Play Doshin the Giant (J) Online
You play as a giant yellow goofball shaping islands for villagers—until you hold a button too long and turn into a rage monster that smashes everything. It’s oddly zen until it isn’t.
Doshin the Giant was a late Nintendo 64 release from 1999, developed by Param and published by Nintendo. It arrived at a time when the system was winding down, offering something completely different from the platformers and adventure games that defined the console. It was a quiet, experimental title that didn't get much attention outside Japan, but it had a unique charm for those who found it.
You control a large, yellow giant named Doshin, and your goal is to help the island's villagers prosper by literally shaping the land. You raise the earth to form mountains and flatten it to create plains, all while carrying villagers and resources to where they're needed. The core mechanics involve holding buttons to either build up the terrain as the benevolent Doshin or hold longer to transform into the destructive Jashin and tear everything down. The pacing is slow and deliberate, almost meditative, until a sudden crisis demands quick action. It feels like being a gentle caretaker one moment and an unstoppable force of nature the next.
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