Willow (video game)

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Willow
Developer(s) Capcom
Publisher(s) Capcom
Release date(s) 1989
Genre(s) Action RPG
Mode(s) Single player
Platform(s) Nintendo Entertainment System
Media 2 megabit cartridge (NES version)

Willow is a video game released in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Famicom based on the 1988 film Willow. Its gameplay is very similar to The Legend of Zelda.

In the game you play as Willow and as in the movie your goal is to protect Elora Danan so she may fulfill her destiny. Willow is a role-playing game, where you gain experience points and level as you battle monsters and Bosses.

Willow was also released for PCs using MS-DOS.

There was also a Japan-only release of a coin-operated arcade game also based on the Willow movie, but it was an action adventure game and was not developmentally related to the NES game of the same name.