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My Thoughts on Aero the Acro-Bat
10 years ago
The world has heard of furry video game characters such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong, Fox McCloud from Star Fox, Crash Bandicoot, etc. There are newcomers that will appear in the near future such as Mutt from Lobodestroyo and Yooka and Laylee from Yooka-Laylee. But there are other game furries that are completely forgotten such as the Battletoads, Earthworm Jim, Bubsy Bobcat, Awesome Possum, Rocky Rodent, etc. The one character that got me more interested is Aero the Acro-Bat.
Aero the Acro-Bat and I were both born in 1993. He captivates me by his appearance and the way he does for a living which is working at a circus. The Aero the Acro-Bat video game was created by David Siller and was originally released for Super Nintendo and SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive in 1993 by Iguana Entertainment for Sunsoft. It was also re-released for GameBoy Advance in 2002. Aero the Acro-Bat 2 was planned to be re-released for GBA, but it got cancelled. It was even advertised on the back of the instruction booklet of the GBA version of the first Aero game.
He used to be one of the competing anthropomorphic video game mascots to compete against Sonic the Hedgehog in the early '90s. Its 1993 TV commercial "Bite Me!" has some really good early CG animation of Aero. What really disappoints me the most is that unlike Sonic the Hedgehog, there is NOT an animated movie or a cartoon series of Aero the Acro-Bat.
There are some voice samples of Aero in the 2 games such as "yeah!", "yippee!", "wow!", and my favorite one "y'ouch!" We can tell that he is one of those characters with a cute squeaky voice. Although the actor that did these samples were never credited in the games. My choices for Aero's voice today would be either actors Danny Mann, Frank Welker, or Andy Serkis. I would highly recommend Danny Mann because he did a lot of talented voices in a lot of cartoon shows from the '80s and '90s. He even did some squeaky voice characters such as Icarus the flying squirrel in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland and Tasha the baby dinosaur in Land of the Lost. I would hate it if Aero sounded like one of the Chipmunks, which would be a bad reference. The music that was used in the 2 Aero the Acro-Bat games was done by a company called Fox Productions and they sounded great and I love it!
Aero's origin is unknown but I once researched the Internet that he works at a circus called the Zingling Bros. and Virtual Reality Astro Circus. He became a member of performers known as the Flying Pepperonis. They're talented Italian bats name Ace, Shade, and Flappy. The first Aero game never mentioned or showed us how Aero became a circus performer and joined the Flying Pepperonis in the first place. In the second Aero game we knew he was also a member of a band called Rowdy Rust. It also never mentioned or showed us how he also became a member of the band. He even has a girlfriend named Aerial who is too an acrobat.
Aero has an arch rival named Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel who got his own SNES/Genesis game too. But his worst enemy is an evil industrialist named Edgar Ektor, who was once a young boy was banished from the circus for performing dangerous tricks on unsuspecting members of the circus. He vowed revenge of amusements and proclaimed that one day he would destroy it all! That begins Aero's journey who unknowingly becomes a vigilante crime fighter in order to rescue his friends and the world of amusements. The 2 Aero games tell the entire story of Aero's quest. So Aero the Acro-Bat 2 is actually a "Part 2" of the first game.
Aero the Acro-Bat has been forgotten and I think that needs to change. He's been lying dormant since the original 2D gaming era came to an end. I hope that one day that Aero will make a comeback if there is an Aero the Acro-Bat 3, a remastered remake, or a reboot. It can be a classic 2D platformer, a 3D platformer, or both just like the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World.
I have a pre-owned copy of Aero the Acro-Bat for my old SNES. It's not an easy kids' game because some of the levels are long and it lacks saving or password systems. It doesn't matter; it's still a classic 2D platformer with great music. If you still play an old Super Nintendo, SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, or a GameBoy Advance today get Aero the Acro-Bat 1 & 2 online or at a used video game store. Or if you have a Wii or a Wii U, get them on the Wii Virtual Console. I would say that today's kids of all ages will enjoy and adore Aero the Acro-Bat!
Aero the Acro-Bat and I were both born in 1993. He captivates me by his appearance and the way he does for a living which is working at a circus. The Aero the Acro-Bat video game was created by David Siller and was originally released for Super Nintendo and SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive in 1993 by Iguana Entertainment for Sunsoft. It was also re-released for GameBoy Advance in 2002. Aero the Acro-Bat 2 was planned to be re-released for GBA, but it got cancelled. It was even advertised on the back of the instruction booklet of the GBA version of the first Aero game.
He used to be one of the competing anthropomorphic video game mascots to compete against Sonic the Hedgehog in the early '90s. Its 1993 TV commercial "Bite Me!" has some really good early CG animation of Aero. What really disappoints me the most is that unlike Sonic the Hedgehog, there is NOT an animated movie or a cartoon series of Aero the Acro-Bat.
There are some voice samples of Aero in the 2 games such as "yeah!", "yippee!", "wow!", and my favorite one "y'ouch!" We can tell that he is one of those characters with a cute squeaky voice. Although the actor that did these samples were never credited in the games. My choices for Aero's voice today would be either actors Danny Mann, Frank Welker, or Andy Serkis. I would highly recommend Danny Mann because he did a lot of talented voices in a lot of cartoon shows from the '80s and '90s. He even did some squeaky voice characters such as Icarus the flying squirrel in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland and Tasha the baby dinosaur in Land of the Lost. I would hate it if Aero sounded like one of the Chipmunks, which would be a bad reference. The music that was used in the 2 Aero the Acro-Bat games was done by a company called Fox Productions and they sounded great and I love it!
Aero's origin is unknown but I once researched the Internet that he works at a circus called the Zingling Bros. and Virtual Reality Astro Circus. He became a member of performers known as the Flying Pepperonis. They're talented Italian bats name Ace, Shade, and Flappy. The first Aero game never mentioned or showed us how Aero became a circus performer and joined the Flying Pepperonis in the first place. In the second Aero game we knew he was also a member of a band called Rowdy Rust. It also never mentioned or showed us how he also became a member of the band. He even has a girlfriend named Aerial who is too an acrobat.
Aero has an arch rival named Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel who got his own SNES/Genesis game too. But his worst enemy is an evil industrialist named Edgar Ektor, who was once a young boy was banished from the circus for performing dangerous tricks on unsuspecting members of the circus. He vowed revenge of amusements and proclaimed that one day he would destroy it all! That begins Aero's journey who unknowingly becomes a vigilante crime fighter in order to rescue his friends and the world of amusements. The 2 Aero games tell the entire story of Aero's quest. So Aero the Acro-Bat 2 is actually a "Part 2" of the first game.
Aero the Acro-Bat has been forgotten and I think that needs to change. He's been lying dormant since the original 2D gaming era came to an end. I hope that one day that Aero will make a comeback if there is an Aero the Acro-Bat 3, a remastered remake, or a reboot. It can be a classic 2D platformer, a 3D platformer, or both just like the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World.
I have a pre-owned copy of Aero the Acro-Bat for my old SNES. It's not an easy kids' game because some of the levels are long and it lacks saving or password systems. It doesn't matter; it's still a classic 2D platformer with great music. If you still play an old Super Nintendo, SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, or a GameBoy Advance today get Aero the Acro-Bat 1 & 2 online or at a used video game store. Or if you have a Wii or a Wii U, get them on the Wii Virtual Console. I would say that today's kids of all ages will enjoy and adore Aero the Acro-Bat!
