Tail of the Sun

Tail of the Sun

Infobox VG| title = Tail of the Sun


developer = Artdink
publisher =
released =
genre = Action/Non-game
modes = Single player
platforms = Sony PlayStation
media = CD-ROM

"Tail of the Sun" (Japan: 太陽のしっぽ / "Taiyou no Shippo: Wild, Pure, Simple Life") is a 3D video game in which your ultimate objective is to build a tower of mammoth tusks that reaches the sun. To this end, you must gather enough food for your tribe to thrive and multiply, while exploring a large map full of various creatures and oddities.

When you begin, the game drops you off at your home village with no goals, objectives, or guidance. You are free, from the outset, to go nearly anywhere and do basically what you like. While not a new concept in gaming, it was nevertheless, at the time of the game's release, a fairly radical one. The landscape your character inhabits is not only shared by a variety of polygonal fauna, but by flora rendered in the form of Mochi of various shapes and colors, which have varying effects on your health.

While exploring the fairly vast landscape, your character will need to sleep, and will often choose to do so while in the middle of hunting or swimming.

Upon its release, the game drew critical comparison to Artdink's earlier 'non-game' Aquanaut's Holiday.

While "Tail of the Sun" never experienced widespread commercial success in either the US or Japan, it is still considered as somewhat of a cult masterpiece within some critical circles.

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