A classic side-scroller by Hudson Soft.
This game was quite infamous for its unforgiving difficulty, with obstacle and enemy placements almost feel like unfair. There are even some levels giving less fruits to replenish your energy, eggs that contain an Eggplant that will eat away your energy very fast, and platforming that requires very precise jumps. Not to mention losing a life will make you restart at the last checkpoint unarmed.
Controlling the player character is quite tricky, too, as every jump and directional movements are greatly affected by your current momentum speed. It may take some time getting used to its mechanic.
Here's a tip: It's very important to collect the Hudson Bee item inside a hidden egg in the very first level since it gives you unlimited continues. When you get a game over and return to the title screen, press and hold any direction on the D-Pad and then press Start. The game will let you continue from the last stage you died in; Otherwise, you'll restart at the very first level, effectively losing any progress you've made.
I never beat this game as a kid, but few years ago I decided to finish it just so I can say I'm done with it. It's really THAT hard, but BOY it sure was satisfying to finally see the ending.
That was fun! I'm NOT playing it again soon.
This game was quite infamous for its unforgiving difficulty, with obstacle and enemy placements almost feel like unfair. There are even some levels giving less fruits to replenish your energy, eggs that contain an Eggplant that will eat away your energy very fast, and platforming that requires very precise jumps. Not to mention losing a life will make you restart at the last checkpoint unarmed.
Controlling the player character is quite tricky, too, as every jump and directional movements are greatly affected by your current momentum speed. It may take some time getting used to its mechanic.
Here's a tip: It's very important to collect the Hudson Bee item inside a hidden egg in the very first level since it gives you unlimited continues. When you get a game over and return to the title screen, press and hold any direction on the D-Pad and then press Start. The game will let you continue from the last stage you died in; Otherwise, you'll restart at the very first level, effectively losing any progress you've made.
I never beat this game as a kid, but few years ago I decided to finish it just so I can say I'm done with it. It's really THAT hard, but BOY it sure was satisfying to finally see the ending.
That was fun! I'm NOT playing it again soon.