Sanrio World Smash Ball!

Sanrio World Smash Ball!
File:Sanrio World Smash Ball!.jpg Cover art featuring Hangyodon, Keroppi, Hello Kitty, Pokopon, and Tabo
Developer(s)	Tomcat System
Publisher(s)	Character Soft
Composer(s)	Takane Okubo Mimura Kazunari
Platforms	Super Famicom
Release date(s)
Genre(s)	Action Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer (up to two players)

Sanrio World Smash Ball! (サンリオ ワールド スマッシュボール！) is an action/sports video game released in 1993 for the Super Famicom. It features several playable Sanrio characters – Keroppi, Tabo, Pokopon and Hangyodon, along with the non-playable Hello Kitty. The game is a variation of Pong and air hockey - players hit a moving disc back and forth in an attempt to make it cross the opponent's goal line. The game was only released in Japan, but English, German and French fan translations exist.

Gameplay

File:Sanrio World Smash Ball!.png

Tabo celebrates the goal scored against Keroppi, while Hello Kitty makes an appearance in the bottom left of the screen.

Players must hit a continuously moving disc back and forth along a vertical playing field by hitting it either to the left or to the right. Holding one of the buttons while not moving will charge up an "energy meter" for a more powerful hit. The object of the game is to make the disc cross into the opponent's goal. The goal is protected by blocks that disappear when the disc hits them a set number of times. Some blocks have power-ups that increase a characters' speed, strength, or something that causes a problem to the opponent, like removing the blocks that protect the opponent's goal.

There are four playable characters: Keroppi, Tabo, Pokopon and Hangyodon. Hello Kitty makes appearances as a judge of the matches. Each character has its unique strengths and weaknesses. Keroppi is the balanced character, Tabo has weak blows but in return he is the fastest to run, Pokopon has the best defense, and Hangyodon has the strongest blows.

In single-player mode there are thirty different levels of increasing difficulty. Players can resume their games by using passwords. In multi-player mode there is a selection of twenty arenas. Each level contains new obstacles appears such as more blocks, rotating blades and balloons as well as new layouts, which either aide or hinder players.

See also

• Sanrio Cup: Pon Pon Volley
• Windjammers

External links

• Sanrio World Smash Ball! at SuFami Thoughts
• Sanrio World Smash Ball! at superfamicom.org
• Sanrio World Smash Ball! at SNESmusic