1001 Spikes

It was remade entirely with an improved visual style, more than twice the levels, redesigned levels, additional modes and additional characters.

The protagonist is Aban Hawkins who explores different environment in search for his father, the archeaologist Jim Hawkins, and the treasure of Poko-Mum rumoured to be behind a golden door.

He travels through Antarctica and South America with locations such as jungle, caverns and lava temples.

The title references the amount of lives the player has to complete the game.

These are needed to complete the hard levels filled with enemies and traps such as spikes, boulders, falling platforms, crushing blocks, etc. – requiring a lot of trial and error.

Basic controls consist of movement, a regular and a high jump, and an attack move (both melee and ranged).

It is also possible to talk to characters at certain moments.

A large amount of characters and additional costumes can be unlocked throughout the game, usually by discovering gold skulls in levels.

Certain characters have specific abilities.

The character Ninja Aban for instance is able to brief hold on to walls and perform a wall jump, Tina Hawkins (his sister) can cling to walls, and President Thompson has a double jump.

Other characters are variants of Aban such as Soldier Aban and Slayer Aban (a nod to Castlevania ), or characters from indie games such as Meat Boy ( Super Meat Boy ), Nyx ( NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits ), Curly Brace ( Cave Story ), Commander Video ( Bit.Trip ) and a large amount from Super Time Force .

There are also references to classic games such as Ghost 'N Goblins' Sir Arthur's white armour, Nathan Drake ( Uncharted ) for the PlayStation version and Mr.

Video Game ( Mario ) for the Wii U and 3DS version.

Each character has its own story elements, but cannot be swapped on the fly or between levels; they e