Willow[a] is a 1989 2D action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
[1] The version of Willow released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Famicom is an adventure game in the vein of The Legend of Zelda.
[2] The player takes the role of Willow Ufgood, who wages a battle against evil, wielding swords, shields, magic spells, and items to defeat enemies.
[1] Willow can enter houses and converse with inhabitants of the villages to receive advice as well as items such as magic and weapons.
[7] The arcade game plays similar to Capcom's previous fantasy action platformer Ghouls n' Ghosts.
[16] Howard H. Wen, writing in Video Games and Computer Entertainment magazine gave it a score of 7 out of 10, praising the graphics, but was critical of the music and the complex password system which required 18 characters in both upper and lower case.