> > Hrm. Not sure. Seems like a fairly 'normal' platform game ? The weirdest seems to
> be
> > that they have combined platform and shooter in a single game ?
>
> You're not paying attention to the story. You're were Pentarou, fastest penguin in
> the world, but you've really let yourself slip. In fact, you're so out of shape that
> your girlfriend Penko is threatening to dump you for some pimpin' penguin, who's
> right there with her while she makes the call. So you set out to get back into shape,
> but that pimpin' penguin is going to make sure it's as hard as possible. If you get
> too fat, or finish a level without being slim enough, you'll get a breakup call from
> Penko. Also, as you get fatter, it's harder to fight. Anyway, you manage to get
> through all the levels and defeat the pimpin' penguin himself in the final shooting
> sequence, and you and Penko take off to a tropical paradise. Everything's peachy,
> until Penko starts binge-eating and gets fat. I think one of the game designers may
> have based this on the experience of a friend of a friend, if you know what I mean.
You're absolutely right, I totally missed that, thanks for pointing it out. Actually, that makes it all pretty funny to me. Which, for me personally, puts it in the 'pretty funny' category, instead of the 'weird' one. Also: Perhaps the person that dreamed that story up should have used the real names instead of the imaginary penguin pentarou/penko names, for added bonus points.
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