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The PC character being an ant and crawling around inside an anthill sounds like SimAnt, which is certainly not a Japan exclusive- not exclusively a platformer either, because the overworld takes place in a top-down perspective. But it does have a world map, though it's a backyard instead of an island.
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Nope, it's not SimAnt. Like I said, the levels were platformer levels that resembled the insides of anthills or ant farms, but now that I think about it, the player character may not have been an ant. If this helps, the levels in the game I saw were probably much more colorful than an actual anthill's interior, and the game graphics had a "kawaii" feel to them, if I remember correctly; hence, the game is very likely from Japan, if not Japan-exclusive.
Earth worm jim ?
No, it's not Earthworm Jim. I'm familiar with that series, and would've recognized it if it were what I'm looking for.
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It is possible you're thinking of something in the Dig Dug or the related Mr Driller series? I've only played the original Dig Dug but that resembled an ant farm and I know Dig Dug II had an overview of an island which would look like a world map. So it's possible there's something in the series which matches your description.
Well, you're right in that Dig Dug has some similarities to my query, but it's not what I'm looking for. The game I'm looking for doesn't involve digging at all, and all of the tunnels are preset. Also, I'm familiar with Dig Dug already, and would recognize it immediately if it were what I'm looking for.
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You don't need to bump this every day, you know.
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Yeah, I know. I just wanted to make sure this query doesn't get buried too deep into the YKTS archives. For now, anyways; I'll leave it be for a while now.
Oh boy, will this ever be a long shot. It's been long since I last saw this, so excuse me if my memories are vague. Also, yes, I'm trying to find a work that isn't a foreign TV show or cartoon of some sort for the first time.
So, back when I was younger, I saw a YouTube video of some kind of a video game. For starters, the video game was possibly a Japan-exclusive game, which probably explains why I can't find it. The game is a 2D platformer, and the levels looked like the insides of anthills, or ant farms, or something similar to those. I'm not sure what the player character looked like, but he/she/it could climb up walls in these anthill-like levels, so he/she/it was probably an ant. The only other thing I can remember is that there was also a world map, which was a big island, I think. As for what console this game was on, I certainly have no idea, but I think it's an arcade game.
Again, sorry for the extremely vague info, but that's all I can really remember of it. I really can't confirm if this was just a dream I had, but who knows? Happy searching either way!
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