Kao the Kangaroo

Kao the Kangaroo (Kangurek Kao) an action-adventure video game released in 2000 by Tate Interactive. During development it was known as Denis the Kangaroo.

Plot
Kao is a young kangaroo living with his family in the jungle when they are one day captured by a ruthless hunter and his goons. It's up to Kao to drive the invaders from his home and save his family.

The game is divided into 5 sections "worlds" each with a distinctive theme (winter, space, tropic etc.) however, the sequence of levels often makes little to no sense, for example, a battle with some kind of greek god (Zeus, probably) transitions into a level in outer space.

Release
The game was marketed worldwide by Titus Interactive, both for PC's and for Sega Dreamcast console. It scored a major success, exceeding 45,000 copies in Poland alone where it remained in the Top 10 for a considerable time.

Reception
Kao the Kangaroo has received average to mixed reviews. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 62.89% and 63 out of 100 for the Dreamcast version, 67% and 60 out of 100 for the PC version,  and 54.96% and 53 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version.

Sequels
The game was released for the Sega Dreamcast and Windows PCs on December 8th, 2000. A GBA game was released on December 11th, 2001, which is an entirely different game, despite having the same title. The game got a second sequel called Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2, which was released for Xbox, GameCube, PS2, and Windows PCs on April 15th, 2005. About 5 months later, a third sequel called Kao Challengers was released on October 28th, 2005 only for the PSP. Later in 2005, a fourth sequel called Kao: Mystery of Volcano was released only for Windows PCs.