History VideoGame / TheAdventureOfLittleRalph

The game's most unique factor is its graphics, as the game is one of the few 2D platformers released in UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames. Most developers stressed the 3D capabilities of the 5th-gen consoles, so 2D was shunned, for the most part, until UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, when "retro" gaming started to rise in popularity. In fact, ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'' could be the first {{Retraux}} video game, given that it was designed as a 16-bit platformer but was released during a time when 16-bit was seen as obsolete. Possibly due to the game's lack of appeal because of this supposed obsolescence, the game was never localized for international markets, and it languished in obscurity, known only by niche retro gaming sites, until very recently, when major game journalism sites played and reviewed the game.

''Chippoke Ralph no Daibouken'' (''Little Ralph's Big Adventure''), officially called in English as ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'', is a little-known UsefulNotes/PlayStation 2D platformer published only in Japan in 1999. The game's protagonist, Ralph, starts out as a grown man, but is turned into a child by the BigBad named Valgo. For most of the game, Ralph stays a child, except for every boss fight after the midboss, [[UnexpectedGameplayChange in which the gameplay changes to that of a fighting game]].

* BladeOnAStick: The basic one-eyed goblin things are knee-height, and wield spears that are as short as they are.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The second boss has vivid purple hair, to go along with the boots of the same shade. Halfway through the battle, both the hair and the boots change their color to bright yellow, and then to red.

** BiggerBad: Playing the game on normal rather than easy adds a couple more stages and reveals the true villain, [[spoiler: Destarroza]].

* NoSell: In the intro, Ralph's girlfriend ries to blast the BigBad Valgo with lightning after successfully blowing away a pair of his basic mooks with it. However, Valgo simply ignores the repeated lightning strikes as he strides towards her and picks her up.

''Chippoke Ralph no Daibouken'' (''Little Ralph's Big Adventure''), officially called in English as ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'', is a little-known UsefulNotes/PlayStation 2D platformer published only in Japan in 1999. The game's protagonist, Ralph, starts out as a grown man, but is turned into a child by the BigBad. For most of the game, Ralph stays a child, except for every boss fight after the midboss, [[UnexpectedGameplayChange in which the gameplay changes to that of a fighting game]].

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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The fourth stage's boss fight suddenly changes the gameplay into a FightingGame, with Ralph temporarily aging up to do battle with the level's boss in a style that's very reminiscent of the many, many SNES fighting games that tried to cash in on Street Fighter II's popularity.

The game's most unique factor is its graphics, as the game is one of the few 2D platformers released in UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames. Most developers stressed the 3D capabilities of the 5th-gen consoles, so 2D was shunned, for the most part, until TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, when "retro" gaming started to rise in popularity. In fact, ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'' could be the first {{Retraux}} video game, given that it was designed as a 16-bit platformer but was released during a time when 16-bit was seen as obsolete. Possibly due to the game's lack of appeal because of this supposed obsolescence, the game was never localized for international markets, and it languished in obscurity, known only by niche retro gaming sites, until very recently, when major game journalism sites played and reviewed the game.

The game's most unique factor is its graphics, as the game is one of the few 2D platformers released in TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames. Most developers stressed the 3D capabilities of the 5th-gen consoles, so 2D was shunned, for the most part, until TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, when "retro" gaming started to rise in popularity. In fact, ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'' could be the first {{Retraux}} video game, given that it was designed as a 16-bit platformer but was released during a time when 16-bit was seen as obsolete. Possibly due to the game's lack of appeal because of this supposed obsolescence, the game was never localized for international markets, and it languished in obscurity, known only by niche retro gaming sites, until very recently, when major game journalism sites played and reviewed the game.

* EasyModeMockery: In the game's Easy Mode, one skips the last few worlds and does not get to see the true ending to the game.

