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Input (English): Context: Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLC., doing business as Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (abbreviated as SIE and formerly known as Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) and Sony Network Entertainment) is a multinational video game developer, product manufacturer and research and development company, and is an owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products and Services Group of Sony., The concept of video games as a form of art is a controversial topic within the entertainment industry. Though video games have been afforded legal protection as creative works by the Supreme Court of the United States, the philosophical proposition that video games are works of art remains in question, even when considering the contribution of expressive elements such as graphics, storytelling and music. Even art games, games purposely designed to be a work of creative expression, have been challenged as works of art by some critics., A video game is an electronic game that involves human or animal interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word "video" in "video game" traditionally referred to a raster display device, but as of the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial., A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people). When the input information is supplied has an electrical signal, the display is called an "electronic display"., A Platform game (or platformer) is a video game which involves guiding an avatar to jump between suspended platforms and/or over obstacles to advance the game. The player controls the jumps to avoid letting the avatar fall from platforms or miss necessary jumps. The most common unifying element of games of this genre is the jump button, but now there are other alternative like swiping in touchscreen. "Jumping", in this genre, may include swinging from extendable arms, as in "Ristar" or "Bionic Commando", or bouncing from springboards or trampolines, as in "Alpha Waves". These mechanics, even in the context of other genres, are commonly called "platforming", a verbification of "platform". Games where jumping is automated completely, such as 3D games in "The Legend of Zelda" series, fall outside of the genre., Tomba ! 2 : The Evil Swine Return , known as Tombi ! 2 in Europe and Tomba ! The Wild Adventures (  !    Tonba ! Za Wairudo Adobench ) in Japan , is a platform video game developed by Whoopee Camp and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation . It is the sequel to the 1998 game , Tomba ! The game was released in Japan on October 28 , 1999 , in North America on December 31 , 1999 and in Europe on June 30 , 2000 . It was re-released on the PlayStation Network as a PSone Classic in Japan on September 28 , 2011 , in Europe on November 21 , 2012 and in the United States on February 18 , 2014 . The English - language version of the game was released on the United States PlayStation Network on November 3 , 2015 . The game received generally positive reviews by critics , who praised the improved gameplay and graphics in comparison to the previous game , however cited the generic music and repetitive boss battles ., The DualShock (originally Dual Shock; trademarked as DUALSHOCK or DUAL SHOCK) is a line of gamepads with vibration-feedback developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation consoles and devices. The DualShock was introduced in Japan in late 1997 and was launched in the North American market in May 1998. First introduced as a secondary peripheral for the original PlayStation, an updated version of the PlayStation console included the controller. Sony subsequently phased out the digital controller that was originally included with the console, as well as the Sony Dual Analog Controller. , over 28 million DualShock controllers have been sold under the brand's name, excluding bundled controllers., Tokuro Fujiwara (  "Fujiwara Tokur"), sometimes credited as Professor F or Arthur King, is a Japanese video game designer, involved in the development of many classic Capcom video games. He is best known for creating "Ghosts 'n Goblins", "Commando", "Bionic Commando", and the survival horror games "Sweet Home" and "Resident Evil". He also produced the "Mega Man" series and worked on the CP System arcade game "Strider". He worked as the general manager of the Capcom Console Games Division from 1988 to 1996. After working at Capcom for thirteen years, he left the company to form his own studio, Whoopee Camp, where he would serve as the director of the "Tomba!" series. He is notorious for making his titles difficult for the average video game player. IGN listed Fujiwara at number 13 in its "Top 100 Game Creators of All Time" list., Whoopee Camp was a video game developer started in 1997., Tomba!, known as Tombi! in Europe and in Japan, is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Whoopee Camp for the PlayStation console. "Tomba!" was first released in Japan in December 1997, and in North America and Europe in 1998. The game was followed by a sequel, "". The colorful imaginative atmosphere and innovative gameplay has continued to keep it nostalgically popular with gamers. The series is the brainchild of Tokuro Fujiwara. It was also one of the first PlayStation games to take advantage of the DualShock feature. The game was re-released on the PlayStation Network in 2011., IMAGE (from Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration), or Explorer 78, was a NASA MIDEX mission that studied the global response of the Earth's magnetosphere to changes in the solar wind. It was launched March 25, 2000 by a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg AFB and ceased operations in December 2005., The original console in the series was the first video game console to ship 100 million units, 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch. Its successor, the PlayStation 2, was released in 2000. The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home console to date, having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28, 2012. Sony's next console, the PlayStation 3, was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013. Sony's latest console, the PlayStation 4, was released in 2013, selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale, becoming the fastest selling console in history., An electronic game is a game that employs electronics to create an interactive system with which a player can play. Video game is the most common form today, and for this reason the terms are often mistakenly used synonymously. Other common forms of electronic game include such products as handheld electronic games, standalone systems (e.g. pinball, slot machines, or electro-mechanical arcade games), and exclusively non-visual products (e.g. audio games)., PlayStation Network (PSN) is a digital media entertainment service provided by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Launched in November 2006, PSN was originally conceived for the PlayStation video game consoles, but soon extended to encompass smartphones, tablets, Blu-ray players and high-definition televisions. As of April 2016, over 110 million users have been documented, with 65 million of them active monthly., The user interface (UI), in the industrial design field of humancomputer interaction, is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine from the human end, whilst the machine simultaneously feeds back information that aids the operators' decision-making process. Examples of this broad concept of user interfaces include the interactive aspects of computer operating systems, hand tools, heavy machinery operator controls, and process controls. The design considerations applicable when creating user interfaces are related to or involve such disciplines as ergonomics and psychology., Subject: tomba! 2: the evil swine return, Relation: genre, Options: (A) animal (B) art (C) design (D) electro (E) entertainment (F) game (G) genre (H) graphics (I) history (J) image (K) information (L) japanese (M) march (N) platform game (O) psychology (P) research (Q) scrolling (R) sequel (S) video
Output (English): platform game