by: Dakota Grabowski

November 20, 2005

I want to start off right off the bat to announce that Rare is back to top notch form. No more Grabbed by the Ghoulies disappointments (even though I did find enjoyment with Ghoulies at time) or Star Fox Adventures deadening storyline. Rare has emerged from its long hibernation and delivered an excellent game that is a brand new IP (Intellectual Property). Kameo not only serves the players excitement but the quality of this title promises that Rare will keep stepping it up with each and every game.

Kameo is sort of the standard buy guy versus good guy story but happens to be much more involving than anything offered currently at launch. Your sister has turned her back on the family and has released the evil Thorn, dictator for the malign trolls, to team up with her to take over the castle. Right off the bat Kameo is robbed of her magical transformation skills that her sister is envious of. Kameo’s adventure begins right after that and is out to reclaim all the elemental warriors to battle her sister and Thorn.



It isn’t your standard action game either. There are puzzles to solve and figure out with each individual warrior. The elemental warriors are the biggest draw to Kameo. Rare originally promised over 60 warriors at one time but that dwindled down to 20 odd some warriors. Rare finally committed to only 10 warriors to prioritize on their abilities. The 10 warriors they selected are diverse and each has their own unique personality.

Right off the bat you’ll be sent to gain Pummel Weed back from the Shadow Trolls. The Shadow Trolls are spirits that the element warriors inhabited after they were sent back to the spirit world. When you regain the characters back, at first they seem to look like small innocent creatures but once you absorb them into Kameo, look out, vicious monsters they are (Yoda talk). Pummel Weed looks harmless sure but once he grows immediately, he’s out to knock someone’s lights out with his boxing glove hands.