Little Kong is a young primate enjoying his fruit meal.  But he got a little messy and the fruit juices even dyed his fur purple!  His mommy wants to give him a bath, but he likes his new purple fur.  Help Little Kong run away and escape bathtime in this cute and cartoony continuous runner on Switch.

As continuous runners go, this is pretty standard stuff.  Press one button to jump over obstacles and another button to roll under them.  Keep in mind that when you press the roll button, you’ll continue to roll unless you hit the jump button again.  Collect fruit for points, and certain fruit can give you powers when you press the R2 button.  These include destroying all dangerous obstacles in the way, or pulling fruit toward you like a magnet.  When you hit an obstacle, the game is over.  Each time you play, the stage is randomly generated.

The game has a few minor problems.  Hit detection feels a little off, especially when trying to jump over obstacles.  An upgrade system or some other progression indicator would’ve been nice, too.  I’ve certainly played better continuous runners out there, but at least this one is still pretty cute.

Kid Factor:

Nothing violent or objectionable here.  If you hit an obstacle, you just fly toward the screen and smack into it.  And the next scene just shows Little Kong under a waterfall shower with a disgruntled pout on his face.  Reading skill isn’t needed to play either.  Little Kong: Jungle Fun is rated E for Everyone.

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