Disney's The Jungle Book (SNES)

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Description

Like the other adaptations of the 1967 Disney animated film The Jungle Book, the SNES version is a side-scrolling platformer starring Mowgli, the young boy raised by wolves in the jungle. Running, jumping, climbing, and swinging on vines, he must make his way through 11 levels. These includes the jungle by day and by night, a village high in the trees, a waterfall, ape King Louie's realm and the wasteland charred by a fire.

The jungle is full of dangerous animals, like bugs, snakes, anteaters and monkeys, which Mowgli can defeat by jumping on their heads or throwing bananas (from an unlimited supply) at them. Some jungle fruit like mangoes and coconuts can also be collected and used as weapons. Other power-ups include hearts (some of them hidden in fruit) that refill Mowgli's health bar, extra lives, masks that trigger invincibility and two kinds of gems: red gems count towards extra continues at the end of a level, while green gems count toward a special ending of the game.

Some variety from the standard platforming comes into play in two automatically scrolling levels: once when Mowgli rides a parrot and once when he escapes from the collapsing ruins of Louie's castle. Several levels end in boss fights, featuring Kaa the snake, King Louie the orangutan and Shere Khan the tiger.

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Alternate Titles

• "Disney's Mogli - O menino Lobo" -- Brazilian title
• "ジャングル・ブック" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Hop and Bop Platformer
• Inspiration: Movies
• Jungle Book licensees
• Setting: Indian
• Walt Disney games

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Critic Reviews

ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Aug, 1994	11 out of 12	92
Score	Nov, 1994	85 out of 100	85
Video Games	Jul, 1994	84 out of 100	84
Game Players	Jul, 1994	84 out of 100	84
Nintendo Magazine System UK	Jul, 1994	84 out of 100	84
Megablast	Jun, 1994	82 out of 100	82
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Aug, 1994	8 out of 10	80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Jul, 1994	39 out of 50	78
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Jul, 1994	78 out of 100	78
The Video Game Critic	Oct 07, 2014	D+	33

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In the SNES credits, you will see that in the Special Thanks there are people listed, "Joel, Mike, Tom, Crow, Gypsy, Frank and Clayton". Those are all character names from the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000!