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    ULTIMATE GUIDE: SOLEIL

    Apr 16, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS BY JOHN SZCZEPANIAK

    Despite Soleil being released worldwide (including South Korea) and getting rave reviews, it never developed the same following as more popular Mega Drive titles. For the many who saw screenshots, Soleil simply became ‘that cute Zelda clone’. While there are similarities, to dismiss it as a mere clone is to ignore its originality and significant wider context. For the heritage of Soleil is entwined with the heritage of the Mega Drive itself. Also its cuteness is superficial; Soleil gets dark, extremely dark.

    The game was developed by NexTech, formerly GAU Entertainment, a spin-off from Wolf Team, which was a subsidiary of Telenet Japan. The GAU cofounders Toshio Toyota and Yukihiko

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