| Legacy of the Wizard | |
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 North American box art | |
| Developer(s) | Nihon Falcom |
| Publisher(s) | Nihon Falcom (MSX) Namcot (FC) Brøderbund (NES) |
| Designer(s) | Yoshio Kiya[3] |
| Composer(s) | Yuzo Koshiro Mieko Ishikawa |
| Series | Dragon Slayer |
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| Genre(s) | Action RPG, platform-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Legacy of the Wizard, originally released in Japan as Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family (ドラゴンスレイヤーIV ドラスレファミリー), is a fantasy-themed action role-playing platform game released for the MSX, MSX2 and Famicom in Japan and for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States.[3] Legacy of the Wizard is an installment in Falcom's Dragon Slayer series, and one of only five Dragon Slayer games that were localized outside Japan. The game was an early example of an open-world, non-linear action RPG, combining action-RPG gameplay with what would later be called "Metroidvania"-style action-adventure elements.[4]
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- ^ a b John Harris (July 2, 2009). "Game Design Essentials: 20 RPGs - Dragon Slayer". Gamasutra. p. 13. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ Kohler, Chris (March 26, 2007). "Bonus Stage: Debunking Metroidvania". Wired. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
Legacy of the Wizard... Is that a metroidvania? Yeah. Loosely.