We perhaps weren't as generous with this game's score as we could have been when we reviewed it on import. Baku Baku (we've luckily been spared Sega US's scheme to rename the game Zany Zoo) is an awesomely addictive puzzler that sees you line up tumbling blocks, uniting animals with the food they're going to chomp away at, thus clearing your screen and offloading a load of blocks on to your opponent. Pandas eat bamboo, mice eat cheese, dogs eat bones, etc.
We seriously underestimated the staying power of this game first time round - it still ranks as one of the all-time office faves, even though its ultimate lastability is as much down to your kitsch threshold as the quality of your opponent.
As you'd expect from AM3, this looks great, sounds good and is as yet unrivalled in its field. Cracking the most productive gameplay techniques should also keep you coming back for more. This is being simultaneously released on PC.
1st June 1996
