right, Higgins can shoot the boomerang in four directions (up and down, as well as left and right). When Higgins first picks a weapon, he can only toss one shot at a time. By picking up the same weapon in a row, Higgins can toss up to three shots consecutively. When Higgins picks a fourth weapon of the same kind, his shots will turn into fireballs, which are more powerful and capable of destroying stones. At this point, when the player switches from axes to boomerangs or vice versa, the fireball effect will remain in place until the player loses a life. While Higgins has lost the ability to run faster in this game, he has gained the ability to crouch, which can be followed up with a super-jump. During gameplay, Master Higgins must collect tropical fruit in order to keep his life bar from depleting; he also can acquire a skateboard which will allow him to travel across the stage faster. Other media Super Adventure Island is one of the video games featuring in the manga titled Cyber Boy, by Nagai Noriaki, Published by Coro Coro Comic and Shogakukan, from 1991 to 1993. Reception Allgame gave a rating of 4.5 out of 5 noting the game has the same gameplay as the game’s predecessor with better graphics and a more varied soundtrack and the game has a variety of challenges although giving criticism on the main character’s slow movement and limited jumping concluding "the game is an enjoyable adventure nonetheless". Super Gamer reviewed the SNES version and gave an overall score of 42% writing: "This sounds great and doesn’t look too bad, but gameplay is irksome with your large sprite coming a cropper all too often. Ugh!" In 2018, Complex placed Super Adventure Island 80th in their "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time". References External links Takahashi-Meijin no Daibōken Jima on the Wii Virtual Console website 1992 video games Adventure Island (franchise) Platform games Produce! games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Yuzo Koshiro Virtual Console games Single-player video games Hudson Soft games Video games set on uninhabited islands