Other Sugoroku Games
Many Sugoroku-based games were released in Japan, these include: Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Chōjikū Sugoroku, Sugoroku Ginga Senki, Battle Sugoroku: Hunter (SuperLite 1500 Series) (known in North America as Battle Hunter), Ganbare Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku, Dokodemo Hamster 4: Doki Doki Sugoroku Daibouken!, Hello Kitty: Minna de Sugoroku, Gotouchi Hello Kitty Sugoroku Monogatari, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sugoroku no Sugoroku (known in North America and Europe as Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler), Okiraku Sugoroku Wii (also known as Family Pirate Party), Hidamari Sketch: Doko Demo Sugoroku x 365, Asoberu Ehon Tobida Sugoroku! (known in North America as PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit and in Europe as Picturebook Games: A Pop-Up Adventure), among few other titles.
The video game Samurai Warriors 2 features a mini-game named Sugoroku, but it bears very little resemblance to the above described games. Instead, it plays very much like Itadaki Street, Wily & Right no RockBoard: That's Paradise, or a simplified version of Monopoly: players take turns in moving around a board, the spaces of which are designated as different territories of Japan. By landing on an unoccupied space, the player is able to buy that space for a set amount of money. If one player lands on a space purchased by another, they must pay a fee to that player, or else can choose to challenge the player for control of that space (utilising the main Samurai Warriors 2 game engine for special challenge games). Also present on the board are "Shrine" spaces, which are roughly analogious to Monopoly's Chance and Community Chest spaces.
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