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Sky Skipper (スカイ・スキッパー, Sukai Sukippā) is an arcade video game by Nintendo released in 1981 after the success of Donkey Kong. Sky Skipper's villainous creatures happen to be apes, possibly due to the success of the Donkey Kong series that Nintendo had previously developed. In the game, the player will have to save his kingdom from the primates by stunning them then saving the king, queen, and various inhabitants of the kingdom. Your airplane has a limited amount of fuel, and running out will result in a game over.
Gameplay
You control the Sky Skipper, a character who flies a plane in search for various animals and the king and queen of your kingdom. A bunch of gorillas have taken all of the creatures and the king and queen captive, and your goal is to set them all free. You'll navigate your plane through a maze like kingdom, and when you come across a gorilla, you must drop a bomb on it (and dodge its bombs as well). Once you do so, it'll be knocked out and the cage to the animal, king or queen will be opened. This is your chance to fly in low enough and save it, then escape. You have a limited amount of fuel, and running into any smoke will cause your plane to be uncontrollable for a short amount of time. If you're running out of fuel, then saving an animal will replenish it.
Legacy
The game's characters were featured in the Game Boy classic Game Boy Camera. In the game, after pressing SELECT, choose Link. The Main Menu of the game will then be changed and will feature the King of Wonder Kingdom, the Queen, and the Club Frog. Because the game wasn't very popular, the game has rarely been mentioned and is not very well known. Its negligible appearance in Game Boy Camera was its only cameo appearance.