Legend of Hero Tonma (レジェンド・オブ・ヒーロー・トンマ) is a side scrolling platform game released by Irem to arcades in 1989. The player controls a caped hero named Tommy in his quest to rescue a princess. Tommy can cast fireballs (which can be upgraded in power) to dispatch enemies, and jump on their heads to temporarily stun them.

Legend Of Hero Tonma
Japanese arcade flyer of Legend of Hero Tonma.
Developer(s)Irem
Publisher(s)Irem
Platform(s)Arcade, TurboGrafx-16
ReleaseArcade: 1989
TurboGrafx-16: February 1993NA
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemIrem M72

The game was ported to the TurboGrafx-16 in 1991 and localized to North America in 1993. The TurboGrafx-16 version was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on September 4, 2007,[1] in North America on September 24,[2] (delisted on March 30, 2012; returning in September 2013), and in PAL regions on September 28.[3] The game was then released for the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on March 18, 2015,[4] and in North America and Europe on October 12, 2017.[5][3]

Reception

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In Japan, Game Machine listed Legend of Hero Tonma on their June 1, 1989 issue as being the tenth most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Wii | Virtual Console バーチャルコンソール". www.nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "Nintendo - Official Site - Video Game Consoles, Games". www.nintendo.com.
  3. ^ a b "Legend of Hero Tonma™". Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "レジェンド・オブ・ヒーロー・トンマ | Wii U | 任天堂". 任天堂ホームページ.
  5. ^ "Legend of Hero Tonma for Wii U - Nintendo Game Details". www.nintendo.com.
  6. ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 357. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 June 1989. p. 21.
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