Legend of Hero Tonma

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Legend Of Hero Tonma
Japanese arcade flyer of Legend of Hero Tonma.
Developer(s)Irem
Publisher(s)Irem
Platform(s)Arcade, TurboGrafx-16
ReleaseArcade: 1989
TurboGrafx-16: February 1993NA
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemIrem M72

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.

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[edit]

In 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]

  1. ^ "Wii | Virtual Console バーチャルコンソール". www.nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "Nintendo - Official Site - Video Game Consoles, Games". www.nintendo.com.
  3. ^ a b "Legend of Hero Tonma™". Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Legend of Hero Tonma for Wii U - Nintendo Game Details". www.nintendo.com.
  6. ^ "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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