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Thomas the Tank Engine (Japanese: きかんしゃトーマスとなかまたち "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends") is a PlayStation game developed by Bandai and released by Banpresto. It was exclusively released in Japan in 21 September 2000.[1]
Characters[]
- Thomas
- Edward
- Henry
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Toby
- Sir Handel
- Peter Sam
- Bertie
- Trevor
- Harold
- Cranky
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Kids Station Engines
- Duck (does not speak)
- Donald and Douglas (do not speak)
- Bill and Ben (do not speak)
- Duncan (cameo)
- Annie and Clarabel (cameos)
- Caroline (cameo)
- Jem Cole (cameo)
- Refreshment Lady (cameo)
- Nancy (cameo)
- Jeremiah Jobling (cameo)
- Boulder (cameo)
Locations[]
- Knapford
- Sir Topham Hatt's Office
- Tidmouth Sheds
- The Three Way Road
- Brendam Docks
- Boulder Quarry
- Dryaw Airfield
- Wellsworth Vicarage Orchard
- Ffarquhar Sheds (title screen)
- Dryaw Goods Station (intro sequence)
- Tidmouth Beach (intro sequence)
- The Valley Bridge (intro sequence)
- Black Loch (intro sequence)
Cast[]
- Keiko Toda as Thomas
- Yasuhiro Takato as Edward
- Ryō Horikawa as Henry
- Kenji Utsumi as Gordon
- Katsuji Mori as James
- Chisato Nakajima as Percy
- Yasuhiko Kawazu as Toby
- Naoki Tatsuta as Sir Handel
- Shinobu Satouchi as Peter Sam
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Bertie
- Toshio Kobayashi as Trevor
- Yūki Satō as Harold
- Hisao Egawa as Cranky
- Takeshi Aono as Sir Topham Hatt
Trivia[]
- The game has a pre-rendered CGI cutscene at the beginning.
- In one minigame, the custom engines use Percy's, Thomas', or Peter Sam's whistles at different pitches.
- References to Thomas' Train, Off the Rails, Down the Mine, Percy Takes the Plunge, Trust Thomas and Thomas and the Special Letter are made.
- Edward has his whistle sound from the fourth series and the fifth series episode James and the Trouble with Trees.
- Gordon shares Duck's whistle sound as he did in the fourth and occasionally in the fifth series.
- James has his whistle sound from the fourth series to the fifth series episode Make Someone Happy.
- A demo version of the game was included in the "Kids Station Special Disc" giveaway.[2]
- This is the first of two KidsStation Thomas & Friends games. The Second being KidsStation - Talking and Drawing with Thomas and Friends
Goofs[]
- Thomas has Edward's whistle sound. This is the last occurrence of this.
- Donald has his whistle sound two steps higher pitched which is also Duck's whistle one step higher pitched.
- Sir Handel has Oliver's current whistle sound.
- Bill has George's whistle sound at a higher pitch, while Ben has his whistle sound at regular pitch.
- Trevor's whistle sound is lower-pitched.
- James' wheels have been coloured grey in almost every minigame. They can be coloured black in James' colouring game.
- Duck's handrails are yellow when they should be grey.
- In Percy's sound matching game, Percy's funnel is put on his boiler as opposed to his smokebox.
- In the racing and length measuring games, Henry's side rods do not appear to be connected to his driving wheels.
- In Toby's level crossing game, the sheep disappear when the evening starts to fall.
- Peter Sam has his old funnel.
- Sir Handel and Peter Sam appear to be running on the same gauge as the standard gauge engines.
- In the Cranky game, two canal boats are depicted as large ships.