Jelly Boy is a SNES and Game Boy 2D Platform Game developed by Probe Software and released exclusively for Europe in 1995. A Sega Genesis version was developed, but went unreleased. The game was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service in July 2021.
The story as per the manual is as follows: in a factory owned by one eccentric Mr. Swirley, a vat of jelly was suddenly struck by lightning and came to life, creating the eponymous Jelly Boy. The workers chased him until he found an elevator, where the operator told him he cannot get in since it leads directly to Mr. Swirley's penthouse. However, if Jelly Boy collects a series of objects found behind the doors holding Mr. Swirley's favorite toys (the game's worlds), he'll be able to enter the elevator and get his wish granted. Jelly Boy enters the first door and sets out in an adventure, followed by a small dog also made of jelly.
No relation to the Game Freak-developed title Smart Ball, originally called Jelly Boy in Japan, nor its unreleased sequel, Jelly Boy 2.
This game provides examples of:
- Assist Character: A friendly NPC is a large brick with a face Jelly Boy can push around to serve as a platform.
- Level in the Clouds: World 6 is a sky-themed area with clouds serving as platforms.
- Mayincatec: World 3 is a jungle using this aesthetic in its architecture and warriors.
- Power-Up: Jelly Boy transforms by finding objects that look like miniature figures of his forms.
- Shifting Sand Land: World 5 has an Arab/Ancient Egypt theme.
- Slippy-Slidey Ice World: World 2 is ice/snow themed.
- Space Zone: World 4 resembles a rocky extraterrestrial planet and has aliens for enemies.
- Toy Time: World 1, which is made entirely out of plastic toys and has shelves filled with dolls and other toys in the background.
- Visual Pun: When ducking, Jelly Boy literally turns into a duck.
- Voluntary Shapeshifter: Jelly Boy, who can create a fist out of his belly and change into several forms via power-ups.
