Psychic Force Puzzle Taisen by Taito
Story Mode Script
English Translation by Fox in the Stars
Version 1.0
Note: My Japanese is actually far from fluent, so there are likely to
be some inaccuracies in my translation. Corrections may be sent to
foxinthestars (at) gulliver’s-travels-reference (dot) co (dot) yoo-kay
(I’m not actually in the UK, btw, it just seemed like a good idea when
I was a raging Harry Potter fan). Stylistic quibbles may be similarly
addressed, but I reserve the right to ignore them.
Any rights I hold in my translation, I release under a Creative Commons
Attribution License; ie, as far as I’m concerned you can do anything
you want with this as long as you give me credit for the work I did.
The rest is between you and Taito.
I hope this can help more people enjoy an under-appreciated game! For
gameplay tips, check the Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-Move FAQs.
===== BURN’S STORY =====
*Translator’s note: “Football” here is American Football.
----- Introduction -----
One fine morning, Burn went for a walk by the river. He felt the
passion of the sports lover stirring in his blood.
Burn: Yes! I’ll get a team together and play some football!
He set out to gather a team, starting with his best friend, Keith.
----- Round 1: Bay Side Park -----
Burn: Gates, are you sleeping in the park again? Say, how about
playing football with me?
Gates: I am not “sleeping;” I am camping! I will terminate you.
Burn: If you lose, you have to join my team!
(Game)
Burn: Great! That was just right for a warm-up!
----- Round 2: Psychic Burger -----
Wendy: Welcome to Psychic Burger! Would you like fries with---? Burn?
Burn: Wendy, what are you doing working in a place like this? The
passionate, manly world of football is calling!
Wendy: But I’m a dainty girl! Why should I have to do stuff like that!?
Burn: There’s no romance in your soul. Let’s decide it with a game!
(Game)
Burn: Wendy, I’m making you the scorekeeper.
----- Round 3: Convenience Store -----
Brad: Hey, Burn! Nice day, isn’t it?
Burn: Oh, Brad! You play football, too, right?
Crazy!Brad: Huhh? What the hell are you on about!? You’re making me
sweat as it is --- back off!
Burn: What was that!?
Brad: Wha? Did I say something?
(Game)
Burn: I’ll just have to put you on the team, too.
----- Round 4: Amusement Park -----
Burn: Keith’s not here, huh...? Hey, Emilio! You shouldn’t be in a
sunless place like this! Come play with us and work up a healthy sweat!
Emilio: Please leave me alone...
Burn: See, that’s why you get picked on all the time.
Emilio: Waah! It’s all because of this power!!
(Game)
Burn: Emilio, sports are a great way to work off all that power!
----- Round 5: Karaoke-Box -----
Burn: Where is Keith, anyway...? Hey, Electric Lady!
Sonia: I am not an electric lady! Besides, what are you to my Keith-
sama??
Burn: Best friend.
Sonia: And you’re this rude to me, his girlfriend! Game on!
(Game)
Burn: Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to get Keith on the team, too.
----- Round 6: Kokugi-Kan -----
Burn: Keith wouldn’t be in a place like this... I’ll look somewhere
else.
Genma: Wait up there! If you want to know where Keith is, you’ll have
to give me all your money!
Burn: Pheh! No way. I’ll just get it out of you by force!
(Game)
Burn: Wait for me, Keith! I’ll definitely get you on my team!
----- Round 7: Psychic Tower -----
Wong: If you’re looking for Keith, he’s not here. Heh heh heh heh...
Burn: Oh, Wong. You’re a jerk, but I’ll give you a chance. Join my
football team. Oh, and tell me nicely where Keith is.
Wong: Well, aren’t you a fool? When a person begs for something, he
should first get on his knees.
Burn: Who’s gonna do that, dammit!? You get on your knees!
(Game)
Burn: There! And stay on your knees! Keith, here I come!
----- Final Round: Central Building -----
Burn: I finally found you. You’re my best friend, you must understand
my passion for football!
Keith: I’m afraid I can’t say that I do. I have a better idea. Won’t
you join me and be avid readers together?
Burn: Keith, you’re wrong! Beautiful days like this are for playing
outside!
Keith: It seems we have no choice but to fight...
(Game)
----- Ending -----
Keith: Burn, what are you going to do with nine people? For football,
you need eleven.
Burn: Dangit! We’ll just have to play baseball.
Thus was born the amateur baseball team “The Psychiccers” who practiced
every day, morning and evening, and won many games. However, they were
unable to play football at all. What will the future bring for Burn
and his manly passion!?
Burn: I’ll never give up---never!
===== EMILIO’S STORY =====
----- Introduction -----
Emilio was a shy, sad young boy who was picked on a lot. He thought,
wouldn’t it be nice to become a cheerful kid everyone would love?
Cheerful... Of course! Wendy was cheerful and popular with everyone,
and even he could talk to her...
Emilio: Yes! So I can talk to cheerful people, I’ll get special
training from Wendy!
And so Emilio went out into town looking for Wendy.
----- Round 1: Kokugi-Kan -----
Genma: You! Listen to me. You should put in your money and be on your
way!
Emilio: Wahh! I’ve heard about this guy shaking people down! What
should I do?
Genma: Even children have to contribute. Otherwise you never know,
there could be dark days ahead for you.*
Emilio: IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THIS POWER!!
