Super Star Wars (Wii)

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Description

The story of this game is based on Episode IV: A New Hope, the first of the original Star Wars movie trilogy. The player initially controls the movie's main hero, Luke Skywalker, but two more controllable characters join later: the careless captain Han Solo and his Wookie side-kick, Chewbacca. The game generally follows the movie plot, allowing the player to experience some of the most important sequences, such as the search for Obi-Wan Kenobi, rescuing princess Leia, and the final confrontation against Death Star and its TIE Fighters, led by the mysterious Darth Vader.

Most of the game levels follow traditional platform gameplay style. As Luke, Han, or Chewbacca, the player makes his way through the linear levels, fighting enemies, jumping over obstacles, and collecting power-ups. The power-ups include standard health-restoring items, upgrades for the blaster gun (up to five different upgrade levels), as well as special items that can be used for massive destruction of the enemies. Luke uses a weak blaster gun, but later gains access to a lightsaber, being able to fight enemies melee-style. Han and Chewbacca use stronger flame guns, but cannot upgrade to better weapons.

Some of the levels are dedicated to familiar Star Wars vehicles (such as a land speeder). Controlling the vehicle from a third-person view, the player has to navigate it through the pseudo-3D environments, avoiding obstacles and shooting at enemies on the way.

Screenshots

There are no Wii screenshots for this game.

There are 9 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.

Alternate Titles

• "スーパースターウォーズ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Inspiration: Movies
• Star Wars canon
• Star Wars licensees
• Super Star Wars series

User Reviews

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The Press Says

Nintendo Life	Aug 11, 2009		70
Jeuxvideo.com	May 20, 2011	14 out of 20	70

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Trivia

Cancelled PC version

Brain Bug completed a PC port, but ultimately LucasArts decided not to publish the game as it didn’t fit in with the other Star Wars games they were working on.

Awards

• FLUX Magazine
  • 1995 (Issue #4) - #25 in Top 100 Video Games of All-Time

Information also contributed by Big John WV

Related Web Sites

• PC Games That Weren't: Super Star Wars (archived) (History about the work on the PC port that was ultimately never released.)
• Video review of Star Wars games (WARNING: Language) (The Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, reviews various Stars Wars-based games, including Super Star Wars on SNES.)