Wizards & Warriors

by Nintendo

Product Features

• The Walls Of Castle Ironspire Challenge Your Wits And Strength
• Untold Riches Await The Ultimate Knight Warrior
• Prepare For A Treacherous Journey As The Knight Warrior Kuros
• Enter The Forest Of Elrond, Where Even The Wind Obeys The Supreme Wizard

Product Details

• ASIN: B0007V0Y1C
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,606 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

You are Kuros, the knight warrior. Hero of the Books of Excalibur. Your jouney begins deep within the woods of Elrond, where even the wind obeys the Supreme Wizard, Malkil. A wizard so great, Merlin calls him teacher. But Malkil has strayed from the path, and is now part of the dark side. Buried within the catacombs and dungeons of Elrond lies the key to your quest. The powers of levitation, the cloak of darkness, and the mysterious potions only Kuros can drink will be revealed to you. In caverns of fire, through demons that fly and crawl, against the soldiers of the undead you must continue. No sorcery can prevail. For you are the only knight with the strenght to wield the Brightsword. The prisoner of the wizard awaits. She calls to you from Castle Ironspire. But the wizard is watching you, warrior. And this tale has just begun.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars completely wonderful adventure, November 6, 2006

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B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wizards & Warriors (Video Game)

Todays generation of gamers are exposed to WAY too many sword-slashing adventure/action games on the Playstation 2 and 3, along with the Xbox. It sickens me to see so many games that have the same exact gameplay.

Wizards and Warriors, however, was influential back in the days of the NES, and clearly stands above other games from the same time period. That's because the play control, graphics, and music in the game are all exceptionally good. You won't have ANY trouble moving your character around the screen. The graphics are on the same level as Super Mario Bros. 3, and the music... well, let's just say, the music is so good that a rock band actually covered some of the themes. To me that's proof I'm not the only one who found the music interesting. Other people out there noticed the memorable music, too. Years later, I can still remember a few of the themes.

The game throws in a LOT of enemies for you to battle throughout each world you visit, but it's not like this makes the game difficult. You see, for some reason, the game offers you infinite continues, and you CAN'T DIE unless you simply refuse to hit the continue button. I will never know why they made the game this way.

It doesn't matter, though. Wizards and Warriors is one of the best and most original sword-swinging adventure games you can find for the NES. The fact that the levels you visit are actually giant worlds for you to walk around killing everything in sight, including jumping up high on platforms to find secret areas, makes this a truly wonderful game overall.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's been a LONG time, February 11, 2010

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Orbital101 "Fonz 77" (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Wizards & Warriors (Video Game)

I almost completely forgot about this extremely unique game. It's hard, addictive and makes you crave more! I'm also puzzled by the fact that you have infinite continues. Probably because it's impossible to beat the game without them. Make no mistake, folks. If you have a thin line of patience when it comes to progress in games, you won't like this one. However, if you like a mental challenge (and I Do mean mental), this title is right up your alley. It kind of reminds me of Castlevania II; Simon's quest, in that the game has unique music and various forms of enemies ranging from fauna to insects, arachnids, mythical creatures (gargoyles, etc.), and the never resting undead. The only enemies in W&W that are invincible are the Guardians (Those guys that kind of look like your character, only they're red and really pissed off!), the Rock Pillar Beasts(They appear and disappear into the ground in the cavern areas), and the Skull Hives.

In my opinion, the hardest boss besides the main one was the Skeleton Changeling. It starts of REALLY small throwing bones and when the "evil" meter is depleted, it grows a little bigger and you have to start the process all over again (Up to four times!)

Overall it's an EXCELLENT game with an incredibly high replay value. It's great to have it back again!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Retro Classic! Find this today!, August 17, 2009

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Video Game History "Gamer 4 life" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wizards & Warriors (Video Game)

Simply one of the best 8 bit games ever conceived.... Marvelous in nearly every way...

A joy to play 20 years ago, and now one of my most fond memories can be relived over and over by owning this gem of a game....

W and W is just pure joy....

find a copy today!

Also, see if you can download the soundtrack... the music in this (and part 2) is REALLY well done, and is surprisingly listenable on your ipod or zune....

5 stars, all the way!