A closer examination reveals that Rayearth is, in fact, a complex, unique fusion of shojo and shonen storytelling practices.

There's not many RPGs that I'd play more than once so Magic Knight Rayearth must be good ! By the way, it's nothing like the crappy Super Famicom Versions by Tomy.Shonen manga in drag - that’s my quick-and-dirty assessment of CLAMP’s Magic Knight Rayearth, a fantasy-adventure that adheres so closely to the friendship-effort-victory template that it’s easy to forget it ran in the pages of Nakayoshi. First in Japanese then the US God Awful edited and badly dubbed version and then again in Japanese. I've played and finished Magic Knight Rayearth three times over the last 9 years. The visuals in Magic Knight Rayearth are also way above average for a 9 year old game and still look good compared to some of the Dreamcast's more modern 2D RPGs. Magic Knight not only boasts a solid story with some well done cut scenes from the actual anime but also an amazing soundtrack being produced by the Saturn's amazing Yamaha sound processor. I've played so many RPGs that I couldn't care less about if the characters died or what ever but in Magic Knight you'll find yourself hoping for the best to happen to your heroine's. Magic Knight Rayearth is one of those RPGs were you really become one with the characters and actually feel sadness when something terrible happens. Our heroine's make many friends on their journey including a cute little white rabbit type creature called Mokona (^v^) Of course when there's heroes there's enemies and Magic Knight Rayearth is no exception. Hikaro Shido (the main red haired character) becomes a user of fire, Umi Ryuzaki (blue haired heroine) becomes a user of water whilst finally the soft hearted and shy Fuu Houoji (green haired heroine) becomes a user of wind. The three girls are told that only they can save Sefiro by Kurefu who gives them the powers of the three elements. Our three girls adventure starts out as a normal school trip to Tokyo Tower when suddenly they find them selves falling to the ground only to appear in Sefiro, a magical world of mystery and adventure. Magic Knight Rayearth is based on the anime of the same name and even features the original voice talents from the anime as well as cut scenes. One if not the first 2D RPGs released for the Sega Saturn way back in 1995 and still looks good now 9 years later.

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