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 or intended to be released in Japan (being the second game from Nintendo to not see Japanese release besides Gumshoe (video game), albeit this is the first one that uses conventional controls), and was released only in North America and Europe. It 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[2] and on January 11, 2008, in the PAL regions;[3][4] it was released on the Wii U Virtual Console in Europe on September 3, 2015,[5] in Australia on September 4, 2015,[6] and in North America on May 26, 2016. On November 11, 2016, the game was included in the NES Classic Edition / Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System.[7] On March 13, 2019, the game, along with Kid Icarus, was added to Nintendo's Nintendo Switch Online service.[8]
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^Zangari, Alex (September 2, 2015). "Both StarTropics Games Will be Available on Wii U Virtual Console in Europe Tomorrow". Gamnesia. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
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^Fogel, Stefanie (March 6, 2019). "'Kid Icarus,' 'StarTropics' Coming to Nintendo Switch Online in March". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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