anonymous stranger - 2006-07-14 06:20
» dude

All the first post people are just too lonely and demand attention, hey dont bash on them TOO much.. you'll make them feel even worse then before... hahaha [sarcasm]sympha thy[sarcasm/] for the lonely losers that demand attention

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