Adventure Island II

高橋名人の冒険島II (Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima Tsū)NES, Game Boy, Other, Nintendo 3DS +11991

  1. JP1991
  2. NA1991
  3. EU1992
  4. RU—

Adventure Island II was called 高橋名人の冒険島II (Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima Tsū) in Japan; its Game Boy version was sold outside Japan simply as Adventure Island, and the Gamate version in Europe as Kiki Inland. The Famicom version was later re-released on the Wii and Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.

Adventure Island II was developed by Now Production and published by Hudson Soft. Unusually, it came out in North America first, in January 1991, before the Japanese Famicom release on 26 April 1991; Europe got it on 22 July 1992. It is a sequel to Adventure Island and an original game, not an adaptation of Sega's Wonder Boy.

Master Higgins sets out to rescue his girlfriend Tina across eight islands ruled by the Evil Witch Doctor's minions. Four friendly dinosaurs can be ridden, and a new inventory lets the player pick an animal friend or a reserve hammer before each stage. Checkpoints were removed, stages are shorter, and there are new underwater and vertical-scrolling stages.

In 1992 the game was released on the Game Boy, titled Adventure Island outside Japan, and on the Gamate in Europe as Kiki Inland. The Famicom version was later re-released on the Wii and Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.12

Names and releases

RegionTitle on the boxPlatformDatePublisherSrc
NA Adventure Island II NES January 1991 Hudson Soft 1
NA Adventure IslandGame Boy version Game Boy February 1992 Hudson Soft 1
JP 高橋名人の冒険島IITakahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima TsūFamicom NES Apr 26, 1991 Hudson Soft 1
JP 高橋名人の冒険島IIGame Boy version with rebalanced gameplay Game Boy Mar 6, 1992 Hudson Soft 1
EU Adventure IslandGame Boy version Game Boy Apr 23, 1992 Hudson Soft 1
EU Adventure Island II NES Jul 22, 1992 Hudson Soft 1
EU Kiki InlandGamate version Other 1992 — 1

Also known as: 高橋名人の冒険島II JP1Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima Tsū JP1Adventure Island WW1Kiki Inland EU1

Box art by region

  • Adventure Island II box art, North America release
    NA Adventure Island II

Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.

Version differences

  • TitleGame Boy (NA/EU)

    Outside Japan the Game Boy version dropped the numeral and was sold simply as Adventure Island.1

  • GameplayGame Boy

    The 1992 Game Boy version rebalances the gameplay of the Famicom original.2

  • TitleGamate (EU)

    The European version for the Gamate handheld was called Kiki Inland.1

Translations

  • English Official

    Hudson Soft1991NES · Japanese Famicom versionReleased · complete

    Official English NES release by Hudson Soft, which reached North America before the Japanese release.1

Reception

Reviews were moderate: AllGame 3.5/5, EGM 7/10 from all four reviewers, Famitsu 6, 7, 7 and 5 out of 10, and GamePro 16/25. AllGame praised the improved graphics, the map screen and the four rideable dinosaurs.1

In lists

Sources

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2ja.wikipedia.org

Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13

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