CIMA: The Enemy is a computer role-playing game developed by
Neverland Co., Ltd. and published by Natsume
for the Game Boy Advance. It follows the story of Ark and Ivy, two aspiring Gate
Guardians. It is their duty to protect the innocent from being captured by the CIMA, an alien race that feeds on human
hope.
In CIMA, you must take a number of NPC characters, each with their own special abilities, out of the dungeons the CIMA have
created to feed on human hope. CIMA build their dungeons on this principle: Without an escape, Humans lose hope. Therefore, they
take their time to appear not as powerful as they could.
The Game starts off with Gate Guardians Ark and Ivy in a train enroute to the frontier: A land where people can start their
life anew. However, CIMA Attack and suck the train into one of their worlds so they can feed on the humans.
The game relies on an interesting combat system where you must direct fourteen party members to different switches, almost
like a planar version of Lemmings. However, the AI is severely lacking, and party members are easily stuck on corners. Also, the
interface used to guide party members to the destination is considered by IGN to be clunky and slow.
Characters
Jester R, one of the Six Stars (the six most powerful of the Gate Guardians), does not appear much (or at all, after
the first level). During the introduction, he is seen with Chief Esswood, and is the only possessor of the rare Purple
Majesty. He teaches Ark and Ivy the meaning of being a Gate Guardian, and the responsibility of protection. (25 years old)
Ark J is the character you almost always appear as on-screen. Although at first he seems to be immature (fighting with
Ivy over trivial things such as age) he grows throughout the game by learning the meaning of the Guardian's motto, "Protect
Everyone". He is a Gate Guardian, under Jester's watchful eye. (18 years old)
Ivy F is Ark's foil, arguing with him at every turn in the first few levels. She believes
that he should obey her because she has been a Guardian for a whole month longer than he has, and he replies that she should
listen to him, because he is a year older than her (eight months, to be exact). While she is snobbish at first, she grows
alongside Ark, and her self-sacrificial actions at the end of the game save the people she has vowed to protect. (17 years
old)
Vanrose U is one of 14 pioneers headed for the new land on the Blue Creek train that is obducted by CIMA. He is a very
difficult man to work with, at first. Because he does not trust Ark or Ivy, he does not follow their orders, and tends to run off
on his own. Shelley, Rick, and Diana are his friends, and he worries excessively about Shelley in particular. (32 years old)
Shelley Y is also a pioneer, presumably going with Vanrose. She is kind, but quick to point out things that Ark and Ivy
miss (such as, it's dangerous to stay here). Although she is a member of the group of 14 that Ark commands, she can also move on
her own, and carries a gun that is both accurate and painful to CIMA. (27 years old)
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