Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17985 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2001-06-22
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: Game Boy Advance
• Subtitled in: English

Amazon.co.uk Review
When Nintendo created the Game Boy, the world was introduced to a simple yet devastatingly effective Russian game--Tetris. 12 years on, they've moved onto the Game Boy Advance but, rather than subject us to yet another incarnation of the block-dropping puzzler, Nintendo have given us Kuru Kuru Kurunin.

For those of you that can't speak Japanese, Kuru Kuru Kurunin loosely translates into "Crazy Stick Game"--well, not really, but that's the best description you're going to get. Put simply, the game is based around the idea that you are a duck, and that this duck, apart from having a plethora of friends, drives a space ship that resembles a long stick (stay with us on this one--it gets better).

Your task is to control the duck's spaceship through a series of tunnels to get to the end of the level. The only problem is that your spaceship is constantly spinning and the tunnel doesn't always stay the same width as the spaceship. As you progress through the game, the tunnels get harder, with you having to avoid objects, bounce off springs and basically muster all your prowess in later levels to get by.

With three lifelines, the game's concept is fairly simple and yet for some strange reason very addictive. You can't help but think that you'll crack it on the next go and three hours later still be trying. Very Japanese in its creation, this is certainly one of the more entertaining and original GBA launch titles.--Jason Denwood

Customer Reviews

Bizarre ducks come up trumps
At first, I thought "hmmm.... looks like some dodgy Japanese thing, I'll try it, but I'm not expecting anything. But, like they did with Tetris, Nintendo have delivered a surprisingly addictive little puzzle/action game. You'll be tearing your hair out as you struggle not to hit the walls, and you fail over and over again. Yet you keep going. The satisfaction upon completing a particularly tricky section is reward enough for your hard work.... .....until you get to the next. This game is likely to have you swearing at the screen as you crash yet again, but, all in all, a superbly original and brilliantly fun title, a must buy. It also has bizarre ducks....

Kuru Kuru What??????
Many people believe that the Gameboy Advanced will be the big hit this christmas and claim to know everything about it, however if you mention Kuru Kuru Kurunin you will be met by a confused look(Hmmmmm I wonder why.)Explain to them that it is in fact a game where you control a revolving wand(?)that you have to control round a maze without crashing in to walls and you will be left alone to your thoughts. The idea is simple although you can't help wondering who came up with it. You control the aforementioned revolving wand around a maze while tryiny not to crash into the sides.Three hits and your wand is smashed and it's back to the start of the level. In terms of lifespan your limited to a small number of mazes and the only options are to change the colour of your wand, However you will keep coming back to this for sheer challenge and in my opinion your money will be well spent if you buy this.

OH MY GOD THIS IS GROUNDBREAKINGLY FUN
Well i hate the game. It has put my life into suspended animation for a month or so. I now only have 1 true friend (you know the sort of friend who you can trust) my GBA. I get sucked into it for hours and hours at a time. I got 20 batteries with my GBA and they are all gone. All of them. It IS frustrating but fun very fun. And for the first time in about a month I actually logged on to the internet using MSN messenger and I remembered the friends i have so I do have friends. But recently they have merely been toys in my life. This game is so addictive i am now going to stop this review to go and play on it. Goodbye.

Oh and BUY BUY BUY THIS GAME. GO ON.