

Fourth and final 8-bit installment of the series, only released in Japan on the Famicom system. Took the game from being a straight-on platformer and added some adventuring and RPG elements to the mix. The evil Eggplant Wizard kidnaps Master Higgins helpful creatures and later his girlfriend Tina, Master Higgins starts an adventure to save them and stop the evil eggplant once and for all.
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Plot-driven, resolved, unpretentious and earnest.
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- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Family Computer
- Developer
- Now Production
- Publisher
- Hudson Soft
- Released
- June 24, 1994
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 6.0/10 from 7 ratings.
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