{"id":26385,"date":"2026-01-05T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26385"},"modified":"2025-12-17T06:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:30:30","slug":"milanos-odd-job-collection-ps4-ps5-switch-1-2-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/05\/milanos-odd-job-collection-ps4-ps5-switch-1-2-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Milano’s Odd Job Collection (PS4, PS5, Switch 1 & 2, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My two favorite video game consoles are the Super Nintendo and PlayStation.\u00a0 I played so many great games on those systems, and there were so many more that never came out overseas!\u00a0 That\u2019s why I like when a company snags a Japan only classic and brings it over here.\u00a0 Such is the case with Milano\u2019s Odd Job Collection.\u00a0 Big thanks to XSEED for bringing it to the US and translating it, as well as just being supportive of me pretty much their entire existence.\u00a0 Anyway, this game was originally a Japan only PlayStation title.\u00a0 Interestingly enough, Westone made it, and they\u2019re best known for the Wonder Boy series. \u00a0\u00a0In this game, you play as young girl Milano.\u00a0 It\u2019s summer vacation, but Milano\u2019s mom will be in the hospital for 40 days, and her dad has to work.\u00a0 So they send Milano to live with her uncle during that time.\u00a0 But when she gets there, a note on the door says that her uncle has gone away and to watch the house for him.\u00a0 Man what kind of parents are they?\u00a0 Anyway, Milano decides to do odd jobs around town for the summer to earn a lot of money and make her parents proud.\u00a0 This game is a mini-game collection where you perform job themed activities.\u00a0 Now before you say, \u201cOh great, another mini-game collection,\u201d keep in mind this game came out in 1999 or so, nearly half a decade before WarioWare and the glut of mini-game collections on the Wii.\u00a0 So it was probably pretty innovative back then.\u00a0 Anyway, it\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

In the game you have 40 days that you are on your own.\u00a0 At the start of each day you can choose a job to do, but not all stores are open every day.\u00a0 And some stores only open after you do certain things.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go through the mini-games you\u2019ll play in these stores.<\/p>\n

Ranch: Roundabout Wrangler<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can tell this game is set in a fantasy world because here you must milk flying cows.\u00a0 You walk left and right in 2D fashion around a circle.\u00a0 When a flying cow is above you, jump up to grab her udders and pull down and start milking by pressing the button rapidly.\u00a0 When you fill up a bucket you can move onto the next flying cow.\u00a0 But make sure to jump over other animals running around or they\u2019ll knock you back and cost you valuable time.\u00a0 Each job has a time limit, and if you complete the task, you\u2019ll earn money.<\/p>\n

Bakery: Pastry Pileup<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is like a falling block puzzle game.\u00a0 It kind of plays like a cross between Tetris Attack and Yoshi.\u00a0 Ingredient tiles will fall from the top, and you can flip their order vertically when they hit the bottom.\u00a0 When two or more match, press a button to make cakes out of them.\u00a0 When you make enough cakes, you pass the level.\u00a0 I like this one because I like puzzle games like this and I\u2019m good at it.<\/p>\n

Restaurant: Dishwash Woosh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wash dishes as fast as you can.\u00a0 Press the button to pick up a dish, and then again to put it in the water.\u00a0 Move the control stick around to clean it, and then press the button again to pull it out and place it on the clean pile.\u00a0 But if you pick up a dish with a exclamation mark on it, quickly duck to avoid a flying ladle.\u00a0 If it hits you, you\u2019ll be stunned for a short while.<\/p>\n

Burger Joint: Tick Tock Takeout<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take orders from customers, then go to the stations and make their food and try to remember their order.\u00a0 Do this enough times correctly to pass.<\/p>\n

Orchard: Fresh Fruit Freefall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Catch apples in your bucket when they fall by walking left and right under them, and jump over animals that might knock you over.<\/p>\n

Hospital: Viral Vamoose<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of the games won\u2019t open until you have enough energy, and this was one of those games.\u00a0 Once you have enough, you can cure patients by pressing the face buttons in the right order, or as quick as you can, depending on the level.<\/p>\n

Pizzeria: Pizza Pronto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drive your scooter from left to right and avoid cars and traffic cones that can slow you down and deliver your pizza on time.<\/p>\n

Music Hall: Pop Star Power<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one was always closed until I spent the day at the park a few days instead of working.\u00a0 One time, a talent scout came along and asked if I could sing in the music hall, which unlocks this mini-game.\u00a0 Milano is a pop star and sings and plays the drums.\u00a0 When the button icons go past a line, press the correct button.\u00a0 Yeah, it\u2019s a typical music\/rhythm game.<\/p>\n

If you do the job game successfully, you\u2019ll earn money.\u00a0 Then you can go back to your house and do a few things to improve your mood, energy, or skill level.\u00a0 These include things like eating, cleaning, washing, feeding the cat, etc.\u00a0 Then when you are in bed, you can choose to use your money to shop for furniture to decorate the house with, or wish on a star or read a book to further improve your stats. Higher skill levels let you take on harder jobs for more money.\u00a0 Also you can unlock an arcade mode somehow.\u00a0 \u00a0And that\u2019s pretty much the game.\u00a0 With only eight mini-games, it gets a little repetitive, but I\u2019m still glad I got to play it.\u00a0 I hope XSEED and other companies continue to bring over Japan-only SNES and PlayStation games for me to discover and enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong>
\nMilano\u2019s Odd Job Collection is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You can get hit with ladles or running animals, but you just get knocked down with dizzy stars.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger players may need help with some of the mini-games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My two favorite video game consoles are the Super Nintendo and PlayStation.\u00a0 I played so many great games on those systems, and there were so many more that never came out overseas!\u00a0 That\u2019s why I like when a company snags a Japan only classic and brings it over here.\u00a0 Such is the case with Milano\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26387,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26385\/revisions\/26387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}