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{{Header Nav|game=The Guardian Legend | {{Header Nav|game=The Guardian Legend}} | ||
{{ | {{Game | ||
|completion=4 | |||
|image=The Guardian Legend NES US box.jpg | |||
|title=The Guardian Legend | |title=The Guardian Legend | ||
|japanese=ガーディック外伝 | |japanese=ガーディック外伝 | ||
|developer=[[Compile]] | |developer=[[Compile]] | ||
|publisher= | |publisher={{colist|Irem|Brøderbund Software|Nintendo}} | ||
|year=1988 | |||
|systems={{syslist|nes}} | |||
|genre=[[Adventure]] | |genre=[[Adventure]] | ||
|players=1 | |players=1 | ||
|modes=[[Single player]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''The Guardian Legend''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''Guardic Gaiden'''|ガーディック外伝||lit. Guardic side-story}}, is a [[1988]] hybrid action-adventure/shoot 'em up game developed by [[Compile]] for the [[NES]]. It was developed as the sequel to the 1986 [[MSX]] game [[Guardic]], and was published and released in Japan by [[Irem]]. The director was Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, Compile's president and the creator of the [[:Category:Puyo Puyo|Puyo Puyo series]]. The development team featured many of the staff who helped create Guardic as well as [[Zanac]] and [[Blazing Lazers]]. The box art for Guardic Gaiden was created by Japanese science-fiction illustrator Naoyuki Kato and depicts the Guardian as a female cyborg. When it was translated, the Guardian Legend was released for the NES and released in North America by [[Brøderbund]] in April 1989; it was published in Europe by [[Nintendo]] in 1990. (The artwork used for the North American release appears to have been inspired by promotional artwork for the 1985 movie "Creature".) | '''The Guardian Legend''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''Guardic Gaiden'''|ガーディック外伝||lit. Guardic side-story}}, is a [[1988]] hybrid action-adventure/shoot 'em up game developed by [[Compile]] for the [[NES]]. It was developed as the sequel to the 1986 [[MSX]] game [[Guardic]], and was published and released in Japan by [[Irem]]. The director was Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, Compile's president and the creator of the [[:Category:Puyo Puyo|Puyo Puyo series]]. The development team featured many of the staff who helped create Guardic as well as [[Zanac]] and [[Blazing Lazers]]. The box art for Guardic Gaiden was created by Japanese science-fiction illustrator Naoyuki Kato and depicts the Guardian as a female cyborg. When it was translated, the Guardian Legend was released for the NES and released in North America by [[Brøderbund]] in April 1989; it was published in Europe by [[Nintendo]] in 1990. (The artwork used for the North American release appears to have been inspired by promotional artwork for the 1985 movie "Creature".) | ||
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Gameplay varies depending on the player's location within Naju. The player controls the Guardian in humanoid form when exploring the surface of Naju (the Labyrinth) and in spaceship form when investigating Naju's interior (the Dungeon). The Guardian has a life meter that decreases after sustaining damage from enemies; it can be replenished by collecting various items. If the life meter runs out, the Guardian explodes, and the game ends. The player can use a primary rapid-fire weapon with unlimited ammunition as well as various powerful secondary weapons that consume "power chips" with each use. Power chips are also used as currency to purchase upgrades for the Guardian in a handful of shops throughout Naju. Found within the Labyrinth or obtained after defeating a boss, these upgrades include primary weapon improvements, new or upgraded secondary weapons, and round, brightly colored creatures called Landers. | Gameplay varies depending on the player's location within Naju. The player controls the Guardian in humanoid form when exploring the surface of Naju (the Labyrinth) and in spaceship form when investigating Naju's interior (the Dungeon). The Guardian has a life meter that decreases after sustaining damage from enemies; it can be replenished by collecting various items. If the life meter runs out, the Guardian explodes, and the game ends. The player can use a primary rapid-fire weapon with unlimited ammunition as well as various powerful secondary weapons that consume "power chips" with each use. Power chips are also used as currency to purchase upgrades for the Guardian in a handful of shops throughout Naju. Found within the Labyrinth or obtained after defeating a boss, these upgrades include primary weapon improvements, new or upgraded secondary weapons, and round, brightly colored creatures called Landers. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:The Guardian Legend NES EU box.jpg|European box | |||
File:The Guardian Legend NES title.png|Title screen | |||
File:Guardic Gaiden FC box.jpg|Japanese box | |||
File:Guardic Gaiden FC title.png|Japanese title screen | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
{{ToC}} | {{ToC}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guardian Legend, The}} | |||
[[Category:Compile]] | |||
[[Category:Adventure]] | [[Category:Adventure]] | ||
[[Category:Single player]] | [[Category:Single player]] | ||