In levels with water, Ristar has the ability to explore underwater without needing to breathe. While performing a Meteor Strike, Ristar can change his direction mid-flight on Normal difficulty, but cannot on harder difficulties. A very important aspect of this ability is to ride Star Handles to perform a Meteor Strike, which is used to move from one location to another without having to walk as well as take out enemies.

Ristar's arms can also be used for many other purposes, such as climbing walls, swinging across poles and even finding bonuses (health points, 1UPs, etc.) by stretching them into tiny breaches in walls (the player may also find them by headbutting certain sections of certain walls). This is the only way to eliminate enemies as jumping on them will not work. To kill enemies, the player must grab them with Ristar's arms with, and after releasing Ristar will headbutt the enemy. Ristar's main ability, and the core mechanic of the game, are his stretchy arms. Ristar's father is never mentioned, and instead the plea for help is answered by the Star Goddess, Oruto, who creates Ristar to fight Greedy and restore happiness to the Valdi system.Īt first glance, Ristar has basic platforming skills as he can jump about his own height with or (by default), and cannot look up or down. In the Japanese version of the game, the story is different. To free the population and liberate his father, Ristar must fight Greedy's minions throughout every planet, restore the leaders and eventually fight Greedy himself. It is answered by Ristar The Shooting Star, a tiny humanoid yellow star with long, elastic arms. Greedy forced the leaders of each of the seven planets the system is composed of to work for him, enslaved the people and kidnapped Ristar's father. In Ristar, we follow the story of a far away solar system, Valdi, that was corrupted by an evil tyrant called Greedy. 3.2 Connections with Sonic the Hedgehog.

Download sega mega drive ristar