Medarot 2

Medarot 2 Kabuto Version and Kuwagata Version
Developer: Natsume Publisher: Imagineer Platforms: Game Boy, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color Released in JP: July 23, 1999 This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test.

To do: When on the naming screen, an "ED" graphic (short for END, was used on the naming screen in Medarot 1) appears in VRAM. This might be a leftover from Medarot 1, unless it is used on some other screen. Check if this is unused or not.

Test Mode

On the title screen, press A or Start, then make sure Select is held down during the fadeout afterwards. On this screen, a fully functional sound test will become available. Also, the third option is for erasing all saved data instantly. Choose the last option to exit back to the title screen.

Debugging Features

VRAM & Sound Test

Set RAM address C3E0 to 30 and C3E1 to 00 to view a VRAM viewer. (One way to do this is to use GameShark codes 0130E0C3 and 0100E1C3.) This will display the VRAM in 3 parts. Press A to view the next part.

After the last part is viewed, the game will load a sound test with glitched graphics. Functionally, this debugging feature works similarly to the VRAM and Sound Test in Medarot 1. However, while the sound test is functional, it also contains graphical issues not present in Medarot 1. The tiles (other than the numeric IDs for the music and sound effects) are uninitialized, and so are the color palettes. Due to the lack of initialization, unlike Medarot 1, there doesn"t appear to be any way to make the text appear: there is no character mapping for Medarot 2"s sound test, so there will always be blank text to the left of the music and sound IDs. The cursor also has a glitched graphic.

However, the sound test is still functional: Press Up and Down to select the music or sound effect ID, and press A to play it. Press Select to move the cursor between music and sound effects. Pressing Start restarts the game. Curiously, the numeric IDs are different from the ones found in the normally accessible sound test from pressing Select + Start from the title screen.

While later Medarot games, as well as Keitai Denjuu Telefang (which was also developed by Natsume), would also have a VRAM test, they aren"t followed by a sound test.

Debug Menu

Set RAM address C3E0 to 31 and C3E1 to 00 to view a debug menu. (One way to do this is to use GameShark codes 0131E0C3 and 0100E1C3.)

Submenus

To do: Investigate further what some of these options do. Also, take screenshots of some of the sub-menus.

...But what does it mean? This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation! Notes: Translate the items in the debug menu.

• みせがめん - Opens what appears to be a shop menu.
• メダロットこうざ - Views the Medabots Weekly screen shown near the start of the game, but this lacks music.
• Character Sheet Check / こまキャラチェック - Opens a sub-menu that seems to show all NPC sprites. Press Up or Down to cycle through all sprites. The number on the left is in hexadecimal and the one on the right is in decimal. This goes up to FE (254). The text reads Character No. / キャラクターNO, Still / せいし, and Animated / アニメ.
• Full-body Check / ぜんしんえチェック - Opens up a sub-menu with large versions of character portraits. Press Up or Down to cycle through different characters. Hexadecimal and decimal numbers are shown above.
• Get Item / アイテムゲット - Opens up a submenu related to getting items. Up and Down appear to scroll through the item list, A appears to add an item, B appears to remove an item, and Select appears to add all items. Press Start to exit the sub-menu.
• アイテムがめん - Views the item screen.
• Get Parts / パーツゲット - Opens up a submenu related to getting parts. The submenu is similar to that of the item submenu.
• パーツがめん - Views the parts screen.
• Get Medarot / メダロットゲット - Opens up a submenu that consists of just a number. Press A to obtain a male Medabot (00) or a female Medabot (01). You can name it as usual. For some reason, after this screen, it will take you to the shop screen.
• メダロットくみたて - Shows the screen that contains your Medabots.
• Get Medal / メダルゲット - Opens up a submenu related to getting medals. The submenu is similar to that of the item submenu.
• Encounter / てきそうぐう - Opens up a submenu that consists of just a number. This appears to initiate a Robattle with an opponent.
• しょうかんメダロット - Views the Medabots Weekly screen shown near the start of the game.
• ペイントショップ - Opens the paint shop.
• Friendliness F Exchange / あたりFきりかえ - Opens a submenu similar to ones above, but the submenu instantly closes by itself and doesn"t appear to work.
• レースメダせんたく - Opens an unknown screen where you have to select a Medabot of yours for an unknown purpose.
• Sheet Check / いちまいえチェック - Appears to be a cutscene viewer. Press Up or Down to scroll through images of cutscenes.
• Portrait Check / かおえチェック - Opens up a portrait viewer. Press Up or Down to scroll through portraits, also showing their internal IDs in decimal and hexadecimal.
• いちまいえがめん - Views a specific cutscene, complete with text and music.
• せってい - Views the menu after the title screen.
• メっセージチェック - Opens a menu that displays text strings.
• ミニゲーム2 - Plays the Roboroball mini-game.
• Staff Roll / スタッフロール - Shows the credits.