Tomba!

Tomba! (Tombi! in Europe and Australia, Ore! Tomba in Japan) is a side-scrolling adventure game created by Whoopee Camp Co. Ltd. for the Sony PlayStation. Tomba! was followed by a sequel titled Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return. The imaginative atmosphere and innovative gameplay of Tomba! has continued to keep it nostalgically popular with gamers. The series is the brainchild of Tokuro Fujiwara, who also created the Ghosts 'n Goblins and Mega Man series. It was also one of the earliest Playstation games to take advantage of the Dual Shock feature.

The intro song to the PAL version, No Sweat!, was performed by the CBBC band, North & South, while the one for the NTSC version is an instrumental of Paradise.
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* 1 Gameplay
o 1.1 Mission System
* 2 Plot
o 2.1 Setting and story
* 3 Reception
* 4 External links

[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Mission System

The game is based around a mission system, where the main character's (Tomba's) skills are employed to complete various tasks. Completion of a mission gives a certain amount of adventure points (AP) which are required for AP boxes which contain food (which gives you AP and restores 1 space of vitality) or items, and you may for example need 50,000 AP to open one. AP is also used to gain access to special places or information later in the game. Not all missions are necessary to progress in the game, however they are required to achieve full completion. There are 130 events (missions) in the game. Many events rely on other events to be completed. Due to the game resetting itself after the real evil pig has been captured, the last 3 events are completed right after another at the end and thus, the player can only play through the game with 127/130 complete. But, they can save the 'Seven Friends' event onto their file if they use the Charity Wings or Baron after going into the pig's lair. And then all they need to do is use the save point that's near the real evil pig's gate.
[edit] Plot
[edit] Setting and story

Tomba! is set on a group of islands in the middle of an ocean which do not appear on any map. Formed with large provinces in the north and smaller islands in the south, the region was home to a peaceful people who lived in tranquility for many years. The island was once a beautiful place, home to birds and plantations.

The protagonist is an energetic pink-haired youth named Tomba. One day, seven evil pigs appeared, and using their magical powers, they mutated the surroundings into a bizarre landscape. The underlings of The Evil Pigs, called the Koma Pigs, stole Tomba's grandfather's bracelet and a plethora of gold through a strange lust for it.

Tomba's quest is to retrieve his bracelet, which requires trapping the Evil Pigs along the way. Trapping them involves finding the Evil Pig Bags, which are keys to entering each realm of each Evil Pig. He must also complete missions for other people to get items and the Evil Pig Bags. Some side-missions are purely for fun and irrelevant to the main storyline.
[edit] Reception

Despite almost universally positive reviews [1], Tomba! only sold moderately well. Although it failed to acquire Greatest Hits/Platinum Status, it gained a sequel; however, the developer Whoopee Camp went out of business shortly afterward.

In gaming circles the game has reached cult status, often appearing in "best games you never played" lists. A likely reason for this is that it appeared on various demo discs which came with the Playstation in 1998, but the game itself was poorly distributed in comparison to the other games on the disc. Due to featuring a fairly long and engrossing demo, it has become highly sought-after by collectors; second hand copies on eBay easily reach excessively high prices (mostly much over the retail price), with the usual price being up to $299.99 for a sealed copy, despite being released over a decade ago.

Many requests have been made for it to be released on the Playstation Store (for PS3 and PSP), but due to the company being shut down for years, it is unknown if this will happen. However, other rare PS1 games such as Kula World were eventually released on the store, so if the license to port Tomba were acquired by Sony, it could be possible.

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