{"id":487656,"date":"2025-11-14T07:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/2000s-era-platformer-kao-the-kangaroo-is-being-resurrected-this-summer\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T07:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:59:50","slug":"2000s-era-platformer-kao-the-kangaroo-is-being-resurrected-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2000s-era-platformer-kao-the-kangaroo-is-being-resurrected-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"2000s Era Platformer Kao The Kangaroo Is Being Resurrected This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2000s-era-platformer-kao-the-kangaroo-is-being-resurrected-this-summer.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>Fans of 2000s platformers may remember Kao the Kangaroo. The punching marsupial first graced North American audiences in\u00a02001\u00a0on Dreamcast, PC, and Game Boy Advance and starred in three subsequent titles in the following years. Though the series never reached the heights of a Crash Bandicoot or Ratchet &#038; Clank, that hasn\u2019t stopped Tate Multimedia from resurrecting the forgotten mascot for a brand new adventure.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Kao the Kangaroo is a brand-new title coming this summer that lets players jump, swing, climb, and pummel their way through a variety of colorful worlds. If you\u2019ve caught yourself reminiscing about Kao asking, &#8220;wonder if they&#8217;ll ever make a new one of those?&#8221; this is your day. Take a look at how Kao is being modernized in the trailer below.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/01\/27\/2000s-era-platformer-kao-the-kangaroo-is-being-resurrected-this-summer\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Kao the Kangaroo doesn\u2019t have a firm release date, but it\u2019s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. It won\u2019t be the only platformer from yesteryear making a comeback. Joe &#038; Mac is also getting a remake which you can read about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/10\/14\/joe-mac-remake-announced-for-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/01\/27\/2000s-era-platformer-kao-the-kangaroo-is-being-resurrected-this-summer\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of 2000s platformers may remember Kao the Kangaroo. The punching marsupial first graced North American audiences in\u00a02001\u00a0on Dreamcast, PC, and Game Boy Advance and starred in three subsequent titles in the following years. Though the series never reached the heights of a Crash Bandicoot or Ratchet &#038; Clank, that hasn\u2019t stopped Tate Multimedia from resurrecting the forgotten mascot for a brand new adventure. Kao the Kangaroo is a brand-new title coming this summer that lets players jump, swing, climb, and pummel their way through a variety of colorful worlds. If you\u2019ve caught yourself reminiscing about Kao asking, &#8220;wonder if they&#8217;ll ever make a new one of those?&#8221; this is your day. 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