Topic: 2026/03: Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima (J) (Super NES) - Guard Master

[JonLeung]

Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima (J)

For this month's "Maps Of The Month" featurette, I wish to draw your attention to Guard Master's Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima (J) (Super NES) maps.

Three twelve-year-old boys - Dion, Max, and Jack - are on a field trip on an island, rumoured to be the location of "Marvelous", the treasure left behind by the treasure-seeking pirate, Captain Maverick.  Can the three of them work together to find riches and glory in this Japanese-exclusive Super Famicom adventure game?

As you might guess, Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima is inspired by The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past, and uses the same engine. This is the first game directed by Eiji Aonuma, which caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who would then recruit Aonuma to work on The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. As Eiji Aonuma has directed, produced, and supervised Zelda games since, this game should be notable not only for being influenced by Zelda, but coming full circle by putting Aonuma in a position to shape one of Nintendo's biggest franchises of all time.

So to recognize the effort put into mapping this marvelous and legendary game, Guard Master's Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima (J) (Super NES) maps will be known as VGMaps.com's Maps Of The Month for March 2026.

[Guard Master]

Absolutely marvelous these maps made it to the Maps of the Month hall of fame so quickly! Quite unfortunate the game never got much recognition despite using a similar engine. I certainly didn't know its existence until recently! Hopefully these maps can help draw a little more attention to the game considering the graphics are quite attractive for a SFC game especially to those who played LoZ back in the day.