Chameleon Twist II

by Nintendo

Product Features

• n64

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• ASIN: B00002STEY
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Product Description

GameSpot Review

The original Chameleon Twist was a first-generation 3D N64 platform game that had its share of problems but also possessed some inventive boss enemies and a certain degree of charm. It wasn't amazing by far, but it wasn't offensive either, and it ended up being called by many a "good kid's game."

In the first game, you played as a chameleon that used his long-stretching tongue to propel his way around a 3D Mario-esque world. When enemies attacked, you'd either gobble them up outright or snarf up items to spit at them, just like Mario's pal Yoshi. All these things remain true in CT2; however, you've gained a new move (a parachute glide) and lost something vitally important: control of the 3D camera.

The innovative boss showdowns still exist in the sequel, and that spark of originality can be seen much more readily in the stages that precede them; for example, having to knock birds off a balloon to end up at the same altitude as a power-up or gobble up and spit enemies at upright platforms to knock them down so you can hop on them. Unfortunately, the perspective problems lead to enough cheap deaths as to write off the game almost completely. This fatal flaw makes one think that developers didn't pay attention to the lessons learned not only from the first Chameleon Twist, but also from every other 3D platform game up to this point. It's a shame because otherwise the game would've turned out as middle-of-the-road charming as before. If you really enjoyed the last CT, then rent this one, knowing full well what you're getting into. Otherwise, avoid it. --Joe Fielder
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Chameleon Twist 2 (This is the best review), April 25, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chameleon Twist II (Game Cartridge)

This Toungy game is on a plot of you, a chomeleon are on a sesaw with your friend when suddenly a raddit pushes your friend off and jumps on the other side as you go flying into another world. Now you have a super long toung wich you use to do all sorts of neat tricks. You have an umbrella and alot of life. The bad part is you can't save. There are six RRRRREEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY long levels and six bosses. One for each level. First you go to a garden level were the boss is a mushroom then you go to carnival land were the boss is a big hamburger, then you go to the great land of eddow and the boss is a frog, next you go to iceland were the boss is a walrus then you go to toyland were the boss is a robot and next is the last level wich YOU have to figure out what it is for yourselves!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars KIDS WILL LOVE IT. ITS REALLY CUTE, January 18, 2002

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Sheryl Outlaw "S .OUTLAW" (SEATTLE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chameleon Twist II (Game Cartridge)

DEFEINTLY A KIDS GAME AND THE GRAPICS ARE NICE. THERE AREN'T ALOT OF KIDS GAMES FOR THE N64 OUT THERE BUT THIS WILL CATCH THE EYE FOR THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE AND PARENTS WILL WATCH ALSO . IT GROWS ON YOU BUT YOU GOT TO TRY IT OUT FIRST .YOU CANT TURN IT ON THEN SHUT IT OFF. YOU GOT TO TRY IT FIRST AND IF YOU GET IT FOR A GOOD PRICE, IT WILL BE WORTH IT.DONT KNOCK IT TILL YOU TRY IT.

5.0 out of 5 stars Game too Hard for You Reviewers? U MAD?, July 4, 2011

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Benjamin S. Cosgriff - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chameleon Twist II (Game Cartridge)

I don't know why all you people didn't like the game, and it goes to show, even now, playing it in 2011, I love Chameleon Twist 2. So the graphics are obviously dated now, but they're not awful. Graphics have never made a game for me anyway. More importantly, the gameplay is stellar. Yes, the game IS really hard, deal with it. You can't bash the entire game for its difficulty, there are people out there who don't want a game they can just run through with no problems.

Personally, I say this is definitely a worthy sequel to the original Chameleon Twist, and quite a bit better in many ways. Yes it lacks the multiplayer, but to be honest, I never found the MP in the original to be as much fun as the main game. Now the pool table unlockable, that was fun, but god, good luck getting the crowns for that. I digress, the sequel also has added a parachute, which makes some of the more difficult platforming sections a bit easier. The tongue mechanics work fairly much the same; enemies stick to it, you draw them into your mouth, and can fire them out all at once or one at a time. The stages are creative and the bosses are...well, freaking hard. If you can learn their patterns, they won't be, but you'll have to die quite a lot to get the patterns down. Oh, and there was a minimal story in there somewhere. Yeah ok, there's barely any story, but it's really not needed here...or wanted.

I actually did get a confirmation for my feelings on the game too, actually. I had mentioned it a while ago to a friend who played the first game quite a lot with me as a kid, and he just recently got around to playing it, and hey, he liked it just as much as I did. In 2011. In which graphics are the sole focus of major studio production games. How I yearn for the days when devs understood, don't skimp on any part of the production, and put gameplay several priority notches higher than graphics. If the game's a walking tech demo, you're doing it wrong.

Actually, graphics can seriously impede your ability to play the game. I've played some where everything was so detailed and brown/gray, I couldn't tell scenery from enemies. Everything just blends together and makes a huge moving mishmash of brownish gray bloom. So, please, stop making awful games that look amazing. It's not a good strategy.

TL;DR:
I digress again, Chameleon Twist 2, great game, 5 stars all around, just as good as the original if not better in areas, even lacking multiplayer. Graphics are dated, though not awful, but you shouldn't be playing a game for its graphics anyway. Enjoy the game, don't get too frustrated. Remember, death is only a slap on the wrist in the sequel.