Bishi Bashi

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Bishi Bashi
Bishi Bashi.jpg
Cover art for Bishi Bashi Special
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
Platform(s)PlayStation, Windows, mobile devices & arcade

Bishi Bashi (ビシバシチャンプ, Bishi Bashi Chanpu) is a series of video games by Konami for arcades, mobile phones, PlayStation and Windows. All games in the series comprise playing through a wide variety of competitive minigames against other players. The arcade games support 1 to 6 players[1] and the PlayStation game allows 1 to 8 players; the game will provide computer opponents if there are not enough players.

Arcade games[]

The arcade games released so far include:[2]

  • Bishi Bashi Championship Mini Game Senshuken, or Bishi Bashi Champ in 1996
  • Super Bishi Bashi Champ[1] and Steering Champ in 1998
  • Hyper Bishi Bashi, Gachaga Champ, Step Champ and Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ[3] in 1999
  • Anime Champ in 2000
  • Salaryman Champ in 2001
  • Great Bishi Bashi Champ in 2002
  • Bishi Bashi Champ Online in 2005
  • The★BishiBashi in 2009
  • BishiBashi Channel in 2018

The arcade game controls are very simple; each player has a red, green and blue button, positioned left, centre and right respectively. Each minigame explains its controls before play commences. Some titles of the series, however, make use of a steering wheel (Handle Champ), two joysticks (Gachaga Champ), a dance pad (Step Champ), or a spinning button (BishiBashi Channel) for the controls instead of the 3 buttons.

The★BishiBashi uses the yellow button (start button) in most mini-games to finish the mini-game before time runs out or to score additional points. BishiBashi Channel replaces the green button with a larger one that can be rotated, and some mini-games require players to rotate this button.

PlayStation games[]

Some of the minigames from the arcade games have been ported to the Sony PlayStation and released under the name Bishi Bashi Special (ビシバシスペシャル).[4] Salaryman Champ has also been ported to the same console.

  • Bishi Bashi Special was released in 1998 in Japan[5][6]
    • Includes the minigames from Bishi Bashi Champ, Super Bishi Bashi Champ and Handle Champ.
  • Bishi Bashi Special 2 was released in 1999 in Japan[7]
    • Includes the minigames from Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ and Gachaga Champ.
  • A European edition titled Bishi Bashi Special was released in 2000 and compiles Bishi Bashi Special 1 and 2 on one disc, retitled Super Bishi Bashi and Hyper Bishi Bashi.
  • Bishi Bashi Special 3 was released in 2000 in Japan only[8]
    • Includes the minigames from Step Champ.

Unlike the arcade game, the ported minigames do not always use the red, green and blue buttons of the PlayStation joypad; "button bashing" minigames allow the player to use the analog sticks or the shoulder buttons as well as the regular buttons.

  • Salaryman Champ: Tatakau Salaryman was released in 2001 in Japan only (Developed and Released by Success)

Mobile Phone Games[]

  • Bishi Bashi Champ in 2001
  • Shout! Shaberin Champ Mobile in 2007[9]
  • Intuition! Bishi Bashi Champ Mobile in 2007
  • The Bishi Bashi! e-AMUSEMENT in 2009
  • Min'na de bishibashi in 2014

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b (in Japanese) 業務用パーティーゲーム「ハイパービシバシチャンプ」発売 Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ bishi bashi championship mini game senshuken at arcade-history: video games, pinballs, slot machines, etc
  3. ^ (in Japanese) 〜コナミ、人気業務用ゲーム機シリーズ「チャンプシリーズ」〜 「ハイパービシバシチャンプ」（汎用筺体版）発売 Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ (in Japanese) KONAMI エンタテインメント Archived November 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Bishi Bashi Special Info - Bishi Bashi Special Information - Bishi Bashi Special Release Date
  6. ^ Bishi Bashi Special for PS - Bishi Bashi Special PlayStation - Bishi Bashi Special PS Game Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Bishi Bashi Special 2 Info - Bishi Bashi Special 2 Information - Bishi Bashi Special 2 Release Date
  8. ^ Bishi Bashi Special 3 Info - Bishi Bashi Special 3 Information - Bishi Bashi Special 3 Release Date
  9. ^ Official Shout! Shaberin Champ Mobile web page in Konami Japan
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