The Jungle Book (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Virgin’s 1994 license-based platformer for the NES, Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book. Based on the 1967 Disney film that was in turn based on the 19th century Rudyard Kipling novel, this late-gen NES action game has Mowgli making his way back to human civilization after being raised by the animals of the jungle. The between-stage cutscenes loosely follow the plot of the film, but for the most part, the gameplay feels Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure mixed with the collect-a-thon structure that was so prevalent at the time. Most of the stages are wide-open areas in which you have to search for diamonds as you collect weapons to deal with the animals that regularly attack. You’ll bounce off of catapults, swing through vines, and ride on elephants as you make your way toward Shere Khan for the final battle. It actually feels a lot like Ocean’s Dennis the Menace game, the biggest difference being that The Jungle Book isn’t trash. Though a massive