Kao the Kangaroo


Kao the Kangaroo is an action-adventure video game released in 2000 by Tate Interactive. During development it was known as Denis the Kangaroo.

Plot

Kao is a young kangaroo living with his family in the jungle when they are one day captured by a ruthless hunter and his goons. It's up to Kao to drive the invaders from his home and save his family.
The game is divided into 5 sections "worlds" each with a distinctive theme however, the sequence of levels often makes little to no sense, for example, a battle with some kind of Greek god transitions into a level in outer space.

Release

The game was marketed worldwide by Titus Interactive, both for PC's and for Sega Dreamcast console, although in Poland the game was exclusively released on the PC, where it was released by Licomp Empik Multimedia. It scored a major success, exceeding 45,000 copies in Poland alone where it remained in the Top 10 for a considerable time.

Reception

Kao the Kangaroo received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Greg Orlando of Next Generation called the Dreamcast version "a marsuperior adventure. Pardon the horrible pun – please."

Sequels

The game was released for the Sega Dreamcast and Windows PCs on December 8, 2000. A GBA game was released on December 11, 2001, which is an entirely different game, despite having the same title. The game got a sequel called, which was released for Xbox, GameCube, PS2, and Windows PCs on April 15, 2005. About 5 months later, a second sequel called Kao Challengers was released on October 28, 2005 only for the PSP. Later in 2005, a third sequel called Kao: Mystery of Volcano was released only for Windows PCs. On June 9, 2020, a new game was announced by Tate Multimedia.