Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Namco's 1989 horror-themed platformer for the Nintendo Famicom, Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti.

This video shows the good ending, achieved by visiting the two secret stages and collecting their orbs. The version I'm playing here has been patched into English.

And if you're interested in the other Splatterhouse games, check out the links to my other playthroughs below!

Wanpaku Graffiti is a liberally adapted spin-off of Namco's original arcade (and later, the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16) horror classic for the NES, complete with a super deformed ("SD") facelift.

The game is faithful to the original in how it plays - Rick still rocks a possessed hockey mask as he cleaves his way through an army of supernatural monsters and possessed bits of furniture in search of his girlfriend. It focuses on platforming instead of punching everything to death, but the controls feel the same as in the 16-bit versions, and many of the enemies behave in the ways that you remember. The game is much easier than the original game, but it's still not easy. This is a Namco production, after all.

Wanpaku Graffiti's SD style gives the game a much cuter look, much like Kid Dracula gives a softer edge to the Castlevania games, but it still goes all in on the horror tropes. There are tons of references to pop culture horror icons - there are nods to Halloween, Friday the 13th, The Exocist, and Michael Jackson's Thriller, among others.

The graphics are excellent by NES standards, and the music is appropriately creepy, even it none of it is terribly memorable. I do get why this never got a western release - there is still a fair amount of imagery that goes against NOA's guidelines despite the kid-friendly graphic style - but still, it's a shame that this one never got made available to a wider audience. It's a lot of fun, and it's a perfect game to play on Halloween for any NES horror fan. It's one of the best games of its ilk on the system.

Playthroughs of other Splatterhouse games:

Splatterhouse (TurboGrafx-16 version):
   • Splatterhouse (TurboGrafx-16) Playthr...  

Splatterhouse 2 (Sega Genesis):
   • Splatterhouse 2 (Genesis) Playthrough...  

Splatterhouse 3 (Sega Genesis):
   • Splatterhouse 3 (Genesis) Playthrough...  
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.

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