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(c)1996 Disney, All right reserved
Japanese Distribution by Capcom(R)
Cartridge SHVC-ACGJ-JPN
Action / Platform game
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Released in America as PINOCCHIO
( - )
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Released in Europe as PINOCCHIO
( SNSP-ACGJ-EUR / SNSP-006 )
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Pinocchio is a traditional platformer by Virgin Studios London
and Disney, and was distributed in Japan by Capcom. The game closely follows
Disney's animated film. Player takes control of the wooden puppet
Pinocchio and helps him on his quest to become a real human boy.
The goal of the game is to retrieve three crests given by the Blue Fairy,
each of them symbolising Pinocchio's spirit : courage, truth and
unselfishness. Stages are varied and follow the original movie: From
the small city where Pinocchio can collect most of his special
abilities in the shape of book pages, to Pleasure Island and
inside the gigantic Monstro. Except for a couple of stages,
most of them have a traditional platform's structure where Pinocchio
can jump and use a special twist-kick attack to defeat his enemies.
There are also a couple of bonus stages, for instance Pinocchio will
be part of a spectacle where he will repeat and memorize
dancing moves from other puppets, or another will have the player
to guide Jimini Criket in a short fight against butterflies.
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Pinocchio was also released for Sega's Megadrive in 1996.
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Pinocchio offers gorgeous graphics and especially
incredible animations. They are smooth and unbelievely varied.
Pinocchio really moves like in the original Disney's movie and
a lot of them are a delight to watch. For instance when he
grabs a ledge and tries to get back on a platform, or when
he gets caught by the weird looking shadowns in the stage
right after Pleasure Island. However, and this is usually
my only complain with this sort of game, Pinocchio
is sort of dry and boring. Despite the original ideas spreaded
around the game (including the upside down sea level), stages
have no real structure, things sort of happen with no reasons
(like the kid firing rockets at you at the end of the roller
coaster stage) and there are no bosses. Compared to other
amazing games like Magical Quest by Capcom,
Pinocchio is nice and flashy on the outside,
and completely hollow in the inside. I guess it was
designed for a young public.
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