Tengai Makyou Zero was the first Far East of Eden game for a Nintendo platform (though a spin-off), the Super Famicom. It's also one of the most gorgeous games on the platform alongside Chrono Trigger, thanks to a special graphical decompression chip that allowed for much more and better looking graphics, though it's a bit on the easy and short side. Once again, it's about a descendant of the Fire Clan who's named Higan (literally "Fire Hero") and his quest to slay Niniji whose minions have been wreaking havoc in the country (and murdering his grand-father and the previous king), after he was liberated from the Hell gates by the jealous elder brother of the late to-be king.
It got a Super Famicom release in 1995, with another much more rare version made as a tie-in with a Jump magazine. A Fan Translation was released on October 22, 2017, after 15 years of development.
Tengai Makyou Zero contains examples of:
- Death by Origin Story: The fate of the previous king (and hero of fire) in the introductory scene in Zero, after the Hell Gates were opened by his evil brother. (Not that it kept his ghost from appearing at various points in the game)
- Heel–Face Turn: Akamaru. In fact, he's the second Hell General you'll face.
- Hopeless Boss Fight: First encounter in the Dragon Castle with Niniji from Tengai Makyou Zero, before getting Agumi's sword (after Higan gets it, Niniji uses another form). While he can be defeated
in that form through heavy grinding, disappearing just like a regular mook, the game will proceed anyways as if he won. - Living on Borrowed Time: Hisui has to die so that the new fairy is born, however due to Niniji's actions she fails in fulfilling her duty and collapses. Higan gives her enough vital force so that she can live a little while longer for her goal t be fulfilled.
- Load-Bearing Boss: Raido's ice castle disappears once he's slain. Same goes for Akamaru and his red tower.
- Sexy Discretion Shot: Zero, twice: Higan's bride, and whenever he meets with the maiden he chose in the cave between the first two kingdoms.
- You Killed My Father: Higan's grandfather who raised him after his parents death (you can visit their graves) was fatally wounded while trying to protect the Doomed Hometown from being frozen to death by Raido, the first Hell General serving Niniji. Higan realizes his fate as the hero of fire and manages to kill Raido by the end of the first dungeon.
