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For detailed information about this series, see: The NewZealand Story on Wikipedia

Tiki, the main character of the series.

Tiki, the main character of the series.

The NewZealand Story, alternatively spelled The New Zealand Story, is a side-scrolling platform video game series by Taito.

Video games[]

  • The NewZealand Story (September 1988) for Arcade, Sharp X68000, FM Towns, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, PC-Engine, Sega Genesis, NES (under the name Kiwi Kraze), Sega Master System, Wii Virtual Console, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch
  • The NewZealand Story Revolution (January 25th, 2007) for Nintendo DS. Known as The NewZealand Story DS in Japan.

Links to Other Series[]

Direction Series Date Description Type


4Arrow L Pocky & Rocky 198809 September 1988 A secret warp room in The NewZealand Story features an arrangement of blocks resembling a Puka Puka ghost from Kiki KaiKai. 3
4Arrow L The Fairyland Story 198809 September 1988 A secret warp room in The NewZealand Story features an arrangement of blocks resembling Ptolemy from The Fairyland Story, and both games have a similar red devil enemy. 3
5Arrow R Cameltry 1989 1989 Tiki from The NewZealand Story appears in Cameltry holding a 1000 Pts sign if the player reaches the goal with more than 60 seconds on the clock. 1
5Arrow R Liquid Kids 199009 September 1990 A secret warp room in Liquid Kids features an arrangement of blocks resembling Tiki from The NewZealand Story. 3
5Arrow R Quiz Quest 1991 1991 Tiki from The NewZealand Story is pictured in Quiz Quest: Hime to Yuusha no Monogatari. 2
5Arrow R Space Invaders 19940909 September 09, 1994 Stage 1 in the Parody Mode of Space Invaders DX is based on The New Zealand Story and features a playable Tiki; he's also one of the characters providing assist attacks in Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders. 1
5Arrow R Bubble Bobble 199602 February 1996 Tiki from The NewZealand Story spawns as an item in Round 55 of Bubble Memories. 2
5Arrow R Pop n' Pop 19982 February 1998 Characters from The NewZealand Story appear in Pop n' Pop. 1
5Arrow R Taito Memories 20050825 August 25, 2005 Taito Memories Gekan and Pocket Memories include The NewZealand Story. 2
5Arrow R Taito Legends 20051014 October 14, 2005 Taito Legends and Taito Legends: Power-Up include The NewZealand Story. 2
4Arrow L Rainbow Islands 20070125 January 25, 2007 Bob, Bub, Mike and Violet from Rainbow Islands Revolutions appear as captured friends in The NewZealand Story Revolution. 1
5Arrow R Arkanoid 20170517 May 17, 2017 Tiki from The NewZealand Story appears as one of the characters providing assist attacks in Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders. 1