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NASU's title screen.

NASU is the Famicom game found in Madotsuki's Room. It is named after the Japanese word for eggplant.

Gameplay

NASU, showing its standing, jumping and eggplant-head sprites.

A typical NASU game.

NASU is a very simple arcade game in which the objective is to catch falling eggplants in the player character's mouth. Failing to catch a single eggplant will result in a game over. Each eggplant is worth 10 points. The player of NASU is a red character largely resembling a bird or Tengu.

The player must walk left and right to reach the eggplants, then catch them by jumping by pressing the interact key. Holding the menu key exits the game.

For every eggplant collected, there is a 1/50 chance for a pink bonus eggplant to appear, bouncing from the left side of the screen to the right. Eating the bonus eggplant is worth 300 points, and it does not result in a game over if missed. It is possible to get an additional 1,000 bonus points by catching a normal and bonus eggplant at the same time.

By performing a button combination nearly identical to the Konami Code (left, left, right, right, up, down, up, down) in NASU's title screen, a cheat mode is activated. It replaces the player character's head with an eggplant, and greatly improves the chances of a bonus eggplant appearing. Playing NASU with this cheat enabled will not update the high score.

Trivia

The NASU minigame had a mobile port on the Apple App Store and Google Play, released on November 22 and 25, 2013, respectively. There was a page advertising the app on yumenikki.net.
The Thumbs.db files of version 0.04 contain images of a scrapped game called Severed Head PK which could have appeared alongside NASU.
The eggplant head cheat mode may reference the game Kid Icarus for the Famicom, where some enemies transform the player into an eggplant with legs.
According to unused code in version 0.09, the NASU player character was originally going to appear in the Dense Woods A and Windmill World, transporting the player to FC World C in an unused event called NASU Link.
If the player collects a pink bonus eggplant while a purple eggplant hits the ground, the pink eggplants will be invisible in the next NASU game that is played. Despite this, they can still be collected while invisible, and all subsequent bonus eggplants collected after one invisible eggplant will be visible.

