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Title -  Welcome House
Japanese Title - ウエルカム ハウス
Developer -  Gust / HighwayStar Co., Ltd.

Catalogue No. -  T-15027G

Type -  Adventure
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This is a conversion of the PlayStation game which also spawned a sequel which never made it to the Saturn. Welcome House is a cartoon adventure or so the instruction book calls it. Our main character, Keaton is going to visit his uncle's mansion. Unfortunately for Keaton his uncle is a practical joker and it just happens to be April 1st too. It's now up to you to guide Keaton around his uncle's mansion solving the puzzles and avoiding the traps in this 3D adventure.

Welcome House is pretty dull to be honest and the fake comedy value didn't make me laugh even once. The graphics are pretty sold if not a little dirty thanks to low resolution textures. This wouldn't be that bad if Keaton was easy to control but he's not. He can't walk diagonally making it rather frustrating to walk at times. Some of the puzzles are also quite obscure too, especially if you can't understand Japanese. All in all Welcome House is a bit of a dud. But at least it comes with these nice stickers.