Tomba 2 on the Sony PlayStation TV Television Commercial from 2000.
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return in North America, Tombi! 2 in Europe and Tomba! The Wild Adventures (トンバ!ザ・ワイルドアドベンチャー Tonba! Za Wairudo Adobenchā?) in Japan, is a platform video game developed by Whoopee Camp and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation and is the sequel to the 1998 game Tomba!. The game was released in Japan on October 28, 1999, in North America on December 31, 1999[1] and in Europe on June 16, 2000[2]. The game was re-released on the PlayStation Network as a PSone Classic in Japan on September 28, 2011,[3] in Europe on November 21, 2012 and in North America on February 18, 2014 in Japanese version.[4] The English-language version of the game was released on the PlayStation Network in North America on November 5, 2015.[5]
The game received generally positive reviews by critics, who praised the improved gameplay and graphics in comparison to the previous game.
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return is a side-scrolling platformer in which the titular character, Tomba, moves on predetermined linear paths until he reaches an intersection point where a flashing arrow appears over his head. At that point Tomba can move in either direction the arrow points.[6][7][8] Some areas in the game enable the player to explore them in a top-down view, allowing Tomba to move around freely.[8] The main goal of the game is to complete all 137 objectives (133 make the regular ones, while the other four are obtained from a Tomba 1 save file) which range from retrieving a fishing hook for a fisherman to helping Santa Claus find his "sack".[6] Completing a task earns the player "Adventure Points", which can be used to unlock specific boxes scattered around the game's world.[8] As the game progresses, Tomba can obtain suits that give him special abilities. For example, the flying squirrel suit allows Tomba to glide long distances while the pig suit allows Tomba to communicate with friendly pigs.[6][7] Scattered throughout the levels are magical feathers that can instantly transport Tomba to any area that has previously been visited.[8]
A young feral boy named Tomba lives peacefully in his home country until his friend Zippo finds a mysterious letter addressed to Tomba. According to the letter, Tabby, Tomba's girlfriend, has disappeared. Wracked with anxiety, Tomba leaps into the sea in search of her.[9] Tomba and Zippo wind up in a fisherman village where they meet an old man named Kainen. From there they move on to the Coal-Mining Town where Tabby's house is, but discover that she is unavailable.[10] Gran, a denizen of the Coal-Mining Town, mentions seeing Tabby travel to the Kujara Ranch by trolley,[11] but the trolley she used to travel there returns empty. A panicking trolley worker reveals that the Evil Pigs kidnapped Tabby when she tried to protect a penchant that was given to her by Tomba as a gift.[12] Gran explains that the Evil Pigs
