Jeremy Parish

NES Works Gaiden #32: Adventure Island IV

Added 2022-02-02 13:36:45 +0000 UTC

Sometimes, things just fall into place in a way that seems entirely too coincidental for its own good. But, you know, I'll take it. Take this episode, for example. A while back it became clear that I was going to be getting to both Wonder Boy for SG-1000 and Adventure Island for NES at roughly the same time, so I figured it would be sensible to tackle them consecutively. But then! Then They Call Me Sleeper requested Adventure Island IV/Boukenjima IV... and while the fact that a complete copy of the game typically sells for upwards of $1000 these days, I just happened to find a super-clean copy up on a Japanese auction site for a fraction of that, making it an investment I can easily recoup once all of this is over. So here we are, skipping to the very end of NES Works Gaiden with a look at the final Famicom release ever, as well as the culmination of the Adventure Island series, wrapping up a trilogy of episodes about this franchise's legacy. Way too coincidental for its own good. But I'm OK with that.

Next week: No Wonder Boy, no Adventure Island. Honest.