(Game)
Emilio: I feel a little more confident now. Thanks, Mister!
(*Translator’s note: this line is a pun that I was trying to find a
natural-sounding English stand-in for; I would translate it like
“Otherwise you never know if you’ll meet with some misfortune,” but the
phrase for misfortune, “itai me,” literally means “painful eyes,” and
Emilio seems to take it as a dig at his Power of Light. Not that he
needs a reasonable pretext, as you’ll see...)
----- Round 2: Karaoke-Box -----
Brad: Emilio, how are you today?
Emilio: Brad... Say, you know Wendy, right?
Crazy!Brad: Screw whether I know her! Just shut up and listen to my
song!!
Emilio: I knew it... IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THIS POWER!
(Game)
Emilio: Aahh, that was scary. I’d better find Wendy quick.
----- Round 3: Psychic Tower -----
Emilio: Um, I’m looking for Wendy, but...
Keith: What is this, not speaking clearly? Why are you always like
that?
Emilio: Why do you have to get mad at me? Why does everybody...? IT’S
ALL BECAUSE OF THIS POWER!!
Keith: Uagh! I’m not really angry, calm down!
(Game)
Emilio: Oh, I guess you were just telling me because you were worried
about me. Sorry.
----- Round 4: Amusement Park -----
Gates: Target Confirmed. Children must not loiter in amusement areas.
Initiating adult supervision.
Emilio: Uwahh! Why do I need adult supervision from this guy!? Just
one thing after another... IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THIS POWER!!
Gates: ...?
(Game)
Emilio: Again, that horrible power... went off by mistake.
----- Round 5: Convenience Store -----
Emilio: Aah, Wendy---! ...Isn’t here, it’s this jerk.
Wong: Heh, this store is part of my syndicate. I simply can’t allow
you to leave without buying something.
Emilio: Such a high-class person saying such a low-class thing... IT’S
ALL BECAUSE OF THIS POWER!
(Game)
Emilio: I’m better off not being friends with such a stingy guy!
----- Round 6: Psychic Burger -----
Emilio: Where’s Wendy?
Burn: Oh, yeah, she took off in a hurry a little while ago.
Emilio: Why couldn’t she be patient and wait for me? IT’S ALL BECAUSE
OF THIS POWER!!
Burn: It always comes to that, huh?
(Game)
Emilio: Wendy, where are you? Stop running away from me!
----- Round 7: Bay Side Park -----
Emilio: Wendy! ...or so I thought. What is this? It’s Sonia?
Sonia: What do you mean “What is this”? If you want to see Wendy,
you’ll have to defeat me. ...Not. ^_~
Emilio: Fine! If that’s the way it is, I’ll defeat you, and then I’ll
defeat Wendy, too! IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THIS POWER!!
Sonia: Wait! It was a joke! Stop and listen to people, will you??
(Game)
Emilio: Here I come, Wendy! I’ll defeat you---and I’ll surpass you!!
----- Final Round: Central Building -----
Emilio: I finally found you, Wendy! It’s all because of this power!!
Wendy: Uh, Emilio, what’s the matter? Wait a minute!
Emilio: I’m done waiting! I’ll defeat you, and then I’ll be the most
popular kid in Psychic Town!!
Wendy: Somehow I don’t think that’s the problem...
Emilio: Shut up!! IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THIS POWER!!
Wendy: Sticking with that to the bitter end, huh?
(Game)
----- Ending -----
Emilio: I did it! Now I’m adorable!
Thus Emilio vanquished all his foes. There was no longer anyone who
picked on him or made fun of him. However...
Brad: It- it’s Emilio! Run!!
Wong: He certainly has become unreasonable.
Emilio: Why did it turn out like this!? ...Is it all because of this
power?
Everyone Else: NO IT’S NOT!!
===== WENDY’S STORY =====
----- Intro -----
One brisk morning, Wendy woke up and looked on her dresser only to come
to a sudden realization.
Wendy: It- it’s gone!
Her favorite choker wasn’t there. Come to think of it, she didn’t
remember taking it off when she went to bed. It must have fallen off
the day before when she was with her sister, Sonia. And so Wendy
rushed out of the house looking for Sonia.
----- Round 1: Psychic Tower -----
Wendy: It wasn’t in the coffee shop where I met Sis yesterday...
Gates: What is interrupting my system downtime...?
Wendy: Eeek! What in the world---!?
Gates: I am camping.
Wendy: Who goes camping in a place like this!? Get out of here!
(Game)
Wendy: Just stay out of my way from now on, okay?
----- Round 2: Kokugi-Kan -----
Wendy: You? You’re that priest who shakes people down so he can go
watch Sumo wrestling. I’ve been hearing about you!
Genma: Nng! I’m just asking for alms! You too, put in all the money
you’ve got!
Wendy: And right now when I’m in a hurry, too! ...But I’m just going
to have to teach you a little lesson.
(Game)
Wendy: I haven’t got time to play with you, you fishy priest.
----- Round 3: Karaoke-Box -----
Wendy: Emilio, do you know where my sister is? Actually, I lost my
choker...
Emilio: What’s that got to do with me? Just leave me alone!
Wendy: What’s with that attitude when someone’s in a fix!? You need a
time out!
(Game)
Wendy: Emilio, you’ll make sure to be polite to people when you grow
up, won’t you?
