Legend of Hero Tonma (レジェンド・オブ・ヒーロー・トンマ) is a side scrolling platform game released by Irem to arcades in 1989. The player controls a caped hero named Tommy in his quest to rescue a princess. Tommy can cast fireballs (which can be upgraded in power) to dispatch enemies, and jump on their heads to temporarily stun them.
| Legend Of Hero Tonma | |
|---|---|
 Japanese arcade flyer of Legend of Hero Tonma. | |
| Developer(s) | Irem |
| Publisher(s) | Irem |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, TurboGrafx-16 |
| Release | Arcade: 1989 TurboGrafx-16: February 1993NA |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Irem M72 |
The game was ported to the TurboGrafx-16 in 1991 and localized to North America in 1993. The TurboGrafx-16 version was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on September 4, 2007,[1] in North America on September 24,[2] (delisted on March 30, 2012; returning in September 2013), and in PAL regions on September 28.[3] The game was then released for the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on March 18, 2015,[4] and in North America and Europe on October 12, 2017.[5][3]
Reception
editIn Japan, Game Machine listed Legend of Hero Tonma on their June 1, 1989 issue as being the tenth most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Wii | Virtual Console バーチャルコンソール". www.nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ^ "Nintendo - Official Site - Video Game Consoles, Games". www.nintendo.com.
- ^ a b "Legend of Hero Tonma™". Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ^ "レジェンド･オブ･ヒーロー･トンマ | Wii U | 任天堂". 任天堂ホームページ.
- ^ "Legend of Hero Tonma for Wii U - Nintendo Game Details". www.nintendo.com.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 357. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 June 1989. p. 21.
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