A new edition of Retro Corner is up, and we come to the last Mega Man title on the NES. MMVI along with Wario's Woods and Star Tropics II are among the last games to hit this system in 1994. That's right; the NES still got games released in 1994, despite the 16-bit consoles were out in stores. I honestly marvel at the idea such an ancient machine had been available with new good games coming out at the time. It's typically by the fifth year that a company starts to wane its support for a system even when it had a great to amazing userbase. I'm still amazed by the fact the NES was on the market from 1983 to 1994, literally a decade of 8-bit classic gaming. The NES will be among the few consoles to ever last this long in a console cycle. The only ones that come to mind are the Game Boy and the PlayStation One and Two.
For Mega Man VI, Capcom are genuinely among the few that releases this many sequels to one series. They also do this with Devil May Cry, Street Fighter and Resident Evil especially when we are going for the 11th Mega Man game. Technically MM11 is the 12th in the series as Mega Man and Bass should be included. Just so you all are wondering Mega Man and Bass got released on the Super NES in 1998 (as the last title just like MMVI). The sixth game is about a tournament being held as eight robot masters from around the world enter. A mysterious Man named Mr. X hosts the tournament as he holds a strong interest in the event. However, his ambitions to conquer the world couldn't be ignored, so he reprograms the robot masters to do his bidding. Mega Man and Rush head out on another quest to thwart another threat like many times previously. Mega Man VI (NES) Review
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A new edition of Retro Corner is up as I check out a Lucas Film game titled Willow for the NES. As many you know, Lucas Films is always known for its Star Wars and Indiana Jones series. However, you will find this surprising they produced a fantasy adventure akin to Lord of the Rings one time. The movie was called Willow released in 1988 during a time where only a few of its kinds existed during the 80s. With the exception of Labyrinth and Dark Crystal was really the only options available during that time. The story is about Willow Ufgood a Nelwyn (people of short height) and a knight from the Daikini Clan named Madmartigan who try to stop Queen Bavmorda. They become tasked with helping Elora Danan fulfill the prophecy by bringing Bavmorda's reign over the land to an end. The story wasn't anything ground breaking but a classic set up for fantasy adventure film.
Originally, Willow did get an arcade game that got released in July 1989 and was an action platformer. The NES game is not a port of the Arcade title in any way as it was an action adventure game akin to Zelda. The NES title got released a month after the arcade title and saw development from Capcom. It was truly odd for Capcom to develop this as a Zelda clone since usually they made action style games. The company is also known for producing Disney license games like Duck Tales during that era as well. To pick up the license rights to a Lucas Film movie (especially one that wasn't Star Wars) was a strange occurrence to see. Of course, Capcom obviously wanted to take advantage of the popularity the NES Zelda titles were getting. Willow is one of the few occasions where the studio would try to create something from the Adventure and RPG genres. Willow (NES) Review |
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