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* SecondaryAdaptation: Based on the 1967 Disney film, which itself was very loosely based on Creator/RudyardKipling's ''Literature/TheJungleBook''.
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** The Japanese box art for the Super Famicom version uses artwork of a happy-looking Baloo and Mowgli travelling through the jungle, surrounded by similar happy-looking animals (save for Kaa), while the North American and PAL box art for the SNES version use artwork of Mowgli glaring angrily at Shere Khan, who is behind held back by a nervous-looking Baloo while Kaa tries to sneak up behind Mowgli.
** The PAL box art for the NES, Master System, Game Boy, and Game Gear versions use artwork of Mowgli looking happily at a disguised Baloo dancing with King Louie while a happy-looking Kaa looks down at him, while the North American NES, Game Boy and Game Gear versions use artwork of an angry-looking Mowgli hanging from a vine as Kaa tries to hypnotize him and Shere Khan looks up at him (pictured above).
** All box art of the Genesis/Mega Drive version uses the aforementioned image featured on the North American NES, Game Boy, and Game Gear versions.
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* InvincibilityPowerUp: Masks powerup can be activated for invincibility.

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* OneUp: Pickups of Mowgli's heads give an extra life when collected.



* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Bananas acting as boomerangs will always return to player.
* ScoringPoints: The game keeps track of player's score.



* SoundTest: Some platforms have sound and music test right in the options menu.



* TimedMission: All levels have a 6 minute time limit from the start (which can be expanded when you find hour glasses). Running out of time results in instant death, costing you a life.

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* TimedMission: All levels have a 6 minute time limit from the start (which can be expanded when you find hour glasses).glasses or clocks, depending on version). Running out of time results in instant death, costing you a life.


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* TreasureIsBiggerInFiction: Gems that need to be collected are in the size of Mowgli's head.
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* BigStormEpisode: The final level takes place in The Wastelands during the climactic thunderstorm from the movie the game is based on. Mowgli must dodge the lightning as it strikes. The final boss is Shere Khan, and in the SNES version of the game, the lightning assists Mowgli in the final battle by bringing him fire to use against Khan.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Kaa, as in the movie.

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Kaa, as in the movie.
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* KonamiCode: In the Mega Drive/Genesis version, inputting the Konami code while the game is paused brings your number of lives to the default number (depending on difficulty), refills your health, restarts the timer ''and'' gives you 99 of every weapon in the game.

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* KonamiCode: In the Mega Drive/Genesis version, inputting the Konami code while the game is paused brings your number of lives to the default number (depending on difficulty), refills your health, restarts the timer timer, grants you a compass item ''and'' gives you 99 of every weapon in the game.
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** The SNES and Sega Genesis versions has Friend Owl from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} as one of the game's enemies.

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** The SNES and Sega Genesis versions has Friend Owl from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' as one of the game's enemies.
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** The SNES and Sega Genesis versions has Friend Owl from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} as one of the game's enemies.
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* KonamiCode: In the Mega Drive/Genesis version, inputting the Konami code while the game is paused brings your number of lives to three, refills your health, ''and'' gives you 99 of every weapon in the game.

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* KonamiCode: In the Mega Drive/Genesis version, inputting the Konami code while the game is paused brings your number of lives to three, the default number (depending on difficulty), refills your health, restarts the timer ''and'' gives you 99 of every weapon in the game.
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* KonamiCode: In the Mega Drive/Genesis version, inputting the Konami code while the game is paused brings your number of lives to three, refills your health, ''and'' gives you 99 of every weapon in the game.
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On September 23, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection: Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. It will also be added as DLC to the initial ''Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King'' release from 2019 that featured only ''The Lion King'' and the Virgin Games-developed ''Aladdin''. This compilation was released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) on November 23, 2021.

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On September 23, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection: Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. It will was also be added as DLC to the initial ''Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King'' release from 2019 that featured only ''The Lion King'' and the Virgin Games-developed ''Aladdin''. This compilation was released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) on November 23, 2021.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Averted as all monkeys in the game are enemies, with two of them (King Louie and the Witch Doctor, so technically it's four monkeys) serving as bosses.

