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Chris Kohler called Devil World "a typically ingenious Miyamoto-directed take on the maze genre, with inventive graphics and fun game play" which "absolutely could not be released in America" because its satanic and religious imagery "would be seen as unsettling or even blasphemous".
On IGN's "Top 10 Pac-Man Clones", Devil World was ranked fourth.
The reviewer said Devil World is "worth experiencing just for the bizarre nature of the concept", but also commented that its "abundance of ideas ultimately get in the way of the simple gameplay".
It is Shigeru Miyamoto's first console-exclusive game after a legacy of arcade development, and for many years was his only game not to be localized to North America until it was released as part of the Nintendo Classics service for Nintendo Switch on October 31, 2023.
The game provided Tezuka's first project when he joined Nintendo full-time in April 1984, 6 months before the game's release.
At the time of its release in 1984, Nintendo raised the price of Famicom software in Japan from the previous flat 3,800 yen to 4,500 yen.
It is Shigeru Miyamoto's first console-exclusive game after a legacy of arcade development, and for many years was his only game not to be localized to North America until it was released as part of the Nintendo Classics service for Nintendo Switch on October 31, 2023.
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