----- Round 4: Amusement Park -----
Wendy: Yesterday I was playing the crane machine here with Sis...
Burn: Wendy! How about playing a game with me?
Wendy: I’m in a hurry right now! Maybe later.
Burn: Come on! Just one game won’t hurt.
Wendy: So pushy! All right, you asked for it!
(Game)
Wendy: Don’t challenge me if that’s all you’ve got. How about
practicing by yourself for awhile?
----- Round 5: Convenience Store -----
Wendy: Oh, Keith. Do you know where my sister is?
Keith: Is this really so important as to disturb the fleeting grace of
my afternoon?
Wendy: And you spend the fleeting grace of your afternoon standing
around reading in the convenience store...
Keith: In any case, if you want to know about Sonia, you’ll have to
defeat me. If you can do it, I’ll tell you.
(Game)
Wendy: All talk, huh? But where is Sis?
----- Round 6: Psychic Burger -----
Wong: Miss Wendy, I have a problem. A certain employee has been
skipping work whenever she pleases.
Wendy: Busted... Please, Owner, I lost something important and I’m
looking for my sister, just let me have the day off.
Wong: Impossible. If you want to know where your sister is, then get
to work properly.
Wendy: Nothing for it... You lay off!
(Game)
Wendy: You go around talking like such a Scrooge, this is how it turns
out!
----- Round 7: Bay Side Park -----
Brad: Hello, Miss Wendy.
Wendy: Say, I lost my choker... Have you seen my sister around?
Crazy!Brad: Aren’t you a brat! Like I care about your stupid necklace!!
Wendy: Don’t call it a necklace!! Do you want to try dying just once?
Brad: Wha? Why are you mad?
(Game)
Wendy: I’ll definitely find Sis after this.
----- Final Round: Central Building -----
Wendy: Sis! Give my choker back!
Sonia: Wha? What do you mean? I don’t have it.
Wendy: Liar! I lost it while I was with you yesterday. You must have
it!
Sonia: But I don’t. There must be some mistake.
Wendy: Sis, I mean it!!
----- Ending -----
Sonia: So? Did you find it?
Wendy: That’s strange, it has to be somewhere...
Sonia: Wendy, did you look at your house?
Wendy: But I don’t remember taking it off when I went to bed.
Sonia: Well, then, could it possibly be that you went to bed with it
still on?
Wendy: Maybe.... Ah! You’re right, it just fell under the bed!
Everyone Else: FALSE ALARM!? WHY YOU---!!!
Wendy: Eeek! Sorry!!
===== WONG’S STORY =====
*Translator’s Note: Wong has a penchant for “yojijukugo,” four-
character phrases/proverbs of Chinese origin, or in some cases here,
four-character phrases presented in the same manner as spoofs. These
are indicated by quotation marks.
----- Intro -----
Wong had a great and terrible ambition. For the sake of this ambition,
he had climbed to the top of the business world and become the man he
was. Now, at last the time had come to realize his dream.
Wong: Hm hm hm hm hm. The world is mine...
However, it was a thing that he couldn’t allow any of the others to
see. And so, he stealthily set out from his house.
----- Round 1: Bay Side Park -----
Burn: Hey, Wong, the weather’s great today; let’s play some football!
Wong: So I was seen this quickly... TIME!
Burn: What are you doing?
Wong: ::pant, pant:: My, this is exhausting. It seems that simply
beating him into silence will be more efficient.
(Game)
Wong: “Talent is a double-edged sword.” A power that’s too convenient
can also bring trouble. I’ll proceed without my time-stopping
technique.
----- Round 2: Psychic Burger -----
Wendy: Oh, Owner.
Wong: Again I’ve been spotted... Get to work or I’ll cut your pay.
Wendy: What is this!? What kind of boss says he’ll cut somebody’s pay
right to their face!?
Wong: Simply “Rewarding virtue and punishing vice.” It can’t be
helped; I’ll give you a lesson in “Respect for one’s elders.”
(Game)
Wong: Challenging me, your company president? Such a thing is merely
“The courage of a fool.”
----- Round 3: Convenience Store -----
Wong: This town is already as good as mine. My dream is close now...
Sonia: Wong, just what is this dream of yours?
Wong: Sonia, why are you here?
Sonia: You’ve been acting so strangely, I’ve been keeping an eye on you
for Keith-sama.
Wong: Of course... Keith. But Sonia, you cannot stand and read in a
store. I’ll have to ask you to buy what you read.
(Game)
Wong: “Standing and reading is strictly prohibited.” Sitting and
reading will not save you, either!
----- Round 4: Amusement Park -----
Emilio: Wong, you shouldn’t keep everything for yourself just because
you’re rich. Let everybody else play, too.
Wong: Such words are too high-handed for a child who has never earned a
penny.
Emilio: Geez, rich people are jerks.
Wong: In this world, money is everything. I’ll give you enough tears
to make you remember.
(Game)
Wong: Children should begin by learning “The dignity of labor.”
----- Round 5: Karaoke-Box -----
Wong: Keith, show yourself. One who has detected my ambition cannot be
allowed to live.
Keith: Hmph. Sure enough, you saw through my disguise.
Wong: I’ll need you to die.
Keith: Wait! If you’re going to kill me, isn’t it customary to at
least give me the satisfaction of knowing your plans?
