''Super Bonk'' (released in Europe as ''Super B.C. Kid'' and in Japan as ''Super Genjin'') is a 1994

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developed by A.I. Co, Ltd. and published by

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for the

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. It is the fourth game in the ''

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'' series. The game was later re-released for the

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in Japan on November 16, 2010, in Europe on December 10, and in North America on April 4, 2011.

Gameplay

The fourth game in the regular ''Bonk'' series, its gameplay is similar to ''Bonk 3''. ''Super Bonk'' allows Bonk to travel through time from his

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levels to the inside of a dinosaur, a version of modern

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, and the

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. Along the way, Bonk can find power ups that can change his form to creatures, such as the shooting Bonk Crab, a dinosaur form called Big Kronk, candies that change his size from tiny to huge travel through transportation tubes and find multiple bonus levels. Additionally, Bonk uses his head to smash his enemies, propeller seeds allow Bonk to fly, and for the first time can carry flowers on his head in his continuing battle against his arch nemesis King Drool.

Reception

In their review, ''

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'' praised the clever usage of Bonk's various forms, the "crisp, cutesy quality" of the graphics, the easy controls, and the numerous bonus rounds, but nonetheless gave ''Super Bonk'' an overall negative assessment, concluding that platformer fans in general and Bonk fans in particular would find very little new content about the game. In 1995,

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ranked ''Super Bonk'' 44th on its Top 100 SNES Games, commenting that it is a well crafted and gripping platformer, despite having slightly awkward controls.

References

External links

''Super Bonk''
at The Bonk Compendium (covering all games and references to ''Bonk'' series)
''Super Bonk'' / ''Super Genjin''
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