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An interesting platformer with great graphics.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First off, let me state for the record that Pinobee is definitely aimed at children. When I say interesting, I use this term very loosely. Pinobee stars a bee who must journey through bug land in his many adventures. You start out as a little bee whose only ability is to jump on opponents, which is the typical method of attack in most platformers. As Pinobee progresses through the levels, he meets a fairy butterfly that gives him the ability to mid-air dash. Each dash is a short lived burst of speed. You can hover in the air shortly between dashes. The more dash power the fairy gives you, the more times you can dash, but you seemingly never achieve real flight. Learning to dash allows you to charge some enemies as another viable form of attacking.

Pinobee was graphically impressive. I'm having difficulty deciphering , but it looks like they used polygons for the game. There are just some characters that seem sprite based. For Pinobee himself, I am very impressed at the level of detail used. For the majority of the enemies, they seem to fall to a grainier resolution. This inconsistency can make it difficult to determine what you are really attacking. The backgrounds are well constructed, giving the feeling of being in a flowerbed as well as the caves in Phase 2. I do find it annoying that Pinobee looks at the screen with a balloon head effect every time you use his last Dash and when he gets hurt.

Pinobee seems to fall victim to the mindless, childish action game trap. Progression through levels is very linear, and levels do not seem to differ from the previous. It seems as if there was a predetermined template for levels and minor alterations were made to each. This enforces a strong sense of monotony. At the end of every level, you find Pinobee reading passages from a book. Though I have tried to make sense of them, they just do not seem to put together any real form of a story. Every time you encounter another non-hostile bug, Pinobee takes time to chat with them, using "Blah Blah Blah" as his choice of words. It would be so much nicer if Pinobee would obtain some new weapons or abilities from these seemingly pointless encounters...

Do not buy this game.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is plagued with bad controls and boring levels which all look the same. The plot is weak to begin with and the story progresses slowly. Maybe it's because I bought it used without the instruction manual but I really did not enjoy this game one bit. The only reason I gave it two stars is because it's possible I'm a little too old for the game.
It's only for little kids who are used to Mario-type sidescrollers.

An 'A' for effort

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Believe me when I tell you that this bee is worth it. Pinobee has the basic storyline of Pinocchio, except the puppet is a robot bee who wants a heart so he can be a real boy...err...I mean, insect. This game is a platformer, but the people at Activision have messed with the genre a bit. Rather than going up floors, you fly. You can't fly forever, so you only "run in air" for a short stretch. You use Dash Power to fly, and you must use it effectively to get through the sky to secret areas containing power-ups that will give you better abilities. This is not your run-of-the-mill platformer. This brings more takes to the platform genre, with meaningful collectibles like a Golden Bug that you defeat to make enemies easier in future levels. But the Golden Bug is quite hard to find. The diary entries at the end of each level are nice, progressing the story well and adding charm to the game. Good music, good sound, nice graphics and levels that you must return to when you have new power-ups. These aspects add to a game that was obviously worked hard, and the hard work came through. It is very fun and cool.

THIS GAME SUCKS HECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Do not buy this game! I beat the game 5 times in one day! and i'm not even that good of a player I rented it for five days, played it 1 day and never touched it again. You basicly have to try really hard to get the worst ending which is stupid because he talks about himself being blown to pieces like he doesn't give a hoot! I mean really 27 levels of crap. It took me an hour to beat it. If you ask me it's an hour less of my life. RENT IT FIRST!!!

PINOBEE ROCKS!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I looooooove this game! It's got amazing graphics, and fun music. It is not WAY too hard to beat. I can finish each level after playing about 2 or 3 times. You have to complete 21 levels, (I think) and after you finish you get a different ending, depending upon how well you did. I can't wait to see how I end up!
Plus, more exprerienced players would like it because there are lots of powerful enemies, and the goal is to beat the golden ones. That's how you get a really good ending. But you can get by each level without doing that, but you should. :)

nice gfx, nice gameplay, just a little too easy....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first played this game I was stunned by the amazing gfx. This game was made by the same ppl who made the great Sonic which was why I bought it. The gameplay was fun and all but really, can it be a little more challenging? I'm not even sure what I was doing during the game. I just flew around to the next house-thing and went through the door to the next level. There weren't really any challenges. The game was still amusing to play but it would be a lot better if it just was a little challenging. But I guess this is for the smaller kids and all...

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for my b-day. Once I started to play it I did not want to put it down. Sometimes the background looked 3-D. As you go along looking for the door to go to the next level you collect flowers. It is fun for boy's and girls. I t is really fun to play!! Don't be fooled by the title or cover!!

It is a good game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well I hink it is a really good game , but you do kind of repeat each level. Each level the object is the same thing. You have to get from where you started to a door hat takes you to the next level.

Wonderful

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This GBA was wonderful and I recommended strongly that you consider to buy it. Unlike other side scrolling adventure games Pinobee also has a diary which lets you think about what you have done and improve. For example: if you jump on the fairy or cricket it tells you that it wasn't right and you must improve. Also it has a moral, be kind to others.

Great game!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game if you like sidescrollers(2-d games). There are 27 levels but what makes this game longer is that in "special" levels you have to search for different things but mostly switches. it is also very good to beat the levels so you can have "hyper Pinobee" so you can can just whizz through the levels. Hyper pinobee is basically an invincible Pinobee. Over-all it is a GREAT GAME to get. Don't be fooled by the title of the game.

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