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Kao the Kangaroo

Review

Guide the marsupial hero through 27 side scrolling levels, using boxing gloves and special vehicles to battle enemies and return home.

Kao the Kangaroo was originally released for Windows in 2000. The Game Boy Advance version was released in 2003, not 2001.


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Released
2003
Original release
2000
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
1.59 MB
Rating
0 votes

About Kao the Kangaroo

Kao the Kangaroo for the Game Boy Advance presents a two dimensional side scrolling platform experience. The player guides the kangaroo protagonist through twenty seven distinct stages.

Movement primarily involves running and jumping, with additional vehicles like snowboards and jet skis introduced later. Hostile creatures encountered throughout the levels must be dealt with either through evasion or combat.

Combat is centered on a pair of boxing gloves for direct attacks, supplemented by a tail spin maneuver executed by pressing down and attack to hit lower targets. A checkpoint system allows players to drop collected flags to establish custom continue points within a level.

Kao the Kangaroo Screenshots

12 images
Titus' mascot
Title screen
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Main menu
First level
The carnivorous plants hurt when you touch them, but they do not actively do something.
A mosquito as large as a kangaroo.
The password system uses images instead of characters.
Level overview
The animation of Kao drowning is a bit macabre...
...which is emphasised by the death animation.
Pig with spear