Jingo (series)

Current logo for the Jingo series.

**Jingo** is a series of games on Sploder, produced by Supersonic72. It is the spiritual successor to his Puzzle Guy series and Zeon series, in a sense. The series stars the cool but strong willed Jingo Maoxian; an adventurer and hero who, using his magical staff he discovered, defends the fallen country he calls home from the conqueror Pim Bliksem, along with other forces of evil. Along the way, Jingo makes friends and allies, who aid him on his quests, though Jingo is somewhat begrudging of this, as he has a habit of carrying all the weight himself, not wanting to risk others' safety.

In 2019, a webcomic continuation/adaptation of the series began: JinGo! Beyond. Episodes 0, 1, and 2 have been completed. Hiatuses between releases are expected.

## Sploder games

### Main

#### **The Adventures of Jingo**

*Main page: The Adventures of Jingo*

The first game in the series. This game introduces Jingo himself, along with his weapon, the Magic Staff, and Pim, the soon to be main antagonist of the series, along with the basic formula of the games.

#### **Jingo 2**

*Main page: Jingo 2*

The sequel to the first game. It basically introduces nothing new to the established formula, other than in-game dialogue and the series' first guest character from someone else's Sploder series, in this case, Tigzon.

#### **Jingo Legends**

*Main page: Jingo Legends*

The third game in the series, it uses vastly improved graphics from the previous games and includes many easter eggs and cameos of other Sploder series. This game also introduces the Magic Cores, which give Jingo special abilities. The game is split into three parts, or "acts," with Act 1 and Act 2 finished. In addition, there is a side-story part, called the *Stephenio Sidestory*, which is a crossover with Stephenio's *Stephenio Chronicles* series.

#### **Jingo 2.5: Master Quest**

*Main page: Jingo 2.5: Master Quest*

A prequel to *Jingo Legends* and a sequel to *Jingo 2*. It features remixed levels from *Jingo 2* and even includes some new levels, while also using *Jingo 2*'s gameplay style. It debuts Jingo's magic clone, Ognij, along with the formal debut of Naomi as a playable character.

### Remakes

#### **Jingo Plus**

*Main page: The Adventures of Jingo*

An expansion and re-release of the first game. It adds the Ice Palace level and the boss battle with Icero. It removes the dungeon changing levels, however. The game also features some (but very few) updated graphics from the original, and a few very minor level design modifications.

#### **Jingo 2 Remastered**

*Main page: Jingo* 2

A re-release of *Jingo 2*, this fixes many of the original game's glitches, updates level design, adds a zoomed view to each level, and changes the graphics of Jingo and Tigzon to their new (at the time) designs.

### Cancelled games

#### **Tigzon and Jingo**

*Main page: Tigzon and Jingo*

A cancelled crossover game with the Jingo series and Mangamixer's Tigzon series, which was being developed by Mangamixer himself.

## Chronology

**Jingo Beyond Episode 0: Prologue** -

**The Adventures of Jingo** - A twelve year old named Jingo discovers a Magic Staff on one of his walks. With his newfound weapon, Jingo decides to go and try
defeating Pim, the evil Warrior King. Jingo doesn't know how to use a staff properly, but after barely clearing Sky Ruins, he learns how to use it from the Old Staff Guru. From there he clears the other two of Pim's dungeons, and defeats Pim on the third dungeon. Pim retreats after this.

**Jingo Versus Icero** - In *Jingo Versus Icero* (the remake of the bonus levels in *Jingo Plus*, an expanded re-release of *The Adventures of Jingo*), Jingo must defeat Pim's brother, Icero, who has begun his own moves at conquering Orose. Icero is shoved into spikes at the end of the game, which kills him.

**Jingo 2** - Pim makes a return with three brand new dungeons. Jingo goes through them and defeats Pim once again. After this event, Pim is locked away in prison.

**Jingo 2.5: Master Quest** -

**Jingo Legends** - Three years after *Jingo 2*, a warrior army terrorizes Jingo's home land, but it can't be Pim's army or Icero's army because Pim is in prison and Icero is dead, meaning neither of them could possibly be leading. There's also been reports of the Robomechas, ancient robots built for war, being reactivated and attacking people. Jingo heads out to find out who is behind this scheme and put a stop to them.

## Trivia

* During development of *The Adventures of Jingo*, Jingo was to use a sword rather than his signature Magic Staff.
	+ Another scrapped concept would have had Jingo traverse Orose Field on a motorcycle in an overhead gameplay style. This idea was not used, though Jingo would eventually end up riding a magic flying motorcycle in "The Mansion of S(ock Puppets)" as a reference to this.
* Tigzon, from Mangamixer's *Tigzon* series, makes a cameo, along with a puffie from Tigzon, in Jingo 2. Mangamixer would then later announce a crossover game: *Tigzon and Jingo*, possibly taking inspiration from Tigzon's cameo in Jingo 2.
	+ However, the crossover was ultimately cancelled. Jingo did eventually background cameo in *Tigzon Island* though.

## External links

* http://www.sploder.com/games/collections/all/5384/review/jingo/