Wong: I will do no such thing. Now die, if you please.
(Game)
Wong: “Be content with what you have.” Try to know your place a bit
better.
----- Round 6: Kokugi-Kan -----
Brad: Mr. Wong, what are you up to?
Wong: Another troublesome person has turned up...
Crazy!Brad: Stop grumbling, you balding bastard! Boy you have squinty
eyes. Die!
Wong: Of course, even if you’ve realized the truth, you’re only putting
your fat in the fire.
(Game)
Wong: “The flesh of the beef is food for the strong.”* Even if you
know, you can’t stop me!
(*Translator’s note: I believe he’s spoofing “gyaku niku kyou shoku,”
which anime fans might recognize as “The flesh of the weak is food for
the strong,” but he’s also continuing the “fat in the fire” theme of
cooking, and what he says is “yaki niku teishoku,” which is more of a
restaurant lunch special.)
----- Round 7: Psychic Tower -----
Wong: My dream is but one step away... Eh? I seem to have stepped on
something.
Gates: Damn you!! That’s my house!!
Wong: If this is your house, you must be very poor. What would you say
to working part-time for my syndicate? I’ll offer you $8 per hour.
Gates: Obnoxious response confirmed. Capture the target. Shifting to
attack mode.
(Game)
Wong: “A winner is you.”* What a feeling! My dream is about to come
true!
(*Translator’s note: what he actually says this time is “dedama
kaihou,” which means “bonus ball release” in pachinko.)
----- Final Round: Central Building -----
Wong: Right around here... there! Now is the moment when my plan is
complete!
Genma: I saw it all! A wicked deed, Mr. Company President, buying out
all the good children’s toys!
Wong: So you saw. Ever since I was a child for whom no one bought
toys, this grand ambition has been everything to me. Now that you’ve
seen it, I’ll need you to die!
Genma: If you’ll present alms, I’d be glad to keep quiet about it.
Wong: No. Kindly allow me to deal with you.
(Game)
----- Ending -----
Thus Wong’s great and terrible ambition was realized, and he was
surrounded with toys. However, the good children of the town were
crying because there were no toys left for their parents to buy for
them.
Burn: All right, got ‘em!
Emilio: For the good children, right?
Wong: You---! What are you doing---!? DON’T TOUCH MY TEDDY!!!
Burn: Wendy, now!
Wendy: Right! Wind POWER!
Wong: Wahhh, all my toys...!!
Wendy: It’s no good to keep everything for yourself!
On that day, it rained toys in Psychic Town.
===== BRAD’S STORY =====
----- Intro -----
Just recently, everyone had been getting the wrong idea about Brad ---
treating him like some sort of dangerous guy. This was no good, and so
one day Brad came up with a plan. Namely...
Brad: I’ll be nice to people, nice to the earth, just nice to
everybody. That’s my better-image strategy!
So far so good, but what Brad hasn’t yet realized is that he has a
split personality...
----- Round 1: Psychic Tower -----
Brad: Miss Sonia, is there anything I can help you with?
Sonia: No, there isn’t, just get out of here.
Crazy!Brad: Hey, that’s cold. Stuck up, aren’t you, Electric Lady!?
Sonia: I am not an electric lady! I’ll smack you!
(Game)
Brad: Miss Sonia, if you fall asleep in a place like that, you’ll catch
a cold.
----- Round 2: Kokugi-Kan -----
Genma: You there. I’m Genma, a mendicant priest. Excuse me, but would
you mind making a donation?
Brad: Of course, one must be kind to those in need. How much should it
be?
Genma: EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT!!
Crazy!Brad: Heh heh heh... Don’t screw with me, Uncle Wiggily! Let’s
see what YOU’VE got!!*
Genma: You---! ...You’re even crazier than I am.
(Game)
Brad: Huh? Sir, what about the money?
(*Translator’s notes: first, I hope my reference wasn’t too obscure,
but it was how I could make “rabbit-geezer” sound natural. Also, the
sentence after that threw me, so this is pretty much a wild guess.)
----- Round 3: Karaoke-Box -----
Brad: Emilio, if something’s the matter, I can help.
Emilio: I’m too nervous to go to the karaoke by myself. Will you go
with me?
Crazy!Brad: No way. Like I wanna listen to some crybaby brat’s
horrible singing --- my ears’ll bleed!
Emilio: Dammit, that was just mean!
Brad: Huh? Aren’t you going to sing?
(Game)
Brad: Emilio, did you wear yourself out singing and fall asleep?
----- Round 4: Amusement Park -----
Brad: Miss Wendy, is something wrong?
Wendy: Well, you see, I want that plushy over there, but I can’t quite
get it. Can you, Brad?
Crazy!Brad: KYA HA HA ha ha ha!! You can’t get a thing like that!?
What a hopeless klutz!!
Wendy: And when did you become the god of the crane machine!? I’m
gonna smack you!
(Game)
Brad: Miss Wendy, were you able to get your plushy?
----- Round 5: Convenience Store -----
Brad: Burn, please let me help you with something.
Burn: What’s with this all of a sudden!? But sure, buy me some juice.
Crazy!Brad: Well, aren’t you high and mighty! Did you burn out your
brains, you hothead!?
Burn: I’ll burn YOUR brains!!
(Game)
Brad: Ahh! Sure enough, it feels so nice to do a good deed.
