Popils

In a short animation at the start of the game, a beautiful Princess and a Boy fall in love.

But the evil wizard named Popils kidnaps her and traps her inside an enchanted forest and it is up to the Boy to rescue her.

Gameplay focuses on destroying blocks, avoiding enemies and spikes, and using various ladders and warp doors to reach the Princess.

Others require pixel precision and use of movement tricks to equal or beat the mapper step count.

When the player has completed all stages "perfectly" the credits are shown again with a slightly different ending sequence.

If the player powers off the console before they complete Round 0 and have activated the Resume feature they will be able to try it again the next time they load the game.

If the player is not using the Resume feature, or when prompted chooses End rather than Continue, there is no way to get back to it during normal gameplay and the game will need to be completed "perfectly" again.

The Japanese manual includes screenshots of a selection of 10 stages that are not otherwise available in the game, that can be entered into the map editor and played.

Image created showing all the blocks and characters in the game