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role playing Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing a ...

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released in 2002 for the

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Victor Interactive Software was a Japanese video game software publisher and developer, established on October 1, 1996 as a division of Victor Entertainment. Their first game was ''Fish Eyes'' and their last game was ''Fish Eyes 3''. Some of their games used the brand. Hi ...

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. The game involved an innovative concept of a role playing game involving no battles or fighting. Its game play shows some influence from

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games. The game was never released outside Japan. Victor's official page described the game as a "Heart Warming RPG"Official page
/ref> The storyline has many humorous sections, as well as plenty of "tear jerker" dramatic scenes. The visual style, music and characters have been widely described as "cute" and the game is arguably aimed at female gamers. In terms of gameplay, ''Reveal Fantasia'' consists mostly of fetch quests and has elements of platform gaming. The game has been criticized for being overly difficult toward the later stages.

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