Jinsei Owata no Daibouken

For the sequel, see Jinsei Owata no Daibouken 2.

Jinsei Owata no Daibouken (人生ｵﾜﾀの大冒険)¹⁾ started out as a series of AA threads about Owata that began around 2006,²⁾ then a flash game based on these threads were made by “King” (キング ◆KING75wl/Q) in the late 2000s. Most of you are probably familiar with the latter.

Summary

The stories were about Owata trying to reach Jukai (樹海), but comically dying in a Mega Man fashion by exploding into bullseye symbols (◎) and emitting the “tiun-tiun-tiun” (ティウンティウンティウン) death sound, so it's not hard to imagine that someone would make an actual platforming game built on the concept. As for the game, to say the least, it is a journey.

Translated messages

It's a very simple game that arguably doesn't need a translation, but I've translated the messages, signposts, and a list of bosses below for anyone who happens to be curious about them.

Signposts

	Message	Translation
	樹海 Jukai	Jukai
↑	粉砕処理機 Shori-ki	Crushing Machine
↓	天国 Tengoku	Heaven
↓	針天国 Hari Tengoku	Spike Heaven
→	現実 Genjitsu	Reality
→	オワタの家 Owata no Ie	Owata's Home
←	ミンナニ　ナイショダヨ Minna ni naisho dayo	“It's a secret to everybody.”

Bosses

	Name
↑	Owata X (オワタX)
↓	tanasinn (tanasinn)
→	Kuma (クマー)
	Airman (エアーマン)
	Evil Spoo (極悪スプー)
←	The Kid (キッド君)

Development

At the time, “King” was a college student who liked AA threads on 2channel and Flash games, so he got the idea to develop a Flash game based on these threads during his free time. A trial version was developed over winter break and released around the end of 2006. Suffice to say, it got really popular.³⁾ The full version was eventually released on September 20, 2009.⁴⁾

Impact

The trial version served as a big influence to I Wanna Be The Guy,⁵⁾ and the trial-and-error death game genre as a whole. Kayin has thanked King for this and an I Wanna Be The Guy level was added in the full version to acknowledge this.⁶⁾ Aside from this, the game also inspired Shobon Action or “Cat Mario” as some call it. In addition, Undertale developer Toby Fox stated that he'd been a fan since high school.⁷⁾

Notes

In the credits, the game is actually romanized as “Zinsei Owata no Daibouken” instead.

External links

Jinsei Owata no Daibouken - The official page for Jinsei Owata no Daibouken.
Jinsei Owata no Daibouken on Pixiv Encyclopedia
Jinsei Owata no Daibouken on Niconico Encyclopedia

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¹⁾

“Jinsei Owata no Daibouken” (人生ｵﾜﾀの大冒険) is often translated as either “The Big Adventure of Owata's Life” or “The Big Life-Ending Adventure”.

²⁾

"人生ｵﾜﾀ＼(＾o＾)／の大冒険" (October 10, 2006. 2channel /aastory/.

³⁾

"『人生ｵﾜﾀ＼(^o^)／の大冒険』『ロッコちゃん』開発者のキング氏インタビュー（前編）" (January 25, 2013). Otakei.

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"人生ｵﾜﾀ＼(^o^)／の大冒険 for FLASH　完全版" (September 20, 2009). King Soukutu Blog.

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"IWBTG! - FAQ". IWBTG.

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