----- Round 6: Psychic Burger -----
Brad: Oh, no! Mr. Gates collapsed! Are you okay!?
Gates: Warning. Remaining fuel level at critical. Complete system
shutdown in 5 minutes.
Crazy!Brad: Heh heh heh... Aren’t you a sorry sight! If you can’t
move, you’re just a big piece of junk, aren’t you?
Gates: Emergency power online. Target confirmed. Terminate with
extreme prejudice.
Brad: Oh, he got up.
(Game)
Brad: Well, if he’s well enough to stand, I’m sure he’ll be okay.
----- Round 7: Bay Side Park -----
Brad: Mr. Wong, what are you up to?
Wong: Taking a rest from my hectic schedule for a leisurely walk. I’m
certain you can understand, so please don’t disturb me.
Crazy!Brad: A leisurely walk!? Yeah, right, Mr. Company President!
Are you sure you’re not out here hiding your cooked books from the tax
man!?
Wong: Brad, it seems you know too much. I’ll need you to die!
Brad: Did I hit a nerve? Um, Mr. Wong, why do you have that murderous
look in your eye?
(Game)
Brad: It’s strange. I don’t know how it happens, but it seems like I
make everybody mad.
----- Final Round: Central Building -----
Brad: Mr. Keith, I don’t know how it’s happening, but I’m making
everybody mad. What’s going on?
Keith: Brad, you have a split personality. When you don’t know what’s
happening, the truth is that the other you is coming out and making
everyone angry.
Brad: Really...!? That’s.... (!Crazy) ---the way it is, Keith! You
got a problem with that, you sourpuss---you weasel!? Don’t just
grumble behind my back!
Keith: I know what’s happening, I mustn’t get angry... Would it be
better if I just defeat you?
Brad: Thank you, Mr. Keith, you’re a real... (!Crazy) ---babe in the
woods!! Kya ha ha ha ha!!
Keith: ...Yeah, you need to go down.
----- Ending -----
Brad: Everybody, the truth is that I had a split personality. I know I
said and did mean things, but it was all the other me. Since none of
it was my fault, we can all keep being friends!
Everyone else: Say WHAT!?
And so, without the slightest reflection, Brad returned to the strategy
he started with. Will a day ever come when they can truly be friends?
Crazy!Brad: Of course not! What are you blabbering about, you dumbass
narrator!? Kya ha ha ha ha!!!
===== GATES’S STORY =====
----- Intro -----
Gates was a combat cyborg whose mission was to turn the Psychiccers
into good upstanding citizens. For this purpose, he was planning a
grand project: the “Forest Camp School Program!” Yes, encounters with
Mother Nature were just what young people needed to promote their
healthy development.
Gates: Affirmative; preparations complete. Flavoring agents secured.
Next objective: secure purchase of meat and vegetables from targets.
Hah.
The truth was, Gates just thought it would be fun.
----- Round 1: Psychic Tower -----
Gates: Target confirmed. You will participate in camp!
Brad: Oh, that sounds like fun.
Gates: Your cooperation is appreciated.
Crazy!Brad: I guess you go “camping” by the roadside every night!
What’s the matter, Tin Man, get lonely for real live people!? Kya ha
ha ha!!
Gates: ...I will terminate you.
(Game)
Gates: Target capture complete. Issuing orders: you are to purchase
meat.
----- Round 2: Kokugi-Kan -----
Gates: Target confirmed. Not a Psychiccer but a dangerous element.
You will participate in camp!
Genma: What do you mean, “dangerous element”? One who walks the path
of the mendicant priest naturally has to beg for charity!
Gates: Hostile response increasing. Extortion of money detected!
Genma: Damn you, you ignorant clod! I’ll just have to get rid of you!
(Game)
Gates: Target capture complete. Issuing orders: old man is to purchase
rice.
----- Round 3: Karaoke Box -----
Gates: Target confirmed. You will accompany me to camp.
Wendy: Mister, what is this? Do you want my number...?
Gates: Degenerate thinking detected. Reissuing corrected orders. You
will participate in camp!
Wendy: Eww, no way I’m gonna do something dirty like that.
Gates: Target shows no remorse. Will terminate!
(Game)
Gates: Target capture complete. Issuing orders: Wendy is to purchase
vegetables.
---- Round 4: Amusement Park -----
Gates: Target confirmed. You will participate in camp!
Sonia: No! Why should I participate in something like that?
Gates: Reason: playing in a place of this kind promotes unhealthy
development!
Sonia: I’m just waiting here for Keith-sama!
Gates: ...Understood. Target engages in degenerate male/female
relations. Will terminate!
(Game)
Gates: Target capture complete. Issuing orders: you are to assist in
purchase of vegetables.
----- Round 5: Convenience Store -----
Burn: Ahahaha! Man, this comic book is too funny!
Gates: Capture the target. Standing and reading without purchase
confirmed. Transport offender to camp.
Burn: Camp? You’re gonna make me live by the side of the road, too?
How do you do that!? It’s so humiliating!!
Gates: Jeering response approaching maximum... Disengage limiters and
terminate with extreme prejudice!
(Game)
Gates: Target capture complete. Burn is appointed person in charge of
campfire.
Gates: Funding successfully secured... Camp will be held soon.
----- Final Round: Central Building -----
Gates: Target confirmed. Keith, damn you! You will attend camp also!
