Astronōka is described as a "space vegetable production and pest control game". The game revolves around the player cultivating vegetables on a fictional, futuristic star system. The objective is to win vegetable contests and eventually the All-Universe Vegetable Competition, while setting traps and defense to protect the farm in a tower defense style gameplay section against a species of pest called Baboo (バブー).[3]
The original Japanese release of Star Ocean: The Second Story was bundled exclusively with a third disc containing a playable demo of Astronōka.
The Astronōka Original Soundtrack was published by Media Ring on September 2, 1998. It bears the catalog number MGCD-1063.[4]
An anime series titled Baboo Factory (バブーファクトリー) was produced by Enix and broadcast on TV Asahi from 2001 to 2002 as part of the cooking program Wagamanma Kitchen. Each episode lasts one minute.[citation needed] Merchandise such as stickers, badges, mobile straps and mobile phone content based on Baboo were also produced.[5][6]
