Play Jungle Book, The (Japan) Online

Game Overview

Okay, so The Jungle Book on SNES is way better than it has any right to be. Most movie games back then were clunky cash grabs, but this one? You start off as Mowgli hopping through dense jungle, bouncing on mushrooms like trampolines, and within minutes you're flinging coconuts at snakes and swinging from vines like some tiny, feral Tarzan.

The colors pop—it's all bright greens and warm sunset oranges, just like the movie. And the music? Yeah, you'll catch yourself humming "Bare Necessities" after the first level. What surprised me was how precise the controls feel—Mowgli doesn't slide around like in some platformers, and those vine swings actually require timing. (Pro tip: Hold down to duck under branches mid-swing, or you'll faceplant.)

Later levels get sneaky—Shere Khan's lair has collapsing platforms, and Kaa's stage messes with perspective in this trippy, rotating way. It's not brutally hard, but you can't just button-mash through. If you grew up with the SNES or just love tight platformers with personality, this one's a blast. Also, Baloo's belly-slide attack never gets old.