A series of platformer games available for mobile; usually fitted as standard on modern Nokias. These games were developed by Rovio Entertainment, which later became famous through the Angry Birds series.
The different versions of the game vary in gameplay style and plot, but basically they all revolve around the exploits of a cute l'il red sphere named Bounce as he desperately tries to keep the floating-platform world of Sky Bean Land safe from the nefarious schemes of the evil Hypnotoid. Over. And over. Again.
This game provides examples of:
- Always Chaotic Evil: Brailies. They have no reason to wish to knock you into oblivion. They just do.
- Balance, Speed, Strength Trio: In Bounce Tales, Bounce can gain three forms - the red, default form he starts with is the Balanced, when he rendezvous with his old friend, Rock, he can gain a rock form being the Strength, and later in the circus stage when Bounce saves the Circus Ball, he'll gain the circus ball form as Speed.
- Floating Platforms: Sky Bean Land is made of platforms floating in the sky.
- "Get Back Here!" Boss: Hypnotoid in the 2008 version, Bounce Tales, when you fight him in the final stage. He's several meters above you and on the run, there's a spiked Advancing Wall of Doom closing in behind, you'll need to keep pursuing Hypnotoid and use platforms to attack him before he escapes or the spiked wall impales you.
- Meaningful Name: You can usually tell what a character can do based on their name. Bounce bounces, Bumpy Cracks bumps around, and Hypnotoid hypnotises others.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: Bounce, in some versions, can take on the form of other spheres he's met.