Microids’ Smurfs and Marsupilami both provide accessible games for younger audiences. However, this holiday season has few approachable kid-friendly titles that are easily recommended. Three worlds at a list price of $29.99 may be too steep.
With only three worlds and about 28 stages, the longevity of the game is limited. Marsupilami is an incredibly tight playing, but short adventure. While the extra lives are plentiful, they were needed during the final few stages where platformer skills are put to the test. Throughout each level the player collects fruit, 100 fruit provide an extra life. The increased challenge from world to world creates a satisfying gameplay experience. This ring mechanic starts simply, but by the final levels requires precise timing to avoid obstacles and attacks. Marsupilami introduces a tail grab that allows the character to latch onto rings. Each world adds new challenges and gradually requires mastery of platformer skills previously introduced. And new players will find the difficulty effectively paced. Consequently, Players that have experience with other games in the genre will feel at home in the creative level design. Marsupilami is a more inviting Donkey Kong Country Returns. One of the three selectable characters moves from node to node collecting enough feathers to unlock a boss battle stage before moving onto the next world. Anyone who enjoyed the gameplay of Retro Studio’s Donkey Kong Country Returns or Tropical Freeze will feel at home in Marsupilami. Fortunately, the deep gameplay more than makes up for the rescue the crystals story. This is helpful since Marsupilami: Hoobadventure’s story is thin. And all to a catchy soundtrack with a definite South American flavour!Ī single-player game, Marsupilami - Hoobadventure will nevertheless demand a bit of skill with a controller, a dash of precision, and plenty of strategy if you want that 100% completion.īecause with three characters with their own unique powers, there are infinite ways to solve the puzzles and avoid the traps laid out by your ancient enemy.Let’s be clear, a side-scrolling 2D platformer doesn’t need an engaging story to hook players. The straightforward way of describing it is like a cross between Sonic and Donkey Kong! So get ready for a fast-paced supernatural adventure that begins on the beaches of Palombia.Ĭolourful and buzzing with life, this imaginary country is the starting point on an odyssey that will take you all the way to the ancestral temples found deep within the dense Palombian jungle. The gameplay is suitable for players of all levels. Marsupilami - Hoobadventure is a 2.5D platform game developed by Ocellus Studio, and it’s the perfect choice for the littlest gamers as well as anyone who’s a fan of the original comic strip. But by working as a team, the three of you will definitely have a better chance of putting this mummy in its place: right back in its sarcophagus! Which is just as well, because the Pre-Palombian ghost and its new servants lie in wait around every corner. Indeed, one day while they were basking in the Palombian sun, our three heroes stumbled upon a mysterious sarcophagus that had washed up on their tropical beach…Ĭurious by nature, they opened it up and accidentally awakened the evil spirit confined within! But as we know, curiosity killed the cat, or, in this case, unleashed a curse that turned the local wildlife into zombies! But all is not lost: the marsupilami are immune to the evil spirit’s powers! It definitely bears repeating: opening a sarcophagus you find washed up on a beach is a very bad idea! Just ask Punch, Hope and Twister! And the three offspring of the famous marsupial who was first drawn by Franquin for a 1952 issue of Franco-Belgian comic Spirou, have definitely learned that lesson…
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