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-[[File:Nasu.png|frame|A typical ''NASU'' game.]]
+[[File:Nasu title.png|thumb|''NASU's'' title screen.]]
-''[[NASU]]'' is the Famicom game found in [[Madotsuki's Room]]. The graphics and sound highly resemble authentic Famicom/NES hardware capabilities, although the game itself is fictional. It is possible that ''NASU'' wasn't the only game intended to be included in ''[[Yume Nikki]]'', since it's a member (yet the only one) of the Famicom menu.
-It is named after the Japanese word for eggplant (a.k.a. aubergine), a type of fruit native to Asia.
+'''''NASU''''' is the Famicom game found in [[Yume Nikki:Madotsuki's Room|Madotsuki's Room]]. It is named after the Japanese word for eggplant.
 ==Gameplay==
-{{Infobox character
+[[File:Nasucharacter.png|thumb|right|NASU, showing its standing, jumping and eggplant-head sprites.]]
-|image         = File:Nasucharacter.png
+[[File:Nasu.png|thumb|right|A typical ''NASU'' game.]]
-|caption       = NASU, Showing its standing, jumping and eggplant-head sprites
-|character type= Player character
-|location      = Madotsuki's Famicom game NASU
-|role          = The Player Character in the NASU video game
-|size          = Small
-|killable      = No
-|effect reaction = None
-}}
-''NASU'' is a very simple arcade game in which the object is to catch a falling eggplant in the player character's mouth. Failing to catch an eggplant will result in losing the game. Each eggplant is worth 10 points, and occasionally a bonus eggplant will bounce from the left side of the screen to the right and is worth 300, and does not result in a game over if not caught. It is also possible to get 1,000 bonus points; this is achieved by catching a normal and bonus eggplant at the same time.
-===Controls===
+''NASU'' is a very simple arcade game in which the objective is to catch falling eggplants in the player character's mouth. Failing to catch a single eggplant will result in a game over. Each eggplant is worth 10 points. The player of NASU is a red character largely resembling a bird or [[wikipedia:Tengu|Tengu]].
-*Left Arrow Key to move left.
-*Right Arrow Key to move right.
-*Interact key to jump and collect eggplants.
-==Easter Eggs==
+The player must walk {{control|left}} and {{control|right}} to reach the eggplants, then catch them by jumping by pressing the {{control|interact}} key. Holding the {{control|menu}} key exits the game.
-By performing a button combination nearly identical to the Konami Code (left, left, right, right, up, down, up, down) in NASU's title screen, the player character's head is replaced with an eggplant. Doing this seems to greatly improve the chances of a bonus eggplant. While this is likely a reference to the Konami Code, it may also refer to Kid Icarus for the Famicom, where some enemies transformed the player into an eggplant with legs.
-NOTE: Using this trick will NOT update your highscore. (Tested in Yume Nikki Ver : 0.10)
+For every eggplant collected, there is a 1/50 chance for a pink bonus eggplant to appear, bouncing from the left side of the screen to the right. Eating the bonus eggplant is worth 300 points, and it does not result in a game over if missed. It is possible to get an additional 1,000 bonus points by catching a normal and bonus eggplant at the same time.
-==Fan Speculation==
+By performing a button combination nearly identical to the Konami Code (left, left, right, right, up, down, up, down) in ''NASU''{{'}}s title screen, a cheat mode is activated. It replaces the player character's head with an eggplant, and greatly improves the chances of a bonus eggplant appearing. Playing ''NASU'' with this cheat enabled will not update the high score.
-===Neon Parrot===
-The [[Neon Parrot]] is more than just similar to the player character of NASU.
-===Toriningen===
+==Trivia==
-The player character of NASU somewhat resembles the [[Toriningen]] of [[Madotsuki]]'s dreams. With its depressing nature, the game could be influencing her dreams negatively in this manner and many others.
+*The ''NASU'' minigame had a mobile port on the Apple App Store and Google Play, released on November 22 and 25, 2013, respectively. There was a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140808085502/http://yumenikki.net/app page advertising the app on yumenikki.net].
+*The Thumbs.db files of [[Yume Nikki:Old Versions#Version 0.04|version 0.04]] contain images of a scrapped game called [[Yume Nikki:Severed Head PK|Severed Head PK]] which could have appeared alongside ''NASU''.
+*The eggplant head cheat mode may reference the game ''Kid Icarus'' for the Famicom, where some enemies transform the player into an eggplant with legs.
+*According to unused code in [[Yume Nikki:Old Versions#Version 0.09|version 0.09]], the ''NASU'' player character was originally going to appear in the [[Yume Nikki:Dense Woods A|Dense Woods A]] and [[Yume Nikki:Windmill World|Windmill World]], transporting the player to [[Yume Nikki:FC World C|FC World C]] in an unused event called [[Yume Nikki:Unused Content#NASU Link|NASU Link]].
+*If the player collects a pink bonus eggplant while a purple eggplant hits the ground, the pink eggplants will be invisible in the next ''NASU'' game that is played. Despite this, they can still be collected while invisible, and all subsequent bonus eggplants collected after one invisible eggplant will be visible.
-===Time Period===
+[[Category:Yume Nikki Characters]]
-A Famicom is a rather outdated console by today's standards, but it isn't unusual for someone to own and enjoy using one. However, other things in Madotsuki's room seem a bit outdated, such as the TV itself. This may indicate that the events of ''[[Yume Nikki]]'' take place sometime in the recent past. Alternately; it could be that because she never leaves her home these items represent the time period when she changed and stayed indoors, hence nothing is updated or new.
+[[Category:Yume Nikki Minigames]]
-==Online version==
-A fully playable online version made by fans was recently published on Newgrounds:
-*[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/581374 NASU FLASH]
-[[Category:Characters]]
-[[Category:Content]]