Keith: I think not. This “wild outdoor life” hardly seems suited to a
delicate city type like myself.
Gates: Baby.
Keith: My age has nothing to do with it!
Gates: I am not requesting your birth certificate.* However, further
discussion is futile!
(*Translator’s note: what Gates calls Keith is “Aoi,” which is usually
the color blue or green but in this context would mean “green” in the
broader sense of “young, tender, immature, inexperienced” [it’s also
the “babe in the woods” from Brad’s final round]. So far so good,
until Keith insists that his aoi-ness/youth has nothing to do with this
and Gates replies “I’m not talking about your (aoi/blue) clothes.” The
pun doesn’t translate, so I just made something up.)
----- Ending -----
And so Gates’s plan was put into practice as the “Fun Psychic Camp
School.” Although they so strongly resisted joining in, everyone seems
to enjoy it---to the point that Gates himself is now completely
ignored...
Gates: This is within acceptable parameters. After all, I am an
unfeeling cyborg. ...That is why even my wife ran away...
Burn: Gates, what are you doing? Come over here!
Wendy: You may not have your wife and daughter, but you’ve got us,
right? Cheer up!
Gates: Dammit, you two... I am not lonely!
(CRASH!)
Gates: A pitfall trap... Why you---! I will terminate you all!!
===== SONIA’S STORY =====
*Translator’s note (somewhat belated): I don’t like to leave the
Japanese terms of address untranslated unless I just have to, but in
the case of Sonia’s “Keith-sama,” I feel like I just have to. Cutting
it off would sacrifice too much meaning, and I can’t think of anything
in English that would sound remotely right in its place.
----- Intro -----
Lately, everyone had begun calling Sonia “Electric Lady” and using her
electricity however they pleased. Of course, she was happy to give
them what they needed, but what was this emptiness inside?
Sonia: Keith-sama... How do you really feel about me?
And so, to show everyone her true self and learn Keith’s true feelings,
Sonia set out.
----- Round 1: Kokugi-Kan -----
Sonia: It seems Keith-sama isn’t here...
Genma: It’s me!! I’m here!!
Sonia: I wasn’t asking for you!
Genma: Well in that case, just put in your money!
Sonia: No.
(Game)
Sonia: No matter how little money you have, you shouldn’t turn to
thievery.
----- Round 2: Karaoke Box -----
Burn: Hey, Electric Lady! Run the karaoke machine, will you?
Sonia: I am not your electric lady! Burn, where is Keith!?
Burn: Dunno, I haven’t seen him yet today. Come on, let’s just sing.
Sonia: I see, you’re no help... But I’ll teach you to appreciate my
electricity --- with your whole body!!
(Game)
Sonia: That’s the last time you’ll call me “Electric Lady.”
----- Round 3: Amusement Park -----
Brad: Hello, Miss Sonia. Are you looking for Mr. Keith?
Sonia: That’s right. Brad, have you seen him?
Crazy!Brad: Stop your yammering “Keith! Keith!” all the time!! Did
everything else in your brain get zapped, Electric Lady!? Now make
with the juice so I can finish my game!!
Sonia: Fine. If you want electricity, you’ll get it --- right in YOUR
brain!
(Game)
Sonia: Why does everyone just want to use me for electricity!?
----- Round 4: Psychic Tower -----
Sonia: Ah!! Keith-sama... Say, tell me... How do you really feel
about me...?
Keith: What is there to feel? Electricity is certainly convenient;
isn’t that enough?
Sonia: G’ahhhhh! I could just die...! ---But if it’s come to that,
Keith-sama, I’ll take you with me---!!!
Keith: Wait a minute. Wong was saying that, but I actually---
Sonia: UWAAAAH! KEITH-SAMA!!!
(Game)
Sonia: Wong!! Putting an idea like that into Keith-sama’s head... I
won’t forgive you!!
----- Round 5: Bay Side Park -----
Sonia: I’m looking for Wong, but...
Emilio: Ah! It’ll be getting dark soon. Will you power the
streetlights?
Sonia: Can’t you make light yourself!?
Emilio: Oh... And I was just about to tell you where Wong was, too...
Sonia: I can see it was a mistake to ask you...
(Game)
Sonia: If you depend on others all the time, you won’t be able to grow
up strong.
Sonia: What are you doing working for Wong? Hand him over!
Wendy: If you’re looking for Owner, he’s not here. But hey, Sis, power
the deep-fryer, will you?
Sonia: What? Why!?
Wendy: Well, Mr. Wong was saying we could use all of your electricity
we wanted for free.
Sonia: Wendy...! Before I get to Wong, I’ll have to teach you a lesson
first!
(Game)
Sonia: Wendy, don’t listen to Wong anymore unless you want to become as
obnoxious as he is!
----- Round 7: Convenience Store -----
Sonia: This store is part of Wong’s syndicate, too, isn’t it? Hand him
over!
Gates: Negative. I am employed at $8.50 per hour as a bodyguard. You
may advance no further.
Sonia: What do you mean “bodyguard”? Aren’t you just a part-timer at a
convenience store?
Gates: I am not a part-timer!
Sonia: Then show me the strength of $8.50 an hour! Game on!
(Game)
Sonia: I suppose from now on you’re $3.00 an hour.
