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'''Ganso Saiyuuki: Super Monkey Daibouken''', which roughly translates to Original Journey to the West: Super Monkey's Great Adventure, is a game developed by [[Vap]] for the [[Famicom]] in [[1986]]. It is a retelling of the famous Chinese legend upon which many popular Japanese culture licenses, such as Dragon Ball | '''Ganso Saiyuuki: Super Monkey Daibouken''', which roughly translates to Original Journey to the West: Super Monkey's Great Adventure, is a game developed by [[Vap]] for the [[Famicom]] in [[1986]]. It is a retelling of the famous Chinese legend upon which many popular Japanese culture licenses, such as the Dragon Ball series, have been based. | ||
It recounts the tale of the Buddhist monk Xuánzàng's pilgrimage to India during the Táng dynasty in order to obtain Buddhist religious texts called sutras. The Bodhisattva Guānyīn, on instruction from the Buddha, gives this task to the monk and his three protectors in the form of disciples — namely Sūn Wùkōng (a monkey), Zhū Bājiè (a pig) and Shā Wùjìng (a kappa, or water demon) — together with a dragon prince who acts as Xuánzàng's horse mount. These four characters have agreed to help Xuánzàng as an atonement for past sins. | It recounts the tale of the Buddhist monk Xuánzàng's pilgrimage to India during the Táng dynasty in order to obtain Buddhist religious texts called sutras. The Bodhisattva Guānyīn, on instruction from the Buddha, gives this task to the monk and his three protectors in the form of disciples — namely Sūn Wùkōng (a monkey), Zhū Bājiè (a pig) and Shā Wùjìng (a kappa, or water demon) — together with a dragon prince who acts as Xuánzàng's horse mount. These four characters have agreed to help Xuánzàng as an atonement for past sins. | ||