Wii

Bonk's Adventure

Leichte Schwächen im Leveldesign verhinderten zwar, dass Bonk jemals in derselben Liga spielte wie das große Vorbild, dennoch ist Bonk’s Adventure unterm Strich ein hübsches und vor allem charmantes Jump and Run geworden, für das ich gerne wieder 600 Wii-Punkte lassen würde.

The gameplay is addictive and Bonk's Adventure presents a harder challenge than most platformers of its type, as well. This is a good prehistoric romp if ever there was one, if you can't wait for the sequel to be released on the VC then download this now!

2D platforming was one of the industry's most popular genres through the 8- and 16-bit generations, and the Virtual Console will no doubt see the re-release of many. Bonk's first outing is one of the classics of the age, inspiring numerous sequels, spin-offs and ports in following years. Those follow-ups you can safely go without – but the original Bonk's Adventure is firmly recommended as an icon of the 16-bit era's oft-forgotten third place finisher.

The game doesn’t really bring anything new to the side-scroller genre, but it pulls off the old-school stuff pretty well and still manages to be fun.

Bonk's brevity and ease make it a tough sell, even for $6 bucks. But if you're curious about what the TurboGrafx-16 could do, or if you already have a soft spot for Bonk, it's still a fun little platformer.