Popful Mail

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Popful Mail
Developer Nihon Falcom
Publisher Nihon Falcom (Japan)
NEC (PC-Engine CD-ROM²)
Sega (Mega CD)
Working Designs (Sega CD)
D4 Enterprise
Platforms Mega Drive Mini 2, Mobile (DoJa), PC-8801, PC-9801, PC Engine CD-ROM², Sega CD, Super Famicom, Windows
Released PC-8801
Japan: December 20, 1991
PC-9801
Japan: 1992
Sega CD/Mega CD
Japan: April 1, 1994
North America: February 23, 1995
Super Famicom
Japan: June 10, 1994
PC Engine CD-ROM²
Japan: August 12, 1994
Windows
Japan (EGG, PC-8801): December 1, 2002
Japan (EGG, PC-9801): December 28, 2006
Japan (Super Famicom, EGG): November 8, 2011
Mobile phone (DoJa)
Japan: 2003
Sega Mega Drive Mini 2
Japan: October 27, 2022
Added to
Museum
Mega Drive Mini 2: May 2, 2024
Unofficial fan patch: May 17, 2024

Popful Mail (ぽっぷるメイル, Poppuru Meiru), also known as Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure is a platform video game by Nihon Falcom.

Releases

Nihon Falcom developed and published Popful Mail in Japan for PC-8801 on December 20, 1991. This version was published by D4 Enterprise on Project EGG for Windows on December 1, 2002.

A PC-9801 version was developed and published by Nihon Falcom in 1992 and by D4 Enterprise on Project EGG for Windows on December 28, 2006.

Nihon Falcom developed a version for Mega-CD and Sega published it in Japan on April 1, 1994. A r North American localization was published for Sega CD by [[Working Designs on February 23, 1995. The Mega-CD version was published by Sega on Sega Mega Drive Mini 2 on October 27, 2022.

A Super Famicom version was developed and published by Nihon Falcom in Japan on June 10, 1994. This version was published by D4 Enterprise on Project Egg for Windows on November 8, 2011.

Nihon Falcom developed a PC Engine CD-ROM² version and NEC published it in Japan on August 12, 1994.

A feature phone version was developed by in DoJa by Nihon Falcom and was published by the same studio in Japan in 2003.

Fan patch for English localization

On February 24, 2017 a fan translation group named stargood Translations released an "Un-Worked Designs" patch for the English localization on Sega CD that corrected typos in the official English translation removed most non-translation-related changes.