The AGROCAST for December 2018 focuses on Kaeru no Tame ni for the Game Boy.
Apologies for the sudden drop in audio quality halfway through the recording.
It’s been some time since I first cracked into Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru – For the Frog The Bell Tolls – a Japan only Game Boy title best known for its prototypical ties to Link’s Awakening. I was taken with the game. Smitten. It was charming and strange and it ticked many of the boxes the endear me to games like these.
However, without really understanding the narrative was my opinion of the game just my hopeful self filling in the blanks? Perhaps. But this game received an unofficial fan translation a few years back (https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1623/ please direct me if this team has an official site) and so that can be put to the test.
I am joined by Kris, to see if our past experiences with this game hold up to scrutiny today.