Rocket Knight Adventures: Difference between revisions

Zebulos, a [[Magical Land]] full of [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]] in the world of Elhorn, has a problem. Long ago, during the reign of El Zebulos, the first monarch, an invading power used a giant warship called the Pig Star to wreak havoc. They were defeated at great cost, and the dreaded Pig Star was [[Sealed Evil in a Can|placed under a magical seal]] to keep future enemies of Zebulos from using it. Since then, the descendants of El Zebulos have kept the Key to the Seal safe, and an elite order of fighters, the Rocket Knights, was founded to protect the royal family from harm. Sparkster, the current leader of the Rocket Knights, came to power after a traitorous Knight, Axel Gear, killed his superior. He banished Axel Gear, but this proved to be a bad move. Our story begins when Sparkster, hearing of a new invasion, speeds to the capital to find that Axel Gear has returned as the stooge of the aggressive Devotindos Empire and kidnapped the Princess while the Empire's troops burn the castle, hoping to get the Key to the Seal as ransom. What Axel Gear doesn't know is that only the Princess herself knows where the Key is...

 

 

In October 2009, it was announced that Sparkster will return after a 15-year absence in a new 2.5-D adventure, tentatively titled ''[[Rocket Knight]]''. According to the story, there haven't been any new games in the past 15 years because nothing's ''happened'' in 15 years. And when an army of Wolves attacks, Axel and the Devotindos are fighting ''alongside'' the possums. Apparently when Sparkster defeats you, you ''stay'' down.

** [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Sparkster Can Breathe In Space]]: This is one of the biggest offenders considering how fast he travels in space.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]:

** In the Japanese version of the games, the kingdom Sparkster lives in is called "Zephyrus", but was mistranslated as "Zebulos" in the English version and remained unchanged for years. For the new ''Rocket Knight'' game, Konami has dropped "Zebulos" for the English version in favor of the original "Zephyrus".

* [[Spike Balls of Doom]]: Sometimes bosses and minibosses carry them.

* [[Ten-Second Flashlight]]: Can get pretty irritating in levels with a lot of enemies or traps.

* [[Tennis Boss]]: The miniboss in the fourth level of the first game tosses explosives at you. You can't reach him with your normal attacks, so you have to hit the bombs back at him to damage him.

* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: The last normal level of each game is on an enemy space station (slightly modified in ''Rocket Knight Adventures 2'', where it appears to be an [[Ominous Floating Castle]] in space), and the first game and the SNES game take this further by setting the final boss fight ''in re-entry'' and ''on a giant missile'', respectively. ''Rocket Knight'' has the final level in {{spoiler|a corrupted version of Zephyrus where the pigs have taken over and the general rules with a giant golden robot of himself. [[Oh Crap]]}}.

* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: In a rather odd example, Axel Gear always lives to fight another day, while the [[Big Bad]] always dies.

 

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