Tomba! 2 The Evil Swine Return enriches and improves the original with more interconnected zones, varied quests and longer playtime. The first game's magic is preserved with more content. One of PS1's rarest and most expensive platformers on the collector market, justifiably so.
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European Whoopee Camp Tomba 2 sequel platformer with multilingual versions. Created by Whoopee Camp and Sony Computer Entertainment, released in 2000 in Europe, France, Germany and Italy with multilingual versions under the Tombi 2 title. Semi-open 3D platforming, over a hundred thirty branching missions, transformations into penguin and other animals, non-linear gameplay directed by Tokuro Fujiwara and Harumi Fujita cheerful soundtrack. European multilingual editions.
A 2.5D sequel to the feral boy's adventure, expanding the world and the puzzles while keeping the first's teeming spirit, released in limited runs across all regions. Even rarer in places than the original, it ranks among the console's most coveted platformers. Its desirability rests on this concrete scarcity and the cult status of the Tomba line.
An underrated gem
This sequel moves the little wild boy into 3D while keeping all its madness: an adventure-platformer packed with offbeat quests, pigs to chase and worlds to explore freely. Poorly distributed, it stayed under the radar despite its qualities. Its generosity, humor and open structure make it a gem for fans of off-the-beaten-path platforming.
Is Tombi! 2 still worth playing in 2026?
Released in 1999 on PS1 in Japan and in 2000 in the West, Whoopee Camp's project extends Tomba's adventure with a wider world and a more structured quest system. The transformations gain variety, the animal companions bring new moves and the 2D on 3D art direction grows finer. The music keeps its off beat humour. A few cameras and platforming sequences have aged. Recommended today for authorial platformer devotees, for fans of the original entry and for PS1 collectors curious about Tokuro Fujiwara's creative voice after Capcom on Sony's first home console hardware.
