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In a parallel universe we’re eagerly anticipating the next Startropics while we ponder what happened to that old NES series called Zelda
- Thread starter AztecComplex
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This must only exist in the parallel universe because all I can find is some weird fandom page claiming it can't out on the Wii which definitely didn't happen.
Was Startropics 2 considered a good game? I've only played the first chapter and it felt off compared to the first game. I also don't like that they took out the grid-based movement.
Eh history revisionists tried to say Battletoads was bad too. Startropics is pretty great, but it's not amazing. The RPG elements are incredibly linear, but the action gameplay, while a little funky, is fun. The theme is great.
It's really hard to imagine a universe were Startropics replaces Zelda. Like maybe it's a world where tiki culture took the world by storm and Lord of the Rings was based on Polynesian lore and such... I dunno. Heck, maybe Polynesia took their abundant resources in prehistory and used that power to expand wildly and rule the world in that universe.
It's really hard to imagine a universe were Startropics replaces Zelda. Like maybe it's a world where tiki culture took the world by storm and Lord of the Rings was based on Polynesian lore and such... I dunno. Heck, maybe Polynesia took their abundant resources in prehistory and used that power to expand wildly and rule the world in that universe.
I played a little bit of Startropics the other day and it's pretty fun. It'd be great if they could revive it somehow.
Being completely honest though, I'd rather revive Adventures of Lolo instead since that's probably the best NES game I've played so far on the Switch. It would be perfect as an eShop title.
Being completely honest though, I'd rather revive Adventures of Lolo instead since that's probably the best NES game I've played so far on the Switch. It would be perfect as an eShop title.
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How does it feel like Zelda knockoff in any way? The game is not at all similar to Zelda in terms of gameplay, visuals, setting, or really anything. The dungeons are linear because they are meant to be. They're not Zelda dungeons with an item and a macguffin, they're caves that you need to traverse through to get from point A to point B or advance the story. It makes sense for them to be linear.
I honestly don't get why there are so many comparisons between this and Zelda. Beyond the two games being adventure games there are not many similarities.
Super Startropics would have saved the series in this alternate dimensionIn another parallel universe Squaresoft became second-party to Nintendo and were the ones tasked with making a time-traveling sequel to the original StarTropics for the Super Famicom:
I love StarTropics, but yeah, it's pretty much a western thing only.
The second game wasn't as good at all.
But I'd love a third game that went back to the original's roots if it kept the original tile-based movement physics. The second game ruined that completely.
The second game wasn't as good at all.
But I'd love a third game that went back to the original's roots if it kept the original tile-based movement physics. The second game ruined that completely.