Bonk to return on XBLA, PSN and WiiWare

By Oli Welsh Published 3 September, 2009

Vintage platform game series gets new entry.

Hudson has announced that it's reviving its vintage 2D platform game series, Bonk, with a downloadable game for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and WiiWare. Bonk: Brink of Extinction is an all-new game due for release in early 2010.

Brink of Extinction will blend the retro side-scrolling gameplay of the 1990 NES and TurboGrafx favourite Bonk's Adventure with contemporary graphics, downloadable content and an online co-op mode.

Big-headed caveman baby Bonk needs to save the world from a comet on a collision course with Earth in his new outing. He embarks on a journey to the centre of the planet, and will be able to morph into no less than eight different forms this time.

Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge and Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure have all seen re-releases on the Wii's Virtual Console service in the last couple of years, but Brink of Extinction will be the first new Bonk game for home consoles in a decade and a half.

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  • wizlon #1 2 years ago

    Might be quite good but I think that series needs to have a few new tricks up it's sleeve to make an impact, that whole headbutting thing is a bit dated. We'll see though.

  • mkreku #2 2 years ago

    I think I had a game called Bonk on my Commodore 64!

  • the_dudefather #3 2 years ago

    First thing to come to my head was 'Why don't ya say that to my face tough guy?'

  • metalangel #4 2 years ago

    Oh man, updated graphics? The old games look fine - clean, crisp 2D cartoony fun.

  • penhalion #5 2 years ago

    I loved these on PC Engine.....yea that's right I had the super Engine (big grey thing that ran super ghouls and ghosts at near arcade perfection). Cost me a bloody fortune back then too. The days when you imported, swapped video transformers etc. etc and got it to work on a pal tv with style.

  • cherryuk #6 2 years ago

    This is very good news, hopefully they don't mess with the graphics too much, like the old style!

  • erikodeldahl #7 2 years ago

    They did a remake (of the first game?) for Gamecube & PS2 a few years back: Hudson Selection Vol. 3: PC Genjin. It wasn't released outside Japan of course. If I'm not mistaken the remake was all polygons, not a sprite in sight :) The only review I read, on Insert Credit, claimed it was really good.

    Edit: Play-asia has pictures and it looks like the backgrounds are at least part sprites.
    Edited by 1 at 03/09/09 @ 15:15

  • ShiroBen #8 2 years ago

    'Contemporary graphics', there's a phrase to send shivers down your spine.