On top of that they get turned into animals after the hero defeats them. Brainwashed and Crazy: After you meet a group of jolly rival kids named Randoru, Jyogi, Pencil and Taziki, the Big Bad brainwashes them into crazy blank-eyed lackeys.Bookends: Struck Out is the first and final challenge in the game.Big Bad: King Dark Muscle, the demonic overlord of an alternate dimension.Ascended Extra: Kongou is the Series Mascot of the Unbeatable Banzuke show, but in previous games he was just an unlockable character without any backstory. ![]() Gymnast Iketani Naoki plays a villain role as the leader of Muscle Society.He also appeared in other games in the series at the time, complete with an impersonator called Nise-Kane. Kane Kosugi, an actor also known for challenging Unbeatable Banzuke and SASUKE several times, appears as a (much younger) playable character in the game.On the other hand, if you play normally as Kongou with Kane tagging along, Kane never comes up with that idea and does nothing special in the story other than handing out a Continue Pendant even after Kongou enters Dark Muscle's world. Another Side, Another Story: If you unlock Kane's route, he decides to look after Kongou's mother and find a cure for her illness while Kongou goes on with his journey offscreen.He does have a secret route where he becomes the protagonist while Kongou journeys offscreen and this leads to a better ending than the normal one, but it is also a short Excuse Plot with no dialogue from Kane even compared to his standard role in the game. The boy is an optional playable character that doesn't do much other than tagging along with Kongou. Advertised Extra: The game's boxart features Kane Kosugi, who is based on the real life actor of the same name.Adapted Out: Out of 4 SASUKE stages only the final one, Spider and Rope Climb, is featured in the game.Kongou-kun's Great Adventure features the following great tropes: While it retains the extreme sports premise and some of same characters, its different plot has Kongou and friends being invited to a competition hosted by Dark Muscle on a remote island. Those are wrapped up in a story about Kongou, a young athlete training to find his missing father and defeat Dark Muscle, a demon overlord from another world.Īlso released by Konami in the same year for the GBA was Kinniku Banzuke Kimero! Kiseki no Kanzen Seiha, which like the previous Kinniku Banzuke GB games was a straight adaptation of the Ninja Warrior show and its four obstacle courses.Ī three episodes long anime by Studio Pierrot was also released four days after the game on July 30, 2001. The game is made up of 7 reflex-based challenge minigames based on athletics competitions, like in Konami's own Track & Field series. It is based on the Unbeatable Banzuke sports show Ninja Warrior is derived from. Kinniku Banzuke: Kongou-Kun no Daibouken! is a Japan-exclusive Sports game developed by KCE Studios and published by Konami for the Game Boy Advance in 2001.
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