Willow (NES)/Gameplay

Controls

Button	Function
	Move Willow around. Move cursor in menus.
	Speed up text.
	Cast active spell. Open and close sub-menus.
	Open and close sub-menus. Slash (wide attack) with active sword.
+	Stab (long and faster attack) with active sword.
	Open and close the main menu.
	N/A

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Willow is the hero of the game. You control Willow as you guide him from his home town to the wider world outside, in an effort to save baby Elora Danan and defeat the evil queen Bavmorda. Willow belongs to a race of diminutive people known as the Nelwyn. A Newlyn is similar in concept to a Hobbit, but that name is protected by copyright. Although Willow aspires to apprentice under his town's wizard, he doesn't excel as a warrior or a magician. However, he is passable as both, and his power and abilities grow throughout the game.

Attributes and development

Willow's attributes increase as he earns experience points and levels.

• Strength and defence are always equal to Willow's level. The equipped sword, shield and magic ring provide a significant bonus.
• Agility increases by 15 units per level.
• Magic points (MP) increase by 17 units per level (except for lv. 15, that grants 5 points only).
• Health points (HP) increase in a less regular way: about 24 points per level at the beginning of the adventure, and less later.

Exp.	Lv	Str	Def	Agi	MP	HP
0	1	1	1	10	17	24
150	2	2	2	25	34	46
300	3	3	3	40	51	71
710	4	4	4	55	68	96
2000	5	5	5	70	85	120
3950	6	6	6	85	102	132
6230	7	7	7	100	119	144
9160	8	8	8	115	136	156
12580	9	9	9	130	153	168
17160	10	10	10	145	170	180
22870	11	11	11	160	187	192
29620	12	12	12	175	204	218
39340	13	13	13	190	221	228
53330	14	14	14	205	238	234
72610	15	14	14	220	243	238
99990	16	16	16	235	255	240

The relationship between experience points and experience levels is a cubic power law (with a 0.9969% correlation coefficient):

$Lv={\sqrt[{3}]{Exp}}\div 2.566$
$Exp=(2.566\times Lv)^{3}$