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Devil World
European box cover of Devil World
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D1
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Platform(s)	Famicom/NES, Virtual Console
Release date	October 5, 1984
Genre(s)	Maze
Mode(s)	Up to two players, alternating
Input methods	gamepad

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Gameplay

Screenshot of gameplay

Players control Tamagon, a green dragon who decides to "attack the Devil's World", along with a red Player 2 version of him. A player of a Game is a participant therein The term 'player' is used with this same meaning both in Game theory and in ordinary recreational Games The dragon is a Legendary creature of which some interpretation or depiction appears in almost every culture worldwide He navigates through a series of mazes and touches Crosses to power up and summon the ability to breathe fire and eat the Boa Boa Dots of the maze. The Christian cross is the best-known Religious symbol of Christianity. Without a cross, he is completely helpless, and cannot complete the maze. The large winged demon simply called "the Devil" disco dances at the top of the screen, pointing the direction for his minions to move the maze. The Devil is the This can be dangerous, as Tamagon can be squished by getting caught between a maze wall and the moving outer boundary. After the first maze is cleared, the next objective is to get four Bibles (which would later appear in The Legend of Zelda, though renamed "Book of Magic" in the English release), and put them into a seal. is a Video game designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and developed and published by Nintendo. The Bibles give Tamagon the same powers as with the Crosses. After carrying them all into the seal, the Devil can't take it, and flies to the next maze. In between, a harmless maze shows up where Tamagon collects six Bonus Boxes under a time limit, similar to the four rotating ice cream cones that appear during normal gameplay. The pattern repeats until 99, which goes to 0, then 1.

Cameos

Screenshot of Tamagon in the North American version of Super Smash Bros. Melee.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee for the GameCube, a trophy of Tamagon can be normally obtained in the Japanese release. often abbreviated SSBM or Melee, is a crossover Fighting game released for the Nintendo GameCube shortly after its launch in ( in the The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. Though he was removed from the U. S. release, his trophy can be unlocked with the Action Replay (as well as two previously unreachable gift trophies), though the game was erroneously referred as Demon World. Action Replay is the Brand name of a series of devices created by Datel, primarily used for changing the behavior of Video games Currently Action Replay The PAL version, however, has completely removed his trophy, which is unusual since the game was released in Europe.

Devil World as seen in Tetris DS

In Tetris DS's Marathon Mode, the backdrop changes to a Devil World-themed backdrop at level 17, albeit without the Devil or the crosses. Tetris DS is a Touch! Generations puzzle game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Devil (called Demon in Europe) appears as an Assist Trophy, causing the stage to move in the direction he points. often abbreviated SSBB or Brawl, is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros ^[1]

References

External links

• Devil World guide at StrategyWiki
• Devil World at GameFAQs