The PS2's Weirdly Awesome Pokemon Clone | Magic Pengel 

People say games "need a pc port," but this game REALLY would be a whole different game with it. Magic Pengel would literally be a cult classic with mouse support and fan tweaks to the combat mechanics

Fun Facts (Because this is my childhood game and I know too much about it): Studio Ghibli and Gainax worked on the 2D animated cutscene at the end and was actually Ghibli's first video game collab long before Ni No Kuni (which Ghibli animated and developed later in 2010), supposedly they helped with the character designs for the humans and world. Technically Graffiti Kingdom is it's sequel, but that game is more Action RPG. In the dub Charles Martinet (Voice of Mario) plays Marshall the villain and Kevin Miller (Voice of Sly Cooper) is Mono. The creator of Touhou worked on this games music and the iconic shrine maiden from Touhou project is a secret boss you can fight alongside various other Taito based doodles.

There WAS a Japanese mobile game that’s a spiritual successor to Magic Pengel with plenty of improvements to the drawing system, but it lasted less than a year.

woah, you have GOT to play graffiti kingdom next! I played it as a kid and only vaguely remember the story, but I remember the little square dog and character creation system are very similar to this game, I'm betting graffiti kingdom was made by the same studio after they made this!! It's really cool to learn there's a prequel, the story and characters have so much charm

trivia for this game, ZUN, the creator of Touhou, worked on this game and Reimu, the main character from touhou, is among the enemies you face in the post game

Never heard of this one. I love learning about niche little games like this. I especially really like the artstyle here.

I still have my copy of this and Graffiti Kingdom from when I was a kid. This is my all-time favorite game for the PS2 and like NOBODY knows about it!! Thank god someone talked about it! Also the fact there's Touhou Easter eggs is so wild to me in BOTH games.

AH! A NEW GAMING RU-vidR. i'm putting you in my pocket for later.

I did notice the cubeish dog character does get a larger role in Garakuta studio's other game on the PS2, Graffiti Kingdom. Honestly really cool!

ive never seen or heard of this game before and yet the artstyle and characters feel so nostalgic and charming.

>Game about doodles >PULLS OUT GUN

I wanted this game so bad as a kid but didn't have a PS2. I think it was featured in an issue of Tips n Tricks magazine, completely forgot about it til now. Honestly still looks cool af.

Thumbnail, editing and general vibe of your video is awesome hope you get to make more of these

I’m really flabbergasted right now because randomly a couple of days ago I remembered playing this game and how much I liked it. Particularly how the main menu says the title of the name. Seeing that you just made this video a day ago is super bizarre and kind of surreal. I guess the collective consciousness is real after all.

holy crap this video made me really emotional, i wasn’t expecting this from this game

The character models for a ps2 game do look low poly now that I think abt it but I think it works well with the artstyle. Higher poly bright textured assets and buildings.

Just got reccomended this video you have a really soothing voice and the video was very well put together keep up the good work man!

This game makes me sooo happy bro. I used to play alot of tenkaichi as a kid and when id get frustrated id pop out the disk and put in magic pengel for a relaxing time a truly beautiful game. Never could beat the 3rd battle tho my doodles were so weak

How have I never heard of this game? I love monster collectors and Ghibli so this seems right up my alley! I'd love to play it someday, thanks for the video!

I absolutely love this it’s such a gorgeous art style 🥹

That was a fun watch, thank you! Hopefully I can find the game out in the wild. 👍🏾💚

im super surprised ive never heard of this omg, super cute concept, i love the character designs - and even if the combat needs some tweaks like - i think like that aside this seems like it would be SUCH a memorable experience!

Oh yea, I remembered owning this game. I used to put a ton of hours into this game. Created lots of my own monsters on it. Glad that the game looks as good as I remembered. Heck is even better than I thought it would be. I rented Graffiti Kingdom as well. I wished I would've bought that game so I have it along with Magic Pengel.

I was always a huge fan of Monster Rancher for PS2 when I was growing up. At the time I thought the ability to create monsters from other game discs / movies was mind-blowing, but the 3-dimensional doodle system present here is just as impressive! Really cool getting to learn about this game, thank you for sharing it.