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A PlatformGame based on {{Creator/Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'', released by Virgin Games in 1993 for the Sega Master System. A year later the game was also released for the NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Super NES, and PC. In 2003 a remake for the Game Boy Advance followed. Although all versions are in large ways the same, there are some noticeable differences between them, like level designs.

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A PlatformGame based on {{Creator/Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'', released by Virgin Games in 1993 for the Sega Master System. A year later the game was also released for the NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Super NES, and PC. The NES version is notable for being the final third party NES game released in the US (PAL regions got a version of ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'', but the less said about it the better). In 2003 a remake for the Game Boy Advance followed. Although all versions are in large ways the same, there are some noticeable differences between them, like level designs.
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On September 23, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection: Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. It will also be added as DLC to the initial ''Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King'' release from 2019 that featured only ''The Lion King'' and the Virgin Games-developed ''Aladdin''. This compilation is set for a Fall 2021 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}).

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On September 23, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection: Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. It will also be added as DLC to the initial ''Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King'' release from 2019 that featured only ''The Lion King'' and the Virgin Games-developed ''Aladdin''. This compilation is set for a Fall 2021 release was released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}).
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* EdibleAmmunition: All of Mowgli's projectile's. He has an unlimited supply of bananas, and can collect other weapons like double bananas, coconuts, and boomerang bananas.

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* EdibleAmmunition: All of Mowgli's projectile's.projectiles. He has an unlimited supply of bananas, and can collect other weapons like double bananas, coconuts, and boomerang bananas.
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On September 23, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. It will also be added as DLC to the initial ''Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King'' release from 2019 that featured only ''The Lion King'' and the Virgin Games-developed ''Aladdin''. This compilation is set for a Fall 2021 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}).

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On September 23, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection'', Collection: Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. It will also be added as DLC to the initial ''Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King'' release from 2019 that featured only ''The Lion King'' and the Virgin Games-developed ''Aladdin''. This compilation is set for a Fall 2021 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}).
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On September 23rd, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. It will also be added as DLC to the initial ''Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King'' release from 2019 that featured only ''The Lion King'' and the Virgin Games-developed ''Aladdin''. This compilation is set for a Fall 2021 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}).

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On September 23rd, 23, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. It will also be added as DLC to the initial ''Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King'' release from 2019 that featured only ''The Lion King'' and the Virgin Games-developed ''Aladdin''. This compilation is set for a Fall 2021 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}).
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A PlatformGame based on {{Creator/Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'', released by Virgin Games in 1993 for the Sega Master System. A year later the game was also released for the NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Super NES, and PC. In 2003 a remake for the Game Boy Advance followed. Although all versions are in large ways the same, there are some noticable differences between them, like level designs.

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A PlatformGame based on {{Creator/Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'', released by Virgin Games in 1993 for the Sega Master System. A year later the game was also released for the NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Super NES, and PC. In 2003 a remake for the Game Boy Advance followed. Although all versions are in large ways the same, there are some noticable noticeable differences between them, like level designs.



On September 23rd, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. This compilation is set for a Fall 2021 release on the UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

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On September 23rd, 2021, Nighthawk Interactive announced that the SNES and Genesis versions of the game would be included in a compilation called ''Disney Classic Games Collection'', which also includes the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES]] and [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Genesis]] versions of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' video games. It will also be added as DLC to the initial ''Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King'' release from 2019 that featured only ''The Lion King'' and the Virgin Games-developed ''Aladdin''. This compilation is set for a Fall 2021 release on the UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.
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* EdibleAmmunition: All of Mowgli’s projectile’s. He has an unlimited supply of bananas, and can collect other weapons like double bananas, coconuts, and boomerang bananas.

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* EdibleAmmunition: All of Mowgli’s projectile’s.Mowgli's projectile's. He has an unlimited supply of bananas, and can collect other weapons like double bananas, coconuts, and boomerang bananas.


