Underplayed Gems

Heisei Shin Onigashima: Zenpen (1997)

Heisei Shin Onigashima: Zenpen cover
Developer
Pax Softonica
Publisher
Nintendo
Platforms
Wii, Wii U, Super Famicom
Genres
Adventure
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

How it feels

A Japanese adventure game retelling folklore tales in a menu-driven visual novel format from Nintendo.

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About

Heisei Shin Onigashima: Zenpen is an Adventure game, developed by Pax Softonica and published by Nintendo, which was released in Japan in 1997. It is a port of BS Shin Onigashima, a four-part broadcast game released for the Satellaview (a Super Famicom peripheral). This game (Zenpen) is composed of the first two episodes of BS Shin Oni Gashima. Heisei Shin Onigashima was first released as a Nintendo Power downloadable game, then later released in two parts as cartridges (Zenpen, Kouhen), much like the original Famicom Disk System version was also divided in two parts. The game was later released for the Wii Virtual Console, in two parts, and for the Wii U Virtual Console (a single release, Zengohen)

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