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1986 · Tose Co. · Adventure · Platformer

Mappy-Land

Nintendo exclusive

Mappy, who is a policeman, prepared all kinds of wonderful birthday presents for his girlfriend, Mapico. But, Nyamco and his child Mukies have hidden them in the eight towns of Mappyland. What a pity! Mappy must hurry to get the presents back before Mapico's birthday party.

Released
1986
Platforms
NESWii U
Genres
AdventurePlatformer
Developers
Tose Co.
Publishers
North AmericaNamco
Series
Mappy
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
Country
Japan
Age ratings
CERO AESRB ECLASS_IND LPEGI 3
Languages
English

About

Mappy-Land is a platform game developed by Tose and published by Namco for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a sequel to Namco's 1983 arcade video game Mappy. Originally released in 1986, it was released by Taxan in North America in 1989.

Keywords

  • abstract
  • climbing
  • anthropomorphism
  • train level
  • cat
  • mouse
  • police chase
  • persistent enemy
  • nintendo switch online
  • wii u virtual console

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to the original Mappy, where the player must collect items and avoid enemies with the assistance of trampolines that will break if jumped on too many times before landing (Jungle World being the one exception to this). The player is a mouse, and the main items to collect are presents. The mouse must at all times avoid the deadly cats. Unlike the original, the doors and Microwave Doors are not present, and instead stage specific counterattack items can be used.

Mappy can perform a short jump to trigger these items as well as collect the target items; he can also jump over the Meowkies if timed well. In addition, Mappy can carry a number of distraction items (up to 15) to temporarily stop enemies from pursuing:

Story

Mappy must travel through various themed areas, collecting six target items in each one, while attempting to avoid Goro and his gang of Meowkies. The target items differ depending on the story:

Story 1: It is Mapico's birthday, and the task is to collect cheese as her present.

Reception

From contemporary reviews, the four reviewers in Electronic Gaming Monthly found the game appealing for different reasons. One said the game isn't revolutionary, but better than most, and was loaded with content to discover. One found it positively addictive and appropriately challenging. A third said the game starts out slow, but its graphics and other features brought it all together appropriately.

From retrospective reviews, Skyler Miller of Allgame said that fans of the original arcade game Mappy would feel at home with Mappy-Land but said that the flat and simple visuals, which would have looked dated by the American release of the game, would hurt the overall appeal of the game.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
NES26 November 1986Japan · North America 31 December 1988
Wii U5 February 2015North America · Europe 12 February 2015 · Japan 13 May 2015

Editions and related releases

Included in
Namco Museum Archives Volume 2

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