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Terranigma

Terranigma is an action role-playing game for the SNES. It is one of the few games which has never been released in North America. The Game is about a boy named Ark whose fate is to resurrect the earth and to…

11 October 1995

Terranigma is an adventure developed by Quintet, released 11 October 1995 on Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Terranigma is

Terranigma is an adventure game developed by Quintet and released in 1995. It was published by Enix Corporation. It is available on Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Story contains four chapters. In the fist chapter "The Outset", Ark gets introduced as a boy who lives in Crysta, the only remaining village in the under world. He touches a mysterious box which freezes up all citizens in the village. By conquering towers in the under world, Ark unfreezes the village people little by little and incidentially resurrects the continents in the destroyed upper world. Hereupon, the Elder of the village instructs him to visit the upper world and resurrect the life. In the second chapter "Ressurrection of the World", Ark ressurects all plants in the world making it possible to cross the mountains of Guiana. In the second step he reanimates all the birds, the…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Terranigma launched on 11 October 1995, within three weeks of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Twisted Metal, Destruction Derby and Wipeout.

Released around the same time: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Twisted Metal, Destruction Derby, Wipeout.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Terranigma come out?
Terranigma was released on 11 October 1995 for Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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