Debate Topic:Given Bonk's Revenge, is there any reason to play Bonk's Adventure?

[Turbo D]

Seriously, though, Bonk's Return is, arguably, the best of the series. Mobile gaming at its finest. Yes, I have it.

My phone doesn't get that game . What phone/carrier are u using?

[esteban]

Seriously, though, Bonk's Return is, arguably, the best of the series. Mobile gaming at its finest. Yes, I have it.

My phone doesn't get that game . What phone/carrier are u using?

Verizon, with a Samsung? phone.  I don't know if they still offer Bonk's Return (I downloaded the game... a year or two ago?). I also have Military Madness. Again, I think it was 2 years ago that I downloaded them.

Bonk's Return is fun for a cellular game, except the controls are lame. jluedke wrote a review here a long time ago, IIRC.

[doczoidberg]

 While Bonk's Revenge is vastly superior to Bonk's Adventure, I still think there's value in playing both....
 That way, you can see how the series progressed from the first installment and beyond.

[Turbo D]

Seriously, though, Bonk's Return is, arguably, the best of the series. Mobile gaming at its finest. Yes, I have it.

My phone doesn't get that game . What phone/carrier are u using?

Verizon, with a Samsung? phone.  I don't know if they still offer Bonk's Return (I downloaded the game... a year or two ago?). I also have Military Madness. Again, I think it was 2 years ago that I downloaded them.

Bonk's Return is fun for a cellular game, except the controls are lame. jluedke wrote a review here a long time ago, IIRC.

Cool, thanx for the info. I have sprint w/ a samsung a900 blade. It isn't available to download for me and my contract is up, so I'm choosing my next carrier based on getting bonk's return!

[Black Tiger]

Debate topic: Given that Bonk's Revenge exists, is there any compelling reason to play Bonk's Adventure?

I submit that there is not.

I think that this type of thinking negates "retro gaming" in general. Why bother playing anything old when something new comes around?

With that said, Bonk's Big Adventure is the weak link in the PCE series, due to it's level design and growing/shrinking gimmick. Bonk's Revenge is still the most refined overall, but Adventure has some unique gameplay and level designs that are very fun without feeling like 'more of the same' so much as the post-Revenge sequels do.

[esteban]

Debate topic: Given that Bonk's Revenge exists, is there any compelling reason to play Bonk's Adventure?

I submit that there is not.

I think that this type of thinking negates "retro gaming" in general. Why bother playing anything old when something new comes around?

With that said, Bonk's Big Adventure is the weak link in the PCE series, due to it's level design and growing/shrinking gimmick. Bonk's Revenge is still the most refined overall, but Adventure has some unique gameplay and level designs that are very fun without feeling like 'more of the same' so much as the post-Revenge sequels do.

Yeah, you're probably right, even though I never really thought Adventure was the weakest (of course, I haven't really played Bonk 3 for Turbo).

As Sinistron? mentioned, Adventure provides the best spinning action this side of Moonland!

Plus, even thought the level designs are basic, the music is so great that you don't mind spinning through them
 
I really dig "Moonland Sonata" (ending credit music), the boss tune, everything, really.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Bonk 3 is my fav with two players. Otherwise it is kind of boring one player.

Each sequel seemed to get better.  Bonk Adventure < Bonks Revenge < Bonk 3 < Super Bonk < Super Bonk 2...........

Isn't this how sequels usually go? 

But yeah Bonk had nothing on Mario or Sonic unfortunately...........

[nodtveidt]

I think the only Mario game I'd rather play than any Bonk is SMW, and only because of its vast number of levels. But no, Bonk's Adventure did not become obsolete because of Bonk's Revenge; the games don't play the same, and Bonk's Revenge is far easier. I actually played the series in reverse order, starting with 3, then 2 and then finally 1 (Duo pack-in, I never even owned a Bonk 1 or 2 card until 2008!). I beat Bonk 3 the first night I played it back in the day...slightly disappointing but fun anyways. Bonk 2 took 3 days, but it took me 5 days of playing to finally beat Bonk's Adventure. I still find it amusing how much the Bonk 3 games go for these days.

As far as mascots go...dunno. Bonk and Sonic are pretty original characters, but Mario's kinda dull. It's always been the gameplay that made the Mario games decent, not the characters. Too bad they don't even get that right anymore. Sonic was fun for awhile...1, 2, 3, CD, and Spinball are all classics and a lot of fun, but the series took a shit bath after that. Most great platformers are destroyed by making them 3D...Mario and Sonic were no exceptions, though at least Super Mario 64 was a good game for the most part...

[nat]

IMO, Super Mario Galaxy is by far the best 3D Mario game. Best Mario game, period, since SMB4/Super Mario World.

But I agree-- Bonk and Sonic were much better mascots, personality-wise than Mario. Mario didn't even have a "personality" until they gave him that gawdawful voice "It's-a-me.... Maaaaaaaaaaaaario". Please, someone shoot me now.

[Sinistron]

I think it's charming that some Japanese guy made a video game icon out of an Italian plumber.  Then I got sick of seeing Mario everywhere I turned my head.  There's a point where it just becomes force-feeding.  How many forking adventures can this guy have?  Settle down already and grow old like the rest of us.  They should have a Mario adventure in an old-man's home- where the power-ups are his dentures, diapers, cane, viagra, and creepy old fashioned peppermint swirls and ribbon candy.  I think Mario's too old to still be tripping out on mushrooms.