That was such a lovely video! I had to skip the spoilers section, you really sold me on this game. You are extremely underrated, I hope this video is recommended to even more people. Subscribed, and will stick around!

I love this. Oh my word how have I not heard of yhis before? And it looks like you've got a great backlog of videos covering a great niche in gaming. Subbed!

I’m a HUGE fan of Amazing Island and never knew about this game! Definitely going to be hunting for it now.

If I had a nickel every time a Ghibli animator worked on a fantasy dog fighting game... Gonna have to add this to my collection somewhere after Dewprism, Tail Concerto and Jade Cocoon. This sounds like another game that was designed straight for me.

Yo great video, you snapped on SachEEL. I’ll have to watch more of your videos.

nice vid. we need more games to be made in a nice blue sky style. everything is so grimdark nowadays

What a unique twist on the monster tamer genre! The combat does look a bit lackluster, but for the time it was truly unique and interesting. Love the Ghibli aesthetic too. Your creations made me laugh (that gun Pikachu ahaha) Going to check the rest of your channel out now :)

i’m so glad i still have my copy !

This looks amazing. Thanks for doing a great job of telling us about it.

Great video, man! Just earned a new sub.

I completely forgot this game existed! 😢 I played it way back but i gifted it to a friend that moved away. Im glad this came back into my life!

Could you imagine if this got a port? Virgin Nintendo players: ' SUE THEM NOW! REEEE ' Chad Palworld enjoyers: ' haha, animal go brrrr ' Ghostly Monster Rancher experiencers: 💀

Ah, glad we finally found Magic Pengel and Graffiti Kingdom

Still have this game and have fond memories of it. It might be the first game i have ever completed as a kid.

Thanks for going over this game! I dabbled in it, but didn't get far enough to really get familiar with it. I also played Amazing Island and Graffiti Kingdom, and can definitely recommend Graffiti Kingdom. Magic Pengel probably has the best story of the three, but I'd argue that Graffiti Kingdom has the best monster creation engine. (Seriously, there are some bonkers creations online!) Compared to Magic Pengel the creation engine is more precision and less floaty crayon. Also, the battles (and exploration, where you play as your monsters) are all done in real-time, like an adventure game.

I love that I discovered your channel!! Subscribing!!

A new video on my favorite game thank you.

Oh my good. This is the game I saw in game magazines back in the day! Make your drawing to life kinda wild to read

SachEEL looks Cool, man! I wonder what inspired you to make it.😉

How have I never heard of this before this is incredible

Thanks for talking about this game! It's a childhood favorite even though I couldn't beat it because it was really difficult. If you didn't know, I recommend checking out the sequel, Graffiti Kingdom! It changes the gameplay from being rock paper scissors to being an action platformer. Also, LostMagic on the DS follows up on Zoe and Taro's adventure to find their dad a little bit, but that game is completely different from both Magic Pengel and Graffiti Kingdom.

Is it sad that when this video randomly showed up in my recommendation feed, I shouted out "NO WAY SOMEONE'S TALKING ABOUT MAGIC PENGEL?!??" 😭 Not to mention a Megaman Legends mention! This made me so happy, I gotta subscribe immediately! Please do one on Graffiti Kingdom next, I beg of you!

Didn't know this gem! Will check it out for sure. Love your videos keep then coming

Great video, subscribed!

I dont think anyone whos a fan of any monster collecting game would appreciate having a title of "pokemon clone" slapped onto it.

WOW! What an absolutely beautiful game i've never heard of! Amazing video, thank you for sharing it!

I remember going to my friends house when I was a kid and playing this game with her. I had never heard of it and for so long I wondered what the heck that game was since I was too young at the time to remember. I’m glad to see someone talking about it because it absolutely enamored me. Now that I’m old enough to actually understand what’s going on I should actually give it a real playthrough

Wow, I've never seen this game before but it looks so gorgeous!

It was so weird to find out that Zoe and Taro appeared in the Nintendo DS game Lost Magic for some reason.

Good and informative video,deserves a subs👍

This game is so pretty, great review

Drinking game: take a shot whenever you hear the word "doodle". Have a good ride to the ER

Downloading rn! And i just subbed!

Wow. This game looks truly phenomenal. It's so odd in that I'm feeling nostalgia for a game I've never even played. 😯

Loved amazing island and magic pengel when I was younger.

