Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games. It's a game where you play games. Yeah. Nothing more. Each game has a different style. Yup.
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This'll be a fairly short review as there isn't much to talk about in this game. That may bring up a question to some of you; "Then why are you reviewing it?" Because it has a lot of nostalgia for me. It was one of my first SNES games I've played.

Graphics - 5

The sprites look like crap, but the other graphics are... OK, I guess. Nothing revolutionary, nothing crappy (except for the sprites). So the graphics are bad, but not too bad. Yup.



Sound - 6

The sounds are terrible, but I must say I do like the music. It has some pretty catchy tunes. Probably my favorite is the Hippo Hop theme. (video from the Windows 95 version) Sounds good, right? Well, of course! The songs get repetitive after awhile, but I think they sound good at first. Just too bad the sound effects suck so bad.

Gameplay - 6

There are four different minigames you can choose from in the SNES version. I know, it's not a lot, but we'll discuss that later. The first is titled "Burper." Basically, you burp. Sounds weird, but it's really a clever concept. There are things falling from the treetops at you, including but not limited to worms, ladybugs, beetles, and... monkeys? Even weirder, there are kitchen sinks that fall towards you. I assume it's supposed to be a pun on the phrase "Everything but the kitchen sink," but I'm not sure. Anywho, you have three different types of burps. You start with 99 burp points. Without even thinking, at this part in the review I burped. Coincidence of course. Your regular burp is a small burp bullet that uses 1 burp point. Your second burp is much larger and consumes 10 burp points. Your final burp starts as a bigger burp, but then spreads and almost covers half the playing field. It consumes 30 burp points. You can also whack bugs with your tail if they land on the ground.

The next game is Jungle Pinball. It's, you guessed it, pinball with jungle themed items and obstacles. Here is the pinball field.



As you can see, the snake actually flings the pinball. I'll describe what would happen in a perfect game: You fully charge the snake, it shoots the pinball. The frog licks it, it goes through the G in grub. It bounces off of those rocks a few times and it spells GRUB. You get bonus points and three trapdoors open. You hit the animals in the trapdoors. It bounces off one of the trapdoors and goes to where the elephant is. The pinball gets caught in the wheel, the elephant spins the wheel. Depending on where the wheel stops, you will get a bonus. It could be bouncy things that save your pinball from dying, it could be bonus points, it could be an extra pinball. You won't know until it stops spinning.

The next game is Hippo Hop. There is a river that you have to cross as Pumbaa to get to a grassy place. You will have to collect grub on the way. To cross the river, you will jump on hippos, logs, and turtles. This is basically a boring version of Frogger.



The last game in the SNES version (there is a Dr. Mario/Tetris style game in the Windows 95 version) is Sling Shooter. Sling Shooter is easily the best. You are at the edge of a jungle. There is a serene waterfall next to you. For a few minutes, various animals and bugs will pop up. Shoot them to gain points. Sometimes the Hyenas appear which are worth extra points. But watch out -- If you hit Timon or Pumbaa, you will lose points. It's definitely the funnest.

Addictiveness - 2

Even though Sling Shooter is pretty fun, nothing else is addictive. There's only one level to every minigame, and it gets repetitive very quickly. Hippo Hop is downright boring, Jungle Pinball is too small, and Burper is too slow. I'll be nice and mix the gameplay and addictiveness rating to get a 4.

Story - N/A

There is no story. In the PC version Hippo Hop has a story where Pumbaa asks Timon to get grub for a dish, but nothing in the SNES version.

Depth - 1

As we talked about earlier, there's only 4 minigames, and each is small and repetitive. This game as a whole is unbelievably small. There's not even an incentive to getting high scores.

Difficulty - 3

Well, I think (and hope to God) this game is for younger kids. I'm reviewing it because it is nostalgic to me. Burper is hard because Pumbaa is slow, plus Hippo Hop is hard to get the timing right. Very easy game though.

Overall - 4

Looking at the game through the eyes of a young child, I wouldn't care much about the graphics, and the difficulty wouldn't bother me. I would think the music is catchy and the games are OK, but what would really bother me is that there's nothing to unlock. Turn the system on, press start, and I am faced with a decision. Which of the 4 minigames? Of course, I would think that there are more to unlock. But no, this game is bland as sand. Overall it gets a 4.

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I thought that the other lion king game on SNES was good. Never played this one. Anyway, Like your previous review I love it! It was detailed and this one was especially funny.

Geez two awesome reviews in a row! Keep up to good work.
This game just looks like you're average bad licensed game compilation.

TheFadedWarrior : I LOVE this game! However I have not played it in years, I remember loving it, the disk we had was all glitched though and would crash on certain minigames if the sound was turned on. So everything you say about it not being the greatest is probably true, but the memories I have playing this while I was like 10 will always put a smile on my face. Its great to see someone else finally talk about this game!
Oh btw, I have only played the PC version, never touched the SNES one.

imamonster : Yes, the Lion King game for SNES is extremely good. I plan on reviewing it soon. Thanks for the compliments!
solidx123456 : Yeah, this game does bring some good memories with it. This was one of my favorite Super Nintendo games when I was a wee little lad.