Robot Ponkottsu Star Version

December 4, 1998 Hudson Soft Hudson Soft
Role-playing (RPG)
GBC
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Robot Ponkottsu: Star Version is a Role-Playing game, published by Hudson, which was released in Japan in 1998.
Storyline

Within Robopon Sun, Star, and Moon versions, the player assumes the role of a child named Cody, whose grandpa is retiring and gives him the family business, a Robopon Dispatching Company. Cody travels around Porombo Island collecting Robopon and battling against the "Legend 7", the top-ranked Robopon collectors on the island. Each time Cody successfully beats one of the Legend 7, he takes his or her place in the ranking system.
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Release Date December 4, 1998
Developer Hudson Soft
Publisher Hudson Soft
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Science fiction