New Adventure Island

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New Adventure Island

Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	Hudson Soft
Release date(s)	TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine version ^JPN June 26, 1992 ^EU 1992 ^NA 1992 Virtual Console version ^JPN December 2, 2006 ^EU February 16, 2007 ^NA February 19, 2007
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console

New Adventure Island is a platform game by Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx-16. It was released soon after Super Adventure Island in Japan, under the Takahashi Meijin name (All Adventure Island games are called Takahashi Meijin in Japan, as the main character is based on him). The game was released the same year in North America and Europe. It is the fourth game in the Adventure Island series, and was quickly followed by Adventure Island 3 for the NES, and later, Super Adventure Island II for the SNES and Adventure Island 4, a Japanese exclusive for the Famicom.

The plot does not deviate much from most other Adventure Island games: While Master Higgins and Tina are leaving the church after getting married (Presumably after the events of Super Adventure Island), a shadowy figure called Baron Bronsky and 6 of his underlings kidnap Tina and 6 island children. The player's job is to guide Master Higgins through 6 worlds with 4 levels each (The last being a slightly smaller level with a boss) to rescue the children, and then finally defeat Baron Bronsky in his fortress to rescue Tina. The worlds consist of:

A jungle island
A volcanic island
A snowy island
A hilly island
An island with various different types of weather (Rain, snow, etc.)
A desert island
Baron Bronsky's fortress

The game seems to be very similar to the original Adventure Island game, featuring not only the same gameplay and level structure, but having various animals as the final bosses of every world (With the exception of Baron Bronsky himself). Besides this, almost all regular enemies in the game are from the original game, featuring only a few new ones.

Seeing as Master Higgins and Tina get married in this game, it is generally believed that the next game, story-wise, is Super Adventure Island II, where Higgins and Tina go on a honeymoon.

The first level of the game.

The game was rereleased on the Wii's Virtual Console service in Japan on December 2, 2006, in Europe on February 16, 2007 and in North America on February 19, 2007.