also features a "Parent's Menu" that includes a difficulty settings menu, level selection option, and facts about real dolphins.Ī follow-up to this title, called Ecco Jr. features a password system, though all the passwords are included in the instruction manual. The player can switch characters at any time.Įcco Jr.
Two other playable characters were introduced: Tara the baby orca (there is also a bottlenose dolphin character named Tara in Ecco: The Tides of Time) and Kitnee the young Atlantic dolphin, who is darker gray than Ecco. Likewise, there are no enemies to attack the player character. One key difference is that the player character cannot drown by staying underwater too long. The gameplay is similar to the other Ecco the Dolphin games, but mainly revolves around using these abilities for solving simple puzzles and problems. In this game, a younger version of Ecco goes to see Big Blue, an ancient blue whale, completing tasks such as herding seahorses, swimming through rings, and finding lost balls for sea lions along the way. It has the controls and basic gameplay of the other two Mega Drive/Genesis titles, but is geared towards younger players, lacking the high difficulty of Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The Tides of Time. is a video game in the Ecco the Dolphin series, released by Sega in North America in April 1995 and in Australia in November 1995. There are three buttons, A, B and C, which are CONTROL, ALT/OPTION and SPACE.Ecco Jr. Use Arrow Keys to move up, left, right and down. Most levels take less than a minute to complete and there are eighteen levels in total. One button is used to send out a sonar pulse to locate items while another boosts the animal. The characters can be switched at any time during gameplay, but they all have the same abilities. After completing the main tasks, a large glyph needs to be located to end the level. The characters need to use their abilities to locate animals, herd seahorses, retrieve a sea lion's lost ball, swim through rings and locate glyphs. These all involve harmless exploration and solving small puzzles with no foes or violent gameplay. Set in the same underwater world, players choose one of the three characters to solve a series of challenges. The game also contains a number of educational facts about dolphins. Released after the two main Ecco games, this title is geared towards younger children with simplified gameplay, lacking the difficulty of the other Ecco games. Together with his friends Tara the Whale and Kitney the Dolphin, Ecco goes looking for the legendary blue whale. is a prequel to Ecco the Dolphin, set during his childhood.
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