Wrecking Crew (レッキングクルー Rekkingu Kurū?) is the first home console installment of the Wrecking Crew series, first released for the Family Computer in 1985 and then as a launch title for the Nintendo Entertainment System the same year in North America, and later in Western Europe. The main and playable character is Mario, who takes the role of a demolition worker.
The game has been ported a few times. In was first ported to the Family Computer Disk System in Japan, on February 3, 1989. The game was then reissued as a Famicom Mini title for the Game Boy Advance in 2004, exclusively in Japan. The game would later be reissued for the Wii Virtual Console in 2007 in North America, Europe, and Australian, then in 2008 in Japan. Wrecking Crew was one of the ten Nintendo Entertainment System games included within the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program in 2011 before receiving a wider release for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in 2012 in Japan and 2013 in other regions (except South Korea, where is released on May 18, 2016). The game also ported to the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013. It is one of the games available on Nintendo Switch Online, as of July 17, 2019 worldwide.
Gameplay[]
Mario has to destroy various objects including ladders, pillars, dynamite, and walls using his hammer. However, Mario must dodge several enemies as well, and cannot jump on them like in other games. A second player could play as Luigi, who is unusually dressed in purple. The Japanese version of the game allowed players to save their level designs using a cassette player. Since the peripheral was not released in the US, saving was impossible. However, the option was kept in the game, hinting that a similar peripheral would be released in the US, but it was never released. The Virtual Console version, released in Europe and Australia on August 24, 2007, and North America on November 19, featured saving support for level designs.
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| Characters | Playable | Mario • Luigi |
| Enemies | Eggplant Man* • Fireball • Foreman Spike* • Gotchawrench | |
| Items | Items | Coin |
| Objects | Objects | Door • Drum* • Dynamite • Floor • Golden Hammer* • Ladder (Ladder wall) • Letter* • Pillar* • Wall |
| Items marked with an asterisk (*) appear only in Wrecking Crew. | ||
