Monkey to perform magic on the iPhone in Sun Wu Kong Warrior
I love to fiiiiight!
Reading through Damien's interview with Eclipse Interactive yesterday, one particular gem jumped out at me: a new iPhone game called Sun Wu Kong Warrior.
Sun Wu Kong is one of the most famous characters in Chinese literature, and although a lot of us might not immediately realise it, he's also beloved by generations of British (and Australian, I believe) viewers who were glued to the TV in the '70s and early '80s.
Only we know him better as Monkey!, the impish, simian star of the badly dubbed Japanese interpretation of the Chinese novel Xi Yu Chi (Journey to the West).
Accompanied by the womanising Pigsey and the manic depressive fish monster Sandy, the trio of disgraced demons escorted Tripitaka to India to fetch the sacred Buddhist texts (by the way - in case you're worried, the character of Tripitaka is indeed a boy, but was played by a Japanese girl in the TV series. That was more than a little confusing for a growing lad in Thatcher's Britain).
Exactly what form the new Sun Wu Kong Warrior game will take hasn't really been revealed as yet, other than that it'll put you in the cloud-stepping shoes of King Monkey as you fight ("I love to fiiiiight!") your way across 20 levels of ancient Chinese literature armed with a magical wishing staff and (hopefully) weidling the power of the 72 transformations.
We'll journey over to Eclipse Interactive and see if we can bring back some more information on Sun Wu Kong Warrior to help enlighten you as soon as possible. In the meantime, here's a nostalgic journey to the past for those who remember Monkey, and a surreal introduction for those who don't.
