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Fun fact: The manual for Rocket Knight Adventures goes into detail about the game's story, like how Sparkster was an orphan who was adopted by someone named Mifune, who was killed by that evil rocket knight, Axel.
The weird thing about these games is that while the Genesis version of Sparkster is the canonical sequel, the SNES version of Sparkster plays much more like the first game. Which feels almost backwards to me.
I have very fond memories of the first Mega Drive Rocket Knight game and I always find myself returning it fairly regularly... And then I routinely get my ass handed to me because that game is BRUTAL.
Notice there ARE *TWO* versions of "Sparkster"; while the SNES version is pretty much just the _first_ game on SNES, the SEGA Genesis version actually *IS* the sequel.
Kid Danger: *wearing his mighty pup movie outfit and raises a eyebrow in confusion* huh? didn't know that it was a thing in the 90's. I am more in ninja turtles and PAW Patrol.
I am planning on getting Rocket Knight Adventures Re-Sparked on Switch, as it is one of three Konami compilations I've been hoping for. The first is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, and the third is a Tiny Toon Adventures compilation, which sadly is never going to happen as long as the evil David Zaslav is running Warner Bros.. (I made an entire video rant on that subject and I recommend seeing it.) The Rocket Knight series honestly deserved more games than what it got. Sparkster was one of many "Animal with attitude" mascots created following the success of the Sonic the Hedgehog games. Others included Accolade's Bubsy the Bobcat, Sunsoft's Aero the Acro-Bat, and Tengen's Awesome Possum. Sparkster stood out from them because he was more down-to-Earth than them, and the first game in particular had a worthwhile storyline (which you can read about in the manual). Unfortunately, Sparkster's games never evolved beyond being sleeper hits because they came out around the same time as the other "Animal with attitude" mascots, which were seen as little more than trying to copy the success of Sonic without understanding what truly made Sonic's game's successful.
@@That_Ninja_Malik That's because Rocket Knight Adventures was released at a time when every video game company was making their own "Animal with attitude" mascot to try to capture the success of the Sonic the Hedgehog games. Besides Sparkster, other mascots of this era included Accolade's Bubsy the Bobcat, Sunsoft's Aero the Acro-Bat, and Tengen's Awesome Possum. Sparkster stood out from them by being more down-to-Earth, but his games sadly never evolved beyond being sleeper hits.
I didn’t get it till I was in my 20s like 10 or so years ago and it quickly became one of my faves. I have all these games already so this collection is kind of not necessary. It feels a little too basic as a collection
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Seriously? How do you remember Awesome Possum yet forget about Earthworm Jim and Gex? Also you're the first person I've seen that's called Zelda a platformer.
They released a collection and neglected to put in the that horrible Xbox Live Arcade title? For shame! He only has four titles. So you may as well make it a complete collection.
@@gonzalot.605 I would consider Sonic to be to Mario what Bugs Bunny is to Mickey Mouse; a competitor that came out later but proved to be a worthy one by having an in-your-face attitude and daring to do what his competitor wouldn't.