''Chippoke Ralph no Daibouken'' (''Little Ralph's Big Adventure''), officially called in English as ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'', is a little-known {{PlayStation}} 2D platformer published only in Japan in 1999. The game's protagonist, Ralph, starts out as a grown man, but is turned into a child by the BigBad. For most of the game, Ralph stays a child, except for every boss fight after the midboss, [[UnexpectedGameplayChange in which the gameplay changes to that of a fighting game]].

'''''Chippoke Ralph no Daibouken''''' (''Little Ralph's Big Adventure''), officially called in English as ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'', is a little-known {{PlayStation}} 2D platformer published only in Japan in 1999. The game's protagonist, Ralph, starts out as a grown man, but is turned into a child by the BigBad. For most of the game, Ralph stays a child, except for every boss fight after the midboss, [[UnexpectedGameplayChange in which the gameplay changes to that of a fighting game]].

The game's most unique factor is its graphics, as the game is one of the few 2D platformers released in the UserfulNotes/FifthGenerationOfVideoGames. Most developers stressed the 3D capabilities of the 5th-gen consoles, so 2D was shunned, for the most part, until the UsefulNotes/SixthGenerationOfVideoGames, when "retro" gaming started to rise in popularity. In fact, ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'' could be the first {{Retraux}} video game, given that it was designed as a 16-bit platformer but was released during a time when 16-bit was seen as obsolete. Possibly due to the game's lack of appeal because of this supposed obsolescence, the game was never localized for international markets, and it languished in obscurity, known only by niche retro gaming sites, until very recently, when major game journalism sites played and reviewed the game.

The game's most unique factor is its graphics. The game is one of the few 2D platformers released in the 64-bit era (most developers stressed the 3D capabilities of the 64-bit era consoles, so 2D was shunned, for the most part, until the 6th console generation, when "retro" gaming started to rise in popularity. In fact, ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'' could be the first {{Retraux}} video game, given that it was designed as a 16-bit platformer but was released during a time when 16-bit was seen as obsolete. Possibly due to the game's lack of appeal because of this supposed obsoleteness, the game was never localized for international markets, and it languished in obscurity, known only by niche retro gaming sites, until very recently, when major game journalism sites played and reviewed the game.

* SurpriseDifficulty: Don't be fooled by the game's light art style - this game is insanely hard. Ralph [[OneHitPointWonder dies with one hit]], and in the later levels, the game becomes very difficult even when using save states.

* Loading Screen: Each level is separated by a looping corridor that hides the game's loading times.

* Retraux: Possibly the first Retraux game ever.
* Surprise Difficulty: Don't be fooled by the game's light art style - this game is insanely hard. Ralph [[OneHitPointWonder dies with one hit]], and in the later levels, the game becomes very difficult even when using save states.

The game's most unique factor is its graphics. The game is one of the few 2D platformers released in the 64-bit era (most developers stressed the 3D capabilities of the 64-bit era consoles, so 2D was shunned, for the most part, until the 6th console generation, when "retro" gaming started to rise in popularity. In fact, ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'' could be the first [[Retraux]] video game, given that it was designed as a 16-bit platformer but was released during a time when 16-bit was seen as obsolete. Possibly due to the game's lack of appeal because of this supposed obsoleteness, the game was never localized for international markets, and it languished in obscurity, known only by niche retro gaming sites, until very recently, when major game journalism sites played and reviewed the game.

'''''Chippoke Ralph no Daibouken''''', also known in English as ''The Adventure of Little Ralph'', is a little-known {{PlayStation}} 2D platformer published only in Japan in 1999. The game's protagonist, Ralph, starts out as a grown man, but is turned into a child by the BigBad. For most of the game, Ralph stays a child, except for every boss fight after the midboss, [[UnexpectedGameplayChange in which the gameplay changes to that of a fighting game]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: With the light art style, one doesn't expect this game to be violent or gory. Despite this, Ralph has several death animations that are very startling and/or surprisingly bloody. This includes electrocution, burning to death, crushing, asphyxiation, being eaten alive, and ''impalement'' (the most common of the violent deaths in the game).