ニュージーランドストーリー
©Taito Corp. 1990
Release : 1990-02-23 (¥6600)
HuCard (3 Mbits) TP02007
Action / Platform game
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The New Zealand Story is a platform game by Taito,
conversion of their own arcade game originally released in 1988.
Two kiwis called Tiki and Phee-Phee live peacefully
with their friends. But one day, a gigantic leopard seal appears
from nowhere and stuffs all the poor birds in his giant bag to sell
them on the black market. Tiki manages to escape his captor
and decides to help his friends. But our hero is not our traditional
Kiwi bird! He comes equipped with a bow and arrows and special
items can get him to throw bombs, fire lasers and even steal and ride
his opponents' flying vehicles. Stages are vast and warp-doors
scattered around them help our Kiwi friend along his long journey.
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The original arcade game was released in 1988 by Taito (picture on the right) and was
ported to countless home systems of the time - Atari ST (1989), Amiga (1989),
Amstrad CPC (1989), ZX Spectrum (1989), Commodore 64 (1989),
PC Engine (1990), Sega Megadrive (1990)
Famicom (1991) and the
Master System (1992). As a side note, the game was
also in some occasions renamed Kiwi Kraze in the
United States. New Zealand Story was later also included
in Taito Legends for the Playstation 2 (2005), Xbox and in
Taito Legends Power-up for the Playstation Portable in 2006.
Finally, an 'updated' version named New Zealand Story Revolution was
released for the Nintendo DS in 2007. Additionally, many players consider the excellent
Mizubaku Daibōken
to be the spiritual sequel to The New Zealand Story.
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The New Zealand Story is a great and really unique game.
The PC Engine port is nearly arcade perfect, only the
introduction sequence was omitted which is kind of odd... maybe
it could't fit on the 3Mbits HuCard. Some enemies are also
missing and graphics are not as clear and sharp as the arcade game.
I personally think Mizubaku Daibōken is a lot better overall
with a relatively balanced difficulty curve which is not
really the case here... to be honest, The New Zealand Story is tough
as nails to beat. But don't read me
wrong, The New Zealand Story is a fun and challenging
game and a definite classic from the 1980s!
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Excellent little platform game, really varied and graphically polished,
I really like the game's original universe! The only shame is its
difficulty level, I've never managed to finish
it, maybe one day... ^^
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