(SNES) Lion King… are the controls really this poor?

[Key-Glyph]

The game gets a little easier once you're Adult Simba, except for the lava level. FUCK THAT PLACE.

It's so true!

The Genesis version is pretty tight. It's one of my favorite games to replay. I haven't played the SNES version, however, so I can't speak to that.

The Game Boy Lion King, however... ughghgh.

[Erik_Twice]

The PC version didn't have any problems that I remember

[ZeroAX]

The PC version didn't have any problems that I remember

Did you try to run it on a Windows 98 PC? xD. Everything was going super fact (including the music) it was funny, even though it made the game unplayable for me :/

[Erik_Twice]

No, I ran it in my 486.

[Zing]

I just watched a little bit of the Genesis version in play, and young Simba's roar is not nearly as cute as on the Super NES.

I watched a couple other reviews/playthroughs and I saw that I wasn't the only one to die from the bullshit "platforming". I skipped ahead to the level after Elephant Graveyard (the farthest I have been in the game so far) and I see that there is a lot more bullshit "jump and hope Simba grabs on to the two pixels that count as a ledge".

[Luke]

I feel your pain Zing, I really do. Lion King is such a beautiful game in visuals and sound, but the controls are terribly frustrating. I don't mind difficult games, but when the controls are unreliable, it is non stop frustration.

[ZenErik]

The game gets a little easier once you're Adult Simba, except for the lava level. FUCK THAT PLACE.

It's so true!

The Genesis version is pretty tight. It's one of my favorite games to replay. I haven't played the SNES version, however, so I can't speak to that.

The Game Boy Lion King, however... ughghgh.

How does one beat the lava level? I would always get up to there when I was quite young and then would always get stuck with seemingly no way to advance.

[alienjesus]

The game gets a little easier once you're Adult Simba, except for the lava level. FUCK THAT PLACE.

It's so true!

The Genesis version is pretty tight. It's one of my favorite games to replay. I haven't played the SNES version, however, so I can't speak to that.

The Game Boy Lion King, however... ughghgh.

How does one beat the lava level? I would always get up to there when I was quite young and then would always get stuck with seemingly no way to advance.

You're probably referring to the same place I got stuck when I was a kid. When you reach a dead end, there are some stalactites hanging from the ceiling you can jump and slash down (takes a good few hits) to break throgh the floor. They'll kill you if they hit you though, so be careful!

[Key-Glyph]

How does one beat the lava level? I would always get up to there when I was quite young and then would always get stuck with seemingly no way to advance.

You're probably referring to the same place I got stuck when I was a kid. When you reach a dead end, there are some stalactites hanging from the ceiling you can jump and slash down (takes a good few hits) to break throgh the floor. They'll kill you if they hit you though, so be careful!

I got stuck there too initially, and this is the first time I've heard of slashing the stalactites down. What I did was hang out in the bottom right corner and move left to trigger the geyser blasts, then move right to avoid the falling debris. I'd do this for a good, I don't know, five minutes, at which point some or most of the stalactites would have shaken loose and covered certain geysers. I'd go out and cautiously explore -- it seemed like some wouldn't shake loose unless I moved farther left -- until the last of them came down. Then you jump on top of one of them ride your way out (OBVIOUSLY /sarcasm).

It always felt like I was missing something and/or wondered how anybody could be expected to figure that technique out without prompting. I guess alienjesus just solved that ancient conundrum for me!

What really bothered me about this game was the Hakuna Matata gorilla. In the Genesis manual it suggests you find a way to bounce the coconuts he's throwing at you back at him to win, which is impossible to do without dying. All you actually need to do is wait for him to get ready to rage and then give him a basic pounce. I can't tell you how many playthroughs I wasted trying to follow that advice. How could a manual do that to me?!

I just watched a little bit of the Genesis version in play, and young Simba's roar is not nearly as cute as on the Super NES.

If you take the time to compare the two system's BGMs for the stampede scene, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

[alienjesus]

How does one beat the lava level? I would always get up to there when I was quite young and then would always get stuck with seemingly no way to advance.

You're probably referring to the same place I got stuck when I was a kid. When you reach a dead end, there are some stalactites hanging from the ceiling you can jump and slash down (takes a good few hits) to break throgh the floor. They'll kill you if they hit you though, so be careful!

I got stuck there too initially, and this is the first time I've heard of slashing the stalactites down. What I did was hang out in the bottom right corner and move left to trigger the geyser blasts, then move right to avoid the falling debris. I'd do this for a good, I don't know, five minutes, at which point some or most of the stalactites would have shaken loose and covered certain geysers. I'd go out and cautiously explore -- it seemed like some wouldn't shake loose unless I moved farther left -- until the last of them came down. Then you jump on top of one of them ride your way out (OBVIOUSLY /sarcasm).

It always felt like I was missing something and/or wondered how anybody could be expected to figure that technique out without prompting. I guess alienjesus just solved that ancient conundrum for me!

What really bothered me about this game was the Hakuna Matata gorilla. In the Genesis manual it suggests you find a way to bounce the coconuts he's throwing at you back at him to win, which is impossible to do without dying. All you actually need to do is wait for him to get ready to rage and then give him a basic pounce. I can't tell you how many playthroughs I wasted trying to follow that advice. How could a manual do that to me?!

I just watched a little bit of the Genesis version in play, and young Simba's roar is not nearly as cute as on the Super NES.

If you take the time to compare the two system's BGMs for the stampede scene, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Actually, the bit I was referring to was earlier in the level in the lava place, before you ride the block over the river of lava. You do just have to wait at the bit at the end of the level.

As for the gorilla, you can hit the coconuts back at him, that's how I do the fight. It's pretty tricky though, you need to roll through the coconut without getting too near the gorilla or he'll slap you. I didn't realise there was anotheR way to hit him!