The Duality of Clarice

In the 2004 mobile game City Connection Rocket, Clarice is seen blushing when wearing a bikini after the player completes a level set in Hawaii. Three years later, in Jaleco Super Tennis, when Clarice wins, she is seen wearing a bikini, but she is happy and not blushing anymore. Perhaps Clarice did not want to be seen wearing a bikini in City Connection Rocket, but all of that changed by the time Jaleco Super Tennis was released for Japanese cellphones three years later.

Jaleco games and characters © City Connection.

Then and Now

Fun Facts: The first generation Honda City rolled off the assembly line as a hatchback. Honda retired the "City" name in 1993, only to revive the usage of the name as a sedan in 1996. The "City" name was never reused in Japan, however.

During the first generation Honda City's production run, which ran from 1981 to 1986, Jaleco created an arcade game called City Connection, which was released in 1985 and had a Honda City as the player's vehicle. Interestingly, City Connection, who currently owns the rights to Jaleco's intellectual properties after Game Yarou's bankruptcy, was named after the 1985 arcade game of the same name.