Adventure Island 3 (NES) Playthrough

A playthrough of Hudson Soft's 1993 platformer for the NES, Adventure Island 3.

In this video, I play through the game twice in order to show all of the stages. The second game, beginning at 57:29, shows the A and B stages.

Adventure Island 3 was the last of the NES games in the series to be released outside of Japan, appearing on store shelves seventeen months after Adventure Island II (   • Adventure Island II (NES) Playthrough  ) and four months after Super Adventure Island (   • Super Adventure Island (SNES) Playthr...  ) for the Super Nintendo.

Having twice saved Tina from the witch doctor and his followers, Master Higgins is attempting to spend some well-deserved quality time with his lady friend when an alien ship suddenly appears and abducts her. Tough luck, eh, Higgs?

This adventure plays out much like the previous one. It introduces a few new things over Adventure Island II - there's a new dinosaur friend, the ability to crouch, a boomerang weapon, and a surfing minigame - and the graphics take a few style cues from Wagyan Land 3, but Adventure Island 3 feels more like Adventure Island II fitted with an expansion pack than it does a original, standalone game.

Adventure Island 3 is still a very good game despite being a total rehash. The graphics and music are great, the controls are snappy, and it's a lot of fun to play. If you loved Adventure Island II and are looking for more of the same, you've found it! If you want something more original, though, the Japan-only fourth Famicom game might be more to your liking.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.

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