----- Final Round: Central Building -----
Sonia: I’ve found you, Wong! What’s the meaning of this, treating
someone like a generator!?
Wong: Hmph, it seems there’s nothing for it but to tell you. The truth
is that you are an electric cyborg I created to save this town from its
energy crisis. ...Are you surprised...?
Sonia: Hmm...? And? Is that all you wanted to say?
Wong: What? But, I’m telling you I created you...
Sonia: I really don’t care about that --- because I was going to smack
you no matter what. Are you ready?
(Game)
----- Ending -----
Thus Sonia gave Wong his comeuppance, broke away from his company’s
monopoly, and succeeded in making her own electricity into a public
service.
Sonia: I’m going out!
And so every day she goes to work at the power station and puts her
electricity to use for the sake of the world and its people. Keith is
especially grateful for the comfortable air-conditioning, and Sonia
seems to be filled with happiness. ...But is that really enough?
Sonia: As long as I have Keith-sama, that’s enough for me!
===== GENMA’S STORY =====
*Translator’s note: I hadn’t realized it until now, but Kokugi-Kan is a
sumo hall; I’ll translate it as such in the dialogue, but I’ll continue
to leave it untranslated when labelling rounds to match what appears
onscreen.
----- Intro -----
Genma was an older priest whose hobby was watching sumo wrestling.
However, these days sumo was so popular that he was unable to get
seats, and besides that, his pockets were woefully empty.
Genma: Aaaagh! I want front-row seats at the sumo hall!
And so Genma set out to earn money through priestly begging --- and the
townspeople don’t yet realize how scary he can be.
----- Round 1: Bay Side Park -----
Genma: I’m Genma, a mendicant priest. Won’t you make a donation?
Gates: I have no money.
Genma: Nnngh, what a useless guy! Of course if he had any money he
wouldn’t be sleeping in the park...
Gates: I am not “sleeping;” I am camping! Target confirmed; commencing
attack!
(Game)
Genma: He really is broke, I didn’t get a thing! I’ll just have to
keep begging.
----- Round 2: Psychic Burger -----
Wendy: Welcome to Psychic Burger, where the smiles are free of charge.
Genma: That’s not what I’m here for. I want you to give me all your
money!
Wendy: You’re a robber, aren’t you!? HEEEEELP, THIEEEEEF!
Genma: But I’m a mendicant--- G’ahh, with all this noise, if I don’t
beat her I won’t be able to get out of here...
(Game)
Genma: Not even being able to tell the difference between begging and
robbery, what a troublesome girl.
----- Round 3: Convenience Store -----
Genma: I’m a mendicant priest. Won’t you give me a little of your
allowance?
Emilio: Mister, who are you?
Genma: I’m an eminent priest who’s pursuing enlightenment! Instead of
frittering away your money on childish things, you should give it to me!
Emilio: Wahh! I’ve heard about this guy shaking people down. What a
bad man!
Genma: This child lacks discernment. I’ll just have to teach him a
little lesson...
(Game)
Genma: You can’t just recklessly call someone a criminal, boy!
----- Round 4: Amusement Park -----
Genma: I’m a traveling mendicant priest. If you have any money, won’t
you kindly give it to me?
Brad: Sure, I’ll give it to you.
Genma: Mm, you’re a good-hearted man.
Crazy!Brad: I’ll rip off those bunny ears and not give you a penny! I
haven’t got money for pests like you!!
Genma: Not that it matters to me, but... You’re quite a character,
aren’t you?
(Game)
Genma: Nnngh, this guy hasn’t got anything either! Have the gods and
buddhas abandoned me!?
----- Round 5: Karaoke-Box -----
Genma: You there, young lady, I’m a mendicant priest. Since I listened
to your song, give me an audience fee.
Sonia: What are you talking about? Isn’t it the audience who’s
supposed to pay the singer!?
Genma: G’ahh, you’re all mixed up, you troublesome girl. If you say
you won’t give it to me, I’ll get it from you this way!
(Game)
Genma: Still nothing! And I’m already at the sumo hall!!
----- Round 6: Kokugi-Kan -----
Genma: Drat! I’m at the sumo hall already, with no money... You
there, who’s the richest person in this town?
Burn: I guess that’d be Wong. He’s the president of this huge company.
Genma: That’s good to hear! I certainly do thank you. ...But you too,
give me your money!
Burn: Are you a priest or a devil!?
(Game)
Genma: Right then! If I go to this Wong person, I’ll get lots of alms
and come back and see the sumo!
----- Round 7: Psychic Tower -----
Genma: Is this where Wong’s company is!? I’m the mendicant priest,
Genma. Now give me money!
Keith: I’m sorry to say that in my secret organization, NOA, the budget
for such extra expenditures... does not exist.
Genma: You’d better be nice and hand it over.
(Game)
Genma: He really doesn’t have anything... Wong, you just wait!
----- Final Round: Central Building -----
Genma: I’ve found you, Wong! I’m a mendicant priest. Now, give me
alms!!
Wong: I’m not a Buddhist, and I fail to see how you are worthy of my
money.
Genma: So you don’t think you’ll need me to overlook your evil deeds!?
Wong: Hmph. In that case, it seems that I’ll need you to die.
----- Ending -----
Thus Genma defeated Wong, and Wong’s many misdeeds came to light. Wong
was arrested, and his company’s assets were seized, but where has Genma
gone to?