If you like this i bet you’ll love Jade cocoon aswell. The first game is on ps1 but the second is on ps2. I grabbed the ps2 version on my emulator cuz it’s a game i used to play a ton as a kid.

Very cool!

Great timber wood assets

Ah yes, the most powerful pengel type, GUN.

This is the one game from my childhood I could never get far in no matter how long I played

yeah the art is what i rlly love n i do enjoy froggun i might play this game cuz of that. so much life

Woooah this is so sick. Reminds me of spore but with a lot more charm. Games from the early 2000s had so much heart, even when they were janky.

From the thumbnail I thought this was a new indie game, but that may be just because a lot of them do have PS2 era graphics (not complaining) It looks really cute though! I will definitely be checking it out as an artist and ghibli fan.

Oh no i need this game

Here's hoping for a decomp for this game cause the Drawing aspect would work well on something like the, psvita, Wii u or even 3ds like dang never heard of the game but sure as heck going to try it out.

Why am I crying so hard

I cant believe you made Sachiel from Evangelion ROFLMAO GREAT VID

Subscribed!

great content. instant subscribe

I remember playing this game briefly as a child. I hated it, but I was also extremely bad at games, so I tend to revisit them when I got older. Thanks for reminding me this existed.

Wow I'd love a remake for my daughter!

3:28 woah, not even out of the intro cutscene and already the game has a bodycount

OMG I remember reading about this game in an issue of GamePro!

This game is such a hidden gem I loved playing this game growing up my mom got it from a second hand shop and someone there recommended it for kids. And I'm so glad they recommended it to my mom me and my brothers played this game so much.

This reminds me of Graffiti Kingdom

Was this game ever released in PAL regions? I'm from Australia and have this video's really intrigued me but I'm looking on Ebay and whatnot and can't seem to find any PAL versions (Pretty sure my PS2 is region locked so it can't play NTSC-U versions of games. Can someone please confirm whether these are just hard to come by because the game's obscure enough as is or if it just wasn't released in PAL regions?

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS GAME OMG

Oh my God I remember playing this game

Literally had to stop watching this video because of how badly I wanna try this game and not get spoiled 😅 Great video so far though, I'm definitely subscribing. Also, thanks for showing off this hidden gem. I can't believe I never heard of this game.

When the world needed them most, taito vanished...

Wwoooow~~ sacheeel!!

The UI design reminds me especially of Okami.

Kinda awesome

sweet video. are you gonna do a video on grafitti kingdom?

This game looks so cute !! 😭

I really liked this game but never beat it! I also had the sequel Graffiti Kingdom. Loved that game!

the new pokemon killer

This would be perfect if it got ported to the 3DS, Switch or PC since those all have touch screens or mouse support.

😄 - Yeah, Magic Pengel! I didn't play this game because of the JRPG aspect, but I definitely like the creature creation of Graffiti Kingdom and exploration! > I really wish there was a new/a sequel of Graffiti Kingdom; I know there was a mobile game in Japan, but it flopped and it never released world wide...

I love this art and I miss when games looked like this. I had no idea anything like this existed, at the time it started feeling like Nintendo was the only one with japanese games at all, everything on sony was gritty realistic super western (at least styled). but I was also totally cut off for the first and last time, since game magazines had stopped being a thing but the internet had only barely started, so I was way out of the loop. it's WEIRD how many drawing-based games ps2 had, and how they evaporated once we got actual cursor-based tools in the next generation. we got a wii port of okami and that's it.

im glad to see this game getting some coverage in 2024 (or any at all), but that title man. it doesn't sit well with me. calling it a "pokemon clone" is just such a surface-level comparison, and i might even call it insulting too 😭 ...but i get that you have to say things like this in order to game the algorithm

I played graffiti kingdom, but not this one. Great video!

Lol i found this shit at goodwill for like five bucks and honestly after watching my homie play it all the way through I'd say its not terrible

This game is insane, and on PS2 no less. Glad I still have it instead of it getting thrown away or lost.

For a second i though Zoe was Tani from Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom. Their design look very similar especially at 18:33

You should do Graffiti Kingdom next. Its it's sequel.