Epic Dumpster Bear

 Wii U
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  • Summary: Epic Dumpster Bear is an action packed platformer inspired by the 16-bit classics where you play as a dumpster bear with a chip on his shoulder. Over 70 levels filled with tricky platforming, challenging bosses, and secret levels to be discovered. Over 35 unlockable Miiverse stamps and bonusEpic Dumpster Bear is an action packed platformer inspired by the 16-bit classics where you play as a dumpster bear with a chip on his shoulder. Over 70 levels filled with tricky platforming, challenging bosses, and secret levels to be discovered. Over 35 unlockable Miiverse stamps and bonus puzzle levels throughout the game that take unique advantage of the Wii U GamePad. [Nintendo]… Expand

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  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. Nintendo Life
    May 4, 2016
    70
    Epic Dumpster Bear is the epic adventure of a dumpster-diving bear as he attempts to battle against the evil corporation, and proof that you should never judge a book by its cover.
  2. Destructoid
    Apr 11, 2016
    65
    This one goes in the so bad its good category.
  3. Hardcore Gamer
    May 9, 2016
    50
    Epic Dumpster Bear isn’t terrible. It runs smoothly with no frame rate hiccups or annoying glitches, but the controls are counterintuitive and the first few worlds are a bit of a drag. You’ll start to have some fun if you can manage to hang around until the fourth world, but the game hits its stride too late in the adventure, making it nearly impossible to warrant a replay.
  4. Brash Games
    May 24, 2016
    50
    I personally got a bit bored after the first hour and a half and anything after that felt like a bit of a slog.
  5. FNintendo
    May 5, 2016
    40
    Epic Dumpster Bear is competent at providing a hilarious, long-lasting and varied platforming experience that doesn't take itself too seriously. Beyond that, it's a rather standard game that doesn't rely on anything else, certainly not on its simple visual and audio atmosphere. While players looking for a funny platformer will be entertained, those who crave a more in depth and technically gratifying experience will look elsewhere.

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  1. cheddarboyee
    Aug 7, 2016
    8
    This game is like a cheaper version of Donkey Kong Country but is fun nontheless. It has good humor and is a very challenging platformer.This game is like a cheaper version of Donkey Kong Country but is fun nontheless. It has good humor and is a very challenging platformer. Fun little platformer.… Expand
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Apr 9, 2018
    3
    Epic Dumpster Bear
    Belongs in The Trash
    Epic Dumpster Bear is a 2d side scrolling platformer where you play as a bear that sets out to take    Epic Dumpster Bear
    Belongs in The Trash
    Epic Dumpster Bear is a 2d side scrolling platformer where you play as a bear that sets out to take revenge on the corporations ruining the forest of the world...
    Here you collect coins which lets you respawn with an extra heart and unlock bonus levels and along your way to the bullseye at the end of each level you dodge obstacles and enemies through a variety of worlds..
    At first this was a fun dumb lazy feeling Mario rip off, I was laughing at how ridiculous this game was... I was double jumping by farting... I’d be throwing bombs to break rocks and kill enemies…
    exploring the levels for warps to secret levels... actively trying to find the red coins for the bonus salmon
    there are dumpster checkpoints in each level so if you die you don’t restart from the beginning..
    I was having fun...
    but it didn’t even take til the end of this games first world for the fun and laughing to stop…
    Getting through this game was painful... it hurt my heart and soul playing through this lazily designed game…
    on the plus side I enjoyed the bosses at the end of each world and it’s a challenging game.. There’s timing involved in the platforming and the game gets harder the further you go...
    but the design of this game is some of the laziest garbage I’ve ever seen…
    it looks and feels like a flash game..
    There’s one level in particular where you’re platforming upwards while fire chases you and then when you get to the top you have to go right to finish the level... but the screen is basically frozen trying to catch up with the player forcing you to take damage, needing luck to get past these final 2 obstacles after everything you just suffered through..
    And this moment basically summarizes the game...
    a mix of luck and timing...
    it’s one of those games that has the potential to be your favorite bad game... but for me... it just hurt...
    there’s nothing clever here... it’s a set of a bunch of bad Mario maker levels.
    I give Epic Dumpster Bear
    a 2.5/10    … Expand