Devil World
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- For Konami's 1987 fantasy adventure game, see Dark Adventure.
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 European box cover of Devil World |
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo R&D1 |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Designer(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Platform(s) | Famicom/NES, Virtual Console |
| Release date | October 5, 1984 |
| Genre(s) | Maze |
| Mode(s) | Up to two players, alternating |
| Input methods | gamepad |
Devil World (デビルワールド Debiru Wārudo?) is an NES game developed by Nintendo, and released in Japan on October 5, 1984, and later released in Europe. It was also released on the Wii's Virtual Console on 22 January 2008 for Japan. It is expected to be released for the European and Australian Virtual Console soon, due to a recent OFLC rating. The game had similar gameplay to that of Pac-Man. It is the only game designed by Shigeru Miyamoto that has not been released in the United States, despite the fact that all versions of the game are simple and in English. This is due to Nintendo of America's strict policies on the use of religious icons in games, which were at their strictest level at the time of the game's original release. Despite this, it was released in Europe.
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[edit] Gameplay
Players control Tamagon, a green dragon who decides to "attack the Devil's World", along with a red Player 2 version of him. He navigates through a series of mazes and touches Crosses to power up and summon the ability to breathe fire and eat the Boa Boa Dots of the maze. Without a cross, he is completely helpless, and cannot complete the maze. The large winged demon simply called "the Devil" disco dances at the top of the screen, pointing the direction for his minions to move the maze. This can be dangerous, as Tamagon can be squished by getting caught between a maze wall and the moving outer boundary. After the first maze is cleared, the next objective is to get four Bibles (which would later appear in The Legend of Zelda, though renamed "Book of Magic" in the English release), and put them into a seal. The Bibles give Tamagon the same powers as with the Crosses. After carrying them all into the seal, the Devil can't take it, and flies to the next maze. In between, a harmless maze shows up where Tamagon collects six Bonus Boxes under a time limit, similar to the four rotating ice cream cones that appear during normal gameplay. The pattern repeats until 99, which goes to 0, then 1.
[edit] Cameos
In Super Smash Bros. Melee for the GameCube, a trophy of Tamagon can be normally obtained in the Japanese release. Though he was removed from the U.S. release, his trophy can be unlocked with the Action Replay (as well as two previously unreachable gift trophies), though the game was erroneously referred as Demon World. The PAL version, however, has completely removed his trophy, which is unusual since the game was released in Europe.
In Tetris DS's Marathon Mode, the backdrop changes to a Devil World-themed backdrop at level 17, albeit without the Devil or the crosses.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Devil (called Demon in Europe) appears as an Assist Trophy, causing the stage to move in the direction he points. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Nintendo.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
