Shobon no Action (2007) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Shobon no Action

Commonly known as "Cat Mario", Shobon no Action is a 'masocore' parody of Super Mario Bros., featuring an anthropomorphic cat. The game deliberately subverts many of the mechanics that one would expect to find…

1 February 2007

What Shobon no Action is

Shobon no Action is an arcade game developed by Chiku and released in 2007. It is available on Dreamcast, Android, iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Commonly known as "Cat Mario", Shobon no Action is a 'masocore' parody of Super Mario Bros., featuring an anthropomorphic cat. The game deliberately subverts many of the mechanics that one would expect to find in a platformer. Players must use trial and error to figure out how to pass the game's myriad traps.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Shobon no Action launched on 1 February 2007, within three weeks of Professor Layton and the Curious Village, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Crackdown and Hotel Dusk: Room 215.

Released around the same time: Professor Layton and the Curious Village, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Crackdown, Hotel Dusk: Room 215.

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