Genma: Ahahaha!! Sure enough, ringside seats are the only way to watch
sumo!!
Using money he took from the vault at Wong’s company before the police
arrived, Genma bought a year’s reservation for a front-row seat at the
sumo hall. But Genma, you realize that’s a crime, right?
Genma: That’s fine with me!!!
===== KEITH’S STORY =====
----- Intro -----
To promote the peaceful coexistence of humans and Psychiccers, Keith
had formed the evil secret organization (?) NOA. However, NOA was
shorthanded and underfunded, and its continued existence was now in
jeopardy.
Keith: It seems I’ll have to take action myself...
And so, to scout for Psychiccer talent and find a sponsor, Keith set
out from his headquarters.
----- Round 1: Bay Side Park -----
Keith: Young man, your psychic powers must not be allowed to go to
waste. Please allow NOA to take you under our wings.
Emilio: What’s that? NOA, I mean.
Keith: A secret organization.
Emilio: No way, that’s lame!
Keith: It’s not really lame! I have no choice; I’ll bring you to our
cause even if I have to do it by force!
(Game)
Keith: Emilio, I welcome you as my comrade... No! Wrong! I can’t
just kidnap people!
----- Round 2: Psychic Burger -----
Wendy: Welcome to Psychic Burger! Would you like to try our new
Chinese Pork Bun Burger today?
Keith: I’d like to see your company president.
Wendy: I think Mr. Wong is over at the convenience store.
Keith: I see... I also came to ask you, will you lend your powers to
our organization, NOA?
Wendy: If it pays better than this.
Keith: I can offer you $2.55... no, $3.00 an hour.
Wendy: Get out of here, you cheapskate!!
(Game)
Keith: You’re quite strong... I’ll make it $3.10.
----- Round 3: Convenience Store -----
Keith: I’m here to see your company president.
Gates: Breaking cover as $8.50-per-hour store clerk. I am the
president’s bodyguard, Gates. You may advance no further!
Keith: I see. Then for $1.50 per hour, I’ll put you in charge of
cleaning NOA’s toilets.
(Game)
Keith: Damn you, Wong! Are you this determined not to give NOA
funding!?
----- Round 4: Amusement Park -----
Keith: Brad, you’re supposed to be out on a mission. You can’t be
idling in a place like this!
Brad: Ah! Sorry, Mr. Keith.
Keith: All right, just go back to the office.
Crazy!Brad: “Go out,” “Go back,” which is it!? Wearing a cape in this
hot weather---go find yourself a snowcone stand, Frosty!
Keith: I’ll make you work for free for the rest of your life.
(Game)
Keith: That’s decided then, Brad works for NOA for free for the rest of
his life.
----- Round 5: Karaoke-Box -----
Keith: Sonia, you told me you’d be watching the office.
Sonia: I was waiting for you, Keith-sama. It’s already after 5, and I
thought maybe we could sing karaoke together...
Keith: Don’t talk to me about such things! Just tell me if you’re
serious about working for our cause!
Sonia: ...Will there be overtime pay?
Keith: Urk... Just go back to the office!
(Game)
Keith: Sonia, forgive me... Even at $4.00 per hour, I can’t afford to
pay you overtime...
----- Round 6: Kokugi-Kan -----
Genma: You there, Blue Boy! I’m a righteous mendicant priest --- so
give me all your money!
Keith: Don’t call me “Boy”!* And I must tell you, by the way, that’s
called extortion.
Genma: I don’t have to take that from you and your evil secret
organization!
Keith: If you insist on interfering, I’ll have to put you on ice ---
and put you to work for NOA!
(Game)
Keith: I’ll give you $1.00 an hour as NOA’s office boy.
(*Translator’s note: See the note on Gates’ final round. When Genma
calls out “aoi anchan,” he probably means “young man in blue,” but when
Keith replies “don’t call me aoi!” he clearly took it as something more
like “stripling youth.” This time I was able to split the difference.)
----- Round 7: Psychic Tower -----
Keith: So here you are, Wong. You must become NOA’s sponsor and
provide us with funding!
Wong: No.
Keith: What!? Why not?
Wong: Because I’m stingy.
Keith: That’s being too candid! Just hand it over!
(Game)
Keith: Now, at last---! ...No, wait. This feeling...
----- Final Round: Central Building -----
Keith: Burn. Just as I thought, it’s you.
Burn: Keith, stop it! Solving your problems by force is wrong!
Keith: I thought you would say that... But I can’t turn back now.
Burn: Okay... In that case, I’ll just have to make you stop --- by
force!
Keith: But you’re the one who was just saying that was wrong!!
(Game)
----- Ending -----
Keith: Burn, let’s work together to make this world clean!
Burn: “Make this world clean”... Keith, by getting rid of trash, you
don’t mean killing all the humans...?
Keith: Of course not! NOA’s true goal is to harness Psychiccers’
powers as a source of clean, renewable energy!
Keith formed the NOA Foundation, whose member Psychiccers went
throughout the world volunteering their powers to save the planet from
its energy crisis. Thus his dream of peaceful coexistence between
humans and Psychiccers was realized. However...
Keith: The office door is broken again... Someone fix this!
Because volunteers work for free, they were still as broke as ever...
===== THE END =====
----- Version History -----
27 January 2012: Version 1.0 submitted to GameFAQs
