Bonk 2: Bonk's Revenge (Virtual Console) Review

Bonk 2: Bonk's Revenge

In this follow-up to Bonk's Adventure, Bonk must again battle King Drool and save the moon and Princess Za, but this time in a land infested with Chikkuns, the egg shell-helmeted enemies. The game featured brighter and more cartoony graphics and sound, more in line with the comic strip, and greatly influences later Bonk games.

Evil King Drool III, the grandson of King Drool, is out for Bonk! And he's building a Monster Kingdom that threatens to destroy the world. As Bonk the Caveman, you're out for revenge in this all-out head-banger of a follow-up to the original Bonk. Konock yourself out with all-new characters, bonus stages, power-up items and an array of enemies that may look "friendly," but certainly don't act like it!

By Dazza

Hudson struck gold with Bonk's Adventure, following its success a sequel was inevitable and we couldn't have asked for a much better follow-up than this. In addition to the usual headbutting caveman antics our hero can now swim up waterfalls (?!!) and swing around on poles.

To vary things a little from the former game the levels tend to scroll vertically as much as they do horizontally. This adds to the variety of the game and is a welcome change in pace.

Bonk also moves beyond the prehistoric setting to also embrace a more medieval vibe with castles and knights, there are some snowy levels too. Lots of variety so things don't get dull too quickly.

As with the original game the graphics are colourful and detailed. The Megadrive and the SNES didn't have much better looking platformers than this!

There's not much more to say really. If you liked the original you will like this. It really is more of the same but improved. The levels are slightly harder and longer. The gameplay is just as much fun and the controls feel a bit smoother in this update. There is a third Bonk game to come on the TurboGrafx. We can't help thinking the series reached its peak with this game however. They are all classics but this one seems to strike the balance perfectly.

5/5

Average reader rating: 4.13 (55 ratings)

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1. Gerald 16 Apr 2007, 23:43 GMT

Hmm,don't know if I'll get this one as Bonk 1 was enough Bonk for me.But maybe I'll try it

2. PresidentLeever 22 Apr 2007, 01:55 GMT

I really disagree about the graphics, it's not much better than late NES quality. Everything is well drawn and fits together, but there's a significant lack of shading, making everything look really flat, and the color choices are pretty bad (maybe it's just the hardware).

Anyway, it's a fun, crazy game that is much better than the prequel imo.

3. Tennant 22 Apr 2007, 12:27 GMT

I'm really loving this, it's just really cute and great fun to play.

4. Sebastian 23 Apr 2007, 21:12 GMT

This is a great game, it does take about 5 minutes to get used to, but that's only because I never played the first one. It does have some comical points to it. If you want a funny game with a lot of replay value, this is definitely a good game for you.

5. Tennant 25 Jun 2007, 14:45 GMT

Dead cute, and a great little platformer to boot. Get this before the first game, definitely.

6. fire deity 29 Jun 2007, 05:50 GMT

Definately buying this, im getting 4000 points todat but saving them. I still got loads of vc games to complete, including bonks adventure.

7. CastlevaniaTest 24 Jul 2007, 00:50 GMT

A little easy, but still great fun.

8. Pocketim 28 Jul 2007, 20:56 GMT

This game has one of the most stupid bosses in the world, you found the elevator that takes you to the boss and what is the boss? something scary and powerful? no, it is a skinny pink ballerina in a green dress, and at the moment I keep getting beat up by a happy peppy piarte in a war cannon, however, the stupidness just adds on to the humor. Fun (and stupid) game but a little basic.

9. NintendoFan1985 14 Aug 2007, 07:08 GMT

While not as great as "Bonk III" or "Super Bonk", it is still a fun little platformer that far exceeds the original, "Bonk's Adventure". Worth checking out!

10. beefy 29 Aug 2007, 15:56 GMT

i just bought this game and i dont know.it dosent really have a plot and something about the game makes it a little shallow. it isnt horrible; but not a recommended download.

11. beefy 29 Aug 2007, 16:50 GMT

nevermind i really did have to give it a chance. there isnt enough shading though.

12. ToadTheMushroom 22 Jan 2008, 02:27 GMT

I like Bonk 3 better.

13. Mad Bomber 22 Jan 2008, 04:08 GMT

This is the first TurboGrafx-16 game I downloaded. (The only one so far, actually). I always wanted to see what I might have been missing out on back in the day. I’d say Bonk's Revenge is a fairly above-average platformer. It's pretty challenging and fun for the most part. Graphics aren't anything mind-blowing but they do hold up ok (not nearly on par with most Super-Nes and Genesis games, though). The music and sound is mostly god-awful, though. I nearly had a brain hemorrhage during the first few levels. Were they trying to give kids migraines?

14. The shoemaker 27 Jan 2008, 00:19 GMT

So the third one is all time better?

15. Nigel 09 Feb 2008, 03:12 GMT

Fun! I remember when the TG16 came out and I played a demo of this game at Radio Shack. I could only afford one (usually used) console with my paper route money, though, and Nintendo won every time! The VC blows my mind with all these old games I wanted to play but never had the chance.

16. Manicfatty 15 Feb 2008, 16:46 GMT

What I said about the first Bonk remains true, and with tighter controls, and more variety...well...yea!!!! Into the game cave I go, to shun the light of day for a few hours!

17. shinobiman 23 Feb 2008, 18:58 GMT

So many memories of playing this game at my friends house. You see, he had a TG16, while I had, well, everything else pretty much. I was always fascinated by this game and system because it was the only one I didn't have. Platforming at it's best.

18. MasterMario 02 Mar 2008, 16:25 GMT

The best in the series.

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