StarTropics

StarTropics is a 1990 action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Unlike most of Nintendo's games, it was never released in Japan, and was released only in North America and Europe. The story follows teenager Mike Jones as he embarks on a quest to rescue his uncle. Gameplay involves exploring settlements and navigating dungeons to progress. The game was produced, written and directed by Genyo Takeda of Nintendo Integrated Research & Development, who also developed the Punch-Out!! series. StarTropics was followed by a sequel, Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II, which was released in 1994. StarTropics was released on the Wii Virtual Console on January 7, 2008, in North America and on January 11, 2008, in the PAL regions; it was released on the Wii U Virtual Console in Europe on September 3, 2015, in Australia on September 4, 2015, and in North America on May 26, 2016. On November 11, 2016, the game was included in the NES Classic Edition. On March 13, 2019, the game was added to the Nintendo Classics library for the Nintendo Switch Online service.