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* {{Leitmotif}}: Present only in the NES version. Other than King Louie having "I Wanna be Like You" as his BattleMusic, Stage 3 The Dawn Patrol has "Colonel Hathi's March" play and only in that level.

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** In the NES and Master System versions (as well as their portable counterparts), King Louie is accompanied by his {{Leitmotif}} "I Wanna Be Like You".

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** In the NES NES, SNES, and Master System versions (as well as their portable counterparts), King Louie is accompanied by his {{Leitmotif}} "I Wanna Be Like You".



* BottomlessMagazines: The regular banana projectiles are the only weapon Mowgli never runs out of. Naturally, it’s also the weakest weapon.
* BottomlessPit: Present in certain levels, most notably “Dawn Patrol” and "Collapsing Ruins". You also have a fiery one below you when fighting Shere Khan at the end of the game, and you have to balance on rising and falling platforms while attacking Khan and dodging his attacks.

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* BottomlessMagazines: The regular banana projectiles are the only weapon Mowgli never runs out of. Naturally, it’s it's also the weakest weapon.
* BottomlessPit: Present in certain levels, most notably “Dawn Patrol” "Dawn Patrol" and "Collapsing Ruins". You also have a fiery one below you when fighting Shere Khan at the end of the game, and you have to balance on rising and falling platforms while attacking Khan and dodging his attacks.


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* BossRush: Both the SNES, Master System, and Game Gear versions, King Louie has to be fought at the end of his two respective levels. In the SNES version, the first fight has a gimmick where you can distract him with the Monkey Band, while the second fight plays more like the Genesis version. Th Master System and Game Gear versions simply have the same fight repeated at the end of both stages.
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* GameOverMan: Shere Khan in the Genesis version; Mowgli in the SNES version, as you see him land head-first into some dirt and struggle to get out. In the Genesis version, he acts as a Continue Man, as this animation appears on the Continue screen, instead.


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* PlayerDeathIsDramatic: [[AvertedTrope Nope.]] When Mowgli loses a life, you get a sequence of a couple monkeys coming on with a stretcher and a siren sound as Mowgli sways a bit. Then he leaps onto the stretcher and they carry him off-screen. It's pretty comical.
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** [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} Friend Owl]] makes a cameo appearance in the SNES version of the game.

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** [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} Friend Owl]] makes a cameo appearance in the SNES version and Genesis versions of the game.
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A PlatformGame based on {{Creator/Disney}}'s ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', released by Virgin Games in 1993 for the Sega Master System. A year later the game was also released for the NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Super NES, and PC. In 2003 a remake for the Game Boy Advance followed. Although all versions are in large ways the same, there are some noticable differences between them, like level designs.

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A PlatformGame based on {{Creator/Disney}}'s ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'', released by Virgin Games in 1993 for the Sega Master System. A year later the game was also released for the NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Super NES, and PC. In 2003 a remake for the Game Boy Advance followed. Although all versions are in large ways the same, there are some noticable differences between them, like level designs.

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* TheCameo: A spotted hyena appears in the last level. This may be a nod to Tabaqui who was supposed to appear in the movie.

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A spotted hyena appears in the last level. This may be a nod to Tabaqui who was supposed to appear in the movie.
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* StalkedByTheBell: In the last level, staying in one place for too long will get Mowgli struck by lightning. The player is thus forced to keep moving, though not limited in which direction.


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* XRaySparks: Mowgli if he gets hit by lightning in the final level.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The Tree Village from the eponymous level, and it’s boss, The Witch Doctor, do not appear in the movie.

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* AdaptationExpansion: The Tree Village from the eponymous level, and it’s its boss, The Witch Doctor, do not appear in the movie.

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* WitchDoctor: A boss named the Witch Doctor appears in the Tree Village, however it’s actually just 3 monkeys standing on top of each other with a large shield in front of them.

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* WitchDoctor: A boss named the Witch Doctor appears in the Tree Village, however it’s actually just 3 monkeys standing on top of each other with a large shield in front of them.them.
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* SpikeShooter: The enemy porcupines in some levels shoot quills at Mowgli.

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