Kao the Kangaroo (2000 video game)

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Kao the Kangaroo
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Developer(s) X-Ray Interactive
Titus Interactive Studio (GBA)
Publisher(s)
Series Kao the Kangaroo
Platform(s) Windows, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance
ReleaseWindows, Dreamcast
  • POL: November 23, 2000
  • EU: December 8, 2000
  • NA: February 16, 2001 [1]
Game Boy Advance
  • NA: December 11, 2001
  • EU: December 14, 2001
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single-player

Kao the Kangaroo (Polish : Kangurek Kao) is a platform video game developed by X-Ray Interactive for Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast and Game Boy Advance. During development it was known as Denis the Kangaroo.[ citation needed ]

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Plot

Kao is a young kangaroo living with his family in the jungle when they are one day captured by a ruthless hunter and his goons. It's up to Kao to drive the invaders from his home and save his family.

Release

The game was marketed worldwide by Titus Interactive, both for PCs and for the Sega Dreamcast console, releasing in Europe on December 8, 2000. The game was released earlier in Poland by Licop Empik Multimedia as a PC exclusive. It scored a major success, exceeding 45,000 units in Poland alone where it remained in the Top 10 for a considerable time.[ citation needed ]

The Game Boy Advance version was released in December 2001.[ citation needed ]

The game, alongside its sequels, was added to GOG.com in February 2021. [2]

The game was released on Steam [3] and the Epic Games Store [ citation needed ] on April 27, 2023.

Reception

Kao the Kangaroo received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic; the Dreamcast version received an average score of 63 out of 100, based off 8 critic reviews, the PC version and average of 60 out of 100 based off 4 critic reviews, and the GBA fared notably poorer, with an average score of 52 out of 100, based off 8 critic reviews. [4] [5] [6]

Greg Orlando of NextGen called the Dreamcast version "A marsuperior adventure. Pardon the horrible pun – please.", awarding it three stars out of five. [7]

Legacy

A sequel, Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 , was released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and Windows on April 15, 2005. About 5 months later, a remake of the second game called Kao Challengers was released on October 28 only for the PSP. Later in 2005, a second sequel called Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano was released only for Windows. A reboot, also called Kao the Kangaroo , was published in 2022. [23]







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