AQUTALLION
( Tecmo Secret Of The Stars )
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(c)Tecmo Soft Products Ltd. 1993
Cartridge SHVC-AQ
Role Playing Game
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Released in America as
TECMO SECRET OF THE STARS
( SNS-AQ-USA )
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Aqutallion is a little known Role Playing Game by Tecmo.
The game tells the story of Ray, a young and adventurous teenager who
lives with his mother on a tiny island. His father was mysteriously killed and
she raised him on her own after the tragedy. One day, our hero discovers
that something terrible is about to happen. An evil demon called Homncruse
is about to take over the World and only Ray, and his friends,
can do something about it. He is now on a journey to find five companions
and the guardians who will help him to save the World. An interesting feature
of the game is how the player controls two teams of heroes, the Aqutallions
and the Kustera. Each party has special abilities and need to be used
in conjunction of one another for the most benefit. Aqutallion also
cleverly mixes fantasy and technology, villain often rely on machines
to fulfill their evil intentions. Beyond that, Aqutallion is a
traditional Role Playing Game - Our heroes travel the world, visit towns,
villages, dungeons and gather clues. Combats are turned-based and
are randomly triggered as our heroes travel around the country,
and their only purpose is to gain experience points and
level up. Magic can also be used in the game, and spells can be
combined to trigger more powerful combo-attacks.
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The American and Japanese version, as expected, show differences. The most
obvious are the usual censure upon anything related to alcohol. For instance,
the sign outside bars shows a glass and a bottle of liquor in the Japanese version,
and a cup of coffee in the American version (pictured on the left).
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Aqutallion is not at the pinnacle of what the Super Famicom can do.
There are some nicely drawn enemies but the game doesn't get anywhere near other Role
Playing Games for the system, and graphics look horribly dated. Sprites are tiny, not really
detailed and some seem to be reused for different characters in the game! On another
hand the game offers some really original moments - such as the two teams of heroes
that can be played in parallel. However, Aqutallion gets really challenging,
experience points are hard to collect and a lot of training is needed to go further
in the game. Combats are frustratingly frequent and repetitive which quickly
becomes annoying, but, thankfully, the game's designers cleverly added an
auto-battle option (which, sadly, tends to often kill your heroes...).
Overall, Aqutallion is average but not as bad as some players picture it.
I would only recommended it to any player who've already been through all the best
RPGs for the system (such as the Final Fantasy or Breath Of Fire series)
and looking for something different, but yet not groundbreaking
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