Cocoto Platform Jumper
{{Short description|2004 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Cocoto Platform Jumper
| image = Cocoto Platform Jumper Coverart.png
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| developer = Neko Entertainment
| composer = Raphaël Gesqua
| publisher = BigBen Interactive
Neko Entertainment
| released = PlayStation 2
{{vgrelease|PAL|July 9, 2004{{Cite web |title=Cocoto : Platform Jumper sur PS2 |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/jeu-62624/ |access-date=July 2, 2025 |website=Jeuxvideo.com}}}}GameCube
{{vgrelease|PAL|December 10, 2004}}Windows
{{vgrelease|PAL|December 7, 2006}}Game Boy Advance
{{vgrelease|PAL|July 10, 2007}}Wii
{{vgrelease|NA|April 27, 2009|PAL|June 12, 2009}}
| genre = Platform
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Wii
}}
Cocoto Platform Jumper is a platform game developed by Neko Entertainment and published in 2004 in PAL regions by BigBen Interactive for PlayStation 2 and GameCube. Later was released versions for Microsoft Windows (2006) and Game Boy Advance (2007), then for Wii in North America and PAL in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2008/12/neko_porting_two_more_playstation_2_titles_to_wiiware |title=Neko Porting Two More Playstation 2 Titles to WiiWare |last=Calvert |first=Darren |date=December 14, 2008 |website=Nintendo Life |publisher=Gamer Network |accessdate=October 30, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030184303/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2008/12/neko_porting_two_more_playstation_2_titles_to_wiiware |url-status=live }}
Gameplay
The game sees players controlling Cocoto, a little red imp, across a number of spiraling levels. The gameplay is very similar to that of Taito's Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, with the player using magma arches the same way as the rainbows in said game, collecting items and power-up, defeating enemies, and reaching the top of the level before time runs out. Cocoto can use his pitchfork as a projectile to defeat enemies, or use the arches. Fairy will appear as a checkpoint. The game features 40 levels spanning across 5 different worlds. There are 30 enemies that vary depending on the level, and the end of each world features a boss fight. There is a two player battle mode where both players defeat each other's imps, and a four player race, where the first imp that reaches the top is the winner.
The Game Boy Advance version has the game play in 2D due to technical limitations.
Development
Cocoto Platform Jumper was created with the intent for the game to be "simple and easy" for everyone, and was inspired by the video game Nebulis. They spent weeks fine-tuning the levels in order to make them appropriately balanced for difficulty.{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2009/04/interviews_cocoto_platform_jumper_neko_entertainment |title=Interviews: Cocoto Platform Jumper - Neko Entertainment |work=Nintendo Life |last=Olimar |first=Brody |date=April 27, 2009 |accessdate=May 14, 2023 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701163932/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2009/04/interviews_cocoto_platform_jumper_neko_entertainment |url-status=live }}
The game was re-released on the Wii's WiiWare service. Initially, they considered adding new modes and refining old ones, but opted to simply add Wii Remote motion controls.
Reception
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| GamePro_WII = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://gparcade.blogfaction.com/article/107953/wiiware-cocoto-platform-jumper/ |title=WiiWare: Cocoto Platform Jumper |last=Ramsey |first=Andrew |date=May 1, 2009 |magazine=GamePro Arcade |publisher=IDG Entertainment |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502214926/http://gparcade.blogfaction.com/article/107953/wiiware-cocoto-platform-jumper/ |archivedate=May 2, 2009 |accessdate=October 30, 2019}}
| GSpot_WII = 4/10{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/cocoto-platform-jumper-review/1900-6208749/ |title=Cocoto Platform Jumper Review (Wii) |last=Watters |first=Chris |date=April 28, 2009 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=October 30, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030184303/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/cocoto-platform-jumper-review/1900-6208749/ |url-status=live }}
| IGN_WII = 6/10{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/27/cocoto-platform-jumper-review |title=Cocoto Platform Jumper Review (Wii) |last=Thomas |first=Lucas M. |date=April 27, 2009 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=October 30, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030184301/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/27/cocoto-platform-jumper-review |url-status=live }}
| JXV_GBA = 11/20{{cite web |url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00007309-cocoto-platform-jumper-test.htm |title=Test: Cocoto Platform Jumper (GBA) |language=French |author=hiro |date=January 23, 2007 |website=Jeuxvideo.com |publisher=Webedia |accessdate=October 30, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030184305/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00007309-cocoto-platform-jumper-test.htm |url-status=live }}
| ONM_WII = 60%{{cite magazine |title=Cocoto Platform Jumper Review (Wii) |magazine=Official Nintendo Magazine |publisher=Future plc |date=August 2009 |page=103}}
| MC_WII = 59/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/cocoto-platform-jumper/critic-reviews/?platform=wii |title=Cocoto Platform Jumper for Wii Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=2023-05-14 |archive-date=2023-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212152817/https://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/cocoto-platform-jumper |url-status=live }}
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The Wii version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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Category:Game Boy Advance games
Category:Neko Entertainment games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in France
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