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Post by Prince~Of~Light on Mar 19, 2010 15:17:10 GMT -5
Any of ya played of these Hudson's platformers? The first title has appeared on Virtual Console, ya know. It's about Bonk, the cute, funny caveboy who uses three weapon's: his cranium of titanium, power of meats and WJS/ Widget Factor(Weird Japanese Stuff Ala Tv Tropes) to save Princess Zola from King Drool, setted on stone age. He's widely known as the original mascot of the PC Engine / Turbo Grafx16-console and is one of the "platforming kings" with Mario and Sonic Bonk: Brink of Extinction is a newest installment coming out this year for Wiiware, Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Bonk CompendiumA site that covers everything related to Bonk. So, any of ya played these games? (The commercial for the first game made little fun of SMB3, by the way. (-lvl-) ) |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Mar 19, 2010 17:29:19 GMT -5
I've only played the first two games on the Virtual Console. They were pretty fun, classic platform games. Especially Bonk's Revenge. It's far better than the first one.
I'm surprised Super Bonk 1 and 2 haven't appeared on the VC yet. Maybe they'll be released in promotion of Brink of Extinction.
And the original commercial is awesome.
I think Fry likes these games, also.
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Post by Prince~Of~Light on Mar 20, 2010 9:11:34 GMT -5
I've played Super Bonk and Super Bonk 2 so far- I still like Super Bonk 2, as it's more balanced on WJH and has the little feel of SMB3: lots of wacky powerups, Koopaling-like bosses and varying stages. (-lwl-)
Commercial is just win. And what they mean by the one weapon, it's his WTF Factor: Who can't say that at least once when playing Bonk-games?
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Post by Shrikeswind on Mar 20, 2010 12:53:12 GMT -5
"You're a cave-dude." "Rescue your excellent-looking princess." God, how dorky. It's entertaining, of course, but God, how dorky.
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Post by Manspeed on Mar 20, 2010 14:19:33 GMT -5
That was late 80s/early 90s marketing for ya.
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Post by Prince~Of~Light on Mar 21, 2010 15:47:18 GMT -5
Not to mention that American PC Genjin is hardcore Bonk. He also kissed a lizard before Sonic was vice versa in Sonic 2006. (-lwl-)
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Post by Fryguy64 on Mar 22, 2010 8:03:44 GMT -5
I've downloaded all the Bonk games on Virtual Console, including Air Zonk. I enjoy them, but I haven't really bothered beating any of them yet. I don't know... They are almost too wacky  |
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Post by Prince~Of~Light on Apr 22, 2010 11:26:13 GMT -5
Made this video where I picked the best of Bonk:
Warning: Contains Very Obvious Fan-advertizing.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Apr 22, 2010 12:20:13 GMT -5
Heh. That was pretty cool! I like the music that went with it. It lasted longer than 5 seconds, tho.  |
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Post by Prince~Of~Light on Apr 23, 2010 0:57:44 GMT -5
Heh. That was pretty cool! I like the music that went with it. It lasted longer than 5 seconds, tho. Well the point of those 5-second videos are to describe something so shortly as possible. This is how I described Bonk-series in whole. (-lwl-) |
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Post by nocturnal YL on Apr 25, 2010 13:36:51 GMT -5
My, I'm so glad to see someone actually mentioning that series. I recall playing one game in the SNES series. That has been interesting, to say the least.
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Post by Flip on Apr 26, 2010 20:37:27 GMT -5
When is that Bonk RPG coming out? Been waiting a looong time  Also, Super Bonk is easily one of the best platformers I've played. Super Bonk 2 is also really really fun |
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Post by Prince~Of~Light on Apr 27, 2010 0:54:33 GMT -5
When is that Bonk RPG coming out? Been waiting a looong time Also, Super Bonk is easily one of the best platformers I've played. Super Bonk 2 is also really really fun If you meant Bonk's Quest, it's been cancelled a looong time ago. |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Apr 30, 2010 21:35:19 GMT -5
Bonk's Adventure was just mentioned in 1up's Retro Flashback: March and April 1990 article. It's interesting that, up until a few years back, Hudson Soft (in Japan) had no idea that Bonk was being used as the TG16 mascot in North America. Someone from Hudson Entertainment (in the US) put together a presentation about it in hopes that they would consider bringing the character back. That's probably how Brink of Extinction came to be. They want to test the waters to see if the character is still popular over here. |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Dec 5, 2010 22:16:04 GMT -5
BUMP. Or maybe I should say BONK! I was wondering whatever happened to Brink of Extinction. AFAIK, it hasn't been canceled. It was at PAX10 in September, and I think it's been displayed since then, but it doesn't seem to be getting any closer to release. It was announced way back in September(?) 2009, and then it was supposed to be out by the end of 2010, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. It seems like an excessive amount of time for a downloadable game to be in development. I suppose that could be either good or bad. Anyway, with the retro revivals of Mario, Sonic and Donkey Kong Country, Bonk just kinda completes the picture, so I've had my eye on the game. Here's an official trailer from last July that I don't recall being circulated. It actually shows a lot more of the game than most previews have, including what appears to be a boss fight with King Drool. I hope that online co-op applies to the Wii version. Also, here is the official website. |
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