Legend of Fairies

Reviewed by Thomas Ehrhardt (tom3@dec-international.com)

Publisher: JAST USA Japanese Publisher: Excellents Cost: $9.95 Platform: Windows or Macintosh (OS 7.5-X) Languages: English, Italian Voice/music: Music only, no original voice Graphics: Very Good. Story: Intriguing CG: Awesome

"............." Waaaah! Dang it my green tea never turns out as good as Kumis. Whoops, I forgot you haven't played the Legend of Fairies anime game yet!

Come to think of it...Legend of Fairies is not really a game at all; as it takes no particular skills to get to a favorable outcome. It is a "novel" type of hentai/bishoujo game, which means that there is only one path. It's a complex story cd with awesome computer graphics (I'm getting ahead of myself!). Milky House really goes out on a limb by banking on the viewers enjoying this by use of a clever story, snappy dialog and the sexiness of the characters. OK I can hear the groans from here! What I just sit here & watch? Relax. Put the game in automatic play. Think of it this way you'll have both hands free during the sex scenes!

The story centers around: two sisters, Kumi and Koukaku, who are hitokata (animal spirit fairies) to the shikigami master and "battle Mahjong" player Jango Abe. The story begins when Mika Koizumi hires our Tobanjan Fighter Jango Abe to help her find her long-time missing father Yujiro Koizumi. With me so far! Now for the tricky part, Kumi & Koukaku are Hitokata from the Mountain God clan of the Oku-Hida village in Fukui Prefecture, who befriended the Heike family who fled their enemies during the 4th Yamato age. Phew! See I have played this game!

Our story follows the initial three characters: Kumi, Koukaku & Jango through the town of Showa Dori (Dark Tokyo) to look for anyone who has seen Mika's father. As the story progresses we run into mostly female characters willing to play "battle" Mahjong in exchange for information and if they lose, they remove their clothes and endure sexual humiliation (in a sweet way of course! Jango is a really nice guy after all). Poor Jango winds up with more and more Shikagami to care for, as he gets closer to finding Yujiro. The good news is he'll need all of their powers as the game progresses. It will eventually help him escape the evil clutches of the "organization".

The cynic in me wants to say that the "battle" Mahjong games are merely excuses to throw in some sexy scenes but damn if I didn't enjoy them! Favorites include: Takeo Karniyama the game-room manager and Hyoko the White tiger "Beastling". Virtually every anime fetish is fulfilled here: Lordrex the evil beastling, a sexy qi-pao wearing body guard and even a bar maid "bunny girl". There is straightforward human/human sex but if you're not interested in furries and animal spirit sexual humiliation you might be barking up the wrong tree here. I must admit the original & imaginative characters kept my interest at a high level and allowed the story to flow smoothly.

Legend of Fairies is an intriguing story game & awesome CG collection. The story has plenty of interesting plot twists, imaginative & beautiful scenery and some great-uncensored Hentai artwork. I feel it has enough bells and whistles to hold your attention even through some of the dialog that at times can seem somewhat stiff. 3 stars for playability & overall story, 5 stars for the artwork! I should also point out that the game is playable in Italian and English and that it is part 1 in a 2 part series. For Windows and now, for Mac OS X as well!