1987 · Race Away Game Studio

Bounce

Bounce is a platformer mobile game series published by Nokia, revolving around the player controlling a red ball and navigating through levels. After the original Bounce, which was a 2D platformer, Nokia made a follow up named Bounce Back, and later teamed up with Rovio Entertainment who developed numerous new titles until 2010, including games set in 3D worlds. Kuju also developed alongside Nokia a prototype Bounce game for N-Gage that was not released.

Released: 1987
Platforms: MSX
Genres: —
Developers: Race Away Game Studio
Publishers: Race Away Game Studio

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

Some considered the Bounce character to be like Nokia's mascot character.

All About N-Gage reviewed Bounce Boing Voyage in 2008 and gave it a score of 84%, comparing it to Super Mario 64 and giving praise to its "charm", gameplay, graphics, soundtrack and accessibility. However the reviewer noted that it might be too easy for some. Pocket Gamer's Spanner Spencer rated it 4 out of 5 calling it a "well designed sequel" and that it is "exactly the kind of console-esque pocket game the N-Gage needs". Ewan Spence of All About Symbian reviewed the later Bounce Boing Battle and scored it 71%, giving praise to its Bluetooth multiplayer capability but calling it "unfinished".