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Game Page | 21681 |
Set Difficulty | 1 |
Approximate time to master | <1 Hour |
Minimum numbers of playthroughs needed | 1 |
Number of missable achievements | 5 |
Does difficulty affect achievements? | Not applicable |
Hardest achievement of the set | Posin' With the Boys |
(Please note that none of these achievements are particularly hard and the only reason Posin' With the Boys is the pick here is because it's a little obscure on how to get it.)
This is a Yume Nikki (translated "Dream Diary") fan game that was created for the 2019 Dream Diary Jam. You can find more information about the game on its website and its itch.io page.
Per the Yume Nikki Wiki:
"Yume Nikki" means "Dream Diary" in Japanese (and thus can be written as 夢日記, although the title is normally in hiragana), and the game follows a girl named Madotsuki as she dreams. The goal is to seek out and acquire all 24 "effects". The game otherwise has no actual plot or dialogue, and nearly the entire game is left up to speculation."
Red Square plays very similarly to this concept, though as a much smaller scale. In it, the player assumes the role of Nina who is passionate about her pizza and is waiting for one to be delivered. In the meantime, she sleeps, eagerly awaiting its arrival. There are only six worlds and four effects to find, the latter of which being the requirement to reach the ending of the game.
Did this game need a guide? No. Am I doing it anyway because I want to give the Virtual Boy some love? Yes.
Button | Effect |
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Left D-Pad | Move |
A | Interact/Select |
B | Cancel |
Start | Open Menu |
R | Action |
L | Wake Up |
To "wake up" pulls Nina from her dreams back to her bed in reality. This can be useful for quickly getting back to the game's central hub. "Action" functions more like an Easter Egg, giving Nina a different action based upon the Effect she has equipped. To equip an effect, open the Menu with Start and select the desired effect. Nina's appearance will change.
Effect | Effect's Location | Effect's Effect |
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Bishounen | The Snowscape - Supermarket - Aisle L | Transforms Nina into a Bishounen anime character. Pressing the action button will cause her to pose and pressing it again will cause a short panover cutscene. |
Bike | The Beach | Nina hops on the Bike, complete with helmet for safety. Pressing the action button causes her to rev the bike. |
Server | The Kitchen | Nina how carries a pizza server. Pressing the action button causes her to raise it. |
3D Glasses | The Club | Nina wears some old school anaglyph 3d glasses. Pressing the action button shifts Nina's color momentarily. |
Featured in Reality are Nina's bedroom and her balcony. In her room is a phone, with which she can order a pizza, a door leading to her balcony (which has nothing special going on right now), and her bed, which is your entrance to the Dream World and the bulk of the game. Let's take a nap while we wait on that pizza.
This is your hub for the game. Nina will appear here any time she goes to sleep. Interacting with the table will wake her up and going into any one of the holes will lead to one of the game's six world. See the table below for information.
Position | World |
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Top-Left | The Forest |
Top-Middle | The Snowscape |
Top-Right | The Beach |
Bottom-Left | The Kitchen |
Bottom-Middle | The Void |
Bottom-Right | The Club |
For achievements, there is nothing here. It's just a weird little dream forest. Heading north from the door and taking the northward path and then the eastward path will lead to another northward path. At the end of this path is a mailbox. Interacting with it will take you to another area that leads to another mailbox. Interacting here will take you to a secluded area with two pizza boxes. You just came out of the left one. Going into the right one will take you back to the original mailbox. This is the only thing of interest in this world.
Go south from the door until finding a large struction with many slats in it. Walk to the right until finding a store that says it's open. Going inside, you will find yourself on aisle F. Going north by three aisles will let you find Aisle P, where a frozen Pizza is waiting, earning the optional Achievement "Not the Pizza You're Looking For." Going up one more aisle into Aisle L find the Bishounen Effect sitting conspicuously alone on the shelf.
After getting the Bishounen Effect, it can be equipped via the pause menu, like every other effect. However, this one has use for a couple of achievements. For now, equip the effect and use the Action button (R) to strike a pose and again to get a panover cutscene of bishounen Nina. Do this four times for the optional Achievement "Posin' With the Boys."
Note: This achievement may not work right at times, or at least in the store. If it doesn't trigger, try doing it in different areas.
Virtually a Boy! (1) Obtain the Bishounen effect.
Posin' With the Boys (1) View every Bishounen cutscene graphic.
Not the Pizza You're Looking For (1) Find the Pizza you weren't looking for.
From the entrance to the area, head south until finding two palm trees some distance apart. Go left to find a car with the Bike Effect. From there, go north to find the Not Pizza Stand. Interact with it to earn the "Pizza Time?" optional achievement.
Definition of Speed (1) Obtain the Bike effect.
Pizza Time? (1) Attempt to buy Pizza at the Not Pizza Stand.
From the entrance, go left until you see a tomato plant above the path. Going up fromt here, the Pizza Cutter can be found inside a facsimile of a skull, which earns the optional Achievement "Sharp Things Are Dangerous." From there, walk around the right of the skull and north to find the Server, completing the area.
Watch Out, World (1) Obtain the Server effect.
Sharp Things Are Dangerous (1) Find the powerful weapon.
There is nothing here. This world is as empty as your pizza-craving stomach.
From the entrance, go left one room and then down one room to get the 3D Glasses Effect.
From the entrance, got north two rooms and left one room to find the Boys' Only Club above the PIZZA mural on the floor. To enter, equip the Bishounen Effect and go through the door.
The Third Dimension (1) Obtain the 3D Glasses effect.
Hot Stuff (2) Enter the Boy's Club.
Once all four effects are gathered, wake up using the L button and head out onto the balcony. The ending cutscene will play out automatically.
All for the Best (5) Collect all four effects and reach the ending.