
Released after the two main Ecco games, this title is geared towards younger children with simplified gameplay, lacking the. Together with his friends Tara the Whale and Kitney the Dolphin, Ecco goes looking for the legendary blue whale. Being sucked into her gaping, razor-lined void of a mouth will send you back to the previous stage, ensuring that if the fear didn't get to you, the anger would. is a prequel to Ecco the Dolphin, set during his childhood.

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The final boss, Vortex Queen, is potent nightmare fuel a gargantuan, disembodied H.R. Couple that with the fact there are mini-Cthulhus coming at you from all angles, and it's perhaps one of the most frustrating levels in gaming history-a deliberate decision on the creator's part to increase the likelihood of purchases over weekend rentals. Ecco: The Tides of Time (2) is a Platformer 2D video game published by Novotrade, SEGA released on 1994 for the SEGA Genesis. Now he must fight to stay alive, while traversing the vast ocean in search of clues that will help him save his family and return them to the bay. The penultimate level is a lurching, biomechanical hell in which one wrong turn will compress Ecco into an economy brand of canned tuna in a flash of scarlet red, forcing you to start from the beginning. A freak whirlpool of air and water tore the life from Ecco’s home leaving Ecco all alone.

At this point, everything is entirely fucking mental. and the Great Ocean Treasure Hunt! was released on the Sega Pico.Returning through time to the first level of our Lovecraftian childhood adventure, Ecco follows his pod into the intergalactic tube that claimed half of the ocean and flies across the universe into some kind of industrial space station. A modified version of this title called Ecco Jr.As Kitnee here is an orca they cannot be the same character. This is also the only game Tara and Kitnee appear, although in Ecco the Dolphin: The Tides of Time a dolphin with the name of Kitnee appears.This is the only game in the Ecco the Dolphin series that has more than one playable character option.Players can take control of either Ecco, Tara or Kitnee during the game and have the ability to use their sonars, pick up items, swim and leap out of the water.Īlong the way the player must help lost baby animals find their way back to their mother, herd sea horses, carry pirate treasure and rings, play tag and fulfill tasks to make the Glyphs that block their way happy enough to let them pass through.Įcco is the all rounder, Kitnee has a different sonar sound and moves slightly slower and Tara is the fastest of the three, but outside of this they all control the same. retains similar gameplay to previous Ecco titles although as this is aimed at a younger audience, no enemies exist and the oxygen meter has been removed. This title takes place during Ecco's youth when he was a young dolphin calf.Įcco and his two friends, Tara the baby Orca and Kitnee the Atlantic dolphin, set out to see ' Big Blue' an ancient blue whale who is said to be the true king of the sea.Įcco Jr.
