Ooga Booga


Ooga Booga is an online multiplayer video game for the Dreamcast, focusing on the combat of "Kahunas" using thrown shrunken heads, riding animals, staffs, or using spells. The game received positive reviews from video game critics.

Gameplay

The storyline is that Ooga Booga is a volcano goddess that creates islands, and has leaders of tribes, the Kahunas, that battle for her favor. It has a distinct Polynesian style and tone, and has many multiplayer islands and characters which can be unlocked. It was one of the last online games for the Dreamcast. There are four basic Kahunas that the player can use: Hottie, Fatty, Twitchy, and Hoodoo. There are other unlockable Kahunas based on the main four. Some of them include Death, Abe, Superguy, Joseph and Dwarf.

Development and release

Ooga Booga was developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega. The game was first announced during "Sega Gamer's Day 2000". It previously had the tentative title of "Resurrection". The game was showcased at Sega's E3 2001. The title included copy protection.
On January 26, 2018, the game became available to play online once again.

Reception

Ooga Booga received positive reviews, including a 9.4 out of 10 from IGN. The Los Angeles Times compared the game to Ico for the PlayStation 2. Gary Whitta reviewed the game for Next Generation, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "A tasty slice of lightweight party fun that proves there's life in Dreamcast yet."