Somewhere on the road, conflict is brewing: rabbits, owls, bears, and many more animals are doing battle with a penguin. This penguin, named Riley, is traveling various lands in a truck with a front that's literally designed to look like a giant penguin head. Donning spiked-up hair, shades, and a long gold necklace, this "bad boy" takes anyone on who puts out a challenge as he drives closer and closer to the legendary Gira Gira Land. When a fight is about to commence, Riley's truck transforms into a vibrant arena, complete with a wide table, spectator seats, and a video wall in the background. Your protagonist then goes, one on one, against an opponent in quite an interesting sport concept.
Penguin Wars, a remake of 1985's Penguin Wars-Kun, takes the concept of air hockey and dodge ball, meshes ideas together, and creates a sport that actually sounds neat in writing. Each side starts with five balls at their disposal that they can throw, for a total of ten balls that can be tossed back and forth. In the original, there are two methods for winning a match: you either make sure more balls are on your opponent's side when time runs out, or you go for a "perfect game" by ensuring all ten balls land on their end during the match. Needless to say, this is trickier than it sounds since your opponent is constantly sending balls back your way, deflating the count before it reaches ten. That is, until you realize characters can be temporarily stunned if a ball knocks into them.
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Community review by dementedhut (December 06, 2023)
One of the many spin-offs and sequels of OutRun. There's... so many. |
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