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Spanky's Quest
North American Game Boy Cover Art
Developer(s)Natsume
Publisher(s)
Programmer(s)Toshiyasu Miyabe (GB)
Satoshi Yoshikawa, Kenji Furuya (SNES)
Artist(s)Tomoko Okamoto (GB)
Composer(s)Hiroyuki Iwatsuki (GB)
Kiyohiro Sada (SNES)
Platform(s)Game Boy
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
ReleaseGame Boy
SNES
Genre(s)Puzzle-platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Spanky's Quest is a 1991 puzzle-platform game developed and published by Natsume for the Game Boy and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Known in Japan as Monkey Reflections: The Adventures of Mr. Jiro[a] on the SNES and Lucky Monkey[b] on the Game Boy, the player controls the monkey Spanky as they try to escape a tower created by the witch Morticia. Players are tasked with clearing rooms by using the help of a magic ball to progress. Depending on the console version, the way the player clears rooms changes.

Spanky's Quest has received mixed reception from critics. In 2021, the SNES version of the game was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service.

Gameplay

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Top: Game Boy version screenshot.
Bottom: SNES version screenshot.

Spanky attacks by throwing a small purple bubble. He can then bounce the bubble on his head. Every time he bounces the bubble, the bubble grows and changes color. The bubble can then be popped, depending upon the bubble's size and color, different types of sports balls will fly out of the bubble destroying enemies touched by the balls. For example, a purple bubble will release a baseball and the largest orange bubble will release several basketballs. If an enemy is touched by a bubble, he will simply be stunned and unable to move for a moment.

There are a total of five worlds with ten levels each. After clearing each world's ten levels, the player must face a main boss. After defeating all five bosses, the player fights the witch herself. In the SNES version, levels are cleared when the required number of keys unlocks a door; in the GB version, levels are cleared when all the enemies have been destroyed. The enemies in the game are generally different types of fruits, with the notable exception of the witch.

Plot

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The SNES game has a storyline in which Spanky is trapped in a tower by an evil witch named Morticia. Spanky has to defeat Morticia and find his way out of the tower. Along the way, Spanky has to deal with Morticia's minions (which are shaped like an apple, pineapple, watermelon, peach, and grapes respectively).

Development and release

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The Super NES game is known for its very upbeat jazz soundtrack by Kiyohiro Sada.[3]

The Game Boy title is somewhat similar to the SNES version but differs quite a bit.[4]

The SNES version is a tie-in game between Taro Murasaki, a Japanese monkey showman, and his monkey, Jiro.

In May 2021, the Super Nintendo version of the game was ported over to the Nintendo Switch for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.[5]

Other media

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Spanky, the main player character, makes a cameo as the red corner in the Famitsu Comic '92 Barcelona Olympic.[6]

Reception

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Spanky's Quest received mixed reviews from critics.

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese language: 反省ザルジローくんの大冒険, Hepburn romanization: Hansei Zaru: Jirō-kun no Daibouken
  2. ^ Japanese language: ラッキーモンキー, Hepburn romanization: Rakkī Monkī

References

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