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Ripple Island

An adventure game for the NES published by Sunsoft. A boy named Kyle must rescue the princess of a kingdom where very small humans and animals peacefully co-exist. Ripple Island (occasionally seen translated…

23 January 1988

Ripple Island is an adventure developed by SUNSOFT, released 23 January 1988 on Family Computer.

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What Ripple Island is

Ripple Island is an adventure game developed by SUNSOFT and released in 1988. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An adventure game for the NES published by Sunsoft. A boy named Kyle must rescue the princess of a kingdom where very small humans and animals peacefully co-exist. Ripple Island (occasionally seen translated as "Lipple Island") is a graphic adventure game where the player interacts with the world using a series of commands, such as "pick up", "walk" or "use". Rather than the usual murder mystery games which were the trend at the time, Ripple Island instead adopts a fantasy storybook setting where smaller humans and friendly animals, such as raccoons and rabbits, co-exist peacefully. The kingdom is threatened by the arrival of Gerogeru, a self-styled Emperor of Darkness and giant frog, after…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Ripple Island launched on 23 January 1988, within three weeks of Wasteland and Super Contra.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Super Contra.

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When did Ripple Island come out?
Ripple Island was released on 23 January 1988 for Family Computer.

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