

also features a "Parent's Menu" that includes a difficulty settings menu, level selection option, and facts about real dolphins.Ī follow-up to this title, called Ecco Jr. features a password system, though all the passwords are included in the instruction manual. The player can switch characters at any time.Įcco Jr. Two other playable characters were introduced: Tara the baby orca (there is also a bottlenose dolphin character named Tara in Ecco: The Tides of Time) and Kitnee the young Atlantic dolphin, who is darker gray than Ecco. Likewise, there are no enemies to attack the player character. One key difference is that the player character cannot drown by staying underwater too long.

The gameplay is similar to the other Ecco the Dolphin games, but mainly revolves around using these abilities for solving simple puzzles and problems. In this game, a younger version of Ecco goes to see Big Blue, an ancient blue whale, completing tasks such as herding seahorses, swimming through rings, and finding lost balls for sea lions along the way. It has the controls and basic gameplay of the other two Mega Drive/Genesis titles, but is geared towards younger players, lacking the high difficulty of Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The Tides of Time.

is a video game in the Ecco the Dolphin series, released by Sega in North America in April 1995 and in Australia in November 1995.
