StarTropics
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo IRD |
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| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |  December 1, 1990 August 20, 1992 January 7, 2008 January 11, 2008
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB:  Everyone (VC)
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| Platform(s) | Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console |
| Followed by | Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II |
StarTropics is a game for the NES. It was both developed and published by Nintendo. The game, despite being developed in Japan, was never released there. The game includes an immersive story, and fun characters (including the main character Mike Jones, Dr. Steve Jones, and others.). The game, much like The Legend of Zelda, has gameplay from a top-down perspective. Also, (much like Zelda again.) the game has plenty of dungeons, which includes enemies (the first ones that you encounter being snails. There are an impressive 13 bosses in the game, each one with it's own powers.
[edit] Cameos
Throughout the game, you will be able to find three cameos based on popular Nintendo franchises. The first one is a cameo of R.O.B., who will play as Nav-Com. One of the enemies in the game are called octots, which look quite similar to the Zelda enemy Octoroks. The last one you are able to see on the mat that the chief is on: the designs in the rug show triforce patterns.
[edit] Virtual Console
In the Virtual Console rerelease, which was initially released on January 7, 2008, almost nothing was changed in the game except the name of the Yoyo, which for copyright reasons, it was changed to Star.
[edit] External Links
- StarTropics at Nintendo.com
- StarTropics at Virtual Console Reviews
