Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel

released on Nov 01, 1994

A spinoff of the Aero the Acrobat games, Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel is an over-the-top platformer that plays much like Sonic the Hedgehog. In the Aero the Acrobat games, Zero is one of the villains. However, this time around Zero is fighting to save his homeland from an evil lumberjack.


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juego frenetico , con mecanicas muy diferentes a las que nos tienen acostumbrados , niveles variados juego platinado en retroachievements.

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Surprisingly better than both Aero games that this was intended to be a spin-off of. Zero has a lot of interesting movement tech, and for the first three worlds, the level design really complimented it. Plenty of secrets to find and overall a nice pace. The quality does drop a bit once you get past the caverns, as the levels become a mix of linear sections and some pretty bland vehicle romps. Definitely seems like the game was on a tight deadline which is a shame because there's glimmers of something that could've been far more. Still, it's a good way to kill an hour or two.

This is okay, I suppose. Really easy for the most part, but a bit easy to get lost sometimes, and when it's not easy it's pretty much trial and error. Bosses are underwhelming because they don't restart upon losing a life, so you can kind of just carelessly plow through em. It's quite short, and ends before anything can either grow on you or get on your nerves. It's just very...alright. Better than I expected, though.

An average "Mascot Platformer" kind of game, the Sonic the Hedgehog speed gameplay doesn't work very well on SNES due to cropping and big sprites, which may work better in Sega Genesis version. Even then there's a fair bit of trial and error and cheap deaths. On the other hand this game features great graphics and animation. The soundtrack is also amazing. And there are a few gameplay things that I like such as infinite continues and the fact that if you die at the boss battle, they keep their current health value instead of resetting which is neat. Overall not a bad game but not great either.