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The weaponry starts out as arrows, but pickups can change these into bombs, lasers, or bouncing fireballs. These act a little differently, and what is useful depends upon the player's location. A distinctive feature of this game is the ability to ride a variety of flying vehicles, including balloons, blimps, and UFOs. Vehicles can be found ready for use or can be stolen from an enemy.
Other features include the many secret areas and shortcuts hidden throughout the game, accessed using special hidden "warp" portals. On certain later levels, if the player loses their last life due to being killed by a projectile weapon, they will be sent up to a special "Heaven" round. Here they can either receive a special ending, or find the secret route out of Heaven and continue playing the game.
Tiki
The hero of this game, Tiki the kiwi, also makes cameo appearances in other Taito games such as Liquid Kids, Bubble Symphony, and Pop'n Pop.
History
After the release of the original arcade game in 1988, the game was converted to most of the game consoles and home computers of the time. Most home releases came in 1989, with some arriving later through 1990-1992. The game received even more publicity due to being included in the Amiga 500 Batman Pack, which was launched in September 1989 and sold over 2 million units. Home conversions generally received good reviews in computer game magazines. The game was also converted for the Japanese FM Towns and Sharp X68000 systems, providing arcade-perfect conversions, but these were machines were largely unheard of in the West.
The game had no official sequel, but there were several clones and modified versions, usually called New Zealand Story 2 or New Zealand Story Extra (on which the Mega Drive port is based, although it bears the original game title). Liquid Kids (Mizubaku Adventure), released in 1990, shares many of the same gameplay elements and some of the visual style.
Ocean's home computer versions refer to the villain as a walrus on the packaging; however the original arcade version specifically mentions him as being a leopard seal during the closing credits.
Ports and remakes
The Taito Legends pack includes an emulated version of The New Zealand Story, allowing it to be played on the Xbox, PlayStation 2, PSP and the PC.
On February 2nd, 2007, Rising Star Games published the Taito-developed Nintendo DS title, New Zealand Story Revolution. The game has been well-accepted by media sites due to being a faithful rendition of the original game. The DS game combines the use of both screens for action on the top screen and a map on the bottom screen. During certain instances, the game shows play on both screen and asks the user to "Touch the differences" between the two screens to unveil a door to continue. This is new to the DS version of the game. The game for DS also introduces a four-player wireless mode and Normal and Expert game modes.
Locations used in the game
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Tiki's progress throughout the game takes him through various stylized versions of famous New Zealand real-life locations:
Round(s)
Name
1-1 to 1-4
Auckland
2-1 to 2-4
Rotorua
3-1 to 3-4
Waitomo Caves
4-1
Wellington
4-2 to 4-4
Strait Cook
5-1 to 5-2
Hanmer Springs
5-3 to 5-4
Aoraki/Mount Cook
Credits (arcade version)
Main Staff
Kazutomo Ishida
Hisaya Yabusaki
Akira Ootsuki
Makoto Fujita
Koichi Ooyama
Sound Effect
Hisayoshi Ogura
Yasuko Yamada
Yasuhisa Watanabe
One-Time Staff
Mitsukou Kimura
Naoko Toshimitsu
References
^ A500 Batman Pack
^ "Amiga Format #1, August 1989"
^ "Your Sinclair #45, September 1989"
^ "The New Zealand Story Guide"
External links
New Zealand Story at the Killer List of Videogames
