Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger
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Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger, known in Japan as , is an action role-playing game
(RPG) for the Nintendo Entertainment System
. It was developed by Game Arts
and published by Hi-Score in Japan in 1989 and by Nexoft in North America in 1991. It has many of the same action-RPG elements from RPGs like Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda
series, and Crystalis
by SNK
, while also featuring some turn-based elements akin to the features of The Magic of Scheherazade by Culture Brain
using experience points while mostly engaging real-time combat.
The King instead throws a party, but the food was poisoned. So, the Soldier has to travel to a faraway township to obtain medication for food poisoning.
When the Soldier gets back to Ehdo Castle to inform the king, she finds out that the king has been turned to stone. She has to defeat the monster that cast the spell in order to turn him back to normal. After long travels in the northern continent and in the sky world, the Soldier reaches the township of Zellia, where an old man says that the princess is an impostor. He gives the Soldier a Crystal of Truth, so that she may enter the Phantom Tower, a tower with five identical fake images to confuse anybody trying to enter.
Using the Crystal, the Soldier manages to destroy the images and enters the real tower. She destroys the monster at the end of this tower and rescues the real princess. They go to Ehdo Castle, where the impostor is revealed to be none other than the Wizard. As the Wizard dies, defeated by the soldier, he plans to transfer his spirit into the body of a dragon in order to become invincible.
Also, after the wizard dies, not only is the curse that turned the King broken, but also the one that turned the Soldier into a woman. He now has to kill the dragon and the wizard before they completely merge. He passes through the ice dungeon into the Final Tower. He fights the wizard again, defeating him and sealing him in the Legendary Sword found inside the tower.
He heads back to the king to inform him of the wizard's defeat. The princess wants to marry him, but the Soldier refuses, stating that he must go back home. She follows him to his village, where the game ends.
Action role-playing game
Action role-playing games form a loosely defined sub-genre of role-playing video games that incorporate elements of action or action-adventure games, emphasizing real-time action where the player has direct control over characters, instead of turn-based or menu-based combat...
(RPG) for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
. It was developed by Game Arts
Game Arts
is a Japanese video game software developer located in Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1985 as a computer software company, they have since expanded their enterprise to produce for a number of game console and handheld systems...
and published by Hi-Score in Japan in 1989 and by Nexoft in North America in 1991. It has many of the same action-RPG elements from RPGs like Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda, originally released as in Japan, is a video game developed and published by Nintendo, and designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. Set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, the plot centers on a boy named Link, the playable protagonist, who aims to collect the eight fragments...
series, and Crystalis
Crystalis
Crystalis, known in Japan as , is an action RPG/action-adventure video game produced by SNK for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released on April 13, 1990 in Japan and later that July in the United States. Though Crystalis never became a runaway hit, it is now considered a cult classic...
by SNK
SNK
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, while also featuring some turn-based elements akin to the features of The Magic of Scheherazade by Culture Brain
Culture Brain
, formally known as , is a small Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on October 5, 1980.Culture Brain's first arcade video game was Monster Zero, released in . In North America, Culture Brain is mostly known for its six video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and its three...
using experience points while mostly engaging real-time combat.
Plot
The player controls a female character with no official name, referred just as a "Soldier" in the introduction. She wakes up within a township named Ehdo and the first quest is to rescue the kidnapped princess from an evil wizard. Although the reward is the princess's hand in marriage, this is not possible because the Soldier is female.The King instead throws a party, but the food was poisoned. So, the Soldier has to travel to a faraway township to obtain medication for food poisoning.
When the Soldier gets back to Ehdo Castle to inform the king, she finds out that the king has been turned to stone. She has to defeat the monster that cast the spell in order to turn him back to normal. After long travels in the northern continent and in the sky world, the Soldier reaches the township of Zellia, where an old man says that the princess is an impostor. He gives the Soldier a Crystal of Truth, so that she may enter the Phantom Tower, a tower with five identical fake images to confuse anybody trying to enter.
Using the Crystal, the Soldier manages to destroy the images and enters the real tower. She destroys the monster at the end of this tower and rescues the real princess. They go to Ehdo Castle, where the impostor is revealed to be none other than the Wizard. As the Wizard dies, defeated by the soldier, he plans to transfer his spirit into the body of a dragon in order to become invincible.
Also, after the wizard dies, not only is the curse that turned the King broken, but also the one that turned the Soldier into a woman. He now has to kill the dragon and the wizard before they completely merge. He passes through the ice dungeon into the Final Tower. He fights the wizard again, defeating him and sealing him in the Legendary Sword found inside the tower.
He heads back to the king to inform him of the wizard's defeat. The princess wants to marry him, but the Soldier refuses, stating that he must go back home. She follows him to his village, where the game ends.
Features
- The player controls a female character through overworlds, towns, towers and caves throughout most of the game. A male character is played near the end.
- Standard RPG "Levels", HP, items, and upgrades.
- Randomly generated battles while traversing the overworld.
- Overhead view action oriented battles.
- 3 game saving slots rather than passcodes.