Aside from sporting a wacky pink hairdo, Tombi offers a long and brain twisting experience that mixes the traditional 2D side scrolling action/platformer with the elements of a role-playing game. The game starts out simple enough with the evil Koma Pigs stealing Tomba's bracelet, which was given to him by his grandfather. You assume the role of Tombi and begin your adventure. Little do you know that the quest for your bracelet will turn into so much more.
Because of its role-playing elements, in Tombi, your character will gain experience points, develop new skills and learn new things. He has seven abilities that can be learned throughout the duration of the game. Once all three experience meters reach level ten (in order to do this, Tomba must do certain things), he will unlock and learn an ability.
Tombi also makes use of weapons and items. Among his weapons is the default blackjack (a spiked ball with a rope attached), a grapple and various boomerangs. Each weapon has a specific purpose and certain ones should be used at different times; a grapple for high-up places and the boomerang for distance attacks. He'll come across a wide variety of items along the way ranging from charity wings (teleportation to already visited places) to the 1,000 year-old key (opens 1,000 year-old treasure chests).
Breaking the mold of the traditional platformer, Tombi is more non-linear rather than it is a level-to-level game. As you journey along, you will come across people who need something or a town that requires your help. Every time you collect an item that someone or something needs, it is referred to as an event. There are over 130 different events in all -- some of which can be completed at random or in any fashion you'd like.
Manufacturer's description:
"...one of the best 32-Bit platformers out there, if not THE best." -EGM
Evil pigs. Man-eating plants. Hidden paths. Wacky weapons. Moving obstacles.
Can you believe what Tomba has to go through to conquer the menacing wine?!
A wild actoin game with sone RPG and adventure mixed in, too.
130 events to clear deliver non-stop action.
Tomba has all the smooth moves: swing, grapple, throw, climb, slide, bite, swim, dirve, hang, run, laugh, cry.
93% -PSExtreme
4 out of 5 stars -PSM
Features:
- Third person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Fantasy, Prehistorik & Humour themes.
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