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In a 1991 review, the Green Bay Press-Gazette praised the game's graphics and sound, but considered it too similar to The Legend of Zelda and deemed the gameplay "dreadful.
Thomas praised the creative gameplay of StarTropics, calling it "the natural evolution of the original Legend of Zelda.
From 2019-3-13 it has been distributed overseas only, on Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics, a Nintendo Switch service (it is not distributed in the Japanese version, but anyone with an overseas account can download the overseas version in Japan as well, and can play it as long as they have a Japanese Classics subscription.
Unlike most of Nintendo's games, it was never released in Japan, and was released only in North America and Europe.
Unlike most of Nintendo's games, it was never released in Japan, and was released only in North America and Europe.
In the September 1997 issue, Nintendo Power had 12 staff members vote in a list for the top 100 games of all time.
IGN ranked it #35 on its "Top 100 NES Games" list.
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