Another weekend without PSP was killing me so I decided to go to 2nd hand videogame market that opens its doors every weekend in Barcelona in search for something. A copy of a PSX parodius was tempting me, so it was a perfect Axelay cartridge with everything intact, not to talk about a copy of one of my most wanted games: Ronin Blade (Soul of the Samurai, precursor of Onimusha). But the fact is that at the end I ended buying Kuru Kuru Kururin. It was very cheap and I had been looking and praising this game for years.
It seems recently it was re-released here in Europe so that pehaps explains the chance I had.
Well, after a day of intense gameplay I have to say that those are the best 12 I have ever spend on videogames.
Probably the majority of the forum already knows the concept behind Kuru Kuru Kururin but I'll explain it with more detail. You basically control a rotor which keeps spinning and spinning at a constant rate. Your job is to move it along paths and try to not touch the walls. You have 3 life and every time you touch a wall you loose a life + increase in 3 seconds the timer (penalty).
Simple...yet enjoyable. I only remember a similar experience with a videogame but to find it I have to go back to times before the Game Boy. I am talking of course about probably the best portable game ever: Game & Watch Bomb Sweeper. It's the only game I remember being so addictive like this one on a portable.
Kuru Kuru Kururin was a launch GBA game. The graphics are pretty simple but they are very nice. Specially because the look. Do you remember the Parodius artwork ? Well, the thing is pretty similar which makes a Parodius fan like me explode in tears. When I reached the candy world (moving inside a cake) I remembered my old days playing Parodius
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Any relations ???
Another thing that I liked is the music. Awesome. The quality is pretty good, really. Awesome use of the stereo output so good headphones are required.
Well, my tip is that you try this game if you have time because it's really worth it. A 2001 title I already knew was good but refused to play in order to enjoy it to the max when I finally bought it.
It seems recently it was re-released here in Europe so that pehaps explains the chance I had.
Well, after a day of intense gameplay I have to say that those are the best 12 I have ever spend on videogames.
Probably the majority of the forum already knows the concept behind Kuru Kuru Kururin but I'll explain it with more detail. You basically control a rotor which keeps spinning and spinning at a constant rate. Your job is to move it along paths and try to not touch the walls. You have 3 life and every time you touch a wall you loose a life + increase in 3 seconds the timer (penalty).
Simple...yet enjoyable. I only remember a similar experience with a videogame but to find it I have to go back to times before the Game Boy. I am talking of course about probably the best portable game ever: Game & Watch Bomb Sweeper. It's the only game I remember being so addictive like this one on a portable.
Kuru Kuru Kururin was a launch GBA game. The graphics are pretty simple but they are very nice. Specially because the look. Do you remember the Parodius artwork ? Well, the thing is pretty similar which makes a Parodius fan like me explode in tears. When I reached the candy world (moving inside a cake) I remembered my old days playing Parodius
.Any relations ???
Another thing that I liked is the music. Awesome. The quality is pretty good, really. Awesome use of the stereo output so good headphones are required.
Well, my tip is that you try this game if you have time because it's really worth it. A 2001 title I already knew was good but refused to play in order to enjoy it to the max when I finally bought it.